The coronavirus crisis in visuals
‘We thought we were eternal,’ said the lucha libre star known as Olímpico. ‘We never knew something like this could happen.’
Sept. 18, 2020
The iconic Monterey Bay Aquarium has been closed since March because of the pandemic, forcing major cutbacks. Still, the animals must be cared for.
Aug. 31, 2020
It’s hard to predict what may happen when California’s primary schools reopen. But when it comes to the state’s youngest students, data are more robust and reassuring.
Aug. 28, 2020
As the coronavirus ravages California’s Latino communities, the grim cycle of illness and death ends at places like Continental Funeral Home.
Aug. 26, 2020
The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Latinos — and on the mortuaries that help families say goodbye to their loved ones
Aug. 19, 2020
L.A.’s growing population of homeless people had enough troubles. They didn’t need the coronavirus on top of them — or this wretched, blistering heat wave.
Aug. 19, 2020
Coronavirus is ravaging Kern County in the hard-hit Central Valley. But local leaders say there is confusion over public health measures.
Aug. 17, 2020
A judge ordered officials to provide space in shelters or alternative housing for homeless residents living near freeways. But where will they go?
July 26, 2020
In San Francisco’s Mission District, a community effort is helping Latinos and other low-wage workers who can’t afford to stay home and fear losing their jobs if they test positive for the coronavirus.
July 21, 2020
Second wave of coronavirus has businesses and the public moving from indoors to the great outdoors
July 29, 2020
In the coronavirus era musicians, longing to connect with friends and neighbors, and eager to practice their art, have taken to their porches, patios, driveways and yards to play for passersby.
Aug. 1, 2020
Masks, gloves and protective clothing all help protect photographers out on the streets.
April 24, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on L.A. communities. On one day, we look at how the pandemic is playing out across the city.
Aug. 2, 2020
The coronavirus era of social distancing and temperature checks is changing, perhaps even endangering, the hallowed rhythms of Texas football.
July 29, 2020
The medical flight crew of Mercy Air was getting ready for bed when they got their first call of the day.
July 17, 2020
On the Texas border, a culture of hard work and family gatherings helped spread coronavirus since the state reopened, filling hospitals and morgues.
July 19, 2020
Up to 70% of new cases of coronavirus in California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley may be Latino workers, but advocates say they lack testing and access to care.
July 25, 2020
With this week’s Comic-Con International moving online because of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a whole world of cosplayers with a lot of creativity to show off.
July 21, 2020
Lines stretch long in the summer heat as medical personnel log hours testing Angelenos for coronavirus infection.
July 15, 2020
High school and college commencements have become a mobile rite of passage amid COVID-19 restrictions.
June 26, 2020
San Pedro tide pools are attracting an unprecedented number of people who are looking to harvest free seafood, alarming experts and residents.
July 17, 2020
Sweltering heat is not new to the Inland Empire’s homeless population. But the threat of coronavirus is.
July 22, 2020
Police officers on the Navajo Nation are fearing for their lives during COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s one officer’s story.
June 3, 2020
In San Francisco’s Mission District, a community effort is helping Latinos and other low-wage workers who can’t afford to stay home and fear losing their jobs if they test positive for the coronavirus.
July 21, 2020
The coronavirus crisis has frozen migrant labor, leaving farmers and workers desperate.
July 27, 2020
The beaches were closed and many fireworks shows were canceled, but Southern California still celebrated July 4.
July 5, 2020
This Houston hospital tried to prepare for the second wave of COVID-19, but was already 80% full this week as a nurse and doctor fell ill.
July 2, 2020
It takes enormous effort to arrange a big wedding — to find the perfect spot to say “I do,” to settle the guest list, the music, the food.
June 22, 2020
Visual look at the third phase to reopen California amid the coronavirus outbreak.
May 16, 2020
Party clowns have had to learn the art of socially distanced shenanigans while ‘medical’ clowns who serve hospital patients have opened digital worlds.
June 15, 2020
A look at people around the Southland doing their thing, all masked up.
June 15, 2020
You’ll need a reservation to visit Yosemite, even if you’re just going for the day.
June 13, 2020
Farmworkers have long lived in overcrowded conditions. With the spread of coronavirus, Monterey County is taking action, but vegetable pickers still face a shortage of housing.
