Photo of fellow photographer Juan Rivera an me at a promotional basketball game between KWHY employees and local Oaxacan basketball team.

Not surprisingly it started out as a slow news day. I was assigned to cover a couple small festivals when I got the call for a MTA vs. Auto accident just south of downtown on Olympic. The vehicle in the photo was attempting to make a left turn while the metro was about to roll through the same intersection. The driver was killed instantly and his body was still in the car when I arrived. The rear drivers side passenger is said to have stumbled out of the vehicle but died within seconds on the street near by. I ran into a fellow camera operator, Robert from FOX for the first time since I stopped training with him 4 months ago.

Working in casting today out in Santa Monica. Had a 2 hour break during lunch so I decided to the beach and take a walk.

While training with Juan Rivera on the microwave truck, we covered a press conferance given by Mayor Villariagosa at city hall. The mayor was promoting and justifing his plans on taking over control of the school board.

My best friend from teenage years Vinnie was down in Southern California this week for a hair training. He trains hair stylist how to use different hair products. So i gave him a call. He was hanging out in Laguna Beach so I headed down there. We drank and smoke and talked a lot.

I've been trained this week by Juan Rivera on the microwave truck for news at NBC/Telemundo.