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PROJECT AWAKENING - SAN ANDREAS Underground Tunnel Network of Los Santos It's been a month since the last posting on the blog, but life's been a whirlwind, but the search for the truth hasn't stopped yet. Just a few days ago while exploring, the entrance to a tunnel leading deep underground was found beneath a highway underpass near the wealthier sections of the city. This tunnel soon lead to what appeared to be a HUGE underground area, which extended out with several tunnels towards a metro area, and past that to the sewers of Los Santos. Pictured: The open area you first enter in upon making your way through the tunnels Skeptics may be keen to point out that this area is probably a future metro tunnel. That raises a few questions, however, such as why did they drill and dig through a highway underpass to get through there instead of going through the sewers of the metro tunnel themselves, and why does it come out at the sewers, or more specifically the area in the sewers that leads out to the canals? No doubt this is probably an escape route for the rich, wealthy, and the political masses out there to evacuate out to the bunker from the mentioned posts before (For all you following along and reading) out in the quarry in the county. Pictured: The entrance from the overpass leading into the area from the picture above. With no one around, however, it's easy to pose the question of just how often are these workers down here working? It's hard to get back down there now, since the area is barricaded back up by the city to keep curious bystanders from entering in their vehicles or on foot, but there's always the sewer route if one can get past the mutated sewer gators that's said to live down there from past Fort Zancudo experiments. Pictured: One of the tunnels leading towards a metro area, and beyond that, the sewers. COMMENTS ENABLED Username: Comment:

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VOLUNTEERING FOR HOPE WITH ARCANI GROUP Written by: Tawny Edwards - April 30, 2023 Did you know that over 42,000 adults and 62,200 children went missing in the state of San Andreas in 2022? Of those, 53,275 children were located and returned home while only 29,000 adults returned home or were located by law enforcement agencies. When hours, if not minutes, matter in a missing persons case, who do you turn to when your loved one ends up not coming back home? Thankfully, there’s an answer. We sat down with Chase Pierce, Director of Investigations for Arcani Group, to interview him about an upcoming volunteer project that’ll bring communities full of concerned citizens looking to bring people back home safely to their family. A man with experience as a former Deputy Chief Fire Marshal, a former park ranger, a police officer with the LSPD in H Platoon and a K9 handler, and who’s worked in government detail before; Mister Pierce seems like the best choice to head the project. Pictured: Arcani Group's headquarters in downtown Los Santos. It started with humble beginnings as a meeting to brainstorm ideas on bringing communities together. Now, it’s an ambitious project that’s mere weeks, if not days, from officially launching once everything comes together. Countless hours went into working on handbooks and instruction manuals to make operations in the field as smooth and safe as possible, and safety is the number one priority next to finding the missing and returning them home safely. Volunteers are trained and taught how to be safe on the field, and they’re only sent out once training is finished. These volunteers are then led by team leads, the first point of contact for field operations. These leaders will use their expertise and training to ensure a smooth and safe operation, utilizing radios to keep in contact with law enforcement agencies, the fire department, and other team leaders to prevent clutter. A vetting process also ensures that convicted felons with CAP offenses (Crimes against person offenses) aren’t brought onboard, and all the company asks is that volunteers be healthy as search and rescue can be not only physically, but mentally draining as well. Pictured: Volunteers combing the woods for training. Not only are these volunteers and team leaders trained, but they’re also equipped with state of the art PPE provided by the company. Safety glasses, gloves, appropriate footwear, communication devices like radios and GPS devices, food and water are provided in a sturdy backpack for safe and efficient travel, and they’ll be in the team leader’s and volunteer’s possession during the operation. Helicopters, boats, reflex vests, and more would also be utilized in the appropriate areas, also. Pictured: Volunteers preparing for a dive into the water, training with state of the art equipment and boats. Once someone is reported missing, they will immediately spring into action and launch a missing person’s case, and Arcani resources will confirm if that person is in fact missing, and the volunteers mobilized, whether that person is a criminal or not, no matter who they are, Mister Pierce emphasized that there’s no sides in regards to these missing people. If someone has a family waiting for them at home, they’ll do their best to find that person. With mere weeks, if not days, away from official launch, only external agency inquiries are still pending. Resources are already in place for launch, and instructors and a small pool of volunteers with the boats and helicopters are ready when the time comes once all the last strings are together, and they seem ready. Are you, Los Santos?

