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I will probably get crucified for what I am about to say. So forgive me if I hide in my corner after my comment but I am a firm believer that the growing increase of parents who spoil rather than discipline their children and the growing trend towards leniency is a big part of the problem. I also believe that when both parents work and kids are shoveled off to daycare rather than one parent staying home to raise the kids is also a factor, though I do realize in many cases do to financial hardship parents have no choice. Toss in the lawyers who manage to turn many black and white situations into grey areas which almost always lets perps off the hook specially if the perp has sufficient financial backing versus those who do not. The confidence rendered in the fact that actions may not result in consequence is IMHO a big factor. I go hide now before the tomatoes and eggs start flying.

Well @circa1968 I feel your pain. Lived in SanDiego and surround counties for 31yrs before retiring from the Navy in 98. The sprawl, the illegals, the insane regulations and policies I saw coming in over the years was sad. We left to North Carolina in 2009 and I know it hasn’t got better since then. California has become a “GRANOLA BOWL”! Nothing but NUTS, FRUITS & FLAKES!!

Parents don't parent, they stare at their phones. It takes effort to parent. The evil one has created the ultimate environment, my 2 cents is he runs social media.

Several decades ago, there was a saying that CA was 10 years ahead of the rest of the country?!!!!!!

That's the issue I have too. My wife is a CA girl. I grew up on a farm in the midwest...opposites attracting and all that crap.

Amen. I couldn't do that huge city life, just watching the video gets my anxiety worked up, lol.

Typical camp breakfast.

Well, when we were in school we were responsible for our actions, not a teacher, a parent or a friend. You take away that responsibility of action you take away any deterrence of said action. And yes, I've done street racing, burnouts etc etc but we ALWAYS chose areas of little to no traffic or housing. Those in NE OH should remember when sections of the new 4 lane (20, I think, from 57 to the JVS) were held up in court (or something) in the early 80's. (Same happened with sections of 480). It was built but not "open" for a year or so. That was fun. Racing up one side and down the other with only farm land around.

I would want to add too all this and that is society in general is on on a slippery slope out of control ...A lack respect for ones self and others , common sense , No one remembers the golden rule .... Do onto others as you would want to do onto you . and some day often is what goes around comes around

I moved here (Northern Cali) in 1989, from the midwest and settled in San Jose in 1994, when I bought the house I still live in today. In the 80's/90's, California still had that magical place feeling to it where anything was possible and dreams came true. Even my family loved coming out to visit me and see all things CA. I worked in the Silicon Valley tech world for 20+ years and there was a sense of community and respect for others here, both in neighborhoods and in the work culture. Somewhere along the way since then, this dream has turned into a nightmare. There is not one single thing I could pinpoint that brought the change, but there are a handful of things I believe brought it on. Out of respect of forum rules, I won't go there though. San Jose used to be a nice place to live. Now it is filthy, trash & graffiti everywhere, homeless camps at every intersection and along our creeks, polluting them. Crime is rampant, cars are regularly broken into, etc. We pay the highest taxes in the country, but have the worst of everything. Sorry to unload all of that guys, Its become borderline depressing for me, so thanks for allowing me a small bit of therapy here. I've managed to spend more time out of state this last year, traveling & visiting family in the midwest. I think that's the only thing keeping me sane at this point. One thing that does give me a little hope is how many people from the neighborhood came out on Sunday and expressed their outrage. When enough of us get fed up, things will change, one way or another....history tells us so.

Seafoam is where I’d start normally. However I have had multiple ethanol attacks to my injected bike exhibiting the same symptoms. (Had to replace all in tank components) Also had a batch of bad gas ( never believed in it till it happened) in my Wrangler. Start simple.

The problem is the lack of law enforcement.

Why were they there?

I miss the country but my wife is from Long Island and loves where we are. I keep beating the we need land drum but alas I believe it is falling on deaf ears.

Thank god I'm a country boy!

Road side kitchens for us, if and when we go, sometimes they even have places to sit and relax and those private things called toilets.