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Altina Schinasi is known as the inventor of cat-eye glasses, but she was also an artist, a documentarian, and an activist. And she was very frank about her own faults and bad decisions. Research: “Altina Schinasi 1924 (1907-1999).” Helen Temple Cook Library. Dana Hall School. https://library.danahall.org/archives/danapedia/alumnae/altina-schinasi-1924-1907-1999/ “Altina Schinasi's 116th Birthday.” Google Doodle. https://doodles.google/doodle/altina-schinasis-116th-birthday/ “Altina Schinasi, The Harlem Girl Who Knew Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Salvador Dali And Invented Cat-Eye Glasses.” Harlem World. June 21, 2023. https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/altina-schinasi-the-harlem-girl-who-knew-martin-luther-king-rosa-parks-salvador-dali-and-invented-cat-eye-glasses/ “Artist Altina Schinasi Miranda Dies at 92.” Ventura County Star. Aug. 17, 1999. https://www.newspapers.com/image/935509837/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi Bachz, Betty. “From Audrey Hepburn to Hailey Bieber: How cat-eye frames became a timeless look.” Vogue Scandinavia. Oct. 8, 2021. https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/history-of-the-cat-eye-sunglasses “Heiress Asks Divorce.” The Cleveland Press. June 21, 1933. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1164656661/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi “The League’s Legacy.” Art Students League of New York. https://www.artstudentsleague.org/timeline#timeline “Mengel Module Furniture - Morris B. Sanders.” Modernism 101. https://modernism101.com/products-page/industrial-design/mengel-module-furniture-promotionalsales-ephemera-for-morris-b-sanders-furniture-designed-in-1946-produced-by-the-mengel-furniture-company-of-louisville-ky/ “Morris Schinasi.” The Daily Times. Sept. 13, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032205/?match=1&terms=Morris%20Schinasi “Morris Schinasi Leaves $1,300,000 to Institutions.” The Daily Times. Sept. 28, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032801/ Ravo, Nick. “Altina Schinasi Miranda, 92, Designer of Harlequin Glasses.” The New York Times. Aug. 21, 1999. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/21/arts/altina-schinasi-miranda-92-designer-of-harlequin-glasses.html “Rose-Colored Glasses.” Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Sept. 12, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/image/88914623/?match=1&terms=%22harlequin%20eyeglasses%20%22 Sander, Peter. “Altina.” 2014. Schinasi Estate Put at $8,014,962.” The Springfield Morning Union. May 2, 1930. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1067224117/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi Peabody, Pam. “Visions: sculptor Altina interviewed by Pam Peabody.” American Women Making History and Culture. WFPW. 1978. https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-WZ0295.01 Zaltzman, Lior. “The Pioneering Sephardic Jewish Mother Invented the Cat-Eye Glasses.” Kveller. Aug. 4, 2023. https://www.kveller.com/this-pioneering-sephardic-jewish-mother-invented-the-cat-eye-glasses/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Larceny & Last ChancesSometimes, it's about doing the right thing. Sometimes, it's about getting even. Sometimes, it's about taking what you think you deserve. And sometimes, it's your last, best chance. Edited by Judy Penz Sheluk and featuring stories by Christina Boufis, John Bukowski, Brenda Chapman, Susan Daly, Wil A. Emerson, Tracy Falenwolfe, Kate Fellowes, Molly Wills Fraser, Gina X. Grant, Karen Grose, Wendy Harrison, Julie Hastrup, Larry M. Keeton, Charlie Kondek, Edward Lodi, Bethany Maines, Gregory Meece, Cate Moyle, Judy Penz Sheluk, KM Rockwood, Kevin R. Tipple, and Robert Weibezahl.Robert Weibezahl.A playwright, novelist, occasional poet, and book critic.His play, And Lightning Struck: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Creation, was commissioned by Lit Live and presented at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center in California in 2017; his short play, “Mission,” debuted as part of the TENx10 Festival at the Bendigo Theatre Company in Australia in 2018; and he had full-length plays selected for staged readings in both 2018 (Which Way the Wind Blows) and 2019 (Hold On) as part of the Palisades Playwrights Festival in Los Angeles. Most recently, Which Way the Wind Blows was a finalist for the Dayton Playhouse's FutureFest 2019.Weibezahl has published two novels, The Wicked and the Dead and The Dead Don't Forget, and two non-fiction books, A Taste of Murder and A Second Helping of Murder (for which he is a two-time Agatha Award finalist and two-time Macavity Award finalist). His poems have appeared in LI Quarterly, The Caterpillar (Ireland), Tipton Poetry Journal, The Fifty-Two, Enjambed, and Brushfire, and his short stories in Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, CrimeSpree, Mouth Full of Bullets, Beat to a Pulp, and the anthology, Deadly by the Dozen. He was a finalist for the Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2010 Derringer Award for “Identity Theft.”Since 2002, he has written the monthly review column “Well Read” for BookPage. His reviews and cultural reporting have appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Reader, Ventura County Star, Mystery Readers Journal, Bikini, Irish America, and many other national and regional publications.Weibezahl was the Co-Founder and former Co-Producing Artistic Director of the Thousand Oaks, CA-based Panic! Productions, for which he produced, directed, and/or acted in more than a dozen shows and wrote the scripts for three musical revues, Too Old, Too White, Too Male; The Panic! Holiday Radio Hour; and Coming Distractions. He has also worked as a play reader and associate producer for the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles and various production capacities on feature films and television movies.Robert Weibezahl lives in southern California and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.About – Robert Weibezahl (wordpress.com)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ventura County Star reports that Bryn Spejcher, 33, convicted of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Chad O'Melia, 26, 108 times during a "cannabis-induced psychosis," was handed a two-year probation and 100 hours of community service on Tuesday. Spejcher did not contest her guilt in the gruesome murder that occurred on Memorial Day 2018 in Thousand Oaks. She was found covered in blood, gripping a knife next to O'Melia's lifeless body, and subsequently attempted to take her own life before being interrupted by law enforcement. Ventura County Superior Court Judge David Worley ruled that Spejcher "had no control over her actions" during the psychotic episode triggered by a marijuana bong hit. Experts from both the prosecution and defense supported the claim that the cannabis-induced episode led to the violent outburst. "The more she stabbed him, the more she felt she was bringing herself back to life," the prosecutor told the jury. Spejcher believed that killing O'Melia was the only way to revive herself after thinking she was dead. Spejcher's lawyers argued that she became "involuntarily intoxicated" after being pressured by O'Melia to take a second bong hit, to which she had an adverse reaction. Under California law, a person is generally responsible for their actions when impaired by drugs or alcohol unless their intoxication is involuntary. During the sentencing on Tuesday, Spejcher sobbed in court as she apologized to the victim's father, Sean O'Melia, expressing remorse for tearing the family apart. Chad O'Melia's father accused Judge Worley of bias and claimed the ruling set a dangerous precedent, stating, "He just gave everyone in the state of California who smokes marijuana a license to kill someone." "There is no winner in this tragedy," said Brendan O'Melia, the victim's uncle. "There can be, however, accountability." Spejcher's lawyer, Bob Schwartz, praised Worley's ruling as the "right and courageous thing." Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

Ventura County Star reports that Bryn Spejcher, 33, convicted of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Chad O'Melia, 26, 108 times during a "cannabis-induced psychosis," was handed a two-year probation and 100 hours of community service on Tuesday. Spejcher did not contest her guilt in the gruesome murder that occurred on Memorial Day 2018 in Thousand Oaks. She was found covered in blood, gripping a knife next to O'Melia's lifeless body, and subsequently attempted to take her own life before being interrupted by law enforcement. Ventura County Superior Court Judge David Worley ruled that Spejcher "had no control over her actions" during the psychotic episode triggered by a marijuana bong hit. Experts from both the prosecution and defense supported the claim that the cannabis-induced episode led to the violent outburst. "The more she stabbed him, the more she felt she was bringing herself back to life," the prosecutor told the jury. Spejcher believed that killing O'Melia was the only way to revive herself after thinking she was dead. Spejcher's lawyers argued that she became "involuntarily intoxicated" after being pressured by O'Melia to take a second bong hit, to which she had an adverse reaction. Under California law, a person is generally responsible for their actions when impaired by drugs or alcohol unless their intoxication is involuntary. During the sentencing on Tuesday, Spejcher sobbed in court as she apologized to the victim's father, Sean O'Melia, expressing remorse for tearing the family apart. Chad O'Melia's father accused Judge Worley of bias and claimed the ruling set a dangerous precedent, stating, "He just gave everyone in the state of California who smokes marijuana a license to kill someone." "There is no winner in this tragedy," said Brendan O'Melia, the victim's uncle. "There can be, however, accountability." Spejcher's lawyer, Bob Schwartz, praised Worley's ruling as the "right and courageous thing." Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com 

