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Robert Romo, Sylmar, trains his horse Lola to walk sideways at the Orcas-Gabreieleno Equestrian Center in Lake View Terrace Sunday, December 28, 2008. The Orcas-Gabreieleno Equestrian Center is part of the Hansen Dam Recreation Center. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant goes over the top of of Boston Celtics' Kendrick Perkins in the second half during their NBA match up at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca. December 25, 2008. The Lakers defeated the Celtics 92 to 83 ending Boston's 19-game winning streak. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

Gorilla Repunzel, 24-years-old, examines a cardboard candy cane filled with treats at the LA Zoo Tuesday, December 23, 2008. The Los Angeles Zoo’s western lowland gorillas celebrated the holiday season with gifts containing vegetables and other treats. The Los Angeles Zoo’s gorilla exhibit is divided into two areas, a family of four lives in one and a pair of males in the other. Native to West Central Africa, gorillas are herbivores, eating leaves, vines, bark and other vegetation. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

Valley for Obama member Petrice Bankhead unloads donated food that the group collected Monday, December 22, 2008 at the Victory Vineland Recreation Center in North Hollywood, Ca. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

Weston Lutz, 17-years-old, and Ryan Fahar, 14-years-old, throw snowballs at a passing train on Soledad Canyon Road in Acton, Ca. The boys drove from their homes in Santa Clarita to play in the snow after a winter storm hit Wednesday covering the area with powder. (Hans Gutknecht)

Children enjoy themselves as the ride disks in manmade snow at Pierce College. 110 children at the Pierce College Child Development Center had the opportunity to play in 12-tons of snow created by the Union Ice Company at Pierce College in Woodland Hills Ca. Thursday, December 11, 3008. The center held bake sales and had an art auction to raise money for the event and Union Ice Company donated 1-ton of snow. For many of the children it was the first time they had ever seen or played in snow. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

Nayasa Hills, 6-years-old, plays with her sister Bra'enysa Davis, 2-years-old, outside of their North Hollywood apartment Tuesday, December 9, 2008. The girls mother Bernice Davis, a single mother, became homeless in 2006 after she could no longer afford a rented room at a friend's home. In the ensuing months, she exhausted her savings while staying with family and friends and ultimately sought refuge at a Skid Row mission. Discovered by Los Angeles County's Skid Row Outreach Team, Davis was referred to Beyond Shelter, which relocated her family to a hotel within 24 hours. Within a few months, the nonprofit agency helped her move into a two-bedroom apartment in North Hollywood and obtain a Section 8 voucher to continue paying the rent. With only an 11th grade education, Davis is now attending adult school to obtain her GED and is working toward becoming self-sufficient again. The outreach team and Beyond Shelter have helped Davis and 234 other homeless families, including about 700 children and 300 adults obtain permanent housing and services and get off the dangerous streets of Skid Row. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

Artists Elan Palmer-Hagouel and Levon Demirjian pose with the art they created from discarded furniture as a pedestrian takes a look along Victory Blvd. in Van Nuys, Ca. December 4, 2008. The pair finds trash that has been left in public areas and creates "Public Trash Art" by changing the material in to something that is more pleasing to the eye. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

Asian elephant Billy, in his enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo Wednesday, December, 3, 2008, in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council has temporarily halted construction of the Zoo’s $42-million elephant exhibit. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)