Candelas Guitars has been open in East LA for nearly 75 years. It's run by a third-generation Mexican American luthier who is struggling to keep... How A Historic LA Guitar Shop Is Fighting To Stay ...

Candelas Guitars owner Tomas Delgado, left, keeps an eye on student Eloy González, 11, of Montebello during a practice session at the East Los Angeles store. (Raul Roa / Los Angeles Times) Eloy ...

Candelas Guitars, a neighborhood fixture in East Los Angeles, has been hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown. The shop has been serving customers since 1947, and Tomás Delgado says his family has been ...

Eloy González sat down, adjusted his glasses, cradled his guitar and set his little fingers to strumming the opening chords of Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’.” Eyes closed, the 11-year-old boy’s face broke ...