Submitted by L.A. Works Glassell Park-based L.A. Works, Los Angeles’ premier volunteer center for community and corporate service, and United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA), announced a partnership to expand and promote corporate volunteerism throughout Los Angeles County. Under the new initiative, L.A. Works will ... Read More »

Home builders are breaking ground, trucking in porta potties and installing water lines across Glassell Park as new construction takes place across the neighborhood.  On the west side of the 2 Freeway, a six-home, small-lot development broke ground two weeks ago on Fletcher Drive. In the ... Read More »

REAL RocknRoll Movers wants to invite you to come celebrate the official launch of REAL RocknRoll Resale, the East Side’s newest used furniture shop, this Sunday March 24. The event, which runs from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.,  is happening at REAL RocknRoll Headquarters in Glassell ... Read More »

The Glassellland sign on Monday. The same spot (pictured at right) this afternoon. It was fun while it lasted. Only one day after it appeared on a Glassell Park hillside,  the “Glassellland” sign was gone this afternoon. A pair of men were seen taking down the ... Read More »

If the name Glassell Park does not stir much excitement, how about Glassellland?  That’s what a new Hollywood-like sign proclaims to motorists as they exit off the southbound 2 Freeway at Verdugo Road in Glassell Park.  No word yet about who is responsible or if they ... Read More »

Sunset views to the Observatory & beyond! A real back yard with room to roam, plant & play! Skylights and big view enhance the dining room, which is large enough a dozen guests and is adjacent to the open kitchen, so everyone can hangout and celebrate ... Read More »

A Glassell Park resident named Lisa wants to find out what happened early Tuesday morning when police officers on the ground assisted by an LAPD chopper overhead  spent about two hours near Carlye Street and Carlyle Place.  “Many police vehicles, officers on foot, and a constantly ... Read More »

For more than 20 years Jose Mejia shopped at Shims Bargain Center in Glassell Park for deeply discounted and 99-cent packs of napkins, tape, paint rollers, disposable plates, sodas and Christmas decorations. Nearly a week did not go by when the Glassell Park resident did not ... Read More »

Dogs – even on a leash – would be banned from the L.A River Recreational Zone. Photo by D. Hibbs A proposal to open a stretch of the L.A. River between Atwater Village to Elysian Valley to recreational uses this summer will permit everything from boating ... Read More »

When Scott Quist’s moving company employees finished a job, they often returned to the  Glassell Park offices of Real Rock ‘n’ Roll Movers  with a sofa, shelf or appliance that the customer decided to leave behind or discovered did  not fit into their new place.  After ... Read More »