Diane Slattery, a 75 year old grandmother has spent every saturday night for last 22 years conducting evening church services at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Wayside Honor Rancho.
September, 2009 Archives
USC running back Stafon Johnson #13 points to the sky after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter during their Pac 10 conference game against Washington State at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Saturday, September 26, 2009. USC defeated Washington State 27-6. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Chris Wood, 8-years-old, La Cresenta, punts the ball for distance during a "Punt Pass Kick" contest. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Police Mentoring Program hosted the contest at Van Nuys Sherman Oaks War Memorial Park Friday, September 25, 2009 in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Steven Colbert looks on as Jon Stewart advances to the stage to accept the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series at the 61 Emmys Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA 9-20-2009. Photo by Hans Gutknecht
Nancy Reynolds who started raising chickens with her daughter for the 4-H continues to raise and show the birds. Reynolds who lives in Sylmar is opposed to proposed ordinances that would limit the number of roosters that people may have on their property even if it is zoned for horses and small domestic livestock. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
LAFD Arson investigators walk through a home destroyed by fire in the 2000 block of Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills Wednesday, September 16, 2009. The homeowner, attorney Brian Witzer, told Fox11 that his house was valued at $7 million and its contents, including paintings and a Stradivarius violin, were valued at $6-to-7 million. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News) Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/LA Daily News, Hans Gutknecht)
Ramon Alexander Easter stands watch over his parking lot in Hollywood. (Hans Gutknecht)
Dog Betty waits while owner Ralph Henderson, Reseda, looks at motorcycles along Vanowen Street during the West Valley 2nd Annual Motorcycle Memorial Ride at the Los Angeles Police Department West Valley Community Police Station on September 12, 2009 in Reseda, CA.
Crosses with the names of victims during a community dedication of the new Metrolink Memorial Plaza at the Simi Valley Metrolink station Saturday, September 12. 2009. On September 12, 2008 25 people were killed and 135 injured when Metrolink 111 crashed head on into a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Author Michelle Moran with her book "Cleopatra's Daughter." (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Crespi High School's Bryan Bennett #3 is tripped up by Birmingham High School's Nicholas Shoaf #4 as Johnathan Alert #30 moves in during their football game at Birmingham High School Friday, September 11, 2009, (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Maria Cooper Janis speaks about her father actor Gary Cooper during a ceremony to honor him as the 15th inductee into the Legends of Hollywood collectible stamp series. The dedication ceremony took place at the Autry National Center of the American West in Los Angeles Thursday, September 10, 2009. 40 million 44-cent First-Class stamps with Cooper's image are available nationwide today. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Chaminade High School Football Coach Ed Croson during practice Thursday, September 10, 2009, (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Los Angeles Police Department Missing Persons Unit Officer in Charge Detective Carmine Sasso in his Parker Center office in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, September 9, 2009. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Saugus High School Cross Country team members Amber Murakami, Alex Hampton, Stephanie Bulder, Merissa Kado, Karis Frankian, Danielle Hernando, and Kaylin Mahoney. (Hans Gutknecht/ LA Daily News)
Mission Valley Sanitation employee Joe Shelton removes some of the 200 portable toilets from the Hansen Dam Recreational Center as fire personnel move the Station Fire headquarters from the area. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
USC's Allen Bradford #21 holds his arms out to the fans after he scored on a 43 yard 2nd quarter run as San Jose State safety Tanner Burns #17 looks on during their game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Saturday, September 5, 2009. USC won the game 56-3. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Alemany High School's Malcolm Marable #2 picks up some yards as Oaks Christian High School's Brian Fifita #3 and Silas Goma #83 attempt to make the tackle during their football game at Alemany High School Friday, September 4, 2009 in Mission Hills, CA. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Gloria Fuentes, 57-years-old, stands near the area where her granddaughter Edith Moreno, 12-years-old, was stabbed to death. Fuentes was collecting recycling when she returned to her home on Irvine Ave in N. Hollywood on Wednesday to find LAPD officers investigating the murders of granddaughters Edith and Diana Moreno and the wounding of their mother Antonia Gomez, 38-years-old. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
The helicopter landing pad atop the new Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in Los Angeles. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
Monte Cristo Gold Mine caretaker Dennis sits on a bench near the destroyed Hidden Springs Cafe in the Angeles National Forest on Angeles Highway Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Dennis who lives nearby attempted to battle flames from the Station Fire that destroyed the cafe before being force to leave. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
US Forest Service firefighters work to keep flames from the Station Fire away from homes in Tujunga Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)
A tiger waits to be evacuated from the Wildlife WayStation in the Angeles National Forest above the San Fernando Valley on Little Tujunga Canyon Road. (Hans Gutknecht/LA Daily News)