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The number of coronavirus infections worldwide has hit 1 million, with more than 50,000 deaths, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
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Los Angeles County confirmed 13 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday and 534 new COVID-19 cases. -
Walt Disney Co. on Thursday said furloughs will begin April 19.
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The job cuts are mounting against the backdrop of economies in the United States and abroad that have almost certainly sunk into a severe recession.
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The Los Angeles Times will provide around-the-clock updates on COVID-19 from across Southern California and around the world.Read our coverage from last week hereTracking the coronavirus in California: latest numbers | Support our journalism with a subscriptionHave a question about coronavirus? Send us your questions here. | You also can sign up for our newsletterSee latest photo gallery
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One in three cases of COVID-19 in Sacramento County have been linked to church gatherings, public health officials said
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A hotel housekeeper, victim of a coronavirus layoff, struggles to support her three kids. ‘I just want to keep my little family together,’ she says.
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Wealthy areas saw an early surge in coronavirus cases in L.A. County. More accessible testing and international travel provide a likely explanation.
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Coronavirus in L.A. homeless community spreads, but so far no signs of clustering
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The decision also requires that residential water service be restored to those who had it turned off for lack of payment since March 4, when the statewide coronavirus emergency went into effect.
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Amid coronavirus restrictions, tips for walking, hiking, cycling, running near home
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Have you told your landlord you are unable to pay rent because of the coronavirus? We’re interested in hearing about your experience.
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DIY coronavirus mask instructions from crafters and doctors.
Singapore, Vietnam and Hong Kong are imposing social restrictions they had avoided until now as COVID-19 infections continue to rise.
California is fighting to supply hospitals with needed personal protective equipment, or PPE. Fierce competition and a lack of central coordination is hampering efforts.
Chrystia Freeland has been called Canada’s ‘minister of everything,’ in charge of the country’s battle against the coronavirus and designated as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s successor if he falls ill.
Republican governors have ordered abortions to stop because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Blood centers are ramping up efforts to collect plasma from people who recovered from COVID-19 in hopes their coronavirus antibodies could save lives.
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Overwhelmed by news about the coronavirus outbreak? Check out our explainer for the latest updates and ways you can prevent the spread of the virus.
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The Los Angeles Times will provide around-the-clock updates on COVID-19 from across Southern California and around the world.Read our coverage from last week hereTracking the coronavirus in California: latest numbers | Support our journalism with a subscriptionHave a question about coronavirus? Send us your questions here. | You also can sign up for our newsletterSee latest photo gallery
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Our special edition newsletter breaks down the latest coronavirus news, including how expecting parents are dealing with new hospital orders.
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How does the coronavirus spread? Should you wear a mask? What are the symptoms of COVID-19? How can you treat it? In this special Sunday edition of Coronavirus Today, we bring you comprehensive answers to some of your most pressing questions.
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“Tiger King” is the Netflix docuseries the internet can’t stop talking about. And like much of true crime, its trashiness isn’t just a harmless diversion.
Biden pledges to appoint first African American woman to the Supreme Court. Here are some leading contenders.
Mortgage lenders are preparing for the biggest wave of delinquencies in history.
With call centers in India, the Philippines and elsewhere shut down for the coronavirus, many robocall companies have simply stopped making calls.
Old-fashioned horse trading helped bring AT&T and Charter to resolve long-standing differences that blacked out Dodgers games in most parts of L.A.
Life right now is almost totally online. We meet friends online. We read and watch and work and play online. Our newspaper is no different; we haven’t been in the same room in weeks. We made this guide over the Internet.
The man derailed the train because he believed the Mercy was part of suspicious activities involving the coronavirus, prosecutors said.
A series of late winter storms was not enough to help boost California’s snowpack, state water managers say.
Both governors are doing a statesman-like job leading their states through the surging coronavirus pandemic.
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine will serve the balance of his federal sentence in home confinement, a judge ordered, due to coronavirus-related conditions in prison.
Furry Friends
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Doesn’t really pay for me to be appealing to my captors. They are snarky, and increasingly restless. They pass the long evenings mixing up different flavors of White Claw just for kicks, the way Millennials will.
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Amid the coronavirus lockdown, interest in adopting and fostering pets is soaring. Many facilities have waiting lists, even for kittens.
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Shelters and rescue groups report an upsurge of interest in adopting and fostering pets during the coronavirus crisis. Here’s a resource list.
A Pakistani court overturns the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl.
The Webb Space Telescope could help us understand the origins of all we know. But it could be set back by the need to survive the here and now.
