The comments section of The Eastsider are filled with pieces of information from persons who said they saw or heard the fatal shooting of Echo Park resident Michael David early Saturday morning. Today, the LAPD offered up its official account of what happened: According to witnesses, he was confronted by three suspects on the south side of Sunset Boulevard near ... Read More »
Sleek and shiny is not what comes to mind when you think of your typical home in Atwater Village, where streets are lined mostly with one and two-story Spanish-Colonial and Tudor-style cottages. But a new development of narrow, three-story residences on Casitas Avenue is going to test the demand for contemporary-styled and pricey new Atwater homes. The first three-story home ... Read More »
19-year-old Jose Antonio Madera was spending Friday night at his parent’s Cypress Park home with friend Christopher Rodriguez when after midnight two men walked into the home’s carport. The visitors asked where Madera and Rodriguez were from – a common gang challenge – and then opened fire, said homicide detective P.J. Morris of the Northeast Division. Madera was left dead ... Read More »
The parking lots that surround Dodger Stadium generate about $11 million a season in parking fee revenue (guess those higher rates add up). That’s a lot of money but that sea of asphalt might be even more valuable if all or part of those lots were transformed into a residential community. The possibility of parking condos instead of cars on ... Read More »
Grassy hillside, Mt.Washington | Photo by Howard Fang/Flickr The state Senate approves bill requiring B.B. guns be painted bright colors following Glassell Park shooting. PolitiCAL Cal State L.A. students take first place in pin ball machine making competition. Cal State L.A. An eyewitness account of the East L.A. murder-suicide that left four dead. ABC7 Highland Park dining scene to make ... Read More »
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