This year the MLB All-Star game was played at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The weather cleared up for a warm evening game. This is the third time the game has been played at Angel Stadium. The National League Team won for the first time in 14 years. Here is a picture of the game.

Every year the San Diego County Fair is held at the Del Mar Race Track. It is a huge fair that last for three weeks. This is the second year that I have photographed the fair and just like last year, weather was an issue. It finally cleared and I was amazed to see the amount of people that showed up to enjoy it. What a great way to spend the forth of July.

In the surfing community, the celebration of a surfers life takes place in the ocean. The surfers form a circle hold hands, talk, and throw flowers in the water. This took place recently in Malibu, right next to the Malibu pier. It was early morning, an overcast sky with a good swell. A special memorial for a local surfer.

March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California has a great air museum with 70 historic aircraft on display. Since this museum is an Air Force Facility, it was able to obtain all these aircraft like the SR71 to the B26 and many others. March Air Base was established in 1918, before World War 1 and was used for final training before Pacific duty in World War 2.

Los Angeles County Department of Beaches is involved in a program where children have painted all 156 of the county's lifeguard towers. Having been a former beach lifeguard I spent many summers working in these and they were never much to look at until now. This one just north of the Santa Monica pier has fish painted on the roof. Now the lifeguard towers are much more colorful then all the umbrellas on the beach. I would be fun to see all of them.

Memorial Day turned out to be a beautiful day in Los Angeles. I took a flight to remember why this was a holiday. I saw ceremonies and events throughout the city. The beaches were packed and all the colorful umbrellas looked beautiful from above. This picture is of the National Cemetery in West Los Angeles. What is sobering to me is the size of this cemetery especially in relation to all the people at the ceremony.

The only way I'm ever going to be on top in Las Vegas is when I fly over it. It was a beautiful calm day, and a slow time for the air traffic controllers. So I was able to fly around the strip and take pictures. From the air you are able to see the how all the hotels are lined up and very accessible to each other. The main airport is only a few blocks away which makes it convenient to get in and out of. Here is a picture looking south down the strip with all the hotels and the airport.

Southern California has its share of big brush fires every year. This year we had a pretty good rainy season which makes for a lot more new foliage growth and more to burn. This photograph looks like a controlled fire burn with the forestry service in training. It was a good day in that it wasn't too hot and the humidity level was high.

I was flying up in the Central Valley and came across this. I don't know what is in the water to makes these colors. It is like abstract art, the more you look the more you wonder.

This is a great time of year to go out to the desert and see the wildflowers. The date to see them is dependent on the rainfall and weather patterns. I was up yesterday flying over the California Poppy Reserve in the Antelope Valley. What a spectacular sight. Easily accessible by car as you can drive right up to the wildflowers.