News & Notes from Boyle Heights, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, Highland Park, Montecito Heights & Silver Lake

Men (and women) in black: U2 concert fans crowd the Gold Line. 90042

Sunday swap meet grows at Echo Park Lake. LA Times (Previously on The Eastsider: EP Swap Meet & Boyle Heights Vendors)

New Occidental College president pledges more civic involvement. Occidental College

The Boyle Heights cop who started a youth boxing program dies. LA Times

Montecito Heights skate ramp with a view. Above the City

Why Silver Lake restaurants piss off Adam Goldberg. Gawker

Another fowl Sunday in Boyle Heights. My Heart

A DIY Eagle Rock home renovation. LA Times

Will a $691,000 price chop sell this Silver Lake Tudor? Ivanhoe Real Estate

Double-duty retail: A Highland Park cafe serving up law and lattes; reading your future as well as best sellers in an Echo Park book store.

What are they selling? Echo Park’s newest business is called Good Head. GoodHead