This neighborhood icon, profiled in the current edition of Country Gardens Magazine, is four blocks from Ivanhoe Elementary and just two blocks from the Silver Lake Reservoir. A graceful French Chateau Style home with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, it is affectionately referred to as the ... Read More »
Nearly $2 million raised in Council District 1 race to replace Ed Reyes. Mt. Washington on coyote watch. Protest against allowing openly gay scouts takes place outside Echo Park Boy Scout offices. Gov. Brown stops at East L.A. school to promote his budget plan. What the ... Read More »
Many would say all of Echo Park is a dog park. But a large, green-and-white “Coming Soon” banner that appeared this morning on Echo Park Avenue heralded the development of the vacant lot next to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles into the “Echo Park Dog ... Read More »
Get your history for free this Sunday, May 19 when the annual Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day welcomes visitors to check out a slice of SoCal life from way back when. Three Highland Park museums and Heritage Square in Montecito Heights team up with two ... Read More »
The Echo Park neighborhood council this week completed paperwork to fund some neighborhood improvement projects and pay off some bills after it was able to tap into $30,000 in funds that has been frozen by the city. After cutting access to the funds last fall, the ... Read More »
With less than a week to go until next Tuesday’s city election, termed-out councilman Eric Garcetti today endorsed his former council aide Mitch O’Farrell to replace him as representative of Council District 13. Garcetti’s last-minute endorsement comes as O’Farrell is engaged in an increasingly testy campaign ... Read More »
A rare opportunity to own this two-story, 1926 Spanish-Style home on the nicest street in Montecito Heights. Montecito Circle is a quiet and private street at the top of the hill, and homes rarely become available here. There will be an open house on Sunday, May ... Read More »
The Hostess Brands bakery in Elysian Valley was shut down and its workers laid off late last year after the company filed for bankruptcy and announced it was ceasing operations. There had been some talk that the Elysian Valley bakery, one of the largest industrial properties ... Read More »
After an enthusiastic response to last March’s presentation of “Unmoderated: A Reading of Eastsider Comments,” The Eastsider is proud to announce that the show inspired by our lively/crazy comments section is going on the road. Next stop, Hollywood, where an expanded version of Unmoderated, ... Read More »
Council District 13 candidates feud over failed sales tax measure. Judge dismisses federal oversight imposed on LAPD in connection with Rampart Division scandal. Silver Lake short cut gets cut short. Surveillance video leads to charges against men for illegal dumping in El Sereno. The old movie ... Read More »
Never heard of the song “Echo Park” by Buzz Clifford? How about the “California Polka” by Miss Julia W. Pomeroy? Know the tune to “Take Me Out to Venice” by Tess Hankinson and Martin G. Van Bergen? If you are not familiar with these rather obscure ... Read More »
Police are searching for either one or two men who have tried to lure girls into cars four times since last October as the victims walked alone in Cypress Park. Two of those cases involved the same victim. “In each case, the suspect, who remained seated ... Read More »
