#dominguez california

[genustoys]

Lots of generic toys are identified as party favors or cake toppers by lazy resellers.  This is the first time that I’ve seen a generic set actually sold as “Party Favor” 5 Super Rangers!

[yourlittlevirus]

Hole performing at Club Lingerie in Hollywood, California. May 23, 1991.

Photographed by Krk Dominguez.

[soupy-sez]

2Pac at LAX Airport, May 1994, © Ralph Dominguez

[thewomanwhowatchedchristmas]

A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)

This is the sequel to yesterday's movie. Also, in my research into the lead actor and actress being married, I found out that she has her own production company and she produced these movies. I have mad respect for a woman who uses her own husband to make not one but two thirst trap movies.

We open on Callie (Lauren Swickard) and Manny (David Del Rio) giving a tour to a group visiting the vineyard and Joseph (Josh Swickard) interrupts to propose to Callie. Leo (Ali Afshar) happens to be visiting to share some news with Joseph but also to hang out with Manny because they’re long distance besties now I guess. But the news that Leo shares is big- Joseph’s mom ran off with her yoga instructor and is living on a remote island now, so her right hand person is now running his deceased father’s company. We don’t find out much about this person yet, but it’s clear that Joseph isn’t a fan. However, Leo says that the company is in Joseph’s name. He would just have to go back to San Francisco to step in as CEO.

We do also get some new characters in this one. Brandy (Raquel Dominguez) is Callie’s best friend who is training to be a farm vet and is getting credit hours on the farm now. When Joseph and Callie head to the city, Brandy and Manny are in charge of the farm and taking care of Hannah (Natalia Mann) since their ill mother passed away in the time between the movies. Brandy and Manny have a super awkward romance blossoming as well. I won’t get into details because there’s a solid chance that I’m being dramatic, but it’s heavy cringe.

In the city, Callie meets lots of people, but there are two characters who are the most prominent- Victoria (Laura James) and Owen (Noah James). These two just happen to have the same last name and are married to completely separate people in real life (yes, I checked). Victoria is the current acting CEO of Joseph’s company and his mom’s right hand person, but it is clear very quickly that she hates Callie almost immediately and doesn’t trust Joseph to lead the company. Owen is a business friend of Joseph, but is also Callie’s deceased fiancé’s older brother. So. That’s a fun coincidence. Owen seems like he could go either way as being a good person or a total douche (like the guy friend in the first movie who just hung around too much) and I was leaning one way and was wrong, so. I’ll let you find that out for yourself.

This movie was harder to get through just because there were so many rich people tropes we had to experience. I strongly prefer cities to small towns in real life, but not the rich part of cities. I am staunchly middle class (eat the rich). Anyway, the conflict in this movie seemed much more genuine and I loved the resolution. I think the flashback (iykyk) was a really great way to resolve things instead of having one character do large romantic gestures. Too many of those is just manipulation anyhow. The production components were just as good as the first movie (writing, acting, music), so no complaints there. Overall, 3 stars.

[punkrockhistory]

Fugazi – in-store performance for an audience of 20 - Zed Records, Long Beach, California – May 21, 1988

Pic 1+2 by Joe Henderson

Pic 3 by Krk Dominguez

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcore #hardcorepunk #fugazi #zedrecords #history #punkrockhistory #otd

[jedivoodoochile]

Beverly Hills, California, December 12, 1978.

📸 Ralph Dominguez.

[ncisfranchise-source]

Gibbs’ Rule #8: Never take anything for granted. That one hit us hard when Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), the sometimes grumpy but always gutsy special agent in charge of NCIS, unexpectedly retired to go fishing in Alaska in 2021. We’ll get another chance to appreciate the “grab your gear” guy in NCIS: Origins, a 1991-set prequel in which the young Gibbs (Austin Stowell) starts work at what was then known as NIS at the Camp Pendleton office in California. The icing? Harmon returns to narrate.

“Mark Harmon has done a job that actors dream to do. He’s captured the world and so that is just slightly daunting,” says Stowell who watched numerous episodes to prepare. “But getting to know Mark has really been paramount to me stepping into these shoes and trying to fill them.”

Harmon’s key words of advice to Stowell were “trust yourself.” Harmon also acknowledges the challenge for an actor to play an existing character, saying, “This is a little different because some things are already in place and an audience knows where this leads years ahead.”

