New Microhood Alert

"At least four Salvadoran Americans are running for City Council this year, and for the first time, there is a Salvadoran candidate for mayor," says the LA Times, so what better time to get a new Salvadoran microhood: "Last month Los Angeles officials declared a section of Vermont Avenue as the El Salvador Community Corridor, the first designated Salvadoran neighborhood in the city." The corridor stretches from Eleventh Street to West Adams Boulevard. [LAT]