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Alan Aquino,a professor of Asian American Studies at CSUN, shares his journey from childhood aspirations to becoming a community organizer and poet. He reflects on his upbringing in Panorama City, the cultural shifts he witnessed, and the impact of gangs in the 90s. Alan discusses the importance of education, representation in media, and the role of Asian American Studies in fostering community and understanding. He emphasizes the significance of pursuing one's passion, navigating the challenges of adulthood, and the power of poetry and hip-hop as forms of expression. The conversation concludes with Alan offering heartfelt advice to young adults facing hardships, encouraging them to embrace their journey one step at a time.Chapters (00:00) Introduction to Alan Aquino(03:37) Growing Up in Panorama City(06:43) The Impact of Gangs and Culture in the 90s(09:25) Schooling and Social Stratification(12:32) College Life and the Northridge Earthquake(15:43) The LA Riots and Their Aftermath(18:36) Pursuing Asian American Studies(21:37) Misconceptions About Ethnic Studies(24:42) The Journey into Poetry and Hip-Hop(43:07) The Journey of a Poet(44:18) CSUN: A Hidden Gem(46:25) Asian Americans in Media(47:22) Stereotypes and Representation(50:19) Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation(56:54) Batman: A Personal Talisman(01:02:21) The Essence of Community(01:09:15) Pursuing Passion vs. Stability(01:14:56) Navigating Hardships in LifeFollow Me on Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/thevoncastshow/https://www.instagram.com/shibavon/ https://www.iamvon.net/Alan IG:https://www.instagram.com/poetproflife/

Waiting for this episode is like waiting for rain in this drought. . .Ashley and Sara live vicariously through Hillary Duff to see their dreams of becoming a diner girl (or just living in an attic?) come true. This one's a millennial classic, folks! Come for the 11% Rotten Tomatoes rating, stay for the on-screen T9 texting. And never forget - don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. Articles + Links:⁠18 Little Details And Tidbits You'll Never Unsee Again In "A Cinderella Story", by Farrah Penn for Buzzfeed, published on April 7, 2020⁠⁠Chad Michael Murray Has The Perfect Idea For "A Cinderella Story 2", by Haley Sprankle for Brit + Co, published on June 10, 2024⁠⁠Filming locations⁠⁠The 1994 Northridge Earthquake⁠

This week Danielle and Kristine dive back into surviving Earthquakes and Brendan Smith joins us to share his experience with the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Listen to extended episodes on Patreon!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After not having been on the show in over 100 episodes, the kind, silly, and incredibly talented David ‘Freshy' Freshman joined us for a Saturday morning podcast. Freshy shared stories from his many decades of experience in the world of music and we talked about growing up in California, him living through the Kennedy assassination and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, opening for Foghat, American television in the 50s, Fun Facts, and much, much more! We were all over the place in this one, but it was a very interesting conversation with one of our favorite humans.We hope you enjoy!Cheers!m&t

Richard McCathron is CEO and President of Hippo Insurance and has served as a member of the Board of Directors since February 2017. Prior to Hippo, Rick held senior executive positions at various insurance companies including First Connect Insurance, Superior Access Insurance and Mercury Insurance Group. Rick is both a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and sits on the board of directors of Spinnaker Insurance Company and First Connect Insurance. He is an advisor for several other InsurTech companies and holds a BS in Finance from Oregon State University.  Highlights from the Show Rick's insurance career spans a lot of areas, including different carrier functions, distribution and more, and has been at Hippo for 8 years, including his current role as President & CEO 2023 reminded Rick of the Northridge Earthquake and the impact that had on the industry Hail was a major driver of loss in 2023, which coincided with a trend to buy net quota share insurance (QS with a cap for CAT losses) and Excess of Loss (XOL) coverage above that There weren't big events that would trigger XOL coverage, but the small losses exhausted the QS coverage, so many carriers found their balance sheets impacted There's a fundamental shift in insurance around our financials but also consumer behaviors The pricing pendulum swings wildly because cost drivers move fast, but rate filings and approvals move slowly Tech solutions at carriers are helping to narrow the time gap to help with this, especially tech-driven carriers like Hippo Hippo also mixes its approach to the market between their own product, their fronting business that brings in revenue from other players and lines of business, and their distribution arm, First Connect, that brings commission revenue from selling other carrier's products Growth in this context is imperative to be about profitable growth, and Hippo has focused on this now, whereas there was an initial push to grow, generally That means having more specific offerings to specific buyers, like those who would adopt IoT to protect their property Embedding insurance into new home construction, but using its agency to ensure they don't end up with aggregation issues when working with a builder to insure a new development Rick watches reinsurance profitability as a sign of where primary insurers will end up since there's a disconnect in when reinsurers move prices and when primary insurers are able to price that into their filings The fundamentals of insurance aren't changing, but the rate of speed that you have to adjust how you write and the customer demands and expectations continue to change constantly Rick shared his view on AI, where it is real today, but the AI being used now won't be anything like what we will use in 2 years given how fast it's evolving The traditional coverages the industry is selling are increasingly disconnected from what the exposures they insure are and what consumers actually need for protection (and the affordability of the coverage they can get) People want genuine customization in all aspects of their lives, and to know that what they're getting is genuinely built for their needs Embedded insurance – we have to meet customers where they are, like embedding pet insurance in the adoption process or the purchase process for homes or cars Remembering the fundamentals, but that there's a customer at the other end of this, and we have to serve them if we want to ultimately succeed We talked about being proactive on claims Using Parametric coverage is one way to do that since coverage can be delivered instantaneously (or very quickly) Reaching out to customers when we think there's likely to be a claim (like when there's 2" hail in their area), which historically people think leads to buying claims, but Hippo has seen that the claims would come in anyway, but they'll come later and with some form of representation (attorney, public adjuster), so you end up paying more for the claim in the end than if you had handled it correctly from the moment the loss occurred. This episode is brought to you by The Future of Insurance book series (future-of-insurance.com) from Bryan Falchuk. Follow the podcast at future-of-insurance.com/podcast for more details and other episodes. Music courtesy of Hyperbeat Music, available to stream or download on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music and more.

We sat down with siblings Carla and Anthony Orendorff to talk about Reseda, the Northridge Earthquake, flyer parties, and so much more!  Email us at allvalleyeverything@gmail.com follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @allvalleyeverything Check out Aetna Street Solidarity https://www.instagram.com/aetnastreetsolidarity/

California's Proposition 1, a $6.38 billion bond addressing mental health treatment across the Golden State, seems destined for voter approval. Is it sound policy – and a sound expense for a state deeply in debt? Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover's “California on Your Mind” web channel, join Hoover senior product manager Jonathan Movroydis to discuss the latest in the California, including a campaign to turn a coastal stretch of the Golden State into a new nation called “Pacifica”; the politics of “shrinkflation”; what this year's US Senate race says about California's top-two primary system; plus the legacy of the late C.C. Myers, who rebuilt the Santa Monica Freeway after 1994's Northridge Earthquake.

Today is the 30-year anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake. Gavin Newsom said he will veto the bill that would ban tackle football for kids under 12. A man was thrown from his RV on the freeway because his wife fell asleep at the wheel. There is now a definitive timeline for COVID-19.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30 years ago, the Northridge earthquake exposed the dangers of a big urban quake -- the lessons learned and how to survive the next big one. LA searches to replace retiring police chief Michel Moore. Six Glendale students head to the Sundance Film Festival. Plus, more.  Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.  Support the show: https://laist.com

#71: For the 30th anniversary of the deadly Northridge Earthquake, we are re-airing an episode about earthquake preparedness with a few updates.This episode originally aired on February 28, 2023.  L.A. could get get hit with a big earthquake any time within the next 30 years. Maybe even tomorrow. Preparing for such an event may seem overwhelming (or like the LAST thing on your to-do list) but we're here to show you it's not so hard to do (and might even be fun!). A trip to Smart & Final (or Costco or Wal-Mart) can set you up with what you need. Maybe REI for a few extras. Join How to LA host Brian De Los Santos and LAist science reporter Jacob Margolis on this survival shopping trip.  Guest: Jacob Margolis, LAist science reporter For more about the earthquakes in our region, listen to The Big One: Your Survival Guide.  

LAist looks back at the Northridge earthquake in 1994 and what's changed since then. The Queen Mary turned a profit last year, after years of debt. Some local college students are attending the country's largest independent film festival. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.   Support the show: https://laist.com

(1) Susan Hough, (2) Kate Hutton, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, (2) Caltech (retired) On the 30th anniversary of the 17 January 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, we present a retrospective overview of an earthquake that had an enormous, multi-faceted impact in the greater Los Angeles area. In this two-part seminar, retired Caltech seismologist Kate Hutton first discusses the response to the earthquake by the (then) Southern California Seismic Network, which found itself slammed by joint demands of data analysis and overwhelming media/public interest. In the second part, Susan Hough discusses how modern analysis and data products – the development of which was spurred by the earthquake – bring early characterizations of the sequence, including its near-field ground motions, into greater focus.

Jason Kramer shares his journey to being an EMT during the AIDS Epidemic, LA Riots, and Northridge Earthquake to Fox Sports to KLOS and KCRW. He talks about the magic of Sunday nights, how he created and drove his own luck through persistent work, asking for opportunities, and taking on new challenges. He shares a bit of his experience being present during the inception of Billie Eilish, including being in the opening scene of her documentary and playing himself in three movies. Jason discusses his various creative pursuits, including photography, directing videos, and teaching.Guest: Jason Kramer, KCRW DJ, Music Supervisor, Photographer, and EducatorFor the last 20 years, Jason Kramer has been in the field of music and radio. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Kramer worked as an EMT during the late 80s and early 90s; and through the 1992 Los Angeles riots. After changing his career as a medic in the hard streets of LA for ten years, he decided to work in radio starting in 1992 on KLOS, screening calls for the widely popular "Seventh Day." From that point on, Jason realized that music and radio were his calling.During his transition, he started off with a stint working with SoCal favorites Sublime and their label Skunk Records. In 1996, he moved on to Fox Sports TV as their full-time music supervisor for 6 years, leading him to become a show producer on Fox Sports Radio. He has also worked in various other aspects of music including management, radio DJ, publishing, creative consulting, music photography, education, and as a music supervisor. Jason started off as a KCRW volunteer in the mid-90s and has been on air since 1997 during a show called The Lab. You can hear Jason on his weekly show on Sunday nights on KCRW and KCRW.com, and can be found playing himself on several films and TV shows in the past few years. Links:KCRW: https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/jason-kramerX: https://twitter.com/kcrwkramerIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2625239/Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_KramerFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.kramer.37LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liquidcourage/

Photojournalist Brian Hamil is known for his still photographs from movie sets and portraits of rock and roll legends, athletes, celebrities, and politicians. Everyone from Muhammad Ali to Frank Sinatra to Barbara Streisand has been the subject of his lens over the course of his five decades of work. The life-long New Yorker has captured some of the most iconic photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which were recently compiled into his 2022 book, “Dream Lovers: John and Yoko in NYC.” His work on set spans more than 75 motion pictures, including unforgettable films like “Annie Hall,” “Raging Bull,” “Big,” “Tootsie,” and “You've Got Mail.” Hamill's photojournalism experience extends to capturing moments of strife and conflict, including the 1994 Northridge Earthquake and “The Troubles” in 1970s Northern Ireland. Alec Baldwin speaks to Hamill about growing up in Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants, his behind-the-scenes experiences on the world's most memorable movie sets, and the backstory that led to taking John Lennon's portrait. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosts Gregg Masters and Fred Goldstein welcome Yael Swerdlow, CEO/Founder at Maestro Games SPC. Yael is co-founder of the Women's Empowerment Foundation, a board member of the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles and a board member of the humanitarian organization, Shelters for Israel. Yael also serves on the Advisory Boards of MILO Cognitive, First Amendment Voice, Solution Point+, and is a consultant at USC's award winning Game Pipe Labs. Additionally, she serves on both the National Small Business Association's Leadership Council Advisory Board (NSBA) and the Small Business Technology Council (SBTC). Formerly, she was co-chair of the national leadership council of Games for Change, and a board member of the Hadassah Brandeis Gender Research Institute. Formerly, Yael held the position of Independent Visiting Scholar in the Gender Studies Department of the University of Southern California where she created and taught Spy Novel Diplomacy - a groundbreaking class that examines the role of gender in espionage, intelligence gathering and propaganda. A native Angeleno, Yael was a freelance photojournalist based in Los Angeles for over twenty years, shooting for United Press International, the Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times, where she was a part of the Pulitzer Prize winning teams for the Los Angeles Riots in 1992 and the Northridge Earthquake of 1994. In summer of 1994, Yael went to Somalia, Southern Sudan, and Rwanda for International Medical Corps, to document the reestablishing of the medical infrastructure in those war-torn countries. Yael also writes fiction, including the cinematic script for Activision's best selling video game, “True Crime: Streets of LA”. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

This episode of PopHealth Week features Yael Swerdlow, CEO/Founder at Maestro Games SPC. Yael is co-founder of the Women's Empowerment Foundation, a board member of the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles and a board member of the humanitarian organization, Shelters for Israel. Yael also serves on the Advisory Boards of MILO Cognitive, First Amendment Voice, Solution Point+, and is a consultant at USC's award winning Game Pipe Labs. Additionally, she serves on both the National Small Business Association's Leadership Council Advisory Board (NSBA) and the Small Business Technology Council (SBTC). Formerly, she was co-chair of the national leadership council of Games for Change, and a board member of the Hadassah Brandeis Gender Research Institute. Yael also held the position of Independent Visiting Scholar in the Gender Studies Department of the University of Southern California where she created and taught Spy Novel Diplomacy - a groundbreaking class that examines the role of gender in espionage, intelligence gathering and propaganda. A native Angeleno, Yael was a freelance photojournalist based in Los Angeles for over twenty years, shooting for United Press International, the Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times, where she was a part of the Pulitzer Prize winning teams for the Los Angeles Riots in 1992 and the Northridge Earthquake of 1994. In summer of 1994, Yael went to Somalia, Southern Sudan, and Rwanda for International Medical Corps, to document the reestablishing of the medical infrastructure in those war-torn countries. Yael also writes fiction, including the cinematic script for Activision's best selling video game, “True Crime: Streets of LA”.

