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Nonprofit dog rescue launches coffee brand
Honesty, Integrity and Trust is the acronym for the HIT Living Foundation, a nonprofit dog rescue that launched its own coffee brand, Pawfee Coffee....
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Juniors’ eviction unifies small businesses
Junior's Discount Party Supply, a store owned by Sylvia Flores that has been located at 5001 York Blvd. for 20 years, is now facing...
Community News
Maggie Mackay recognized for reopening Vidiots
The Woman of the Year award was founded in 1987 by Assemblywomen Bev Hansen and Sally Tanner who wanted to recognize remarkable women throughout California...
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‘Every little battle’: Eagle Rock rallies around No Kings
Demonstrators across the nation took to the streets for the third round of No Kings Protests March 28. With over 3,300 registered No Kings events taking place, an estimated...
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Foodie family opens a Lebanese eatery, Skaf’s on York
Noura Skaf said that food has always been at the center of her family. She opened the Skaf family’s first restaurant in 1999, Skaf’s...
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Local high school implements a new cell phone policy because ‘it was like playing Whac-A-Mole’
A teacher and union representative for Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park, Monica Whalen, said she is in a different generation from her...
Arts & Entertainment
Making room for creativity: Adult art classes at Oxy Arts
As part of the course Community Engagement in Education, Occidental students create relationships with community partners and participate in a service learning project. For their...
Community News
Community love pours into Zweet Cafe
Zweet Cafe on Eagle Rock Boulevard has been open since October 2015, and was started so that neighbors in Eagle Rock and students from Occidental...
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Delicias Bakery & Some faces closure after 32 years
Delicias Bakery & Some opened in Highland Park in 1991. The bakery specializes in making traditional Mexican treats vegan; for example tortas, queso fresco and flan. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused...
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Unhoused man dies outside of the Eagle Rock Vons during cold weather
A man experiencing homelessness was found dead outside of the Eagle Rock Vons on the morning Feb. 26. Jane Demian, Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council...
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New grocery store LA HOMEFARM offers food grown locally and organically
In November, Lauri Kranz and her husband, Dean Kuipers, opened LA HOMEFARM, a greengrocer on Eagle Rock Boulevard that offers locally sourced produce from small farms,...
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Locals spot blooming flower patches, but are they super blooms?
The super blooms of Southern California are colorful spectacles. During the poppy super bloom of 2019, over 100,000 people visited the trails of Walker Canyon in Riverside County...
