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Tens of thousands of Hindus gather by the Ganges River, many of them ignoring social distancing as the coronavirus spreads in India with record speed.
Bhutan’s COVID-19 vaccination drive was fast from the start — and is nearly finished just 16 days after it began.
There were 470 coronavirus patients in L.A. County hospitals as of Saturday, a drop of nearly 28% from two weeks earlier.
The COVID-19 death toll in California represents 10.7% of all such deaths nationwide. California is home to about 12% of Americans.
Now that eligibility is expanding to all California adults, we’ve put together a list of the different ways you can try to make an appointment to get a COVID vaccine in Los Angeles County.
Questions about COVID-19 vaccines’ safety have led to hesitancy for some Americans. Experts say there is almost zero cause for concern.
The California Department of Public Health says residents can go through their doctor’s office to begin booking their shots or through the state’s My Turn scheduling site.
Are vaccines safe? How do I get my second dose? Do I have to wear a mask? We’ve answered hundreds of newsletter readers’ questions. Here’s an archive.
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Experts see little chance of another COVID-19 surge if California reopens as planned on June 15.
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A group of Los Angeles parents has sued in an effort to force schools to reopen. One point of contention: the six-foot separation rule in classrooms.
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Bakersfield has become the hot destination for young Angelenos who want the COVID-19 vaccine but don’t yet qualify for the shots in their hometown.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom intends to fully reopen the California economy then — the clearest end date eyed for the current reopening roadmap and restrictions.
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COVID-19 canceled in-person author readings. Now the world is reopening. We ask five L.A. poets for their takes on what lies ahead.
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Chinese vaccines ‘don’t have very high protection rates,’ said the director of the China Centers for Disease Control.
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Anyone 16 or older can now book COVID-19 vaccine appointments in L.A., ahead of California’s planned statewide expansion.
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More Black Americans say they are open to taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
Times Columnists on the pandemic
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A year ago, performance artist Kristina Wong started a Facebook group called the Auntie Sewing Squad to get people to help sew COVID-19 masks.
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Psychologists say being victimized by a scammer can leave you feeling foolish and ashamed. It’s helpful to open up about those feelings.
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California prides itself on distributing COVID-19 vaccines equitably. So why aren’t we working harder to vaccinate transgender residents?
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An Aliso Viejo woman can’t understand why she purchased more than $3,000 worth of gift cards for an obvious scammer. Was she hypnotized?
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I had major plans for the shutdown: learn French, start sewing again, clean my closets, reread the classics. They didn’t happen, but I learned a lot.
In Depth
When California shut down in March 2020, it halted businesses and required people to stay home. What unfolded was a confusing path to opening and closing.
Since at least 1935, worshipers have gathered at this spot off Cima Road, six miles south of Interstate 15, to celebrate the Christian holiday in front of the humble cross at Sunrise Rock.
With eligibility expanding, here’s a collection of L.A. Times reporting on ways to get an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine.
County officials say moving to a less restrictive category in California’s reopening blueprint is a hard-fought gain in the battle against COVID-19.
Movie theaters, museums and theme parks across Southern California have begun reopening within COVID-19 guidelines. Call it our spring awakening.
One-third of COVID-19 survivors were diagnosed with a psychiatric or neurological condition within six months of being infected with the coronavirus.
Two COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be protective against a rapidly spreading variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus that arose in California, a study finds.
After the EU cites a ‘possible link’ between the AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, British authorities say some adults should get a different shot.
The heavy concentration of new coronavirus cases in just five states is putting pressure on the government to consider adjusting vaccine distribution.
New U.S. research shows most kids with a serious inflammatory illness called MIS-C linked to the coronavirus were symptom-free or had mild infections.
A top official at Europe’s drugs regulator says there’s a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and a handful of cases of blood clots.
Vermont gave Black adults and people from other minority communities priority status for COVID-19 vaccinations. It joined Montana, which did so in January.
