June 2019 Winners
Khai Le
Entertainment
1st Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
HM
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2nd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
3rd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Feature
1st Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
HM
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
2nd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
3rd Place
Jennifer Cappuccio Maher / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
General News
1st Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
HM
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
2nd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
3rd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
Portrait
1st Place
Thomas R Cordova / Long Beach Post
2nd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
3rd Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
Photo Essay
1st Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
![Eddie Tafolla, 25, picks daughter Nevaeh, 5, up from pre-k along with other children from the shelter and brings them back to the Village of Hope. Other parents take her to school in the morning while he goes to class to earn his GED. Tafolla has be](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480785555-7X80JCLNW1BIG1YP8953/06_BeingDad_MS-01.jpg)
![Eddie Tafolla comforts Vincent, 5, who has a meltdown at the end of a long day. Tafolla was having trouble getting his three children, including Nevaeh, 4, and Nano, 3, to bed.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480782329-US4DPCL6SBJPQBP3YUAR/06_BeingDad_MS-02.jpg)
![Eddie Tafolla works on completing his GED at the Village of Hope with the help of Linda Biedermann, educator and vocational program coordinator.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480784330-PRP3261IAOPNSCLDG9WA/06_BeingDad_MS-03.jpg)
![Residents at Village of Hope have to take a breath test whenever they go outside the security gates. "There are cameras everywhere," Eddie Tafolla says. "They watch you like a hawk." Residents can take the test several times each day.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480785854-0T3QWFX1M5S9IX16UX0S/06_BeingDad_MS-04.jpg)
![Eddie Tafolla makes the rounds as a janitor at the Village of Hope in Tustin. Residents are given jobs and kept on a strict schedule.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480786921-FTVJFQZLHHBTHOJ6H6LJ/06_BeingDad_MS-05.jpg)
![The Village of Hope runs a tight ship, Eddie Tafolla says. "You need permission for to bring anything in. Every single thing is done by pass." He asks on the form, "May I please have a DVD player for my children. Please there's 3 of them and only on](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480787337-RDACDBNVQ36ROFR4RAZ3/06_BeingDad_MS-06.jpg)
![Eddie Tafolla reads "The Jolly Steamship," when his children return home from school. "I'll make dishy jelly fishy," he reads awkwardly. "Call me squishy if you wishy."](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480788866-4VE878IB4V0FBZJ0V4EV/06_BeingDad_MS-07.jpg)
![Eddie Tafolla is on a strict morning schedule. He wakes at 4:55 am, irons school clothes, wakes his three children for showers at 5:40. Vincent, 5, is allowed 15 minutes, Nevaeh, 4, and Nano, 3, get 10 minutes. While they shower, Eddie makes the bed](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480788862-54ZYTHRHW1MEDWTV83RU/06_BeingDad_MS-08.jpg)
![Eddie Tafolla, left, plays some one-on-one with fellow Village of Hope resident Xandro Tinajero during his rare free time. Tafolla, once weighed 300 pounds during his "coach potato" days.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480791318-1CM2ROP9TLTA4MXS7V41/06_BeingDad_MS-09.jpg)
![Eddie Tafolla spends time with his youngest child, Nano, 3. His two other children, Vincent, 5, and Nevaeh, 4, are away for the summer with their grandma in Reno, Nevada.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480791098-L4VLNJ0BKJV0BP679AO0/06_BeingDad_MS-10.jpg)
![Vincent, 5, and Nevaeh Tafolla, 4, are packed and ready to go on a summer adventure with their maternal grandma,Teresa Resendez. They will stay with her inReno, Nevada until the first week in August and then will come back to the Village of Hope and](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480792378-KZKUAQPC4MML9KX6APB9/06_BeingDad_MS-11.jpg)
2nd Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
![Costumed people mix together with beach-goers before they attempted a Guinness World Record for "largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables on Sunday, June 9, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480828557-RAY96WP6OWCARRPYFKXO/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-01.jpg)
![Shannon Pooler with Xtreme Unity, plays tug-of-war before the Guinness World Record attempt in Huntington Beach on Sunday, June 9, 2019 for "largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480829172-NVFU5TZ3RX7UECP1KTVK/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-02.jpg)
![This bunch in Huntington Beach on Sunday June 9, 2019, couldn't break the Guinness World Record for "largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables" They totaled 817, a few bushels short of the 889 needed.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480832351-TVW5LS39659O8WJ9FRV0/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-03.jpg)
