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FLASH REPORT: Freelance News Reporter of OneNETnews wins Best Speaker and 1st Runner Up in Dumaguete City, while the Barangay Duos were crowned to Mr. and Ms. PWD 2023 [#OneNETnewsEXCLUSIVE]

DUMAGUETE, NEGROS ORIENTAL -- A local pageant event at the 1st Mr. and Ms. PWD 2023 held last Sunday night (July 23rd, 2023 at 5pm -- Dumaguete local time) at the Pantawan People's Park in Poblacion 1, Brgy. Tinago, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental -- few meters before Rizal Boulevard.

(Photo Courtesy via OK Photo Supply and Dumaguete PWD Federation / Facebook PHOTO and Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong, freelance photojournalist / news reporter & presenter of OneNETnews)

The candidates of the aforesaid local pageant competing 6 out of 30 selected barangays on who will be the first to crown at the coronation night during a local pageant show for 3 hours, as part of a final day at the 45th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week (NDPRW) from July 17th to 23rd, 2023 and the event was organized by the local government units (LGUs) of Dumaguete and Persons with Disabilities’ Affairs Office (PWDAO).

(File Photo Courtesy for representation by Albert Dajab during the 25th Anniversary of SkyCable Nationwide / Facebook PHOTO)

Hosted by a media personality of SkyCable News Cebu's Glynda T. Descuatan, who has annually appeared at the Sinulog Festivals on local television from a cable company network of the Pilipino Cable Corporation (PCC). During a Question and Answer (Q&A) portion to their candidates of Mr. and Ms. PWD 2023, Rhayniel introduces the whole audience of Dumaguete to become a freelance news reporter on radio, television and online, as well for a self news writer, photojournalist and online broadcasting after he accidentally first discovered from an English news channel called BBC World News (which now defunct'd) to learn English as a main permanent dialect and DYCB-TV 3's Kapamilya Channel: Cebu (formerly ABS-CBN Regional Network Group due to a nationwide franchise shutdown) by learning Cebuano and Tagalog dialect.

Since he was in the elementary years at the Magsaysay Memorial Elementary School (MMES) in Upper Rovira Road and transferred to West City Elementary School (WCES) in Cervantes Street due to a consistent problems of Asperger Syndrome and Learning Deficiency in 2000s and 2010s according from a disclosed medical consultation in Cebu City after travelling from Dumaguete before the internet days of Generation Z and Alpha. Although, his discussion about a war between Russia and Ukraine during the said Q&A portion but… Rhayniel decides not to speak in public at the end of it. While a 17 y/o female named Jhun Mae Somoza Vilos, who is a resident of Brgy. Motong showcases a good confidence beside him.

At the end of a coronation night, Descuatan announces a final and official results including Minor and Major Awards with the likes of Best Speaker individuals.

(Contributed Photo via Felizardo de la Cruz Calimpong, district officer of the Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines and Kent Mark Serion Calingacion, mobile photographer of Dumaguete PWD Federation / Facebook PHOTO)

Rhayniel officially recognized with 2 awards between the 1st runner up, translates into a 2nd Placer and a Best Speaker for Men category per the main hometown representative of Pulantubig and presented with a Barangay Captain (Ricardo Ceriales Patula). While the other aforesaid Best Speaker concludes with Miriam Lee Flores of Brgy. Banilad.

(Photo Courtesy via OK Photo Supply and Dumaguete PWD Federation / Facebook PHOTO)

A male teacher from West City Elementary School goes to Melver Makinano Relasa of Brgy. Taclobo, named for a Grand Champion title in Men Category and Shazia Jamil Pirzada of Brgy. Tabuctubig in Women Category. And finally, 2nd runner up wraps to Mark Lloyd Forneza Saporteza in Men Category and Miriam Lee Flores of Brgy. Banilad in Women Category.

(Photo Courtesy by Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong, freelanced photojournalist and news reporter & presenter of OneNETnews)

Mr. and Ms. PWD 2023 champion named Shazia Jamil Pirzada of Brgy. Tabuctubig spoke exclusively to OneNETnews, the 1st local pageant in Dumaguete feels like a first time in the history of its said event: "I feel so happy because it's actually my first time to join this kind of event, so I feel so proud of it".

Some individuals of PWDs like Pirzada are able to potentially look forward for the next year's Mr. and Ms. PWD 2024 if later possible by the LGUs of Dumaguete: "We keep this up and show it to all of the people that we can do it", she added.

(From left to right: Kent Mark Serion Calingacion, 2 PWD officials and center named Inah Luzada)

The winners of the above-mentioned runner ups and a grand champion receives PHP5,000 each (U$D91.70) as 1st Placer, PHP3,000 each (U$D55.02) for the 1st runner up as 2nd Placer and PHP2,000 each (roughly U$D36.70) for the 2nd runner up as 3rd Placer from a local and regional sponsors of Inspiro, ICT and PAC-BIZ. Overall, on both sides, that is PHP20,000 (U$D366.83) worth of prizes (excluding minor awards).

(File Photo Courtesy by Erwin Pontillas / Google Maps)

Winners will be disbursed separately in person at the PWD Office on the same address of Poblacion 1 in Brgy. Tinago, and at the Dumaguete City Hall in Santa Catalina Street, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental within 7 to 30 business days after a local pageant event.

It is not too late if the talent moves out of autism role to join the Persons with Disabilities of Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental. Ensuring their communities with the City of Gentle People makes their dreams into a reality like Rhayniel in Best Speaker for Journalism and Jhun Mae in Best of Play and Formal Wear as a 2nd Placer of 1st runner up.

