Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Herbert Robertson leans out of a bus window to give his daughter Jovi Robertson a final kiss before he leaves Camp Pendleton, Calif. for Afghanistan. Robertson was one of 140 Marines deployed during the first wave of 4,600 Marines from Pendleton to Afghanistan.

A cloud of smoke drifts into the trees as Austin Looney, left, and Jonah Gladney, hand crew supervisor, watch for hot spots of fire that could potentially cross the dozer line during the Interagency Wildland Firefighting School in Sweet Home, Ore.

A crowd watches the total solar eclipse from the top of Marys Peak in this composite photograph taken in Oregon on Monday, August 21, 2017.

Oregon State middle blocker Maddy Gravley celebrates a point during their Pac 12 win against Washington in Corvallis, Ore.

Firefighters battle a two-alarm fire on the 400 block of East Ash Street in Lebanon, Ore.

San Clemente residents trying out for open lifeguard positions gather near the pier before two performance tests in San Clemente, Calif. Participants who qualify are interviewed and given the chance to fill open positions every year in March.

Protestors who defied police orders to disperse during a rally are apprehended in Anaheim, Calif. Nearly 1,000 protestors gathered outside Anaheim City Council Chambers demanding justice and change after two fatal police-involved shootings in Anaheim.

Brian Hayes, left, clutches onto the ticket stub from his most recent bet as Lisa Hayes, wife, and Anthony Woznick, Brian's stepson, look out at the dogs preparing for a race on the track at the Tucson Greyhound Park. The racetrack is the last operational dog track in Arizona.

Hannah Elliott, 8, diagnosed with selective mutism in January last year, works on a scratch-art paper in her home in Torrance, Calif. Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder that drastically limits a child's ability to effectively communicate or speak in social settings such as school environments.

Protestors gather at Pershing Square during the Million Hoodie March for Trayvon Martin in Los Angeles, Calif.

Tom "Tiger" Ziegler, 80, holds tears in after receiving news that the bar he has worked at since the age of 26 has been renamed Tiger's Tap Room in his honor inside The Hotel Congress in Tucson, Ariz.

Cameron Chuinard tries to catch a flake of snow with his tongue near his home in Corvallis, Ore.

Members of Canyon's softball team run onto the field in celebration of their win against Marina during the second round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs at Canyon High School in Anaheim Hills, Calif. Canyon scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the game 3-2.

Tanker, a golden doodle, stops to greet Alex Haase and Amy Haase as they look out from the window of a local restaurant during the 18th annual Wag 'N' Walk in Seal Beach, Calif.

Brittany Clark holds her son Mason Clark, competing in the Baby Classic, before going on stage during the 57th annual Silverado Days in Buena Park, Calif.

Victor Hettinger looks over the scene where his recreational vehicle caught fire while parked adjacent to Wilco Farm Store in Corvallis, Ore.

An officer walks away from the scene of a reported murder-suicide toward a road block off the Van Buren bridge at First Street in CorvallisCorvallis, Ore.

Monks celebrate Vesak Day, an annual event which is observed by Buddhists around the world during the first full moon of May or June at a Buddhist temple in Asuza, Calif.

Conrad Gowell of the Native Fish Society looks for steelhead during a snorkel survey of the Siletz River near Valsetz, Ore. The upper reach of the river is being managed as a sanctuary for wild summer-run steelhead, but invading hatchery fish threaten to water down the gene pool.

Denver Broncos fans Jose Gomez, left, and wife Yvonne Gomez cheer early during the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVIII at Roundin' 3rd Sport Bar & Grill in Long Beach, Calif.

Albany Boy Scouts Cole Vanella, left, and Kalani Zuniga prepare bait during the 25th annual Calapooia District Fishing Derby at Timber Linn in Albany, Ore.

Madelynn Snoozy, rider, of Ridgefield, Wash., and horse Juss Dance leap during the open training division of the show jumping competition at the 19th Annual Inavale Farm Horse Trials in Philomath, Ore.

Brenda Castillo, 31, during the City Church's soft opening at Portico Church Anaheim's former location in Anaheim, Calif. The growing community at City Church merged with Portico after almost five years of attending services within Chain Reaction, a live music venue in Anaheim.





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