Echo Park News

Echo Park - A new bookstore has taken over a small storefront near the intersection of Echo Park and Morton Avenues - and squarely in the intersection of books and art.

Echo Park - The Burrito King at Sunset and Alvarado may not stay the Burrito King forever.

Echo Park -  Baby Blues on Sunset -- the Southern-inspired barbecue that opened four years ago next to Taix French restaurant -- is up for grabs.

Echo Park - A Tiny Home Village for homeless residents is taking shape at Alvarado Street and Scott Avenue, and should be completed on June 10 - if not earlier - according to a spokesperson for Lehrer Architects.

Echo Park - Friday will be a Dodgers home opening game like no other. Again.

Baseball season is back! Our World Series Champions are on the field again Friday, April 9th. In honor of Dodger's Opening Day, here are the specials being offered near Echo Park.

Echo Park - “There will be no living at the lake,” City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell said, in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

Echo Park -  A video released On Tuesday shows a Los Angeles Police Department officer at protests over the clearing of the homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake appearing to fire a projectile weapon at protesters who did not pose a physical threat, in violation of the department's policies.

Echo Park - “A public park on the edge of downtown Los Angeles never should have been allowed to become an encampment,” said Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez - criticizing city leaders not so much for Thursday's shutdown of the park, but for the two years in which the lakeside tent ci…

Members of the City Council reacted after police were called in to assist with the shut down Echo Park Lake and closure of its large homeless encampment, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Echo Park -  The LAPD today said that 182 demonstrators were arrested last night during protests over the closure of the once sprawling homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake.

Echo Park -- One car rolled over in a collision involving multiple vehicles Saturday night at Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park Avenue.

Echo Park -  It was another night of unrest in Echo Park as police and protestors faced off in the heart of the neighborhood over the removal of the large homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake.

Echo Park - Residents awoke to find Echo Park Lake fenced off this morning as the city moved ahead to clear a large homeless encampment and close the park for what's being described as more than $500,000 in repairs.

Echo Park - Police in riot-gear sealed off Echo Park Lake tonight after officials announced plans to close the park with one of the city's largest and most prominent homeless encampments.

From cash-less concessions to advance-purchase of parking, the experience at Dodger Stadium will be decidedly different under guidelines announced by the team Wednesday as it prepares to welcome back fans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Echo Park - A few hundred activists, students and homeless residents gathered at Echo Park Lake this morning to oppose the city's plans to close the park and remove of a homeless encampment.

Echo Park -- A tree toppled across Marathon Street near Rosemont Avenue early tonight as strong wind gusts blew across Los Angeles.

Echo Park - Activists plan to gather at Echo Park Lake Wednesday morning ahead of the city's plans to close the park where well more than a hundred people have taken up residence.

Echo Park -- City officials are preparing to close Echo Park Lake, which has become the site of one of the city's largest and most highly visible homeless encampments. 

Echo Park - QueensCare Health Centers said a thief broke into their office on Reno Street earlier this month, stealing money and equipment from the front-office area.

A few years ago the restaurant that used to be called "Chinatown Express" went through a big make-over, leaving it with new decor, signage and name: Combo A.

Echo Park - The lake encampment gets a lengthy examination by the L.A. Times. The homeless camp, which has grown to more than 170 tents and structures is like  “a commune-like society” with shared food, a garden and a “a veneer of self-policing and a tenuous grasp on basic sanitation.”

Echo Park - The final price tag seems to be in for the popular new skate park near Echo Park Lake, and once again the cost is much higher than previously estimated, according to a report to the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners.

Echo Park - A large, new skilled-nursing facility may be headed for the grounds of Barlow Respiratory Hospital next to Elysian Park, according to Barlow’s public relations director Julia Robinson Shimizu.

Echo Park - The home where artist Stephan von Huene once pioneered the use of sound in media art has been approved as a city historic landmark.

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