Rising four stories and topped by a blue-and-white neon rooftop sign, the brick Lewelleyn Manor at the northeast corner of Temple Street and Rampart Boulevard commands attention like few other nearby buildings can. The 46-unit apartment building with a night club on the ground level was built ... Read More »
Police are asking the public for help to help find a female motorist who struck a man at Temple Street and Rosemont Avenue on Tuesday afternoon and then dragged him for 100 feet underneath her car. “The man sustained severe head trauma and is being hospitalized ... Read More »
Former Kmart Parking Lot Turned Bird Sanctuary, Glassell Park | Photo by Luis Lopez/Flickr Police looking for motorist who hit man on Historic Filipinotown street and then dragged him 100 feet under her car. LAPD/Facebook The human and financial costs of L.A. hit-and-run accidents. L.A. Weekly ... Read More »
The body of a man was found early this morning in a Historic Filipinotown alley immediately south of Silver Lake. The victim, described as a male black in his 20s or 30s, suffered a bullet wound to the chest and was declared dead at the scene, ... Read More »
One man was fatally shot and another wounded on Sunday night after confronting a tagger defacing the wall of their Beverly Boulevard church in Historic Filpinotown, according to the LAPD Rampart Division. “One victim passed away and the other was taken to a hospital in critical ... Read More »
Police said the 19-year-old tagger fell from a three-story building in Historic Filipinotown early this morning, reports City News Service via the Daily News. The man, who was declared brain dead after being transported to a hospital, had climbed a tree to reach the building near ... Read More »
It was about a year ago that Screen Novelties, an animation firm, moved into a brick building in the Historic Filipinotown section of Echo Park. The firm’s new home at Temple Street and Belmont Avenue came with high ceilings, historic character and a 14-foot high old sign ... Read More »
Looks like the leaders of the LAPD’s SWAT Team are concerned with style as well as security. The former Rampart police station in Historic Filipinotown is being converted into the home for the LAPD’s Metropolitan Division, which includes the SWAT Team. Last week, the conceptual design ... Read More »
Belmont High Marching Band performs at 2004 competition. The Belmont High Marching Band once boasted more than 100 players and had over the decades taken top honors at citywide and state competitions. The school, which serves Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown and surrounding neighborhoods, was filled with ... Read More »
“Evangeline, The Queen of Make Believe,” a multi-media play featuring the music of Los Lobos band members David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez, has begun a three-week run at the Bootleg Theater in Historic Filipinotown. The play, set in the late 1960s, is the story of an ... Read More »