went and saw President Clinton speak at UCLA today about proposition 87. Michelle and I went early and waited in a very long line. It was an extremely long line that I later found out contained 4000 people. We were some of the last people let in about 2000 in. There were a lot of broadcast camera there. I recognized a bunch of guys that i've worked with. I noticed that some film camera were also there. It turns out that they also shot a commercial there for prop 87.

What a beautiful day it was today. Today I played my first game of golf ever at a tournament out in Industry Hills country club. I was in a charity tournament for the Midnight Mission. My entry was paid for by the Hollywood Post 43 of the American Legion. Several members played, I would say at least 15 of us. The day started early. I picked up the bartender at Post 43, Dave Gibson out at his place in Universal Cities. We drove out to the golf course and met up with our team, Brad Fagerstrom and Terry's friend Gary. It was great being able to walk around on the grass in the peace and calm. We shot 18 holes and ended 2 over par as a team. I even contributed a few good swings including a great one on the very last hole.

Drove out to Long Beach after work today to buy a set of golf clubs. Found them on Craigslist.com for $50. Some young guy reccieved them as a Christmas gift and since then they have been sitting in his garage. So I picked them up and on the way back stopped at Dominguez Hills gold course to pratice with a bucket of balls.

A few months back I remember watching the Daily show one evening when I heard John Stewart talking about how Daryl Hannah was being pulled out of a tree. I thought it was funny because I knew exactly what he was talking about. She had been tree sitting in the South Central Farm compound. The reason I call it a compound is because security was tighter that my camp Carrol my old post in Korea. Well I got a chance to go back to S. Central Farm today. But long after the landlord had taken the land back and demolished most of the farm plots. The old farmers where having a farmers market on Martin Luther King street on the North side of the old S. Central Farm. The market was pretty lame and unattended, but there were several holes in the fence of the old farm and I got the opportunity to walk around on the inside. In the photograph you can see the famous tree that Daryl Hannah was pulled out of.

I got a new tree today, a Carolina Cherry. I got it at Hazard Park in East L.A. today as Mayor Villariagosa kicked off his program to plant a million trees in L.A. A bunch of celebrities were there to help kick it off. I approached XXx, the husband of Eva Longoria in Desperate Housewives to do an interview. He said O.K. and asked what station I was from. I showed him my Telemundo Microphone and he got scared. He said that his spanish wasn't so good, in fact it would look horrible on camera. So I said no problem and that I understood because my spanish was just as bad. This is a photo of him waiting to be interviewed while actress XXX is getting interviewed. AS I was leaving one of the volunteers gave me the tree and told me to take good care of it.

Got my brand new laptop today. a black 15" macbook.

Attended press conferance today in East Central Los Angeles. Mayor Villariagosa is assigning 50 more police officers to patrol "Skid Row". This is a photo of the Mayor inspecting the officers. Protesters were present chanting, "house the homeless not harass them".

Because of Luck or Fate, I attended UFC63 this evening at the Annaheim Pond this evening. It all started last Wednesday when I went out for drinks with a publicist named Belinda that I met about a year ago. At drinks we discovered that we were both fans of Ultimate Fighting. So we decided to try and see the fight this weekend. I used my press credentials to contact the publicist for UFC but was not successful. Then Belinda got a pair of ticket from a friend so we went. It was good fun. The Main event between welterwieght world champion Matt Hughes and BJ Penn was actually the best fight of the evening with Hughes winning in the 3rd round by the referee Big John McCarthy stopping the fight.

Covered yet another Mexican independance parade. Today it was up north in Oxnard.

Fun news stories today. I started off in Pasadena at the try-outs for the Pasadena Rose Parade Royal Court. Over 800 young ladies will eventually be narrowed down to 6 rose princesses and 1 rose queen. This photo is of one young lady as she gives it her best shot in the 15 seconds she's given before the judges. Later in the day I had to go to Santa Ana to cover an Mexican independance parade.

