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 kill (pests) the organic way at Highland Park’s Milagro Allegro community garden (pictured). Sunday, ... Read More »
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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 Park Lake for more than a century since it was declared a public park ... Read More »
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 also said on Thursday that Caltrans crews were headed out to repair the holes ... Read More »
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 back in Echo Park. Echo Elysian Forum What do East LA residents want from ... Read More »
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 recently served with warrants since the Toonerville Gang Injunction was enacted into law in ... Read More »
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