California enfrenta semanas muy críticas mientras las muertes por coronavirus superan las 130

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Socially distanced bikers and walkers, against a backdrop of the Queen Mary, make their way along pedestrian and beach bike path on the first day that Long Beach reopened the path on Monday May 11, 2020. The city of Long Beach eased a few of its public health restrictions, allowing under certain guidelines the reopening of pedestrian and beach bike paths, tennis centers and courts. Beach bathrooms are also reopening, but the parking lots and beaches still remain closed. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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Traffic remains light on the southbound 110 Freeway headed toward downtown Los Angeles on April 28. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Dominique Barrett, center, known as “King Vader” to his 2.4 million TikTok followers, prepares to shoot a video on April 30 in Glendora. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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Cody Purcell of Redondo Beach rides a wave, glowing from the bioluminescence, in Hermosa Beach, CA, after midnight Friday morning, May 8. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

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Friends play spikeball, a game perfect for social distancing on an open but restricted San Buenaventura State Beach. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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The majority of golfers are wearing masks while hitting balls on the driving range at Van Buren Executive Golf Course in Riverside. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Beaches including Harbor Cove Beach were open but beachgoers were not supposed to be sitting on the sand. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Tango instructor Yelizaveta Nersesova leads a Zoom tango event from her Los Angeles home April 27 that brought together hundreds of dancers from around the world. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

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Grocery store workers, joined by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 770 representatives and community members, hold a rally in support of strict social distancing on May 1 at a Ralphs store in Hollywood where 19 employees have tested positive for COVID-19. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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Mostly masked commuters keep their distance from one another on a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles on April 29. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)

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Gregory Kuhl, 69, heads home after a shopping trip in Hollywood on April 28. Big cracks in the street, cars parked in driveways blocking sidewalks and uneven pavement levels make navigating his route difficult. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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Tenants and their supporters from across Los Angeles gather at city hall to call on L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, the L.A. City Council and California Gov. Gavin Newsom to cancel rent and mortgage payments during the COVID-19 crisis. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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Aerial view of over 100 vehicles lined up at the West Valley COVID-19 testing center at Warner Center in Woodland Hills. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Senior Mason Wise, left, helps his sister, Mackenzie, a sophomore, clean out her PE locker at El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills. School officials were allowing no more than five students at a time on campus to take home their belongings. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Shuttered storefront businesses in the garment district of Los Angeles. California’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed since the statewide coronavirus shutdown took effect. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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Healthcare workers celebrate as Claudia Martinez is discharged from the ICU after she recovered from COVID-19 at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Carson residents Kaeli Burks, 3, left, and her cousin Bailey Watson, 5, look out the window of their car after their mothers helped them with self-testing at a new drive-up testing site for COVID-19 in Carson. Free COVID-19 testing is available to all city residents thanks to a partnership between the city and US Health Fairs. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Norm and Tracy Kahn enjoy eating dinner outside on a small cafe table sitting in blue chairs on their side yard during the coronavirus pandemic on April 27 in Riverside. “During this pandemic, eating outside offers us an opportunity to change surrounding and appreciate the calmness of being outdoors among trees, scents from nature and the sounds of birds,” she said. Also adding, “Mixing up where we eat puts variety into our days and takes away the sameness of feeling trapped at home.” (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center nurses carry supplies outside the hospital. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Tom Sean Foley pauses on a walk with his kids, Cathelen Claire, “C.C.,” 3, and Timothy Joseph, 4, to take a photo in front of the “Love Wall,” mural by artist Curtis Kulig, outside of Smashbox Studios in Culver City. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters stand along Mission Blvd. in Pacific Beach during A Day of Liberty rally on April 26. The protesters were against the government shutdown due to the coronavirus. (K.C. Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune)

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People make orders at a food truck along Shoreline Avenue in Long Beach. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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Medical staff, wearing protective gear, work inside a COVID-19 isolation area inside the emergency department at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, where patients with the virus are being treated. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Neighbors practice social distancing while enjoying the nice weather near The Strand in Hermosa Beach. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)

