Jovan Lozano fire Captain for the Cal Fire battalion unit out of Jurupa Valley, looks upon the Rabbit Fire as the team sits idly by under manned and under supplied on July 14, 2023 in Moreno Valley, Calif. The fire grew to an estimated 7,950 acres before it was contained.

Corcoran, CA, Monday, June 5, 2023 - Farmworker Jose Pineda pauses while tending to a dying pistachio orchard. Days after a nearby levee broke, flooding more than 800 acres of Pistachios owned by Markham Hanna, he was left to salvage a few hundred acres that remain dry. “It’s a disaster,” Hanna said, standing with arms crossed beside rows of inundated pistachio trees. “Huge losses.”The return of Tulare Lake after this year’s major storms has left Hanna and his family with a costly ordeal — and many questions about how they might be able to recover from the loss.“To see everything we worked for going down the drain, it’s very hard,” he said. “We have to think about the future, and where we get funds to rebuild our farm. It’s very difficult.”

Elliot, 24, bottom left, who began using heroin at age 12 and is addicted to fentanyl, hangs out with Raul, 29, and Kie, 28, in an alley in MacArthur Park on June 7, 2023 where people go to smoke fentanyl. “I thought kicking heroin was bad, uh-uh, no. I could kick heroin; kicking this, not going to happen. Quitting cold turkey would physically kill me,” Elliot says.

Eagle Pass, Texas, Saturday, September 23, 2023 - People who crossed the US/Mexico border are led, single file, to a border patrol processing center along the banks of the Rio Grande. The number of Venezuelans in particular has been spiking. U.S. border officials apprehended more than 11,000 people from Venezuela in July and 22,000 in August — and the September total is expected to be even higher. With detention space limited — especially for families — many are being released while they wait for judges to consider their asylum claims.The chaotic border scenario has become a crisis for President Biden, who is facing criticism not only from his usual Republican enemies but also from some Democrats who say their communities cannot afford the costs of absorbing the newcomers.

Murrieta Valley celebrates as they win the Riverside County Office of Education 41st Mock Trial Competition at Riverside Historic Courthouse in Riverside on Thursday, February 23, 2023.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 12: Jamie Lee Curtis, winner of Best Supporting Actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once”, backstage at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

Lahaina, Maui, Thursday, August 10, 2023 - A lone evacuee walks aimlessly amidst the rubble of Lahaina a day after a devastating wildfire destroyed 1,700 buildings and more than 2,000 homes.

Etiwanda players and head coach Dave Kleckner celebrate their Baseline League boys basketball championship in the locker room after defeating Damien 57-49 in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, February 3, 2023.

Zebras fight in Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, Africa.

Lahaina, Maui, Thursday, August 10, 2023 - A lone evacuee walks aimlessly amidst the rubble of Lahaina a day after a devastating wildfire destroyed 1,700 buildings and more than 2,000 homes.

Jacumba, CA, Friday, November 24, 2023 - Asylum seekers from China, camp near the border wall, often waiting days to be transported by the U.S. Border Patrol. With no amenities like food and water, campers strip nearby fields of manzanita and other trees and plants to fuel campfires. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

A visitor reflects on the art of Newsha Tavakolian that is part of, “Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles on May 30, 2023. This exhibition presents 75 works by women artists who were born or live in what can broadly be termed Islamic societies.

Los Angeles Kings center Zack MacEwen, left puts Edmonton Oilers center Ryan McLeod into the boards during the second period in Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Friday, April 21, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Latia Stevenson’s 5-year-old daughter Alyiah looks out of a Mayor’s Office conference room in Los Angeles City Hall while her mother tries to get housing help for her and her six children, including an infant on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Stevenson was using city council meetings’ public comment to get help for her family who was living in a car.

Cathedral City Fire Department rescues residents in a bulldozer following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Cathedral City, California, on August 21, 2023. Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California with record rainfall, shutting down schools, roads and businesses before edging in on Nevada on August 21, 2023. California Governor Gavin Newsom had declared a state of emergency over much of the typically dry area, where flash flood warnings remained in effect until this morning.

Defensive back Jaylin Davies #24 of the UCLA Bruins celebrates with teammates after a USC Trojans turnover and touchdown in the second half of a NCAA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 18, 2023.