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A homeless person sits on a wheelchair under rainy weather on Sunset Blvd., in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Monday, April 6, 2020. One population is particularly vulnerable to contracting and spreading the coronavirus: the homeless. Officials have vowed repeatedly to get them indoors, but testing shortages and bureaucratic wrangling are making it difficult. Relatively few of California's 150,000 homeless population have been moved into individual quarters. It's unclear how many even have the highly contagious virus. It's a problem playing out nationwide and it's unclear how many may even have coronavirus. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Massive effort to get Los Angeles homeless into hotels

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 24, 1984 file photo shows Allen Garfield at the screening for &quot;Irreconcilable Differences&quot; in Los Angeles. Garfield, the veteran character actor who was a vital player in classic 1970s films like “The Conversation” and “Nashville,” died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Los Angeles due to complications from COVID-19.. He was 80. (AP Photo/Scott Harms, File)

Allen Garfield, elite ‘70s character actor, dies at 80

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Illustration on the status of the abortion industry during the COVID19 pandemic by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

For abortion industry, it’s business as usual during COVID-19 pandemic

By Lila Rose

The US Naval Ship Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Los Angeles. The 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship is expected to help take the load off Los Angeles area hospitals as they treat coronavirus patients. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Eduardo Moreno intentionally derailed train near U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy, feds say

By Christopher Weber - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo, The USNS Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles. A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid the coronovirus crisis. The locomotive crashed through a series of barriers before coming to rest more than 250 yards from the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Nobody was hurt. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Feds: Man intentionally derailed LA train near hospital ship

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

Possible hazmat crash snarls I-5 in mountains north of LA

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A man wears a bandana as he rides with his Chiuhuaha dog on Sunset Blvd., in Los Angeles Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Gov. Gavin Newsom says California's extraordinary efforts to keep people home have bought the time needed to prepare for an expected peak surge of coronavirus cases in coming weeks. A spike of new cases has not come as quickly as expected. However, Newson was reluctant to say Tuesday whether ultimately that means the impact won't be nearly as dire as first predicted. He said people can't let down their guards and need to continue to stay home. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

More than 50 infected with virus at California nursing home

By Robert Jablon - Associated Press

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti listens as California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks in front of the hospital ship US Naval Ship Mercy that arrived into the Port of Los Angeles on Friday, March 27, 2020, to provide relief for Southland hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. Admiral John Gumbleton, U.S. Navy stands behind Mayor Garcetti. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Coronavirus response highlights deepening partisan divide

By STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo, a cyclist rides by the US Naval Ship Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles. The 1,000-bed USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) docked at the Port of Los Angeles accepted its first patients Sunday, March 29 during its support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Retired docs, nursing, med students: California wants you

By ADAM BEAM and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, rapper Nipsey Hussle watches an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle, 33, was shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store on March 31, 2019. A year after Hussle's death, his popularity and influence are as strong as ever. He won two posthumous Grammys in January, he remains a favorite of his hip-hop peers and his death has reshaped his hometown of Los Angeles in some unexpected ways. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

How a chance reunion led to Nipsey Hussle’s death

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

A man jogs alone atop a battery near the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco. The surge of coronavirus cases in California that health officials have warned was coming has arrived and will worsen, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday, while the mayor of Los Angeles warned that by early next week his city could see the kind of crush that has crippled New York. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

California virus death toll surpasses 100; infections surge

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Rams Michael Brockers is shown in action against the New England Patriots during NFL Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta. Brockers is re-signing with the Los Angeles Rams after his free agent deal with the Ravens fell through, apparently because Baltimore's team doctors couldn't examine him properly due to the coronavirus pandemic. Brockers' representatives at Team Sports Agency confirmed the surprising reversal Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)

Ravens lose DT Brockers, who returns to Rams for 3-year deal

By DAVID GINSBURG - Associated Press

$FILE - In this March 20, 2020, file photo, a subway customer walks a sparsely populated 42nd Street Times Square platform while covering his face due to coronavirus concerns in New York. Los Angeles is half the size of New York City but has a disproportionately small fraction of the coronavirus cases and deaths as the nation's largest city. The same goes for California when compared with New York state as a whole, which is the current epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)$

Coronavirus cases hit 2 largest US cities differently

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

A man takes a photo of a sign advising that the Employment Development Department is closed due to coronavirus concerns, in San Francisco on Thursday, March 26, 2020. A record-high number of people applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs engulfed the United States in the face of a near-total economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California swamped by jobless claims; LA virus cases rise

By BRIAN MELLEY and CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

Los Angeles Sheriff Sheriff Alex Villanueva expresses his condolences for the victims of the shooting at Saugus High School at a news conference at the station Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Alex Villanueva, Los Angeles County sheriff, orders gun shops to close

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

Pedestrians wear face masks due to coronavirus concerns, as they walk on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Los Angeles County health officials backtracked Tuesday on their announcement that a child died from coronavirus, saying it’s possible the death was caused by something else. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Boy, 17, with coronavirus dies as cases surge in California

By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 23, 2020, file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom updates the state's response to the coronavirus, at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Newsom's administration warned state agencies the government will have less money to spend because of coronavirus restrictions, which will likely postpone some of the state's ambitious spending plans during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Possible 1st coronavirus death of U.S. minor reported in Los Angeles County

By Robert Jablon - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, Lyle Waggoner arrives at the &quot;The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special&quot; in Los Angeles. Waggoner, who played comic foil on the show, has died. He was 84. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Lyle Waggoner, foil on ‘The Carol Burnett Show,’ dies at 84

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

People wait in a line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif., Sunday, March 15, 2020. Coronavirus concerns have led to consumer panic buying of grocery staples, and now gun stores are seeing a similar run on weapons and ammunition as panic intensifies. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

San Francisco Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place order

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Light traffic moves along Interstate 280 in San Francisco, Monday, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco, Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place mandate amid coronavirus

By Jocelyn Gecker and Janie Har - Associated Press