The 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, also known as the Iron Riders, was part of the segregated U.S. Army units that came to be known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Research: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Brownsville Affair". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/event/Brownsville-Affair. Missouri State Parks. “Iron Riders: the Story of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps.” https://mostateparks.com/ironriders Kindy, David. “The Black Buffalo Soldiers Who Biked Across the American West.” Smithsonian. 6/14/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-black-buffalo-soldiers-who-biked-across-the-american-west-180980246/ Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. “Many Lenses: Buffalo Soldiers Legend and Legacy.” https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/buffalo-soldiers Missoula Community Access Television. “Buffalo Soldiers: The 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps.” 2/15/2023. https://archive.org/details/Buffalo_Soldiers_-_The_25th_Infantry_Regiment_Bicycle_Corps Tate, Stephen T. “Human Powered Vehicles in Support of Light Infantry Operations.” Master of Military Art and Science Thesis. 1975. https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA211795/mode/1up Bradsher, Greg. “Iron Riders – The 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, Part I.” National Archives: Rediscovering Black History. 2/7/2022. https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2022/02/07/iron-riders-25th-infantry-regiment-part-i/ Bradsher, Greg. “Iron Riders – The 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, Part 2.” National Archives: Rediscovering Black History. 2/17/2022. https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2022/02/17/iron-riders-25th-infantry-regiment-part-ii/ Bradsher, Greg. “Iron Riders – The 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, Part 3.” National Archives: Rediscovering Black History. 2/22/2022. https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2022/02/22/iron-riders-25th-infantry-part-iii/ Bradsher, Greg. “Iron Riders – The 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, Part 4.” National Archives: Rediscovering Black History. 3/1/2022. https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2022/03/01/iron-riders-25th-infantry-part-iv/ Fort Missoula Museum. “25th Infantry Bicycle Corps.” https://fortmissoulamuseum.org/exhibit/25th-infantry-bicycle-corps/ Montana History Portal. “Bicycles for the Army: The 25th Infantry in Montana.” https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/90296 Langellier, John P. “Buffalo Soldiers in Big Sky Country, 1888–1898.” Montana The Magazine of Western History, Autumn 2017, Vol. 67, No. 3 (Autumn 2017). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26322890 Koelle, Alexandra V. “Pedaling on the Periphery: The African American Twenty-fifth Infantry Bicycle Corps and the Roads of American Expansion.” Western Historical Quarterly , Vol. 41, No. 3 (Autumn 2010). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/westhistquar.41.3.0305 Hosler, Roderick A. “Hell on Two Wheels: The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps.” On Point , Fall 2010, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Fall 2010). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26361477 Weigle, John. “Native American decries ‘Buffalo Soldier' Stamp.” Ventura County Star. 6/11/1994.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ventura County Star reports that Bryn Spejcher, [SPEE-chur] 33, convicted of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Chad O'Melia, 26, 108 times during a "cannabis-induced psychosis," was handed a two-year probation and 100 hours of community service on Tuesday. Spejcher did not contest her guilt in the gruesome murder that occurred on Memorial Day 2018 in Thousand Oaks. She was found covered in blood, gripping a knife next to O'Melia's lifeless body, and subsequently attempted to take her own life before being interrupted by law enforcement. Ventura County Superior Court Judge David Worley ruled that Spejcher "had no control over her actions" during the psychotic episode triggered by a marijuana bong hit. Experts from both the prosecution and defense supported the claim that the cannabis-induced episode led to the violent outburst. "The more she stabbed him, the more she felt she was bringing herself back to life," the prosecutor told the jury. Spejcher believed that killing O'Melia was the only way to revive herself after thinking she was dead. Spejcher's lawyers argued that she became "involuntarily intoxicated" after being pressured by O'Melia to take a second bong hit, to which she had an adverse reaction. Under California law, a person is generally responsible for their actions when impaired by drugs or alcohol unless their intoxication is involuntary. During the sentencing on Tuesday, Spejcher sobbed in court as she apologized to the victim's father, Sean O'Melia, expressing remorse for tearing the family apart. Chad O'Melia's father accused Judge Worley of bias and claimed the ruling set a dangerous precedent, stating, "He just gave everyone in the state of California who smokes marijuana a license to kill someone." "There is no winner in this tragedy," said Brendan O'Melia, the victim's uncle. "There can be, however, accountability." Spejcher's lawyer, Bob Schwartz, praised Worley's ruling as the "right and courageous thing." Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

Ventura County Star reports that Bryn Spejcher, [SPEE-chur] 33, convicted of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Chad O'Melia, 26, 108 times during a "cannabis-induced psychosis," was handed a two-year probation and 100 hours of community service on Tuesday. Spejcher did not contest her guilt in the gruesome murder that occurred on Memorial Day 2018 in Thousand Oaks. She was found covered in blood, gripping a knife next to O'Melia's lifeless body, and subsequently attempted to take her own life before being interrupted by law enforcement. Ventura County Superior Court Judge David Worley ruled that Spejcher "had no control over her actions" during the psychotic episode triggered by a marijuana bong hit. Experts from both the prosecution and defense supported the claim that the cannabis-induced episode led to the violent outburst. "The more she stabbed him, the more she felt she was bringing herself back to life," the prosecutor told the jury. Spejcher believed that killing O'Melia was the only way to revive herself after thinking she was dead. Spejcher's lawyers argued that she became "involuntarily intoxicated" after being pressured by O'Melia to take a second bong hit, to which she had an adverse reaction. Under California law, a person is generally responsible for their actions when impaired by drugs or alcohol unless their intoxication is involuntary. During the sentencing on Tuesday, Spejcher sobbed in court as she apologized to the victim's father, Sean O'Melia, expressing remorse for tearing the family apart. Chad O'Melia's father accused Judge Worley of bias and claimed the ruling set a dangerous precedent, stating, "He just gave everyone in the state of California who smokes marijuana a license to kill someone." "There is no winner in this tragedy," said Brendan O'Melia, the victim's uncle. "There can be, however, accountability." Spejcher's lawyer, Bob Schwartz, praised Worley's ruling as the "right and courageous thing." Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

In this installment of Farm Talk, join Paul as he visits Rancho Filoso near Santa Paula, California, to meet Lisa Tate, the visionary behind the California Coffee Collective. Lisa was recently featured on the Ventura County Star newspaper's front page. To celebrate her even more, join us for this captivating episode. Situated amidst the picturesque landscapes, this collective stands as one of the pioneering five farms cultivating coffee in California. Remarkably, their venture into commercial production commenced just last year! While Lisa is relatively new to coffee cultivation, her family boasts a farming legacy dating back to the 1800s. In an engaging conversation spanning under 30 minutes, Lisa delves into her journey from avocado cultivation to the exciting realm of coffee farming. Listeners will be captivated by the unique methods employed by her all-women crew and volunteers during the harvesting process. One innovative technique involves painting the women's nails in the exact shade of ripe coffee cherries, ensuring only the perfectly ripened ones are picked—an indispensable step in the coffee production cycle. For the intriguing fate of coffee bush leaves, you'll have to tune in to the complete episode! Through their efforts, Lisa and the Coffee Collective have not only demonstrated that coffee can thrive in Ventura County but have also brewed a genuinely exceptional cup of joe. (Spoiler alert: it's truly outstanding!)   Watch the full episode on Paul's YouTube Channel   0:00 Intro Music 0:06 Paul welcomes Lisa Tate from the California Coffee Collective to the show 0:33 What is the California Coffee Collective? 1:38 Lisa describes why it's called a “Collective”  2:03 The farm is in avocado and lemon country, how did Lisa think of growing coffee? 3:13 Two varieties of coffee grown  4:29 Lisa shares the beginnings when they first started planting and harvesting AND her passion for women in agriculture 5:34 Harvesting parties! 6:51 Having volunteers freed up monies for experimenting with coffees 8:31 Find out if they are in the “roasting game,” too 9:37 Their website for purchasing: www.californiacoffee.com 9:49 Lisa comes from a long line of farmers and she is the first to break into coffee 10:47 Rancho Filoso 11:04 How volunteers are taught to harvest and how nail polish is involved 11:58 Scoring coffee? Learn more here! 14:17 What makes Southern California and the coast good for coffee farming 14:59 Equipment needed to grow and what about water/irrigation? 16:22 Just how big do the bushes grow? 16:43 ALL parts of the plant are being used 17:43 Does the region produce a certain flavor of coffee? 18:37 How Lisa got into the “Coffee Game” 22:11 The name of the coffee: “Filoso” 21:49 Lisa tells us how we drink a special coffee 23:27 A bean grown in a different region- what happens to it? 24:18 How the Thomas Fire of 2017 effected the ranch 25:10 Thank you to our Sponsor: Opus Escrow   Find Lisa Tate's article in the Ventura County Star at: www.vcstar.com   Related Episodes: Bonito Coffee: Ojai's Farm to Cup Coffee Organic & Sustainable Hop Farming in Fillmore, CA with Mollie Engelhart Grains of Wisdom: A Conversation with Andrea Crawford of Roan Mills Bakery   Have ideas for future episodes? We'd love to answer your questions - leave a comment! For any home buying or home selling needs in the Ventura County area of California, please reach out to Paul@HomeAndRanchTeam.com or visit www.HomeAndRanchTeam.com  

