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Sandria Clemmons
Los Angeles
“I lost someone very close to me, so that’s what’s on my mind now. I think that’s what I will remember about 2023.”
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Damian Lloyd
Los Angeles
“Probably my finances and getting a new job. It’s been tough. This year has been like the best and the worst year.”
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Los Angeles
“I got my master’s degree. That was my goal and I finally accomplished it. So, 2023 will always be the year I finished grad school.”
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Judie Palmer
Mar Vista
“It was the year I became a grandmother. My first grandbaby was born in July.”
Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in Century City.