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    Van fire snarls Boyle Heights traffic

    By C.J. Salgado Boyle Heights traffic was snarled this afternoon near Lorena Street and Whittier Boulevard as motorists and pedestrians maneuvered around a van that burst into flame and  spouted thick black smoke. The van caught fire at about noon  as it waited to turn into a gas station at the intersection of Lorena and [...]

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    Choppers over Sunset Junction rattle Silver Lake residents

    In the four years that Marya Kendall has lived in Silver Lake, she cannot recall a time hearing as many helicopters hovering over her Sunset Junction home as she has in recent months. On Monday night, for example, another resident reported that a police helicopter swooped in over the same area where Sunset and Santa [...]

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    One man killed in Boyle Heights shooting near Mariachi Plaza*

    One man was killed and a woman injured Monday night after they came under fire  while walking on a Boyle Heights street near Mariachi Plaza and a popular strip of restaurants and bars. The man and woman were walking on the 1800 block of E. First Street when a gunman fired several rounds at about [...]

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    Police respond to Echo Park bottle-throwing dispute

    The LAPD deployed a helicopter and nine squad cars to a narrow Echo Park street this morning after a resident refused to comply with police orders to stop throwing bottles at a neighbor. Officers were planning to use a stun gun against the suspect on Morton Terrace but decided to call for back up units, [...]

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    Historic Filipinotown criminals are partial to Beverly Boulevard

    Beverly Boulevard and the blocks immediately to the north in Historic Filipinotown emerged as corridor of crime in recent days, with seven crimes ranging from theft to aggravated assault taking place in less than a week, according to CrimeMapping.com.  The crimes that took place between April 18 and April 24 included a pair of burglaries [...]

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    Fire damages Echo Park home

    A morning fire apparently ignited by a basement furnace caused an estimated $30,000 worth of damage to an Echo Park hillside home, firefighters said. The Park Drive home owned by club owner Steven Yablock was knocked in about 20 minutes, according to LAFD Capt. Rick Denning. No one was injured in the blaze that broke [...]

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    Man shot in Echo Park drive-by

    One man was injured in Echo Park early this morning after multiple shots were fired from a vehicle near the intersection of Alvarado Street and Sunset Boulevard, according to Patch. The shooting, which took place at about 1 a.m., is believed to be gang related, police said.  The victim was shot in the arm and [...]

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    Another driver fails to make it past Echo Park’s Mohawk Bend

    One person suffered minor injuries early this morning after their vehicle crashed into a light pole on Sunset Boulevard where it curves to the south at Mohawk Street, a section of  road that has been the scene of several accidents in recent years and has been nicknamed the Mohawk Bend.  Sgt. Sandor with the LAPD [...]

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    It takes many steps to get an Echo Park crosswalk

    The death of a 65-year-old Echo Park man after he was struck by a car  has prompted many residents to ask for additional measure to protect pedestrians. Aureliano Polanco was hit as he was crossing Echo Park Avenue at Lucretia Avenue, an unmarked intersection. What would it take to get crosswalk markings, a stop sign  [...]

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    Driver arrested in fatal Echo Park traffic accident

    The driver who fatally struck a 65-year-old Echo Park man as he crossed the street has been arrested and booked on vehicular manslaughter, police said today. Gregory Andrew Fein, a resident of Chino Hills was arrested on Monday and his bail was set at $50,000, according to LAPD Detective Felix Padilla with the Central Traffic [...]

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    Unconscious woman rides Echo Park bus for two hours before 911 is called *

    Jamie Goodwin and her two daughters boarded a Dash bus Monday afternoon on their way home to Echo Park when she noticed a passenger in the middle of the bus was slumped face-forward and had passed out in her seat. Goodwin and the other passengers exchanged alarmed glances as the driver of the northbound bus [...]

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    LAPD seeks public’s help in solving Angeleno Heights slaying

    With a memorial service planned this morning for Etsael Cardenas Jr, the 21-year-old Angeleno Heights resident who was fatally shot while sitting in his car last weekend, the police have issued a Community Alert seeking more information as the killer remains at large (Click on the link below larger versions of the notice in English [...]

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    Echo Park fatal traffic accident case referred to District Attorney*

    Police markings at scene of fatal Echo Park accident. The motorist who fatally struck an elderly man crossing Echo Park Avenue on Wednesday morning appears to be at fault, and the case  will be presented to the District Attorney for review, said LAPD Dect. Felix Padilla with the Central Traffic Bureau. “I am going to [...]

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    Silver Lake resident alerted to men casing her home

    A Silver Lake woman who lives on Benton Way near Berkeley Avenue was running errands this afternoon when a neighbor called her to warn her that two men appeared to be casing her home in a prelude to a burglary. The men, described as African American males, were seen on the front porch and the [...]

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    Echo Park traffic accident victim dies

    An elderly man who was struck by a car on Echo Park Avenue this morning has died from his injuries, police said this afternoon.  The man, described as  a male Latino in his 60s,  was transported to a hospital, where he died at about 11 a.m. following surgery, said Officer Karen Rayner with the LAPD. [...]

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    Pedestrian hit in Echo Park traffic accident*

    A car struck a pedestrian on Echo Park Avenue this morning, prompting the closure of the street as officers conduct an investigation. Police declined to provide any details about the incident but a black sedan with a shattered windshield was in the middle of the northbound traffic lane on Echo Park Avenue north of Lucretia [...]

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