Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:01):
Loup Penrose on News Radio six hundred COGA. We are
live in San Diego. Thank you for tune again. Good
to have you along with this Happy Thursday. Updating you
on our top story. The jury has reached a verdict
in the Larry Malyette murder trial of his wife, Maya Maliette.
The jury found Larry Malyette guilty of murder in the
(00:23):
first degree. Details coming up again shortly at our next newscast,
but just wanted to give you that update once again.
Larry Milliete found guilty of murder in the first degree
of his wife of twenty years, Maya Maliette. All right, Well,
the California State workers who were bitching a moaning about
(00:44):
not wanting to go back to the office, they had
not been back to the office since COVID. They were
sent home during COVID COVID nineteen. The nineteen in COVID
nineteen stands for two thy nineteen. Now they were not
sent home until March of twenty twenty. But that's six
(01:05):
years of working from home. And the governor found significant
performance issues, which is a nice way of saying nobody's working,
So he ordered everybody back to work. But he ordered
everybody back to work last July, and everybody complained and said, no, no, no,
(01:29):
that's not fair. We need time. It's been six years.
We have to arrange for childcare and transportation, got to
buy I gain weight, Gotta buy new clothes. I lost weight.
Gotta buy new clothes, all right, So he gave them
six months to get their affairs in order. After six months,
they appealed, so he gave them another six months. Six
months plus six months is a year. We're right back
(01:50):
to July. First. He ordered them back to the office.
They said no, and he said work or get fired,
which is I mean, this is one of the few
times I find myself on the side of Governor Gavenusen.
And one hundred thousand California State employees are actually begrudgingly
sitting at the desk.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Mann, you are having to go back into the office
four days a week, and they are complaining, Hey, California's
really expensive. We have to get child care. It's impossible
to park, and you got to pay for the parking too.
Over one hundred thousand state workers back in the office,
sitting at their desks four days a week.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
I love that that they needed to arrange childcare. What
does that mean? Did they? Is this a child that
was born in the last six years? Okay, well your
lifestyle has changed. Maybe maybe you're not eleant, maybe you're
not able to work now that you have to raise
a child. That would have been the condition. I mean
(02:50):
at some point everybody was going back to work. Or
is this a child that you had in twenty twenty
and who was watching the child?
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Then?
Speaker 1 (03:00):
You know, childcare is more expensive when the child is young,
so thear older the child gets the cheaper it is.
But why is that? Why is that my problem as
a taxpayer? Why do I get to worry about your
We all have to worry about childcare. I had my
kids in the YMCA that was expensive, and I did
not get the multiple child discount like I wanted, Or
(03:22):
maybe I did. It was the Boys and Girls Club,
I think where I did, I don't know, but I
always went with that multi It's sometimes it's worth having
a second or third child just to get the multiple
child discount at the preschool. But you know, you figure
it out, or you hire, you know, a high school
girl to come and watch the kids until somebody comes home. Yeah,
(03:45):
I mean it's expensive. To have a family where everybody works,
which is why somewhere in the middle of all that,
I made the decision to circle the wagons. Everybody giving
the house keys and all the car seats. I want
them all back. You're all fired. Me and my wife
are gonna come up with a different plan because childcare
is really expensive. So that was their biggest problem, the
cost of gas driving to work and childcare.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Well, Governor Newson says collaboration does boost productivity local union
stay while that mandate hurts recruitment retention.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, that's the hell of an argument. It hurts retention.
Here's how I feel about that. If you don't like
your situation, please liberate yourself from the chains that bind you.
I mean, nobody should go to work if they hate it,
(04:35):
especially a state employee. So feel free to give two
weeks notice and take that attitude in the private sector
and see how long you last there. These state employees
really get me. They this is gonna it's gonna hurt he.
You know, my governor, And I'm not a huge fan
(04:56):
and did not vote for him, and voted for his
recall and sent money in the effort to recall him.
But he's right on this one, and I have his back.
