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A warning from the sea
Workers harvest oysters in Samish Bay. Because of the bacterial outbreak, future crops will not be as large.
Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times
Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times
Final Journey
Illegal immigrant families are torn apart when a loved one goes home for burial. Some say that's the price to be paid for a crime.
Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
Smugglers hide in plain sight
Their mingling with off-roaders spurs controversial calls to close part of the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.
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Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
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Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
Minuteman without a country
Max Kennedy patrols the U.S.-Mexico frontier as a volunteer. But this alienated man may be the most ambivalent of border warriors.
Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
The Black Shark
After a crippling crash, Sergio Valencia found purpose in the waters off Ensenada. Fame has faded, but the swimmer holds fast to his dreams.
Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
MS-13: An international franchise
Mara Salvatrucha is rooted locally, but it has become a force in Central America and the Washington area. U.S. policy provided unintended aid.
Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
Doomed Convoy
A series of missteps sent a group of Americans into a gantlet of fiery slaughter in Iraq.
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
Johan Otter tells his story
A California man visiting Glacier National Park with his daughter instinctively puts himself between her and the rampaging bear's claws and teeth.
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Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
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Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
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