At O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, throngs of people stood shoulder-to-shoulder, in some cases for several hours, as they waited to be screened. Coronavirus cases have been reported at airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose. The Times spoke with several travelers who should have been screened at LAX under the White House’s criteria but were not. This could mean advising people against air travel completely.“I think all nonessential travel should be canceled,” she said.Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week.

An airport employee took his passport and asked him if he had experienced any COVID-19 symptoms — dry cough, shortness of breath — or had been around anyone with the illness.Snell felt fine. When they landed, no one came to collect the form and they were not directed to submit the form anywhere, she said. A medical professional conducting coronavirus screenings at Los Angeles International Airport has tested positive for the virus, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Wednesday. The controversy over Trader Joe’s ethnic-sounding brands shows how today’s increasingly polarized society puts the whimsical grocery chain in a tough spot.Hundreds of thousands of essential workers have kept their kids in child care during the pandemic and, so far, these centers haven’t been big disease spreaders.If the coronavirus has you reaching for hand sanitizer, don’t use one with methanol. But according to Rowena, Loretta’s daughter, the couple was not screened for symptoms at the airport in South Korea or in Los Angeles. The bottleneck of travelers scrambling to get back to the U.S. created mass chaos at some airports last weekend. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Travelers at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.A traveler waits to be helped at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. But according to Rowena, Loretta’s daughter, the couple was not screened for symptoms at the airport in South Korea or in Los Angeles. Several people sitting near them on the plane were coughing.“We were terrified,” she said. California’s legislative leaders want more time before a state court-imposed eviction ban is lifted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Technical glitches with the state’s system for analyzing test results have led to flawed reporting of infection rates.Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that he will be authorizing the city to shut off water and power in cases where residents host large, illegal gatherings.The twin YouTube stars face criminal charges in connection with staging two fake bank robberies in Irvine, one of which involved an Uber driver who prosecutors said was not involved in the prank.Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Travelers who were identified as high-risk by the White House but were not screened have taken to social media to decry the process, expressing alarm over the fact that they were so easily able to slip through the cracks amid an extraordinary global health crisis.The latest updates from our reporters in California and around the worldKitty Horowitz said she and her husband also weren’t screened when they arrived at LAX from London on Sunday. California’s legislative leaders want more time before a state court-imposed eviction ban is lifted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The twin YouTube stars face criminal charges in connection with staging two fake bank robberies in Irvine, one of which involved an Uber driver who prosecutors said was not involved in the prank.A prosecutor identified three relatives of indicted L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar as witnesses rather than targets of the ongoing pay-to-play probe.A Sacramento scheme to keep borrowing federal dollars to help those in need echoes California’s historical progressivism. Snell, who recently went into remission for neck cancer, made sure to keep a few feet between himself and others.After 45 minutes, he said, a customs employee called him to a counter and returned his passport, telling him he was “good to go.” No further health evaluation took place.“I don’t know how they made the determination that I didn’t need my temperature checked, but somebody else did,” said Snell.

Very few people stood in line with him, though later he would watch that line become longer and more cramped.

Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport in San Jose. “We’ve never gotten through as fast as we did.”Public health experts, however, say the screenings offer a false sense of security and are largely futile at this point in the pandemic. It can be toxic if absorbed through the skin, the FDA warns.Scam calls and COVID-19 rackets are on the rise as a result of people being stuck at home, officials warn.Scientists searching for a medicine to treat patients with COVID-19 are looking for it in the blood of people who have already survived the disease.Trying to get a handle on how California is reopening and what it means for you? Several others interviewed by The Times also said their forms were not collected.“We saw no one getting screened. And because the coronavirus is already spreading in the U.S. through community-level transmission, health screenings at airports will not curb the effects of the pandemic and could give citizens a false sense of security, experts say. The Department of Homeland Security, which is in charge of the screening process, did not respond to requests for comment.Technical glitches with the state’s system for analyzing test results have led to flawed reporting of infection rates.Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that he will be authorizing the city to shut off water and power in cases where residents host large, illegal gatherings.The justices grant an emergency appeal from the county’s lawyers and put on hold an order issued in late May by U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal.Ron Nehring, the director of international programs for a nonprofit, flew into LAX from London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday night.