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Cedillo emerges as top vote-getter in Council District 1 election

Cedillo emerges as top vote-getter in Council District 1 election

Cedillo (left) and Gardea Former state lawmaker  Gil Cedillo  defeated  council district Chief of Staff  Jose Gardea   by a wide margin in the race for  Council District 1, according to unofficial results. With nearly 100% of precincts reporting,  Cedillo claimed 52.44%  of votes cast compared to 47.55% for Gardea, according to results posted on the [...]

Cedillo emerges as top vote-getter in Council District 1 election

Cedillo emerges as top vote-getter in Council District 1 election

Cedillo (left) and Gardea Former state lawmaker  Gil Cedillo  defeated  council district Chief of Staff  Jose Gardea   by a wide margin in the race for  Council District 1, according to unofficial results. With nearly 100% of precincts reporting,  Cedillo claimed 52.44%  of votes cast compared to 47.55% for Gardea, according to results posted on the [...]

Cedillo emerges as top vote-getter in Council District 1 election

Cedillo emerges as top vote-getter in Council District 1 election

Cedillo (left) and Gardea Former state lawmaker  Gil Cedillo  defeated  council district Chief of Staff  Jose Gardea   by a wide margin in the race for  Council District 1, according to unofficial results. With nearly 100% of precincts reporting,  Cedillo claimed 52.44%  of votes cast compared to 47.55% for Gardea, according to results posted on the [...]

Sponsored Post: The Modern Pool Ranch by bettershelter! Open Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

Sponsored Post: The Modern Pool Ranch by bettershelter! Open Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

LISTING PRICE: $799,000 BEDROOMS: 3 BATHROOMS: 2 SQ FT.: 1,635 LOT: 23,379 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, [...]

Sponsored Post: The Modern Pool Ranch by bettershelter! Open Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

Sponsored Post: The Modern Pool Ranch by bettershelter! Open Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

LISTING PRICE: $799,000 BEDROOMS: 3 BATHROOMS: 2 SQ FT.: 1,635 LOT: 23,379 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, [...]

Three men face federal charges in East L.A. bank robbery

Three men face federal charges in East L.A. bank robbery

Scene from September 2012 East L.A. bank robbery/C.J. Salgado 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 [...]

Winged creatures

Winged creatures

Vista Hermosa Park dragon fly/Martha Benedict Springtime finds Eastside parks buzzing with all sorts of birds and insects. Martha Benedict captured some close up images of  these winged park goers: a dragon fly at Vista Hermosa Park on the southern edge of Echo Park and a hummingbird in action at Debs Park in  Montecito Heights. [...]

Soccer and birthday parties take over Silver Lake Meadow

Soccer and birthday parties take over Silver Lake Meadow

Silver Lake Meadow turned soccer field./ Photo by Concerned Meadow-Goer A visitor to the Silver Lake Meadow  today found the grassy field next to the Silver Lake reservoirs feeling a bit cramped  as several families had  claimed a large part of the open space for a combination of birthday parties and soccer matches.  The man, [...]

Echo Park dogs will have to wait for their own park

Echo Park dogs will have to wait for their own park

Fake dog park sign Echo Park. Photo by C. Schreiner Many would say all of Echo Park is a dog park. But a large, green-and-white “Coming Soon” banner that appeared this morning  on Echo Park Avenue  heralded the  development of the vacant lot next to the  Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles into the “Echo Park [...]

Echo Park dogs will have to wait for their own park

Echo Park dogs will have to wait for their own park

Fake dog park sign Echo Park. Photo by C. Schreiner Many would say all of Echo Park is a dog park. But a large, green-and-white “Coming Soon” banner that appeared this morning  on Echo Park Avenue  heralded the  development of the vacant lot next to the  Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles into the “Echo Park [...]