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Contributed by: Jason Kandel/valleynews.com on 1/3/2007

I went to Atwater Village the other day to meet Luis Lopez, a local mechanic who owns a garage under the same name off Fletcher Drive. Lopez is also a longtime community activist, who writes occassionally about his community on his own Internet site. So I encouraged him to post stories about his community onto valleynews.com to help get the word out even further.

We want to hear from Lopez and anyone else who wants to write. It's an open and growing online community. It's fun and it's free.

It would be a great place to weigh in on a proposed 90-unit housing development on Casitas Avenue that I understand is the talk of the town these days. We're all ears.

Be sure to register first. Have fun.

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Submitted By: James Omahen

posted on 3/12/2007 @ 11:31:55 PM

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Luis Lopez: auto mechanic, community activist, webmeister, blogger, artist. Luis and his father opened “Lopez Automotive” at 2751 Fletcher Dr., Atwater Village, in 2000. When Luis isn’t greasing something up or tidying up around the place, he devotes time to being a community activist. As one of five Friends of Atwater Village (FAV) boardmembers, he has become the group’s webmeister. Liking a good fight, he has lead FAV’s attacks on Home Depot, a housing development along Casitas Ave., the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, and officials with the City’s Department of Neighborhood Empowerment. When not doing FAV’s work, he is busy blogging under an alias. As a self proclaimed artist, Luis works in the medium most familiar to him – old auto parts. He fashions images of himself and proudly displays them around the business and on the chain-link fence surrounding the shop’s property. Drive by or stop in and have a look, get an ear full, and perhaps get your tires rotated.

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Submitted By: James Omahen

posted on 3/4/2007 @ 7:13:22 PM

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Jason, come to the next Atwater Village Neighborhood Council (AVNC) meeting. It will be held this Thursday, Mar. 8th, Beginning at 6:30pm. The location is in the large hall of New Hope Chapel, located behind BestBuy (next to CostCo) off Los Feliz Blvd. here in Atwater Village. Enter off Los Feliz Blvd. at Mimie's Restaurant and continue all the way back along the side of BestBuy building, through gate across huge parking lot. Hope to see you there. PS: The community, AVNC, and City officials will also be discussing the hot topic and scandal about the "non-election."

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Submitted By: Jason Kandel

posted on 1/11/2007 @ 11:16:45 AM

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When's the next meeting on Casitas?

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