This week, on our 100th episode, we are joined by Associate Professor of Geophysics at CSUN, Julian Lozos to discuss the 1994 Northridge Earthquake!

Editors - Yvette M. Amirian, ACE and Matt Friedman, ACE When it comes to learning editing in film school, who better to learn from than ACE editors?  When they aren't in the cutting rooms themselves, editors Yvette M. Amirian, ACE and Matt Friedman, ACE are in the classrooms of two of the most prestigious film schools in the world.  Yvette has returned to the institution where she received her own filmmaking education, USC, to help inform the next generation as to what they need to know about the craft, as well as the career, of editing.  At the American Film Institute, Matt asks his grad students to consider more than just how to put a story together, but to question why something works or something doesn't; never letting them forget that every frame matters. Yvette M. Amirian, ACE Yvette M. Amirian, ACE is an award-nominated film and television editor. After graduating from the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Cinema-Television, she built a successful career and has been transitioning seamlessly between editing scripted and documentary content for the better part of two decades. In 2011, she and her team received an Eddie Award nomination from the American Cinema Editors (ACE) for their work on Animal Planet's Whale Wars. In 2017, she edited and produced John Singleton's L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later for A&E, which was nominated for a Primetime Emmy (Outstanding Documentary Special). Her most recent project is an upcoming scripted feature for critically acclaimed filmmaker Robert Machoian, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers. Yvette is a proud member of the Motion Picture Editor's Guild, the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, and ACE. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons. Matt Friedman, ACE Matt won the 2021 ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) for Palm Springs, and was nominated in 2020 for "The Farewell".  He was born in rural east Tennessee to a coal mining family living in the foothills of the Appalachians.  After graduating from Oak Ridge High School with an emphasis in Extinct Ancient Languages, Matt headed for Chicago to attend Northwestern University. Due to a series of accidental registration errors, he ended up with enough credits for a degree in Economics as well as Film. None of his college film work involved blowing up model cars, however. He finished his Econ degree at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia, where he was offered AU$100 and a Sydney snow globe by a group of Australian students if he would vote for Clinton in '92 via absentee ballot. Matt then moved to a spacious two bedroom apartment in scenic North Hollywood to begin his film career in earnest. Arriving just in time for the Northridge Earthquake and the fires and mudslides of '93, he was very lucky to begin working for a series of extremely supportive and wonderful editors, including (but not limited to!) Peter Teschner, Emma Hickox, Jill Bilcock, and Sheldon Kahn. In recent years, Matt has enjoyed cutting a variety of different types of films and television pilots, including films in Spanish and Chinese, even though he doesn't speak the languages. He now lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wonderful husband Chris and their son.   In our discussion with educators and editors Yvette M. Amirian, ACE and Matt Friedman, ACE about teaching editing in film school, we talk about: What today's editors/educators learned from their own film school experience Crafting editing curriculums, or is it curricula? What editors can learn about editing from their students Taking off points for messy timelines The next steps right after film school The Credits Visit Extreme Music for all your production audio needs See the latest new features in Avid Media Composer Hear Matt discuss his work on PALM SPRINGS See Matt walk you through his Media Composer timeline for PALM SPRINGS. Send me your feedback and questions here Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube

"EXCUSE ME!" Dave becomes a Teabagger, some classic moments with Kevdogg, Kevin vs. Julie vs Julia, speculating on Drunk Bean, Homeless Hatchet Man, Ralph in A Class Act, Northridge Earthquake talk, Dave Hester, and the origins of some great Hall of Fame drops! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/quitters-never-give-up/message

"EXCUSE ME!" Some classic moments with Kevdogg, Kevin vs. Julie vs Julia, speculating on Drunk Bean, Homeless Hatchet Man, Ralph in A Class Act, Northridge Earthquake talk, Dave Hester, and the origins of some great Hall of Fame drops! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quitters-never-give-up/message

It is Martin Luther King Jr Day, a legal holiday, so I'm taking part of the day off. I'll explain when I start the show live, as usual, at 5ET/2PT.We'll talk a bit about the holiday and the right's hypocrisy and selective use of one singular quote from Dr. King, as if it's the only thing he ever said...Then, we'll see how the more things change, the more they stay the same.I like to go back through the archives of my show and see what we were talking about on this date in years past. Well, 10 years ago today, economist and MMT proponent Warren Mosler joined me to talk about Modern Monetary Theory (before I ever met Stephanie Kelton). But the main topic of our discussion was just what we're dealing with today: the Republicans' threats to blow up the global economy by refusing to raise the debt ceiling, thereby defaulting and tanking the good faith and credit of the United States.Just amazing...

Luis Sinco is a photojournalist with more than 40 years of experience. His career started with small, ethnic community newspapers in Seattle and Los Angeles. In 1987, he got a job as a reporter-photographer with Copley Los Angeles Newspapers. He was a freelance photographer for four years before joining the staff of the Los Angeles Times in 1997. Sinco was part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for the Times—for coverage of the Northridge Earthquake and for the 2004 California wildfires. In 2003 and 2004, the Times assigned him to cover the war in Iraq. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his photographic coverage of the battle of Fallouja. Born Sept. 11, 1959, Sinco migrated from the Philippines to the United States as a child. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest and has a bachelor's degree in communications/journalism from the University of Washington. He has lived in Long Beach, California, since 1984 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-brown57/support

It's the finale of Season 3! In this episode, the earth moves! Following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake and the arrest of O. J. Simpson, the relationship between Donna and her parents begins to unravel. While she begins to learn more about her adopted dad, Morey, a dramatic incident occurs that leads Donna to reevaluate the relationships in her life. Taking a leap of faith, Donna calls her longtime friend, Jerry, in Sedona. And we have another Beach Party reunion! Salli Sachse, actress and artist, and one of the ‘Bookends' in American International Pictures' Beach Party film series hangs ten with Donna and Adam. Salli reminisces about how she was cast in the films, her on-set memories, appearances in other films including The Trip with Peter Fonda, and what lead to her joining Crosby, Stills & Nash on the road. Salli also shares memories of her late husband Peter, the musician who wrote a song for her, and how she began painting. You don't want to miss this Season Finale!

Yael is the CEO and Founder of Maestro Games, a social purpose corporation dedicated to helping First Responders, Research Developers and Healthcare providers develop wellness and resilience technology. Also, a world-class photojournalist, Yael was part of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Teams covering the LA Riots and Northridge Earthquake. If you've played Activision's best-selling game, True Crime: Streets of LA, you also know Yael as a video game scriptwriter.Scott Connors, Chief Change Officer at Crankset Group, and Taylor Hack, serial entrepreneur and Marketing Strategist at Gravidia Inc., discuss the challenges that test our limits, the disruptions that shake our industries, and the vision that pulls us through to the success we know to be true in ourselves.

On Martin Luther King Day in 1994 the earth in the San Fernando Valley shook violently resulting in the Northridge Earthquake. It was family first, radio news second on that day.

The Magic Wall https://zalma.com/blog Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE presents videos so you can learn how insurance fraud is perpetrated and what is necessary to deter or defeat insurance fraud. This Video Blog of True Crime Stories of Insurance Fraud with the names and places changed to protect the guilty are all based upon investigations conducted by me and fictionalized to create a learning environment for claims personnel, SIU investigators, insurers, police, and lawyers better understand insurance fraud and weapons that can be used to deter or defeat a fraudulent insurance claim. How an Attempt at Fraud Failed In February 1994 Los Angeles County and those communities with damage from the Northridge Earthquake of January 17, 1994 announced they would waive permit fees for earthquake repairs. The announcement gave Wallace Houston an idea to profit from the disaster. Wallace, who was seldom cordial and often nasty to his neighbors, always wanted a seven-foot wall around his home in Agoura. He had been fortunate in the earthquake. His house was intact. He did not even find a crack in the stucco. The day after the announcement he took out a free permit to rebuild a nonexistent earthquake-damaged wall. The Department of Building and Safety, swamped with work and anxious earthquake victims, issued the permit without question. They checked no records. They did not inspect the property. Wallace, a construction worker by trade, hired three day laborers off a street corner in Van Nuys next to the Home Depot. In broken high school Spanish and sign language he explained that they were to dig a footing three feet wide by four feet deep for his new wall. In two days, they dug the trench for the footing, installed a steel cage to stiffen the concrete and wooden planks placed to hold the concrete. Wallace needed approval from a city inspector before he could pour the concrete for the footing. Three weeks after his call for inspection, the department came out and approved the footings. Houston was about to call for delivery of the concrete when it started to rain. As rare as rain is in Southern California, the year of the earthquake was a wet one, the ground refused to dry. The rain would stop for a day or two, but not long enough to allow the ground to dry sufficiently to pour concrete safely. Wallace was frustrated. His footing became unstable. When the footing was dry, it was no longer level. Wallace gathered more laborers and started again. The next day the aerial photographs came in — one taken, fortuitously, only two days before the fateful storm. It was clear there was no wall. The SIU investigator, Pinchorello, took a recorded statement from Wallace, without explaining his suspicions. He made it clear the statement was a necessary formality. Before he could sign the lawyer up, at 6:00 a.m., he was awakened by a loud knock at his door. Three agents of the fraud division, California Department of Insurance, put Wallace under arrest and escorted him out of his house in handcuffs. KCBS, Channel 2 and KTLA, Channel 5, broadcast the arrest live during their early morning shows. The easy money fraud had failed. His insurance policy was cancelled. Within two years Wallace pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and was placed on probation for three years. A year later, after the ground dried, he built the wall. He is still searching for a homeowners insurer willing to insure him. (c) 2022 Barry Zalma & ClaimSchool, Inc. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barry-zalma/support

In 1994, the LA area was devastated by a 6.7 earthquake that crumbled homes and collapsed freeways. Lisa Jones and Erica Splattstoesser share what it was like to live through it as 10 year olds on a sleepover in the middle of the night.    Thanks to Sara, the Instrumentalist, for our theme music "Salamanca"

It's Monday, January 17. It's Martin Luther King Jr Day. The irony is seeing all of the Republican assholes who continue voting against the Voting Rights Act Tweeting out MLK quotes and such today. The hypocrisy is deafening. It's also the 28th anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake -- the last big one in California, and I was there. I'll share my memories of that morning. In the second half of today's show, we'll get into the save and protect sections... My guest is John Hall. (Yes, rescheduled from Friday). He's a musician and songwriter with two huge hits under his belt with the band Orleans (Dance with Me, Still the One); he co-founded the group Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) and helped organize the 1979 No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden. His song Power was its anthem. He served two terms in Congress representing NY-19 (2007-11), then returned to the music world. His new album is called "Reclaiming My Time," featuring "Save the Monarchs" with special guest Dar Williams.

