East Hollywood

Responding to coronavirus concerns, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department has taken active steps to reduce the inmate population at jail facilities, essentially releasing people with less than 30 days left on their sentences, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said today.

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County began scaling back operations today with a view to establishing social distancing in all of its 38 courthouses to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.

The Los Angeles Community College District announced today that all classes --including those at East L.A. and L.A. City colleges -- are being suspended from now through at least March 29.

East Hollywood -- Children's Hospital Los Angeles reported Friday afternoon that it received confirmation on Thursday that it is treating a patient, who is between the ages of 6 and 9, for COVID-19.

Los Angeles County health officials today confirmed 11 more local cases of coronavirus, including at least two more with unknown sources of exposure, further increasing the evidence of "community transmission" of the ill

East Hollywood -- Police today released security footage in hopes of finding the hit-and-run motorist responsible for badly injuring a woman who was crossing a street near Hollywood Presbyterian hospital.

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.