EDITOR's NOTE: You can listen a full audio recording from our exclusive partners at Internet Archive.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO COURTESY: Kent Mark Serion Calingacion via FB PHOTO BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://www.facebook.com/100000178464371/posts/293508716505685 [Referenced FB VIDEO via Eina Lem] *https://www.facebook.com/100064158246873/posts/676983384450264 [Referenced FB VIDEO via Edz Traveler] *https://www.facebook.com/100092443465723/posts/169434452814669 [Referenced FB PHOTO #1 via OK Photo Supply, per courtesy of Dumaguete PWD Federation] *https://www.facebook.com/groups/946610155519058/posts/2410126799167379 [Referenced FB PHOTO #2f via OK Photo Supply] *https://www.facebook.com/groups/946610155519058/posts/2413035322209860 [Referenced FB PHOTO via Kent Mark Serion Calingacion] and *https://pastebin.com/raw/bgABU84S [Referenced Winner Lists obtained from a Research and Editorial Team of OneNETnews]

-- OneNETnews Team

*UPDATE #1 (as of July 27th, 2023 at 06:08pm DGT local time): We updated the list with their name of contestants and barangays and the portions of paragraphs to be edited out for clarification and typos.

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regaining-consciousmess · 1 year

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On this day, I felt the adrenaline again. And I liked it.

Today I left work early. On time but that is early- around 5:30, I clocked out at 5:15pm but stayed later because I wanted to help with reducing paperwork on physical inbox.

I told my dad while shopping on PCC that I was going to see him after work, eat something, and I had to do homework. It was undetermined whether I was going to do that at his house or my house. I have been sleeping at his house because my room is under renovation and everything is on top of my bed.

I left work, parked at the Buck Pavilion parking lot, paid 18$ for parking and drove to my house. Left the I-5 using exit 174 towards 130th St.

Went to Lowes in Aurora and 125th (I think) and bought two types of sand paper for the furniture I bought on Monday with my mom. They are from Goodwill on 145th.

Today I had a dream that sparked my interest. I was in my house from Peru, in San Borja, specifically in my room when there were two beds vertically places, parallel to the window. I had 4 men with me, I did not recognize them but I did see their face in my dream. And there was a woman as well, that woman was a maternal figure, I do not know who that was I think, at least now I don’t know maybe in my dream I did. Even though I did not recognize her, she was my maternal figure and everyone else's too I think, or at least I know for sure one of the men's maternal figure. I was on the bad closes to the window. The beds were made, there was no other person besides the ones I already mentioned but there was a fulfilled energy regarding the space (the house). It felt full. I don't remember how but there was someone with daytime about or willing to smoke, or maybe already smoking. I want to say it was a girl who I know, I want to say it was Alexa, or maybe someone else, but no one who I know smokes or has smoked clear. That woman was grabbing the daytime from a Ziplock bag, it was a good amount, and dropped a many, many pieces to the ground. Looking at them by themselves, they seemed small, but big or the right amount to put in a pipe. The size you would break a little for a good melt. I saw they were falling and went a picked them up, without her seeing me, or no one for that matter. It was a secret because in my dream I wasn’t smoking and wasn’t “allowed”, even in my dream I knew I shouldn’t and knew there were consequences if I did, like my mom seeing me or the high affecting my behavior for that day and they days to come. But I wanted to smoke really bad as soon as I saw it. So I started to pick them up and it wasn’t just a little bit, it was a lot. Probably about a gram of unknown sized pieces. I knew I shouldn’t do it but I started to become anxious, as in fiending for some, real bad. I grabbed them and felt like I scored. Imaging being a street tweaker and finding drugs and getting extremely euphoric, as in fulfilled, as in imaging completing your dreams, imaging attaining what you most desired. That is how I felt, everything disappeared and all there was in my reality was: I have meth and will get high and oh my God I cannot believe it. I think that is when the mother figure entered the room and I felt very desperate because I didn’t know where she would leave for me to be able to smoke in peace and enjoy it; I was very agitated. I felt some pieces sticking to my fingers, they were melting because I had them inside my fist so that they won’t be seen and I could have them in my possession. I think I told one of the guys about what I found and he had the same reaction as me. Then I looked at his face and it was overly swollen, like if someone with a bee allergy got stung in the face, the eyes were two horizontal lines, the whole face was puffy, but there was one thing on his mind: getting high; nothing mattered, he did not even mentioned what was happening or indicated that is something he could feel. The mother figure then transformed into, what I want to say was, the man’s mom. His mom was crying, was I sorrow. He was going to get high intravenously and she knew I might be his last time. She wanted to stop him and cried, begging him no to do it. But he was not there, his focus was on getting high. He was b=very unbothered about doing it in front of people or how other people could think about the whole situation. I don't remember seeing him get high. As a matter of fact, I don't remember anyone getting high. I got very sad about the situation. I was impatiently waiting for the mother figure, the “adult”, to leave so I can get high in peace, without being paranoid. I was speaking fast, trying to help finish anything that was happening so that the next “act” could start, hopefully and most likely it being that the adult would leave and I would stay alone in the room with a couple pieces. The men were in the living room of the house, I don't think I saw it but I knew.

I woke up, it was 4:47AM, knew I had to wake up at 5AM to get ready for work, which started at 7AM. But, I was very interested in the dream. I woke up fully aware of the whole dream. I had awareness and some type of consciousness but the decision were made by my dream self not my real self, although, my real self’s boundaries and “rules” (?, for a lack of a better word) were known and applied. I wanted to go back to sleep to be able to stay in that circumstance. Said “10 more minutes” or so, turned off my alarm to not wake my dad up, and went back to sleep. I fell asleep fast and began dreaming, picked it up where I left if, I think.

The emotions were real and accurate. I felt them before when I would run out and needed to score some more but would take time and after moving “sea and land” I would get ahold of some. In those situations I would be capable of going from Shoreline to Tacoma, any time, would wait for 3 hours, would lie to my mom in the most eye opening ways, would use my body to have some, would over pay, spend all my money, or steal because I didn't have any money, would forget about myself, I wouldn’t recognize myself. I felt like that again, I wasn’t able to get that emotion anymore, it really brought up a lot of forgotten emotions and sensations. I wanted to feel that again, I wanted to experience all that turmoil and enjoy it because I liked the feeling of chasing something with such a passion and determination.

