Comments by "roachtoasties" (@roachtoasties) on "KCAL News" channel.

  1. This has been going on for decades. Nothing new. If homeowners had their way, any access to walk to the beach would be fenced off.
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  2. Don't eat raw oysters at a fancy restaurant, at a food festival or in your house. The oysters don't care.
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  3. My first job was at a Taco Bell in the Valley. It was decades ago. They told us during robberies just give them the money. It's not worth losing your life over what's in the register. For counterfeit money, it's different. If the money is counterfeit, don't accept it. I remember accepting a $20 from this big guy who gave it to me rolled up in a ball. It look counterfeit to me, but I took it. The guy look totally unstable. A short time later, during an employee meeting, the manager told us the bank didn't accept a bill that was counterfeit, and said we should be looking at the money more carefully, and if we were unsure, ask a supervisor/manager. I didn't say a word. Even in my late teens, when I was working there, I knew I didn't want to lose my life over this near minimum wage job. At night, there are a lot of crazy customers. You got to be careful.
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  4. If he's in critical condition but managed to initially run away I'm thinking he had severe injuries but it took a few minutes for them to incapacitate him.
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  5. Why do I have a feeling that Trader Joe's doesn't care if she never comes back, and in fact will be glad if she doesn't return?
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  6. I don't know how many people were asleep in there, but anyone in any of the bedrooms or rooms in that collapsed portion, don't look like they had a chance. :(
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  7. What do you expect when you spend $1.98 for a ticket on the cattle car of the sky?
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  8. It's whatever makes him happy, but it's probably not the best thing to do with your money if you need to sell your house to buy a seat license. I would just take my chances and see what tickets I could buy for games I want to attend, even $5,000 for the Super Bowl. There's no guarantee the Rams will be in the Super Bowl again, or when the Super Bowl will be back at SoFi.
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  9. " A pedestrian was trying to cross the street." What? That's a freeway. Pedestrians are not allowed.
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  10. It's probably not TSA type of security. Just people they literally hire from off the streets to help with the show for the evening. Who are you going to hold accountable? Some unknown temporary employee that they paid $15 an hour to casually look in people's bags.
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  11. When I saw the title, "Man arrives without a ticket at LAX," I thought just go to the counter and buy one. Problem solved. Anyway, whether it's humans or technology, or in Copenhagen or L.A., nothing is perfect. Somehow he managed to sneak through.
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  12. That should be a slam-dunk case to win. There's no reason for the crap to be beat out of him. Why not any charges filed against the deputies? It's obvious from the video he wasn't in the vehicle that was being chased. Dumb and arrogant cops. If I was beating the crap out of someone, mistaken identity or not, I would be arrested.
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  13. It's sad, but 17 years is old for a cat. Also, it's not news it's hot this time of year, in L.A., and beyond hot in the Persian Gulf. That said, the airline shouldn't have accepted the cat for traveling with cargo this time of year. Very stressful, and dangerous, for many pets. Couldn't the cat be in a pet carrier with the passenger?
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  14. I've seen the whole video, before TV stations removed them from YouTube. The guy jumped out of the car and then I could see how his head swung back and hit the pavement at 45 MPH. That probably killed him immediately. It became more apparent when a CHP officer dragged the man from the street. There was blood in the street where his body was (probably gushing out of his head), and he was only lying there for about a minute. After that the video showed an officer giving him chest compressions.
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  15. How did they not know the tiles where there but were probably under the carpet? Carpet doesn't last decades and must have been replaced numerous times.
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  16. If it works (I doubt it) they'll need to put the dots at every intersection. I don't really think people burning rubber in intersections are looking for a smooth drive. As they're doing donuts, tearing up the street, they'll tear the dots right off the pavement. :/
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  17. It's disgusting. Businesses doing this should be immediately shut down. I would think restaurants wouldn't want their trash dumped in the same neighborhood the restaurants are located. Do people really want to eat at restaurants where garbage is piled high in the streets?
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  18. Well, there are witnesses saying he was doing burnouts. Who are you going to believe? Burnouts, donuts, sideshows, street takeovers, etc. Whatever you want to call them, it's gotten out of control.
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  19. She's doing a better job driving on the freeway with three wheels than the other drivers who have four. 😶
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  20. Nobody is forcing people to go to a farmers market. If it's too crowded, turn-around and go someplace else.
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  21. YouTube could hit him where it hurts and close down his YouTube channel, but I doubt they'll do it.
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  22. I was watching this on TV yesterday and was thinking to myself that stage doesn't look safe for that very reason, even without knowing about the fall. Who designed this and thought that was OK? They all should be looking for work.
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  23. $7,000 - $30,000 a ticket. I don't think I have to tell anyone I'll be watching from home.
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  24. Why is the observation area closed down? For Pete's sake, the top floor of the parking garages around the Theme Building are almost that height. They're not closed. What's the security issue? To have it designated as an historic landmark, and then not using it for anything, makes no sense.
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  25. I've always been under the impression these were part time jobs, side hustles, etc., and not some career. In any event, Dodger Stadium lets you bring your own snacks and up to a 1 liter water bottle. Bring your own food. Much cheaper too.
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  26. I've never attended Pierce, but graduated from CSUN, and have taken courses at L.A. Valley College, College of the Canyons, Santa Monica College and Cerro Coso College. Idiots from other states knock California for a ton of brain dead reasons, but the state does take care of residents' educational needs if they avail themselves of the opportunity.
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  27. I wonder what the total amount of damage is.
