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Steve Giralt
The journalism world lost a rising star this weekend.
Mando Montaño was as smart as he was funny. I remember the two of us running around all over Tucson looking for a person whose name we forgot to get for a caption. While we never got it, we did come up with a running (and totally inappropriate) joke that keeps me laughing to this day. Mando was speeding through the industry and I’ll miss watching him kick ass.
Washington Post: Armando Montano, AP summer intern, dies in Mexico City at age 22
(Photo: Daniel Woolfolk/New York Times Institute)

The journalism world lost a rising star this weekend.

Mando Montaño was as smart as he was funny. I remember the two of us running around all over Tucson looking for a person whose name we forgot to get for a caption. While we never got it, we did come up with a running (and totally inappropriate) joke that keeps me laughing to this day. Mando was speeding through the industry and I’ll miss watching him kick ass.

Washington Post: Armando Montano, AP summer intern, dies in Mexico City at age 22

(Photo: Daniel Woolfolk/New York Times Institute)

Carsyn Jones, 5, of Gilbert, AZ, watches as Lynne Seabloom, of the Oceanside Fire Department, demonstrates hands-only CPR during Sidewalk CPR Day in Oceanside.
Paramedics taught people to sing the Bee Gees song “Staying Alive” to help keep a rhythm during chest compressions instead of counting.
That’s an especially useful technique for kids, said Brady Falk, 10, of Chandler, AZ.
“We’re not good at math and we don’t like to count,” he joked. 
 Read more on Patch: Staying Alive: Firefighters Teach CPR to Market Goers
(PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, June 7, 2012.)

Carsyn Jones, 5, of Gilbert, AZ, watches as Lynne Seabloom, of the Oceanside Fire Department, demonstrates hands-only CPR during Sidewalk CPR Day in Oceanside.

Paramedics taught people to sing the Bee Gees song “Staying Alive” to help keep a rhythm during chest compressions instead of counting.

That’s an especially useful technique for kids, said Brady Falk, 10, of Chandler, AZ.

“We’re not good at math and we don’t like to count,” he joked. 

 Read more on Patch: Staying Alive: Firefighters Teach CPR to Market Goers

(PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, June 7, 2012.)


Oceanside businesswoman Jeanine Newman-Reynolds, owner of Summer Vaughn Swimwear, designs the Big Boobie Bikini.


(PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, May 30, 2012.)

Read more: New Oceanside Store Unveils ‘Big Boobie Bikini’

Oceanside businesswoman Jeanine Newman-Reynolds, owner of Summer Vaughn Swimwear, designs the Big Boobie Bikini.
(PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, May 30, 2012.)

Dancers of Organizacion Tecomaxtlahuaqueña dance at a Day of the Dead ceremony at the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside.

(PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, Oct. 30, 2011.)

View the Gallery: The Living Celebrate the Dead at Dia de los Muertos

Dancers of Organizacion Tecomaxtlahuaqueña dance at a Day of the Dead ceremony at the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside.

(PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, Oct. 30, 2011.)

View the Gallery: The Living Celebrate the Dead at Dia de los Muertos

Noel Sean Myers, 50, was arrested by Oceanside Police officers after a three-hour standoff with the SWAT team. The officers were serving a warrant on him for allegedly elderly abuse. (PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, May 10, 2012.)

Read more and view a gallery: Man Arrested by SWAT Engaged in Suspicious Activity

Noel Sean Myers, 50, was arrested by Oceanside Police officers after a three-hour standoff with the SWAT team. The officers were serving a warrant on him for allegedly elderly abuse. (PHOTO: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, May 10, 2012.)


Dylan McIlvain, 12, of San Clemente, rides a wave with Jon “J.P.” Peterson’s support. That day was the first time Dylan—who has autism—has attempted to surf since he had a bad experience two years ago. (Photo: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, May 22, 2012.)

Read More: Children with Autism Learn to Surf, Feel Empowered

Dylan McIlvain, 12, of San Clemente, rides a wave with Jon “J.P.” Peterson’s support. That day was the first time Dylan—who has autism—has attempted to surf since he had a bad experience two years ago. (Photo: Daniel Woolfolk/Camp Pendleton Patch, May 22, 2012.)