LAPD tests electric motorcycles.
Yes, that’s me on the bike in the last shot. Never trust a GoPro.
Border Patrol’s latest tool: Deterrence
I went to los Dos Nogales to report this with the border beat reporter. This was back when the AP let packages drone on for 4:13 with two (count ’em, 2!) reporter stand-ups for the right story. That one in front of the courthouse was shot in 109F heat!
The birthplace of the pluot: Floyd Zaiger’s farm
California fruit breeder perfects peaches and plums By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Associated Press MODESTO, Calif. (AP) – Enjoyed a crisp white peach or a juicy plum this past summer? Chances are that 85-year-old Floyd Zaiger was behind them in some way, through his disease-resistant root stocks, groundbreaking hybrids or commercial varieties that arrive in […]
Bilingual black church in LA puts the ‘hola’ in holy
Blacks, Latinos pray together at traditionally African American Pentecostal church in changing LA neighborhood By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES – The black choir clapped and swayed, propelled by the organ’s groove and drums’ beat as gospel music filled the tiny New Life in Christ Church on Compton Avenue. The rhythm […]
Outlaw Urban Farmers
VIDEO: City chickens in the shadow of downtown LA Urban farmers fight nationwide to sow green biz By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Tara Kolla fancied herself a green thumb-turned-green businesswoman when she planted an organic flower plot in her yard and sold poppies, sweet peas and zinnias at […]
I love a parade: Video and deadline print
I shot and edited the video, then I woke up ungodly early on New Year’s morning to cover the parade and write the story below. ‘Real hero’ Sullenberger leads 2010 Rose Parade By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Associated Press Writer PASADENA, Calif. – After a run of celebrity grand marshals, a real American hero led […]
Man eats his way around the world in L.A.
Culinary tourist eats his way around the world in Los Angeles By Raquel Maria Dillon | ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Noah Galuten spent the past three months eating his way around the world – all within a day’s drive of his Santa Monica apartment. The 25-year-old playwright was broke and unemployed when […]
Current TV: Afghan Rodeo
I found this story idea, then shot, produced, edited and sold it to Current TV. Their producers provided the titlecard typeface, the stock photos and the music.
Strike reveals lack of women writers
As recent picket lines suggest, female writers are still relatively scarce in Hollywood By Raquel Maria Dillon | ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) _ As Hollywood’s striking scribes ventured out to their picket lines over the last two months, it’s been plain to see – female writers are outnumbered by their male colleagues. “I’m surprised […]