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  28. You do need to be realistic. I'm estimating there are about 130 In-N-Outs in Southern California. If there are two managers in each store that make a six-figure salary, that's only 260 potential job openings (assuming you need to wait for a current manager to quit, plus adding a handful of new In-In-Outs that open each year). Compare that to the population of Southern California (23.8 million) then figuring out how many people in the region are in the job market. Not many potential jobs. You'll need a Plan B, like computer software technology. Enormous job openings, along with good salaries, there. Like many of us, my first job was in fast food. It's a lot of work, long hours, and standing all the time. It's basically a young person's job. It's not something I would see myself wanting to do until 65. Unless your goal is upper management (not working all the time inside a restaurant), slinging burgers for 30 to 40 years isn't something you would want to do. At least that's my feeling. Anyway, if it's something you want to try, go ahead. Don't let me stop you. Good luck.
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  29. Some 7-Elevens play loud music in front of their stores for the same reason. It cuts down on transients and homeless hanging around. I like to listen to classical music once in a while, but not loud and certainly not all day. Metro needs to add flashing lights to the mix. Make it a disco with classical music and that will make things better. Everyone knows disco is dead. That metro station is in a crappy area. I wouldn't exit that station at night. Metro needs to force everyone off the train cars at the end of the line. The red line basically goes back and forth, and people are sleeping on the trains until they're kicked out, which could be hours. If they're kicked out after a maximum of 30 minutes, they wouldn't make the red line their home.
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  30. The traffic is as crowded as ever. If they're not going to work, where are they driving to?
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  31. My thinking is she was sleeping on the roof and rolled over and over the edge she went.
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  32. What are you going to do? Have the MTA bring the homeless to the rail yard and have them sleep there? But really, the train operator needs to empty the train each time it reaches the end of the line, whether it's Long Beach, Downtown, or elsewhere. The trains are for people commuting, not for people to sleep in for the entire time they're in service. This is, though, a nationwide problem. It's not solved by insisting the MTA (which is not a social services agency) dump these passengers anywhere but not at a stop near them. They are still homeless. The problem is not solved.
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  33. You get what you pay for. The seats on Spirit Airlines have all the comfort of being strapped into the electric chair just before they turn on the juice.
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  34. Not a cyber attack. A Big Mac Attack.
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  35. Not to be negative, but there have been other stories like this. I wonder why is he spinning his wheels, applying for schools that he has no intention of even going to? Is it just to make a TikTok or YouTube video, showing "look what I've done." Picking schools from each state is pointless. From what a recall of my high school days, I applied for three schools, got accepted to two, and that was that. He's better off putting his time into things that are at least a bit more productive.
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  36. Stupidity is not just a California thing. Since you're mentioning states, do you care to post your opinion about what just happened in Texas?
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  37. My worst experience wasn't on the L.A. Metro, but the MUNI in San Francisco. A woman boarded the streetcar going down Market Street who probably didn't bathe in a month, and also smelled like she pooped in his pants. It was so bad that I had to hold my breath and get off at the next stop, along with some other passengers. I then threw-up in the street. It was awful. The LA MTA should add hygiene standards, as some passengers do smell bad, but fortunately not as bad as what I experienced in S.F.
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  38. It's probably murder/suicide. I strongly doubt someone pushed them over. People would have heard screams, and I doubt whoever did it would vanish without a trace. There's lots of cameras at baseball parks, so there's probably video to review.
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  39. But really, such jobs are stepping stones. Unless their goal is something like restaurant management, it's not a career for 10, 20, 30 or 40 years. I'm saying this from experience. My first job was in a Taco Bell when I was a late teen. I worked there for 1 1/2 years, and moved on from that. I don't think I could have physically taken all the standing, cleaning, cooking, etc., for decades. Even at their new $20 an hour wage, it might help, but it's far from a wage for a comfortable life. Anyway, if they're happy, I guess that's all that matters.
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  40. The Helms trucks I believe were yellow, where the bakery truck drivers would drive through neighborhoods. The truck drivers would get out, open the back door, and pull out these long drawers full of bakes goods and sell the stuff for cash. Now, it's going to Ralph's and buying prepackaged days old crap.
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  41. It has to be more than 550 people a day. MTA has thousands of buses and train cars, so are they trying to tell us it's an average of a fraction of one person a day? The MTA needs to remove all remaining "passengers" from whatever train line it is at the end of line. They've been letting the homeless ride the trains back and forth all day. The trains and buses are not homeless shelters.
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  42. The earthquake was 14.6 km in depth. Water from rain doesn't seep down that far. Anyway, Ojai wasn't in the path of the real heavy rain.
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  43. It's also right next to the Men's Central Jail (0:14) so the inmates can quickly board a train out-of-here after making their escape.
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  44. Metrolink isn't heavy rail. It's commuter rail with railroad-type locomotives. That wouldn't be a solution.
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  45. From the title I thought there was a fire at an airport.
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  46. Does dumping rocks beside the tracks really help? I'm not the world's greatest geologist, but that just adds more weight to land that is already slipping. Those rocks, and everything below all those rocks, might just slip even more.
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  47. An overreaction? Now, someone who wants to cause commotion at LAX can leave a piece of luggage in the check-in area with something inside of it that smells good to dogs and just leave.
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  48. I don't feel for the guy who can't make it back up. There are plenty of reasons the roads are closed. The world doesn't revolve around him. I bet 99% of the people in Big Bear are prepared for stuff like this, so should we feel sorry for the one percent?
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  49. I'm going to guess distracted driving. Futzing with your cellphone to use Facetime, Facebook, Instagram or watch YouTube can be the culprit.
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  50. Agree. I wanted to see the train cars inside and out. Not just a bunch of people blocking my view. :/
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  51. Not unusual. These toys can be sold online or at swap meets. They don't have some sort of Lego fetish, that you seem to be laughing about.
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  52. It's the same on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and the like. Fake accounts everywhere. The fakes might outnumber the non-fakes.
