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Coronavirus
California’s COVID-19 toll is still lower than those of some other states, and officials believe California’s strict social distancing rules are beginning to make a difference.
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Experts are skeptical of the no-coronavirus claim from the tightly controlled country so desperate to maintain the status of its border with China. -
Home health aides and certified nursing assistants, the largest category of healthcare workers, lack the equipment and job security nurses have.
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It’s possible that the new coronavirus can spread from person to person simply by talking, or even breathing, according to preliminary studies.
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Coronavirus cases are slowly creeping into vast, rural Northern California. Only a handful of counties had no cases.
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The crackdown against coronavirus scofflaws has escalated, with businesses that refuse to close and people who won’t stay out of the water cited.
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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.Tracking 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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Why does social distancing in the coronavirus pandemic still meet resistance when we know it can flatten the curve, reduce deaths and save our lives and the lives of others?
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Dr. Barbara Ferrer announces coronavirus stats, warns us to keep our distance and dispenses compassion to a worried city
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How can the new coronavirus affect people so differently — killing some while leaving others blissfully unaware that they have been infected at all?
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The number of California coronavirus cases swelled to more than 12,000 on Friday, with the death toll topping 275. About 2,200 people are hospitalized.
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Coronavirus could be more deadly to California’s cut-flower industry than drought or foreign competition.
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Retirees have seen the value of their retirement funds badly eroded and are looking for ways to generate cash for living expenses.
What do you do if you live on the road during a coronavirus pandemic?
The coronavirus took their day jobs in Hollywood, so costumers turned to making masks to meet a shortage of protective clothing among medical workers.
New coronavirus laws provide a litany of benefits to the self-employed, freelancers and workers in the gig economy.
With emergency rooms and ICUs filling rapidly, those inside California’s hospitals are tense, tired and determined to endure.
How can someone socially distance when they’re living with dozens of other people?
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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.Tracking 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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COVID-19 testing in Los Angeles County is available by appointment only at three new drive-up sites in Palmdale, Pomona and Redondo Beach.
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Our special edition newsletter breaks down the latest coronavirus news, including the 1 million confirmed cases worldwide and the 10 million Americans who have applied for unemployment in just two weeks.
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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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The transaction closed just before the onset of a global pandemic that has resulted in austerity cuts announced Friday at the private university.
Long Beach is considering using the Queen Mary as some type of medical facility as it battles the spread of the coronavirus.
The aim is to keep people who are likely to die out of hospitals, which are expected to be overwhelmed soon with coronavirus patients as the pandemic worsens.
As the coronavirus destroys the economy, Trump struggles to find a new reelection message.
Hospitals preparing for coronavirus confront empty promises and scams as they try to buy masks and other protective equipment.
In Mill Valley, people howl to express support for front-line workers -- and for emotional release
A gun rights group claims that L.A.'s order that shuttered stores that sell firearms during the coronavirus pandemic violates the 2nd Amendment.
Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend says authorities have shifted from a “rescue” search to a “recovery” search for her daughter, a grandson.
If you need more motivation to practice social distancing to slow the coronavirus, storms moving into California this week will bring rain, snow.
I am in Florence, Italy, at culinary school, in a country besieged by the virus. Should I stay or should I go? There is no wrong answer.
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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Idris Elba, Daniel Dae Kim, Andy Cohen and more have gone public with their coronavirus diagnoses. And the list is growing.
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There was only one way to avoid my coronavirus spiral, which had me thinking again and again about the end of “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,” about waiting for an asteroid to destroy the planet.
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Zoom, once primarily used for business meetings, is increasingly utilized as a means to facilitate socializing. But it could also be a video game platform. Students of the USC Game School have been leading the way in creating games for the platform.
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Staying home this weekend? We’ve got some ideas. Take care of your plants, make your house cozier, help neighbors and start planning your next trip.
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TV writer and producer Valerie C. Woods muses on benefits of being at home — and how you can be OK with it during coronavirus era.
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From slapstick comedy to snooty stoicism, British television is a soothing escape from troubled times. Plus all those great accents.
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In this time of stress and solitude, many of us are turning to food — especially sugary, salty empty calories. That’s a recipe for unwanted weight gain. Here are 20 ways to put on the brakes.
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It’s surprisingly easy to learn the best techniques that help you get the most out of the simple act of breathing.
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HBO is providing complimentary binge-watching options, including “The Sopranos,” “Succession,” “Veep” and “Barry,” during the coronavirus shut-in.
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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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We know we have adapted to our alarming new coronavirus norms when even a hug from a daughter feels foreign.
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In November, Republican lawmakers could close polling places in Democratic areas and even prevent people from voting directly for the president.
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A handful of states have tried to suspend access to all abortions, wrongly claiming they are not ‘immediately medically necessary.’
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Patricia Bosworth, an actor who went on to chronicle lives including Jane Fonda’s, Marlon Brando’s and her own, died from coronavirus. She was 86.
As Showtime’s ‘Homeland’ races toward its finale, prolific director Lesli Linka Glatter isn’t done telling her tales.
To help musicians who have lost jobs, the April 7 stream of ‘Full Pink Moon: Opera Povera in Quarantine’ includes Pauline Oliveros’ ‘The Lunar Opera.’
Our watch list for the weekend includes Kristin Chenoweth, Emanuel Ax, Sandra Tsing Loh and a rare peek inside the Disney archives.
NBA greats Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are part of the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class.
President Trump spoke with major sports league commissioners Saturday to thank them for supporting Americans during the coronavirus outbreak.
