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Melissa and Grace Bumstead look at photos of when Grace was hospitalized. Photo by David Pashaee on Nov. 1, 2022. In 2014, when Grace Bumstead had just turned 4 years old, her mother Melissa Bumstead started noticing bruises. At the time, Melissa recalled not thinking much of it.

Supporting the next generation that inherits Earth Professor Angela Glucksman's preschool students sketch a tree at a green space at Nestle Elementary in Tarzana, Calif., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Photo by Vincent Denoga. The grass grows green and the trees stand tall at Nestle...

Zero-waste store provides homegoods and personal care products for conscious consumers Laura Yochum, owner of Prostainable, cleans the counter at the Prostainable store in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Photo by Ginina Pulcinella. Laura Yochum, a former corporate hotshot, began to notice...

Green burials offer a chance for people to leave an environmentally friendly mark on the Earth Shalom Dreampeace Compost in Encino, Calif., on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Photo by Raquel G. Frohlich. Shalom’s ancestry has gone through three last names, but his present-day choice brings...

Community rallies to protect horses and homes (L to R) Ashley Forchelli with Cubby, Dakota Hokanson, and Lisa Riccomini with Mia is at Bell Canyon Equestrian Center in Bell Canyon, Calif., on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Photo by Bala Subramaniyan. Mia, a former show horse...

A backyard farm educates the local community in eco-friendly practices through gardening Volunteers pull weeds and spread mulch during a farm beautification day at the SOW Collective in Arleta, Calif., on Saturday, March 12, 2022. Photo by Raquel G. Frohlich. Tucked in the corner of...

Tree canopies provide needed shade in urban landscapes for Angelenos to escape the heat Art Salter, a volunteer supervisor, massages the soil of a tree that is being planted during a demonstration at a Calles Verdes tree planting event organized by TreePeople in San Fernando, Calif., on Saturday, March 26,...

Santiago Cisneros (L) trains his client Tiffany La during a boxing session at Self Made Training Facility in Long Beach, Calif., on Sept 28, 2021.  When Santiago Cisneros was 4 years old living in San Jose, Calif., his father was arrested for selling drugs, leaving him, four siblings and a mother with no...

Joseph Unruh leaps over a guardrail tree at the CSUN Library in Northridge, Calif., on Oct. 9, 2021. It started with simple warm-ups; small jumps to clear, vaults off a tree and safety landings from one ledge to another. It soon escalated into climbing onto a temporary walkway through construction and then over...

Caroline Boone smiles at her American Saddlebred gelding, Juno, at Golden Glen Stables in Shadow Hills, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2021. My Golden Trinket patiently stands by the mounting block, softly swishing her tail in the air when flies dared to land on her golden body, as her charge Priscilla Oh prepares to...