Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ LASD History ~ Buffalo Potato Wedges ~ National Teddy Bear Day

  

Good 55º morning.

 

 

Yesterday we started at 57º and had blue sky and topped at 102º.

 

 

Picture of the Day....exceptional cat! 😊

 

 

Interesting about LASD

 

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States and the third largest local police agency in the United States, following the New York Police Department, and the Chicago Police Department. LASD has approximately 18,000 employees, 9,915 sworn deputies and 9,244 unsworn members. It is sometimes confused with the similarly-named but separate Los Angeles Police Department which provides law enforcement services within the city of Los Angeles, which is the county seat of Los Angeles County, although both departments have their headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

 

The department's three main responsibilities are to provide municipal police services within Los Angeles County, courthouse security for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and housing and transportation services of inmates within the county jail system. The LASD provides municipal police services to the unincorporated communities and 42 of the 88 cities within Los Angeles County. In addition to its primary responsibilities, LASD contracts with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metrolink.

History

 

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was founded in 1850, was the first professional police force in the Los Angeles area. The all-volunteer, Los Angeles-specific Los Angeles Rangers were formed in 1853 to assist the LASD. They were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group. Neither force was deemed efficient and Los Angeles became known for its violence, gambling and "vice".

 

On December 15, 2009, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 to merge the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety into the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The merger took place on June 30, 2010.

 

County jail system

The Los Angeles County Jail provides short-term incarceration services for the entire county, including Los Angeles, Glendale, Burbank, and Long Beach, all of which have their own police departments. The Men's Central Jail (MCJ) and Twin Towers Correctional Facility (TTCF) are located in a dense cluster next the rail yard northeast of Union Station. The North County Correctional Facility (NCCF) is the largest of the four jail facilities located at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, California. The Los Angeles County Women's Jail, known as the Century Regional Detention Facility or the Lynwood Jail, is located in Lynwood, California.

 

 List of sheriffs...........

No.	Portrait	Officeholder	Tenure start	Tenure end
1		George T. Burrill	1852	1855
2		James R. Barton	1852	1855
3		David W. Alexander	1856	1856
4		Charles Egbert Hale	1856	1856
5		James R. Barton †	1856	1856
6		Elijah Bettis*	1857	1857
7		William C. Getman †	1858	1858
8		James P. Thompson*	1858	1859
9		Tomas Avila Sanchez	1860	1867
10		James F. Burns	1868	1871
11		William R. Rowland	1871	1875
12		David W. Alexander	1876	1877
13		Henry M. Mitchell	1878	1879
14		William R. Rowland	1880	1882
15		Alvan T. Currier	1883	1884
16		George E. Gard	1885	1886
17		James C. Kays	1887	1888
18		Martin G. Aguirre	1889	1890
19		E. D. Gibson	1890	1892
20		John C. Cline	1893	1894
21		John Burr	1895	1898
22		William A. Hammel	1899	1902
23		Will A. White	1903	1906
24		William A. Hammel	1907	1914
25		John C. Cline	1915	1921
26		William I. Traeger*	1921	1932
27		Eugene W. Biscailuz*	1932	1958
28		Peter J. Pitchess	1959	1982
29		Sherman Block*	1982	1998
30		Lee Baca	1998	2014
31		John Scott*	2014	2014
32		Jim McDonnell	2014	2018
33		Alex Villanueva	2018	2022
34		Robert Luna	2022	Incumbent

 

Here is family, we worked for LASD....

My daughter Kristen....

 

 

Jerry and Jerry and I ......

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

SERVES

6

COOK TIME

50 Min

Our Buffalo Potato Wedges are made for chowing down while watching the big game, or any game, over the weekend. The zesty flavors of this easy-to-make recipe pack the perfect punch for any sporty get-together, or for a family night in. One thing's for sure, most anything is better covered in Buffalo sauce. These fries are no exception!

 

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 large Idaho baking potatoes, washed and cut into lengthwise wedges
• 1/2 cup wing sauce
• 1/2 cup blue cheese dressing
• 2 celery stalks, chopped

 

1. Preheat oven to 425º. 
2. In a large bowl, combine oil, salt, and potatoes; toss until evenly coated. Arrange on two rimmed baking sheets.
3. Bake 30 minutes. Turn potatoes and continue cooking another 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden and crispy.
4. Place potatoes in a large bowl, add wing sauce, and toss until evenly coated. Place potatoes on large platter and top with blue cheese dressing and celery. Serve immediately.

 

 

 

Historically this date.......

 

1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned"Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

 

1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.

 

1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

 

1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.

 

1926 – The U.S. National Broadcasting Company is formed.

 

1942 – World War II: A Japanese float plane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.

 

1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

......oh, how I remember that! He was singin' and shakin' his booty! OMGOSH!

 

1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.

 

 

 

And births this date include....

1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1890 – Colonel Sanders,American fast-food entrepreneur. (D.1980)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1923 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (d.2011)

 

 

1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer

 

 

1952 – Angela Cartwright, American actress

 

1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor

 

 

1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian

 ... with wife Jackie.

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Monday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

On September 9th, National Teddy Bear Day honors the history of one of childhood’s favorite toys. We have all had a special cuddly teddy as a child. Some of us still have our teddy bear from our childhood. No matter what kind of teddy bear you had, the day is a perfect time to celebrate your childhood friend!

In 1902, American President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub while hunting in Mississippi. The incident made national news. Clifford Berryman published a cartoon of the event in the Washington Post on November 16th, 1902, and the caricature became an instant classic.

 

The Berryman cartoon of Teddy Roosevelt and the cub inspired New York store owner Morris Michtom. He created a new toy and even had a name in mind. Michtom wrote President Roosevelt to ask permission to name the new toy a “Teddy Bear".

Since the advent of the Teddy Bear, a parade of famous characters followed.

Big Bird from Sesame Street named his Teddy Bear Radar. The lasagna loving cat celebrated on Garfield the Cat Day armed himself with Pooky, his lovable scapegoat. The British invasion of Teddy Bears includes Winnie-the-Pooh and Paddington. In 1981, the Care Bears first became greeting cards. Not long after, they launched into television and toy history.

 

And this is my teddy bear....