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    Deadly freeway accident takes a heavy toll on Atwater security firm

    An employee of Select Patrol, an Atwater Village-based security firm that serves Echo Park and other communities, was killed Saturday night along the side of the 134 Freeway in Burbank after he had finished helping a co-worker fix a flat tire.  Don Bishop, 55, of Long Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene after being [...]

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    Vehicle pays an unwanted visit to the Silver Lake dog park

    Pet owners arriving at the Silver Lake Dog Park this morning were met with the aftermath of a traffic accident that sent a vehicle on Silver Lake Boulevard smashing into the fence near the entrance to the small dog portion of the park.  The Watch Commander at the LAPD’s Central Traffic Bureau said he was [...]

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    Police on scene in Elysian Heights*

    Elysian Heights residents report hearing multiple guns shots or blasts near Echo Park Avenue and Baxter Street tonight. The blasts might be in connection with the serving of search warrants, according to early reports that could not be confirmed. Police have sealed off a portion of Baxter Street west of Echo Park Avenue, and officers [...]

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    Tears and trauma follow Highland Park freeway crash

    The blackened wreckage has been cleared and traffic once again zoomed past the scene of Friday night’s fiery freeway crash in Highland Park that claimed the life of an 11-month-old girl.  But the Highland Park residents who heard and tried to rescue Leiana Ramirez  from the backseat of her car are still trying to get [...]

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    Trash truck tumbles into Lincoln Heights front yard *

    A driver of a city sanitation truck was injured this morning after his truck crashed into the front yard of a Lincoln Heights home.  Maria Paredes said she and her family were in the back of the house in the 2500 block of Johnston Street singing “Happy Birthday” to her husband when they heard the [...]

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    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, 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. [...]

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    Woman killed in Historic Filipinotown traffic accident

    An elderly woman died this afternoon after being hit by a vehicle pulling out of a driveway in Historic Filipinotown. The accident occurred at about 12:40 p.m. near Beverly Boulevard and Park View Street,  said Officer Cesar Velasquez with the Central Bureau Traffic Division.  The driver remained on the scene as officers closed off nearby [...]

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    Silver Lake smash-up*

    Silver Lake residents near Dillon and Marathon Street were awakened early this morning to the sound of crunching metal and broken glass.  At least seven* vehicles parked on Dillon between Marathon and Vendome were damaged in the 1 a.m. accident, which was believed to have been caused by a drunk driver who got away, said [...]

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    Pick-up truck crashes near Echo Park artist studio

    A pick-up truck veered off the street and came crashing on to the sidewalk in front of artist Peter Shire’s Echo Park studio Sunday night. The truck shattered the window of the new Yogala yoga studio that opened in Shire’s building. Police were on the scene following the accident, which took place at about 10 [...]

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    Silver Lake sidewalk pile up

    A driver backing up her SUV into a Sunset Boulevard parking space near Hyperion Avenue went a bit too far this afternoon. The vehicle  not only backed up into the space but on to the sidewalk and  on to the hood of a parked car. Matt Hartman, who snapped these photos shortly after the mishap [...]

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    Public asked to help find driver in Echo Park accident

    A woman riding her motorcycle through Echo Park last night suffered cracked ribs and bruises after her bike struck a car that turned left in front of her at Allesandro and Baxter streets.  The car, described as a black BMW sedan with tinted windows, ran a stop sign as it made a left turned left [...]

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    Pedestrian injured in Sunset Junction traffic accident

    Silver Lake shoppers came to the assistance of a woman who was struck by a car as she crossed  Sunset Boulevard at  Hyperion Avenue on Monday afternoon, according to a witness.  “I turned when I heard [the accident]  and saw her in the air,” aid Franklin Hills resident Dianne Hitzel, who was shopping with her [...]

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    Power goes out in Elysian Heights & Silver Lake

    As many as 2,000 DWP customers in Elysian Heights and Silver Lake lost power earlier today after a vehicle struck a   on Riverside Drive in Elysian Valley.  The outage began at about 6:30 a.m.  but power was restored to the vast majority of customers by  2 p.m., according to a Department of Water& Power [...]

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    R.I.P Theresa *

    The Los Angeles coroner is withholding the name of the 29-year-old woman who was killed in a Saturday morning traffic collision at Glendale Boulevard and Bellevue Avenue  until they can confirm that the immediate family has been contacted. However,  the words “RIP THERESA 1981 2010 WE MISS U” have been spray painted on a wall [...]

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    Woman killed in Echo Park traffic accident

    A 29-year-old woman was killed and several other people were left injured early this morning during a three-car accident at Glendale Boulevard and Bellevue Avenue near Echo Park Lake.  The woman was driving her vehicle northbound on Glendale Boulevard when it collided with two vehicles turning left from Bellevue at about 3 a.m., said Sgt. [...]

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    Car flips out in Echo Park traffic accident

    A small vehicle turned over in front of the Echo Park KFC outlet at Glendale Boulevard and Montana Avenue at about noon today. The driver, who declined to be interviewed, walked away from the accident. Another car was also damaged in the accident.

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