Our local Keller Williams Realtors are making history by expanding to two buildings on real estate avenue, AKA Hillhurst.

The office building at 2150 Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz has seen a lot of history since it was built in 1946. Through the years, the 3686 square foot building has housed Hoover Realty, next a branch of the Jon Douglas Company, then Coldwell Banker -- before the location down the street at 1917…

Attend a forum and hear candidates for the district seat that represents parts of Silver Lake and other neighborhoods gerrymandered into CD4. See schedule below.

Elections are March 3, 2015. Voters who choose to mail in their Vote By Mail ballot must do so early enough to ensure that it arrives in the Election Division office no later than by the close of polls (8:00 p.m.) on Election Day, March 3, 2015.  A postmarked date is not…

Lewis Carter, 77, (right) and Jerome Smith, 71, (left) discovered a passion that boosted their health later in life.

State University of New York says swimmers have lower heart rates compared to those of non-swimmers.  Swimming was also found to be a viable workout for people in cardiac rehabilitation and recovering from heart failure or artery…

Today, Thursday, February 5, 2015 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Refreshments provided by Alegria on Sunset

Holy Virgin Mary Orthodox Cathedral, 650 Micheltorena Street

Recent home burglaries, shooting injuries, armed robberies, mail thefts, car break-ins, taggings, and more issues in our neighborhood have caused us to call this Community Watch meeting.

Protect your Community, your homes, your businesses and yourselves! Please come voice your…

On Valentine's Day 2015, Hollyhock House, Barnsdall Park, will be showing L.A. the love. With the entrance fees waived, you can enjoy Frank Lloyd Wrights first endeavor in defining his style of L.A. architecture. Add your own style and story with photos on social media, tagged …

  The building at 2538 Hyperion Avenue in Silver Lake has a very colorful history. According to tax assessor records, it was built in 1963,and is 4452 approximate square feet.

  Formerly The Other Side piano bar upstairs, and the Flying Leap Café downstairs until June 2013, the businesses closed after 40 years. Longtime patrons told stories of police raids in the 60s ad 70s, and lamented that it was one of the few…

Silver Lake, What's Your Dream? 

There's a meetup for that. 

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (observed), Monday, January 19, 2015

Casbah Cafe

3900 West Sunset Blvd, Los…

Nineteen seconds. For most of us, that’s not a lot of time to accomplish much, maybe fill up a glass of water, walk up the stairs, or get a leash for the dog.

 But for aspiring Olympian Derek Toomey, that’s enough time to swim two laps of the pool.

 Toomey, who just finished his college swimming career at the University of Minnesota, moved to Los Angeles…

Check out the details at the LA Times. 

Business owners and Silver Lake area citizens ~

You are invited to

Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce

First Mixer of 2015

WOOD Handcrafted Pizza

2861 Sunset Blvd. at Silver Lake Blvd.

Thursday, January 15

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Complimentary food and beverages for all attendees.

photo of Board Members, Julie Naylon, Social Media Howie Goldklang,…

A ground-breaking work on the history of Silver Lake entitled Silver Lake Chronicles: Exploring an Urban Oasis in Los Angeles, will be introduced at the Silver Lake Library on December 16, 2014.  The book investigates the fascinating lives of “mansion builders and movie stars, bohemians, visionaries and just plain folk” who contributed to Silver Lake’s illustrious past with colorful anecdotes about early movie magnates William Selig and Mack…

The Silver Lake Time Bank (and you're all invited) will be sharing holiday cheer in abundance on Saturday, December 20, at the Silver Lake Time Bank’s “Wassail Meetup” at the bar at Taix French Restaurant, 1911 W. Sunset Blvd. at Park Ave. , Los Angeles, CA 90026. Cheer begins at 3:00 p.m. …

Tonight, Friday, Dec. 5, the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic a SLTB organizational member will offer their 27th Annual AIDS Posada, beginning at 6:00 p.m. A candlelight procession will launch from the clinic, 3324 W. Sunset Blvd., and will proceed eastward to Echo Park Methodist Church, led by mariachis, community…

The definition of a group, is when individuals start having conflict. Expectations become disappointments, discussions turn into disagreements. I learned this from Clinical Psychologist, Gaithri Fernando, PhD.

SO, WHAT TO DO?!!!

Enter Starhawk, who is offering a COMPLIMENTARY talk about how to get the work done when it takes a village. Considering all the group time we spend in this season, and the best plans for the…

It would have been Sister Corita's 96th birthday today. 

She was a nun with the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Their convent is now the American Film Institute at the corner of Los Feliz Blvd. and Western Ave.

According to Wikipedia, such thought leaders as Buckminster Fuller taught her as she taught them.

Many of her original works are…

The L A River, does it belong to quiet bike paths and migrating birds? Enter a band concert Saturday night. Make way for the "frogs".

Spirits will be served. Dogs will be welcome. Will an environmental impact report be needed?