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September 4, 2013 – Daily Brief

By Jeff Wilson

  • Update: A burned body has been found near Castaic Lake, SCVTV reports. KTLA says a fire was spotted this morning off Lake Hughes Road after someone called and reported a small brush fire. Once firefighters arrived, they made the "grim discovery" that it was a human body on fire. A tent has been erected to cover the remains. No ID has been made of the body, but FB readers are assuming the worst. FACEBOOK, CBS 2, KTLA, NBC4
  • The Signal continues its series on disasters in the SCV, with today's piece chock-full of good advice on how to prepare for the inevitable SCV apocalypse that awaits us all. The article makes me want to dust off my ham radio license and put a 2meter transceiver in the homes of everyone I care about, because nothing worked for days after the Northridge quake in 1994. SIGNAL
  • Cary Quashen has some epic advice: close your eyes when disaster strikes. “You don’t want those images implanted in the brain — they stay there.” I'll never forget the ramshackle neighborhood posse that formed in Sunset Pointe post-quake in which residents built a Walking Dead-style barricade and patrolled it with rifles because they were afraid of looters visiting the SCV from South LA. Never mind that the freeway was collapsed.  #TeenageTrauma
  • Also regarding the above: I have a suggestion for the Signal. Look into state laws regarding emergency situations & price gouging/profiteering and talk to some economists about whether such laws are effective or even good. I distinctly remember buying 1 gallon jugs of Arrowhead water for $10 a gallon from a gas station after the Northridge quake; batteries and other supplies saw big increases too at the Creekside Target. I think that's illegal in CA but I'm not sure it makes sense since it's normal for prices to go up when there's a supply or demand shock, such as there is after a disaster. Also if it's not illegal, I plan to buy tons of batteries and make a killing during the next SCV disaster. 
  • Weekend road carnage continued: I missed reports of a collision on Highway 14 on Saturday in the SCV and sadly, today the Signal follows up with a report that one 64 year old man died after suffering injuries in the multi-vehicle crash near Newhall Avenue. SIGNAL
  • Here's a new one: A semi truck carrying gasoline caught fire yesterday near Vista Del Lago Road on I-5 north of Castaic. Thankfully the tanker didn't explode and start a new wildfire or melt the I-5 or anything that dramatic. In fact this is so run of the mill as far as freeway disasters in the SCV go it's probably not even worthy of  a link. SIGNAL
  • UPDATE: See first entry in the Daily Brief above: No sign of Bryce Laspisa: Despite sending specially-trained dive deputies, an S&R helicopter and scent dogs, deputies were no closer to finding Brycle Laspisa yesterday. A Deputy says one dog picked up the 19 year old student's scent near the water, but deputies searching the lake under water did not find him. SIGNAL. The LASD has put up a bulletin with more details & a timeline of his disappearance and KHTS has some pictures of the scent dogs via SCVNEWS, while KNBC 4 talked to Bryce's girlfriend. 
  • The 27 year old resident of Tick Canyon who was arrested last year for running his own animal butcher shop was arrested again yesterday after Animal Care and Control officers, acting on a tip, discovered more butchered meats at the man's property. Roberto Celedon, nicknamed the "Backyard Butcher," by local media, was arrested last year and he was forbidden from owning animals. SMITH@KHTS via SCVNEWS, HOLT@ SIGNAL
  • McKeon works it: Interviewed by CNN yesterday morning, Congressman Buck McKeon says it's about time Obama consulted Congress on the Syria situation and that if Obama had thought it through better, he wouldn't have put "US prestige on the line" by declaring chemical weapons a "red line" that shan't be crossed by strongman Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. And in a rather clever move, he turned the whole debate about bombing Syria into a discussion about the Defense sequester, saying our troops have been shortchanged by the president for so long and that they need our care just like the Syrian civilians who died of sarin gas attacks need our care. In other words, give me more money to buy drones, re-fit unwanted & obsolete tanks and buy second engines for the F-35, and you can have your war Mr. President. POLITICO, THE HILL
  • Petz, a big consumer of talk radio shows, announces that McKeon will be on with Hugh Hewitt today to discuss the Syria situation. FACEBOOK
  • Jersey Mike's opening a fifth sandwich shop in the SCV. Neat to see a local restaurant enjoy so much success. KHTS
  • LTE writer wonders whether it'd be more effective to put all the money that currently goes into DUI checkpoints into childhood cancer research instead. And then he ends his LTE with a "Government: get out of our face," message. LTE


