In Focus: Staff photos from Nov. 2 to Nov. 8
More than a thousand people marched down Westwood Boulevard to protest the passage of Proposition 8. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Thousands showed up in front of the Mormon temple in Westwood to protest the church’s involvement in the yes-on-8 campaign. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had strongly urged members to support the measure. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Cody Horton, 20, left, and Chris Lewis, 24, who moved from Ohio to California to get married before election day, protest in front of the Mormon temple. The two were married in Long Beach. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Melissa Charles holds her daughter Chelsie, 3, while waiting to vote at the Jim Gilliam Recreation Center on South La Brea Avenue. “We’re here for change,” Charles said. “It’s really important for them to see this.” (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Angelenos in Leimert Park celebrate Obama’s presidential win. People in passing vehicles cheered, raised fists and threw thumbs ups. On the sidewalks, onlookers waved Obama signs. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A display is reflected at the American Film Market in
Models Zac Morris and Alicia Baker promote the Stay as monthlong guests in a street-level room, whose front window reflects a passerby. The chic hotel-hostel on Main Street in downtown L.A. aims to attract visitors in their early 20s. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Historic cars are returned to the Angels Flight funicular in downtown L.A.’s Bunker Hill. But no date has been slated for reopening the tiny railway, which has been closed since a fatal accident in 2001. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Susie Latweeka, left, cries with her cousin Fiaora Tuitasi near the roadside encampment in Long Beach where five people were found shot to death. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Washington’s Chris Stevens loses his helmet as USC’s