• Anthea RaymondPatch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Echo Park-Silver Lake, CA

Anthea Raymond is a journalist and educator who has lived in Silver Lake since 2002.

Her reports have been heard on National Public Radio for over twenty years.

She has taught communications history and audio production at UCLA, USC, and Hunter and Santa Monica colleges. 

A former LA Press Club president, she has a JD and an MBA from UCLA, and was the first senior editor at KPCC.

At KPCC, she supervised a team of award winning journalists including Frank Stoltze, John Rabe, Adolfo Guzman Lopez and Ilsa Setziol for almost two years.

She has also served as a Show Editor at NPR's News and Notes--the network's ground-breaking show on the African-American experience--and the Senior Producer of Bloomberg Politically Speaking.

A graduate of Palisades High, she has taught kayaking at UCLA's Marina Aquatic Center for many years.

She was one of the founding members of the Edendale Library Friends Society (ELFS) in 2004. She produced several benefits for the group at the Echo and Echoplex.

Raymond has also served on the advisory board of the Echo Park Recreation Center.

She is the eldest of six siblings, and the daughter of Joseph Raymond, former Associate Director of UCLA Medical Center.

Posting Activity

Echo Park-Silver Lake|News|

DNC Transcript: Xavier Becerra Rallies for the American Dream

In a speech Tuesday, the Democrat representing California's 31st Congressional District emphasized the need to recover the American Dream--or el sueño Americano--for middle class people.

DNC Transcript: Xavier Becerra Rallies for the American Dream
Echo Park-Silver Lake|News|

Who Wants Their Echo Park Lake Back?

Local electrician and photographer Hugo R. Ajanel posted this reminiscent image on our Facebook Wall Tuesday morning.

Who Wants Their Echo Park Lake Back?
Echo Park-Silver Lake|News|

Blue Moon Over Silver Lake and Echo Park Friday

August's second full moon will be at its peak Friday morning just before 7 a.m. It won't be blue but the sky behind it may be.

Blue Moon Over Silver Lake and Echo Park Friday
Echo Park-Silver Lake|News|

4.1 Quake Hits Near Yorba Linda

The quake struck at 1:31 p.m. Wednesday, in what one Echo Park resident described as a "quickie."

4.1 Quake Hits Near Yorba Linda
Echo Park-Silver Lake|News|

Echo Park Lake Turtles (Photo)

Reader Hugo R. Ajanel posted this photo recently. It was taken, obviously, a while ago.

Echo Park Lake Turtles (Photo)