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Lincoln senior QB Ivan Plancarte picking up some of the 402 yards team rushing totals in the game against Franklin on Oct. 22. Lincoln won, becoming the Northern League champion for the second straight year.|Photo by Dave Abbott/NELA Sports One

Lincoln beats Franklin to win the Northern League football championship; playoffs begin in girls volleyball and girls tennis

10/24/202111/02/2021 Dave Abbott of NELA One Sports16031 Comment

By Dave Abbot of NELA Sports One

Lincoln beats Franklin to win the Northern League football championship. Eagle Rock is the dominant NELA team in girls volleyball as playoffs get underway this week in the CIF L.A. City Section. Upcoming matchups include Franklin v. Wilson in football’s “Battle for the Victory Bell” and the Eagle Rock girls tennis team in playoffs against SOCES in Sherman Oaks. For details on all this and more, read more now.

Workers at El Super in Highland Park are in line to share in wages, damages and interest for COVID-related labor violations by the grocery store chain. | Photo by Yelp

El Super workers in Highland Park to receive back pay for employer’s COVID-19 violations

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By T.A. Hendrickson

Workers at the El Super grocery store on York Boulevard in Highland Park are in line to share in $412,000 in wages, damages and interest assessed today by the California Labor Commissioner against the El Super grocery store chain.

The York Boulevard location was one of 38 El Super stores where the employer failed to provide or delayed supplemental paid sick leave and other benefits. There’s more. Click photo above.

A 16-year old high-school student receives a vaccine administered by a registered nurse from AltaMed Health services in Los Angeles. | Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images.

Some 4,000 eligible NELA students are not yet vaccinated

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By T.A.Hendrickson

It has been five weeks since the Los Angeles Unified School District required all students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Under the mandate, students need to have a first shot by Nov. 21 and a second one Dec. 19.

But so far, parents of unvaccinated students in Northeast L.A. aren’t exactly rushing to get shots for their kids.

Franklin v. Eagle Rock: A new record in an old rivalry

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By Dave Abbott

As playoffs draw near in football, girls volleyball and girl tennis, regular-season competition is taking on a playoff intensity. Check all the scores and records here. And, don’t miss the story of the Franklyn wide-receiver who set a new CIF LA City Section record for pass receptions in a game! Click for more.

This $1.34 million home in Eagle Rock was under contract in eight days and sold for nearly $250,000 over asking.

The seller’s market in NELA real estate surges on

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By Jeffery Marino

The latest home-sales data for Northeast Los Angeles, covering the month of August, give an especially clear picture of the market for residential real estate.
So what do the data from August 2020 to August 2021 show?

WIN vs. Gas Plant at #SchollCanyon Dump

Biogas plant at Scholl Canyon rejected by key committee; residents of Glendale and Eagle Rock claim victory

10/07/202110/07/2021 Bill Hendrickson13432 Comments

By Bill Hendrickson The Glendale Planning Commission has voted unanimously to reject the proposal by Glendale Water and Power to build a biogas power plant at the Scholl Canyon landfill in the hills above Eagle Rock. The rejection of the proposal is a victory for residents of Glendale and Eagle Rock who have organized into […]

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.

Franklin running back Diego Munoz, a junior, had a stellar game in the Panthers’ victory over Marshall on Oct. 1 | Photo by Dave Abbott/NELA Sports One

NELA high school sports: Rivals meet this week in football; competition intensifies in girls volleyball and tennis

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By Dave Abbott

The past week in high school football saw a commanding victory for Franklin against Marshall and a homecoming defeat for Eagle Rock by Lincoln. On Friday, Oct. 8, rivals Franklin and Eagle Rock will compete in the “Battle of the Principals Trophy” while rivals Lincoln and Wilson face off in the “Battle of the Belt.” For more NELA sports, click the photo above.

The Highland Park film festival returns to the Highland Theater, Oct. 1 and 2

10/01/202110/01/2021 Bill Hendrickson1010

By Mary Lynch The 8th annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival opens Friday night, Oct. 1, with red carpet fanfare and a screening of the feature, “Playing with Fire,” a exploration of the life and art of Carlos Almaraz (1941-1989), a towering Chicano artist who lived and worked in Highland Park and other L.A. […]

Tracking NELA COVID-19 cases and resources

09/30/202007/26/2021 Matthew Reagan and Jonathan Fierros90712 Comments

By Matthew Reagan and Jonathan Fierros Current case totals in NELA (updated Dec. 16) The dreaded surge in COVID-19 is upon us. As of Dec. 16, the cumulative total of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Northeast Los Angeles was 6,955. In the last 14 days, 1,763 new cases have been confirmed in NELA, compared to 1,097 […]

ERNC leaders: On left, Jesse Saucedo, President with Richard Loew, Vice President, manning the ERNC table at Lummis Day Festival, 2019.

