If you watch closely, you’ll notice they’ll never turn their backs to the ocean. Even if they are talking to someone, their eyes scan the beach for signs of danger. Laguna Beach lifeguards are celebrating 90 years this year, marking the milestone with a few competitions and celebrations. Photographed on Saturday June 15, 2019. (Photo…
Jason Beck has waited longer than most other California dispensary owners for a chance to sell recreational cannabis. First invited to open Alternative Herbal Health Services by then-West Hollywood Mayor John Duran in 2004, Beck proudly claims to own California’s “longest continuous retail” marijuana…
To celebrate reaching a milestone or finishing a big project, some people high-five each other. That familiar airborne hand slap is how hundreds of visitors to the Orange County Great Park in Irvine commemorated the opening of new walking and biking trails on Saturday, June 15. With a slight height difference, Irvine Police Sergeants Sean-Paul…
Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Long Beach, California. Aurelien Giraud, center, of France wins the Men’s Street Skateboard Final as Sora Shirai, left, of Japan finished second and Felipe Gustavo of Brazil finished third during the Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday,…
As a regular blood donor since high school, Ryan Ha had always known his act of community service had the potential to save lives. Ha then met a man who received a transfusion of his blood after a near deadly motorcycle accident. The meeting was such a life-altering experience for Ha, it inspired him to…
For its faithful, the leader of La Luz del Mundo is “the apostle” of Jesus Christ. God made it so. Hundreds of thousands of parishioners gathered in Guadalajara last month to celebrate their leader’s 50th birthday. They filled the streets around the organization’s towering, wedding cake-like temple…
Graduates pour out of the stadium after the Pacifica High School commencement ceremony Friday, June 14, 2019 at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) Graduate Brian Tran receives a kiss from his mother Valencia Vo as his aunt Ha Vo, right, looks on during the Pacifica High School graduation…
Graduates walk out of the stadium as Los Amigos High School held their graduation ceremony at Michael A. Monsoor Memorial Stadium in Garden Grove in Garden Grove on Friday, June 14, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer) Graduates walk out of the stadium after Los Amigos High School held their graduation ceremony at Michael A. Monsoor…
Marolyn Nguyen delivers a graduation address during the Santiago High School graduation in Garden Grove on Friday, June 14, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Teacher Ken Wert, right, reaches out to one of his students to congratulate him at the Santiago High School graduation ceremony in Garden Grove on Friday, June 14, 2019….
San Pedro held its first Pride on the Port Los Angeles festival on Saturday June 15, 2019 at the Battleship Iowa in San Pedro. Sir Winston came from Long Beach filled with festival participants. Photo By Chuck Bennett San Pedro held its first Pride on the Port Los Angeles festival on Saturday June 15, 2019…
