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Melvin Kelly holds up a sign while thousands gather at an Occupy Oakland rally in downtown Oakland, CA. on Saturday November 19, 2011. (Zuma Press/Josh Edelson)
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Firemen attempt to put out the blaze set by the explosion of a gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / The New York Times
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Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts announces his resignation at a press conference on Oct. 11, 2011. (Josh Edelson/Bay Citizen)
Oct. 11, 2011 - Oakland, California, U.S. - Oakland Police Chief ANTHONY W. BATTS, who sometimes clashed with the Mayor and City Council over staffing and resources amid a rise in violent crime, announced his resignation Tuesday in a letter to Police Department employees. The chief said he could no longer run a department where he had 20-percent control and 100-percent accountability. Batts, who joined the department in 2009 after being recruited away from Long Beach by then-Mayor Dellums, did not say why he was leaving or what he planned to do next.
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A lone Fireman attempts to put out the blaze set by the explosion of a gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / The New York Times
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Police Officers light a live power line resting on a residential street as fires rage from an underground gas explosion in San Bruno, California on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / EPA
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At least 21 cars of a 68-car Union Pacific train derailed north of Los Angeles in Littlerock, California on July27, 2011. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)
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Firemen attempt to put out a blaze set by the explosion of a gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2010. The fire left eight dead. Josh Edelson / EPA
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Handsome Hector and his owner proudly display their tongues at the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California, USA, 25 June 2010. The winner, Princess Abby owned by Kathleen Francis took home 1,000.00 US dollars. EPA/JOSH EDELSON
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Blind and terminally ill, Hospice patient Mary Moore is comforted by the soothing vibrations of the harp to help ease her pain. [COMPASSIONATE HARPS]
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Moved to tears, Hospice Patient Mary Moore enjoys the melodic sounds of the harp. [COMPASSIONATE HARPS]
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An unidentified woman falls to the ground apparently getting hit by a retreating Oakland Police car in downtown Oakland, California after a Los Angeles jury convicted former transit officer Johannes Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 New Year's Eve shooting death of an unarmed black man on a train platform in Oakland, California, USA on 08 July 2010. The jury deliberated more than six hours over two days in the trial for the killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, shot to death as he lay face-down. EPA/JOSH EDELSON
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Oct. 6, 2011 - Los Angeles, California, U.S. - A woman is arrested at a Bank Of America in downtown as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. (Zuma Press/Josh Edelson)
Oct. 6, 2011 - Los Angeles, California, U.S. - A woman is arrested at a Bank Of America in downtown as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Dozens were arrested after participating in a large protest against the U.S. banking system. (Credit Image: © Josh Edelson)
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Temperatures soar as Cal Fire creates a fire line during the Knight Fire, near Twain Harte, off Highway 108 in Tuolumne County on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. [Modesto Bee]
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A San Francisco Police Department Vice Officer stands on a street corner acting as a decoy in a city-wide prostitution sting on May 19th, 2010 in San Francisco, CA. Josh Edelson / SF Weekly
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Sister Tilly Comes Again, a sister of the Perpetual Indulgence displays a painting of Lady Justice and the Statue of Liberty kissing at a rally in San Francisco, CA. Wednesday, August 4th, 2010. Thousands gathered at San Francisco's Civic Center to celebrate after Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California's ban on gay marriage.
