David “Dizzy” Martinez, the Echo Park man who was shot by police in March while going out for tacos , died this morning after suffering a seizure. The 47-year-old Echo Park resident, who had been released from the hospital about three weeks ago, had returned to ... Read More »
The Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council is trying to drum up community support for an outdoor movie series, with the first film, the family-friendly “Finding Nemo,” scheduled to be screened on Saturday night at the Highland Park Recreation Center. Whether there will be more “Movie Under ... Read More »
Get out your most comfortable walking shoes if you want to join this weekend’s The Big Parade, a walk-hike that covers 40 miles and 80 public stairways across Echo Park, downtown, Los Feliz and Silver Lake. Organizers stress you can walk as little or as much ... Read More »
The bitter battle to become councilman of the 13th District. Eagle Rock developer to discuss Mt. Royal Drive housing project. What to do about a troublesome Mt. Washington bench. Lost: Albino Maltese in Silver Lake named Falkor. Today’s News & Notes links gathered from Eagle Rock ... Read More »
Council District 13 rivals John Choi and Mitch O’Farrell on Tuesday night repeated some common themes during a debate in the final week of the campaign, with O’Farrell touting his deep roots in the district and extensive knowledge of neighborhood issues while Choi called for a ... Read More »
It’s been more than 45 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 »
