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Silver Lake's Materials & Applications art space has put out a call for volunteers to design and build their next outdoor project using bamboo. Unlike previous projects, this one won't be located in the courtyard of their Silver Lake Boulevard office. ...
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Corey Wilton of the upcoming Four Cafe in Eagle Rock was celebrating Wednesday after inspectors signed off on some major permits and a crew showed up to install and illuminate the cafe sign. Wilton and ...
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Patrons of the pot clinics that have popped up across Echo Park and Silver Lake might want to prepares themselves for a longer drive or bus ride to buy their medical marijuana. The Planning Department ...
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Glendale development has Atwater worried. AV NewsW. Silver Lake Drive detours & closures begin this month. Los Feliz Ledger & The EastsiderLA crime in 2009 drops to lowest level in more than 40 years. Daily NewsLincoln Heights coffee drinkers to celebrate. NELA List
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The Friends of the Southwest Museum staged a protest this morning in Mount Washington over the recent decision to cut public access to the museum and close its gift shop. About 40 protesters gathered at Marmion Way and Museum Drive this morning, said Nicole Possert with the friends group. ...
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The intersection of Glendale Boulevard and Scott Avenue in Echo Park usually reeks of car and bus exhaust. Today, however, on Epihpany, the southeast corner of Glendale and Scott never smell as sweet as the bakers and oven at La Espiga Bakery work overtime to churning out Roscas de Reyes. ...
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The LAPD issued a Community Alert seeking the public's assistance in finding several young Latino boys and teens - ages 12 to 14 - suspected of vandalizing numerous cars on December 29 near Avon and Baxter Street in Elysian Heights and Echo Park. ...
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Lola Mora, a combination gallery and yerba mate bar, did not last very long on Echo Park Avenue. Stella Branden opened the business last summer at 1549 Echo Park Ave. in a space formerly occupied for a few years by jewelry maker Hans Cholo. ...
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How do you know you are in Elysian Heights? Check your cell phone. If you have no service, you have probably arrived in the black hole of cell phone service that residents like Andy Sternberg call home. ...
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It was about 20 years ago when pastor Juan Argueta opened a church amid the auto repair shops and forgotten stores that lined a stretch of Sunset Boulevard wedged between the hills of Silver Lake. Here, ...
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Southwest Museum fans to protest closure of museum facilities. Friends of the SouthwestAtwater Village maybe the place to go for medical marijuana. AV NewsKeep your head down or you will miss the Echo Park Pattern Tour. ...
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Echo Park resident Darrell Kunitomi sent in this photo of a neighbor Shane Zhang, sone of Daxi and Julie Zhang. "Caught him goofing off during a Christmas crafts and arts sale on my front lawn. He's a fun kid, one of the older ones it seems. ...
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This past Sunday found bird lover Judy Raskin and 20 other volunteers at Echo Park Lake counting and taking note of the bird population as part of the annual Christmas Bird Count organized by the Audubon Society. ...
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The City Council today approved a ban on the opening of new auto mechanic or auto-oriented businesses in a large part of Cypress Park and Glassell Park. "Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51," said the City of LA website.
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That's the talk among some residents and employees who work in the shops that share the building with the always-busy Trader Joe's in Silver Lake. The store on Hyperion Avenue has apparently agreed to ...
