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Coronavirus spotlight: Long Beach

 Long Beach Airport
A couple waits for a ride at the Long Beach Airport, where the number of flights and passengers are down because of the coronavirus.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco gives us a look at Long Beach.

The Pike in downtown Long Beach
The Pike in downtown Long Beach, a popular dining and entertainment area, is almost completely deserted.
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Long Beach Boulevard in downtown Long Beach
Long Beach Boulevard in downtown Long Beach is almost completely deserted.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Long Beach Airport
Jetliners are reflected in the windows of the nearly deserted departure area of the Long Beach Airport.
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Longfellow Elementary School in Long Beach
Mike Lynn uses exercise equipment at Longfellow Elementary School in Long Beach because his gym has been closed.
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Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach
Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach, a popular dining and entertainment area, is almost completely deserted.
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Residential high-rise building in downtown Long Beach
People barbecue on their balcony in a residential high-rise building in downtown Long Beach.
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Cerritos Park in Long Beach
Kids ride bikes at Cerritos Park in Long Beach, which is largely deserted because of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Children play on a deserted beach in downtown Long Beach
Children play on a deserted beach in downtown Long Beach.
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Cruise ship along the shore in downtown Long Beach
A fisherman casts a line near an idle cruise ship along the shore in downtown Long Beach.
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 The convention center in Long Beach
The Long Beach Convention Center.
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A popular Long Beach taco restaurant
A popular taco restaurant in Long Beach.
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Gov. Newsom has issued a stay-at-home order and all nonessential businesses are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. So what does it look like outside — from above?

Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered Californians to stay at home. With businesses and popular destinations closed, The Times’ Luis Sinco documented the surreal scenes.

On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills the high-end shops are closed, the normally bustling sidewalks empty because of California coronavirus restrictions.

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