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Crisis Missteps
By Trump Hurt
His Campaign
A Demoralizing Month
for Top Republicans
This article is by Maggie Ha-
berman, Jonathan Martin and Alex-
ander Burns.
WASHINGTON — Last Satur-
day night, over dinner at the
White House, Bernard Marcus, a
top Republican donor, told Presi-
dent Trump he was alarmed at Mr.
Trump’s plummeting poll num-
bers and Jared Kushner’s stew-
ardship of his father-in-law’s re-
election effort.
Mr. Trump sought to assuage
Mr. Marcus’s concerns, assuring
the billionaire Home Depot
founder that his political fortunes
would soon change in part be-
cause he was bringing in “good
people” to steady his campaign,
according to a person briefed on
their conversation.
The next morning, before set-
ting off for a round of golf, the
president tweeted a video from a
Florida retirement community
that featured a Trump supporter
yelling, “white power,” setting Mr.
Trump’s aides on a scramble to
reach him on the course and have
him delete the message.
As Mr. Trump heads to Mount
Rushmore on Friday to spend the
Independence Day holiday in the
carved presence of presidential
greatness, he is suffering through
the most trying stretch of his ad-
ministration thanks in large part
to his self-inflicted wounds.
June represented the political
nadir of his three and a half years
in the Oval Office, when a race in
which he had been steadily trail-
ing, but faring respectably, broke
open and left him facing the possi-
bility of not just defeat but humili-
ation this fall.
The disconnect between the
surge in coronavirus cases and
Mr. Trump’s dismissive stance to-
ward the pandemic has been par-
ticularly pronounced, mystifying
Democrats and Republicans
alike; this week, as some states
halted their reopening because of
a record-setting number of new
cases, the president predicted the
virus would “just disappear.”
In addition to public surveys
showing him losing decisively to
Joseph R. Biden Jr. in a number of
battleground states, private Re-
Continued on Page A15
As Athletes Pursue Justice, Women Are a Force Without Fanfare
By KURT STREETER
Still in her prime, Maya Moore
sacrificed her career, stepping
away as one of the greats in bas-
ketball for a long-shot bid to help
free a prisoner she was convinced
had been wrongfully convicted.
There would be no fifth
W.N.B.A. championship, no bid for
another Olympic gold medal, no
fans gasping at the perfect jump
shot.
In a shock to the sport, she left
the game — temporarily, she said
— in early 2019 to free Jonathan
Irons, a Missouri man who contin-
uously claimed innocence as he
served a 50-year prison sentence
for burglary and assault with a
gun.
And on Wednesday, her sacri-
fice paid the ultimate dividend.
Irons, 40, walked out of a Mis-
souri prison a free man after
spending 23 years behind bars.
After an appeal Moore partly
funded and publicly backed,
Irons’s sentence had been over-
turned. In a scene of tearful cele-
bration outside the front doors of
the Jefferson City Correctional
Center, Moore and her family at
long last greeted the man they had
come to consider one of their own.
“I’m pumped that people are
understanding where the real
change lies as far as giving some-
thing up,” Moore said at a news
conference on Thursday. “That’s
all of us, giving something up, if
BUSINESS B1-6
‘Escape Pods’ That Roll
Custom-van sales are booming as
travel-starved people aim to put the
pandemic behind them. PAGE B1
Taming the Wild Wild Web
Social media’s freewheeling culture is
changing into something more account-
able, Kevin Roose writes. PAGE B1
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A coronavirus testing site in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, the same day the governor issued a broad mask-wearing order. Page A9.
Expect a Fourth With More Fizzle Than Bang Colleges Face
Officials Say Celebrate
This article is by Richard Fausset,
Mitch Smith and Sabrina Tavernise.
Freedom by Staying
On the website for American
Legion Post 410 in Lakehills,
Texas, an image shows a bald ea-
gle soaring in front of an Ameri-
can flag. But just below the patri-
otic picture is the bad news that
the unrelenting spread of the coro-
navirus has mostly grounded the
tiny community’s Fourth of July
celebrations.
“Due to the Governor of Texas
shutting down the state again —
the Parade has been cancelled,”
the site says. “The live band has
been cancelled.”
It is a familiar reality from coast
to coast, as the nation staggers to-
ward a holiday weekend burdened
by a pandemic that is only grow-
ing worse.
