Poly’s John Smith (9) and Crenshaw’s Nolan Grigsby (13) battle for a pass during their game at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, Calif., on August 30, 2013.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
PHOTOS: Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse
The inside of the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Downtown Long Beach, Calif., on August 27, 2013. The courthouse is scheduled to open on September 9, 2013. The building is replaces, The Long Beach County Building, is the more than 50-years old and considered by the state to be one of the worst courthouses in California in terms of security, overcrowding and physical condition. The building will house 31 civil and criminal courtrooms and occupy roughly 80 percent of the overall 531,000 square feet. See more pictures>>
PHOTO: Lakewood Football
PHOTO: Exploring the Wonders of the Deep
Visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific’s new Wonders of the Deep exploration exhibit examine a replica of an underwater thermal vent on August 13, 2013.
PHOTO: Watching the Watchers
Richard Funke, Long Beach (Calif.) police 911 center systems manager, shows off the Long Beach Common Operating Picture (LBCOP) system at the city’s Emergency Operation Center. The system keeps track of 300 cameras around the city and is capable of viewing private cameras if the owners have given permission to the police department.
PHOTO: Miller Children’s Pediatric Rehabilitation Patients get High
Lucas Quevedo, 5, checks out the nose of an airplane at Long Beach Airport on August 21, 2013, in Long Beach, Calif. Quevedo, who suffers from Autism, joined 11 other pediatric rehabilitation patients from Miller Children’s Hospital for a “Discovery Flight” experience.
PHOTO: St. Anthony Football
PHOTO: Some Long Beach, Lakewood Kids Return to School
Most Long Beach and Lakewood kids are still on Summer break, but Wednesday, at one of the only schools in Long Beach that’s not in LBUSD, youngsters returned to classes. Kindergartner Anthony Vivian, 5, holds on to his mother, Sandra Vivian, as they walk to class on the first day of classes at Collins Elementary School in Long Beach, Calif., on August 21, 2013. The school of 600 students is part of Paramount Unified School District and draws from Long Beach, Lakewood and Bellflower. See more pictures>>
PHOTOS: Art Deco Queen Mary
The Observation Bar aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, Calif., on August 20, 2013. The bar is in its original Art Deco condition. See more pictures>>
PHOTO: Wilson Football
Today’s football portrait is Millikan High’s Derek Norman at Bluff Park
PHOTOS: Long Beach Cambodian’s Protest Unfair Elections
Muoykaim Thim, center, gives Naro So, left, money and thanks him during for joining the protest on August 19, 2013, in Long Beach, Calif. About 100 Cambodians gathered on Anaheim Street in the Cambodia Town neighborhood to protest unfair elections in their home country. So said he was a Han Sun’s personal assistant from 1997 to 2004.
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PHOTO: Poly Football
The start of our new newspaper coincides with the beginning of high school football season. I was tasked with shooting the top players at each of the prep teams we cover. Over the next week and a half the Long Beach Register will feature each school we cover and I’ll be posting the portraits each day. Here is Poly High’s Jason Fao, left, Jason “JuJu” Smith, center, and Iman Marshall on August 16, 2013, in Long Beach, Calif. See more pictures>>
Tomorrow, We Start…
Long Beach Seen has been dark the past month as we prepare for the first edition of the Long Beach Register.
Well, that day is here. Tomorrow starts a new era in Long Beach Journalism.
Please pick up the Long Beach Register – newsracks are scattered all over the city.