PlaneNuts

I'm inclined to give people the benefit of the doubt. We'll have to rely on the OPs judgement as to whether or not the gentlemen appeared legit.

I will say that I've had people come to my door and ask me if something near the curb was trash. It seems like the polite thing to do instead of assuming that it is trash. That is, unless it is in a huge pile.

The assumption about something being in the easement is valid - I've seen a lot of houses that have so little room between the property line and the street - it's easy for folks to treat that small patch of grass as their property. Let's face it - a lot of houses are really crammed in!

From another forum:

The car is registered to Fred P Thompson, 4801 Yellow Stone, Pasadena 77505.

For those that are interested, my system is computer based with 8 cameras and cost about $650 (self installed). The quality is not excellent, but you get what you pay for. I have pretty bad vision without my contacts in so if I hear a "bump" in the night, it's a lot easier for me to just pull up the cameras on my computer than to search around for my glasses or peek out the blinds while simultaneously using my fingers to "squint" my eyes into better focus.

I PM'd inquiring about your system. Would you be willing to post details about setting up a basic 1 or 2 camera system?

Another incident, this time in the 800 block of Waverly.

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This morning at approximately 440 am, I was sitting in my downstairs study working. It faces the street and I had most of the lights on. Both of my dogs were also in the study. I never heard anyone approach, but my doorbell rang. There was a light skinned black person or dark skinned hispanic with facial hair standing at my door. Hard to tell how tall because he was kind of slouched. He had a blueish grey hoodie on. I could see him through the glass and he kept asking me to let him in that he lived down the street. I said no and told him to go away. He finally left and it appeared that he went towards my neighbors on the left but I never could see him go further down the street. I called the police and they responded within 10 minutes and proceeded to look for him around the street. I haven't heard anything back. He did not appear to be anyone I've seen before and the police officer said I did the right thing to call. The odd thing is I never heard my metal gate in front open or close which I normally do. Makes me think he was in the gate lurking around before he approached the door.

Robbery is the act of theft with force or threat of force. Home invasion, as you note, is simply entering a dwelling with the intent to commit a crime.

Any reactions from the meeting? Even though I was told that RSVP's were low, I heard the place was packed.

As crowded as the parking lot usually seems to be, I don't think he needs to worry about the (his) economy!

Although not Heights proper, Young and Restless on Ella is a great children's resale shop that has been in the area for over 15 years.

I believe it was mentioned earlier in this thread that it's being replaced with a Kroger gas station.

It seems like they keep trying to improve the natural foods section, which is where I look for a number of staples (around our house, anyways).

First post, but long time lurker.

Anyhow, I live 3 minutes from Kroger at 11th, and could even walk if I had to. I will put up with a lot before driving an additional 10-15 (or more) minutes to another store. If for no other reason that I believe it is absurd to drive that far to shop for staple groceries.