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From left, LAPD Deputy Chief Robert Arcos as he assists Chief Charlie Beck conducting his last formal inspection as LAPD Chief of Central Area Police Officers at Central Area Police Station on May 7, 2017. LAPD Deputy Chief Emada Tingirides, who joined the Watts Gang Task Force, community leaders and elected officials to call for an end to gun violence in Watts in front of Watts City Hall on August 1, 2023. Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, right, talks about why he supports Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, 2nd from left, during a campaign event in Encino. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times, Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times and Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: A tlayuda filled with chorizo, with a side of blood sausage seasoned with mint grown in the garden, at Poncho's Tlayudas on Friday, September 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Shelby Moore / For The Times)
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Palm Desert, CA - September 13: Two Sandhill Cranes named Nile and Daphne Crane, who have arthritis, are among nearly 50 animals evacuated from the Big Bear Zoo due to smoke from the Bridge Fire to The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. The Big Bear Alpine Zoo, which is being threatened by the Line fire, has evacuated its animals to the Living Desert in Palm Desert. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Ojai, CA - June 10: Laura LaRue at home with her 16-month-old daughter Lasca on Monday, June 10, 2024 in Ojai, CA. Laura, 32, is a single-mom and former model raising her daughter in a former school bus. She went from living in a cabin on her mom's ranch to an off-grid trailer in Carpinteria, to a school bus with a newborn baby. During the pandemic, she started her natural tie dye business, Ride or Dye Ojai. "It's very chill and it's not that crazy at all," she says of the baby-proofed bus. "It's baby heaven." (Ryan Schude / For The Times)
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LOS ANGELES-CA-AUGUST 29, 2024: Students including Wyatt Gaines, right, water the green onion, basil and kale seedlings they planted in the garden at 24th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles on August 29, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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El Monte, CA - August 27: Michael Isaac Yabara, a young climate change activist, stands for portraits at Whitter Narrows on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 in El Monte, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - June 05: Reies Flores, a career and technical education agriscience teacher walks through the gardens during an after school "Web Club" at Sotomayor Arts & Sciences Magnet in Los Angeles Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Teachers Reies Flores and Arturo Romo run a campus-based farm and sustainable arts program rooted in climate knowledge. More than a decade in the making, the farm now has cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, fruit trees, native plants, flowers, vegetables, berries, etc. on a slice of land wedged between railroad tracks and the high school football field. There is farm-to-table cooking, composting, animal husbandry, greenhouse sciences, habitat restoration, and coordination with the cafeteria to reduce food waste across the campus. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - June 05: Student Michelle Chan, 16, holds baby turkeys during an after school "Web Club" at Sotomayor Arts & Sciences Magnet in Los Angeles Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Teachers Reies Flores and Arturo Romo run a campus-based farm and sustainable arts program rooted in climate knowledge. More than a decade in the making, the farm now has cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, fruit trees, native plants, flowers, vegetables, berries, etc. on a slice of land wedged between railroad tracks and the high school football field. There is farm-to-table cooking, composting, animal husbandry, greenhouse sciences, habitat restoration, and coordination with the cafeteria to reduce food waste across the campus. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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