Echo Park, California

Curious how the trails are in your own backyard; look no further than the Washington Post: The trails at Elysian Park near Dodger Stadium were also open for business last weekend, although rangers are still warning hikers away from the trails around the southwest side, or North Broadway entrance, of the city park.

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Please join Congressman Xavier Becerra on Saturday February 5th, 11AM at the Edendale Branch Library for Coffee with your Congressman. Congressman Becerra is seeking the thoughts and views of those he represents in Washington, D.C. More info: 213.483.1425.

While you are at the library consider supporting the ELF’S (Edendale Library Friends Society) by purchasing a book or by simply joining the group for $15 individual/$25 family.

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Gentrification, hipsters, and a blessed dog.

In the LA Times Turning a Lens Homeward chronicles Echo Park resident and high school junior Stephanie Cisneros video documentary of our changing neighborhood.

The Times also probes around Mr. T’s Bowl and finds that hipsters are supposedly ruining the scene: Chavez blames the arrival of Silver Lake and Echo Park hipsters, obsessed with the coolest and the newest.

“People from over there come out here to ‘hang out,’ ” Chavez said, making sarcastic quotation marks in the air with her hands. “You know, the ‘rough part’ of town. The regulars feel intimidated.”

It’s funny to hear some folks around here reminisce about the days when Echo Park was a rough part of town, not that most of LA County doesn’t believe it still is.

On a miraculous note Councilmember Garcetti’s Planning Deputy Alison has been reunited with her Wonder Dog Eugene who was swept into the raging Arroyo Seco near Hermon over 10 days ago. He was found by a trucker in Vernon where he must have made it out of the LA River to safety!

Meanwhile at the business booster Downtown News the counter at the Brite Spot is the place to be.

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Tragic news this morning, a transient camping across the street from the Fire Department Training Center died when the hill below him slid and buried him. I drove by at 8.00am this morning, at the time all I’d heard was that someone was buried. Apparently he had a friend with him who must have called for help. Driving by you wouldn’t have noticed anything unusual; it appears that the hill didn’t collapse but that the topsoil sluffed down the hill carrying them with it.

The Scotsman.com has a new label for Echo Park, less-than-fashionable!

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