Manny Fernandez

Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times. Email: [email protected]

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@JillPleeter Thank you!

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One of Houston’s polling sites is at the Cuney Homes complex, where George Floyd grew up. One voter and poll worker wore an “I Can’t Breathe” button as she voted. This mural is nearby.

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Kenneth Davis, 57, at Florence and Normandie in South LA on Tuesday

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The corner of Florence and Normandie in South LA erupted in fire and rage in April 1992. After the guilty verdict on Tuesday, this was the scene.

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I didn't see any paparazzi outside Prince Harry and Meghan's Montecito home early Monday evening. But on the surrounding streets I saw the dogs of Montecito, out on their end-of-the-day walks, by their owners and, presumably, by paid professionals.
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I remember a coroner back in Texas, which I used to cover. She kept a Latin phrase in her office. It read: Mortui Vivis Praecipant. Let the dead teach the living.

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I thought I understood the Covid-19 death toll. Then I started spending time at an East Los Angeles funeral home with @AlexWelshPhoto. Off and on for several weeks, we watched the life of the death business at Continental Funeral Home. https://t.co/l49fBWQfbJ

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I spent a lot of time just counting. I’d ignore everything else and count the bodies around me, and put the numbers in my notebook. That’s how my notes looked. On one page I wrote: 31 + 7 + 4 + 2. It was its own language, and more powerful than any sentence I could write.

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Mr. Lefkowitz said that officials overreacted to their presence by shutting the stadium gates. And because of the backlash, he's had threats. “I’ve gotten death threats and I’ve gotten calls that are reasonably scary from people that shouldn’t have my phone number,” he said.

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An interview with an anti-vaxxer:

For my story about the Dodger Stadium vaccine protest, I talked with the lead organizer, Jason Lefkowitz, a stand-up comic & restaurant worker. The protest was a spin-off of their anti-mask, anti-lockdown actions. https://t.co/JUWuuZxY4l

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He cast the vaccine distribution as a government intrusion. “We need to show this pushback,” he said. “Otherwise, if they’re able to stick you with whatever needle they want whenever they want, we have no chance of survival. None. We will be whatever they make us into.”

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@rnbec29 I’m finally here. Email me at [email protected]

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Thousands of cars. Almost 8,000 shots. 30,000 traffic cones. And the mayor of Los Angeles at your service. One day at the Dodger Stadium vaccination megasite. https://t.co/TQnVhKOQd1

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@catherinedwyer Thank you!

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On Sunday, Sylvia Garcia died. She was loved by many. I saw it right there outside the ICU windows. https://t.co/S87tE0t8nu

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A heartbreaking scene plays out daily outside the ICU windows at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM. Families of COVID-19 patients gather outside amid the bushes and shrubs, looking at their loved ones inside and using makeshift ladders for windows too high off the ground.

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Just standing there watching them watch Sylvia Garcia was painful, moving, inspiring. I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. Covid put up a wall between them and Sylvia. They stood vigil at that wall and found a way to stay close but far, outside but in. https://t.co/xwIbGWWNbC