{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcoronavirus-in-california.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-pandemics-toll-lbjksdnI","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Pandemic’s Toll","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ee22f9/ee22f99a-a9bc-4e3f-9b22-908cd9a32989/14576d12-1141-41ea-9a72-a45ff9fa1554/e393b03240d8aeb4d8304158e34124616390ab56e303a5526cf3762ebf014c03fc9dcee75f852958926c754c5fd0afaec568affc69bc72b4cc142f9015abd174.jpeg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/14576d12-1141-41ea-9a72-a45ff9fa1554\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Pandemic’s Toll\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"The Pandemic’s Toll. At this point, tens of thousands of people in the U.S. have lost their lives to COVID-19. To try to memorialize the victims in Southern California as the individual lives that they were, the Los Angeles Times has created a project called “The Pandemic's Toll: Lives Lost in Southern California.” These are remembrances not of celebrities or politicians, but of your neighbors, your family members, your friends. Our guest is Times metro reporter Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, one of the writers for the project. \n\n[Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line."}