Deep Dive | Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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 7 stories reported by our journalists that are worth your time.

Inland Black-owned businesses hit by pandemic

Jamie Azpeitia-Sachs, owner of the Inland Empire Dance Center, teaches a virtual class at her Riverside studio Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.

Some have shuttered. Others have struggled and are barely keeping their doors open. Yet Black-owned businesses in the Inland Empire persist and have worked to find new ways to operate during the coronavirus pandemic. Some got a boost from the social justice movement, but for others, that support was short lived. Read more

In the key of life?

An Anaheim family already devastated by COVID-19 is facing its biggest test -- the patriarch, Joe Trejo, is on a ventilator, fighting for his life. Their answer? Prayer and, yes, a Mariachi band playing Joe’s favorite song in the hospital parking lot. Read more

Larger than life

Mookie. Kobe. The parking lot at Philippe the Original. It’s tough to get more LA than this mural. Read more

Perfect blend

Two Irvine teachers who work with kids on the autism spectrum have started Able Coffee, a cafe in Huntington Beach. Their goals are to make a buck and provide jobs -- and purpose -- for their students. Read more

Reunions for Korean Americans

An estimated 100,000 Korean Americans still have relatives in North Korea. That’s why a bipartisan group of Southern California lawmakers are pushing legislation that would urge the Biden administration to make Korean family reunions a priority. Read more

Sheriff’s private DNA database target of lawsuit

A civil rights group at UC Irvine Law School is suing Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer for leaning on small-time criminals to surrender their genetic material for the database even though California largely limits DNA collection to felonies. Read more

Authorities raid nonprofit that operates hotline for LA Metro

Search warrants were served both at the headquarters of the transportation agency as well as a nonprofit called Peace Over Violence, which operates a little-used sexual harassment counseling hotline for Metro. Read more

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