The street artist Cache – known for his murals of bike-riding  chickens and other works – has been busy updating some of his work along the retaining walls of Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park and Silver Lake. Blogger and Cache fan Will Campbell snapped the above ... Read More »

News and items from other parts of the blog and beyond: Silver Lake residents warned to watch out for a polite vandal. Eastside 911 Read More »

An Echo Park man named Ted was staying  with his girlfriend in Silver Lake when he heard a loud sound at 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday. He did not bother to check out what happened but in the morning neighbors discovered that Ted’s Mini Cooper, parked in ... Read More »

Three groups with three different ideas on how students should be taught are competing to operate Echo Park’s newest school, known for now as Central Region Elementary School #14.  Later this month, the three applicants will  make presentations to win the support of parents, students and ... Read More »

Pizza Buona corner, Echo Park | Photo by Orrin Anderson/Flickr The lives of a Muslim deputy sheriff and a gang member collide in a deadly East L.A. shooting . L.A. Times Shepard Fairey, whose studio is located in Echo Park, to settle lawsuit over Obama “Hope” ... Read More »