Family fights to save Olvera Street’s iconic donkey stand as trial looms
For more than 60 years, tourists and locals alike flocked to Olviera Street for a specific image: demonstrating with Jorge, donkeys stuffed with apostasy. The Mexican donkeys, known as “La Carreta”, have become part of the city’s cultural fabric, a station that is so popular that some Angelinus describes Jorge’s “unofficial amulet in Los Angeles.” … Read more