Show: On The Town Station: KNCO File: 9:17.mp3 Air date: 2026-09-17 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 30.7 MB to 6.1 MB --- transcript --- It is 1133, 64 degrees and time for us to head on over to Serino's and hook up with Tom Fitzsimmons. Good morning, Tom. Well, good morning, Moe. Serino's the place to be. As a matter of fact, I love it when Serino's is here and the door's open. This gives me that old Italian family look back east, Jerry, if you don't mind. Get the fresh air in. Hey, Fitzellini, sit down, have some Italian bread. That's what I remember. How you doing? I'm doing well. And you? Great show today. It was a wonderful show. Wonderful show. She's quite dynamic. And Warren Wilde is going to be a very successful asset to our town. Yeah, Sarah Johnson's shop, Warren Wilde, coming right on Mill Street here near the Union Building. So looking forward to that. You bet. Little boy's clothes. Yeah. Very, very hard to find. High quality. I got Officer Hendricks over there. Look what they gave him. He only has one outfit he wears. I can see that. Even as an adult man. I can see that. So we have to work on that stuff. So my waitress today gave me a sheet of frequently asked questions, and one of the frequently asked questions is where the Bloody Mary came from. I made the mix when I first got in the restaurant business, didn't know anything about the bar business. A group of my friends came in, they were partying all night, and they sat at the bar, and I'm behind the bar, and I'm going, oh, my God, you got it. So I made this Bloody Mary, and I had never made a Bloody Mary, nor have I ever had a Bloody Mary in my life. Really? Yeah. I put this recipe together, and they were just silent, and I'm going, oh, my God, I've got to get out of here. And they said, this stuff is great, so I never changed it. Good move. And it's an excellent Bloody Mary. It's hard to believe you never made one. No, I not only had not made one, I had never tasted one. I'd had a red beer, but not a Bloody Mary. I mean, it's a sauce, right? Kind of. It's a sauce. It isn't for alcohol. It's for pasta. You put the celery in there as a stir stick. I don't care. And then you munch on that. You have your salad. That doesn't work for me. I don't drink Bloody Marys. That's a heck of an answer to the question. I had no idea. No, it's true. And it's served with a beer back, because when I was behind the bar, all the mini breweries started. That was back in 83. They started being popular, and women were very skeptical of dark beers. They had bitter taste, and they didn't care for them. So it was my way of introducing them to different beers that we had. And the hops in the beer and the spice in the Bloody Mary paired together really well. You're really kind of cutting edge yourself right back there. I'm on the cutting edge. I'm so on the cutting edge, I fall right off every once in a while. And then we have the beer seeds. What? You ever had the beer seeds? The beer seeds? Oh, my gosh, Tom. You're not on the cutting edge. Yes, I'm not. You have a beer seed. A beer seed. We have little bags of them at the bar. I mean, I drank your beers. Maybe there's sometimes something in there. I don't think they were seeds. No, they're not seeds in the beer. They're beer seeds on the side of the beer. On the side? Yeah. And you always put a couple in your pocket, take them home, and plant them. Really? Mm-hmm. That's the beer seed. And we have those at the bar for sale. You know what I can't stand about guys out west? You know you have me hooked, right? You can just bring me in. No, it's absolutely true. It's like landing a fish. It's absolutely true. Angela? Angela. Angela. What is it? What is it? It's like a Rocky movie broke out? What's going on here? Adrian! We'll get a beer seed out here for you. Okay, a beer seed. Huh? But for anybody that has a birthday or an anniversary or a special event, come right in. We've got some big tables over here for you if it's a large family, and we have a special surprise for you when you get here. Is it you singing? No, I'm not singing. I told you that last time. Look, that's you right there. Isn't that you there? That's close. That's close. Would you give me... Hey, Liz? Liz? They never listen to you. Can I have a beer seed, please, really quick? A beer seed. No, they're quite common here for those people that frequent the bar. Beer seeds. Yeah. They're laughing already. They're all laughing. They're all laughing. All right. All right. Any other question you want to answer? No. I'm deep enough as it is. What are the beer seeds? Yeah, what are the beer seeds? Beer seeds. Beer seeds. So what do you do with these? You eat them. You eat them? Beer seeds. I know you don't care. Tell me what the hell is it. Is it like a pumpkin seed or what? Oh, it's actually... Yeah, it's really good. See? Beer seeds. Take these home. Take these home with us. Things you learned, huh? That is pretty good. God knows what will happen. Oh, yeah. Dial the number at 477-6000 for reservation. Dial 477-6000 and get your beer seeds. All right. Now I know what I'm having for lunch. Beer seeds. All right. Jerry, as always, thanks for hosting us here on The Town. Great show today. Thank you so much. And everybody, enjoy this beautiful weather. Come down to see us. All right. And the place to be is Serino's in downtown Grass Valley here. Serino's at Main Street. I'm going to check in on Wall Street. Then we're talking law enforcement, fire protection council. And then I have a cop and DA. Yeah. We'll be right back. It is 1138, 64 degrees. Time