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Trying Out LA’s New Coronavirus Testing Regime

By Bernard J. Wolfson May 8, 2020

Los Angeles is the first big U.S. city to offer COVID-19 testing to anyone who wants it. Will it help restore normal life to the 10 million residents of the city and surrounding county?

Corralling Hard-To-Reach Voters With Traveling Voting Machines

By Anna Almendrala February 28, 2020

In advance of the Super Tuesday primary, Los Angeles County is rotating new touch-screen voting machines among 41 locations, including adult day care centers and jails, to increase voting among populations with historically low turnout.

Máscaras revelan desconexión cultural mientras comunidad china de LA se prepara para el coronavirus

By Anna Almendrala January 30, 2020

En China es habitual ver transeúntes usando máscaras faciales. Pero en los Estados Unidos se trata de un fenómeno nuevo que genera algo de rechazo.

Distritos escolares lidian con cuarentenas, mascarillas y miedo

By Anna Almendrala February 18, 2020

Los distritos pisan territorio desconocido cuando aplican reglas federales a sus cuerpos estudiantiles. Y muchas veces toman decisiones sin orientación oficial.

School Districts Grapple With Quarantines, Face Masks And Fear

By Anna Almendrala February 18, 2020

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, school districts, especially those with large Chinese student populations, are in uncharted territory as they apply new federal travel rules to their students. Some also are weighing requests from parents that are more about fear than science, such as whether to allow students with no travel history to stay home from school.

Masks Reveal Cultural Disconnect As L.A.’s Chinese Community Braces For Coronavirus

By Anna Almendrala January 30, 2020

Since two cases of the mysterious new coronavirus were reported in Southern California, Chinese immigrants have begun donning face masks. The practice is common in China but goes against official guidance in the U.S., and that’s causing conflict in local schools.

Bacteria fecal en vías fluviales de California aumenta con la crisis de las personas sin hogar

By Anna Almendrala January 6, 2020

Funcionarios de calidad del agua dicen que la creciente población de personas sin hogar de California, las cuales no tienen acceso a baños, aumenta el problema.

Fecal Bacteria In California’s Waterways Increases With Homeless Crisis

By Anna Almendrala January 6, 2020

Some of California’s most prized rivers, bays, beaches and streams are contaminated with levels of fecal bacteria that exceed state limits, threatening human health. While aging sewage infrastructure is largely to blame, homeless encampments are also a probable source of contamination.

COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past

May 4, 2020 By Jordan Rau and Anna Almendrala

Hiring A Diverse Army To Track COVID-19 Amid Reopening

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Anna Almendrala June 1, 2020

Experts estimate local and state health departments will have to hire 100,000 to 300,000 people as contact tracers to get the economy back on track. Many states are trying hard to hire from the racial and ethnic minority communities hit hardest by the virus.

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