Atwater Chatter: Post-Diwali Edition

INDIAN SWEETS (and spices) found their way into our home this weekend. We hope they did yours too. Some news from in and around this banana-shaped hood in northeast Los Angeles: Mistrial on Fate of Convicted Killer - Atwater Village gang leader Timothy McGhee will still do time, but this jury couldn't decide how long [LA Daily News] New Noodle House! New Hipster Shop! But where's the new wine bar? [MilesThink] Yes, People Live Down There - Tour of residences along garbage islands of Los Angles River [Nature Trumps] Heckuva job, LABSM, Bike Path Still Dark - Is there a single crooked metals-buyer somewhere in Atwater Village who knows exactly what's going on...? [Metroblogging LA] Happy Diwali to All - First LA City Council presentation marking festival of lights for Hindu new year [CD13 Garcetti]