Episode 11 - Swan Lake Ballet at the California Theatre

WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.679 Well, how do you folks, and good morning, afternoon or evening, 2 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:14.679 wherever and whenever you may be listening. My name is Tim and welcome to 3 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:19.879 one day in so cal. Whether you've lived here your entire life or visiting 4 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:23.960 from across the world, whether you only have one day in so cal or 5 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.199 one month, I want to share some of the coolest, most fun and 6 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:32.079 most unique things to do right here in southern California, whether that's solo or 7 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:36.840 with friends and family. So join me on my next adventure and hopefully yours. 8 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:48.679 Right now on one day in so cal. Welcome to episode eleven of 9 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:55.640 the one day in so cal podcast. It's Friday September and I'm recording from 10 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:00.200 beautiful right with California. Visit me on the web one day and so cal 11 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:03.880 dot com, one day in so cal dot com for the latest episodes, 12 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.239 travelog videos, Interactive Matt Social Media Links and more. New episodes of this 13 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:14.719 podcast are released each Friday morning and, as stated last week, this week 14 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:19.400 I did something I thought I would never do. I went to the ballet. 15 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.239 Here's an example of one excellent scene from Swan Lake that I enjoyed. 16 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:34.120 That was the famous Swan Lake theme from Swan Lake, as originally composed by 17 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:40.240 Russian composer Pyotr Chakowsky and recorded live at the California theater in San Bernardino, 18 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:47.080 California. Now, as for the ballet, I have never had the slightest 19 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:52.000 desire to attend to bell at ever, I never thought this day would come 20 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.000 where I would go to the ballet. I mean watching girls and men in 21 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.800 tights prancing about the music. Why on Earth would I ever watch that? 22 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:06.759 What's so entertaining about that? How is ballet even a thing in people just 23 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:10.919 go to ballet's because it's the aristocratic and culturally appropriate thing to do. Does 24 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:15.520 ballet even have a story? Can people dance for two hours, you know, 25 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:21.439 really be that entertaining? The answer to most of these questions is yes. 26 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:24.879 Just like when I went and watched baseball earlier this year for the first 27 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:30.000 time, I can honestly say yeah, I get it. Now, at 28 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:34.919 random I saw an advertisement for someone lake, but I saw they were coming 29 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:38.319 for a one night only event at the California Theater in San Ardino and knew 30 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:43.240 that I wanted to talk about the California theater on this podcast, so had 31 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:46.280 a choice. Was I gonna wait for another production that I wanted to see, 32 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.360 or should I just go see the ballet and try something new, which 33 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:53.520 is kind of things I've been doing lately. I've been trying new things, 34 00:03:53.159 --> 00:04:00.800 Um, like baseball in episode two. So the California Theater I went and 35 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.199 uh, I guess. What can I say about the California theater is a 36 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.280 performing Arts Theater located in downtown Samardino, across the street from the old and 37 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:15.839 now defunct and often vandalized, unfortunately, Carousel Mall, and often on fire 38 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:21.879 for that matter. The California Theater first opened and seats today one thousand seven 39 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:27.399 eighteen people. It was originally part of the famous historical Fox theater chains that 40 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:31.160 sprinkled around so calum will rogers, who was a famous celebrity back in the 41 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:35.920 day Vaudeville for performer, actor and humorists, gave his very last performance here 42 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:41.480 before dying in a plane crash in Alaska. The California theater also was used 43 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:45.800 by Hollywood studios to test their productions on screen, including such hits as King 44 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.000 Kong and the wizard of Oz believe it or not. Currently the theater hosts 45 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:55.240 a large variety of productions including theater, musicals, plays, recitals, fashion 46 00:04:55.279 --> 00:05:00.319 shows, corporate seminars, concerts, children's theater, ballet and now troalization ceremonies. 47 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:06.000 Now I have never seen anything on stage. They didn't have vocals. 48 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:10.759 Everything in Swan Lake was expressed through dance and emotion. Not a single word 49 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.600 was spoken. This was certainly a new experience for me. One thing is 50 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:17.519 for sure, though. I was grateful that I looked up the story before 51 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:21.160 I went. I would have, for the most part, been very confused 52 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:25.680 about what was going on. Swan Lake, like virtually all ballet, does 53 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:30.480 indeed have a real story to it. There's just no obvious dialogue. You 54 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.759 have to figure it out and there's a lot going on. There's a lot 55 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:38.240 of hints about what's going on and clues as well, but in my opinion, 56 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:43.079 it's very hard to understand everything that's happening in its entirety, even if 57 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.600 your concentration on the performance is way up there. So by reading the story 58 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:50.759 beforehand, I can test that it didn't ruin anything for me. In fact, 59 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:55.879 it allowed me to appreciate what I was witnessing even more because I knew 60 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:58.560 what was going on. It just wasn't people dancing around the music. It 61 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:03.000 was a story that I could relate to because I read it Um. So 62 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.959 after I looked up the story, I could follow the entire performance, which 63 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.879 is something I obviously want to do and honestly, I think it. It 64 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:14.519 really did help me appreciate the ballet even more. If I didn't really look 65 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.800 up the story beforehand, I probably would have come away thinking what, what 66 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.879 the heck was that? Um I do just look it up the story to 67 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:24.560 any ballet you're going to witness, but if you're going to see Swan Lake, 68 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:28.240 I will give you a brief overview here and now. Swan Lake. 69 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.000 This performed in four acts, including Inter and intermission in between acts two and 70 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:36.319 three. So an act one, which takes place in a magnificent part before 71 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:41.600 a palace on a hillside. Prince seek free to celebrating his birthday with his 72 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:46.600 