On Thursday, the United States
set a single-day case record for
the sixth time in nine days, reach-
ing 53,000 new coronavirus cases.
And in a dramatic reversal, the
governor of Texas, one of the
Maya Moore departed the W.N.B.A. to help Jonathan Irons, who was freed from prison this week.
you have any sort of power.”
Athletes across sports have
joined calls for social and racial
justice, especially in the most re-
cent wave spurred by deaths of
Black people at the hands of the
police.
And female athletes like Moore
have often been at the forefront
but outside the limelight as men,
TRACKING AN OUTBREAK A4-10
Vulnerable at Home in U.K.
At least 26 women and girls have been
killed during the lockdown in Britain.
Others were trapped with abusers as
calls for help went unanswered. PAGE A5
Taking a Chance in New Jersey
Masks were mandatory on the casino
floors of Atlantic City, and food, drinks
and smoking were forbidden. PAGE A7
INTERNATIONAL A11-13
Mine Collapses in Myanmar
At least 162 died when a waste pile slid
into a jade mine, setting off a towering
wave of mud and water.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020
Rising Revolt
By Professors
Home This Year
worst-hit states this week, or-
dered residents in counties with
more than 20 virus cases to wear
masks in public.
In the face of cases reaching dis-
heartening new highs, with at
least 15 states setting single-day
reporting records this week,
health officials around the coun-
try have urged Americans to scale
back their holiday plans.
State leaders in Nebraska sug-
gested that holiday cookout hosts
keep guest lists to make contact
tracing easier if there was an out-
break. The Oregon Health Author-
ity warned residents that “the
safest choice this holiday is to cel-
ebrate at home.” And in Los Ange-
les County, Calif., where more than
12,000 new cases have been an-
working in leagues with higher
television ratings, tend to get the
lion’s share of coverage.
“The N.B.A. and N.F.L. get no-
ticed and the accolades, but the
W.N.B.A and women in sport so of-
ten tend to be ahead of everybody
else,” said Victoria Jackson, a
sports historian at Arizona State
University. “Look at Maya — she
NATIONAL A14-19
Court to Weigh Mueller Secrets
The justices will decide whether Con-
gress has the right to view blacked-out
passages in the Mueller report, but a
ruling almost certainly won’t come
before the election.
Doing Wheelies for Justice
Thousands of Black Lives Matter pro-
testers are making their voices — and
bells — heard in mass bicycle rides in
New York, combining creativity and a
bit of two-wheeled flair.
EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23
PAGE A11 Paul Krugman
nounced since last Friday, the
health department ordered
beaches closed and fireworks
shows canceled.
Elsewhere, the pleas were simi-
lar: Skip the party. Stay home. Do
not make a bad situation worse.
“We don’t want any more clo-
sures, but our numbers are going
through the roof,” Dr. Cameron
Kaiser, the public health officer in
Riverside County, Calif., said.
“Please don’t mix households,
even if you think everyone is
healthy, and instead celebrate the
holiday with the people you live
with. We started seeing more and
more cases after Memorial Day
and we can’t afford another jump
after the Fourth of July.”
The cancellations have lent a
sullen tone to the typical listings of
Independence Day events: “What
Can You Do This Fourth of July in
Idaho?” a headline asks on the
website of a Boise TV station, be-
fore suggesting ways to socially
distance while celebrating.
At the same time, the anti-rac-
Continued on Page A6
JULIA HANSEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
essentially gave up her career at a
peak moment to put her heart and
soul into this.”
LeBron James garnered quick
headlines with his backing of Hil-
lary Clinton in the 2016 presiden-
tial election, his opening of a char-
ter school in Akron, Ohio, his will-
ingness to snipe back against con-
Continued on Page A17
PAGE A16
WEEKEND ARTS C1-14
Reanimating the Past
Nancy Baker Cahill uses augmented
reality to add meaning to historical
sites. Above, Rockaway Beach. PAGE C1
PAGE A18
A Bigger Room for ‘Hamilton’
The filmed version of the hit Broadway
musical is more vital and challenging
PAGE A23 than ever, A.O. Scott writes.
TAMIR KALIFA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
College students across the
country have been warned that
campus life will look drastically
different in the fall, with tempera-
ture checks at academic build-
ings, masks in half-empty lecture
halls and maybe no football
games.
What they might not expect: a
lack of professors in the class-
room.
Thousands of instructors at
American colleges and universi-
ties have told administrators in re-
cent days that they are unwilling
to resume in-person classes, be-
cause of the pandemic.
