Do you or a loved one suffer from an illness like migraines, rheumatoid arthritis or chronic fatigue syndrome? KPCC reporter José Martinez is working on a series of stories that…

When: February 7, 2013, 7:00 pm

Where: Williams Hall, Barlow Hospital

Make your voice heard by attending the Candidate Forum for L.A. City Council Districts 1 &13. The Los Angeles City Council decisions directly affect this community's parks, infrastructure, and the allocation of the budget. 

The borders of Echo Park contain two council districts, Council District 1 and Council District 13. On March 5, 2013, over a dozen candidates…

Every neighborhood has a soundscape, a mélange of musical and sometimes nonmusical noises all its own. Whether it's music, birds, car horns or ice cream trucks, KPCC's Take Two morning show wants to feature those sounds (good and bad) that provide a soundtrack to your every day. 

We have created a short set of questions and a way to record and upload audio. 

Click …

The city of Los Angeles has garnered about $750,000 for the beautification of Sunset Boulevard to Echo Park. Among ideas such as the addition of new benches, pocket parks, and decorative patterns featured on pavements, is the plan to install hitching posts to the corners of Sunset & Alvarado. However, these posts are not to be confused with…

Please join us for our scheduled meeting on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm.



We'll discuss in detail issues affecting our neighborhood, including the Echo Park Lake rehab project, new Echo Park businesses, land use issues, amongst others. Check back on our …

What:

ECHO PARK HOLIDAY SHOP HOP !

Where/When:

1716 Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90026

213 413 3733

This Saturday, Dec 8: 10am - 10pm:

Holiday Parade starts at 11am along Sunset Blvd.

COMPLIMENTARY HOT APPLE CIDER during the…

The monthly meeting of the Neighborhood Issues Committee has been rescheduled from Wednesday, November 21 to Wednesday, November 28 due to the holiday.

Location TBA.

Happy…

CLASSES: MAKE YOUR OWN MOVIE THIS YEAR AT EPFC!

Saturday, December 8 – NEW CLASS! ADVENTURES IN E6 PROCESSING – 12 – 5 PM

If you want to learn how to shoot, process and project color Super 8 film, this is the workshop for…

Where: The Skylight Theatre

1816 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

When: Nov. 16, 17, and 18. 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Cost: Tickets are $17-$25 ($15-$17 Senior/Student…

Open Neighborhoods announces a regional solar initiative and comparison shopping service for residential, commercial, tax exempt property owners and multi-family communities in greater Los Angeles seeking to reduce utility bills with solar energy.

GoSolar.LA launches this week with a new website at www.GoSolar.LAproviding free services including information about solar rebates and incentives…

This seemed to be a late change, I don't know why, but it's really a pain to get to if you don't have a car. The Elysian Valley Recreation Center is at 1811 Ripple, which, if you don't know is between Riverside and the LA River, 2 blocks east of Newhall. If you are at Allesandro and Riverside, you'd go east to Newhall, go under the 5 freeway (and where many of you get on the 2 freeway north), and when you get to Ripple, go right. The Recreation Center down about two blocks, between Benedick…

To join the Echo Park Community Parade on Saturday December 8, you first have to register Nov. 1.

If your organization would like to participate in the Parade, on Saturday, December 8 at 11:00am, contact the Parade Entry Coordinator, Cindy Ortiz. Complete the participation form or download a PDF Version…

The Evans Service Area Alternative Education and Work Center, AEWC serves dropouts and at-risk youth in the Echo Park Area. Students, ages, 15, 16 and 17, can catch up on credits to graduate. Because of an expedited enrollment process, students are able to quickly return to the…

Feeling a bit tense? Could use a bit of relaxing? Come join Maruca Medina as she leads a yoga/pilates session at the Silver Lake Recreation Center every Monday. This unique combination of yoga stretches and pilates power moves will leave you relaxed and rejuvenated. The price ($30 for semester of about 45 classes) makes it the best deal in…

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Los Angeles’ fifth CicLAvia heads goes from Chinatown to Expo Park and USC to Boyle Heights. You just have to get on your bike to enjoy streets that are open only for bikes - NO CARS ALLOWED.

Today Sunday, October 7, from 10 am-3 pm 9.1 miles of normally congested streets is a linear park for strolling and biking. The route…