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Taix lives on in a new exhibition

Echo Park—Gallery Luisotti’s ā€œ1911 Sunset Boulevardā€ examines what disappeared when Taix, Echo Park’s historic French restaurant, closed and what remains. Six contemporary artists use photographs, altered images and painting to trace its final months, closing night, demolition and aftermath, preserving its eccentric rooms, shadowy social life, crowded gatherings and vacant site. 1911 Sunset Boulevard is on view through Sept. 12 at Gallery Luisotti, 818 S. Broadway, Suite 1001, in downtown Los Angeles.Ā The Eastsider

Cal State honors faculty

El Sereno—Cal State LA honored six faculty members at its first combined Employee Recognition and Service Awards Celebration. Hydrogeologist Barry J. Hibbs received the President’s Distinguished Professor Award. Outstanding Professor honors went to Andy Aguilar, Mandy Hillstrom, Yangyang Liu and Edith Porter, while history instructor Dawn Dennis earned Outstanding Lecturer recognition.


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Silver Lake—District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman has authored a motion that would honor the venerable pink Hyperion Avenue Mexican restaurant Casita del Campo. The proposal would name the intersection at Hyperion Avenue and Udell Court “Del Campo Square.” The restaurant was founded in 1962 by Rudy Del Campo, after he’d finished a career as a dancer, including in the 1961 film “West Side Story.”

Echo Park—An aging underground power line failed during last month’s heat wave, cutting electricity to thousands of Echo Park residents and businesses for up to 26 hours. The prolonged outage disrupted business operations, forcing owners to scramble to protect inventory, adjust hours and limit losses. The Eastsider

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