Echo Park
Who Is L.A.’s Hero Posting Up These Anti-ICE Parking Signs?
This sign-maker uses the city’s own "uniform" to fix what he sees as a broken system with professional-grade materials. In a city where bureaucracy moves at a glacial pace, a new wave of activists has decided that if the government won't act, its citizens will.
‘If We Don’t Laugh, We’ll Cry’: Meet the Indigenous Activists Behind L.A.’s Chapter House
In 2020, executive director and environmentalist Emma Robbins founded The Chapter House, now home to an annual drag show, Indigenous art galleries, and improv comedy events.
L.A.’s Most Iconic Horror Movie Houses and Where To Find Them
The most iconic movie addresses in scary films are right here in our backyard, perfect for planning your own Halloween tour of horror’s greatest film locations.
How An OG Chicano-Run Tattoo Parlor Doubles as a Secret Art Gallery in a Shifting Neighborhood
In Echo Park, El Clasico Tattoo’s annual lowrider cruise and art show transforms the 17-year-old parlor into a vibrant, insider art gallery, showcasing over 67 artists and Chicano art. This year’s legendary “only if you know you know” block party was cut short by an unprecedented LAPD raid, highlighting tensions in the city.
Ozempic Sponsoring the L.A. Olympics? Who’s Behind This Billboard In Echo Park?
And what does it mean?
Street Vendors Injured By LAPD Projectiles While Caught In Crossfire During Dodger Celebrations
A father and son team team selling bacon-wrapped hot dogs were in a state of shock after being hit in the dome and neck by 'less-lethal' projectiles fired by the police. Instead of rendering aid to his father, the son said police kept “aiming the guns at us again.”
Some of the Wildest Scenes From World Series Celebrations in L.A.
There was a sense of both elation and catharsis in the air. As Dodgers manager Dave Roberts mentioned in his post-game interview, "I'm sure there's no asterisk on this one."
