CalMatters Visuals Team

Each year is unique in the joy, wonder, and heartache it can bring. Each year is the same in that our photographers and visual journalists spend it traversing the state to bring you those moments.  We were on the ground in Los Angeles during the Palisades and Eaton Fires and our reporters warned of the […]

CalMatters has been reporting essential information to Californians for a decade. Here are some of the most impressive photos and visuals our journalists captured.

CalMatters photographers captured immigration sweeps and protests that led up to President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles.

Los fotógrafos de CalMatters capturaron la devastación mientras los fuertes vientos de Santa Ana y las condiciones extremadamente secas impulsaban múltiples incendios forestales en todo el condado de Los Ángeles.

CalMatters photographers captured the devastation as fierce Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions propelled multiple wildfires across Los Angeles County.

It's been a long year. Take a look back at 2024 with CalMatters visual journalists.

Looking back at 2023 in California is a lot to unpack. Devastating winter floods submerged entire towns. Another mass shooting took 11 lives in Monterey Park. Unions in a wide variety of industries flexed their muscles during “hot labor summer.” Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his second term, drew as much attention for his trips around […]

How to remember 2022 in California? It was a big election year, but it was filled with so much more — old and new. The old: Homelessness continued to dominate public debate. The threat of wildfires stayed with us, as did the challenges of climate change. And, yes, COVID still hovered over daily life, including […]