Watch Part 1 Here: https://youtu.be/W81tPYsN4YE The leader of today, recognizes that the "busy" leader is NOT the effective leader. The effective leader will trust the team, delegate appropriately and empower the team to make decisions AND make mistakes. Strong leaders will observe and support and recognize the team is normally one step ahead of them. In this interview and leadership training from the Leading Through Chaos Summit, Tom Miner shares his experience of leading teams during crisis and emergencies and how to lead effectively after leading in less than normal circumstances in 2020 & 2021. "We must take the normal business model and scrap it" what used to work is not going to work anymore. Leaders must be agile and able to pivot quickly to stay relevant. If we take care of the people, they will take care of the business. Tom retired from Pierce County after 27 years with the Sheriff's department and 7 years with the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management. While with the Sheriff's department he was responsible for all search and rescue activity in the county, responding to hundreds of SAR missions throughout the region and representing law enforcement in the county EOC during disaster operations. Tom left the Sheriff's department as a Major in 2003 to join PCDEM as the Program Manager for Washington States US&R Task Force, (WATF 1) part of FEMA's National Urban Search and Rescue program. Tom has served as a US&R Task Force Leader and is a member of the FEMA Incident Support Team (IST) and was the White Incident Support Team leader from 2010 to December 2014. He has responded to a long list of emergencies and disasters to include 1994 Northridge Earthquake, the Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11 at ETC & the Pentagon, Shuttle Columbia search & 9 hurricanes including Katrina & Irma (Puerto Rico)

The leader of today, recognizes that the "busy" leader is NOT the effective leader. The effective leader will trust the team, delegate appropriately and empower the team to make decisions AND make mistakes. Strong leaders will observe and support and recognize the team is normally one step ahead of them. In this interview and leadership training from the Leading Through Chaos Summit, Tom Miner shares his experience of leading teams during crisis and emergencies and how to lead effectively after leading in less than normal circumstances in 2020 & 2021. "We must take the normal business model and scrap it" what used to work is not going to work anymore. Leaders must be agile and able to pivot quickly to stay relevant. If we take care of the people, they will take care of the business. Tom retired from Pierce County after 27 years with the Sheriff's department and 7 years with the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management. While with the Sheriff's department he was responsible for all search and rescue activity in the county, responding to hundreds of SAR missions throughout the region and representing law enforcement in the county EOC during disaster operations. Tom left the Sheriff's department as a Major in 2003 to join PCDEM as the Program Manager for Washington States US&R Task Force, (WATF 1) part of FEMA's National Urban Search and Rescue program. Tom has served as a US&R Task Force Leader and is a member of the FEMA Incident Support Team (IST) and was the White Incident Support Team leader from 2010 to December 2014. He has responded to a long list of emergencies and disasters to include 1994 Northridge Earthquake, the Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11 at ETC & the Pentagon, Shuttle Columbia search & 9 hurricanes including Katrina & Irma (Puerto Rico)

In recent years, thousands of local newspapers have gone out of business, a trend exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of late 2019, over 65 million Americans lived in a county with either only one local paper or none. Studies show a connection between a shift away from local news and a decline in the number of candidates that run for local office as well as lower voter participation. Communities that have lost a newspaper are more likely to become politically polarized, which, as a recent Gallup poll notes, has significant negative impacts for our society. CivitasLA is joined by Jim Newton, former Editorial Page Editor & Columnist of the Los Angeles Times, to discuss the state of local news coverage of our communities and the role newspapers play in informing, educating, and engaging its readers, while alternative forms of news reporting and sharing are on the rise. Over a distinguished 25-year career, Jim served as a reporter, editor, bureau chief, columnist, and editor of the editorial pages. He is the recipient of numerous national and local awards in journalism and participated in two staff efforts, coverage of the 1992 riots and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, that were awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Jim has also authored four books. In 2015, Newton joined the faculty at UCLA, teaching communications and public policy, and as Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Blueprint, a magazine about Los Angeles and California policy challenges. Learn more about Blueprint here: https://blueprint.ucla.edu/ For more information about CivitasLA, please visit www.CivitasLA.com and we hope you'll rate and review our show; and connect with us on Facebook (@CivitasLA), Instagram (@Civitas_LA) and Twitter (@Civitas_LA).

Please subscribe to my You Tube Channel Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina. Also visit www.santabarbaratalks.com and consider a donation to help grow this video series. She's one of Santa Barbara's original television stars. Paula Lopez, former anchor with KEYT and KCAL 9 talks about her career in broadcast journalism, including her very public exit, and her road to recovery from alcohol addiction. Lopez opens up about her recovery, as a way to help and inspire others. In addition, she talks about what she's doing now, her work to help bring Goleta resident Juana Flores home. Now a Realtor, Lopez works to help and inspire other women, and has refashioned herself as one of Santa Barbara's most inspirational women leaders. Bio: Emmy Award-winning journalist Paula Lopez has over thirty years of experience writing, producing and reporting news in the Los Angeles and Central Coast markets. In 1990 Paula joined KCAL9 and became the original anchor of the highly rated News at Noon. During her tenure at KCAL9 Paula anchored award-winning live coverage of some of the most significant events of the late 20th century including Operation Desert Storm, the Los Angeles Floods of 1992, the Northridge Earthquake, the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial and the Los Angeles Riots. During a live on-air interview with Rodney King's aunt in the midst of the L.A. Riots, Paula suggested that King make a public statement condemning the riots. Shortly thereafter King held a news conference in which he asked the now famous question “Can't we all just get along?” In 1993 Paula was awarded a Los Angeles area Emmy Award for Nine News at Noon and in 1994, the Minorities in Broadcasting Training Award presented by actor comedian George Lopez.

In this episode Durell is joined by hip hop artist and one half of the duo Smilez & Southstar” Rob “Southstar Campman. Durell and Rob begin the episode talking about how they've had a relationship for a very long time and it's not always about speaking everyday but the fact that having a great energy and genuineness within the relationship. Rob shares that he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but grew up in Los Angeles and then after the Northridge Earthquake he moved to New Jersey and then to Orlando. Durell & Rob talk about him first loving hip hop at 11 years old and how he fell in love with the culture. He shares that he's always loved music and the first record he remembers really loving was N.W,A. “Boyz In The Hood” as well as many of the great West Coast Rap that was out at the time. He remembers at the time that there was no one in hip-hop that looked like him so he never really thought that pursuing a career in music was truly an option. Rob shares that he was an avid music collector which started from him working in a local record store called “Peaches Music” in Orlando. He said that during that time they would allow you to open the CD and listen to the whole album before you purchased it which is much different from today's era where as a music consumer one has instant access to the new releases that come out in the marketplace. Durell shares that during that time you would see three or four singles drop before the album was released, and really the album cuts were the ones that consumers really wanted to hear. Rob shares that he would learn the lyrics to his favorite songs by writing them down, which he actually credits with really learning bar structure for his own rhymes later on. Rob talks about him doing an open mic contest where he and a friend got on stage and rapped to a Roc Wilder beat and won the contest. He shares that after he got off stage everyone was coming up to him and saying that they didn't know he raps and he was like neither did he. He credits that experience as his first introduction to being a performing artist. Durell and Rob talk about him being signed to a local indie record label and one of his songs being in the indie top 10 on a pirate radio station called “95 Live”. Rob shares that he just really loved the craft of writing raps and trying to make each song better than the last. He never imagined him achieving what would ultimately happen later, especially him being an asian kid from Orlando. Durell and Rob talked about indie artists not being played on major terrestrial radio unless it was inside a mixshow. Durell asks Rob how he first met Smilez and Rob shares that he saw him during a local performance and was really impressed by his stage presence and he told him that they should do a record together. He would always see Smilez during them, both opening up for artists when they would come through Orlando. Rob shares that the big opportunity to work with Smilez didn't happen until he met music producer Dakari who was an in-house producer with TransCon Records which was the record label owned by Lou Pearlman. He shares that Dakari gave him and Smilez a bunch of tracks and they would come back to the studio everyday to knock out songs and then one day Dakari approached them both with the opportunity to do a production deal and that is what birthed them as an official group. Durell shares with Rob that he always wondered why he would never see them both together out and about in the city and Rob said the reason that most people would never see them together is because when they would be home off the road they both wanted to do their own thing because there were many times they wouldn't get to spend time with other important people in their lives and also quite frankly they would be tired sometimes of being around each other because of all the time they would spend together working. Rob and Durell talk about Dakari putting him and Smilez through artist development and teaching them the value of work ethic and a strong performance and always being prepared. Rob shared that Lou wasn't really a hip-hop guy but because he loved Dakari so much he trusted him to let “Smilez & Southstar” be his baby.Rob and Durell talk about Smilez & Southstar being signed to TransCon Records via a production deal and then being shopped and signed to Artist Direct as their official record label. Rob shares what the difference is between a production label deal versus a record label deal. He says that a production label is the entity that helps to put the songs together, and then the label is responsible for the marketing, promotion, sales etc. Rob shares that the record label also has a distribution deal that helps to make sure the album is able to be mass distributed. Rob shares that their first single was entitled “Who Wants This” and a radio DJ in Fort Myers Florida named 007 received the single on a Vinyl that was white-labeled. Rob shares that the program director was at their performance as they were the opening act for Khia, took them back to the radio station and played their single twenty times in a row. Rob said that what happened to them was extremely huge for them because they were absolutely unknown during that time. Durell and Rob talk about the single “Tell Me” which Rob said was life changing. Durell asks about the success of that single and if it helped to translate into global success. Rob shares that they released an album in Japan but they never got an opportunity to go to Europe and do a whole lot globally. Durell talks about the impact that BET's 106 & Park had on urban youth culture because in the early 2000's with shows like TRL for young black and brown teens who come from underprivileged communities to see people who looked and talked like those they saw everyday was really amazing culturally. Rob shares that getting on 106 & Park and being able to perform their hit single really helped to stamp them as a group. Durell shares that they have really been the only hip-hop group to achieve that type of success. Rob shares that he still doesn't think any group, even to this day, has come close to achieving their success of a Top 40 Billboard record. Rob shares that you have to be ready to take advantage of every opportunity that happens when you have a hit record. Success is really about everything coming together and working cohesively and that's truly what the difference was back then and still holds true today as well.Rob talks about music being his main source of income for about 8 straight years from 2000-2008. Rob shares that they left the Artist Direct label and signed a deal with Pure Records, which was an indie label distributed by Steve Rifkin and Universal. Rob shares that they had a second album that if it had the opportunity to be released would've really shown their growth because he felt they had really come into their own and figured out their sound. Rob shares that in 2008 is when the recession and the label really stopped investing into their next project. Rob feels that the whole year was the group transitioning and Smilez decided to release a solo project with Dakari. Rob shares that in 2009 is when he decided to leave music alone because he just really didn't enjoy the business side of it anymore. He shares that doing music was never about the money for him. He released a solo mixtape in 2015 and when he gets inspired to do music is when he actually will put something together and that's been his mindset. Rob shares that when he gives advice to artists today he often tells them that they have to love it because if they don't genuinely love it there will be one million reasons to quit. Rob and Durell talk about in order to achieve success today you have to build a strong concentrated community of support as opposed to when Rob was coming up it was more about building a wider audience. Rob shares that artists today have to know what their goals are because even though it's much easier to release and put music out, it's much more saturated. Rob shares that back then artists needed record companies so it really was about signing the best deal possible. Rob shares that back in the record label days artists didn't have to come out of pocket the way they do now and when artists sign record deals they partner with the label.Rob and Durell end the episode talking about which is better, being indie or major. Rob shares that when you look at the charts of who's on top today it's always mostly an artist who has a major record label backing them. Durell shares about the importance of ownership when it comes to intellectual property and how much that matters to an artist today. Rob says that when it comes to negotiation the one who has the ability to walk away is the one with the real power. Rob shares that he will gladly give up seventy percent of the pie if it means that he's going to come out of the deal better than where he started. He feels that too many people are worried about having 100 percent ownership of something but not being set up to capitalize in the best way possible.Durell and Rob talk about what he appreciates about the music ecosystem today is that there are way more opportunities to make a living today and he feels like that's real dope. Rob feels that age does matter but doesn't in a way because like basketball hip-hop is a young man's game although the genre itself has gotten older. He shares that when he was coming up there weren't many older hip-hop fans like there are today and that's a beautiful thing. Rob shares that he has recently opened a mortgage office in downtown Orlando. He said that he's been in the mortgage industry for about eleven years. He made the choice to get into the mortgage business after he decided to transition from music. He shares that he enjoys learning about finances and knowing what he knows now would've definitely invested much more in stocks than jerseys.