June 9, 2020
Smithfield, one of the nation’s largest pork plants in Sioux Falls, S.D., shut down after nearly a quarter of its workers contracted the coronavirus. As it reopens, refugees who work the factory floor and hog farmers wonder if the risks are worth it.
May 29, 2020
A photographer documenting the coronavirus fight at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital recalls her mentor, a nun who like hospital staff embodied care and compassion.
June 5, 2020
Their remoteness hasn’t spared them from the economic fallout of the shutdown. And the sparsity of COVID-19 cases in this Northern California county has only made the restrictive measures hobbling their livelihoods all the more exasperating.
June 1, 2020
When Adam Bratt studied the faces of his Advanced Placement psychology students that morning in December, he saw trauma.
May 23, 2020
Chaffey College handed out 600 ‘grad bags’ at the Rancho Cucamonga campus and about 170 each at the Chino and Fontana campuses.
May 21, 2020
The coronavirus is killing so many people in Tijuana that the morgue has run out of refrigerator space for bodies.
May 21, 2020
As the coronavirus lockdown severs commerce along the eastern Sierra Nevada range, rural towns look to the future with dread.
May 21, 2020
Southern California parking lots overflow with new vehicles and rental cars, evidence of the economic toll of the coronavirus on the auto industry.
May 19, 2020
The Vintage Auto Racing Assn. held the races over the weekend as California slowly reopens after coronavirus shutdowns.
May 19, 2020
A Houston hospital isn’t just battling the coronavirus. It faces patients who, convinced they’re not infected, leave before treatment is finished.
May 15, 2020
Janice Brown was the first patient at Desert Valley Hospital’s COVID-19 unit. And the first to be released. Neither she nor her doctors or nurses expected her to return. Within weeks, she tested positive again.
May 13, 2020
Even as Mayor Eric Garcetti has extended testing to everyone in L.A. County, doing the same for homeless people has proved to be far more challenging.
May 8, 2020
For the last few months, grocery stores have served as public theaters for the traumatized American consumer.
May 10, 2020
Photos: The ocean remains open for water sports in Santa Cruz, but passive activities at beaches are prohibited amid the pandemic.
May 11, 2020
Tourist spots prepare to welcome visitors once coronavirus restrictions are lifted
May 9, 2020
Businesses and restaurants open to customers in rural California counties.
May 7, 2020
The drive-through is derided; the drive-in, nearly extinct. But the coronavirus outbreak has made them essential for food, tests, a movie and church.
May 6, 2020
Los Angeles’ mayor allows wholesale dealers to start selling under strict social distancing guidelines.
May 7, 2020
When this rural California county got its first coronavirus case last week, officials were ready with a plan they had hatched early on in the outbreak.
May 3, 2020
An ER doctor promises a COVID-19 patient tests, a bed, oxygen and wishes she could do more.
May 2, 2020
Demonstrators demand that Gov. Gavin Newson’s stay-at-home order be lifted.
May 2, 2020
Workers in white protective suits have buried dozens of bodies — causalities of the coronavirus — as bulldozers clear land for more graves.
May 1, 2020
Video and photos show an algae bloom in the South Bay producing a neon-blue light along the shoreline at night in Hermosa Beach.
April 28, 2020
More Americans killed from virus than in Vietnam War
April 28, 2020
These are some of the unusual new scenes across the Southland during the coronavirus outbreak.
May 6, 2020
Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Knotts Berry Farm and Sea World closed due to coronavirus . These aerial photos show the deserted scene.
April 30, 2020
Laura Howe repurposed fabric from her Matrushka Construction boutique to make masks for the coronavirus outbreak. She’s sold 8,000.
April 30, 2020
In Mar Vista, a family started posting riddles on their front lawn each day. Soon, the neighborhood was riddled with riddles, creating new ways for neighbors to connect.
April 30, 2020
Lines snake through parking lots at grocery stores. Buses carry people to essential jobs.
April 28, 2020
A former contestant on “The Voice” leads a weekly performance in her Upland cul-de-sac where neighbors connect to get through the pandemic together.
April 28, 2020
Southern California had its first big heat wave over the weekend, but L.A. County beaches are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Beaches in nearby counties were open, however. Here are a few scenes from the weekend.
April 27, 2020
Photos show increased patient volume at Baja California-adjacent Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista.