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  53. I don't see why parents of Beverly Hills High School students are worried about tunneling. How long are their kids going to be attending high school? The tunneling won't reach the high school for probably six years. If their kids are that slow in school, they have something bigger to worry about. :/ Anyway, tunnels going under streets and buildings is nothing new. There are zillions of miles of metro tunnels in cities around the world, including L.A. People above aren't dying. Get real.
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  54. Has there ever been a fire, or other emergency, requiring riders to use those exits? It's like me entering a biohazard area without authorization. Anyway, Metro should clean the emergency exit areas, but riders walking through those areas with absolutely no reason to be there should be responsible for their own actions.
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  55. In case you're wondering, that's called the "Cockroach Crawl." The latest fad. Students are doing it at all the high schools and colleges. He was probably trying to get in his audition for "Dancing With the Stars," before the police handcuffed him.
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  56. Groovy light show at Union Station. Man, that is far out!
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  57. Who in the heck counts people during a hike (0:26)? That park aid who counted 2,000 people must have a boring life. :/
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  58. The problem is, if you check a month later, they'll probably be back. That's the way it is in my part of the world (the San Fernando Valley).
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  59. I don't need to ride the simulator when I was in the real thing. I lived in Northridge in 1994.
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  60. I thought they were going to break that torch in two.
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  61. There has been a decline in the quality of the food. I find that the stores are so overrun with customers that it burns out their employees. If you go through the drive-thru, double check what they put in your bag before driving off. I've got burgers through the drive-thru that were either prepared wrong, or are old and mushy, or they give you someone else's order. It's the same with the French fries. You're more likely to get old and cold fries than being served right in the store, where you get to look at your food right at the counter. As far as getting one of those top In-N-Out Manager salaries, I've read there aren't many, and it takes many, many, years to achieve. In the meantime, you're hustling and slaving away at one of their restaurants. If that's what you want and you feel you can achieve that, go ahead, but the thing is, working in a fast food restaurant is mainly a young person's job. Management involves working long hours. Physically, it's tough as you reach your 40's, 50's and beyond. I'll keep my desk job, which does pay well.
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  62. Sticking a spire on top of a building,and then claiming it's the tallest building because of that is cheating. Using the same logic, a developer can build a two story building, then put a 5,280 foot tall pole on top, and then claim it's the tallest building in the world (one mile high). Nope, that doesn't work for me.
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  63. If crime is so bad on and around Hollywood Blvd., why only those two stores were closed while other ones within walking distance are still open? This doesn't sound right. Anyway, there are enough Starbucks.
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  64. What's an "interior right engine? ( 1:25 ) Engines inside the plane must be very noisy. :/
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  65. The reporter said it was expected to be finished in 1 1/2 years. That would have been January 2019, using the posting date of this video. Instead, it only opened in October 2022, with still the part going to and past LAX at least another year away. Why such a big difference?
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  66. I've never been required to wear a life vest on the Catalina Express, or any ferry or cruise ship (except during a cruise muster drill). Obviously there are vests available if the ship gets in trouble, but passengers aren't required to wear them the entire time.
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  67. Inexperienced or experienced, anyone should know you can't drive 100 mph in a 35 mph zone, or for that matter, on any public highway, freeway or street in California. I don't think that's even mentioned in driver training courses, since it's so obvious.
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  68. Those old flip-phones that are in the back of your desk probably run on 2g. T-Mobile announced they're ending 2g support in April 2024. If they keep to that date, your old dumb phone will be a brick or a doorstop.
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  69. Obviously more than double the speed limit. Maybe triple. Just look at all the damage to buildings and the like. On another station a reporter was interviewing a nearby resident. They were saying the need for a traffic light because of speeding cars. The driver ran a red light. No matter how many traffic lights there are, it can't stop people from driving like maniacs at 100 mph.
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  70. Maybe TSA rules need to be clarified, to both the TSA staff and passengers. If one person gets to bend the rule, then everyone will want to bend the rule. Then there's that carry-on rule that liquids can't be in quantities larger than 100 ml / 3.4 oz. If you don't have a doctor's note, it's possible they might still let you through, but I wouldn't count on it. I look at this mother as just another YouTuber who wants an extra 15 minutes of fame. I'm getting tired of crap like this. I've flown dozens of flights overseas, and dealt with a variety of issues. I just deal with it and don't start posting crap to get sympathy.
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  71. What has that got to do with anything? I can assure you that sinkholes happen more in red states, because they're generally in more humid/wet states with the geology has more of this.
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  72. One thing I don't get is if you're an Uber Eats driver, and on the app the customer can see your name, license plate number, etc., how is that personal/private information? It's out there for any customer you're delivering for. If Snoop Dogg, Underdog, or whatever dog, posted your social security number, credit card numbers, and so on, that would be different.
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  73. Teens making TikTok or YouTube videos. Not really news. They're just throwing beverages at each other. In a real fight, they would be throwing punches.
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  74. The reporter meant the mountains in the Sierra Nevada may have received up to 60 feet of snow, not the Bay Area. There are some mountain peaks in the Bay Area, like Mt. Hamilton, but they only get relatively small amounts of snow. 60 feet is impossible.
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  75. Metro works in geologic time. :/
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  76. The Orange (G) Line should have been light rail all along, instead of building a busway on the cheap, which the right of way was previously a rail line. It leaves this rail line separate from everything else.
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  77. Agree. How would it be handled differently? They stopped the boat, notified search and rescue and also tried to look for him. What more can you do?
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  78. Cool. There was one during the Tokyo Olympics with 1,000 drones. How come we couldn't do better than that?
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  79. Putting spires on top of buildings and then claiming that's the building's height is cheating. Only the physical building should be counted when measuring, not including some 5,000 foot spire put on top.
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  80. If the university has the same regulations that I graduated from, while there doesn't have to be a final, there does have to be a way to grade what the students learned. If it's more quizzes, more assignments, or something else, there has to be something. Almost all my classes did have a final. There's no such thing as "congratulations all students, you all got an A because I didn't assign anything to do," although I wished that was true. There certainly wasn't TikTok back then to save me from getting a D on my finals. 🙂
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  81. Is that supposed to be funny? Someone died.
