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    Eastside Property: Speedy Highland Park flip lands on the market

    House flippers are racing against time when it comes to buying and selling homes. But the investors selling this 112-year-old Highland Park house are apparently on a very fast track. The two-bedroom cottage on the 800 block of Milwaukee Avenue near York Boulevard was put up for sale on Thursday, less than two months after [...]

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    A live and let live approach to Highland Park historic preservation

    When they moved to Great Oak Circle a dozen years ago, Jeanne Reece and John Stowers began a detailed restoration of a 1912 Highland Park bungalow. The couple stripped layers of paint from the exterior of the Craftsman-style home to reveal the original redwood siding and chipped away the stucco that had concealed the brick [...]

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    Police seeking info on Highland Park runaway

    Police are seeking information about the location of a 13-year-old Highland Park girl who ran away from home earlier this month.  Allyson Maya Pulido, whose pictures have been posted on flyers in local laundromats and stores, went missing on March 5 after she did not want to follow rules imposed by her mother, said Lt. [...]

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    Minor injuries reported during Highland Park Friday night shootout*

    A shootout Friday night between armed security guards and “gangsters” resulted in minor injuries, according to the Northeast LAPD Division. A brief posting on the division’s Facebook page said gunfire was exchanged  near Avenue 55 and Figueroa Street. The Eastsider is seeking additional details. * Update: Highland Park Patch is reporting that one man – [...]

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    Eastside Home: Stripping the stucco away reveals the charm of a Highland Park cottage

    While searching for a Highland Park home, Paul Lacques and Victoria Jacobs came upon a 1924 house that seemed to have been stripped of nearly all of its old charm and character. The wood siding and been covered in a layer of grey stucco; the wood windows had been replaced with small, aluminum sliders and [...]

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    Fate of Highland Park grocery remains uncertain

    When Ruben Perez opened up Figueroa Produce about four years ago, the vision was to operate a Highland Park grocery store featuring wholesome food that would not bust your budget. But soon after Figueroa Produce opened in a shopping center at the corner of Figueroa Street and York Boulevard,  the economy tanked and Perez and [...]

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    Garvanza Park does its part to clean up Northeast L.A. storm water

    City officials and community leaders will gather at Garvanza Park on Thursday to celebrate the completion of a months-long, $3.1-million  improvement project that left a large section of the park closed last year. However, from the ground up, Garvanza Park does not look all that much different with the exception of some new fitness equipment [...]

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    LAPD warns Atwater and Silver Lake vehicle owners to watch out

    The LAPD’s Northeast Division today warned Atwater Village and Silver Lake vehicle owners to take extra precautions after a cluster of recent break-ins and thefts, many of them taking place in the afternoon. Four vehicles were reported stolen during the past week in Atwater Village between Glendale Boulevard and Los Feliz Boulevard, according to CrimeMapping.com. [...]

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    Arroyo View Estates: A slice of ’60s suburbia above historic Highland Park

    Drive north on Avenue 66, passing by the tiny wood bungalows and grand Craftsman-style homes of Garvanza and Highland Park, and then take Easy Street and Fortune Way into a world of 1960-style suburbia.  Here, on a Highland Park hillside that butts up against the Pasadena city limit, a tract of about 200, mid-century ranch [...]

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    $4 million buys you a Highland Park building and the “Coldest Beer in Town”

    View Larger Map A drive down Figueroa Street through Highland Park reveals some classic store signs, some of which have recently been restored. One of Figueroa’s most beloved commercial symbols is a blue and white neon sign that hangs above the entrance to a corner liquor store and proudly proclaims “COLDEST BEER IN TOWN.”  Now [...]

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    Highland Park residents warn neighbors of burglaries

    Many of the Highland Park residents who live on Abbott Place returned to their homes on Monday night to find red flyers with the words “BURGLAR ALERT”  posted up and down the steep street. The flyer notified residents of a Sunday night burglary in the middle of the block. That burglary took place shortly after [...]

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    Storefront Report: New chef and menu prepare for Highland Park debut

    The former chef and general manager of some Westside and West Hollywood restaurants has taken over the short-lived Cafe Lobos in Highland Park and plans to serve  “contemporary, tapas-style fare” and operate a full bar. Huntley See, who was the general manager of Tart on Fairfax Avenue and head chef of the Office and Micky’s [...]

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    Who needs a U-Haul when you got a bike?

    When it comes time to moving, many people rent a U-haul or seek out friends with pick-up trucks. But this weekend, a former Highland Park resident moving to Echo Park transported all his household belongings on bikes, reports Josef Bray-Ali, owner of the Flying Pigeon Bike shop in Cypress Park. The man, a friend of [...]

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    It’s been a busy week for Silver Lake and Highland Park vehicle thieves

    Sections of Highland Park and Silver Lake have seen numerous vehicle breaks-ins and thefts this week, prompting a warning from the LAPD Northeast Division.  The division’s Twitter feed warned of a rash of vehicle break-ins west of the Silver Lake reservoirs.  LAPD crime stats presented on CrimeMapping.com showed four vehicle break ins during the past [...]

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    Alfalfa frozen yogurt? It tastes better than it sounds after visiting a Highland Park shop

    By Valentina Silva If you live in the Northeast corner of Los Angeles (and you’re like me), you’ve probably been jonesing for some serious ice cream. It seems to be one of the glaring omissions in the area—if you live in or around Highland Park, and you’re in need of a scoop, you’re pretty much [...]

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    Eastside home shopper learns that low prices and mortgage rates don’t make it a buyer’s market

    With mortgage rates at all time lows and home prices way below what they were a few yeas ago, Boyle Heights native Frank Gallegos decided it was finally time to jump int0 the real estate market. Last fall, after getting pre-approved for a loan, the 40-year-old, first-time buyer who rents in Hollywood started shopping for [...]

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