These five stories comprise the homicide cases in L.A. Noire. These are the murders of former aviator Jeanne French (“The Red Lipstick Murder”), teetotaller Dorothy Montgomery (“The Golden Butterfly”), soon-to-be-divorcee Rosenda Mondragon (“The Silk Stocking Murder”), housewife Laura Trelstad (“The White Shoe Slaying”) and the homeless Evelyn Winters (“The Studio Secretary Murder”). Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Forgotten Darkness Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1NsgqAha9Z3bMhBxg8FuM2tRLqwjH5-_F&usp=sharing Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Another Woman Slain, Victim of Mutilation Killer.” Los Angeles Times, February 11, 1947. “Bus Driver's Story Clouds L.B. Murder.” Long Beach Independent, May 18, 1947. “Cab Driver Believes He Saw Mrs. Trelstad.” Long Beach Independent, May 30, 1947. “Church Friends of Slain Woman Checked as Baffled L.A. Policemen Open Probe.” Visalia Times-Delta, May 5, 1947. “Clothes of L.A. Victim Found.” San Francisco Examiner, July 10, 1947. “Clues Lacking at Montgomery Murder Inquest.” Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1947. “Colorful Life of Jeanne French Ends in Death by Mystery Killer.” Los Angeles Times, July 16, 1961. “Companion of Nurse During Supper Sought.” Los Angeles Daily News, February 12, 1947. “Dark Man Who Had Late Date With Slain Woman Hunted.” Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, February 13, 1947. “Fiend's Victim Called Good Wife and Mother.” Long Beach Press-Telegram, May 13, 1947. “Horror Victim Last Seen With Sailor.” Los Angeles Daily News, May 13, 1947. “Husband Held in L.A. Slaying.” Ventura County Star, February 11, 1947. “Husband of Slain Woman Arrested.” Venice Evening Vanguard, July 1, 1948. “Inquest Leaves Evelyn Winters Murder Mystery.” Valley Times, March 18, 1947. “L.A. Man is Freed in Death of Wife.” Visalia Time-Delta, July 12, 1947. “L.B. Woman Attacked, Slain.” San Pedro News-Pilot, May 12, 1947. “Lead Sought to Killer of L.B. Mother.” Long Beach Independent, May 13, 1947. “Lie Test Fails to Link Husband in Nurse Killing.” Los Angeles Times, February 12, 1947. “Man in Jail Questioned in Housewife's Murder.” Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1947. “Missing Mother Found Murdered; Battered Body Left in Vacant Lot.” Los Angeles Times, May 4, 1947. “Montgomery Freed in Wife's Death.” Los Angeles Daily News, August 1, 1947. “Montgomery Linked to Wife's Killing.” Los Angeles Daily News, July 25, 1947. “Mother of Three Choked to Death; Body Flung in Signal Hill Oil Field.” Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1947. “Murder of Wife Finally Charged to Montgomery.” Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1947. “New French Murder Lead Uncovered.” Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, February 25, 1947. “New Sex Murders Shock Los Angeles.” Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, March 12, 1947. “Pawnshops May Answer Latest Dahlia Slaying.” Metropolitan Pasadena News, May 6, 1947. “Police Eliminate Sail as Suspect in Sex Slaying.” Sacramento Bee, May 14, 1947. “Police Question Husband in Brutal Slaying of Wife.” Minneapolis Morning Tribune, February 11, 1947. “Police Seek Attempted Attacker As Suspect in French Murder.” Venice Evening Vanguard, February 26, 1947. “Quiz Confessed Murderer on Other Slayings.” Wilmington Daily Press Journal, February 18, 1947. “Reports on Molesters May Give Clue.” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 1947. “Robbery, Attack Suspect Located.” Venice Evening Vanguard, June 27, 1947. “Sailor Cleared as Suspect in Murder.” Long Beach Independent, May 14, 1947. “Screams in Montgomery Home Heard by Witness.” Los Angeles Times, May 21, 1947. “Seek to Link Suspect With Lipstick Case.” Los Angeles Daily News, March 10, 1947. “Sixth Victim in Murder Cycle Found Mutilated in Southland.” Santa Maria Daily Times, July 8, 1947. “Slain Woman's Stripped Body Found in Gutter.” Los Angeles Times, July 9, 1947. “Slayer Known, Police Declare.” Wilmington Daily Press-Journal, May 16, 1947. “Trio Questioned in Winters Case.” Los Angeles Times, March 14, 1947. “Two Fiend Murders Stymie L.A. Police.” Valley Times. February 12, 1947. “Two More Women Slain; One Beaten, One Strangled.” Los Angeles Times, March 12, 1947. “Warrant Issued for Culver Gas Station Attendant.” Venice Evening Vanguard, May 10, 1947. “Winters Murder Case Centers on Drinking Friend.” Los Angeles Times, March 13, 1947. “Woman Slain in New L.A. Dahlia Murder.” Los Angeles Daily News, February 10, 1947. “Woman Slain in New L.A. Murder.” Oakland Tribune, May 12, 1947. 1947project: Slain Woman's Stripped Body Found in Gutter (archive.org) 1947project: Mother of Three Choked to Death; Body Flung in Signal Hill Oil Field

Peter Rupert, executive director of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, talks about why Ventura retail trends are up in Ventura County, but abysmal and their lowest in Santa Barbara since 1990. Rupert recently made a presentation at the State of Santa Barbara County event. In this podcast, Rupert talks Santa Barbara's struggles with retail. He also breaks down how planners made incorrect projections regarding cannabis tax revenues, the status of employee, the softening housing market and the upcoming recession. Rupert is one of the region's brightest economic minds. Hit Subscribe on YouTube and this streaming platform and also consider a financial contribution to this independently owned podcast by visiting www.santabarbaratalks.com. Josh Molina is a journalist who has worked for the San Jose Mercury News, Noozhawk, Ventura County Star and other publications. He also teaches journalism at Santa Barbara City College and Cal State University, Northridge. He is an award-winning investigative reporter who uncovered elder abuse at Beverly La Cumbre, which led to the largest civil settlement against a nursing home operator in history.

Dr. Barry Pollack grew up in Philadelphia and spent two years at the Air Force Academy before completing his B.S. degree in political science at Penn State University. After earning a Master's degree in broadcasting and film at Stanford, where he made several prize-winning documentary films, he was accepted as a writing-directing fellow at the new American Film Institute in Los Angeles. At age 24 he wrote and directed the successful 1972 blaxploitation film Cool Breeze, but after his next film, This is a Hijack, flopped, Pollack changed careers. In 1980 he graduated from University of Oklahoma Medical School. Since then he has been an emergency-room physician at a number of Southern California hospitals-for the last decade at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. Over the same decade, Pollack has penned hundreds of articles and columns (medical stories, biographies and travel pieces) for the Ventura County STAR newspapers. He was a medical advisor to the multiple Emmy-winning TV series St. Elsewhere and has also written episodes of Trapper John, M.D. and Hotel. Forty-Eight X is his first novel. - www.barrypollack.net ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Michele Neff Hernandez is a nonprofit leader, compelling speaker and dedicated advocate for widowed people around the world. She is the founder and Executive Director of Soaring Spirits International, a non-profit organization providing research-based programs and a community of peers for anyone who has experienced the death of a spouse or partner. Since Michele founded Soaring Spirits in 2008, Soaring Spirits has served over four million widowed people and continues to increase their reach through the development and management of innovative grief support programs. Michele is the creator and director of the Camp Widow® Program; a first of its kind event bringing together widowed people from all walks of life and providing access to relevant resources designed to build resilience and facilitate the healthy processing of grief and trauma. This program is available in six locations annually including both US and International destinations featuring three weekend long programs and three one day programs. Michele founded the Soaring Spirits Resilience Center at Schreiner University in 2017. The SSRC collects and analyzes data about the widowed experience and creates practical and accessible tools for building resilience in this under-served population. The SSRC has created the first ever Widowed Resilience Scale which was published by the OMEGA Journal of Death and Dying on September 11, 2019 and is available for public use. Ms. Neff Hernandez's work has been featured on broadcast media outlets, and various print media publications including NPR, BBC World Broadcast, NBC News, ABC News, KCLU News, WUSF News, KPBS, The Huckabee Show and various other appearances. Interviews with Ms. Neff Hernandez have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Huffington Post, Forbes Magazine, The Houston Chronicle, The Palm Beach Post, Rutgers University Press, The Chicago Tribune as well as multiple features by the Associated Press and other outlets. Michele has been a guest on over fifty podcasts, radio shows, and cable newscasts discussing grief and trauma with various audiences around the world. Michele inspires people as a motivational speaker and freelance writer. She speaks to groups of all types about grief, hope, and the lasting impact of love. Her keynote addresses have been featured at women's conferences, religious conferences, community events, military and emergency services retreats, and Camp Widow events across North America. Michele is a member of the Bereavement Training Team for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and is a regular contributor to various websites, blogs, magazines, and collaborative book projects. Michele has been honored to receive a variety of Federal, State and local awards and recognitions for her work in service to widowed people including: being selected as a 2021 CNN Hero, acknowledgement by Vice President Joe Biden, Special Congressional Recognition by Congressman Elton Gallegly, Simi Valley Hospital Foundation Woman of the Year, Ventura County Star's Woman Today Award, Humanitarian of the year by the Simi Valley Community Foundation, State Farm Insurance's Embrace Life Award Honoree for the Southern California Region and multiple Paul Harris Service Awards by the Rotary Club of Simi Valley.

