California Funeral Homes Run Out of Space as Pandemic Claims More Lives

A biohazard sign is seen on the body of a COVID-19 victim in a casket at the Stauffer Funeral Homes in Frederick, Maryland, on May 1, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—As communities across the country feel the pain of a surge in coronavirus cases, funeral homes in the hot spot of Southern California say they must turn away grieving families as they run out of space for the bodies piling up.