More than three-quarters of col-
leges and universities have de-
cided students can return to cam-
pus this fall. But they are facing a
growing faculty revolt.
“Until there’s a vaccine, I’m not
setting foot on campus,” said Dana
Ward, 70, an emeritus professor of
political studies at Pitzer College
in Claremont, Calif., who teaches a
class in anarchist history and
thought. “Going into the class-
room is like playing Russian
roulette.”
This comes as major outbreaks
have hit college towns this sum-
mer, spread by partying students
Continued on Page A10
Associate Accused of Recruiting
Teen Girls for Epstein Is Arrested
This article is by Nicole Hong,
Benjamin Weiser and Mihir Zaveri.
The girl was 14 years old when
she met the financier Jeffrey Ep-
stein and his companion, Ghis-
laine Maxwell, in the 1990s. They
tried to become her friend, taking
her shopping and to the movies.
Ms. Maxwell asked about her fam-
ily and school.
Then, Ms. Maxwell began un-
dressing in front of the girl and re-
cruiting her to participate in sexu-
alized massages of Mr. Epstein,
prosecutors said. The pattern con-
tinued for years, as Ms. Maxwell
fed Mr. Epstein’s dark desires and
participated in some of the abuse
herself, according to a newly un-
sealed indictment.
Ms. Maxwell, the daughter of a
publishing magnate and once a
fixture on New York’s social
scene, was arrested on Thursday
OBITUARIES A20-21
A Small-Screen Fixture
Hugh Downs, a longtime host of televi-
sion shows like “Today” and “20/20,”
was known for his honeyed delivery
and low-key style. He was 99. PAGE A20
SPORTSFRIDAY B7-8
A New Financial Game Plan
N.F.L. team owners and the players’
union are considering how to spread
out reductions in the salary cap if few
or no fans attend games.
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Today, sunshine, then clouds, thun-
derstorms late, hot, high 90. To-
night, evening thunderstorms,
cloudy, low 68. Tomorrow, clouds,
high 84. Weather map, Page A24.
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JUNE JOBS GAINS
EXCEED OUTLOOK,
WITH A WARNING
4.8 MILLION COME BACK
More Shutdowns Bring
Fears After Second
Month of Growth
By BEN CASSELMAN
and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Employers brought back mil-
lions more workers in June as
businesses began to reopen
across the country. But the recent
surge in coronavirus cases is
threatening to stall the economic
recovery long before it has
reached most of the people who
lost their jobs.
U.S. payrolls grew by 4.8 million
in June, the Labor Department
said Thursday. It was the second
month of strong gains after April’s
huge losses, when businesses laid
off or furloughed tens of millions
of workers as the pandemic put a
large swath of economic activity
on ice.
The job growth surpassed econ-
omists’ forecasts, and it was broad
based, cutting across industries
and demographic groups.
But the thaw is far from com-
plete. There were still nearly 15
million fewer jobs in June than in
February, before the pandemic
forced businesses to close. The
unemployment rate fell to 11.1 per-
cent in June, down from a peak of
14.7 percent in April but still
higher than in any previous peri-
od since World War II. The rate
would have been about one per-
centage point higher, the Labor
Department said, had it not been
for persistent data-collection
problems.
In an appearance at the White
House on Thursday morning,
President Trump hailed the num-
bers as “spectacular news for
American workers and American
families and for our country as a
Continued on Page A9
Cumulative change in
U.S. jobs. Since February: FEB.
14,661,000 fewer
+5 MILLION
JUNE 2016
144 million total jobs
–5
JUNE 2020
4.8 million added
–10
’17 ’18 ’19 ’20
Source: Labor Dept. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Charges of Perjury and
Aiding Sexual Abuse
in New Hampshire, where the au-
thorities said she had been hiding.
She was charged with luring mul-
tiple underage girls into Mr. Ep-
stein’s orbit.
The arrest of Ms. Maxwell, Mr.
Epstein’s former girlfriend and
longtime associate, was the latest
twist in a legal saga that has been
a source of international intrigue
and conspiracy theories. The case
has drawn in prominent academ-
ics, politicians, business leaders
and even British royalty.
Ms. Maxwell’s arrest came al-
most exactly one year after Mr.