How to Make Friends and Influence Eagle Rock People

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By ERNC

Metro Proposes Dedicated Bus Lanes for Colorado Boulevard

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By T. A. Hendrickson

Kevin De León was sworn in as City Councilmember for Council District 14 on October 15 at City Hall. | Photo courtesy of CD 14.

Kevin De León takes office, calls for “all hands on deck” to address local issues

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By Matthew Reagan

The Scholl Canyon Landfill in operation on Oct 14, 2020 | Video by Bill Hendrickson | Editing by Amoroso

Outcry Against Building a Power Plant at Scholl Canyon Reflects an Energized, Experienced Opposition

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By Eliot Brody and T. A. Hendrickson

Address: 4840 Malta St Neighborhood: Highland Park Sale Price: $1,225,000; Previous Sale Price: $620,000

Three NELA Homes That Were Flipped During the Pandemic

10/01/202007/26/2021 Jeffery Marino72931 Comment

By Jeffery Marino Starting in 2008, in the teeth of the Great Recession, buy-to-sell real estate investment – also known as house flipping – took off in Northeast Los Angeles. Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Mount Washington and Atwater Village were all transformed by real estate investors snapping up properties at the bottom of […]

By Vicki Gibson of Highland Park.

Art, the Pandemic and You

10/01/202007/25/2021 T.A. Hendrickson264651 Comment

Picks from the people who bring you the Boulevard Sentinel These are challenging times and art is a way to process, explore and express the challenges. From Boyle Heights, Elysian Valley and Highland Park, here are three invitations to participate in the arts in October. Mes de los Muertos: The Ancestors Would Approve In advance […]

Local college students Marisa Martinez and Matthew Reagan have been named fellows at CalMatters, the premier publication covering policy and politics in California.

Recognition and Opportunity for Two of NELA’s Best and Brightest

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by T.A. Hendrickson

Entrance to Scholl Canyon dump by Figueroa St in Los Angles. Photo by T. A. Hendrickson

NELA Residents and L.A. Officials Object to Glendale’s Plan for Scholl Canyon

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By Eliot Brody and T. A. Hendrickson

A plan to use this Craftsman house as a business location has drawn opposition in Highland Park but could find approval Downtown. | Photo by T.A. Hendrickson

City to Decide If Craftsman House in Highland Park Can Be Used as a Real Estate Office

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By Bill Hendrickson

NELA Weighs In: The Top 10 Posts on the Boulevard Sentinel’s Facebook Page

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From July through September, the “Top 10” posts on the Boulevard Sentinel’s Facebook page reflected a range of issues: homelessness in NELA, local environmental problems and controversy over real estate developments, as well as questions about the disappearance and replacement of a corner mailbox and more. 1 The mailbox on the corner of Eagle Rock […]

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NELA Real Estate Sales

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Here is the latest sales data for single family home sales in NELA. See what sales have been doing near you.

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

Creating Extraordinary Realities with Carolyn Caswell, MFT, M. Msc. – October 2020

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By Carolyn Caswell, MFT, M. Msc.

The Class of 2020 Looks to the Future

09/28/201909/28/2019 T.A. Hendrickson114491 Comment

For some high school seniors, summer internships before senior year have put college and career decisions in perspective. Here are a couple of seniors who were summer interns.

Health Alerts: Vaping Dangers Exposed.

09/28/201907/26/2021 T.A. Hendrickson111531 Comment

A recent warning from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health did not mince words: “STOP VAPING NOW!” it said. Here’s why:

Health Alerts: West Nile Virus Detected Near NELA.

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A sample of mosquitoes captured in Los Feliz tested positive on September 10 for West Nile virus.

Part of 45 acres burned in the NELA fire of August 25 | Photo by Bill Hendrickson

No Charges Filed in Fire Arrests, District Attorney Asks for Further Investigation

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The Los Angeles County District Attorney has not filed charges against either of the two men arrested on August 31 in connection with the hillside fire in Eagle Rock and Glendale on August 25.

New Recognition, Opportunity for NELA Art Scene

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L.A.’s eastside has always had a creative core. The wider art world is taking notice.

San Fernando Road near project site's only ingress egress point. | Photo by Glassell Park Improvement Association

As San Fernando Road Goes, So Goes the City of Los Angeles?

09/28/201909/28/2019 Bill Hendrickson10581

2910 San Fernando Road is a case study in why and what we have to do better.

The actor, Danny Trejo, will accept the top award of the 6th annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival

The Highland Park Independent Film Festival Honors Danny Trejo

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The Humanitarian Award of the 6th annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival goes to Danny Trejo for his strong faith, his art of reinvention and his ability and willingness to use film and fame as tools to help others.

