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A Year in Pandemia

COVID-19 has upturned every aspect of our lives and forced the world to reckon with its systemic inequities. Travel back through a year of unforgettable loss — but also courage and resilience — to see how the world has forever changed in the aftermath.

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Kent Dull lives at the Here There encampment in Berkeley, California. | Cal Matters
'Someone Will Contract the Virus Here:' Meet Homeless Californians Trying to Survive a Pandemic
The vast majority of people who were unhoused in California before coronavirus swept across the state are exactly where they were. Encampments still line the streets. Shelters feel more like a risk than a refuge. And affordable housing is elusive.
Waterfall in Yosemite National Park, during park closure due to Covid-19
Yosemite’s Pandemic Shutdown Allows Wildlife a Respite From Mankind
For weeks now, wildlife has been allowed to move freely about the park since officials closed the mountains and valleys to humans to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. Yosemite’s empty, harkening back to an earlier time before humans invaded it.
Humpback whale | Getty Images
Scientists Who Study Earthquakes and Marine Life Gain Chance to Look Into Our Quieter World
Equipment stashed around Southern California to measure earthquakes like early Wednesday’s 3.7 temblor detected the sudden decline in human activity that occurred last month.
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