LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- California Academy of Mathematics & Science (CAMS) High School student Thuan Doan cheers as their robot scores robot during the FIRST Robotics competition at the Long Beach (Calif.) Arena on March 26, 2010. The competition is presented by For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST). Since 1989, the FIRST Robotics Competition, FRC, has staged competitions around the country. The competition is comprised of short games played by autonomous and remote-controlled robots. The robots are designed and built in six weeks, from a common set of parts, by teams of 15 to 25 high school students under the guidance of engineer-mentors. The teams compete on a 27-by-54-foot field with bumps, attempting to earn points by collecting soccer balls in their goals. An autonomous period starts each match, with robots controlled by pre-programmed instructions. The autonomous period is followed by a period in which the students control the robots.
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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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