tutor, friends and peasants. The revelries are interrupted by Siegfried's mother, the 73 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:50.560 Queen, who was concerned about her son's carefree lifestyle. She tells him that 74 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:55.639 he must choose a bride at the royal ball the following evening. Sick freed 75 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.959 is upset that he cannot marry for love. His friend Benno and the tutor 76 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.439 who are with him try to lift his troubled mood. As easy as evening 77 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:08.199 falls, Benosi's a flock of swans flying overhead and suggests to go on a 78 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:11.600 hunt for, you know, to cheer him up. Sick freed and his 79 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:15.040 friends take their crossbows and sit off in pursuit of the swans. Then we 80 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.399 get to act, to which takes place in a forest clearing by the ruins 81 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:23.040 of a forest chapel. Sick freed has become separated from his friends. He 82 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:26.920 arrives at the lakeside clearing just as a flock of Swan's land. He aims 83 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:31.319 as crossbow but freezes when one of them transforms into a beautiful maiden, Odette. 84 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:35.439 Where's IT, Odetti? I'm actually not sure I'm gonna call her Odette. 85 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:40.240 At first she is terrified of siegfried. When he promises not to harm 86 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:43.959 her, she explains that she and her companions are victims of a spell cast 87 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:48.600 by the evil Al like sorcerer Rothbart. By Day they are turned into swans, 88 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:51.519 and only at night, by the side of the enchanted lake created from 89 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:57.759 the tears of Odette's mother, do they return to human form. The spell 90 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.439 can only be broken if one who has never loved before swears to love Odette 91 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:07.720 forever. Rothbart suddenly appears. Sigfried threatens to kill him, but Odette interceeds. 92 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:11.720 If rothbart dies before the spell is broken, it can never be undone. 93 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.639 As rothbart disappears, with Swan maidens fill the clearing, sigfried breaks his 94 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:20.079 crossbow and sets about winning Odette's trust as the two fall in love. But 95 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:24.560 as don arrives, the evil spell draws adette and her companions back to the 96 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.519 lake and they are turned once again into swans. At three takes place in 97 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.919 an opulent hall in a Palace. Guests arrived the palace for a costume ball. 98 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:39.320 Six princesses are presented to the prince as candidates for marriage. Rothbart arrives 99 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:43.879 in a disguise with his daughter, o'dial, who has transformed to look like 100 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.080 Odette. Though the princesses trying to attract the prince with their dances, sigfried 101 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:52.440 has eyes only for o'deal. Odette appears at the castle window and attempts to 102 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.919 warn sigfried, but he does not see her. He then proclaims to the 103 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:00.559 court and to everyone that will hear him that he will marry o'dele. Before 104 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:07.000 Rothbart shows him a magical vision of Odett. He gives oh, he gives 105 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.279 o'dial flowers, and she just rips him up, throws him on the ground 106 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:15.960 and dances away laughing, grief stricken and realizing his mistake, as he vowed, 107 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.960 of course, only the love Odette. Sick freed hurries back to the 108 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.320 lake, and then we get to act, for which takes place by the 109 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.759 side of Swarm Lake. Odette is distraught. The Swan Maidens try to comfort 110 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:30.480 her. Sick freeder turns to the lake and makes a passionate apology. She 111 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.960 forgives him, but his portrayal cannot be undone. Rather than remain a swan 112 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:39.000 forever, Odette chooses to die. Sick free chooses to die with her, 113 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.240 and they leap into the lake where they will stay together forever. This breaks 114 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.639 Rothbart spell over the Swan Maidens, causing him to lose his power over them 115 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:50.759 and he dies. The Swan Maidens, who transformed her regular maidens, watch 116 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:54.080 a sick freedom and Odette ascend to the heavens together, forever united in love. 117 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.840 But what a tragic ending. Right, I'm happy to report this. 118 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:05.919 Know Theater showing of Swan Lake had a widely accepted happier ending where siegfried gets 119 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.759 in a big fight with Rothbart kills him and he saves her debt and they 120 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:15.639 live happily ever after. As I always say, we have enough tragedy in 121 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.519 our everyday news and society, and our lives can often be stressed enough and 122 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.639 full of horror stories, so you might as well have some good feelings going 123 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.919 to a show and taking a break, right. Anyways, the Lights Damn, 124 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:28.600 the music started and the curtain came up and the performance began. As 125 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:33.279 a performance began, some folks in the audience started taking pictures or even recording 126 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:35.840 on their phones. In general, as you may or may not know, 127 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.200 this is in no no, but hey, nobody was stopping them and, 128 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.039 truth be told, I also took a few pictures for the blog on this 129 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.200 podcast website one day and socil dot com, the theater staff, was okay 130 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:54.039 with this until just after act two, and h then they started coming out 131 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.480 and stopping people. Now a few people across the audience recording weren't annoying me, 132 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.720 not in the slightest but what did annoy me was random staff walking around 133 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.960 all of the theater to tell people to stop recording. Over and over they 134 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:11.320 would be going from hot spot to hot spot. Would finally go back to 135 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:16.960 the end of the theater to sit down, another phone would light, another 136 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.320 phone light would pop up somewhere in the audience and they would be right back 137 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.159 out of their seat again, walking around distracting Um. Now, if you 138 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:28.960 listen to my Las Vegas Strip episode on episode nine of this podcast, you 139 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:33.679 don't know that you can take pictures or video of anything within plain view in 140 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:37.519 public but on private property you are subject to the rules of the property owner. 