The Crushing of Light

March 31, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Miami Herald" March 31, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "Bangkok Post" world 'Stop nagging, use makeup': Malaysia coronavirus advice to women KUALA LUMPUR: Coronavirus lockdown advice issued by Malaysia that urges women to dress up at home and avoid nagging their husbands sparked a sexism row on Tuesday, with critics saying it promotes gender stereotypes. 31 Mar 2020 11

March 30, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Guardian" (London, Greater London, England) March 30, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) China defends temporary travel ban on foreigners during pandemic Beijing says it has no choice but to impose new border controls amid the coronavirus emergency. 4 hours ago

March 29, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Albuquerque Journal" March 29, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Xi Jinping visits Zhejiang in push to get economy back on its feet Chinese president is fighting ‘two tough battles’ to reboot industry and defeat Covid-19, Xinhua says. 5 hours ago

March 28, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" March 28, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=fcf529b5-4424-4244-a2d5-4ba5f65ab03a Hospitals facing a cruel April But officials hope stay-at-home order will hobble virus’ spread THE NAVY hospital ship Mercy pulls into the Port of Los Angeles, with 1,000 beds and 800 staffers ready to ease hospitals’ bed crunch. (Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times) By Soumya Karlamangla, Anita Chabria, Rong-Gong Lin II and James Rainey Looking east, California can envision its coronavirus future in the overflowing hospital wards of New York City. Looking west, it can draw hope from the disease’s swift decline in Asian nations that quickly imposed strict physical-isolation measures on infected people. Two months after its first confirmed case of the deadly...

March 27, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" March 27, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) China bars foreigners months after it attacked other countries’ bans 3 hours ago

March 26, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" March 26, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=330f6aea-c235-4a32-9d55-fdd47f2a3e8f Wuhan’s voice of truth Novelist’s online diary is a window into life and death in the epicenter of the pandemic A MAN shops for masks at a pharmacy in Wuhan, China, in January. That month, Fang Fang started her online diary, which has gained millions of followers. (Dake Kang Associated Press) FANG FANG, shown in 2012, has long been criticized for her realist portrayals of China. (David Levenson Getty Images) By Alice Su SHANGHAI — Locked down in Wuhan, China, for a week, then a month, then two, Fang Fang sought solace in words. The novelist has called Wuhan home for more than 60 years. On Jan. 23, when the coronavirus outbreak that would soon become a pandemic was spinning out of control, China quarantined ...

March 25, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Miami Herald" March 25, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=838cd937-c540-4c33-bfda-c2e8d742ff75 How Silicon Valley became COVID-19 breeding ground Tech companies, foreign travel and dense population made Santa Clara County a ripe target. By Maura Dolan and Susanne Rust SAN JOSE — The Silicon Valley has long driven California’s economic engine. When the coronavirus hit U.S. shores, the region also become California’s epicenter of contagion. Authorities in Santa Clara County, where more than 2 million people live, were well aware the virus would arrive. They tried to prepare. But without much federal help, they were unable to stop it. In rapid fire, Santa Clara became home to the second confirmed COVID-19 case in California and the seventh in the United States...

March 24, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Sacramento Bee" March 24, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=bcdb5579-1334-47b4-a817-161555339dc4 Back story A look at existing drugs Can we fight the novel coronavirus with a weapon we already have? EARLY test results in China show hydroxychloroquine inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infections in the lab. (Gerard Julien AFP/Getty Images) By Amina Khan Medicines designed to treat COVID-19 won’t be on pharmacy shelves for months or even years, but thousands of patients are in hospitals and health clinics now. So doctors are looking to drugs that are already approved for treating other diseases. Malaria, HIV and arthritis wouldn’t seem to have much in common with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that has upended the world in just a few short months. But medicines develo...

March 23, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Berkshire Eagle" (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) March 23, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=a143a916-2082-4e3e-bd4d-d6fdf8c05392 Parties spar over rescue funds Talks stall in Congress over the scope of coronavirus aid to states and conditions for business bailouts. By Laura King and Jennifer Haberkorn WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and the Trump administration raced Sunday evening to reach agreement on an enormous financial rescue package totaling nearly $2 trillion meant to steer the U.S. economy through the coronavirus crisis and help ordinary Americans weather devastating job losses. But lawmakers appeared far apart as negotiations headed deep into the night. Although both parties said they agreed on the urgency of passing a measure quickly, as unemploym...

March 22, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" March 22, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=4c6b2253-18bd-4b45-af05-80789b176c14 COLUMN ONE Homeless outreach work hits ‘another level entirely’ COVID-19 era adds new reasons to worry for the vulnerable RALPH GOMEZ, left, tosses a clipboard to get homeless client Davis Soto’s signature while keeping his distance in Los Angeles. Outreach workers realize the focus of their jobs will change in the coming weeks. (Photographs by Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times) ERIC MONTOYA, right, outreach coordinator of LA Family Housing, interviews Patrick Moran, who lives in a homeless encampment situated in the Sepulveda Basin in Encino. () By Thomas Curwen and Benjamin Oreskes O n a recent morning, Katrina Johnson, Ralph Gomez and Kenya Smith ...

March 21, 1990 e xcerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the"Bennington Banner" (Bennington, Vermont) March 21, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Fireworks in Wuhan as coronavirus checkpoints are taken down Authorities begin clearing them as the city hardest hit by the crisis prepares to go back to work, but routes out will remain blocked.