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  82. I also graduated as a Matador.
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  83. I can't tell if she has "a breathing problem through her nose," but she sure doesn't have one through her mouth. She's certainly full of hot air.
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  84. I agree and disagree. While it's part-time, it's more than three hours work per game. Setting up, people eating before the game, and cleaning up afterward, is more than three hours worth of work. It could be close to eight, but still, the Dodgers aren't playing five days per week at home all year long.
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  85. It's the way passenger rail has been built on the cheap in the U.S. Travel to Europe or Japan. Technologically superior in a million ways. That said, if the trains don't blow their horns, or they install horns with all the loudness that you get with a horn on a child's tricycle, get ready for destroyed cars, derailed trains, and human body parts along the tracks.
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  86. Those boats go quite fast, and the water can be choppy. People fall off from doing stupid things, not paying attention, being drunk, jump off, or even a railing might break. Many people have disappeared, never to be seen again, from cruise chips.
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  87. This has happened many times. People get drunk and fall off the balcony. It's extremely dark out there, and the ship is moving at a fast pace. The ocean is huge and people are tiny. If she isn't found by now, the chances of being found are very, very small. She'll end up being fish food. :/
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  88. I don't ride Metro that much, but the MTA didn't mention another bad behavior: Passengers that think not washing their clothes and only taking annual baths is sufficient. I've been on trains where one stinky passengers stinks up most of the train car.
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  89. That place has been through a lot of names over the decades. My dad used to work in there briefly. I forgot what it was called back then.
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  90. They weren't smarter than the average bear.
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  91. Lyft really should reimburse the driver, but after these companies convinced the voters that all their drivers aren't their employees, Lyft will probably do nothing except tell the driver he's in "their thoughts and prayers."
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  92. It's being moved to an underground station down the street, but things take a while.
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  93. I doubt it. The tickets are already sold. They'll be scalped until the very end as it doesn't make sense to throw out your ticket. Anyway, at $7K - $30K, please promise to shoot me if I'm that insane to buy a ticket.
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  94. All this talk about cattle has got me thinking about Outback Steakhouse. Yum.
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  95. Government overreach? What's the choice? If it doesn't rain and people use water like it doesn't matter, when the water runs out nothing will be coming out of the taps.
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  96. I've never heard of the guy. I doubt, though, this was some sort of random robbery.
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  97. Some 7-Elevens have played loud classical music for years at the entrances of their stores for the same reason. It cuts back on transients hanging around. Beethoven would be proud that his music is now used to keep quick serve markets and subways safe, neither that existed when he was alive. There's no need, though, to play the music so loud you that you can't even hear announcements or talk to anybody. That would drive away riders as well as the homeless. One question I have are homeless are often on the trains, riding them back and forth until they're kicked off. The red line trains are noisier than any music in the stations, and that doesn't stop the homeless from making them their home.
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  98. She was high as a kite.
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  99. Same here. If a restaurant manager thinks this is OK, they ought to be looking for work.
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  100. In driving through Laurel Canyon, I think some drivers think it's a freeway.
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  101. I took typing in junior high and high school. The L.A. City Schools had classrooms of electric typewriters in both schools. I never got very fast. The teachers kept telling me not to look at the keys. I had to look at the keys to keep from making too many mistakes. I typed good enough for a "B." It was always the girls in class that got "A's." Now, with computers, I do type faster. I know I'm putting my fingers on the wrong keys, but I don't need to look at the keys very much. It works for me, but my teachers would be having a fit. With smartphones, it's different. I'm typing with one finger. When I was in France, I was stuck in front of a computer keyboard. It was like I never learned to type, but worse. The letters and symbols were in different places. I was screwed.
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  102. I haven't driven to Las Vegas in a long time, but after I'm there for a few days, I can't wait to get out of there. Leave early in the morning (right after breakfast) and beat the traffic.
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  103. It's kind of hard for a cow to blend in with the crowd in L.A. and not be noticed. They have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. :(
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  104. Insurance usually defines a flood from water rising. Unless you have flood insurance you're probably not covered. If damage is caused from water falling, hurricane, wind, tornado, fire, and so on, that's in a standard homeowners policy.
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  105. I don't think you've ever been to Century City. You would change your mind if you have. There's a mall next door which is extremely successful with a unique design. It's something like 95% leased, which doesn't happen these days with all the dead malls all over the U.S. A subway station is also being constructed there, which should be opening within the next couple years.
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  106. "Bees take over Pasadena." Really? The whole city? How do bees know the Pasadena city limits? Do they have miniature GPS/GIS software in their bodies telling them where the city starts and ends?
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  107. "Newly renovated?" Nope. Newly built.
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  108. How many times does a family thinking of going out to Gladstones, Outback or Hooters for dinner decide that a food truck is better. "Honey, it's Friday night. Lets all go eat at the roach coach." It's also not like a guy trying to impress a girl will tell her "lets go eat at the roach coach." Different types of customers depending on what a customer wants. Sometimes the wait at a restaurant is way to long, so it's then the roach coach. If a restaurant doesn't have the capacity, they're not losing customers.
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  109. TikTok and YouTube should permanently take down the accounts and demonetize any account that is even remotely involved in stuff like this, even for just having advance knowledge so they can video and post it. Only then, will this dangerous crap stop.
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  110.  @unforeseencircumstances  ​ @James Kang I forgot about wasting all that money on application fees. I think when I applied (a long time ago) the fees were like $25 or $35. Now, maybe $100. I doubt my parents would have assisted me in paying for this. Of course, no TikTok or YouTube back then, to post a video on "Look What I Just Did."
