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Introducing Best of Patch: Eastside
It's time to put our knowledge of local business to the test and help Patch determine the best of the Eastside.

Anthea Raymond was a Patch local editor until May 2013.
It's time to put our knowledge of local business to the test and help Patch determine the best of the Eastside.

Nominate your candidate here for the "Best Pet Store" in Echo Park, SIlver Lake, Los Feliz, Atwater, Glassell Park, Cypress Park, Highland Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington. Later, vote for your pick for winner.
Nominate your pick for 'Best Preschool' in Echo Park, Silver Lake, Atwater, Los Feliz, Eagle Rock, Cypress Park, Glassell Park, Highland Park or Mount Washington. We'll put it to a vote and find out what is the Readers' Choice 2012 winner.
There were three robberies and three aggravated assaults in Silver Lake the week of June 6-June 12. Silver Lake averages less than one incident a week.
Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch editor Anthea Raymond travels west to moderate a conversation with political historian Nancy Cohen and Serena Josef of Planned Parenthood.
Downtown Los Angeles artist Victor Hugo Zayas has crafted more than two tons of destroyed guns into things of beauty. They're on display in the LAPD Headquarters lobby downtown.
Could a crime trend noted in Silver Lake-Echo Park be spreading elsewhere?
Could this Silver Lake - Echo Park crime trend be crossing the river?
Data provided by the state shows a high density of establishments serving at least beer and wine. And more are in the works.
The Stanley Cup winners paid a visit to Echo Park to throw out the first pitch as the Dodgers faced off against the Angels.
The Stanley Cup winners paid a visit to Echo Park to throw out the first pitch as the Dodgers faced off against the Angels.
1990s Hondas and Acura Integras are being targeted.
Chavez confirms what he told Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch election night about his future plans.
Campaigning has been light so far in the increasingly crowded field.
In Echo Park, two bars known for baseball politely made room for hockey fans. Near the Staples Center Downtown, a heavy LAPD presence was noted during and after the game with no "high profile incidents."
Logan Early Education Center was expected to close for two years for remodelling. But under the Governor's current budget plan, LAUSD would close it completely.
Although crime fell, deadly police encounters rose, including one in Los Feliz and another near Downtown.
An unfinished concrete structure has appeared at the southeast end of the dry lakebed.
The new building at the southeast corner of Echo Park Lake will house machinery to recirculate water and keep it fresh.
Team historian Mark Langill will be digging deep into team record books to give fans context. Will he tell us a bit about our community too?