Times staff photos, July 2017: Fire, FYF, cosplay and a tiny white casket
Here’s a look back at Los Angeles Times staff photography for July 2017. We begin at Glacier Point in
Off the beaten path in Los Angeles, skaters groove to the music spun by a DJ at the restored World On Wheels roller rink in Mid-City.
In sports, it was a double dip for beach volleyball with the World Series of Beach Volleyball in Long Beach and the Hermosa Beach Open.
Add in scenics, protests,
The warm colors of sunset are reflected in the pools of water next to a tributary of Bishop Creek near Riverside Road in Bishop. A wet winter and heavy snowmelt have caused water levels to rise in the creeks and rivers in the Owens Valley and throughout the Sierra. Read story
Cannabis plants are tagged and bar-coded inside a grow site in Desert Hot Springs. Read story
Shannon Gilbert was rescued and led out of the Kern River after she went tubing without a life vest with her boyfriend's brother-in-law, who is still missing. Read story
Skaters groove to the music spun by DJ while skating at the World On Wheels in Los Angeles. The Hollywood club mogul Tommy Karas and rapper Nipsey Hussle team up to restore a Mid City roller rink with deep ties to L.A. music.
Firefighters put out hot spots from the Whittier fire along State Highway 154 in the Santa Ynez Valley. Read story
Asian Pacific AIDS Prevention Team members Angela Cristobal, right, and Teanna Herrera greet passersby while out for the Midnight Stroll, a program to support to transgender sex workers along Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. Read story
A huge crowd watches the unveiling of the Freedom Sculpture along Santa Monica Boulevard. Read story
Pallbearers carry a small white casket during funeral services for Aramazd Andressian Jr., the 5-year-old boy whose father has been charged in his death. Aramazd Andressian Sr. would later plead guilty to the crime and is awaiting sentencing. Read story
Thousands of people seek relief from the hot weather in the surf alongside the Santa Monica Pier.
A surfer snaps over the top of a wave and takes flight at the Wedge in Newport Beach. More photos
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Aztec dancers take part in a Hollywood march protesting the Trump-Pence administration. Read story
Nick Lucena fires a shot past Jake Gibb in a men's quarterfinals match during the World Series of Beach Volleyball in Long Beach. More photos
Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball dribbles past Clippers Juwan Evans during the NBA Summer League at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. More photos
Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner congratulates Logan Forsythe, who homered against Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray at Dodger Stadium.
Defensive back John Johnson III knocks the ball from tight end Temarrick Hemingway during a scrimmage at the L.A. Rams training camp at UC Irvine. More photos
Hailey Harward comes up short as she dives for a ball during the AVP Hermosa Beach Open.
Participants do sit-ups by locking their feet under the handlebars during an underwater spin class at a physical therapy gym in Lawndale.
Danny Ubario with L.A. County Animal Care and Control removes an alligator from a Thousand Oaks home where a number of snakes and other animals were confiscated.
Dr. Alan Pollack and Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel walk down the huge chunk of collapsed St. Francis Dam where somebody left crosses and flowers in the memory of those lost their lives in dam collapse.
Demonstrators cross Disney Way with a crowd of people leaving Disneyland during a rally in solidarity with those experiencing homelessness and Disneyland workers struggling with poverty wages.
A view of the Milky Way arching over Joshua trees and rocks at a campground popular with stargazers in Joshua Tree National Park. Read story
Robert Guardiola, a member of a prospecting association known as the Delta Gold Diggers, pours gravel into a pan as he searches for gold in Eagle Creek. Read story
Visitors crowd Tunnel View overlooking Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.
Cosplayers were everywhere at Comic-Con International 2017 at the San Diego Convention Center. More photos
Firefighters from Apple Valley Fire Protection District help mop up hot spots after the Detwiler wildfire burned through an area outside Mariposa, Calif.
A man uses a garden hose to battle a brush fire threatening to engulf a residence at South Mott Street and the Santa Ana Freeway in Boyle Heights.
Visitors to Angels Gate Park in San Pedro watch the setting sun under a fiery canopy of clouds.
Lucie Colin Robert joins a group playing laser tag at the LazRfit gym in downtown Los Angeles.
Raymond Ruiz looks at his father's wrecked car after the two pursued a carjacking suspect who waved a gun at them as he led police on a high-speed chase through Panorama City and Van Nuys.
Joe Keery, left, Natalia Dyer and Dacre Montgomery, from the television series "Stranger Things," are photographed in the L.A. Times photo studio at Comic-Con. More photos
An FAA investigator looks over a helicopter that crash-landed in Sherman Oaks. Four people aboard the aircraft were treated for injuries.
Several hundred people protest President Trump's transgender military ban in the Castro District in San Francisco.
A DJ takes a drag on a cigarette on the Outer Space Stage during Day One of the FYF Festival at Exposition Park.
A fan is escorted out of the pit by a security guard while Iggy Pop performs at FYF.