Community News
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Eagle Rock groups push to revive Sylvan Amphitheater
The Sylvan Amphitheater, located at 1840 Yosemite Drive, is an outdoor theater built in 1931, according to The Eagle Rock Historical Society. According to...
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Yaro Roastroom will invite patrons to stay awhile
Yaro Roastroom will open in Glassell Park at 2857 W. Ave. 35, in November or December 2026, according to co-owner Melanie Moradi. Moradi owns...
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ART on Fig. brings drama and dance to Eagle Rock
Arroyo Repertory Theatre (ART), a community theater organization, and Lumina Academy of Dance, a dance studio in Pasadena, moved to 7330 N. Figueroa St....
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LA Más fights to keep working-class families in Northeast LA
LA Más was established in 2012 as an urban design nonprofit supporting communities across Northeast LA (NELA). Miguel Ramos, director of community economies at LA...
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...
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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...
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Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges visits local school
Ruby Bridges is not a first-grader anymore. But the painting she inspired, Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With,” depicts how her 6-year-old self braved...
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Two Latino businesses at brink over LA Tenant’s Union’s boycott of Gloria’s Cuisine
Marco Rodriguez said he served a 60-day notice of termination of tenancy to Alicia Feria Oct. 19, 2022. Rodriguez is the owner of Gloria’s Cuisine...
