The month of January brought candlelight vigils, educator of the year announcements, green hills, the annual count of homeless people and winter sports in high schools. Centennial High School junior varsity basketball players celebrate a victory over Santiago High School in Corona on Friday, Jan. 23 , 2026. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Tammy Jacobs-Darby, the widow of slain Riverside police Detective Doug Jacobs, hugs an attendee at an event for the 25th anniversary of his death Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, by his gravesite at Olivewood Memorial Park in Riverside. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Casey Rogers, 35, an instructional coach of athletics–expanded learning for the Alvord Unified School District Expanded Learning Opportunities Office in Riverside, is congratulated Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, by fellow employees after being named one of seven 2026 Riverside County Educators of the Year. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Jannett La Marche is seen at a Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, vigil at John Galvin Park in Ontario to honor Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Upland High School Head Coach Andre Fagundes watches a Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, boys soccer game against Rancho Cucamonga High School. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Murrieta Mesa High School teacher Erica Ip, right, cheers Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, during a basketball game against Great Oak High School in Murrieta. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Kaiser Permanente nurse Jennifer Tate pickets Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in front of the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) A cow reaches for grass along the Eucalyptus Trail Loop in Chino Hills on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) A B-2 bomber flies over the 112th Rose Bowl game in Pasadena on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, during halftime. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Indiana University wide receiver Elijah Sarratt celebrates after the defeat of the University of Alabama in the 112th Rose Bowl game in Pasadena on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) A green tree python is seen Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the Reptile Super Show at Fairplex in Pomona. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) An eastern hog-nosed snake is seen Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the Reptile Super Show at Fairplex in Pomona. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Great Oak High School guard Tyler Cinco, left, runs drills with forward Cassius Sands as the Temecula team prepares to play Murrieta Mesa High School in a boys basketball game in Murrieta on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Yucaipa High School’s Tate Hudson, seen Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, was chosen as the IE Varsity Boys Water Polo Player of the Year. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Roosevelt High School senior Lily Ung, a 17-year-old Eastvale resident, seen Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, is the 2025 IE Varsity Girls Tennis Player of the Year. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Erika Kirk, the widow of slain media personality Charlie Kirk, is seen Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, as she speaks during the Make Heaven Crowded Tour 2026 stop at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) A protester is held back Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, as she exchanges words with protesters while trying to break free from a Riverside police officer outside Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside after the Make Heaven Crowded Tour 2026. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Martial arts students practice before the 14th annual Riverside Lunar Festival in downtown Riverside on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Dragon dancers perform Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at the 14th annual Riverside Lunar Festival in downtown Riverside. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Aquinas High School forward Brooklyn Ross fights for a rebound Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, against Arrowhead Christian Academy in a boys basketball game in San Bernardino. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Fontana High School’s Dario Alcala takes the header over Rialto’s Jose-Maria Ramirez in a boys soccer match in Fontana on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Rebecca Haro is seen Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in a Riverside courtroom with defense attorney Jeff Moore. She is accused of murdering infant son Emmanuel Haro in July 2025. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) FBI Director Kash Patel, center, speaks during a Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, news conference at Ontario International Airport, as the FBI’s Akil Davis, left, and Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell, right, watch. Patel announced the arrest of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding in Mexico. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) The Welcome to San Bernardino sign at Sixth and G streets is lit by streetlights Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, as vehicles drive by. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Front left, La Vay Bland with Maira Brito and daughter Crystal Garcia behind her, protest Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, outside Hamilton Family Brewery in Rancho Cucamonga. Residents of the block picket the brewery each Saturday because of the impact of parking, noise and traffic on their neighborhood. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) A man comes out of the mouth of Mike Rainbow Trout during on-court entertainment at a women’s basketball game between California Baptist University and Abilene Christian University in Riverside on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Rowan Gilstrap performs Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, during a dress rehearsal of “Singin’ in the Rain,” the Riverside Unified School District’s honors musical, at the Fox Performing Arts Center in downtown Riverside. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Guests enjoy the ice rink at Peltzer Winery in Temecula Valley Wine Country on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) A homeless man, who asked not to be identified, bathes at sunrise Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in warm water runoff in a stream in San Bernardino’s Meadowbrook Park as San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran, center right, speaks to him during the annual San Bernardino County Point in Time Count of homeless people. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Show Caption1 of 29Centennial High School junior varsity basketball players celebrate a victory over Santiago High School in Corona on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Expand Our photographers roam the Inland Empire every day to capture these moments and more. Here are the 29 best photos chosen by The Press-Enterprise, The Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Redlands Daily Facts photographers. 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