The homicide captain is dead. The jail commander is dead. The police chief is ill. ‘You pretty much gotta kill somebody to get arrested,’ a sergeant says.
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How does the Los Angeles Times coronavirus tracker work? The people who built and maintain it explain.
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Q&A: Here’s why medical safety supplies are short, and what you can do to help hospitals and first responders who need gear.
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With the coronavirus spreading, mental health experts are advising people to pay attention to any feelings of anxiety or depression.
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If you have a cough and slight fever, would a call to the doctor be a sign of panic? Or in the age of coronavirus, would it be prudent?
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Restaurants have been blindsided by the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a guide to services available to those affected, including financial and legal aid.
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How the coronavirus outbreak might affect you or your family depends heavily on where you work and live and the generosity of your employer’s benefits.
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Posts by Richard A. Epstein, widely circulated by Trumpites, helped to justify the administration’s equivocation and denial about the coronavirus.
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No one should be crowding on sidewalks — and risking getting the coronavirus — for fear of getting plowed into by a speeding SUV.
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Pandemics will become ever more common because of our use of animals and the destruction of their habitats.
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Donald Trump’s White House reality show has received more attention, but Andrew Cuomo, Gavin Newsom and others offer a picture of getting things done.
Patti LuPone’s videos on Twitter are medicine to fans: “I live for Patti on a normal day, but the joy she fills me with is especially vital right now.”
Netflix’s “Pandemic: How to Fight an Outbreak” debuted as the coronavirus outbreak started to grow. The makers speak out about their prescient docuseries.
LaMelo Ball is a team owner at age 18. He and manager Jermaine Jackson have purchased Australia’s Illawarra Hawks, Jackson told ESPN on Thursday.
Former boxing champion Mia St. John attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings six times a week. She struggles with gatherings banned because of the coronavirus.
UCLA junior Nia Dennis became an internet sensation with a floor routine inspired by Beyoncé. It earned her recognition from celebrities and a verified Twitter account.
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These L.A. restaurants are offing takeout and delivery Passover meals including brisket and matzo ball soup
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In an East L.A. neighborhood dense with mini-marts, the flamingo pink Sara’s Market is hard to miss even as you zoom down the busy stretch of road on which it has sat for 60 years.
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Managers say they’re adding more social distancing measures to ensure safe shopping amid coronavirus outbreak.
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A stunning, majestic, relaxing vacation is waiting just inside your own home at Staycationland.
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Work from home ergonomics tips for coronavirus quarantine.
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DIY coronavirus mask instructions from crafters and doctors.
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Designer and lifestyle influencer Justina Blakeney doesn’t have a therapist and that’s OK; she can talk to her tillandsia.
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Infomercial nostalgia, YouTube haircut tutorials and the piercing pain of at-home nose-waxing are at your fingertips.
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Pro hair colorists and stylists in L.A. offer tips and tricks on how to best tend to hair growth during quarantine.
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The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.
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The state’s supply of mobile hospitals, ventilators and N95 respirators would have helped in the coronavirus outbreak, but the state got rid of them years ago.
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The coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in the Bay Area and Seattle, but so far at a rate slower than in the country’s other hot spots such as New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Louisiana.
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Reggie Dominguez spent days self-isolating in a hospital parking lot, homeless and worried he had coronavirus. There are many more like him on skid row.
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Coronavirus anxiety is running high on Navajo Nation — a sprawling reservation of 175,000 residents, scarce supplies and resources, and only four inpatient hospitals. Cases are soaring, and at least two already have died.
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Hoping to escape the spread of coronavirus, these Californians are fleeing to the deserts and mountains. Some locals wish they had stayed home.
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El brote de coronavirus ha cerrado centros comerciales y la mayoría de las tiendas. Las disputas se están gestando por el alquiler. El comercio minorista puede parecer muy diferente en el futuro, dicen los expertos.
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TacLas Taqueras: 3 mujeres en el mundo de los tacos dominado por los hombres
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Cinco años de cárcel o hasta 250,000 de multa por empleado que viole confidencialidad de preguntas del Censo
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El mortífero brote entre los miembros de un coro ha dejado atónitos a los funcionarios de salud, que han llegado a la conclusión de que es casi seguro que el virus se transmitió por el aire de una o más personas sin síntomas
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Su nombre ha sido sinónimo de éxito y su familia le ha sacado mucho provecho
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Spectrum announced Wednesday it reached an agreement to carry SportsNet LA, the Dodgers’ television home, on AT&T video platforms, including DirecTV, AT&T TV, U-Verse TV and AT&T Now.
