Welcome to a special bonus edition of The Localist
View this email with images. | | | | | Deep Dive | Tuesday, February 9, 2021 | |
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Welcome to a special bonus edition of The Localist, where veteran editors who oversee our in-depth reporting highlight stories you might have missed in the daily onslaught of breaking news.
Here are 9 stories reported by our journalists that are worth your time. |
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| Last month, after Servando Mora died of COVID-19, at age 84, his adult son, Adrian Mora, went on Facebook to ask if people remembered his father. Turns out many did. For decades, the elder Mora, a Riverside resident, was known as “Elote Man,” a guy who sold sweet and spicy corn on the cob, from his truck, in the parks and neighborhoods of Santa Ana. Read more |
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| Coronavirus battle can last for months | | Many recover from COVID-19 quickly, but an estimated 10% suffer longer-lasting consequences. Dubbed as “long-haulers,” some of these patients now face heart, lung or neurological problems. Doctors and researchers aren’t sure why, but are scrambling to find out. Read more |
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| Rising legislation | | Lawmakers are starting to believe that California is in peril because of rising seas, and several new proposals in Sacramento would address the issue. Some are aimed at letting nature do what it’s going to do while preserving public access to beaches. Others would protect the current coast. Read more |
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| Social justice at 80 mph | | Dozens of digital billboards in Southern California are telling drivers about people who are key to Black history, a nod to February and Black History Month. Some of the figures are well known, others aren’t. But the overriding message -- courtesy of the company that owns the billboards -- is that Black history is American history. Read more |
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| State might be holding money for you and yours | | Check out the state controller’s website listing more than $10 billion in unclaimed property to see if your name or the names of friends and family have cash waiting for them. Read more |
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| City treasurer targets Inglewood mayor | | Wanda Brown alleges in a $10 million legal claim that Mayor James T. Butts Jr. and other officials ruined her reputation and humiliated her by slashing her nearly $100,000 salary to $16,850, stripping her of most of her duties and locking her out of City Hall because she complained about the city’s finances. Read more |
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| Searching for trouble | | Southern Californians searched for specific information about conspiracy theories, joining violent extremist groups and making explosives before and after the 2020 presidential election, a new report shows. Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties were among the top 15 for number of internet searches related to extremism, researchers found. Read more |
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