Mexican independance day today. So I worked on the broadcast of the "El Grito" celebration in Huntington Park. It's said to be the biggest congregation of Mexicans outside of Mexico. Most of the day I worked as a utility, running cables and helping out my fellow camera operators. At 8 PM I relieved Armando who was running the main camera shooting the stage. It was awesome because my shot was wired directly into the huge screens on both sides of the stage and broadcast internationally. I was able to use the big screens as my monitors. The largest monitors I've ever worked off of. I was working the camera as Vicente Fox yelled, "Viva Mexico" and my shot was seen around the world as the network cut to the Los Angeles feed.


Photo of my favorite reporter, Ruben Luengas anchor for "En Contexto" as he goes live with members of a Mexican military band by his side.

Shot news today. Covered 9/11 memorial walk out in Sherman Oaks. The walk consisted of apoximately 20 participants with an escort from a fire truck from Fire Station 88 on Sepulvida blvd. The walk ended at the fire station where the monument pictured was dedicated. The monument consist of a piece of steel from the twin towers and a piece of granite from the Pentigon. I spoke with a fire chief there who was a special guest in also baried in the ruble of the twin towers. He stated that he believe skyscrapers should not be built any taller that will allow for evacuation of the building within a 30 minute time frame.

Photo of my patio/garden. This was taken while walking into my place to get another drink. My nieghbor Julie was having a BBQ/pool party.

Sent down to South Central L.A. to cover a labor appreciation service at a prominate African-American Church. It was very interesting watching the service. I learned that if you need a job, health insurance, or a good pension you only need to look to Jesus.

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.

Photo from top floor of Los Angeles City Hall. I was shooting a reception for Mayor of San Salvador. Afterward I was headed down in the elevator when I decided to fart right before I got to my floor. I was going to make a quick escape, but when the door opened Mayor of L.A. Villariagosa was standing right there and pushed me back into the elevator. He asked me about how work was going as I hoped he wouldn't smell the fart.

Did remote casting session for Beth Holmes Casting. Started the day at Sessions West to do the studio portion. Then out to the Valley to a small motorbike race track. Both kids and adults rode the track.

Miss Universe Pagent in town. Today the had a garden tea party at the Ritz Carlton in Pasadena. I was lucky enough to be the camera operator covering it for NBC and Telemundo. There were only 3 camera's there so I got to spend lot's of time with all the contestants. a dream come true. this photo is of all the contestants posing on the stairs.


photo of me and miss Bolivia.


Photo of MIss Universe for 2005

Today at L.A. convention center it was the NCLR (national convention of la rasa) Ex-President Bill Clinton gave a speach on several topics including immigration and the downfalls of the Republican party.



Still at the NCLR convention. The miss Universe pagent is in town this week so 4 contestants came to the convention to hang out at the Telemundo booth. This is a photo of me with; Miss Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, and Argentina.

While in Salt Lake City, I decided to visit some of my old friends. So I called up Vinnie. We were friends as teenage punk rockers in Salt Lake. We hooked up at our other buddie Wayne's house.

At family reunion in Salt Lake city, we lit off fire works out in front of Uncle Don's house. We had ton's of fireworks. We were lighting 4 or 5 fountians at a time and it still took us a couple hours.

Drove to Salt Lake City, Utah for family reunion. Staying at Uncle Don's house in the city of Draper. We had about 50 people show up for the reunion. The photo is of my mom standing in front of several family members. from Left to Right: Uncle guy, aunt Norma, Danial, Uncle Terry, Mom back to us, Jeremiah barely visible, next to Michelle, Susan, Mary, Uncle Don.

Latino conferance going on downtown at the convention center. Radio DJ "el Cuy Cuye" made a speach about something. I don't know they are all the same these days.

The building manager Said wanted to sell his car and asked me for my help putting an ad on craigslist. So I took this vehicle of his car in front of the apartment building so we could place it in the add

been on the boardwalk of Atlantic City for a couple days now and it's getting boring. so today for lunch I went to some place on the boardwalk and had a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich and a beer.