Celebrate at the "End of Summer" Carnival at the Glassell Park Recreation Center this weekend Friday, Sept. 19, 5pm to 9pm, Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday Sept. 21, 12pm to 9pm.Please come out and support our park. This is a fund raiser for the park to help offset the budget cut that the city imposed. This fund raiser will help bring more ongoing programs at the park and host special events like the Halloween Spook Fest and the Annual Christmas Toy Give Away and Open House. So please join us.And on Sunday, join us at the Community Center for "TOUCH A TRUCK"/KIDS FUN ZONE 12pm to 6pm in the GP Community/Senior Center parking lot. 3750 Verdugo Road@ Eagle Rock Blvd.Kids young and young at heart can explore city trucks. Free bouncer, sco cones, pop corn, and cotton candy. Come and dunk our... 09/20/2008

It is said that Mount Washington was named for Colonel Henry Washington, who came to Southern California in 1855 to survey the state's base lines. He spent a great deal of time in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, and is credited with  surveying the Los Angeles River. Originally a part of the huge, sprawling Rancho San Rafael, the area was only sparcely settled owing to its initial lack of accessability. Panoramic views were not a consideration in those days, and often only the bases of the hillsides were dotted with residences. A school was built, however, in 1906, near the top of the hill, to accommodate students from a wide area of hillside territory. When the school first opened for instruction, the first through eighth grades were taught in the building of Mission style arch... 08/05/2008

Read the full article by Margaret Arnold, News Editor at the Arroyo Seco Journal, Northeast L.A.'s finest local newspaper. GLASSELL PARK-At 4 a.m. on the morning of June 25, 2008, 500 members of Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies moved into the Drew Estara area of Glassell Park in a major crackdown on the Drew Street clique of the Avenues street gang, in the largest Federal gang takedown in recent L.A. history. Twenty-eight defendants were taken into custody on criminal charges during the sweep. Four were arrested on immigration charges. An additional 26 defendants named in the indictment were already incarcerated. Authorities are still seeking an additional 16 defendants. Cars and cash were seized during the operation. Seventy members and associates of the gang had been ... 07/10/2008