Cypress Park News

Cypress Park - With new homes rising near the L.A. River and complaints about growing traffic congestion, many residents here were surprised to discover that their neighborhood had lost population.

Cypress Park - The building isn't safe to use as a courthouse. But could it be turned into housing?

Cypress Park - One man was killed and another was injured Monday night in what police say was a gang-related shooting.

Cypress Park - A man was left in critical condition Friday night after he was shot near a Home Depot.

Cypress Park -- The Taylor Yard bridge is not expected to be finished until later this summer. But it's already making a big, orange statement on the landscape.

Cypress Park -  City officials and family members today dedicated the intersection of Avenue 26 and Jeffries Avenue in honor of the late actress Annette Cardona Charles, who grew up in the neighborhood and was best know for her role as "Cha-Cha" in the hit movie musical "Grease."

Cypress Park -- Which is louder? Living near the 5 Freeway or living near Metrolink’s Central Maintenance Facility?

Cypress Park - A 37-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday in a drive-by shooting near the Cypress Park Recreation Center.

Cypress Park - One man was killed and two were wounded Saturday in a hail of gunfire that is believed to be gang-related, police said today.

The new Taylor Yard Bridge just received its first coat of paint - a striking shade of orange - and is about 75% done, according to SPF:Architects, which has been working on the project.

Cypress Park --  Fire tore through the roof of an auto parts storage building this morning, and firefighters kept the flames from spreading to other businesses.

An emergency sewer repair project will prompt weeknight closures of some lanes of Riverside Drive in Cypress Park and Elysian Valley beginning Wednesday evening, authorities said.

Cypress Park - Authorities Tuesday sought public help to solve the killing of a man who was gunned down in December after delivering food.

Cypress Park -- A man was hospitalized in unknown condition  after being pulled from a burning home on Thursday night.

Cypress Park -- A woman in her mid-30s, riding a scooter was struck and killed by two motorists, who stayed the scene of the crash and were not impaired, police said today.

Cypress Park -- A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle early this morning on a freeway on-ramp, authorities said.

Glassell Park - The Veterans Memorial Project was unveiled at Rio De Los Angeles State Park on Saturday. It was also on this site that bureaucracy was defeated.

The remains of a L.A. Fire Department firefighter were found in Mexico, authorities in that country told the department today, more than two months after he disappeared from his condominium near Rosarito.

We asked Christian Degracia, co-owner of 1802 Roasters in Cypress Park what business is like these days.

FBI agents are helping investigate the disappearance of a Cypress-Park based firefighter who was reported by his family to have gone missing in Baja California last week.

Cypress Park - A small complex of restaurants is in the works for Cypress Avenue - though not without opposition.

Construction scaffolding is starting to go up in the bed of the L.A. River for a pedestrian bridge that will connect Cypress Park and Elysian Valley.

Stunt drivers commandeered intersections in Cypress Park and Echo Park on Saturday night as they spun their vehicles in circles -- doing donuts -- to the cheers of bystanders. 

Cypress Park -- L.A. fire crews are on the scene of a small grass and brush fire that broke out this afternoon on a hillside.

Cypress Park -- Some of the egg-shaped sculptures installed in the center of the Riverside Roundabout have been knocked over and damaged, apparently from a vehicle crash.