NBA star and former L.A. prep star
Gilbert Arenas was suspended by the league indefinitely today. Allegedly, the talented and eccentric Arenas and Washington Wizards teammate Javaris Crittenton pulled guns on each other in the locker room last month over a gambling incident. A pre-game gun "skit" in the huddle yesterday led to today's statement from NBA head David Stern saying "Mr. Arenas" would get a "substantial suspension and perhaps worse," and the player's "ongoing conduct has led me to conclude that he is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game."
I shot the above photo of Gilbert Arenas aka "Agent Zero" and "Hibachi" a couple years ago during the making of a video game. He was wearing a special suit that tracks natural movements for realistic rendering. I'm hoping he can come back strong from all this after the dust settles. Arenas made some bad choices recently, but he's definitely one of the more interesting sports figures today. He has publicly apologized and hopefully something good will come out of this episode in the end.
Robin Thicke was the musical guest
A window washing crew works on the new 54 story high hotel housing both the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Los Angeles and JW Marriott Hotel, and is scheduled for opening February 15, 2010, as part of the L.A. Live complex. Located across the street from Staples Center as Downtown Los Angeles continues it revitalization.
Downtown Los Angeles as seen from Glendale at 5:30 PM on January 19, 2010
Los Angeles Fire Department brought out a swift water rescue team and a helicopter to search for a homeless person that was possibly missing in the Tujunga Wash in Sunland this afternoon. A helicopter was called in to check a homeless tent on a sand bar that was out in the middle of the swollen wash, but nobody was found in distress. LAPD was asked to assist in moving a few other homeless people back from precarious areas around the wash.
NBA star and former L.A. prep star Gilbert Arenas was suspended by the league indefinitely today. Allegedly, the talented and eccentric Arenas and Washington Wizards teammate Javaris Crittenton pulled guns on each other in the locker room last month over a gambling incident. A pre-game gun "skit" in the huddle yesterday led to today's statement from NBA head David Stern saying "Mr. Arenas" would get a "substantial suspension and perhaps worse," and the player's "ongoing conduct has led me to conclude that he is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game."
Big staff changes at the office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the LA Times has the details here. And in the shameless self promotion department, they used my image from a shoot I did for Bloomberg News last month at the Hammer Museum
It's 73 degrees and the surfs up on the 3rd day of 2010! This is SoCal weather at it's best and I had to soak it up this morning on the Venice Beach Pier.
Happy New Year!
