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Must-Read Blogs This Week: Myth of Villaraigosa, Bitter Melons and More

Don't miss the most interesting blogs from around the east Los Angeles and Hollywood Patch sites.

The blogging platform on Patch is where the community goes to share viewpoints and interesting happenings each day. 

Check out some of the most interesting and popular Patch blog posts from the East Los Angeles and Hollywood Patch sites this past week. 

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Echo Park

Villaraigosa: The Myth of The Progressive Mayor
For developers, real estate tycoons, billionaires, and school privatization profiteers, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa's eight year reign was a smashing success.

RECIPE: Stuffed Bitter Melon

Blogger Lindsay Boyd writes: They’re not called bitter for nothing, but they are an acquired taste. Prepared right, and stuffed with something yummy, they do in fact taste good.

Hollywood

MOVIE: Oscar Winners Nat Faxon & Jim Rash,"The Way,Way Back"
Academy Award Winners, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, talk about their new movie, "The Way, Way Back"

Highland Park - Mount Washington

HHPNC to host DWP (LA Department of Water and Power)
On Thursday July 18 at 7pm at the Highland Park Senior Center (6152 N. Figueroa St., 90042), stakeholders are invited to a special Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council meeting with a presentation by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP). 


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