Downtown View From Dog Hill, Elysian Park | Photo by Merrick Morton LAPD tops 10,000 cops after department absorbs city parks and facilities officers. L.A. Times Boyle Heights teacher who had sex with students sentenced to five years probation. EGP News Cyclists petition for Figueroa bike lanes. Patch Eagle Rock council to consider more stringent [...]
Photo courtesy Sunia Homes The Eastsider last February reported on the Echo Park home designed and built by Jerome Pelayo, who wanted the two-story home to serve as a showcase for his new company focused on building energy-efficient homes that were relatively affordable as well as stylish. Last month, however, Pelayo sold the 2,100-square-foot Echo [...]
Photo by James Marcotte James Marcotte of Highland Park took the photo above at about 3 p.m. today as a storm brought light rain and rainbows to the area. * Update: Photographer Paul Antico caught sight of a double rainbow from Mt. Washington. Click on the link below to see the picture. Photo by Paul [...]
Wintergreen, Elysian Park | Photo by Mary-Austin Klein/Flickr Councilman Labonge endorses 13th Council District candidate Mitch O’Farrell. O’Farrell Campaign City orders Silver Lake homeowner to tear down portions of his home. L.A. Times Highland Park cafe owner searching for tip jar thieves. Patch Police seek Boyle Heights robbery suspect caught on store video. LAPD Read [...]
Best Dressed Power Line, Silver Lake | Photo by Brett Fernau/Flickr Echo Park’s TiGeorges’ Chicken to close. Downtown News Eagle Rock High School honors the “Volleyball King.” Patch Woman seriously injured after car and Gold Line train collide in Boyle Heights. EGP News Highland Park’s historic role in crosswalk technology. Patch Just Passing Through: B2 [...]
Holiday Aloe, Montecito Heights | Photo by Martha Benedict Fire destroys Boyle Heights hardware store. CBS2 Acorn Woodpecker turns up in the Echo Park Lake Christmas Bird Count. GEPENC It Seemed Colder: Temperature on Mt. Washington dipped to 41 degrees. CDEC Seven property crimes in a week puts Mt. Washington on Crime Alert list. L.A. [...]
Photo by Echo Park resident The LAPD frowns upon celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve. But what if your gun is loaded with 100% agave tequila? An Echo Park shopper stocking up for the New Year’s came upon these AK-47 shaped bottles of AK-T tequilla at Super King in Glassell Park. There’s also a carbine-shaped [...]
Pump house demolished. Photo by Stephen Roullier A heavy-duty construction shovel today demolished the cinder-block pump house on the north end of Echo Park Lake as part of an $85-million lake clean up project. Few if any residents objected when city engineers announced that the pump house, erected at the tip of a peninsula that [...]
Migrating Monarch, Silver Lake | Photo by Diane Edwardson/Corralitas Red Car Property The legacy of the Mt. Washington map house. L.A. Times L.A. crime stats fall despite a small increase in murder and petty thefts. L.A. Times Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce soliciting questions for upcoming Council District 13 forum. Atwater Chamber Happening Today: Christmas [...]
Photo by Christine Peters Today’s windy weather took a toll on the tumbleweed holiday decorations in Elysian Park. They don’t call them tumbleweeds for nothing. Read the Full Story at Eastsider LA
