Voters and poll workers at St. Theresa Avila school in Silver Lake Echo Park garage doubles as polling place They came with their dogs, lined up at community centers and cast their votes in garages. Voters across the Eastside today headed to their polling places-if they could find them-to elect a President as well as [...]
Rambler With Banana Trees, Echo Park | Photo by Stephen Roullier/Flickr Vote! Polls close at 8 p.m. Find your polling place at lavote.gov Councilman proposes $50,000 reward in connection with the slaying of a church goer who confronted a tagger outside a Historic Filipinotown church. L.A. Now Highland Park middle school dedicates $30 million multipurpose [...]
Tabafunda's photo and council candidate statement Last month Lila Tabafunda was sworn in as a new member of the Echo Park neighborhood council after promoting herself as being involved in community service, fighting child abuse and supporting business. But, only a few days earlier, Tabafunda was arrested as she was boarding a Mexico-bound cruise ship [...]
Sounds the Hard Haunted Mansion, an outdoor rave being held tonight on four stages across he Cornfields State Park near Chinatown, is being heard from Echo Park and Angeleno Heights to El Sereno and Lincoln Heights. Many people are not happy about it, judging by comments on Twitter: We can hear the #cornfield rave party [...]
Attention all Eastsiders: Open house with live music, food, and refreshments, this Sunday, Nov. 4 from from 12 p.m to 4 p.m. at 2304 Carlyle Place in Glassell Park. Come see one of the most impressive transformations a duplex in Northeast L.A. has ever seen. With hilltop views of Dodger Stadium and Downtown L.A., this [...]
While many have merged Halloween and Day of Dead into a mega, end-of-October shopping, partying and-drinking extravaganza, Día de los Muertos or Day of the Day is traditionally celebrated in Mexico on Nov. 1 (All Saints Day) and Nov. 2 (All Souls Day). Today, Elysian Heights Elementary held a post-pumpkin, Day of the Dead celebration complete [...]
When the owners of Dangerbird Records took over a former Silver Lake furniture store, they hired local architect Barbara Bestor to remake the Sunset Boulevard building into a free-flowing compound that suited the up-and-coming indie music company. But times have been tough in the music business since Dangerbird, which is home to such acts as [...]
Photo by Gil Ortiz Raul Gonzales working on Freeway Kid/Gil Ortiz Motorists driving on the 101 Freeway through downtown Los Angeles have been watching since late September as the boys and girls featured in L.A. Freeway Kids, a 1984 mural by Glenna Boltuch Avila, have emerged from underneath layers of gray paint. Artist and [...]
City Council takes up four proposed tax hikes to avoid layoffs and cuts to services. L.A. Times Court date set for suspect in Echo Park killing and police chase. Patch Brush fire breaks out next to 134 Freeway in Eagle Rock. Patch Silver Lake sixth graders take second place in statewide solar video contest. KCET [...]
Photo by milesgehem/flickr The holidays are going to be relatively quiet at Los Globos, one of Silver Lake’s largest nightclubs, after police cancelled its dance and live music permits. The Sunset Boulevard music and dance venue, which has drawn large crowds after it was taken over by night club owner Steve Edelson last year, will [...]
