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    A show of support for the Silver Lake Recreation Center

    The almost daily barrage of bad news about the city budget and threats of service cuts has spurred many residents like Janet Upjohn of Silver Lake into action. The social worker helped organize a rally scheduled for Sunday morning to show neighborhood support for the Silver Lake Recreation Center. What’s the threat? One staff member [...]

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    Did college district misspend bond funds at Van de Kamps project?

    A group that has been tracking the redevelopment of the former Van de Kamps bakery in Glassell Park by the Los Angeles Community College District said there is more evidence of problems with the way the district has handled construction bond money. The Van de Kamps Coalition has claimed that the district has misspent construction [...]

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    Elysian Park reservoir cover up *

    Advocates of Elysian Park and other residents are planning to speak out today against a DWP proposal to cover up the 55-million gallon Elysian Reservoir with an aluminum roof and possibly solar panels. Peter Lassen with the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park said the recommendation before the Board of Water & Power Commissioners* today [...]

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    Echo Park resident organizes airborne animal rescue

    Most people return home from a trip with perhaps a souvenir t-shirt, hundreds of photos that will never leave their digital camera and other trinkets. But after a month working on a TV shoot in Puerto Rico, costumer and Echo Park resident Christine Peters is today awaiting the arrival of two living reminders of her [...]

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    Easter weekend finds Silver Lake musicans co-op hopping around town

    During seven days last December, volunteer musicians organized by the Silver Lake Musicians Co-op raced across town to convalescent homes and other institutions to spread holiday cheer in the form of a dozen, free musical performances. After that rewarding but exhausting experiment, music co-op director Gary Gamponia has tweaked and expanded the mobile music program, [...]

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    Wildflower season to bloom again on the Ascot Hills of El Sereno

    Spring usually finds the Ascot Hills covered in a blanket of the yellow blooming mustard plants. But the 100 acres of rolling El Sereno hillside – like much of the surrounding terrain – once saw a more diverse springtime bloom of native plants, like California Poppy and Arroyo Lupine. In January, a small group of [...]

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    Silver Lake residents turn a barren spot into a green oasis

    With traffic whizzing by and heat and glare reflecting off the asphalt, the barren triangular-patch of land that juts into the intersection of Silver Lake Boulevard and Parkman Avenue has never been a welcoming spot. But, thanks to a nearby resident, Ara Babaian, this over-looked piece of urban property is getting a green make over. [...]

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    Silver Lake buzzing over leaf blowers

    It’s been more than a decade since the city banned noisy and smelly gasoline-powered leaf blowers near homes after a contentious battle between residents and primarily Latino gardeners. But, at least in some sections of Silver Lake, the leaf blower issue has roared back to life, with residents complaining about increasing noise and an indifferent [...]

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    Echo Park prepares for neighborhood council election season

    Who would willingly subject themselves to serve on the neighborhood council for Echo Park? The residents who serve on the unpaid, advisory board have to sit through some unruly -albeit entertaining – meetings, fight off grievances and also rely on one of the most criticized city departments for support. Still, this month’s round of neighborhood [...]

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    What type of tree is tough enough to grow in the Silver Lake Dog Park?

    The dust bowl that is the Silver Lake Dog Park has grown a bit greener in recent months thanks to the planting of 10 trees donated by the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. The trees were planted to provide shade for dogs and their owners and to eventually help create a buffer for neighbors who live [...]

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    A neighborhood recovers from the slaying of an Echo Park four-year-old boy

    The shrine of candles, flowers and photos created in memory of four-year- old Roberto Lopez was cleaned up long ago. But, on Wednesday night, residents packed into a warm and stuffy community room in the southern edge of Echo Park for a meeting that in many ways serves as an ongoing tribute to Roberto, who [...]

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    Echo Park neighborhood council president exonerated of assault & sumo wrestling charges

    Last summer Luiza-Padilla Mavropolous, an alternate board member of the Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council, claimed that she was assaulted in Sumo-like fashion by the council president Jose Sigala following a meeting at an Echo Park church: “President Jose Sigala bellied me like a sumo wrestler causing me to lose balance, causing me to [...]

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    Protest at the Southwest Museum

    The Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition staged a protest this morning over the reduction in public access to the Mount Washington compound and the closure of its gift shop at the end of last year. About 40 protesters gathered at Marmion Way and Museum Drive this morning, said Nicole Possert with the coalition. Officials [...]

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    Nobody goes overlooked in Hermon

    Hermon, sandwiched between El Sereno and the 110 Freeway, is already one of the safest neighborhoods in Northeast LA. But last month saw the installation of 17 new orange-and-white Neighborhood Watch signs. It’s not clear how effective these signs are scaring off criminals but at least they now know residents are on the look out. [...]

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    Outreach translates into award for Arroyo Seco neighborhood council: The Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council was commended for its outreach to non-English speaking residents and stakeholders, in part by using a Google translation tool at the top of its website. The translation tool and a survey asking residents how to spend $25,000 in public funds were [...]

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    Will the liquor flow at El Super in Highland Park? A few residents on the NELA List are debating the merits – more jobs – and drawbacks – possibly more crime – to allow the new El Super grocery store on York Boulevard to sell booze. Documents filed on behalf of the chain with the [...]

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