Mel Melcon

Feb 11, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Mel Melcon |Raul Roa |Genaro Molina |Robert Gauthier |Allen J. Schaben

The setting sun is reflected off the San Gabriel Mountains and the downtown L.A. skyline on Saturday night. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Last week's storm brought fresh snow to Southern California's mountains. The early February storm delivered rain to much of the region but meant days of snow for mountain communities. People view the Los Angeles skyline Saturday against a backdrop of snow-capped San Gabriel mountains from Kenneth Hahn Recreational Area in Baldwin Hills.

Feb 11, 2024 | latimes.com | Mel Melcon |Raul Roa |Genaro Molina |Robert Gauthier |Allen J. Schaben |Brian van der Brug

Last week’s storm brought fresh snow to Southern California’s mountains. The early February storm delivered rain to much of the region but meant days of snow for mountain communities. People view the Los Angeles skyline Saturday against a backdrop of snow-capped San Gabriel mountains from Kenneth Hahn Recreational Area in Baldwin Hills. People take a sunset cruise Saturday through Huntington Harbor with a view of the snow-capped San Gabriel mountains.

Jan 23, 2024 | azdailysun.com | Mel Melcon

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Jan 1, 2024 | auburnpub.com | Mel Melcon

California is lucky to have beautiful, diverse and ecologically rich mountains, foothills, coastline and desert, including dozens of national parks and monuments that draw tens of millions of visitors each year. Samantha Alvarez of Boyle Heights stands near Millard Falls at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. A proposal calls for expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by roughly 100,000 acres. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Dec 9, 2023 | bismarcktribune.com | Mel Melcon |Kelvin Kuo

Most politicians caught with their tail between their legs are voted out of office or run out of town, but not the mayor of Idyllwild, California. Here the top dog is an actual dog — a 1-year-old, full grown American purebred golden retriever with the legal name of Maximus Mighty-Dog Mueller III. People call him Mayor Max.