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“The Integratron,” (note spelling is correct. I find the name a bit awkward, but spelling is accurate—I double and triple checked). Carolyn Caswell, MFT, M. Msc.

Melas Cocina Mexicana: The food is great, but it’s about more than that

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I was famished and needed lunch. I was on Daly Street in Lincoln Heights and ducked into a nearby Mexican restaurant I’d never noticed before – Melas Cocina Mexicana. Small benches were out on the sidewalk. A lone guitarist played for the passersby.

Once inside, I met the friendly and gregarious owner, Daniel Diaz, and his brother, Samuel, who also works at the restaurant. I felt as if I’d come back to my family home.

And the food is really good, too.

Carolyn Caswell, MFT, M. Msc.

The Crowd-Pleasing Music of Christian Bhagwani

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By Christopher Nyerges There he was, the single musician, singing to shoppers at the farmers market in Highland Park. Everyone paused to listen to his heart-felt songs. He danced and cavorted for the crowd. A few couples danced in the street. His repertoire went from American swing classics to “Besame Mucho” from Mexico to “Mas […]

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For the Love of Dogs

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“Our dog Luahona was getting old and had cancer and other conditions. The vet told us that we could improve her diet and give her special nutrients, which we did, but the vet also advised that it might be “kindest” to euthanize Luahona. Of course, we were not going to do that.’ Let Christopher Nyerges tell you more about that. Read on.

This is the logo of Girls Can Create - an Eagle Rock High School Club for young women (and non-binary) founded in 2020.

Girls Can Create

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By Margaret Irwin
Tomiko Younge and Sidney Hament founded the new school club, Girls Can Create, in the midst of the 2020 pandemic lockdown. They dreamed of social justice and creativity co-existing in a space for their fellow students, also quarantined. Younge and Hament graduate this year but the Club, now numbering 50 members has become their legacy. Margaret Irwin brings you this success story right here.

Carolyn Caswell, MFT, M. Msc.

Solar power is there for the taking, local expert explains how

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Victor Limon made soap for sensitive skin. His friends kept asking for more. From what we hear, Victor’s soaps “soften the skin and soothe the soul.” Sound good? We tell you more here. Read on.

Victor Limon, shown here displaying his handmade soaps, sells his wares at farmers markets in Highland Park and Lincoln Heights. | Photo by Mayra Limon

How Victor Limon turned homemade soap into a homegrown business

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Victor Limon made soap for sensitive skin. His friends kept asking for more. From what we hear, Victor’s soaps “soften the skin and soothe the soul.” Sound good? We tell you more here. Read on.

Young Nyerges, in front, in a family photo with his four brothers, sister, Mom and Dad | Photo courtesy of Christopher Nyerges

What my mother taught me about complaining: Don’t!

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By Christopher Nyerges

My mother used to tell us, “Quit your complaining!”

Maybe we wanted something the family couldn’t afford. “Quit your complaining and go out and earn some money,” she’d say.

Because of my mother, we learned to find creative ways to be youthful entrepreneurs. And, they learned a lot more from her. Read on to learn more.

Carolyn Caswell, MFT, M. Msc.

If you’re looking to buy-nothing-new, look to Soft Humans Vintage, Dominique Derouen’s shop and flea market in Highland Park

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By Christopher Nyerges

Since opening “Soft Humans” in Highland Park three years ago, Dominique Derouen has gained a near cult following for the shop’s vintage clothing and kitchen wares, vinyl records and music memorabilia, as well as its twice monthly flea market. It might work for you! Check out why here.

The year Christopher Nyerges landed on the naughty list turned out to be the one of his best Christimases ever.

I was naughty. There were no toys for Christmas. Here’s what I learned.

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By Christopher Nyerges

When I was around 10, my four brothers and I were particularly bad, belligerent, and misbehaving one autumn.

My mother gave us several warning and threats and a few “beatings” in her ceaseless attempt to get us to obey – all to no avail.

So, my mother said, “Keep it up and there will be no Christmas this year.” Read what actually happened in the Nyerges home that year.

Carolyn Caswell, MFT,M. Msc.