In this episode Durell is joined by hip hop artist and one half of the duo Smilez & Southstar” Rob “Southstar Campman. Durell and Rob begin the episode talking about how they've had a relationship for a very long time and it's not always about speaking everyday but the fact that having a great energy and genuineness within the relationship. Rob shares that he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but grew up in Los Angeles and then after the Northridge Earthquake he moved to New Jersey and then to Orlando. Durell & Rob talk about him first loving hip hop at 11 years old and how he fell in love with the culture. He shares that he's always loved music and the first record he remembers really loving was N.W,A. “Boyz In The Hood” as well as many of the great West Coast Rap that was out at the time. He remembers at the time that there was no one in hip-hop that looked like him so he never really thought that pursuing a career in music was truly an option. Rob shares that he was an avid music collector which started from him working in a local record store called “Peaches Music” in Orlando. He said that during that time they would allow you to open the CD and listen to the whole album before you purchased it which is much different from today's era where as a music consumer one has instant access to the new releases that come out in the marketplace. Durell shares that during that time you would see three or four singles drop before the album was released, and really the album cuts were the ones that consumers really wanted to hear. Rob shares that he would learn the lyrics to his favorite songs by writing them down, which he actually credits with really learning bar structure for his own rhymes later on. Rob talks about him doing an open mic contest where he and a friend got on stage and rapped to a Roc Wilder beat and won the contest. He shares that after he got off stage everyone was coming up to him and saying that they didn't know he raps and he was like neither did he. He credits that experience as his first introduction to being a performing artist. Durell and Rob talk about him being signed to a local indie record label and one of his songs being in the indie top 10 on a pirate radio station called “95 Live”. Rob shares that he just really loved the craft of writing raps and trying to make each song better than the last. He never imagined him achieving what would ultimately happen later, especially him being an asian kid from Orlando. Durell and Rob talked about indie artists not being played on major terrestrial radio unless it was inside a mixshow. Durell asks Rob how he first met Smilez and Rob shares that he saw him during a local performance and was really impressed by his stage presence and he told him that they should do a record together. He would always see Smilez during them, both opening up for artists when they would come through Orlando. Rob shares that the big opportunity to work with Smilez didn't happen until he met music producer Dakari who was an in-house producer with TransCon Records which was the record label owned by Lou Pearlman. He shares that Dakari gave him and Smilez a bunch of tracks and they would come back to the studio everyday to knock out songs and then one day Dakari approached them both with the opportunity to do a production deal and that is what birthed them as an official group. Durell shares with Rob that he always wondered why he would never see them both together out and about in the city and Rob said the reason that most people would never see them together is because when they would be home off the road they both wanted to do their own thing because there were many times they wouldn't get to spend time with other important people in their lives and also quite frankly they would be tired sometimes of being around each other because of all the time they would spend together working. Rob and Durell talk about Dakari putting him and Smilez through artist development and teaching them the value of work ethic and a strong performance and always being prepared. Rob shared that Lou wasn't really a hip-hop guy but because he loved Dakari so much he trusted him to let “Smilez & Southstar” be his baby.Rob and Durell talk about Smilez & Southstar being signed to TransCon Records via a production deal and then being shopped and signed to Artist Direct as their official record label. Rob shares what the difference is between a production label deal versus a record label deal. He says that a production label is the entity that helps to put the songs together, and then the label is responsible for the marketing, promotion, sales etc. Rob shares that the record label also has a distribution deal that helps to make sure the album is able to be mass distributed. Rob shares that their first single was entitled “Who Wants This” and a radio DJ in Fort Myers Florida named 007 received the single on a Vinyl that was white-labeled. Rob shares that the program director was at their performance as they were the opening act for Khia, took them back to the radio station and played their single twenty times in a row. Rob said that what happened to them was extremely huge for them because they were absolutely unknown during that time. Durell and Rob talk about the single “Tell Me” which Rob said was life changing. Durell asks about the success of that single and if it helped to translate into global success. Rob shares that they released an album in Japan but they never got an opportunity to go to Europe and do a whole lot globally. Durell talks about the impact that BET's 106 & Park had on urban youth culture because in the early 2000's with shows like TRL for young black and brown teens who come from underprivileged communities to see people who looked and talked like those they saw everyday was really amazing culturally. Rob shares that getting on 106 & Park and being able to perform their hit single really helped to stamp them as a group. Durell shares that they have really been the only hip-hop group to achieve that type of success. Rob shares that he still doesn't think any group, even to this day, has come close to achieving their success of a Top 40 Billboard record. Rob shares that you have to be ready to take advantage of every opportunity that happens when you have a hit record. Success is really about everything coming together and working cohesively and that's truly what the difference was back then and still holds true today as well.Rob talks about music being his main source of income for about 8 straight years from 2000-2008. Rob shares that they left the Artist Direct label and signed a deal with Pure Records, which was an indie label distributed by Steve Rifkin and Universal. Rob shares that they had a second album that if it had the opportunity to be released would've really shown their growth because he felt they had really come into their own and figured out their sound. Rob shares that in 2008 is when the recession and the label really stopped investing into their next project. Rob feels that the whole year was the group transitioning and Smilez decided to release a solo project with Dakari. Rob shares that in 2009 is when he decided to leave music alone because he just really didn't enjoy the business side of it anymore. He shares that doing music was never about the money for him. He released a solo mixtape in 2015 and when he gets inspired to do music is when he actually will put something together and that's been his mindset. Rob shares that when he gives advice to artists today he often tells them that they have to love it because if they don't genuinely love it there will be one million reasons to quit. Rob and Durell talk about in order to achieve success today you have to build a strong concentrated community of support as opposed to when Rob was coming up it was more about building a wider audience. Rob shares that artists today have to know what their goals are because even though it's much easier to release and put music out, it's much more saturated. Rob shares that back then artists needed record companies so it really was about signing the best deal possible. Rob shares that back in the record label days artists didn't have to come out of pocket the way they do now and when artists sign record deals they partner with the label.Rob and Durell end the episode talking about which is better, being indie or major. Rob shares that when you look at the charts of who's on top today it's always mostly an artist who has a major record label backing them. Durell shares about the importance of ownership when it comes to intellectual property and how much that matters to an artist today. Rob says that when it comes to negotiation the one who has the ability to walk away is the one with the real power. Rob shares that he will gladly give up seventy percent of the pie if it means that he's going to come out of the deal better than where he started. He feels that too many people are worried about having 100 percent ownership of something but not being set up to capitalize in the best way possible.Durell and Rob talk about what he appreciates about the music ecosystem today is that there are way more opportunities to make a living today and he feels like that's real dope. Rob feels that age does matter but doesn't in a way because like basketball hip-hop is a young man's game although the genre itself has gotten older. He shares that when he was coming up there weren't many older hip-hop fans like there are today and that's a beautiful thing. Rob shares that he has recently opened a mortgage office in downtown Orlando. He said that he's been in the mortgage industry for about eleven years. He made the choice to get into the mortgage business after he decided to transition from music. He shares that he enjoys learning about finances and knowing what he knows now would've definitely invested much more in stocks than jerseys.

Wudup Nuts! Episode 14 is jam packed full of nuttiness! We talk about perineum sunning our buttholes, we touch on the Darkside of Football. Sean goes down memory lane and retells his experience in the Northridge earthquake, living in Alaska, nose picking, narcissistic people and Stockholm syndrome!  Wow what an episode! Thanks for listening and remember to share us with your friends and be sure to subscribe and review :) Kimpses, Bethany & Sean xoxoxo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's All About The [Iconic Rock] Bass! (Part 4) This episode of #ITWWSS takes another dive into the deep end of a bass guitar shaped pool, where reaching the bottom, we find some of Rock N' Roll's greatest recordings. All the bass players in this show have great skill, soul and their own distinct sound and style. I started playing cello at eight years old. Later in the elementary school orchestra. I wanted to play the upright bass, but I was too small to carry it. I picked up the guitar next. By the time I went to high school in 1967, the Summer Of Love had just taken place. The British Invasion was a few years in. The Doors and Jefferson Airplane just played at a local high school's football field. I'd begun playing guitar in middle school bands, made up of friends. I was playing clarinet in the school orchestra. The Byrds, Monkees, Seeds, Love, Buffalo Springfield, Doors and others were all performing all around L.A. I didn't know at the time that many of those soon to be legends lived about 15 to 20 minutes away, in Laurel Canyon. At about 16 I bought a used Gibson SG Bass, at Saul Betnums Music. Within a day or two, one of the few working high school bands I knew needed to replace their sick bass player, Ed Elowe for a Halloween dance, at a local park. The highly talented Steve Elowe walked me through as many of their songs as possible, including In A Gadda Da Vida, by the Iron Butterfly. I somehow got through the gig, got paid, and became a professional musician. (LOL) As I've been putting together this series of (radio show type) podcasts, the hardest part is choosing what to leave out. There are countless performances by many more bass players that I could ever fit in, plus all the greats I haven't heard of, yet. Part 5 is coming together nicely and I'll do my best to publish it during Black Music Month. It will be the last podcast in the series, but not even close to the last time I'll feature great bassists. I play the bass on all of my original and cover songs. I've only owned three basses in my life. The Gibson bass was traded in towards a new Fender Telecaster. I didn't by another bass until 1994. After the Northridge Earthquake, lots of retail stores had millions of dollars worth of damaged goods. I bought a new Fender Precision Bass that had fallen off the wall and had a gouge in it. As you can imagine, it was sold at a bargain price. I kept it for several years and used it on a few demos, but ended up selling it to a friend in Reno, Nevada. I bought another Fender bass last year, but this time went for a Jazz Bass. I love it to death! Bass is in my bones and DNA. I hope you love it even half as much and enjoy listening to my shows. Perhaps, you'll be inspired to pick up a bass and send me something you've recorded? I'll definitely listen and possibly include it in a podcast. @stewstrauss on Instagram and Twitter In this show you'll hear music from… Jethro Tull, Yes, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Cream, Free, The Who, The Clash, Rush, Muse, U2, and Joe Walsh. A heavily British slanted show, no doubt. I came of age during the British Invasion and was heavily influenced by the music that followed. Bassists include… Glen Cornick, Chris Squire, John Deacon, John McVie, Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, Andy Fraser, John Entwhistle, Paul Simonon, Geddy Lee, Chris Woltenholme, Adam Clayton, and George “Chocolate” Perry. Thanks for your continued support and patronage! Happy Listening!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stewart-strauss/support

It's All About The [Iconic Rock] Bass (Part 4)   This episode of #ITWWSS takes another dive into the deep end of a guitar shaped pool, where reaching the bottom, we find some of Rock N' Roll's greatest recordings. All the bass players in this show have great skill, soul and their own distinct sound and style.  I started playing cello at eight years old. Later in the elementary school orchestra. I wanted to play the upright bass, but I was too small to carry it. I picked up the guitar next. By the time I went to high school in 1967, the Summer Of Love had just taken place. The British Invasion was a few years in. The Doors and Jefferson Airplane just played at a local high school's football field. I'd begun playing guitar in middle school bands, made up of friends. I was playing clarinet in the school orchestra. The Byrds, Monkees, Seeds, Love, Buffalo Springfield, Doors and others were all performing all around L.A. I didn't know at the time that many of those soon to be legends lived about 15 to 20 minutes away, in Laurel Canyon. At about 16 I bought a used Gibson SG Bass, at Saul Betnums Music. Within a day or two, one of the few working high school bands I knew needed to replace their sick bass player, Ed Elowe for a Halloween dance, at a local park. The highly talented Steve Elowe walked me through as many of their songs as possible, including In A Gadda Da Vida, by the Iron Butterfly. I somehow got through the gig, got paid, and became a professional musician. (LOL) As I've been putting together this series of (radio show type) podcasts, the hardest part is choosing what to leave out. There are countless performances by many more bass players that I could ever fit in, plus all the greats I haven't heard of, yet. Part 5 is coming together nicely and I'll do my best to publish it during Black Music Month. It will be the last podcast in the series, but not even close to the last time I'll feature great bassists. I play the bass on all of my original and cover songs. I've only owned three basses in my life. The Gibson bass was traded in towards a new Fender Telecaster. I didn't by another bass until 1994. After the Northridge Earthquake, lots of retail stores had millions of dollars worth of damaged goods. I bought a new Fender Precision Bass that had fallen off the wall and had a gouge in it. As you can imagine, it was sold at a bargain price. I kept it for several years and used it on a few demos, but ended up selling it to a friend in Reno, Nevada. I bought another Fender bass last year, but this time went for a Jazz Bass. I love it to death! Bass is in my bones and DNA. I hope you love it even half as much and enjoy listening to my shows.  Perhaps, you'll be inspired to pick up a bass and send me something you've recorded? I'll definitely listen and possibly include it in a podcast. @stewstrauss on Instagram and Twitter In this show you'll hear music from… Jethro Tull, Yes, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Cream, Free, The Who, The Clash, Rush, Muse, U2, and Joe Walsh. A heavily British slanted show, no doubt. I came of age during the British Invasion and was heavily influenced by the music that followed. Bassists include… Glen Cornick, Chris Squire, John Deacon, John McVie, Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, Andy Fraser, John Entwhistle, Paul Simonon, Geddy Lee, Chris Woltenholme, Adam Clayton, and George “Chocolate” Perry. Thanks for your continued support and patronage! Happy Listening!!!

Pamela speaks with Steven Lavine about the recent release of his biography: Steven D. Lavine – Failure Is What It’s All About. A Life Devoted to Leadership in the Arts. Steven also speaks about leading CalArts through a crisis following the Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and why art, the artistic process and the artists are so important today. Pamela will also speak with Joseph Davis, a senior in the Music Department who was unable to travel from Jamaica to the US to complete his senior year due to the pandemic. Joe performed at the Inauguration celebration for Vice President Kamala Harris with the California State Society and since the pandemic began, his YouTube channel has climbed to 733 subscribers.

On this episode of The Zweig Letter podcast, we sit down with Dr. Kit Miyamoto from Miyamoto International.  Dr. Kit shared his origin story with us, which included coming from Tokyo to the United States with a desire to play football for the Dallas Cowboys ultimately.     This conversation would have been super interesting if he had made the team, but I believe the world is a better and safer place because he didn't.  Learn more about Dr. Kit, Miyamoto International, Miyamoto Relief, and his desire to make buildings worldwide stronger, safer, and earthquake resistant.     Mentioned in this Episode:   Loma Prieta Earthquake 1989 Northridge Earthquake 1994 Sichuan Earthquake 2008 Haiti Earthquake 2010 Nepal Earthquake 2015 New Madrid Area Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari   Get in Touch with Dr. Kit Miyamoto:   Dr. Kit Miyamoto Email Dr. Kit on LinkedIn Dr. Kit on Twitter Miyamoto International Miyamoto Relief Miyamoto Relief on Facebook   Get your FREE Subscription to the Zweig Letter Newsletter.

In the latest episode of "They Actually Survived" our podcasters share the story of two roommates and their experience when their entire second-floor apartment building collapsed on top of them during the Northridge earthquake. Salina and Andy also share the story of a horrific car accident that left its passenger, Molei Wright medically decapitated.  We didn't even know how that was possible but listen to the journey she takes to become whole again.   

