PHOTOS: Keeping Cool in the Heat in Lakewood

on July 6, 2011 3:48 PM | Permalink |

LAKEWOOD, CALIF. USA -- Emily Santos keeps cool in a wading pool ay Palms Park in Lakewood, Calif., on July 6, 2011. According to accuweather.com, the high in Lakewood was 84 degrees.

There are seven wading pools in Lakewood parks. All are free and open from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., from June 20 to September 5, 2011. Mayfair park is open daily. Del Valle, Palms and San Martin Parks are open Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Bloomfield and Boyar parks are open Tuesday and Thursday. All the wading pools are open Saturday and Sunday.

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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

PHOTOS: Keeping Cool in the Heat in Lakewood

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