My first concert since the pandemic was an experience unlike any other I have had

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By Lizzy Watson Lizzy Watson, a student at Occidental College, is a participant in the NELA Neighborhood Reporting Partnership, a collaboration of the Boulevard Sentinel and The Occidental campus newspaper. Clad in her signature sparkling skeleton dress, singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers directed her gaze toward the audience. “Thank you for coming out tonight,” she said into the microphone. […]

Severin Browne with his latest CD, Overdue, photographed at his home in Highland Park near the Arroyo Seco | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

Severin Browne’s latest CD “Overdue” is right on time

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By Christopher Nyerges [www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com] Severin Browne has a secure spot on the list of prominent musician/songwriters from Highland Park, along with his brother, Jackson, Timothy Sellers, Tommy Trujillo and the phenom Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas. And now, Severin, who lives in the home built by his grandfather near the Arroyo Seco, has a […]

Michelle Williams at the Highland Park Farmers Market holding a crystal that decorates her booth. (The market is open Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.) | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

The healing fairy of Highland Park

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By Christopher Nyerges Highland Park resident Michelle Williams is a “healing fairy,” a term she came up with a few years ago. “A fairy,” says Williams, “is a spirit which takes care of the earth and everything that lives on the earth and protects it. A healing fairy also provides uplifting energy which makes people […]

At Galco’s, owner John Nese sells birch beer and some 600 other types of soda. | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

My long love affair with Galco’s

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By Christopher Nyerges

Galco’s started in 1897 as an Italian grocery store near downtown Los Angeles. The store moved into Highland Park in 1955. It thrived for many years but with the advent of large, chain grocery stores, John Nese — who was still working for his father — felt that things needed to change. These days, Galco shoppers can choose from at least 600 different types of sodas. You can get a great sandwich here, but never a Pepsi or a Coke. Read why here.

Ode to my family

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By Lani Tunzi The time has come! In just two weeks I’ll be living in Santa Barbara and the life I’ve known here in Eagle Rock will forever transform. I am emotional knowing that this is my last article as youth columnist for the Boulevard Sentinel. Writing this article has become another of the many […]

The actor Carel Struycken, shown here at his home in Altadena, is a proponent of simpler living and permaculture. | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

The environmental odyssey of Carel Struycken

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By Christopher Nyerges Moviegoers know Carel Struycken as “Lurch” in the Addams Family movies or for his roles in Men in Black, Witches of Eastwick, Star Trek: The Next Generation and many other movies and television shows. I know a different side of Struycken. He is a proponent of simpler living and permaculture, a set […]

On the verge of heading off to college, Lani Tunzi, shown here as a little girl, writes: “ “I find that the older I get, the more I don’t know.”

The Long and Winding Road

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By Lani Tunzi The “Bildungsroman,” or coming-of-age novel, is one of the most popular genres studied in English class. Its roots are in 19th century Germany — roman is German for “novel” and bildung means “education/development” — but stories that explore a protagonist’s journey from childhood to adulthood are resurrected time and again throughout literature […]

Know Reality

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By Lani Tunzi I have about two and a half months in my hometown before finally heading off to UC Santa Barbara and the dwindling time has me feeling nostalgic. Reflecting on the life I have crafted up to this point, one of the most impactful things I have experienced has been my job at […]

Susana Porras: A local poet makes a pilgrimage

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By Christopher Nyerges Susana Porras, a Pasadena native and the District Liaison for Pasadena City Councilmember John J. Kennedy, is also an inspired and inspiring poet. Her new book, entitled “To Compostela and Beyond! A Poet’s Chronicle of the Camino de Santiago,” is a collection of 39 sonnets composed on 39 days and nights in 2018 […]

Water for a thirsty world: Lessons from a maverick

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By Christopher Nyerges Timothy Hall, a former Highland Park resident who has worked globally to plant trees and find underground water, recently gave the Sunday lecture at WTI, a community service nonprofit in Highland Park. Hall’s topic was the life and work of Stephan Riess, a Bavarian-born mining engineer who came to the United States in 1923 […]

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My Generation

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By Lani Tunzi

So, another summer has arrived in what seems like a blink of an eye, despite the tumultuous last year we’ve all experienced. As the world starts to open up again, however, there’s a surreal bittersweetness, even discontent, consuming me and many of my peers.

I’m Every Woman

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By Lani Tunzi Of all the times I’ve written about my giddy galivants around town, I’ve always left out a dark detail – this being the risks women face in their everyday lives. As a young girl who always enjoyed lonesome adventures, it was clear to me early on that I did not have the […]

Jesse Carmichael, on a trip to Biocitizen Chile in 2019. | Vicente Aguirre Diaz/Biocitizen Chile.

