[Saints News] Vespucci Beach: From Glamour to Squalor?

[Ribsey]

 

 

 

Vespucci Beach: From Glamour to Squalor?

By Emilia Russo

 

Residents of Vespucci were again reminded of the unrest escalating in the area. Usually a safe commodity for the LS Tourism Board and far from a reason for the State Department to lose sleep in their bureaucratic halls; Vespucci’s stands, skate park and famous outdoor gym stand with the Del Perro Pier as iconic beachfront landmarks of Los Santos. Property prices in the Vespucci Canals continue to climb as more and more opportunists snap up their own piece of the city’s recessed castle, complete with a patch of its own shallow moat. Yet despite its picturesque features on travel websites and tourist trapping promotions of the city, the glitz has been stifled by its share of trouble. 

 

  Western perimeter of the burning clubhouse on Melanoma Avenue.

 

 

 From Sandcastle Way to the tapered end of Bay City Avenue, beleaguered residents of lower Vespucci have endured transgression after transgression. Typically taking place on or near the central nerve of crime in the area; Magellan Avenue. Last year on the 19^th of October The Rockpool Bar was torched on Palomino Avenue, then the ICE bar only 5 days later on the 24^th in a series of arson that speared fear into entrepreneurs visited by a criminal organization seeking to dominate an underworld protection racket. Later once the apparent mob issue in neighboring Del Perro had dissipated from internal conflict the area’s image was jaded with the arrival of white supremacists and their racially charged antics, complicated further by a short-lived group of disadvantaged nomads calling the alleys of Melanoma Street their home in July this year. 

 

 Just last night on the 16th of August, Saints News was present to witness the latest chapter in Vespucci. Correlating accounts from representatives of their respective department's public relations explain how an emergency call was placed at 9:25 PM of a two-story building fire on Melanoma Street. The LSPD locked the area down within a 2-block radius to secure the LSFD’s efforts on their arrival at 9:28 PM. Additional fire units were called for to aid the battle with the flames. Police on-scene tightened their perimeter when explosions exacerbated the blaze, prompted an evacuation and injured an officer. Despite being at a distance the officer was treated by rescue personnel, likely from debris or the physical shock of the explosion.

 

 Meanwhile the LSFD had adopted a defensive strategy to prevent the wild flames from spreading to adjacent properties with their fire truck deck guns. Once the flames had diminished, firefighters tackled the fire with attack hoses fed by their trucks. Soon a successful “knock down” (wherein the main body of the fire is successfully suppressed), however an injured fighter was recovered following a mayday signal. They were later in a stable condition in hospital. Additional concern arose for an unnamed employee of Cross Munitions who also runs the clubhouse. They were reported to be safe and had turned up for a late shift at the La Mesa based store as usual.

 

Members of the GDMC attend the scene and speak to a LSPD officer. Vice President Vincent Meadows is seen second from right.

 

 The building is the Los Santos location of the Gravedwellers Motorcycle Club (GDMC) Clubhouse. Members of the club were seen at approximately 10:20 PM at the nearest blockade to the scene. Among the many spectators drawn in by the spike of attention the fire had garnered online were locals believed to be tied with the infamous white supremacist groups often seen between Conquistador Street and Vitus Street.

 

 The LSPD and LSFD public representatives were unable to provide any information on the cause or name any suspects, although speculation circles a potential attack motivated by local gangs. Consequent investigations by the Detective Bureau and the Fire Marshal's Office is likely to reveal more regarding the cause and nature of the fire.

 

Could this be a portent of what's to come for Vespucci? Is the ideal vision of a beachfront home or bankable business a temptation for fierce competitive or territorial conflict between those who see nothing else? 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2020 by Ribsey

[Sexymofo]

Username: CasperGF2231

Comment:  "Among the many spectators drawn in by the spike of attention the fire had garnered online were locals believed to be tied with the infamous white supremacist groups often seen between Conquistador Street and Vitus Street." always blame the whites on shit they didn't even do, fake news! 

Edited August 17, 2019 by Sexymofo

[Mitch]

Name: H

Comment: The whites are at it again! No but, everyone always jumps to conclusions that it was an attack, accidents happen, who knows, could of been an electrical fault, but sure, it's totally an assault on a MC clubhouse! 

[borhoi]

Username: HConnor

 

Comment: I think if anyone wants to pretend this wasn't intentional, and somehow wasn't related to the ongoing degradation of Vespucci, they're kidding themselves. A legitimate gang of Neo-Nazis has established themselves so firmly in the area, that they now run a pawn shop which has become popular and patronized by the public - well aware of who it is standing behind the counter. LSPD needs to take a stand against the white supremacists, the bikers, and the other gangs terrorizing not just Vespucci, but the city and state at large. Until they do so, they've no leg to stand on as far as credibility goes. These things will keep happening over and over, and the public, in turn, will become more and more desensitized. Sickening.

[wicked iraheta]

Username: Anonymous Mother Fucker

Comment: lmao yall retarded if u think it was the whiteboys

[Alfonso_Chavarria]

Username: TRUMPDEPORTTHEMEXICANS
Comment: Who could do such a thing!? Trump where's the wall?!

Edited August 18, 2019 by Alfonso_Chavarria

[midnight creepin]

Username: larodavlasyIiIyaIIipasxqnxvxxsxquxxxcxcisataws

Comment: SohceHsolredNerpaanaVsatoidiTtaitistasidoIrxpsotidla

Edited August 18, 2019 by midnight creepin

[varrio bangin]

Username: bestdad47

Comment: I knew it had to be some Neo Nazi fuckheads. I've seen so many of them around Vespucci as of late. Bastards!

[3Aces]

Username: Guest User

Comment: Since when are whiteboys rutheless?

[Critchalee]

Username: jesusislove

Comment: them biker boys are super sweethearts