In Focus: Staff photos from Sept. 14 - Sept. 20

Barrie Winston, right, daughter of train crash victim Howard Pompel, is consoled by family friend Aviva Millan at a memorial service Wednesday at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. Pompel’s son Cliff is at left.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Sha Moran releases a dove at the funeral for her daughter, LAPD Officer Spree DeSha, who was one of 25 killed in the Metrolink crash. The service was held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez puts a personal touch on his record-setting 58th save after the Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-2 at Angel Stadium.  (Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times)

Kim Bailey, left, and Celest Fung, friends of Bryan Frost, gather at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity Thursday to remember him. Police say Frost and two others were walking past an apartment building near campus when Frost got into a fight with a man and was stabbed to death.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

A boy runs past the Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church in Watts. South L.A. is still an area of cultural and political strength for blacks, despite the fact that Latinos now make up a clear majority of residents. A new UCLA study noted that demographic change but found that poverty persists in the area.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

A portrait of Bianca Khalili sits near her grave at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills. Police say she jumped off the balcony of a friend’s apartment in May, but some people believe her death was not a suicide. The tragedy has split the large Persian Jewish community in the Beverly Hills area.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Dieu Thanh, 93, of Huntington Beach, who emigrated from Vietnam in 1981, shows her excitement that plans to build a new Quan Am Temple in Garden Grove can proceed following a settlement with the city.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Ashton Kutcher works with Harvard-Westlake freshman football players during Lynwood game.  (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)

Ruby Morales helps paint a mural at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights. “I want my school to look better for my community,” said the 16-year-old, adding that a group of students has been working on the mural about a week.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)