BELLFLOWER
BEGAN as a DUTCH-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT,
w/
LOTS OF DAIRY FARMS OWNED BY
IMMIGRANTS from
the NETHERLANDS but you won't find any farms or windmills or large tulip patches here today



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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

The kid's ok 👍 "5-yo attacked by mountain lion during Labor Day family outing to Malibu Creek State Park near Los Angeles "- ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-year-attacked-mountain-lion-labor-day-family/story?id=113344231 


"The incident comes after a 21-year-old man was killed by a cougar that attacked him and his 18-year-old in May in Northern California's El Dorado National Forest, about 52 miles northeast of Sacramento. Officials said it was the first fatal mountain lion attack in the state in 20 years."

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Monday, August 5, 2024

Watch "Y U will get a $75 parking ticket on Friday in Bellflower CA even tho it says "no parking Sat or Sun" on YouTube

See
https://youtube.com/shorts/RD2pAw53tFY?si=dK4G970qQh6X66AI 

Y U will get a $75 parking ticket on Friday in Bellflower CA even tho it says "no parking Sat or Sun

Why you will get a $75 parking ticket on Friday in Bellflower CA even tho it says "no parking Sat or Sun" . very deceptive ... I originally gave them the benefit of the doubt that this was just INEPTITUDE that they enacted two different no parking ordinances at different times and didn't bother to check the discrepancy between the signs and how it could be misleading to people who weren't from the area .( the locals of course figure it out pretty quickly because word of mouth and/ or they just always park in the parking lot). but I'm not really a local ( I just have relatives who live in the area) and I just drove up one day and turned around in the church parking lot to park on the street and of course I wouldn't see the "no parking on Friday" down at the other end of the street. I only saw the "no parking on Saturday or Sunday." but since it was a Friday no worries. 30 minutes later I come out of the church and I have a $75.00 parking ticket. and yes I appealed it. I took the time to do everything in writing and documented it with pictures & even made a video, a separate video from this one. and provided a link to the person who was reading my appeal. but it was quickly obvious that whoever was doing the appeal processing just rubber stamped it with a big NO. might as well be a big FU . Furthermore, the appeal doesn't even go to the city of bellflower. you you send it to an office in Tustin, which is a city in a different county from Los Angeles county. it's the neighboring Orange county. all the while you NEVER see any names of any judges or commissioners nor even the name of the person who wrote The ticket . it's all totally anonymous. so that there's no accountability. you also notice that they happen to drive by EXACTLY DURING MASS or right as its ending AS IF THEY WERE HOPING for some sucker to be parked on the street. 
 I wasn't waiting around to see this street cleaner with the parking ticket person behind them. my ticket was almost a year ago. I just happened to be back from Mass today and then I saw them as I was leaving around 830 and of course all the memories came flooding back into my mind.

I even sent a separate letter to the commissioners at bellflower. Therefore it can no longer be said this is ineptitude.. it's  DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE at best, or intentional corruption at worst :
 a no-parking trap, similar to setting up a speed radar at the bottom of a hill. 

 I pray an imprecatory prayer against these people in bellflower who are committing this parking corruption. let God do the Justice in the end. 

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

"LA County's Manhattan Beach Abuses The First Amendment Against Religion *| Canada Free Press

"Disturbingly, the American Center for Law and Justice reports that a local Los Angeles County government, City of Manhattan Beach, has implemented a policy that outright prohibits the rental of any city-owned facility for "religious worship." If left unchallenged, this policy could pose a significant threat to our cherished religious freedom.."


https://canadafreepress.com/article/la-countys-manhattan-beach-abuses-the-first-amendment-against-religion 

Friday, May 24, 2024

"Suspect in Santa Monica Stabbing Released from Prison 10 Days Before Attack on German Tourists - "


"The father was also on probation from a prior arrest and subsequent charge of attempted grand theft of an automobile. Cedeno was set to stand trial, but was released on May 9 because "of the lack of a speedy trial." A person charged with a felony, is entitled to a speedy trial which means a trial must take place within 60 days of being charged. Cedeno's case was far beyond the 60 day mark, and as a result the entire case was dismissed. Court records show he had five different attorneys during the nearly four month stalled case..."

https://smdp.com/2024/05/24/suspect-in-santa-monica-stabbing-released-from-prison-10-days-before-attack-on-german-tourists/ 

