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The  1642 Wine and Beer is every thing you hoped before you got up the nerve to actually open the almost unmarked door. It's dark…

About 11:30 pm friends dropped me off, and on the way home noticed a pit bull and another dog hanging around Elysian Elem. School. They warned one person walking their dog not to go that way, but meanwhile a woman walking an old Lab ran into them. The pit bull grabbed his jaws into the head of the Lab, and my friends stopped to help her. While one tried kicking the pit bull to get it to break off the attack, the other fended off the other from getting involved. When the kicking had no effect…

The Echo Country Outpost - one of the coolest venues in the neighborhood - is becoming even more intimate. No fees for tickets or beers. They are now only hosting private affairs - and of course YOU are invited.

"Part of the difficulty of running a legally underground but aboveboard operation like the Outpost is that there are bound to be struggles with government bodies like the police," read an email sent to supporters…

East LA Rep's

Play Reading Group Presents…

Helicopter noise in Los Angeles is now in the national spotlight, leading to a story in the New York Times about the introduction of federal legislation to require the FAA to establish rules on flight paths and minimum altitudes over residential areas.

The conversation was re-ignited after the four-part "Helicopter Hella Loud"…

This part two of a series on…

Spurs from downtown to Boyle Heights, Chinatown and South LA were added this time. Hopefully bike crazy Echo Park will get a spur next time.

Here are the meeting spots -

• Boyle Heights – suggest street parking…

Create your own free altar to honor your loved ones at the El Centro Del Pueblo Commemoration of Dia de los Muertos and Echo Park Mariachi Festival on Saturday, October 15 from 4 to 10 PM.

Contact Lidia…

I just can't stay away from the largest art colony in the world. Last year - even though the art and the vibe were great - the highlight was meeting and getting my picture taken with Huell Howser.

Find more photos like this on Echo Park Online…

The beloved icon Stevie Wonder spent the evening at the EchoPlex as DJ Spinna was hosting his yearly "Wonder-full" club night on Sept. 10.

But when Wonder spoke, he talked didn't talk about music but about politics,…

DJ/producer Goura Chandra and Raffi Roumdikian, owner of downtown's Seven Bar, are launching a new vegetarian restaurant on Alvarado near Sunset - opening in 2012, according to Eater…

The Super I Am 8Bit sounds rad.

Since the inaugural show in 2005, this has become on of the  most popular group art exhibition in Los Angeles, enlisting hundreds of artists to remix their 80’s videogame memories.

So very nerdy. And what do they brag about –

creating a 6-foot-tall, working…