After suffering a massive heart attack, Olympic swimmer Bruce Furniss of Villa Park has taken “a major turn for the better” and is expected to make a full recovery.
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This simple bread recipe for mantou, Chinese buns, steams the dough on the stovetop to make it extra tender and moist. The dough can be baked as well.
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How to bake a basic loaf of bread, if you’re not yet on the sourdough bandwagon
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The Passover Seder meal during coronavirus can include traditional and modern recipes that use pantry ingredients as well as fresh fruit and vegetables.
Calls for coronavirus ceasefires have not halted Middle East battles
Saudi Arabia has sharply criticized Russia over what it describes as Moscow blaming the kingdom for the collapse in global energy prices.
Treating patients with “moderate” COVID-19 is a way to stop the disease from progressing to a severe stage that would require mechanical ventilation.
After appearing to have the virus under control, Singapore, Vietnam and Hong Kong are imposing new controls as COVID-19 infections continue to rise.
Southern California in pictures
Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered Californians to stay at home. With businesses and popular destinations closed, The Times’ Luis Sinco documented the surreal scenes.
These are some of the unusual new scenes across the Southland in the age of the coronavirus outbreak.
Gov. Newsom has issued a stay-at-home order and all nonessential businesses are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. So what does it look like outside — from above?
Los Angeles Times’ visual coverage of the coronavirus pandemic
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TacLas Taqueras: 3 mujeres en el mundo de los tacos dominado por los hombres
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The week’s essential arts news in one newsletter, including a photographic portfolio of 5 L.A. artists and Patti Lupone’s basement tours
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Actress Julia Roberts, actor Dolph Lundgren and singer-songwriter Mike Love are making real estate headlines to take our minds off the coronavirus.
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In this week’s top stories, quarantine is shifting family dynamics as parents take on new roles and schools shed old ones.
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How can someone socially distance when they’re living with dozens of other people?
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As the global coronavirus pandemic has forced austerity measures at the University of Southern California, the private college has purchased an $8.6-million Santa Monica home for its president
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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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French authorities say a man wielding a knife attacked residents of a French town when they went out to shop amid a coronavirus lockdown.
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The coronavirus pandemic passed a grim marker as the death toll hit 1,000 in a single day. Health experts expect the toll will continue to rise.
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Dr. Ming Lin was ousted after publicly criticizing coronavirus procedures at his hospital in Bellingham, Wash.
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On a day when tombs are traditionally swept, China mourns its coronavirus deaths and praises Dr. Li Wenliang, calling him a martyr.
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Humor is my coping mechanism. It works well during the day. But, at night, it is hard not to lie in bed and worry.
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Times fashion critic Adam Tschorn offers his thoughts on Episodes 3 and 4 of Amazon’s fashion competition “Making the Cut.”
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The Times’ Christina Schoellkopf describes saying goodbye to her grandfather in hospice care, under the restraints of social distancing.
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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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Beach Boys member Mike Love has listed his estate in Rancho Santa Fe for $8.65 million. Also: Shia LaBeouf has bought a home in Pasadena, and the former Miami home of LeBron James has resurfaced for sale.
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The 1920s Pasadena home was hand-built by local builder Fritz Ruppel for his mother, Gertrude. Asking price: $1.495 million.
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The COVID-19 pandemic creates a logistical puzzle for the health care workforce
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WAHVE users like the flexibility, but the pay is less than you may be used to. And while some jobs are full-time, they do not come with benefits.
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Amid coronavirus restrictions, tips for walking, hiking, cycling, running near home
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Closures effect areas in the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
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State Department says it is curtailing passport services over coronavirus pandemic
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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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In his first in-depth interview as Academy Museum director, Bill Kramer talks budget, construction time lines and, most important, what you’ll see inside.
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Sean Penn’s nonprofit boosts coronavirus testing efforts in L.A.
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What’s on TV Saturday, April 4: Line of Duty on AMC; Coronavirus coverage; Sunday talk shows
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With theaters closed, galleries shut and concerts canceled, the arts community is rallying to help its own. Here are places providing financial support.
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A man in his 40s and an elderly woman are Pasadena’s first suspected deaths due to COVID-19.
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Coronavirus: Here is the latest list of L.A. County cities and communities with confirmed cases
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Friday evening at 8:17 p.m. Pacific time six miles from Tehachapi, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Restaurant and shop owners are selling hard-to-find food staples all over San Diego, with local pickup and delivery.
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Dwayne Polee led Manual Arts past Crenshaw in memorable 1981 City Section championship game
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Abdul-Malik and Munir McClain, who play football at USC, are living a new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s virtual classrooms and virtual lessons from coaches.
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On April 4, 2001, former Dodger Hideo Nomo pitches a no-hitter in his Red Sox debut and joins select company in achieving the feat in both leagues.
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From powerhouses such as Orange Lutheran and Los Alamitos to neighborhood teams such as Ayala, canceling sports season is a tear in the fabric of lives.
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Wisconsin Republicans say they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block extended absentee voting in Tuesday’s primary.
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The president said he fired the intelligence agencies’ inspector general, who gave Congress a whistleblower complaint about Trump’s Ukraine dealings.
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The Trump administration has abruptly changed its description of the Strategic National Stockpile and put forward a narrower vision of the role the federal government’s repository of life-saving medicines and equipment should play in supplying states’ needs.
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President Trump has fired the intelligence watchdog who handled the complaint that triggered his impeachment.
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