News & Notes from Boyle Heights, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, El Sereno & Highland Park

The Astro as depicted on Allesandro Elementary mural | Silver Lake

• Performer who grew up in Boyle Heights wins NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” San Fernando Valley Sun
• City to study food truck regulations. Daily News Wire Services
• No texting while eating: Eastside students get a lesson in table manners. L.A. Weekly
• Mt. Washington Elementary gets a new principal. ASNC Alert
• Noticias from Cal State L.A.: College launches Spanish-language journalism classes. Cal State L.A. Today
• Police report 17 Highland Park burglaries in August. ASNC Alert
• Eagle Rock Music Festival seeking sponsors. ASNC ALert
• Happening Today: Friends of the Southwest Museum fundraiser; septic tank workshop; Angeleno Heights preservation board. Save the Date
• Notes: Some Echo Park residents awakened early this morning by 2.6 quake in Pasadena … If you missed last week’s Echo Park Lake rehabilitation public hearing, another meeting has been scheduled for August 23.