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Ticket Giveaway: Culture Collide Festival
Tell us why Echo Park is your window on the world and be eligible to win a wristband to the Culture Collide Festival this Wednesday Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 9 in Echo Park.

Anthea Raymond was a Patch local editor until May 2013.
Tell us why Echo Park is your window on the world and be eligible to win a wristband to the Culture Collide Festival this Wednesday Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 9 in Echo Park.

Jeanne Wyshak sent us this photo, taken on Friday, Sept. 30 when the sky was glorious.
Art Avina, who fought off a LAUSD pink slip last spring, now could have to give up his 6th-grade class due to low enrollments at Mayberry.
Two men posing as employees of the Department of Water and Power ransacked an older man's home in Silver Lake Thursday.
Guess and win a free gift certificate.
The new library--dedicated Saturday--has the largest Fairey mural ever on its outside.
Hundreds engaged in peaceful protests outside downtown's City Hall Saturday against "corporate greed" and the current economy. Then some continued the "occupation" by camping out overnight on the sidewalks nearby as the LAPD looked on.
The piece includes images of the artist with her family and working in the studio in the back of her Echo Park Home.
The winner has not yet claimed the prize .How and WHERE will the winner spend it?
Police apprehended Joseph Gutierrez after two other failed searches Thursday. Gutierrez may have committed as many as four other break-ins recently.
Rampart burglary detectives are apparently again searching for that suspect who eluded them early Thursday and again early Friday.
City council district 1 representative Ed Reyes, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and long-time river advocate Lewis McAdams showed up Thursday to help finish the demolition of the former Albion Dairy in Lincoln Heights.
How Chavez Ravine became Dodger Stadium is just one of the legends explored in this beautiful historical essay from KCET.
Here's another option for you on National Coffee Day--do it yourself.
7-Eleven, other national chains are giving coffee away today on "National Coffee Day."
Police shut down the area around 1400 block of Allison Street early Thursday searching for a burglary suspect.
Win a chance to see a preview of the production "For the Record - Tarantino in Concert" at Los Feliz's Barre Restaurant. To be eligible, just email us with your favorite song and scene in one of the director's films.
In a 9-3 vote the group backed a beer and wine permit for the coffeehouse. There will be a public hearing by the city's Planning office on Oct. 5 , where the matter will ultimately be decided.
Turtles, coyotes, fish and foul smells all get their due, as well as news about parking issues and work priorities.
Watch the video, sent by L.A. Host Lions president David Bermudez, and tell us what you think.