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A CHP Officer appears to put his hand on hIs gun as I was photographing State Superintendent Bill O'Connell at West Fresno Elementary School this morning. I should get hazzard pay for this. All I could hope was that he didn't have too many cups of coffee!

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Darrell Myers was working out across the street from the Poverello House one early morning. I engaged him in conversation and he told me stories about prison life and living on the streets of Fresno. Darrell said his tattoos were done in prison by different artists.

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Fresno Police PIO peeks behind a white sheet of paper for local journalists to set the white balance at a murder scene shortly before speaking at a press conference. Cardinale is one the best at white balancing among public information officers in Fresno.

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A plastic-wrapped cardboard picture of former republican candidate for vice-president Sarah Palin sits in the Fresno republican headquarters shortly before the election. This image is a metaphor for her candidacy.

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Dupree Evans likes to ride his bike backwards. It took a couple days he said to learn how.
He hasn't looked forward since but does sneak a peak when crossing streets. "It's part of my lifestyle," Dupree said.

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HOMELESS IN RECLINE BLOG.jpgThis homeless man wearing a paper jumpsuit sleeps on a bus bench on Broadway Monday morning, September 15, 2008. Three Fresno Police bike officers woke him up shortly after this photo was taken.

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Al Haynes plays his saxophone at Courthouse Park on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. People walking to the courthouse were treated with a generous portion of Blues and Jazz tunes from Haynes whose been playing since high school.

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Stella Martinez looks at her puppy after giving it a bath in the fountain at Courthouse Park on Friday, September 12, 2008.

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Out in the trenches often times the media has to go the extra mile to get the story. In this case lf to rt. Margo Kim, Liz Gonzalez, and Roopam Sidhu get down to allow the cameras to shoot over them. All in a days work as I took this photo in a muddy flower bed!

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SEPTEMBER 11 PELCO 1.jpgI thought this was a high impact photo that captured the local news concerning September 11. It must be so difficult for families who have lost loved ones to address the painful memories. I can only hope to tell their story in some fashion so it may have a positive affectation on our society.

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This onion was grown for seed on the West side of Fresno.

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Every parent should beware of the eye poke. When you least expect it. POP!

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This is Fresno recording artist James Gore from a recent photo shoot for the Bee.

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Mosquito fish stir up the surface of a pond in the morning light in the backyard of Sylvia Owens. Owens has a Japanese-style garden with a pond which was designed in 1964.

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If you look long and hard at this photo you will see a face in the pig's snout. That is once you get past the hair and pig saliva.

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