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The pandemic’s toll:Lives lost in California

Thousands of lives have been lost in the coronavirus outbreak, in cities and small towns, in hospital wards and nursing homes. The virus has moved across California, killing the old and the young, the infirm and the healthy.

Some patterns have emerged. Large metropolitan centers such as Los Angeles and San Francisco appear to be the hardest hit. More than 63 thousand people have died in California. These are some of their stories, reported by Los Angeles Times staffers and six interns here through partnerships with the Pulitzer Center and USC.

Michael Ayala

66, Sonora

Penny Foreman

73, Clovis

Alfonso Ye Jr.

25, Chula Vista

Vic Lepisto

75, Agoura Hills

Frederick K.C. Price

89, South Los Angeles

Taurino and Silvia Rivera

57 and 56, San Diego

Vidal Garay

60, Los Angeles

Brittany Bruner-Ringo

32, Torrance

William Minnis

70, Hayward

Richard Rutledge

87, Folsom

Raul J. Arce

87, El Centro

Desanka Mitrovich

95, San Diego

Gary Young

66, Gilroy

Mike Gotovac

76, Los Angeles

Ralph Duprey

98, Signal Hill

Ever A. Linares

45, Los Angeles

Barbara Johnson Hopper

81, Oakland

Ronda Felder

60, San Diego

Carol van Zalingen

53, Sylmar

George Chiu

86, Palo Alto

Ronald Harris

82, Los Angeles

Paulita Bernuy

91, Encino

Patti Breed-Rabitoy

69, Reseda

Mark Appelbaum

79, San Diego

Rose Cadena Lord

83, Yucaipa

Carlos Oropeza Canez

60

Emma Patiño

84, Hayward

Tran Ngoc Chau

96, Los Angeles

Costelle Akrie

88, Hayward

Tommy Macias

51, Lake Elsinore

Michael Cook

84, Los Gatos

June Pantages

96, Pleasant Hill

Vernon Robinson

81, Burbank

Mary Miramontes

90, Danville

Loretta Mendoza Dionisio

68, Orlando, Fla.

Joyce Marie Pierce Johnson

71, Houma, La.

Bishop Anthony Pigee Sr.

49, Los Angeles

Cornelia Talbott

75, Brawley

Alan Beal

80, San Jose

Oscar Leonel Rosa

25, Bell Gardens

Margaret Lucille Romero

73, Big Pine

Andy Marin

38, Porterville

Ken Caley

59, San Clemente

Margaret Zwingman

98, Salinas

Wayne L. Strom

85, Thousand Oaks

Mario Leos Lomeli

93, Los Angeles

Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin

100, Los Angeles

Gloria Martinez

91, Visalia

Joni Berry

89, Los Angeles

Luz and Israel Teicher

85 and 85, Stockton

Rosa Luna

68, Riverside

Tara Fay Mitchell

63, Sacramento

Melinda Wernick

78, Palm Springs

Antelmo Candido Garcia

65, Pasadena

Jose Valero

35, Los Angeles

Leonard Auerbach

73, Terminal Island

W. David Stern

93, Mill Valley

Evelia B. Rubio

54, Colton

Anne Lehner

96, Encino

Marylou Armer

43, American Canyon

Angel De La Fuente

49, Fresno

Scott Blanks

34, Whittier

Stephen Butters

90, Alta Loma

Carmelita and Federico Calindas

77 and 82, Sacramento

Paul Hernandez

62, East Los Angeles

Bill Kling

51, Camarillo

Larry T. Baza

76, San Diego

Sallie Jones

86, San Diego

Catherine Apothaker

89, Los Angeles

Alex Bernard

57, Downey

Jose M. Perez

44, Lakewood

Samira Al-Hadad

84, San Luis Obispo

Donald Wickham

94, Watsonville

Wanda DeSelle

76, Madera

Susan Kam

94, Encino

Guillermo Ramirez

47, Azusa

Ron Rowe

83, Hollywood

Margarito Guillén

71, San Pablo

Crispin Rojas Ortega

82, Montebello

William Z. Good

96, Azusa

Harry Sentoso

63, Walnut

Herbert Segall

91, Pasadena

Alby Kass

89, Guerneville

Pedro Zuniga

52, Turlock

Elsa Claybaugh

84, Clovis

Lawrence Wilkes

80, Anaheim

Lourdes Pizarro

62, Gilroy

Artemio Ramos

77, Reseda

Stan Westmoreland

76, Lemon Grove

Arcelia Martinez

65, San Jose

Nicholas Dees

54, Vallejo

Russ Abraham

70, Fair Oaks

Gabriel B. Zavala

76, Anaheim

Mark Scheu

53, Moorpark

Joseph Radisich

84, San Pedro

Gerald Locklin

79, Long Beach

Carolyn Buhai Haas

94, Tiburon

Jo Ann Smith

66, Pala Indian Reservation

Kermit Holderman

73, San Diego

Jorge Martinez

53, Los Angeles

Terrell Young

52, Murrieta

Janet Carvalho

83

Dr. Ernesto Victor Sotto Santos

47, San Dimas

Leslie Hagan-Morgan

38, South L.A.