Epstein was charged in a federal
Continued on Page A17
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News
Business & Finance
nemployment fell and
U the U.S. economy re-
gained 4.8 million jobs in
June, but the recent surge
in new coronavirus infec-
tions could throw the re-
covery off course. A1
 Joblessness is likely to
remain in double-digits
through year-end and the
economic downturn will be
more severe than previously
forecast, the CBO said. A2
 U.S. stocks rose on the
jobs report, with the S&P
500 and Nasdaq both gain-
ing 0.5% and the Dow adding
0.4%. All three finished the
week up 3.2% or more. B11
 Tesla’s global deliveries
fell 4.9% in the second quar-
ter from a year earlier, a
much smaller decline than
analysts had forecast. B1
 Exxon warned of steep
losses in its refining and oil-
and-gas businesses, fore-
shadowing a likely second
straight quarterly loss. B1
 The Treasury Department
has agreed to terms for
loans to American and four
smaller airlines as part of a
program to help the industry
weather the pandemic. B1
 Groups that called for
an advertising boycott
against Facebook will ask
the company to hire an ex-
ecutive with civil rights
expertise for its C-suite. B1
 Google’s YouTube TV and
FuboTV are raising prices
on their “skinny-bundle”
services this summer. B3
World-Wide
 Texas Gov. Abbott
changed course and re-
quired face coverings in
most public settings as the
coronavirus pandemic in-
tensified in his state, while
new daily infections in the
U.S. passed 50,000 for the
first time. A1, A6, A7
 Beijing’s new national-
security law for Hong Kong
sets in motion changes that
threaten to erode the city’s
role as a financial and
business bridge between
China and the West. A8
 The Supreme Court will
decide whether Congress
can have grand-jury mate-
rials from the Mueller probe,
likely delaying any release
until after Election Day. A4
 Peter Thiel has told
friends and associates he
thinks Trump’s reelection
is increasingly a long-shot
and that the tech tycoon
will sit out the campaign. A4
 Ghislaine Maxwell, a
longtime confidante of dis-
graced financier Epstein, was
arrested and charged with
facilitating Epstein’s alleged
abuse of minor girls. A3
 Iranian authorities said
they were investigating a
blast at the country’s main
nuclear facility that caused
damage to a building iden-
tified by experts as a cen-
trifuge assembly plant. A16
 A landslide triggered
by heavy rains at a jade
mine in northern Myanmar
killed at least 162 people. A16
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Banking & Finance B10
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Heard on Street. B12
Life & Arts....... A10-11
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U.S. Adds Jobs Amid Cloudy Outlook
Unemployment drops
to 11.1% from 13.3%
but Covid outbreaks
slow down reopenings
BY SARAH CHANEY
Unemployment fell and the
U.S. economy regained 4.8 mil-
lion jobs in June, but the re-
cent surge in coronavirus in-
fections could throw the
recovery off course.
The job growth followed
May’s payroll gain of 2.7 mil-
lion and showed that people
were getting back to work and
the economy was healing
Jade Mine Landslide Kills More Than 160 in Myanmar
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SOMBER PASSAGE: Bodies were taken away Thursday after a landslide hit a jade mine in northern Myanmar, killing at least
162 people. The landslide, triggered by heavy rains, was the largely unregulated industry’s deadliest accident in years. A16
Tech Star Wirecard Fell Apart in Days
Prosecutors probe whether it used fictitious revenue to fool investors; a missing $2 billion
BY PAUL J. DAVIES
Markus Braun built Wirecard AG
from an obscure firm based in a small
town outside of Munich into a global
electronic-payments giant.
From its perch at the crossroads of
online commerce, Wirecard extracted
fees for processing credit-card transac-
tions on behalf of businesses. It pushed
into emerging markets, bought up
smaller firms and struck partnerships
to recruit more customers. In its finan-
Wall Street Falls
Short on Race
Despite Pledges
BY LIZ HOFFMAN
AND SUSAN PULLIAM
When Charles Scharf took
over at Wells Fargo & Co. last
year, tasked with moving the
bank past a fake-accounts scan-
dal, he brought in a cleanup
crew of former colleagues from
his long career on Wall Street.
A new chief operating offi-
cer and heads of public affairs,
credit cards and strategic plan-
ning had all worked with Mr.
Scharf at JPMorgan Chase &
Co. or Bank of New York Mel-
lon Corp. Another longtime JP-
Morgan executive joined the
board. All are white men.
