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KobeMural photos from around Southern California

VENICE, CALIF. -- FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020: A mural of Kobe Bryant glows in the late afternoon sun on a wall along the bike path in Venice, Calif., on Jan. 31, 2020. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Graffitti on the Venice Public Art Walls,
www.publicartinpublicplaces.info, in Venice.   (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

By Jeanette MarantosStaff Writer 

The death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven other friends on Jan. 26 created an outpouring grief in Southern California and more than 300 tribute murals around the world, including 199 in Southern California. Here are a sampling of the murals mapped by @kobemural Instagram creator Mike Asner.

Mike Asner, creator of the KobeMural Instagram maps and Kobemural.com, shows off the back of his T-shirt, standing in front of Tyke Witnes' mural at El Toro Bravo Meat Market in Costa Mesa.

Mike Asner, creator of the KobeMural Instagram maps and Kobemural.com, shows off the back of his T-shirt, standing in front of Tyke Witnes’ mural at El Toro Bravo Meat Market in Costa Mesa.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Jeanette Marantos

Jeanette Marantos is a Features reporter focused primarily on plants, gardening and Southern California’s changing landscapes for the Los Angeles Times. She also writes the monthly L.A. Times Plants newsletter, which includes a calendar of upcoming plant-related events. Email calendar submissions or plant-related story ideas to [email protected] for consideration.

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