A 42-year-old man set himself ablaze on Tuesday night in the Glassell Park neighborhood and remains in critical condition at a local hospital. Investigators do not believe that the unidentified man has ties to the incident location. His motive remains unclear. more ›

There are some conversations that most of us can't imagine having. Here is one of them. "Hey, you know what would be so funny? Pointing a laser at an LAPD helicopter. Wouldn't that be so funny, you guys? I'm DOING it... more ›

Serving students from Echo Park, Silver Lake and Atwater Village, John Marshall High School will return to a "traditional calendar" on Sept. 7 for the first time in 16 years. The Los Feliz-located high school has been on a "year-round, multi-track calendar" in order to accommodate its student population of 4500, however with the opening of Sonia Sotomayor High School in Glassell Park, that number is about to drop by half, according to The Eastsider LA. more ›

The leader of a human smuggling ring with ties the Avenues street gang was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison this week. Eduardo "Tito" Alvarez-Marquez, 37, of Glassell Park, was sentenced by United States District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez. The 25-year sentence is one of the longest prison terms ever imposed locally in an "alien smuggling case." more ›

Authorities a shooting that took place mid-morning today on a Metro bus in Glassell Park was gang-related, according to KTLA. The victim, a man thought to be in his 40s, was shot inside the bus following an argument with the gunman. At the time of the shooting, the bus was stopped in the 3700 Block of Eagle Rock Boulevard. more ›

Glassell Park's Fresh & Easy store say they have an employee-majority in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), and local workers took their message online about the desire to become a union shop. more ›

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has called the shooting of a 13-year-old Glassell Park boy carrying a pellet gun a "tragedy," reports the LA Times. "This is a tragedy for all involved, but in particular for the young man injured in this police shooting and for the officer who believed that he was protecting himself and his partner from a real threat," Beck said in a statement. more ›

Where is crime trending right now in Los Angeles? Mostly in the Valley. To be specific, the West Valley. Violent crime is up significantly in Northridge, Chatsworth, Canoga Park and West Hills and property crime is up significantly in Winnetka and Porter Ranch. All this is according to the LA Times' new data-based project called Crime L.A. more ›

It took several hours yesterday for the Los Angeles Police Department's bomb squad to safely remove two live military devices from a home in Glassell Park, according to LA Now. more ›

The discovery of two active "military devices" inside a garage in Glassell Park is being handled by the LAPD bomb squad, according to abc7. "The devices, believed to be from the Korean War era, were found at 4049 Verdugo Road" earlier this afternoon. The bomb squad is working to safely remove the devices from the area, and have ordered sand delivered, which will "keep the devices from shifting around while they are transported to a location to be dealt with." more ›

The Glassell Park neighborhood is getting a small, but nice public health boost this morning. City officials along with Council President Eric Garcetti will dedicate a 1/3-mile jogging trail on the perimeter of the park outside the Glassell Park... more ›

Chef Erik Cho may be a master of french fries, but that's not all he has up his sleeve. Come Valentine's Day, he's putting together a skilled menu and throwing a laid back event that will be nice for singles, couples or just friends hanging out, at one of the best upcoming bars in town, the Verdugo Bar in Glassell Park. more ›

Today, the Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to make their second and final vote on zoning changes to portions of the Glassell Park and Cypress Park communities. The problem? "Many in the Glassell Park and Cypress Park communities felt these areas had been long neglected from a planning perspective," explained Julie Wong of Council President Eric Garcetti's office. "This addresses some community concerns, including what they feel to be an over-saturation of auto-related businesses and fast food drive throughs." more ›

Los Angeles started the weekend without any killings on Friday. Then came Saturday and Sunday which left five dead, four within a 12-hour period. It first started on Saturday morning around 6 a.m. when 35-year-old Ching Tseng was walking on the 3300 block of West 6th Street, a couple blocks from Wilshire and Vermont. He was approached by a male Hispanic, approximately 25 years of age, who demanded Tseng’s money and vehicle, then shot Tseng and fled to a waiting car with three additional suspects, two males and one female, says the LAPD. Tseng later died at the hospital. more ›

Gunshots in neighborhood. Double drive-by. Police, LAFD on scene," City Council President Eric Garcetti tweeted last night about two shootings in his district and neighborhood. "One homicide, one attempted homicide, another homicide in second location/neighorhood," he followed up a couple hours later.Then today, another update with two simple words: "arrest made." more ›

Last week Wednesday, the city demolished a single family home in the Northeast neighborhood of Glassell Park. 3304 Drew Street, known as the "Satellite House," was the center of gang activity and drug trade in the neighborhood for the Avenues gang. more ›

In an effort to further community relations, LAPD's Northeast Division is hosting their community open house today from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Along with meeting officers and councilmembers, there will be displays by the Bomb Squad, K-9 Unit, LAPD Dispatch Communications, SWAT and others. more ›

The city seems to have gone completely mad. From a 16 year-old shot in Northridge to a 70 year-old stabbed to death in Hollywood, Sunday was just another day in what is starting to feel like an out-of-control crime wave. more ›

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There's something scary about this scene that took place a few weeks ago in Glassell Park, which ended with LAPD Officers shooting two alleged gang members, injuring one and killing another: more ›

UPDATE, 8:50 A.M.: One suspect has now been arrested and the LAPD says the man who was shot and killed last night by officers was apparently holding a camera tripod according to the LA Times.

Good news regarding last week's LAPD shootout in Glassell Park. The fourth and last suspect, a Northridge resident who was the driver of the suspected car, was arrested Monday in Granada Hills. It wasn't that hard either: "he was in the same vehicle police believe was used in the driveby," according to a report by the Daily News. more ›

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An opinion piece in today's LA Times raises the issue of what seems to be the rampant Pinkberry-fication of many of our local neighborhoods, using recent food and retail closings and openings in the popular Larchmont Village as an example of how major-chain development affects the unique vibe of a given area. more ›

Dedicated bike paths, more bike lanes, and bike rental programs, oh my! more ›

This week five fresh&easy grocery stores er, "neighborhood markets," opened in metro Los Angeles. We visited the Glassell Park store located in a gutted Albertson's on Eagle Rock Blvd (map) for our first impression of UK-based Tesco's (the world's third-largest grocer) attempt to hook finicky West Coast consumers. more ›

I spent last Halloween on a sort of ad hoc art crawl. Our first stop was John Matkowsky's dkrm Gallery, located in the Capitol Studios Building in Glassell Park. This cool old building is also home to Another year in LA and Shotgun Space so you can hit more than one opening at a time. We mostly hung out in the gallery, chatting with other people there. It was a nice place, and could probably handle some pretty big parties. more ›

Clutch, Year Long Disaster, Backyard Tire Fire, Bernard's Millions @ Roxy Erykah Badu @ Grove of Anaheim Macy Gray @ Key Club The Fuxedos, Bang Sugar Bang @ Alex's Bar The Clientele, Beach House, Pipas, Fish Circus, The Murdocks @ The Knitting Factory Push Pull, Ex Oblivione, The Health Club @ Mr. T's Bowl Go Betty Go, Glassell Park 3, Nothington, Broke Til Thursday @ The Scene Idle Minds, Little Brothers Disease, Hellaphant, Little... more ›