LA Times Discovers

• Echo Park evolves into hipster destination (Dec. 3, 2010)
• Mohawk Bend, a 10,000-square-foot bar and restaurant, to open in Echo Park; also on the horizon: Sunset Beer Co. (Dec. 3, 2010)

Dov Likes Waving

On his commute through Silcho Lark:

From page 60 of Oct 2010 Angeleno Magazine

Local, Natural, Quirky, Charmy

LA Weekly says that Silver Lake Natural Foods Market, 2829 Sunset Blvd., reminds us that "truly local natural food shops offer their own quirks and relatively quaint charms."

Owner Baba Ji, whose Cowboys & Turbans Indian/Mexican street-food hybrid is a few paces away, tells us he'll be building the selection of raw and vegan prepared foods. As for produce, all-organic fruits and veggies (and the raw materials for the to-come juice bar), will be sourced from both neighborhood farmers' markets and his distributor.

Recent Automobile Thefts, of the Grand Variety

The new LA Times crime map for the area includes a recent rash of GTAs:

• Grand theft auto: 1300 block of North Benton Way, Sept. 23, 2010, 10:30 p.m.
• Grand theft auto: 1500 block of North Coronado Street, Sept. 24, 2010, 1 a.m.
• Grand theft auto: Clinton and Rosemont, Sept. 24, 2010, 7:30pm,
• Grand theft auto: 2400 block of Bellevue Avenue, Sept. 26, 2010, 8 p.m.

Do you know where your automobile is?

Which Came First

From Coronado Street to a Restaurant Near You

On today's Marketplace:

EVE TROEH: Home gardeners love to share their yield. Robert Coughlin is no exception. His 14-square foot plot is just dirt right now -- it's resting. But this spring it was full of lettuce.

A friend told him about Forage, a trendy new restaurant less than a mile from Coughlin's home in the Silver Lake neighborhood. The chef there would take produce from local gardeners, but the veggies had to audition.

Forage's chef Jason Kim took every leaf.

JASON KIM: That night we took his lettuces and we created Robert's Coronado Street Salad.

Read and hear the rest of the story.

Tow Truck Scam in the Neighborhood

From: Captain Bill Murphy, Northeast LAPD

Subject: Northeast (NOE) Newsletter

Echo Park: Had a few property crimes last week (BTFV). This week looks real good - only two BTFVs associated with Dodger Stadium. Pay attention to tow trucks. We have arrested several tow truck drivers who have taken vehicles without having proper paperwork/permission (say from an owner of a parking lot who posts no parking signs). This is a scam as the charge the vehicle owners $300 to get their car back.

Lose Something?

Prius Not Good Enough for You?

You're Damaging His Sign

Reckless Driving

Submitted to: LAPD

Type of Offense: Reckless Driving

Vehicle: Dodge Caravan LE, blue with brown, California license plate 2PME686

Description: Suspect driving recklessly near school (Mayberry Street Elementary School) and along quiet residential street (south on 1200-1300 blocks of N. Coronado St.) between 5:30 and 6:00pm on Sept. 15, 2010.

Suspect rolled through multiple stop signs, flashed headlights as he approached vehicles from behind, swerved left and right aggressively toward oncoming traffic, attempted to pass moving traffic on residential streets, attempted to hop curb with pedestrians present.

This is second time behavior has been observed with same suspect in recent weeks.

Mohawk and Sunset

From LAPD: Robberies!

		NORTHEAST
		Robbery Information

On September 7th, 2010 at approximately 12:05 AM a street robbery occurred in the Echo Park area. The victim, a female, was walking near Laveta Terrace and Scott Avenue with a male friend. Two suspects appraoched on foot, one armed with a baseball bat. They demanded the victims property then struck the victims friend on the leg with the bat. The victim complied and surrendered her property. The suspects then fled the area by vehicle. Approximately 50 minutes later near Ames Street and Ben Lomond in the Franklin Hills area, a lone male was walking home when he was approached by two suspects that were armed with baseball bats. The suspects demanded his property. When the victim refused and began to scream for help, he was struck on the head with the bat. The suspects fled on foot. The suspects are described as being male hispanic, approximately 16 to 20 years of age and wearing dark colored hoodies. In one incident their vehicle was described as a white 4 door sedan, possibly a 1980s model. While both crimes occurred miles apart , they have a variety of similarities that have led us to believe that they were committed by the same suspects. The investigations continue, and at this time there is nothing that indicates that the victims were chosen based on sex, descent, race, or sexual preferance. It does appear that the most common factor is the location of each crime and time of day. Both areas were dark with little vehicle or foot traffic. It has not been determined if the incidents are gang related. Anyone with any information on these two incidents is urged to contact the Northeast Robbery Detectives at (213) 485-2566 or after hours, the Northeast Watch Commander at (213) 485-2563.

LAPD Would Like You to Stop Here

The Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer parked this morning at the intersection of Benton and Scott would like you to stop at the stop signs, please.

Why Do You Pace, Dude?

Dude in the oversize shorts and XXL hoodie: Why are you pacing back and forth on the corner of Montana and McCollum? Waiting for a ride?

Crime Cluster: Sunset & Glendale

From Northeast LAPD:

Echo Park: We have a cluster of property crimes this week in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Glendale Boulevard. We requested support from Operations-Central Bureau two weeks ago and they deployed their Special Problems Unit (SPU) into Northeast Area to work property crimes in Echo Park, Silver Lake and Los Feliz. They have teamed up with our SPU and have been running multiple tactical operations in these neighborhoods (i.e., sting/bait-car operations). They have made many arrests for BTFV [burglary/theft from vehicle] and burglary in these areas.

Harden Your Targets!

COMMUNITY ALERT NOTIFICATION LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF FILL IN TEXT HERE

Residents of Los Feliz, Silverlake [ed. note: Silcho Lark] and Franklin Hills: During the Week of July 11th to July 17th, there was a surge of vehicle break-ins and bicycle thefts. Most of the bikes taken were from under car apartment garages that had locks on them. Items taken within this period are cameras, lens, bikes, electronic devices, computers, garage door openers, laptops, television, cellphone and currency. Please be reminded not to leave valuables in plain sight and lock your vehicles. Locations were SOME of these theft incidents ocurred: 1900 block of Rodney Drive 2000 block of Rodney Drive 3900 block of Los Feliz Blvd 4300 block of Los Feliz Blvd 2000 blk of Hillhurst Finley and Catalina 4600 blk of Clarissa 1300 block of Glendale Blvd 2600 block of Glendale Blvd Central Atwater Village residents, there were a slight increase of vehicle thefts in the area of Silverlake Blvd and Garden.... remember harden the target and lookout for one another.

Yelping Silcho Lark

Hmm, Yelp still splits it into Silver Lake and Echo Park.

Is this not catching on?

Coming September 2010, "Like Whole Foods, Only Cheaper"

From the cowboy behind Cowboys & Turbans

Rape at Sunset and Alvarado, July 4

According to EveryBlock crime report (with data from LAPD Crime Maps).

Requesting Removal of Gang Graffiti on Yellow Wall at Mayberry Street Elementary School

An elementary school? Come on! Anti-Graffiti Request: GRR704052.

Update: Removed! As of Friday, July 9.

5 Better Ways to Join 2 Freeway and Glendale Blvd.

Made-up Neighborhood Map

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