October 31, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

CD RELEASE PARTY UNDERSCORES ARTIST GROWTH


Murrieta, CA – Not long ago when I happened to walk into a friend’s demonstration where I was given my fair share of abuse, I was accused of being a ‘scenester’. I started to argue as the friend was one of the people who started the local scene going and therefore was himself by definition, a scenester. But then I realized that whether he was throwing out a slur or not, he was correct. I have gone from writing about the scene to being a card-carrying member and as such, have entered the world of helping make a difference in the scene. That difference entails supporting developing artists in any way possible. Out of this process comes the witnessing of an artist’s metamorphosis and it is in that vein that this installment of scene news is written. When Java Jo’z opened and way before it was Cuppy’s, a young man named Phil LoCash started coming in on open mic night and doing covers from his favorite commercial artist, Dave Mathews. After a few times, he gradually introduced the Wednesday night crowd to some of his original compositions. At first they were a bit rough but as time worn on, the songs became more and more polished, and he became more relaxed in singing them onstage. Becoming a regular on open mic night, Phil started doing shows on the Palette nights which are on Thursday and are charged for at the door, unlike open mic nights which are free. As time went by, Phil’s set list of original songs grew and plans were made to put them on a CD. Last Thursday, this final transition was accomplished as Phil LoCash had his ‘coming out’ party in the form of a CD release event set to promote the new CD.

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October 30, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

Murrieta, California - Murrieta Police Officers are investigating a residential burglary that occurred on Saturday, 10/27/07 at about 11:30 a.m.The victim, who is in her 70’s, answered a knock on her front door. A man dressed in a utility worker uniform, claimed to be working for the water district and told the victim he needed to check the water pressure inside the victim’s home. The impostor utility worker came inside the home and turned on a water faucet in the laundry room and requested the victim to monitor the water flow from the faucet while he went to flush toilets throughout the home.


A short time later, the utility worker returned to the laundry room and told the victim that everything checked O.K. The utility worker left the residence. The victim later discovered her wallet and its contents missing from her formerly zippered purse that was stored in her bedroom.

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October 30, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

Fontana, California - On April 5, 2003 at approximately 1156am, Sheriff’s deputies located the victim, Dennis Daoussis in Landers, Ca. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound. Detectives learned prior to his death, Daoussis resided in Fontana with Andrew Lozano aka ‘Hulk’ a Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle gang member. Detectives searched Daoussis’ and Lozano’s residence. During the search, evidence was recovered tying the Vagos OMG to Daoussis’ murder. Detectives spoke with numerous people through 2004, but witnesses were uncooperative due to fear of retaliation and therefore the investigation stalled.

In April of 2006, three years after Daoussis was murdered, Detectives from the Homicide Detail reviewed the evidence that was recovered and spoke to numerous people who knew Daoussis. People who had useful information were more willing to talk to detectives three years after the incident occurred. In older cases it is quite common for witnesses to cooperate years later, because there is no immediate threat and more often than not, they feel some responsibility and want to help bring closure to the victim’s family.

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