So I went back to the dream and I don't remember much. I think I got high, or maybe I wasn't able to. I do remember being lectured about this. I think the mother figure became someone who wasn’t a member of my family so there wouldn’t be any actions against me or consequence for this behavior but there were concerned because they saw me young, with opportunities and knew clearly that I, and nobody, should do that drug. I was desperate because my plan wasn't happening and I already had that in my head and who was going to take that away from me, after being so close to achieve it. I think I let that figure know what was happening, that I had pieces in my possession, pieces of meth. I did that because I felt remorse but also because I felt caught and I thought if I feel “guilty” I wouldn’t be taken as a lost cause, generate pity or aversion to myself, but I would generate a sense of hope to others, hope that they could avoid it, that they could help me and I would be a victim instead of an addict. Someone who wants to change but “it is hard”, and how everyone thinks now is that addiction is a disease and it is not the addicts fault. Which in my case, it is my fault. I am not addicted, but I am still related to it.

It is like an abusive relationship, you say it is not OK and you are not in an active relationship with the person but think about them, take care of them either directly or not, you see them if they ask you to hang out, you know you shouldn't but at the same time you don't see what can go more wrong than what you’ve actually endured, and why stop if you maybe love that person or at lest desire them and it doesn’t hurt anyone or even you unless it does hurt you but you can avoid it, you can act in a way that can protect you and still happen. And if you tell someone new what went wrong, they will blame it on the other person, how mean, how toxic and abusive, what a bad person. And poor you, it is hard to get out of there, you get empathy and compassion, and most importantly understanding. I am not addicted but I feel forever tied. I feel like now that I tried it, there is no going back, I like how it feel and before that nothing felt like that, and after that nothing has felt similar either. I am not addicted but I am consciously seeking the opportunity to do it again. Ever. Single. Day. And I don't need it, but I feel complete with that. I feel happy, but I don't feel happiness. It is hard to explain. I feel fulfillment. I feel identified and accepted by my self. I can write without frustration because I feel stupid for trying to create something. I believe in myself and my potential. And I don’t have expectations, I do things because I want to and I like it. And I feel focused. I feel in control of my overall state, which it is lead by my emotional self. I feel one with my critical and emotional self. I think it silences or minimizes my critical self, but it doesn't reduce it, it puts it in it’s natural power and proportion.

So I felt all of that. It was very eye opening that dream. It gave me two “desires”. One, it reinforced, very deep down and unconsciously, the idea of trying to score some just to experience it again, to have all of these again, not for the last time, I am trying not to lie to myself nor judge my thoughts. And two, created or increased this mentality: “don't do it, it is something that you have outgrown. It is not relevant anymore with everything that you have in your mind and life”. Not really, but basically. I cannot put my thoughts in words. I wish I could give this text my feelings, it is a vibe that is worth 1 million words. I think it is this reason that blinds me from moving on. I am stuck, I do not engage in the past, at least not actively and freely, but I do not ascend or set my mind on focusing on my new endeavors. I think I cannot articulate these important happening in my mind and self, and I think that is the product of a separate self. I think I don’t like myself and I don't know myself because I don't want to, and because of that I don't understand myself, and because of that I don't know what is going on inside myself and I don't know the external and internal expression that come with me. And I blindly walk in this world, and I instinctively act on the internal expressions that are caused by a lack of touch and I become desperate to fix it or make it stop because it is scary, and that is why I act based on survival. I think that is why I need to do drugs, because I have a lot of self-discomfort that I don't understand and because I don't understand myself I don't know how to properly behave towards it and turn to what I know which is escape or distract myself, or I go to other people and manipulate them to make them fix me and my issues.

I wish I knew myself and I wish I could understand me. I wish I had interest in getting to know my self, and work cohesively and cooperatively, thus developing my persona and getting to who I want to be.

Because I know who I want to be but I don't know who I am now, and how would you work on something you don’t have access to or even know what it is.

Anyways, I had that dream and it stayed in my mind. It stayed in my mind in a. very passive way, but didn't leave. It created a sense of curiosity and excitement because I really like when I show or express that unconscious side, that secret side that has artistic factions, that side that gives me material which I can use to create the art that I really want to create. It takes me out of a very logical world and puts me in an introspective but controlled and realistic mental state and emotional position. I feel proud of myself. I wanted to put it into something. Not words because I knew I wasn't going to be able to fully encompass everything without going outside the topic or being vague or overly “performative”. I wanted to create a visual representation but how. I wanted to show it to people without any context because the circumstance was so well developed in a way that captivates the audience, tells a story and creates reflection and curiosity, cravings for more. But didn't know what, how or why. I thought about recording myself but that created a sense of anger mixed with frustration inside me. Like, just stop. Maybe live in the present? Maybe, stop putting expectations? Maybe, think more logically creative instead of just doing it without thinking but believing it will work but then not working because there was no planning or evaluation? So I didn't do anything with this dream.

That is why I forgot it. But what captivated me is what I told in this text.

What caught my memory was the face of that guy and the very of that mother. It made me really sad, it decreased my desire to get high, it made me rethink about my decisions and really question this need and want of being around drugs. It destroys people, not the ones getting high, but the ones around you. It makes you a stranger to everyone because it makes you misunderstood. It breaks your mom and your dad. It takes you away from those who love you, and it dissipates your role in their life forever. It changes everything forever.

I do not want to see my mom hurting. I cannot even understand or comprehend the love of a mother and I will never experience that sense of grief without loss. Knowing they are not gone but the version you knew is, but their presence is, their light and soul is; a big wall has been built and a dome was left englobing the wall and the person, leaving very far away. I think about a mom, a mom who doesn’t know judgement or anger, who doesn't know grudges, whom forgiveness comes as natural as hear beats.

Anywayssssss

Basically, I went to Lowes and started looking for tweaker to get meth from.