Pfizer says its vaccine works well for children as young as 12, raising hopes for the effectiveness of inoculations before the new school year.
The Easter Sunday holiday is going be a big test of whether California can avoid another COVID-19 spike, experts say.
World & Nation
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A surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths is hitting all regions of the world, including parts of the U.S.
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Linath Lim fled the brutal Khmer Rouge regime and became a doctor in Fresno. Amid the pandemic, she treated farmworkers and the poor, until the virus caught up with her.
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Nations around the world are setting records for COVID-19 deaths. The disease is surging even in countries that have kept the virus in check.
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A new study shows that Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death.
California
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CIELO will host a mobile clinic to vaccinate Central American Indigenous L.A. residents against the coronavirus.
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Prosecutors charged three Inland Empire women in separate schemes in which they allegedly raked in a combined $1.2 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits using the names of California inmates.
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After a canceled season in 2020 — the first in 98 years — the Bowl will reopen with free shows for healthcare, grocery and other essential workers.
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The 20-year-old operator of the bar and grill has been arrested three times this month for defying health and safety orders.
Business
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Your questions about vaccination-related civil liberties, privacy and discrimination are answered.
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Convention centers in California are eager to reopen. But it may be a while before visitors are ready to return in large numbers.
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June 15 is the targeted reopening date California officials unveiled, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to fall and more people are getting vaccinated.
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After more than a year of coronavirus-related closures, California has a reopening date: June 15. Here are the basics.
Travel
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Those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely travel within the United States, while still taking protective measures, the CDC says.
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New advisory asks people, even those vaccinated, to get tested before and after they travel
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Disney California Adventure is the first of Anaheim’s Disney theme parks to let guests explore its full layout, albeit without rides — for now.
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The European Union’s executive body has proposed ‘green certificates’ that would allow residents to travel freely across the 27-nation bloc by summer.
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Frieze Los Angeles scraps plans for a July fair and instead focuses on next year, picking dates — and a new Beverly Hills location — for February.
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What’s the role of artists in times of social upheaval? Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón returns to REDCAT with a micro-documentary.
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BIPOC and LGBTQ actors including Jeremy Pope and Guillermo Diaz will read the Larry Kramer play in an event organized by USC’s ONE Archives.
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What will the first shows at the Music Center look like? Imagine family pods, outdoors, with masks. Lineup includes ABT, Paul Taylor and Alonzo King.
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The gift from Terri and Jerry Kohl will help L.A. Opera stage its first major production since the pandemic began: an outdoor show coming in summer.
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Government ministers and other members of the French elite have been accused of being scarfing scofflaws who dine in clandestine lockdown restaurants.
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Brennan Villarreal was abroad when Los Angeles-area restaurants were closed. The return drained his savings. But amid losses, he gained.
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Architect professor Alexis Navarro designed and built an accessory dwelling unit that is affordable and attractive. The result is inspiring.
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A look back at how the pandemic reshaped L.A.'s restaurant scene
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Community-driven and people-powered mutual aid groups are filling in the gaps to feed L.A.'s vulnerable.
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The NHL has extended the regular season to May 16 to accommodate rescheduled games for the Vancouver Canucks after a COVID-19 outbreak within the team.
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North Korea is the first country to drop out of the Olympics in Japan because of coronavirus fears, the nation’s Sports Ministry announced.
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More than 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been given at Major League Baseball arenas, including Dodger Stadium and the Oakland Coliseum.
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High school sports have returned to Southern California. For one dad and his water polo-playing daughter, many big memories were packed into two weeks.
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Soccer team uses stadium site to help people from underserved communities
Guides & Advice:
Lose it? Laminate it? Post it on Instagram? Some dos and don’ts for your vaccination card, the most exciting piece of paper you’ll get this year.
See what people had to say when asked whether they’d take a COVID-19 vaccine, and how experts are thinking about vaccination.
We traveled around the L.A. region to ask people whether or not they would take the vaccine, and if not, why. Then we posed their questions to two experts. Here’s what they said.
