The city of Los Angeles cleared a homeless encampment in Echo Park Lake in March 2021. On the one-year anniversary, David Busch-Lilly, who was living inside the park, now lives in his car on Echo Park ...

Two years ago, construction crews worked deep into the night around the perimeter of Echo Park Lake, putting up segment after segment of chain-link fence as protesters faced off against police ...

ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A controversial chain-link fence that surrounds Echo Park Lake is scheduled to be removed by March 31, Los Angeles Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez announced Friday.

To the editor: Your article on the proliferation of Canada geese at Echo Park Lake touches on public parks in urban settings that are underfunded, and where the disregarding of regulations can lead to ...

First, the tents had everyone up in arms. Two years ago, more than 170 tents or makeshift structures encircled Echo Park Lake, a beloved Los Angeles landmark that had became a sprawling homeless ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As officials prepare to reopen Echo Park Lake, many are wondering if the homeless population will return. When Echo Park Lake shut down for repairs in March, many of ...

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L.A.'s historic MacArthur Park was hit with an ICE raid earlier this morning. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Credit: Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images On September 28, Los Angeles Twitter lit up ...

The chain-link fence that’s confined Echo Park Lake for the past year after city officials removed a homeless encampment in order to make repairs was taken down Sunday evening — but not by park ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Echo Park Lake opened to the public again, two months after the city and police forced the relocation of roughly 200 unhoused people living in the park, fenced off the space, ...

Only 17 out of 183 homeless people who were removed from an Echo Park Lake encampment last March have been placed in long-term housing, according to a report published today by the UCLA Luskin ...