The idea for the series came from Harmon’s son Sean, who’d played the younger Gibbs in NCIS flashbacks.  “I believe that very few people are actually ‘born leaders’ and are instead forged into them, and Gibbs is no exception,” says Sean Harmon. “Digging into the backstory of ‘the boss’ seemed like a good opportunity to find out why Gibbs turned out the way he did and who was around to influence him on that journey.”

Mark Harmon suggested the best people to create the series would be longtime NCIS writers David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal who executive produce and are co-showrunners. They asked the senior Harmon to narrate.

The two-hour premiere introduces a Gibbs fresh back from Desert Storm, grieving the loss of his wife and daughter and trying to get his bearings with a new team. One of them is a younger version of a face familiar to NCIS fans, Gibbs’ confidante, Special Agent Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid, Six, in a role originated by Muse Watson as the older Franks).

“Franks is the one who brings Gibbs into NIS. It was an opportunity to perhaps save a lost soul,” says Schmid who emailed and spoke with Watson as part of his preparation. “Taking on a character played by such a wonderful actor is a bit of a challenge. You have to play by a certain set of rules. The mustache is a trademark of Muse’s. I wear dark brown contacts every day at work. I took on a dialect coach, so Kyle Schmid now sounds like Mike Franks all the time.”

The rest are new characters including Special Agent Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez (Mariel Molino).

“I’m interpreting someone who’s a former Marine, now a female agent at NIS and I’m excited to jump into that, especially in the Nineties, which is such an incredible era,” says Molino. “I love that there are no [cell] phones, no internet, no social media. Everything we portray is direct contact.”

So will any romance develop between her and Gibbs? “I’m trying to prove myself. It’s not a romantic vibe,” Stowell says. “They are kindred spirits, both bullheaded, stubborn and smart. They say opposites attract. So, what happens when people are the same?”

Gibbs’ first friend on the force is someone who’s not much like him at all: Special Agent Bernard “Randy” Randolf (Caleb Foote). “Gibbs is a bit of a lone wolf. Randy’s a bit of an extrovert. In this naval investigative setting, there’s hundreds of people, half of them in camouflage because it takes place on Camp Pendleton, and Gibbs is a deer in the headlights.  Randy sees that and immediately goes out of his way to make this person feel welcome. We create a friendship pretty quickly,” Foote says. “It’s cool to create a character that helps Leroy Jethro Gibbs to become the great detective that he is.”

Not in the field but equally important in solving cases are the assistant medical examiner Dr. Lenora Friedman (Lori Petty, Orange is the New Black), and the head of the NIS forensics lab, Woodrow “Woody” Browne (Bobby Moynihan, Saturday Night Live).

“I’m the goofy scientist who figures out weird stuff. It’s like working with the Muppets, you immediately realize you are not the important part. You’re just there to make the Muppets look awesome,” says Moynihan, of supporting the NIS team. “I’m splicing a lot of videotape. I have a hundred million [paper] files. I don’t have a laptop. They show the old tech.”

The first case will focus on a series of interconnected murders “that bounce off of our characters in a really emotional way,” North says. Adds Monreal, “Gibbs is thrown into this job and he’s in over his head, but in a way, this case is tailor-made for him, so he has an opportunity to shine.”

We’ll see a lot more emotion from the younger Gibbs than we’re used to as longtime NCIS fans. “The Gibbs that Gina and I wrote for so many years had learned to push it all that emotion down. This Gibbs hasn’t learned that yet,” says North.

[germanpostwarmodern]

University Theater (1973-77) of California State University Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles, CA, USA, by Dan Dworsky. Photo by Julius Shulman.

[rjzimmerman]

Three Mile Island Plans to Reopen as Demand for Nuclear Power Grows. (New York Times)

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

In a striking sign of renewed interest in nuclear power, Constellation Energy said on Friday that it plans to reopen the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, the site of the worst reactor accident in United States history.

Three Mile Island became shorthand for the risks posed by nuclear energy after one of the plant’s two reactors partly melted down in 1979. The other reactor kept operating safely for decades until finally closing, for economic reasons, five years ago.

Now a revival is at hand. Microsoft, which needs tremendous amounts of electricity for its growing fleet of data centers, has agreed to buy as much power as it can from the plant for 20 years. Constellation plans to spend $1.6 billion to refurbish the reactor that recently closed and restart it by 2028, pending regulatory approval.

