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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Huge raid targets gang

California | Local | By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Joe Mozingo, Sam Quinones | June 26, 2008
Heavily armed police and federal agents stormed into a Glassell Park neighborhood Wednesday morning to wrest control away from a street gang – and loyalists with deep family ties to its members – that has in effect turned the sequestered swath of run-down apartments into rogue territory. Read more
 

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Woman linked to drug activity arrested

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein and Sam Quinones | April 16, 2008
Maria “Chata” Leon, an illegal immigrant whose former Glassell Park home police said was for years the center of neighborhood drug activity, was arrested by federal agents Tuesday, authorities said. Read more
 

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Outside the law

California | Local | By Sam Quinones | March 30, 2008
The brick house with the enormous black satellite dish in the driveway sits empty now, the tenants evicted. Read more
 

Thursday, May 24, 2007

City seeks eviction of 5 gang members

California | Local | By Patrick Mcgreevy | May 24, 2007
The Los Angeles city attorney filed a civil action Wednesday seeking to evict members of the Avenues street gang from a triplex in Glassell Park. Read more
 

Monday, March 6, 2006

Driver Is Shot, Killed in Glassell Park Area

California | Local | March 6, 2006
A man was shot and killed Sunday morning while driving in the Glassell Park area of Los Angeles, police said. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

Big Box Holds Community Center

California | Local | By Bob Pool | August 2, 2005
They were boxed into a corner. Read more
 

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Windmills and Pastry: A Sweet Old Family Recipe

California | Local | By Cecilia Rasmussen | July 17, 2005
Its blue windmills swirled like giant propellers over a chain of bakeries, coffee shops and a drive-in as the sweet aroma of freshly baked pastries wafted over the city. Read more
 

Wednesday, June 4, 2003

Official Undecided on McDonald’s Restaurant

California | Local | June 4, 2003
After a three-hour public hearing, a planning official said Tuesday he may decide in several weeks on a plan to build a McDonald’s restaurant in Glassell Park, but gave no hint about how he might rule. Read more
 

Saturday, March 15, 2003

McWar’ Erupts Over Planned Glassell Park Eatery

California | Local | By George Ramos | March 15, 2003
Alisa Smith says her 11- and 14-year-old sons don’t ask her to stop at McDonald’s when they pass the golden arches, and she wouldn’t anyway. Read more
 

Friday, December 21, 2001

Car Runs Onto Sidewalk, Killing Baby and Critically Injuring Teen

California | Local | December 21, 2001
And infant was killed and a 16-year-old girl critically injured in Glassell Park Thursday night when a car skidded in the rain and struck them, police said. Read more
 

Thursday, July 6, 2000

Davis Stalls Plan for College at Historic Bakery Building

California | Local | July 6, 2000
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Wednesday, June 14, 2000

Legislator Seeks State Funding to Buy Historic Bakery for Use as College Campus

California | Local | By Jill Leovy | June 14, 2000
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