Too many walks, so much time. L.A.’s dogs pooh-pooh stay-at-home order
Too many walks. L.A.’s dogs pooh-pooh stay-at-home order
![LOS ANGELES, CA --MARCH 23, 2020 - A woman wearing a mask stands with her dog, pausing during her walk, in downtown Los Angeles, CA, March 23, 2020, as the city is under a new mandate from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, to stay home, with only essential businesses allowed to stay open, as a preventative measure of the COVID-19 spread. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/608e28a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3739x2493+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc3%2F94%2F56bd9bef4fbfb5893756b2994289%2Fla-photos-1staff-510084-me-0323-coronavirus-dtla-jlc-online-11335.jpg)
downtown Los Angeles: a walk in the age of COVID-19 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Hermosa Beach along the Hermosa Valley Greenbelt (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Hermosa Beach (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Hermosa Beach along the Strand (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Hermosa Beach’s Pier Plaza (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Burbank along the Chandler Bikeway (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Burbank (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Burbank along the Chandler Bikeway (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Jay L. Clendenin was a Los Angeles Times staff photographer from 2007-24. He primarily covered the entertainment industry, with a focus on portraiture.
Kent Nishimura is a former staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times, based in Washington, D.C. Born in Taiwan, Nishimura immigrated to the United States, grew up in Hawaii and is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year International, the National Headliner Awards, the White House News Photographers Assn. and the National Press Photographers Assn., among others. He has worked on staff at newspapers across the United States and freelanced for many national and international publications before joining The Times in 2017.