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Counter-protesters attend a protest to call on state and local officials to reopen the economy in downtown Los Angeles. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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A group of protesters cheer on cars during a vehicle caravan protest to call on state and local officials to reopen the economy in downtown Los Angeles. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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Cedar Mountain Post Acute Rehabilitation staff member Navi Cavaltera waters a flower pot put up by the community to show their support for the nursing staff of the facility in Yucaipa. Eighteen of 20 coronavirus-related deaths in Yucaipa were residents of the skilled nursing facility. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A pedestrian wearing a protective mask passes a mural on a store on Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Jonte Florence, a freestyle dancer, does a handstand on a mostly empty Hollywood Walk of Fame. Florence said he normally performs for hundreds of tourists along the busy street. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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The Tyrannosaurus rex overlooking the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue wears a protective mask while practicing social distancing. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Businesses are shuttered and pedestrians are few and far between on Hollywood Boulevard. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Daniel Rogerson wears a vintage military gas mask while riding a bike along the beach path in Santa Monica, which is closed to enforce social distancing because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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A face mask seller in colorful dress appears to be part of a mural behind a bus stop on Soto Street in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Life around Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard and Soto Street has slowed down as California officials extended stay-at-home orders into May and residents entered Easter weekend with unprecedented limits on their movements. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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UC Irvine Medical Center health care workers return their gratitude as about 25 Orange County first responder vehicles participate in a drive-by parade of gratitude as they battle COVID-19 at the hospital. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Billy Budd, 55, of Hollywood, walks along Hollywood Boulevard with a protective face covering. Budd is a scenic artist for movies and television who is currently out of work due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Stuart Reyes and his sister, Stephanie, sell masks for $5 each on the 3000 block of West Century Boulevard in Inglewood. Stuart Reyes said he is selling masks to support his mother. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A jogger runs on a closed trail past dozens of pieces of caution tape, torn off by hikers and mountain bikers at El Escorpion Canyon Park in West Hills. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Alex Herron and nurse Mercy Pineda at a blood drive sponsored by USC athletics and the American Red Cross at USC’s Galen Center. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles City Hall displays blue lights to show support for healthcare workers and first responders. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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After being indoors for several days because of rainy weather and coronavirus stay-at-home orders, Olivia Jacobs, 4, and her mom, Cia Jacobs, enjoy a warm and sunny afternoon making chalk drawings on the sidewalk in front of their home in West Hills. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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An Oceanview Plaza security guard sports a whimsical mask while on patrol. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Jacob De Wilde, left, and Lesli Lytle load a car with food during a food distribution organized to mark Good Friday. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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As a late season storm continues to make its way across the Southland, a young basketball player dribbles along an alley through an Elysian Park neighborhood in Los Angeles. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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People are silhouetted in a window of an apartment building in Hollywood, where a stay-at-home order remains in effect to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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The Wilshire Grand Center display blue lights and a heart to show support for healthcare workers and first responders. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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Women wear masks as they stroll along Highland Avenue in Hollywood. Wearing masks while outdoors is mandatory in the city of Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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Patients are removed from Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after 39 tested positive for the coronavirus and nursing staff was not showing up to work. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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A specimen is turned in at the new mobile testing site for people with symptoms of the coronavirus at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in South Los Angeles. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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Hippie Kitchen in Los Angeles hands out food, water and toiletries to homeless people and residents of skid row. Additionally, masks were offered to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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Nurses pose for a fun photo during a break in drive-through public testing for the coronavirus at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A woman shows a notice from her doctor that allows her to obtain a test for coronavirus at a new drive-up testing site in a parking lot at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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A person who wishes to remain anonymous strikes from her car to support McDonald’s employees who are demanding the company cover healthcare costs of any worker or immediate family member who gets sick from COVID-19 in Los Angeles. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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Cassidy Roosen, with Beach Cities Health District, holds up a sign that says, “We’re All in This Together,” while waiting to direct cars at a drive-through, appointment-only coronavirus testing location at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Grace Carter, 15, of Riverside, practices a dance routine at home after dance classes and school were canceled. She has to use the Zoom app on her iPhone to practice with her dance group. “It’s hard,” she said. “My bedroom is a smaller space. I miss all my friends at the studio.” (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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A man works from his home in Long Beach. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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A San Bernardino County healthcare worker takes a sample at a coronavirus drive-through testing site at the county fairgrounds in Victorville. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A Metro general service employee disinfects a bench in Boyle Heights. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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A runner jogs past the Pottery Barn in Pasadena. Some businesses in the area have boarded up their stores. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Raquel Lezama and daughter Monica Ramos collect meals for their family at Manual Arts High School. Lezama was laid off from her $17.76-an-hour job at a Beverly Hills hotel. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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The Iron City Tavern in San Pedro tries an incentive to lure takeout customers. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Healthcare workers gather outside UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center to call for further action from the federal government in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Kristen Edgerle, of Victorville, collects information from a blood donor before drawing blood at The Richard Nixon Presidential Library blood drive during the coronavirus pandemic in Yorba Linda. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

