As far a graduations go, this was was pretty sedate. Before the ceremony started the teachers were bragging about how 'fast' it would be and the speakers were called to the stage one after another with no personality or excitement. But that didn't stop Darren Wallace from being overcome with emotion as he receives his diploma.
June 2007 Archives
Special Olympian Matthew Rodriguez carries the torch on the Pacific Coast Highway
Kim Harden holds a sign with pictures of her daughter Amber Harden at Stepehns' Field during Wilson High's commencement ceremony.
Long Beach Unified teachers got mad at their own union when the board of the union decided to fire its executive director. Here a teacher screams at the door of TALB president Tony Diaz after he and other union members stormed the building demanding that the board of directors reinstate its executive director, Scott McVarish. The teacher refused to be identified becase he said he, "hates the Press-Telegram" Click here to watch the video>>
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This blog is a journal of Long Beach, California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It will be updated frequently with the pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram.
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
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