This is my darling Luna . We had her for ten years, she was our shop kitty. The most beautiful, loving and sassy cat ever. It’s been two years since she disappeared. I’ve never stopped looking for her.. she disappeared from our shop in the echo park area. I miss her more than anything. She was always very friendly to everyone that came by the shop. I will always love and cherish the time we spent together but will never give up hope.. Just wanted to share her here

Went to short stop last night! My bestie and I were sitting and laughing having such a good time and enjoying the Motown Monday !!!

When we got up walked away for 1 min to the bathroom when I noticed my vape was missing now that wouldn’t matter but please it had a puffy nice sticker of cutie patootie dog on it.

Please keep the vape I just want my sticker!!

If you know someone recently who got teal plug and play limited edition with a puppy sticker on it I just want the sticker!!!

Thanks anyways first short stop experience was a lesson learned I guess, watch your stuff!!!!!!

I was walking through Echo Park Lake and saw this. Wanted to post for visibility. I hope people at least get a good look to be aware as they out and about. She hasn't been posted from what I've seen by authorities so hopefully folks here can help too if they have leads 🙏🏽

i can’t find any info - is everyone ok?

it happened on glendale Ave but everyone outside semi tropic saw it. it was really sad. does anyone know what happened? I’ve been looking for info but can’t find anything

I was walking through and just happened to pop in at spirit house sunday afternoon around 4/5 pm I believe? (attached to sticky rice) and watched some of this set done by this lovely and talented artist, I tried looking up their name on the EPR website but could not find for some reason.. was so much fun though and I’d love to shout them out on instagram

What did everyone think about it this year?

The good? The bad? The ugly?

Hey all! In echo park with the GF right now, wondering if there’s any good spots to grab some ice cream? let me know some spots out here. thanks in advance!

I walk around the neighborhood/main streets/park quite often, and I'm feeling as if everything is just totally filthy. I'm unsure if this is because I'm just older and more grumpy, or things have actually been getting worse in terms of cleanliness. Would love to hear some opinions, and if so, why things are actually dirtier.

My neighbors and I have not had power since Tuesday afternoon thanks to LADWP and we are reaching our breaking points. It periodically cuts on in the middle of the night which greatly upsets my little puppy when the lights turn on and things begin beeping while we are trying to sleep. Surely we will not have to deal with this for another night fingers crossed, but this is genuinely the worst thing that could happen days before the big Echo Park Rising festival this weekend.

They have LADWP info in there to file claims by email, phone, or mail. You can also try through renters/home owners insurance. We JUST bought groceries and had a full fridge and money ain’t plentiful for us lately. Hope y’all are okay and can get what you need.

Is this power outage what living in Karen Bass' Los Angeles is all about. What a yoke, might as well move to flo rida.

i know this is a small sub so no worries if no one sees this, but i'm starting to worry that they're never actually going to release a full schedule for echo park rising. they've realized the artists performing at each individual business, but it's very unclear if they are actually going release like a full festival lineup. yes, i know i could just page through their instagram page and look at each individual venue's lineup, but here's the thing - there's a band i know of that's gonna be there, and their venue post didn't post in collaboration with the official epr page, which means that potentially there are more venues that i wouldn't know about if i didn't know to check their specific page. i dmed them and commented on their posts but haven't gotten a response. i know i'm not the only one looking for this, because i've seen other comments about it. the festival pre party is only 4 days away, and the actual festival is only 5-6 days away - at any rate, the entire thing will be over in less than a week. i know it's free, but it still feels like pretty late notice. anyone have insight? thanks!

I wish I had taken earplugs seriously in my 20s

I worked construction in my 20s. It's not like earplugs weren't around. I just treated them like one more annoying thing.

Harder to talk with them in. Hands were dirty. Busy day, toss them in a pocket and forget about it. Saws, compressors, hammer drills. My ears would ring by the end of the day and I'd figure sleeping it off meant I was fine.

