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We all know this instinctively, but it’s human nature during dangerous times not to acknowledge the truth and to question it, especially for elders in reasonably good health for our age.
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The replica ship was modeled after the vessel made famous in the book “Two Years Before the Mast.”
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In a Long Beach distillery, a masked skeleton crew churns out hand sanitizer for first responders.
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Coronavirus: Case sweep a nursing home. 12 infected, one dead
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Edward Howard saw hygiene as a civil rights issue and a matter of treating homeless people with dignity.
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Franklin, 67, was convicted in 2016 of killing nine women and a teenage girl from 1985 to 2007.
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Coronavirus: Surfer hit with $1,000 citation for ignoring beach closure, warning by lifeguards, police
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Orange County communities with coronavirus cases. There are more than 400 cases and four deaths.
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Coronavirus: Here is the latest list of L.A. County communities with cofirmed cases
State Laws, Politics & Policy
The facts on the ground suggest that Newsom’s stay-at-home order is lawful. It’s important we comply with it.
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Coronavirus: Newsom gives chief justice broad powers during crisis
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Two letters critical of Gavin Newsom’s “stay at home” order drew strong rebuttals from readers, indicating a consensus on action to halt the coronavirus.
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Gov. Newsom issued a temporary delay on evictions across California because of the coronavirus. The L.A. City Council voted down a ban on all evictions.
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Mitchell Englander will plead guilty in an obstruction of justice case involving his acceptance of money, escort services and other gifts.
California: Most read
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L.A. County records five new coronavirus deaths; total cases top 2,100
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Two months after California’s first confirmed case of the deadly COVID-19, the state is preparing to confront what public health authorities agree that April will be a month that portends a peak in sickness and death. How cruel remains to be seen.
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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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Seth Davis and his seizure alert dog Poppy led a difficult existence to begin with. Then they got stranded at LAX when his wallet was stolen during a layover on Christmas Eve. They’ve been living there ever since. Then the coronavirus hit.
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Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the U.S. government sent L.A. County broken ventilators, so a Silicon Valley company is fixing them.
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Coronavirus: Here is the latest list of L.A. County communities with cofirmed cases
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The deceased man was discovered Wednesday in a La Quinta hotel residence in the Coachella Valley.
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In the Bay Area, one public health officer has been infected with COVID-19. Others are feuding, and one issued an emotional public warning that peers have criticized.
As the pandemic took off, an emergency room doctor and Army pal planned to quickly produce a cheap ventilator. But their altruism ran into a cold hard reality - capitalism.
With gyms, public parks, restaurants and other places closed, homeless people are having a hard time finding places to clean up maintain basic hygiene.
Coronavirus: Police used choppers and cruiser to keep people off beaches, trails
Orange County reported 321 cases of coronavirus infection Friday, up from 256 Thursday and 95 the previous weekend.
The state is also working to fix 170 ventilators that arrived “not working” from the federal government, Gov. Newsom said.
Coronavirus: Orange County cases jump to 403 with 4 deaths
So far, 22 people who work for the Los Angeles Police Department have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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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El Camino Real Charter High School has won this year’s state Academic Decathlon, narrowly edging out its perennial rival, Granada Hills Charter High School.
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USC admission rates rose significantly for fall 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak deepens uncertainty over students’ college plans.
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Hand sanitizer is not the only coronavirus necessity. Students stuck at home in close and noisy quarters could use headphones to keep out distractions and allow them to focus on their studies.
Housing & Homelessness
The coronavirus and its economic fallout are starting to affect the Southern California housing market.
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What was billed as a coordinated plan to help homeless people has become a patchwork approach, slowing crucial efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom hasn’t committed to a statewide eviction ban, and landlords and renters want more from California amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Zillow also said it was “prudent” to take a break from home buying — a money-losing business for it — to preserve its capital.
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The Salvation Army has volunteered to use its stores as shelters for homeless people at risk of the novel coronavirus virus. It’s a long shot.
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A new report says the state faces a shortage of 1.3 million homes for low-income families. And the coronavirus pandemic is expected to make the situation worse.
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The quake hit off the coast of Kamchatka. Officials say it was strong enough to produce localized tsunamis.
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A magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported Sunday at 10:53 p.m. Pacific time 23 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A magnitude 4.8 earthquake was reported at 9:27 a.m. 36 miles from Fortuna, Calif., and 39 miles from Eureka.
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A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Sunday evening at 7:40 p.m. Pacific time 22 miles from Imperial, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The winter of 2019-20 was one of the warmest on record in the lower 48 states
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Nora Escalante, 58, is originally from Cabañas, El Salvador. In the mid-1980s, while machine guns and rifles thundered, she immigrated to the United States.
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Reality show star Kim Kardashian West, who has embraced prison reform as a pet cause, praised Newsom’s action on twitter.
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L.A. County sees six new coronavirus deaths as hospitals fill up in California
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L.A.'s new coronavirus testing czar. Can he fix a “grossly inadequate” system?
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L.A. County has reported 26 coronavirus-related deaths, the most in the state. Here is the number of cases by community, including those with none.
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Coronavirus: From closed beaches to shuttered businesses, here is what you can’t do in Southern California this weekend
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