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  111. It's a given sea levels will rise. The only long term solution is to build new tracks further inland. This issue isn't unique to just here. Plenty of other places on the globe are flooding where there used not to be.
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  112. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. A lot of fireworks are like small bombs. If someone survives being close to one, or handling one when it goes off, they'll probably be left missing parts of their bodies.
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  113. Let me do the math. There are approximately 66,000 homeless in L.A., and Mr. Councilman proposes $5 million do address the issue. That equals to about $75 per homeless person, which won't even get you one night at a local Motel 6. Is this supposed to help? I don't think so.
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  114. I guess they're going to try and blame it on the utility company (pipeline break). My feeling is, if there was a pipeline break, the pipe broke because of the land movement, not the other way around. Hills move. That's how they became hills. What comes up also comes down.
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  115. It's more like thousands of people work there. People are gradually coming back, post pandemic stuff.
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  116. What difference does it make? There has to be a statute of limitations here. After 18 years, any reasonable person would think what they did was OK and approved. Stupid HOAs who have nothing else better to do than annoy residents.
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  117. The police should come within minutes. They shoot holes in the tires and the city gets to keep and sell the cars. The people involved permanently lose their drivers licenses. They'll have to get used to taking the bus.
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  118. And we need the animals to scare away the transients that make the trains their home.
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  119. That's a freeway? :/
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  120. Someone just trying to make a YouTube or TikTok video. While dumb, I'm OK with that. The other stuff that's tearing things up, I'm not.
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  121. But you can't connect that gas to the gas distribution network.
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  122. Same here.
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  123. Now I want to eat a Big Mac.
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  124. I'm guessing the Infinity driver was the second car that was going fast after the Challenger slammed into the Corolla, and picked up the Challenger driver. Unless the Challenger was stolen, the police should have a good idea who knows or did this.
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  125. Agree. Even if you live in L.A. you should keep plenty of food in your home. Earthquakes and who-knows-what can happen. Are there food riots/people starving in Big Bear right now?
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  126. Supposedly, now having "rush hours" spread throughout the day would make more efficient use of the freeways and streets, but I guess not. One of the best decisions I made was to accept a transfer of my work location. Since work now is slightly more than two miles away, it was easy decision. My commute is five minutes. It's six minutes if I'm unlucky with the two traffic lights along the way. :)
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  127. The thieves might get $200 for a stolen catalytic converter, but to repair a car that had its catalytic converter cut out can cost thousands of dollars. It's not just city vehicles. Thieves are roaming the streets at night stealing them, and from other parking lots. If yours is stolen, you'll know immediately when you start your car with that exhaust tubing cut off. You'll probably be waking up the dead. :/
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  128. It's been a long, long time since I've been there. I think I'm too old for roller coasters, but been on a few there. How many visit with the goal of riding all 20 in one day?
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  129. How can this be a "rideshare?" The definition of a rideshare is the vehicle being driven by its owner, or at least someone. You're not sharing the vehicle with anyone. I wonder a couple things: Will the vehicle pull over if a cop is demanding it to for a traffic stop? These vehicles appear to be driving around town in specific areas. How would it work if I called for one of these vehicles in West Hollywood, or the Valley, and requested I be dropped off in front of Terminal 4 at LAX, and don't drive away until I load and unload all my luggage? That's a big test.
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  130.  @T128Productions  Not on a catenary system.
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  131. I vote the renter is at fault. The deck isn't designed to hold an unlimited amount of people. If the renter was so concerned about the deck, why did he let everyone go on it while ignoring the owner telling him he can't have all these people in her house? If there were only six people on the deck, it wouldn't have fell. The is a Malibu beach house, right on the ocean. It isn't rocket science that water and humidity weakens wood.
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  132. 21 sounds late to get a license to me. Rideshare apps aren't a solution to get everywhere. Public transportation also sucks in L.A. If L.A. was like Tokyo, or many European cities, you might be able to get around, go to work, and the like, by rail, but it's not.
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  133. Deliveries at work sure wouldn't work for me. Things are always lost or misdirected where I work.
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  134. Troll.
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  135. What's your point? Can you show me the studies done that show your English is better than university graduates? Maybe your English is good, but if you're going to write, write something on topic.
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  136. Pedestrians aren't allowed on the freeway.
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  137. Not really "sky high." I would say about 1 1/2 palm trees high.
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  138. Mental illness. It looks like they roam around town going through other people's and business's garbage, and take the crap back home with them.
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  139. I agree with the comments below. If the family can't get out of the house because of a mountain of snow, and the owner can't get to the house because of the same mountain of snow, how do you kick somebody out? Once the roads are clear, they'll leave and drive back down the mountain. Snow melts. It's not rocket science. The Airbnb owner should be thankful he has some responsible people in the house. if not, some transient might find his way inside and destroy the place.
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  140.  @langhamp8912  For a lot of those incidents it's not the driver's fault. I know two drivers that killed people where it wasn't their fault, but is still extremely traumatic for them. One was a jaywalker who just darted out onto the street between parked cars giving the driver no time to react. Another was a pedestrian on the freeway at night, where they had no business walking. I don't know what happened here, but given the driver mowed over all those people on the wrong side of the road, I don't see how it couldn't be the driver's fault.
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  141. It's a nationwide problem. The thieves remove the covers between street lights, cut the wires on both ends, then yank out a couple hundred feet a wire. If you see large groups of streetlights out, this is what probably happened. I've seen the street lighting department cement shut those conduit covers. Of course, if the city needs the repair the streetlight electrical connections for other reasons, they might need a jackhammer to break the concrete. More expense to fix things.
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  142. Landslides happen in Texas too. Look them up. If you think people losing their homes is funny, I would like to hear all your jokes about the thousands of people who lost their homes around Fort Myers Florida last year from the hurricane.