L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis, speaking with a constituent at a Metro meeting in August, wants more input before deciding on route options. - Photo courtesy of Supervisor Solis

Decision Looms on Route Options for Metro BRT in Eagle Rock

09/28/2019 T.A. Hendrickson112301 Comment

Know the next step in Metro’s plan for a BRT express bus service for Eagle Rock.

California Says “No” to Later Bar Hours

09/28/201909/28/2019 Bill Hendrickson9769

See how our local NELA elected officials voted. You may be surprised.

Andrew Nardi in his official Miami Marlins portrait.

NELA’s Andrew Nardi Joins the Miami Marlins

09/28/2019 Mary Lynch12341

NELA man gets Derek Jeter for his “Boss”.

Logo for the 6th Annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival - October 3 - October 5, 2019

Your Guide to the 6th Annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival

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With 50 films over three days, this year’s Highland Park Independent Film Festival is the largest and most ambitious in the festival’s six-year history. The screenings, at the Highland Theater (5604 N. Figueroa St.) include six world premieres, four Los Angeles premieres and an Academy Award-nominated short. There are films in virtually every genre: animation, documentary, sci-fi, action/adventure, noir and foreign. Here’s a moviegoer’s guide to festival:

Advocates for rent control and housing for the homeless get support from Sacramento

State Loosens Grip on Housing for Homeless and Tightens It on Rent Control

09/27/201909/29/2019 Bill Hendrickson12048

State bills take aim at Longstanding Problems in NELA easing controls over using City property for homesless housing and extending rent control to thousands of apartments. Read the details here.

Owner Kevin Strauch took over the business from his father who bought it from the original owner | Photo by Bill Hendrickson

End of an Era: Eagle Rock Lumber Closes

09/27/201910/01/2019 Mary Lynch189653 Comments

Not many enterprises last for a century. Here’s the story about how Eagle Rock Lumber kept going for more than a century.

Time Is on My Side

09/28/2019 Lani Tunzi3872

I would never advocate missing school, but ……

Eagle Rock High senior Anniston Smith with a soft touch

Fall, 2019: Competition Heats Up in Volleyball, Football and Tennis

09/28/2019 Dave Abbott of NELA One Sports100261 Comment

For sheer prowess, it’s hard to top the Girls Volleyball juggernaut at Eagle Rock High School – as in seasons past, the team is dominant this year as well. Here are some highlights, along with Football and Tennis updates: Girls Volleyball With volleyball season in full swing, Eagle Rock is 18-3 overall, 2-0 in […]

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 Park Grows in NELA

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The results are in for a survey by the City of L.A. to find out what the public wants at the Taylor Yard G2 River Park, the swath of land along the L.A. River in Cypress Park that is being re-developed into a park. Nearly 60% of the 1,312 people who took the survey were […]

Rules May Be Coming Soon on Short-Term Rentals

10/06/201810/06/2018 T.A. Hendrickson26011 Comment

On any given day, about 500 rentals in Highland Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington are on offer through Airbnb and other short-term rental sites. New rules proposed in September by the City Planning Commission could affect many of them. The proposed rules, if approved by the City Council, would limit short term rentals […]

A Voice in the NELA Wilderness: Revered Elder of Highland Park Spreads Music and Well-being

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A recent Monday night found me at Colombo’s restaurant on Colorado Blvd. in Eagle Rock, listening to Tom Trujillo playing jazz on the guitar with a few other musicians. Trujillo also sang and played the drums before the set was over. Trujillo, whom I have known for more than 40 years, is a born, all-around […]

Fixing Up the House with Help from Habitat for Humanity

10/06/2018 Mary Lynch1787

The vast service area of the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity (SGV Habitat), a nonprofit group that builds, renovates and repairs affordable homes, includes the Northeast Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Highland Park and Montecito Heights. That could be good news for some homeowners in those neighborhoods, because SGV Habitat is […]

Public Education:Deadline to Apply for Magnet Programs Is Near

10/06/201810/10/2018 Laura Brady-Allen26641 Comment

From Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will accept applications from parents who hope to secure a spot for their child in one of the system’s 292 public-school magnet programs for the coming academic year. Magnet programs emphasize certain subject areas, such as visual arts, performing arts, math, science […]

Business Openings in NELA

10/06/201810/06/2018 Bill Hendrickson2208

Mera Group The Mera brothers, Chris and Mike, have formed the Mera Group, based in Eagle Rock, to create and implement digital marketing strategies for retail and service businesses, locally and nationwide. Their credentials are superb. Chris Mera developed new revenue channels and name awareness campaigns for brands including Disney and NBCUniversal. Mike Mera […]