![Julie Toledo with the city of Huntington Beach, wears her pineapple-themed shoes on Sunday, June 9, 2019 during the Guinness World Record attempt for "largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables."](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480832126-T7S5F6RRPKUINHIIZ3W4/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-04.jpg)
![Oh, grape, they're late. Susie Hofeditz and Tom Gierhart check their watches to discover organizers are late getting started for the Guinness World Record attempt. They were trying to set a record for the "largest group of people dressed as fruits/v](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480834886-JBKLOK47OY6D2J2I12TX/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-05.jpg)
![Elena Villegas, 1, was part of the 817 who attempted a Guinness World Record attempt for "largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables in Huntington Beach on Sunday, June 9, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480834299-DPCZP48Y19U93ZJW67CD/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-06.jpg)
![Jay Bourgana and his 3-year-old son, Jack, peel off the starting line during a relay at the Huntington Beach Pier onSunday, June 9, 2019. They were at the Guinness World Record attempt for "largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480835792-FBQBINXPEFHRBI4C0AAE/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-07.jpg)
![Wilting in the sun with her dog Taquita, Hailey Transue is part of a Guinness World Record attempt in Huntington Beach on Sunday, June 9, 2019, for "largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480836246-D76GEAYKAVWJVSDQPUUY/06_FruitsAnd+Vegetables_MS-08.jpg)
3rd Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
![Puppies arrive at John Wayne Airport with their Guide Dogs of America volunteers on Saturday, June 1, 2019. The dogs are in training to become guide dogs for the blind.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480887849-YJBRIWTX0806DTK9ZBGZ/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-01-MS.jpg)
![Enzo, a Labrador retriever puppy, sniffs around the John Wayne statue on Saturday, June 1, 2019. Dogs toured John Wayne Airport during training to become a guide dogs for the blind.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480889560-FS8HJ2RMSFW54P2LHR5Z/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-02-MS.jpg)
![Guide Dogs of America volunteers take pictures of their puppies before training begins at John Wayne Airport on Saturday, June 1, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480896711-BLM23JDAOHMYT4D6P8MY/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-03-MS.jpg)
![Volunteer Charlene Gagnon gets Douglas familiar with airport procedure as she trains him to be a guide dog for the blind on Saturday, June 1, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480896763-M70S488VIPODLOSWTW8C/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-04-MS.jpg)
![Ethos a golden/lab mix, has to get searched by TSA Officer Julie Sullivan, after the puppy set of an alarm while going through security at John Wayne Airport on Saturday, June 1, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480902891-DYQT947QT35S2HQLG57S/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-05-MS.jpg)
![John Wayne Airport public affairs employee Dusky Edwards gets a kiss from Harry during the puppy's potty break. He was there training to be a guide dog on Saturday, June 1, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480902663-6PPEP7RAK5V3V0LPN4B2/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-06-MS.jpg)
![Puppies preparing to be guide dogs for the blind are exposed to the goings-on at John Wayne Airport as part of their training on Saturday, June 1, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480908929-2MLT50NZL8FV1C3WA7PD/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-07-MS.jpg)
![A guide dog and its trainer relax at the John Wayne Airport statue before training begins on Saturday, June 1, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1582480907043-8XVAYU87T3A1D033TMRY/06_SeeingTheir+Way_MS-08-MS.jpg)
Sport Action
1st Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2nd Place
Keith Birmingham / Pasadena Star News
3rd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Sport Feature
1st Place
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
2nd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
3rd Place
Jennifer Cappuccio Maher / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Spot News
1st Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
2nd Place
Thomas R Cordova / Long Beach Post
3rd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise - 765
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 580
Thomas R Cordova / Long Beach Post - 400
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance - 305
Keith Birmingham / Pasadena Star News - 230
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register - 225
Michael Coons / The Acorns Newspapers - 85
Joe Fanaselle / Freelance - 60
Ed Crisostomo / Freelance - 60
Jennifer Cappuccio Maher / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 65
Watchara Phomicinda / The Press-Enterprise - 30
Ronen Tivony / Freelance - 30
Dan Watson / Santa Clarita Valley Signal - 30
Libby Cline Birmingham / Freelance - 30
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times - 40
Cindy Yamanaka / The Press Enterprise - 10
Jeff Gritchen / Orange County Register - 05