INGLEWOOD - Carmen Taylor Jones, mother of shooting victim Breon Taylor, holds on to her youngest son, Barrington Taylor, and youngest daughter, Bailey Taylor, during her funeral at Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, Calif. on Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Breon Taylor died from a gunshot wound on January 20 after gang members allegedly crashed a crowded birthday party at the Lakewood Masonic Center in East Long Beach, Calif..
January 2008 Archives
I spent most of the day taking beautiful pictures of the rarely seen snow-covered mountains (see below) and when I got back to the newsroom the only thing the editors wanted was a picture of rain. Why? "Because its gonna rain tomorrow," said one editor. The problem I had was that it wasn't raining when they asked me for pictures of rain. So I waited and waited and waited. Of course It didn't start raining until the sun went down.
SIGNAL HILL - Snow cap mountains are visible from Alamitos Well Park in Signal HIll, Calif. on January 26, 2008. This image was stitched together from 10 seperate photos.
About 100 people attend a vigil at Parkcrest Christian Center on Wednesday evening, January 23, 2008. The vigil was for Breon Taylor and Dennis Moses, Jr. who both died from gunshot wounds early Sunday after gang members allegedly crashed a crowded birthday party at the neighboring Masonic Center in East Long Beach, Calif.
Boy Scouts lead the start of the 20th. annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade on Martin L. King, Jr. Avenue during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend in Long Beach, Calif.
William Shatner, (A.K.A. Captain Kirk, T.J. Hooker or Denny Crane) along with some intense fans, are at the opening of the Star Trek Tour under the Queen Mary Dome in Long Beach, Calif. Over the next five years Star Trek the Tour will visit 40 cities - bringing memorabilia, movie artifacts and life size replicas of the bridge of the Enterprise.
A man's body was found in the surf in Belmont Shore around 8 a.m. near Ocean Boulevard and Granada Avenue. The body of the man, apparently in his 30s, will be turned over to the coroner's office for an autopsy.
Clouds move over Downtown Long Beach - but no rain.
The body of an unidentified man who appeared to have been stabbed to death was discovered in a trash can placed inside a shopping cart Friday morning. read the story>>
Andrew Munden, right, and Brendalee "Pebbles," Melcher, left, share a moment as they listen to musicians playing Christmas Music in the homeless shelter at the First Congregational Church in Long Beach, Calif. Tuesday, January 1, 2008. The church has opened a temporary shelter through the holidays because other shelters in the city area are not open yet.
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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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