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It’s not easy to run in place, but that’s where we are. Just keep looking ahead, your eye on the horizon, and remember what’s important.
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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, April 2.
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California’s 420,000 farmworkers are working through the crisis. But language barriers and a lack of communication on the coronavirus put many at risk.
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As Californians are ordered to stay at home to decrease coronavirus spread, some are making pacts with small groups of friends.
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The census counts inmates as residents of the rural areas where they’re imprisoned. Critics say that practice siphons power from the urban areas which the mostly nonwhite inmates consider home.
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Hospitals across the U.S. are engaged in a chaotic competition for safety gear and more.
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A green symbol on a user’s phone, scanned before boarding a subway, tells authorities the person isn’t infected with the coronavirus.
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This city in central Africa has few doctors or ventilators. But it may be better prepared than many other places for coronavirus.
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An autopsy is pending, but two tests indicate that New Orleans social worker Natasha Ott, originally from Claremont, did not have the coronavirus.
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Everybody winds up with a treasure now and again that’s far more meaningful than “My parents went to Las Vegas and all I got was this lousy shirt.” What’s yours?
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Our Disney World trip was so close I could taste the character breakfast. But there was fine print.
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The Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills is intended to be a notch above the already high-end market.
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When we arrived in China to pick up our adopted daughter, we found out she had chickenpox. The days of waiting were the most anxious of our lives.
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The former La Jolla home of NFL great La’Roi Glover, now an assistant with the L.A. Chargers, is for sale at $3.65 million.
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After buying Jessica Alba’s Beverly Hills home last year, Warner Records co-chairman Tom Corson has paid $2.9 million for a place in Rancho Mirage.
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For most of first quarter, it was business as usual at Tesla. No more.
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Opera singer Plácido Domingo has listed a condominium in downtown Los Angeles for $520,000.
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The coronavirus pandemic is keeping cruise ships out of the water. Disney, Carnival and others have canceled more trips
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The park had been criticized for allowing visitors to access roads and South Rim view points during the coronavirus pandemic.
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As coronavirus restrictions tighten, tips for walkers, hikers, cyclists and runners
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The park closed indefinitely to all visitors Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. It earlier had closed campgrounds and access roads into the park but allowed walkers and cyclists to enter.
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Stephanie Turner’s directorial debut “Justine,” about a young widow working as a nanny for a girl with spina bifida, is an adroitly contained indie that’s worth your attention.
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Julia Alvarez’s “Afterlife” is her first novel for adults in 15 years. She talks about loss, fragmentation and “American Dirt.”
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From the occasional flashy camera angles to a soundtrack peppered with deep-cut R&B songs, ‘Clover’ slots right into some well-worn gangland grooves.
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“The Last of Us Part 2,” a game, in part, about the breakdown of society due to the spread of a highly contagious virus, has been delayed indefinitely by Sony Interactive Entertainment -- despite the success of ‘Animal Crossing’ and more games in coronavirus quarantine.
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The University of California, whose 227,000 employees make up the state’s third largest workforce, announced Thursday that it would not lay off any career employees through June 30. UC President Janet Napolitano urged other California employers to try to preserve jobs.
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A foundation run by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is seeking to purchase St. Vincent hospital out of bankruptcy to help with the coronavirus crisis.
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“We believe and we put out guidelines that if individuals want to have face coverings,” Newsom said, “that is a good thing and a preferable thing, in addition to the physical distancing and the stay-at-home order.”
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Ventura County officials are reminding businesses to adhere to social distancing and safety measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
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Coach Anthony Lynn and the Chargers staff have been conducting pre-draft interviews remotely, often meeting prospects face-to-face but doing so from great distances.
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Former UCLA offensive lineman Christaphany Murray announces he has committed to Oklahoma, where he will rejoin former Bruins teammate Theo Howard.
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Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli are setting a new standard for taking care of arena workers amid the coronavirus shutdown.
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Justin Turner has an idea to help limit the toll on players during a shortened season: a home run derby to decide a winner when a game is tied after 10 innings.
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Documentary ‘Slay the Dragon’ follows activist Katie Fahey and others on their crusade to end the politically divisive process of gerrymandering.
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The move comes after prospective nominee Joe Biden said he didn’t think it would be possible to hold a normal convention in mid-July.
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Door knocking is out, rallies, too. The coronavirus pandemic has operatives scrambling. ‘This is the fastest we have ever had to change,’ one says.
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June 2 has now replaced April 28 as one of the biggest days in the Democratic presidential primary.
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