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Monday, February 5, 2024

"Significant flooding threat as atmospheric river bulldozes California"

"Winds exceeded 60 mph in some parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, with gusts above 80 mph in the mountains, strong enough to qualify for a Category 1 hurricane. Some areas received wind gust speeds of 98 mph and 102 mph..."


https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/04/california-atmospheric-river-weather-forecast-flooding/72471656007/ 

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Most famous Bellflower native: Chris Carter (screenwriter, X-Files) - Wikipedia

"Christopher Carl Carter (born October 13, 1956) is an American television and film producer, director and writer who gained fame in the 1990s as the creator of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files ..."


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(screenwriter) 

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Wow "St. John Bosco outlasts Corona Centennial 43-42 next up Mater Dei @Coliseum

"St. John Bosco (11-1) and Corona Centennial (9-3) went toe-to-toe for four quarters in a classic high school football game, but the Braves are heading to the L.A. Memorial Coliseum after winning 43-42."


https://highschool.si.com/national/2023/11/18/st-john-bosco-vs-centennial-live-score-game-updates-from-california-high-school-football-semifinals 

Monday, November 13, 2023

Prayers for LA County sheriff dept 🙏❤️👮👮‍♀️👮‍♂️🚓🚔🙏: "NINE have died by SUICIDE this year, a

Prayers for LA County sheriff dept 🙏❤️👮👮‍♀️👮‍♂️🚓🚔🙏: "NINE members of the department have died by SUICIDE this year, a number far surpassing recent years: one in 2022, three in 2021 and two in 2020, "


Sunday, August 20, 2023

"So Cal battered.. Death Valley FLOODS tornado... earthquake.. Tropical Storm Hilary .. 80mph winds

"California is battered by Mother Nature: Death Valley FLOODS as tornado warning issued for San Diego and 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocks the state... before Tropical Storm Hilary smashes LA with 80mph winds"


8/20/23 "Hurricane Local Statement Alert: This product covers Southwest CA FOR ALL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...


 Hurricane Local Statement
Alert: 
This product covers Southwest California 
 
**TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...AS WELL AS 
THE MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS...AND FOOTHILLS OF VENTURA COUNTY** 
NEW INFORMATION 
--------------- 
 
* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS: 
- None 
 
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS: 
- A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for all of Los Angeles 
County, as well as the mountains, valleys, and foothills..."

https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=CA12665ADA3554.HurricaneLocalStatement.12665AE70824CA.LOXHLSLOX.9efe12e25b5b8d628d6bf20b5cbc3539

Saturday, July 22, 2023

this happened to me in LA : "San Francisco man punches store after ' stop urinating on street'"

Something like this happened to me in Los Angeles. I had to fend off an attack after saying "find a bathroom" 

"San Francisco man punches store owner in the face after being told to stop urinating on street"

Monday, June 19, 2023

L.A. "Wyndham Clark wins the US Open 2023 , takes home $3.6 million

"Wyndham Clark won the first major of his career on Sunday with a victory at the U.S. Open. His bank account is also looking a little bit better." | Fox Business

https://www.foxbusiness.com/sports/wyndham-clark-wins-us-open-2023-cash-does-bring-home 

Saturday, May 27, 2023

"Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles blasts Dodgers for honoring group that mocks nuns

"archdiocese said that the decision to reinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence "mocks the Catholic faith and makes light of the sincere and holy vocations" of Catholic nuns and "has caused disappointment, concern, anger, and dismay from our Catholic community."

Monday, May 22, 2023

Sweep 🧹🧹🧹🏀"Jokic leads Denver Nuggets past LeBron's Lakers 113-111, into their first NBA Finals"

"Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Denver Nuggets advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in team history Monday night, sweeping the Western Conference finals with a 113-111 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.."

https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401547684

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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Monday, April 17, 2023

"Kyle Kirkwood wins 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach "

"The Andretti driver held the lead into turn one and led for the whole first stint of the race. He lost the lead in the second stint but took the lead on pit strategy and never looked back on the road to his first career win"

Saturday, March 4, 2023

'In Southern California, Snow Has Trapped People for Days" - The New York Times

"On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in 13 counties affected by winter storms, including the ones that are home to Yosemite National Park, which has been closed indefinitely, and Lake Tahoe. But his declaration focused in particular on San Bernardino County, which has drawn greater attention because it is less accustomed to the volume of snow that fell there in recent days..."


