Nearly everyone in Stockton knows the two golden bear statues that stand in front of the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium in downtown Stockton. Many a Stockton child has climbed on one of the other at some point. A few years ago the static movie marquee-style message board near the bear at the southeast corner of [...]
This photo that I shot of the sun breaking through some clouds over a stand of trees near the northern county line outside of the town of Thornton represents a first of sorts. It ran in the Local section of the Record on March 7 which was my birthday, but that’s not reason it’s special. [...]
I was driving by the Weber Point Events Center in downtown Stockton recently on my way to an assignment, when I saw a young couple attempting to launch a kite. I say “attempting” because there didn’t appear to be any wind. Still, there was some nice light on them, and I thought they might make [...]
One of my favorite things to shoot is the “enterprise” photo. Sometimes called “wild art” or “stand alone” pictures they are usually shots that run by themselves without a story, just a caption. They are usually “slice of life” pictures that show something interesting or picturesque (or both) in the community. It takes equal amounts [...]
“There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I’ve loved them all” -In My Life by [...]
At the Got Milk Breakfast Challenge kickoff rally at Tokay High School in Lodi pairs of students were picked for a Nickleodeon-type game. One student covered their face with shaving cream while the other threw miniature marshmallows in an effort to get them to stick to the foam. The winner would be the one with [...]
For about as long as I’ve been at The Record (28 years) the compressor used to maintain the ice at the Oak Park Ice Arena had been ailing. The interior temperature of the arena was literally kept at freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit) so that the rink’s machinery wouldn’t be over taxed. But in late April [...]
May 4 was a beautiful day in Angels Camp. Puffy white clouds floated serenely in the sky and the temperature was comfortably in the mid 70s. It was a good day… to blow up things. Evan Lacks of Tomball, Texas, has been struggling with leukemia for about half of his 8 years of life. [...]
Early last month I had read that spectacular celestial alignment would occur. The planets Venus and Jupiter were to appear close together in the western sky just after sunset for most of March. And aside for the moon, the two would be the two brightest objects in the sky. I was working the night shift [...]
Otis the skydiving dog, whose parachuting exploits captured on an Internet video that went viral, has died. The 10-year-old pug liked to fall from the sky in a specially made harness attached to his master, Will DaSilva. DaSliva said that Otis passed away in his sleep according to CW31’s Good Day Sacramento website. Otis is [...]