As nationwide protests over
racism stretched into a fourth
Markets..................... B11
week, Mr. Scharf promised to
do better. In a June 16 memo to
Opinion.............. A13-15
Sports........................ A12 employees, he wrote that the
Technology............... B4 firm would tie executives’ bo-
U.S. News............. A2-7 nuses to the diversity of their
Weather................... A11
World News...... A8,16
units and double the number of
Black senior leaders by 2025.
The next day, he introduced
> Wells Fargo’s new head of
wealth management: Barry
Sommers, a white man who
had worked at JPMorgan.
Executives in every indus-
try are confronting their di-
versity track records, pressed
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faster than anticipated. Still,
the U.S. labor market is oper-
ating with about 15 million
omist at Loyola Marymount
University.
Mr. Sohn said the data sug-
Monthly unemployment rate
20% The U-6 rate measures workers looking
fewer jobs than in February, gested that consumers, the for jobs, those working part-time for
economic reasons and those who have
the month before the pan- driving force behind the U.S.
demic struck the U.S., and the economy, started to grow cau- 15 looked for work in the last year
recent rise in coronavirus tious as cases increased. “Nor-
cases has led some states and mally we should be celebrating
businesses to alter timelines
for reopenings.
a gain of 4.8 million jobs, but
there are dark clouds ahead of 10
There already are signs the us dashing hope of a V-shaped
economy could be affected by recovery,” he said.
the virus surge that started in The June unemployment 5
late June—after surveys for rate fell to 11.1% from 13.3% in The main unemployment
the jobs report were com- Please turn to page A2 rate counts just workers who
pleted. Restaurant seating in are actively looking for jobs
0
several large cities declined at  Trade gap grows as U.S.
the end of the month and exports sag................................. A2 2009 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20
credit-card spending eased,  Heard on the Street: Rebound Note: Seasonally adjusted
said Sung Won Sohn, an econ- in jobs comes with cost.... B12 Source: Labor Department
Cases Hit
A Record
As Texas
Mandates
Mask Use
BY TALAL ANSARI
AND SARA RANDAZZO
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
changed course and required
face coverings in most public
settings as the coronavirus pan-
demic intensified in his state,
while new daily infections in
the U.S. passed 50,000 for the
first time ahead of the July
Fourth holiday weekend.
The U.S. accounts for about
a quarter of the more than
10.7 million coronavirus cases
world-wide, according to data
compiled by Johns Hopkins
University. A total of 50,655
cases were reported in the U.S.
on Wednesday, according to
Johns Hopkins data. The na-
tion’s death toll climbed above
128,000.
While the U.S. has the high-
est number of fatalities in the
world, at 4.8% it doesn’t have
the highest percentage of fatal
cases. But with 39 deaths per
100,000 residents, the U.S.
rate ranks among the top 10
countries in the world, accord-
ing to data from Johns Hop-
cial statements, sales and profits ticked billion. Eight days later, it filed for the kins University.
steadily upward. German equivalent of bankruptcy. The Fourth of July, mean-
Wirecard claimed to process $140 Wirecard revealed on June 18 that while, is shaping up as a wor-
billion of transactions a year on behalf $2 billion it had told its auditors was risome time for many public
of a quarter million businesses, making in a pair of Philippine banks wasn’t officials, as the resurgence of
it a rival of Square Inc. and PayPal there at all. The sum is equivalent to cases has led to calls for cau-
Holdings. It was briefly valued at more the company’s entire profit over more tion and many last-minute
than any German bank. than a decade. cancellations of festivities.
Then it came apart at light speed— The company and its auditors say After previously prohibiting
an unraveling reminiscent of energy the missing money probably never ex- local jurisdictions from impos-
firm Enron Corp.’s rapid collapse isted. German regulators and prosecu- ing mask mandates, Mr. Abbott,
nearly two decades ago. On June 17, tors are digging into the company’s a Republican, issued an execu-
Wirecard was valued at more than $14 Please turn to page A9 Please turn to page A7
Associate of Epstein Is Arrested
Coronavirus
Precautions
Split Family
And Friends
JOHN MINCHILLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY KATHERINE BINDLEY
by a national debate over ra-
cial justice. But Wall Street’s When shelter-in-place re-
task is taller: Finance remains strictions eased in May in
stubbornly white, even after Gurnee, Ill., Laura Davis’s im-
years of lip service paid to the mediate thought was: When
need to recruit and retain peo- are people coming over? The
ple of color, and millions of Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, announced teacher’s mother and two sis-
dollars spent on the effort. charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the ters live within driving dis-
Nowhere is that more appar- sexual exploitation of minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein. A3 tance, she said, and her back-
ent than at the top. The chief yard can accommodate social
executives of the biggest U.S. distancing.
banks are white men, as are the It turned out that wasn’t
bulk of leaders of the asset going to be easy.
managers, private-equity firms
and hedge funds that pull the
You Can Leave Your Mask On: Ms. Davis, 38, landed in an
argument with her older sister
levers of power on Wall Street.