He's talking about productivity. These people are worried about retention,
Like if if you suck, why am I interested in
(05:18):
you staying? We as taxpayers are better off if you
all lead the entire lot of you. Also, I love recruitment, right,
it's good, it's it's gonna hurt recruitment. I think that
these state employees and this is the problem I have
with government employees. And I've said this before, and people
(05:38):
think I hate all government employees, and it's not true.
I was a government employee, is a federal employee, but
I was a staffer, so like one of these type people,
and I saw it with my own eyes. There are
people like me that take the opportunity to work in
a very unique position to learn the intricacy of government
(06:01):
and the way the business of government, so that you
can leave and take that knowledge and know how and
help the private sector interact with government. That's what I did.
I worked for the government and then left them became
vice president of government affairs for a private company to
help private business understand how government can help them or
(06:26):
stay out of their way.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Right.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
So I was never going to be a lifer. But
there are lifers people that get comfortable in government and
love all the days off, love all the benefits, love
the steady pay, and love the lack of any accountability whatsoever.
And they have a tremendous sense of entitlement that they
(06:49):
deserve the right to live the life that they want.
But just because they've been living it for the last
six years of just walking downstairs and sitting in front
of their laptop and not changing out of their pajamas,
and that's their job forever. And the governor said, no,
it's not working. If it was working, I wouldn't be
(07:10):
calling you back into the office. But unfortunately there is
a performance issue.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Well, Governor Knewson says, collaboration does boost productivity, local union stay,
while that mandate hurts recruitment.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Retention, Yeah, recruitment. Yeah. If there were ever a sector
of employment that does not need recruitment, it is government work.
All government workers are C students, all of them. They
are C students at best. The people you see back
(07:43):
there behind the counter, they're CE students. The people that
work at the Solid Security Administration, they're C students. They
used to drive you insane, and you gotta keep them
on a short leash, because they will just take and
take and take and take and take. All right, we
have to get break when we come back. There is
a restaurant tour up in San Francisco that's making some
(08:05):
headlines because he went ahead and put his patrons on notice.
You know, usually it's the other way around. Usually in
the restaurant business, the customer is always right, and we've
been over backwards to host and to welcome our customers.
This guy went the other direction, and he effectively told everybody,
(08:28):
if you bring your child into my restaurant and the
child is disruptive and in, you know, disrupting other guests
dining experience, you'll be asked to leave. And if your
child causes any damage, you will be built. So please
keep your children under wraps. And he's very frank about it.
And I have to say, as the father of three
(08:50):
boys we're now teenagers, I'm with him. I think disruptive
children should not be in restaurants, and I think if
they are running around and break some I think the
parents should be built. That doesn't mean they're not welcome
in public spaces, but really they're not. Only well behaved
children are welcomed in public spaces. Misbehaving children need to
(09:12):
be scooped up and taken out to the car, which
is what I do, and which is what this guy
says is going to happen if you eat in his restaurant,
and believe it or not, people are on his side.
I'll tell you all about it. Coming up next to
Blue Penrose on news Radio six hundred COGO just a
reminder of our top story, a guilty verdict in the
(09:34):
Larry Maliette murder trial. Guilty of murder in the first degree.
Details with the newscast coming up in just ten minutes.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
Heylu, ex city employee, I am one hundred percent sure
city employees that work from home are always out and
about when they should be working. I know this because
I've been with I no longer work for the city,
but I have been with them while they're in during
fourteen hours on the clocks. Never going to get fixed.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Well it's going to get fixed now that the governor said,
come to work or submit your resignation. Aylu state employee here,
I've been going to work every single day.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
So these other coworkers of mine that are complaining, suck
it up. Butterclub.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Welcome to my world now, that's right. Suck it up, Buttercup.
