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Stormy sky over Silver Lake [updated]
SILVER LAKE -- Dan Gershon snapped a photo this afternoon showing some ominous clouds on the horizon. Better keep an umbrella handy. The ABC7 doppler radar indicated light rain falling north and west of Silver Lake.
Ballot Box: Bike lanes & gentrification as campaign issues; Molina’s temper; more endorsements
Gene Maddaus at the LA Weekly evaluates Gloria Molina and Jose Huizar based on complaints and praise from residents in Council District 14. One resident compares El Sereno’s Huntington Drive to Tijuana while others praise him as "accessible and responsive."
Will a veterinary hospital chain become top dog in Eagle Rock animal care?
EAGLE ROCK -- Many Eastside animal hospitals tend to be independently owned or part of a small group. Now, one of the nation's largest operators of veterinary-hospitals, Banfield Pet Hospital, has opened an outlet in an Eagle Rock shopping center, complete with pet-friendly videos playing in the boarding area and a complementary coffee bar.
Groundbreaking held for new Sixth Street Viaduct but construction is still months away
BOYLE HEIGHTS -- Construction of the new Sixth Street Viaduct will not start for several months, and the $420 million project wont be completed until 2019 if things go on schedule. But there was plenty of fanfare - and ceremonial shovels - on Friday during a ground breaking for the new bridge linking Boyle Heights to the L.A. Arts District, reports Streetsblog L.A.
Developer planning 135 residential units in south Silver Lake
SILVER LAKE -- It's been a year since the approximately one-acre chunk of Silver Lake now occupied by Phil’s Transfer & Storage went up for sale at more than $10 million. Now, a developer wants to build 135 units of ...
Pedestrian killed on 5 Freeway; a “Creative Campus” for Elysian Valley; Silver Lake tree topples
MORNING REPORT: A pedestrian on the 5 Freeway in Boyle Heights was struck and killed in an early morning collision that backed up traffic for miles ... A developer reveals renderings for an Elysian Valley “Creative Campus” with 40 residential units near the L.A. River ... A tree toppled across traffic lanes in Silver Lake this morning near Silver Lake and Glendale boulevards