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GUASCA, COLOMBIA DECEMBER 13, 2024 -- A "Heart rose" type freshly harvested in the hands of a worker on a farm that grows roses, In Guasca, Colombia. Friday 13, 2024. (Ivan Valencia / For The Times)

A rose’s journey from a Colombian farm to a parade float in Pasadena

Bob Mellano is supplying the flowers and foliage for 21 of the 39 Rose Parade floats. The Hearts rose is grown outside Bogotá in carefully controlled greenhouses.

Albert Sanders, NBA executive vice president, stands next to the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Albert Sanders Jr. is the most important person in the NBA you’ve never heard of

Irwindale, California December 5, 2024-A car speeds down the dragstrip on the final Thursday Night Thunder at Irwindale Speedway. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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Pole lighting ceremony on Dec. 6 in Calipatria, Calif.

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