Chicano Park in San Diego's Barrio Logan, known for its murals, began with student-led occupation

Move productions outdoors? Present different work? Faced with so many unknowns, one artistic director vows: "We all will sit in a theater again."

Hundreds of tango lovers unite on Zoom for the Earth Virtual Milonga. Some dance as couples. Some dance with a pillow. At this party it's all good.

From Cal/OSHA complaints to uniting with unions, workers can take some action if they feel their workplaces aren't keeping them safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

Your next flight probably won't be much like your last one. It may cost more, it may be emptier, it may include a 'sky janitor.' And forget snacks.

With storefronts closed, supply chains in disarray and the global economy in peril, money laundering schemes are hobbled and cash is piling up in L.A., the city's top drug enforcement official said.

In all, the state received some 3 million surgical masks made by BYD, a company known for building electric vehicles with an assembly plant in Los Angeles County.

Cruise lines are tightening health protocols that determine who can and can't sail.

Job seeking in an uncertain economy is difficult enough. Throw in fears of contracting the coronavirus, home quarantines and hiring freezes, and the hunt becomes harder.

Mortgage companies are letting home owners with coronavirus-related financial hardships delay payments, but the process is confusing

The COVID-19 pandemic is unleashing a wave of labor unrest harnessing front-line workers' fear and anger across California and the nation.

To slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, passengers soon will be required to wear masks by the largest airlines in the U.S.

The coronavirus shutdowns have led to devastating losses in advertising revenue to newspapers, including the L.A. Times.

In the coronavirus shutdown, people turn to GoFundMe to ask strangers for the basics: money for food and rent to survive

Amid a public health crisis, trust in governments is rising, while trust in businesses, and in particular, CEOs has fallen sharply, a report says.

Mitch McConnell has promised that the next coronavirus bill would protect business owners from lawsuits related to COVID-19.

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

Along with Henry Segerstrom and Donald Bren, he helped make the OC more cosmopolitan.

The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income.

To address the coronavirus food safety question of whether cooking kills the virus on food, an infectious disease medical expert answers common concerns.

The solitude of social distancing gives the faithful an opportunity to reflect on the core principles of Ramadan.

Newsom says low-income families will receive $365 per child to buy food to make up for the loss of free and reduced-priced lunches provided by schools.

Chef Eric Bost's Melrose Avenue restaurant opened just 13 months ago.

During the coronavirus crisis, food producers, distributors and retailers in California, producer of much of the U.S. food supply, scramble to adapt.

Steph Cha doesn't expect much in the way of good crime fiction to spring from the coronavirus outbreak.

As are bread and milk, gas and aspirin, alcohol and marijuana, books should be available, with safety precautions in place, at the usual places we buy them in our neighborhoods.

In his new book, Colton Underwood — who was recently diagnosed with coronavirus — talks about being manipulated by producers on "The Bachelor."

"Harry Potter" mastermind J.K. Rowling has launched a new website called "Harry Potter at Home" to help distract families from the coronavirus crisis.

Author James Patterson is donating $500,000 to help indie bookstores across the country. For many L.A. booksellers, that could be a life saver.

Patricia Bosworth, an actor who went on to chronicle lives including Jane Fonda's, Marlon Brando's and her own, died from coronavirus. She was 86.

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

In "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman imagined how the Earth would look if humans vanished. Is the COVID-19 lockdown making that a reality?

The 14 Times book prize winners, including Steph Cha, Namwali Serpell, Marlon James and George Packer, were honored in a virtual ceremony on Twitter.

Nick Capizzi and Jenny Yang founded A Good Used Book in 2018 as an itinerant book-browsing mecca. Now they're surviving on hope and Instagram.

Screening a sample of the population to see who has been infected with COVID-19 and who hasn't is a huge step forward in returning to normal life.

America's optimism may have blinded it to the coronavirus. Now, with suffering a part of our daily life, we have a chance to become a mature nation.

Easing sanctions on Iran, hard hit by the coronavirus, would be a humanitarian act that reminds the world of what America truly is.

Trump can't 'reopen' the economy, but Republican governors can follow his lead. If they do, Newsom must continue to protect Californians.

Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act?

Trump justifies his actions on coronavirus by saying he's a businessman who doesn't like having a lot of employees. But government is not a business.

People who blame the president for failing to prepare the country ignore an important fact: We didn't want to believe America was vulnerable to COVID-19.

A program for one-time assistance to undocumented workers affected by the pandemic is a start, but California must do much more.

No Democratic candidates called for social distancing before Super Tuesday, and now the left is Monday-morning quarterbacking the president.

Governments across the U.S. have simply not saved enough to deal with coronavirus-induced budget shortfalls. They need to start taxing the rich more.

Even when he was being impeached, Trump still had a job to do. Nothing justifies his failure to take early action against the coronavirus.

The study authors are reckless to say we need to "recalibrate" public health approaches because the actual COVID-19 mortality rate might be lower.

A call to split the U.S. into separate republics based on our deep political divisions draws support from readers.

If you're a cancer patient, you should not avoid treatment because of the pandemic. Surgery and follow-up care cannot wait.

The Los Angeles County district attorney says work was already underway on reducing L.A.'s jail population before a zero-bail order was issued.

It's too dangerous to have Trump remain president for another eight months during a pandemic. Let Mike Pence take over.