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Adan Hernandez, a fruit vendor inside the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, completes a transaction on Jan. 19, 2022. According to Hernandez, he has worked here since 1983. "Throughout all of my years here, I have not seen anything like this," Hernandez said. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
A volunteer barber cuts an unhoused person's hair at Trinity Church in Riverside. Those who are unhoused come once a week to the church where they are offered haircuts, clothes, food and a shower. Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters
Police investigators stand at a command post near a crime scene in Inglewood on Jan. 23, 2022. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
Ariel Garcia, 5, receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

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