Speaker 5 (10:21):
Hey, San Diego, I find it very interesting that they
need to find childcare now. So if they were working
from home, presumably doing a government job, wouldn't you have
needed care for your child in the home or outside
the home? How do you work? I know I could
never work with my children at home and actually be
(10:44):
productive and do a good job.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
That's a good point, right, Why do they need to
arrange childcare? Who was watching the children when you were
working from your home office. Yeah, it's just it's they're
just throwing out at herrings because they don't want to
put on, you know, put on a business outfit and
drive into the office, which tells you how good of
(11:08):
a deal it was. And that's great. Look, I hated COVID,
but we live in California and we have a governor
that kept the state shut down longer than the rest
of the country on purpose. And they were in the
right job at the time. But the party's over. So,
(11:29):
as the last caller said, suck it up, Buttercup, a
Chinese restaurant in the Bay Area is actually finding parents
for they're out of controlled children. The owner of shway
Ju says he's had enough poorly behaved kids come into
the restaurant and they break things. He says, We're not
(11:50):
a playground, so we posted it on the menu. Please
ensure your children remain seated at all times and are
respectful of the fellow guests during the dining environment. Running around, shouting,
making noises with utensils will not be tolerated. And you know,
the story's gone viral because usually restauranteurs want to welcome people.
(12:13):
That's why they have specials. They have family specials, they
have children's menus. He says, No, we need to train
the parents.
Speaker 6 (12:19):
It may seem bold in an industry where the customer
is always right, but at.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
The House of Schwe the hope is to put proper
parenting back on the tables.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Right, I'm going to teach the parents. One parent was
charged three hundred and twenty seven dollars after the child
smashed the credit card machine. Kid broke the credit card machine. Wow, well,
I mean that is a an unruly child. Another parent
was charged one hundred and nine dollars after the kid
(12:50):
carved a design into the table with a utensil. That's
pretty that's pretty ghetto right to carve. So children are
carving their gang symbols into the table at such an
early age with their parents right there. You're supposed to
(13:10):
go into the bathroom and carve your gang symbols into
the toilet seat. That's what they do here. In San Diego,
one parent was charged five dollars after the child smashed
one of the tea cups. The owner said, I honestly
put this notice on my menu because I didn't want
to put my employees in the position of parenting other
people's children. It should not be their job. So I
(13:30):
went straight to the parents. The parents are the ones
reading the menu, so I want them to see this.
Here is the owner of House of Shway.
Speaker 4 (13:40):
It's not about that five dollars broken teacup.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
It's about the fact that you came into here not
respecting the rules. You let your child play around. They
cause some sort of damage. You should be directly responsible.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
I agree with you. I agree with you. Why, I mean,
why pretend that, oh it's okay, it's you know, they're
just children. They dropped that it was an accident. No,
the child dropped it. It may have been an accident,
but it's it's damage and uh and put it right.
I'm gonna put it.
Speaker 6 (14:07):
On your bill.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
And you to your kids learn how to hold stuff.
If they want to break stuff, stay home and break
all your glassware at your own house. I have no
problem with this. And and I have three boys, and
there were years where they were certainly challenging in restaurants,
and I was respectful to the other diners. I would
pick up. You know, if the kids were crying, I
(14:29):
wouldn't just let them cry. I would take them outside.
Who wants to hear you know, you're going out to
a restaurant for an experience. Restaurant isn't food. Restaurant dining
is entertainment. So you're going out to be served, to
taste things that you couldn't cook your yourself, or that
you or just are not in the mood to cook.
(14:50):
So you want to have food prepared for you. You sit down,
it's on. It's you know, the ambiance, you're having yourself
a dirty martini. You don't want to hear another kid's
another family's kid crying. I mean a little bit, but
not over and over and over again. It's no fun.
(15:11):
And if the or the kids running around the restaurant.
That always makes me nervous too. The servers hate it
too because they can't see the kids. They got a
great big tray and it's just dangerous. So I'm on
this guy's side. For example, this was a chucky cheese.
Speaker 6 (15:24):
You know, we wouldn't have the same expectations.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
But that's right. It's not a chuck e cheese. This
is an I don't know what they served there at
the House of Shwe looks Asian. I don't know you
mentioned teacup.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
We wouldn't have the same expectations. But I'm just letting
people know. Hey, you know, maybe there was a misunderstanding.
