Community News

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...

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...

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....

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...

Fire engulfs a gas station and RV in Highland Park

Ariel Hernandez said she watched with her mother and neighbors as the Mobil gas station, directly across the street from where they live, on...

City council member-elect Eunisses Hernandez wants to ‘bring more community into government’

It was Nov. 8, Election Day, and Eunisses Hernandez, member-elect of the LA City Council, said she was worried about folks not showing up...

Rock Rose Gallery is an ‘incubator’ for art and community engagement

Opened in 2000 on North Figueroa Street, Rock Rose Gallery — an “arts incubator,” according to owner Rosamaria Marquez — is a gallery and...

Catching up with the Capri Club

Originally established in 1963, the Capri Club opened its renovated doors in June to much buzz. The Italian aperitivo bar and restaurant, decorated with...

Crush & Touch is a hub for artists in the neighborhood

Crush & Touch Art Supply’s eye-catching blue storefront opens to reveal the colorful array of products and artwork that lay inside, carrying a chromatic...

Mandatory roommates at tiny home meet resistance from neighborhood council

Valerie Jayasinghe said she loves her family member, but she worries: he previously slept underneath an overpass in Eagle Rock where he was once...

Rosie Bunny Bean helps rabbits find new homes

Taking a stroll down York Boulevard over the weekend, passersby may come across the pet supply store Rosie Bunny Bean with rabbits under its...

Jack Waterson and the art of saying yes

Jack Waterson’s journey into the music world began with shoplifting. Long before he started Future Music in 1999, Waterson was a self-proclaimed “shitty kid” and...