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  143. I don't know if Southern California Edison power lines started the fire, but if it can be proved it did, all I can see is Edison International/SCE filing for bankruptcy protection. There's no way they have enough money to pay for burning down half of Altadena.
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  144. "Dear Hubby, I know I tried to kill you or destroy your throat and digestive track for life by pouring Drano in your lemonade, but could you do me a favor and help bail me out?" Of course, if you're going to pour someone a glass of Drano, it's probably best to keep this a secret. Pouring it directly from the Drano bottle, like she's pouring a glass of milk, shows how dumb the criminal mind is.
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  145. Why do you people pick on California? I can assure you this happens in Texas daily, and more often than that. Get a life.
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  146. Change is painful, but what's the alternative? The original terminal loop has its origins in the 1950's and 1960's. It's geographically quite small. Aside from a second level added in the 1980's, there's no room to add more lanes. It's impossible for everyone to have an individual car pick them up. If anyone has a solution other than complaining, say it. There's a people mover scheduled for completion, but that's several years off. Maybe at that time it will help get rid of some of the traffic in the terminal area.
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  147. With airlines, such as United, cutting their schedules by 90%, who would be traveling to Vegas? It would be easy for the casinos/hotels to cut occupancy by 70% by doing nothing. I doubt things will improve until next year.
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  148. I drove by yesterday (1/2/22). It looks like there's still a lot of work to do. That, along with setting up the place and hiring/training employees, makes looking like a January opening is a far stretch, if not impossible.
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  149.  @merrilsimon9559  I haven't been by in a couple weeks to check, but the last time I drove by there's still a lot of work to do. :/
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  150. The area is always closed off on Oscar Sunday. Protesters will never get in unless the police are asleep.
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  151. As far as property taxes, I guess it's getting your home reassessed. It doesn't take an expert to determine its value: Zero. But you never know. Some of the armchair quarterbacking comments here say if you shouldn't build on hillsides. The problem is, other areas, like in Florida, sinkholes have developed on flat as a pancake land, and swallowed homes. There's no 100% geologically safe location, except maybe on the moon.
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  152. Florida has a higher per-capita murder rate than California. Look up the statistics. This is what happens when you vote Republican.
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  153. Supposedly, a vehicle that hasn't been moved for 72 hours on a Los Angeles city street is considered abandoned and can be towed. I wonder if the businesses can team up and tow all the abandoned vehicles to the nearest police station. Park them all around the police station. Since L.A. doesn't care, maybe the police won't care either, as the vehicles pile up.
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  154. Unfortunately, nobody wins. I was hit by a drunk driver years ago. He demolished my car, which ended up in little pieces, but I made it out alive. The other guy, who who had no drivers license because it was suspended for another DUI, spent almost no time in jail, because he didn't kill me.
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  155. This is a nationwide problem. All 50 states. Nothing to do with a political part, Mr. "Genius."
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  156. And pursuits don't happen in Texas and every other state. Explain? Have you ever watched the show COPS? Pursuits everywhere. Proportionally it isn't more here than other places.
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  157. I knew. :)
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  158. What's to clean up? It's a total loss. Just make sure all the utilities are disconnected, and then bulldoze the place.
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  159. I'm for putting turd in the boxes, but I worry what revenge the porch pirate may do if he/she remembers which house they picked up the crap from.
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  160. It's the first time I've seen this. Odd. I don't think the person shooting from the drive-up was a hero. I've never been in a drive-up where you can see much going on in the restaurant. Having a clear view of the counter and being able to determine there's a robbery, and then helping by shooting the guy, seems improbable. Something else must have been going on.
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  161. There are two ways to get into the best colleges: First method: Take all the AP courses you can, study, get that high GPA, study more, get a high SAT, study even more, do loads of extracurricular activities, etc., then hope you get admitted. Second method: Be a child of rich parents, pay $500,000 to some well-connected people. Then get admitted through the fast lane. Nothing new.
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  162. How much of the $5 billion is for construction of the stadium itself, and not for development around it.
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  163. I think it will take longer than what the reporter mentioned. Maybe a decade. Things move in geologic time in the U.S. The title of this video is wrong. It's not light-rail. Light-rail is what Metro has constructed around L.A., like the line from Union Station to Long Beach. They're not constructing that all the way to Las Vegas. It would take an entire day to get there.
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  164. I don't get your point. The San Diego train depot opened in 1915. The tracks have been there for 100 years. The flooding is a recent phenomena. Blame sea levels rising.
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  165. This was in January 2020. Did many Taco Bell store managers end of making $100K per year? I don't see evidence of that browsing a couple of the main salary websites.
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  166. Start building.
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  167. Hello TikTok and YouTube: Are you going to shut down and demonetize all user accounts involved in this? They knew in advance a crime was going to be committed, that could have easily killed people. Anyway, I doubt they'll shut down accounts associated with this. Money talks. :/
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  168. I'll withhold most of my comments about T.B., but I did work at a company owned store when I was in my late teens/early 20's. I feel it's not a place to make a career. It's a huge revolving door with managers and assistant managers. Many, and I mean a lot, got fired or quit. Working in these places is a young person's job. Good luck working until retirement as a manager. The company expects managers to work huge, long hours, on a fixed salary. With all the hours you're at the store, $100,000 isn't that great. $100,000 in Los Angeles isn't a salary worth bragging about. One benefit though, was the employees got to eat the food for free. Eat enough of that, and you won't need to worry about retirement. :/
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  169. There's a lot of history here with the psychiatry of a how the original victim (the kidnapped) got somehow brainwashed and/or had to comply or be killed, commuted sentences, pardons, and so on. The original sentence was 35 years. Anyway, this is so old and so unique, there's no reason to start debating it now. As far as the comment about this why crime is spiraling out of control, Patricia Hearst hasn't committed a crime since.
