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    • Animal remains found near Elysian Park walking trail

    The body of a large pig and a raccoon were found this morning near the entrance of a popular Elysian Park walking trail where several other animal bodies have been dumped in recent years. Police who arrived on the scene  shortly after 8 a.m. said the pig, which was partially hidden under a large bush, [...]

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    News & Notes from Eagle Rock, El Sereno & Mt. Washington

    Cafe Chairs, Echo Park | Photo by © 2012 Ofstead Photography/Flickr El Sereno man fatally shot in car while seated next to wife and daughter. CBS2 Eagle Rock “crowbar attacker” charged with attempted murder. Patch Occidental College alumni start petition in support of football coach fired amid NCAA investigation. Patch Restoration of 250,000 items in [...]

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    News and items from other parts of the blog and beyond: Silver Lake resident warns neighbors following daytime burglary. Eastside 911 Thief tries to steal $700 stroller from Echo Park parents. Patch

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    The music of Los Lobos inspired “Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe”

    “Evangeline, The Queen of Make Believe,” a multi-media play featuring the music of Los Lobos band members David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez, has begun a three-week run at the Bootleg Theater in Historic Filipinotown. The play, set in the late 1960s, is the story of an Evangeline,  a young East L.A. Chicana “whose neighborhood roots [...]

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    Lock up your cars, Silver Lake

    So far this year criminals have driven away with more than 60 cars and trucks from across Silver Lake while more than 100 other vehicles have been broken into.   The volume of vehicle-related crime has prompted the detectives of the Rampart Division, which patrols the area south of Sunset Boulevard, to warn Silver Lake vehicle [...]

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    News & Notes from Boyle Heights, Highland Park & Silver Lake

    Man fatally shot at Lincoln Heights loft party identified as a University of Idaho football player. ABC7 Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on 10 Freeway in Boyle Heights. L.A. Now Elderly Malibu motorist who got lost on his way to get coffee turns up in Highland Park. Patch Get The Eastsider on Facebook, Twitter, Daily Email [...]

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    Pioneering Chicano artist shows new work in Highland Park

    Photos by Martha Benedict Frank Romero, whose murals and public art can be found across Los Angeles, is still busy creating new work after a career that spans more than 40 years. Some of Romero’s  new work is on display at Avenue 50 Studio, the Highland Park gallery that hosted an opening reception Saturday night [...]

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    Shooting at Lincoln Heights Brewery Arts Complex leaves one man dead

    View Larger Map A party at the Brewery Arts Complex,  a sprawling arts compound in Lincoln Heights filled with artist studios and residences, ended with a shooting that left one man dead and another injured early Sunday morning. L.A. Now reports that a 22-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital while the other victim [...]

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    Fire damages Echo Park garage

    Firefighters took about 20 minutes to knock down a fire that broke out tonight in the garage of an Echo Park home. No injuries were reported as a result of the the fire reported shortly before 10 p.m. at  1825 N. Lucretia, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department Twitter feed. The fire was confined [...]

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    News & Notes from Atwater, Echo Park, El Sereno & Silver Lake

    This Way, East L.A. | Photo by catheadsix/Flickr Police looking for El Sereno robber shown on video. Eastside 911 City manager whose department oversees neighborhood councils now running for Council District 13. KPCC Nashville blog takes aim at the Tennessee singer who goes on the hunt for Echo Park and Silver Lake hipsters in music [...]

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    Señor Fish dives into Echo Park restaurant scene

    It look several months longer than expected, but Mexican restaurant  Señor Fish has opened in Echo Park. The space, a former Pescado Mojado at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Logan Street, is still not finished but the arched ceiling with exposed wood  beams impressed the first diners at the Mexican restaurant. “The food was [...]

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    Who says dogs can’t ride bikes?

    Of course it does help to have a large basket and small dogs. On a recent bike ride through El Sereno, Carlos Morales, publisher of The Voice newspaper  and member of the Eastside Bike Club, took along a basket full of furry passengers named Pookie, Bambi and Chispa. Morales says the dogs don’t like being [...]

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    What to get mom for Mother’s Day? How about a house?

    The New York Times recently told the story of an 84-year-old grandmother who purchased a $700,000 midcentury Silver Lake home with her daughter and son-in-law, who live down the street.  It’s nice to have mom nearby but what if $700,000 is way out of your price range?  The Eastsider checked the listings and found some [...]

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    Blacksmiths hammer away in new Glassell Park school

    Adam’s Forge, a school and cooperative devoted to the techniques and art of blacksmithing and metalworking, settled into a new home in Glassell Park earlier this year. Now, after settling into a former San Fernando Road metal plating factory that has been taken over by artists, Adam’s Forge is holding an open house on Saturday, [...]

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    News & Notes from Boyle Heights, Highland Park & Silver Lake

    Arroyo Seco View, Hermon | Photo by Sergio Ruiz/Flickr The Silver Lake woman behind Pop Physique. Patch State agents and LAPD inspect more than 2oo Boyle Heights liquor outlets in search of violations. EGP News Ex hipsters return to Silver Lake in “Nesting.” L.A. Times Boyle Heights hospital breaks ground on expansion. EGP News Highland [...]

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    News and items from other parts of the blog and beyond: Homeland Security conducts investigation in Glassell Park. Eastside 911 Eagle Rock hosts a night of electronic and hip hop music. Eastsider On The Go North East L.A. short film festival seeking submissions. Bulletin Board

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