I went to a little alley with a dead end and saw a guy and a girl walking. I didn't mean to ask them but I couldn't finish my turn until they fully crossed the road. The guy saw me and I did a sign saying sorry for getting to close with my car, like not letting him cross. He thought I was talking to him and I said no with my gestures, so he kept walking. But I stopped, rolled my window down and said “Excuse me”, he didn't hear me. Then I rolled the passenger’s window down and said “Excuse me” twice. The girl heard me after the second time and they both stopped. I came out of the car half way, and said “Sorry to bother you and hopefully you don’t take this the wrong way, but do you know where I can find clear?” He said, “Clear?, Yeah” And walked towards my window. I got a little nervous because I thought he might steal my bag or tried to do something mean, but he didn't. He asked if he could enter the car and I, hesitantly, said yes. The girl also go in, the guy invited him in. She asked if it was OK, I said of course. He got in through the left door and she through the right one. He asked me how much I need and I said 20$ worth (I got 10$ cash back from my purchase at Lowe’s). Then he said, “Ok, let me go grab it”, and I became hesitant because I know there is the chance of him leaving with the money, I said, “Can't you get the drugs first?” He said something about needing the money to get the drugs, so I asked where he was going, he said a couple meters ahead, facing Aurora, facing the dead end with the back of the white Dodge, with Lowe’s to my right and a house or an abandoned establishment to my left. I drove him closer to the RV he was going to get the meth from. Important to describe, there are various RVs parked parallel to the left end (side) of Lowe’s and it is a little easy to assume that the people there consume drugs, or at least a good majority. I parked behind a black Sedan. I wasn't even parked, I just stopped but later turned my car off in case it looks suspicious, but I think that it wouldn't have mattered because everybody goes there to get ahold of drugs it seems like and I did not see any security or police, or even pedestrian activity. I think that if you go that way, you go for a reason. It is a little scary but not terrifying. People just look at you and stay looking.

I parked behind the car, the guy said to the girl “I’m leaving my backpack here”, walked to my window, leaned on it and asked me for the money. I changed my mind, I said “Actually let me just get 10$ worth”. He said OK but seemed kind of confused; 10$ worth is almost nothing, but it is still something though. I just thought, if I have a good amount, I will do it and I don’t know if I should or want to get high like that, at least in this occasion.

I gave him a 10 dollar bill, he looked at it kind of disappointed and left, walking straight in the direction of one of the RVs. I think he said he was getting it from a girl or girls. I stayed with the girl and I made a little conversation. I thanked her and apologize for bothering them or interrupting their walk- they were heading towards the dead end direction, a residential street behind the Lowe’s.

Is it Lowe’s or Loewe’s? I don't want to look it up.

She was very nice, very polite; most girls on drugs, at least caucasian girls, her type, tend to be mean, very rude, very distrusting and they let you know they don’t care about being cordial, even just for the time being just to have a pleasant time.

She was eating, what I think was, vanilla pudding with Oreos on top. At first I thought it was an ice cream, but it looked glossy to be ice cream. I asked her what her name was and I didn't understand what she said. I said “I am Lucia, nice to meet you”, she said “nice to meet you too”. We talked about clear, I asked her if she smokes it and she said yes. I was being careful about my questions regarding drugs because I don't want to label her as a druggie but I mean, we are in a drug deal so the topic of conversation tends to be about drugs. I wasn't interested in what I was asking but I wanted to avoid tension or awkwardness or making her feel unimportant, something like that.

She said “Thank you for being so respectful with your questions.” And I said “Of course, my biggest fears to make someone feel disrespected by accident”. Instantly I thought, why would you say that, stop trying to be so nice and approachable, just let it flow by being nice and chill. She said “Yes” or something like that, she wasn't interested in my response. I said so where were you guys going, or something like that, and she was very vague with her answer. I was thinking about offering them a ride but thankfully with her response I just moved on. We talked about a time that I go 7 grams of daytime for 60$, I told her it was at the beginning of the pandemic and it never happened again. She was very surprised and was like “Really?”, I said “Yes, and it never happened again”. I said “It wasn't even powder, it was full, unbroken crystals”. She asked if the quality was good, I said yes. She told me people have been cutting meth and coke or “blues” with “tranq,” she said “it is horse tranquilizer, have you heard of it?”. In my head I was, “Ketamine”, but I didn't want to seem like a know-it-all, so I said “Yes, I think so. That is crazy.” Then she said something about fentanyl and I said, “Yes, I had a friend who smoked a perc that had fentanyl and OD’d, overdosed and died.” She didn't respond I think just kind of showed that she heard me and agreed. She said something about percs or pills, as in if I consume them, I said “I am not into percs or pills”, “I smoked it once, just one hit and passed out, so what was the point”. When I said that I saw the guy walking towards us but stopped at a paper bag on the pavement, close to the sidewalk, and was cutting a piece. I though about driving towards him but I didn't because maybe I was going to intrude, maybe there was people therein it would be weird or I would disturb them and I wanted to avoid interacting with the people there because they are weird and I wouldn't be able to know how they will react. There was an old black man that looked at us, made eye contact and kind of turned his head away from us, like saying “what are you doing here” or like maybe he is just fried and people like that have antisocial queues and expressions or behaviors. The girl in the back of my car said “Don’t trust him, he is ...” I think she saids us or something around that thought but I thought to myself, “That didn't even cross my mind, to ask him fro anything or even interacting with him. I said “Oh ok, thank you”. I think she said her drugs are questionable, or something along those line, or maybe I am making that up. I think she said that and then mentioned the drugs being cut with ketamine and to be careful. There was a tall, lean, black guy with a blue durag and long hair (because there was a big bulge in the back of his head under the durag) that was walking towards the dead end, kind of passing through it into the residential street but came back, walked passed my car through the side walk, passed by the old black man and talked to him for a brief moment. Then went across the street, by where the abandoned-looking building was, and was walking towards a little gap between building, seems like he was looking for something on the floor. He kept low-key looking over us, but I never actually made eye contact with him or caught him staring at the car or anything. He was around probably around 70% of the whole time I was there. He was walking up and down, kind of wanting to do something but hesitant or shy about it. I thought maybe he was looking to score some. I was scared he was going to come over and talk to us because I wouldn’t know what to expect. I saw him walking passing by the grill restaurant across the Krispy Kreme, in front of the 76 gas station, and I thought “He wouldn’t be involved in drugs, wouldn’t know where or how to get clear or even know what it is” I thought he was a pedestrian and that thought I had was to kind of reinforce the idea that maybe the people who I think would know about meth actually don't and they are just people walking with a destination and I am here thinking about disturbing people and maybe offend them with my question. I saw him and kind of gave up on trying to score. Then, drove north and spontaneously turned left on the street I did the deal, where the RVs are, passed about 3 or 4 prostitutes that were in those street corners, and drove to where I meet Alfredo, the guy who got me the meth.

