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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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Grand Central Market COVID-19 Dining
As restaurants slowly re-open again, they will have to do far more than restore hospitality. They — and the larger society — will have to reckon with an issue long left to simmer on the back burner: social inequality within restaurants.
Mauricio Chavez of Hollister gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Monterey Mushrooms in Morgan Hill on Feb. 28, 2021. He works at a neighboring mushroom farm.
Aproximadamente 73% de los trabajadores agrícolas dijeron que recibirían la vacuna contra el COVID-19 lo antes posible, pero las clínicas de vacunación en los lugares de trabajo agrícolas aún son poco frecuentes y dependen de un suministro escaso.
Mauricio Chavez of Hollister gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Monterey Mushrooms in Morgan Hill on Feb. 28, 2021. He works at a neighboring mushroom farm.
About 73% of farmworkers said they would get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, but vaccination clinics at farm worksites are still infrequent and reliant on scarce supply.
Close up of a pharmacist at UCI Health holding a dose of the COVID-91 vaccine.
Vaccine eligibility is keep track of, so we're breaking down what we know so far, and how it will work in Los Angeles.
Hollywood High Teachers Assistant Yolanda Franco conducts class remotely in an empty classroom on September 08, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Unified's school campuses are expected to reopen next month after being closed for more than a year due to COVID-19, but early survey results show that many families will be reluctant to get kids back in the classroom.
A Florida Department of Health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at the historic Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida, U.S. February 14, 2021.
From Spain to Florida, the healthy and wealthy are jumping the queue to get a COVID-19 vaccine amid chaotic rollouts and supply shortages.
U.S. Cities Continue To Shelter-In-Place As Coronavirus Spread Is Expected To Peak
This timeline puts into perspective the significance COVID-19 has had on us, the struggles we face to contend with a pandemic and perhaps illuminates what we want in a better future.
Susan sits on a bright blue wooden lawn chair. She's sitting leaned back, with her legs folded and her arms crossed. Patches of sunlight light different parts of her body as she smiles with a gaze slightly off from the camera.
Despite her background as an emergency room nurse trained to respond to bioterrorism attacks and Ebola, Susan contracted COVID-19 March 2020 and continues to experience symptoms months later.
COVID Survivors_Jennifer
She contracted COVID-19 through community spread at the start of the outbreak in New York in March. Because of her preexisting conditions, she was hospitalized for several days and after two months she is still housebound and recovering.
Gail sits at a wooden picnic table. She's looking off to the side. Behind her is lush, forest scenery.
She survived COVID-19. Now, she's on a mission to fight COVID-19 in her community with facts.
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