Coronavirus fears are challenging public transit agencies across US. Is it still safe to ride?

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On the normally crowded Metro E Line light-rail train connecting downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica, two riders wore masks among about 50 onboard in one car during a recent evening rush hour. At a main connecting station downtown, riders were mostly blasé about the threat. "It's fearmongering more than anything," said Alfred Arevalo ...
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LA Marathon Underway Despite Coronavirus Concerns, Winners Announced

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Race organizers increased the number of hand sanitizer stations at the starting line at Dodger Stadium, along the 26.2-mile, 385-yard course and the finish festival in Santa Monica. The health department also recommended that spectators who were sick with even mild illness remain at home. Spectators were advised to engage in "social distancing ...
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L.A. Marathon goes on despite coronavirus fears: Masks, sanitizer and humor amid the water bottles

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It was important, he said, “to make sure our group is safe.” At about 9 a.m., several dozen people waited on the corner of Sepulveda and Santa Monica boulevards to cheer on two runners who had flown in from Japan. Nancy Perdomo, 56, who runs the Culver City Sister City Committee, a nonprofit that focuses on building friendships and cultural ...
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Sprouting cauliflower at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market

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Josiah Citrin recently reopened his 20-year-old Santa Monica institution, Melisse, along with the upscale Citrin. He tells market correspondent Gillian Ferguson what he is up to with brassicas. Also, Zach Nichols at Two Peas in a Pod describes the varying stages of cauliflower -- from tight heads to sprouting to flowers -- and the difference ...
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Los Angeles Marathon To Continue As Planned Despite Coronavirus Fears

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It gets underway in the early morning hours on Sunday, March 8, at Dodger Stadium and ends in Santa Monica. Organizers say they are fully cooperating with the city of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department and municipal partners “to ensure public safety” amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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