Tuesday, February 7, 2012
College Views, Eagle Rock | Photo by Nate Villaume/Flickr
- School district plan to displace special needs students with “problem” kids stirs concern at Eagle Rock campus. Patch
- Boyle Heights hospital denies patient was dumped on Skid Row. NBC LA
- Silver Lake shortcut blocked by DWP work. Patch
- Four violent crimes in a week put Lincoln Heights on Crime Alert. L.A. Now
- L.A. Unified redistricting is underway but you would never know it. Arroyo Seco Journal
- 72-year-old Highland Park man known as “Jumping Jay” falls for sky diving. News-Press (h/t H.P. Patch)
- Happening Today: Highland Park and Silver Lake farmers’ markets. Save the Date
Saturday, February 4, 2012
No Pooches in the Pool, Echo Park | Photo by Mary-Austin Klein
- Small fire breaks out in Hermon. Eastside 911
- Is Highland Park the new Echo Park? West Coast Sound & Patch
- City Council gives final approval to Atwater Village parking credit program. Curbed L.A.
- The Eastsider thanks P. Griffith of Mt. Washington and P. Boumenot of San Francisco for purchasing Reader Sponsorships.
- Happening Today: Urban Rancho, Highland Park; Silver Lake Farmers’ Market. Save the Date
Panaderia Case, Boyle Heights | Photo by Paul Narvaez/Flickr
- Are more parrots flocking to Eagle Rock? Patch
- Developer meets with L.A. River activists and residents over Cypress Park site. KCET
- City Ethics Commission considers raising campaign contribution limits. Daily News
- Boyle Heights street vendors hold fundraiser to buy city permits and equipment. Mis Neighbors
- More details about an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead in El Sereno. The Voice (page 2)
- The cost of living and renting in Silver Lake. Curbed
- Happening Today: Boyle Heights, Eagle Rock and Echo Park farmers’ markets. Save the Date
Thursday, February 2, 2012
East L.A. Wheel of Fortune* | Photo by Mary-Austin Klein/Flickr
- How will city pay for $1.5 billion in sidewalk repairs? Daily News
- Portrait of an Echo Park vinyl record store owner. I Am Los Angeles
- The founder of Spaceland and The Echo to open downtown club and theater. Curbed L.A.
- Silver Lake restaurant owner holds a lonely meeting over controversial wall. Patch
- Former Highland Park artist Mike Kelly found dead. Patch
- Laptops Are Old School: Silver Lake first graders get iPads. Los Feliz Ledger
- Occidental College prepares to celebrate 125th anniversary. Oxy News
- Glassell Park director helps casts new light on an old Ed Wood TV pilot. NY Times
- Silver Lake activist Robert Herzog dies. Los Feliz Ledger
- The Eastsider thanks S. Roullier of Echo Park for renewing his Eastsider Reader Sponsorship.
* Formerly the Latin Playboy bar
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Disco Ball & Palms, Silver Lake | Photo by Jennifer Porter/Flickr
- LAPD says it cannot find a connection between two Lincoln Heights homicide cases. ABC7
- Councilman Garcetti gets tweaked by fake Twitter feed . L.A. Now
- More birds take wing from Echo Park Lake. Patch
- Glendale councilman taken to task over East L.A. comment. L.A. Now
- The Eastsider thanks E. McGowan of Miami, Fl for purchasing a Reader Sponsorship.
- Happening Today: Take Back Lincoln Heights neighborhood walk. Save the Date
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Love For Sale, Highland Park
- Curly Howard fans flock to an East L.A. cemetery to honor their favorite stooge. Paul Skolnik (h/t East L.A. Facebook)
- “Sonic energy” fills the rooms of Eagle Rock’s Welcome Inn. Culture Montster
- The year in L.A. River trash. Curbed L.A.
- LAPD arrests visiting gang members in Highland Park. Patch
- Boyle Heights to host Latina film festival. Facebook
- Happening Today: Central City Action Committee Rummage sale, Angeleno Heights. Highland Park & Silver Lake farmers’ markets. Save the Date
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Candles & Flowers for Bree’Anna Guzman, Silver Lake | Photo by Echo Park resident
- Friday night police pursuit through Echo Park ends in Eagle Rock. Patch
- Lincoln Heights car wash fundraiser held today for Bree’Anna Guzman. Arroyo Seco Journal
- Tight Squeeze: Echo Park architect builds himself a 15-foot-wide house. L.A. Times & Previously on The Eastsider
- Ronald Lopez, executive director of Highland Park art center, dies. Arroyo Seco Journal
- Happening Today: Hermon Community-Wide Yard Sale; Silver Lake Library Book Sale; Summer Love Birds film screening, Lincoln Heights. Save the Date
Winter Sky, Echo Park | Photo by Martin Cox
- Atwater Village school library to reopens. AV News
- Cancer claims the life of Boyle Heights activist Becky Delgado. Boyle Heights Beat
- Eagle Rock motel to turn into experimental music box. Patch
- Northeast L.A. micro grant program for artists seeking applications and support. Bulletin Board
- Happening Today: Boyle Heights, Eagle Rock & Echo Park farmers’ markets. Save the Date