I think the guy left or maybe I just forgot about him. The guy with the blue durag.

Alfredo took quite a little bit of time with that paper bag on the floor, I thought “Maybe he is trying to put the drugs for me wrapped in that.”

I was ready to get my drugs and get out.

The girl in the back offered me the tablet, it wasn’t a known brand. I am not interested so I said “Not really, thank you”. Said it twice. Asked, can I see or what brand it is I think and she opened the box and let me check it out. I asked her how much do you want and she said “I don’t know, 10 or 20″. It seems like she just wanted some money. I would’ve said 50 or 65, I mean, it is a tablet. I don’t know if it works thought but seems in fair enough condition, not broken or anything like that.

I had 10 dollars left in my wallet and said, “I was thinking about giving you guys this for helping me to get some, would you like it?” I was shy because I didn’t want to offend her by giving her money, as in saying that she is in need or something. She was thankful, she said “Yes, thank you” I think she said thank you twice or maybe I appreciate it on the second time. I said “Yeah, of course. I don’t know if it is 9 or 10$” She said, “Oh it’s OK, thank you”.

I felt good because I didn't feel like I was using them and felt like we were good. I initially wanted to give that money to Alfredo because he made it happened but because she offered me the tablet and I wasn't interested, I offered it to her. I felt bad because I felt like I disappointed her or hurt her.

Her fingers were swollen, looked tender, as in hard, as in compact. They were thick, thicker than you would think based on her physique. They were red and the tips were sort of dirty, black like if you would’ve cleaned “coal”. The nails were short and they looked very swollen. Like when you are in drugs too deep, like a circulation type of situation. I looked at her fingers more than once. I always look at people’s fingers because that is my determination of whether they are deep or deep enough into drugs or not.

Alfredo came to the car, finally, and gave me the piece of folder paper bag. I opened it and it was so little. He gave me probably 5$ worth, if not a little less maybe. But I don't know the prices anymore (really, never truly new them. People definitely overcharged on various occasions but I wouldn’t know). I was like damn, he kind of felt my disappointment and he said “She gave me very little for 10$. If you want a have a guy that will do a ball for 35. A ball is 3.5. It is because they don't sell, that is why they give you so little.” I said “It’s OK,” took a piece of something off the bunch, it wasn’t meth it seems like a piece of wood, close the whole thing and put it in a little pocket on the inside of the driver’s seat door. He said “Give me your phone” for the deal that he told me about. I said “Yes please, I would like to get some. What is your number?” He said his phone is not working or he doesn't have a phone, something like that. He said you give me your phone so I can contact you. I said “OK, sure. Do you have a pen?” Or maybe I said, where do I write it. He asked the girl if she had a pencil with her. She started looking but I rapidly said “I have a pen”. Opened the glove compartment and took black-ink pen. The girl opened the box where the tablet is and told me to write it in there. I wrote my number and “Lucia” below it, worth it with an accent, half cursive half printed. I really like how smooth the pen felt on the inside of the box, that caught my attention. He said “OK, I will call you (or maybe he said text) tomorrow.” I said “Yes please” I know for sure I showed my interest on the deal or just on getting more meth and said I want him to contact me, I don't know if verbatim but at least the vibe.

We were speaking Spanish because when I met him I sensed an accent. I asked him, before I gave him the money “Do you speak Spanish?” He said “Si.” I said, “Ya, yo tambien.” And our whole conversation, except for the very beginning, was in Spanish. It made me feel more comfortable and safe.

I shook his hand and said thank you and nice to meet you I think. The girl left my car, I said bye to her. They walked away and I left. I didn’t put my seatbelt on until after I started driving. I just wanted to get out of there. I was scared of leaving because everybody outside would see me and know what was up. A very skinny, wrinkly old caucasian man with a guitar stared super hard at me when I passed by. I think he has a confederate themed cap, maybe (?). And I think I heard the prostitutes making a noise, like “Ohhh” because they could assume what happened. Saw my car going inside, and a bunch of minutes later, leaving. Both times by myself. What else could you be doing.

After all this, I got home, said hi to Roy, my mom, let them know I will be busy and won’t eat with them and locked myself in my room. Turned my TV on and loaded my pipe. I initially said I would do it tomorrow but I didn't want to wait. It was very easy to change my mind. I cancelled plans with my dad, told him that I was staying late at work and after had to do homework so I wasn't going to meet him but I will tomorrow that I don't work. He left me on seen. It hurt me to say that, but my desire to get high was way more powerful.

After processing it, I think as I was getting close to my house, I thought to myself: “He definitely took some of my meth and kept it and that is why he separated it using the paper bag” because, they would not have given him the drugs loose like that, they were small pieces and you can’t hand that over without a container holding it. I got a little frustrated, a little mad, a little mad I didn't think of it and say something, but what could I possibly say, he wouldn’t have admit to it, that is 1, and two they helped me so it makes sense he would’ve taken some. It makes sense, and it is kind of expected, for someone like him to do a move like that. At the end, you are surviving and you need your drugs to survive when you are in that state. The type of state where you are in the streets like that, when you know the people in the streets like that, and just the whole vibe and characteristics.

I couldn’t expect any less. It is whatever. I would’ve liked the whole thing, of course. The girl told me, “You should tell him to introduce you to them so you can get it from them next time.” I said something like “Oh yeah” and then commented that my plug moved to Tacoma and I would not go all the way there for some, that is why I am asking on the street like that. She agreed.

