The man who was fatally stabbed during a fight on an Echo Park street early Sunday morning has been identified by police as 33-year-old Darrin Jeffries. Homicide detective Julian Pere with the Rampart Division provided a few more details about the fatal stabbing that took on ... Read More »
High in the hills of Glassell Park on a private cul-de-sac with a more than half-acre lot is 2000 Panamint Drive, a stunning three-bedroom, two-bath open, airy and bright pool home by bettershelter! Showing all this week. Public open houses will be Thursday, May 23 from ... Read More »
A two-bedroom, Spanish Colonial-style home near Echo Park Lake sold for $735,000 as prices in the relatively affordable area of Echo Park south of Sunset Boulevard continued to climb higher. The 80-year-old home on the 1700 block of Kent Street went into escrow quickly after hitting ... Read More »
Don’t Forget to Vote: City elections held today. Find your polling place. Man fatally shot by police in Boyle Heights. Four violent crimes in a week puts Echo Park on Crime Alert list. Two years of change in Highland Park. Today’s News & Notes links gathered ... Read More »
Police today arrested a man suspected of attempting to break into an Angeleno Heights home earlier this month after a resident recognized him from a surveillance video that was posted on The Eastsider and other websites. The 36-year-old man was arrested in front his home in ... Read More »
The shelves are waiting to be stocked and the paper removed from the windows in preparation for the opening later this week of the Yummy.com store in Silver Lake. After about a year of preparation, the small chain of grocery stores that promises delivery of online ... Read More »
Federal charges have been filed against three men involved in last year’s robbery of a Bank of America branch in East Los Angeles during which a bank manager, a girl friend of one of the defendants, was outfitted with a fake explosive device. Officials said one ... Read More »
Voters in the City of Los Angeles head to the polls tomorrow to elect a new mayor as well as representatives for Council District 1 and Council District 13. Now’s a good time to double check your sample ballot and voter information pamphlet to find out ... Read More »
Fate (aka a Groupon) recently brought me to El Vaquero Restaurante in El Sereno, where I was pleased to see that their specialty was Tortas Ahogadas. A popular sandwich from Guadalajara, Mexico, it consists of a hard roll filled with carnitas and a smattering of beans, ... Read More »
The LAPD is preparing to beef up bike patrols and deploy undercover officers along the L.A. River path following the attack and robbery of a cyclist late last week in Elysian Valley. The assault took place on Thursday night near Riverdale Avenue when a Glendale man who ... Read More »
The City Council will consider a proposal to name the intersection of Carroll Avenue and East Edgeware Road in Angeleno Heights in honor of the late Tom Morales, who spearheaded efforts to preserve the Victorian-era neighborhood and its 19th century mansions by creating the city’s first ... Read More »
For the cats of Edenhurst Avenue, speeding cars as well as coyotes pose mortal threats, according to a woman at a recent Atwater Village Neighborhood Council meeting. “Aside from coyotes that placed the remains of a cat on my front porch … They’re a lot of ... Read More »
