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            <title>PHOTOS: 8th Annual Bulldog Beauty Contest &amp; Haute Dog Pageants</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120211-PN12-BULLDOG15-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120211-PN12-BULLDOG15-JG.jpg" width="600" height="415" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Vanessa Franco with her French Bulldog Holly during the 8th Annual Bulldog Beauty Contest & Haute Dog Pageants in Long Beach, Calif. on February 11, 2012.  <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1413483">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <title>PHOTOS: Tony Hawk Opens McBride Skate Park</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120211-PN12-SKATEPARK04-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120211-PN12-SKATEPARK04-JG.jpg" width="600" height="343" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk checks out the McBride Skatepark in Long Beach, Calif. on February 11, 2012.  The skatepark, which was given a sizable grant from the 2010 Stand Up for Skateparks Tony Hawk Foundation event, is on Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave. south of Pacific Coast Highway. <br />
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:20:59 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>VIDEO: Firefighters Battle House Fire in Long Beach</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:26:54 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS:  Firefighters Battle House Fire in Long Beach</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120210-PN11-HOUSEFIRE01-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120210-PN11-HOUSEFIRE01-JG.jpg" width="600" height="402" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- David Arana, right, hugs his son, Justin Arana, as they watch firefighters battle a blaze at their family home in the 3000 block of Arlotte Ave. in Long Beach, Calif. on February 10, 2012. Firefighters from Long Beach, Los Angeles County and Orange County responded to the fire  that destroyed the garage and upstairs bedroom shortly after 7 p.m.. No one was home when the fire started.<br />
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:14:26 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>VIDEO: Snowboarders Hit the Slope at Cal State Long Beach&apos;s Pyramid</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:38:45 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS: Snowboarders Hit the Slope at Cal State Long Beach&apos;s Pyramid</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120209-PN10-CSULBSNOW01-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120209-PN10-CSULBSNOW01-JG.jpg" width="600" height="412" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Jeff Andrews of the Cal State Long Beach snowboard team rides the center rail in front of the Walter Pyramid on February 9, 2012.  Fifteen tons of snow was sprayed on to the steps and surrounding area for the Long Beach State Pyramid Rail Jam, a rail-riding competition sponsored by the club. Forty riders competed in half-hour heats in front of three volunteer judges. <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1412308">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:21:20 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly Girl&apos;s Soccer defeats Wilson....again</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120202-PS03-WHSSOCCER03-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120202-PS03-WHSSOCCER03-JG.jpg" width="600" height="360" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Wilson's Samantha Moreno (1) dives for the ball against Poly during their Moore League game in Long Beach, Calif. on February 2, 2012. The Jackrabbits defeated the Bruins, 2-0. <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1407879">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:16:47 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS: National Signing Day</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120201-PS02-SJBHS_SIGNING01-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120201-PS02-SJBHS_SIGNING01-JG.jpg" width="600" height="461" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>BELLFLOWER, CAILF., USA -- St. John Bosco football player Bryce Treggs hugs his grandmother, Kathy Treggs, after the schools National Signing Day ceremony in Bellflower, Calif. on February 1, 2012. Treggs did not commit to a school, telling the crowd gathered in the gym that he'll  announce where he is going at 4:30 on Fox Sports West. He then added, "So tune in!" See pics>> <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1406793">St. John Bosco</a> | <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1407094">Poly</a></p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:17:52 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTO: Bernie Pearl Jammed with Etta James</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120126-PN29-PEARL01-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120126-PN29-PEARL01-JG.jpg" width="600" height="468" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Blues guitarist Bernie Pearl at hie Long Beach, Calif., home on January 26, 2012. Pearl played with all the greats, including BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Etta James.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:47:50 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS: VA Long Beach Dedicates Project 402</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120125-PN26-VA07-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120125-PN26-VA07-JG.jpg" width="600" height="406" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Brothers Brandan Soltes, left, Ryan Soltes, right, and Robert Soltes, center, listen to stories about their father,  Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., during a ceremony marking the dedication of Project 402 at the VA Long Beach on January 25, 2012. Project 402 is a 30-month, seven-building project that includes a blind rehabilitation center named for Maj. Charles Robert Soltes, Jr. Soltes was an Army optometrist, who was killed in Iraq in 2004. <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1402341">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:42:55 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS: New Solar Panels atop Cerritos Water Tanks</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120110-PN00-SOLAR03-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120110-PN00-SOLAR03-JG.jpg" width="600" height="397" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>CERRITOS, CAILF., USA -- Water Superintendent Charles Emig heads towards solar membranes atop one of the two six-million gallon water tanks at the Cerritos, Calif. corporate yard on January 10, 2012. Cerritos has installed two solar panel systems on top of the water reservoirs over the past two years. The systems generate more than 150,000 kws per year.<a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1396624"> See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <title>PHOTOS: Fire at ConocoPhillips</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120106-TN17-FIRE02-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120106-TN17-FIRE02-JG.jpg" width="600" height="426" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>WILMINGTON, CALIF. USA --  Firefighters work to put out a blaze in the administration building of the ConocoPhillips refinery in Wilmington, Calif. on January 16, 2012. <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1396239">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:04:07 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS: Long Beach Councilpeople Ride the Promenade </title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120112-PN13-BIKEBANNERS02-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120112-PN13-BIKEBANNERS02-JG.jpg" width="600" height="394" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Long Beach councilman Robert Garcia gives fellow councilperson Suja Lowenthal a ride before a a ceremony for new banners along the length of Broadway and Third Street from the Long Beach (710) Freeway to Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach, Calif. on January 12, 2012. The banners celebrate the dedicated bike lanes along Broadway and Third Street. <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1394523">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:30:58 -0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PHOTOS: Millikan and Cabrillo Boy&apos;s Soccer tie, 2-2</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120111-PS12-MHSSOCCER02-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120111-PS12-MHSSOCCER02-JG.jpg" width="600" height="457" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Millikan's Steven Barrera (1) fails to stop a shot from Cabrillo's Jose Vaca (10) during their Moore League game in Long Beach, Calif. on January 11, 2012. Millikan and Cabrillo tied, 2-2. <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1393957">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="20120109-PN00-NATURECENTER01-JG.jpg" src="http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/20120109-PN00-NATURECENTER01-JG.jpg" width="600" height="354" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></span>LONG BEACH, CAILF., USA -- Charlie Josephbeck, front, and Christian Johnson walk through a maze of dried Mustard plant during a class about bugs and fungus at the El Dorado Nature Center in Long Beach, Calif. on January 5, 2011. The nature center offers classes for children in Kindergarten through 4th grader throughout Winter and Spring break. <a href="http://lang.presstelegram.com/photos/photos.asp?a=1392507">See more pictures>></a></p>]]></description>
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