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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...
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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...