You can't believe the kids. You already can't belaive the
because kids are kids. They're gonna, They're gonna. Kids will
be loud, kids will cry. It's okay, you know, but
it's up to the parents to take the appropriate to
make the appropriate response.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Now, there's a couple of schools of thought on this,
and there's one that I fought with. I truly disagree.
We have a family member, the boys have a family member,
and she is a firm believer in bringing children to
restaurants to teach them how to behave in polite society,
and that is a noble goal. But the problem is
(16:12):
the process of teaching is a process, and there's a beginning, middle,
and a graduation, and the other diners are not signed
up to be in that classroom. So it would be
great if my kids learned proper etiquette and behavior in
a restaurant, but not at the expense of the other
diners who are paying eighteen twenty three thirty three dollars
(16:33):
an entree. So I'm in the camp that there is
a reason there's chuck e cheese. Kids don't like fine dining.
I didn't when I was a kid. So if you
want to take the kids out, take them the casual
dining or a sports bar and sit at a table,
but leave the white tablecloth places for the adults. Date
night anniversary night proposal. There really shouldn't be any children
(16:59):
in there at all, really at all. Blue Penrose on
News Radio six hundred co Go, we are awaiting the
announcement of the verdict. A verdict has been reached by
the jury in the Larry Milliette murder trial, and as
soon as it is announced, we will break in and
give it to you live right now talking about back
(17:20):
to square one, the city is with these illegal street vendors.
Speaker 7 (17:23):
Officers currently cannot impound vending equipment, and enforcement in the
Ballpark district is restricted because most street vending violations are administrative,
not criminal. Officers also have fewer enforcement options available to them.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yeah, that does not sound good to me.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
Beat vendors.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
As for all the good foods that I know, they're
not help regulated, but the bottom line is they's got
too good. Well, the bottom line is you're supporting illegal activity.
But I understand we do have word or we're getting
word about the verdict. Can I talk toss it over
to Jack Ronin and the Coco New Center? Okay, not yet,
(18:03):
All right, back to your calls.
Speaker 8 (18:05):
I've had a small business where I've had to deal
with all the red tape and everything. It's a pain
in the ass. And then on top of it, thank god,
I didn't have a restaurant. But if you do, this
guy comes and pulls up, this you know guy or
gap pulls up and then they set up right in
front of your shop.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
That's not really cool.
Speaker 8 (18:22):
I mean, you know, I got to pay for all
this stuff, have to be inspected. Do whatever follow the
lah I don't know. Not really fair.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
No, it's not really fair. It's completely unfair.
Speaker 9 (18:33):
Lou So in Hillcrest, there's a trailer that pulls up
at night about ten o'clock and they unload I think
maybe eight to ten taco hot dog carts. Whatever they're doing.
These guys stain the sidewalk because they just let their
grease and stuff just fall on the ground. They don't
pick it up, they don't clean it up. I can't
(18:54):
wait till it rains. That's going to be a slippery mess.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
No, it's a complete mess. And that doesn't take any
account the damage that's done to the sidewalk, nor does
it take into account the public safety concerns with these
ridiculous mcgibird propane tank situations that I see. It's all wrong.
It looks like third world, because it is third world.
(19:19):
This is what they do in the third world. All right,
let's go live now to Phil Ferrara in the Coco
News Center.
Speaker 10 (19:26):
All right, we are finding out that the jury has
indeed reached a verdict in the Larry Miliete murder trial.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
He is guilty.