I should’ve gone with him but I just was very “frozen”. I didn't want to leave my car there or leave her in the car, and what if the people at the RV don't want strangers. And if I told him that, where would the girl be at. That is not important nor relevant but I just thought there was no other option besides the plan that Alfredo made.

I smoked it all. I smoked it probably in the span of 20 minutes. It got burned really easy and turned brown. I wonder if that is because of the quality or the pipe. Was it cut? I felt ringing my ear when I smoked it. I opened the window because the smell was strong, smell of burnt chemical maybe. Watch Shark Tales and kind of organized my room but not really, I was pretending to not catch Roy’s attention, who was setting up the table and grabbing stuff from the kitchen constantly.

I got high, but not as high as I thought it was. I don't know if it was the amount, or the quality or my tolerance. I would’ve thought that because I haven’t done it in a long time even the smallest hit would get to me but it didn’t like I thought I was going to be.

I am mildly high. I texted with my grandma, my dad, the MIRABUS group chat, Amanda Gane on Instagram, watch the videos that Giulia sent me on Instagram too. Then, I sat down, grabbed my laptop and opened Canvas to do some homework. There is nothing due but I wanted to read the syllabus of each class and get an idea of deadlines, how each class will flow or what they will be expecting from me.

I started doing that, I grabbed the notebook I got for each class and wrote the subject on the outer cover of each notebook. Then I grabbed the “Introduction to Communications” notebook and started writing the key points of the syllabus. While doing that, the thought of writing about today came to my mind and there was no thought that opposed that or that judged it so I opened Tumblr and started this text.

Today is the day relapse, after not doing this since August of 2022. That is almost 7 months. I kind of knew it was going to happened but didn't believe I would actually do it again. Just because of the consequences and effects on me, and because now I am more connected to the people around me and this sometimes shows on my behavior and I have a very faint and very underdeveloped agreement with myself about this, that I would not show myself in that state to my people anymore. My family because they would what is going one easily, they have been around when it was bad and I know that is something that is still prevalent in their image of me. And the new people, my coworkers, because I don't want them to experience that persona, it is not what I want to show, and I don't want to hurt or damage our relationships and their idea of me. This is a very professional, serious job, the real deal. I cannot, actually I can but I don't want to act out of matureness and make this known. It will definitely be the end if it gets known and even if that doesn’t happen, I respect and care for them enough to think it twice. I would definitely not do this often because of that reason and wouldn’t do it as I get close to a day that I have to attend work.

I don’t feel remorse or shame or guilt for doing this, it was a small amount and that was it. I would lie, I think, if I say I don't crave it now that I finished it. Like, maybe I don't crave it but I did go back to the usual which is, OK where is the other hit. It is like an anxious response, when I consume something that brings me comfort, that I like, there is no limit or end. The question is: “Where is more? Where can I get more?” But there is no desperation.

We’ll see what happens tomorrow.

I don’t know if the guy will get to me or if I will do this again. Although, now I know where I can potentially get it again and how easy it was or maybe not easy but how it plays out, generally speaking.

I don’t know what I will feel or what will happen, but I feel at peace and happy I did it because I wanted to and I want to give myself what I want, no right or wrong desire because there is no judgement in me against my thoughts and behaviors. I am trying to reconnect with myself and make it stronger, to have my back and know that.

I sent Meeche a text, he might not answer me. I am going to Tacoma for a training next Friday (April 14th) and I thought I could pick some up because I will be there. I don’t think he will get to me, he is not interested anymore. I don’t know if I broke the relationship we had but I definitely annoyed him at some point with my behavior, it wasn’t one that I would feel proud of.

I wanted to have a saved something of what happened today, for my own safe keeping, to maybe use it in the future for some project, to go back one day, read it and remember it. Because it is something that most people wouldn’t do and I feel like it might be something that some people could use to live an experience through it, using it.

I feel, not proud, but I feel like I would talk about it. I would’ve definitely told Renae if we were around, or Lexi if I had the type of trust and if she was the type of person one could tell her something like that. So I tell Tumblr, I tell myself and maybe someone will come across it.

I smoked meth and I liked it. Deal with it.

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Mistrustful of state, Brazil slum hires own doctors to fight virus

Emerson Barata draws a circular map of Sao Paulo's largest slum, Paraisopolis, and begins to mark confirmed coronavirus cases in blue ink. At the center of the favela of around 120,000 people, which crowds between luxury apartment blocks and high-walled mansions, he draws four dots.

"It's going to get a lot worse," the 34-year-old tells an assembled medical team, adding another two dots to the favela's outer districts. "The surge hasn't hit yet."

Barata is leading the coronavirus response in this labyrinth of red cinder block homes where, beyond the six confirmed cases, his team suspects another 60.

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Barata declined to say how much this would cost or how it was being funded, beyond saying some was covered by donations. Much of it still needs to be raised, he said. The medical team is on an initial 30-day contract, likely to be extended.

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The Real Kings of California

Hello everybody, welcome back to our series outlining three-way rivalry games. Well, sort of. I’m adding a four-way rivalry to the mix now. Before we fully get started you might want to check out the previous posts in the series if you’re new here.

Follow the links: The Florida Cup, The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, the Beehive Boot, the Michigan MAC Trophy, Iowa-Minnesota-Wisconsin

The four California PAC-12 schools all consider each other significant rivals to some extent. Obviously the UCLA-USC and Cal-Stanford rivalries are the most important. However, UC Berkeley and UCLA both have a heated rivalry as the top two schools in the University of California program and Stanford and USC are major rivals as the two private universities in the PAC-12. Both of these rivalries also embody the Bay Area vs Los Angeles competition in the state. To a lesser extent, but still noteworthy, are the rivalries between Cal and USC as well as Stanford and UCLA, which completes the four-way rivalry.

Despite splitting the Bay Area and Los Angeles schools into the two divisions, the PAC-12 has seen fit to keep those rivalry games alive with permanent crossover games and it’s a good thing as well. Many of the league’s best games in the past decade have been in the crossover rivalries.

