It’s been more than fifty years since Elysian Park hosted what is said to have been Los Angeles’ first love-in, a 1960s era spectacle of 1960s flower power and proto-hipster youth culture. A reminder of this event is now up for grabs in the form of ... Read More »
If you are a registered voter living in either Council District 1 or Council District 13, make room in your mail box. With a week left to go before the city’s run off elections on May 21, large amounts of money from public employee unions and ... Read More »
If you can’t go very far without stopping for a Starbucks fix then you will like what a Highland Park property owner has in mind for a York Boulevard burger stand. The owner of the Classic Burger property on the eastern edge of York Boulevard near ... Read More »
Monday night East L.A shooting leaves one man dead. Fungus Farming: Growing mushrooms in Echo Park. Jewish groups explore the costs of repairing East L.A.’s Mount Zion Cemetery. The Eastsider thanks A. Bernardino of Eagle Rock for purchasing a Reader Sponsorship. Today’s News & Notes gathered ... Read More »
Saturday night saw the grand opening of one of Northeast L.A.’s most unusual art spaces: a Cypress Park pedestrian tunnel under Figueroa Street. Eastsider contributor Nathan Solis, who wrote about the tunnel last week, returned Saturday night for the opening show. Yancey Quinones, owner of Antigua ... Read More »
The phone has been disconnected. The thick drapes are shut tight against the windows. What’s going on at Naya Sunset, the flashy Silver Lake restaurant that served a modern version of Indian cuisine and some out-of-the-ordinary cocktails, including a rum drink with coffee beans? Some nearby ... Read More »
The flippers who purchased this 1905 Angeleno Heights duplex last November have been hard at work renovating and repairing the two-story building at 917 Edgeware Road. Now, the former eyesore fronted by two large columns is dressed up in a a new coat of gray paint ... Read More »
From paths and backyards along the L.A. River in Atwater Village and Elysian Valley to the hills of Elysian Park and the ball field at Dodger Stadium, swarms of Black Flies – or Buffalo Gnats - have been once again buzzing, bothering and biting people as ... Read More »
Four violent crimes in a week puts Echo Park on Crime Alert. Robberies prompts call for improved lighting along Silver Lake reservoirs path. Found: Adorable Dog in Silver Lake Bottom Of The Blog: Statue turns its back on Echo Park. Bloggers don’t live on comments alone! ... Read More »
Meet the man who helped restore Echo Park’s Lady of the Lake statue. The home and style of Angeleno Heights designer Gere Kavanaugh. Got photos to share? Join The Eastsider Photo Pool or tag your Instagram photos with #eastsiderla Today’s News & Notes collected from the ... Read More »
Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, but now, thanks to Quinones, it’ll soon be reopened this Saturday night – ... Read More »
An Angeleno Heights resident named Rene wants to alert his neighbors about an attempted break in into this home on May 7 that was recorded by surveillance cameras. The video clip above shows a man trying to open windows of the home on Bellevue Avenue near ... Read More »