Lani Says: Sympathy for the Devil

10/07/201811/03/2018 Lani Tunzi2944

Every year when the holidays roll around, it seems that everyone has something to say about each and every detail of each and every holiday. As for me, I have something I want to say about Halloween. With every passing Halloween, there’s been a creeping decline of crazy, creepy spirit in the air. Candy bowls […]

Panel to Investigate Councilmember Huizar for Discrimination, not Harassment or Retaliation

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by T. A. Hendrickson On Oct. 2, the spokesperson for the City Personnel Department, Bruce Whidden, said he had erred in September when he stated that a complaint filed against Mr. Huizar dealt with allegations of harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Responding to questions from the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Whidden said that the personnel department’s […]

Where Things Stand on Major Projects

09/29/201810/29/2018 Bill Hendrickson3448

The hotly debated real estate developments in NELA this year include the plan by the City of Los Angeles to build housing on five city-owned parking lots in Lincoln Heights and the proposal by StorQuest to build a huge storage facility in Eagle Rock. The Lincoln Heights project is moving ahead, basically on schedule. The […]

Voter Guide to the Issues

09/29/201810/29/2018 T.A. Hendrickson31331 Comment

When Sean Starkey, field deputy for Councilmember José Huizar, gave an update recently on Rock the Boulevard, an initiative to improve the safety and appearance of Eagle Rock Boulevard, he noted that passage of Prop. 6 on the November ballot would cut into the money available to carry out the improvements. Prop. 6 is the […]

Get to Know: Helen Leung

09/29/201810/29/2018 Jeffery Marino5138

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Helen Leung was growing up in Elysian Valley, a.k.a. Frogtown, her parents gave her free rein over the neighborhood, allowing her and her sister to explore the gritty, industrial streets to their hearts’ content. “One of my most vivid memories is of the day we decided to […]

Art and Performance in Northeast L.A. – Two NELA Nonprofits Get Generous Grants

09/28/201910/08/2019 Mary Lynch7930

Community Impact Arts Grants are made through the county’s Department of Arts and Culture, but they do not go to organizations that focus directly on the arts.

Modern Time Machines | Photo courtesy of CAFER

Art and Performance in Northeast L.A. – The Eagle Rock Music Festival – 2019

09/28/201909/28/2019 Mary Lynch85891 Comment

The Eagle Rock Music Festival, now in its 20th year, is getting a makeover. Instead of a one-day event on Colorado Boulevard, the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock (CFAER) will present a series of events in the coming year to showcase local music talent in local venues.

Las Chikas - Courtesy Photo

Art and Performance in Northeast L.A. – Gilbert Cedillo’s Latin Jazz and Music Festival

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Picks from the people who bring you the Boulevard Sentinel By Mary Lynch Gilbert Cedillo’s Latin Jazz and Music Festival, now in its 6th year at Sycamore Grove Park in Highland Park, is a two-day, day-and-night celebration. The music is nonstop: There are seven bands each day – basically a band an hour — starting […]

Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

10/07/2018 admin59221 Comment

October is a big month for film festivals in Los Angeles – and it all gets started with the Highland Park Independent Film Festival, Oct. 4 through Oct. 6. October is also the tail end of the season for outdoors screenings at local parks, including movies with Halloween and Dia de los Muertos themes brought […]

Editor’s Notebook: October 2019

09/28/2019 T.A. Hendrickson5263

The Editor’s Notebook contains a calendar of fun things to do, important things to know, ways to get involved and events to put on your calendar. Kudos Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo and the L.A. Dodgers recently donated five ping pong tables to nonprofit agencies serving youth and seniors in Cedillo’s Council District 1 […]

Must See: Photography by Rafael Cardenas

10/07/201810/07/2018 admin4534

Nearly 60 photographs by Rafael Cardenas, an acclaimed photographer of L.A.’s east, northeast and downtown areas, are on display now through Mar. 25, 2019, at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown L.A in an exhibit entitled “Landscapes and Land Dwellers: Photography of Place by Rafael Cardenas.” / 501 N. Main St. / Downtown […]

Letter from the Publisher

10/06/201811/02/2018 Tim Tritch2493

Is NELA getting more interesting? Or is the Boulevard Sentinel getting more interesting? Or both? I love this issue and I hope you will, too. Real journalism and great follow up on issues, like the parking-lots-to-housing plan in Lincoln Heights that Bill Hendrickson writes about on the front page. It so common that an issue […]

Herb West, Photographer of NELA, Is Retiring

10/07/2018 admin13840

Herb West of Herb West Photography has announced his retirement. A prolific photographer of people, places and events in NELA for the past 10 years, his output has captured the way we were, whether in street scenes or formal settings, whether in the course of daily life or on special occasions. Photography began as a […]