Dr. Barry Pollack grew up in Philadelphia and spent two years at the Air Force Academy before completing his B.S. degree in political science at Penn State University. After earning a Master's degree in broadcasting and film at Stanford, where he made several prize-winning documentary films, he was accepted as a writing-directing fellow at the new American Film Institute in Los Angeles. At age 24 he wrote and directed the successful 1972 blaxploitation film Cool Breeze, but after his next film, This is a Hijack, flopped, Pollack changed careers. In 1980 he graduated from University of Oklahoma Medical School. Since then he has been an emergency-room physician at a number of Southern California hospitals-for the last decade at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. Over the same decade, Pollack has penned hundreds of articles and columns (medical stories, biographies and travel pieces) for the Ventura County STAR newspapers. He was a medical advisor to the multiple Emmy-winning TV series St. Elsewhere and has also written episodes of Trapper John, M.D. and Hotel. Forty-Eight X is his first novel. - www.barrypollack.net ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

In 1920s Los Angeles, the mother-daughter duo of May Otis Blackburn and Ruth Wieland ran a female-dominated religious cult. The Blackburn Cult, as it was called in the newspapers of the time, came to the attention of the LAPD after a fraud investigation. But following the clues soon led to revelations of far worse offenses than simple fraud. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Amazing Attempt of the Great Eleven Cult to Raise the Dead.” Shreveport (Louisiana) Times, April 6, 1930. “Angel Gabriel Girls Quizzed.” Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1925. “Apostles of Doom to Wait Whole Week.” Pomona Bulletin, February 7, 1925. “Believe Body May Be That of H. Balcom.” Santa Ana Register, October 8, 1929. “Cult Leaders Face Charges.” Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1929. “Cult Queen Tells of Being Chained Two Months to Bed Post.” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1929. “Cult's Poison Rites Investigated as Rainbow Tells of Leader's Quest for Potion.” Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1929. “Death Theory is Switched.” Long Beach Sun, October 10, 1929. “Four Women Feared Slain in Cult Rites.” Oakland Tribune, October 9, 1929. “Heart Murder Victim Seen as Rancher.” Long Beach Sun, October 18, 1929. “Human Heart in Mail May Solve Crime.” Long Beach Sun, October 30, 1929. “Kidnapping of Woman Feared.” San Francisco Examiner, March 21, 1927. “Murder Victim Found on Ranch Near Westminster.” Santa Ana Register, October 7, 1929. “Mystery of Simi Woman Revived.” Ventura County Star, December 17, 1937. “New Chapter Written in Louise Volz Disappearance.” Ventura County Star, March 28, 1938. “Pair Describe Death in Oven.” Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1929. “Police on Search at Venice Cottage for Secret Grave of Young Cult Priestess.” Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1929. “Probe L.A. Doom Cult.” Los Angeles Record, February 6, 1925. “Sheriff Has New Theory.” Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1929. “Vogel Adjudged Mentally Sick; to be Confined.” Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1925. Fort, Samuel. Cult of the Great Eleven. Omaha: Nisirtu Publishing, 2019. ESDA | Rowen, Margaret Matilda Wright (1871–1939) (adventist.org) Secrets of Los Angeles, 1932-33: The Anton Wagner files | Esotouric As Above So Below: The Meaning of The Esoteric Phrase | Mysterium Academy Pioneer Era – Strathearn Historical Park and Museum (simihistory.com) People v. Blackburn, 214 Cal. 402 | Casetext Search + Citator Mary Harlene Satoris - Facts (ancestry.com)

Howard Owens published his first newspaper in fourth grade, which is likely why soon after graduating from Point Loma Nazarene University with a degree in literature, he and a partner became owners of The Beacon, a biweekly newspaper in the City of San Diego. After that, he decided to branch out to other publishing companies as a reporter and editor. In 1995, he and a partner founded East County Online (ECO), the first chain of weekly newspapers with Web sites. ECO featured not only content from six community weeklies but original content, a Web directory of local businesses, reader submissions (now called user-generated content) and a community club (now called virtual community). In 1995, a Wired Magazine poll found that ECO was the 66th most popular news Web site in the world. After Owen's success in pioneering digital publishing at East County Online and holding senior management positions in digital media at the Ventura County Star and Bakersfield Californian, he was hired by Gatehouse Media as Director of Digital Publishing. In 2008, one of his duties was to launch The Batavian, an experimental online-only newspaper in Batavia, NY. When Gatehouse decided to scrap the project one year later, Owens negotiated a deal with Gatehouse to take over the Website, and the rest is history. Since 2008, Howard Owens has been living in Batavia, NY, as the Owner and Publisher of The Batavian, a popular, local news operation that serves Genesse County, NY (population 60,000). Even though some industry pundits think Owen's online publishing model, which includes having over 100 ads on his home page alone, is flawed and outdated, The Batavian is highly read. Moreover, it churns out enough profit to allow Owens and his wife Billie to enjoy a comfortable living while employing a local sales and editorial support team. In this 114th episode of “E&P Reports,” Publisher Mike Blinder goes one-on-one with industry veteran and founding board member of Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION), Howard Owens about his 14 years as a local online-only news publisher and his feelings on the future of the industry as a whole.

Dr. Barry Pollack grew up in Philadelphia and spent two years at the Air Force Academy before completing his B.S. degree in political science at Penn State University. After earning a Master's degree in broadcasting and film at Stanford, where he made several prize-winning documentary films, he was accepted as a writing-directing fellow at the new American Film Institute in Los Angeles. At age 24 he wrote and directed the successful 1972 blaxploitation film Cool Breeze, but after his next film, This is a Hijack, flopped, Pollack changed careers. In 1980 he graduated from University of Oklahoma Medical School. Since then he has been an emergency-room physician at a number of Southern California hospitals-for the last decade at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. Over the same decade, Pollack has penned hundreds of articles and columns (medical stories, biographies and travel pieces) for the Ventura County STAR newspapers. He was a medical advisor to the multiple Emmy-winning TV series St. Elsewhere and has also written episodes of Trapper John, M.D. and Hotel. Forty-Eight X is his first novel. - www.barrypollack.net ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Dr. Barry Pollack grew up in Philadelphia and spent two years at the Air Force Academy before completing his B.S. degree in political science at Penn State University. After earning a Master's degree in broadcasting and film at Stanford, where he made several prize-winning documentary films, he was accepted as a writing-directing fellow at the new American Film Institute in Los Angeles. At age 24 he wrote and directed the successful 1972 blaxploitation film Cool Breeze, but after his next film, This is a Hijack, flopped, Pollack changed careers. In 1980 he graduated from University of Oklahoma Medical School. Since then he has been an emergency-room physician at a number of Southern California hospitals-for the last decade at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. Over the same decade, Pollack has penned hundreds of articles and columns (medical stories, biographies and travel pieces) for the Ventura County STAR newspapers. He was a medical advisor to the multiple Emmy-winning TV series St. Elsewhere and has also written episodes of Trapper John, M.D. and Hotel. Forty-Eight X is his first novel. - www.barrypollack.net ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Dr. Barry Pollack grew up in Philadelphia and spent two years at the Air Force Academy before completing his B.S. degree in political science at Penn State University. After earning a Master's degree in broadcasting and film at Stanford, where he made several prize-winning documentary films, he was accepted as a writing-directing fellow at the new American Film Institute in Los Angeles. At age 24 he wrote and directed the successful 1972 blaxploitation film Cool Breeze, but after his next film, This is a Hijack, flopped, Pollack changed careers. In 1980 he graduated from University of Oklahoma Medical School. Since then he has been an emergency-room physician at a number of Southern California hospitals-for the last decade at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. Over the same decade, Pollack has penned hundreds of articles and columns (medical stories, biographies and travel pieces) for the Ventura County STAR newspapers. He was a medical advisor to the multiple Emmy-winning TV series St. Elsewhere and has also written episodes of Trapper John, M.D. and Hotel. Forty-Eight X is his first novel. - www.barrypollack.net ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

In this series "Deathbed Confessions" I share cases that went cold and the perpetrator was only revealed when they made a deathbed confession. In this first episode, a dying woman reveals a long-held secret to her children, leading to a shocking discovery. Resources: “Slaying Victim had Fled a Troubled Past”, The Boston Globe, November 20, 2004. “John's in the Freezer”, What Lies Beyond, August 31, 2014. “Deathbed Confession Leads to Slain Husband”, Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times, Nov 20, 2004. “Murder Confession Confirmed”, Jay Lindsay/AP, Seacoast Online.com Nov 20, 2004 “Slaying Victim was Cleared in 1981 Brawl”, Michael Levenson, The Boston Globe, Nov 25, 2004. “Lies of former Ventura woman, who kept body in freezer, went unchallenged”, Angelica Martinez and Aron Miller, Ventura County Star, Nov 20, 2004. “Authorities confirm woman's deathbed murder confession”, Jay Lindsay/AP, The Berkshire Eagle, Nov 20, 2004. Sponsor: Small Town Murders - Download this murder-mystery puzzle game for FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Links: CrimeCon UK - www.crimecon.co.uk - Use my promo code ONCEUPON21 for 10% off your registration Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime You can sign up to receive texts from Once Upon a Crime by texting OUAC to 408-676-1770. Msg&DataRatesMayApply. Text messaging provided by Text Sanity.

