Within minutes of Echo Park Lake reopening ... gates to a fence that surrounds the park would be shut nightly. Certain areas remained fenced off to let the grass grow back. That didn’t stop ...

Neighborhood locals awed at the park's makeover while walking the track and sitting in the grass with curious new visitors, some who'd never set foot in Echo Park before. Families picnicked where ...

Diversity is just part of the fabric of Echo Park, the Hispanic/hipster neighborhood ... painting or having a picnic on the grass. In terms of eating in the neighborhood, the choices are vast ...

Regardless of what’s happening at Echo Park Lake, there are still people who want to keep the environment clean, while saying they’re respectful of those who live on the sidewalks and grass. The Echo ...

The fresh-faced, 27-year-old homeless woman is sitting on a hillside known to Echo Park campers as Hipster Beach. “The loner corner is at the far end,” she says, pointing south to an area ...