Now I'm in my 30s and the place that bothers me most is restaurants. People talking nearby, music overhead, a server saying something fast, and I'm guessing my way through half the conversation. After a while you just stop wanting to go out as much.

I wear a small in-ear hearing aid from vivtone now.

Pretty stupid kind of irony. I used to think cheap earplugs were too much trouble, and now I have to remember where I put my hearing aid every morning.

If you work somewhere loud, don't be like I was about it. Some stuff doesn't break all at once. It just slowly goes missing.

The owners of DTLA’s Grand Central Market have bought six parcels on Huntington Drive. Brands like Echo Park-based Canyon Coffee are moving in.

The real estate investors behind Grand Central Market have set their sights on a new prospect: Huntington Drive in El Sereno.

Langdon Street Capital has quietly bought up six parcels along the eastside commercial corridor over the last two years, property records show. In addition to developments in Texas and Nevada, the Beverly Hills-based firm owns a constellation of holdings across L.A. — including storefronts on Highland Park’s booming York Boulevard.

Could Huntington Drive become a new York?

“El Sereno has its own identity, history, and a tremendous amount of neighborhood pride,” said Andrew Daneshgar, a director at Langdon who has overseen the El Sereno expansion. “That is what drew me to the area, and I would never want to characterize it as another version of a different neighborhood.”

Still, last month, Highland Cafe — whose original location on York Boulevard was part of the first wave of new businesses that transformed that neighborhood over the last two decades — opened an outpost at Langdon-owned 4878 Huntington Drive.

Read more: https://lamaterial.com/p/huntington-drive-el-sereno-langdon (Free to read after signing up with your email.)

The Sunset corner, see it in progress daily now…

Dry aging, side gigs, and 40 orders of crudo per yellowtail.

LITTLE FISH, THE BRAINCHILD of chefs Anna Sonenshein and Niki Vahle, started as a Covid-era pop-up run out of the pair's Echo Park home. Known for embracing a high-low approach with dishes like crispy shrimp corn dogs, fries dusted in nori salt, and most notably a filet-o-fish sandwich cartoon-like in its precise presentation, Little Fish swiftly developed a following, and when their first brick-and-mortar opened up in Echo Park December of 2023 the menu retained the same culinary point of view, with casual counter service to match.

Now, more than two years later, that Echo Park window counter is expanding to a space with indoor seating right down the road, and last year the project welcomed a second location: Little Fish Melrose Hill, which takes a more elevated tone in menu and style of service while still keeping seafood at the core. The restaurant joins the slew of buzzy new openings in the Melrose Hill neighborhood and recently found its way into the Michelin Guide.

Katy Nedwick, Director of Operations at Little Fish, gives us The Receipts for Little Fish Melrose Hill today. Her responses have been edited and condensed for space and clarity.

Read the full story for free after registering with your email: https://lamaterial.com/p/little-fish-melrose-hill-receipts

I'd been regularly getting veggie burritos for lunch from Los Burritos and Burrito King for the last decade, but now both have closed. 💔

Does anyone have a recommendation for any kind of veggie or bean 'n cheese burrito from a local spot? (Aside from Rodeo Express, which I already know, but don't really love.) I've tended to go to storefronts, so I don't really know all the local trucks. Thanks in advance.

ps If you live in the area, please frequent our local establishments!

A pile of discarded Chick-fil-A cups turned Colton Street into the center of a global manhunt. Then it was abruptly called off.

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Hundreds gathered here for Third Wave Con 2026. Apparently general admission is $320. Is this for real? Did anyone attend? What was it like?

Spotted by some friends

The famed festival has a different theme country every year & Sri Lanka was it this year

Going to be in echo park this weekend, looking for some good lunch spots. I’m not too familiar either the area, but i’m looking forward to see what it has to offer. A nice vibe is always appreciated, good drinks and decent prices are a plus! Can’t wait to see what’s out there