Today is a unique conversation with the icon, the magical, the infamous…Santa Claus! Creating magic for children for the past 34yrs as a “professional Santa”, he has been employed by the iconic Myer Brand in Australia for 30yrs to tote his white beard and nurturing spirit upon all children who grace his lap!But who is the man underneath the suit?Rod Hyatt, at age 74, has been a passionate philanthropist for more than 10 years after he finished teaching English and become the Chairman of Habit for Humanity. He is committed to addressing the plight of people who do not sleep securely at night.He has gone on to continue his work in a more focussed way under the banner of Hope ReBuilders and I cannot wait to hear more about the ongoing work he is doing…especially during this past Covid year.The Goods on Santa Rod:Professional Santa for 34 years and with the Myer Centre for 30 years, with a small stint in Japan in 1998 when I was on TV and played Santa in the Japanese production of Enid Blyton's " Naughtiest School Girl"Now, back to the man underneath the cloth…I have a wealth of experience & knowledge across many of fields, after 74 trips around the sun. 12 years ago it was time to give back and get involved in addressing the plight of people who do not sleep securely at night. Habitat For Humanity had been a favourite NFP Organisation since the Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles 17 January 1994. Retirement from the Education sector allowed time to become more supportive where I became involved in starting up the Brisbane Chapter, served as Chairman of the Queensland affiliate and then stepped into a management role after the 2011 South East Queensland floods.May 2013 - Having spent 2 years as Development Manager for Habitat For Humanity Brisbane, I spread my wings and moved into a role where I can be of service to a wider community of people needing safe secure housing. My passion has not changed. In fact it has deepened to a point where I believe the current Habitat model is not effective in fully addressing the problem. We need to get back to a more "grassroots" approach in line with Millard Fuller's original dream of partnership housing - a place where people are more important than personalities - a place where God's work is not corporatised - a place where we can be more flexible and nimble in helping the vulnerable members of our community.September 2013 - Chief Operating Officer of Fuller Center for Housing, Queensland, Australia, following the lead of Millard Fuller, the founder of both Habitat for Humanity and Fuller Center for Housing, in getting back to a more grassroots approach to tackling the problem of substandard housing.April 2018 - I am continuing on the work started all those years ago by Millard Fuller. We are still addressing the needs of those who are less fortunate and who have been socially marginalised. Having recently undergone a name change to Hope ReBuilders we are relaunching with a new vision and vigour for better addressing the situation in Australia nad South East Asia. Contact Santa Rod: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rod.hyatt Twitter: https://twitter.com/santageek LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rhinorod Go to http://www.bit.ly/InTheGamePodcast to become part of this growing community of DREAMERS!

A blast from the past. You might call it retro. Paul and Chris discuss their introduction to video games in a ‘grand experiment’ of live streaming on Twitch. This is the audio of that show from May of 2019. Go down the 16-bit memory lane with them for a short episode. Paul’s first taste of games, brought to you by the number 64, it’s Astro Grover. Paul gets a Nintendo Entertainment System with the combo cartridge of Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. Behold the awesomeness of 1977, Chris’ first console the Atari Stunt Cycle. The arcade introduction for Chris really started with the fever of the 80s, Pac-man. Chris’ second ever cassette tape featured the jam Pac-man Fever from Buckner & Garcia. Paul shares that his office has a Ms Pac-man game. Celebrating 80s birthdays at ShowBiz Pizza Place. Arcade game never mastered, but still beloved by Chris, Moon Patrol. Paul’s exposure to arcade games came at the roller rink of Terry Hall and the largest movie theater at the time, Studio 28. Cyclone The pinball machine that had a carnival barker shouting, “Hey you with the face!” Paul discusses some favs, The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II. Remembering the game magazines that helped us solve the trickier parts of games, like Nintendo Power. Chris remembers the fun of the Summer Games where you and seven of your friends competed in Olympic events by passing the joystick. Make your own racetrack, and choose the planetary gravity with Racing Destruction Set or simply Skate or Die! Paul’s multiplayer intro came with F-zero and Mario Cart. However, the real joy was playing Madden ‘94’ or NHL ‘94’ with friends or dad. Chris recalls The Northridge Earthquake of 1994 when he thinks of NHL ‘94. Another game never mastered, but fondly remembered, R.C. Pro Am. As always, thanks for listening! Interested in helping us pay for the hosting of the show that brings you no ads? Check out our Patreon or get yourself a t-shirt or a sticker at one of Chris’ stores. Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon

What was an otherwise peaceful winter day in the San Fernando Valley turned into chaos as the parts of California would begin to shake and the events of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake began to take shape? Buildings would be leveled, lives would be changed forever and a generation would get a first-hand look at the power that mother nature holds in its grasp, ready to strike at almost anytime. Today we revisit the 1994 Northridge earthquake. 

At the turn of the century, the Order of the Golden Dawn was born… and then died. In the decades since, several mystics have resurrected the order, founding numerous competing chapters, influencing political elections, and maybe even causing the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. 

Councilmember Bob Blumenfield talks with the West Valley Warner Center Chamber of Commerce to discuss the latest news on reopening the economy and to discuss local efforts his office has made to help the West Valley during this pandemic. "I remember well 25 years ago when the Northridge Earthquake tore through the West Valley, many thought we would never recover and the Valley would become a ghost town. I spent years working on the recovery and businesses did bounce back. Although times are tough, we can and we will get through this pandemic, too." Stay up to date on the latest reopening updates by visiting https://corona-virus.la/Business CD3 Action during Pandemic|Planning the economic recovery|Business Resources and Funding|LA Budget

On this episode of the podcast we continue part 2 with our talk with bro. Steve Rivas from Washington state and a believer of the Message of the Hour. Bro. Steve currently attends Cloverdale Bibleway in Canada where bro. Ed Byskal is the pastor. Bro. Steve continues to share with us his testimony how God through a tragic traffic accident that he and his wife were involved in got his attention to get serious about serving God with all of his heart. One of the most incredible parts of his testimony is how God used the Northridge Earthquake that took place in in the San Fernando Valley region of the County of Los Angeles in 1994, to convince him to move to Washington state to serve the Lord there. Acts 5:40-42 40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 42And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. You can read the transcript of this episode here: https://bit.ly/2xN9Fow Our Daily Strength Devotional App: http://ourdailystrength.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: http://10kworlds.com Anchor FM: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/10thousandworlds Youtube: https://bit.ly/2kb9Rak ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2kodmdD Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2kodbyZ Listen on Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/2kR4yNG --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support

Nothing represents the chugging economy of Orange County like Disneyland. The park has closed only three times in its 65-year history: the day after JFK was shot, the day of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, and 9/11. Today, the resort is a ghost town. Our guest is Glynndana Shevlin, a Disney concierge who will be furloughed in a few days.More reading: Disney to furlough employees amid coronavirus crisis.[Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

Leslie Rok lived close to the epicenter of the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California. Hear her story experiencing the moment magnitude 6.7 earthquake, and reflections 26 years later. Technical Level: 1/5 Fear Factor: 4/5

Happy Friday, March 13th Everyone! Weather in the parks today will be cloudy with rain and a high of 62 degrees. Park hours today, Disneyland will be open from 8 am - 12 am and DCA 8 am - 10 pm. As we all know by now, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, for the first time in history all Disney Parks Worldwide and Disney Cruise Line are set to close. The Disneyland Resort will be closed beginning tomorrow March 14th and will remain closed until March 31st until further notice. This closure also includes The Downtown Disney District. The Disneyland Resort Hotels will remain open until the 16th to allow guests to plan accordingly. Thankfully, The Walt Disney Company has stated that all Cast Members will be paid during the closure. What does this mean for AP's? A statement was released this morning for WDW AP's stating their passes would be extended the number of days the parks are closed. We are assuming this will be the case for Disneyland AP's. This is the 4th time in Disneyland history that the parks will close and the 1st time in history it will be closed for this length of time. The 1st being the day after JFK was killed, Then the Northridge Earthquake and lastly, on 9/11. During this time, we can't stress enough, don't panic but do what you can to stay safe & healthy and by all means, wash your hands often and if you are sick, for the sake of all the people around you, stay home!

I talk with music producer Gabe Lackner a.k.a. BOZGO and artist/actor Megan Ozurovich (pixiepropaganda) about the creative process and it’s many hurdles including loneliness, self-sabotage, childhood trauma, addiction and more. We discuss what creativity means to us, the commonality between all artistic expression, fame and art, Kanye West, Jean Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, money and art, publicity, self-promotion, social media, the tortured artist vs the happy artist, treasuring the moment, therapy and sanskara, Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art and what Resistance is in our lives, living in a simulation, the Northridge Earthquake of 1994, surfing, tidal waves and we laugh about the endings of various disaster films. It’s a great chat which was recorded at the start of December 2019 in Los Angeles and I’ve been excited to share it ever since so here it finally is, tune-in and I hope you enjoy! IT’S ALL IN THE MINDSET Episode #003

Charles “Sid” Heal retired as a Commander from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in 2008 after nearly 33 years of service, more than half of which was spent in units charged with handling law enforcement special and emergency operations. He was present for emergency operations at the Oklahoma City Bombing, the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, and the 2001 attacks. Sid also dedicated 35 years to the US Marine Corps Reserve and served four combat tours. He is the author of Sound Doctrineand Field Command, as well as more than 180 articles on law enforcement subjects. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Police Science from California State University, a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in management from California Polytechnic University. He is also a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy and the California Command College. He is the President of the California Association of Tactical Officers and the national chairman for Strategy Development for the National Tactical Officers Association. He is a frequent teacher at the U.S. military war colleges and has taught throughout the world.

The 6.7 Northridge Earthquake, followed by a 6.0 aftershock, less than a minute later, wasn't the biggest earthquake to hit Southern California, but it was one of the worst, because the epicenter was directly under a populated area. It did over $20 billion in damage and, more importantly, at least 60 people lost their lives—16 of them in one building. The official death toll stands at 61, with one study, by USC and the USGS, reaching 72. But Nobody really knows for sure. What we do know is that there were over 8,700 people injured, 1,600 of them hospitalized.  More would have died in the aftershocks and fires caused by broken gas mains, if not for neighbors helping neighbors, and the incredible work done by police fire and rescue workers. NBCLA First Reports Retrospective Full Show NBCLA Northridge Earthquake Day Two Full Show Northridge Earthquake Raw Footage, USGS No sound but some things you just have to see to believe LAist 25th Anniversary Article Has pictures you can’t find anywhere else Learning From Earthquakes Daniel Pendrick’s full article, on the Savage earth blog. Includes links to more information. Seismology: The Northridge Earthquake and its Aftershocks Excellent article from the Southern California Earthquake Center, by Erik Hauksson and Lucy Jones

25 years ago the San Fernando Valley was the epicenter of one of the most devastating earthquakes in history. We discuss the Northridge Earthquake, including a first hand account of what it was like to be in the heart of this historical natural disaster.Support Ghost Town on PatreonFollow Ghost Town on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 years ago the San Fernando Valley was the epicenter of one of the most devastating earthquakes in history. We discuss the Northridge Earthquake, including a first hand account of what it was like to be in the heart of this historical natural disaster. Support Ghost Town on Patreon Follow Ghost Town on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex asks L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti to either step down or face a recall over his weak leadership on L.A.'s homeless crisis. talks about what it is like to live and work in Downtown Los Angeles surrounded by homelessness. About how the City of Los Angeles is no longer a safe or healthy place to live. She blames L.A.'s Mayor Eric Garcetti for the problem of chronic homelessness, calling out his weak leadership on the crisis. She also exposes how City Controller Ron Galperin pointed out finding of his audit of Proposition HHH, not one unit was built with the $1.2 billion in bond money. Prop. HHH is a 10-year program approved by voters to build 10,000 apartments units for the homeless of Los Angeles.

Northridge Earthquake 25 years later, Leno calls in, 16yr old calls cops on dad, Hatfield and McCoys, Chris Hansen has money problems, Text message threads, Drummer Gregg Bisonette and Remembering Bryan Logan drops.

Handel first discusses the deal that is needed to end the LAUSD teacher's strike.He then talks with Ken O'Dell about the 25th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake and how building structures changed since then.Lastly, he talks about Rudy Giuliani and what he said in regard to Trump and the "Russian Collusion."

