In focus: Staff photos from July 20 - July 26

A chick peeks out while waiting for food in the nesting area at the Bolsa Chica wetlands. Biologists expect more changes at the rejuvenated tidal basin, and they expect that as many as 60 species of fish will settle there.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A woman is escorted from an apartment complex in Inglewood, where police shot and killed postal worker Kevin Wicks after responding to a domestic disturbance call. Authorities said Wicks raised a handgun at officers.  (Benjiman Reed / Los Angeles Times)

Outdoor instructor Becky Clough and Geoffrey McQuilkin, executive director of the Mono Lake Committee, canoe near the tufa formations at Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra.  (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

Heather Suarez applies makeup as she waits in line at the Otay Mesa border crossing in Tijuana during her two-hour drive to work in San Diego. Her husband must wait until 2016 to apply to reenter the United States, so Suarez lives in Mexico to keep her family together.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Zawadi Gyasi, 8, removes curlers from her hair with the help of her mother, Queen Goddess, owner of a hair salon on Degnan Boulevard in the village shopping district of Leimert Park.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

City Hall is reflected in the glass panels of the Los Angeles Police Department’s downtown headquarters under construction at 1st and Spring streets.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Angels shortstop Maicer Izturis is unable to get a handle on a ball hit by Cleveland’s Jamey Carroll for an error in the first inning; Carroll would later be thrown out trying to steal second base. The Angels won 3-2.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Kathleen Hamilton, president of Save Our Southwest Hills, opposes a proposed hard rock quarry near Temecula, saying it would seriously threaten the Santa Margarita River and wildlife.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Spray from the new fountain at the Port of Los Angeles drenches Mekenzie Marsh. The $14-million fountain near the San Pedro waterfront was built by the company that constructed the fountain at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)