Renderings from Frost/Chaddock The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council tonight voted against a plan to build a trio of large apartment buildings with about 300 units, a proposal that has stirred up concern and anger over the additional congestion, parking shortages and change the project would bring ... Read More »

The newly opened Eagle Rock branch of Chase Bank features pairs of comfy blue chairs set behind large new windows that look out upon the corner of Eagle Rock and Colorado Boulevard.  But it’s not clear when and if anyone will – or would want to ... Read More »

The  Highland Park tavern known as Little Cave is undergoing a transformation, with the owners stocking up on tequila and agave based drinks and renaming  the place “La Cuevita” in time for a Cinco de Mayo opening.  A spokeswoman for the 1933 Group, which owns Big ... Read More »

The Downbeat Cafe opened more than a decade ago in an Alvarado Street storefront as the first of many coffeehouses that popped up across Echo Park.  As new competitors opened across the neighborhood, The Downbeat  continued to brew coffee but began to look a bit tattered ... Read More »

Dog & Basket, Atwater Village | Photo by Mary-Austin Klein/Flickr Northeast residents seek noise and pollution reduction at Cypress Park rail yard. Patch Vinyl record fans line up at 5 a.m. for Echo Park music store opening. Backbeat Firefighters seriously injured after rescue ambulance and truck ... Read More »