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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Los Angeles Mission's Christmas Meal Service and Toy Giveaway


Faith Callion, age 8, smiles as she sits with Santa Claus at the Los Angeles Mission's Christmas meal service and toy giveaway at skid row in Los Angeles, California December 24, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn 










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Monday, December 23, 2013

Last Call At Hollywood Park

 Hollywood Park's official bugler, Jay Cohen, calls horses to the track on Saturday, December 21. The race track closed down forever this weekend after 75 years  and will become a mixed housing/retail development 

Friday, December 20, 2013

California Sunsets

People watch the setting sun from a perch near the Venice Beach breakwater. Southern California has been experiencing sensational sunsets this past week. According to Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service in Oxnard, the combination of clouds, smoke and dust whirling around from strong winds gives the sun lots of extra things to reflect off, according to  a report this week from the LA Times. ©Jonathan Alcorn
All photos shot with Samsung @NX300 
Venice Beach, December 19, 2013 ©Jonathan Alcorn 

Venice Beach, December 16, 2013 ©Jonathan Alcorn

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Late Fall Light

Inline skaters playing roller hockey take a breather during a game on a parking lot bathed in golden sunset light.

Palm trees cast shadows as a lone man practices at the Venice Beach recreation center handball courts on December 9, 2013. ©Jonathan Alcorn

Palm trees reflect on a car in at dusk in Santa Monica, California

Monday, December 9, 2013

venICE


Photo showing a portion of the Venice sign conveys the cold weather gripping Southern California for the past week.

Paul Walker Fan Memorial

Fans gather near a makeshift shrine at an unofficial memorial event for “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker in Santa Clarita, California December 8, 2013. Thousands of fans are visiting the area neat the site where Paul Walker and Roger Rodas died in a single-vehicle accident last weekend. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn (UNITED STATES)








Saturday, December 7, 2013

Venice Beach Canals Christmastime



                 Venice Canals getting ready for Christmas Boat Parade next week. #GALAXYNX #imagelogger
©Jonathan Alcorn 12-7-2013


     So, this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun


And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young


A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear


And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong


And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight


A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear


And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun


And so this is Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young


A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear


War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now


Songwriters
Yoko Ono;John Lennon


Sunday, December 1, 2013

Colorful Ending to December 1

A man and his dog take in a vivid sunset perched atop a sand berm at Venice Beach near the end of a very warm first day of December in Southern California. Much of the rest of the country is experiencing winter storms.
photo with Samsung GalaxyNX and 55-200mm lens  ©Jonathan Alcorn