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    City Attorney targets Eagle Rock pot shops for being too close to schools

    View Eagle Rock Pot Shops near schools in a larger map The City Attorney has adopted yet another legal strategy against marijuana medical dispensaries by suing those stores located near schools. The L.A. Times reports that City Atty. Carmen Trutanich has filed suit against nine pot shops – including Colorado Quality Pain Relief and  Organic [...]

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    Eastside Property: Damon-Affleck connection fails to sell Eagle Rock house

    Matt Damon and Ben Affleck can pack in movie houses but they are apparently not so good at attracting home buyers.  The owners of this “Hansel-and-Gretel inspired”  Eagle Rock house on Hill Drive have played up the fact that the 1923 home was “where Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wrote the script for ‘Good Will [...]

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    Save the Date: “Fast Food Nation” author to discuss food and worker justice issues

    Eric Schlosser, author of “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal,” will explore the links between food, worker and immigrant justice issues during a Thursday night lecture at Occidental College.   Schlosser followed up his best-selling 2001 book with the “Food, Inc.,” a 2008 documentary on the impact of corporate farming. “Eric Schlosser [...]

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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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    This Eagle Rock wet burrito hits the spot

    By Valentina Silva There comes a time in every life when only a wet burrito will do. Sometimes you just have to give in to the cheesy-saucy meltiness. It’s useless to resist. My most recent wet burrito surrender happened at the hands of The Taco Spot in Eagle Rock. Their Vegetarian Burrito, mojado style, satisfied [...]

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    Dinosaurs strike a pose for Eagle Rock’s painter of light

    Eagle Rock graphic artist and photographer Darren Pearson has combined his fascination with prehistoric creatures  and a relatively new art form called light painting to create images of  dinosaurs posed across modern-day Los Angeles.  The 28-year-old Pearson uses the LED light emitted by a key chain to “paint” or “draw” lines in the air as [...]

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    Save the Date: Pianist brings his “Tsunami of Sound” pianist to Eagle Rock

    By Becky Koppenhaver World-renowned piano virtuoso, Awadagin Pratt will perform a solo recital at Occidental College’s Thorne Hall on Saturday, Oct. 29.  The recital – featuring works by Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and others – will be Pratt’s only California performance on a national tour, the only chance local audiences will have to see a world-renowned [...]

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    A banner day for Eagle Rock

    The Los Angeles City Council today is scheduled to vote on approving street banners celebrating Eagle Rock’s centennial this year (Echo Park banners, by the way, are also on the agenda).  With only about two months left in 2011, those  Eagle Rock banners better go up fast before the centennial celebrations are over and the [...]

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    City tries to get to the bottom of Eagle Rock sinkhole*

    One of the eastbound traffic lanes of  Colorado Boulevard on the border of Eagle Rock and Pasadena has been blocked since August after large cracks appeared and sections of the concrete pavement began to sink. City officials blame a nearly one-third-mile long sinkhole for undermining the pavement, forcing the closure of a 145-foot-long stretch of [...]

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    Heavy drinking lands more Occidental College students in hospital

    Eight Occidental College students who were attending an outdoor dance party on the Eagle Rock campus were rushed to the hospital early this morning “for being dangerously intoxicated,” according to ABC7. It was the second time this month that a group of students on campus have required medical attention after drinking too much. In today’s [...]

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    Sponsored Post: Expansive Mid-Century pool home above Eagle Rock

    Brick & Mortar Real Estate introduces 2841 Lawndale Drive, a split-level, four-bedroom, three-bath, home built in 1963 by Ray Watt. Imagine a magnificent home in the hills, with a spectacular view of mountains, canyons and city lights, just a short drive from downtown LA.  The property is listed at $699,000.

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    Occidental College students finish Toga party in hospital emergency room

    One of the highlights of the year for Occidental College fraternities and sororities is Toga, a late-night bash  hosted by the women of Alpha Lamba Phi Alpha and held on the grounds of the Eagle Rock campus. But there is talk once again that Toga will be banned after four students needed medical treatment during [...]

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    Artist returns to revive an Eagle Rock mural

    Story and photos by Nate Nickels Artist Roger Dolin spent much of last week under a scorching sun, working to restore the graffiti-scarred mural he had painted seven years ago on an Eagle Rock stairway off Figueroa Street. If things go as planned, Dolin will today finish repairing and repainting the mural depicting people practicing [...]

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    Will going backwards solve Eagle Rock’s parking problems?

    Reverse angled parking in the Midwest. A group of Eagle Rock citizens and community groups have once undertaken the task of revitalizing Colorado Boulevard. One of the ideas raised at a recent meeting of the Take Back the Boulevard campaign was the introduction of angled parking to increase the number of spaces along the busy [...]

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    15 minutes of dissent: Oxy students fit in protest between lunch and class

    Eagle Rock Patch reports that about 50 Occidental College students on Thursday afternoon participated in what was billed as a walk-out from classes to rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  But, as Patch points out,  no one actually walked out of class to attend the rally on the front steps of the [...]

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    Save the Date: Art show rolls into Eagle Rock bowling alley

    By Becky Koppenhaver Pop-up art gallery Shoebox L.A. will present the sculpture of  Kim Tucker this Saturday, Oct. 15 for a three-hour long exhibit at All Star Lanes bowling alley in Eagle Rock. Not used to going to a bowling alley to view art?  Shoebox L.A. seeks to challenge the traditional expectations of what a [...]

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