<!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --></p> <p>From <a href=""https://calmatters.org/author/visuals-team/"" title=""Posts" by="" calmatters="" visuals="" team="" class=""author" url="" fn="" rel=""author"">The CalMatters Visuals team</a>Calmness</p> <figure> <img decoding="async" width=""1200"" height=""833"" 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=""Folk" 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"" srcset=""https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/080719_Dancer_LosAngeles_AW_CM_05.jpg?w=2000&ssl=1" https:="" sizes=""(max-width:"/><figcaption>Girls from Folklore La Morenita, a traditional Mexican dance troupe, practice before their presentation on the national night in Roomed on August 6, 2019. Photo by Anne Vernikov, Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <p>This story was originally published by <a href=""https://calmatters.org/"">Calmatters</a>S <a href=""https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/"">Register</a> about their ballots.</p> <p>This summer, Calfatters celebrates its 10th year since the publication of reliable, non -partisan journalism, which is essential for millions of Californians who want to know what is happening in their country. For 10 years, Calmatters made Dogged digging, necessary to hold the powerful responsible and give a voice to the silent.</p> <p>And of the crucial importance for this decade of storytelling, the story of California tells of photos and illustrations.</p> <p>Calmatters visual journalists and freelancers have captured a full range of experiences in the gold state: from state lawmakers to non -smoking, from Mexican border to Oregon, from times of celebration to disturbed grief and emergency situations.</p> <p>Each part of the Calmatters journalism builds a stronger connection between the community and our government: from public records and quotes to words, visualizations and interactions between data. Here we have some of the distinctive visual journalism for the decade of Calmatters’ journalism.</p> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" 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. Gavard Gavin Newo spoke during a press conference in Sacramento, on June 13, 2018. A photo of Robbie Short for Calmatters <strong>Last:</strong> The flags are California Mira Officers, killed in the execution of duty during the Mira Mira Memorial Ceremony in Sacramento, on May 6, 2019. A photo from Randal Benton for Calmatters<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 lifts outside Williams, December 17, 2018. Max Whitaker photo, Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/091119_AW_rentcap_sized_11.jpg"" alt=""Installation" speaker="" anthony="" rendon="" whispers="" to="" then-assemblymember="" david="" chiu="" on="" september="" photo="" by="" anne="" wernikoff="" for="" calmatters=""/></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/090419_vaccine_AW_sized_05.jpg"" alt="""/ /"/></figure><figcaption><strong>First:</strong> Then spokesman Anthony Rendon whispers at the meeting David Chiu after passing his AB 1482 bill in the Assembly on September 11, 2019. <strong>Last:</strong> Tara Thornton, a demonstrator of Freedom Angels, a group opposed to AB 276, becomes emotional as he protests in front of the Newsom government office after passing the bill in the Senate on September 4, 2019.<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 Ripi in Valecho on November 22, 2019, Rippee, who is blind and disabled, was hospitalized after being hit by a car. Photo by Ann Vernikov, Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/042520_RaySamoa_NP_sized_05.jpg"" alt=""D -r" 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 at her home in Antioch. Photo by Ann Vernikov, Calmatters <strong>Next: </strong>Thousands gathered to support the candidate for democratic President Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, on February 17, 2020. Photo of Anne Vernikov, Calmatters <strong> Last: </strong>Dr Ray Samoa at the Hope Cancer Center in Duarte on April 25, 2020. Photo by Nancy Pastor for Calmatters<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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>Survey workers use clamps to collect ballots and hand out stickers on a vote in the curb at the Alamed County County on November 3, 2020.</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/083122_ROUTE_FIRE_JAH_CM_95-682x1024.jpg"" alt=""Thehe" 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 Evrika on August 7, 2020 Bull and Wildman were expelled from their home in July, despite the moratorium on court cases in California during the coronavirus crisis. Now they have been homeless for over a month. Photo by Alexandra Hitnik for Calmatters <strong>Last:</strong> The Fire route burns near Lake Castaik on August 31, 2022. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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>The parishioners raise their hands and sing as the worship team plays songs at the beginning of the Easter services at Resonate Church in Fremont on April 4, 2021. The church was allowed to resume personal services with 25% capacity in February, but for many in the Easter congregation noted the first time after. Photo of Ann Vernikov for Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" 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 are preparing to enter the driving area through the Covid-19 test establishment in Cal Expo in Sacramento on April 15, 2020. The sisters work in four teams and make shifts throughout the day. <strong>Last:</strong> A man wearing a mask passes along a restaurant board in the mission neighborhood in San Francisco on April 7, 2020. Photos of Anne Vernikov, Calmatters<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/01022-Newsom-Budget-Proposal-2022-MG-CM-01.jpg"" alt=""Government" gavin="" newsom="" addressed="" the="" media="" during="" a="" press="" conference="" where="" he="" unveiled="" his="" budget="" proposal="" for="" in="" sacramento="" on="" jan.