In Focus: Staff photos from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14

Actors dressed as Cleopatra, Tinker Bell and Batman hang out in front of the Hollywood & Highland shopping complex. There is said to be growing tension between characters and music vendors in the area.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Alison Krauss, left, and Robert Plant perform at the Grammys ceremony. The duo won five awards.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Bagel Brigade volunteer Art Siegel rolls a shopping cart to a Sherman Oaks supermarket to pick up donations. For 17 years, volunteers have been collecting day-old goods each morning and delivering them to schools, homeless shelters and rehab centers.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Walker, a toy poodle, gets washed during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden.  (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

After surfing all morning, Ian DellAquila takes in the view at Venice Beach. The latest in a series of storms is expected to arrive today, bringing 9 inches of snow to the mountains, and more rain at lower elevations.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

One of the giant dinosaurs in Cabazon looms over the San Gorgonio Wilderness, dusted with snow.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Julissa Estrada is all smiles as she makes a face-down snow angel during an outing to Lebec with her family from Bakersfield.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

A hiker travels along Summitridge Park Trail in Diamond Bar, where a recent storm opened up a crystal-clear view of the snowcapped San Gabriel Mountains. Another storm is expected to hit Southern California by Friday.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Former Harlem Globetrotters Wun “The Shot” Versher and Fred “Curly” Neal pass along their tricks to first-grader Shaley Dehaas-O’Brient at Corpus Christi School in Pacific Palisades as part of a program to encourage healthy, active lifestyles.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

Latrice Taylor, 9, browses banners for sale at the intersection of Slauson Avenue and Main Street in South L.A.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)