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This gem of information popped up on LAist today about how the holiday parking enforcement is a little relaxed on holidays like Independence Day (today is an observed holiday). Here are the details from the Department of Transportation: Other holidays include New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus […]
The Dodgers were away last night at Arizona (we won 3-1) for 4th of July, but tonight the Stadium is putting on an Independence Day fireworks show when the team comes back to play the Florida Marlins. Here’s the low-down from Noel Pallias, Dodgers Neighborhood Relations Manager, from an email last week: Please note that […]
There are a couple of things going on in Echo Park for Independence Day tomorrow. Keep checking back, I’ll be updating events if we find more! Echo Country Outpost 2:00 – 7:00 pm Cost: $5 Door, $5 Cups, $1 Dogs, $2 Burgers Lineup: 2:30 – Amy Blaschke, Jihan Lee and Spencer Lee (website) 3:45 – […]
Craving some eggs or some buttery potatoes after last nights shenanigans? Well, The Park Restaurant is closed today, and will be through July 6. But just down the road, you can get a great deal at Lot 1 Cafe on the corner of Sunset and Laveta Terrace. We don’t have full menu to post yet, […]
I met up with super awesome blogger Valentina of the newly published Eastside Food Bites tonight, and toured the Echo Park Farmers’ market for some tasty locally grown foods. As you can tell by the photo of my bounty (cats Niña, left, and Truck, right, couldn’t resist a sniff either), I’m on a vegetable kick. […]
Now this is a story I can get used to! A resident posted a nice story today on the Echo Elysian Neighborhood Council Forum about a “Jindo” mix that she found late last month. Here’s her story: I found a Jindo mix on the 19th and took her to Lacy Street [North Central Shelter]. The […]
This week’s Flashback Friday comes to us courtesy of L.A. Creek Freak, an incredibly informative and unique blog that addresses both the ancient and the modern history of Los Angeles’ rios and arroyos, many of which are currently “degraded and forgotten.” The writers speak out and seek to educate readers on L.A.’s ecology, believing that […]
At last night’s Echo Park Improvement Association’s Town Hall meeting, we had a rep from both the Northeast and Rampart Divisions to provide us with an update on crime in the Echo Park area. Some notes worthy of mention are: Officer Hill says the Yankee Game weekend enforcement went well, that they were citing people […]
The Echo Park Improvement Association Town Hall meeting tonight is an important one – there’s been a recent surge of conversation about the Echo Park Lake Sunday swap meet/vendors on the Echo Elysian Neighborhood Council forum, and the EPIA is addressing the issue tonight with some special guests to speak to residents about the issue. […]
Thank you for your patience. Our second year online started off with a bang! And then the site went down. You/we/everyone are no longer at risk for viruses, but as always feel free to let us know if you run into any technical issues with the site. Thanks again!
A recent personal experience has prompted me to share with everyone some basic information about what to do when you find a lost cat or dog wandering the streets of Echo Park. Here are some steps and suggestions for what to do: Of course, always approach with caution. The little dog I recently found […]
Xoia Vietnamese restaurant (pronounced soy-yah) opened up last Friday, and we finally got a chance to go check out the new diggs and try out the menu. Right now, Xoai is having a soft opening – meaning there is a limited menu and cash only (that was a surprise for us – we had to run […]
For the week of Monday, June 28 through Sunday, July 4. Monday Rainbow^Arabia, Gary Wilson & The Blind Dates, Tame Impala, Weave! @ The Echo (FREE!) Cold Mold, Vulture, Fuckass, Treasure Mammal, Jamuel Saxton @ Pehrspace New Music Monday feat. Buzz or Howl, Daryl Shaun + guests @ Echo Curio Stone Axe @ Origami Vinyl […]
Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 29 at 7:00 pm is the GEPENC Planning, Public Works, Parks and Land Use Committee meeting. An item of interest is the motion/action about a 64-unit complex going up at 2229 Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. This is the site of the former community garden, now possibly the site for the 65,000+ […]
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Echo Park Now! We have also surpassed 600 posts since that first one on June 27, 2009. Thank you to our readers! We’d like to give a hearty thanks to everyone out there who read and respond to our posts.Your comments are very important to us and are […]
