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Los Feliz Flea expands to … Los Feliz

Los Feliz/Echo Park: The organizers of Los Feliz Flea are expanding their footprint with multiple new offerings. Los Feliz Flea is returning to its original home at Our Mother of Good Counsel, 2060 N. Vermont Ave., every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Starting Oct. 3, organizers will also debut the Los Feliz Village Farmers Market, held Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m. For details, visit vintageland.la. Meanwhile, Los Feliz Flea can still be found at Vintage Land, where it has been for the past 18 months at 1030 Alpine St., running every 2nd and 4th Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ICE raids hurt local party stores

Party supply businesses in Boyle Heights and East L.A. are suffering as local celebrations scale back or disappear in the wake of federal immigration raids. Boyle Heighte Beat, via The Eastsider 


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Still a hunger for restaurants despite challenges

While the restaurant industry is notoriously difficult, with numerous reports of businesses in trouble or failing, chefs and entrepreneurs are showing plenty of, er, appetite to feed Eastsiders. According to Los Angeles Office of Finance data analyzed by the nonprofit newsroom Crosstown, the number of business licenses issued in the 17 neighborhoods The Eastsider covers was higher last year than at any point in over a decade, and the annual tally has more than tripled since a pandemic nadir in 2022. The Eastsider

Man changed guitars using toilet part

Silver Lake: Reuben Cox, who runs Old Style Guitar Shop on Hoover Street, recalls how he invented a popular removable rubber mute for guitars — using a piece of plastic he found in a Home Depot toilet aisle. L.A. Times

Jurado opposes Home Depot

Eagle Rock: Councilmember Ysabel Jurado issued a statement Friday opposing plans to build a new Home Depot in Eagle Rock Plaza, citing federal immigration raids on day laborers at Home Depot stores elsewhere in the city, including Cypress Park. The Eastsider

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