East Hollywood News

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.

East Hollywood - It’s Día de los Muertos in the time of COVID, and dancer Mariposa Gonzalez came out from Boyle Heights to consecrate the altar at the local community garden

East Hollywood -- Fire tore through a vacant home Tuesday evening and burned for about half an hour before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.

Vermonica -- a piece of public art composed of old street lights -- in now being set up in a new location.

After a solid decade of on-and-off construction - mostly off - the new Target department store at Sunset and Western is finally letting in customers, and an official grand opening ceremony is planned for Sunday, Oct. 25.

East Hollywood - People living nearby now know to line up for the free barbecue every Tuesday near the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Madison Avenue.

East Hollywood -- It took firefighters about 20 minutes this morning to knock down a garage fire that at one point threatened nearby structures

East Hollywood - Panda Express pledged $20 million today to establish the Panda Cares Center of Hope at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.