141 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.320 So although Swan Lake is in a public domain, Um, as far 142 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.960 as the music and the performance, the California theater is private property and they 143 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:50.519 can restrict what you do or do not record. At intermission. After we 144 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:54.639 got the Intermission, one of the ballet doncers actually came out for uh, 145 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.840 for photos. There was this beautiful photo backdrop in the main four area. 146 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.320 Many people were able to take photos with her for free. Some of the 147 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.840 kids were dressed up in ballet clothing and it was cool to see young ballet 148 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:11.279 hopefuls taking pictures next to a real genuine professional and I thought that was a 149 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:15.200 nice, uh, you know, a nice little treat for both the kids 150 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.759 and the adults, and that they would do something like that. Um, 151 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.279 regarding the California theater itself, you can tell they put a lot of effort 152 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:26.440 in the storing and maintaining this beautiful theater, but it's also obviously do have 153 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.120 a limited budget to do so. You'll be greeted by a traditional theater entrance 154 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:35.039 with a large marquee sign up front advertising what play is coming up or what 155 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.960 is playing that night. There's a box office booth front and center between the 156 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:41.759 entrance and the sidewalk, like you might see in an old time movie theater, 157 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:45.720 but nobody's in it. It's just for asthetic looks at this point. 158 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.879 Instead, if you are buying your tickets last minute, like I did, 159 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.759 on the right side of the theater entrance is a theater office. They really 160 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:56.440 need to figure out a better system here as well. I want to mention 161 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:00.960 besides the long line to purchase or print tickets, there's only one small door 162 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:07.320 to come in or out, Um for people to basically buy their tickets or 163 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:11.720 to print their tickets. If they bought them online to bake matters worse. 164 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:16.279 On this particular visit, there was only one employee working to print and sell 165 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:20.840 tickets and she looked as stressed out as you can imagine. Um, she 166 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.559 was a stressed as the patrons of the theater were annoyed by the long waits. 167 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:28.639 What was annoying to me, though, wasn't that she was annoyed and 168 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.240 everybody else was annoyed and uh, Um, there was long lines. It 169 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.639 was the fact that there was two or three other people in the office just 170 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.799 sitting at desks and working on laptops. I'm not sure what they were doing, 171 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:43.279 but they probably could have been helping this poor lady get tickets sold and 172 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.840 printed so nobody was late for the performance then go back to their office work 173 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:50.480 afterwards. I think that should have been a priority. Um. I don't 174 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.399 know what their rank was or what their job title was, but, Um, 175 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:58.200 I think the whole point of the theater here's to sell seats right get 176 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.240 these people in. Um. So, as a consequence, the performance did 177 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.399 start a bit late, Um, and I think it was because of, 178 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:13.120 basically how long the queue was and uh, basically, Um, how many 179 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:16.759 how slow the que was moving. I guess. After buying your tickets or 180 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.639 having them printed, you basically have to push your way back out a single 181 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.279 door with a line going out of it down the street to get to the 182 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:28.720 entrance. Literally, people have to like back up and like move to the 183 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:31.720 side and get out of the doorway, otherwise you can't get out and it's 184 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:37.399 the only way in or out. So, after after getting to the entrance 185 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.159 and showing your ticket, you'll enter a large four your area to the left 186 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:43.080 of the Bar, which also sells snacks. Um, there's also a woman's 187 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:48.000 restroom to the left, to your right as the men's restroom. They usually 188 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.360 have a set up a snack bar in this area as well during intermission. 189 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:54.919 On the right side. Um, as soon as you walk into there is 190 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:00.240 often a merchandise boothselling event related merchandise here, such as shirts, aggs, 191 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:05.440 magnats, etc. If you are in a balcony, there is a large 192 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.840 grand staircase in the foyer that will let you ascend to your seats. If 193 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.480 you're mobility disabled or disabled in some way, there's also an elevator, so 194 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.919 don't stress that. Um, you'll get to your particular theater entrance and be 195 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:20.919 greeted by an usher that will guide you to your seat. The usher that 196 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:24.159 guided me sat me down in my seat, which I wasn't sure it was 197 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:30.120 correct, because I bought my tickets last minute and did not get to see. 198 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:33.080 I because I bought my tickets last minute, I didn't get to see 199 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:37.320 where I was sitting exactly. I usually choose my seats very carefully because I 200 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:41.399 buy my tickets early, but in this case, about ten minutes into the 201 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:45.600 performance, another usher camp came by leading a group of people and informs me 202 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.200 I am in the wrong seat. I tell the usher that's set. You 203 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.759 know that. Hey, the other usher sat me here. We expected, 204 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.159 but I you know that I would be more than happy to move. Of 205 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:56.639 course. I finally found my proper seat and enjoy the rest of the performance. 