East Hollywood News

East Hollywood -- As you read this article you probably don't know or don't care what type of font is being used. But for those who are vision-impaired,  the font used can make a big difference when it comes to making text readable.

East Hollywood - An event space that has been endlessly under construction near L.A. City College has finally opened.

East Hollywood — After a couple of years of delays and complications, the Thai Town Marketplace, an incubator for new businesses and food vendors, is headed for a soft opening perhaps at the end of August.

East Hollywood - The Ozawa Boarding House is nothing fancy, which is what you would expect of a boarding house. A row of small single rooms and shared bathrooms open up on to narrow central hallways in the boxy two-story building on Virgil Avenue. 

East Hollywood - The L.A. City College’s swap meet - which came close to shutting down after more than 20 years - will continue after all, without interruption.

East Hollywood -- Fire destroyed a 2-story home Monday night in the 1300 block of Normandie Avenue.

East Hollywood - The giant swap meet that has been running near Los Angeles City College for more than 20 years may cease operations at the end of the month, when the company that manages the event withdraws from the contract.

East Hollywood - Police are asking the public to help identify the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian this weekend.

East Hollywood - The Barnsdall Art Park Foundation today announced an effort to plant additional trees in Barnsdall Park to restore the park's historic olive grove.

East Hollywood - A man standing on the roadway was fatally struck and killed this morning by a hit-and-run driver, according to early police reports.

East Hollywood -- Police are asking the public to help identify the motorist who drove through a red light and struck an elderly pedestrian in a crosswalk Friday morning

Rampart Village - The first "Safe Sleep Village" funded by the city of Los Angeles for the homeless has been established here in a parking lot.

East Hollywood -- A man was taken into custody this morning after he climbed up an approximately 150-foot-high construction crane, prompting the closure of nearby streets as authorities tried for three hours to remove him. 

East Hollywood - The Braille Institute in Vermont Avenue has stood largely empty since the pandemic began - a 16,000-square-foot complex, and not a soul there except to maintain some basic functions and occasionally collect mail.

East Hollywood - Authorities today are seeking public help to find a hit-and-run motorist responsible for critically injuring a tow truck driver over the weekend.

East Hollywood - A $25 million anonymous gift to Children's Hospital Los Angeles will support cognitive, emotional and behavioral health treatments for kids, it was announced Tuesday.

East Hollywood - With her co-workers cheering her on, an intensive-care unit nurse at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles today received one of the first doses in the state of a long-awaited vaccine to prevent COVID-19.

East Hollywood - Children's Hospital Los Angeles confirmed Wednesday what is believed to be the first death of a child in the county and the state due to complications of a pediatric inflammatory syndrome that has been linked to COVID-19.

East Hollywood - This has been, of course, the most devastating year for the Fountain Theatre, just as it has been the worst year for a lot of other businesses in town. Though the 30-year-old live stage company is still on a reasonable financial footing, it has not been able to stage a performance  during the pandemic.

East Hollywood - The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation came here Sunday to plant its 200,000 tree.

An investigation was underway today into a crash on the northbound Hollywood (101) Freeway in the East Hollywood area that killed a 23-year-old woman and injured her 2-year-old son, who was pulled from the wreckage by a good Samaritan.