In focus: Staff images from Oct. 12 to Oct. 18

AGLOW: The full moon looms over the U.S. Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Recent winds have swept the skies, offering a clear view of the skyline. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 10:04 AM PT

YEE-HAW! Steve Freed, who calls himself the Beverly Hills cowboy, practices roping on a dummy. The real estate management executive donates winnings from competitions to the Concern Foundation, which funds cancer research. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

CANTER’S: People wait in line outside Canter’s Deli as it celebrated 60 years at its Fairfax Avenue location by turning the prices back to what they were in 1948, selling their specialty corned beef sandwiches for 60 cents. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Smoke from the Sesnon fire billows over Porter Ranch in the northwest San Fernando Valley. By the time the blaze was contained Oct. 18, it had blackened 14,703 acres and destroyed 15 homes and dozens of outbuildings. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

SWIRLING MENACE: Wind blows glowing embers past a firefighter on Sesnon Boulevard north of the 118 Freeway in Porter Ranch. Unlike rustic Twin Lakes, Porter Ranch has broad streets and acres of defensible space designed to hamper wildfires. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

AERIAL ASSIST: A firefighting helicopter dumps a load of water onto the advancing front of the western edge of the Sesnon fire in eastern Simi Valley. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

SENSE OF LOSS: Rita Lythgoe takes a break from sifting through the rubble of her mobile home that was gutted by the Marek wildfire in Lake View Terrace. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

SHATTERING EXPERIENCE: Rafael Furcal breaks his bat and lines out to Phillies second baseman Chase Utley in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the National League championship series. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

STRETCHED OUT: Dodgers catcher Russell Martin can’t reach a throw by Rafael Furcal, the second of three errors by the Dodgers shortstop in the fifth inning. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

CHAMPAGNE DREAMS: Philadelphia Philles players celebrate their win over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the National League championship series. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)