to chat with Rick Fisher, financial advisor with Ostro Financial Consultants, LPL Financial, member SIPC. So is that something new for you, a beer seed, Rick? I've heard of the beer seeds, and I think I've tried them once. I wasn't a fan. Well, I know when I was a lot younger, I once took our family cow, and I traded the cow for some beans. Magic beans? Yeah. You have a big tall tree now? Yeah. It turned into a big stalk or something like that. Well, have you ever had beer nuts? Now, I've had beer nuts. You remember that? Yes. I've had beer nuts. Those are pretty good. Yeah. Beer nuts are good. I wasn't a big fan of beer seeds. Okay. Well, now I know what to get you for Christmas. There you go. All right. A bean stalk. Yes. And off the air, you teased me that you had some positive news from Wall Street. Yes. Well, I mean, the last few days have been kind of rough, and today we're up across the board. We've got the Dow up now 332 points to 51,793. S&P 500 is up about 82 points to 7634. NASDAQ is leading the charge up 404 points to 26,382. Taking a look at commodities, we've got crude oil down just 62 cents to $101.81 a barrel. Gold's up $10 to $4,398 an ounce, with silver up $1.09 to $66.01 per ounce. And looking at the 10-year Treasury, we've got rates on the 10-year at 4.95%. So a little bit of a recovery day, and hopefully we can carry that in tomorrow to the end of the week. Yeah. We'll find out your final figures for the day right after the 5.30 newscast this afternoon. So until then, this has been Rick Fisher of Ostro Financial Consultants Incorporated, LPL, inviting you to call us at 273-4425 and discover the difference when you think beyond investments. Have a wonderful afternoon. at Serena's award-winning restaurant. Remember, Thursdays, lunchtime, KNCO. Serena's at Main Street in Grass Valley. And I'm live, Melody. Welcome back here on the town here. Serena's at Main Street, and Norma Moore's here representing Law Enforcement Fire Protection Council. And you know what? I haven't seen you for a while. How have you been doing? I've been doing great. Just loving this weather and loving life and enjoying the council. Great. The council itself has been doing a lot of work and a lot of projects going on out there. That's pretty exciting stuff to see, isn't it? It is. It is. And when you see it all in one place, it's amazing how we help and how they need it for their safety and ours. Any exciting things the public needs to know about with some of these projects? Has that really kind of piqued your interest? Oh, God. You know, we just had three presentations, and it's hard to choose. You know, luckily we can do a bunch of them, but there are some we have to say no to. And we hate to do that. When did you decide to get involved with it? You know, when I think about it. Because you can be doing a lot of things. Why was being on this board and being part of this important? You know, I think because it's obvious that they need the money. They don't have the budget. We're small potatoes here. And I know a lot of people don't want to vote for any more taxes or whatever. And so it doesn't happen. And so the money's got to come from somewhere. And this time of year, how grateful are we that we have who we have? We appreciate all the work Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council does. You guys don't have any event that happens in the fall anymore. It's really just a red light ball. Am I correct on that? Correct. We've decided to go to one fundraiser, but we may have to look at maybe a smaller one sometime in the year, which would be fine. Melanie wants to go dancing. Melanie O'Shea here from Nevada County District Attorney Office. That's right. You're not a DA. But you're actually kind of sharp. You know, I've met the other ones. They're not as sharp as you. You look like one of the sharper people in the office. I am one of the... Thank you so much, Tom. And your beer seeds. Yeah, my beer seeds are just... Yes. Did you go right through this whole pack? No, but it says they'll change your life. Well, it's really nice, Melanie. You left one for Mr. Manners there. A little seed left in the bag. I appreciate that. Donation. All right. You're at the Family Justice Center. How's the Family Justice Center doing? It's doing great. We are slowly collaborating to work with victims of crime. And to help get them some resources. And we're doing a lot of outreach. And we're doing a lot of outreach. And we're doing a lot of outreach. And we're doing a lot of outreach. And we're doing a lot of outreach. We're slowly collaborating to work with victims of crime. And to help get them some resources. And the support that they need. Are people finding out where you are? Or has it been a slow learning curve? Well, we're just kind of figuring out how to refer people over there. I don't think the general public is very aware that they can walk in and ask for services and assistance. It's primarily for people who have survived domestic violence or sex assault. So there are parameters to just walking in and requesting assistance. But a lot of it has been me referring victims over there and starting the process that way. All right. We have Officer Kendrick here from Nevada City. First time on the radio. Is that right? It is. Well, it's great having you here. Do you get a lot of calls over in Nevada City? Victims of crime, sexual assault, things like that. That might bring you to the Family Justice Center? Yeah. Nevada City Police Department gets numerous crimes against people. Including domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, interpersonal violence, elder abuse, human trafficking. Things like that. You know what? You know something? That kind of stuns me a little bit. Because I don't know. It seems like such a quiet little town. See, that's the thing. When you go up there and say go out for dinner and things like that, you don't really think about things that are happening. But that's a lot of things that are happening in that little town. Oh, yeah. It kind of seems like it's behind closed doors. But it's really not. How tough is that for you as a cop to go out there? Because I imagine, depending on how the calls are and what the victims suffered, that it can be tough kind of emotionally with you. Yeah. I think some calls can hit closer to home than others. But it's nice to have assistance for victims to be able to get their side of what happened and help the victims from start to finish. Well, it's nice to have a cop that has empathy that way, Melody. So you guys work with each other over there? Yes. So there are certain incidents that I've reached out to Officer Kendrick to meet with me and victims at the Family Justice Center to support a victim. For example, we just had a meeting not too long ago with a victim of stalking. And that's one of the hardest crime types to prove, right? Because a lot of the times, the conduct just borders on is it really criminal behavior or is it not? And so to better support this victim and help her trust the process, we met with the Deputy District Attorney who's assigned to the case. We met with her. We met with somebody that she brought for support. And then Officer Kendrick, myself, and Stephanie Fisher, who's the Program Director over there. And we all came together at once to meet with her and help walk her through what's next and take some information from her to help her and help the case. All right. Now, let's see. That's... I don't know. I was kind of stunned by the amount of people there to support. Did that really help her? Was she kind of intimidated, that many people all of a sudden being there? So the nature of these crime types specifically that we serve at the FJC, part of what they are up against is the isolation in these relationships and the feeling that they're alone and that people maybe won't believe them. And so to come together and create a supportive network underneath them combats that barrier. And I think that she was not intimidated by it, rather she left feeling much more understanding of the process, why it's heading the way that it is, and then supported by everybody from that meeting. All right. So you get the officer involved, Officer Kendrick. So if you're involved in something like that, do you get the story then directly from the victim and these associated people as well? So sometimes it depends. If we get a call for service, it's going to be one-on-one with the victim, as how it has been done in the past. The whole FJC model is to bring over 50 different entities into one center, so we're not re-traumatizing the victim over and over again, going from the district attorney's office to my office to a detective to medical staff. So bringing them all into one, so then they're not telling their story over and over and over again, which can be traumatizing to some victims. That makes total sense. Do victims calm down when they see that they have this support when you bring them over? Because one thing about being with a cop, you have your uniform on, it can be kind of intimidating maybe, perhaps, but just having this extra support too? So in my opinion, I've been a cop for almost five years, and I've spoke with numerous domestic violence victims, sexual assault victims. In the past six months since the FJC has been operating, it's been a world of difference speaking with victims. In that center, it's very, just the overall mood and how the building is set up is very trauma-based and formed. So it's really nice for victims to be able to go in there, just how the setting is. You're not meeting in a black and white office where there's cobwebs all over the place. It's a really nice, really nice center. There's plenty of room for everybody to be in there as well. I'll tell you something, to have a cop talk this way means a lot, because this is a town, not to embarrass anybody, but I've been on the air for 30 years. Three years ago, cops, I wouldn't say they ignored domestic violence and stuff, but they weren't actively pro-victim, I guess, if that's a good way to put it. You know what I mean? That's something that they were very uncomfortable dealing with. I think, for the most part, a lot of officers today are a lot more empathetic to victims. I mean, I'm pretty young, I'm only 26, so 30 years ago, I'm... How old are you? 26? Come on, man! So, I'm not too informed on how things used to be, but as of my time, it's been very great in my opinion. I'm going to have them card him, I think, carefully. He's having water anyway. Can I have the beer nuts? I don't know. Well said. Well said, Melody. All right, we're going to have to take a quick break. We're going to do that right now, as we're on the town here, Serino's at Main Street. Quick break. 