206 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:02.159 No further issues. Book at the last minute in this instance did have 207 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:07.600 one particular benefit. I didn't have to pay any overpriced so called transaction or 208 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:14.000 convenience fees. My ticket came out to an even forty five bucks. Even 209 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:18.080 that even includes tax. I was in the orchestra section, but on the 210 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:19.759 right side and nearly all the way in the back. For that price, 211 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:26.639 I think ticketmaster wanted an extra fifteen or twenty bucks for this ridiculous convenience fee. 212 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.600 So a small tip. If you can tell that the theater is not 213 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:33.039 filling up the day of the performance, you might risk just showing up to 214 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:37.120 the box office last minute. In general, if you know the theme of 215 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:41.399 this Podcast, I do not suggest doing that, but I am also a 216 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.360 champion of Best Bang for your hard earned money. So you make the call. 217 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.919 If it's something you absolutely have to see, you know, one of 218 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.879 those I have to do this before I die kind of things. I have 219 00:16:53.000 --> 00:17:00.840 to see. Um, I have to see Britney Spears and concert before before 220 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:03.240 the end. Then you know, obviously buy your ticks on ticketmaster pay the 221 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.960 extra fee, but if you're not sure you're gonna like it like, I 222 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.559 don't know, I guess I'll go. You know the theater is not filling 223 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:14.480 up, you could probably risk it like I did. I saw that the 224 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.720 theater was just under three fourth way full, so in my case I risked 225 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:22.400 it. Of course. I showed up earlier, though, to ensure that 226 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:25.240 I could in fact get a seat. Even if there was long lines of 227 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:29.160 the box office, the theater remained at about three fourth full. Throughout the 228 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:33.880 entire performance. Also, I uh, I tend not to buy good seats 229 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:40.839 for performances I'm not sure I will like or for particularly expensive productions. This 230 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:45.440 includes my first time going to the ballet Um. So this was also the 231 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:48.240 case when I went to dodger stadium. I was way up on the nosebleed 232 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:53.200 section with all the real fans, you know, not not the people just 233 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:59.240 showing up because they can. But after I realized I enjoyed the game of 234 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:03.240 baseball, I and you know, from there, went the Angel Stadium an 235 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:07.799 episode two of this podcast, and I got much better seats. So if 236 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.799 I go back to the ballet again, I'll probably get seats closer to the 237 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.400 front, because now that I know, hey, you know, this is 238 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.160 actually an enjoyable experience. I'm not just doing this for the podcast anymore. 239 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.279 I'm doing it because I actually enjoy going. But in any case, the 240 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:22.680 California theater is a smaller theater, so there really isn't a bad seat in 241 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:26.000 the house as far as distance from the stage. I could see everything that 242 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:30.920 was going on. No problem regarding parking when you come here. Parking is 243 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.960 never an issue here. Across the street is an old parking structure from the 244 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:40.039 Carousel Mall. Parking is free, but it is trashy and sometimes full of 245 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:44.079 vagrants, so just be warned about that. It looks like this parking structure 246 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:48.039 hasn't been maintained in, you know, a dozen years or so. Um, 247 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.279 hopefully it's still got its earthquake grading and everything else, but I don't 248 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:56.359 know. But when I came to see Swan Lake, someone was loudly playing, 249 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.079 loudly in five gallon buckets like they were for money, near the exit 250 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:04.000 where people walk out of the garage. So that's just part of, unfortunately, 251 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:07.079 of the soil cal lifestyle. It's gonna be folks like that, you 252 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:11.319 know, begging for money. One thing I think is a big missed opportunity 253 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.400 here at the California theater is food cells. The theater cells beer, wine, 254 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:21.079 soft drinks, water, candy and snacks and that's about it. They 255 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:25.039 probably could have they probably could have had some actual food items, even if 256 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.759 it was just hot dogs or, you know, something to heat up. 257 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:32.079 Um, because of this, whenever I go to the California theater I always 258 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:36.640 eat before showtime. I could be swiping my American Express Card right here at 259 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:42.400 the California theater for, you know, uh, basically higher prices. But 260 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:47.000 I choose to eat elsewhere because I don't want to eat snacks, not for 261 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:49.279 dinner. A lot of people tend to come to the theater and then go 262 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:52.920 out to a nice dinner afterwards. I tend to just eat that way I'm 263 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.960 not hungry and worried about being hungry when I go to the theater. The 264 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.160 California theater does more than just ballet and Broadway, though. There's lots of 265 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:04.920 performances that are coming soon from the blue man group on tour, two Broadway 266 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:08.640 hits like missigon and rent and everything in between. A lot of those events 267 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:12.480 are coming up soon. I've also watched a few different productions here previously. 268 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:18.720 That includes cats and the spongebob musical. So keep an eye on their website 269 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:21.160 if you're in the area and you want to come see a production and don't 270 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:26.319 want to basically pay those premium prices at some of the bigger theaters. Um, 271 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:30.880 California theater dot net spelled C A L I F O R N I 272 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:37.519 a t h e a t r e dot net. That's right, theater 273 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:41.559 versus theater. How do you spell theater, is it th h e a 274 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.720 t r e or t h e a t e r? Well, I 275 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:55.119 was told that it's basically regarding plays and when you're talking about the building itself, 276 00:20:55.839 --> 00:21:00.000 it's th h e a t r e, but when you're talking about 277 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.000 out the theater, the idea of theater, of going to see a theater 278 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:07.799 Um, a player performance, it's th h e a t e r. 279 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.480 But then I've also heard it's the other way around. So who knows? 280 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:18.839 Now, near my seat there was these two elderly ladies with grandchildren and they 281 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:22.799 were about three rows ahead of me. They explained to the children very carefully 282 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:27.319 methodically before the performance. The children were about between five and seven, is 283 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:32.240 my guess, that they would have to be well behaved. They explained they 284 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.400 must be quiet and that they would have to be adult like to appreciate an 285 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:40.160 adult show like a L A, and that if they absolutely could not do 286 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.839 so, to tell the old ladies so that they could walk to the four 287 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.559 year and not disturb everyone else trying to enjoy the performance. I'm guessing these 288 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:51.160 two ladies were grandparents of some kind. Maybe they were friends taking their grandchildren 289 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.880 to the performance. The kids promised that they would behave, but they allied 290 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:59.480 during the performance. They constantly had to get up and go to the bathroom 291 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:03.400 or take up rank or we're making noise. Most adults don't have patience for 292 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.640 bell at most younger children won't be able to appreciate what they're witnessing either. 