Go another level down, and
Nudists Wear Just One Item over get-together terms. Her
sister and mother have health
the picture is much the same. i i i conditions putting them at
Of the roughly 100,000 execu- risk for complications from
tives at financial firms in 2018, Clothing-optional resorts require face the new coronavirus and said
only 2,644 were Black and they would come only if they
3,682 were Hispanic, according coverings for Covid; tan lines are an issue could sit outside, if no one ate
to the U.S. Equal Employment and if everyone wore masks—
Opportunity Commission. BY JENNIFER LEVITZ cedes general manager Megan including all nine children.
Overall, less than 10% of Robinson, “when that is the Ms. Davis thought that was
nonclerical and nonlaborer Empire Haven, a rustic vaca- only part of the body that is excessive and couldn’t under-
workers at U.S. financial firms tion spot in the lush rolling clothed.” stand why food she prepared
were Black or Hispanic, well be- hills of the Finger Lakes region Many clothing-optional des- would be riskier than food deliv-
low their share of the broader of New York, has an enticing tinations have flashed the news ered from restaurants. Her sis-
population. The numbers ha- slogan: “Get away from it all. this summer that masks are not ter and mother wouldn’t budge.
ven’t budged since 2009, de- Your worries. Your cares...even optional, causing some self ex- Please turn to page A6
spite a decade in which banks your clothes.” amination from Jacumba, Calif.,
Please turn to page A4 This year, the nudist resort to the Cypress Cove Nudist Re-  Experts worry surge will shift
is asking visitors to pack one sort in Kissimmee, Fla. to higher-risk people............. A6
 Antiracist vows pose item: a face mask. “Hmmm,” Cypress Cove  U.S. seeks wide expansion of
challenge for companies..... B6 “It’s a little bit odd,” con- Please turn to page A9 blood-plasma collection....... A7
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ÍÑIGO DE BARRÓN, Bilbao de euros. El programa consta de
El Consejo de Ministros tiene pre- dos instrumentos: el primero es
visto aprobar hoy un nuevo pa- una línea de avales del Instituto Celaá responde a la pregunta de la profesora Bárbara Higuera en la Redacción de EL PAÍS. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

quete de ayudas para las empre- de Crédito Oficial (ICO) por

sas dotado con 50.000 millones 40.000 millones destinados a fi-
nanciar inversiones para impul-
La ministra de Educación, Isabel Celaá, responde a alumnos,
sar la transformación digital y la profesores y padres en un programa especial de EL PAÍS
economía verde. La idea es apro-
Sánchez pacta vechar la situación de obligada
con los agentes modernización que ha creado la
pandemia para que las empresas
“Para que avance la educación no
sociales para den el salto en estas dos direccio-
reforzarse nes, con el apoyo público.
Además, el Gobierno reserva-
sirve dar más al que más tiene”
ante la UE rá otros 10.000 millones para la
Sociedad Estatal de Participacio-
CARLOS E. CUÉ, Madrid
Pedro Sánchez firma hoy con
nes Industriales (SEPI), el holding
público que aglutina las participa-
“En septiembre “La concertada está “Si hemos de
CEOE, Cepyme, CC OO y UGT ciones en empresas estratégicas. veremos deficiencias acreditada en la ley; priorizar presencia,
un pacto por la reactivación y Estos recursos se destinarán a res-
el empleo con el que busca re- catar o ayudar a compañías de es-
en el desarrollo no hay problema irán a clase los niños
forzarse ante la negociación pecial importancia para el tejido de los alumnos” ideológico” más pequeños”
del fondo europeo. PÁGINA 14 productivo español que atravie-
EDITORIAL EN LA PÁGINA 10 san dificultades por la pandemia.