Homelessness in Los Santos - An examination Written by: Tawny Edwards, April 20, 2023 From street corners to highway underpasses, the streets of Los Santos continue to be filled with the misfortune and anguish of it's most unfortunate citizens. Homelessness leaves many members of the community fighting for shelter and sustenance, but many are left in the dark, forgotten and thrown to the wayside. In this article, we take a deeper look into the ever-growing homeless community, and we put the response of the City Government under the microscope and ask; are we doing enough? Jack, an artistic gentleman, was found sketching out a police scene in Vespucci near a local kebab shop. After spending twenty years in prison on a drug charge, he found himself homeless and has called the streets his home for five years. A high school dropout and without a diploma and prerequisites, he has found it difficult to reintegrate into society, and with his criminal record, finding employment has been a challenge. He uses his skill with art to create portraits for cash, helping him survive and cope with life on the streets. As our investigation around the City continued, we came across Johnny, yet another victim of homelessness much like Jack. Found utilizing his bicycle to navigate the streets, he has lived on them for a year due to personal circumstances with family, and he desperately panhandles outside most businesses in order to make a living and to survive. It was his personal belief that most people probably wouldn't hire someone from the with no home address in the first place, nor would they give him a job due to the circumstances he's found himself in The sad reality we are faced with is that Johnny and Jack are just two of the many homeless citizens that are forced to live out on the streets due to their circumstances. These are extreme poverty, a lack of education, a drug addiction, financial instability, and the inability to reintegrate with society due to prison sentences. These are only further amplified by the inability to find employment, either because of their image or previous criminal history, and they're barely ever afforded the opportunity to find their footing in an otherwise callous society that cares little for their situation. (Pictured: Mission Row's makeshift shelters, set up outside of a homeless shelter.) With few homeless shelters set up around the city, many homeless populations spill out into the streets. Just see the picture above, with tents right outside the building designating itself as such. Many homeless, including the ones interviewed above, believe that a lot of the shelters and social services seem stuck up and judgmental, that there's never enough food given out, and a lot of the staff just seem unfriendly and uncaring towards the plight of the ones who come to the shelter for help. With scarce food and limited space, the shelter is unreliable and often times many of the people who take up residence there for the night are forced to commit petty thievery to ensure they get another meal. This naturally feeds into the ever turning cycle of homelessness, where criminal records and sentences for basic survival seem to be a desperate answer for those looking for a warm place to stay for a night or two to rest and eat during the harsh cold of winter. (Pictured: The homeless shelter in Mission Row, surrounded by tents and makeshift shelters from the picture above.) Then there's the general treatment of the downtrodden in general by our very own law enforcement and other citizens, With random and violent attack, many are left without support, victims of discrimination left without little to pull themselves out. One citizen even spoke of how a homeless citizen was left beaten outside of a liquor store near Vespucci. Many older and veteran police officers looked down upon the homeless with either disdain or disinterest. On the other end of the spectrum, Jack spoke of the police specifically. The younger and less experienced members of our agencies seem to take a more human, sympathetic look towards the more unfortunate, offering fresh water and transportation to a safe space. These officers engaging with the community make a huge impact on the quality of life for the homeless population, but it's sad we must rely on the good deeds of a few systems when the system they rely on is failing them. The sharp rise in poverty over recent years has contributed to the growth of the homeless population, and it is clear that more work must be done with effort from the Government to tackle it. What of social reform programs, drug rehabilitation centers and education? Calls to the Government leave unanswered questions and pleas for support and thus we ask; what will the Government do to fix this? With the lack of an answer from them, we're only left with answers from those we asked out on the streets, and the things we saw around the city. More needs to be done. As it stands, the shining lack of social support programs, aimed to reduce addiction among the homeless population, a severe gap in employment opportunities and education, and the installation of hostile architecture displays a lack of care and attention for the most in need. Some even claim that most of their programs for the homeless was only done for a week or two for public relations, and that was easily believed, thanks to the hostile architecture that was installed across neighborhoods in Los Santos. Benches with large concrete supports that prevent any human from being able to sleep, oddly shaped armrests, and grate covers leave homeless with the ground or the gutter, simply to preserve a false image, hiding the severity of the problem. The answer to tackling homelessness is not adding benches with large concrete armrests and support, and it is not in simply giving them a “move on” order. All this achieves is funneling the homeless where they are ignored, and promptly forgotten. (Pictured: Anti-homeless architecture, from the dividers in the benches to the supposed arm rests, plus the raised ridges making it uncomfortable to sleep on. There's also a tent city beneath a bridge) We continue to question what plans our City government has to tackle this mounting problem, and where priorities lay; the proposed image of clean streets, free of blemishes on a perfect record, or the reality, one of poverty and squalor. Los Santos Insider encourages any government officials to reach out and comment on the subject of this article. Reach out to the Insider and ask for Tawny, or email at [email protected] ((buttrosi)).