293 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:11.440 On the other hand, to be fair, I did see other children that 294 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.880 were quite as a mouse, dressed in ballet attire and enjoying every moment of 295 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:19.359 the show. So I think you'll have to make a judgment call. But 296 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:23.400 you know, but in general for most younger children I don't think the belly 297 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:29.400 is for them. It's just a lot, it's just it's a lot of 298 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:32.720 dancing, a lot of music and a lot of kids just, you know, 299 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:36.880 are just interested in that kind of thing. So you'll have to make 300 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:40.079 that call based on what you know about your own kids or kids that are 301 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:45.160 with you now. As you know, on all my episodes I always tap 302 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:51.920 things off with a safety air concerns section of my episode. Um, just 303 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:56.680 based on what I know and the uniqueness of what I've done previously, you 304 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.480 know, for work and everything else. Um, and I would to keep 305 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:04.359 the safety and security very brief about a visit to the otherwise beautiful California theater, 306 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:10.440 but I don't think that's realistically possible when we're discussing anything in and around 307 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:17.200 the dirty dino. That's right, I said dirty dino, my nickname for 308 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:21.319 Samurardino. On top of all the great things to do here in California, 309 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:23.599 there are safety concerns that now have to be included in your travel plans. 310 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:27.799 Unfortunately, politics being what they are, that is just the way it is. 311 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:32.039 I mean, you don't have to like it or anything. If you 312 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:33.319 live in so call and don't like the way things are, you know, 313 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:37.359 maybe go put a little effort on election day if you are just visiting and 314 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:41.680 have to witness some of our more shameful policies on display. I'm sorry, 315 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:45.839 I really am, but I want you to be safe. At the same 316 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:51.079 time, I have not a personal but a professional opinion on the city and 317 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:55.440 the surrounding communities of Sambordino, as well as personal experiences. Not only have 318 00:23:55.519 --> 00:24:00.480 I worked in Sambardino in a civilian capacity, but I've worked in Samburino previously 319 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.799 in a law enforcement capacity as well. The California theater is one of the 320 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:10.039 final crown jewels left Samardino a cherished reminder of better times than the city before 321 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:14.680 all heck broke loose. It reminds me of that scene from the film tombstone 322 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:18.359 where Josephine, still grieving over the loss of her colleague, friend and actor 323 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:22.559 played by Billy Zane, states he tried to bring you something fun in your 324 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:26.720 early world and they shot him, and that kind of sums up the California 325 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:33.039 theater was trying to bring something fine to the otherwise and otherwise pretty ugly city. 326 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:37.440 Unfortunately, and uh, you know, it just stands there as as 327 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:44.200 a as a monument really to, you know, decency and goodness and entertainment 328 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:51.920 and H and happy endings and times that are long gone. Unfortunately, Samardino 329 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:56.160 used to be a great middle class city, blue collar city, from time, 330 00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:59.359 from the time of the Mormons, you know, came and founded it, 331 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:03.319 right until around the time Norton Air Base, Air Force Base, closed, 332 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:07.000 and it's with Bill Clinton's closing of Norton Air Force based in Samard you 333 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:11.720 know that the golden age of San Bridino came to a close. What's left 334 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:17.000 here is a suburb of two hundred and twenty thousand vagrants and poverty stricken or 335 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:22.160 lower middle class people wedged between the inability to obtain coastal elite status and the 336 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:27.200 vast empty open mojave desert. The Mormons are long gone, replaced by corrupt 337 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:32.759 and ineffective government, but hopelessly addicted the mentally ill, dozens of street gangs 338 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:37.400 in one city, impoverished and lower middle class, and thousands of county and 339 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:41.160 government employees that, as the seat of Sanrino County, Committ here to for 340 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:44.519 for work during the day and flee before the sun goes down. The city 341 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:48.880 is transformed. Sam Ridino. Crime is out of control. Its police presence 342 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:52.759 is too small and restricted. Gangs seemingly run free, and you'll see that 343 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:56.200 both in the open as well as tag all over walls and the sides of 344 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:00.640 buildings here. Vagrancy. It is all over southern California, as you know, 345 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:06.400 but it's at a much higher level here than other cities in social and 346 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:08.559 yet it's home to, like I said, the county seat of Samardino. 347 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:12.440 More than a few of these vagrants are violent too. When I came to 348 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:15.680 Samaradina, to the Samarno theater a few months ago to watch the performance of 349 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:22.079 spongebob the musical. I was crossing the street from the parking structure and happened 350 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:26.119 to accidentally glance over the over the cross the street at a vagrant. He 351 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:30.640 immediately noticed me and took it as a challenge and started throwing rocks and, 352 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:33.440 of all the strange, crazy things to throw at me, a clay flower 353 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:37.079 pot, which didn't quite make it towards me. It landed in the middle 354 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:41.920 of the intersection and broke. Um. Now, if you know me, 355 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:45.839 I don't back down from violence and I certainly will not back down if I 356 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:48.559 see violence acted upon someone else in my presence. I just won't. If 357 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.759 I'm walking down the sidewalk, guys, and you're walking down the side of 358 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:56.240 bekase somebody, just some vagrant like this, just comes out and just starts 359 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:59.640 attacking you, I will be there. I will I just will not put 360 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:03.599 up with that's just not me. Consider myself a sheep dog and I will 361 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:08.920 fight the wolf. I will, on duty, off duty, Um, 362 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:11.799 whether I have weapons on me or not, and I usually do. Um, 363 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:15.759 in either case, I will meet your level of violence if necessary to 364 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:21.279 defend myself. And why why would I do that? Because this is America. 