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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...
Community News
‘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...
Community News
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...
Community News
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,...
Community News
Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council meeting addresses rising community concerns over NELA crime
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recorded 106 violent crimes — including homicides, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults — in NELA across the first...
Community News
Neighborhood Council Elections underway in NELA
In NELA neighborhood council elections are officially underway — the window to request vote-by-mail applications opened Feb. 12 and will close April 6, one...
Community News
‘A dose of truth’ to fight vaccine fear in NELA
Leer en español Ceci Dominguez had been on the Los Angeles County website for most of the morning trying to sign up for a COVID-19...
Community News
Meet the Team: NELA Neighborhood Reporting Partnership
In October, The Occidental and Boulevard Sentinel announced the NELA Neighborhood Reporting Partnership (NELA NRP) — a professional collaboration between the two newsrooms to...
Community News
Donut Friend employees seek voluntary recognition of union
Workers at Donut Friend, a popular donut store with locations in Highland Park and Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA), are organized as Donut Friend United...
Campus News
What does the new LA River Master Plan mean for NELA?
Leer en español LA County released a public draft of its 2020 LA River Master Plan Jan. 13, the first plan of its kind since...
Campus News
Occidental changes coyote policy following public criticism
Occidental released a campus-wide email Oct. 12 announcing their plan to hire “an experienced trapping firm” to trap and euthanize some of the campus’...
Campus News
Local suppliers lose a major customer: Occidental
With decreased dining operations to accommodate the few hundred students residing on or near Occidental's campus, the college's food suppliers have relied on diversification,...
