Activist who ‘reclaimed’ state-owned home dies amid eviction protest
Benito Flores, who more than five years ago seized a state-owned home in El Sereno to protest against homelessness in Los Angeles, has died.A 70-year-old…
Elderly man builds tree house to protest eviction from state-owned home
Before the sun rose Tuesday, Benito Flores fortified the front door of his one-bedroom duplex on a narrow street in El Sereno. Flores, a 70-year-old…
‘I’m going to resist’: Protesters who seized state-owned homes five years ago prepare for eviction battle
Benito Flores has parked his battered, pale yellow Dodge Ram van on the narrow street in El Sereno outside his one-bedroom duplex. It reminds him…