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Clown Princes Sit Back, Relax, Swab Hard-Hit vs. Hardly Hit
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall on Now that the F.D.A. has authorized Lockdowns changed what Americans
“Coming 2 America,” a long-awaited home Covid testing kits, you can check could do and buy, and who had jobs and
sequel to their 1988 film that will be your status from your own sofa. But who lost them. As a result, some are
released on Friday, and their history how well do they work? PAGE 6 flush as their friends struggle. PAGE 1
as comics and friends. PAGE 6
INTERNATIONAL 11-15 SUNDAY STYLES NATIONAL 16-25 THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR KIDS
State of the Podcast
An adaptation market in Hollywood is
Taliban Prisons in Afghanistan A Telling Trend Making Room for Black History Young Forces for Change
just one sign of the rapid evolution of A potential U.S. withdrawal very likely From F.B.I. tip lines to social media, How a day to remember Black achieve- Meet 18 young people who are using
the industry. But some worry that big means thousands of people will contin- many Americans have spent their time ments expanded to a week and then their time and their talents to help
money will stifle the spirit that has ue to be captured and tortured. PAGE 12 in isolation blowing the whistle. PAGE 1 grew to a month. PAGE 20 others get through the pandemic.
driven much of its success. PAGES 10-15
Saying No to ‘Trump Lake’ The Fight for Franklin Canyon Asian-Americans Are Angry
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SUNDAY REVIEW A proposal to rename a reservoir has A court battle continues over the con- For many who have endured racist
united bitter rivals in Kosovo: Both struction of a gated compound at a taunts, a fatal assault on an older man
Carl Zimmer PAGE 4 sides think it’s ludicrous. PAGE 11 popular Los Angeles hiking spot. PAGE 1 has become a rallying cry. PAGE 16
$3.66 DESIGNATED AREAS HIGHER © 2021 WST DD SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2021 latimes.com
In pandemic,
location is
everything
Those communities’ rela-
Data analysis shows tive good fortune can be ex-
plained by some obvious
vast inequities across demographic factors, such
L.A. County during as Malibu’s low housing den-
sity and West Hollywood’s
the winter surge. large population of singles
able to work from home.
By Matt Stiles But residents and city
and Hayley Smith officials also point to other
factors they believe helped
The winter surge of keep the pandemic under
COVID-19 brutalized much control: sea breezes, easy ac-
of Los Angeles County, send- cess to open space for exer-
ing case rates and deaths cising, a strong culture of
skyrocketing for weeks. mask compliance and, cru-
But in some neighbor- cially, limited contact with
hoods, the pandemic’s other people.
wrath was barely felt. [See Surge, A13]
In West Hollywood, Mali-
bu and Playa del Rey, infec-
tion rates actually fell, or in- Bay Area schools
creased much less than else-
where, according to a Times plan exposes rift
Gary Coronado Los Angeles Times data analysis of more than Proposed reopenings
A MASS GRAVE holds the unidentified dead in Tijuana in 2018. Thousands of corpses pass through 300 neighborhoods and cit- reveal a region divided by
morgues each year without being identified, a growing problem one official calls a “humanitarian crisis.” ies across the county. economics. CALIFORNIA, B1
WITHOUT A NAME
1,000
750
750
500
500
250
80,000 in Mexico have vanished over 15 years. Many 250
COLUMN ONE
I Dodson’s afternoon
drink when he heard
what happened to Tiger
Woods.
Dodson, an author of seven
golf books, has the sport’s
history scrawled into his
on Sunday mornings.
It was pre-pandemic and
just another audience at the
historic Art Deco theater
with its neon orb atop an 80-
foot tower. But as Roger
Rocka’s Dinner Theater
over religion, LGBTQ rights,
Hatching a plan
to save condors
“We have no time to Energy firm will breed
knuckles. As he processed the across the street went dark, waste,” the president the endangered vultures
news of Woods’ harrowing car the gay bar silent and the says after the House to replace those that
crash Tuesday over a biogra- Tower District’s lively side- passed the $1.9-trillion may be killed by wind
pher’s bourbon, Dodson’s walks emptied, the devout measure. NATION, A6 turbines. CALIFORNIA, B1
daughter called with an easy continued to meet for
comparison to one of her months, drawing local ire. J&J shot cleared Weather
father’s subjects. In January it became Sunny and breezy.
