The year started as rains poured on Southern California, causing massive landslides, and ended in equally dramatic fashion with wildfires ripping throughout the Southland.
Genaro Molina documented the end of an era at The Times’ Olympic printing plant. After deciding to outsource, the company had announced that the facility, once a crown jewel in a vast media empire, would shut down sometime in 2024.
Times photographer Robert Gauthier captured all the commotion behind the scenes of the 2024 Emmys as winners made their way backstage and presenters waited in the wings. The stars mingled, read their cue cards and watched the monitors offstage.