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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Mohawk Alley Brings Passion For Pet Care

Comments (0) | animal rescue, animal shelter, Diane Tang, Echo Park, hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michelle Zoryan, Mohawk Alley Animal Hospital, pet care, stray cats, veterinarian

Rachel Cohrs
Staff Reporter

A female veternarian duo is reinventing pet care in Los Angeles.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Two Boys & A Bucket: Not Your Average Cleaning Service

Comments (2) | Arts+Culture, cleaning, cleaning service, Echo Park, film sets, filming, humor, LA, Los Angeles, NYC, Two Boys & A Bucket, web series

Belinda Cai
Web Producer

VIDEO: They went from set dressing to scrubbing toilets, and they’re loving it.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Gentrification 101: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

Comments (0) | apartments, Atlanta, Boyle Heights, cities, Development, East LA, Echo Park, gentrification, harlem, housing, mission district, neoliberal, Opinion, politics, poor, poverty, redevelopment, regeneration, rent gap, ruth glass, South Central, Spike Lee, Transportation, underprivileged, underserved, university village, urban, USC, Washington D.C.

Alex Kanegawa
Contributor

It's not just about who benefits and who doesn't, but why.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

7 Underrated Concert Venues In L.A.

Comments (0) | active child, aeg live, Airborne Toxic Event, Arcade Fire, Black Eyed Peas, Buffalo Springfield, Carter De Haven's Music Box, concerts, Doug Weston, Echo, Echo Park, Echoplex, El Rey Theatre, First Unitarian Church, Fitz and the Tantrums, Fonda Theatre, Foster the People, Goldenvoice, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Hanni El Khatib, Hollywood Bowl, Iron & WIne, James Taylor, Jessie J, joni mitchell, Katy Perry, Kodaline, Koreatown, lights, Los Angeles, mint, miracle mile, Motley Crue, Mumford & Sons, Music, Nat King Cole, Nokia Theatre, Pomplamoose, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Rolling Stones, satellite, Silver Lake, skrillex, Spaceland, Staples Center, Stevie Wonder, Streets of Laredo, Stromae, Troubadour, War Paint, Whigs

Ed Sheeran plays to a sold-out crowd in the Staples Center. (@blake_demp / Twitter)

Michelle Tiu
Entertainment Producer

VIDEO: There's more to L.A.'s music scene than just the Staples Center, Nokia Theatre, and Hollywood Bowl.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Musicians, The Mayor, And The Minimum Wage: East L.A. Rockers Face Quandary

Comments (2) | active music neighborhoods, coffee shops, district 13, East Hollywood, Echo Park, equipment costs, guitarists, hollywood, LA, minimum wage, Music, Music, musicians, raise the wage, record labels, singers

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Jonathan Tolliver
Staff Reporter

How will the minimum wage increase affect musicians?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Echo Park: More Than Just Making Ends Meet

Comments (0) | California, California, California Minimum Wage Hike, district 1, Echo Park, Garcetti, jobs, Los Angeles, mayor, minimum wage, money, work

Iqbal Al-Sanea
Staff Reporter

Most Echo Park business owners are working their way up the recession.  

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Quintessential L.A. Bakeries Proving Why We Don't Need Crumbs

Comments (0) | apple pie, cake, Candy, caramel, cheap eats, Crumbs, cupcake, cupcakes, dessert, dessert trends, diddy riese, Downtown, Downtown L.A., dtla, Echo Park, Food, Grand Central Market, ice cream, ice cream sandwich, ice cream sandwiches, jam, l.a., Little Flower Candy Co., Los Angeles, macaron, macaron ice cream sandwich, milk, Pasadena, pie, Pie Hole, pies, Silverlake, UCLA, Valerie Confections

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

Skip the corporate sugar bombs at Crumbs, and head to these L.A. eateries instead.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Lotus Festival Returns To Echo Park

Comments (1) | Arts+Culture, asian, asian american, Chinatown, Council of Oriental Organizations, Department of Parks and Recreation, Downtown L.A., dtla, Echo Park, echo park lake, ethnic dancing, Food, fun, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, little bangladesh, little tokyo, Los Angeles, Lotus Festival, Lotus Flowers, Music, Philippines, summer festival

Heidi Carreon
Staff Reporter

The Lotus Festival is back and better than ever.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Gangs Not In Your Backyard? Think Again.

Comments (33) | african-americans, California, commuter gangs, counterfeit, Crime, crime rate, drug trafficking, Echo Park, economies, fake, Food, gang activity, gang violence, gangs, minorities, National, NIMBY, not in my backyard, pimp, pimping, prisons, safety net, sex trade, sex trafficking, taxes, teen pregnancies, unemployment, voting rights

Kevin Litman-Navarro
Staff Reporter

Gang activity affects more than just inner-city neighborhoods.

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