The Eastsider LA Friday, July 10* A nuclear melt down performed as modern dance in Silver Lake.* Lincoln Heights salutes MJ with an outdoor Michael Jackson movie night. Saturday, July 11* The Lotus Festival is not happening this year but the Echo Park Community Festival is.* Learn how to ... Read More »
Daily Archives: July 10, 2009
Around The Eastsider
Stories and items from other parts of the blog: Why a science fair at a Boyle Heights middle school is important to national security. School Yard Photo from StemUp.org Read More »
This will be your last weekend to ride the Echo Park Lake pedal boats
that the boats will return for this weekend in time for the Echo Park Community Festival (The Lotus Festival, which is normally held during the second weekend in July, was canceled by the city earlier this year in a cost-saving move). Residents have boated on Echo ... Read More »
Dear Eastsider: What’s to keep my car from plunging into the Arroyo Seco?
led as part of a project that features a new median divider along five miles of Los Angeles’ oldest freeway. It’s not certain when those new barriers will be built but Chandler said the agency is just about ready to seek bids on the project. He ... Read More »
News & Notes from Boyle Heights, Echo Park, East LA, El Sereno & Glassell Park
Drive-by shooting leaves one man dead in El Sereno. CBS2 A photo exhibit in Glassell Park takes a look back at Gay L.A. after the Stonewall Riots. LA Times Man gets shot trying to rob an off-duty cop in Boyle Heights. EGP News The ’60s are ... Read More »
LAPD launches raid against Atwater’s Toonerville gang
The LAPD is scheduled to hold a 6 pm community meeting about the arrest of 20 people as part of an early morning raid against members of the Toonerville gang in north Atwater. “LAPD Officers and Detectives were able to arrest suspected gang members that were ... Read More »