2020 in Review
10 Urgent Stories From a Scary Year
A look back at some of Capital & Main’s coverage of 2020.
Homeless Deaths Are Spiking in Los Angeles and Beyond
By Jessica Goodheart
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Are COVID deaths going unreported? Or has living on the street become more dangerous?
‘Not Ok, Boomers!’ Say Restless Millennials
By Steve Appleford
Illustration by Define Urban
Baby boomers are criticized by younger, debt-burdened Americans frustrated by economic inequality. But many boomers are also hurting.
Homeless Moms Seize Houses as Coronavirus Rages
By Steve Appleford
Photo: Steve Appleford
Facing a health crisis, California legislators call for a moratorium on evictions, utility shutoffs and foreclosures.
Gavin Newsom Hands Out Fracking Permits to Connected Driller
By Steve Horn
While California was convulsed by COVID-19 and George Floyd’s death, the governor gave Big Oil a big gift.
A Jared Kushner-Connected Company Is Buying an L.A. Mall
By Jack Ross
Photo: Luis Sinco/L.A. Times via Getty Images
Why wasn’t an African American community group allowed to make a final bid on the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza?
Outbreak: Los Angeles’ Fateful 15 Days
By Jason McGahan
Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Everything from chronic physician shortages to the county’s political culture seemed aligned against a rapid response to the virus.
Under Trump, Income Growth Slows Across U.S.
By Jessica Goodheart
Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
48 states saw real median household income growth decline in Trump’s first two years, some dramatically.
L.A. Public Health Ok’d Release of COVID Patients to Nursing Homes With Many Coronavirus Deaths, Poor Ratings
By Danny Feingold
Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
The agency also scrubbed statistics on coronavirus deaths and cases at designated nursing homes from its website.
Redding’s Homeless Ride a Wave of Very Tough Love
By Evelyn Nieves
Photo: Chris Solberg
California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls homelessness an emergency akin to a major earthquake, but his proposals do not prevent cities from sweeping people off the streets.
Performance Anxiety: Will the Adult Film Industry
Survive the Pandemic?
By Alex Demyanenko
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Even porn actors must work from home as one of the most intimate industries remains in lockdown.
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