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    Who’s behind the Mount Washington murals? *

    San Rafael Avenue offers some breathtaking views as it winds its way to the top of Mount Washington. But it wasn’t the city and mountain views that caught Matthew Smith’s eye the other day. It was a strip of paintings on the retaining wall below San Rafael Avenue that he noticed for the first time.

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    Councilman plays matchmaker for the Southwest Museum

    The future of the Southwest Museum was left up in the air last month after the Autry National Center, which owns the Mount Washington landmark, said it was seeking  a partner to “develop future programs” at the museum site.  Today, Councilman Jose Huizar, who represents Mount Washington, said he’s been working to find a match [...]

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    Man dies at Southwest Museum Gold Line Station *

    An elderly man died  late Sunday afternoon while he and his family waited for an Metro Gold Line train at the Southwest Museum station near Mount Washington. Paramedics arrived on the scene  but the man had already died, apparently from natural causes, said Metro spokeswoman Helen Ortiz Gilstrap.  Some nearby residents and motorists said they [...]

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    It’s hot (the Mt. Washington weather station says so)

    Weather wonks (anyone remember Dr. George Fishbeck?)  will have a hard time getting a close look at the city’s first remote automated weather station atop Mount Washington. The $15,400 station – which was unveiled Friday morning by councilmen Jose Huizar and Ed Reyes – is composed of several pieces of equipment that are attached to [...]

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    What’s the weather like on Mount Washington?

    Everyone will get a much better idea of weather conditions – including those conducive to brush fires – with the installation of a new high-tech weather station atop Mount Washington. The  Mt. Washington Remote Automated Weather Station, which will be unveiled Friday morning by city officials,  is the first of its kind in the City [...]

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    Southwest Museum left out of Autry expansion project *

    The Autry National Center last year abandoned  a $175 million plan to expand its Griffith Park museum after the city demanded that the Autry commit to operate its Southwest Museum in Mount Washington as an independent institution.  On Wednesday, the Autry found a way to get around the city’s demands by announcing it would buy [...]

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    Motor homes move on and off Marmion Way

    Overnight parking has been banned along an approximately  1/2 mile-long section of Marmion Way that loops around the base of Mount Washington after the strip had attracted large numbers of  motor homes and homeless encampments. The signs prohibiting parking from 10 pm to 5 AM were installed last week on the east side Marmion that [...]

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    Mount Washington awakened by fire *

    Many Mount Washington residents are sleep deprived today after they were awakened early this morning by a small fire on the ground and a helicopter that hovered overhead. Michele Ryan snapped these photo from her home:

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    News & Notes from Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Lincoln Heights & Mt. Washington

    Mayor finds extra money to avoid city department shut downs. LA Times The Japanese-American man who has been a champion of East LA cityhood. LA Times City prepares to widen Spring String bridge in Lincoln Heights. City of LA (h/t to Council District 1) Mt. Washington residents watching out for car break-ins near Southwest Museum. [...]

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    $199,000 buys you a hole in a Mount Washington hillside

    This hole, however, also comes with fortress-like foundation walls and plans and permits to build a 1,560-square-foot, three-bedroom house on Rustic Drive. The listing on TheMLS notes that who ever buys this Mount Washington lot must start construction on the rest of the house by September 23. About 25% of the project has already been [...]

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    Fresh food collective sprouts at Mt. Washington Elementary

    The parents who pick up their kids at Mt. Washington Elementary at the end of the school day can now also pick up some locally-grown produce as well. On Thursday afternoons, members of the Mt. Washington Produce Collective can pick up $18 boxes of pesticide-free fruits and vegetables, with the proceeds benefiting the the Friends [...]

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    Protest at the Southwest Museum

    The Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition staged a protest this morning over the reduction in public access to the Mount Washington compound and the closure of its gift shop at the end of last year. About 40 protesters gathered at Marmion Way and Museum Drive this morning, said Nicole Possert with the coalition. Officials [...]

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    News & Notes from Atwater, East LA, Echo Park & Mt. Washington

    Southwest Museum fans to protest closure of museum facilities. Friends of the Southwest Atwater Village maybe the place to go for medical marijuana. AV News Keep your head down or you will miss the Echo Park Pattern Tour. Pattern Pulp Book sale today at the Edendale Library. Echo Park Now Everyone counts: Census training class [...]

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    News & Notes from Boyle Heights, Cypress Park, Echo Park, Lincoln Heights, Mt. Washington & Northeast LA

    City to offer $50,000 reward for info on the killing of a Boyle Heights teenager. Daily News Two stabbed in Cypress Park. ABC7 Fire hits Lincoln Heights apartment. LAFD The pop star who lived off cheap Echo Park food & drinks. LA Times Downtown News remains on the racks in Echo Park & Silver Lake. [...]

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    Last weekend to shop at the Southwest Museum

    The gift shop at the Southwest Museum in Mount Washington will be closed for at least three years and public access will be cut back at the end of this month as part of some unexpected changes that have angered many museum fans. The Autry National Center, operators of the Southwest, announced earlier this month [...]

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    News & Notes from Angelino Heights, Atwater, Echo Park, El Sereno & Mt. Washington

    El Sereno Middle School students honored for coming to the aid of accident victim. The Voice (PDF) Tis the season to tag in Angelino Heights. Echo Elysian Forum Bank provides a free home for Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. Los Feliz Ledger The 94-year-old volunteer who keeps the Barlow Hospital Guild House alive. Los Feliz Ledger [...]

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