Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the 3,250 readers who support us by giving below. Donate today! When the virus began its spread in March 2020, the city’s Latinx communities became Ground Zero for The Pandemic. Click here to re-live the year in headlines. Coping The Latino Task Force emerges to take on COVID-19 by Lydia Chávez July 10, 2020, 1:03 pmJune 22, 2025, 1:38 pm Susana, Susy, and salud: a mother-daughter team make Covid-19 wellness their Mission by Annika Hom February 1, 2021, 7:00 amJune 22, 2025, 1:06 pm The Lines Game Time: Dozens brave cold, rain for Christmas consoles by Eleni Balakrishnan December 23, 2021, 12:59 pmDecember 24, 2021, 12:49 pm Chinese elders in Mission food lines brave threat of anti-Asian violence by Kate Selig April 1, 2021, 10:14 amJune 22, 2025, 12:57 pm A year in: As Covid-19 food insecurity soared, the Mission fed thousands by Annika Hom March 23, 2021, 4:52 amJune 22, 2025, 12:58 pm Investigative San Francisco tests for COVID-19 more than most anywhere else, but does it have a strategy? by Joe Eskenazi and Lydia Chávez July 27, 2020, 12:01 amJune 22, 2025, 1:35 pm Mantra ‘follow the data and science’ to crush Covid-19 falls short for Latinx and southeast San Francisco by Lydia Chávez September 18, 2020, 8:52 amJune 22, 2025, 1:27 pm Covid-19: San Francisco’s Latinxs are infected at higher rates than Latinxs in harder-hit cities by Lydia Chávez and Annika Hom December 31, 2020, 3:06 pmJune 22, 2025, 1:11 pm Video and Graphic Stories Julien’s Story: A Year of Emotions by Community Contributor June 15, 2021, 10:33 amJune 22, 2025, 12:41 pm Gen’s Story: My Life During the Pandemic by Community Contributor June 10, 2021, 9:56 amJune 22, 2025, 12:45 pm Lily’s Story: Moving Forward by Lily Larsen April 19, 2021, 10:45 amJune 22, 2025, 12:52 pm
The Latino Task Force emerges to take on COVID-19 by Lydia Chávez July 10, 2020, 1:03 pmJune 22, 2025, 1:38 pm
Susana, Susy, and salud: a mother-daughter team make Covid-19 wellness their Mission by Annika Hom February 1, 2021, 7:00 amJune 22, 2025, 1:06 pm
Game Time: Dozens brave cold, rain for Christmas consoles by Eleni Balakrishnan December 23, 2021, 12:59 pmDecember 24, 2021, 12:49 pm
Chinese elders in Mission food lines brave threat of anti-Asian violence by Kate Selig April 1, 2021, 10:14 amJune 22, 2025, 12:57 pm
A year in: As Covid-19 food insecurity soared, the Mission fed thousands by Annika Hom March 23, 2021, 4:52 amJune 22, 2025, 12:58 pm
San Francisco tests for COVID-19 more than most anywhere else, but does it have a strategy? by Joe Eskenazi and Lydia Chávez July 27, 2020, 12:01 amJune 22, 2025, 1:35 pm
Mantra ‘follow the data and science’ to crush Covid-19 falls short for Latinx and southeast San Francisco by Lydia Chávez September 18, 2020, 8:52 amJune 22, 2025, 1:27 pm
Covid-19: San Francisco’s Latinxs are infected at higher rates than Latinxs in harder-hit cities by Lydia Chávez and Annika Hom December 31, 2020, 3:06 pmJune 22, 2025, 1:11 pm
Julien’s Story: A Year of Emotions by Community Contributor June 15, 2021, 10:33 amJune 22, 2025, 12:41 pm
Gen’s Story: My Life During the Pandemic by Community Contributor June 10, 2021, 9:56 amJune 22, 2025, 12:45 pm