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  170. The City of Los Angeles also needs to clean-up the zillions of homeless encampments. I've complained, but it's useless. Nothing gets done.
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  171. Whatever train of bus line it is, can't the MTA just clear out the train at the end of the line? This will prevent people from riding it back and forth all day long. This is public transportation, not a homeless shelter on wheels. Also, I don't buy that it's only and average of 550 people across the MTA. The MTA has thousands of buses and trains. Saying 550 means it's an average of just a fraction of one person per day. That number I can't believe. Not even remotely close.
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  172. The city should just seize the property and give it free to a developer that will finish the project. We're only seeing the outside of the property. I wonder what damage has been done inside. It might be the buildings are unsalvageable and will need to be torn down.
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  173. A bigger issue is the junk piling up in Granada Hills, Northridge, and the rest of Los Angeles, from homeless encampments. The crap is piling up on the sidewalks, spilling into the streets, and so on. This should at least be an ADA violation becomes people in wheelchairs, or with other mobility issues, can't safely navigate around this. Crap spilling into the streets is another safety hazard. I've complained to the city, but they do nothing. Not surprising.
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  174. Did the guy think he was auditioning for the next Spiderman movie? It's dark to see, but he probably wasn't swinging around on live powerlines. Probably telephone or cable lines, that are lower on the utility poles.
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  175.  @uzomanwosu  Thanks.
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  176. This makes no sense. What restaurant leaves the money in the cash register while they are closed? When I worked at a fast food place (decades ago) any money not yet deposited at the bank gets locked in a safe. This was at a time where restaurants like Subway, Taco Bell, McDonald's, etc., didn't take credit cards (less cash on hand now). Unless this is some inside job where the burglars knew something about the cash register being left full of money, all the burglars got was a lousy cash register. Advice to burglars: Willie Sutton would have told you to go for the safe because "that's where the money is."
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  177. It doesn't take long for vegetation to start drying out. Be prepared come later this summer.
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  178. Please explain why. I assume you've been to every airport in the U.S. in order to make that statement. Billions of dollars in new improvements and construction has happened in the past several years, with much more still happening (new terminals, a new people mover, consolidated car rental facility, light rail connections, etc.).
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  179. What's your point? Anyway, you're wrong. LAX improvements are funded from LAX revenue, but I know. People can't stop making their own form of facts.
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  180. I doubt the county can do anything. It's the geology and the risk you take.
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  181. The year 2525. Just ask Zager And Evans. :/
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  182. I hear you. The last time I was on one of those cruises, it was the "vomit voyage" for me. I couldn't fall off it, even if I wanted to, because I spent most of the time in the restroom throwing-up. :/
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  183. Another news anchor in Waco Texas also just died unexpectedly. Sad.
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  184. Yes. There's a form with your pink slip to do that. Tell your insurance too. Don't depend on who you sold the vehicle to do their part of the deal.
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  185. Dumb comment.
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  186. When the Wilshire Grand opened down the street, I wondered what was the point in paying to up to the observation deck at the U.S. Bank Tower. The hotel lobby at the Wilshire Grand I think is on the 73rd floor, and is free to go up. The view is about the same as what was available at the U.S. Bank Tower.
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  187. I agree. Last year the trolls here were blaming Pelosi and Newsom (their usual enemies) for the drought. Since we're basically out of the drought, I'm expecting the same trolls to credit Pelosi and Newsom for that. The YouTube trolls are a broken record. Predictable garbage from them.
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  188. And not the last.
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  189. Absolutely. To design such a stage, knowing people will be crammed onto it like sardines, is totally negligent.
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  190. I couldn't handle the job. The amounted of boxes going through these warehouses is only going to increase. With Amazon Prime, it's the same shipping fee whether you order a bag of paperclips or a package full of stuff. Tiny orders are hardly efficient and a waste of resources, but this is what customers do.
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  191.  @claudiamendoza7578  I've got old fries that were probably sitting in someone else's bag that they moved into mine.
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  192.  @double_joseph327  100% true. In-N-Out starting pay is already well above the $20 minimum, coming April 1st. They make mistakes (as I've mentioned) but the doom and gloom crowd, saying burgers are going to be $10, isn't happening and won't happen.
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  193.  @bg710  I've had issues in the drive-up in Northridge (Lassen and Balboa) and Porter Ranch on Rinaldi.
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  194. Trolls. There are who know how many YouTube accounts created solely for posting political leaning crap.
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  195. The dog at the end wanted the sandwich, not crappy dog food.
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  196. The guy at 0:50 doesn't look like he liked it.
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  197. Have you been to Century City?
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  198. I don't get why she was going so fast with no intention of stopping. It's like she was going 100. That can't just be from distracted driving, like talking on the cellphone or putting on makeup.
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  199. It's illegal in the City of L.A., but what can you do if people can stock up on ammo in another city? You can't strip search every car as they cross into L.A.
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  200. What's your solution? No road work? If the roads weren't maintained, eventually they'll be impassible.
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  201. The 50th anniversary is now coming up. I think KCAL/KCBS is working on another story. The $10,000 the SLA got from the Hibernia Bank is about $65,000 in today's dollars. That was quite a haul.
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  202. The food looks good. One thing to watch out for is some people will take advantage of this. They'll come and take the food, and go out and sell it for cheap.
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  203. And this doesn't happen elsewhere? There's another video just posted of a big rig that flew off an overpass near Dallas. Driver dead.
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  204. Drones.
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  205. Nope. No water main break will do that. You can be angry or mad about this and try to place blame, but this report shows landslides in other parts of the area, so it's not like this stuff can't be predicted. If you build a house on this land, you're rolling the dice. Your house might survive for 100 years with no problems, but if you build on land where something deep below eventually fails because of geologic and/or climate forces over time, your luck will run out.