Comments

18 · as published
  1. Kip RockfistWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 9:48 am
    Regarding the most important story here, the Jersey Mike's 5th location, you know that's a franchised chain right? By that logic, it's nice to see the Schutz's doing so well with their local establishments!
  2. AdamPWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 10:01 am
    You do realize that franchises are owned and operated by locals, don't you? Regardless, when local business are doing well (no matter the business model), it's good for our local economy.
  3. Kip RockfistWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 10:16 am
    You're absolutely correct that locals may own and operate franchises. Everyone is always ranting that we need more chain establishments in this town, right? As long as they are locally owned of course. Places like Tiny's and Final Score be damned. A bit off-topic but do you know if Lady Ducayne be reviewing the new location?
  4. MikeWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 11:18 am
    Jersey Mike's is, oddly enough, from New Jersey, where you can get a better sandwich at any WaWa (think a nicer 7-Eleven, minus slurpees, but 3x as abundant).
  5. JoshPremakoWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 11:28 am
    You speak the truth. That said, Jersey Mike’s does have good bread and they make a decent sub. (Not a hoagie, not a grinder…a sub.) But I still haven’t had anything that comes close to Tastee Sub in Sayreville (RIP) or Edison.
  6. ToddWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 2:30 pm
    I do heart me some Wawa.
  7. Don RickettsWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 10:07 am
    "I think that's illegal in CA but I'm not sure it makes sense since it's normal for prices to go up when there's a supply or demand shock, such as there is after a disaster" GULP! That's why it's regulated--illegal;price gouging, profiteering, preying to use the pejorative.
  8. R ValenciaWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 10:54 am
    Supply and Demand still works. If prices rise in disaster areas then merchants/companies will be motivated to send in their product. When all the products arrive then the prices will go down.
  9. evitalc31Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 1:28 pm
    To me, there is nothing better than an old-fashioned deli sandwich.
  10. JoshPremakoWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 1:30 pm
    Along those lines, I've had many good burgers, both gourmet and homemade, but by far, the best ever was from the lunch counter of a roughly 100-year-old drugstore in Perth Amboy, NJ (which sadly has since closed).
  11. The Great AntagonistWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 3:06 pm
    Where the hell can I get a buttered roll.
  12. JoshPremakoWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 3:45 pm
    Brian Charles, is that you?
  13. evitalc31Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 1:37 pm
    I have my favorite spot in Northern California. I hope it never closes. I go back a few times a year for an old-fashioned burger and shake.
  14. RedShiftWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 3:36 pm
    Jeff, Jeff... 2m is so.... yesterday. You really want to go 220 - low noise, shorter antennas, HT's you can buy with your lunch money and still have a little left over. The feel of UHF with the throw of VHF - it is every bit as much a simplex band as a repeater band... But wait... it gets better. Up this-away, you've got access to at least three significant, wide-area linked systems... Back-up comms don't get much better than that...
  15. therealmikeWednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
    I prefer jersey mike's to philly mike's!
  16. evitalc31Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 8:32 pm
    I have tried both. It will do if I am really hungry. Otherwise, I would rather spend my money on buying the ingredients to make really good sandwiches. Who can't make a sandwich? Lol
  17. InkGigoloThursday, September 5th, 2013 at 5:05 am
    Submarina is the Bomb-Diggety! Squaw Bread hooray!!! 0__0
  18. evitalc31Thursday, September 5th, 2013 at 8:55 am
    They are pretty good too. I guess I am spoiled. I used live near a bunch of Italian delis when I was a kid and so chain sandwiches shops just don't cut it for me.
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