Nancie Carpenter and her daughter Cassandra Carpenter make their way across flood waters on Lakewood Blvd. at the entrance to Long Beach (Calif.) Airport on January 20, 2010. The pair are going to Seattle to visit their son and brother.See more pictures from the staff of the Press-Telegram>>
PHOTOS: THE SKY IS FALLING! -- Part II
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This blog is a journal of Southern California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It's updated frequently with pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze.
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 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. 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 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
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Just read about the flooding in Long Beach and was shocked to see so much water in my old hometown! (I was born and raised in Long Beach 1942-1970) and I miss it alot.
Thanks for the excellent coverage.
Sandra VanOrman
Washington state
How about a photo from the Willow bridge over the LA river looking north? There's a block in the river that makes the most incredible water fan-tail! More flooded-out places and storm photos from Long Beach!