April 27, 2020
Lt. Col. Sam Sachs celebrated his 105th birthday Sunday with a parade of well-wishers in cars, military vehicles and even an appearance from a Los Angeles County sheriff’s helicopter.
April 26, 2020
These photos show what’s open and what’s closed along the Southern California coast.
April 24, 2020
Masks, gloves and protective clothing all help protect photographers out on the streets.
April 24, 2020
They’re wealthy and live in posh locations. Here’s how the coronavirus outbreak affects them.
April 23, 2020
With school closed for the coronavirus, LAUSD, the nation’s second-largest district, has given out about 10 million meals since March 18.
April 24, 2020
Photos from LAX, where a handful of passengers still pass through the terminals, with air traffic nationwide down due to the coronavirus.
April 22, 2020
A bloom of California poppies springs up in the Antelope Valley,enticing visitors stuck at home. But the live cam is your best bet, officials say.
April 22, 2020
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, long known as brash, verbose and stubbornly hands-on, has been on a mission to force changes in the living conditions for the homeless people of L.A.
April 21, 2020
In Los Angeles, gang intervention workers are an essential workforce, helping to keep the peace and now educating communities about the pandemic.
April 20, 2020
Coronavirus brings new levels of misery to impoverished California trailer park
April 21, 2020
Solvang, Calif., with its windmills and half-timbered architecture, draws more than 1½ million visitors a year. It’s a virtual ghost town now.
April 19, 2020
Locals share coronavirus conspiracy theories along Route 93 in rural Nevada
April 19, 2020
Here’s an inside look with doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle.
April 15, 2020
Firefighters and law enforcement officers from L.A. to Laguna Beach express their gratitude to healthcare workers for their efforts in fighting COVID-19.
April 16, 2020
Nurses around the world are risking their lives tending to coronavirus patients.
April 17, 2020
Locals share coronavirus conspiracy theories along Route 93 in rural Nevada
April 19, 2020
The musicians are seeking as financial assistance during COVID-19 pandemic
April 16, 2020
Solvang, Calif., with its windmills and half-timbered architecture, draws more than 1½ million visitors a year. It’s a virtual ghost town now.
April 19, 2020
Parade, games presents coronavirus can’t stop birthday party
April 17, 2020
In Los Angeles, gang intervention workers are an essential workforce, helping to keep the peace and now educating communities about the pandemic.
April 20, 2020
The deer, bobcats, coyotes and bears no longer have to deal with the hordes of camera-toting tourist vying to capture nature. They now roam unfettered.
April 13, 2020
Getty Images’ John Moore documented emergency medical workers on the ground in New York in the first week of April as the coronavirus ravaged the state.
April 11, 2020
A once bustling and vibrant city has been replaced by closed buildings, lonely streets and sure emptiness. It’s eerie, it’s empty, it’s surreal.
April 9, 2020
Social and physical distancing have restricted normal gatherings. But here are a few workarounds.
April 8, 2020
Ridership on California’s largest transit system has fallen by more than half during the coronavirus outbreak as life in Los Angeles County has all but ground to a halt, officials say.
March 30, 2020
As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco gives us a look at downtown Los Angeles with the spotlight on Broadway.
March 27, 2020
Gov. Newsom has issued a stay-at-home order and all nonessential businesses are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. So what does it look like outside — from above?
March 26, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered Californians to stay at home. With businesses and popular destinations closed, The Times’ Luis Sinco documented the surreal scenes.
March 20, 2020
April 4, 2020
As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Irfan Khan gives us a look at the mountain community of Wrightwood.
March 28, 2020
As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco gives us a look at Long Beach.
March 27, 2020
Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty.
March 25, 2020
On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills the high-end shops are closed, the normally bustling sidewalks empty because of California coronavirus restrictions.
March 23, 2020
Here’s a visual look at how life in Southern California has changed during the coronavirus crisis.
March 18, 2020
California’s landscape of everyday life is changing under the state’s stay-home order. These drone photos prove it.
March 22, 2020
On Thursday evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide “stay at home” order. Los Angeles Times photographer Jay L. Clendenin and videographer Mark Potts document the first night of the order in Hollywood.
March 21, 2020
Retailers are setting aside time for seniors and other vulnerable populations to do their shopping in a less-crowded environment.
March 19, 2020
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