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Along the San Diego border region, new enforcement patterns are changing daily life for migrants and longtime residents alike.
San Diego, California · Feb 14, 2026
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Reporting · Captured
A visual essay documenting a year of rebuilding after the Pacific Palisades fire.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Pacific Palisades, California · Mar 15, 2026
Reporting · Cities
Riverside County and Las Vegas are linked by more than a highway — a look at shared growth pressures across the corridor.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Riverside County, California / Las Vegas, Nevada · Mar 10, 2026
Reporting · California on Fire
Months after the Clay Fire, residents of Jurupa Valley are rebuilding — and asking what preparedness should have looked like.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Jurupa Valley, California · Mar 2, 2026
Reporting · Captured
An observational visual essay following workers through a pre-dawn shift change.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Inland Empire, California · Feb 27, 2026
Reporting · Democracy & Rights
Firsthand footage and reporting from a public demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Los Angeles, California · Feb 20, 2026
Reporting on protests, border-region communities, and the policy and history shaping migration into and across California.
Ground-level documentation of wildfire disasters — including the Pacific Palisades fire and the Clay Fire in Jurupa Valley — and the long work of recovery and preparedness that follows.
Development, housing, and land use across the Inland Empire and beyond — warehouse expansion, farmland conversion, and the sprawl reshaping the region.
Community profiles from Lancaster, Los Angeles, Riverside County, Las Vegas, and beyond — how places change, and who is changing them.
Public demonstrations, civic institutions, and civil liberties — documenting the political moments that test them.
Observational documentary footage and visual essays — moments captured as they happened, with minimal narration.
Data, research, maps, and timelines — technical context for the stories in every other series.
Reporting · Captured
A visual essay documenting a year of rebuilding after the Pacific Palisades fire.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Pacific Palisades, California · Mar 15, 2026
Reporting · Cities
Riverside County and Las Vegas are linked by more than a highway — a look at shared growth pressures across the corridor.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Riverside County, California / Las Vegas, Nevada · Mar 10, 2026
Reporting · California on Fire
Months after the Clay Fire, residents of Jurupa Valley are rebuilding — and asking what preparedness should have looked like.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Jurupa Valley, California · Mar 2, 2026
Reporting · Captured
An observational visual essay following workers through a pre-dawn shift change.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Inland Empire, California · Feb 27, 2026
Reporting · Democracy & Rights
Firsthand footage and reporting from a public demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.
Mark Yesubalen Torre · Los Angeles, California · Feb 20, 2026
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