In this series "Deathbed Confessions" I share cases that went cold and the perpetrator was only revealed when they made a deathbed confession. In this first episode, a dying woman reveals a long-held secret to her children, leading to a shocking discovery. Resources: “Slaying Victim had Fled a Troubled Past”, The Boston Globe, November 20, 2004. http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/11/20/body_found_in_storage_tentatively_identified?pg=full“John's in the Freezer”, What Lies Beyond, August 31, 2014. https://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/2333/johns-freezer“Deathbed Confession Leads to Slain Husband”, Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times, Nov 20, 2004. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-nov-20-me-deathbed20-story.html“Murder Confession Confirmed”, Jay Lindsay/AP, Seacoast Online.com Nov 20, 2004“Slaying Victim was Cleared in 1981 Brawl”, Michael Levenson, The Boston Globe, Nov 25, 2004. “Lies of former Ventura woman, who kept body in freezer, went unchallenged”, Angelica Martinez and Aron Miller, Ventura County Star, Nov 20, 2004. “Authorities confirm woman's deathbed murder confession”, Jay Lindsay/AP, The Berkshire Eagle, Nov 20, 2004. Sponsor: Small Town Murders - Download this murder-mystery puzzle game for FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Links: CrimeCon UK - www.crimecon.co.uk - Use my promo code ONCEUPON21 for 10% off your registration Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrimeYou can sign up to receive texts from Once Upon a Crime by texting OUAC to 408-676-1770. Msg&DataRatesMayApply. Text messaging provided by Text Sanity.

Following Mother’s Day, Jenna and her softball mom, Marie Becerra, finish their conversation. In part 2, they talk about their family’s relationship with sports, raising a first-generation college student, how softball has impacted their lives, what they learned from each other, how they define strong women, parenting advice, and hot takes from mom. She got it from her mama!

In this Mother’s Day edition, Jenna is joined by her mom, Marie Becerra! In part 1 of their conversation, the mother-daughter duo discuss the role of a softball mom, managing school and sports, balancing hard work and well-being, and all the memories - being a dugout mom doing rec ball cheers, traveling adventures in club ball, mediating between coach dad and softball daughter, supporting a crazy college schedule, old fashion choices, and more.

