"LA Originals" director and co-subject Estevan Oriol with his 1964 Chevrolet Impala. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) There was a time in the recent cultural history of Los Angeles when ...

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On a recent Saturday a little past noon, Jennifer Hernandez sat at the dining table in the South Gate home where she grew up. She focused intently, holding a handheld makeup mirror as she used liquid ...

Chicano tattooing has an undeniable power in American imagery. “I feel like how far it’s gained traction shows how popular and accepted Chicano culture has grown across the country and globally,” says ...

Tattoos are no longer taboo. According to a Harris poll, about half of American Millennials say they have at least one, and so do a third of Gen Xers. Once you have one, data show, you'll get more.

If you only take a look at Horichuy’s work, you’d think the South Bay tattoo artist was born, raised, and classically trained in Japan. And that’s exactly how the American-born and Mexican-raised ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — At the end of a school day at Beaverton High, a group of students gather and begin shaking cans of spray paint. They’re here at the bi-weekly, no-credit class to learn how to ...

There was a time in the recent cultural history of Los Angeles when tattoos were strictly the markers of bona fide gangsters, when graffiti was vandalism — little more — and when going downtown at ...