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Highland Park
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Stories over coffee: Collage Coffee is a mosaic of coffee culture
Collage Coffee, between Eagle Rock and Highland Park on York Boulevard, is recognizable by its turquoise, Mexico City-style tiles and two doors that are...
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“We cater to the old neighborhood”: Baller Hardware’s story offers insight into the pulse of Highland Park
On York Boulevard, Baller Hardware has acted as a cornerstone to the Highland Park community since its opening three years ago. The family-owned hardware...
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Highland Theatre closure sparks community mourning and hope for resurrection
Noah Kim -
Feb. 29, five days before its 99th anniversary, the Highland Theatre closed its doors indefinitely. Since then, graffiti has appeared on the theater's marquee,...
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Lowriding made legal: NELA keeps it low and slow
In Oct. 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill prohibiting bans on lowrider cars and anti-cruising ordinances. This law went into effect Jan. 1,...
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Poppy Peak hillside development at standstill, but future remains unclear
In 1906, farmers Julia Strickland and Jacob Strickland opened their Highland Park Farm near Poppy Peak to several orphaned boys, creating a community based...
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LAUSD workers go on three-day strike, locals participate because ‘they’re barely making ends meet’
"Funding Workers Funds Our Students" and "We Feed Our Students. Respect us! Pay us!" were among the many signs of demonstrators supporting last week’s...
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Kevin de León approves $1 million for ‘long overdue’ Highland Park pool renovation
Highland Park has changed a lot over the years, but its community pool and bathhouse center on Piedmont Avenue, constructed in 1948, has not...
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Local high school implements a new cell phone policy because ‘it was like playing Whac-A-Mole’
A teacher and union representative for Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park, Monica Whalen, said she is in a different generation from her...
