By Hans Gutknecht | hgutknecht@scng.com | Daily News
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The photography staff at Southern California News Group had a busy 2025 documenting the greater Los Angeles region. Amid devastating fires, immigration raids, protests, the homeless crisis, and the Dodgers winning back-to-back World Series titles, our talented team of photojournalists captured compelling images to keep the public informed. Here are some of the images selected by our photographers from a historic year of events impacting the communities they work so hard to serve and inform.
Dodger teammates greet Freddie Freeman (5) after he hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning in game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Monday, October 27, 2025. The Dodgers won the game 6-5 and went on to win the series in 7 games. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Muin Gafurov lands a head kick on Rinya Nakamura during their bout at UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California on Saturday, January 18, 2024. Gafurov defeated Nakamura by unanimous decision.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
LAPD on horseback drives protesters back from the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building during the ‘No Kings’ protests Day in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
A boy waves an American flag in a vehicle carrying the memory of WWII Veteran Ysabel Rodriguez in the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade in Mission Hills on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
California Senator Alex Padilla is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Desmond smokes Marajuna in an alley in Los Angeles’ Chinatown on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Justine Castorena, of Dogs on a Stroll, poses her clients in front of a Louis Carreon mural in West Hollywood on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 while on a dog walk. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
L.A. Launch’s Hagen Smith saves the ball during an AVP League match against San Diego Smash at Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Friday, July 11, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Yvette Pompa becomes emotional as she is consoled by her husband Kevin Whitaker of Pasadena during a vigil for the victims of the Eaton fire at a makeshift memorial with wooden crosses at Lake Avenue and Villa St. in Pasadena on Saturday, January 18, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Running back Eli Sanders #1 of the USC Trojans dives for the firs down just short of the goal line against the Missouri State Bears in the first half of a NCAA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 30, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Kate Sullivan, left, becomes emotional as she gets a hug from Nancy Larrew at where Sullivan’s home in Altadena once stood before being destroyed by the Eaton Fire. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Manager Dave Roberts, center, celebrates with bench coach Danny Lehmann after Freddie Freeman (not pictured) of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit a walk off solo home run to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 and win game 3 of a World Series baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday, October 27, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Marine Mammal Responder Jules Leon captures a sea lion with domoic acid poisoning in Redondo Beach on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
People pay their respects to Pope Francis after a memorial Mass in thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Pope Francis on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCN
One of 96 oiled western grebes is cleaned at the International Bird Rescue in San Pedro on Thursday, November 6, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Runners pass in front of Los Angeles city hall as they head along Grand Avenue during the 40th LA Marathon on Sunday, March 16, 2025. Thousands of runners hit the pavement from Dodger Stadium to Century City in the 40th running of the marathon. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters battle multiple beach houses on fire along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Tuesday, January 7, 2024. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dina Villani comforts Elaine Emerson as she returns to her Altadena neighborhood and finds her home in ashes on Monday, January 20, 2025 as their husbands Pete Villani and Jarvis Emerson talk. The neighbors said they use to wave before the Eaton fire and now its hugs and tears. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Anakin, a German Shepherd (2 years old), was displaced by the Palisades Fire at the Animal Wellness Center in Marina Del Rey on Friday, July 11, 2025. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A firefighting aircraft makes a drop on the Hughes fire in Castaic on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2025. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
West Georgia Wolves Kolten Griffin (11) and Josh Smith (10) battle UCLA Bruins Steven Jamerson II (24) for a rebound during second half action at Pauley Pavilion on Monday, November 10, 2025. The Bruins defeated the Wolves 83-62. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Children play in artificial snow during the City of San Fernando’s annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, December 6, 20205 in San Fernando. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A man walks through Altadena’s business district through downed power lines on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 during the Eaton fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Quarterback Taylor Heinicke #4 of the Los Angeles Chargers is sacked by linebacker Brennan Jackson #44 of the Los Angeles Rams in the first half of a preseason NFL football game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Saturday, August 16, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Protestors rally outside City Hall for the sixth straight day of unrest in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The Palisades fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, January 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Jessie Smith-Jones, 84, puts jewelry on in her Chesapeake apartment in Baldwin Hills by her favorite window on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Smith-Jones formed the Baldwin-Leimert-Crenshaw chapter of the Los Angeles Tenants Union with her daughter Zerita Jones after fighting their mega-landlord Mike Nijjar who owns the 425-unit complex and is known for keeping his properties in slum-like conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Local residents check out mudslide damage along Sunnyslope Drive in Sierra Madre on Friday, February 14, 2025. Over an Inch of rain fell Thursday over mountain areas burned by the Eaton fire causing several mudslides in the area. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A woman wakes up on a Van Nuys street on Thursday, September 4, 2025. According to Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority there are around 14,500 homeless women in the City of Los Angeles with 7,000 of them unsheltered. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Thousands protest during the Hands Off a nationwide protest of the Trump immigration policy at City Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
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Dodger teammates greet Freddie Freeman (5) after he hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning in game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Monday, October 27, 2025. The Dodgers won the game 6-5 and went on to win the series in 7 games. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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