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Daily Archives: September 22, 2009
DWP, where are you?
Water was gushing from a deep hole in the middle of Morton Avenue in Echo Park this afternoon. Another one of those“major blow outs” popping DWP water mains across the city? No, not this one. A crew with a Gas Co. contractor broke the water main ... Read More »
Mt. Washington mobilizes against a freeway tunnel
The idea of digging a freeway tunnel that begins in El Sereno, loops around Mt. Washington and emerges in Glassell Park seems far fetched. The concept, one of many being considered to close the 710 Freeway gap, is for now the dream of Caltrans engineers with ... Read More »
News & Notes from Atwater, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, Glassell Park, Highland Park & Silver Lake
Police sweep through Glassell Park in search of Avenues gang members. LA Times Echo Park celebrity baby sighting. Style Critics Business has been good to Filipino Americans in Eagle Rock. Asian Journal Assemblyman Kevin de Leon’s bullet bill gets praised from Highland Park. 90042 Still flipping ... Read More »
Early morning law enforcement raid targets Avenues Gang
About 1,200 officers from the LAPD and federal agencies swept through Glassell Park this morning in search of members of the violent Avenues gang, the LA Times reports. Officers with warrants raided homes in search of more than 50 alleged gang members wanted on “array of ... Read More »