Posted on 07/17/2015 8:08:33 AM PDT by originalbuckeye
Jose Lopez, a 38-year-old fisherman from Bell, stepped gingerly to the bluff's edge. He scanned the trail where, for years, beachgoers who don't live in Palos Verdes Estates have complained that they get bombarded with rocks thrown by a local surf tribe that calls themselves the Bay Boys. He noted that from the beach, 100 feet below, he would not be able to see the parking area, where outsiders' cars have been vandalized. A burly man, Lopez knitted his forehead and decided to drive away rather than head to the beach and start casting for perch. "Everyone knows how it can be here," he said. "How it can be" at Lunada Bay's well-shaped surf break has made news on and off for years. This summer, a video shot surreptitiously by the Guardian showed local surfers intimidating journalists as they prepare to paddle out. "People will just ... duke it out, ... work your car and get in fights," one voice says as a hidden camera rolls. The video has gone viral, bringing Lunada Bay's reputation for hostility to outsiders back into public focus. Perhaps most embarrassing to the leaders of this usually placid community of multimillion-dollar homes, stunning vistas and a $163,000 median income is that the journalists also recorded their effort to report the harassment. A dispatcher at the police station is caught on camera saying: "We know all of them. They are infamous around here." "They are pretty much grown men in little men's mind-set," she said. "They don't like anyone who isn't one of the Bay Boys surfing down there. It literally is like a game with kids on a schoolyard to them, and they don't want you playing on their swing set. It is what it is. If you feel uncomfortable, then don't do it."
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I believe that thuggery comes in all colors.
A young man was killed in San Diego a few years ago for during in the wrong spot.
Yeah 200 bucks is worth less than ten was worth when I was a kid. I recall when with 200 you could take one heck of a nice vacation and people supported families on less than 200 a MONTH! No, I’m not a hundred years old, I was born in ‘44. That’s how much things have changed. When I started first grade you could buy a brand new Ford for just over 1000. A very nice small farm (50to75acres) with a livable house, outbuildings etc. could be had in this area for 3000. My electric bill is an amount that would have been a well above average income then.
Yep. My take home pay, from my first job in 1975, was $500/month. Half of that went to my rent and my underground parking space in Chicago. I lived on $250/month.......paying all my bills and food and entertainment (not much of that!). I wish salaries would catch up with payout costs.
What is during?
The trash is a real problem, I am sure. Those that discard it should be held to account, too. Have you seen the pictures of the ‘out of the way’ border crossings in Arizona?? Some places a foot deep in trash, discarded backpacks, plastic water bottles. I am no fan of that.......but law enforcement just ignores it. At least litter doesn’t injure anyone.
Locals only!
Surfing
I used to love those movies. Man, I’m old.
Yep...Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein, John Cacavas, et al...compare to the “music” in the new True Detective series. Speaks for itself!
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