EMT Josh Rickert carries a dummy in a hallway of a Mobile Field Hospital (MFH) at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Center in Los Alamitos, Calif. The MFH, one of California's three new 200-bed mobile hospitals, was on display during Rough and Ready 2007. The event a practice day for the California Emergency Medical Services Authority to test their response capabilities and to provide a scenario for practicing patient treatment skills in a field environment under disaster conditions. Click here to see more pictures >>
August 2007 Archives
Ranae Covach, left, and Zion Revivo share a moment at The Sky Bar atop the Breakers building in Downtown Long Beach on August 11, 2007.
Seventeen 20-person teams pull a Boeing 727 down a taxiway at Long Beach (Calif.) Airport on August 11, 2007. The teams took turns as they competed to helped raise money for the Special Olympics. They were timed to see how fast they could pull a 155,000 lb. FedEx 727-200 airplane 25 feet.
Popular Long Beach eatery, and a favorite hang out for North Town cops, Johnny Reb's was destroyed by an early morning fire. Click play on the video above to watch an audio slideshow.
About
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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