By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Joshua Darr, professor of political communication at Louisiana State University and an author of the new book Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization. Here's what I wrote about it:The Desert Sun, a local newspaper serving Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, launched a fascinating project on their opinion page in June 2019 by dropping national politics from the opinion section and asking readers to contribute opinions about local issues. A new study comparing that paper to a similar paper, the Ventura County Star, which did not drop national politics, found reverberations across the community. While dropping national politics didn't stop polarization in the community, it did slow it. Further, in the month before the experiment less than a half of the op-eds and letters to the editor were about California issues, but in July that rose to 95 percent. Readers also really enjoyed it: online readership of op-eds doubled that July.The book is about a fascinating, once-in-a-lifetime natural experiment that has broad reverberations across the news industry and the world of American politics. Darr has spent his career exploring the impact that what we read in local news has on how we vote. In the summer of 2019, he and his colleagues heard about a fascinating experiment going on at The Desert Sun, and sprung into action to find out what happens when a local newspaper ignores national opinions. It's a very cool story that gets to the heart of what local news offers, and also why it's in danger.Darr can be found on Twitter and the book, Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization, can be found wherever books are sold. This interview has been condensed and edited. You wrote a really fun book all about how opinion journalism reflects the communities that it's happening in. Do you want to get into what the experiment that you tracked with The Desert Sun was?In June of 2019, my co-author Johanna Dunaway — I wrote this with her and Matt Hitt of Colorado State, she's at Texas A&M — got a Google alert that somebody mentioned our names. It turned out that it was the executive editor of The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, who was referencing a previous paper we'd written about when a local newspaper closes, polarization in that area goes up. We theorized that it was because people were reading more national news. She said, "Well, we have national stuff on our opinion page. So, why don't we just drop that?" So, they decided to drop all their national opinion content for a month. We were able to track that, and write this book, about not only how the content of that page changed and how local issues filled the void, but also how it changed the attitudes of people in that area. It was a really cool process.Let's actually just take a step back a little bit and talk about what you research. You mentioned an earlier study that you had done, focusing on what happens after local news dies out. Can you tell me a little bit about your research?I'm interested in local news, and what role that plays in people's political awareness and political opinions, particularly, because it's in such dire straits right now. It can't be overstated, the decline in local news that was already happening and then was accelerated by the COVID pandemic. That paper looked at areas where local newspapers closed and split-ticket voting, whether you were likely to vote for a Democrat at one level and a Republican at another. We found that in areas where a local newspaper closed, there were significantly less split-ticket voting, about 1.9 percent less. People were just voting straight party, up and down. That was, we thought, interesting. We weren't sure actually where to go next with the research agenda, but this experiment just sort of fell into our laps. We were very excited to be able to test what's basically the other side of that previous paper, which is, not just what happens when local news goes away, but what happens when it actually gets more local, when it actually strengthens in some ways, by providing more local stuff to people. Is that better?It's such a cool experiment design that, as you just kind of mentioned, seemed to fall into your lap. You guys really swept in quickly and managed to do some very cool stuff with it. Can you tell me a little bit about kind of how the experiment was carried out and what you were able to monitor?Sure. I have to give many thanks to the LSU Institutional Review Board for being very quick to approve this — you've got to get IRB approval before any sort of survey or experiment like this. Because we found out about it on June 8, 2019, and the experiment started on July 1. We had to get the surveys written and fielded with enough time to get the full 500 person sample before July began, and we just did get that done. That was very nice, we were very happy about that. As a political scientist, which we all are, you're trained to keep a very close eye out for natural experiments in the world, and this immediately struck us as one. It's the kind of thing where you just drop everything and get right to work on making sure you can measure something like this that's very cool.The basic design of the experiment was we surveyed people in Palm Springs in the zip codes where The Desert Sun circulated. Then we also surveyed people in Ventura, which is on the other side of LA, and is also served by a Gannett newspaper, the Ventura County Star. They didn't change at all in July. It's basically what we call a difference in differences model, where one area changed something, the other area didn't, and then we can compare how the attitudes in those areas changed over the course of July.That's really interesting. What precisely did this opinion page do?They dropped anything national politics, which meant dropping their national syndicated columnists, which were previously a pretty good chunk of their opinion page, one or two syndicated columns a day. Anything that mentioned President Trump, so that was quite a few letters, as you might imagine. People were writing in about Trump, and then those didn't get published in July. They warned people, but those didn't get published in July. And editorial cartoons, none of those either, about national politics. It was just California and the Coachella Valley around Palm Springs for the entire month. That meant more work for the opinion editor, quite frankly, because he had to be finding content to fill the pages, which meant soliciting the community. Whenever you have people that are writing in for the first time, that means you have to edit their work because they're not used to writing for newspapers. It was a good amount more work for the opinion editor at the time, but I think they were all glad they did it.You write about how there was a pretty considerable shift in the actual content, that something like 95 percent of it became California-focused.Before that we didn't really know what to expect in terms of either what the experiment would change or what they did before that. It turned out that, and I don't think this is unique to them, around half of the opinion page before that was focused on California state and local topics. There was quite a bit of other stuff and national politics. So, it went from 40 percent to right up around 95 percent, as you mentioned. It was at least a doubling of the amount of local content that was there. It was a very strong treatment as we would say, methodologically. Of course, the fact that Trump mentions dropped to zero was another part of that treatment, from about one third of all pieces to about zero.What moved into its place?This is, I think, where it gets to the uniqueness of Palm Springs, which is not your average community. It's got a large LGBTQ+ community. It's very interested in art and in architecture. Obviously in California, as a place where many people retire, they're very concerned with traffic and transportation. So, the letters to the editor about architectural preservation in particular went way through the roof. Over a quarter of all the letters to the editor in July were about preserving various architectural sites around the city. About another quarter was about the AHL minor league hockey affiliate of the Seattle Kraken, the new team that starting next year is going to be in Palm Springs. There were quite a few letters after that was announced saying, “is this going to increase our traffic because there's going to be a hockey arena downtown?” So, these were intensely local concerns. Not every community would experience a spike in arts and culture letters and in transportation, traffic letters, but that is what happened in Palm Springs.That's very cool. You also wrote about a little bit about how they also didn't see a drop off really in readership when it came to this shift.No, the opposite, actually. The online readership of opinion content that they tracked actually almost doubled in July. People were reading the stuff that came with the local opinion content. When you get local op-eds, they're not really from journalists, they're mostly from people writing in, whether it's business leaders or elected officials or people that are in charge of these local groups. For example, the architectural preservation groups that are around town, and so they're hearing from their neighbors. It de-professionalizes the newspaper and makes it more accessible, and readership went up. It's interesting as well, because it does make sense. Many, many folks are interested in national politics, but there's lots of folks in this country who are just kind of disengaged at the national level. I imagine in a state like California, which is fairly reliably one way or another during presidential elections, it's much the same way. But everybody's got an opinion about that new traffic light!I think it accentuates the value that local news provides in the marketplace, which is, you can get national opinion content literally anywhere all the time. You can't get those local perspectives on local issues. You get a sense of how complex some of these things are and the local ins and outs of it. The hockey arena is being built next to the Native American casino of the Agua Caliente tribe there in Palm Springs. So, you have just that one example of something that's like, oh it's Californians complaining about traffic. Well, really it gets into all of these community relationships with the Native American tribe and with ‘what does the downtown mean in an area that's kind of spread out, and around the whole Coachella Valley.' You get a real sense of the ins and outs and the complexities of a community by reading the letters to the editor and the op-eds for three months and coding them as I did.You weren't kidding, you were really into the Palm Springs community.Yeah, in a way I was. I've actually not been there.Really?Yeah! We were supposed to go in March 2020, which as you may have heard didn't work out for anybody to do anything. We had it all worked out. We were going to present our findings at a conference in San Diego and drive up to Palm Springs. So, now not only did I not get to take that trip, but I've written a book about a place I've never been. But I have read so much of their newspaper that I do feel like I've been there.You have a favorite columnist and everything?Yeah, I can talk about the newspaper like a local, no question.What was going on over in the control group?Over in Ventura? Well, that's the thing. They didn't change. So, whatever was going on there kept going on, which meant these national opinion columnists. It meant E.J. Dionne and Marc Thiessen and just people that are sort of either pro- or con- the administration. And you're just getting a lot of that national argumentation. And this was July 2019, so there was a lot of commentary about the very first Democratic presidential debates. There was a lot of talk about what are the Democrats doing, and can they beat Trump, and what's going on with immigration? And so it was very noticeable when that went away in Palm Springs. But in Ventura, it didn't. So, they just kept getting that same dosage of national conflict.You ran a second survey then, is that right?Yeah, we ran the first survey at the end of June, to try to end it before the treatment started in July. Then at the end of July into early August, we did the second wave and it was about 500 people in each city in each wave. So, I'll also thank LSU for helping to pay for that.That's a very large city-level survey. That's cool.It is, yeah. We worked with Qualtrics on that and they were very helpful in getting us the samples we needed. But, yeah, LSU, Texas A&M, University of Texas — we had a lot of help and we were very grateful for that. But you needed that size sample to detect these changes, and, like I said, when you see a natural experiment you drop everything and go for it.What were some of the changes that you noticed?We wanted to check into the effect of polarization here. We weren't really able to measure something that specific in the previous article, which was just split-ticket voting, but the effect of polarization is this idea that members of the two parties just don't like each other, and they rate the other side as more negative.In the content in previous months, it had been about 25 percent of pieces on the opinion page mentioned either the Democratic or the Republican party, in July that dropped to only one in 10. So, they just weren't talking about the parties as much, not even national politics, but just the parties at all. Maybe that's because California is kind of a one-party state, but either way there was just less of it. So did that affect the way people saw the other side? We were really interested in that. We were able to measure that before and after. And those are obviously pretty deeply held beliefs, how you feel about the other side. We measured it on what they call a feeling thermometer where you just say rate the other side from zero to 100. We found that there were differences between the communities after July.What happened?Among the kind of people that we might expect to be most attuned to this — the people who prefer to read the local newspaper, people who know more about politics, people who are more engaged in politics in Palm Springs — polarization slowed down for them. So, it didn't decrease, which we sort of expected. These are very, like I said, deeply held opinions and beliefs, but they did slow down relative to Ventura. Trump was holding rallies that were controversial, there was a Democratic primary going on, there was a lot happening in national politics. When Ventura kept getting that, polarization went up. It went up a little bit among those groups in Palm Springs, but not nearly as much, and so there was a statistically significant difference there. It slowed it down, and over the course of a month, when you only change two pages in a newspaper on a given day, we thought that was still a pretty powerful effect. It is interesting because you mentioned a lot of the issues moved to development. It is interesting to remind folks that there are polarizations in the world that are not simply left and right. Like NIMBY versus YIMBY and that kind of thing. And reminding that Democratic NIMBYs and Republican NIMBYs have things in common at times. It does seem interesting to kind of illustrate that you wouldn't necessarily change your entire worldview about that, but that might change exactly how strongly that is.No, I think so. And when you're talking about local news, you're emphasizing a different identity than if you're talking about party politics. If you lead with party politics, you're going to get people thinking like Democrats and Republicans. But if you lead with local news and local opinion and local concerns, like we found they did in July of 2019, you emphasize that local identity. We're both residents of the same area, we are both going to be affected by the traffic from this new arena, we both want to see this architectural landmark preserved. And it's a cross cutting identity in that parties, like you say Democrats and Republicans both, can both have that same identity. So, we draw on Lilliana Mason's work, she's a political scientist at the University of Maryland, for that concept. But when you emphasize local, you cut across party.Have they repeated the experiment since, or have you seen any interest in this kind of thing moving beyond this one wonderful summer in beautiful Palm Springs?The Trump-free July that Palm Springs had, no, they have not repeated it actually. Their experience is kind of a microcosm of what's happening in opinion journalism right now, which is that actually in late 2020 the opinion editor that ran this month-long experiment, took the buyout that was offered by Gannett, and so he's gone. Which was too bad because the fact that he'd been working for the newspaper for over 20 years, the fact that they had him was a major reason that they were able to do this thing. When you take a buyout, that position is gone. So, actually what the community did was start a nonprofit organization that allowed them to raise money to rehire a new opinion editor.The community decided, ‘we think this is a valuable thing that we need to have.' And the executive editor, Julie Makinen, led that charge and the community responded. They were able to just, I think in the last couple of weeks, hire a new opinion editor. You do need somebody on staff that can edit and solicit from the community and be in charge of something like this if you're going to do that. That's just sort of a luxury in most of these places now for local newspapers. If you can still have an opinion editor, you're doing all right, and so the strong get stronger here. If local newspapers invest in opinion journalism, they might be able to reap some of the rewards of doing something like this, but if they can't afford an opinion editor, which again, given the steep declines during the COVID era for local newspapers, they're just going to end up taking the cheaper content, which is national for the most part.Where do you see taking this kind of research moving forward? Clearly you have a really interesting result here, but what else interests you in the local news space or just the news space in general?Well, there's just so much happening. There's these bills in front of Congress right now about collective bargaining between local newspapers with Facebook and Google. There's just a lot of philanthropy in this space and these new nonprofit, local news organizations that are starting up, or state level news organizations. We actually found one of the important things in this study is California has a nonprofit service called CalMatters that produces state level columns and solicits op-eds about state politics and The Desert Sun really leaned on that organization's work in July. They took far more columns from CalMatters. In states that don't have that, it would be a lot harder to do something like this. So, we're interested in that nonprofit news space. We'd love to measure an area where philanthropists were investing in supporting nonprofit news, like starting a new newspaper or a newsletter in an area. Not just what happens if we change an existing source, but what happens if we start something new, do people latch onto that, is that something that could have similar effects? Because fundamentally local news is in a difficult spot right now, and if we're going to advocate for it, if we're going to think that it can have these kinds of good civic effects, we need some hard evidence to back that up. So, I think measuring experiments like this is part of that solution, and we'd like to be a part of that.Excellent. That's very, very cool. Where can folks find you and where can folks find your work?I'm on Twitter @JoshuaDarr, and joshuadarr.com is my website. And I'm here at LSU.Sweet. You got a local newspaper that you like?Oh yeah, The Advocate. It's actually sort of weird, they're now the dominant newspaper in the state. New Orleans is the bigger city, but The Advocate now is headquartered in Baton Rouge, but there's a New Orleans Advocate, they sort of took over that area. So, we actually have pretty good state politics coverage. And I will put in a plug for LSU, we send students to the capitol building to do real state capitol news reporting, and they often will get their stories placed in newspapers across the state. I think they placed something like 400 stories last year. So, we're doing our part here at LSU.That's great. That's good stuff. I like the Queens Daily Eagle. There's a lot of really great stuff out there.If you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips, or feedback at walt@numlock.news. Get full access to Numlock News at www.numlock.com/subscribe

Dr. Barry Pollack grew up in Philadelphia and spent two years at the Air Force Academy before completing his B.S. degree in political science at Penn State University. After earning a Master's degree in broadcasting and film at Stanford, where he made several prize-winning documentary films, he was accepted as a writing-directing fellow at the new American Film Institute in Los Angeles. At age 24 he wrote and directed the successful 1972 blaxploitation film Cool Breeze, but after his next film, This is a Hijack, flopped, Pollack changed careers. In 1980 he graduated from University of Oklahoma Medical School. Since then he has been an emergency-room physician at a number of Southern California hospitals-for the last decade at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. Over the same decade, Pollack has penned hundreds of articles and columns (medical stories, biographies and travel pieces) for the Ventura County STAR newspapers. He was a medical advisor to the multiple Emmy-winning TV series St. Elsewhere and has also written episodes of Trapper John, M.D. and Hotel. Forty-Eight X is his first novel. - www.barrypollack.net