Booster shots may be needed in the future.
Opinion
Readers say columnist George Skelton went too far in his criticism of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s handling of the pandemic.
Excited but trepidatious, we are on the cusp of a future that seems impossible to imagine.
The LAUSD superintendent has done an admirable job serving the district’s most vulnerable students during the pandemic.
Republicans are fine legislating the ‘private health choices’ of women seeking an abortion, so what explains their opposition to vaccine passports?
Coronavirus Basics
Links
- California COVID-19 site
- Emergency physicians site
- CDC | Pandemic guide | LAUSD
- Health depts: California | L.A. County | Orange County
- California tax FAQs
- Times: Tracker | Obituaries
The latest totals, where new cases are concentrated, testing numbers, demographcics, nursing homes and California state and county data in context compared to other states.
More on Pandemic
This week, 574,900 Johnson & Johnson doses were allocated to California. Next week, that will plummet to 67,600, according to data from the CDC.
Many Americans have turned to prayer to cope with COVID-era stress. But medical authorities caution that it’s no substitute for good medical care.
It’s unlikely that another coronavirus surge would overwhelm California’s hospital system, experts say
Thousands flock to Cal State L.A. for first day of open eligibility for adults
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Long Beach becomes the latest jurisdiction to offer widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines, saying it will inoculate residents ages 16 and up.
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Health checks, coronavirus testing and social distancing are part of LAUSD’s school reopening plan.
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While California’s COVID-19 case rate has dropped, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the nationwide count has ‘plateaued at a disturbingly high level.’
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Excess supplies and unused appointments have led officials in some parts of the state to make doses available to all adults, even those not eligible under current rules.
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A group of parents is seeking a court order to pressure the L.A. school district to reopen full time, five days a week for all students.
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Homeless people qualify for stimulus checks like everyone else, but face a host of obstacles. Activists look for ways to help.
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Santa Rosa’s leaders stuck to their guns in creating a city-sanctioned encampment. Eventually, nearby residents become their allies.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro insists there will be no national lockdown even as the country faces a surging COVID-19 caseload and death toll.
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After briefly allowing all adults to line up for COVID-19 shots, Cal State L.A. returns to requiring appointments.
More Coverage
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The U.S. government won’t issue so-called vaccine passports, the White House said, after Texas sought to limit their development due to privacy concerns.
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U.K. drug regulator says that because of a rare blood clot risk from AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, people under 30 will be offered another product.
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California sees huge regional variations in COVID-19 vaccination rates for people 65 and older
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The vaccination site for the young from Los Angeles County is a Cal State Bakersfield facility that has more doses than patients and no restrictions.
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English learners are struggling with remote education, but there are new opportunities for schools to address longstanding inequities.
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New state guidance indicates that all K-12 schools should be offering full-time, five-days-a-week, in-person classes for the fall. Gov. Newsom stopped short Tuesday of saying it would be a mandate.
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L.A. County supervisors support continuation of community arts grants for nonprofits serving youth and other underserved communities.
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Long-shuttered theater companies, music groups and others were shocked Tuesday by plans for full reopening by mid-June. How realistic is the timeline?
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The move will make COVID-19 vaccines available to hundreds of thousands of additional Californians in counties across the state.
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California aims for a full reopening on June 15, depending on a sufficient vaccine supply and a stable, low hospitalization rate, and masks.
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The existence of a coronavirus variant containing two worrisome mutations, first discovered in India two weeks ago, is confirmed in California.
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President Biden announces he’s moving up the deadline for states to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccines to April 19.
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As California reopens further, wariness remains more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Residents wonder: Is it too soon to return to normality?
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A California bill would create BankCal, offering free financial services to the “unbanked” and “underbanked,” whose low wages often are eaten up by high fees
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California continues to buck the COVID-19 spring surge. But are there causes for concern?
