CalMatters: 10 years of visual journalism ·

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<p>By <a href=""https://calmatters.org/author/visuals-team/"" title=""Posts" by="" calmatters="" visuals="" team="" class=""author" url="" fn="" rel=""author"">CalMatters Visuals Team</a>, CalMatters</p>
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				<img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAwIDAiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSIxMDAlIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwMCUiIHN0eWxlPSJmaWxsOiNjZmQ0ZGI7ZmlsbC1vcGFjaXR5OiAwLjE7Ii8+PC9zdmc+" decoding="async" width=""1200"" height=""833"" data-src=""https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/080719_Dancer_LosAngeles_AW_CM_05.jpg?fit=1200%2C833&ssl=1"" class=""attachment-post-thumbnail" size-post-thumbnail="" wp-post-image="" alt=""Folklórico" dancers="" in="" brightly="" colored="" traditional="" dresses="" prepare="" to="" perform="" on="" a="" grassy="" field="" beneath="" power="" lines.="" one="" dancer="" magenta="" dress="" lifts="" their="" skirt="" with="" both="" hands="" mid-pose="" while="" others="" yellow="" green="" and="" orange="" outfits="" sit="" or="" stand="" nearby.="" crowd="" watches="" the="" background="" many="" smiling="" decoding=""async"" data-srcset=""https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/080719_Dancer_LosAngeles_AW_CM_05.jpg?w=2000&ssl=1" https:="" data-sizes=""(max-width:"/><figcaption>Girls from Folklor La Morenita, a traditional Mexican dance troupe, practice before their performance at National Night Out in Rosemead on Aug. 6, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<p>This summer, CalMatters marks its 10th year of publishing the trusted, nonpartisan journalism essential to millions of Californians who want to know what’s going on in their state. For 10 years, CalMatters has done the dogged digging necessary to hold the powerful accountable and give voice to the voiceless.</p>
<p>And crucial to that decade of storytelling has been telling California’s story through photographs and illustrations.</p>
<p>CalMatters’ visual journalists and freelancers have captured a full range of experiences across the Golden State: from state legislators to the unhoused, from the Mexican border to Oregon, from moments of celebration to grief-stricken disasters and emergencies.</p>
<p>Each part of CalMatters journalism builds a stronger relationship between the community and our government: from public record and quotes to words, visuals and data interactives. Here, we have some of the stand-out visual journalism over CalMatters’ decade of journalism.</p>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/061318-Gavin-Newsom-Endorsement-Event_RS_CM_038-682x1024.jpg"" alt=""A" person="" speaks="" at="" a="" podium="" during="" political="" event="" standing="" in="" front="" of="" california="" state="" flag="" and="" large="" blue="" banners="" featuring="" civil="" rights="" quotes="" portraits.="" audience="" members="" are="" seated="" the="" foreground="" raised="" hand="" holding="" phone="" partially="" blocks="" top="" frame="" capturing="" scene.=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RB-Peace-Officers-Memorial_11.jpg"" alt=""Flags" representing="" california="" peace="" officers="" killed="" in="" the="" line="" of="" duty="" during="" memorial="" ceremony="" sacramento="" calif.="" monday="" may="" photo="" by="" randall="" benton="" for="" calmatters.=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First: </strong>Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Sacramento, on June 13, 2018. Photo by Robbie Short for CalMatters <strong>Last:</strong> Flags represent California peace officers killed in the line of duty during a Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony in Sacramento, on May 6, 2019. Photo by Randall Benton for CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/121718-Colusa-County-MW-CM-20.jpg"" alt=""An" industrial="" complex="" with="" silos="" and="" farming="" equipment="" sits="" beneath="" a="" dramatic="" sky="" filled="" dense="" billowing="" clouds.="" golden="" grasses="" line="" the="" foreground="" reflected="" clearly="" in="" still="" water="" creating="" symmetrical="" mirror="" effect="" across="" horizon.=""/><figcaption>Rice elevators outside Williams, on Dec. 17, 2018. Photo by Max Whittaker, CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/091119_AW_rentcap_sized_11.jpg"" alt=""Assembly" speaker="" anthony="" rendon="" whispers="" to="" then-assemblymember="" david="" chiu="" on="" september="" photo="" by="" anne="" wernikoff="" for="" calmatters=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/090419_vaccine_AW_sized_05.jpg"" alt="""/"/></figure><figcaption><strong>First:</strong> Then-Speaker Anthony Rendon whispers to Assemblymember David Chiu following the passage of his bill AB 1482 in the assembly on Sept. 11, 2019.  <strong>Last:</strong> Tara Thornton, a demonstrator with Freedom Angels, a group opposed to AB 276, becomes emotional while protesting in front of Gov. Newsom’s office after the passage of the bill in the senate on Sept. 4, 2019. Photos by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/112219_MarkRippee_CM_08.jpg"" alt=""A" person="" sits="" on="" the="" ground="" against="" a="" wooden="" wall="" covered="" in="" colorful="" graffiti.="" dressed="" layered="" worn="" clothing="" they="" lean="" forward="" with="" one="" arm="" resting="" bent="" knee.="" large="" blue="" plastic="" bag="" and="" walking="" stick="" sit="" nearby.="" sunlight="" casts="" sharp="" shadows="" across="" scene="" highlighting="" textures="" of="" pavement.=""/><figcaption>Mark Rippee in Vallejo on Nov. 22, 2019. Rippee, who is blind and disabled, was hospitalized after being hit by a car. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/012420_OnlineCollege_AW_sized_05.jpg"" alt=""Maria" garcia="" in="" her="" antioch="" home=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/021720_BernieSandersRally_AW_sized_17.jpg"" alt=""Thousands" gathered="" to="" support="" democratic="" presidential="" candidate="" sen.="" bernie="" sanders="" at="" a="" campaign="" rally="" craneway="" pavilion="" in="" richmond="" ca="" on="" february="" photo="" by="" anne="" wernikoff="" for="" calmatters=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/042520_RaySamoa_NP_sized_05.jpg"" alt=""Dr." ray="" samoa="" at="" the="" city="" of="" hope="" comprehensive="" cancer="" center="" in="" duarte="" on="" april="" stands="" amongst="" wishing="" trees="" a="" place="" where="" employees="" and="" visitors="" offer="" messages="" health="" to="" patients="" their="" families.="" photo="" by="" nancy="" pastor="" for="" calmatters=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First:</strong> Maria Garcia in her Antioch home. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters <strong>Next: </strong>Thousands gathered to support democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally at Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, on Feb. 17, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters <strong> Last: </strong>Dr. Ray Samoa at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte on April 25, 2020. Photo by Nancy Pastor for CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/110320_AlamedaCountyVoting_AW_sized_06.jpg"" alt=""Poll" workers="" use="" tongs="" to="" collect="" ballots="" and="" hand="" out="" stickers="" at="" a="" curbside="" voting="" location="" alameda="" county="" courthouse="" on="" nov.="" photo="" by="" anne="" wernikoff="" for="" calmatters=""/><figcaption>Poll workers use tongs to collect ballots and hand out stickers at a curbside voting location at Alameda County courthouse on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/080720_PandemicEviction_AH_02-684x1024.jpg"" alt=""Portrait" of="" ernie="" bull="" and="" mary="" wildman="" in="" eureka="" on="" august="" were="" evicted="" from="" their="" home="" july="" despite="" a="" moratorium="" eviction="" lawsuits="" california="" during="" the="" coronavirus="" crisis.="" they="" have="" now="" been="" homeless="" for="" over="" month.="" photo="" by="" alexandra="" hootnick="" calmatters=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/083122_ROUTE_FIRE_JAH_CM_95-682x1024.jpg"" alt=""The" route="" fire="" burns="" near="" castaic="" lake="" on="" aug.="" photo="" by="" julie="" hotz="" for="" calmatters=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First: </strong>Ernie Bull and Mary Wildman in Eureka on Aug. 7, 2020. Bull and Wildman were evicted from their home in July despite a moratorium on eviction lawsuits in California during the coronavirus crisis. They have now been homeless for over a month. Photo by Alexandra Hootnick for CalMatters <strong>Last:</strong> The Route Fire burns near Castaic Lake on Aug. 31, 2022. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/040121_EasterChurch_AW_sized_06.jpg"" alt=""Parishioners" hold="" their="" arms="" in="" the="" air="" and="" sing="" along="" as="" worship="" team="" plays="" praise="" songs="" at="" start="" of="" easter="" services="" resonate="" church="" fremont="" on="" april="" was="" permitted="" to="" begin="" hosting="" in-person="" capacity="" february="" but="" for="" many="" congregation="" marked="" return="" after="" a="" year="" away.="" photo="" by="" anne="" wernikoff="" calmatters=""/><figcaption>Parishioners raise their arms and sing as the worship team plays praise songs at the start of Easter services at Resonate Church in Fremont on April 4, 2021. The church was permitted to resume in-person services at 25% capacity in February, but for many in the congregation, Easter marked their first time back after a year away. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/041520_COVIDTesting_AW_CM_10-1024x673.jpg"" alt=""Two" healthcare="" workers="" wearing="" face="" shields="" hair="" covers="" masks="" gloves="" and="" disposable="" gowns="" work="" in="" a="" medical="" setting.="" one="" person="" faces="" forward="" adjusting="" their="" while="" the="" other="" stands="" turned="" away="" holding="" green="" box.="" bright="" overhead="" lights="" blur="" background.=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/040720_Coronafeatures_AW_17-CM-1024x670.jpg"" alt=""A" man="" wearing="" a="" mask="" walks="" past="" boarded="" up="" restaurant="" in="" the="" mission="" neighborhood="" of="" san="" francisco="" on="" april="" photo="" by="" anne="" wernikoff="" for="" calmatters=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First:</strong> Nurses prepare to enter the testing area at a drive thru COVID-19 testing facility at Cal Expo in Sacramento on April 15, 2020. The nurses work in teams of four and take shifts throughout the day. <strong>Last:</strong> A person wearing a mask walks past a boarded up restaurant in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco on April 7, 2020. Photos by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/01022-Newsom-Budget-Proposal-2022-MG-CM-01.jpg"" alt=""Gov." gavin="" newsom="" addressed="" the="" media="" during="" a="" press="" conference="" where="" he="" unveiled="" his="" budget="" proposal="" for="" in="" sacramento="" on="" jan.=""/><figcaption>Gov. Gavin Newsom addressed the media during a press conference where he unveiled his budget proposal for 2022-23 in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/042123-N.-Table-Mountain-Flowers-JAH-CM-08-819x1024.jpg"" alt=""Wildflower" at="" north="" table="" mountain="" ecological="" reserve="" in="" oroville="" on="" april="" photo="" by="" julie="" a="" hotz="" for="" calmatters=""/><figcaption>Wildflower “superbloom” at North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve in Oroville on April 21, 2023. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/070622_OilField_LV_CM_004-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Oil" pumps="" in="" the="" kern="" river="" oil="" field="" near="" bakersfield="" on="" july="" photo="" by="" larry="" valenzuela="" calmatters="" local=""/><figcaption>Oil pumps in the Kern River Oil Field near Bakersfield on July 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/091024-ONLINE-LEARNING-GH-CM-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Illustration" of="" a="" latina="" college="" student="" trying="" to="" focus="" on="" her="" laptop="" she="" surrounded="" by="" bunch="" desktop="" notifications="" and="" various="" distracting="" screens="" windows=""/><figcaption>Illustration by Gabriel Hongsdusit, CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/081823_Sandbags_Hurricane_Hilary_AH_CM_10-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""People" fill="" bags="" with="" sand="" in="" preparation="" for="" hurricane="" hilary="" at="" the="" bonita-sunnyside="" fire="" station="" san="" diego="" on="" aug.="" photo="" by="" adriana="" heldiz="" calmatters=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/042623-Corcoran-Flood-LV_03-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Sunset" above="" the="" flood="" waters="" in="" farmland="" with="" submerged="" tractors="" and="" farming="" equipment="" hansen="" ranches="" south="" of="" corcoran="" on="" april="" photo="" by="" larry="" valenzuela="" calmatters="" local=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/020823-Planada-Feb-8-LV_05-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Two" people="" in="" protective="" gear="" and="" face="" masks="" cleaning="" up="" the="" front="" year="" of="" a="" house="" with="" pile="" debris="" nearby.=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First:</strong> People fill bags with sand in preparation for Hurricane Hilary at the Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Station in San Diego on Aug. 18, 2023. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters <strong>Next:</strong> Sunset above the flooded Hansen Ranches with submerged tractors and farming equipment south of Corcoran on April 26, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local <strong>Last:</strong> Two residents wearing protective gear clean out their home after flood damage in the community of Planada on Feb. 8, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/050124-UCLA-Evening-Protest-TS-CM-16.jpg"" alt=""Nighttime" scene="" of="" a="" protest="" on="" the="" lawn="" in="" front="" large="" brick="" building="" with="" tall="" towers="" lit="" by="" warm="" lights.