Jesse Carmichael, biocitizen

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By Christopher Nyerges For Eagle Rock resident Jesse Carmichael, the path to becoming a “biocitizen” began around 2017, with a feeling, an urge, to do more to support the earth and young people. She was living in Echo Park, raising her son, running a café, active in the Neighborhood Council and the Chamber of Commerce. […]

Wild Thing

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By Lani Tunzi

Like many Eagle Rockers, I’ve been stoked at the news of the recent bear sightings.

First spotted on March 2, the bear was photographed strolling down Hill Drive in all its glory.

How I learned to grow my own tea — and you can, too

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By Christopher Nyerges

If you’ve ever tried to grow your own coffee in Southern California, you were most certainly disappointed when the plants died in the first frost.

But tea is a different story. Would you like to know why? Click on the photo at the top of this page.

Bushcraft master, James Ruther, teaching the next generation of spoonmakers how to make a wooden spoon | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

A master class in making spoons

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By Christopher Nyerges James Ruther is a master of bushcraft, with survival skills that include knife use, foraging, shelter building, firecraft and more. One day, after he and I finished a survival class in the foothills above Eagle Rock, he showed me a wooden spoon. I liked it. It looked a bit different from the […]

Lani Tunzi, dressed up for her walk in layers of mismatch and blasts of color. | Photo by CJ Tunzi

Walk on the Wild Side

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By Lani Tunzi

If you’re like me and have just about lost every scrap of sanity at this point, you may be looking for another fun thing to occupy your endless time.

I have the perfect idea

A park for the soul

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By Christopher Nyerges

Lani Tunzi checks out her vegetarian options. | Photo by Leslie Tunzi

Lani Says: Vegetable Man

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By Lani Tunzi

Eagle Rock resident Victor Migenes is the owner of La Plata Cigars, est. 1947, by his father. | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

Cigar talk with Victor Migenes

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By Christopher Nyerges

Lani Tunzi on electric guitar. | Photo by Leslie Tunzi

Lani Says: Listen to the Music

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By Lani Tunzi

Julie Jesseph-Balaa and a customer at the Highland Park Farmers Market discussing Peurvian mint. |Photo by Christopher Nyerges

Lessons from a backyard farmer

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By Christopher Nyerges

The pals, Lani, Ava and Celeste stroll on the campus of the Lewis and Clark college in Portland, Oregon. | Photo by Lauren Arriola

Lani Says: On the road again

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By Lani Tunzi

Christopher Nyerges visited the shrine in Pasadena for Eddie Van Halen, his friend from high school | Photo by Helen W. Nyerges

Remembering Eddie Van Halen, My Friend from High School

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By Christopher Nyerges

Lani Says: Money, Money, Money

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By Lani Tunzi

A view of the great outdoors from the inside of our car on a road trip through six western states | Photo by Lani Tunzi

Lani Says: Take the Highway

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By Lani Tunzi
When the Bobcat fire began landing on our Eagle Rock streets, I and five friends hit the road! The trip was scenic and healing. It was a blessing. Read on about how we went from doom and gloom to gratitude.

Larry Santoyo at work on a permaculture design | Photo courtesy of The Permaculture Academy

The Permaculture Academy of Northeast L.A. Teaches an Ancient Technology for Modern Times

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By Christopher Nyerges

Friends since childhood, from left, Lauren, Lani and Francesca | Photo courtesy of Lani Tunzi

Lani Says: In My Life

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By Lani Tunzi
In the friendship department, I was immensely lucky to find such powerhouse individuals at a very young age. After spending more than a decade of my life with such wonderful individuals by my side, I can’t pretend that the goodbyes are not hard.

Jeremiah Tash, founder of Jarring, displaying his creations at his “Jarring” booth at the Highland Park Farmers Market. | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

Jeremiah Tash, the Founder of “Jarring,” on the Virtues of Fermentation

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By Christopher Nyerges

Lani Says: Not What I Expected

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By Lani Tunzi

After months of preparation, applications, and big decisions, my first semester of college is not shaping up as anticipated.

Jose and Ireri Luna, Highland Park spiritual guides, in front of their new store at 6138 York Boulevard.