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/us/southern-california-snow-trapped-residents.html#commentsContainer 

Sunday, February 5, 2023

Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven

Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."

Malachi 3:10

Monday, January 16, 2023

L.A. '' City National Bank Refused to underwrite mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities,

"The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank on Thursday of discrimination by refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million in the largest redlining settlement in department history..."

https://fortune.com/2023/01/12/biggest-redlining-settlement-doj-history-31-million-city-national-bank-los-angeles-california/

Sponge it "The Key to California’s Survival Is Hidden Underground " | WIRED

"The Key to California's Survival Is Hidden Underground | WIRED" https://www.wired.com/story/the-key-to-californias-survival-is-hidden-underground/amp 

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Sure it's not part of the Bellflower scam ? "California 19-year-old arrested in bogus parking ticket scam "

re soul-sapping experience at Burger King DTLA (downtown Los Angeles) on Christmas Day 2022 😟

re soul-sapping experience at Burger King DTLA (downtown Los Angeles) on Christmas Day 2022 😟: 



Since the year 2000, I come to LA every year on Xmas Eve 🎁 for the holiday 🎵show at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This year 12/24/22 , although I keep my car well maintained, I was concerned about my starter because on Christmas Eve day every time I stopped and started it got weaker and weaker to restart.
 Normally I would have parked in the parking structure at the concert hall, especially since it's free on  Christmas Eve. 🎄

But I was afraid that it would NOT restart and they might have trouble getting a tow truck inside the structure, so I parked at the nearby Burger King in an almost empty parking lot. Then I went to the concert for a few hours.When I came back to my car, as I feared, it would Not start again. 

So I was stuck there overnight on Christmas Eve and did not want to leave my car alone for fear of it getting broken into, so I had to stay with it all night. 

On Xmas Day  no repair shops are open so I was trying to think about what to do.  I was pretty sure that at least the manager or owner of the Burger King 🍔 would be gracious about it on Christmas day. At least I was close to the Catholic Cathedral and was able to attend the Christmas Mass at 8:00 a.m. and then at 10:00 a.m. as well.  ⛪

But  around 1:00 p.m. here comes a tow truck and he starts telling me I got to get it OUT OF THE LOT NOW or he's going to tow me to impound with all the extra fees and everything. So I go inside to talk to the manager,  and the female manager inside said she did NOT call the tow truck. 

 So I went back outside and the guy is already putting my car up on his tow truck.  I frantically yell " STOP STOP NO " and tell the driver that this manager said she did not call for a tow truck.

So the driver tells me it was the head honcho who called - (a male manager.) I don't know if he called  last night or maybe he called in from his home on Christmas Day,  he was so ANGRY 😡 about it for some reason. 

So this manager was so freaking vexatious about getting my car out of there ON CHRISTMAS DAY he couldn't wait one extra day when every repair shop would be open.


 I had one LAST CHANCE to try to start it before this tow truck driver was going to pull me out of there ( and charge me money 💰),...

So I turned the key 🗝️ & it sluggishly turned over & it was one of those split second moments if it didn't start it wouldn't start, but if it did I was out of there .

And just by a Miracle-  I believe it was a Christmas Miracle (praise the Lord)- the car started and I was able to drive out of there, NO THANKS to the Burger King manager who couldn't wait till the day after Christmas to do business as usual 👎.

And you wonder why there's a homeless problem. A situation like this could have added one extra homeless to the list, rather than alleviate the problem. 

Getting your car towed to impound and paying the fees to get it out of impound  probably now starts around $500 in L.A. And it was totally unnecessary.  It was a holiday- not very busy- the BK manager could have waited until the next business day (Monday December 26th) to  request a tow to remove my vehicle.

But he would NOT have had to do so
I have my Own tow service (Better World)  and I would have been towed to a nearby open auto repair shop and everything would have been quickly solved. This really left a bad taste in my mouth towards this BK manager 👎.

I will also send a letter to Burger King corporate just reporting why this was totally unnecessary and a lack of  Christmas or holiday spirit and TOTAL LACK of normal humanitarian compassion 👎.

