A herd of cows belonging to Monterey County supervisor Lou Calagno graze serenely as a massive fuel-oil tank fire rages near Duke Energy's Moss Landing, power plant.. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Pajaro Valley High School freshman Gregory Uvalles is taken into custody by Watsonville Police during a student rally for immigrants rights. Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Watsonville, California firefighter Rick Pettigrew provides a bit of TLC to a 3-year-old after she was ejected from a stroller when a driver crashed into her mother in a crosswalk.
Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Sunlight streaming through the smoke of a wildland fire creates a dramatic backdrop as a CDF firefighter searches for hot spots. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| California Highway Patrol officers pause to reflect at the scene of the accident that killed their fellow officer John Pedro. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Officer Brad Chagnon prepares to apprehend Kennedy Miguel, who videotapes his own arrest, after a four-hour standoff with Watsonville, California police. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| A paramedic tends to driver John Tarango who lies trapped in the wreckage of his big rig after it plunged 60 feet off of highway 129 into the Pajaro River. Tarango sustained minor injuries in the incident. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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Cyclist Richard Del Valle holds his head in his hands as spectators come to the aid of Rod Markell, who lies bleeding on the sidewalk. Del Valle and another cyclist careened into the crowd following a collision at the Santa Cruz Criterium Bike Race. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| A CDF air tanker drops fire retardant on a wildland fire as it nears a home in Soquel, California. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Firefighters battle a late night blaze that engulfs a Live Oak auto repair shop. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| The sun sets over the Monterey Bay as State Fish and Game officials inspect the Zmudowski State Beach site of the crash of an experimental helecopter. The pilot walked away from the mishap unharmed. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Paul Bargetto, left, gets a bear hug from his twin brother Peter as their sister Rita looks on in amazed disbelief after Bargetto, his son, brother-in-law and nephew were rescued from their snow bound camp near Shaver Lake, California. Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| An AMR paramedic attends to a 6-month old boy while a colleague comforts the boy's mother after the toddler was ejected from his stroller when it was hit by a car in Watsonville, California.
Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Surfer Mike Locatelli watches the surf of an unusually strong swell destroy a boat in Capitola, California. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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