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    Echo Park and Atwater residents enter Council District 13 race

    Two more candidates – a real estate agent and community activist from Atwater Village and an attorney and activist from Echo Park – have filed paperwork indicating their intention to run in the Council District 13 election in 2013.  Rueben Martinez of Atwater and Josh Post of Echo Park are  now among the four candidates [...]

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    Police seeking answers and suspects in Atwater shootings

    View Atwater Shootings in a larger map Police are asking for the public’s help as they try to sort out a pair of Saturday night shootings in Atwater Village – including one at a party thrown by high school-age students – that left three men injured.  All three victims – believed to be gang members [...]

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    Atwater gang shootings leave two wounded *

    Two victims were hit by gunfire in Atwater Village Saturday night during a pair of separate shootings that appear to be gang related, police said.  One of the victims was injured on La Clede Avenue and a second at a different location, said Sgt. Lisa Phillips with the Northeast Division.  It’s not clear whether the [...]

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    New Atwater gastropub gets tangled in city red tape

    Earlier this year Andy Hasroun leased the storefront next to his Atwater Village wine shop with plans to transform the former H&R Block office into the Atwater Tap House, a gastropub serving craft beers and sausages. Hasroun envisioned that his new customers would be sipping beers and munching on sausages  in time for the holiday [...]

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    Atwater man holds police at bay in standoff over pit bull

    An Atwater Village man who feared his pit bull was going to be taken away is in custody tonight after he threatened a utility worker with an assault rifle, prompting the evacuation of neighbors during an approximately three-hour-long stand off with police. The incident began at about noon when a pit bull owner on Casitas [...]

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    SWAT team on scene in Atwater Village *

    An LAPD SWAT team was called out this afternoon to an Atwater Village home after a DWP employee who was going to cut off power to the residence was confronted by a man with what looked like a rifle, according to an officer with the Northeast Division.  Police had the suspect contained in the home [...]

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    The cocaine, cars and Cartiers behind the Atwater FBI raid

    In a neighborhood of mostly modest one-story homes,  the red-tiled Atwater Village residence of Luis Carrillo Torres had stood out not only for its large size and imposing front gate but for the numerous cars and trucks that spilled out of the driveway, often blocking the parkway and amassed in front of the Revere Avenue [...]

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    FBI raids rattle Atwater *

    Many Atwater Village residents awoke early this morning to the sound of explosions and the sight of  heavily-armed FBI agents on the streets as the agency served search warrants at two locations during pre-dawn raids. The raids took place on Revere Street and Seneca Avenue, according to Lt. Steven Flores with the LAPD Northeast Division, [...]

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    Eagle Rock restaurant plans expansion; Atwater shop and Silver Lake restaurant seek alcohol permits

    CaCao Mexicatessen in Eagle Rock is planning to expand its dining and deli areas and also serve beer and wine to complement its Mexican dishes.  Andy Lujan said his Colorado Boulevard restaurant and store will be adding between 15 to 20 seats and is seeking permission from city and state agencies to serve beer and [...]

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    Caution: Witches crossing

    The sidewalks of Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village tonight were crowded with all manner of witches, Supermen and astronauts, who got a jump start on Halloween during the annual Trick or Treat on the Boolevard!  Kids lined up for candy being handed out at banks, beauty salons and even a bar (speaking of spirits).  The [...]

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    Proposed L.A. River bridge in Atwater receives $4 million pledge

    A proposal to build  a new cable bridge over the Los Angeles River in the north end of Atwater Village has received a $4 million commitment to build the structure.  The 30-foot wide bridge, which would accommodate equestrians as well as pedestrians and cyclists – would be the first privately financed bridge across the river, [...]

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    Save the Date: “House of Gold” explores the dark side of American childhood

    By Becky Koppenhaver Can a parent love a child just for her or himself alone? Writer Gregory Moss and director Gates Mc Fadden explore this unsettling question in the West Coast premiere of  “House of Gold,” previewing tonight, Friday, Oct. 21, at the Atwater Village Theatre. Inspired by the unsolved murder of six year-old, Jon- [...]

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    The reopening of an Atwater school library faces another challenge: L.A. Unified paperwork

    A group of Atwater Village residents raised $15,000 last month during a last-minute campaign to try and keep the library open at Atwater Elementary. The money came in form of $1 and $5 donations accompanied by inspirational notes as well as a $1,000 contribution from an Atwater theater complex. One Atwater resident set up an [...]

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    Bulletin Board: Volunteers needed to finish Atwater school garden

    The volunteers will finish building a garden on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Atwater Elementary School.  Click here to volunteer to sign up in the school main office. Bulletin Board is a place where you post announcements, milestones & messages.

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    Deadly freeway accident takes a heavy toll on Atwater security firm

    An employee of Select Patrol, an Atwater Village-based security firm that serves Echo Park and other communities, was killed Saturday night along the side of the 134 Freeway in Burbank after he had finished helping a co-worker fix a flat tire.  Don Bishop, 55, of Long Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene after being [...]

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    A salsa named “Buster” wins Atwater contest

    A software programmer from Angeleno Heights emerged as the winner of  the annual Atwater Farmers’ Market Salsa Dip Contest.  Ben Callaway’s mild but flavorful salsa took first place on Sunday after judges sampled seventeen entries. “I just threw a bunch of ingredients together and hoped for the best,” Callaway told Nathaniel Nickels, who photographed the [...]

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