New Location for Botanica Nueva Era, NELA’s One-Stop Shop for Spiritual Supplies

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By Christopher Nyerges

Taco Bell, 1734 Colorado Blvd. June 26, 2020 | Photo by T. A. Hendrickson

Lani Says: Get It Right

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By Lani Tunzi
| No sooner did Taco Bell in Eagle Rock reopen in June, ending years of unsatiated late-night cravings and an eyesore fenced off lot, then support for the once beloved food chain started to dwindle – undeservingly so.

The superb use of photos and text is this new mushroom field guide will inform the beginner and delight the expert.

A New, Invaluable Resource on Wild Edible Mushrooms

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By Christopher Nyerges

Parker Davis, director of marketing and communications at Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery, amid the flora. (Photo courtesy of Christopher Nyerges)

Restoring the Native Plants of Hahamongna

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By Christopher Nyerges

Dreams tend to be more vivid and more memorable during stressful times like the present. | Photo by Obelensky/Pexels

Lani Says: Runnin’ Down a Dream

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By Lani Tunzi

Illustration by mariandrew.com

Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty

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To try not to let fear and worries dominate your day, we offer these comments from Lionel Shockness, psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker.

Francisco Loaiza, a friend of Christopher Nyerges, inspects the mallow plants and other edible weeds in Nyerges' backyard garden. | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

A Voice in the NELA Wilderness: The New World of “Shelter in Place”

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Here’s a summary of home self-reliance skills from Chris Nyerges. They’re great in times of emergency like the present one.

View of Eagle Rock High School from Mt. Fuji

Lani says: Local Trails -Take a Walk

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Eagle Rock has great hiking trails. And, a nice hike can be a great relief while we’re all “keeping our distance.” Lani gives you a few trails to try out. They are listed here.

Rafael Gomez, circa 2017, giving a talk and demonstration at a local bicycle shop

A Yaqui Indian and His “Steel Pony”

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Rafael Gomez: “Riding puts you in touch with nature in a way that riding in an auto can never do.” He says his religion is the Bicycle and his church the open road.

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Lani says: Walk a Mile in My Shoes

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Being thrifty, it turns out, is environmentally sustainable. There’s a mini-economy in resold goods – mostly clothing. Read Lani’s report here.

Lani Tunzi, Class of 2020, Eagle Rock High School

Lani Says: The Long and Winding Road

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It was only a while ago, on Friday, March 13, that I sat at a table in the quad at Eagle Rock High School for what would, unbeknownst to me, be the last time. That day, the announcement came that schools would not open the following Monday. Within a few weeks, rumors of a virtual […]

Lani says: For Whom the Bell Tolls

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There are schedules good and bad. Lani is fighting for a good one for Eagle Rock High. Read about why here.

A deserted Eagle Rock High School at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 25, 2020 | Photo by Bill Hendrickson

Lani Says: Don’t Stand So Close to Me

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The Coronavirus changed the homestretch of Senior Year at Eagle Rock High. Lani will tell you about that here.

Rock Lobster

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When it comes to holiday traditions, the most important ones in my family center around food, Italian food. What about your family?

Behind the Mask

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For me, creating art from discarded boxes is the epitome of recycling.

Time Is on My Side

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I would never advocate missing school, but ……

Time in a Bottle

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What about Eagle Rock would you put in a time capsule?

Shake, Rattle and Roll

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Yosemite Drive – more race track than neighborhood street. What’s being done to slow things down on Yosemite? Read about that right here.

(You Better) Slow Down

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Yosemite Drive – more race track than neighborhood street. What’s being done to slow things down on Yosemite? Read about that right here.

Closing Time

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What next? Here how an up-coming High School senior is coming to deal with the existential of life.

We Will Rock You!

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We’re always told growing up that we can do anything we set our minds to, no matter how outrageous it may seem. Well, two Eagle Rock teens with a passion for live music and the persistence to match took the advice to heart and, last month, pulled off a punk rock show with three bands and a hundred fans – on Loleta Avenue in Eagle Rock.

