32nd annual Firecracker Run

Thousands participants, traditional lion dance and firecracker in the 32nd annual Firecracker Run, Sunday in Los Angeles Chinatown. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)

Sunday Worship in Skid Row

Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Thomas leads parishioners sing and pray during a Sunday worship services at the Community Church of the Nazatene in downtown Los Angeles. Rev . Thomas, who recently earned a Ph.D. in theology and personality at Claremont School of Theology, could have had his pick of churches. He settled on Skid Row's Church of Nazarene, which he has pastored for seven years. Thomas' passion is to assist and empower homeless individuals and families in becoming emotionally, psychologically and spiritually whole, according to his PhD. dissertation: The Liberative-Prophetic: A Socio-Theological and Psychospiritual Analysis of Skid Row, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Ballet

 

Dancers from the Los Angeles Ballet perform the Serenade by Peter I. Tachaikovsky during George Balanchine's See the Music, Hear the Dance, Sunday at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)

Save the Peak

The Hollywood sign has been covered with a temporary banner with new lettering to read "Save the Peak." in Los Angeles February 13, 2010. The banner, promoting a public fundraising campaign to acquire Cahuenga Peak by The Trust for Public Land. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Hollywood Sign

Activists covering up the iconic 450-foot-long Hollywood sign during an effort to prevent the building of houses there. The banner, promoting a public fundraising campaign to acquire Cahuenga Peak by The Trust for Public Land, will read "Save the Peak." (Photos By Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Rainbow

A rainbow appears over a street in South Los Angeles. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Food trucks in Venice

 

Food trucks at the Brig parking lot on Sunday in Venice. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)

Naturalization Ceremony

 

 

 

 

More than 2,700 people representing 90 countries are sworn in as US citizens during naturalization ceremonies on Friday at Quiet Cannon Country Club in Montebello, California. The top six countries represented at the ceremonies are Mexico, Phillipines, China, Vietnam, Iran and Korea. (Photo By Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)