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Community Organizes Against Hate Crimes

Submitted by Angie Aramayo  On August 23, 2012, 30 people attended the adult hate crime workshop at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul. It was put together by the Echo Park community including Assemblymember Gil Cedillo, State Senator Kevin De León, Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council, Councilmember Eric Garcetti, Central City Action Committee, SEIU 721, […]

What becomes a legend most?

by Christine Peters Well, when you are a scrappy little stray dog named “Little Man,” it could be anything from foxtails, plumage, mud, or a puppy cut from Catts and Doggs. Some called him “Red,” “Red Dog,” “Wookie,” and in his early days “Cujo,” but we knew the local Elysian Park legend as “Little Man.” […]

Echo Park Animal Alliance pet spotlights

The Echo Park Animal Alliance (EPAA) has several five-month-old Miniature Pinscher/Jack Russel Terrier mix puppies that are available for adoption. The mother was rescued from the Carson shelter and had her ten puppies at her foster home in Echo Park. All of the puppies were raised with lots of dogs and cats, so they do […]

Echo Park Lake project updates

It’s hard to believe our beloved Echo Park Lake closed down a year ago as part of the $65 million renovation project under Proposition O – the state’s water quality act. Since then, the lake has been drained and dredged, and a new lake bed is being built. So far everything appears to be on […]

Neighborhood Issues Committee meeting agenda for Wednesday, May 16

ECHO PARK IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Neighborhood Issues Committee Agenda Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 7 pm Williams Hall, Barlow Hospital, 2000 Stadium Way Introductions and sign in Approve Minutes Schools: Van De Kamps/LACC-LACCD New Items Land Use: Barlow Hospital-Proposed Entitlements and Development Morton Village complex Filming Committee SB1818 Letter Sale of Lot 6 – El Centro del […]

Thursday: EPIA Town Hall meeting on crime and public safety

Our regularly scheduled Town Hall meeting for the month of May will focus on public safety in our community. A late-night shooting in Angelino Heights and a pedestrian fatality on Echo Park Avenue have raised concerns about security and traffic safety. At Thursday’s Town Hall meeting, Richard Reyes from CD1, Oliver DelGado from CD13, Senior […]

Photos from the March 31 cleanup of Sunset Blvd.

Special thanks to Josh Post (EPIA member and CD13 candidate) for organizing, The Warehouse LA/The Classroom LA for hosting and organizing, the office of Ed Reyes, Council District 1, for supplies, Feeding Birds for silkscreening t-shirts, and to everyone for volunteering in the cleanup efforts! Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer