Articles for Eagle Rock

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Kyle Mooney
3 days, 18 hours ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Kyle Mooney

LA Times  

Now that he has a baby, Kyle Mooney doesn’t leave a certain L.A. radius much if he doesn’t have to. “I felt like the ‘artsiness’ of it was something I could relate to,” says Mooney, explaining why he was drawn to the neighborhood. This year was the first year where I was like “You know, I’m actually not going to …

Love Christmas Baseball Movie Mooney Wife My Wife
Three-sport star Alina Argueta leads Banning to City Section flag football finals
1 month ago

Three-sport star Alina Argueta leads Banning to City Section flag football finals

LA Times  

Alina Argueta is quite a renaissance girl at Banning High. She plays point guard on the basketball team, catcher and shortstop on the softball team and Wednesday afternoon she quarterbacked the school’s first flag football squad into the City Open Division championship game. The senior captain threw four touchdown passes — two each to Adelaida Ibanez-Eddy and Sara Gonzalez — …

Rock Yards Division San Pedro Banning Eagle Rock Eagle
Column: City Section football quarterfinal playoff predictions
1 month, 1 week ago

Column: City Section football quarterfinal playoff predictions

LA Times  

The power running of freshman Derrick Jackson was key in Narbonne’s 35-31 win over Cathedral earlier this season. Narbonne High’s football team, idle since Sept. 27 after four forfeits by Marine League opponents protesting alleged rule violations, is scheduled to return to the field Friday night with a home game against Dorsey in the City Section Open Division playoffs. Open …

Game Team Running Los Angeles Season Quarterback Franklin
Prep Rally: Makena Cook of Orange Lutheran is the best flag football quarterback around
3 months, 1 week ago

Prep Rally: Makena Cook of Orange Lutheran is the best flag football quarterback around

LA Times  

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. — eric sondheimer September 16, 2024 Veterans Stadium in Long Beach is under consideration to host the Southern Section Division 1 championship game. Tickets are ON SALE NOW for The 89th Annual East L.A. Classic Presented By #LABowl Hosted By Gronk and Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium 🏟️ Roosevelt HS …

Football Team Venice Flag Washington Season Quarterback
Kevin de León and Ysabel Jurado trade insults in fight for Eastside city council seat
3 months, 1 week ago

Kevin de León and Ysabel Jurado trade insults in fight for Eastside city council seat

LA Times  

Ysabel Jurado made a huge splash on Los Angeles’ Eastside last spring, coming in first in the five-way primary election for a City Council seat representing neighborhoods stretching from downtown to Eagle Rock. Since 2020, the year De León took office, the city has opened “tiny-home villages” for unhoused residents in Eagle Rock, Highland Park and Boyle Heights. So has …

Tiny Homes Work City Council County De León Jurado
Prep Rally: The most exciting quarterbacks so far this season
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Prep Rally: The most exciting quarterbacks so far this season

LA Times  

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. pic.twitter.com/mjVFts7xXL — eric sondheimer August 27, 2024 Girls’ volleyball Avery Junk and Sienna Castillo block a tip attempt by Mater Dei’s Addison Coady in the Sea Hawks’ victory. Girls Volleyball: @CIFLACS Matches To Watch Wed: 9/4 Carson At Bell South East At Eagle Rock Reseda At Sylmar Grant At Taft Marshall …

Football College Football School Game Water Polo Team Season
Column: Eagle Rock’s Liam Pasten, barber/doughnut delivery man, making impact at QB
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Eagle Rock’s Liam Pasten, barber/doughnut delivery man, making impact at QB

LA Times  

Junior quarterback Liam Pasten is the third brother to play for Eagle Rock. It was Monday morning and Eagle Rock High junior quarterback Liam Pasten was carrying two boxes of doughnuts around campus. With a 4.0 grade-point average and a family football tradition at Eagle Rock that includes his father, uncles and two older brothers, Liam is the neighborhood kid …

Rock Play Liam Eagle Rock Moran Eagle Liam Pasten
Flag football popularity on the rise in Southland
4 months ago

Flag football popularity on the rise in Southland

LA Times  

Maia Helmar threw for 70 touchdowns on her way to earning Sunset League most valuable player last season The high school flag football season is underway in the Southland and the race to crown the first Southern Section champion has begun. 2 in California last fall behind quarterback Madi Lam, who passed for 5,584 yards and a nation-best 91 touchdowns …

California Yards Season Quarterback League Player Birmingham
In L.A.’s tough housing market, cramped family adds ADU rather than move
4 months, 1 week ago

In L.A.’s tough housing market, cramped family adds ADU rather than move

LA Times  

When Serban and Laura Gudino-Penciu purchased a 900-square-foot bungalow in Eagle Rock in 2004, it was just the two of them. “That was one of our most important parameters.” Solbes ultimately added 740 square feet to the main house, including a new master bedroom with a bathroom and walk-in closet, laundry, family room, office and powder room — nearly doubling …

Family Space Work House Room Laura Eagle Rock
‘Mozart Under the Stars,’ ‘Twisters,’ ‘Queer Rhapsody’ and the best culture L.A. has to offer this week
5 months ago

‘Mozart Under the Stars,’ ‘Twisters,’ ‘Queer Rhapsody’ and the best culture L.A. has to offer this week

LA Times  

Welcome to another edition of Essential Arts, bringing you L.A.‘s finest culture, must-watch film openings, stunning art and a dash of Kenny Chesney. musical.org — Ashley Lee The cast of “Newsies” at Long Beach’s Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Classical music critic Mark Swed reviews the opening of the L.A. Phil’s Hollywood Bowl season, featuring rising conductor Elim Chan conducting Prokofiev’s …

Theatre Stars Work Museum Hollywood Los Angeles
Another L.A. budget bummer: Residential sewer fees set to double by 2028
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Another L.A. budget bummer: Residential sewer fees set to double by 2028

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. the system is going to break, and the costs will be much more.” Bass voiced support for the increases, saying they would keep “Angelenos and our beaches, waterways and ocean safe.” So did Councilmember John Lee, who called the rate plan “vital to the health of …

Budget City Fee Ucla Bass Increases Councilmember
Affordable housing at the expense of existing tenants? L.A. council seeks new protections
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Affordable housing at the expense of existing tenants? L.A. council seeks new protections

LA Times  

Eagle Rock resident Sally Juarez has a rental home that many in L.A. can only dream of. “Because we have a serious eviction-to-homelessness pipeline.” The new regulations, which must be drafted and come back for another council vote, would buy the city time to develop rules requiring that 100% affordable housing projects provide at least some units for families that …

Housing Tenants City Projects Council Los Angeles Way
A ‘Buffy’ obsession became an opening door. Now Jane Schoenbrun returns the favor
7 months, 3 weeks ago

A ‘Buffy’ obsession became an opening door. Now Jane Schoenbrun returns the favor

LA Times  

Penélope Cruz stares me down while I interview visionary filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun. “It was a show about a girl who wasn’t like other girls and who had a destiny that she didn’t want to have because she wanted to feel normal,” Schoenbrun says. “Now I exist in spaces filled with people I love, but when I was a kid, 100% …

Film Los Angeles Casey Owen Saw Eagle Rock Maddie
Nithya Raman, Kevin De León got more homeless people off the street. Will that sway voters?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Nithya Raman, Kevin De León got more homeless people off the street. Will that sway voters?

LA Times  

Incumbent Los Angeles City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Nithya Raman have had success in getting homeless people off the street in their districts. Raman, who chairs the council’s homelessness committee, said the work by her team shows that the city “can actually address street homelessness, which is what most Angelenos are concerned about, far more effectively than we have …

Office Homeless Council Hollywood Homelessness Angeles Los Angeles
Despite scandal, the race for Kevin de León’s seat has been lacking in fireworks
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite scandal, the race for Kevin de León’s seat has been lacking in fireworks

LA Times  

Nearly 15 months ago, the Los Angeles City Council chamber was a turbulent place to conduct business, a byproduct of a scandal centering heavily on Councilmember Kevin de León. “We want Ysabel to be elected because she’s the best candidate for the district.” Councilmember Kevin de León greets people at a food distribution event outside his Eagle Rock office in …

Campaign Race Council Los Angeles Candidate Recent
Meet the new Smorgasburg L.A. vendors for 2024 — including the Cambodian cowboy
11 months ago

Meet the new Smorgasburg L.A. vendors for 2024 — including the Cambodian cowboy

LA Times  

Smorgasburg LA general manager Zach Brooks curates the annual roster of pop-ups, restaurants and other food specialists who appear at the weekly food festival. With the 2024 debut last Sunday of Smorgasburg Los Angeles, the L.A. Times 101 Best Restaurants-awarded festival introduced sellers that run the gamut from recognizable names and restaurants to chefs new to L.A.’s food scene. Chad …

Tea Italian Restaurant Texas French Los Angeles
Kevin de León says he deserves another chance. Critics say he’s ‘gaslighting’ L.A.
1 year, 2 months ago

Kevin de León says he deserves another chance. Critics say he’s ‘gaslighting’ L.A.

LA Times  

The crowd applauded the moment Kevin de León walked up. “We decided that we were going to show him what 25 Black people yelling sounded like,” said Abdullah, who estimated that on one night, the crowd near De León’s home reached 700. “This community deserves that.” :: Councilmember Kevin de León, standing in the council chamber last month, said he …

Political Black Latino Council Audio Los Angeles
Councilmember Kevin de León, a year after racist audio scandal, says he’ll run again
1 year, 3 months ago

Councilmember Kevin de León, a year after racist audio scandal, says he’ll run again

LA Times  

Councilmember Kevin de León, shown in June, says he will run for reelection next year. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León, whose political career was upended following the leak of a recorded conversation featuring racist and derogatory remarks, said Wednesday he will seek another four-year term in the city’s March election. De León said it was like when “Nury …

Scandal Political City Council State Los Angeles District
How a Spanish bungalow in L.A. went from sad to sexy (Hint: There’s an ADU rental)
1 year, 3 months ago

How a Spanish bungalow in L.A. went from sad to sexy (Hint: There’s an ADU rental)

LA Times  

Like many tech workers, Jing Guo and Gabriel Taylor Russ left Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic in search of warmer weather. “The house needed some love,” Cooke said diplomatically, “but we worked with the existing details and tried to enhance what was already there.” Cooke added an arch in the ADU in keeping with the main home’s Spanish architecture. “We …

Los Angeles Los Angeles House Room Living Los Angeles Times
Column: Eagle Rock’s Barry and Haylee Weatherspoon making football a family affair
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: Eagle Rock’s Barry and Haylee Weatherspoon making football a family affair

LA Times  

The brother-sister duo of Barry and Haylee Weatherspoon will be starring for Eagle Rock High in 11-man and girls’ seven-on-seven flag football. Haylee is the star receiver, running back and defensive back for the inaugural Eagle Rock seven-on-seven girls’ flag football team that begins its season Thursday against L.A. Roosevelt. We used to play flag football as kids.” Eagle Rock’s …

Family Flag Wilkins Barry Eagle Rock Weatherspoon Football Team
‘Vegetarian Salad for Dinner’ has your summer cooking covered
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Vegetarian Salad for Dinner’ has your summer cooking covered

LA Times  

A dozen years ago, when my husband and I decided to stop eating red meat at home, I was faced with two challenges: how to compose meals without the centerpiece of meat, and how to get big flavors into meat-free cooking. “Vegetarian Salad for Dinner” author Jeanne Kelley says she’s a “flexitarian.” At her Eagle Rock home, she grows a …

Recipes Recipe Vegetarian Los Angeles Her Husband Spanish Her Home
The return of Vidiots could alter L.A.’s moviegoing map for good
1 year, 6 months ago

The return of Vidiots could alter L.A.’s moviegoing map for good

LA Times  

When the Santa Monica video store Vidiots, which had become a local cultural institution, closed in February 2017, founders Patty Polinger and Cathy Tauber had their doubts as to whether the store would ever rebound. “I didn’t really think it would,” said Tauber, reflecting on whether the store could bounce back after years of financial struggle with the rise of …

Theater Space Video Mackay Los Los Angeles Los Angeles Times
Do kids really need grass? This magical L.A. garden will make you rethink turf
1 year, 9 months ago

Do kids really need grass? This magical L.A. garden will make you rethink turf

LA Times  

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. Although the garden includes many drought-tolerant plants that can endure the heat with little watering, Hamer notes that it is not exclusively a “native garden” but a climate-appropriate garden for Los Angeles. “It doesn’t feel low-water when you’re in it.” The couple also credits the garden’s flourishing state to monthly maintenance from …

Family Indian California Los Angeles Los Angeles Penn
Monarch, the new restaurant from Chifa’s Humberto Leon, is an ode to Hong Kong in grand style
1 year, 11 months ago

Monarch, the new restaurant from Chifa’s Humberto Leon, is an ode to Hong Kong in grand style

LA Times  

In his decades as a fashion designer, Humberto Leon sought to highlight the works of other artists and cultures in a career marked by collaboration and creativity. At their new Monarch in Arcadia, the focus becomes even more specialized: The sprawl, banquet halls, tea service and full scope of Hong Kong cuisine both classic and modern are all on display, …

Hong Kong Restaurant Chinese San Kong Hong Liu