Merrick “Jenks” Dowson

67, San Francisco

Julio Ramirez

43, San Gabriel

Tony M. Sanchez

73, Tulare

Jose Roberto Alvarez

67, Los Angeles

Dolores Shoebotham

88, San Diego

Mary Palos

105, Claremont

A. Charles Kratz

76, San Diego

Rafael Cartagena

66, San Fernando

Juan Martinez

36, Stockton

Trini Lopez

83, Palm Springs

Azar Ahrabi

68, Santa Clara

Robert Brewster

88, Rancho Palos Verdes

Alice Coopersmith Furst

87, Kentfield

Jeff Baumbach

57, Lodi

Frank J. Duran

88, Ventura

Dave Browner

78, Los Angeles

Marcia Burnam

92, Los Angeles

Harold Budd

84, Pasadena

Terry Blanchard

56, Oakland

Noe Montoya

66, Hollister

Ronald Shirley

80, Camarillo

Joel Rogosin

87, Woodland Hills

Frederick W. Cook

88, Stockton

George Whitmore

89, Fresno

Manuel Agredano

83, Lawndale

Jack B. Indreland

94, Los Angeles

Bayron Salguero

30, Los Angeles

Cindy and Ruben Trejo

47 and 51, Inglewood

Len Fagan

72, Los Angeles

Otoniel Azañon Alvarado

48, Petaluma

Jacinto Abarca

59, Garden Grove

Douglas Borchert

77, Martinez

Cari Ramirez

45, Redlands

Winfred Grissom

91, Eureka

Marvin W. Carpenter

84, San Ysidro

Hy Cohen

90, Palm Desert

Adul Tangtam

64, Eagle Rock

Anthony Ragonesi

74, San Jose

Jeffrey Stark

62, Palm Springs

Raul Alaniz

53, El Centro

Manuel “Manny” Chagollan

89, Huntington Beach

Joseph Alexander

95, Hayward

Marie Cardoza Martin

99, Sacramento

Karen Hemm

69, Hemet

Antonio Bernabe

60, Van Nuys

Herbert J. Evers

88, Orange

Bernard J. Bush

86, Los Gatos

Miguel Perkins

71, Oceanside

Tessie Henry

83, San Francisco

John Eric Swing

48, Westminster

Leland “Hobo” Goodsell

66, Goleta

John Fanucchi

79, Sanoma

Soon Sun Kim and Timothy Kim

85 and 68, Los Angeles

Gregory Bundy

65, Inglewood

Joseph Fice

82, Los Gatos

Karen Johnson

77, Beaumont

Julius Schachter

84, San Francisco

Daniel P. Barber

70, Palm Springs

John Breier

64, Woodland Hills

Gerald Shiroma

59, Los Angeles

Kenneth Butori

71, Concord

Dr. Manuel Ramirez

81, Montrose

Chris Trousdale

34, Los Angeles

David R. Dukes

76, Fullerton

Carol Ann Murphy

91, Vallejo

Hatsy Yasukochi

80, San Francisco

Richard Charles Bendel

75, Carpinteria

Jorel Alfonso

38, Riverside

Zella Campbell

94, Bishop

McHarry Watson

56, Mi-Wuk Village

Mary Joanne Rosario

87, Orange

Manuel Villanueva

67, Reseda

Dulce Amor Aguilo

55, San Jose

Florentina Lopez

66, Reseda

Donald Kennedy

88, Redwood City

Erica McAdoo

39, Los Angeles

James Robert Waters

84, Sacramento

Scott Douglas Woodard

67, Oakland

Pauline Estey

97, Woodland Hills

Jim Farrell

69, Long Beach

Don Branker

75, Fresno

Lowell Parker Dabbs

95, Santa Barbara

Marc Wilmore

57, Claremont

Harold Widom

88, Santa Cruz

Ramon Arthur Rivera, Jr

56, Palmdale

Jack Turnbull

72, North Hills

John Patrick Doyle

62, Stockton

Gaby Elena O’Donnell and Greg O’Donnell

61 and 58, Whittier

Edmundo Raul Valencia, Jr

86, El Centro

Larry Robertson

72, San Pedro

Betty Gentry

94, Chula Vista

Francia Hernandez

77, Bakersfield

Valeria Viveros

21, Riverside

Joe Luna

38, Los Angeles

Irene Cornish Thompson

78, Rancho Santa Fe

Leeann Patterson

78, San Jose

Florence Schumacher

95, Fair Oaks

Garry Bowie

59, Lakewood

Carolina Tovar and Letty Ramirez

86 and 54, Rowland Heights

Milton Melzian Jr.