This week we are discussing how we communicate during a crisis. How does our messaging impact the results? So we have seen a change from the terms on evacuation, how we talk about COVID, and how we promote emergency preparedness messages and programs.Guest InfoBuddy RiceFire Marshal/Emergency ManagerCity of Deer Park Texasbrice@deerparktx.orgWest Fertilizer Company Explosion web-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fertilizer_Company_explosionHeadlinesIt’s Time To Revisit Weather-Related Stadium Evacuation Plansweb – https://edmdigest.com/news/its-time-to-revisit-weather-related-stadium-evacuation-plans/Evacuation orders will no longer be called mandatory or voluntary. Here’s whyweb – https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2020/06/21/ventura-county-california-voluntary-mandatory-evacuation-orders-changing/3203801001/?cid=facebook_Ventura_County_Star&fbclid=IwAR1rHpL4a4BKh7ruvgwxnkOXKnFFELrXt6wTNfctET1-6JmSyN3fXLUWuv8LinksEM WeeklyWebsite – https://sitchradio.com/our-shows/em-weekly/Twitter – https://twitter.com/EM_WeeklyFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyLinkedIn –https://www.linkedin.com/company/17905473/admin/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-wAle11GsM_0r1XggqCqwSister ShowsEM Student Web –https://sitchradio.com/our-shows/em-student/The Business Continuity ShowTwitter – https://www.instagram.com/titanhst/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Business-Continuity-Today-107622617647974LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm6x_5nxAyrlSbLC_xBimEQIf you would like to become a sponsor or advertiser Call Sitch Radio (714) 643-2500 X 1

FRISCO - Episode 9: Goodbye Oxnard, Hello Frisco! What does the training camp shift mean to the progress of the Dallas Cowboys? Welcome to the ‘The Blitzcast – A Dallas Cowboys Podcast' by Drunk Sports in partnership with CowboysSI.com. “BigRed” Lance Dorsett and Timm “IndyCarTim” Hamm are your hosts as we discuss all things Dallas Cowboys and all things NFL! In THIS episode: The Cowboys ditch the cool and comfortable climate of Oxnard for the indoor and familiar climate that is The Star in Frisco. (You see in Fish's prediction video above how prepared Mike McCarthy and the team already were for this; photo courtesy Ventura County Star.) We examine the claim by NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport that the Cowboys need QB Dak Prescott's deal done more than Dak does. Who would benefit from a long hold out? Who would benefit from a deal done before July 15? We then look at the existing roster for 2020 and determine positions of weakness and why those might keep this club from their ultimate goal in Tampa in February. National writer Peter King claims the Cowboys should've gone with defense at No. 17 in the draft instead of OU's CeeDee Lamb. We discuss. There are rules changes for 2020 but not the one we all wanted, and why is Deion Sanders supporting Antonio Brown's return to the NFL? Also, make sure to check out The Blitzcast on YouTube for video of all the episodes and Cowboys news. Please subscribe and click that bell for notifications! And feel free to message us anytime via email at TheCowboysBlitzcast@gmail.com. In THIS episode: The Cowboys ditch the indoor and comfortable climate of Oxnard, CA for the cool and familiar climate that is The Star in Frisco. We examine the claim by NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport that the Cowboys need Dak's deal done more than Dak does. Who would benefit from a long hold out? Who would benefit from a deal done before July 15? We then look at the existing roster for 2020 and determine positions of weakness and why those might keep this club from their ultimate goal in Tampa in February. Peter King claims the Cowboys should've gone with defense at number 17 in the draft instead of OU's CeeDee Lamb. We discuss. There are rules changes for 2020 but not the one we all wanted, and why is Deion Sanders supporting Antonio Brown's return to the NFL? The Blitzcast can be found and heard here each week, on CowboysSI.com, as well as your favorite podcast app. Wherever you listen to your podcasts, we would appreciate if you hit that ‘subscribe' button and leave us a great review. Also, make sure to check out The Blitzcast on YouTube for video of all the episodes and Cowboys news. Please subscribe and click that bell for notifications! And feel free to message us anytime via email at TheCowboysBlitzcast@gmail.com. We can't wait to hear from you and Go Cowboys! Please follow the discussion further with us on Twitter: @IndyCarTim, @BigRedBlitz, and @BlitzcastNFL.

Jenna is joined by longtime softball journalist (at D1 Softball, the Knoxville News Sentinel, Ventura County Star, and more) and founder of Goods4Greatness, Rhiannon Potkey! They talk about their 805 roots, sports journalism, her writing style and process, her favorite stories she’s written (Jenna’s duh), random knowledge journalists pick up, and how her nonprofit is … Continued

Rich Hammond and guest Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star recap the Rams win against the Chicago Bears. They discuss Todd Gurley's increased involvement and wonder if it will be the new normal, the absence of Robert Woods, give props to the efforts of the defense and more.Subscribe to The Athletic for weekly bonus episodes of 11 Personnel at theathletic.com/11personnel.

Joe Curley from the LA Ventura County Star joins Jody to discuss the Dodgers heartbreaking end to their season and the Rams hopes after a 3-2 start

THE WAIT IS OVER!! Host David E.J. Berger (@carljunior) is finally back, and on this episode he's talking with Los Angeles Rams reporter Joe Curley (@vcsjoecurley) from the Ventura County Star and USA Today Netowrk about the team's training camp from a fantasy perspective. All the Gurley and Henderson content you need!

Michelle Rogers is the USA Today Network's Storytellers Project national manager. Hear about the project, her time with the Ventura County Star, the podcast, "Never 30" and her journey as a journalist. 

In a that game will be over-shadowed by some spotty referee work, only Ventura County Star sports writer Joe Curley can take you beyond the calls to explain why the LA Rams belong in Super Bowl LIII. Listen to his interview with Matt Harab now here:

Join Brian Webber and former 6x Pro Bowl CB Eric Allen for all the scores, all the highlights and the big plays in the NFL for Week 13. Following all the action, Brian and Eric were joined by NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport, Texans Radio Sideline Analyst John Harris, Mike Chappell who covers the Colts for CBS/FOX TV in Indy, Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star on the LA Rams win, Yahoo NFL writer Eric Adelson, plus Mike Harmon for our Fantasy Football Focus and the Playing With Science Checkdown.

Michael Anderson talks with author and employment lawyer, Jonathan Light about his Baseball book. Jon Light, Author of "Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball" Stories about baseball that you might have never heard. How does one build this book and capture stories? Origin of 7th inning stretch, singing national anthem, Radio, TV & much More! Learn more about Jon Light: visit lightgablerlaw.com or google: The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball.  Non-Profit Spotlight Spencer Garrett is our guest to talk about the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura and the Golf tournament coming up on May 18th at Ojai Valley Inn & Spa.  Get your tickets & learn more at bgclubventura.org What's in the News? Tim Gallagher, former editor of the Ventura County Star joins us for an update of "What's in the News this week" Learn more about Tim at the2020network.com Do you have a written investment plan?  This written plan does not have to be complex, but it can help you segment your assets into short term and longer term investment vehicles. You can get financial planning help at Maranantha.com .fusion-widget-area-73 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-73 .widget h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-73 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-73 .widget h4 {font-size:18px;}.fusion-widget-area-73 .widget .heading h4 {font-size:18px;}Subscribe to PodcastApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsAndroidby EmailRSS

Richard Atmore, Rancho Ventura Conservation Trust History of the land & hillsides up & around Two Trees in Ventura, CA What are prescribed burns & how can we manage the land better? What is rotational grazing and how does it work? Richard shares details of the 7,000 acres of land in Rancho Ventura Conservation Trust. Learn more about Richard Atmore online: venturaconservation.com or raatmore.com Non-Profit Spotlight Ed Summers is an advisory member for the Ventura Robotics team. There is an international competition coming to Ventura College March 29-31. Come to see project based learning in action.  There will be over 42 high school teams. Learn more online at: frcventuraregional.com vestment vehicles. You can get financial planning help at Maranantha.com What's in the News Tim Gallagher is the former editor of the Ventura County Star, he talks about rain, housing & more.   .fusion-widget-area-85 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-85 .widget h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-85 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-85 .widget h4 {font-size:18px;}.fusion-widget-area-85 .widget .heading h4 {font-size:18px;}Subscribe to PodcastApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsAndroidby EmailRSS

Michael Anderson talks with Steve Bennett about water, immigration, and much more relating to Ventura County. Steve Bennett, Ventura County Supervisor Water is a big issue in Ventura County. Will the State Water Project help? Will Desalinization help?  How is Immigration a part of Ventura County's economy, what are the major points? Talk to us about Foster parenting in Ventura County. Education, Groundwater and much more. Learn more about Steve Bennett online: Ventura.org For more information on how to become a foster parent please call 805-654–3220 or go to fostervckids.org Non-Profit Spotlight Steve Doll from the Downtown Lion's Club of Ventura is our non-profit spotlight. The local club started in 1923, one of the global initiatives deals with vision and diabetes. A few of the local projects include the american flags near the pier, supporting the East-West Football game and much more.  Feel free to visit the club, they meet the first 3 Thursdays from Noon-1:30 at the 2nd floor of the Derby Club at the VC Fairgrounds. Learn more online at venturalions.org/ What's in the News this week? We have Tim Gallagher former editor of the Ventura County Star, as our news correspondent. He talks about the high school students walking out of school earlier this week. Thank you for listening this week.  If you would like to speak with our host, Michael Anderson about your financial situation, contact him for a no-cost initial consultation. Online: Maranantha.com Email: Michael@allocationlink.com or Leave a Message by phone: 805-665-3767 Special Thanks to our Sponsors: Geico Local Office – Greg Mauk (805)487-7847 Spanish Hills Country Club  Preview Membership (805)388-5000 Matt's All Haul — For all of your junk removal and hauling needs. .fusion-widget-area-88 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-88 .widget h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-88 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-88 .widget h4 {font-size:18px;}.fusion-widget-area-88 .widget .heading h4 {font-size:18px;}Subscribe to PodcastApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsAndroidby EmailRSS

