'We're not leaving': A muralist fights back after gentrification destroys his art
Mar 05, 2026
By Roberto Camacho | Edited by Patricia GuadalupeSAN DIEGO, Calif. – On a typically cool spring morning in San Diego, muralist Daniel Angeles took a phone call that chilled his soul: His first piece of public art in the city’s Latino-centric Barrio Logan, a large mural called “Birth of the Hum
mingbird,” was being erased. He clicked on a live video and was horrified that his masterwork was being painted over – the vibrant colors of his mural gradually covered by mundane, muddy browns. ...read more read less