East Hollywood

The writer is a member of the East Hollywood Community Garden, which began over the summer. Since joining, he has planted a lot of things that have died.

EAST HOLLYWOOD - A 23-year-old man was taken into custody late Sunday night after barricading himself inside an apartment and causing a fire that finally forced him out, authorities said.

East Hollywood - Some of the original art glass that was removed more than seven decades ago from the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hollyhock House is in the process of being returned to the historic landmark from Boston art collectors.

East Hollywood --  A major emergency fire tore through an abandoned building tonight that once housed a medical clinic, and it took firefighters nearly two hours to extinguish the flames.

EAST HOLLYWOOD -- Firefighters battling heavy flames on two floors of a vacant, two-story apartment building this morning moved into defensive position as the structure threatened to collapse, dousing the flames from outside.

East Hollywood - Dozens of children have lost their stem cells after a freezer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles malfunctioned and destroyed their samples, according to the hospital.

East Hollywood - There is still a lot to fix at the Director's House, a 1920s building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A western bay window has been sagging under its own weight; the cantilevered balcony that once jutted out from the north side of the building needs to be  recreated; rotted …

The East Hollywood Community Garden opened early this summer along N. Madison Avenue near Lexington, and I am among its first set of gardeners. I am also bad at gardening. My plants die. A lot.

East Hollywood -- Authorities are looking for a domestic violence suspect who may be barricaded in a building in the 4300 block of Lockwood Avenue in the East Hollywood area.

A 33-year-old East Hollywood woman was tricked out of more than $10,000 by a woman posing as an LAPD detective, police said.

East Hollywood --  About 200 people were evacuated from Children's Hospital this afternoon after a smoke from a smoldering fire spread to different parts of the building, said the L.A. Fire Department.

East Hollywood -- Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, built as a hilltop residence for an oil heiress, has been named as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

East Hollywood - After years of design efforts and some delays, Madison Avenue Park and Community Garden opened to the public Saturday in a neighborhood where parks are scarce.

East Hollywood - As Virgil Village continues getting busier, a new pedestrian signal is planned right near one of the signature restaurants for the area.

The Hoover Street Yard, a nearly 90-year-old maintenance facility and storage yard used by the L.A. Department of Water and Power will be undergoing a $150 million makeover.  

EAST HOLLYWOOD -- A cyclist is in stable condition after being shot in the leg while riding his bike early this morning in what is believed to be a gang-related drive-by shooting, police said.