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,...

CD14 council office spends $1.07 million on streetlight repairs, ‘When the streets are dark, people feel less safe’

Councilmember Ysabel Jurado made streetlight repair one of her first priorities after taking office, seeing reliable lighting as a basic public safety issue for Council District...

Maciel’s Plant-Based Butcher Shop ranked best sandwich in California

Maciel’s Plant-Based Butcher Shop, a vegan restaurant co-owned by husband and wife Joe Egender and Maciel Bañales Luna, was featured in an Only In...

Q&A with Maebe Pudlo, California State Senate District 26 candidate

Maebe Pudlo, also known as Maebe A. Girl, said they were the first drag queen elected to public office in the country when they...

Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council partners with DarkSky LA and LA Astronomical Society, lighting the way to darker skies

It’s true: the future is bright. Every eight years, the sky doubles in brightness, an approximate 9.6% annual increase. Oct. 22, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Sustainability...

Friends of the Eagle Rock Library Book Sale: Building accessibility and connection beyond the page

The Eagle Rock Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) hosted its semiannual book and bake sale Oct. 25. According to Martha Pulido-Caceres, a longtime...

Loop Espresso Club reopens on Colorado Boulevard

In between Classic Thai Restaurant and Games and Cards Superstore on Colorado Boulevard lies Loop Espresso Club, which reopened in August. According to employee Katrina Pace, Loop Espresso's...

The perks of being a Wallflour: Sourdough Pizza settles in Eagle Rock

Wallflour Sourdough Pizza, a sourdough pizza shop, opened their first brick-and-mortar location on Colorado Boulevard April 27. Around six months later, co-owner Carolina Conaway said...

York Boulevard businesses to treat their customers for Halloween

For the second year in a row, small businesses on York Boulevard will participate in a Halloween trick-or-treating event 3-6 p.m., Oct. 31 according to Marcy...

For their first fall show, Leanna Lin’s Wonderland hosts sand art ‘Sunae,’ artist Naoshi

Naoshi, a Sunae artist from Japan now based in LA, has been developing her craft for 20 years. She posts her artwork on Instagram, and...

‘You gotta face your guts if you are gonna keep going,’ Artist Tim Biskup and his new store, Home Guts

Tim Biskup is an artist who focuses mainly on abstract and figurative painting, but he extends his art into the realms of sculpture, printmaking and music....

Mercado Fall Festival features York Boulevard with street vendors and pop-ups, Oct. 11

The annual Mercado Fall Festival will take place on York Boulevard between Avenue 50 and Avenue 52, Oct. 11. According to Yolanda Nogueira, the...