Yes, there was good news in 2020 too
Alexa Capelli, 20, entertains in her Upland neighborhood where residents get together weekly for socially distanced gatherings during the pandemic.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
It wasn’t all bad.
The year had moments of virus-inspired kindness: Musicians staged porch concerts, animal shelters saw more dog and cat adoptions. There was invention: With movies and TV shows stalled for a time, costumers sewed face masks. And there was silliness: Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci on “Saturday Night Live.”
Namiko Ishii-Danganan, center, with daughters Miya, left, and Ami Ishii, are fostering Sky, a year-old blue-nose pit bull, at their Downey home.