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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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Mariachis in white suits holding their instruments standing in front of a red house
As work dried up for mariachi bands, many musicians put themselves at risk for coronavirus transmission. Even when demand picked up last fall, many mariachis were asked to perform at funerals to help families mourn lost loved ones.
The Union Mutualista de San Jose members of the Mexican Catholic Church celebrated its 15th anniversary.
Mutual aid societies or mutualistas popped up all over the Southwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to provide support to Mexican American immigrants. Today, the mutualista spirit is alive and well as individuals and businesses find creative ways to help people who have suffered from hardships especially during the pandemic.
A healthcare worker administers a COVID vaccine shot to a patient's arm.
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Despite more than 150 million people in the U.S. now being vaccinated against the coronavirus, the highly contagious Delta variant is quickly becoming a concern.
Thu Giang, a LVN, left, administers a Pfizer vaccine to Sibelle Yuksek, at newly inaugurated vaccine site at Union Station on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.
As COVID-19 cases drop, those who caught the virus are still being advised to get vaccinated.
Nestor Lobo, owner of Retro Xpress Bicycles in Van Nuys, stands in front of his work station.
"I thought it was the end of the world," says Nestor Lobo, owner of Retro Xpress Bicycles.
A family wearing masks sits on a bench at the Santa Monica Pier amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 20, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
The variant is blamed for rampant infections ravaging India and select other areas worldwide.
A young olive-skinned person wearing a black cap, grey painted nails and a black t-shirt with an Anime character on it looks at the camera with a very slight smile. He is sitting on top of a table at a park.
Thousands of California high school graduates didn’t go to college last year due to the pandemic. The drop, which mostly affected community colleges, might be temporary, but it showed the need to provide more support for students going from high school to college. A new counseling program in Riverside County aims to do just that.
A server waits on a customer at Langer's Deli in Los Angeles, California
A celebratory atmosphere was felt in the Southland as businesses in Los Angeles County and across the state returned to mostly normal operations today with the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
A  medical technician wears a face mask at a drive-thru testing site for COVID-19.
Around 1,000 Californians are still newly infected every day, hospitalizations have hit a new low, people of color remain at high risk and almost half of eligible people aren’t fully vaccinated.
Carlos Hernandez holds his face mask while getting a haircut during the pandemic.
El gobernador Gavin Newsom prometió un regreso a los negocios, pero podría haber excepciones para que la vida cotidiana vuelva a la normalidad. Aquí hay preguntas y respuestas para aclarar la confusión.
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