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A Year in Pandemia
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As of this week, about one in three American households have completed the census. L.A. County is close behind but when we zoom in, we see a different picture.
Responding to the unprecedented shift to remote learning and other challenges to education caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the University of California is temporarily suspending its core admissions requirements for students seeking to enroll.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to ripple through an already-taxed mental health care system — with social distancing a particular challenge for people who were already struggling before the current national emergency.
While most of their in-person customers stay away, small businesses in Los Angeles are coming up with creative measures to stay afloat.
Tenants seeking eviction protection would have to produce documentation such as medical bills or termination notices. This has advocates and some city officials pushing to extend eviction protections to all, saying renters should be able to stay home.
The effort to move community classes online has been a large feat. With 115 colleges, the state's community college network is the largest higher education system in the country.
Many people scrambled last week to figure out if they could even leave their homes after getting "stay at home" orders from state and local officials. But for those who don't speak English, making sure you have the information has been even harder.
Carnicerias, liquor stores, tienditas, even gas station markets, have long been the heart of many neighborhoods in Los Angeles. These mom and pop shops have played a key role keeping their shelves stocked and neighborhoods fed.
After seven weeks of a citywide shut-down, ordered in an attempt to stamp out the deadly Spanish Flu, the "influenza ban" had finally been lifted by city leaders.
These moves give us a glimpse of what the future could hold: voting during a pandemic, when election officials have to weigh the risks of gathering at polling places versus the need to make voting accessible to everyone.