Echo Park is about fifteen, traffic-congested miles from the sea. But that fact did not stop the owners of a new neighborhood gas station from decorating the building with an underwater motif, complete with mosaic murals of fish and mermaids. In fact, there are two mermaids ... Read More »
Signs in favor of saving auto lanes have popped up in some store and restaurants windows across Eagle Rock and Highland Park as the city considers replacing traffic with bike lanes on Colorado Boulevard and Figueroa Street. On Saturday, some of those merchants may find their ... Read More »
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Actress Mischa Barton to help out at Echo Park filmmaker fundraiser. Preservationists to lead May Day protest march against Boyle Heights development. Happening Today: El Sereno & Silver Lake neighborhood council meetings. Links for Today’s News & Notes were gathered from Curbed and Echo Park Patch Read More »
Expanded parking lots, more shops, additional landscaping with trees, outdoor plazas and an enhanced “premium” store were just some of new changes that representatives from Property Development Centers (PDC) presented to Eagle Rock residents about what they can expect from their Vons store on Figueroa Street ... Read More »
The bobblehead giveaways at Dodger home games may have become too popular. The Daily News reports that the team this season imposed a one bobblehead-per-ticket holder limit to address complaints about shortages and deal with over-zealous souvenir collectors who purchased multiple tickets simply to get more ... Read More »
The afternoon blaze burned about three acres of grass and brush in Ascot Hills Park in El Sereno before it was knocked down in about 45 minutes, according preliminary reports by the Los Angeles Fire Department. No one was injured or structures damaged, according to LAFD ... Read More »
The mysterious Glassellland sign, which popped up on a Glassell Park hillside near Forest Lawn last month before being removed a few days later, is back and now looms over a different part of the neighborhood. Christian Nahas said he first noticed the new sign early ... Read More »
Five different ways to view the boundary of the Eastside and Westside. Developer to revise plans for Eagle Rock gated housing project. Who knew? Highland Park cyclist gets ticketed for wrong-way riding. Silver Lake post-and-beam home hits the market at $1.39 million. Today’s News & Notes ... Read More »
A carjacking suspect was shot and killed by sheriff deputies earlier this morning after the man barricaded himself in a vacant Boyle Heights apartment, according to L.A. Now and other news reports. The stand off ended at about 4 a.m. after authorities entered the apartment building ... Read More »
What would Los Angeles look like with a bustling community along its river? Probably something like Saturday’s event at Marsh Park in Elysian Valley organized by the Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront Collaborative. The event – part family fair, part live mapping project – looked to open ... Read More »
While pupusas, tacos, mariscos and Jumbo Jacks abound, vegetables are hard to come by on the strip of Figueroa Street where Cypress Park meets Highland Park. Enter: Ayta Grill. The small Japanese “Teriyaki House & Tea Room” (Note: I didn’t see any actual tea on my ... Read More »
