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🏠 Big move ahead? Whether you need more room, want to downsize or are eyeing an investment property, start with The Eastsider’s Real Estate Pros Guide buff.ly/2rz3QUC

A purple Victorian asking $2M in Eagle Rock. A $7.35M apartment sale across from Echo Park Lake. And 34 affordable homes get a building permit in East Hollywood. This week in Eastside real estate. 🏡 buff.ly/qIprAkh

Wood-fired cornbread, national spotlight. 🔥 Glassell Park’s Dunsmoor is one of just five Southern California restaurants on OpenTable’s 2026 Top 100 list. buff.ly/a8W2s9T

Cake for breakfast, kampachi with passionfruit for dinner and a beer called Pile of Kittens. Botanica is peak Silver Lake buff.ly/Op07NlM

Stolen once. Damaged in a crash next. Cypress Park’s veterans memorial is getting another replacement, with a new raised plaque targeted for installation before Veterans Day. buff.ly/AgsYq5X

Your Eastside home search starts here. 🗝️ Meet the local agents and brokers who can help you buy, sell or invest with confidence. buff.ly/2rz3QUC

Your LADWP bill just dropped. So did your jaw? 💸 Give us your one-word review. YIKES! / Ouch / Meh / Phew / N/A, I don’t get one. Vote in The Eastsider’s reader poll. Results next Friday. buff.ly/mIAFkfI

High fives from Thalia. Full-body wiggles from Matt. 🐾 Meet The Eastsider’s Pets of the Week at North Central Animal Center in Lincoln Heights. Both are up for adoption! Pets of the Week is sponsored by Rosie Bunny Bean: buff.ly/jRpzR7q buff.ly/6pKHHSZ

House hunting or just house curious? 🏡 Browse The Eastsider’s sponsored Open House Calendar and find more weekend listings by neighborhood. buff.ly/jlhdq8y

Your weekend trio: indie music in Echo Park, a free pow wow at The Autry and a free Arroyo Arts tour. 🎸🎨 Details in our November roundup: buff.ly/Bpy45OS

This week's business news. buff.ly/FcvmHPX

Free laughs in Echo Park. A Día de los Muertos block party in Boyle Heights. Barksgiving in Lincoln Heights. And if you’d rather run, Diplo’s got a 5K. Your Eastside weekend, Nov. 5–8. buff.ly/mY6W4fK

A rare L.A. congressional upset. Highland Park’s Angela Gonzales-Torres unseated longtime Rep. Jimmy Gomez in CA-34. What fueled the win? Two political observers break it down. buff.ly/QdDNoeK

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass conceded defeat today to City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, officially ending her bid for re-election. buff.ly/SIBtlO5

🔥 Dunsmoor cracks OpenTable’s national Top 100. 🍤 Eater LA gives Mariscos Jalisco’s shrimp tacos a shoutout. 🍸 Vandell’s Shawn Lickliter is Food & Wine’s Bartender of the Year. It’s a good week to eat and drink on the Eastside. buff.ly/LbXxK2n

🎨 100+ artists are opening their studios at Lincoln Heights’ Brewery Artwalk Nov. 7–8, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. New this fall: $5 gets adults in both days. Free for kids 17 and under and residents of 90031, 90033 and 90023 with ID. buff.ly/E5dRb6x

Two helicopters nearly collided near Echo Park Lake. The LAPD says its pilot changed course after radio calls went unanswered. The Navy says its crew was using required frequencies during a joint training exercise. buff.ly/hPphZs5

Fourteen trees could come down along Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock to make way for Metro’s rapid bus project. Metro says 86 would eventually replace them. Here are the five stretches where trees could be removed. buff.ly/lnFAYU4

Cal State LA is getting $2 million to help students go from using fintech to building it. Think payment apps, budgeting tools and the tech behind them. buff.ly/5P2h3Oo

Angela Gonzales-Torres will represent much of LA’s Eastside in Congress, according to the Associated Press. buff.ly/bzGRDyt