Jose Carlos Fajardo

Features: Everyday Life

Othalie Graham performs as Princess Turandot during Festival Opera's production of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
Bob Cuneo, Butch Cobiseno and Marc Vitamanti participate during a gunfight reenactment in Clayton, Calif
   
Holy Ghost Festival queen Tanya DeBorba stand still as her mother Maria DeBorba helps fix her dress from underneath during a portrait photo session in Brentwood, Calif.
     
  
Shag Beeson falls off an inflatable bull riding ride while attending a fundraiser in Danville, Calif.
  
Fireworks explode in the sky behind the Ferris wheel at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, Calif.
   
Graduates Katerina Schreck shares a moment with boyfriend Patrick Lyon before the start of graduation ceremonies for the Northgate High School class of 2009.
     
  
Ko Blix walks among the crosses during a vigil marking the anniversary of the start of the U.S. war in Iraq at the Lafayette crosses memorial.
   
Oakland Police officers walk onto the field during a special pre-game ceremony honoring the four slain Oakland Police officers before the start of the Oakland Athletics home opener against the Seattle Mariners.
   
Sarah Ting soaks in some rays with her mom Carol Walker as they lay on the grass along the Lafayette Reservoir.
     
  
"Kalie" a 14-year old Brussells Griffin sits in her owners bag.
   
A rainbow appears at Creekside Park after a rainstorm in Brentwood, Calif.
  
The hood ornament of a 1937 Packard, owned by Gary Anderson, from Dublin, sits in the parking lot at the summit of Mount Diablo, Calif.
     
  
A hawk soars through the sky as rain clouds cover the summit of Mount Diablo in Martinez, Calif.
   
Model trains sit in the yard at the Diablo Valley Lines Railroad operated by the Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
Labor Ready employee Alfredo Gomez, from Pittsburg, sweeps puddles of water inside the still under construction Albertson's grocery store in Pittsburg, Calif.
     
  
Mohammed Turdy Niaz, from Concord, prays at the Islamic Center of Contra Costa in Concord, Calif.
  
With candles in hand, about 40 people gather on the stairs of the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts to remember friends and family members who have died of AIDS in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
Animal Services officer Nicole Baptist keeps an eye on two cows that somehow escaped from their enclosed farmland and now graze on someone's front lawn in Pittsburg, Calif.
     
  
A graduate turns back to smile at a fellow classmate as the class of 2009 wait for the start of the 146th Saint Mary's College High School graduation ceremonies.
   
Surrounded by fallen leaves, Greg Antonovich, from Walnut Creek, reads his book at Civic Park in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
Sophia Grossi, from Ukiah, holds the leash of her Boston Terrier named Logan after competing in a Puppy Match competition sponsored by the Contra Costa County Kennel Club in Antioch, Calif.
     
  
Lightning bolts strike the surrounding area west of the Pleasant Hill BART station in Pleasant Hill, Calif.
   
Bill Batty, from Walnut Creek, maneuvers his stunt kite into a spiral turn during an afternoon of kite flying at the Martinez Marina in Martinez, Calif.
   
A young girl plays with a discarded vacuum cleaner in Antioch, Calif.
     
  
A young girl plays basketball in her backyard in Tulelake, Calif.
   
A full moon seems to be rolling down the hills of Mt. Diablo in Concord, Calif.
   
Davon Hamilton , age 8, and his brother Dujuan Glover, age 9, swing on the monkey bars after the playground became flooded with rain water in Antioch, Calif.
     
  
Cast members Krista Lettko, Jenny Johnson and Libby Andrada stand backstage during a performance of The Nutcracker at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, Calif.
   
Kirk Goddard, from Incline Village, and his daughter Chloe, age 13 months, feed the birds at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
The Sierra mountains can be seen through the window of one of two Military Police sentry posts at the entrance of the Manzanar National Historic Site in Manzanar, Calif.
     
  
Tara, a 4 year old Pitt Bull Terrier, leaps into the air to catch a tennis ball in Antioch, Calif.
   
Salvador Villa, from Martinez, feeds bread to hundreds of pigeons while taking a break from work in Martinez, Calif.
   
Arnold Stellena, from Santa Rosa, flys a kite during the San Ramon Art and Wind Festival in San Ramon, Calif.
     
  
Forrest Steele III, age 7, from Concord, rides in his grandfather's fully restored 1941 Chevy during the Walnut Festival Twilight Parade in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
Kiana Cagalawan, age 5, and Bailee Smallwood, age 5, react to the crowd during the Walnut Festival Twilight Parade in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
Briones 4-H Club member Anthony Cannon, age 10, from Martinez, says goodbye to his pig "Snuffy's Angel" before going to slaughter in Antioch, Calif.
     
  
Madilyne Cragin, age 7, Avery Conrad, age 5, and her brother Reece Conrad, age 8, try to balance on one leg during Yoga For Kids class in Walnut Creek, Calif.
   
Nicole Tittmann, from Concord, holds her son Charlie, age 1, in the foyer during Latin Mass in Oakland, Calif.
   
Comic juggler and performer Dana Smith watches as "Lacey", a 9-year old Jack Russell Terrier, leaps over six kids in Martinez, Calif.
     
  
Altar boy Matthias Karleskind, age 10, from Brentwood, lets out a big yawn during Latin Mass in Brentwood, Calif.
   
Mariachi Halcones band member Esteban Rupesio, from Oakland, waits for the curtain to open during a concert honoring Cesar Chavez at Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, Calif.