="" tents="" are="" scattered="" across="" grass="" people="" gathered="" small="" groups.="" bright="" spotlight="" from="" above="" illuminates="" part="" and="" banner="" pole="" reads="" go="" bruins=""/><figcaption>A pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA in Los Angeles. Groups of student protesters gathered at the encampment, on May 1, 2024. Photo by Ted Soqui for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/100824_Inside-Safe_CS_CM_40-819x1024.jpg"" alt=""A" close-up="" view="" of="" a="" woman="" face="" as="" she="" wears="" pink="" leopard-patterned="" head="" wrap="" and="" looks="" towards="" their="" left="" side.=""/><figcaption>Shameka Foster outside the Los Angeles Community Action Network offices near where she used to pitch a tent in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2024. Photo by Carlin Stiehl for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/080924_Arizona-Kamala-Rally-LV_CM_23-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Vice" president="" kamala="" harris="" wearing="" a="" tan="" blazer="" and="" black="" shirt="" stands="" behind="" podium="" with="" as="" hundreds="" of="" supporters="" stand="" her="" waving="" signs="" name="" at="" campaign="" rally.=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/031124-West-Hills-Saeta-AJ-CM-23-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Jen" saeta="" a="" primary="" caregiver="" for="" josh="" shares="" moment="" with="" her="" brother="" in="" the="" family="" living="" room="" at="" their="" home="" santa="" rosa="" valley="" on="" march="" visited="" west="" hills="" hospital="" abdominal="" pain="" and="" doctor="" ordered="" him="" to="" be="" sent="" icu.="" staff="" never="" transferred="" he="" had="" heart="" attack="" suffered="" catastrophic="" brain="" injury="" as="" result.="" his="" has="" taken="" care="" of="" since="" but="" over="" time="" they="" learned="" more="" details="" about="" conditions="" that="" caused="" them="" file="" lawsuit.="" photo="" by="" alisha="" jucevic="" calmatters=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First: </strong>Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the crowd during her presidential campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local <strong>Last:</strong> Jen Saeta, a primary caregiver for Josh, shares a moment with her brother in the family’s living room at their home in Santa Rosa Valley, on March 11, 2024. In 2017, Josh visited West Hills Hospital for abdominal pain and the doctor ordered him to be sent to the ICU. Staff never transferred him and he had a heart attack and suffered a catastrophic brain injury as a result. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/092724-DRONE-Pollution-Lake-Tahoe-MG-02.jpg"" alt=""An" aerial="" view="" of="" a="" person="" snorkeling="" in="" full-body="" diving="" suit="" holding="" tablet="" the="" water.="" is="" swimming="" along="" surface="" crystal="" clear="" water="" with="" lake="" bottom="" visible="" and="" group="" rocks="" nearby.=""/><figcaption>Michael Cane, Field Lab Director and Boat Captain with the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, snorkels while collecting algae samples from Lake Tahoe on Sept. 27, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/010725_PalisadesFire_TS_CM_020-1024x683.jpg"" alt=""A" person="" stands="" on="" the="" side="" of="" a="" road="" silhouetted="" against="" fiery="" orange="" sky="" filled="" with="" thick="" smoke.="" overhead="" power="" lines="" stretch="" across="" utility="" poles="" and="" vegetation="" foreground.="" scene="" evokes="" sense="" isolation="" foreboding="" amidst="" wildfire.=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/010824_Eaton-Fire_JH_CM_55-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""The" backs="" of="" two="" people="" as="" they="" hold="" each="" other="" while="" looking="" at="" the="" burnt="" rubble="" that="" used="" to="" be="" their="" home.=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First:</strong> The Palisades Fire burned homes and businesses near Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles, on Jan. 7, 2025. Photo by Ted Soqui for CalMatters <strong>Last:</strong> Two people survey the damage of their home that was burned to the ground in an Altadena neighborhood affected by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8, 2025. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/011025_LA-Wildfires_JH_34-1024x732.jpg"" alt=""A" nighttime="" view="" of="" a="" hillside="" engulfed="" in="" flames="" near="" powerline="" towers.="" over="" the="" fire="" and="" smoke="" from="" top="" hill="" helicopter="" is="" flying="" with="" water="" hose="" hanging="" off="" bottom.