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Boyle Heights church returns to normal after deadly standoff
Rev. Eliseo Morales arrived early this morning to his Boyle Heights church – El Divino Salvador Presbyterian – to oversee its transition from deadly crime ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Found: Friendly & gentle Echo Park cat
An Echo Park resident named Alex is trying to find the owner of a friendly cat: This cat appeared at our door near Alvarado & ... Read More »
SUV vs. Echo Park house crash
An SUV crashed into an Echo Park cottage near Lake Shore Avenue and Berkeley Street this afternoon, punching a hole into the building. The vehicle, ... Read More »
Only a marquee and memories remain of an Echo Park movie house
The marquee of Echo Park’s long awaited Mohawk Bend restaurant currently reads “Opening Soon Very Soon.” But at one time, the marquee overlooking the 2100 ... Read More »
Sponsored Post: Sprout Creative Arts brings dance, music and fun for “kids” of all ages
Sprout Creative Arts offers a variety of dance classes through Twinkle Toes dance studio in Highland Park: Twinkle Toes now has Adult Ballet and Modern ... Read More »
News & Notes from Eagle Rock, East L.A. & Echo Park
Deco details, Glassell Park | Photo by Googiesque/Flickr Man robbed at gunpoint at Eagle Rock Vons. Patch Echo Park sidewalk lobster – or is it ... Read More »
CHP pursuit ends in Echo Park
CHP units pursued a vehicle through Echo Park tonight as it sped northbound on Glendale Boulevard. Early reports indicate the pursuit may have ended at ... Read More »
Looming large over Echo Park
A 100-foot high crane towering over the corner of Glendale Boulevard and Park Avenue has temporarily joined the Echo Park skyline, swinging construction materials over ... Read More »
Around The Eastsider
News and items from other parts of the blog and beyond: Construction picks up at Echo Park’s Red Hill. Shopper & Diner Lost: Guitar amps ... Read More »
Update: Construction work picks up at Echo Park’s Red Hill
The conversion of the former Phoenix Bakery in Echo Park into a “neo-American diner” called Red Hill seemed to come to a standstill in recent ... Read More »
Lost: Guitar amps stolen in Echo Park
Someone took Jim Lang’s guitar amps last weekend and now he wants them back: I had a couple of guitar amplifiers stolen out of my ... Read More »
Save the Date: Weekend Edition
Heritage Square in Montecito Heights concludes its outdoor Silent & Classic Movie Nights on Saturday with the screening of “Kiss Me Deadly,” a 1955 film ... Read More »
Mickey Mouse version of the Glendale-Hyperion bridge now under construction
A renovation of the Disney California Adventure theme park in Anaheim will include a replica of a landmark familiar to many Atwater Village and Silver ... Read More »
Highland Park veterans memorial becomes a symbol of homelessness
The traffic island at the corner of Figueroa Street and York Boulevard in Highland Park has served as the site of a memorial to U.S.veterans ... Read More »
Evening gunfire but no injuries reported Echo Park
Police said there were no reports of injuries in Echo Park on Thursday night after a resident reported hearing multiple gun shot blasts near Alvarado ... Read More »