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LA has more reopenings, more coronavirus cases
Governor Gavin Newsom is allowing gyms, day camps, and museums to open their doors on Friday, and film production can restart. LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger talks about her calculations between the economy and the coronavirus.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenGovernor Gavin Newsom is allowing gyms, day camps, and museums to open their doors on Friday, and film production can restart. LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger talks about her calculations between the economy and the coronavirus.
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4 storiesLA Supervisor Kathryn Barger: County keeps reopening deliberately and cautiously
Los Angeles County has received the “green light” from Governor Gavin Newsom to continue to reopen, despite being the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in California.
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KCRW’s Anna Scott spent more than a year with Christine Curtiss as she tried to find housing. Scott tried to learn why it’s so challenging to solve LA’s homelessness problem.
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Alonzo Bodden talks about Black Lives Matter, the rallying cry “defund the police,” and who would be effective on the Supreme Court and in the White House during this time of COVID-19 and social unrest.
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