“The symbolism is enormous,” said Joseph Dominguez, chief executive of Constellation, the nation’s largest nuclear operator. “This was the site of the industry’s greatest failure, and now it can be a place of rebirth.”

Until recently, the U.S. nuclear industry seemed to be in permanent decline. Electric utilities closed 13 reactors between 2012 and 2022 in the face of competition from cheap natural gas and growing wind and solar power.

But with energy demand spiking and fears of climate change rising, many states and businesses are reconsidering nuclear power, which can produce electricity around the clock without emitting the greenhouse gases that are heating the planet.

Congress recently approved a tax credit aimed at keeping existing nuclear reactors running for years to come. In California, lawmakers reversed a decision to shut down the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. And in Michigan, Holtec International is looking to restart the Palisades nuclear plant, which closed in 2022.

[lboogie1906]

Rodney Allen Rippy (born July 29, 1968) is a former child actor, television personality, marketing director, producer, and politician. He appeared in TV commercials for the fast-food chain Jack in the Box in the early 1970s, as well as in numerous roles in television and movies.

He was seen trying to wrap his mouth around the super-sized Jumbo Jack hamburger. The tagline “It’s too big to eat!” became a catchphrase. Another spot showed him giggling while singing the song “Take Life a Little Easier,” which was released as a single in the wake of the commercial’s popularity.

The single (b/w “World of Love”) appeared on the Billboard magazine “Bubbling Under” chart, peaking at #112. At the age of five, he became the youngest person ever to make any Billboard music chart. An LP, titled Take Life a Little Easier, was released.

He had guest roles in many popular television shows, including The Six Million Dollar Man, Marcus Welby, M.D., Police Story, and The Odd Couple. He appeared on talk shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Dinah’s Place with Dinah Shore. He had a co-starring role in The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine.

He made his big screen debut in Blazing Saddles. He portrayed a young Sheriff Bart. In a Peanuts newspaper comic strip, Snoopy awakens from a dream in which he “had been invited out to dinner by Rodney Allen Rippy!”

He graduated from Cerritos College and California State University, Dominguez Hills where he majored in marketing. He opened his marketing firm which he named Ripped Marketing Group. He worked on campaigns such as promoting leisure wear and country music, among other projects. He has taken on a few acting roles since his childhood stardom, filming a few episodes of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, appearing in Former Child Star and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.

He is a partner in the film production company Bow Tie Productions and a spokesman for Hurricane Housing Relief. He worked at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. He has served as master of ceremonies for the Carson Relay For Life. He was a national director of marketing with Metro Networks. He ran for Mayor of Compton (2015). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[yourlittlevirus]

Hole performing at the Gaslight in Hollywood, California. Either July or November 1990.

Photographed by Krk Dominguez.

[mecthology]

Roperite: A cryptid creature from North American folklore.

It is described as a fearsome beast with a rope-like beak that it uses to snare and drag its victims to their deaths. The creature is said to be incredibly fast and can easily outrun any man or animal, and its leathery skin and flipper-legs make it impervious to thorns and sharp rocks.

According to some tales, the Roperite is the spirit of early Spanish ranchers, and its rattlesnake-like tail produces a whirling sound when it pursues its prey. Lumbermen in the region between Pitt River and the southern end of the Sierras were eager to capture a living specimen of the Roperite.

In modern interpretations, the Roperite has been depicted as a web-footed, flightless desert bird with horns and a lariat-like mouth. It is believed to be the reincarnation of a cruel Western rancher named José Maria Dominguez, who was punished for his cruelty and transformed into the Roperite. Science offers an alternative explanation, suggesting that the Roperite is born when a male toad hatches a sow's egg under a gibbous moon.

Little is known about the origins of Roperites, whether they are born, hatched, or emerge from deep caverns. Despite claims of sightings, including one by A.B. Patterson in Hot Springs, California, in the early 20th century, the existence of the Roperite remains shrouded in mystery and is often considered a product of folklore and imagination.

Follow @mecthology for more cryptid lores and myths.

Pic Credit: Cryptidophilia

Source: monster.fandom, cryptidz.fandom

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Don't call the goddamn pigs for mental health issues!

