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The body of a woman discovered by a Silver Lake freeway entrance this morning has been identified as that of 22-year-old Breeanna Guzman, a Lincoln Heights mother of two who took a walk to a drug store on Dec. 26 and never returned to her Humboldt Street home, according to officials briefed by the LAPD. A police spokesman, however, could not confirm the information, but an LAPD official told NBC that there was a “strong possibility” that the body is that of Guzman.
The body was found near the Riverside Drive on-ramp to the Glendale Freeway across the street from Allesandro Elementary. The woman’s family, including her mother, were at the scene of the investigation today, said NBC.
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The Eastsider has written about the concern and opposition generated by proposals to allow charter school operators to take over classrooms at Elysian Heights and Micheltorena Street schools. But these are from the only L.A. Unified campuses that might end up having to share space with a charter. As part of an annual process, the school district is poised to offer space on about 80 campuses to charter schools in order comply with Prop. 39. The charter schools have until May to take the district up on its offer.
Here’s a sample of some of the Eastside schools that might be forced to share and the charter schools that will be offered the available rooms:
| School |
Rooms Available* |
Charter School |
| Albion Elementary Lincoln Heights |
4 | Endeavor College Prep |
| Dena Elementary Boyle Heights |
8 | Futuro College Preparatory Elementary |
| Elysian Heights Elementary Elysian Heights |
3 | Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts |
| Franklin High School Highland Park |
8 | Los Angeles International Charter High |
| Hollenbeck Middle School Boyle Heights |
7 | Media Ats & Design High School |
| King Middle School Los Feliz |
12 | Santa Rosa Charter Academy |
| Lake Street Primary Center Historic Filipinotown |
2 | Equitas Academy Charter School |
| Micheltorena Street Elementary Silver Lake |
8 | Citizens of the World Charter School 2 |
| Plasencia Elementary Echo Park |
7 | Equitas Academy #2 Charter School |
Click here for a complete list of schools that are being available to charter operators is included in a letter from Supt. John Deasy. The List follows his letter.
* Does not include rooms made available for offices
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A group of Elysian Heights Elementary concerned about a proposal to share the campus with a charter school have organized a community meeting for next week. Elysian Heights Elementary is one of the many L.A. Unified schools – including Micheltorena Street School in Silver Lake and King Middle School in Los Feliz – that might end up having to share classrooms and facilities with charters school operators as required by law under Prop. 39. Becky Mazel with the Friends of Elysian, a school support group, said that parents and residents have been left out of the loop about district proposals to share space that could prove disruptive to the schools and neighborhoods.
“The community is so ill informed,” said Mazel, whose group will hold a Monday morning town hall on co-location, the term used to described schools shared by different operators. “There has been no opportunity … for public comment.”
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A commission charged with redrawing City Council boundaries today released maps of what the districts would like under the proposed changes. The L.A. Times compares the current and proposed boundaries, which are subject to further review and change. Under one of the more significant changes, Councilman Tom LaBonge, who lives in Silver Lake, would see his Fourth District stretched out in to the San Fernando Valley to include Encino and Sherman Oaks, according to L.A. Now
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Workers have been gutting the interior of the former Alamar jewelry store, one of the many Cuban businesses that once thrived in Echo Park. Is there a new store or cafe coming to the 1800 block of Sunset Boulevard that is home to Masa restaurant and The Echo nightclub? Nope. The former Alamar store and an adjacent storefront will be filled by the social services agency El Centro Del Pueblo, which owns the building and is headquartered around the block on Lemoyne Street.
El Centro had already been using one of the Sunset Boulevard spaces and now looks to double the space. “We are renovating our office space for clinical mental health and family preservation services currently provided by El Centro,” said Executive Director Sandra Figueroa.
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Barber Tony Cornejo talking about moving out of Silver Lake shopping center
When his former landlord announced plans to demolish the building, barber Tony Cornejo went looking for a new location, taking over an existing barbershop in a Silver Lake shopping center. That was more than 30 years ago, and Tony’s Barber Shop has been in the same Glendale Boulevard shopping center ever since. But this year finds Cornejo preparing to move his six-chair shop to Cypress Park as apparently the shopping center – which also houses a Ralphs market, CVS drugstore and KFC – prepares for major change. Cornejo and some other longtime tenants of the Silverlake Shopping Center said leases are not being renewed past this year, and there is talk of rebuilding or overhauling the property. “This location is perfect – we hate to go,” said Cornejo, whose lease is expires in September.
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