Musician Shooter Jennings At Home in LA

Recently, I photographed musician Shooter Jennings, son of the legendary Waylon Jennings, for a cool story by Chris Richards of The Washington Post . Shooter exuded coolness during the photo session at the Hollywood Hills home he shares with actress Drea De Matteo and their daughter. I laughed at the end when I told him the photos went really great, he said that was the first time he ever heard that! Check out Shooter's rocking new album "Black Ribbons"

Effects Minimal after Tsunami Advisory in LA County

Lifeguards were patrolling Venice Beach as a tsunami advisory for Los Angeles County beaches was in effect today following the massive Chilean earthquake. The National Weather Service reports that a 2.1 foot tsunami surge was measured at the Santa Monica tide guage when the tsunami energy arrived here at 12:24 pm today.
As I was standing on the beach I saw a low flying Southwest plane turn hard inland after taking off from nearby LAX, I could here the engine making strange sounds too. It turns out SWA flight #1644 had had a compressor stall in the number 1 engine and was able to safely land at LAX after a short ten minute flight

Danica Patrick Races in Nascar Nationwide Series

Danica Patrick raced in her second NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. She struggled finishing near the back of the pack.
Eventual race winner Kyle Busch (car 18) bumps under second place finisher Greg Biffle (car 27) entering the final lap in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Auto Club Speedway Stater Bros. 300 in Fontana, California on Saturday, February 20, 2010

Snow Capped Sunset Over LA

People gather at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area to watch sunset over Downtown Los Angeles with the snow capped San Gabriel Mountains looming in the background.

A Star for Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr was outside the Capitol Records building to receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday night. He was joined by his wife Barbara Bach , Joe Walsh, Don Was, and Ben Harper for the ceremony.

Damaging Mudslides Strike La Canada-Flintridge

One of nine red-tagged homes in La Canada-Flintridge


A heavy rainstorm triggered mudslides in La Canada-Flintridge today. Up to five homes were destroyed, with many more damaged. The mudflow along Ocean View also damaged or destroyed many cars as well. Mud traveled all the way down Ocean view into Montrose.

Toyota Prius Now Being Investigated

According to the New York Times -"Federal regulators in the United States and Japan opened investigations Thursday into reports of brake problems on the 2010 Toyota Prius. The investigations come as Toyota is about to begin repairing 2.3 million vehicles in the United States that have been involved in a recall for accelerator pedals that could potentially stick."
Greg Penske , President of Longo Toyota, the world's largest Toyota Dealership, discusses the recall and his dealership's 24-7 operations implemented to handle the massive recall