Michael Anderson talks with California University's President Chris Kimball. Chris Kimball, President of Cal Lutheran University What is going on with STEM and the science program and new building? How has the $4.6 million grant impacted the students at Cal Lutheran? Describe the Centers of Excellence and how they work? Learn more about Cal Lutheran online: callutheran.edu 2-Minute Drill Michael talks about the history of "Money" and how salt, cheese and cocoa have been used as currency many years ago.  Do you have a written investment plan?  This written plan does not have to be complex, but it can help you segment your assets into short term and longer term investment vehicles. You can get financial planning help at Maranantha.com What's in the News Tim Gallagher, former editor of the Ventura County Star newspaper shares what's in the news. Learn more about Tim visit his website: the2020network.com .fusion-widget-area-91 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-91 .widget h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-91 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333c4e;}.fusion-widget-area-91 .widget h4 {font-size:18px;}.fusion-widget-area-91 .widget .heading h4 {font-size:18px;}Subscribe to PodcastApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsAndroidby EmailRSS

NBC LA Sports Reporters Michael Duarte and Nick Hamilton discuss the latest news and breaking information inside the huddles of the L.A. Rams and L.A. Chargers. This week, the guys say goodbye to the Chargers season, and are joined by Eric Geller of NFL Sirius XM Radio and Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star to preview the NFC Wild Card Game between the Rams and Falcons on Saturday.

The NFL playoffs are set to begin this weekend and Jake and Blaine have it all right here to help break it down. The guys discuss the Rams' road to the Super Bowl and who their toughest opponent might be. They also break down the AFC and who could represent them in the Super Bowl. Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the show.

The NFL playoffs are set to begin this weekend and Jake and Blaine have it all right here to help break it down. The guys discuss the Rams' road to the Super Bowl and who their toughest opponent might be. They also break down the AFC and who could represent them in the Super Bowl. Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the show.

The Los Angeles Rams have clinched the NFC West for the first time since 2003. Jake and Blaine talk about the big accomplishment and what that means for this Rams team. The guys also discuss the NFC playoff scenarios and who they would like to see the Rams play in the first round. Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the show.

The Los Angeles Rams have clinched the NFC West for the first time since 2003. Jake and Blaine talk about the big accomplishment and what that means for this Rams team. The guys also discuss the NFC playoff scenarios and who they would like to see the Rams play in the first round. Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the show.

The Los Angeles Rams fell to 9-4 after their 43-35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. Did the Rams blow a big opportunity to take control in the NFC? Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star comes on the show to discuss.

The Los Angeles Rams fell to 9-4 after their 43-35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. Did the Rams blow a big opportunity to take control in the NFC? Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star comes on the show to discuss.

The Los Angeles Rams earned their first winning record since 2003 defeating the Arizona Cardinals 32-16. Jake and Blaine discuss Jared Goff's turnaround season and if he should be in the MVP race. The guys also look ahead to the big game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Friend of the podcast Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star also joins the show.

The Los Angeles Rams earned their first winning record since 2003 defeating the Arizona Cardinals 32-16. Jake and Blaine discuss Jared Goff's turnaround season and if he should be in the MVP race. The guys also look ahead to the big game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Friend of the podcast Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star also joins the show.

The Los Angeles Rams fall to 7-3 on the season after losing 24-7 to the Minnesota Vikings on the road. Jake and Blaine break it down. Should we be concerned about the Rams offense? Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the show postgame as usual to discuss to the loss.

The Los Angeles Rams fall to 7-3 on the season after losing 24-7 to the Minnesota Vikings on the road. Jake and Blaine break it down. Should we be concerned about the Rams offense? Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the show postgame as usual to discuss to the loss.

The Los Angeles Rams are 5-2 for the first time since 2003 after shutting out the Cardinals 33-0 in London. Jake and Blaine break it all down and discuss where the Rams stand in the NFC. Joe Curley from the Ventura County Star also joins the show.

The Los Angeles Rams are 5-2 for the first time since 2003 after shutting out the Cardinals 33-0 in London. Jake and Blaine break it all down and discuss where the Rams stand in the NFC. Joe Curley from the Ventura County Star also joins the show.

The Los Angeles Rams have upset the Dallas Cowboys 35-30 and improve to 3-1 on the year. Jake and Blaine break down the game and give their takeaways. They also discuss where this puts the Rams with the rest of the NFL and look at the first quarter of the season. Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the podcast.

The Los Angeles Rams have upset the Dallas Cowboys 35-30 and improve to 3-1 on the year. Jake and Blaine break down the game and give their takeaways. They also discuss where this puts the Rams with the rest of the NFL and look at the first quarter of the season. Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star joins the podcast.

Turf Show Radio returns with a bang. Misone Adiasor (@MightyOrMisone) and Josh Webb(@FightOnTwist) are joined by Joe Curley (@vcsjoecurley) of the Ventura County Star about the 2017 NFL Draft, who might surprise from the draft, how good can Los Angeles Rams HC Sean McVay and his offensive staff prove to be, and have they added enough quality talent at pass catcher positions over the last two drafts? On this week's show, Misone and Josh discuss offense heavily, and who might play what role per position group. Also, Joe explores the long-term future of Rams QB Jared Goff and if he's secured with his roster spot beyond 2017. The guys dish out great questions, from what young receivers will step up? What should LA expect from second-round rookie TE Gerald Everett? Who will fill the role of that third RB spot? How invovled will the backs be behind lead RB Todd Gueley? And much more... Joe also does a great job going into detail about a question he was going to ask Rams GM Les Snead in regards to the draft strategy they were using when selecting pass catchers with three of their first four picks only one year after selecting four pass catchers in the 2016 NFL Draft. He also explains how this year's crop of pass catchers are going to fill roles left behind by former players.  Also on this week's show: The patience Rams fans as well as the coaching staff and front off should be more than willing to show with the development of a young team, that lacks veteran leaders at key positions on offense. The guys discuss the real possibility of things getting worse before they get better. But also discuss Jared Goff legitimately taking some nice sized steps forward.  Enjoy and thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On This Episode Josh Webb is joined by Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star.  Joe Curley has been the college sports and soccer reporter for the Ventura County Star since 2000. He covered USC and UCLA for nearly a decade. He's covered Rose Bowl games, BCS national championship games and the 2006 World Cup in Germany for the Star, as well as countless local events. Next month, when the Rams host the Cowboys, he'll have covered all five major professional team sports from the press box.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this final chapter of A New Earth, Tolle writes about three aspects of awakened doing. As you move through your day, check in with yourself to see that you are in one of these states: acceptance, enjoyment or enthusiasm. When you are in alignment with one of these emotions, you will be creating A New Earth. Joining Lisa this week is Scott Friedman, who blogs on oneness and spirituality at the Ventura County Star; Diane Silvester, owner of Soul Centered, a metaphysical shoppe in Ojai, CA; and two local ladies Kate and Sue. Read Scott's Blog: http://www.venturacountystar.com/blogs/scott-friedman/ Visit Soul Centered online: http://www.soulcentered.net/ Visit Lisa.fm: http://www.lisa.fm/

In this final chapter of A New Earth, we discuss how awakened doing is the alignment of our inner and outer purpose. There are three modalities of awakened doing: Acceptance, Enjoyment and Enthusiasm; and in this podcast we discuss how to incorporate them into daily life. Joining Lisa this week is Scott Friedman, who blogs on oneness and spirituality at the Ventura County Star; Diane Silvester, owner of Soul Centered, a metaphysical shoppe in Ojai, CA; and two local ladies Kate and Sue. Read Scott's Blog: http://www.venturacountystar.com/blogs/scott-friedman/ Visit Soul Centered online: http://www.soulcentered.net/ Visit Lisa.fm: http://www.lisa.fm/ And, stay tuned with this podcast - next week we will be looking into how A New Earth mixes with Christianity and other organized religions. Our Next Book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz; tune in to the Lisa.fm book club as we discuss how to incorporate The Four Agreements into daily life. This easy-to-read book is a terrific follow up to Eckhart's book, because it reinforces the conscious way of living that is outlined in A New Earth.

Tom Baker, NC6B, talks to me about the first- of- its- kind skills class that he teaches at Moorpark HS, near Ventura California. The Radio Amateurs and Disaster Operations (RADIO) teaches skills that include amateur radio, First Aid training, CPR training, Defibrillator, and SERT/CERT certification. They promote the idea that "Teaching our students about preparedness better prepares our community."Photo is Tom (at left, NC6B) with principal Miyashiro (N6LKI).Show notesGreat article in the Ventura County Star at http://tinyurl.com/s44z9The High School's web page is at http://www.mhsweather.org/ and click on RADIO