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'This will be their 9/11': How to help kids cope with coronavirus stay-at-home orders

As shelter-in-place orders and long-term quarantine measures reach California, experts tell us what the impact will be on kids, and how to help them.




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Coronavirus closures at L.A. Unified extend to May 1; district deal with Verizon will offer free internet

L.A. Unified campuses will be closed until at least May 1 due to the coronavirus outbreak, as school employees press forward with plans to distribute computers, provide free internet for students who need it, train families and teachers in distance learning and distribute more food.




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L.A. Unified confirms first known employee COVID-19 case

The facilities contract employee last worked on the 28th floor of the district's downtown headquarters on March 13.




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California needs nurses. So why is the state about to give up 10,000 prospects?

California regulations may prevent thousands of nursing students from graduating, despite frantic effort to boost numbers of healthcare workers amid the pandemic.




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15,000 L.A. high school students are AWOL online, 40,000 fail to check in daily amid coronavirus closures

With campuses closed due to the pandemic, LAUSD is struggling with distance learning. Only two-thirds of high school students are participating daily.




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From Julia Louis-Dreyfus' house to N95-like masks: Architects join the COVID-19 fight

Design teams shift their focus and volunteer for a USC-led 3D-printing campaign to create masks and other PPE in short supply for medical personnel.




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Donald Kennedy, former Stanford president and FDA chief, dies of COVID-19

The former Stanford University president emphasized undergraduate teaching, led a $1-billion capital campaign and earned a reputation as "the students' president."




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L.A. schools will start Aug. 18, whether campuses are open or not

L.A school officials say the school year will start Aug. 18, but they plan to take a cautious path forward to reopening campuses as worries persist over health and safety concerns amid the coronavirus outbreak.




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Op-Ed: Seven ways the AIDS epidemic prepared me for COVID-19

The way the gay community responded to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s has lessons for us all in the coronavirus pandemic.




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Column: Whatever happened with Tara Reade in 1993, Biden is still infinitely better than Trump

Joe Biden is a flawed individual with a penchant for unwanted touching. Here's why I'll vote for him anyway.




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Op-Ed: The trauma that comes after surviving COVID-19

Intensive care patients, even if they beat the disease, are likely to suffer PTSD and major cognitive problems, but the health system rarely treats this chronic condition seriously.




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Op-Ed: How film and television production can safely resume in a COVID-19 world

At Netflix, we've resumed production in some countries. And we're learning what safety will look like post-pandemic




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Editorial: California is starting to reopen. But don't party like it's 2019 yet

California starts to reopen from coronavirus lockdown. But if we relax vigilance now, we could go back to shutdowns again.




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Editorial: A new extracurricular: Suing colleges for a COVID-19-tainted experience

If colleges have to pay out millions in tuition refunds because of coronavirus, it could mean higher tuition and reduced financial aid in coming years.




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Can artists find a silver lining in the cloud of COVID-19? Peter Sellars is looking

Peter Sellars — opera director, spiritual thinker, optimist — reflects on changes triggered by coronavirus. Amid tragedy, what new life might come forth?




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AB 5 forced arts groups to evolve. For some, COVID-19 made the change 'catastrophic'

Ticket sales were supposed to help theater and opera companies pay the costs of turning freelancers into staff members under AB 5. What now?




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Broad museum lays off 130 in visitor services and retail because of coronavirus

Laid-off Broad museum staffers, most of them part-time, will remain on payroll through Friday; the curatorial team will remain in place.




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Commentary: Past pandemics changed the design of cities. Six ways COVID-19 could do the same

Hospitals built in two weeks. Freeways with few cars. Which innovations and changes could, or should, stick with us in a post-coronavirus world?




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This 81-year-old was L.A.'s most devoted museum-goer until COVID-19 shuttered cultural institutions

81-year-old Ben Barcelona is L.A.'s most devoted museum-goer. But what happens when the coronavirus shutters culture in California?




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New survey asked artists what COVID-19 did to their jobs. The results are devastating

Artist Relief, which has given grants to 200 artists in need, reports that nearly 52,000 people have applied. A survey shows two out of three people are unemployed.




