Submitted by Central City Action Committee Central City Action Committee youth are on winter school break but are on the job raising funds for various Christmas activities. This week’s Christmas Rummage sale in Angeleno Heights will benefit Central City youth. The sale will take place on ... Read More »
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Echo Park Craftsman building prepares to make another move
It’s been nearly two years since a century-old Craftsman-style apartment house was moved three blocks in the middle of the night to make way for a new apartment building across from Echo Park Lake. After sitting all this time on blocks at a temporary location at ... Read More »
Eastside Property: Angeleno Heights fixer finds a buyer
This nearly century-old Angeleno Heights duplex at 917 East Edgeware Road was obviously in need of some fixing up when it went up for sale in early September at an asking price of $459,000. The 2,000-square-foot property with an imposing pair of porch columns was described ... Read More »
Storefront Report: Echo Park grocery store owners open new restaurant
When asked nearly a year ago what she had planned for her new Echo Park restaurant, all that Marta Teegan said was that it would be “a small neighborhood place with tasty food.” On Monday night, the first customers got to sample that “tasty food” at ... Read More »
Suspect arrested in Angeleno Heights killing
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with Monday’s slaying of a homeless man next to the 101 Freeway in Angeleno Heights. Reginald Rivers, 34, was arrested on Thursday evening without incident near Grand and Cesar Chavez avenues and booked for murder, said Lt. Wes Buhrmester ... Read More »
Homeless man killed in Angeleno Heights*
Police this afternoon were investigating the murder of a man who was apparently bludgeoned to death next to the side of the freeway in Angeleno Heights. Officers were called at about 12:30 p.m. when residents who were walking into a nearby pedestrian tunnel underneath the 101 ... Read More »
Found: Little black dog with red collar in Angeleno Heights
Submitted by H. Parker Found small black male dog on E. Kensington Road and Douglas in Angelino Heights this afternoon [Saturday, Sept. 29] around 2:30PM. Little guy is very friendly with people (loves sitting on laps) and people friendly. Found wearing a red collar with no ... Read More »
Long-delayed Angeleno Heights project now ready for residents
It took several years longer than expected, with the transformation of a 1920s-era Angeleno Heights brick apartment building into a high-end residential development delayed by the recession, lawsuits, a bankruptcy filing and a change of ownership. Now, after new owners took over and finished construction, apartments ... Read More »
Eastside Property: What buyer won’t be scared off by this Angeleno Heights fixer?
Some may challenge the sales listing describing this nearly century-old Angeleno Heights duplex as being built in the Craftsman style. But the Redfin real estate listing is certainly dead on when it calls the building a “fixer.” The nearly 2,000-square foot duplex at 917 East ... Read More »
Echo Park street art with a soft touch
By Samuel Temblador Late last month, artist Rachel McCollum taped up a street mural made of felt on the wall of an Echo Park public stairway that leads down from Sunset Boulevard to Glendale Boulevard. The mural, a series of felt shapes entitled “Urban Intervention: Shapes ... Read More »