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Elly Yu
What I cover
I cover critical issues facing kids and their families, from housing to health to childcare. Research has shown the early years of a child’s life are a crucial time — how can we ensure the youngest Angelenos are set up to thrive?
My background
Before taking on the early childhood beat, I was on LAist’s investigative team, where my reporting on nursing homes propelled changes in state law. My work has been recognized by the Sacramento Press Club and has been a finalist for IRE and Gerald Loeb awards. I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and am happy to be reporting in a place I call home. Before coming to LAist, I worked at NPR stations in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., where my focus was on healthcare, immigration and state politics. When I’m not reporting, I’m chasing down my two young children.
My goals
I want my coverage to help Angelenos navigate the complex world of raising a young child 5 and under.
Best way to reach me
Email: eyu@laist.com. If you have a tip, you can also reach me on Signal. My username is @ellyyu.89.
Stories by Elly Yu
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Listen back to our hourlong special diving into California’s failures to regulate nursing homes — and where we go from here.
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Following an LAist investigation into a troubled nursing home chain, Gov. Gavin Newsom has donated a $10,000 political contribution from the company to charity.
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Advocates for better oversight of California's nursing homes call the current licensing process 'completely exploited.'
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A large nursing home business and the system designed to regulate it were failing California’s most vulnerable before the pandemic struck, advocates say. That failure intensified amid COVID-19.
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With 147 active reported cases, the Adelanto immigrant detention facility has the largest current outbreak among ICE detention centers in the country. A judge has ordered the federal government to reduce the population at the facility.
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As of Friday morning, 147 immigrant detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center had COVID-19.
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At least 38 detainees at ICE's Adelanto detention center have tested positive for the coronavirus, with more test results on the way.
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Family members and advocates say by then, the virus was already raging, and that testing happened too late.
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At one nursing home in Los Angeles, a man found out that his mother had COVID-19 just hours before she died.
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U.S. Air Force medical teams will help out in the intensive care units of LAC+USC and Harbor-UCLA medical centers.
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“Capacity is made up of not just space and beds. In fact, those things are among the easiest to resolve. But it is all about staff and personal protective equipment, and testing. And unfortunately all three of those things are in short supply.” -- Carmela Coyle, California Hospital Association
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Nearly 90% of nursing home staff surveyed in L.A. County said there were known or suspected COVID-19 cases among staff at their facilities.