“They’re saying Tiger’s public that Adventure as third vaccine L.A. Basin: 72/50. B5
injury is worse than Ben Church was buying the thea- The FDA authorizes the
Hogan’s,” she said. Associated Press ter, the neighborhood’s COVID-19 shot, which
“No, it’s not,” Dodson BEN HOGAN shielded his wife, Valerie, center, namesake and economic an- works with one dose, not
assured her. when their car was hit by a bus in Texas in 1949. chor. “That’s when things two. NATION, A10
[See Crash, A14] Many thought he would never walk again. went wackydoodle,” said
BUSINESS INSIDE: Clubhouse audio-chat app is a playground for users and scammers. A15
COMMUNITY VOICES: A Q&A from UChicago Medicine, sponsored content on Page 13
Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Sunday, February 28, 2021 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com
$1.9 trillion
virus bill
now heads
to Senate
Dems have 2 weeks
to pass aid as jobless
benefits near lapse
By Alan Fram
Associated Press
long.” Jay Rivera, Joliet chief water plant operator, walks away after checking the water level at well 24d in Joliet on Tuesday.
The new president’s vision for
Turn to Bill, Page 10 50 miles from Lake Michigan, towns left with tough choice
By Morgan Greene systems on Earth, groundwater next 20 years, from about $34 to “basically shuffling deck chairs
IN NATION & WORLD: The FDA Chicago Tribune is running out. nearly $140. But officials say a on the Titanic.”
on Saturday approved the Johnson Joliet is the latest city to give new water source is necessary. “The problem is going to be
& Johnson vaccine that works with On a rainy day in northeastern up on the deep aquifers, voting By 2030, when the pipeline to there,” Abrams said. “It’s just a
just one dose. Page 21 Illinois, you might have stepped last month — in a decision Joliet is expected to be com- matter of when it manifests.”
outside and wondered when the officials called the most signifi- pleted, a few wells that supply In northeastern Illinois, more
downpour would end, without cant in the town’s history — to Joliet water could be struggling water has been drained from the
realizing a century-old and po- tap into Lake Michigan water to meet demands. aquifers than is replenished,
tentially life-changing deficit provided by Chicago. Joliet could probably manage causing water levels to drop to
second dose one of the largest freshwater residents could quadruple in the Water Survey. But beyond that — Turn to Water, Page 8
of vaccine,
what’s next? Next generation
of Black leaders
As protocols continue, The first cohort of Black
life might not get back Bench Chicago will be learn-
ing about legislative proc-
to normal immediately esses, campaigns, special
interests, budgets and the
By Madeline Buckley
history of Black organizing in
Chicago Tribune
Chicago. Life+Travel
Chris Ruys is scheduled to
receive her second COVID-19 vac-
cine shot on March 1 and will be
considered fully inoculated about IN A+E: Artist Riva Lehrer
two weeks later. paints portraits of people
After that, she wonders: Then with disabilities — minus the
what? mock heroics, the “freak
Based on advice from doctors, show” or the toxic staring.
Ruys doesn’t expect her daily life
to change immediately. She re-
cently turned down an invitation
for a St. Patrick’s Day party, as she IN BUSINESS: With millions
worries about the vaccine’s per- of jobs likely gone for good,
formance against the new var- JOSE M. OSORIO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE the pandemic is forcing un-
iants, as well as spreading the virus Northwestern University senior Lauren Reynolds, a music education and social policy double major, employed Chicagoans to
to others. tutors children remotely Friday from her Evanston apartment. rethink their careers.
“I think I’ll have to take it a day
at a time,” the 75-year-old Streeter-
ville neighborhood resident said.
Medical experts, along with the
Flashpoint for teachers in training TOM SKILLING’S
Centers for Disease Control and Are new rules ‘culturally responsive teaching’ or ‘woke indoctrination’? WEATHER
Prevention, are telling people to
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continue masking and social dis- By Elyssa Cherney, farming community. cal maelstrom has ensued as the
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tancing after they are considered Karen Ann Cullotta “The literature for a long state finalized a broad overhaul
fully inoculated because doctors and Robert McCoppin time has told us: If we think of of rules for teacher training Complete forecast
don’t yet know whether vacci- Chicago Tribune teaching as simply delivering programs that reflect this cul- in Nation & World, Page 34
nated people can spread the virus the content, then you’re going turally sensitive approach.
As dean of Illinois’ largest to struggle with many of the The idea of cultural compe- $5.75 city, suburbs
Turn to Second, Page 2 teacher preparation program, kids in the classroom, because tency has been embraced in and elsewhere
Jim Wolfinger works to culti- it’s not connected to their education circles for years. But 173rd year No. 59
vate socially aware educators personal lives,” said Wolfinger, Illinois’ new rules — which cite © Chicago Tribune
IN LIFE+TRAVEL: With early who can inspire students in any who leads the College of Edu- potential teacher biases like
access to vaccines, older travelers setting — whether that’s an cation at Illinois State Uni- racism, homophobia, unearned
are leading a new wave of hotel, urban neighborhood with ra- versity.
cruise and other tour bookings. cially diverse families or a small But in recent weeks, a politi- Turn to Training, Page 12
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