The Echo Park Animal Alliance is a 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization. Our mission is to promote responsible care of companion animals within the Echo Park community through advocacy, assistance and education. The EPAA serves as a resource - providing education, counseling and referrals. Through our large on-line network, we help pet guardians locate their lost animals, place unwanted and abandoned pets in loving, permanent homes, and in some cases, provide local pet guardians unable to meet the medical or health needs of their animals with financial assistance.
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This December, Elysian Valley United will begin organizing our new Food and Clothing Bank, which will operate out of the EVU Community Services Center, located at 2812 Newell Street in Los Angeles. The Bank will provide emergency food and clothing assistance to families and individuals in critical need throughout our service area, and the greater Northeast Los Angeles community.

Contributions from individuals and the community at large are greatly appreciated. We are asking for non-perishable food items, including canned goods, and staples such as rice, beans, and pasta. We are also working to find new or gently used clothing items for infants, toddlers, children, teens and adults - remember, during this time of year, winter weight clothing is a priority!

To find out more about the Food and Clothing Bank, or to offer a contribution, see us at the Community Center, or call Albert Vargas, Gloria Vargas, or Food/Clothing Bank Coordinator Mario Moya at (323) 666-9239.

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FRANKLIN HILLS is a lovely, historic neighborhood in the midst of the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles. The distinctive Shakespeare Bridge, completed in 1926, led the way for development of a unique community which embodies the best of LA. The people who live in Franklin Hills are multi-cultural, multi-talented, span a wide income range, and yet compose a harmonious community. The beautiful homes, schools and libraries in the area reflect the architectural grace of Frank Lloyd Wright, John Lautner and others. Cultural amenities include the Greek Theater, Griffith Park and Observatory and Barnsdall Park. The view from Franklin Hills stretches all the way from Mt. Baldy to Malibu - from a rich history to the future of Los Angeles.
THE EARLY YEARS of Hollywood give Franklin Hills much of its historical luster. Silent movie classics were filmed in the area by directors like D. W. Griffith. And the old Vitagraph Studio lot where Disney-owned ABC Television now stands started cranking out films in 1916. The first Walt Disney animation studio once occupied the site of the Gelson’s Market on Hyperion. In the late 1920’s Walt and his brother Roy built matching houses at the corner of St. George St. and Lyric Ave. Along the five block walk between their houses and the studio site you’ll find the quaint cottages that inspired the home of the seven dwarfs in Snow White.

ECHO PARK features the return of Harry Bosch, and fans of the Bosch series will not be disappointed. Bosch is working in the open-unsolved unit of the LAPD and he becomes involved in the case of Marie Gesto.

The Gesto case has never been solved, and aspects of the case have haunted Bosch for over a decade. Connelly is at the top of his game in ECHO PARK . All of the characters are motivated by different demons, and Bosch has to try to figure out why a man would confess to a murder he did not commit.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- we are witnessing history in the making with the Harry Bosch series. Michael Connelly continues to write at a level that few authors ever attain. His novel THE LINCOLN LAWYER is now available in paperback and recently won the prestigious Macavity Award for best novel of 2006 (presented by Mystery Readers International).

Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles northwest of downtown. According to the website “Historic Echo Park” the neighborhood has no
official boundaries or borders. Generally, it is east and southeast of Silver Lake, north of Westlake/MacArthur Park, west and northwest of Chinatown and southwest of Elysian Park. Echo Park itself consists of the neighborhoods of Echo Park (the area immediately surrounding the lake and extending approximately a mile north on Echo Park Avenue), Angelino Heights, Colton Hill, Edendale and Elysian Heights. Dodger Stadium lies at the eastern edge of Echo Park.

The origin of the name Echo Park is not totally clear.Legend has it that the name Echo Park came into use in the 1890s after workers building the newly established city park now called “Echo Park” discovered that their voices “echoed” off the bluffs and hillsides to the east and west. A variation of that legend says the name was coined more than 20 years earlier when workers constructing a dam (more…)