Be True to Your School

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If you happened to see groups of high school boys in pleated skirts and makeup out and about in Eagle Rock last month, this may be why:On Friday, March 8, Eagle Rock High School held its annual “Dustbowl,”

Lani Says: Where the Wild Things Are

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by Lani Tunzi Once upon a time, it was rare to see a coyote. Now, coyotes are a common sight in Eagle Rock and other NELA neighborhoods, often seen isolated trotting down the sidewalks or heard howling in packs. And we’re about to see and hear more of them. After a mating month in February, […]

Lani Says: Surfin’ Bird – Bird Is the Word

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Birds – rentable, dockless, electric scooters -– have descended upon Eagle Rock. They dot sidewalks, rest on corners and tend to congregate at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Eagle Rock Blvd. when they’re not scattered along residential streets. They’re reasonably inexpensive and convenient. You use a downloadable phone app to find and rent a […]

Lani Says: When I Grow Up

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Even when I was a little girl, I found that to be a weighty question. I would come up with answers – a veterinarian, a teacher, a spy, or maybe all three at the same time. But I never had a single answer that […]

Ask Lionel: Mixed Feelings in the Fight Against Homelessness

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At dinner the other night, my wife, Wanda, my son and I were taking turns reviewing the day’s events. Wanda, said she was feeling terrible about her handling of an earlier incident. Wanda had started the day as she always does, with a morning ritual that includes a daily affirmation. This particular morning, she had […]

When he’s not in the dojo, black belt Angelo Cervera trains and teaches outside. - Photo by Christopher Nyerges

At the Eagle Rock Dojo with Angelo Cervera

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Learn the basics of Martial Arts in Eagle Rock’s Arnott Kenpo. Chris Nyerges will tell you about one of the area’s best instructors.

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Bycyclists and Hurricanes – Bringing out the best and worst in mankind

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What do bicycling in Los Angeles and hurricanes have in common? Chris Nyerges will give you food for thought on both. Read on.

Cooking the Native Way

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The Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park is indeed a happy place. Will it stay happy after Oscar Duarto moves on? Here’s the story. . . . .

Oscar Duardo in front of amaranth plants in the Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park. Photo by Christopher Nyerges

The Miracle Garden of Oscar Duardo

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The Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park is indeed a happy place. Will it stay happy after Oscar Duarto moves on? Here’s the story. . . . .

Place of wonder: The Pyramid of the Sun, Mexico

What I Saw in Inner Space

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“What was I destined to do?” I thought at the top of the pyramid. Who hasn’t asked this question?

The Wilderness Workshop of Janice Cooney

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Hiking and backpacking require gear – boots, sleeping bags, tents, tarps, packs of all sizes – which all eventually require repair. Wilderness Workshop, in Eagle Rock can fix it all.

A Music Samurai Plays in Highland Park

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Goh Kurosawa, a singer-musician-artist born in Maebashi, Japan and now residing in Highland Park, is known for one-man shows he performs with his guitar, nicknamed “Honey Beast.” He’ll be back playing at the Highland Park Farmers Market. For more at Goh, read on.

John Zender at one of his murals in Highland Park. | Photo by Christopher Nyerges

Muralist John Zender Seeks “Triunity” in His Current Work

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Highland Park muralist John Zender studied fine arts at Otis Art Institute and produced many works over decades. Here he is with one of his murals. Check out one of his fine oil paintings here too.

Nuts and Berries of California

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A Voice in the NELA Wilderness by Christopher Nyerges NELA’s landscape has an amazing mix of native and non-native vegetation. Both types have had important roles in our rich horticultural and agricultural history. For example, native nuts and berries – black walnuts, pine nuts, blackberries, wild strawberries, to name a few – have long histories […]

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The Longest Straw: A Film by Samantha Bode

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When filmmaker Samantha Bode learned that a 338-mile aqueduct brings water into Los Angeles, she decided impulsively to see it for herself by walking its entire length – from the Cascades in Sylmar at the southern terminus of the aqueduct to Mono Lake, 338 miles to the north. The result is a documentary film, The Longest Straw – a close-up look at the environmental impacts of what it takes to keep L.A. alive.

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Low Cost Ways to Prepare for the Big One

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There have been no major earthquakes in Los Angeles in quite a while. But the danger is ever present. The way to cope is to be prepared.At WTI, a local nonprofit that teaches survival skills, earthquake preparedness has been in the curriculum for nearly 40 years.

The drainage pipe installed on Yosemite Drive prevented flooding, but also caused the creek that once ran there to disappear. USC Digital archive

Water in NELA – Where Water Once Flowed

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Much of our recent rainfall has flowed out to the ocean, uncaptured and unused. But it was not always this way. Up until the 1930s, water flowed throughout the area we now know as Northeast Los Angeles.