Mighty Mike: What's up Server Nation? My name is Michael Reid, the podcast server. You are listening to Process Server Daily. On this podcast, we interview the top legal support professionals and get the tips, tools, and tactics that they use to get the job done and build a successful company. I'm a big fan of storytelling and I'm excited about today's guest. Mighty Mike: Before we get started, let's give a big shout out to my new sponsor, Server Manager. We have a special gift for all of my listeners at the end of today's episode. Mighty Mike: Okay, Server Nation. We are joined here by the owner of Love to Serve Them, LLC. He has 20 years of experience serving papers both privately and for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He has covered Los Angeles County and surrounding counties in Southern California since March of 2012. Dave Luce, welcome to the show. Dave Luce: Thanks Mike, glad to be here. Mighty Mike: Awesome, Dave. Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started in the industry? Dave Luce: Well, I started serving papers in 1996. What had happened is the company I was working for ... The Northridge Earthquake happened and basically imploded the owner's house. So that business went away. And I was in the bar one night talking to one of my high school friends who had an attorney service. He was like, "Why don't you go come work for me for a while?" I was like, "Yeah, I'm not doing anything else right now." Dave Luce: And within a couple of months I started noticing that these attorneys were asking, "Hey, we want this Dave guy to go serve it." And probably about six months later, that business went belly-up. So I'm like, "Well hey, I'll just go get the license and bond." And then I went back to all these attorneys and was like, "Hey, I'm in business for me now. I just do the process service. Let the attorney service do your other stuff." So I already had a built-in clientele. Mighty Mike: That's awesome, Dave. Do you have a family? Dave Luce: Yeah, I have a family. One daughter. Was a single parent for her. We moved back in with my mom a couple years ago to help take care of her. She's 83 now. Mighty Mike: That's really cool, yeah. Family's really important. How old's your daughter? Dave Luce: She's 21. Mighty Mike: Whoa, that's cool. Adult kids. I look forward to that day. Dave Luce: Cherish the time now. Mighty Mike: That's what I hear. So, Dave, there's a reason why you're on the show. You have a lot going on. You're ... I watch you on Facebook and the different things, hearing your posts about the different awards that you've won and things like that. So I'm really excited to hear your story. Lots of good stories, I'm sure, that you have. But we always start here at Process Server Daily, we start with your worst experience working in the field. Tell us a little bit about that. Dave Luce: My worst experience definitely has to be with the Sheriff's Department. In 2003, I was serving a criminal subpoena on a lady for probably the 300th time in three years, and she sicked her 70-pound Chow on me. And I ended up putting two fractures in an ankle, 20 fractures in my knee, unit broke my wrist and got a nerve disease that spread body-wide from there. They were going after her for 8-10 for assault with intent, and she pled out to a year and a half in the state. But that's gotta definitely be my absolute worst because that ended that career. I was not able ... Because I had nerve disease, I could not return to active duty. Mighty Mike: Oh my gosh. And that was while you were with the Sheriff's Department? Dave Luce: Yes. Mighty Mike: Oh man. So it was a Chow Chow, the black ones with the purple tongue? Dave Luce: Yeah, yeah. I was about halfway back to my unit and I heard her open the door and was like, "Sick him." I used to carry a little micro cassette recorder in my pocket, because people would call in and say I said a derogatory name or whatever. And even though it's a he said-she said, something will go on my file. So I'm like, "Oh, no, no, no, no. This ain't happening." So I turn that on, radio in, and then continue on serving case number so-and-so on such-and-such and let it run. And then when I would get one of these complaints, I'd play that tape for my sergeant and my lieutenant. There's my proof that none of this happened, so nothing goes into my file. It's not for legal reasons, it's more just to CYA for me. Mighty Mike: Yeah, no. That's smart. Dave Luce: And you hear all of that on that tape. Mighty Mike: Yeah, that's smart. So you were able to hear the, "Sick him?" Dave Luce: Oh yeah. Mighty Mike: Okay. Dave Luce: And the funny thing is, is she came out and she's laughing because I couldn't get up off the ground. I couldn't even reach the microphone on my shoulder. I just had to hit the red button, what we call the EPIRB button, which as far as the department's concerned, I've just been shot. And you hear her laughing and then all of a sudden you hear her stop and literally every point on the compass sirens are screaming in. I'm right on the border of Altadena, so I've got Altadena sheriffs coming, Pasadena PD coming, fire, ambulance, helicopter. Mighty Mike: Wow. Dave Luce: Yeah. Mighty Mike: Oh, man. And now, did you already tell me? Did she do jail time? Dave Luce: She pled out to a year and a half. So I was like, "Welcome to the family." That's why I served her so many times. She wasn't a criminal, but her all her family and relatives were. And in LA County, only the Sheriffs can serve criminal subpoenas from the DAs and public defenders. And so at least once a week for three years, sometimes two or three times a week, just where she lived, I'd be banging on her door about 10 after five in the morning with one of these subpoenas. And she just went crazy that morning. Mighty Mike: I can't tell you how many times I've interviewed people and the response I got was, "You know, I served her a bunch of times," or, "I served him a bunch of times and I thought, it's gonna be fine. It's been fine every time before. And then this one time." Mighty Mike: And I gotta tell you, dogs are my biggest concern when I'm out serving. I carry a little taser. I don't carry it as much anymore. Maybe just I think I can handle myself more by having a gun and things, but I try not to ... I really don't carry very often. And as far as tasers go, have you ever carried a taser, Dave? Dave Luce: No. No. When needed I'll take a weapon with me, or I have body armor. I'll wear my body armor. But for the most part I just try to keep very low-key. And I've gotta say, I've had way more problems serving for the Sheriff's Department than I've ever had serving privately. Mighty Mike: So what I take privately from your story Dave, for the most part, is to CYA. Having that recorder on you allowed you to be able to prove that she wanted her dog to do that. In some circumstances, the dog could have bit you and she could have gotten in no trouble at all. The dog broke out of the gate, or whatever, depending on what her defense might be, so that was a really good thing. So this was an audio recorder, or a video recorder? Dave Luce: No, no, an audio. It's one of those little tiny cassette recorders where the cassette is maybe an inch. Totally old school. This 2003 when this happened, but I started doing it in 2001. Mighty Mike: Oh, okay. Dave Luce: Well no, 2000, because I started with the Sheriff's Department in 2000. Mighty Mike: But that's the technology that they had at that time and you guys were utilizing it, luckily, so that's a great story. What do you want Server Nation to get from your story? Dave Luce: Well for me, I think the best thing for any process server is to have total situational awareness. Be aware of what's going on around you, what's going on in front of you and what's going on behind you. Because I have some areas that I go into, covering all of Los Angeles County, that are really nasty areas. I've served down in Watts and Compton. I've never even felt fearful down there. Mighty Mike: Wow. Either that's because it's not as bad as they say or you're just a bad mamma jamma... Dave Luce: It can be as bad as they say, but like I said, I keep situational awareness. I see what's going on when I first pull up in front of the property. And if there's stuff going on that I don't feel safe doing it, I'll call for backup. I'll call LAPD or I'll call the local PD and say, "Hey, I'm a registered process server. I'm here to serve eviction papers. I just need some backup to keep the peace." And they respond. Mighty Mike: I was gonna say, do they ... Because in a lot of counties they're like, "Well, we'll see if we can send someone out." And you're there for an hour. Almost doesn't make sense to even sit around, because sometimes you wonder if they're even gonna show. So they were pretty supportive down there? Dave Luce: Yeah, they're very supportive. And you just tell them not, "I'm just here to serve this." It's, "I'm registered LA County." I give them my number. "And I'm here to serve such and such. This is what's going on. I just need some backup." Or, if I show up at say a private community, which as you know here in California, they have to allow us access when there's a guard at the gate. There have been some times where the guard doesn't want to let me in, and it's like, "Here's the deal. Either you let me in or I'm gonna call the PD. One, you're required by state law, and two, you could end up getting arrested for obstruction." Dave Luce: And every now and then they'll be like, "Yeah. No, go ahead and call." I had one, it was hilarious. I waited probably an hour, hour and a half for them to come. It was right up at the top of the mountains in Mulholland in the Hollywood Hills. The unit they dispatched was from Santa Monica, and it was a sergeant and a senior officer. And I said, "Yeah, I'm here. I showed them my ID and the papers and he wouldn't let me in. I even showed him the statute." He's like, "Wait a minute. You showed him the statute and he's still not letting you in?" No. Went right over to him. "You're gonna open this gate or I'm gonna put the cuffs on you. He showed you you're required to let him in." Dave Luce: "But they said we're not supposed to." "I don't care." And I went in and I served the papers and I came out, he was still lecturing this kid. Mighty Mike: That's cool. You like those little wins when you can stick it to them like that. That's awesome, Dave. Tell me about your greatest experience working in the field? Dave Luce: Well, my fondest one where I get the most satisfaction is where I get those people that just absolutely think I'm not gonna be able to get them. And that one I was just telling you about was actually one of those. And I had six bad addresses. And it was for a debtor examination, so I had to get her personally. Dave Luce: ... and it was for a debtor examination. So I had to get her personally and finally came up with this address and when I served her she was just ... Because I had another guard go with me, she's just screaming and losing her mind about, "You're not supposed to let them on here." I was like, "LAPD's out there, they said we have to let him go on." "Well, I'm going to have you fired." "I'm not getting fired over you." And I'd actually talked to her on the phone and she said, "Good luck finding me." And hung up. Mighty Mike: Oh wow. Dave Luce: So those are the ones that I'm just like, "Yeah." You know, the ones that I also really enjoy are when I can get somebody that is an abuser, someone that abuses women or children that I can get them served and get that restraining order on them. So that there's at least something to stop this abuse from going on. Those are the ones I get a really good satisfaction out of. Mighty Mike: Those are good ones. So, Dave, I gotta call you out on this one man. I know that you have a story in your back pocket that you call the greatest story of all time. We gotta hear it. Dave Luce: 20 years in this business, this story will never be beat. I've got an attorney-client that his ... one of his clients, he shares an office with a modeling agency and they've discovered that a lot of their models their images are being used without their knowledge and consent to advertise for strip clubs and swingers clubs and sex magazines. So in the last three years, I've probably served every stripper club, nudey bar, gentleman's club, sex rag in LA and Orange County. Mighty Mike: You poor guy. Dave Luce: And I got this one ... I got this one and it was for a swingers club down by USC campus and my family knows what I'm doing and when I get an amusing one I'll be like, "Oh this ought to be interesting." And I told my daughter, and so she actually looked the place up and I was out in the field and she called me and she's like, "Dad, Dad, guess what night it is at that place you're going." "I don't know, what night is it?" "It's pantsless night, what are you wearing?" "I'm not there to participate, I'm wearing my pants of course." So I get there and while I'm waiting for the owner to come out, this big white limousine, stretch limo pulls up and this fine woman, I mean a perfect ten gets out of the car holding a dog leash and I think, "Well it's going to be a little Pomeranian or something come out of the car." No. This guy comes out of the car wearing a leather hood and no top and assless chaps. Dave Luce: So I start laughing and this guy goes running up to me till he gets to the end of the dog leash and it's like eek, and now I'm busting a gut, I can hardly stand I'm laughing so hard, he's like "Officer, officer, I want your badge number, I'm reporting you to your supervisor." It's like, "Good luck with that, I own the company, besides that you're the one on the end of a dog collar wearing a leather hood and assless chaps. You earned the laugh." Mighty Mike: Oh man, that must have been quite an experience. Dave Luce: It was funny, like I said, 20 years in this business that story will never be beat. Mighty Mike: I don't think ... I'm going to put it on the show notes and we're going to see as time goes on, we'll see if anybody ... that'll be the challenge. Dave Luce: Okay, yeah, there you go. Mighty Mike: So Dave, what are you working on right now that has you most fired up? Dave Luce: Well as far as things in the industry, the thing that has me most fired up are the unscrupulous people that pass themselves off as professional servers. You know that they go out and they'll promise service or no payment or they charge a ridiculously small price. I mean I had a friend that she lost her house because of fraudulent service. Dave Luce: And she contacted me, she was in the middle of her house and got a notice that the house had been foreclosed and auctioned off and they had 30 days to leave. So she called me and I said, "Well the first thing you gotta do is you gotta get in that file and look at that proof of service because of your schedule, you're all over the place. And if you can prove you were not there and it says Personal Service you've got a case." So they've got a huge lawsuit going against the process server, the attorney service, the attorneys and the bank, but because it was already sold in auction she has no prayer of getting this house back and she was really devastated because three of her five kids were home birthed in that house. Mighty Mike: That's terrible. I experienced that same situation with a lot of the unlawful detainers I do in mobile home parks. A lot of times the mobile home park people, they do the eviction. I've actually done an eviction on a friend of mine because they were saying she was a nuisance, I told her, "You need to get an attorney." And she waited too long till the last minute and she ended up having to move out of the house. They get the property and they make it difficult, so even in the auction, you'd have to ... If you won the auction you'd have to move the trailer off the park, that's the way they word it. Mighty Mike: So sewer service has been running rampant, in a few other states I noticed that they were talking about passing a law to have cameras on process servers, it's one of the ideas that I saw that was proposed, and I'm not sure exactly what state it is, I'll have to look it up maybe post it in the show notes for this episode, but what do you think about that? Making something like that required for process servers? Dave Luce: Well, I think it was New York that actually changed their law that the anything that is served in attempts has to have some sort of a photo that's date, time and geocoded stamped and that's because of all the sewer service and I think the one, in particular, was ABC Legal got a huge judgment against them for that. Mighty Mike: I heard about that, yeah, ABC Legal. Dave Luce: And it's like ... Really the only attorney service that I do work for is called Firefly Legal, they've got 16 offices in the Midwest and the east coast and I'm contracted to do all their LA County stuff, and the reason I work for them is they pay me my rate. They don't pay me some pittance, they pay me my rate and when I do the attempts and stuff, as I've filling it out in their software it shows the geocode. You know, 'cause I have to put in all the other information, but right at the bottom, it shows the geocode where I'm at, the GPS location. So they have a record of that, so I think that kind of stuff is a really good idea. On my own if I'm doing a posting I just take a picture on my camera phone and that has that on that and then I'll print the picture out and sent it to the attorney so they've got it. Mighty Mike: Yeah, that's really good and now most of the apps have an option to be able to take a photograph and attach it right there on the job. You know, ServeManager, Tristar and I'm sure there are others that do the same thing. Mighty Mike: So Dave what do you want Server Nation to get from what you're working on right now? What do you think that the servers out there should be thinking about when it comes all of this sewer service talk? Dave Luce: I think the best thing is to keep very detailed notes. I keep hard copy notes of all my attempts, all service situations, who I've served, what their description is, and probably once a year I'll get called into court because of somebody's challenging service. And about half those times, once I write up my declaration and send it to the attorney I don't even have to show up, they just drop it and other times when I've actually had to go in and testify I've had the judge look them dead in the eyes and say, "You say you were out of town, I want to see some receipts and notes because according to his testimony and his description of you, you were absolutely served." Mighty Mike: That's good yeah, I always love when I go in there and they say they weren't served the notice, they always like to contest the notice, and I have a date and time and GPS stamped photograph of the posting on their house, you know, in some cases them walking into the door or whatever. And the judge just shakes his head like, "So you never saw this man. You know, come on." Dave Luce: I mean, another thing that I also do when I have to do a mailing is I send my clients back the receipt that shows that at this post office on this date at this time to this city and this zip code there was a letter sent. So that's further back up that the mailing went out. Mighty Mike: Are you talking about the certification, or are you just put them as the return address? Dave Luce: No when you do a posting and mailing. Mighty Mike: Yeah. Dave Luce: Or when you do a subserve and have to mail the copy. Mighty Mike: Oh the certified, yeah. Dave Luce: What I have to put on the proof of service, you know, I mailed a copy on this date from this location to the address where served. I'd make sure that I don't just ... You know I pay for it at the post office so I get that mailing receipt and then I send my clients that too so they've got more back up. Mighty Mike: Right, that's good. Yeah what we started doing was printing a ... You know how when you send certified, not certified, but just a first-class mail when you subserve something, we started putting our clients as the return address so we don't have to shred the documents and it's like a double verification when it gets sent back, 'cause a lot of times a lot of the evictions that we do it's a vacant property, so it ends up the certified stuff ends up getting send back to our client. 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When you can set up literally app to integrate with Zapier or integrate with ServeManager. I love it. I've set my whole firm up. Go to ProcessServerDaily.com/ServeManager to get your free trial. If you like it after the 14-day free trial, they've offered to give you another 60 days for free, as a thank-you for being a Process Server Daily listener. That's ProcessServerDaily.com/ServeManager. ServeManager Special Offer Get an Extra 60 Days Free! Listeners of the Process Server Daily podcast get a total of 74 days to try ServeManager free of charge. That’s an additional 60 days longer than ServeManager’s typical 14 day trial.   To receive an additional 60 days, you must provide a credit card at the end of your 14 day trial. Your card will NOT be billed until the end of your additional 60 days. You can cancel at anytime before that date. After your additional 60 days, your card will be billed. This offer is only valid for new Servemanager users.*   Mighty Mike: Welcome back to the show. Dave, are you ready for the Rapid Fire Round? Dave Luce: Yes, I am. Mighty Mike: What is your favorite skip trace tactic? Dave Luce: My favorite tactic is to definitely find out where they were before, get whatever information that I from the client first. Because then that allows me to do a better skip trace. Because it might be that one little piece of information that leads me to the correct information that I'm looking for. Mighty Mike: That's good. Do you use a form, or are you just working with email? Dave Luce: No, I just work it with email and whatever information. That's how I get most of my jobs is by email. They mail them to me by email, and I tell them I've printed and received OK, and then I keep them advised throughout the whole process. Mighty Mike: That's great. Dave, what's your favorite tool for defense? Dave Luce: Definitely would have to be my fists. I don't play around. Again, my first defense is situational awareness. But if somebody takes that first swing, mine's going to break your nose and my second one's going in your throat. You're not getting up. We're done. Mighty Mike: So Dave, I want to know more about that really fast. Are you a ninja? Dave Luce: No. I've just had a lot of good training over the years. I spent most of the 80s running security for most of the NFL and all the Super Bowls, concert tours all over the country. I've been in riots from 50 people to 5,000 people. Mighty Mike: That's good stuff, Dave. What book would you recommend? Dave Luce: For the Process Servers, I would recommend whatever your code of civil procedure is. Know exactly what you can do and when you can do it, and how you can do it. Mighty Mike: That's good. Dave, what is the greatest advice you've ever received? Dave Luce: Greatest advice I ever got was from my grandfather, who's actually the man I considered to be my father, because he taught me what it was to be a man, and how to be a father. And he always said, "Having integrity is doing the right thing even when nobody's looking." And we as Process Servers, we have to have integrity. Number one, our clients have to know that, when we do something and we say that we did something, they have absolute confidence that it happened exactly the way we said it did. Mighty Mike: That's a good one. One of my favorite quotes is, "Your actions are speaking so loud, I can't hear what you're saying." Dave, what would you do if you woke up today, you had all the same skills and knowledge, had no clients, a smartphone, a car, and only $100, what would you do in the next week? Dave Luce: Definitely it would be to get a website, to get a website and then take whatever I've got left from that and get some nice flyers printed up. And the way that I got a lot of clients when I first started back in '96 is, I would stand out in front of courthouses, dress nice, and give them my card and a flyer, and let them know what I do. And I've picked up a lot of clients like that, especially a lot of those coming out from doing the self-filings for small claims. Mighty Mike: That's good. I've always said that when I retire, I'm going to go stand in front of the courthouse and I'm going to have a new company. It's going to be called The Bad News Bear. And I'm just going to have a big bear suit on and going to stand in front of the courthouse and hand out cards. It'll be a little plastic bear that'll be like, "I serve people." And then a, because you're retired. You could do whatever you want to do when you're retired. Dave Luce: Technically, I am retired. This is my retirement job, was to go back into this. I finally got my pension and benefits for life from the Sheriff's Department, because it was injured in the line of duty. And I really enjoy process serving. I've always liked helping people, and I've always viewed what we do as process servers as, we're helping start the wheels of justice for the person that got screwed over to begin with. Because they can't get any justice until somebody serves somebody else. Mighty Mike: That's good. Yeah, that's good. Some of my attorney clients' friends will say, well, as soon as we get in the courtroom, the first thing they say is, "Do you have a proof of service?" And if you don't have a proof of service, you got to have a reason or a declaration or something to continue the hearing. And sometimes, it just means you lose your case. So that's good. Yeah, we get the wheels of justice moving. We got quite a few good quotes going here. So Dave, so we talked about the website. We talked about standing out in front of the courthouse. Would you agree that networking is one of the most important things? Dave Luce: It definitely is important. Join your local Chamber of Commerce, join some of the national associations, if you can afford it. But definitely get your name out there, and make sure that the name you're getting out there is a good one. Because that's how I get most of my referrals. I mean, I had one of my clients actually referred me to the Michigan Office to the Attorney General, that I now serve stuff that they send out here to LA. Mighty Mike: Wow. Dave Luce: I mean, I thought it was a joke when I got the email, and I replied back and was like, "No." It actually is the Michigan Office to the Attorney General. Mighty Mike: Well, I got to tell you, I was going to say, because networking, to me, seems like one of your big strengths. Anybody that I'd talk to that I asked serving in that area, they go, "Go to Dave, go to Dave Luce." So that's a- Dave Luce: Yeah. And my clients, especially the ones that are new, one thing they really appreciate is that, they don't have to think about it. Once they give it to me, it doesn't go into that black hole and they don't know the progress with it or the attempts or anything like that. I mean, I have clients that will, like I said, [inaudible 00:25:50], they'll pay me a lot of money to go as far south as San Diego and as far north as Santa Barbara. Mighty Mike: Wow. Dave Luce: They know they can find somebody else cheaper, but they know they're not going to find anybody better. Mighty Mike: Right. Dave Luce: So they'll send me and pay me several hundred dollars. Mighty Mike: Well, Dave, you are the man. And what I take most from that story is, to watch your name and your credibility. What are some of the main things that Process Servers do to ruin their credibility? Dave Luce: I would say, promising the moon and not delivering it. Saying, "Oh, well I'll get this done within x amount of time," and then not doing it. Mighty Mike: That's good. Dave Luce: The way I base my regular service is, three attempts done within a week of me getting the papers. And so, sometimes it's a lot faster. But I'm not going to say, "Oh, well, I'll get to it tomorrow," because I may have a rush that's going 30 miles the other way, and I can't get to it. So I just give them a range of dates. They're also happy that I get it done so quickly. Mighty Mike: So Dave, what is the best way that we can connect with you, and then we'll say goodbye? Dave Luce: Well, my website is www.LoveToServeThem, all one word, .com. You can find me on Facebook at LoveToServeThemLLC. You can also find on Yelp at Love To Serve Them. I try to, I'm on LinkedIn under the same. I try to keep it fairly simple, because again, I'm a one-man operation. Mighty Mike: Yeah. Dave Luce: And I would much prefer that I get. Like with Yelp, I almost never get a client off Yelp. The ones that call me off Yelp, they're looking for an attorney or they want something for nothing, or I'll tell them my price and it's like, "Well, do you guarantee service?" "No." "Well, I've talked to others that guarantee a service for less." And I'm like, "Run, run. Do not use that." Because of course they're going to say they served it when they didn't, because they want to get paid. Mighty Mike: Yeah, that's one element that people don't really recognize sometimes is like, this isn't a McDonald's drive-thru. Right? You're not just like, transactionally paying them and then they're doing something that's. If it's important to you, then pay the money. Right? Like, I've noticed that most of the time, attorneys and paralegals, they don't even blink an eye at my $79, $99 rates. They don't even blink an eye. They'd just say, "Okay," because they'd pass it on their clients and they know that you're a professional and you're going to take care of it so. I love that Dave. All of Dave's information is going to be available in the show notes on his page. You can go to ProcessServerDaily.com/dave and that'll take you to his show notes page. Dave, I want to personally thank you for being on the show. I have been impressed with your story and I'm excited to share it with the world. Dave Luce: I appreciate it, Michael. I see all your posts all the time, and you definitely keep me laughing, but you also have a lot of great information, especially for those new servers. Mighty Mike: That's good, it- Dave Luce: I would say that one thing for somebody that's new coming into this that doesn't know what process serving is all about is, you just have to remember that you're blindsiding people with legal notices. And yes, they're going to get upset, but don't take it personally. You have to have a thick skin to do this job. Mighty Mike: That's good. Thank you for that, and now, Dave, I appreciate it. So until next time, Server Nation, you've been served up some awesomeness by Dave Luce, the Process Server, and Mighty Mike, the Podcast Server. Mighty Mike: Don't forget to get your free 60-day trial from ServeManager at ProcessServerDaily.com/ServeManager. Server Nation, I want to personally thank you for listening to today's episode, and ask you a question: Do you or your staff need additional training? Can you handle more clients, but not sure where to get them? I've developed a solution, PSDUniversity.com offers a step-by-step online training by the top legal support professionals in the industry. Visit www.PSDUniversity.com 