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Though large gatherings are not allowed due to COVID-19 guidelines, the traditional Asian meal of hot pot still provides comfort to many, just in smaller groups.
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Mexico’s president says he won’t get a COVID-19 shot now because doctors tell him he still has a high level of antibodies from his January infection.
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Anna LaMadrid’s “The Oxy Complex” and Sheila Carrasco’s “Anyone But Me” explore pandemic loneliness and so much more.
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California is on the precipice of administering 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in its most disadvantaged areas.
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On Monday, Los Angeles County entered the orange tier, which allows the further reopening of retailers, bars, breweries, bowling alleys and more.
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The complex logistics of awakening 1,400 Los Angeles schools is reaching a crescendo this week with officials especially focused on safety.
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India’s daily confirmed coronavirus cases have recorded their biggest single-day spike since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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The Ralphs store in L.A.'s Pico-Robertson neighborhood, which is popular in the Jewish community for its kosher selections, is set to close as the supermarket company is in a standoff with the city over a “hero pay” ordinance for grocery workers.
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The British government says all adults and children in England will be able to get coronavirus tests twice a week as a way to stamp out new outbreaks.
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Nationally, there has been an 8% week-over-week increase in the average daily number of new coronavirus cases, with much of the increase in Michigan, the New York region and New England. Experts are uncertain if it will remain contained.
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In a positive sign for a return to moviegoing, Warner Bros.’ ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ opened with $48.5 million at the North American box office.
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A significant number of people in the U.S. are still reluctant to get the shots, even in places where they are plentiful.
More Science
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With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more and more available, it’s hard for some people not to feel left out.
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A new study shows that even a coronavirus variant that’s built to transmit won’t get very far if it doesn’t have the good fortune of meeting a superspreader.
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In the first six months of the pandemic, potentially avoidable hospitalizations plummeted for white Angelenos but fell hardly at all among Black residents, reflecting a disparity in access to outpatient care.
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British lawmakers have agreed to prolong coronavirus emergency measures for six months, allowing the Conservative government to keep its unprecedented powers to restrict U.K. citizens’ everyday lives.
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Health experts advise against taking painkillers before getting a COVID-19 vaccine but say they’re OK to use afterward if your doctor agrees.
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It’s not just the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study, Black Americans’ skepticism about COVID vaccines is fueled by health inequities they face now.
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Researchers are getting serious about understanding a disease patients call “long COVID.” Its symptoms include aches, fatigue, sleep problems and brain fog.
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Most virus mutations are trivial, but scientists are investigating which ones might make the virus spread more easily or make people sicker.
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When the first COVID-19 vaccines were cleared for emergency use, nearly all states followed the CDC’s guidance. But since then, they’ve gone their own way.
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AstraZeneca’s release of encouraging data on its COVID-19 vaccine from its U.S. trial raised hopes that the company could erase doubts about the shot.
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Wayne Thiebaud, Yoshitomo Nara, butterflies, Bugattis and the Disney archives: a quick scan of exhibitions at SoCal’s reopened museums.
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It can be tough navigating the world of campsite reservations in California. We break it down for you
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Find a flick with our weekly guide to classic movies and cult favorites playing at local theaters, drive-ins, pop-ups and rooftops near you.
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Delayed by COVID-19 closures, Avengers Campus, which will include a family-focused interactive Spider-Man ride, is set to open June 4 at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim.
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Our weekend picks also include drive-in opera, an in-person screening of “Singin’ in the Rain” and a dance party with BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors.
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Dodger Stadium was renovated ahead of the 2020 season, but fans have yet to experience any of it. What can they look forward to in 2021.
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The Netflix show “Firefly Lane” sparked me to reconsider my friendships as the pandemic world reopens.
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Native milkweed plants — the kind good for butterflies — are coming out of dormancy and starting to sprout, so be patient. Southern California gardeners should be able to buy narrow-leaf milkweed and perhaps a few other less-well-known native milkweeds starting in mid-April.
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