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In this issue: Protests, boarded up windows and other signs of civil unrest. A restaurant and its workers struggle to survive. And MLK recordings lift spirits in Elysian Heights.
From the dishwasher to the boss, the pandemic has left everyone hurting at this Echo Park restaurant
Edson Romero maneuvers his black Cadillac Escalade under the early afternoon sun onto Highway 101 in Los Angeles. Behind him is the Boyle Heights home he shares with three siblings. Up ahead is Echo Park, and the job he’s held since the recovery from the last economic crash, back in 2011. He…
Echo Park -- In addition to the nightly serenade and tribute for frontline workers, there has been a new soundtrack booming across the northern hills of Echo Park and Elysian Heights.
While today's protests were relatively free of problems, many local business owners were not taking chances.
Today's sunset provided a welcome -- albeit brief -- distraction from police sired and urban unrest.
The scent of freshly cut wood could be detected on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park and other neighborhoods today as business owners and landlords were installing plywood sheets over windows to protect against possible looting and vandalism.
In this issue of Real Estate Monday: The Silver Lake residence of legendary architect sold for over asking. Echo Park restaurant owner Mike Taix explains why his restaurant is not that historic. And Griffith Park grows ... a tiny bit.
Echo Park -- Chants of "No Peace, No Justice" could be heard this afternoon during a demonstration at Echo Park Lake.
Echo Park -- A group of several people broke into a Verizon Wireless Plus store on Saturday night a few hours after a citywide curfew had been declared in the wake of unrest and looting.
In this issue: Mike Taix explains why his restaurant is not historic. The county's largest testing site opens at Dodger Stadium -- with a traffic jam to match. And another new apartment building is in the works.
I feel the need to share the facts as they relate to the proposed redevelopment of the Taix restaurant site. I understand this an emotional issue for some, but not more than it is for to me, as I grew up in the restaurant and have worked there for multiple decades.
Echo Park -- Renderings of the large complex that would rise on the site of Taix restaurant generated quite a stir on social media last week.
In this issue: Is anyone happy about the plan for Taix 2.0? The renovation of Barlow Hospital is getting started. And more businesses emerge from hibernation.
Located just a few blocks off Sunset, this recently completed two-story, 4BR/3BA features high-end and stylish finishes, an open floor plan, and great indoor/outdoor flow.
One unit left in the perfect little Spanish retreat in Echo Park, for the perfect price.
In this issue of Real Estate Monday: We've got an update on the six-story project proposed for the Taix restaurant site in Echo Park. A medical office building is rising on Hillhurst Avenue. And a developer wants to build 14 new homes in Eagle Rock
In this issue: Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell's Echo Park office is vandalized. A member of the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment is arrested at the Ritz-Carlton. And an Angelino Heights ultramarathoner captures images of running during a pandemic.
Echo Park -- The exterior of Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell's field office was splattered with what appears to be red paint on Friday.
As some quarantine restrictions on retailers become less strict today. But will it make much difference for businesses on the Eastside?
In this issue: There's now only one way to walk around Echo Park Lake. Time may be running out for Stories Books. And will your next concert be in the Vons parking lot?
Echo Park -- A woman who jumped into Echo Park Lake this morning was taken into custody after police said she was wanted on felony warrants.
Echo Park - One-way signs have been installed along the walkways circling Echo Park Lake, part of an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, said Councilman Mitch O'Farrell.
In this issue: A "micro-unit" apartment building is in the works for Alvarado. "Midlife Quarantine" is the name of a new neighborhood podcast. And we've got the cutest owl photos to show you.
Echo Park filmmaker and writer Fernando Sanchez covers universal topics - love, heroism, family, personal hygiene - in his podcast under the new light in which they’ve recently been cast.
Here are some examples, followed by a breakdown by neighborhood, of recent price cuts on homes, condos, apartments and other Eastside properties.
In this issue of Real Estate Monday: Mini apartments are coming to Echo Park; the pandemic hasn't stopped East Hollywood residential development; and actor Steven Yeun wants to sell you his Los Feliz post-and-beam house. Read on for details!
In this issue: The summer will come and go without the Lotus Festival. Actress and director Diane Rodriguez has died. And Lady Byrd Cafe has landed in Elysian Heights.
After leaving an unfulfilling job in the animation industry, Eunsoo Jeong now focuses her time on creating new “Koreangry” comics out of her garage in Echo Park while building her audience online and IRL.
Thinking of taking a break by hiking the trails of Elysian Park? Think again.
It's been several weeks since arts activist Katrina Alexy of Highland Park has seen her young students after schools were closed to slow the spread of coronavirus.
"The park is a lifesaver for coronavirus stress. I am in it almost everyday,
Echo Park -- Police apprehended a person suspected of being involved in an assault near Echo Park Lake this afternoon, according to the LAPD.
A drone video posted to YouTube by John Kay provides a birds-eye view of all those vehicles mothballed in the lot.
In this issue: The summer will come and go without the Lotus Festival. Actress and director Diane Rodriguez has died. And Lady Byrd Cafe has landed in Elysian Heights.
Echo Park - The summer Lotus Festival - typically one of the Los Angeles' largest festivals - has been canceled this year because of the coronavirus.
Before the pandemic took hold, Paolo Seganti, the owner of La Pergoletta restaurants in Los Feliz and Silver Lake, barely even knew what Instagram was about. Now he and other restaurant owners throughout the Eastside and beyond suddenly find themselves in a new kind of business.
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Echo Park -- The coronavirus outbreak did not stop the Dream Center from holding an Easter basket and meal giveaway today.
Echo Park -- Police sealed off streets tonight as they searched for a suspected gang member.
Tracy Do presents unique properties in Atwater Village, Echo Park, Glassell Park and Highland Park.
Echo Park -- L.A. County's public health director, now seen daily in televised coronavirus briefings, lives in Echo Park.
In this issue: The trails of Elysian Park have been closed but the farmer's market will remain open. A photographer focuses on images of the pandemic. And a neighborhood barber forced to close over the outbreak provides tips on how to give yourself a haircut.
April was supposed to bring new life and activity to record stores. Now almost everything has stopped.
Echo Park - The huge fleet of unused rental cars being mothballed at Dodger Stadium parking during the pandemic keeps growing.
Tracy Do presents unique properties in Echo Park, Highland Park and Hollywood.
How do you give yourself a haircut? It's one of the unforeseen challenges of this pandemic.
In this issue: The trails of Elysian Park have been closed but the farmer's market will remain open. A photographer focuses on images of the pandemic. And a neighborhood barber forced to close over the outbreak provides tips on how to give yourself a haircut.
Echo Park - These are pictures of empty barbershops, of sparsely traveled streets, of individuals wandering yards apart through a warehouse market, of a sudden pandemic.
Echo Park -- A sunny Sunday afternoon normally finds Echo Park Lake filled with people and energy.
Tracy Do presents unique properties in Atwater Village, Echo Park, Highland Park and Silver Lake.
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- L.A. to review new state rules to allow schools and gyms to reopen and film shoots to resume
- Uptick in coronavirus spread has L.A. officials worried about impact on hospital ICUs
- Proposal seeks more coronavirus protection for L.A. protestors and police during demonstrations
- Protestors prepare for a Friday of marches and rallies across Los Angeles
- Boyle Heights gang-related shooting leaves one dead
- Black owned eats on the Eastside | Trio feeds undocumented restaurant workers; Sage’s dilemma
- Protests and demonstrations underway across L.A.
- L.A. officials won't impose curfews Thursday night
- Mile-long greenway to give Cypress Park and Glassell Park access to L.A. River
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