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Religious Ruin, Highland Park

• Scenes from Highland Park’s Urban Rancho. Patch
• Six violent crimes in a week puts Echo Park on Crime Alert. L.A. Times
• Mt.Washington school crossing guard dies. Patch

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Silver Lake Meadow | Photo by by Gina Acuña

• Lincoln Heights residents express sorrow and fear at Bree’anna Guzman vigil. ABC7 & NBC
• The connection between General  Patton and Silver Lake has been revealed. [sic]
• Grass fire scorches area near Dodger Stadium. Patch
• The difference between Westside and Eastside as explained by a BMX rider. ESPN
• Chef Gordon Ramsey returns to the scene of an Eagle Rock restaurant makeover. Patch
• Happening Today: Elysian Heights Elementary Co-location meeting. Save the Date

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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

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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

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