Firefighters pour water on a home in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Smoke from the Sesnon fire billows over Porter Ranch in the northwest San Fernando Valley. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Patrick Franks takes a break from digging for items in the ruins of his family home, which burned during the Freeway Complex fire. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Family members and others gather for the funeral of Jamiel Shaw II, 17, a high school football star who was shot to death. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester screams outside the Mormon Temple in Westwood during a demonstration decrying the passage of Prop. 8. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Clouds part to permit a view of the Earth’s shadow creeping across the full moon during a total lunar eclipse. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Rescuers work to pull people from mangled wreckage after the deadly crash of a Metrolink train and a freight train in Chatsworth. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Chat R. Warner of the L.A. Chapter of Bible Believers shouts at some of the Prop. 8 protesters who gathered in front of City Hall. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
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The remains of the burned house after a man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire and set the house ablaze on Christmas Eve. Best of 2008 Photography >>Best of 2008 Main >>(Stefano Paltera / Los Angeles Times)
