{"id":372857,"date":"2026-06-24T10:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372857\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:39:23","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-i-went-to-olvera-street-in-my-youth-theres-a-reason-i-dont-go-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372857\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor: I went to Olvera Street in my youth. There\u2019s a reason I don\u2019t go now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To the editor: In the mid 1960s, my parents would take my siblings and me to Olvera Street for a Christmas celebration (\u201c\u2018People just forgot about Olvera Street.\u2019 Historic L.A. restaurants on brink of closure,\u201d<\/a> June 22). The food was wonderful, the street was alive with color and culture, and, yes, my parents pointed out the historical significance of the street.<\/p>\n

I have never forgotten those wonderful excursions, but downtown L.A., Chinatown and Olvera Street are no longer destinations for my family and me because driving the freeways is a misery. When necessity takes me to work with my husband, I don\u2019t leave the building. Walking to Olvera Street would take me past blocks of homeless tents, and police presence is almost nonexistent.<\/p>\n

I would love to see L.A. and all its wonderful neighborhoods thrive again, but until the drive is easier and the streets feel safer, I\u2019ll be staying put.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Forster, Palos Verdes<\/p>\n

..<\/p>\n

To the editor: Recent reporting in the Los Angeles Times included two dire restaurant stories, appearing like project reminders on the Grim Reaper\u2019s to-do list. On Monday, one article detailed the plight of historic Olvera Street. And in April<\/a>, another article revealed that the proprietor of Clifton\u2019s has given up on reopening the shuttered venue.<\/p>\n

Which begs the question: Is Mayor Karen Bass aware of this, and what are her plans to keep the Grim Reaper from the doors of these vital businesses?<\/p>\n

Bob Canning, Petaluma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To the editor: In the mid 1960s, my parents would take my siblings and me to Olvera Street…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[847,8039,13005,7862,5788,2072,151106,151107,151108,48,52,51,1838,47,50,49,63,22578,7087,35218,7164],"class_list":["post-372857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-article","tag-brink","tag-chinatown","tag-closure","tag-downtown-l-a","tag-editor","tag-grim-reaper","tag-historic-l-a-restaurant","tag-homeless-tent","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-letter","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-olvera-street","tag-parent","tag-reason","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}