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We’ve all seen people on social media wishing 2020 away and hoping for a better year in 2021. However, I think there have been many bright spots. As a whole, we have learned that we are more resilient than we knew, more generous with our time and attention, and way luckier to be alive than we sometimes realized. I continued working even after the world shut down, photographing a different kind of daily life. I had the unique opportunity to watch firsthand what our little community looked like...

Editor’s note: The Times is counting down 2020’s most noteworthy stories as determined by The Times editorial staff.

Yang hinted at his intention to join the mayor's race last week, as he was quietly reaching out to elected officials to gauge support for a possible bid.

John Sturbin | Senior Writer, RacinToday.com Thursday, December 10 2020 Auto Club Speedway has been taken off the 2021 NASCAR schedule. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Christa L Thomas) Reacting to a spike in COVID-19-related cases in California, NASCAR has dropped Auto Club Speedway in Fontana from its 2021 Cup and Xfinity series schedules. NASCAR has adjusted two race weekends immediately following the 63rd running of the Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 on the 2.5-mile Daytona International S...

>> it also helps him think less about the past. phillips has a 38-year to life sentence for second-degree murder. >> i dont like to talk about it because its painful to me and obviously its painful to them. the people, you know, the victims family. one minute changed my whole life, you know? if i could have that minute taken back so fast, if i could go back to that day and just stop right there. get the alcoholic stupor out of my mind. all that. and just put that bottle down and just keep going....

And just picked up from there. that became my main thing, my main passion. >> but pursug that passion is complicated by the fact that overcrowding in san quentin has forced twoen originally designed for one. that means musicians dont always get to choose their accompaniment. but no distraction can keep phillips from his guitar. >> it provides for me a comfort in a sense that it takes me away from all this. and you know, its like it transcends me when i play. its like im not even here when i play...

Originally designed for one. that means musicians dont always get to choose their accompaniment. but no distraction can keep phillips from his guitar. >> it provides for me a comfort in a sense that it takes me away from all this. and you know, its like it transcends me when i play. its like im not even here when i play. >> it also helps him think less about the past. phillips has a 38-year to life sentence for second-degree murder. >> i dont like to talk about it because its painful to me and o...

Been the site of much history, including the first ever prison performance by johnny cash. >> we actually found out that johnny cash had played at san quentin ten years prior to his more famous folsom concert. so our producer asked us to find inmate musicians, and i could hear eric phillips playing all the way down this noisy tier. >> here in san quentin phillipss guitar has grown to be his best friend. >> i really wanted to play the guitar, so i picked one up, like back in the late 80s, i bough...

That means musicians dont always get to choose their accompaniment. but no distraction can keep phillips from his guitar. >> it provides for me a comfort in a sense that it takes me away from all this. and you know, its like it transcends me when i play. its like im not even here when i play. >> it also helps him think less about the past. phillips has a 38-year to life sentence for second-degree murder. >> i dont like to talk about it because its painful to me and obviously its painful to them....

San quentin state prison has been the site of much history, including the first ever prison performance by johnny cash. >> we actually found out that johnny cash had played at san quentin ten years prior to his more famous folsom concert. so our producer asked us to find inmate musicians, and i could hear eric phillips playing all the way down this noisy tier. >> here in san quentin phillipss guitar has grown to be his best friend. >> i really wanted to play the guitar, so i picked one up, like ...