News & Notes from Boyle Heights, Echo Park & Mt. Washington

Living on the edge, Montecito Heights

• CBS News pays a visit to Echo Park’s Mario the Gander – aka Maria the Goose –  at his new L.A. Zoo home.  CBS
• $699,000 buys you three bedrooms and an outdoor shower in Mt. Washington. Curbed
• How to keep Boyle Heights hipster-free? Call it a “ghetto place,” says Roosevelt high student. Rough Rider Blog
• Happening Today: El Tepyac fundraiser for Japan, Boyle Heights; Community activist training workshop, Cypress Park. Save the Date