In focus: Staff photos from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6

COOLING OFF: On a hot summer day, Sade Jones, 6, plays in the refreshing spray of a garden hose in her cousin’s front yard near West 126th Street and South Figueroa Street in South Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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FEATURES: Amenities at the ArcLight theater in Sherman Oaks include extra-wide seats with retractable armrests and a cafe-bar where moviegoers can dine or have martinis. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

NOT IN MY NET: The goalie for team Olympo dives for a penalty kick during a recent match. In Santa Ana, more than 12,000 registered soccer players vie for space on just 29 city fields. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

SCENIC: The L.A. skyline looms as Sol Shankman, 93, and his companion, Anneliese Clay, 81, near the top of Riverside Trail. Despite his macular degeneration, he sets off into the hills at 5 a.m. daily. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT: The Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles is starting a series of scary movies, culminating on Halloween. The films are projected against the side of the building and sound is piped in via car radios. (Ken Hively/ Los Angeles Times)

BUZZ: Carlos Barrera smiles at his son Carlos Jr., 5, as he rubs his new hairdo. Every Saturday the two come to Pueblos Unidos hair salon in Compton and stylist Delia Murillo cuts their hair. She gave Carlos Jr. his first haircut. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

SCOREBOARD: UCLA Bruins Ryan Moya (15), center, celebrates with the offense after he caught a touchdown pass over the University of Tennessee’s Rico McCoy in the fourth quarter. The Bruins went on to win the game in overtime, giving new Coach Rick Neuheisel a dramatic victory in his return to UCLA. (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

THEIR MOMENT: Yuliana Valenzuela photographs sons Joshua and Bryan Cuadra at Aldama Elementary. A school trustee said parents “know what the future looks like for their children, and it’s one where they have to compete in a global economy.” (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

FATAL ATTRACTION? Anna Paquin plays a mind-reading waitress who falls for a vampire on “True Blood,” which premieres on HBO. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

IN THE LINE OF DUTY: Alison White, 9, of San Jose sits next to the flowers she left at a memorial fountain that was dedicated Wednesday at the LAPD’s 77th Street Division station in honor of seven officers who have died in the line of duty, including her grandfather, Roland White. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)