89, Aptos

Margaret Sowma

105, Los Angeles

Nick Cordero

41, Los Angeles

Glenn McGihon

90, Palm Desert

Rose Matsui Ochi

81, Los Angeles

Ronald Burdette Culp

84, Redding

Robert Pinedo

64, Brawley

Wilson Maa

71, San Francisco

Patsy Merrill Nelson

94, San Mateo

Ann Sullivan

91, Woodland Hills

Rosary Castro-Olega

63, Los Angeles

David Werksman

51, Corona

Baltazar Aguirre

64, Coachella

George Bender

88, Rancho Palos Verdes

Lola Mae Roach Larson

95, Carlsbad

Shawki Zuabi

64, Laguna Niguel

Elizabeth Yamada

90, La Jolla

Robert Mendoza

43, Oceanside

Rafael “Ray” Vega

86, Sherman Oaks

Terese Chiames Caire

57, La Cañada

Angelo Chavez

41, San Jose

Rita Clausen

92

Ed Pearl

88, Los Angeles

Anita Schiller

94, San Diego

Francisco Valdovinos

58, Mecca

Claudine Pearson Luppi

92, Sherman Oaks

Emilia Ibarra

59, Coachella

Nylo Corado

52, Los Angeles

Patricia Jewel Lopes

85, Modesto

Saludacion “Sally” Solon Fontanilla

51, Kentfield

Alberto Reyes and Fernando Reyes Sr.

84 and 60, Vallejo

Julia Alexander

81, Upland

Richard Ellwood

81, Glendale

Deborah Lynn Aguilar

60, Salinas

David Iribarne

47, Sacramento

Theodore Granstedt

60, Santa Clara County

Sally Lara

62, Redlands

Allen Garfield

80, Los Angeles

Ray Hylton

67, Victorville

Erane Marie Garrett

99, Sonoma

Maria Teresa Banson

62, Huntington Park

Deborah Elizabeth Gallagher

96, Sacramento

Arthur Montoya II

70, Indio

Vivian Anne Fierro

58, Commerce

Leah Bernstein

99, Woodland Hills

Jessie Garibaldo

55, Harbor City

Richard Geoffrey Salmon

68, Lindsay

Roger Santicruz

71, San Jose

Phil Specter

81, Stockton

George Shark Chou Chin

80, Davis

Bruce Barack

79, Los Angeles

Walter White

95, Rancho Mirage

Randy Giang Ta

66, San Jose

Rosaleigh George

97, Monterey

Carmella Cristofaro

88, Mission Viejo

Dena Louise Connelly

64, Santa Monica

Joseph Fierroz

64, San Fernando

Rosemary Rushka

89, San Mateo

Edwin Wall

97, Lodi

Sandra Blum

80, Encino

Donald Sperling

85, Sacramento

Jack Ohringer

75, North Hollywood

Jimmy Lee

48, Orange

Arnie Robinson

72, San Diego

Gregory Everett

58, Los Angeles

Becky Blair

64, Santa Rosa

Celia Marcos

61, Hollywood

Donald Lackowski

86, Redondo Beach

Jeffrey Ghazarian

34, Glendora

Antonia ‘Toni’ Sisemore

72, Esparto

Eric Oshiro and Betty Oshiro

61 and 89, La Mirada and Paramount

Camille Ellington

66, Marina del Rey

Jeanne Mary Roche

82, San Rafael

Julie Bennett

88, Hollywood

James Lanier Craig

64, Santa Paula

Victor “DJ V-Funk” Martinez

36, Porterville

Jay Calhoun

58, Bakersfield

Ricardo Saldana

77, Glendale

Mario Aranda Sr.

79, San Francisco

Leticia Chavez Godinez

75, El Centro

Raul Miramontes and Adeline Miramontes

90 and 83, San Jose

Eliseo del Rosario Moya

75, West Covina

Larry Lerner

71, Van Nuys

Edwin Echaluce

70, San Jose

Allen Daviau

77, Woodland Hills

Gaspár Gómez

51, Pacoima

Dora Padilla

86, Alhambra

Richard Tillson

85, Elk Grove

Lynn Naibert

83, San Diego

Ressie Cameron

87, Gilroy

Cynthia Brasil

64, Modesto

Jay Johnstone

74, Granada Hills