Hello, and welcome to this week’s selection of top stories in photos.
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The weather and talk about it was hard to miss as snow dominated SoCal headlines after intense winter storms that brought Los Angeles its longest cold snap in nearly 20 years.
The heavy snow covered California mountain communities, snowbound frightened and hungry residents of the San Bernardino Mountains. On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in 13 counties and ordered the National Guard to help desperate mountain residents trapped in the snow.
Rene Ajualip holds his 2-year-old daughter Destiny after they stopped along Highway 138 to enjoy the snow at Phelan on Wednesday.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
People explore the snow at Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County on Sunday.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Sean Ly, right, and her husband, Kanol You, left, feed birds Monday at Shoreline Aquatic Park in Long Beach.
(Christina House/Los Angeles Times)
Snow covers the mountains above Acton as seen from Soledad Canyon Road on Wednesday.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
See more photos of snow and heavy rain in Southern California, including San Bernardino Mountain communities buried in snow.
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On Friday, the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, began as Republicans rallied their voters. But Republican unity will be difficult with former President Trump in the 2024 primary.
donald trump jr. speaks Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, in National Harbor, Maryland.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is greeted by audience members at CPAC on Friday.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
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3,000 mourners attended the funeral mass of slain Bishop David O’Connell in downtown LA on Friday
The casket of slain Bishop David G. O’Connell will arrive Friday at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles for his funeral service.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Nuns arrive at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral for public viewing on Thursday for a vigil and mass for Bishop O’Connell.
(Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)
A photo of Bishop O’Connell is displayed on his coffin at his funeral service on Friday.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Margarita Rico, a nun with the Servants of Mary, prays for Bishop O’Connell during Mass.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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“People, you all know how much we’ve accomplished, but much of the country still doesn’t know,” President Biden said as he convened House Democrats on Wednesday to tout their legislative success to voters.
President Biden speaks in Baltimore on opening day of the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference on Wednesday.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
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With weather a pressing concern due to both drought and heavy rain, the focus on COVID-19 has slowly faded. Governor Gavin Newsom declared an end to California’s COVID-19 state of emergency on Tuesday.
Young fans at Poguelandia, a music event for fans of the ‘Outer Banks’ series in Huntington Beach.
(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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Activists settled outside the Supreme Court to draw attention to a national student debt crisis, fearing that the Supreme Court would strike down President Biden’s parole plan.
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) speaks Monday night outside the Supreme Court building in support of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
Youth gather in front of the Supreme Court building in support of Biden’s student debt relief plan.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
Representative Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) speaks at Monday night’s meeting.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
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After the rain and snow of recent times, Southland’s usually bone-dry vistas have been transformed into dazzling green landscapes, snow-capped mountains and rarely seen waterfalls.
People visit a temporary waterfall along Highway 39 in the Angeles National Forest on Wednesday. Such waterfalls appear only after heavy, continuous rainfall.
(Raul Roa/Los Angeles Times)
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And finally, after surviving a car crash last year that killed 12 of their fellow students and badly injured others, LA County sheriff recruits graduated on Friday.
The cadets of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Academy will celebrate their graduation at East Los Angeles College on Friday.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
Sheriff’s Academy Class 464 graduate Melody Serna-Mendoza places a badge on Oscar Mora at the ceremony.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
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