In Focus: Staff photos from Jan. 3 to Jan. 10

Guitarist Chris Llewellyn, left, at NBC studios in Burbank with Asher Roth, second from left, and the rest of his hip-hop band. Earlier in the day Llewellyn and half a dozen other passengers on a flight approaching LAX jumped on a man who had pushed a flight attendant to the floor and was trying to open the plane's rear emergency exit.

Guitarist Chris Llewellyn, left, at NBC studios in Burbank with Asher Roth, second from left, and the rest of his hip-hop band. Earlier in the day Llewellyn and half a dozen other passengers on a flight approaching LAX jumped on a man who had pushed a flight attendant to the floor and was trying to open the plane’s rear emergency exit.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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Week in Focus: Hollywood

Flowers adorn Elvis Presley’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on his birthday. The King has been gone more than 30 years, but fans still gather to celebrate him. Presley would have been 74.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Week in Focus: Schools

Kindergartners at a Long Beach school. A proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to shorten the school year by five days is creating panic among educators across California.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Week in Focus: Border meeting

Fernando Orozco and his wife, Marta Ramos, kiss through the posts of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Friendship Park in San Diego County. Orozco, who lives in Santa Monica, had his wallet and ID stolen and can’t visit Ramos, who lives in Mexico. The park is in the path of a federal construction project to strengthen the border.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Week in Focus: Chargers

San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, chased by the Indianapolis Colts’ Melvin Bullitt (33), stretches for first-down marker on a fourth-quarter scramble. He came up inches short. The Chargers beat the Colts 23 to 17 in the first round of the NFL playoffs.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Week in Focus: Vietnamese arts

Artist Ann Phong reflects on her painting titled “An Advice” at the FOB (Fresh Off the Boat) II exhibit at the Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Assn. gallery in Santa Ana.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Week in Focus: Protest

Mark Lipman holds up his shoes outside the Federal Building in Westwood during a protest against the Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip. The shoes “represent a symbol of resistance to global militarism and solidarity,” he said.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Week in Focus: Pelican problem

Kylie Clatterbuck of the International Bird Rescue Research Center in San Pedro performs a checkup on an adult brown pelican. There are several dozen sick pelicans at the center, causing concern among the experts there who are studying the problem.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Week in Focus: Helping the city bloom

Rudolph Forrest plants a raspberry bush in his assigned plot at his neighborhood community garden, the Stanford Avalon garden in Watts.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)