The Mall of San Juan

On October 14, 2019, six people were killed during a shootout between drug gangs in a gun battle at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini de Río Piedras residential apartments in the Río Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.The shooting led to alarm partly because it followed an earlier shooting in the same area that resulted in 2 deaths. News reports were of earlier shootings in other areas, one in Cayey resulting in 3 deaths and another in a gas station that resulted in 3 deaths. The first in this series of massacres was 3 people in Ciales on June 10. More than 1000 bullet shells were recovered from the scene.

Oriente is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is composed of 3 subbarrios: Borinquen, López Sicardó, and San José. Before 1951, it was a barrio of the former municipality of Rio Piedras. In 2010, it had a population of 31,374. It is surrounded by the barrios of Sabana Llana Norte to the east, Sabana Llana Sur to the south, Hato Rey Central and Hato Rey Norte to the west, and Santurce barrio and the San Jose Lagoon to the north.

López Sicardó is one out of 3 sectors in Oriente.

San José is one out of 3 sectors in Oriente.

The San José Lagoon (Spanish: Laguna de San José) is a shallow saline lake or lagoon located between the municipalities of San Juan and Carolina in northern Puerto Rico. Despite being located in a highly urbanized area this body of water is important for its mangrove forests. The lagoon is located between San Juan and the island's main airport and a bridge that connects the two was opened in 1994.

Sabana Llana Norte is one of the 18 barrios in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Henry Klumb House (Spanish: Casa Henry Klumb or more generally Casa Klumb), also known as Cody Ranch, was a 1949 house in San Juan, Puerto Rico designed by German-born architect Henry Klumb in Modern Movement architecture. The Klumb House was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Valencia is one out of 4 sectors in Universidad.

Isla Guachinanga is a small island located in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The island, which has a number of trees and ecological areas, was reportedly littered with trash as of 2013.Isla Guachinanga is near Barrio Obrero and Residencial Las Casas.

Institución is one of the 5 subbarrios of Universidad, itself one of 18 barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Universidad, located in Rio Piedras, is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.It originally belonged to the municipality of Río Piedras. When Río Piedras was annexed to San Juan in 1951, Río Piedras's barrio Universidad became one of San Juan's barrios. Universidad is notable for being the location of the main campus of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. The underground section of the Tren Urbano with the Universidad station is located below Ponce de León Avenue, to the west of the neighborhood.

The College of Natural Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras), was established in 1943. It is one of several colleges that make up the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. Facundo Bueso Sanllehí was its first dean. It is located in the city of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. In September 2019, the university won a $US17.4 million research grant from the National Science Foundation, for wearable technology.