Los Angeles — A motorist drives beneath the 6th Street Bridge, which spans the Los Angeles River and connects downtown L.A. to Boyle Heights. The historic bridge, built in 1932, has a degenerative structural problem known as concrete cancer and needs to be replaced.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Santa Monica — The Pacific Park Ferris wheel lights up the night at Santa Monica Pier. The solar-powered ride is the centerpiece attraction at the amusement park on the 100-year-old pier.

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Los Angeles — Musician Billy Coats plays his horn near the intersection of Spring and 9th streets in downtown Los Angeles.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles — Items for sale are displayed on the sidewalk along La Brea Avenue, a street lined with some of L.A.'s trendiest home furnishings stores, clothiers and eateries.

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Phoenix — A large crucifix erected in a vacant lot catches the last rays of sunlight as dusk descends on South Phoenix.

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Phoenix — Los Angeles Dodgers players take to the practice fields during spring training at Camelback Ranch in Phoenix.

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Blythe, Calif. — A diner is reflected in the window of a vintage pickup in Blythe, Calif., a desert community on the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border.

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Phoenix — The setting sun casts an orange glow over an airplane boneyard on the eastern outskirts of Phoenix, where dozens of commercial aircraft are mothballed, disassembled and recycled.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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