Apartment Life #397

 

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This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 27 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 27 years here in a weekly blog post.

The gate to the freeway that I told you about a while back now has a new lock and chain on it. So the gate is closed again for now. 

More address numbers fell off the building and are on the ground. 

This is not my address. There should be a few more numbers on the building but they're on the ground and I doubt these will be replaced either because none of the others have been, smh

There's a person sitting in front of the bicycle and he's bent over which is why it's hard to see him. I don't usually post the homeless people unless they've been doing something. This guy had been really high and walking up and down the street most of the day. I saw him several times and he kept walking in the middle of the road in front of cars. It was obvious he was really high on drugs. He finally crashed out and passed out right here for a couple of hours. The drug problem around here is so bad.

The police were back again to do a Welfare Check on my missing neighbor, Xavier. This time they talked to my other neighbor, and she told them the same thing I did a while back, that's he's been gone a month. She asked the police if they knew where he was and the told her no one seems to know where he is which is why they keep being called out to do a welfare check at his apartment. I wonder if it's a family member who keeps calling for a welfare check?

Over the weekend the homeless people broke into Xavier's apartment. They must have known it was empty because of all the eviction notices on the door. The back bedroom window was broke out and that's how they got it. Maintenance boarded up the bedroom window but the very next day me and 2 other neighbors saw the homeless people entering his apartment again somehow and so we all called the police. They came but just like all the other times, they could do nothing. They knocked on the door and since no one answered and the door was locked they said they couldn't break down the door, for us to call our apartment manager and let them know. I sent an email to my apartment manager and she wrote me back. She told me to call security if I see anything. LOL They didn't even come out and check the apartment! The apartment door was open and the homeless people kept coming and going.

I crossed out personal info. I shared the number for security with a bunch of neighbors in my courtyard so if we see anything we're calling them.

So Monday night I called the security number the manager sent me. They said they couldn't do anything because the manager never sent over a list of vacant apartments. So I emailed the manager again and right away she said she sent security a list of vacant apartments to call them if I see anything suspicious. So I called them back right away. The lady from security said that they were on the phone with the apartment manager and they were going to handle it. I said thanks. I thoughts that meant someone was going to come out and make sure no one was in Xavier's apartment. Guess not! No one ever showed up that night and I saw 2 homeless people walking out of Xavier's apartment at 7:30AM the next morning.

Saturday afternoon I saw two people going into that apartment and they had the air conditioner on so I called once more. Security actually came out and I talked to them. But there's no manager here to let them in and so they could do nothing and they left. Why does the apartment manager tell me to call them when they can do nothing?  

I'm not calling again. What's the point? The homeless people have been coming and going from his apartment for days. Not once had the manager or maintenance been to his apartment since I informed them that homeless were taking over his apartment. I give up. 

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Monday morning I got an email safety alert from the Nextdoor app. It said there was a shooting and then an active shooter in my area. Turns out it was less than a block from me. It was the apartment complex directly behind the Mariana's supermarket that I walk to next door. 

My daughter works in a store right next door to Mariana's and she was at work so I sent her a text.

Thankfully her boss took it seriously and they locked down the store. The police helicopter was flying over my neighborhood too so they heard that and knew something was happening. 

I was glad they took it seriously since her work is so close to what was going on.

That street was closed off. I kept getting alerts. 

And then a little while later I saw on the Nextdoor app the people who were there were updating what was going on and said the person surrendered. The police helicopter left so I told my daughter the guy was in custody and they opened the store back up. My daughter texted me a few minutes later when detectives walked in her store and asked her manager for the camera footage from behind their store because they have a camera pointed right where things were going down. 

Here's the link to the news report about it. 

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Wednesday morning I was about to take out Falcor and we heard the police helicopter hovering above us. When we got outside my daughter noticed smoke so we went to check it out. One of our dumpsters was on fire. 

The police helicopter.

Before I could get out my phone to call 911, I noticed the fire department already driving up our alley. 

I don't know who called in the fire but they got here pretty fast.

So we stood there and I got some pictures of them putting the fire out.

Then I noticed a police car coming up the walking path. he's on the left behind the wall.

The firefighter came over and asked us if we saw who did it. We had no idea. That's my daughter drinking coffee watching the drama unfold. LOL Too bad we didn't have popcorn.

They got it out pretty fast 

Dang guys, it's only Wednesday as I'm updating this post. Hopefully the rest of the week will be quiet. LOL 

Thanksgiving was quiet! I thought for sure there would be some drama but nope, all quiet.

The high this week was 63F/17C

The low this week was 46F/7C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.