Michael Bell Sr. (center) and his family stand near one of the billboards they bought in a campaign to bring awareness to internal police investigations. Bell's son was shot and killed by police in Kenosha, Wis. Courtesy of the Bell family hide caption

Joaquin Phoenix stars as Larry "Doc" Sportello, a private investigator with a pot-smoking habit, in Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson's film adaptation of the novel by Thomas Pynchon. Michael Muller/Warner Brother Pictures hide caption

For his reporting on financial corruption in the city of Bell, Ruben Vives shared the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times hide caption

"I started thinking about effects pedals as being like a palette with different colors," Wilco guitarist Nels Cline says. Diverse Images/UIG/Getty Images hide caption