The USAF Thunderbirds air demonstration team were scheduled to fly over Santa Monica beaches on Friday, May 15th, but no-showed, leaving a lot of disappointed folks who’d been patiently waiting.

In Marina Del Rey, the rituals of boat work and fishing, once reserved for a rare lazy day off are now commonplace. Lighter traffic from large vessels has resulted in an increase in sightings of marine life rarely observed - including stingrays, turtles and even squid.

Four Corsair photographers made the drive to the high desert to capture fields of California Poppies in bloom.

A protest amidst stay-at-home orders in Huntington Beach, California on May 1, 2020. As weather warmed up last week, Governor Gavin Newsom called images of gatherings on Orange County beaches "disturbing" and ordered all of the beaches closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Santa Monica College announced on Thursday, April 30, that classes in the coming fall semester will be held online as part of the college’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The main campus, and all the satellite campuses will remain quiet through the end of 2020.

Staff photographer, Yasamin Jtehrani, found an outdoor guerilla market for face masks on the streets of downtown Los Angeles.

Beaches are closed, social distancing is now the norm, and the usually busy and colorful Venice Beach seems unusually tranquil.

The USNS Mercy, a hospital ship, arrived in the Port of Los Angeles, offering 1,000 extra beds to aid the city’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency.

People wait in line in front of a gun store in Culver City, California on March 16, 2020. Businesses selling guns, marijuana, cigarettes and liquor have seen a major increase in business as people anticipate closures for the COVID-19 pandemic. (Maxim Elramsisy / The Corsair)

Santa Monica Beach, and in the distance the Santa Monica Mountains, on the first day of business closures due to the Coronavirus pandemic, in Santa Monica, California, on Monday, March 16th 2020.

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Phoenix, Ariz.

Veterans Day LA outside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Monday, November 11, 2019.

The Santa Monica men's soccer team, who are ranked 3rd in the Western State Conference, took on Allan Hancock College, who are ranked 2nd in the same conference, on November 5th, 2019.

LAFD Firefighters extinguish a brush fire at a facility near the Metropolitan Water District during the Getty Fire on October 28, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif.

8th Annual Woodlawn Cemetery Dia de los Muertos event on Saturday, November 2nd, 2019, in Santa Monica, Calif.

My birthday is in October. Most years I reward myself for still being among the living by spending a long weekend in my favorite place. New York City was my home for nearly four years in the early 80's, and for me it was pretty much love at first sight.

Firefighters work tirelessly to extinguish fires of the Saddleridge Wildfire and LAFD and Riverside County Fire Dept. Gather to help the evacuees with food and water and other resources, on October 12, in Newhall, Calif.

Even though their opponents were tough, The Corsairs were wearing smiles during their match against the SBCC Vaqueros at the Mt. SAC Mountie Classic Tournament hosted by Fullerton College in Fullerton, Calif. on September 28, 2019.

2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke, holds a town hall event at Casa del Mexicano, on Saturday, October 5, in Los Angeles, Calif.