Rev. Eliseo Morales arrived early this morning to his Boyle Heights church - El Divino Salvador Presbyterian - to oversee its transition from deadly crime scene back into a house of worship. The last of the LAPD officials who were investigating Saturday afternoon’s deadly shooting in the church hallway left at 6 a.m. only a few hours before children and their families would stream into El Divino Salvador for Sunday school classes and services. “We did get some calls to see if the church would be open,” said church treasurer Patricia Hernandez.
But the 9:45 a.m. Sunday school classes and the 11 a.m. Spanish-language worship service took place as scheduled in the church on Echandia Street across from Prospect Park. Once the children were out of the main sanctuary, Rev. Morales briefed his congregation on the details of Saturday’s deadly stand off that took place in a hallway a few feet from the main entrance, where a parishioner pointed out small spots of dried blood on the front door.
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An Echo Park resident named Alex is trying to find the owner of a friendly cat:
This cat appeared at our door near Alvarado & Branden, Monday July 18 in the morning. No chip and no collar. Very friendly and gentle. If this is your cat, or you know whose it is, email pixalex@sonic.net
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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, which is pictured above being towed away from the scene, caused some damage to the base of the home, said David Torres, who was driving by at about 1:40 p.m. It’s not clear if anyone was injured in the accident or how much damaged occurred, but Torres said Gas Co. crews were on the scene. It looked like the vehicle was heading east on Berkeley and kept going through the intersection before hitting the house, Torres said.
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Photos by Daisy Sylbert-Torres/Feeding Birds Boutique
Former Ramona Theater in 2009/Photo from Loopnet.com
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 block of Sunset Boulevard promoted films shown inside a theater that opened nearly a century ago when the nearby Edendale studios were churning out silent films. The Sunset Boulevard theater clad in an exterior of white, glazed brick had been known by different names over the decades – The Creation; HK Studio, The Ramona and finally Studio One. Except for a brief life as a German art-house cinema, the Echo Park theater appealed to a mass audience with Hollywood hits and budget prices. The movie house closed for good in the mid 1980s, with Studio One showing “Running Man” and “Dirty Dancing” in December 1987, according to advertising in the L.A. Times. No other ads for Studio One could be found after that date.
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Photo by Martha Benedict
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 Dance classes and prompted by the success of Summer Arts Camp, Fridays this fall, Musical Theater Classes for five and up will go into full swing. Yogi Playground, on Sundays, with Beth Guerrette, guides budding yogis as young as two years old to more fun and healthy lifestyles. Beginning September 12, Music Together comes to Sprout for infants and toddlers. For older musicians with a desire to continue their studies in guitar and piano, composer and musician, Nate Finan, instructs.
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Deco details, Glassell Park | Photo by Googiesque/Flickr
- Man robbed at gunpoint at Eagle Rock Vons. Patch
- Echo Park sidewalk lobster – or is it a crayfish? – takes a beating. Echo Park Now
- McCourt’s divorce could end up costing $35 million. L.A. Times
- Are you an Echo Park Shagster or an East L.A. Greaser/Goth? L.A. Weekly
- Happening Today: A night of improvised music, Echo Park; East L.A. cityhood financial review; Glassell Park community clean up; Angeleno Heights crafts fair. Save the Date
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 about 10: 30 p.m. in the intersection of Glendale Boulevard and Alvarado Street, where the CHP has asked LAPD to help with traffic control, according to an officer at the Northeast Division.
Update @ 11:21 p.m.: CHP officers took a man into custody and recovered an ivory-colored Porsche. Officers at the scene said they did not know where the pursuit began. A man named Alex who was inside Tacos Mexico located in the minimall at Glendale and Berkeley Street said CHP squad cars coming from the north and south zeroed in on the Porsche and its driver on Glendale Boulevard. The Porsche was then moved into the minimal mall parking lot and later removed via a tow truck.
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 the site of the $10 million Parkview Living senior apartments. The nearly block-long, 75-unit retirement complex is scheduled to be completed by May of next year, said Greg Campbell, head of the Foursquare Foundation, an affiliate of Angelus Temple, that developed the complex. While the corner of Glendale and Park is busy with construction activity, two blocks away at Echo Park and Park avenues, a nearly century-old Craftsman-apartment house moved from the Parkview Living site stands silently on wood blocks awaiting a permanent home. So far, Campbell said, no takers have emerged for the Craftsman building.
News and items from other parts of the blog and beyond:
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 months. Owner Jason Michaud, who also owns Silver Lake’s Local restaurant, spent three months wrangling with the city and property owners over a driveway easement. “None of this would have been a problem but the space had sat vacant for so long everything [had] expired,” Michaud said. Finally, that easement issue has been resolved and the pace of construction has stepped up, with workers on Thursday pouring a concrete floor in place over new plumbing, said Michaud. It will take another eight weeks of work, including the installation of an $18,000 grease trap, before the kitchen is done, he said. No word yet when Red Hill will open.
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