Speaker 10 (19:39):
Guilty, And what we're trying to find out here is
what he is guilty of, because there are four different
things he could have been guilty of, including first gree murder,
second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter. So this
is what we need to know, and I'm going to
be getting count one, which is first degree murder. So
(20:03):
that requires the jury to find the killing was intentional, premeditated,
and planned in advance. The seven woman, five man jury
finding forty four year old Larry Miliette guilty of first
degree murder, has been two thousand nine days since his wife,
Maya Miliette's body has been not found. This began as
(20:27):
a first degree murder case, but just three days ago,
right before closing arguments, the judge allowed jurors to consider
lesser charges. Prosecutors conceded to jurors that they could not
specifically say how Maya Miliatee died, but argued only one
person had the means and the motive to kill her,
(20:48):
and that was Larry Miliette. She was last seen January seventh,
twenty twenty one. Prosecutors profusely disagreed with those lesser charges
that the judge presented to the jury to consider. Jurors
received the case yesterday afternoon and deliberated for an hour.
Then they came back this morning to deliberate at nine o'clock,
(21:10):
and by two pm they had a verdict just five
hours of deliberation. Prosecutor say Larry killed his wife in
their home because she sought a divorce, that loaded her
body into an suv and disposed of her on January eighth,
during a period of about twelve hours in which his
whereabouts were actually unknown. The prosecution's case focused largely on
(21:33):
what was described as Larry's possessive and controlling behavior, which
they say included regularly tracking Maya's whereabouts, controlling her finances,
and ultimately soliciting the assistance of spellcasters he believed could
magically influence Maya to give up her plans for divorce.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Now, the defense that, in.
Speaker 10 (21:56):
Closing arguments, Larry's behavior was colored by maya ongoing affair
with a coworker, and that his conduct was seen being
classified as stalking, was actually Larry conducting a tragic investigation
in which he was trying to confirm whether Maya was cheating.
So you may be wondering, how do you convict someone
(22:17):
without a body. Well, the national conviction rates and nobody
trials are about eighty six percent.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
This high success.
Speaker 10 (22:25):
Rate usually because because prosecutors only bring extremely strong cases
to the trial and they relied heavily on overwhelming, circumstantial
and digital evidence to prove that this death occurts. So,
once again, Larry Miliette found guilty of first degree murder
(22:46):
killing his wife, Maya Miliette. This is an automatic appeal,
so this case will be appealed next up. As sentencing,
Larry Miliete could spend twenty five years or the rest
of his life in prison.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
So let me ask you. You mentioned the first degree
guilty in the first degree means premeditation, and the jury
reached the conclusion that Larry was the only one with
the motive, And how that that seems the part of
the appeal That's where.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
I would go, Well, it's an automatic appeal. It's an automatical.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Appeal, yes, But I mean, if I'm gonna argue the appeal,
how can you reach the conclusion that he's the only
one with a motive.
Speaker 10 (23:33):
Well, once again, the prosecution they stuck by this. They
did not even want second degree voluntary or involuntary.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
They didn't think there was anyone else.
Speaker 10 (23:47):
During an interview, lar Emiliette said there were other ways
to exit that house, but they had surveillance video. They
never saw her come out of that house. They never
ever saw her come I'm out of that house.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
The only thing.
Speaker 10 (24:01):
They saw was an suv, a black suv leave late.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
He was gone for twelve hours.
Speaker 10 (24:08):
So what they used, once again was circumstantive and digital
evidence to convict him.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
You said that according to the authorities and agencies that
calculate these things, the percentage of convictions of murder where
there is not a body is eighty six percent. I
was surprised to hear that because that's always been my
contention that if there's no body, they're going to have
(24:38):
a hard time. The prosecution, as you said, has been
sticking with this. Murder in the first degree is what
they were gunning for, and they got it.
Speaker 10 (24:47):
Yeah, they didn't want anything lesser. And as a matter
of fact, if he would have been found not guilty,
they were ready to come back and go in a
different direction and course and have this case retried.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
And you can't. So the sentence. The sentencing is next
and it'll be interesting now to see what sentenced the
judge with the judge decides on and then it is
it's an immediate appeal because of the of the category
of the immediate immediate.
Speaker 4 (25:19):
Appeal because of his first degree murder.
Speaker 10 (25:22):
You can bet your bottom dollar that the defense stood
up in court and said, we want to appeal this case,
and that happens.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
But it's immediate.