Mooving Along - Escaped Cattle Led Home Written By : Tawny Edwards - April 04, 2023 What felt like a quiet and uneventful night in Sandy Shores soon took a turn as two escaped cows from Grapeseed decided to visit the small town. These friendly animal tourists soon found themselves approaching and moo'ing incessantly at local rangers stationed in Sandy Shores that night, though quickly fled into the town and eluding rangers a few moments later after they tried making contact with them. (Pictured: The curious bovines being confronted by a local ranger.) After an exhaustive search of the streets nearby with a floodlight mounted on his SUV, local ranger Howard Penkins found himself coming up with a brilliant idea. Heading to the local storefront that the mischievous cows had entered earlier, he proceeded to grab food to lure the cows in with. It was only a matter of time before one of them came back, and Penkins kept his door open and extended a hand out to lead the cow down the main roadway leading outside of Sandy Shores. His plan? Take the local cow back to Grapeseed where it escaped from, slowly rolling his vehicle forward so the cow could keep up. Seemingly hungry, the bovine happily followed, trotting down the roadway with Penkins stopping every so often so the cow could rest on the way back home. (Pictured: Ranger Penkins leading the cow onto the main road out of Sandy towards Grapeseed.) Soon afterwards, after being led down the road and around a turn, Penkins turned onto a local dirt path and down a road towards a farm that was presumed to house the escaped cows. After feeding the cow the rest of the food from his hand, the ranger closed his door and backed out and down the dirt path back to Sandy Shores. Sadly the other cow couldn't be found, though if anyone has any informations on the whereabouts of it, or has found a cow loose from its pen, it's urged that you contact the San Andreas Park Rangers and let them handle it.

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Mission Row Standoff Ends in One in Custody Written by Tawny Edwards - March 11, 2023 It's no secret that Los Santos is home to a variety of weird and quite eccentric characters, and it's no surprise when those weird and eccentric characters cause trouble and public disturbances. Responding to a call to the Treehouse in Mission Row, officers responded and found quite a sight. Street performers aren't much of a common sigh, and one would be forgiven for thinking that this man in particular was one of the few you could find if you were lucky to run into one of these characters. That's why one man, clad in a nice black suit with a skull mask and makeup underneath, could easily be mistaken as one of those few who wander the streets looking to entertain others. Officers were in for a surprise, however, when the encounter took a dark turn. (Pictured: Los Santos police officers and one deputy confronting the masked individual.) However, after receiving a no trespass warning and being requested by officers to leave the property, the masked performer began warning nearby spectators of the situation to beware of the man in white with no nose, and soon after skulked off into the night only to return moments later. Clad now in a white suit, the performer was seen wandering into a nearby store. That's when moments later, he exited with a metal bat, where he began chasing down an individual who was taking pictures of the scene after police left the area. After chasing the helpless photographer across the street to Mission Row Police Station, officers arrived on scene only moments after to detain the masked performer, who took off into the alleyway and up a fire escape of a nearby apartment complex. Now cornered and surrounded by police officers, a tense standoff ensued, with police negotiators and officers clad in rescue gear arriving on scene prepared for the worst. Tense negotiations over the phone with police officers on a cellphone followed. (Pictured: A deputy sheriff clad in rescue gear on scene.) Deputies soon deployed ladders after climbing up the neighboring apartment complex to the fire escape where the masked suspect laid, and after several moments, the performer was soon back on the ground. Seemingly shaken after the ordeal, he was put in the back of a police cruiser with no cuffs, the door shut and locked by officers and rescue personnel. Thanks to police and deputy sheriffs on scene, a potentially desperate situation ended under best possible circumstances. (Pictured: The performer, now in the back of a sheriff deputy's cruiser after what probably felt like a long night.)

PROJECT AWAKENING - SAN ANDREAS Fort Zancudo Munition Dumping PICTURED: Fort Zancudo from the swamp road It's not unusual for people to dump things, especially in the oceans and their surroundings. The military and the government is no different. Deep down in the swamps of Fort Zancudo, below the cliffs that the military base rests upon is a veritable resting place for scattered pieces of military equipment in the mud and the waters of the swamp, from used military munitions to old weapons dropped from World War II convoys transporting secret prototype weapons and bomb shell shapes from Project Camel long ago to support Project Manhattan. Being both a munitions storage facility, a prototype testing facility, and an airbase, this does make sense. While the swamps are safe to explore, it's not recommended someone dig up and find whatever lies beneath. Live grenades and shells may be present, but what's really bothersome is how little the government cares about cleaning up and searching for any munitions that was long left abandoned within the swampy depths. It's easy to wonder if they really care, and if they will if someone ends up going metal detecting and finding these long lost relics of the military industrial complex. PICTURED: The swamps of Zancudo. Deep within the mud, tons of ammunition and old weapons of war Probably not. A lot of state rangers seem to be too busy pretending to be police officers and pulling people over and arresting them than checking our lands and making sure they're safe for people to explore. While there hasn't been any deaths or injuries from unexploded ordinance in years, how long will this last? You decide. COMMENTS ENABLED Username: Comment:

PROJECT AWAKENING - SAN ANDREAS UNDERGROUND TUNNEL NETWORKS, GOVERNMENT BUNKERS, AND FORT ZANCUDO Pictured: Fort Zancudo Fort Zancudo has a long and storied history of being used as a spot for the testing of prototype weapons developed by the military, namely aircrafts, after the initial testing stages were finished in Area 51 and other secret government military facilities across the United States and parts of NATO territories. The testing of military technology reverse engineered from the Soviet Blocc and Extraterrestrials saw an increase during the 1950s and the 1960s after increased tensions with communist countries such as Russia and Korea, and the UFO crashing incident in 1947. It's one of the reasons why today signs are put up outside the base warning trespassers of lethal force being authorized against trespassers, despite Zancudo being leashed to the fire department, and possibly the police department for training purposes, and most likely access to an armory of old military vehicles for civilian enforcement use. The mass militarization of the police across the nation definitely contributes to this. One question does come to mind, though, is did the military willingly give up a prized airfield used for researching and testing prototype military aircraft? No, of course not. In exchange for use of the airfield, the government lets the military use the airfield for their own research purposes, along with using the land around Los Santos and Blaine County for their own purposes. PICTURED: Secret tunnel entrance to the underground military complex A large part of Los Santo's funds relied heavily on taxing mining corporations until the mining companies pulled out. Now, with tunnels carved into the deep terrain of Los Santos, the military and air force use these old tunnels as storage and to secretly move across the countryside without getting spotted by regular citizens under the guise of being unused and closed off to the general public. What's even more damning is the large quarry out in the countryside that lies unused, with machines still running and digging up dirt despite there not being any mining operations in the area anymore. Unsurprisingly, this is probably going to be a large underground bunker complex for more research into extraterrestrial technology, and research into foreign technology captured by the CIA and Black Ops operatives. PICTURED: Mining operation for the future bunker complex beneath the desert Pictured: Future location of the secret underground bunker complex Keep on your toes, San Andreas. Who knows what the future holds. It's a scary world out there. COMMENTS ENABLED Username: Comment:

PROJECT AWAKENING - SAN ANDREAS VESPUCCI Pictured: Vespucci Beach on the west side of the pier. Vespucci Beach is a beautiful place with tourists, tourist traps, and beautiful white sandy beaches that many find stunning. The sad truth is, however, that while the government puts in a lot of love and effort into Del Perro and their pier, the western side of the city suffers due to government neglect and police overreach that serves little to no purpose other then being a preventive force in an area who otherwise has lost trust in their government and the police force. With the track record of the sheriff department's blatant racism and gang behavior in some circles and the corruption of both the police department and the government as a whole it's no surprise many residents are feeling disenfranchised and unsafe. Pictured: A taped off residential building, crossed off by yellow police tape. Franky, for example, who moved to Vespucci a few months ago and has lived and seen the situation, comments that he has seen violent acts around the canals, and the beach areas, and has seen the racial tension, but it was mostly the police department themselves that's done it, who often treat minorities with scrutiny, and others with more respect and care. He also commented on the state of the roads and the infrastructure of Vespucci as a whole, and how he can't let his young daughter go out and play because of the failure of the city government to spend money on taking care of the west side of the city, with three others stating how the government pours more money into the northern areas of Del Perro, and the pier. Pictured: The failing infrastructure and neglect of public roadways in Vespucci It really does show. All one has to do is take a spin around the part of the city itself, take a look around, and notice how disregarded and ignored the population is, aside from the groups of minorities and poor in the area who the police constantly harrass, though when a shooting and gunfire is reported in the area, a lot of people seem to have asked "Where's the cops?", such as a group of anonymous teenagers who were interviewed who say that their block is constantly harrassed by police detectives and helicopters, constantly getting patted down, constantly getting pulled over. It wasn't hard to believe, and even less so when an unmarked cruiser pulled up and arrested one of the teenagers who went up to talk to him. Though the detectives names were unknown, there was a few names who were brought up. Detective Nara and Detective Nathan Kelsey of the Sheriff Departments were brought up as being two of the main ones, though two other detectives were mentioned as being much better, such as Busby, and Stout, two officers commended for actually caring about the local community. Pictured: Police situation between the apartments in an alleyway at the canals. When the group there said they liked the skins better then the police? The jura? Something is incredibly wrong. They share one common dislike, and that's the police. Are all cops bad? No. There's good eggs. Detective Busby, Detective Stout, and probably a lot of other patrol officers are caught up and given a bad name by the ones who's corrupt and racist. It's hard, however, to find those good cops, the ones who care about community and the very people they were given to protect. The biggest question remains, however. Will the government start caring more about the neglected side of Vespucci Beach, on the other side of the pier, or will they continue to ignore it in favor of tourism business. The answer might be obvious. Keep an open mind, readers, and your eyes open. COMMENTS ENABLED Username: Comment:

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