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Latino areas of LA devastated by COVID-19 are reopening slowly, with caution and fear about future


LOS ANGELES — Miguel Dominguez and his son, Jesse, filled a few trays with pig-shaped puerquitos and football-shaped bolillos, then stuck them in the oven.
Back when business was good, they would keep going until stacks and stacks of trays were full of the Mexican breads. On this recent morning, they didn’t expect to sell much. The “ding dong” announcing a customer’s arrival came only a handful of times in an hour.
Dominguez thought that by now, with the COVID-19 pandemic easing locally, there would be more people coming into Marisol Bakery on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. ....

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Latino areas devastated by COVID-19 are reopening slowly, with caution and fear about future


Latino areas devastated by COVID-19 are reopening slowly, with caution and fear about future
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© (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)
Miguel Dominguez, owner of Marisol Bakery, says the business has been struggling even worse than last year. He had expected things to get better once people started to get vaccinated but that hasn t been the case. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)
Miguel Dominguez and his son, Jesse, filled a few trays with pig-shaped puerquitos and football-shaped bolillos, then stuck them in the oven.
Back when business was good, they would keep going until stacks and stacks of trays were full of the Mexican breads. On this recent morning, they didn t expect to sell much. The ding dong announcing a customer s arrival came only a handful of times in an hour. ....

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As California reopens, Latino shops on Whittier Blvd. fear business won't be the same


football-shaped bolillos, then stuck them in the oven.
Back when business was good, they would keep going until stacks and stacks of trays were full of the Mexican breads. On this recent morning, they didn’t expect to sell much. The “ding dong” announcing a customer’s arrival came only a handful of times in an hour.
Dominguez thought that by now, with the COVID-19 pandemic easing locally, there would be more people coming into Marisol Bakery on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles.
A pedestrian crosses Whittier Blvd in East Los Angeles. The area has been hit hard as the economy begins to reopen. ....

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