Deputy Chief Larry Collins is the Cal OES Fire and Rescue Deputy Fire Chief of the Special Operations and Hazardous Material Unit, having joined Cal OES in November, 2016. He oversees the State Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response Program which includes response, training, terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destructions related operations, flood and swiftwater rescue operations, and hazardous material unit.Chief Collins joined Cal OES Fire and Rescue Division after serving 36 years in all ranks at the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD). He served up to the Battalion Chief position, with many years assigned to some of the busiest fire/rescue companies and battalions, and has 30 years of experience as a paramedic. He was assigned to three active LACoFD battalions and he spent 19 years as a Captain at the department’s Central Urban Search and Rescue Unit, responding by ground unit or helicopter to a wide variety of challenging technical rescues, multi-alarm fires, and major emergencies across Los Angeles County and surrounding counties. He was a Search Team Manager and Task Force Leader on LACoFD’s California OES/FEMA USAR Task Force (CA-TF2), deploying to disasters including the 2015 Nepal Earthquake disaster; the 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami catastrophe; the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Chief Collins has been an active member of the FEMA US&R Incident Support Teams (IST), having served since 1995 as a US&R Specialist, Division/Group Supervisor, Branch Director, and Operations Section Chief to help coordinate federal urban search and rescue operations at Hurricanes Sandy, Katrina, Ivan, Ike, Rita, Frances, Gustav, Irene, Dennis, Wilma, Dolly, Earl, and most recently Mathew. As an IST member, he also responded to the 9/11 Attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing, and various national security events and exercises.  Chief Collins left LACoFD with a record of innovative leadership and actualizing informed visions for the future of the fire/rescue services. During his employment with LACoFD, Chief Collins demonstrated his ability to initiate, institute, and successfully manage unique improvements and enhancements to public safety. This included many years of invaluable inter-agency and multidisciplinary experiences, collaborations, and innovations that continue to have local, state, national, and international impact. Chief Collins’ diverse list also includes: founding of LACoFD’s Swiftwater Rescue Program and the continued development of LACoFD’s US&R Program, working with Cal OES and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on development of the state and national US&R systems, also working with Cal OES on developing the statewide swiftwater rescue team network, mud and debris flow response protocols and rescue procedures, fireground rapid intervention protocols, active shooter response procedures, aquatic helicopter swiftwater workshop rescue evolutions, terrorism planning and response, new approaches to diverse challenges like trench and excavation collapse rescue, large animal rescue, confined space/deep shaft rescue, and the use of technology to improve search and rescue. His experiences even included new designs for firefighter turnouts/bunker gear to improve the speed by which downed firefighters can be rescued. Chief Collins frequently served as a bridge between emergency response and the sciences, industry, and government agencies helping to innovate multidisciplinary programs like the California Shakeout Earthquake Exercise; the California Catastrophic Earthquake Plan; the L.A. County Tsunami Plan, and the Post-Station Fire Mud and Debris Flow Response Plans. Chief Collins has been able to communicate and articulate the visions, innovations, and lessons learned to fire/rescue service operators and the public by authoring reports, published articles, and books. Ironically, author Dete Messerve based a main character in her novels “Good Sam” and “Perfectly Good Crime” on Chief Collins and his work.Chief Collins is also a recipient of the Carnegie Hero Fund Award (1983), and the L.A. County Community Protector Award. He was named as firefighter of the year in several of LACoFD’s contract cities, and he received the Lifetime Achievement and team awards from the Higgins/Langley Memorial Fund for Swiftwater Rescue. Links Cal OES Fire & Rescue Urban Search & Rescue Task Forces Sky News Report on the Rescue of Jeanette: Woman rescued after six days Haiti survivor BUCK HELM — Man Who Lived 90 Hours In Quake Rubble Is Dead Loma Prieta earthquake: Mercury News coverage, the Buck Helm rescue 4 things EMS providers must know about crush syndrome    