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Shauna Jin, of Los Angeles, with her dog, Bodhi, practices social distancing with John Kiss, of Los Angeles, at the entrance of Runyon Canyon Park in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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A lending library had some additional useful items, including a roll of toilet paper and cans of beans and corn, in a Hermosa Beach neighborhood. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters drive by the Getty House, the home of L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, in Hancock Park. Tenant advocates are demanding a total moratorium on evictions during the coronavirus crisis. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Venice residents Emily Berry and Gavin Kelley take a break at Venice Beach. Berry, a cocktail waitress at Enterprise Fish Co., lost her job due to the coronavirus outbreak. Kelley, a manager at a performing arts school with a focus on music, said that he still has a job and that classes at the school will resume online this coming Monday. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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The JW Marriott at L.A. Live is sharing a message of hope with red lights in 34 windows, creating a 19-story display on the hotel’s north side. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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Juan Diaz Jr., a lifelong Dodgers fan, prays that the season will start by May in front of Dodger Stadium on what would have been opening day. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Hayley, CEO and founder of Love My Neighbor Foundation, right, dances with Crystal Armster, 51, while she and her colleagues continue to feed the homeless on skid row amid the pandemic. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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A masked passenger on a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Dede Oneal waits for a coronavirus test at the Crenshaw Christian Center in South Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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A man in a mask passes a closed restaurant along Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Corie Mattie paints a mural on the side of a pop-up store as a man takes a picture in West Hollywood. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Medical assistant Zoila Villalta works with Rosie Boston, 32, of Glendale, who is donating blood for her first time at L.A. Care Health Plan downtown. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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A couple wait for a bus outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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With all Los Angeles schools closed until further notice, LAUSD buses sit idle in Gardena. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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A lone traveler makes his way to catch a flight in Tom Bradley International Terminal. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Denise Young looks on as her daughter, Allison, 9, a fourth-grader at EARThS (Environmental Academy of Research Technology and Earth Sciences) Magnet School in Newbury Park, receives a Chromebook. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Hollywood Boulevard is devoid of the usual crowds. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Michael Ray, 11, plays before a movie at the Paramount Drive-In. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Isabella Leader, 15, counts how many flags have been left for World War II veteran Lt. Col. Sam Sachs who was celebrating his 105th birthday at the Mom & Dad’s House, an assisted living facility, in Lakewood. Lt. Col. Sachs appealed to the public for birthday cards after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of a big celebration and wound up receiving thousands, including a letter and photo from President Trump. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Los expertos dicen que es probable que California continúe viendo un aumento de nuevos casos y muertes en las próximas semanas, pero esperan que el distanciamiento social marque la diferencia.

Por Colleen Shalby

, Hannah Fry, Alex Wigglesworth, Taryn Luna, Jaclyn Cosgrove y Laura Newberry

Mar. 30, 2020 5:57 PM PT

La cifra de muertos en California por el coronavirus ha aumentado a 133, y los funcionarios advierten sobre las semanas difíciles que se avecinan a medida que el número de casos confirmados del virus continúa aumentando.

La última muerte fue reportada el lunes por la mañana por el Departamento de Salud Pública de San Francisco. Los detalles sobre el individuo que murió no estuvieron disponibles de inmediato.

Para ayudar con el creciente número de casos, el gobernador Gavin Newsom anunció el lunes que su administración está lanzando la iniciativa del Cuerpo de Salud de California, pidiendo a los recién jubilados y estudiantes de atención médica que están próximos a graduarse se unan a los esfuerzos del estado para combatir el virus. En los últimos cuatro días, la cantidad de pacientes de cuidados intensivos en el estado se ha triplicado de 200 a 597, y el número de hospitalizaciones se ha duplicado de 746 a 1.432.

Newsom anunció que se han distribuido 32.6 millones de mascarillas N95 en todo California, y que el estado está trabajando para obtener 10.000 ventiladores adicionales. El Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército también está buscando varios sitios para obtener 50.000 camas de hospital adicionales.

“Aún así, aún queda mucho por hacer”, señaló.

Actualmente hay más de 6.400 casos confirmados del virus en el estado.

Los expertos dicen que California probablemente continuará viendo un incremento en los nuevos casos y muertes durante las próximas semanas a medida que aumente la capacidad para realizar pruebas, pero esperan que las medidas de distanciamiento social impuestas puedan retrasar la propagación.

El lunes, el superintendente del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles, Austin Beutner, anunció el primer caso confirmado del virus en un empleado del distrito. La infección fue reportada a los funcionarios la semana pasada.