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apuntan a las compañías aéreas Isabel Celaá, ministra de Educación, respondió la escuela concertada, recordó que su papel está
españolas y al sector hotelero na- ayer a las preguntas de los alumnos, los padres y reconocido en la ley y aseguró que “no hay un
España rechaza cional. Esta medida está en línea los profesores en la Redacción de EL PAÍS, en un problema ideológico”. La ministra teme que en
abrir la frontera con lo que ya han hecho otros paí- programa especial con motivo del nuevo espacio septiembre los centros educativos se encuentren
ses, como Francia o Alemania, en de Educación de este diario. “Para que avance la retrasos en el desarrollo cognitivo de los alumnos,
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España no abrirá sus fronte-
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a lehendakari la OTAN, han vivido un tenso inci- La embarcación francesa partici-
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“Nuestros votos el informe francés a los demás que vigila el embargo a Libia, y se
miembros de la organización, disponía a inspeccionar el Cirkin,
impedirán que dos fragatas turcas que escolta- con bandera de Tanzania, sospe-
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Lowered fear
could lead to
virus disaster
Californians wrote a
coronavirus success
story, then returned to
risky behaviors.
By Rong-Gong Lin II
and Sean Greene
As California began to
rapidly reopen the economy,
officials in Santa Cruz
County decided the safe
thing to do was keep its land-
mark beaches largely closed
in the afternoons to prevent
crowds that could spread
Photographs by Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times the coronavirus.
CLAUDIO ECLICERIO , 51, organizes fruits at his stand at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet. Because of the But the public increas-
novel coronavirus, he has seen a drop in sales. “It has affected us completely,” he said. “People are scared.” ingly ignored the rules and
demanded their summer on
the sand, swimming, sun-
ago.
When California became
the first state in the nation to
impose a stay-at-home or-
der on March 19, people lis-
tened.
Businesses ground to a
halt and many stayed home
as much as possible, watch-
ing as COVID-19 made a
deadly march through
places like New York and
northern Italy.
We emptied the super-
markets as if preparing for
the apocalypse. We sani-
tized our cellphones hourly.
Some of us even wiped down
groceries or left mailed
packages alone for days,
fearful that the virus might
be left on surfaces.
California emerged
months later a seeming co-

A very big deal-breaker bathing and just hanging

out. Unable to stop the
crowds, county officials sim-
ply gave up.
“People are not willing to
be governed anymore in that
ronavirus success story, with
far fewer deaths than in
other hot spots. But those
bragging rights also brought
complacency, and a demand
that we return to old rou-

In a new world where crowds mean danger, swap meet
vendors stalled by COVID-19 struggle to keep selling
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
Elizabeth Vargas’ phone rang as
she helped a group of women find a
first Communion dress at her Pa-
ramount Swap Meet stand.
“How much?” one of the women
asked, running her fingers along a
white gown’s beaded lace.
“$110 for the package. Do you want
to try it on? OK, go ahead,” Vargas, 47,
told the women, bringing the phone to
her ear.
After the women bought the dress,
Vargas returned to her call. The news
was not good: Her boss at a nightclub
security company told her it had
found someone younger who would
accept less pay to replace her as the
company staffed newly opened clubs.
Vargas shrugged. She had worked
at the company for 22 years. But as
long as the swap meet remained open,
she would work extra days to get by.
“This is our daily bread,” she said,
[See Vendors, A7]
regard,” health officer Dr.
Gail Newel said as the
county rescinded its beach
closure order last week.
This is the problem Cali-
fornia officials now face as
they deal with a major surge
in coronavirus cases tied to
business reopenings, social
gatherings and other fac-
tors, and hospitals are be-
coming increasingly
crowded. As Californians be-
come more accustomed to
the pandemic, they have
seemingly become less
afraid of the virus, even
though it’s no less infectious
than it was a few months
Signs of rebound
may be deceiving
A GUARD takes the temperature of visitors to the Santa Fe Springs
meet, which has gone from 700 vendors 50 years ago to about 450 today.
Employers add about
5 million jobs in June
tines that could revive the
devastated economy. Even-
tually, coronavirus cases
and hospitalizations started
rising rapidly.
“We were kind of victims
of our own success,” said Dr.
Peter Chin-Hong, professor
of medicine and an infec-
tious diseases expert at UC
San Francisco.
