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.’
The iconic Monterey Bay Aquarium has been closed since March because of the pandemic, forcing major cutbacks. Still, the animals must be cared for.
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.
As the coronavirus ravages California’s Latino communities, the grim cycle of illness and death ends at places like Continental Funeral Home.
The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Latinos — and on the mortuaries that help families say goodbye to their loved ones
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.
Coronavirus is ravaging Kern County in the hard-hit Central Valley. But local leaders say there is confusion over public health measures.
A judge ordered officials to provide space in shelters or alternative housing for homeless residents living near freeways. But where will they go?
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.
Second wave of coronavirus has businesses and the public moving from indoors to the great outdoors
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.
Masks, gloves and protective clothing all help protect photographers out on the streets.
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.
The coronavirus era of social distancing and temperature checks is changing, perhaps even endangering, the hallowed rhythms of Texas football.
The medical flight crew of Mercy Air was getting ready for bed when they got their first call of the day.
On the Texas border, a culture of hard work and family gatherings helped spread coronavirus since the state reopened, filling hospitals and morgues.
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.
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.
Lines stretch long in the summer heat as medical personnel log hours testing Angelenos for coronavirus infection.
High school and college commencements have become a mobile rite of passage amid COVID-19 restrictions.
San Pedro tide pools are attracting an unprecedented number of people who are looking to harvest free seafood, alarming experts and residents.
Sweltering heat is not new to the Inland Empire’s homeless population. But the threat of coronavirus is.
Police officers on the Navajo Nation are fearing for their lives during COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s one officer’s story.
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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.
The coronavirus crisis has frozen migrant labor, leaving farmers and workers desperate.
The beaches were closed and many fireworks shows were canceled, but Southern California still celebrated July 4.
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.
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.
Visual look at the third phase to reopen California amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Party clowns have had to learn the art of socially distanced shenanigans while ‘medical’ clowns who serve hospital patients have opened digital worlds.
A look at people around the Southland doing their thing, all masked up.
You’ll need a reservation to visit Yosemite, even if you’re just going for the day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When Adam Bratt studied the faces of his Advanced Placement psychology students that morning in December, he saw trauma.
Chaffey College handed out 600 ‘grad bags’ at the Rancho Cucamonga campus and about 170 each at the Chino and Fontana campuses.
The coronavirus is killing so many people in Tijuana that the morgue has run out of refrigerator space for bodies.
As the coronavirus lockdown severs commerce along the eastern Sierra Nevada range, rural towns look to the future with dread.
Southern California parking lots overflow with new vehicles and rental cars, evidence of the economic toll of the coronavirus on the auto industry.
The Vintage Auto Racing Assn. held the races over the weekend as California slowly reopens after coronavirus shutdowns.
A Houston hospital isn’t just battling the coronavirus. It faces patients who, convinced they’re not infected, leave before treatment is finished.
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.
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.
For the last few months, grocery stores have served as public theaters for the traumatized American consumer.
Photos: The ocean remains open for water sports in Santa Cruz, but passive activities at beaches are prohibited amid the pandemic.
Tourist spots prepare to welcome visitors once coronavirus restrictions are lifted
Businesses and restaurants open to customers in rural California counties.
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.
Los Angeles’ mayor allows wholesale dealers to start selling under strict social distancing guidelines.
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.
An ER doctor promises a COVID-19 patient tests, a bed, oxygen and wishes she could do more.
Demonstrators demand that Gov. Gavin Newson’s stay-at-home order be lifted.
Workers in white protective suits have buried dozens of bodies — causalities of the coronavirus — as bulldozers clear land for more graves.
Video and photos show an algae bloom in the South Bay producing a neon-blue light along the shoreline at night in Hermosa Beach.
More Americans killed from virus than in Vietnam War
These are some of the unusual new scenes across the Southland during the coronavirus outbreak.
Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Knotts Berry Farm and Sea World closed due to coronavirus . These aerial photos show the deserted scene.
Laura Howe repurposed fabric from her Matrushka Construction boutique to make masks for the coronavirus outbreak. She’s sold 8,000.
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.
Lines snake through parking lots at grocery stores. Buses carry people to essential jobs.
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.
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.
Photos show increased patient volume at Baja California-adjacent Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista.
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.
These photos show what’s open and what’s closed along the Southern California coast.
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Masks, gloves and protective clothing all help protect photographers out on the streets.
They’re wealthy and live in posh locations. Here’s how the coronavirus outbreak affects them.
With school closed for the coronavirus, LAUSD, the nation’s second-largest district, has given out about 10 million meals since March 18.
Photos from LAX, where a handful of passengers still pass through the terminals, with air traffic nationwide down due to the coronavirus.
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.
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.
In Los Angeles, gang intervention workers are an essential workforce, helping to keep the peace and now educating communities about the pandemic.
Coronavirus brings new levels of misery to impoverished California trailer park
Solvang, Calif., with its windmills and half-timbered architecture, draws more than 1½ million visitors a year. It’s a virtual ghost town now.
Locals share coronavirus conspiracy theories along Route 93 in rural Nevada
Here’s an inside look with doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle.
Firefighters and law enforcement officers from L.A. to Laguna Beach express their gratitude to healthcare workers for their efforts in fighting COVID-19.
Nurses around the world are risking their lives tending to coronavirus patients.
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Locals share coronavirus conspiracy theories along Route 93 in rural Nevada
The musicians are seeking as financial assistance during COVID-19 pandemic
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Solvang, Calif., with its windmills and half-timbered architecture, draws more than 1½ million visitors a year. It’s a virtual ghost town now.
Parade, games presents coronavirus can’t stop birthday party
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In Los Angeles, gang intervention workers are an essential workforce, helping to keep the peace and now educating communities about the pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
Social and physical distancing have restricted normal gatherings. But here are a few workarounds.
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.
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.
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?
Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered Californians to stay at home. With businesses and popular destinations closed, The Times’ Luis Sinco documented the surreal scenes.
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.
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.
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.
On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills the high-end shops are closed, the normally bustling sidewalks empty because of California coronavirus restrictions.
Here’s a visual look at how life in Southern California has changed during the coronavirus crisis.
California’s landscape of everyday life is changing under the state’s stay-home order. These drone photos prove it.
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.
Retailers are setting aside time for seniors and other vulnerable populations to do their shopping in a less-crowded environment.
