Perhaps the most famous donkey in all Southern California, the life-sized stuffed burro in Olvera Street’s El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, which countless Angelenos and tourists from around the world ...

A Los Angeles commission on Thursday voted to evict the owners of La Carreta -- home to a beloved Olvera Street attraction known as "El Burro'' — despite a City Council attempt to save it.

The protest began at Placita Olvera on Olvera Street, and had grown to thousands by midday. The protestors first walked onto the southbound lanes of the 101 and blocked both lanes of traffic by 12 ...