2020
The year in data and graphics
In a year where the news seemed to never end, The Times’ Data and Graphics Department was always busy.
Our team tracked the spread of the coronavirus, covered every angle of our local elections, explored the deeper issues raised by a summer of protests, Kobe Bryant’s tragic helicopter crash and numerous other issues.
Here are 100 visual stories, data applications and digital designs selected from our work.
Coronavirus

Tracking the coronavirus in CaliforniaMarch 13

As Los Angeles confronts coronavirus, a slower city is visible from aboveMarch 20

Empty freeways, canceled flights: How life in California has changed since the coronavirus outbreakMarch 26

A guide to the internetApril 2

To aid coronavirus fight, The Times releases database of California casesApril 6

How coronaviruses replicate inside youApril 9

L.A.'s most crowded neighborhoods fear outbreaks: ‘If one of us gets it, we are all going to get it’April 22
Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates in CaliforniaApril 25

Is your California beach closed? We're keeping trackApril 30

Track L.A.'s effort to house thousands of homeless people during coronavirusMay 3

The pandemic's toll: Lives lost to COVID-19May 5

Senior care homes source of nearly half of all California coronavirus-related deaths, data showMay 8

In the coronavirus crisis, Newsom uses social media to raise awareness of the pandemic — and his profileMay 10

Tracking California’s coronavirus closures and reopeningsMay 12

Coronavirus ravages poorer L.A. communities while slowing in wealthier ones, data showMay 28

Tracking how the coronavirus crushed California’s workforceJune 22
California’s slide from coronavirus success to danger zone began Memorial DayJune 29

Southeast L.A. already faced many ills. Now it’s the epicenter of coronavirusAug. 6

How a rushed L.A. reopening sparked more COVID-19 casesAug. 13

California COVID-19 masks: Who is following the rules?Aug. 19

Tracking the coronavirus in California state prisonsSept. 3

Hundreds more have died at home in L.A. Experts say COVID-19 is the culpritSept. 4

The Times is teaming up with other California newsrooms to track COVID-19Sept. 10
Protests, policing and the Homicide Report
Mother. Officer. Boxer. LAPD’s ‘Sugar Dre’ brings grit to the ring and the streetsMarch 6

Tell us why you're marching on LA's streetsMay 30
Arrests during George Floyd protests swell to near 3,000 in L.A. County; many are localsJune 2

Why we are protestingJune 4

L.A. police killings: Tracking homicides in Los Angeles County since 2000June 9

Was LAPD force appropriate in George Floyd protests?June 11
Black police officers see fight for racial justice through personal lensAug. 2
Defund the LAPD? At this pace, it would take 20 years to hit Black Lives Matter’s goalAug. 11

‘A forgotten city’: An L.A. community beset by police violence and crime hopes for changeSept. 5
Deputies killed Dijon Kizzee after a bike stop. We found 15 similar law enforcement shootings, many fatalOct. 16

Killings in L.A. spike dramatically, leaving families shattered, communities reelingNov. 23

L.A. police killings: Tracking D.A. decisions since 2004Dec. 9
L.A. County’s deadliest week reveals pain, inequity and injusticeDec. 29
The November election

Jackie Lacey could lose L.A.’s district attorney race. These maps show where she’s vulnerableJuly 15

California favors Biden, but Trump still raised $61 million. Who are the donors?Sept. 24

Why Trump and Biden's Spanish ads matterSept. 29

L.A. County district attorney race: Who are the top donors?Oct. 1

How to vote in CaliforniaOct. 6

Where to vote in Southern CaliforniaOct. 6

What 2020’s Prop. 15 means for 1978’s Prop. 13Oct. 21

The USC Daybreak presidential pollOct. 21

Should California allow affirmative action? Here’s why some say the UC isn’t diverse enoughOct. 23

Billions have been spent on California’s ballot measure battles. But this year is unlike any otherNov. 2

2020 presidential election: Live resultsNov. 3

2020 election: How women of color impact Congress diversityNov. 3

Biden or Trump: Who won your neighborhood?Nov. 5

How George Gascón unseated L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie LaceyNov. 6

Where Nithya Raman wonNov. 11

How this year’s ballot measures show California’s growing political divideNov. 13
The presidential primaries

The Iowa caucuses rarely pick the president. Here’s why they still matterJan. 30

What you need to know before voting in California’s primary electionFeb. 3

Mapping Iowa’s Democratic caucus results, precinct by precinctFeb. 4

How Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders split Iowa votersFeb. 6

2020 Iowa caucus resultsFeb. 9

Now you can vote anywhere in L.A. County. Find a locationFeb. 11

2020 New Hampshire primary resultsFeb. 12

How Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire and why the race isn't over yetFeb. 12

2020 Nevada caucus resultsFeb. 23

Yes, you can vote in the California presidential primary if you’re homelessFeb. 28

2020 South Carolina primary resultsFeb. 29

2020 Super Tuesday primary resultsMarch 3

How winning California keeps Bernie Sanders competitiveMarch 4

California’s Democratic primary: How did your neighborhood vote?March 6

March 10 Democratic primary live resultsMarch 10

Who's winning the 2020 Democratic primary?March 10
The rest

Blankets, canned tuna and faith in God — how fleeing Venezuelans surviveJan. 16

Rise of the DancefluencerJan. 16

The last flight of Kobe BryantJan. 27

The final moments of Kobe Bryant’s fatal flight, turn by turnJan. 28

What happened to L.A.'s $1 billion for homeless housing?Jan. 29

Compare 'BoJack Horseman' on Netflix to the real LA: Our guideJan. 30

The toxic legacy of old oil wells: California’s multibillion-dollar problemFeb. 6

So many languages, so few books: Libraries struggle to reflect places they serveFeb. 17

How many mass shootings might have been prevented by stronger gun laws?Feb. 26

Why smart runners will be thinking about elevation at the L.A. MarathonMarch 6
Deserted oil wells haunt Los Angeles with toxic fumes and enormous cleanup costsMarch 6

History of women in sportsMarch 8

Among the ‘climate monsters’ that afflict California, Megadrought is the most reliableApril 16

Scroll for PromJune 18

Your sports craving guideJune 18

Can you win prom?June 23

Pro sports teams are starting to get rid of racist names. Hundreds of U.S. high schools still have themJuly 17

Chicano Moratorium at 50: Participants reflect on the movementAug. 23

Reading Ruben SalazarAug. 23

The Chicana RevoltAug. 24

A Day of Rage in East L.A.Aug. 24

The worse fire season ever. Again.Sept. 15

How smoke from California wildfires turns the sky redSept. 15

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping groundOct. 25

Only 10 cities have won multiple titles in a year. Los Angeles is now tied for the mostOct. 27

The literary life of Octavia E. ButlerNov. 18

What are foehn winds? Fires in the Eastern Sierra were fueled by Santa Ana-like gustingNov. 25

101 Best L.A. Restaurants of 2020Dec. 7

End-of-life care has boomed in California. So has fraud targeting older AmericansDec. 9

Where can I volunteer during the holidays?Dec. 10

Toxic chemicals on planes add to COVID-19 travel woesDec. 17
