LINCOLN HEIGHTS — A 30-year-old man was in grave condition after a fire broke out in an apartment building in the 1900 block of North Broadway this morning. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the blaze, which was reported at about 8:19 a.m., ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — The large red shipping container that allegedly attracted crime and vandalism has been removed from Flat Top Hill, and the person who put it there — the founder and CEO of Soylent, Robert Rhinehart, has issued an apology to the neighbors. Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- The North Central Animal Shelter is getting a bunny-friendly makeover to improve conditions for the animals during the hot summer months. Read More »
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LINCOLN HEIGHTS –– The City Attorney has filed multiple criminal counts after Robert Rhinehart, whose company makes the meal replacement drink Soylent, refused to remove a cargo container on Flat Top Hill that neighbors says has become a magnet for criminal activity. Rhinehart was charged with ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — Curbed L.A. reports on a bright red shipping container that has been placed on the top of Flat Top hill — raising complaints from neighbors, prompting an order by the city of Los Angeles for removal, and even possibly stirring criminal charges. The ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- During the past five years there has been a significant drop in the number of pit bulls being taken into city animal shelters. For example, 790 pit bulls and pit bull mixes arrived at the North Central Animal Shelter in Lincoln Heights during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. That's down more than 40% from the 1,351 pit bulls taken in five years ago, according to L.A. Animal Services statistics. What explains the drop? Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS –The flames have been put out, the fire trucks are gone and the water-dropping helicopters have flown away. What is left to remind residents of Thursday afternoon’s blaze on Paradise Hill is a scorched, 7.5-acre section of steep hillside. Angela Whiting, who took photos ... Read More »
Firefighters were busy on the Eastside today, fighting a brush fire that broke out this afternoon on a hillside in Lincoln Heights and later battling a large commercial blaze in El Sereno that prompted the closure of Alhambra Avenue in the early evening. It took about ... Read More »
Submitted by Mario Nike East Los Angeles is one of the first of six Community Stores across the country to launch Nike Community Impact Fund (NCIF) grants for local organizations that give youth early, positive experiences in sport and physical activity and strengthen communities. $40,000 in ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — It’s been a year since the Lincoln Heights Certified Farmers Market made its debut, turning a city parking lot into a colorful marketplace and gathering spot on Wednesdays. To mark it one year of service, the market is adding a new vendor and ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — Police this afternoon said that a suspected gang member has been apprehended in connection with Monday’s sexual assault of a woman inside a restroom at Lincoln Park. Edgar Lobos, 27, had been released from jail for only about 12 hours when he forced a ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- A woman was raped in a Lincoln Park restroom Monday afternoon, police said. The victim was in the park at about noon when a man attacked and raped her, said Liliana Preciado with LAPD media relations. Read More »
Submitted by LeadersUp LeadersUp will be hosting a Winning in the Workplace Lab in partnership with Para Los Niños in Lincoln Heights on Monday. May 9. The Winning in the Workplace Labs focus on increasing access for young adults within the community to resources that strengthen ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- A cyclist riding on the wrong side of the street was killed in a traffic collision in Lincoln Heights early this morning. Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — It has been more than 50 years since anyone has served time in the old Lincoln Heights Jail. The five-story building on San Fernando Road next to the L.A. River has been vacant for much of that time but now the city is ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — It has been, according to one employee, more than five years since anyone has taken a dip in the Lincoln Park Pool, which is now filled with leaves and debris. Renderings of a new pool and bathhouse on display in the adjoining recreation ... Read More »
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Neighborhood activists were victorious in 2014 when they blocked a real estate development on a hill named Flat Top, preserving the hilltop between Montecito Heights and Lincoln Heights as open space. Within a few months, however, complaints started cropping up that Northeast Trees, the environmental group that ... Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- Police this morning are in a standoff with an armed man who is inside a residence near Albion Street and Avenue 17. Read More »
LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- A man suspected of driving under the influence was taken into custody in connection with a crash that killed his cousin early this morning, police said. Read More »
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LINCOLN HEIGHTS — Four suspected gang members were apprehended early this morning after the fatal shooting of a man who was found inside a car with an Uber sticker on the windshield, reports CBS2. The shooting took place after 2 a.m. near North Broadway and Griffin ... Read More »
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LINCOLN HEIGHTS — Last year the organizers of L.A.’s bid for the 2024 Olympics surprised and excited many with the concept of building an Olympic Village on the Piggyback rail yard next to the L.A. River. But today the organizers announced a change in plans. Instead ... Read More »
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