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Three years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, KCET brings you the latest on the coronavirus and perspectives on it has impacted Southern California. Visit the CDC website for the latest information.

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Eligible residents of South Los Angeles can get free, safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines at a series of vaccine clinics run by MLK Community Healthcare (MLKCH)
Los Angeles Unified campuses are expected to begin reopening in mid-April, Superintendent Austin Beutner announced today, and the district will provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to family members who remain hesitant to return their kids to the classroom.
FILE PHOTO: A delivery person rides a bicycle past a restaurant, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 5, 2020.
From India to France, food businesses are turning to smaller delivery platforms which they say offer a better deal for lockdown-hit firms.
Reuben Lewis Vigil at Concordia Park
Violent crimes have spiked markedly since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, but "law and order" rhetoric misleads the public about solutions to violence in ways that threaten the health and safety of vulnerable groups.
A family wearing face masks stands in front of a replica of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" made out of Legos.
After a year of closures, museums in red-tier areas were allowed to open indoors spaces at 25% capacity three of which are the California Science Center, Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, and the Autry Museum of the American West.
Students stand around a sign displaying the name of their campus, Los Angeles City College, for a photo.
While Community Colleges struggle to keep student enrollment up, Los Angeles City College managed to create programs and assistance to keep their students.
Seniors From L.A.'s Skid Row Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations
In a week that homeless people became officially eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, Los Angeles County officials today reported a sharp decline in infections among that population.
Laborers work at a traditional bricks factory in Arab Mesad district of Helwan, northeast of Cairo, May 14, 2015.
Temporary workers have been hard hit by the pandemic’s fallout but some may be wary about formalizing their status.
People enjoy lunch at Grand Central Market as indoor dining reopens in Los Angeles, on March 15, 2021.
The red tier is here and with it new reopenings and rule changes, entry screening protocols, and ventilation, filtration and indoor air quality requirements.
A protective face mask lies discarded on a pedestrian footpath on May 13, 2020 in Marina del Rey, California.
In highway crash statistics, unemployment claims, anti-Newsom lawsuits and florist sales, the numbers in these charts present a “before” and “after” picture of these last surreal, lonely, heartrending, life-ending and life-altering 365 days.
People wearing protective masks ride an escalator at the AMC movie theater at the Westfield Century City shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on Monday, March 15, 2021.
Los Angeles County continues its progress in beating back the pandemic, with the daily rate of new infections sliding again. With the rate now falling to 4.1 per 100,000 residents, the county finds itself in striking distance of possibly advancing to the next tier, orange.
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