365 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:25.640 That's why this is America, and I have the absolute right to walk 366 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:30.119 safely down a public street and not be attacked, robbed or otherwise victimized, 367 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.039 and I won't let you stand in the way of me or someone else peacefully 368 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.920 doing that. So just keep that in mind. If you were up to 369 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:37.000 now, good and you see me come down the sidewalk, you better make 370 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:41.720 a change of plants quick but in this case I just held my ground, 371 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:45.960 I crossed the street, I stood there for a minute and he moved on. 372 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:49.960 So luckily nothing physical had to happen. Um, but the reason why 373 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.559 I stood there at the at the end of the sidewalk is because behind me 374 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:57.039 was two or three families that were crossing the street with me. So I 375 00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:02.000 basically I stood there between them this guy, and if you wanted to come 376 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.720 over and do anything further, then he's gonna have to get past me first, 377 00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:07.799 and you're not getting past me. I'm a pretty big guy, unfortunately. 378 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.720 I'm trying to work on that, by the way, with exercise. 379 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:14.240 But Um, you know, I get there's some people that are better at 380 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:18.039 Jiu Jitsu and karate than me, but once we get on the ground and 381 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:21.480 start wrestling, you're gonna have to contend with my weight and I can just 382 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:23.759 tire you out from there. So anyways, I got a lot of experience 383 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:26.920 in Juveil a hall with that, by the way. But so anyways, 384 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:32.720 during the day Sabardino is a rundown but still active city, relatively safe by 385 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:36.400 soil cal standards. But during the night, when a lot of Sambardino UH 386 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:41.359 theater or say a lot of the California theater productions occur, the government workers 387 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.599 go home and the night for the night and the city feels more deserted. 388 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:48.079 The Police Department is so understaffed here that they flat out won't even respond to 389 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:52.960 calls for service that are for non emergencies such as vehicle burglaries after the fact 390 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:56.680 or trespassing, and if they do, expect a phone call hours later from 391 00:28:56.680 --> 00:29:00.319 an officer that doesn't have time to respond, giving you a largely point lists 392 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:04.000 report number. At least this was the case a few years ago. Um, 393 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.119 like most police agencies and so called, the Sam Morino Police Department has 394 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:10.920 struggled to meet and maintain its recruiting goals. And if you're going to put 395 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:14.359 on a badge and a gun and try to survive California politics as the face 396 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:18.079 of government on our streets here. Why would you do it in Samaridino? 397 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:22.480 That where you know based and most of populous hates you anyway? In this 398 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.960 day and age, you have your pick of the litter, really, of 399 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:27.680 much nicer communities that pay far better and people that actually appreciate you, such 400 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:33.680 as Huntington beach or an Orange County sheriff contracts city in South Orange County. 401 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:38.720 Directly in front of the saardio theater, though, I should mention Um is 402 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:44.519 a armed security guard and it's certainly a requirement for safety and security here. 403 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:48.119 So I just know that he'll be there, you know, and he'll probably 404 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:51.680 be able to help you out if anything happens. You can make it up 405 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:56.200 to the entrance there if someone's following you or or he won't let anybody in. 406 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:59.759 You know, usually everybody I've seen when I walked in the California has 407 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:03.119 been a pretty buff guy. You know, I don't know what their security 408 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:07.000 policies are as far as defending people in front of them, but Um, 409 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:11.319 not everybody's like me. I guess I'm willing to risk life and limb but 410 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:14.880 Um, just now there is an armed guard at the at the front door 411 00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:22.759 of the of the theater to protect the patrons. And I can honestly say 412 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:25.119 that, well, cities like Compton get a lot of attention in the movies 413 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:27.359 and media. Sammered, you know, it's absolutely the worst city in social 414 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:33.039 and by the worst I mean most dangerous. Um. Sorry, I know 415 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.279 I mean a little off topic here at the end, but I do want 416 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:37.839 to go over a couple of quick things. Um, just from my experience, 417 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:41.359 I guess, when I was working with the Samurai Candy shriffs department West 418 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:48.039 Valley Attention Center as a basic civilian jailer and Rach Cookam in California, whenever 419 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:51.640 we heard that Sam Mano Police was bringing somebody over to us, UH, 420 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:57.599 more times than not it was a combative what that means is somebody didn't want 421 00:30:57.599 --> 00:31:03.839 to go to jail and even after they were putting cuffs and fought tooth and 422 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:08.640 nail and dragged into a police car, they were still banging on the windows 423 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:12.960 and the doors and screaming and uh and UH. You know when when Samuel 424 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:18.960 police drops them off, now we gotta deal with it. So we always 425 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:22.039 because there was a Jel in Samread. You know, the police usually, 426 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:26.480 whenever there was a comp suspect, they always went to, you know, 427 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.480 central detention center in Samuraid. You know, whenever they had to come over 428 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.440 to the bigger, better established uh, you know, we have basically more 429 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.480 medical facilities and treatment everything else, we had to have to come over to 430 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:42.039 West Valley Attention Center Ranch Cucamonga, which is probably about fifteen miles down the 431 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:45.200 freeway. We knew it was going to be a fight or that he had 432 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:48.960 already gotten in a fight and got hurt. After the police, you know 433 