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First, the tents had everyone up in arms. Two years ago, more than 170 tents or makeshift structures encircled Echo Park Lake, a beloved Los Angeles landmark that had became a sprawling homeless ...
Two years ago, construction crews worked deep into the night around the perimeter of Echo Park Lake, putting up segment after segment of chain-link fence as protesters faced off against police ...
For months, Echo Park Lake, a 29-acre oasis of palm trees and walking paths centered around a placid reservoir, served as Los Angeles’s most unusual — and controversial — homeless encampment.
Two years after hundreds of protesters and police officers clashed over the removal of a major homeless encampment in Echo Park Lake, the public watched this week as workers dismantled a chain ...
The City of LA fenced off Echo Park Lake more than a week ago, forcing roughly 200 unhoused people living there to leave. For several days, activists protested the city’s move to clear out the park, ...
ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A tense situation remains at Echo Park Lake as the city continues efforts to clear out homeless encampments. Some homeless advocates faced off with LAPD Thursday ...
The Echo Park Lake rehab is set to finish up in the spring, but the lake is already starting to look a bit like its old self again. The Eastsider LA shares the photo above from Jeremy Simon--the ...