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Statement on the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report

London Fire Brigade's response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report




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Challenging nuisance 999 calls saves London Fire Brigade £800k

Control Operators challenged more than 2,000 time-wasting 999 callers last year – saving London Fire Brigade almost £800k




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Fire safety warning as millions work from home to stem spread of Covid-19

Firefighters are issuing urgent #StayHomeStaySafe advice as millions of people enter their first full week of working from home amidst the Coronavirus pandemic




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London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade announce blue light partnership to tackle Covid-19

London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade have announced a new partnership to boost the Covid-19 emergency response which will see firefighters helping with a number of roles across the ambulance service




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New teams set up in London to respond to Covid-19 deaths in the community

New specialist teams are being trained to respond to suspected Covid-19 deaths in the community across London




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Column: The COVID-19 crisis shows how dangerous misinformation becomes contagious

Scientists are using the coronavirus to study the contagion of misinformation




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Publisher of La Cañada Outlook to revive Burbank Leader, Glendale News-Press and Valley Sun

Charlie Plowman, who started the La Cañada Outlook in 1998, will acquire the three community news titles.




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Column: How Cedars-Sinai got sucked into the battle over Trump's claim of a COVID-19 treatment

Cedars-Sinai is embroiled in a political battle over Trump's remarks on a potential virus treatment.




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The U.S. is pushing Mexico to reopen factories even as workers die of COVID-19

Mexican officials have begun to cave, despite warnings from health authorities




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The coronavirus hit to L.A. tourism: 22 million visitors and $13 billion in spending

Tourism officials estimate 75% of Los Angeles travel-related workers have been furloughed.




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L.A. County will list restaurants that have had COVID-19 outbreaks online

L.A.'s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will publicly disclose restaurants that have had outbreaks of COVID-19.




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Column: Cocktails for Kittens — how Quinn Cummings stirred up a boozy lockdown fundraiser

Former child star Quinn Cummings put her mixology hobby to work, first as a morale boost for pals, then as a fundraiser for an L.A. cat rescue.




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L.A. street vendors fought 10 years for the right to sell. Then COVID-19 came along

L.A.'s street vendors are grounded and facing a new Goliath: COVID-19.




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L.A. looks to help restaurants by capping food delivery service fees at 15%

A new proposed Los Angeles city ordinance could set a 15% food delivery service fee cap.




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12 cookbooks that refresh the spirit and inspire in the kitchen

A dozen recent cookbooks for escape and encouragement




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Is L.A. becoming a tlayuda desert? How COVID-19 is causing a shortage of Oaxacan ingredients

The COVID-19 shutdown is affecting the flow of essential Oaxacan ingredients to L.A.




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Surviving the Shutdown: San Pedro Fish Market has sold over 15,000 shrimp trays since stay-at-home started

San Pedro's historic waterfront market is offering discounted shrimp trays to draw in customers




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Indie bookstore Powell's Books rehires more than 100 employees as online orders soar

Portland's beloved indie bookstore Powell's Books rehired more than 100 employees after seeing a surge in online orders.




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10 crime writers to read while under house arrest

Authors Steph Cha and Joe Ide swapped crimes stories and favorite books during the L.A. Times Book Club's first virtual event.




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21 new and classic books to keep you in touch with the natural world

Books about nature to read while avoiding the coronavirus — from classics by John McPhee and Annie Dillard to the upcoming "Book of Eels."




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Tiger Woods makes golf history at the 2019 Masters: A look back

Sunday is when Tiger Woods made golf history, but Saturday is when he won the 2019 Masters and reestablished himself as golf's king.




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16 meaty book series to get you through coronavirus stay-at-home orders

The best series of books in four categories — including highbrow ('Wolf Hall'), L.A. favorites (Easy Rollins) and epic histories (Taylor Branch).




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Mom, 13 cats, Bogart, a restless dog and no WiFi: Rick Bragg self-isolates in Alabama

The journalist has plenty of space in Alabama, but it still gets lonesome. Luckily there's Larry McMurtry, Humphrey Bogart and Jerry Lee Lewis.




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'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel joins the L.A. Times Book Club May 19

Emily St. John Mandel chronicles a global pandemic and financial crisis in her novels, 'Station Eleven' and 'The Glass Hotel.'




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Bookshop.org earns more than $1 million for indie bookstores

Earlier this week, Bookshop.org hit $1 million in earnings that will go to bookstores endangered by the coronavirus outbreak.




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Letters to the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic sickens NIMBYs with heartlessness

Laguna Woods residents express dismay at their neighbors' opposition to using a nearby hotel as housing for homeless coronavirus patients.




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Letters to the Editor: How L.A.'s hotel industry is stepping up in the COVID-19 crisis

Local hotels have repurposed thousands of rooms for use by medical professionals and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump is No. 1 in headlines that start with 'president lashes out'

This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president.




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Letters to the Editor: Churches don't have a 1st Amendment right to ruin public health

Some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks have been linked to religious services, and the public's health trumps every other right.




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Letters to the Editor: She had a ruptured appendix, but fear of COVID-19 scared her from the ER

A patient who had server abdominal pain has a warning: If you think you need to do so, go to the ER, even with a pandemic raging.