Birds flock around a trash can on the Mission Beach Boardwalk, March 23, 2020. The same afternoon parks and beaches throughout the city, including the boardwalk, were closed to the public.
Wind blows through an empty isolation tent set up for patients who arrive with COVID-19 symptoms at La Maestra Community Health Centers’ City Heights clinic, April 8, 2020.
Daniel Thomas sits in a hotel in Old Town, April 9, 2020. He stayed there while his wife Barbara awaited the results of her COVID-19 test. After a day of isolating her test came back negative.
Wanita Long packs up blankets after sleeping on an area of dirt near the Interstate 5 ramp at 17th Street in San Diego, May 20, 2020.
Deborah Jackson, who’s been homeless for five years, uses a nebulizer to take albuterol for her asthma and COPD, May 21, 2020. Jackson has been staying in the Alpha Project section of the San Diego Convention Center since late April.
Letters from Joseph Bondoc’s children asked God to heal their father while he was being treated for COVID-19, June 26, 2020. Bondoc, from National City, died from the virus.
Witchelda Bondoc stands over her husband Joseph Bondoc’s grave at Miramar National Cemetery on June 30, 2020. Bondoc died from COVID-19 in May.
Peter Sanchez, a Navy veteran from Calexico, cleans his hands with wipes handed out by the Brown Bag Coalition at Calexico’s Border Friendship Park, April 21, 2020.
A protester does back handsprings in front of a line of San Diego police officers during a protest of police violence and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, May 31, 2020.
San Diego County sheriff’s deputies gather inside the County Administration Building as protesters gather outside for a vigil to honor George Floyd and other black men and women killed by police, May 31, 2020.
Hector and Maribel Hernandez arrive to vote with their three children at the Mid-City Gym in City Heights, Nov. 3, 2020.
Jamila Demby celebrates the election of Joe Biden as rain pours down on University Avenue in Hillcrest, Nov. 7, 2020.
San Diego mayoral candidate Todd Gloria is hugged by Elene Bratton at the launch of a drive-thru canvass campaign event hosted by the San Diego Building and Construction Trades on Oct. 24, 2020.
Poll worker Diago Fuller assists a voter at the Mid-City Gym in City Heights, Nov. 3, 2020.
A healthcare provider cares for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, May 1, 2020.