So today we’re looking at which school gets to claim the title of the Kings of California. It’s a hypothetical Trophy that goes to the best program in the state. Currently it exists only in the imaginations of fans, but trust me, the old school fans of all four universities absolutely value wins over their three brother rivals.

The rules I’m setting down are that the trophy goes to the team with the best record against all three others, ideally 3-0. In the event of a tie, the head to head winner will claim the trophy. If a three-way deadlock comes about, the team with the best overall conference record/Rose Bowl nominee will take the trophy. If a tie truly can’t be broken, the trophy stays with the previous owner. Believe me, we will have several controversial tiebreaking scenarios.

Let’s check it out.

College Football Comes to the Golden State: 1892-1905

The University of California and Stanford University were the first major college football programs in the state. Cal began play in 1886 and Stanford followed in 1891. Their first meeting was on March 19, 1892 and went to Stanford, who also won the second game played in the fall.

The Big Game, as it would come to be known, was the first big rivalry on the West Coast and was played in San Francisco for the first decade before transitioning to campus sites in 1904.

USC began their football program back in 1888, but they mostly played local LA schools while Stanford and Cal played Bay Area teams for the most part. Just when it seemed that the sport was growing to connect both NorCal and SoCal, Cal and Stanford shuttered their programs following the 1905 season. There was an outcry over the brutality of old school football, and many teams dropped the sport for a season or two until better protection and tactics made the sport safer. Unfortunately, Berkeley would go a decade before restarting their program, and Stanford wouldn’t field another team until 1919.

In the meantime, the Big Game would be contested in rugby.

Kings of California Record Stanford: 9 California: 5

Stanford won 7 outright to Cal’s 4, but tiebreakers boosted up the count to 9 against 5.

I’m honestly not sure I should be including these contests in the history of the rivalries because USC and UCLA aren’t even included. Stanford played SC once in 1905 but that was it before they shut down their program for 15 years. If you don’t want to count these early, non-LA contests be my guest.

The First Dynasties: 1915-1940

USC suspended their football program for a few years, but by 1914 the Trojans were back on the gridiron, and they only needed to wait one year before they were joined by California. The Golden Bears met SC for the first time in that same 1915 season, they played twice, with Southern California winning in Berkeley and the Bears returning the favor in Los Angeles. I can’t award a trophy for this split season, but this is the only exception.

Stanford brought their team back in 1919, the same year that the offshoot branch of the University of California in Los Angeles began to field a program. Stanford fell right back into their rivalry with Berkeley and would begin to regularly play USC as well, but it would be some time before UCLA was adopted into the group.

In 1916, Cal hired former Penn and Purdue coach Andy Smith to lead the team. Smith took little time turning the Golden Bears into the first real national powerhouse west of the Rockies. California was virtually untouchable from 1920 to 1923, recording a combined 36-0-2 record and four consecutive national championships.

An arms race swiftly began as Stanford and USC tried to keep up with Cal’s “Wonder Boys.” In 1924, Stanford managed to hire away the legendary Pop Warner from Pittsburgh and were immediately transformed into one of the top programs nationwide. Stanford attended three Rose Bowls in 4 years from 1924 to 1927, and claimed a national championship in the 1926 season with a 10-0-1 record.

Meanwhile, the Trojans recruited former Iowa head coach Howard Jones in 1925. Jones also managed to turn things around for Southern Cal. The late 20′s were a dogfight between Stanford and USC for the PCC championship. The Trojans won the league three years in a row from 1927-29, and claimed their first national title in 1928 with a 9-0-1 record. The tie was against Cal. From 1931 to 1933, Southern California went 30-2-1, and tacked on two more national titles in ‘31 and ‘32.

Each of the three dynasties petered out not long after they began. Andy Smith tragically died of pneumonia at the age of 42 following the 1926 season. His replacements kept Berkeley competitive but they couldn’t match up to Warner’s Stanford squad or Jones’ Trojans. Warner stayed in Palo Alto until 1932, but the newly minted Indians had mostly ceded the league over to USC by 1928. Jones remained in Los Angeles, but after 1933 the team entered hibernation in the mid-30′s before roaring back to life.

All this time, UCLA was an also-ran. The Bruins began playing Stanford in 1925 and were run off the field 82-0. Their annual rivalry started in 1928 but didn’t amount to much in the early days. USC didn’t play their crosstown opponents until 1929, a decade after the Bruins began playing football, and they wouldn’t play regularly until 1936. Cal refused to play their sister university until 1933.

The early dynasty period wasn’t yet over, because in the later 1930′s all three of the major California programs caught a second wind. Stanford experienced a surge under Claude Thornhill, who replaced Pop Warner in 1933. The Indians made three straight Rose Bowls from 1933-35 with a 25-4-2 combined record, but they fell off dramatically after that and Thornhill was fired after the ‘39 season.

Cal experienced their own revival under Stub Allison. The Bears won or tied for the PCC championship in three of the four years from 1935 to 1938, and claimed a national title in 1937, going 10-0-1 despite finishing second in the polls behind Pittsburgh. Much like Thornhill at Stanford, Allison wasn’t able to keep up his early momentum and California floundered in the War years.

Meanwhile, Howard Jones had one more rabbit to pull out of his hat. After winning the 1939 Rose Bowl, the Trojans went undefeated the next season and claimed a national championship despite an 8-0-2 record. Jones retired in 1940 with a 121-36-13 record at USC.

Rounding out the group was the surprise Stanford team in 1940. The Indians hired former Chicago head coach Clark Shaugnessey, whose revived T-formation turned Stanford back into champions. The Indians blazed through the season undefeated and untied, and finished 10-0 with a win over Nebraska in the Rose Bowl. Many selectors gave Stanford a share of the national championship despite finishing 2nd in the polls to Minnesota. Unfortunately, Shaugnessy would only stay one more year before moving on back East.

Kings of California Record Stanford: 16 California: 16 USC: 7

National Championships California: 5 USC: 4 Stanford: 2

Cal, Stanford, and USC were the titans of West Coast football in this era. All three programs featured world-beating teams and at least two of them could be considered legitimate dynasties.