Government officials
now must try to roll back
some of the reopenings, hop-
ing to avoid a disastrous
Fourth of July weekend that
spreads infection even more
quickly with social events
[See Virus, A6]
cases, as well as hospitali-
zations and infections
among younger Americans,
have been exploding in Cali-

Delays but are shutting down

as COVID-19 surges.
fornia and other states
across the West and South.
As a result, many areas

beset
that were reopening for busi-
By Don Lee ness, and thus beginning to
call back workers, are re-
WASHINGTON — Accel- versing course and imposing

housing erating job growth in June

and a second straight month
of declining unemployment
fanned hopes for a fast re-
restrictions again.
“This report may be a
kind of high point,” said
Heidi Shierholz, a former

program covery after the economy

Pandemic is only one
reason few units for
homeless people have
been built in L.A.
By Doug Smith
During an ebullient Janu-
ary ceremony for the first
project completed with
funding from the city’s Pro-
suffered near-Great Depres-
sion losses in the spring.
But the better-than-ex-
pected jobs report Thurs-
day, which showed unem-
ployment dropping to 11.1%
from 13.3% and employers
adding 4.8 million jobs in
June, may be an uncertain
guide to the future.
Even as President
Trump hailed the report as
evidence of an economy
Eduardo Contreras San Diego Union-Tribune “roaring back,” and de-
ALVARO BALTIERRA clears debris from the rubble of his home Tuesday in fended his handling of the
Niland, Calif. Entire blocks of the tiny town were wiped out by a wildfire Sunday. health crisis, coronavirus
Labor Department chief
economist now at the Econ-
omic Policy Institute. More-
over, she noted that signifi-
cant portions of the federal
government’s pandemic re-
lief package are scheduled to
expire in a few weeks.
“We may see we’re losing
jobs in coming months,”
Shierholz said, barring new
action by Congress and
Trump to extend the pro-
grams.
California’s employment
numbers for June will be
[See Employment, A9]

position HHH homeless
housing bond, Los Angeles
Mayor Eric Garcetti framed
the moment as a turning
point.
“We will see an opening of
one of these about every
three weeks this year,”
Garcetti said.
That didn’t happen.
Nearly six months later,
there has been only one
other opening to celebrate.
Five other projects that were
scheduled to open by now
have not, and dozens of oth-
ers have had their schedules
pushed back by months.
Already sharply
criticized for its slow prog-
ress and rising costs, the
$1.2-billion bond program is
in a new slump. A Times
analysis of data from the Los
Angeles Housing and Com-
munity Investment Depart-
ment shows that 57 projects
have fallen behind schedule
[See Housing, A7]
Wildfire compounds
tragedy in desert town
Dozens of homes burn
in Imperial County,
already overwhelmed
by the coronavirus.
By Stephanie Lai
NILAND, Calif. — For
Genesis Palta, the pan-
demic had already meant a
chain reaction of adjust-
ments.
The stay-at-home order
forced her mother to stop
selling Mexican desserts to
her neighbors, which cut
into the family’s meager in-
come. Her father worried
about catching the co-
ronavirus and passing it on
to his family. But they
depended on the $500 in
cash he was paid each week,
so he toiled 13-hour shifts in
the vast broccoli and cauli-
flower fields.
To help make ends meet,
Palta, 20, used part of her fi-
nancial aid for Imperial Val-
ley College to buy toilet pa-
per and masks online when
supplies ran short in local
markets. “We even started
limiting the number of times
we used the bathroom to
save on toilet paper,” she
said. “I’d constantly think,
‘Will we have enough to last
the month?’ ”
But such hardship did
not prepare Palta for the lat-
est calamity.
On Sunday, she heard a
shriek of terror. Then she
saw her 15-year-old sister,
Emily, fighting flames that
towered over her. The Pal-
tas’ home was one of 40 that
would burn down that eve-
ning. One person was killed
by the blaze.
The Niland fire broke out
as COVID-19 cases were
[See Wildfire, A6]
Nuclear dump
leak called safe
Department of Energy
declares no risk, but
Marshall Islands leaders
are skeptical. NATION, A2
O.C. corrects
flawed virus data
The county improved its
numbers by mistakenly
including antibody tests.
CALIFORNIA, B1
Weather:
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L.A. Basin: 82/60. B8
Longtime warm
Printed with soy inks on
partially recycled paper. presence on TV
Hugh Downs, a friendly
face on “Tonight,”
“Today” and “20/20,”
dies at 99. CALENDAR, E1

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