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Sunday, February 21, 2010

President Obama meets the Dalai Lama, Bob Dylan & voters in Nevada

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza — President Barack Obama chats with the Dalai Lama at the White House. The meeting took place in the Map Room instead of the Oval Office, an apparent concession to China, who objected to the president’s meeting with the exiled and highly revered leader.  02/18/10 White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs described the meeting this way: “The President met this morning at […]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Photo Gallery: Blue skies & warm temps in Burbank, but rain is coming!

Photo: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove — A shot of the Burbank hills from South Sunset Canyon Drive   Photo: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove — Three road warriors work out in the Burbank hills Photos: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove –Flowers in bloom in Burbank Enjoy it while you can. This spring-like weather in the Southland will soon be history. While it was another sizzler in Burbank today with the […]
Monday, February 15, 2010

Presidents Day high of 80 degrees in Burbank!

Photo: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove — Palm trees, blue skies, and sunshine on a winter day shot from Bel Aire Drive in the Burbank hills. The temperature is rising in Burbank and that’s a good thing. At 9 a.m., it’s 60 and the day will just get warmer and better. A high of 80 is expected in Media City on this February […]
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

“Bo” in the snow & sunshine in the Southland

     Pete Souza/Official White House Photo — First dog and fun loving canine, “Bo” frolics on the south grounds of the White House during a blizzard today. The East Coast is getting walloped by the second major snowstorm in a week. The storm is expected to drop upwards of 14 inches on the nation’s capital today. The snowy weather has shutdown […]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Michael Jackson’s doctor charged in his death — free on bail

Photo: Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times — Michael Jackson’s physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, escorted into the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles 02/08/10 The late MIchael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is out on bail today after being charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the entertainer’s death last summer. Murray pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in a courtroom near Los Angeles International Airport yesterday. The […]
Sunday, February 7, 2010

Photo gallery: The governor tours storm damaged Southland neighborhoods

  Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez/ Los Angeles Times — Officials red-tagged some severely damaged homes as unsafe for entry or habitation in La Cañada Flintridge today. Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and local officials tour a storm damaged neighborhood in La Cañada Flintridge today. More  storm photos on the Los Angeles Times website.
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Photo Gallery: Devastation and Despair in Haiti

Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times — Devastation in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, where survivors, and reportedly looters, were caught rummaging through the ruins. 01/16/10 Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times —  Despair on the face of a homeless father as he clings to his sleeping son during another night in a park with other quake survivors in the hard hit city of […]
Friday, January 1, 2010

2010 Rose Parade: The grand marshal & and some local float winners

Photo: Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times/01-01-10 — Captain Chesley  “Sully” Sullenberger and his wife, Lorrie, wave to the crowds during the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. Hero pilot, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger was the perfect choice to be the grand marshal of today’s Tournament of Roses Parade. You might remember, the miracle on the Hudson. The US Airways pilot  landed a […]