Where can Dodger fans enjoy a new $10 drink and snack special in Echo Park before and after the game? Who is selling pomegranate frozen yogurt in Eagle Rock? What new Highland Park fitness studio is offering a month of unlimited exercise classes for $100? Find out at Eastsider on the Go.
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Friday, July 31
* The Aztlan Track Club stages its 27th Annual Sunset Indian Run through Elysian Park
* Not in the mood to run? Then get a “Taste of East L.A.“
* Outdoor screening of Laurel & Hardy’s “The Music Box” at the Music Box Stairs in Silver Lake.
* Artillery & Ammo gallery makes its Echo Park debut with “Tunnel Visions: Recent Works by Brad Davis.”
Saturday, August 1
* Get moving with the Historic Filipinotown 5K Run/Walk.
* A rooftop “mourning music” concert in Echo Park.
Sunday, August 2
* Fallen Fruit jam session (pictured) at Machine Project in Echo Park.
* The Crepuscule Trio appear in a free-jazz style concert at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts.
You can find an updated version of the Save the Date calendar at Eastsider on the Go
Photo from Machine Project
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It was only a few months ago when an Echo Park dog owner named Mariel ended up in a fight with fellow dog owner in Elysian Park. This morning, Mariel and her two dogs found themselves in another tense Elysian Park encounter: with a coyote. Mariel has seen plenty of coyotes on walks through the park, but this was the first time a coyote ever gave chase. “I always thought I was safe because my dogs are big. I don’t think I’ve had an animal chase me before.”
Mariel said she and her two dogs were walking in the hills above the Montecillo de Leo Politi section of the park near Boylston Street when they were challenged by a barking coyote. She turned and ran. So did her dogs. “It chased us down the hill, barking. I didn’t know coyotes could bark,” she said. Mariel and her two dogs ran down to a parking lot, where a parks department worker with a large stick came to the rescue by waving off the angry coyote.
“He stopped the coyote in its tracks. They [the dogs] were terrified. It was pretty weird.”
It’s not clear if the coyote was rabid or protecting puppies, said Mariel. Perhaps it’s time Mariel and her dogs consider a walk around Echo Park Lake. But, then again, those geese are pretty aggressive, too.
Photo by Velocity of Sound
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Stolen Long Beach patrol car ends up in a Boyle Heights gas station. LA Times
Didn’t I read this before? Highland Park blogger raises questions about a Boulevard Sentinel story. York Boulevard
Were you born at White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights? EGP News
East LA residents begin planning for a new master plan. EGP News
Will “Smart Studs” help traffic at the 110 & 5 interchange? LA Times
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Autry Museum threatens to abandon expansion over Southwest Museum deal. NELA List
Police close Sunset Boulevard during a Thursday night search in Echo Park. The Eastsider
Surveillance camera captures Silver Lake market robbery (the story incorrectly identifies the location as Echo Park) . CBS2
Avoid foreclosure by buying Boyle Heights ice. Craigslist
Echo Park, the song, by Airborne Toxic Event. Billboard & YouTube
Where’s the pan dulce? New Boyle Heights coffee house opens to a mixed review. LA Eastside
If you live in Angeleno Heights and your car radio has been stolen, then you may want to call Officer Ford. Echo Elysian Forum
Dreamin’ with the Dodgers: A $200 sleep-over at Dodger Stadium Dodgers (h/t to Franklin Avenue)
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Sunset Boulevard had been shut down west of Alvarado at about 7 pm as police search for a suspected gang member who officers said was carrying a gun. Canine units were brought in to assist in the search.
* Update: Three individuals were detained during the search but it was not certain if any arrests were made, according to information available Thursday morning, said an officer at the LAPD Northeast Division station.
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Stories and items from other parts of the blog:
* Here’s an idea: Why not use parkland for parks. Eastside Citizen
* Eastside Crime Watch. Eastside 911
Photo from The City Project website.
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The most serious crimes between Monday, July 20 and Sunday, July 26 included aggravated assaults and a rape in Echo Park, burglaries in Eagle Rock and nine stolen vehicles in Cypress Park, Glassell Park and Mt. Washington. Read more at Eastside 911.
Photo by bcmasac1 via Flickr
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The Echo Park neighborhood council met last night and, as usual, the scene featured players splitting into rival factions amid much screaming, yelling and dribbling. Dribbling? It was actually a group of nearby basketball players responsible for much of the yelling and heated action during last night’s council meeting, which took place outdoors amid a busy playground. “Screams from sports teams barely diminished the screams of board members,” quipped one person who attended the meeting at the recreation center operated by El Centro del Pueblo.
Council President Jose Sigala said the council was forced outdoors after it discovered late last week that its regular meeting place was not available because of a scheduling conflict. “We had limited options given the schools being closed for the summer and the libraries closing at 8 pm,” Sigala said by email. ” El Centro stepped up and allowed us to meet in their facility.”
In addition to the basketball games, a drill team practice also generated some noise, and the aroma from an outdoor barbecue grill also proved distracting. No matter. The members of Greater Echo Park Neighborhood Council and audience carried on under bright security lights on the volleyball court until 9 pm, leaving the playground for the real kids.
The conditions were not ideal, but, said Sigala, but “I enjoyed the great summer evening.”
Photo by cjelli via flickr
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What’s more annoying? A TV news helicopter hovering over Echo Park or a Southwest jet flying over Sherman Oaks? Curbed LA
A behind-bars tour of Lincoln Heights. El Chavo (h/t to LA Eastside)
National health care forum coming to Glassell Park. Council District 13
Forget about Korean taco trucks. What Atwater needs is a hipster ice cream mobile. AV Newbie
In celebration of new Atwater crosswalks. Council District 13
You’ve seen his posters, now you can hear him, too: Echo Park-based artist Shepard Fairey DJs on KCRW this morning. Obey Giant
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