“Desafortunadamente, a medida que el virus se propaga a través de las comunidades a las que servimos, sabemos que este no será el único empleado o miembro de nuestra comunidad escolar que será diagnosticado con el virus”, dijo Beutner.

Los oficiales de salud en seis condados del Área de la Bahía de San Francisco pronto extenderán la orden de permanecer en casa hasta al menos el 1 de mayo.

En una conferencia de prensa, el alcalde de San Francisco, London Breed, manifestó que más personas en la ciudad parecían haberse adherido a la orden de refugio durante el fin de semana. Hay 374 casos confirmados de individuos infectados en San Francisco, y seis han muerto.

El alcalde anunció que en el Hospital y Centro de Rehabilitación Laguna Honda, un centro de enfermería especializada y de rehabilitación con espacio para unos 780 residentes que es operado por el Departamento de Salud Pública de San Francisco, nueve empleados y dos pacientes de la instalación dieron positivo por el COVID. 19. Las enfermeras de control de infecciones del estado y los médicos y epidemiólogos de control de infecciones de los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU han sido enviados a San Francisco para ayudar a lidiar con el brote, dijeron las autoridades.

“Me entristece informar que el hospital Laguna Honda tiene un brote creciente de coronavirus”, manifestó el Dr. Grant Colfax, director de salud pública de San Francisco. Debido a que las instalaciones de atención a largo plazo en todo el mundo han estado en gran riesgo de brotes de coronavirus, “suponemos que la situación empeorará desafortunadamente”, expuso Colfax.

“La situación se intensificará en Laguna Honda. La situación se intensificará en San Francisco”, dijo el alcalde de San Francisco, London Breed.

La mayor preocupación inmediata es para los hospitales, que corren el riesgo de verse abrumados por un número creciente de pacientes enfermos.

Para prepararse para un aumento de pacientes con coronavirus, se están entregando camillas y equipos médicos al Centro de Eventos de San Mateo en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco.

Las entregas comenzaron el domingo, y se espera que la Guardia Nacional esté en el centro hasta el martes para instalar el equipo. El sitio de tratamiento federal puede albergar a 250 pacientes con síntomas leves.

“Las últimas proyecciones estiman que una oleada por atención médica podría llevar a los hospitales de nuestro Condado a su capacidad máxima y necesitaremos otro lugar para alojar a los pacientes que requieren niveles particulares de atención”, manifestó el gerente del Condado Mike Callagy. “No podemos esperar a ver si esto sucederá”.

Un análisis de datos de Los Angeles Times descubrió que California tenía 7.200 camas de cuidados intensivos en más de 365 hospitales. En total, el estado cuenta con más de 70.000 camas. Según los datos del Times, hay aproximadamente una cama de cuidados intensivos por cada 5.500 personas en California.

Según la información de 2018, la más reciente disponible, aproximadamente la mitad del total de las camas de cuidados intensivos de California, 3.700, se encuentran en un área de cinco condados alrededor de Los Ángeles. En el Área de la Bahía, cerca de nueve condados, cuenta con aproximadamente 1.400 camas de UCI para una población de 7.6 millones de personas.

Las camas de cuidados intensivos permiten un mayor nivel de tratamiento que las camas normales, un nivel de atención que requieren algunos pacientes con COVID-19. Aquellos que no pueden respirar adecuadamente pueden necesitar un tubo de respiración y estar conectados a un ventilador, que empuja físicamente el oxígeno hacia los pulmones.

Aunque una sobrecarga del sistema seguía siendo el temor, una proyección de epidemiólogos de la Universidad de Washington sugirió que la pronta orden de permanecer en el hogar de California podría mantener la tensión del hospital por debajo de niveles catastróficos. Y el Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, epidemiólogo de UCLA, manifestó el viernes que después de un aumento considerable en los casos, “creo que deberíamos poder ver cierta nivelación de esos números en un par de semanas debido a las medidas de distanciamiento físico”.

El profesor de bioestadística de UC Berkeley, Nicholas Jewell, dice que California pronto sabrá si sus límites en el trabajo y el movimiento público han pagado dividendos.

Debido a un retraso de hasta dos semanas entre la transmisión de la enfermedad y la aparición de los síntomas, medir los beneficios del distanciamiento físico lleva tiempo. A causa de que la orden de permanencia en el hogar de California tiene menos de 2 semanas, las personas que informaron la enfermedad pueden haberse infectado antes de entrar en efecto.