Finalizing Old California Divorce Case From 1994 Northridge Earthquake

Finalizing Old California Divorce Case From 1994 Northridge Earthquake

Monica Rix reporting from the beautiful Denver, Colorado! Northridge Earthquake 24 years ago today. Tamiflu hallucinations! History of Maywood! Seal. Lottery. Toilet full on United flight.

Retired Los Angeles City Fire Battalion Chief Larry Schneider's long and storied career began during World War II. He didn't retire until 2007, just shy of his 80th birthday; he says he could have performed his job well for another five years but felt it was time for him to settle down. We met Mr. Schneider at his home in the hills of LA and spent a wonderful afternoon talking with him about everything from the early days of his career to the Northridge Earthquake.  Take some time to listen to his stories and then check out the links below for some really great photos from his past. Click here for the story of how Larry Schneider's life was saved, and the great photos of the scene and his hero afterward. http://www.lafire.com/stations/FS022/1964-1125_1110W55thStLA-Fire.html  Click here for historical photos of Schneider and his station. http://lafire.com/stations/FS033/FS033_1971-present.htm Photo: Photos:Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Archive

In this episode retired Santa Monica fire chief Jim Hone reflects on the Northridge Earthquake and the challenges that kept hitting them, one after another. Whether it was the need to evacuate a major hospital, an incident command that had no power, major delays in mutual aid, or his own fire station that was on the verge of burning down, Hone and others kept their eye on the ball in order to stay in front of it.  Hone joined the Santa Monica Fire Department in January of 1980, and served as chief beginning in 2003 until he retired in 2010. Prior to serving as fire chief, Hone worked as a firefighter and paramedic, fire captain, chief of the Support Services Division and fire marshal. During his career he responded to six federal disasters to help locals and coordinate FEMA USAR resources including the 1995 bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the World Trade Center attacks in New York City on September 11th, 2001. Notable projects he worked on include the replacement Fire Station 2, and the development of the Urban Search and Rescue and Hazardous Materials Response Teams. Hone served six years in the U.S. Air Force as a fire protection crash rescue specialist before joining the SMFD.

Nineties Cartoons day is a very dangerous day. This week Kyle and Matthew take a nostalgic trip into the Aaahh!!! real animated world of '90s cartoons with comedians Keith Carey and Anna Valenzuela. They talk Nicktoons, Disney Afternoon, Cartoon Network and much more. They also discuss the delicate kid karma at play when the Northridge Earthquake ruined Kyle's chance to meet the Power Rangers. But Keith has no remorse for Kyle's house being destroyed after Kyle mentions he had the Real Ghostbusters firehouse playset. Also, Kyle and Anna chat about "Denver, the Last Dinosaur" and his lasting presence on Spanish TV. (It's kind of like if Morrissey were a dinosaur that liked to skateboard.) And the group attempts to answer one of life's great questions: How does CatDog poop? Check out Anna and Keith on the 12 Questions and Mean Boys podcasts, respectively! Weekly Rads: Miitomo, Green Room (2016), Hot (Lean) Pockets that were on sale at the store Raddendums: Ren & Stimpy & "Space Madness," Phi Phi O'Hara, Doug, Rugrats, When that girl pooped in the hot tub on Big Brother, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rocko's Modern Life, American Gladiator, Hey Arnold, KaBlam!, Action League Now!, The Angry Beavers, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, CatDog, The Wild Thornberrys, Mighty Max, The Biker Mice from Mars, Roughnecks: the Starship Troopers Chronicles, Invader Zim, Reboot, The Fairly OddParents, Johnny Bravo, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Fish Police, Tiny Toons, Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers, Talespin, Rocket Power, Sonic the Hedgehog, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Eek the Cat, Vin Diesel and Street Sharks, Animaniacs, Muppet Babies, Blue Clues, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Life with Louie, Bobby's World

"Well, Poppie's a little sloppy."  Vinnie & Matt discuss "The Pie", the fifteenth episode of season five, as well as...a George Costanza themed bar in Melbourne Australia, how the 1994 Northridge Earthquake affected the Seinfeld set and crew, and your theories as to why Audrey didn't try Jerry's pie. Links from our discussion: "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" Season 7 President Barack Obama - "Just Tell Him You're the President" Steve Martin - "If You See This On A Toilet Seat, Don't Sit Down" George's Bar in Melbourne, Australia Jason Alexander's response Jason Alexander on Nerdist Podcast (1/5/15) George Carlin on Euphemisms "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) trailer Mark Beltzman (Bob/Dumpy Guy) in "Billy Madison" Double Mint Gum commercial, 1987 Season 5 Bloopers Next week, we're discussing "The Pie", so send in your thoughts, criticisms, theories, etc and we'll try to bring them up during the show! Where you can find us online: seincast@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Tumblr seincast.libsyn.com If you'd like to support the podcast, please check out our DONATE tab at the top of our Tumblr page. And, if you have the time, swing by iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Thank you for your support! Vinnie's Top 20 The Contest The Outing The Junior Mint The Implant The Opera The Cheever Letters The Marine Biologist The Bubble Boy The Movie The Airport The Lip Reader The Parking Spot The Pick  The Watch  The Boyfriend  The Pen  The Deal  The Chinese Restaurant  The Mango  The Puffy Shirt Matt's Top 20 The Boyfriend The Pilot The Cheever Letters The Outing  The Library The Pen The Contest The Marine Biologist The Implant The Alternate Side The Chinese Restaurant The Deal The Pitch/The Ticket The Airport The Lip Reader The Cigar Store Indian The Puffy Shirt The Smelly Car The Movie The Junior Mint

Black Crowes drummer, Steve Gorman joins Jay and Dan on the podcast. Steve is reunited with his old buddy, Engineer Jim and the two recall epic stories with the Crowes, Warren Zevon and the Northridge Earthquake of '94. Plus, another rock legend, Taggart, throws in a few good tales of his own. This is one pod for the music lovers.

We continue our earthquake podcast conversation with Cameron Barrett, Education Director, and Mark Benthien, the Director of Communications, Education and Outreach at the Southern California Earthquake Center. Mark's team are part of the core group or organizers behind the ShakeOut drill every year. In this podcast he discusses the need for earthquake knowledge and preparedness throughout Southern California, and how easy it is to sign up for this year's ShakeOut.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Margaret Vinci is the Manager of the Office of Earthquake Programs at CalTech. She's been busy lately, what with the 5.1 La Habra Earthquake, the 4.4 Encino Earthquake, and the monster 8.2 Chilean Earthquake. All in the last few weeks. Cameron Barrett chats with Margaret about the earthquake tools available online that she, the scientists at CalTech, and others around the world, have developed to help save lives, and educate the general public.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

In the wake of the March 28th La Habra Earthquake, Todd Leitz, MySafe:LA's public information officer, speaks with Dr. Jill Barnes, the Coordinator for Disaster Services and Emergency Preparedness for the Los Angeles School District. If you have kids in the LAUSD, here's some details about the district's earthquake preparedness that should ease your mind.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Cameron Barrett speaks about the latest string of earthquakes to strike Southern California with Kate Long, the Earthquake Deputy for the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. The 5.1 magnitude La Habra earthquake that struck March 28 did $10.5 million in damage to Orange County. Long says the La Habra Quake, like all temblors, is a wake up call for Southern Californians to prepare.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Executive Officer David Barrett speaks with retired Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Greenup, who on January 17, 1994 was three stories below Los Angeles City Hall in the LAFD's dispatch center when the Northridge Earthquake struck. Greenup spent the day (and many after that) sending LAFD resources to the devastated areas of Los Angeles where people not only struggled when the ground started shaking but weeks and months after it had stopped.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

In our continuing series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake, MySafe:LA Public Information Officer Todd Leitz speaks with retired LAFD Battalion Chief Steve Ruda. In 1994, Chief Ruda lived one mile from the Northridge Meadows Apartments and not much farther from the epicenter of the quake. He describes the preparations he had made, only a few weeks before, that created a sense of calm amidst the unbelievable chaos and destruction of that day.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Executive Officer David Barrett sits down with the former Fire Marshal for the city of Los Angeles for our continuing special series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake. Assistant Chief Donald Frazeur was a Captain II on January 17, 1994. He was at home when the earthquake struck, and some of his most vivid memories of that day came during what he calls his "surreal" drive into work, as he traveled from Ventura County across the San Fernando Valley. Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Friday, January 17, 2014.  Twenty years ago today, an earthquake struck in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.  It killed 57 people and injured nearly 9000.  I talk about the Northridge Earthquake and consider the question of whether it was "the Big One." The picture is of a partially collapsed apartment building damaged in the earthquake, of a type which is no longer legal to build in California because of the Northridge quake.

MySafe:LA Public Information Officer Todd Leitz talks with retired LAFD Captain Steve Owens who was a station commander at fire station 76 in the Cahuenga Pass of Hollywood 20 years ago. When the Northridge Earthquake shook him out of bed, Owens was immediately in earthquake mode, reviewing his escape options and preparing for the possibility of fire after earthquake.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Todd Leitz, MySafe:LA's Public Information Officer brings us the next installment of our special podcast series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake. Todd sits down with Jayson Johnson, an LAFD firefighter/paramedic and father of four. Jayson had just finished fighting a fire and was on his way back to the station when his fire engine got one heck of a jolt.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Our podcast series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake continues with MySafe:LA Education Director Cameron Barrett's conversation with LAFD Battalion Chief Greg Gibson. 20 years ago, Gibson was a station commander in South Los Angeles, but less than an hour after the quake hit, he and his crew were on their way to the devastation in the San Fernando Valley.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

MySafe:LA's Executive Officer David Barrett talks with one of the most instrumental figures in the Los Angeles Fire Department's response to the Northridge Earthquake 20 years ago. Assistant Chief Frank Borden (retired) was in charge of much of the department's resources that day, but he had also spent the decade prior to the Northridge Quake creating a new citizen volunteer responder corps he named CERT. On January 17, 1994, Borden watched his CERT volunteers serve a critical function in the shaken city.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

Education Director Cameron Barrett continues MySafe:LA's recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake in this episode when she interviews retired LAFD Chief Deputy Joseph Castro. In 1994 Castro was a station commander in Hollywood, where destruction was widespread following the temblor. He remembers he and his crew having to fight their way out of their station house when their apparatus bay doors jammed.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

In our continuing series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake, MySafe:LA's Education Director Cameron Barrett talks with retired LAFD Assistant Chief Robert DeFeo, the man in charge of the harrowing rescues and recoveries at perhaps the most iconic disaster site that day in Los Angeles, the Northridge Meadows apartment complex.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

We continue with our special series on the 20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake. Executive Office David Barrett sits down with LAFD retired Assistant Chief Dean Cathey, who was in charge of Division 1 on January 17, 1994 and remembers how eerie it was to see his city completely dark in the hours after the quake hit.Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

MySafe:LA Executive Officer David Barrett interviews LAFD Captain Stacy Gerlich, who was a firefighter/paramedic 20 years ago when the Northridge Earthquaked rocked Southern California. She remembers traveling through the San Fernando Valley that day, trying to help Los Angelenos devastated after the quake. 20 years later, Captain Gerlich's passion and commitment for the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) program remains steadfast, thanks in no small part to her experiences during the Northridge EarthquakeSupport the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

The initial podcast in our 20th anniversary Northridge Earthquake series. Hosts Cameron Barrett, Todd Leitz, and David Barrett set the stage for a series of podcasts that feature Los Angeles firefighters. Support the show (https://www.mysafela.org/donate/)

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