PETA didn’t just moved its west coast headquarters to Echo Park last month – they’re apparently going to start making their mark with a protest in the neighborhood. LA Weekly reports that tomorrow PETA will take a stand against McDonald’s by staging a... »
Investors have descended on Highland Park and other communities in Northeast Los Angeles, snatching up bargain-priced Craftsman homes located within an easy distance of downtown. It's an echo of the housing boom, only this time speculators are drawn by... »
The windy backstreets of Silver Lake are pretty quiet in the predawn hours. At around 5 a.m. last Aug. 7, Juan David Vasquez Loma decided to take one of those residential roads — Effie Street — to drive home two co-workers after a late shift at Garage ... »
Los Angeles, CA 2011 was a busy(very busy) year for LA’s The Dead Ships 2012 should be more of the the same as the band builds off it’s buzz from performances across the US with the release of their album, “Electric Ahab.” Ferocious, analog garage rock... »
What better way to make the point that Highland Park is not the next Echo Park than by moving your “hipster” butt and all your worldly possessions in opposite direction of alleged hip-ness, by bike? A recent LA Weekly article tried to make the case tha... »
Culver City CRA Busy Last Day, Gets Out Request for Projects and Approves Contract in Last Week (Wave via Curbed) Red Line Stations Getting Hats (Brigham Yen) …And This Time, It’s Staying Green! (LADOT Bike Blog) Express Bus Linking South Bay to Long B... »
As is the tradition at Eater, our closeout of the year is a survey of friends, industry types, bloggers, and readers. We've already covered Top Newcomers, Top Standbys, Best Dining Neighborhood, 2011 described in one word, Biggest Dining Surprises, Bes... »
LA burned down 20 years ago Sunday--if you don't remember, you were a baby, have age related disabilities or you weren't here at all. No Angeleno could forget boulevards in smoking ruins, Reginald Denny's assault or the arrival of the Guard to encamp i... »