“Necesitamos otra semana o dos para saber realmente si la orden rápìda de permanecer en el hogar de California hizo la diferencia”, consideró Jewell. “Tiene el potencial de hacer una gran diferencia. Lo sé matemáticamente... pero no lo sé con ningún grado de certeza”.

Las autoridades mantuvieron un operativo durante el fin de semana para asegurarse de que las personas se mantuvieran alejadas de las playas, parques y senderos que recientemente se cerraron como parte de restricciones sin precedentes sobre los movimientos públicos para frenar la propagación del coronavirus.

Mucha gente obedeció los cierres. Sin embargo, un hombre recibió una multa de $1.000 por surfear en Manhatthan Beach el sábado después de ignorar numerosas advertencias de la policía y los socorristas advirtiéndole que no se metiera en el agua.

Se podía ver una patrulla del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Ventura vigilando la entrada de un sendero popular en el Parque Regional Wildwood en Thousand Oaks, donde cientos de excursionistas y familias acudieron el sábado. En Venice, se vio un helicóptero del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles rodeando un parque de patinaje, anunciando que las personas que no abandonaran el área serían “arrestadas por allanamiento”.

El condado de Los Ángeles registró cinco muertes más de coronavirus el domingo, para un total de 37. El Condado ahora tiene al menos 2.100 casos confirmados, incluidos más de 300 reportados el domingo.

Las autoridades confirmaron el domingo que dos agentes del Departamento del Sheriff del condado de San Bernardino y dos bomberos habían dado positivo por COVID-19. El condado de San Bernardino había registrado 111 casos del virus y tres muertes hasta el lunes por la mañana. En el Condado de Orange, se han reportado 431 casos del virus, incluidos cuatro que murieron.

Se informaron más casos y decesos en otras partes de California, y las autoridades advirtieron que los números aumentarán en las próximas semanas.

El buque hospital Mercy de la Marina, que atracó en el puerto de Los Ángeles el viernes, comenzó a recibir pacientes el domingo. El bote es operado por personal médico y de apoyo naval de 22 comandos, junto con 70 marinos civiles, que tratarán a pacientes que no tienen COVID-19 para ayudar a reducir la tensión en el sistema hospitalario.

Había tres pacientes a bordo del barco el domingo por la tarde.

“Los hombres y mujeres que se embarcaron a bordo de Mercy están llenos de energía, ansiosos y listos para brindar alivio a los necesitados”, manifestó el capitán John Rotruck, comandante de la instalación de tratamiento militar de Mercy, en un comunicado de prensa.

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Colleen Shalby

Colleen Shalby is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She has covered education, the pandemic, the vaccine rollout and breaking news throughout California. She was part of the team that was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of a dive-boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast. Shalby grew up in Southern California and graduated from George Washington University. She previously worked for PBS NewsHour and joined The Times in 2015.

Hannah Fry

Hannah Fry covers breaking news for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered Orange County for The Times and has written extensively about criminal trials, housing, politics and government. In 2020, Fry was part of the team that was a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of a boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Santa Barbara. Fry came to The Times from the Daily Pilot, where she covered coastal cities, education and crime. An Orange County native, Fry started her career as an intern at the Orange County Register.

Alex Wigglesworth

Alex Wigglesworth is an environment reporter who covers wildfire and forestry for the Los Angeles Times.

Taryn Luna

Taryn Luna covers Gov. Gavin Newsom and California politics in Sacramento for the Los Angeles Times.

Jaclyn Cosgrove

Jaclyn Cosgrove covers the (great!) outdoors at the Los Angeles Times. They started at The Times in 2017 and have written about wildfires, culture, protests, crime and county government. In 2022, they managed For Your Mind, a yearlong mental health project. Cosgrove is originally from rural Oklahoma and is a proud Oklahoma State University graduate. They fell in love with the Southern California landscape when they moved here in 2017. They are always looking for the next adventure and welcome your ideas. If their phone goes straight to voicemail when you call, it probably means they’re in the mountains with their beloved dog, Maggie May.

Laura Newberry

Laura Newberry is a former reporter with the lifestyle section at the Los Angeles Times. She wrote Group Therapy, a weekly newsletter that answers readers’ questions about mental health. She previously worked on The Times’ education team and was a staff reporter at both the Reading Eagle in Eastern Pennsylvania and MassLive in Western Massachusetts. She graduated from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and also has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Central Florida.

California enfrenta semanas muy críticas mientras las muertes por coronavirus superan las 130

Los expertos dicen que es probable que California continúe viendo un aumento de nuevos casos y muertes en las próximas semanas, pero esperan que el distanciamiento social marque la diferencia.

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