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Los Feliz Ledger Read by 100,000+ Residents and Business Owners in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Vol 14. No. 2 August 2018 Atwater Village, Echo Park & Hollywood Hills Father Kelley 1000 Gather to Loses St. Mary’s Honor Corado Legal Battle By Erin Hickey Pinheiro and Allison B. Cohen By Allison B. Cohen HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Mely- LOS FELIZ—After nearly six da Maricela Corado, known to years of legal filings that split family and friends as “Mely,” a church parish in two, a Los was laid to rest July 29th at Angeles Superior Court Judge Forest Lawn Memorial Park, upheld, on July 25th, an ap- where more than 1000 people pellate court’s ruling from last attended a public funeral ser- December that a 2012 vote vice celebrating her life. by St. Mary of the Angels Corado, 27, was born parishioners to leave the An- April 23, 1991 in Los Angeles. glican Church for the Roman She was killed July 21st in the Catholic Church was invalid, crossfire between police and a and therefore the church and gunman who ran into the Sil- its holdings, including an ad- ver Lake Trader Joe’s, where she jacent commercial building on worked as assistant manager. Finley Avenue, still belonged She is survived by her fa- to the Anglican Church. ther, Albert Corado, and two The ruling means the older brothers, Michael and church will now resume to be Albert Jr. under the control of the Angli- Speaking through tears at can Church of America (ACA) Hundreds gathered outside Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake July 25th to hold a candlelight vigil for Me- the service, her father recount- and Los Feliz resident Marilyn lyda Corado who was killed in crossfire between the LAPD and Gene Atkins July 21st. “I believe this ed a time when an 11-year-old Bush, who together were the was one of the most significant tragedies that we have seen in Silverlake/Los Feliz in decades.... Mely, whose mother had re- key litigants in the case. probably since the [Manson murders],” said photographer Michael Sandoval. Photo: Michael Sandoval. cently died, came home sick see ST. MARY’S page 17 see TRADER JOE’S page 12 Man Drowns in Echo Park Lake Jackie Goldberg [OBITUARY] After Stolen Pedal Boat Capsizes Seeks Death Hits Silver Lake’s del Campo By Allison B. Cohen and Erin Hickey Pinheiro Rodriguez’s Family, Two-Fold Former Seat Mother and Daughter Remembered By Allison B. Cohen By Allison B. Cohen Jackie Goldberg, a for- GLENDALE mer California State As- —To a packed semblymember, Los Angeles sanctuary at Forest City Councilmember and Lawn’s Church of the Los Angeles Unified School Recessional, long time District (LAUSD) board- Casita del Campo owner member confirmed July 26th Nina Martin del Campo she is seeking appointment to was memorialized July the now-open LAUSD board 20th in a deeply moving seat resigned July 23rd by service along with her daughter, Lisamaria Mar- Rescuers searched Echo Park Lake July 26th, until they recovered the body of a Ref Rodriguez after he plead man who had drowned about 12 hours earlier in the lake, after the pedal boat he guilty to a felony charge of tin del Campo who had was in capsized. Police say the man and another had trespassed and taken the money laundering during his gone missing last January, boat out illegally. Photo: Allison B. Cohen. 2015 campaign. but whose remains were found at the end of June. Nina Martin del Campo ECHO PARK—Police recov- a pedal boat and took it for a Goldberg, 73, said, in Nina, 78, died July ered the body of a man, 23, joyride in the wee hours of the an email, she only seeks ap- 12, 2018 of Scleroderma, an only recently did her health who drowned in Echo Park morning. pointment to the position and autoimmune rheumatic disor- worsen according to family Lake on July 26th after he and Firefighters were sent to would not run for the seat in a der. She was diagnosed with members. a friend, also in his 20s, stole see DROWNING page 18 see RODRIGUEZ page 4 the disease three years ago, but see DEL CAMPO page 4 OBITUARY: HOMELESSNESS: COMMUNITY NEWS: THEATER REVIEW: SCHOOL NEWS: Jonathan Gold and the local Permanent supportive housing Two local stores going, another ice Mary Poppins brings a spoonful of High school football season restaurants he loved, page 3 coming to Echo Park? page 3 cream shop coming, page 5 sugar to the stage, page 23 preview, page 27 Our hearts go out to the family of Melyda Corado, as well as her Trader Joes family and all those impacted by this senseless tragedy. 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