GENERAL NEWS
LOCATION: TERRY PIERSON, RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE.
Alicia Lopez gets as close as she can to her boy, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez as she grieves, and kisses his headstone while sobbing as she volunteers with hundreds of others to position 250,000 flags at
Riverside National Cemetery for Monday's observance of Memorial Day in
Riverside on Saturday, May 28, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG).
Baba Akili, of Black Lives Matter, attempts to shut down the
Los Angeles City Council conference where protesters continue to seek Councilman Kevin de León's resignation on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 prior to being accompanied out by LAPD. The council, consisting of de León, voted in support of the resolution on Mayor Karen Bass' state of emergency situation on homelessness.
Frank does pull-ups as he trips the Metro B (Red) Line in
Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, stating he does them from the time he gets on up until he gets off. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz,
Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG).
Myah Settle considers her move as she plays chess against Noah Melendez at Butterfield Elementary School in Moreno Valley on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
Andrea Lassakova of the Slovak Republic gets ready for a ballet practice session at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa
Mesa on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG).
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: TERRY PIERSON, RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE.
Well known American modern artist Robert Lyn Nelson returns for a career retrospective in his home town of
Ontario at the Chaffey Community Museum of Art in
Ontario on Friday, March 4, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG).
Super featherweight boxer Rayshaun "El Chivo" Thomas, 25, of
San Bernardino says, "I just ended up falling in love with boxing," after strolling into a fitness center one day with good friends in
San Bernardino. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG).
Andrea Laššáková of the Slovak Republic, formerly with the Mikhailovsky, stops briefly prior to performing during a wedding rehearsal at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa
Mesa onSaturday, Oct.sd 1, 2022. She will be performing with international dancers, consisting of Russians who exited their country after the intrusion of Ukraine.
THIRD PLACE: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS.
Cooper Kupp of the
Los Angeles Rams commemorates with his wife, Anna Croskrey, with a kiss on the field after the Rams defeat the
Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (Photo by Keith
Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG).
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: TERRY PIERSON, RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE.
Fighter Victor Vasquez, 7, takes some time to rest his arms after doing 100 pushups in the ring while training at M.T.C. Boxing Club in
San Bernardino on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG).
Fighters Noel Corona stands on a cage to work on the speed bag as Lorenzo Vasquez, left works the heavy bag while training at M.T.C. Boxing Club in
San Bernardino on Monday, October 17, 2022.
LOCATION: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS.
Home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson is struck in the face by a broken bat from Mike Trout # 27 of the
Los Angeles Angels as catcher Will Smith, center, of the
Los Angeles Dodgers looks on in the ninth inning of an MLB baseball game at Dodger Stadium in
Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Tomlinson would be and leave the video game required to the emergency room. (Photo by Keith
Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG).
SECOND PLACE: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS.
Devon Allen of the U.S.A jumps an obstacle on his method to winning the 110 Hurdles Elite with a time of 13.35 during the USATF Golden Games at the Mt. SAC Relays in Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the school of Mt.
San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: TERRY PIERSON, RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE.
Norco's Dakota Potter # 42 makes the leaping catch as she kisses the fence in right-center field on a ball hit by Roosevelt Ashlee Annett # 32 throughout the Big VIII League softball video game in Eastvale on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG).
ANIMAL
JoJo the duck provides an interview in front of a panel of judges throughout the Kids' Pet Parade in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. The pet is owned by Judith Marquina. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG).
Steve Hall feeds pigeons on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica on Sept. 2, 2022. Hall takes a trip from his house in West Los Angels four times a week to the pier to feed his feathered friends. Hall states the birds remember him since he feeds them "the excellent stuff".
THIRD PLACE: MINDY SCHAUER, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER.
A lone firefighter takes on a house engulfed in flames in Laguna Niguel where 20 homes were destroyed and 11 others were damaged in the wind-whipped Coastal Fire on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG).
Professional photographers at The Southern California News Group have actually won 17 awards in journalism Photographers Assn. of Greater
Los Angeles yearly competition consisting of five first-place surfaces in the Sports Action, General News, Entertainment, Feature and Animal classifications.
" We are so lucky our group of photojournalists consistently captures minutes like these that move us to cry, stop briefly and reflect, stun us and bring a smile to our faces," said Southern California News Group Visual Editor Dean Musgrove. "PPAGLA brings together the very best professional photographers and videographers in Southern California; we are incredibly proud of what the SCNG personnel has actually achieved.".
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