The novel coronavirus has entered our newsroom at the L.A. Times. Our guest is Julia Wick, the author of our Essential California newsletter, which is a morning cheat sheet on the biggest stories in the Golden State. Julia is young, in good health, and was beyond careful once the coronavirus began to dominate headlines. Still, she was stricken.

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