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:51.960 you're not gonna win against these guys because, let me tell you, Samuel 434 00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.920 Police officers, to their credit, or some of the buffest and most fit 435 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:59.880 officers in southern California hands down, and that's by necessity. More often than 436 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:02.279 they have to wrangle their unwilling arrest you and drag him all the way down 437 00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:06.920 to jail, dragging him side a fight for every inch to the holding sale 438 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:10.279 so that he can be booked once the Sanudail police department hands they combat of 439 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:14.359 arrest over the Sanburdo cand of Sheriff's deputies, though, they don't play either, 440 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.839 but they also don't fight. They just they'll just twist you up and 441 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:22.599 if you want to fight, they'll twist you into Pretzel and make you move 442 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:27.400 on your own power, and you will. I Remember while attending the Samurai 443 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:31.319 Candy Probation Officers Academy, Juvenile Probation Officers Academy, that it well respect. 444 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:36.599 The probation officer that I'm going to call officer Bravo, just to protect him 445 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:39.359 in his name, told me a humorous story about how they were preparing for 446 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:45.039 a drug bust operation at a motel near downtown Sanmardino. To their surprise, 447 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:47.880 an elderly couple came out of the hotel nearby where the dangerous suspects were, 448 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:54.079 and we're casually walking down the street. These guys were like eighty something thick 449 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:59.759 glasses. The wife had a big purse that looked like it had lots of 450 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:04.279 money in it Um and the suspects, that the that the undercover officers, 451 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:08.960 Officer Bravo and his team, were eyeing. Uh Yeah, I'm gonna Call 452 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:13.799 Him Officer Bravo, but the suspect that they were eyeing, we're looking at 453 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:19.799 him as if like what the heck is this and uh should we maybe grab 454 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:24.480 the purse or Rob Them? Or so they had to intervene to protect these 455 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:28.839 this old couple, blowing their cover in the process because once they got out 456 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.759 of the car, started walking out and they, you know, the suspects 457 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:36.039 knew who they were. But in any case, when they briefly detained the 458 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.880 couple, not for because they were in trouble, but for their safety, 459 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:43.440 uh, to find out what on Earth were they doing in a dangerous part 460 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.839 of salmony? Now, they innocently stated they were from Germany and that they 461 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:50.640 had no idea they were in a dangerous part of socale. So what were 462 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:53.160 they doing in in in this area? To begin with, looking for drugs? 463 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:59.000 No, they were going to see the world's first McDonald's down the street. 464 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:01.640 That's right, Samon, you know has the world's first McDonald's, at 465 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:06.119 least it used to. Now it's just an old building bought by the Alpoia 466 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:09.840 Loco founder Um that houses a lot of McDonald's memorabilia. But in any case, 467 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:14.760 Austin Brobo told them where the world's first McDonald's was. Told them that 468 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.360 they should immediately check out of the hotel and the area. After seeing the 469 00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:22.559 world's first McDonald's. One more side note on this probation officer, by the 470 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:25.960 way, who I absolutely look up to as a hero. Um, this 471 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:29.400 guy was probably a navy seal on another life, let me tell you, 472 00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:34.199 because this guy also taught me a useful force. Um. But most of 473 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:37.440 you probably remember that the Samaritano mass shooting that claimed the lives of fourteen department 474 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:45.159 of Public Health Employees. Back once when I was working for the counties and 475 00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:49.199 mail processor, to basically county mail man, I met one of the employees 476 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:52.360 that was killed daily Uh to deliver her in her office mail. It was 477 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.679 only while watching the vigil and seeing all the faces of the victims that I 478 00:34:55.719 --> 00:35:00.159 realized this. But I was assigned to Work County Jaelt that time and at 479 00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:04.440 the time the shooting occurred, and I listened to this on the entire response 480 00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:07.440 live on the radio, and it was absolutely intense, especially when I heard 481 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:13.440 a code triple nine called over the radio. Code triple nine means after down, 482 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:16.239 shots fired, everybody responnor three, that is, licensed sirens. You 483 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:20.159 get there, you're you. As soon as you get there, you pull 484 00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:22.679 out your firearms and be ready for a gunfight. And it doesn't end until 485 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:25.639 the shooter in question is full of holes, if you just want the honest 486 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:30.320 truth. Well, in this case, after this terrific shooting, Officer Bravo 487 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.079 was on duty in the city working as an undercover drug officer. All law 488 00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:37.920 enforcement area, federal, state and local, both undercover and uniform. We're 489 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:42.000 looking for these two isis terrorists that just murdered fourteen people in a mass shooting. 490 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:45.920 After Bravo was as well and came upon the suspect's vehicle just by chance 491 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:51.480 in the neighboring city of Redlands, mostly place we're looking at Sambordino, and 492 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:54.159 he happened to be over in redlands and he spotted it the the SUV. 493 00:35:55.480 --> 00:36:00.360 He was the first officer to find the ICES terrorists running around in a van 494 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:05.280 or in the SUV. Because he was under he was an undercover vehicle. 