Jay Vonder
BA/BA/M.Div
A Good Citizen Who Cares About Others

 

Saturday, December 3, 2022

Bosco Bellflower, Mater Dei: Just look at where some of their former players ended up


Just look at where some of their former players ended up. From Mater Dei, there's Amon-Ra St. Brown (Detroit Lions), JT Daniels (West Virginia), David Bailey (Stanford), Raleek Brown (USC), Jaylin Davies (UCLA) and Bryce Young (Alabama).

From St. John Bosco, there's Trent McDuffie (Kansas City Chiefs), Wyatt Davis (Arizona Cardinals), DJ Uiagalelei (Clemson), Stephan Blaylock (UCLA), JonJon Vaughns (UCLA) and Kourt Williams (Ohio State).


https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2022-11-25/st-john-bosco-defeats-mater-dei-bruce-rollinson-retirement

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Shame on @CityBellflower 😡👎and their corrupt parking citation infrastructure

Shame on @CityBellflower 😡👎and their corrupt parking citation infrastructure & their $57 dollar "PARKING TRAP" on Beach street in front of St Bernard Church.

Drive by sometime if u don't know what I'm talking about. DO YOUR JOB & FIX IT. Ignorance is NOT an excuse.

There's a SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL for freakin "admin law judges" who RUBBER STAMP DENY legitimate parking citation appeals. They DON'T even read the appeal. & around here the citations start at $60.They also won't sign their name. U R SCUM 👎😡

#Bellflower #LosAngelesCounty

A street in front of St Bernard church in @CityBellflower has 10 signs, 10 poles:  

7 say "NO PARKING Sat/Sun"; 

The other 3 say

"NO PARKING Friday."

Normally u put ALL restrictions on the same poles. But here they expect u to walk the ENTIRE STREET & read EACH sign.

So I pull up to the sign that says   "no parking Saturday or Sunday" and today is Friday. I park & go to church & come back & find a $57 citation on my windshield.

So I look at the sign again & it still says  "no parking Saturday or Sunday" and it's still Friday I walk to the next sign & says the same thing & the next sign says the same.

There's 10 signs : seven of which say "no parking Sat/Sun" ; three of which say "no parking Friday" so if you miss one of the three (out of 10) you get a $57 ticket.  

Why don't they put ALL the signs on the same pole like most municipalities do & according to Uniform Code?

Because it's intended to trap people, like a speed trap at the bottom of a hill. Or they added some later in a lazy manner & are too lazy to fix it

The uniform code for parking signage actually requires  the MOST CLARITY POSSIBLE. This is a BIG FAIL at a visitor's expense. Or it's a success if it's intended to be a money maker for Bellflower. 

And why does Bellflower outsource the parking appeals to Tustin, a whole different county, to an alleged judge who rubber stamps a denial of the appeal and won't even sign his/her name ? Maybe because nobody actually reads it ? No actual judge ?

Philip Kok

Monday, October 10, 2022

Latino busted making racist statements "LA City Council President Nury Martinez faces calls to resign after racist remarks emerge in leaked audio "

"They're raising him like a little White kid," Martinez said, according to the recording leaked on Reddit. "I was like, 'This kid needs a beatdown. Let me take him around the corner and then I'll bring him back."'

Martinez also called Bonin's son "ese changuito," Spanish for "that little monkey.".."

https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-city-council-president-nury-martinez-faces-calls-resign-racist-remarks-emerge-leaked-audio 

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

"Five things to know about the brutal California heat wave "

"California over the past several days. Sacramento hit 116 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time ever, surpassing a 97-year-old record of 114 degrees previously set on July 17, 1925, according to the National Weather Service. Stockton reached 115 degrees, tying the city's previous all-time record set in 2006. San Francisco was just a few degrees shy of breaking 100 degrees...." 

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/3632565-five-things-to-know-about-the-brutal-california-heat-wave/ 

Saturday, August 6, 2022

On a Friday I parked in front of a sign in Bellflower CA saying "No Parking Sat/Sun".

On a Friday I parked in front of a sign in Bellflower CA saying "No Parking Sat/Sun". When I returned I had a $57 citation. I walked the block. 

There are 8 signs:

6 say "No Sat/Sun". 

2 say "No Fri 6-11"

IS this FAIR? Or deceptive(or just lazy planning). Why CAN'T they put all restrictions on the same sign pole?

Thursday, July 14, 2022