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    Bulletin Board: Pre-Halloween book sale at the Cypress Park Library

    Submitted by Friends of Cypress Park Library Faced with SCARY-big piles of surplus books donated from many sources, the Friends of the Cypress Park Library will once again host a cupboard-emptying book sale, this time on the weekend before Halloween, Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. . As part of this next regular [...]

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    Copper wire thieves leave freeway drivers in the dark

    Alex Graber of Montecito Heights drives frequently through the tangle of lanes where the 110 and  5 freeways meet near Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park.  But Graber said getting through this busy interchange has been made  more challenging since so many of the lights have gone dark and have stayed that way for the past [...]

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    Cypress Park and Elysian Valley residents target train pollution and noise

    Freight and passenger trains have rumbled through Cypress Park for about a century. While Taylor Yard, the former rail yard operated by Southern Pacific, was put out of commission and part of it transformed into parkland, Cypress Park remains home to the main maintenance facility for Metrolink, the commuter rail service.  That center, located between [...]

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    Old Cypress Park library declared historic landmark

    The City Council on Wednesday approved declaring the former Richard Henry Dana Library in Cypress Park a historic cultural monument. The 85-year-old Georgian-Revival style building on  Pepper Avenue  has been vacant since  it was replaced by  a new larger library.  The old library, which is already listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was [...]

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    Cypress Park woman scratches out a living as a chicken sitter

    By Christopher Yee The urban chicken has become a new status symbol  for those seeking to live sustainable lifestyles.  Owners can let their chickens out in the morning before they go to work, put them inside after they return home  and collect fresh eggs at their leisure.  However, what happens when these friends of fowl [...]

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    Cypress Park alley fire victim identified as homeless man

    The  body that was found burned late last month in a Cypress Park alley has been identified as 65-year-old Ralph Jimenez.  Jimenez’ body was found on July 29 near Figueroa Street and Avenue 28 after firefighters extinguished an early morning trash fire. Jimenez was homeless “but had family in Cypress Park that cared for him,” [...]

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    Burned body discovered in Cypress Park alley

    Authorities this morning were investigating the discovery of a charred corpse found near an Cypress alley. The body was discovered after firefighters extinguished a trash fire at about 2:15 a.m. near Figueroa Street and Avenue 28, according to KTLA.  Officials were still trying to determine the sex of the victim and the cause of the [...]

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    Save the Date: Safety, art & the sliding glass door

    By Christopher Yee If you grew up in a Los Angeles home built during the 1960s and 1970s, it probably included a sliding glass door that opened up on to a patio or backyard. They were fashionable and convenient but they could also prove a safety hazard as anyone who bumped into one could tell [...]

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    Lost: A Cypress Park dog named Rufus

    Meg from Cypress Park is looking for Rufus, a German shepherd who was last scene Sunday afternoon near Pepper Street and Cypress Avenue: My dog bolted from my yard yesterday afternoon (because of the windstorm, I think), and I have posted him on facebook, craigslist, twitter, and findtoto;  I posted flyers last night and am [...]

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    Police looking for suspects in Cypress Park killing

    19-year-old Jose Antonio Madera was spending Friday night at his parent’s Cypress Park home with friend Christopher Rodriguez when after midnight two men  walked into the home’s carport. The visitors asked where Madera and Rodriguez were from – a common gang challenge – and then opened fire, said homicide detective  P.J. Morris of the Northeast [...]

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    Shootings in Cypress Park & Echo Park leave one dead, two injured *

    A pair of separate shootings early this morning left one man dead and a second critically injured in Cypress Park while a man was shot in the back * in Echo Park as he was being chased down Sunset Boulevard by a group of attackers. The Cypress Park killing took place in the 2000 block [...]

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    Old Cypress Park library nominated as a city landmark

    By Nicole Possert Cypress Park and Richard Henry Dana?  What does the neighborhood built near railroad tracks  have in common with the 19th Century author and sailor?  It goes back to 1926, when the community’s library was built in the Georgian Revival style and named after this literary icon.  The property, vacant since the new [...]

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    Dancing fountains to take center stage

    City officials are scheduled to gather later today at a noisy Cypress Park intersection to dedicate an approximately $800,000 computer-controlled fountain and plaza. The fountain, which The Eastsider reported on last November, at  Figueroa Street and San Fernando Road is part of the the first phase of Confluence Park, a new green space being created [...]

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    Cypress Park shooting leaves two injured

    Two people were left injured this afternoon in Cypress Park during one of three separate shootings, according to early reports. ABC7 reported that two persons were shot in the leg during a shooting that took place at about 5 p.m. near Cypress Avenue and Figueroa Street.  Police were said to be searching for suspects driving [...]

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    Here’s one way to avoid waiting in the Home Depot return line

    Many shoppers entering the Cypress Park Home Depot experience a “there-but-for-the-grace-of-God” moment when walking past the line of  impatient-looking  customers waiting  to return malfunctioning cordless drills or PVC pipes that didn’t fit.  At least one Home Depot customer, however, was able to avoid this dreaded ritual, according to The Consumerist. A man named Dan who [...]

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    Cypress Park man molds a business and art out of metal

    After managing foundries for 15 years, Gorden Bowen decided to strike out on his own, opening Arts Refoundry out of his Cypress Park home.  However, while his garage works out fine for building molds and other prep work,  it’s not exactly the place where you want to be pouring batches of molten bronze and aluminum.  [...]

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