495 00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:07.039 He called over a friend he knew who was working over the radio, a 496 00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:12.639 redlands police officer and a marked patrol vehicle to make the stop. This culminated 497 00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:15.199 in a short police chase, with the redlands officer leading an officer Bravo and 498 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:20.199 his team right behind him. The Isis terrorists eventually stopped. Both of them. 499 00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:23.800 Terrorists stopped. Um jumped out with a high powers in my Mac rifle 500 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:29.599 and began shooting at the redlands officer and officer Bravo's team. Unfortunately for these 501 00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:31.960 oxygen thieves, there would be victims. Were hard and cops that were more 502 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:37.360 than willing to put rounds down range with their own high powered rifles straight out 503 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.000 of the Hollywood movie. Officer Bravo and the redlands police department officer jumped out 504 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:46.199 and basically, you know, did the job. By now, uh, 505 00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:51.159 it thankfully lights out for these terrorists, because everybody is coming. Sheriff's department, 506 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.480 Police, Swat, FBI, Howard patrol, D e I D A, 507 00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:59.559 even C I A, everybody is converging on this location and and they're 508 00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:04.440 not long of this world. Fortunately, Um, officer Bravo actually had a 509 00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:07.599 sound recording of this entire gun battle because he accidentally left his voice recorder on 510 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:12.880 from his previous undercover thing he was doing. And it's intense and goes on 511 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:16.000 for several minutes just to listen to the gunfire. So, as a reminder, 512 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:19.280 I'm at the Jealou listening to this and I heard the words over the 513 00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:22.760 radio. I never thought I would co triple nine officer down. Talk about 514 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:28.320 feeling helpless and the shivers down explaine. Fortunately, I'm happy to report that 515 00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.039 I was only a ricochet and the deputy that was hit was actually fine. 516 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:34.800 I mean it hurt, hurt enough that he did go down, but it 517 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.280 came out with some heavy bruising. You know, it was just fine. 518 00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:39.760 In any case, I got I know I got off subject as usual, 519 00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:44.440 but the Samuel Terris attack is obviously not what to expect and coming to San 520 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:46.440 Ardino for the theater. But I didn't want to share that story with you 521 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:51.440 folks, though, as it shouldn't be forgotten, or the heroic actions of 522 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:55.079 some of the folks that day that you know did the job, the sheep 523 00:37:55.079 --> 00:38:00.519 dog lifestyle the back of the blue. So of course this is not to 524 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:04.079 put you off from going to the Samurnia theater at all. You'RE NOT gonna 525 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:07.760 go to Samardino and it's gonna be a terrorist attack. But Um, there's 526 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:12.639 lots of elderly women and children and families that come here to see performances. 527 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.679 I see it all the time. Um, just the fact is, I'm 528 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:19.519 not here to sugarcoat anything for you. I want you to know the truth, 529 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.119 and I want you to be safe while enjoying one of our many attractions 530 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:24.519 and things to do. And so, cal Um, even if our politicians 531 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:27.840 and news media lie to you, I'm not here to do that. I 532 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.679 want you to have fun here and I want you to be safe while doing 533 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:34.079 it. So all I ask you know, just keep a weathered eye out 534 00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:37.000 on your surroundings, and that's all you really have to do. If you 535 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:40.400 can spot trouble before it happens, you don't get out of there. The 536 00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:45.599 SAMURNIA theater has world class performances and it's often much cheaper than going to a 537 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:52.079 more famous theater like pantageous or Disney Cell Capitan. Um. I have liked 538 00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:55.639 every performance I've seen here so far, and parking is directly across the street 539 00:38:55.639 --> 00:39:00.239 and it's free. So Hey, give it a consider. Well, in 540 00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.719 any case, that's gonna do it for this week's episode. Thank you for 541 00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:07.320 tuning in. I know where I'm going next week, but the top of 542 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:10.079 my head I can't seem to remember. Yeah, that's that's a good problem 543 00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:13.840 to have, where you're going out and doing so much stuff, fun stuff, 544 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:16.320 that you can't remember what you're doing next. Um, Oh, I 545 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:21.079 do know what I'm doing now? Okay, Oh man, I'm only thirty 546 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:24.719 five, Gosh Uh, and I'm already having trouble remembering. Any case, 547 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:30.199 we'RE gonna DO WE'RE gonna WE'RE gonna head over to the flyaway states right here 548 00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:34.480 in socal next week. So I'll give you, as always, a piano 549 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.679 rendition hint of where I'm going next week. And sorry for that long safety 550 00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:43.119 brief on San Monino. I mean if you, if I really wanted to, 551 00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:47.079 I can make probably a whole podcast series on the dirty dino. San 552 00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:52.960 Monino has got a lot of problems, particularly stay off baseline. Don't go 553 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.599 anywhere in your baseline. Just stay out baseline. That's a road. Don't 554 00:39:57.000 --> 00:40:00.360 go to baseline. Go to the sambury theater. Down towns are relatively safe 555 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:06.519 for about a safe San Mino gets, I guess. Um Go downtown, 556 00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:10.559 go see the first McDonald's if you have to, and that's about it. 557 00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:15.639 Don't go to any of the parks. Don't go to Sacomb Lake, to 558 00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:19.519 Kobe Lake. Uh. The FBI has been there multiple times to search for 559 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:24.760 bodies. Uh. The SAURDINO county museums in red lands. Go there. 560 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:29.800 That's fine. Red Lands is relatively safe. Um, honestly, I cannot 561 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:32.920 recommend Samardino at all unless you have government business here or you're going to court 562 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:38.280 or something like that. Um, besides the theater, stay out and tell, 563 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:45.719 you know, tell, politics shifts and and uh, bad people are 564 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:50.159 held accountable. Again, I cannot recommend going to Samburidino. So, any 565 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:52.719 case, thanks for putting up with that. A huge safety brief, but 566 00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:55.320 I did want to get a few of those notes out there and believe I've 567 00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:59.840 been in a long time to talk about Samuridino on this podcast. As far 568 00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:02.599 as safety and security. Any case, uh, that's gonna do it for 569 00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:07.039 episode eleven. We're going up the episode twelve next week, next Friday, 570 00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:12.679 and, like I said, we're going to the Midwest, Sorda, but 571 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:15.039 it's gonna be right here in Californ no, it's on stagecoach. No, 572 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:17.519 it's uh, I don't know what else you would do in the Midwest. 573 00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:22.239 You'll see. Here's the hint, the piano rendition hint of what I'm doing 574 00:41:22.480 --> 00:42:54.199 next week, coming right now. Thanks for listening. Folks, please visit 575 00:42:54.239 --> 00:43:00.840 the website one day in socal dot com and if you enjoyed this podcast considers 576 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:04.119 describing. Feel free to leave me tips and Info on how I can improve. 577 00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:12.920 Thanks again, back the blue M H