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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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And Destroy: late night coffee, all day games
Full of large tables, couches and a bar, And Destroy Coffee & Gaming had its soft opening August 30, 2025, offering free drinks to...
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ERNC Sustainability Committee expands environmental efforts
The Sustainability Committee of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) is a body of eight elected volunteer members. According to Denys Hemen, chair of the committee,...
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ERNC distributes safety whistles to Asian American senior neighbors
In the summer of 2021, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) funded the purchase of about 400 safety whistles. Margaret Irwin, elder director the...
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LA County rolls out vaccine for ages 5–11, 900 providers county-wide
Eight-year-old Luxiano Gonzalez, one of 900,000 children in LA now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, got his first dose Nov. 3 at Obregon Park...
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The Plus Bus boutique is a ‘dream closet’ for plus-size people
For a while after first moving to LA, Myjah Moon said she just didn't feel sexy — but when she went to The Plus...
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Local initiative leads to five new stop signs on Yosemite Drive, more changes to come
The Eagle Rock Association (TERA) launched the Slow Yosemite initiative in 2019 in response to the high volume of traffic crashes on Yosemite Drive,...
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With the People’s Pottery Project, formerly incarcerated people tell their stories with clay
Content warning: This article contains discussion of suicide. When Ilka Perkins was 17, she woke up in a state prison lying on a cold slab...
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Puppets of Bob Baker Marionette Theater continue to spread joy amid a year and a half of COVID-19
In 2019, Bob Baker Marionette Theater moved to York Boulevard after 55 years at its iconic location near Downtown LA. A few months after...
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Three new restaurants bring tastes of home to NELA
Pocha LA, a modern Mexican restaurant on York Boulevard, opened its white and pink doors for takeout and delivery April 2020, in the midst...
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Highland Park community members raise concerns about soil contamination in York Park
Today the corner of York Boulevard and N Avenue 50 is a playground, but in the 1980s, it was a Shell-owned gas station, according...