Speaker 10 (25:29):
I mean, it's immediate, and it's it's it's just it's
California law.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
It's it's automatically appealed.
Speaker 10 (25:37):
And then he will come back to court and he
will be sentenced and that could be anywhere from twenty
five years to the rest of his life that he
could spend in prison.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Absolutely fascinating, absolutely fascinating. We will see what the reaction
is from uh, everybody. I mean this, so many people
that have had their eyes on this. This has been
one of those cases that is rare in San Diego,
but nevertheless it was one that everybody was invested in.
And there you have it, a murder in the first
(26:12):
degree decision by a jurity in the Larry Miliete trial.
All right, let's take a break and when we come back,
we'll go more into this. Repeating our top story. The
verdict is in in the Larry Malyiette murder trial and
it is guilty of murder in the first degree. Will
update you on all the details coming up in just
(26:32):
ten minutes from the Cogo News Center. But guilty in
the first degree for Larry Malyiette. Wowsa hey. Bonnie Tyler
died and everybody remembers that song. Well.
Speaker 7 (26:46):
Eclipse of the Heart made her the first Welsh person
to top the charts in the US. Another eighties hit
was originally recorded for the film Footloo.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
That was a good one, that was a real driving one,
but total Eclipse of the Heart that's the one that's haunting, right.
I never was a big fan of that song because
she seemed crazy to me. I was in my dating
crazy phase. I spent far too many years dating crazy,
(27:15):
which is why I recommend you, if you're a single man,
avoid crazy. I know crazy sounds fun, but it ain't
worth it, and never ever ever bring crazy home. And
the lyrics if you listen to the song, all right,
so that's very romantic, just hold me tight. But then,
as as always the case, after the solo in the
(27:38):
reprise at the end of the song is when she
goes nuh that's that raspy sound that she's famous for,
but it just sounds like a maniacal girl. For the
line that got me, we're living in a powder keg
and giving off sparks, and I'm thinking that doesn't sound good.
It was around the same time. Wasn't like Lorena Bobbitt
(27:59):
around that time. I don't know. There was just a
just a crazy energy to that song that scared me. Yeah, no,
you're not alone there.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
You listen to that, and she sounds obsessed with whoever
she's singing about.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Right and and you know you need you better come
tonight forever It's gonna start tonight, which to me sounds
like she's gonna murder him, like you gotta be dead.
It had Glenn Close vibes Yes from Fatal Attraction absolutely
right with that, with the just screaming you know I
need you tonight. I heard that and I heard that
(28:31):
raspy voice because it wasn't raspy in the first half
of the song, and I'm like, this chick's cray And
then contrast it with Glenn Close.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
I just want to be a part of your life.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
Oh this is the way you do it. Show it
up with my apartment.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
What am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls, you.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
Change your number.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
I mean, I'm not going to be ignored.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Dan Oh, do you remember the chills you got in
the theater when Glenn Close, Uh the character was Alex
and I Am not going to be ignored.
Speaker 4 (29:04):
It was.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
I mean I got chills. Every man did, like do
that is it? That's it. That is the biggest fear
in the world. Do never step out on your girl.
Do not cheat on your wife, never ever, ever, because
that's what the that's what the woman's scorn becomes. I
Am not going to be ignored. And the whole tone
(29:28):
of the movie switched, and now you were terrified of
this woman, and so is every other character, Douglas. I mean,
everybody was terrified because they're crazy. I've always wondered if
infidelity went down after people saw that movie. With popularity
of that movie.
Speaker 6 (29:46):
I always wondered if guys decided to you know it heat.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
It had to because Glenn Close played the ultimate Dallien's character, right,
the ultimate indiscretion ultimate, She's sexy, she's and no strings attached.
And then I Am not going to be ignored. It
was an unbelievable line and it's haunting and basically, Bonnie
(30:11):
Tyler sang it in that song and it gives me
the creeps, which is why I think it's such an
important song, uh, and why it's had so much lasting
about all right, Rest in peace, Bonnie Tyler