Tag: Highland Park
LAUSD workers go on three-day strike, locals participate because ‘they’re barely...
"Funding Workers Funds Our Students" and "We Feed Our Students. Respect us! Pay us!" were among the many signs of demonstrators supporting last week’s...
Kevin de León approves $1 million for ‘long overdue’ Highland Park...
Highland Park has changed a lot over the years, but its community pool and bathhouse center on Piedmont Avenue, constructed in 1948, has not...
Local high school implements a new cell phone policy because ‘it...
A teacher and union representative for Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park, Monica Whalen, said she is in a different generation from her...
Delicias Bakery & Some faces closure after 32 years
Delicias Bakery & Some opened in Highland Park in 1991. The bakery specializes in making traditional Mexican treats vegan; for example tortas, queso fresco and flan. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused...
Old business ‘signs bring us back to our history’
Cindy’s Restaurant, Highland Park Car Wash, Manning’s Coffee, Highland Park Theater; what do these names have in common? They are some of the current or former business...
Taco glory: Villa’s Tacos opens brick-and-mortar restaurant in Highland Park
Highland Park's pop-up taqueria, Villa's Tacos, hosted the grand opening of their first brick-and-mortar restaurant Feb. 5 on Figueroa Street. Founder of Villa's Tacos, Victor Villa,...
Fire engulfs a gas station and RV in Highland Park
Ariel Hernandez said she watched with her mother and neighbors as the Mobil gas station, directly across the street from where they live, on...
New ‘Water is Life’ mural in Highland Park is a community...
"Water is Life, there is no alternative," reads Arroyo Arts Collective's description of Joe Bravo's new mural-in-progress in Highland Park. Bravo, a Highland Park-based artist best known for making art on...
Secondhand shopping on Figueroa caters to eclectic tastes
Secondhand shops are a pastime of Occidental students, and vintage stores are among them. If students venture further than York all the way to...
Highland Park Independent Film Festival feels embraced by the community
The Highland Park Independent Film Festival (HPIFF) was in motion Oct. 7-8 at the Highland Theatre. The festival is an annual event that highlights independent...