Jenny Stratton

Two people survey the damage of their home that was burned to the ground in an Altadena neighborhood affected by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8, 2025.

Brigit Garcia, 28, of the Colombian group Mi Tiera Colombiana performs during the 47th annual Carnaval Parade in San Francisco on May 25, 2025. Carnaval is a multicultural celebration in the Mission neighborhood, inspiring vibrant colors and diverse cultural performances.

Maximilian Raphael Rose in San Pedro in October. The 29-year-old is wrestling with loneliness, a feeling many men across the country are increasingly experiencing. Recently, Rose joined a men’s walking group in hopes of building friendships.

 People smile on amusement rides at the Lodi Grape Festival in Lodi on Sept. 11, 2025.

C.M., who prefers to not use her name, sits in her bedroom at a transitional home provided through CARE Court after receiving treatment for schizophrenia in Oakland on Dec. 1, 2025. She now lives in a single-occupancy room and is beginning classes at Chabot College in January.

Loreal Duran with her children, ages one and seven, in front of her apartment complex in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2025. Loreal’s husband Giovanni Duran, born in El Salvador, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as part of nationwide agency operations in late January and is currently being held at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. 

Ongoing efforts among the few black-owned businesses in the Fillmore area to reclaim the neighborhood as a bastion of black culture. Netsanet Alemayehu, owner of Sheba Piano Lounge located at 1419 Fillmore St., San Francisco, April 5, 2025.

California Highway Patrol troopers attempt to clear demonstrators from the 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles in June.

Kelly Frost holds a photograph of her father, Jeffrey Butler, in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025.

A farmworker harvests banana peppers at a farm near the town of Helm in July.