Hard at work amid the muck

By Frank Girardot on May 23, 2008 3:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

As the mud continues to slide down a couple of Sierra Madre streets, reporter Fred Ortega gets busy reporting the news.

Photographer Leo Jarzomb shot this picture Friday May 23, amid the freak late spring rain storm that's pelted the region.

Those guys cleaning the streets are inmates. Fred's the guy with the umbrella.

FRANK GIRARDOT

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