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 »

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 »

Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, but now, thanks to Quinones,  it’ll soon be reopened this Saturday night – ... Read More »

The two-story concrete Dayton Avenue Signal Tower was built more than 80 years ago to help direct traffic over the Taylor Yard, the Southern Pacific rail yard that sprawled along the L.A. River in Cypress Park.   Southern Pacific left Taylor Yard many years ago but ... Read More »

While pupusas, tacos, mariscos and Jumbo Jacks abound, vegetables are hard to come by on the strip of Figueroa Street where Cypress Park meets Highland Park. Enter: Ayta Grill. The small Japanese “Teriyaki House & Tea Room” (Note: I didn’t see any actual tea on my ... Read More »

Firefighters put out a trio of small grass fires that started this afternoon along the 110 Freeway in Cypress Park and Lincoln Heights.  The Los Angeles Fire Department and Eastsider readers reported a small grass fire burning north of the Avenue 26 exit.  That fire, one ... Read More »

Rendering of apartment complex next to Heritage Square/Arroyo Gold Line Station/Palm Communities An empty lot next to the Heritage Square/Arroyo Gold Line Station in Cypress Park would be turned into a 48 apartments for veterans and their families under a project proposed by an affordable housing ... Read More »

Photo by Diane Edwardson/Corralitas Red Car Property Today’s high winds are not only sending palm fronds and plastic bags flying. The gusts are also kicking up large clouds of dust at the former Taylor Yards rail yard in Cypress Park and blowing them across the Los ... Read More »

Congressman Adam Schiff has joined activists in Cypress Park and neighboring Elysian Valley in calling on Metrolink to conduct an extensive study of the potential risks the commuter rail line’s Taylor Yard maintenance center poses to  the health of nearby residents. In addition to noise generated ... Read More »

A proposal to open up the L.A River through Cypress Park and Elysian Valley to boating this summer conjures up images of a lazy afternoon spent drifting down stream. The reality, however, will be much different.  In fact, it sounds like anyone who attempts to kayak ... Read More »