Photo essay: KATU heads for Pasadena
PORTLAND, Ore. – Follow KATU's Katy Brown, Steve Dunn and Anna Song as they make their way from Portland to Pasadena, Calif. The news van left Portland Monday morning.
The KATU team will be bringing you live reports from Pasadena, the home of the Rose Bowl, starting Tuesday on KATU News. On Jan. 1, the University of Oregon Ducks will be taking on the Ohio State Buckeyes for the Rose Bowl championship.
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The KATU News van loaded up for the trip to Pasadena, Calif., on Monday morning. |
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Refueling in Yreka: KATU remote truck driver Justin Gurrad fueling up in northern California Monday afternoon as the van makes its way from Portland to Pasadena. |
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The KATU News van with 525.9 miles down, 443.9 miles to go. |
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We're here! The view from the KATU News van as it's driving into Los Angeles. |
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Well, we rolled into the hotel at 2:50 a.m. Unfortunately we can't check in until 5 a.m. so we had to wait it out for two hours before we could get into a nice comfortable bed after driving 17 hours. So close, yet so far away. |
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The view from the KATU news van as we pull into the Rose Bowl parking lot to join the sports network broadcast trucks. |
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KATU Photographer Mike Ranweiler makes his way inside the Rose Bowl. |
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Setting up for the big day, Jan. 1, on the Rose Bowl field. |
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Media Day on Wednesday at The Marriott hotel in Pasadena, Calif. KATU Sports Anchor Katy Brown and KATU Photojournalist Mike Rosborough are somewhere in that crowd. |
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University of Oregon Football Coach Chip Kelly addresses the cameras at the podium for the Ducks' Media Day on Wednesday in California. |
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It's raining in Pasadena! On Wednesday, production crews put the finishing touches on the broadcast booths that television networks use to broadcast the Rose Bowl Parade. |
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KATU Weekend Anchor Anna Song hits Santa Monica, and spots these welcome posters posted at businesses throughout the California town. |
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KATU Weekend Anchor Anna Song snapped this photo of Ducks Coach Chip Kelly along with Jeremiah Masoli and other University of Oregon football players at a rainy pep rally at Santa Monica Pier. |
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KATU Anchor Steve Dunn tapes the segment of the news known as a "tease" explaining he'll be reporting from the Rose Parade float barn live during KATU News. |
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The floats are going up all around the KATU crew as the floatbuilders get ready for Friday's Rose Bowl Parade. |
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This is what it looks like to be the guy gluing a piece of flower to a replica of a bird. It's very intricate work. |
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Behind the scenes at the Rose Bowl: KATU News Producer Tracey Lam snaps this shot of some of the flowers used in the making of the parade floats late Wednesday. |
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Oregon coach Chip Kelly (right) and Ohio State coach Jim Tressel (left) make nice and pose for a photo-op with the Rose Bowl trophy. Actually, they are both nice guys. What, no visor, Chip? |
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A Rose Bowl sign on the grounds of the stadium. We'll see on Friday if they got the helmet color right. |
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KATU News anchor and reporter Anna Song got a snap with CNN's talk maven Larry King on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif. |