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  206. Yes, this has happened before. I feel jokers are launching stuff like balloons with some "stuffed animal" attached that looks like a person in a jetpack. Given that airliners are travelling fast and probably at a distance, it's difficult for pilots to accurately see what it really might be.
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  207. With so much snow coming down, nobody could get to the store, even the employees. Not likely anyone would even be there.
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  208.  @Paintballislife06  The record for Chicago snowfall was 23 inches. Big Bear can easily handle two feet. The town has ski resorts you know. When 10 feet comes down in a short period of time, and in this geography, it's totally a different story. Chicago would have huge issues too.
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  209. I think he's OK here. It's all on videotape. His attorney probably said it's OK to do the interview. I think it brings more sympathy for him and more public disgust with the cops so it helps his case. Obviously if he was accused of a crime, his attorney would tell him everything needs to go through me. You won't see the cops on TV talking about their side of the story.
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  210. How much were the bars worth/weigh?
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  211. It's hard to convert properties to another use. Another problem is I wonder what the inside looks like. We're only seeing the outside. I have a feeling the damage and vandalism done inside is huge since construction stopped in 2019. It might be so bad the buildings might not even be salvageable.
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  212. Predictable. YouTube trolls can't help but post this crap, even though increased rents is a national problem. Proportionally, Denver is worse.
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  213.  @end14forund  With the Burj (I've been there), workers can climb to the top from the inside of that large cylinder, to get to the top. With the Wilshire Grand (I've been there too), it's what a call a glorified flag pole that tops the building.
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  214. There are plenty of camera in and around the bank. If that's the case they'll figure that out.
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  215. Not that easy. "If you build it, they will come," won't work, because they won't come. International airlines don't want to even service Ontario. Their customers want to go to L.A. Not in 100 years would Lufthansa or British Airways start service to Palmdale, even if the facilities existed today. There would also need to be major land transportation upgrades to get from the L.A. area to Palmdale. Maybe $100 billion dollars worth. It isn't going to happen.
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  216.  Roger Washington  Agree. It won't work like you might see in the movies.
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  217. Four squeezed in the back seat, but they can't be fat. I've seen two people on the front passenger side, and it wasn't a baby in someone's lap. That might not be legal, but it doesn't stop people.
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  218. Are you talking about damaged tires on the street racers' cars? These dots have been around for decades. I think they've been on California roads since the 1960's. It's way too late to start complaining about them damaging cars.
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  219. Explain how that makes a difference. I'll wait.
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  220.  @crystalvouse7015  With my Taco Bell experience, all robberies were after the sun went down. I guess if Taco Bell adjusted their hours to close when it's dark, the robbers would adjust their hours too. I'm thinking night is better for robbers. It's harder to see where they're running, the traffic is lighter so they can make a quick getaway, and so on.
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  221.  @maskdwn4445  Thanks.
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  222. I saw this on another YouTube channel. It was a mess. Someone left a U-Haul truck parked in front of the Bradley International Terminal after leaving a passenger off. The police didn't seemed concerned with it first, as cars as pedestrians were all walking by it.
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  223. I don't know what to believe.
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  224. Didn't this happen weeks ago?
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  225. Say what? You're going back 40 years. There were many improvements done way back then too, if you check the history of the airport. What airport in the country finished their improvements 40 years ago and just finished? There will always be construction at this airport, and others. I'm not going to get into politics. but this airport has always had to deal with decisions made in the 1940's and 50's. What was thought to be so much space ended up not being enough by a lot.
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  226. Agree. Also, the US Bank building is further up a hill, closer to Bunker Hill, that makes its height measured from sea level even higher. Where do you get the best view? From the top of Mt. Everest, or from some tall building somewhere else in Nepal?
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  227. Seeing the interior would have been better. It's boring looking from the outside.
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  228. Troll. They're all over YouTube. They don't have a life and this is all they do.
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  229. She should sue their pants off.
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  230. You're assuming she wasn't drunk. If you're drunk enough, you could be climbing over high railings and not being aware what the heck you're doing. It's not like people are just drinking milk and apple juice on these cruises. Of course the selfie craze has had its share of mishaps. I'm not sure, though, why one would need to take a selfie on the balcony when it's pitch black outside.
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  231.  @ChibiZombie8787  Homeowners don't own the beach, the same as homeowners can't block a street that they don't own.
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  232. This seems to happen with every big fire. Houses burn all around, with some just skipped over.
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  233. It's probably costly although most is just a one time cost. Cheaper in the long run, but Metrolink doesn't have zillions of dollars to electrify.
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  234. I wonder what are the contract details. At least the pay increase. I can't find them anywhere. How can the grocery workers vote on the new contract, without being given enough time to study it?
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  235.  @MarioMartinez-tt9ly  I doubt the railing collapsed. I don't think that is even remotely possible. If that was the case, there would be a break in the railing after the incident. It's not likely someone rushed in and repaired it right after, so nobody noticed.
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  236. Wouldn't it be more convenient to just not to keep parking illegally and ignoring the tickets?
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  237. Someone also could have easily been killed when part of the plane flew to the left of the train, nearly hitting bystanders, or the person filming that part himself.
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  238.  @videosuperhero100  Agree. Metrolink checks tickets. Amtrak too, and notice how clean their trains are.
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  239. I can't even figure out what model car she was driving, and she's worried about her $400 shirt.
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  240. I just checked and there are only three of them, six years after this report. None near me (in the Valley). A very slow comeback. :(
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  241. And Trumpsters trust every piece of crap he says like it's written in stone.
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  242. True in most every state. Hit and runs are not felonies unless there are injuries. Prove to me that this is unique to California. If every hit and run was a felony, there would be no room in the jails left.
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  243. There's a British video of groups of people living under a long bridge that supports the A Line trains going from Union Station to Azusa. Are people still living in there?
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