Robin Williams showed up to Meltdown Comics last night for an impromptu set that lasted about an hour. Reportedly, the comedian didn't give any warning that he was coming to the weekly NerdMelt comedy show. more ›

Hipster mockery is a thing of the present, and on the heels of the recently released "Coachella Killchella" video, yet another short jabbing at ironic sunglasses, a penchant for PBR and distinct fashion sensibilities launched on YouTube this week. And it was filmed right here in Los Angeles. more ›

Authorities have identified a pedestrian fatally struck by a vehicle in Silver Lake late Friday night as 24-year-old Ashley Sandau of Canyon Country. The tragic accident happened at around 10:25 p.m. March 30, as Sandau was crossing mid-way from the 2800 block of Rowena Avenue, just steps behind her father. more ›

Bright, cheery, and very "green" progress has been made transforming triangular intersection in Silver Lake into a polka-dotted pedestrian plaza. Sunday, city workers were there with the vibrant paint (Grape Green and Lemon Grass, The Eastsider LA tells us) to further the creation of what is officially known as Sunset Triangle Plaza. more ›

As of Sunday, Silver Lake residents have a little more room to stand, walk, run and play. A stretch of Griffith Park Boulevard between Maltman Avenue and Edgecliff Drive was sectioned off to prepare for a new, temporary traffic-free street. more ›

Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance, the group that put on the (once-darling) Sunset Junction Festival for three decades before the city pulled the plug this summer, filed for bankruptcy in court this December. The group's assets are very few—just $500 for office supplies and furniture—while its debts tally up to $928,000 more ›

Has your instinct ever told you that rents in Silver Lake are possibly higher than those in surrounding neighborhoods? Well, you're right! A survey done by real estate developer and broker Moses Kagan found that rents in Silver Lake are nearly twice as high as rents in Highland Park. more ›

Are you up for an epic walk this weekend? If the answer is yes (and not just a, "hmmm, maybe," but an absolute "YES!") you might want to join in on "Stair Trek VI," a killer walk event Saturday that will find participants hiking a 24-mile, 80-stairway route that starts and ends in Silver Lake. more ›

The other day we asked WTF is with that new wall sticking out from the restaurant and retail space at Sunset Junction, and we learned it's an expansion of Café Stella that will feature a full bar for all your drinking needs. But that doesn't mean locals, and frequent visitors to Silver Lake alike, will actually like the wall. more ›

The Lincoln Heights community where resident Bree'Anna Guzman was last seen a month ago has been on high-alert since she left to go to the drug store on December and never returned. But that fear has only been heightened since her family identified her as the woman whose body was found near a freeway on-ramp in Silver Lake yesterday morning. more ›

The body of a woman found near the 2 Freeway this morning has been identified by officials as that of Bree'Anna Guzman, a mother of two who stepped out for cough drops last December and hasn't been seen since. more ›

Not many details to offer up right now, however the Riverside Drive onramp to the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway in the Silver Lake area has been closed by the California Highway Patrol following the discovery of a dead body in the immediate area, according to City News Service. We will have more information about the case as it becomes available. more ›

It's redistricting season in the city of Los Angeles, and the Log Cabin Republicans want to have their say in how city council district lines get redrawn. The local chapter is lobbying for gays to have their own district. Right now the neighborhoods that (anecdotally at least) have the highest concentration of gays are split up. more ›

The 18-year-old alleged gang member accused of fatally shooting a 25-year-old pizza deliveryman in an August 2011 Silver Lake incident considered "road rage" has been ordered to stand trial for murder. Jose Beltran is "already behind bars on a weapons case," according to CNS. more ›

Silver Lake is under the wrecking ball again, facing development plans that could demolish structures like the former Sunset Pacific Motel and the 4100 Bar. The same developer who leveled a block of storefronts at the city's Sunset Junction last September has its eyes set on more buildings in the area. more ›

The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council wants to put the busy and apparently hefty Rowena Avenue in Silver Lake on a so-called "road diet." The diet would require the avenue to shed down to one lane in each direction along the stretch between Glendale Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue. more ›

Want to check out what Dov Charney's hilltop mansion in a gated community in Silver Lake looked like before he tried to convert it into an updated (and perhaps more heavily-litigated) version of the Playboy Mansion? more ›

L.A.-based artist Kristen Carter is proving that dapper gents aren't the only ones capable of sporting top hats and monocles. In her hand drawn collection "Affable Animals," Carter collides the human and animal worlds, adding class and dignity to pandas, penguins, lions and more. more ›

It was the summer of 2011, a summer of eco-friendliness, of solar power, of green coffee. Besspresso rolled into Silver Lake and is changing the way L.A. makes coffee. Housed in an appropriately colored green van, the mobile, solar-powered specialty coffee business serves up fair trade, organic coffee with organic milk and sugar in 100% compostable cups. more ›

Police say a woman may have fallen asleep at the wheel before she fatally crashed into a pole in Silver Lake last night. There was no evidence that the woman was intoxicated, according to the Los Angeles Times. more ›

Le Barcito, a gay bar in Silver Lake, threw its final party on Halloween. As the bar shutters its doors, some locals are the lamenting the loss of markers that Silver Lake used to be a thriving gayborhood. more ›

A eucalyptus tree took a tumble in Corona Del Mar yesterday, hitting four cars and two homes, according to the Daily Pilot. Fortunately, no one was injured. Normally news of a falling tree is as hyperlocal as it gets. It's the sort of thing you might hear about at a neighborhood council meeting. But this latest development seems unsettling, since it's at least the fourth time falling eucalyptus trees have made news within a few weeks. more ›

If employees of the Department of Water and Power (DWP) surprise you with a visit, do not open your door. In fact, you might want to call the police. Two men posing as DWP workers ransacked an elderly man's home in the 800 block of North Robinson Street in Silver Lake last week. more ›

Many Silver Lakers rejoiced when they heard they wouldn't have to schlep to the west or Pasadena to get their fill of fancy organic cheese. Their hopes were crushed when Whole Foods confirmed the whole thing was a hoax. But no one has yet stepped forward — until now. more ›

Silver Lake couple Russell Bates and Amy Seidenwurm didn't aim to start a business bartering honey, but when the couple got into chemical-free beekeeping and wound up with 60 pounds of delicious honey from their backyard, they decided to share the goods with their neighbors. more ›

The days of not being able to drive down Griffith Park Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue twice in six hours are coming to a close. The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council voted last night to tear down the no-cruising signs that were put up in the 1990s as a way to clamp down on vibrant gay cruising scene, The Eastsider LA reports. more ›

One of the founders of Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance is firing back at a piece by LA Weekly that delved into the tax records of the organization. Reporter Amanda Becker concludes that the high-profile fight over jacked-up city fees aren't what killed the festival this year and its youth programs — it's the high overhead for a mismanaged program. more ›

On Monday evening, it was hard to discern what was funnier: The angry readers who thought we were pot-kettle-black hipsters for cracking wise about hipsters in Silver Lake saving their imaginary paychecks to shop at a Whole Foods market, or the gleeful readers excited to spend their paychecks on fancy cheese and organic produce at the just-revealed location in the vacated Circuit City on Sunset Blvd. more ›

Silver Lake hipsters are now going to have a new place to spend the change they put in their piggy banks after taking their glut of PBR cans to the recycling depot. The vacated Circuit City at 4400 W. Sunset is going to become a Whole Foods. more ›