=""/><figcaption>A chinook helicopter approaches the Palisades Fire as it burns Mandeville Canyon in Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2025. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HIGH-RISK-AI_AH_CM_02-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""A" digital="" collage="" that="" depicts="" a="" triangular="" caution="" sign="" made="" out="" of="" manila="" folder="" and="" includes="" black="" exclamation="" point="" in="" the="" middle.="" artwork="" is="" set="" against="" multi-colored="" glitchy="" background.=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/38-NYC-Algo_AH_MU_01-1024x683.jpg"" alt=""A" digital="" collage="" featuring="" a="" pixelated="" black-and-white="" image="" of="" newborn="" feet="" cradled="" by="" adult="" hands="" overlaid="" with="" green="" glitch="" effects.="" surrounding="" elements="" include="" stylized="" city="" maps="" public="" housing="" buildings="" and="" abstract="" circular="" shapes="" blending="" urban="" geography="" themes="" care="" technology.=""/></figure><figcaption>Illustrations by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/060625_ICE-Raid-DTLA_JWBH_CM_02-1024x683.jpg"" alt=""A" heavily="" armed="" individual="" in="" military-style="" gear="" and="" a="" gas="" mask="" stands="" behind="" yellow="" caution="" tape="" marked="" scene="" do="" not="" cross.="" they="" are="" holding="" rifle="" surrounded="" by="" others="" tactical="" uniforms.="" them="" crowd="" of="" onlookers="" gathers="" near="" building="" with="" sign="" that="" reads="" open="" to="" the="" public.="" appears="" tense="" unfolding="" an="" urban="" area.=""/><figcaption>Federal immigration authorities face off against protesters during an ICE raid at Ambiance Apparel in Downtown Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-1024x683.jpg"" alt=""A" person="" waves="" a="" mexican="" flag="" while="" standing="" on="" the="" guard="" railing="" over="" highway="" next="" to="" street="" sign="" in="" downtown="" los="" angeles.="" background="" protesters="" hold="" up="" signs="" and="" flags="" both="" sides="" lined="" along="" railing.=""/></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/062625-Juan-Flores-CM-01-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""A" person="" stands="" in="" front="" of="" a="" bright="" blue="" building="" between="" two="" storefronts.="" they="" lean="" against="" the="" wall="" with="" one="" arm="" raised="" holding="" onto="" pink="" and="" striped="" awning.="" to="" their="" left="" is="" shop="" hanging="" snack="" packages="" right="" clothing="" store="" mannequins="" shelves="" displaying="" folded="" garments.="" sunlight="" casts="" sharp="" shadows="" across="" sidewalk="" wall.=""/></figure><figcaption><strong>First: </strong>Protesters gather over the 101 freeway in Downtown Los Angeles in support of the “Day Without Immigrants” march, on Feb. 3, 2025. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters<strong> Last: </strong>Juan Flores outside of a store in Tehuacan, Puebla in Mexico, on June 25, 2025. Photo by Cristopher Rogel Blanquet for CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/031825-MENTAL-HEALTH-BILLS-GH-CM-1024x683.jpg"" alt=""Illustration" of="" a="" silhouette="" person="" in="" freefall="" set="" against="" background="" concentric="" circles="" composed="" insurance="" health="" claim="" forms="" bold="" orange="" and="" black=""/><figcaption>Illustration by Gabriel Hongsdusit, CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img data-lazyloaded="1" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=" decoding="async" data-src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/062025-Golden-Mussel-MG-CM-01-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""A" brown="" detection="" dog="" with="" a="" harness="" leans="" over="" the="" side="" of="" boat="" sniffing="" around="" base="" mounted="" outboard="" motor.="" person="" hand="" holds="" leash="" in="" upper="" left="" frame.="" background="" there="" is="" beige="" shipping="" container="" and="" white="" pickup="" truck="" marked="" fish="" wildlife.="" setting="" appears="" to="" be="" an="" outdoor="" inspection="" or="" training="" site.=""/><figcaption>Allee, a Belgian Malinois, sniffs a boat for golden mussels at the Thermalito Forebay on June 20, 2025. Allee is part of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s effort to stop  the spread of the invasive species into lakes. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters</figcaption></figure>
<p>This article was <a href=""https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/07/calmatters-visual-journalism-10-years/"">originally published on CalMatters</a> and was republished under the <a href=""https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives</a> license.</p>
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