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    Sunset Junction Coffee Shop to take over empty Silver Lake cafe

    Sunset Junction shop owners were left mystified last fall when K2, a barely year-old Silver Lake restaurant that opened in the former Eat Well diner space, suddenly closed and was hidden behind a plywood barricade. But that barricade recently came down as work began to transform K2 into the Sunset Junction Coffee Shop, the most [...]

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    Supermoon view from Silver Lake*

    Matt Hartman  captured the above photo of tonight’s supermoon from Micheltorena Street in Silver Lake at about 8:30 p.m.  Here, for you photo buffs, is the equipment he used to during tonight’s lunar photo shoot: Canon 7D with a 300mm 2.8L with a 2x doubler and a vintage swift spotting scope from the late 60s [...]

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    Police searching for patients missing from Silver Lake area mental health facility*

    Police are searching for two patients who went missing Thursday night  from a mental health facility in Silver Lake and are in need of medication.  KTLA reports that one of the  patients may have may have a criminal record.  The station’s video footage indicates that the two male patients were housed at the  Gateway Hospital [...]

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    Silver Lake tree is long on lemons

    Eight inches long in this case.  That’s the size of the long lemon (pictured above) that Sandy Driscoll of Silver Lake picked off her tree this week.  Said Driscoll: I have a very prolific lemon tree in my backyard. Imagine my surprise when I saw this elongated lemon growing from the tree. Doe anyone else [...]

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    Bulletin Board: First-time home buyer seeks agent recommendations

    Submitted by Maggie Decker I am a first time buyer looking for a condo in Los Feliz/Silver Lake area, and I was wondering if anyone had any trust worthy real estate agents they could recommend that work in the area. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Bulletin Board is a place where Eastsiders can post [...]

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    Choppers over Sunset Junction rattle Silver Lake residents

    In the four years that Marya Kendall has lived in Silver Lake, she cannot recall a time hearing as many helicopters hovering over her Sunset Junction home as she has in recent months. On Monday night, for example, another resident reported that a police helicopter swooped in over the same area where Sunset and Santa [...]

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    No easy solutions for Silver Lake traffic problems

    Silver Lake residents gathered Monday to discuss possible solutions to make Rowena Avenue and nearby streets safer in the wake of a fatal traffic accident and a maze of construction detours. But the nearly 2-1/2 hour-long, rambling meeting hosted by Councilman Tom LaBonge left those who were expecting some relatively quick fixes disappointed. In fact, [...]

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    Detour ahead for Silver Lake pathway

    The many walkers and joggers who loop around the Silver Lake reservoirs better prepare for a longer route beginning in June.  That’s when a section of Tesla Avenue  will be closed to pedestrians to permit construction of a long-awaited sidewalk, which will fill an approximately 500-foot long gap in the pathway circling the reservoirs.   That [...]

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    Found: Silver Lake cat on Rowena

    Submitted by J. De Wit Very friendly cat found on Rowena Ave in Silver Lake. She seems to be well taken care of, but has no collar/tag. Please call 323-439-3494 or email theboss@theravenspa.com Lost & Found is part of The Eastsider Forums, where Eastsider readers can post announcements or start a conversation on neighborhood news, [...]

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    Silver Lake takes up pedestrian safety following fatal accident

    View Larger Map The death of Ashley Sandau, who died after being hit by a car while walking across Rowena Avenue  in late March, has prompted many Silver Lake residents to ask the city to improve pedestrian and traffic safety along Rowena. But what can be done?   The opening of new shops and restaurants [...]

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    Is adding a left-turn arrow the right move for this Silver Lake intersection?

    Traffic on Fountain Avenue in front of King Middle School on the edge of Silver Lake  can get hectic at times, especially when parents are picking up and dropping off kids while westbound cars back up waiting to make a left turn at Myra Avenue. Would adding a left-turn arrow to the signal light make [...]

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    Silver Lake faces more detours and disruption

    Motorists and bus riders alike welcomed the reopening last month of  Glendale Boulevard between Waverly and Riverside Drive as the construction of a new water pipeline delayed and detoured Silver Lake traffic for months. But many of those motorists and bus riders – as well as nearby residents – should prepare for another round of [...]

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    Silver Lake pushes back against Sunset Junction development

    Renderings from Frost/Chaddock The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council tonight voted against a plan to build a trio of large apartment buildings with about 300 units, a proposal that has stirred up concern and anger over the additional congestion, parking shortages and change the project would bring to Sunset Junction. The council agreed to remain open [...]

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    What’s next for Silver Lake’s reservoirs? Here’s one idea

    Sometime later this decade the Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs will no longer store drinking water after the new underground Headworks Reservoir is completed and goes online. What happens next to the Silver Lake reservoirs? City and community leaders have pledged to maintain the reservoirs as open bodies of water – surrounded by a popular [...]

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    Silver Lake to weigh in on Sunset Junction development

    The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council has scheduled a special meeting next week to take up a developer’s plans to build more than 300 apartments in a trio of buildings that promise to dramatically change the look and atmosphere of Sunset Junction.  Frost/Chaddock  earlier this year said it wants to construct the new buildings within three blocks [...]

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    Eastside Property: Looking for a Silver Lake house under $500,000? Good luck

    Even with a budget of $500,000, a buyer searching for a single-family home in Silver Lake these days will find very limited options. In fact, you can count on one hand all of the single-family homes that are currently priced to sell at  $500,000 or less, according to Redfin. Most of the Silver Lake 5 [...]

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