John Cabrera stands outside Cabrera’s Market in Hawaiian Gardens, which has been part of the neighborhood since 1952, as generations of family photographs on the wall testify. Now Cabrera, the last of the family, is retiring and leasing the market to someone else. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Danny Vasquez, 10, right, helps his younger brother, Junior Hernandez, get an afternoon snack at Cabrera’s Market in Hawaiian Gardens. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
A mural on the outside of Cabrera’s Market in Hawaiian Gardens memorializes children who have died in the neighborhood through the years. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Monica Alarcon, one of the new proprietors of Cabrera’s Market in Hawaiian Gardens, helps neighborhood children with their purchases. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