[thomaswaynewolf]

This is part 2 of the 4 part series over the exciting adventures of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition of 1776 that left Santa Fe for Monterey, California. In this episode they will head out from that old capitol, march through hills, mountains, mesas, streams, rivers, and more. All the while, it will mysteriously take the team 28 days to run into an American Indian.

[mariacallous]

To be online is to be constantly exposed. While it may seem normal, it’s a level of exposure we’ve never dealt with before as human beings. We’re posting on Twitter, and people we’ve never met are responding with their thoughts and criticisms. People are looking at your latest Instagram selfie. They’re literally swiping on your face. Messages are piling up. It can sometimes feel like the whole world has its eyes on you.

Being observed by so many people appears to have significant psychological effects. There are, of course, good things about this ability to connect with others. It was crucial during the height of the pandemic when we couldn’t be close to our loved ones, for example. However, experts say there are also numerous downsides, and these may be more complex and persistent than we realize.

Studies have found that high levels of social media use are connected with an increased risk of symptoms of anxiety and depression. There appears to be substantial evidence connecting people’s mental health and their online habits. Furthermore, many psychologists believe people may be dealing with psychological effects that are pervasive but not always obvious.

“What we’re finding is people are spending way more time on screens than previously reported or than they believe they are,” says Larry Rosen, professor emeritus of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills. “It’s become somewhat of an epidemic.”

Rosen has been studying the psychological effects of technology since 1984, and he says he’s watched things “spiral out of control.” He says people are receiving dozens of notifications every day and that they often feel they can’t escape their online lives.

“Even when you’re not on the screens, the screens are in your head,” Rosen says.

One value of privacy is that it gives us space to operate without judgment. When we’re using social media, there are often a lot of strangers viewing our content, liking it, commenting on it, and sharing it with their own communities. Any time we post something online, thus exposing a part of who we are, we don’t fully know how we’re being received in the virtual world. Fallon Goodman, an assistant professor of psychology at George Washington University, says not knowing what kind of impression you’re making online can cause stress and anxiety.

“When you post a picture, the only real data you get are people’s likes and comments. That’s not necessarily a true indication of what the world feels about your picture or your post,” Goodman says. “Now you’ve put yourself out there—in a semi-permanent way—and you have limited information about how that was received, so you have limited information about the evaluations people are making about you.”

Anna Lembke, a professor of psychiatric and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, says we construct our identities through how we’re seen by others. Much of that identity is now formed on the internet, and that can be difficult to grapple with.

“This virtual identity is a composition of all of these online interactions that we have. It is a very vulnerable identity because it exists in cyberspace. In a weird kind of way we don’t have control over it,” Lembke says. “We’re very exposed.”

Without the ability to find out how their identity is ricocheting around the virtual world, people often feel a fight-or-flight response when they’ve been online for many hours—and even after they’ve logged off.

“It’s kind of an adapted hyper-vigilance. As soon as you send something out into the virtual world, you’re sort of sitting on pins and needles waiting for a response,” Lembke says. “That alone—that kind of expectancy—is a state of hyperarousal. How will people respond to this? When will they respond? What will they say?”

It would be one thing if only you saw any negative reactions, Lembke says, but they’re often available for everyone to see. She says this exacerbates feelings of shame and self-loathing that are already “endemic” in the modern world.

We are social creatures, and our brains evolved to form communities, communicate with each other, and work together. We have not evolved to expose ourselves to the judgment of the whole world on a daily basis. These things affect everyone differently, but it’s clear many people regularly feel overwhelmed by this exposure level.

If we’re not careful, our online lives can become a source of chronic stress that subtly seeps into everything. Everyone needs some privacy, but we often don’t provide it for ourselves and end up feeling like we’re constantly battling invisible enemies.

There are things you can do for yourself, however. You can turn off your notifications for social media apps, reduce how much time you spend on them, limit when you allow yourself to use them, and more. Goodman says it sometimes helps to keep your phone in the other room so you’re not so easily tempted to pick it up.

Lembke says we need to change how we think about social media and internet use as a society. She calls it a “collective” problem, not just an individual one.

“We need to come up with a kind of cultural etiquette around what appropriate and healthy consumption is, just like we have for other consumptive problems,” Lembke says. “We have nonsmoking areas. We don’t eat ice cream for breakfast. We have all kinds of laws around who can buy and consume alcohol, who can go into a casino. We need guardrails for these digital products, especially for minors.”

