Long Beach Poly head football coach Raul Lara presents a decal to the Wilson High football team to remember Melody Ross on Thursday, November 6, 2009. The WIlson and Poly teams will wear the stickers on their helmets. Ross was shot and killed last Friday after Wilson played Poly.]]>
Artist Patrick Vogel, center, and Kris Kunard, guide a stainless steal representation of a DC-8 vertical stabilizer on to its concrete base at the entrance to Douglas Park in Long Beach, Calif. on November 5, 2009. The business park is located at the former home of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft. Each of the six structures are almost 24 feet tall and weigh 400 pounds each. Three were installed today and the rest will be installed over the next few days. See more pictures>>
Vanareth Ross, left, and Chantha Ross, parents of shooting victim Melody Ross, hold a pictures of their daughter during a press conference where Long Beach (Calif.) police announce they have arrested a suspect Tuesday, November 4, 2009, in Long Beach, Calif. Melody Ross was shot after a the homecoming football game Friday night. At 10 p.m. Friday, police responded to a call reporting gunshots at Ximeno Avenue and 10th Street. When officers arrived, they found three wounded people. Ross had been hit in the torso. Two men, one 18 and the other 20, suffered from non-life-threatening wounds. The three victims were taken to a hospital, where Ross died. The 20-year-old was treated and released, and the 18-year-old is recovering in the hospital. See pictures from the press conference>>]]>
Chantha Ross, left, and Vanareth Ross, parents of shooting victim Melody Ross, thank students and faculty during a candle light vigil at Wilson High School on Tuesday, November 4, 2009, in Long Beach, Calif. Melody Ross was shot after a the homecoming football game last Friday night. At 10 p.m. Friday, police responded to a call reporting gunshots at Ximeno Avenue and 10th Street. When officers arrived, they found three wounded people. Ross had been hit in the torso. Two men, one 18 and the other 20, suffered from non-life-threatening wounds. The three victims were taken to a hospital, where Ross died. The 20-year-old was treated and released, and the 18-year-old is recovering in the hospital. See more pictures of the candlelight vigil>>]]>
Apparently, if you want to talk to the Long Beach City Council you have to push the red 'botton']]>
Banning High Social Studies teacher Matt Seanlon brought some of his students to join a protester during the Long Beach (Calif.) City Council meeting Tuesday, November 3, 2009. The protesters are asking councilmembers to protest the settlement between the Long Beach port and the American Trucking Association (a deal signed last week that extracts Long Beach from a federal court case scheduled for December). The contingent will also delived a letter protesting the port's decision to City Council. See more pictures>>]]>
Wilson went in to this game undefeated in league play and Poly was coming off their worst losing streak in 15 years, actually, their only losing streak in 15 years. They had not lost a league game since 1994, that is, until two weeks ago when they lost to Lakewood... then last week they lost to Millikan. So, if the headline is Poly defeats Wilson.. OR.. Wilson loses to Poly - either way, Wilson failed to take advantage of Poly's worst season in memory. See more pictures>>]]>
The Lakewood sheriff station is haunted... well, at least it was today. The L.A. County Sheriffs that work at the station turned the cells in to a haunted prison for the public. The inmates were transfered to the Cerritos station for the day. ]]>
BOTTOM: View looking north from the South Pine Ave. on in 2009 in Long Beach, Calif. The entire area south of Ocean Blvd. was filled in in various stages in the past 70 years.
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The Press-Telegram got a little respect on the red (if you can call that red) Carpet at the Women's Conference.]]>
I'm not really sure what Maria Shriver is doing here... but none the less. she did a pretty good job hosting the Minerva Awards. See more pictures here>>]]>
Fellow Press-Telegram photojournalist Diandra Jay takes a nap at the L.A. Times booth during a long day at the Women's Conference.]]>
On a clear day, standing atop Signal HIll, Calif., you can see Downtown Los Angeles... even at night.]]>
Downey's Haley Courtney (14) celebrates a point with teammates Camille Valenzuela (27), Staci Rodriguez (7), Heather Schnars (4) and Megan Kirkpatrick (15) against Warren during their game in Downey, Calif. See more pictures>>]]>