=""/><figcaption>Gavard Gavin Newo turned to the media during a press conference, where he revealed his budget proposal for 2022-23 in Sacramento on January 10, 2022. A photo of Miguel Gutierrez, Calmatters<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/042123-N.-Table-Mountain-Flowers-JAH-CM-08-819x1024.jpg"" alt=""Wild" 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 Over 21 April 2023. Photo from Jules HotZ for CalMatters</figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 Oil The Kern River near Bakersfield on July 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, Calletatters/Locly Local</figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 Hongsduzit, Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" 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 sand bags in preparation for hurricane Hillary at the Bonita-Suniside Fire Station in San Diego on August 18, 2023. Photo from Adriana walk, CalMatters <strong>Next:</strong> Sunset over the flooded ranches of Hansen with submerged tractors and agricultural equipment south of Corcoran on April 26, 2023. Photo by Larry Valezuela, Calmatters/CatchLight Local Local <strong>Last:</strong> Two residents wearing protective facilities clean their home after flood damage in the Plalade Community on February 8, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/Catchlight Local<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/050124-UCLA-Evening-Protest-TS-CM-16.jpg"" alt=""Night" 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>Propalist camp in UCLA in Los Angeles. Groups of Student Protesters gathered at the camp, on May 1, 2024. A photo from Ted Soki for CalMatters</figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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>Shamaka Foster Outside of Community Action Action offices in Los Angeles near where she was placing a tent in the Skid Row neighborhood in Los Angeles on October 8, 2024. Callin Styrts Photo for CalMatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/031124-West-Hills-Saeta-AJ-CM-23-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Gen" 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 spoke to the crowd during the rally of his presidential campaign at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz. <strong>Last:</strong> Jen Saeta, Josh’s main caregiver, shares a moment with her brother in the family living room at their home in the Santa Rosa Valley, on March 11, 2024. In 2017, Josh visited the West Hills Hospital for abdominal pain and the doctor ordered him to be sent to ICU. The staff has never transferred him and he has suffered a catastrophic brain injury as a result. Photo by Alisha Yusivic about Calmatters<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 Kane, Director of the Field Laboratory and the captain of the boat at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, snorkels while collecting samples from algae from Lake Tahoe on September 27, 2024. Photo from Miguel Gutierrez, CalMatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" src=""https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/010824_Eaton-Fire_JH_CM_55-1024x682.jpg"" alt=""Thehe" 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> Palisades fire burned homes and businesses near the Pacific highway in Los Angeles, on January 7, 2025. A photo of Ted Soku for Calmatters <strong>Last:</strong> Two people examine the damage to their home, which was burned on the ground in the Altadena neighborhood, affected by Ethan’s fire on January 8, 2025. Photo from Jul Hotel for Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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>Chinook helicopter approaches the Palisades Fire as the Mandeville Canyon burns in Los Angeles on January 10, 2025. Photo from Jul Hotz for CalMatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" 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>Adriana Illustrations, Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 protesters during Ambiance Abceanle’s icy striker in downtown Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. Photo from JW Hendricks for CalMatters</figcaption></figure> <figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 decoding="async" 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 highway in the center of Los Angeles in support of March “The Day Without Immigrants”, on February 3, 2025. Photo from JW Hendricks for Calmatters<strong> Last: </strong>Mexico<br /></figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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 Hongsduzit, Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <figure><img decoding="async" 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>Ali, Belgian Raspberry, Golden Mussel Boat at The Thermalito Forebay on June 20, 2025. Ali is part of the efforts of the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to stop the spread of invasive species in lakes. Photo of 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 reissued under <a href=""https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Noderivatives</a> License.</p> <p> Copy HTML
