Photos by Martin Cox Echo Park Lake has a split personality these days, with water slowing being poured into the northern portion of the lake (photo above) while the southern portion (photo below) remains high and dry as work continues on a lake clean up. Water began to be released back into the portions of [...]
The City Council today approved a motion to honor Taix French Restaurant by naming the intersection in front of the Echo Park restaurant “Taix Square.” The ceremonial signs will be installed at Sunset Boulevard and Park Avenue as the family-owned Taix restaurant celebrates its 85th anniversary, 50 of them in Echo Park (the original restaurant [...]
Plumeria In Bloom, Cypress Park/Photo by Sandy Driscoll Eagle Rock election goes to pot over marijuana dispensaries. L.A. Times Councilman Reyes wants city to make money off digital billboards but residents raise concerns. Daily News & L.A. Times Highland Park screenwriter hits it big with horror film. Patch The new face of the Boyle Heights [...]
Photo by Cameron Parkins/Flickr The Los Feliz Muncipal Golf Course, which is located off Los Feliz Boulevard in Atwater Village, is perhaps best known for scenes of the course that appeared in the 1996 film “Swingers.” Who plays at the Los Feliz 3 Par? In a story for SB Nation, writer Rick Paulas, offer a [...]
Photo by Tom Prete/Flickr Voters in today’s Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council election rejected many of the candidates–including the head of a cannabis club–who had supported marijuana dispensaries, according to preliminary results. In the race for council president, Nelson Grande II, who favors the use of medical marijuana and keeping marijuana stores open, trailed dispensary opponent [...]
A group of customers at an Echo Park restaurant were joined at their table by an unexpected guest: a suspected gunman fleeing police. The 19-year-old man ran into Mohawk Bend and sat at a table with other diners after he had allegedly fired a gun during a dispute at a nearby liquor store shortly before [...]
Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea has created an oasis of coffee of and culture on the eastern edge of El Sereno, reports Alhambra Source. Not only is there coffee, but there are also yoga and art classes as well as a patio (pictured above) and outdoor fireplace. I Will Trade You A Zombie Mask for [...]
Submitted by W. Arrington Our small dog freaked out during the thunderstorm this afternoon and escaped from the yard. She was last seen in Silver Lake at Murray Dr and Hamilton Way, very close to Micheltorena School. She is extremely friendly, and we are worried sick about her. If anyone spots her, please call or [...]
In the same Silver Lake space that only last year hosted Spanish-language drag shows, sleek chandeliers now dangle from an ornate ceiling in a room with dark-wood paneling and dark-green banquettes. Welcome to The Black Cat, a new Sunset Junction bar and restaurant that has adopted the name of an old bar that operated in [...]
Fire crews battled a blaze tonight that broke out in a small office building next to the 101 Freeway in Echo Park, the Los Angeles Fire Department reports. Flames and a thick column of dark smoke shot through the roof of the commercial building at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Palo Alto Street at [...]
