Southern California has yet to free itself from the grips of the coronavirus. Social distancing policies and restrictions continue to play a major role in how people live their lives.

A meeting on Friday went over the safety protocols for Santa Monica College athletes to play on campus. This will be the first time sports will be permitted on ground since March 2020.

Santa Monica’s Gourmandise School offers online cooking classes that anyone can enjoy.

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards aired on Sunday, March 14, with performances from artists including Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lil Baby. Many of the industry's top players met in Los Angeles to take home awards for their work.

Confined to the screen, students forge new friendships to restore a sense of normalcy.

Art installation in Santa Monica offers a space for the community to honor the lives lost to COVID 19 and reflect on the impact of this ongoing pandemic.

A look at how those working in the television/film entertainment industry have been deemed essential since they work on productions but have not been given any updates from the government as to when they will qualify for the vaccine.

A timeline of coronavirus updates in Los Angeles.

The Corsair: Issue 2 (Spring 2021)

Santa Monica College (SMC) has announced that they will be offering both online and in person courses for the Fall 2021 semester. While most the classes will be held online, a “significant number” of in-person classes will be available to students for the Fall 2021 semester which begins August 30.

Election season comes to Santa Monica College.

On the evening of Feb. 22, Charter Spectrum customers in Southern California suffered an outage on their internet and TV services. The outage adds to an array of previous blackouts Spectrum already had.

For cherry blossom season 2021, related festivals and events move to online streaming platforms, but there's still a chance to get outside and experience their beauty.

New planetarium programming starts this March at Santa Monica College. Join Jim Mahon as he explores the cosmos, all from the comfort of your home.

As COVID-19 continues to ravage through communities, essential workers and high-risk individuals need vaccinations for their safety. California's COVID-19 vaccination plan, reflects that.

Roughly one out of every 475 Los Angeles County residents has died from COVID-19 over the past year.

The Motion Picture soundtrack to Judas and the Black Messiah, equals the relevance of the film and is an authentic reflection of the time period.

The UK variant of COVID-19, B.1.1.7, is known to be 50% more transmittable. According to the CDC's website, "Multiple lines of evidence indicate that B.1.1.7 is more efficiently transmitted than are other SARS-CoV-2 variants. The modeled trajectory of this variant in the U.S. exhibits rapid growth in early 2021, becoming the predominant variant in March.”

The popular app is alluring but also concerning.