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Kayla Bartkowski

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Los Angeles, CA

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Romina Bergman, 2, left, reaches her hand out to chimpanzee Yoshi’s newborn at the Los Angeles Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of adorable great apes that includes three chimpanzees and an orangutan. @latimes

Rebecca Shipe, 52, from Santa Monica hula hoops on a slackline at Santa Monica State Beach on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Shipe has been slacklining for the past ten years and hula hooping for the past twenty years, “Mixing up things is important to me in body and mind connection and balance and uncertainty.” @latimes

Larry Housley feeds his 13 horses on his 40-acre horse farm on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2025 in Bouse, AZ. The Saudi Arabian company, Fondomonte Arizona LLC has been growing alfalfa on thousands of desert farmland concerning some residents and legislators, as Arizona’s groundwater continues to decrease. @latimes

Los Angeles All District Honor Band performs during the 2025 Pasadena Rose Bowl Bandfest in Robinson Stadium at Pasadena City College on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 in Pasadena, CA. Over the course of two days, bands selected to participate in the annual Rose Parade perform a field show for viewers. @latimes

A surfer catches a wave in front of the Hondo offshore oil platform at Refugio State Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 in Santa Barbara, CA. President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to allow new oil and gas drilling off California’s coast. @latimes

left to right, Silas Wang, 34, Olivia Fales, 40, Juvie Gonzalez, 44, Sam Vinal, 39, and Rose Montoya, 30, participate in ice baths at Deuce Garage on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Offering both indoor and outdoor equipment, Deuce Garage was built out of an auto-body garage facility. @latimes

Joelette Osorio, 27, left, and Brian Osorio, 28, right, kiss while taking a timed photo at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Public Art “Urban Light” on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. @latimes

Athena Ruiz, 26, from Koreatown, takes photos of the California sunflowers at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in C by @kayla.bartkowski

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Moments from 2026 Daisy Chain Fields hosted by Olivia Rodrigo at Great Park in Irvine, CA! The music festival brought together women in music with an all-women lineup. Net proceeds of $20 million benefited non profit organizations focused on women and girls. @latimes_entertainment @latimes by @kayla.bartkowski

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Mexico fans dance and celebrate after Mexico wins the first game during the FIFA 2026 World Cup: Mexico vs. South Africa at Plaza Mexico on Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Lynwood, CA. Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 and will advance to play South Korea in Guadalajara on June 18th. @latimes by @kayla.bartkowski

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Volunteers and staff restore and prepare fossils from mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, ancient camels, dire wolves, and more for storage ahead of the La Brea Tar Pits’ temporary two-year closure for renovations. @latimes

La Brea Tar Pits
“Nature chose its location some 60,000 years ago, when crude petroleum that formed millions of years earlier began seeping to the surface. For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths. The result is a near-complete record of virtually everything that lived in the place now called Los Angeles in the late Pleistocene.”
Words by @corinnepurtill taken in La Brea Tar Pits and Museum by @kayla.bartkowski

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First wildfire coverage since moving to LA. The Sandy Fire in Simi Valley has burned over 2,000 acres and destroyed at least one home since May 19th. The fire is currently 71% contained @latimes taken in Simi Valley, California by @kayla.bartkowski

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Scenes from week 1 of Coachella!! by @kayla.bartkowski

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We got high at #Coachella. Our reporters went up in the @goodyearblimp and got a a rare look at the festival from the sky.

Read all our Coachella coverage at the link in bio. by @kayla.bartkowski

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Scenes from the last three days after a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable in landmark lawsuit Social Media Addiction Trial.

Families of victims and supporters of the plaintiff reacted outside the Los Angeles Superior Court after hearing the verdict. The coordinated lawsuits alleged that Meta and YouTube are designed to hook young users and cause them a variety of negative mental health effects. The jury found Meta and Youtube negligent, finding Meta 70% responsible for harm and YouTube 30% responsible. They awarded the plaintiff $3 million in compensatory damaged and an additional $3 million in punitive damages. @latimes taken in Los Angeles, California by @kayla.bartkowski

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Some scenes from my first award season! @latimes taken in Los Angeles, California by @kayla.bartkowski

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Recovery, rebuilding, and community one year after The Palisades and Eaton Fires destroyed over 16,000 structures displacing thousands of residents throughout California. Some work from the past couple months covering the aftermath for the @latimes

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1. Tom Doran poses for a portrait in the remains of his home in the Pacific Palisades on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, CA after the early 2025 fires. Tom Doran, who has submitted plans to rebuild the home he lived in since 199, has said that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should have done more to secure passage of a law giving residents relief from city rebuilding permits after the wildfires.

2. Remnants of the Pacific Palisades Business Block, which was completed in 1924, a year after the wildfires on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 in Pacific Palisades, CA.

3. left to right, Craig Forrest poses for a portrait along side his three children, Gustav Forrest, 16, Liv Forrest, 14, and Axel Forrest, 19, in their new home on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, CA after the Palisades wildfire. Craig Forrest and his family plan on moving into their rebuilt home by the end of this month after their home burned down during the early 2025 Pacific Palisades wildfire and are the first in the area to move back.

4. Remnants of a home that was burned down by the 2025 wildfires along the Pacific Coast Highway on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 in Malibu, CA.

5. Len Kendall, left, and Sharlot Kendall, right, hold hands with their 3 year old daughter while walking around the wildfire remnants of their home on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, CA. The Kendall family has begun rebuilding preparations after the Pacific Palisades fire 11 months ago burned down their home.

6&7. Aerials of the destruction and continued construction after the Eaton fire on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Altadena, CA.

8. Geraido Munoz, left, and Peter Kaiser, 2nd left, hug alongside Maria Luz Munoz, 2nd right, and Monica Koskey, right, after reuniting during a remembrance gathering in the backyard of Koskey’s home that burned down in the Eaton wildfires on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025 in Altadena, CA. taken in California by @kayla.bartkowski

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Fireworks, burnouts, and confetti as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays for their second consecutive World Series win during game 7. Scenes from the fan flooded streets in East LA after the Dodgers won and the World Championship Parade. @latimes taken in Los Angeles, California by @kayla.bartkowski

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Life update… I’m moving to LA!! Super excited to announce that I will be spending the next year as the Los Angeles Times photojournalism fellow! I’ve had an amazing time living in Washington, DC these past 8 months. Words can’t express how grateful I am for my time here and everyone I’ve met who have welcomed me, pushed me, and helped me along the way. I will greatly miss working alongside my DC friends everyday, but am extremely excited to see what this next year brings. Next stop: cross country road trip to California! taken in Washington D. C. by @kayla.bartkowski

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