Hard lives made harder by COVID: Homeless endure a ‘slow-moving train wreck’

Hard lives made harder by COVID: Homeless endure a ‘slow-moving train wreck’

Hard lives made harder by COVID: Homeless endure a ‘slow-moving train wreck’

The message wasn't lost on Daniel Gonzalez. Early in the pandemic, one of the first things Imperial County did to ward off the virus was close the public bathrooms and, later, public cooling centers. In this sprawling Southern California desert, where summer brings blistering triple-digit heat, that lack of access could amount to a death sentence for people without shelter.