Saturday, December 31, 2011
Palm Shadow, Glassell Park | Photo by Laurie Avocado/Flickr
- Garvanza Park gets finishing touches. Patch
- Free lending library popping up at Echo Park restaurants. Los Feliz Ledger
- Three violent crimes in a week puts Montecito Heights on crime alert list. L.A. Now
Friday, December 30, 2011
Motorcycle viewpoint of Alvarado & Glendale, Echo Park | Photo by Greg Keating/Flickr
- Homeless man found stabbed to death in Highland Park. Patch
- Eagle Rock Plaza offers a taste of home for Filipinos. KCET
- What happens when upwardly mobile Latinos open a Boyle Heights wine bar? Answer: “Gente-fication.” Multi-American
- Suspected car thief arrested after found sleeping in stolen car in Mt. Washington. NELA List
- Highland Park high school senior and Tournament of Roses Princess Sarah Zuno is the first-ever L.A. Unified student to serve in the Rose Parade Royal Court. LAUSD
- El Centro del Pueblo, a gang-prevention and social services agency in Echo Park, is seeking year-end donations. El Centro
- The photo of actress Rooney Mara on the cover of Entertainment Weekly was shot by Echo Park photographer Rick Morton.
Photo from Northeast Division Facebook Page
A big white tent that rose behind the LAPD Northeast Division station in Glassell Park sheltered an outdoor boxing ring where the Northeast Police Athletic League operated a youth boxing program. But that big tent and other equipment were destroyed during the Dec. 1 windstorm, Capt. William Murphy reveals in an email newsletter today. Now, the program, which only got off the ground in August 2010, is on hold until the police and supporters can raise the necessary funds. Murphy provides the details:
The program is now suspended until we can raise the money to fix the tent (BLEND and Children’s Hospital will certainly help us out – the cost could be as much as $4,000 to fix everything as new). If you want to donate please send your check to BLEND @ LAPD Northeast Station, 3353 San Fernando Road, Los Angeles, CA 90063. Any donation to BLEND can be written off on your tax forms (BLEND can give you the tax ID number required for the IRS).
More than 900 cars and trucks stolen in LAPD Northeast Division
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Car recovered after being stolen in Echo Park
The LAPD’s Northeast Division – which stretches from Echo Park and Silver Lake to Eagle Rock and Highland Park - is on track to report a drop in violent and property crimes this year, according to Capt. William Murphy in an email newsletter. Vehicle-related crime, however, remained on the upswing. Murphy, citing 2011 crime figures through Dec. 10, said this year’s biggest crime problem was grand theft auto, which was up 3.7% compared to the same period last year. More than 900 vehicles have been stolen since the first of the year. “GTA is our biggest crime problem right now,” Murphy said. “We need your help to drive this number down.”
Click on the link for a run down of other Northeast crime stats:
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Martha Benedict of Montecito Heights captured this morning’s sunrise reflected in the clouds. She calls this photo “It Just Dawned on Me.”
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Toyota Van & Concrete Wall With Clouds, Cypress Park | Photo by Ryan Schude/Flickr
- Band melds Son Jar0cho music, punk-rock style and social activism in El Sereno . L.A. Weekly
- Environmentalists pressure developer to abandon L.A. River site to create more parkland near Cypress Park. Switchboard
- How to recycle your Christmas tree. City of L.A.
- Health foods store looking for Silver Lake area location. Patch
- More details emerge of the two brothers killed in a Silver Lake murder-suicide. Los Feliz Ledger
- Historic Highland Park coffee shop sign to shine once again. Patch
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Doggie In the Window. Historic Filipinotown | Photo by Sandy Driscoll
- Eagle Rock woman awaiting kidney transplant volunteers on Rose Parade organ donation float. Patch
- Where to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Echo Park. Echo Park Now
- Memorial service planned for Montecito Heights activist Marilyn Sanchez. NELAList
- Rose Parade marching bands tune up at Dodger Stadium parking lot. Patch
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Griffith Park Boulevard Bungalow, Silver Lake | Photo by Jared R. Leadbetter/Flickr
- Boyle Heights shul holds first service sine 1996. L.A. Independent
- Relax and take a seat in Montecito Heights. Above The City
- Former city employee now singing for cash outside Eagle Rock Trader Joe’s. Patch
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