Lincoln Heights

Lincoln Heights - A campus that used to be operated by the Carmelite Sisters is lined up to become creative office space, according to documents filed with the city.

Lincoln Heights - A massive housing project along Pasadena Avenue is moving forward after an appeal against the development was rejected by planning commissioners today after hours of often heated public comments and testimony.

Lincoln Heights - There's a plan to clean up the water and dead fish in Lincoln Park Lake, but, among other things, it will mean draining the lake and 18 months of construction.

Lincoln Heights -  Authorities today identified a man who died in Lincoln Park, where he was found floating face-down in the lake.

Lincoln Heights -  A man found floating face-down in the lake in Lincoln Park today was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lincoln Heights - The effort to construct a giant mixed-use project on Avenue 34 may require greater community outreach, now that an appeal against the project has been delayed to the next planning board meeting.

Lincoln Heights - The City Planning Commission today is scheduled to review a challenge to a giant apartment complex that is being opposed by residents.

LINCOLN HEIGHTS --  A fire burned about three acres of light-to-medium brush late this afternoon, but firefighters protected nearby homes from the flames.

LINCOLN HEIGHTS --  Firefighters quickly extinguished a quarter-acre brush fire that broke out this morning.

LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- Fire this afternoon damaged one room on the second floor of a two-story duplex.

Lincoln Heights -- A stretch of Avenue 19 in will be temporarily closed to northbound traffic during the day through May 29 for emergency sewer repair.

Officials today announced they have activated cooling centers across the county and city -- including a location in Lincoln Heights -- to help people cope with a heat wave while abiding by social distancing guidelines.

Lincoln Heights -- The water is cloudy at Lincoln Park Lake, and large fish are turning up dead. At the moment, no one knows for certain why.

Lincoln Heights -- A person was apparently shot this afternoon after two vehicles collided on the transition road from the southbound Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway to the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway, authorities said.

Lincoln Heights -- The list of city-operated coronavirus drive-up testing sites now includes  a spot next to the Lincoln Park Recreation Center and Lincoln Pool.

Lincoln Heights -- Palm fronds were tied to the handrails on the front steps of Sacred Heart Church to celebrate Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. 

Lincoln Heights -- A man is in stable condition after being shot multiple times late this afternoon, police said.

Lincoln Heights -- Authorities today arrested 11 purported members of a long-running drug trafficking ring that allegedly distributed heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from multiple locations in Los Angeles County, including a storefront in Lincoln Heights.

LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- A group of unionized caregivers and nurses at Keck Medicine of USC staged an informational picket over what they claim are "illegal policy changes" that leave them at risk of losing available sick leave benefits. But Keck officials said the policy complies with all applicable laws.

Lincoln Heights -- The $19-million-dollar project to renovate the North Central Animal Services Center is closer to completion. But the work will be finished almost a year behind schedule in the wake of unforeseen construction delays and complications.

A man and a woman were in custody today and police were trying to figure out why they refused to stop during a 1 1/2 hour pursuit from Mar Vista to Lincoln Heights, authorities said.