Eagle Rock Ca

It's official: Eagle Rock, that beak-nosed sandstone landmark of the community of the same name, is about to go public. The new role for the old rock came about with a Los Angeles City Council vote on Tuesday to pay $699,000 to the rock's owner to settle a lawsuit he had filed against the city. With payment, the city Recreation and Parks Department will take possession of the rock and 2.5 acres of surrounding land from its current owner, Frederic A.

The evergreen pear trees that line much of Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock are nearing the end of their life span, said Scott Wilson, a retired horticulture teacher who heads the nonprofit group North East Trees. He knows, he said, because he was there when they were planted 32 years ago. Together with a group of his students from Eagle Rock High School, Wilson planted the dark-leaved trees to beautify the thoroughfare.

A Los Angeles judge Thursday reduced bail for a city fire captain accused of killing a female acquaintance. David Jaime Del Toro, 50, was charged with murdering Jennifer Teresa Flores, 42, whose nude body was found on a street about one mile from Del Toro's Eagle Rock home. Detectives found Flores' blood on Del Toro's truck and at his house.

A City Council motion to name an Eagle Rock community center for Richard Alatorre was criticized by two of the outgoing councilman's colleagues Friday before lawmakers approved the name change. The council voted 9 to 2 to call the Eagle Rock Community and Cultural Center in the 2200 block of Colorado Boulevard the Richard Alatorre Community Cultural Center.

Wine has a sense of humor at the Colorado Wine Co., where a recent tasting paid homage to Ponch, the hunky brunet cop played by Erik Estrada on the late '70s TV show "CHiPs." Jennifer Nugent, who owns the shop with her husband, John, explains, "You can only do 'Merlots From Around the World' so many times before you want to kill yourself." It's not that the Nugents don't take wine seriously; it's just that they want to make it accessible to everyone.

A Los Angeles planning officer on Monday rejected a plan to tear down a bowling alley in Eagle Rock and replace it with a self-storage business, saying that proponents had not convinced him that another self-serve storage business was needed in the area.

An Eagle Rock man fell to his death while attempting to place an American flag on the face of the 50-foot boulder after which this northeast Los Angeles community is named, police said Friday. The body of Harvey Forsbert, 25, was discovered by his wife about 11:30 a.m. Friday at the base of the Eagle Rock. Los Angeles Police Lt. Dave Waterman said Carmela Forsbert was aware of her husband's attempt to climb the rock and went to find him when he did not return home.

Up to 24 children from Eagle Rock and Highland Park will be bused to South Pasadena today so that they can continue to participate in an after-school program run by the YMCA. The busing became necessary after their neighborhood YMCA closed, leaving many parents in those northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods scrambling for an alternative. But some parents remain frustrated. "I am upset and depressed about it," said Richard Bentley, whose daughter Hope, 6, is in the after-school child-care program.

Three people in Eagle Rock were shot to death Wednesday in an apparent murder-suicide, Los Angeles police said. The bodies of a man and two women--all believed to be in their 60s--were found in the house in the 1800 block of Linda Rosa Avenue, said LAPD spokesman Don Cox. "Officers got a radio call of a shooting," Cox said. "When they arrived they found a female down in the doorway and a male and a female just inside the doorway. A weapon was recovered at the scene."