· Echo Park gets dog park hoaxed · There are now more poor people in suburbs than in cities · What happened to California's hydrogen fuel dreams? · Five "under-the-radar" rental 'hoods: Westlake, North Hollywood, more · California elephant...
USC professor Josh Kun has compiled the sheet music for loads of obscure songs about Southern California into a new book called Songs in the Key of Los Angeles--readers will discover "Echo Park," "California Polka," "Take Me Out to Venice,"...
· Entire NorCal subdivision sinking into the ground · Wendy Greuel stayed in the Valley, where she grew up; Eric Garcetti left · Why Echo Park's Lady of the Lake has her back to the lake · Brown widow...
The Wormhole Map poster design by Californian writer J. Ryan Stradal and artist Wilfred Castillo is a handy guide for time travelers returning from the Cretaceous Period. It is available to purchase from the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a time travel themed store in Los Angeles that benefits the nonprofit children’s tutoring center 826LA. [...]
Get out so you can eat like a 1970s cult member, listen to new fiction and check out some crafts. [ more › ]
Week in Review: A penthouse in the Residences at W Hollywood for those with fine taste, large checkbooks and the need for a 250 person ballroom is now on the market for $45 million. Mark your puppy wall calendars!...
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After two years of draining and rehabbing and planting and building, Echo Park Lake officially reopens on June 15, it was announced today (a little later than the originally-promised May). The 13-acre lake (which accompanies 16 acres of open...
After a bit of a tease in March about a pending re-opening, today comes the official announcement that Echo Park Lake will finally be available again to the public on June 15. [ more › ]
Echo Park–Captured in California, Next model Tyler Riggs stars in our latest exclusive by photographer Eric Hobbs. Embracing a west coast ease, Tyler is shot in Echo Park, wearing a relaxed wardrobe, featuring the likes of Levi’s, pulled together by stylist Laura Mazza. / Grooming by Julie Figueroa. View More
· Wildfire season gearing up: four and a half square miles burned in Banning · C-SPAN shooting a whole Palm Springs literature/history weekend · General David Petraeus lands at USC with fancy professorship · New Echo Park gas statio...
For a taste of Spain via L.A., chef Sergio Perera, who worked at San Sebastian's Arzak in Spain, as well as at Jean-Georges and Ludobites, pops-up at Echo Park's Cortez starting tonight and tomorrow.
Some senior citizens played for an hour on Sunset Boulevard last night. Fans waited all day for tickets. Those who got in had a great time. Video and the set list inside.
Stepping out to watch a legendary band, Gwen Stefani and Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen went to see The Rolling Stones in a surprise concert at Echoplex in Echo Park, California on Saturday (April 27). The No Doubt frontwoman rocked a black top, black-and-gray pants, and black boots as she carried her green purse inside. Show More Summary
On Saturday morning, the Rolling Stones surprised Echo Park—or the better part of Los Angeles, really—when they announced that they would be warming up for their "50 and Counting" North American tour by playing an intimate show at the Echoplex last night.
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They've sold out stadiums around the world for decades, but the Rolling Stones got ready to kick off their 50th anniversary tour last night in a decidedly more intimate venue: A small club in Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood. "Welcome to Echo Park, a neighborhood that's always coming up—and...
· Expo Line Phase II gets its official station names · Paris Photo turning Paramount's New York backlot into a gallery for the weekend · Big anti-gentrification graffiti shows up on Echo Park mural · LA could ban large-capacity ammunition...
Sorry, hipsters: your favorite Los Angeles neighborhoods are among the most polluted in the state. According to a new interactive map released today by the California Environmental Protection Agency, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Atwater Village, and all of Downtown...
Origami Vinyl in Echo Park has an incredible lineup for Saturday's Record Store Day event, including a Silversun Pickups performance. LAist sat down with store owner Neil Schield to learn more. [ more › ]
Today, our old pal Craig S. List brings news of a "magical" (and miniscule) guest house soon to be available "on a large hillside property" in Echo Park. Per the ad, the...