Not my life, but my career (A front row seat on history)
By Les Rose, 2021
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Disaster Coverage I Shot and Produced
- 2011 Gabrielle Giffords shootings in Tucson, AZ (41 days of straight coverage)
- 2001 9/11 Coverage in Shankesville, PA and New York, NY
- 2000 Alaska Air crash (off Santa Barbara)
- 1994 Northridge Earthquake and numerous others
- 1993 Malibu firestorms
- 1992 Los Angeles Riots
- 1992 Hurricane Iniki in Hawaii and many in Florida
- 1991 Oakland firestorms
- 1986 Cerritos Air Disaster, Cerritos, California
- 1980 Skyway Bridge Disaster in Florida
MAJOR TRIALS COVERED
- 2011 The Dr. Conrad Murray Trial (Michael Jackson’s Doctor)
- 2007 OJ Simpson Preliminary Trial in Las Vegas
- 2005 The Robert Blake Trial
- 1994 OJ Simpson trials (final year on the first, six months of the second)
- 1993 The Michael Jackson Molestation Trial
- 1992 The Rodney King Trial
- 1989 The Menendez Brothers Trial
OTHER MEMORABLE ASSIGNMENTS
- 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs
- 2013 The Bankruptcy of the Crystal Cathedral
- 2013 Los Angeles Diocese Priest Molestation Scandal
- 2012 Death of Whitney Houston
- 2012 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Los Angeles
- 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs
- 2010 World Series
- 2009 NBA Playoffs
- 2008 Five network pool cameraman for five weeks on the road with candidate Barack Obama
- 2007 Democratic Debate in Las Vegas, NV
- 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs
- 2006 President Ford’s funeral
- 2005 Jet Blue Landing
- 2003 Super Bowl XVIII
- 2003 Arnold for Governor Campaign
- 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII
- 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII
- 2002 World Series
- 2002 American Idol finals (Covered every final set of shows until 2012)
- 2001 California Energy Crisis and Enron
- 2001 LAPD Rampart Police Scandal
- 2001 NBA Playoffs
- 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles
- 2000 NBA Playoffs
- 1999 Columbine High School shootings
- 1998 Eight days in Nagano, Japan studying Japanese culture (for the Winter Olympics)
- 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
- 1996 Kurt Gibson’s Home Run during the World Series in Los Angeles
- 1996 Super Bowl XXX
- 1991 Dr. Jonas Salk announcing testing of an AIDS vaccine on humans
- 1989 World Series
- 1988 NBA Playoffs
- 1988 World Series
- 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta
- 1987 NBA Playoffs
- 1986 Hostage David Jacobsen’s release to a US hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany
- 1986 Twelve Academy Awards Presentations (Covered every Award Presentation from 1986 to 1997)
- 1985 Undefeated Chicago Bears VS. Miami Dolphins
- 1984 Super Bowl XVIII
- 1984-86 Civil Wars of Nicaragua and El Salvador for NBC News
- Nine Grammy Awards and Five MTV Awards
INTERVIEWS OF NOTE
- Alanis Morissette
- Amy Van Dyken, Olympian
- Angelina Jolie
- B. King
- Betty White
- Beyonce’
- Billy Crystal
- Bob Barker
- Bob Hope
- Bonnie Raitt
- Buckminster Fuller
- Carlos Santana
- Carol Burnett
- Carole King
- Caroll Shelby
- Celine Dion
- Charlton Heston
- Cheech Marin
- Cheryl Ladd
- Chuck Yeager
- Clint Eastwood
- Clive Davis
- David Crosby
- David Letterman
- Devo
- Don Johnson
- Don Johnson
- Eddie Van Halen
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Emilio Estevez
- Eric Clapton
- Gary Larson (The Far Side)
- George Burns
- Gerald Ford
- Gladys Knight
- Graham Nash
- Hugh Hefner
- Jack Lemon
- Jackson Browne
- James Taylor
- Jay Leno
- Jimmy Buffet
- Jimmy Carter
- Julia-Louis Dreyfus
- Katy Perry
- k d lang
- Kenneth Branagh
- Kiefer Sutherland
- KISS
- Kobe Bryant
- Larry Flynt
- Laurence Fishburne
- Leon Russell
- Magic Johnson
- Mariah Carey
- Martha Stewart
- Martin Sheen
- Mel Gibson
- Mick Fleetwood
- Mike Tyson
- Morris Day
- Nancy Reagan
- Neil Armstrong
- Neil Diamond
- Nicolas Cage
- Oscar Winning Producer Harvey Weinstein
- Paula Abdul
- Quincy Jones
- Raquel Welch
- Reba McIntire
- Richard Branson
- Ringo Starr
- Rob Reiner
- Rosa Parks
- Sam Kinison
- Shaquille O’Neal
- Sir Elton John
- Sir George Martin
- Sonny Bono
- Steven Spielberg
- Steve Wozniak (Apple Co-Founder)
- Telly Savalas
- The Cast of Hawaii 5-0 (2011)
- The members of Lady Antebellum
- Tito Puente
- Tom Hanks
- Tommy Lasorda
- Ty Murray
- Walter Cronkite
- Wayne Newton
- William Shatner/ Leonard Nimoy