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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