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This is something that was, it seemed like a dream that was going to happen, and it came about and happened pretty darn quickly. You brought up Stephanie Fisher's name, and she was one of the big movers and shakers to make this thing happen. Are you seeing a good amount of clients? I'm curious how the outcomes are with some of these clients. We are still in the infancy stages as far as how to get clients over there and to refer them. It's mainly just people getting referred over. I have personally had probably eight to ten meetings over there with victims to talk about various cases and their needs. There are also the multidisciplinary interviews, also known as MDIs, that we are conducting over there rather than at the district attorney's office, which is a much more relaxing environment than the stiff old Bank of America building that we're located in. It's been great for the kiddos to help them relax, and it's been working out really well. We've been utilizing it. I can't say exactly how many people have been over there already, but the outcome is that it is definitely a more trauma-informed place for people to feel like they can tell their story and be more truthful than perhaps they would be initially with just at the DA's office or somewhere where it feels much more like they're under scrutiny. Outcomes from the cop's point of view. I'm always kind of curious about that because we do care about justice, and we want these perpetrators, men or women, to be taken care of and stuff. Have the outcomes been good from your point of view? I feel like in the time that I've been involved with the Family Justice Center, it's been great outcomes. I haven't had any negative outcomes with it. It's such a great program to be able to have in Nevada County. I feel like sometimes we're kind of in the Stone Ages when it comes to things. If you look at Sacramento County, Placer County, different counties across the nation, this has been in the works for the last 20 years. It's nice that it's finally coming to our local small community. I want to ask you something. I'm not going to put you on the spot, but you are my 26-year-old person here, besides being a cop. I hear a lot of pressure on men to behave a certain way and such, and I've been very hopeful for your generation to kind of put an end to all the crap that ladies have been putting up with for a lot of years and such. Is there a lot of pressure out there on young men to act like goofballs and stuff from social media and things? Not that I'm aware of. I know you're a cop, so you're probably not doing this, but I'm just saying you see the rowdyism and stuff like that, and the misogynistic type of stuff. Not that I'm aware of. I mean, I'm on social media, but not that much. So things are pretty quiet? I would say so, yeah. That's a good sign. I hope that's a good sign, because I always hope that you guys have nothing to do, ideally. This problem would eventually go away, but it doesn't seem like it. No. Domestic violence, specifically, is usually a generationally inherited trait for both the victim and the offender. Usually both have experienced domestic violence in their past, in their family, and have learned how to behave in the relationship based on the models that they've been presented. So that's a big part of it, is trying to break that generational cycle, and it's a difficult thing to do, but I think that the more that we talk about domestic violence and understand how it works, and what is appropriate and not appropriate in relationships for both the victim and the offender, then the more we're able to hopefully break that cycle. You brought up the term kiddos. Sometimes that gets lost, but yeah, it's families. The kids are involved with this stuff. How tough is that to deal with some of the kids and stuff? It's difficult. Victims that witness domestic violence are victims of domestic violence, even if nothing has happened to them, because they are learning what is appropriate behavior and what to expect out of a relationship in the future. It's difficult, definitely, and we just hope that we're making an impact by educating victims of domestic violence, this is what you can expect to happen, again, if this doesn't happen in this way. All right. For our listeners out there, they might want to know how they can help out the Family Justice Center. This might be more something for Stephanie, but are there certain needs that are out there that our public can get involved with, whether it's volunteerism, whether it's donations or things like that? I think that our partnerships probably could use some volunteers. You can contact Community Beyond Violence or Women of Worth, or there are a myriad of collaborations that we work with at the Family Justice Center, and you could probably reach out to the Family Justice Center by typing that into a Google search for Nevada County, and calling, and just seeing if there's a way you can volunteer, and Stephanie would be happy to direct you from there. All right. Officer Hendrick, for a woman out there that maybe has been a victim, or may be afraid of being a victim when they're out and about, can you give them a little pep talk not to be hesitant to call law enforcement and stuff if they need to? Yeah. I think that the biggest thing for victims to overcome is just being able to talk about what they went through, and I think a lot of times that can be hard for certain victims, so I think if they're having troubles with that, the best thing to do is reach out to the Family Justice Center, because from day one, the first time that you walk in that door, you're going to have an experience like no other. It's going to be the best thing for you, and moving forward with the process, they're going to help you all the way from start to finish, and I think the biggest thing is just getting your story out there, and having people there that are going to listen to you. --- end of transcript ---