[john-anderson112]

Glenn Thompkins received the Glenn Davis Award for high school football excellence

Glenn Thompkins, the star quarterback of Rialto Eisenhower High, made headlines once again as he was honored with the prestigious Glenn Davis Award for his outstanding performance in Southern California's high school football scene. Just two days after leading his team to victory in the Southern Section Division I championship, Thompkins received this coveted award during a ceremony held in Riverside.

Named after the esteemed Heisman Trophy winner who attended Army and Bonita High in La Verne, the Glenn Davis Award is presented annually by The Times. It serves as a testament to the remarkable talent and dedication demonstrated by high school football players in the region.

At the age of 17, Thompkins, a three-year starter for the Eagles, showcased his versatility and prowess on the field throughout the season. With an impressive 14-0 record under his leadership, the team secured their championship title by defeating Santa Ana Mater Dei with a resounding score of 56-3 at Anaheim Stadium. In this decisive game, Thompkins exhibited his multifaceted skill set by throwing for 174 yards and three touchdowns, along with rushing for 71 yards and an additional touchdown. Not content with just offensive contributions, he also made significant defensive plays, breaking up several passes and returning two punts.

Tom Hoak, Eisenhower’s coach, attributed the team's undefeated season to Thompkins, emphasizing his versatility and ability to excel in any position on the field. Standing at 5 feet 9 inches and weighing 163 pounds, Thompkins amassed impressive statistics throughout the season, passing for 1,214 yards and rushing for 717. Additionally, he showcased his defensive prowess by starting in various positions, including inside linebacker and end.

Thompkins' remarkable performance on the field has garnered attention from numerous colleges and universities, with notable institutions such as Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Kansas vying for his talents. However, it is widely anticipated that Thompkins will sign with UCLA, where he is expected to continue his football career at the collegiate level.

Among other notable finalists for the Glenn Davis Award were quarterback Keith Smith of Newbury Park and tight end/linebacker Tony Gonzalez of Huntington Beach. The Times also recognized outstanding players and coaches from various circulation regions, highlighting their contributions to high school football:

In the Central City region, honorees included Norman Ysaguirre from Dorsey High (lineman), William Yates from Fremont High (back), and Taja Rodisha from Fremont High (coach).

The Inland Empire region featured standout players such as Coleman Johnson from Riverside Poly (lineman) and Gary Campbell from Norco High (coach).

Orange County's honorees included Tony Gonzalez from Huntington Beach High (lineman), Chris Draft from Placentia Valencia High (back), and Myron Miller from Costa Mesa High (coach).

San Fernando Valley recognized players like Keith Schiele from Lancaster Antelope Valley High (lineman), Mike Kocicka from Newhall Hart High (back), and Richard Fong from Panorama City St. Genevieve High (coach).

The San Gabriel Valley region celebrated talents such as Pene Talamaivao from Pomona Ganesha High (lineman), Miguel Meriwether from West Covina High (back), and Bob Mount from West Covina High (coach).

South Bay's standout players included John Welbourn from Palos Verdes Peninsula High (lineman), Omarr Morgan from Hawthorne High (back), and Don Morrow from Manhattan Beach Mira Costa High (coach).

South Coast region recognized talents like Brandon Whiting from Long Beach Poly High (lineman), Danjuan McGee from Long Beach Poly High (back), and Willie Donerson from Compton Dominguez High (coach).

Southeast region honored players such as Jerry Lemon from La Mirada High (lineman), Greg Ford from Whittier High (back), and Darrell Walsh from Cerritos Gahr High (coach).

Ventura region celebrated players like Leodes Van Buren from Newbury Park High (lineman), Keith Smith from Newbury Park High (back), and George Hurley from Newbury Park High (coach).

Westside's standout players included Matt Higgins from Playa del Rey St. Bernard High (lineman), Seka Edwards from Westchester High (back), and Marshall Jones from L.A. University High (coach).

Glenn Thompkins' remarkable journey from leading his team to victory on the field to receiving the prestigious Glenn Davis Award exemplifies the dedication, skill, and passion that define high school football in Southern California. His achievements serve as an inspiration to aspiring athletes and a testament to the enduring spirit of the sport.

For Reference :-

https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-thompkins-0aa41b130