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COVID-19

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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On the field for Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, preparations for the game are taking place.
Republican legislators tried to force a vote on ending the COVID state of emergency and cited the Super Bowl.
Bryan Monroy wears a lab coat while sitting at a desk in a classroom.
There is a nationwide surge of teachers who are leaving the profession, especially evident among members of the profession with minority backgrounds. Amid the pandemic’s toxic brew of death, illness, and classroom disruption, these departures of seasoned teachers have created another strain for students.
Two women chop water melon in a composting mound. A man shovels dirt in the background.
Nonprofit clinics, tribal organizations and other community groups return to Sacramento for a second year to press for a $100 million health equity and racial justice fund. Gov. Gavin Newsom had left it out of last year’s budget.
Students wearing masks sit at their desks.
California appears to be on the brink of one of its most dramatic shifts in COVID policy: changing school mask mandates.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah speaks at a protest in Century City.
South Los Angeles confronted COVID-19 against backdrop of discriminatory policies which exacerbated the pandemic's effects. To achieve equitable COVID-19 recovery in the area, South L.A. needs ongoing investment in resilient community networks and initiatives.
Governor Gavin Newson speaks at a podium
California’s statewide mask mandate is set to expire on Feb. 15, and state health officials may not extend it in an endemic COVID strategy.
Mobile Clinic Delivers Vaccine to Central American Indigenous Residents in Los Angeles
Odilia Romero, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), talks about how traditions of mutual aid have helped Indigenous immigrant communities survive the pandemic.
Ady Barkan smiles with his son on his lap.
Dr. Rachael King, a scholar of the eighteenth century, draws on experiences with COVID and her research into eighteenth century Quakers to show how support for disabled people needs to include home caregiving.
a new development photographed next to other smaller homes in Koreatown
Erin Aubry Kaplan explains how historically Black L.A. neighborhoods are pushing back against gentrification. She envisions using the pandemic's "pause" to shape a better future.
COVID-19 testing for LAUSD school staff and students - during the pandemic
Amid COVID-related staffing shortages and testing requirements, school systems are stretched thin. And so are parents’ nerves.
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