The Week in Review: Bilingual Education, Bike Corrals and A New Kind of Currency

It was quite a week in the Echo Park Patch. It began with a school lockdown and ended with a visit from Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti. We also rolled out some more features.

Here’s some of what you might have missed--or what you might want to read again.

MONDAY

Patch is all over the lockdown at , until it ends and and police release an unarmed man.

Melissa Gage explores Vietnamese-Mexican cusine at .  

Goth artist L.E. Dubin opens her Angelino Heights home to talk about with Emily Wilcox.

TUESDAY

Great local deals on dog grooming and mommy-and-me playtime highlight the launch of our column.

Residents along the 700-block of East Kensington Road learn why you shouldn’t drive on a .

Patch goes in-depth as the debate heats up around

WEDNESDAY

Lynda Rivers visits and learns why time really is money.

Our kids planner brings you five family-friendly options for the weekend.

We hear that , a new Thai restaurant on Sunset, is worth a visit.

 THURSDAY

The rainy weather doesn’t keep Lea Lion from finding

Muffy Marrasco gives five local nonprofits their due in

FRIDAY

Patch is there when Los Angeles City Council president and long-time Echo Park resident .

Our weekly asks two local parents about bilingual education and family-friendly local businesses.

Our new column profiles a place where enlightment is accessible and eclectic.

A seventh-grade math star is this week’s .

Author Daniel Hernandez returns from Mexico City to throw in Echo Park.

 SATURDAY

Cyclists in Northeast Los Angeles celebrate the .

Advance word on when  on leadership for Echo Park’s new middle school is coming.

Our is for the young at heart.