Obama: San Gabriel Mountains
The President walks to the stage while photographers and guests snap photographs on cameras and phones.
The proclamation and presidential pens are placed on stage before President Barack Obama designates part of the San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument, October 10, 2014.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department patrol helicopter N95OLA circles Puddingstone Lake and the area where President Obama was scheduled to give his speech and sign the proclamation designating a portion of the San Gabriel Mountains as the 8th largest National Monument under the care of the U.S. Forest Service.
U.S. Representative for California's 27th congressional district Judy Chu gives an interview to NBC4 News while guests arrive for the designation of part of the San Gabriel Mountain range as a national monument.
The proclamation and presidential pens sit on the President's signing table next to the podium where President Obama gave his speech before signing the proclomation to designate part of the San Gabriel Mountains as a national Monument. The President used multiple pens to sign the document.
Police security detail head around the perimeter to the back of the stage area. They spent some time out of sight and eventually a few of the officers came out and inspected the stage and boundary areas.
Sharp shooters set up a watch post on a hill behind the media risers before President Barack Obama’s speech designating a portion of the San Gabriel Mountain range as a national monument on Friday, Oct. 10 at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park.
President Barack Obama designates a portion of the San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument, on Friday at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas. The designation of the San Gabriel National Monument is part of Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative and the first step in preserving, resorting and permanently protecting the only large-scale space available for Los Angeles county residents.
President Barack Obama speaks Friday, Oct. 10 at San Dimas’ Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park. In the distance are Ontario Peak and Cucamonga Peak. Though these two mountains are east of the newly protected area and not part of the designated national monument, they are part of the San Gabriel Mountain range.
President Obama stops and calls local civic officials up to the stage before he signs the proclamation to designate a portion of the San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument.
President Barack Obama signs a proclamation to designate over 300,000 acres of the San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument, on Friday at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas. Obama invited some of the local civic officials in attendance, including U.S. Representatives Grace Napolitano and Judy Chu, to join him on the platform during the signing.
President Obama leaves the stage to mingle with the guests after his speech and the signing of the proclamation. Patrons shook his hand, snapped pictures and laughed with the President.
For "Campus Times"