You can chart out the success of each team as they tried to one up each other. Andy Smith’s Cal Bears had their glory period but gave way to Pop Warner’s Stanford and then Howard Jones’ Trojans. Fortunes returned to Stanford for a brief period under Claude Thornhill until Stub Allison brought the Bears back before USC’s resurgence under Jones. Clark Shaugnessey’s Wow Boys round out the quarter century which featured 11 national championships split between these three squads.

The Golden Bears won 11 state championships in this period compared to seven apiece from Stanford and USC. Cal arguably still has the best dynasty of this era with their four consecutive national titles. If Andy Smith hadn’t suddenly died at the young age of 42 it would be interesting to see how history would have changed in Berkeley and across the West Coast.

As for UCLA, the young Bruins were under the heel of their peers for most of this time. They only managed five total wins against their would-be rivals in this 25 year span, although for long stretches of it they didn’t play USC or Cal. But things were about to change.

Dogfight: 1941-1959

The title for King of California was most competitive in the roughly two decades from 1940 to 1960. There were still peaks and valleys for each team but overall there was a great leveling between the squads as Cal, Stanford, and USC took perhaps a step back while UCLA finally came into their own.

As World War II began, Stanford shut down their football program for three seasons from 1943-45, it was a pretty big setback that took the program years to recover from. In response, the Bears, Bruins, and Trojans began playing each other twice a year to fill out their schedules amid wartime travel restrictions.

UCLA won their first ever state championship in 1942, and attended their first ever Rose Bowl. However, it was their rival who became the most successful program in the 40′s. Jeff Cravath took over for Howard Jones in 1942 and reestablished the Trojans as the top team in the conference. Southern California nearly swept the PCC in the years 1943 to 1945 and went to the Rose Bowl three straight times and made it four of five in 1947.

The last great California run came about in the late 1940′s under Pappy Waldorf. The Golden Bears ran through the 1948 and 1949 seasons undefeated but lost the Rose Bowl both times to likely deny them a shares of national championships. In 1950, Cal went 9-0-1 with a tie in the Big Game but once again fell in Pasadena. Following these three consecutive seasons of top 5 play Waldorf stayed on as head coach for another six years, but the Bears’ star was already waning. Cal hasn’t been to the Rose Bowl since.

Stanford and USC had a couple good seasons in the early 50′s but UCLA finally managed to earn their place in the sun. The Bruins poached Vanderbilt coach Henry Sanders in 1949 and in a few years he’d turn UCLA into a real powerhouse. The Bruins won the PCC three years in a row from 1953-1955 and claimed a national championship for their undefeated 1954 season. UCLA went 49-10 from 1952 to 1957 and likely would have kept on rolling if not for the untimely death of Sanders before the 1958 season.

Kings of California Record California: 21 Stanford: 18 USC: 13 UCLA: 6

National Championships California: 5 USC: 4 Stanford: 2 UCLA: 1

The middle decades of the 20th Century were about as even as you could get in this statewide rivalry. UCLA led the pack with 6 wins, but were followed quickly by Cal and USC with five each. Stanford managed two trophy victories although one came from a tiebreaker scenario with UCLA.

The Bruins’s national title in 1954 rounded out the statewide run of success that saw all 4 PCC teams in California win championships from 1937-1954. If you go back to 1920, these four schools combined for 12 national titles in 34 years.

Trojan Empire (McKay and Robinson): 1960-1979

Following the 1959 regular season, USC head coach Don Clark resigned in favor of his assistant John McKay. It would turn out to be a momentous sea change in college football. McKay transformed the Trojans into the best program in college football outside of Bear Bryant’s Alabama for the next 20 years.

Southern California went undefeated in 1962, going 11-0 with a win over #2 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl to claim their fifth national championship. SC won the AAWU (the successor to the PCC) in five of six years from 1964 to 1969 and attended four straight Rose Bowls from ‘66 to ‘68. Southern Cal won the national championship for the 1967 season. The banner year was capped by a win over Indiana in the Rose Bowl, but this was preceded by one of the Games of the Century against UCLA.

The 1967 Battle for Los Angeles featured the #1 undefeated Bruins against #4 USC. UCLA’s RB Gary Beban and SC’s OJ Simpson were both Heisman candidates, the game was won by Simpson’s electrifying 64 yard touchdown, which vaulted the Trojans into the Rose Bowl and on their way to the national championship.

Southern California dominated the 60′s and 70′s, and with Stanford and Cal mostly irrelevant in this period, the end of season game with UCLA ended up being the most important matchup in this four-way series. The few times that the Bruins were able to defeat SC they’d usually end up winning the Kings of Californi aTrophy because the Indians and Bears were usually well behind in the standings.

Stanford experienced a slow building revival in the 1960′s under John Ralston. The Indians hired Ralston from Utah State following the 1963 season. Stanford was mediocre for most of the decade, well under the boot of both LA schools, but when the Trojans took a step back at the turn of the decade they pounced. The Indians managed to scrape together two consecutive PAC-8 championships in 1970 and 71, and beat massively favored Ohio State and Michigan squads in Pasadena respectively, likely spoiling two would-be national championships from those Big Ten blue bloods.

Ralston departed for the NFL following the ‘72 Rose Bowl and Stanford turned back into a pumpkin, which is just as well because USC came back with a vengeance. The Trojans’ 1972 squad is considered to be one of the best college football teams of all time. SC blew through the season undefeated and then mauled #3 Ohio State in the Rose Bowl 42-17 to cap their national championship campaign. Southern California lost the next Rose Bowl to the Buckeyes but turned around to beat OSU following the 1974 season, and were acclaimed national champs by the Coaches Poll.

John McKay left Los Angeles for the NFL following the 1975 season, he was replaced by his protege John Robinson, who quickly picked up where McKay left off. After losing to Missouri in his first game as head coach, SC won 11 straight in the 1976 season to finish 2nd in both polls with a win over Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

In 1978, the Trojans went 12-1 with a PAC-12 Championship and another Rose Bowl victory over Michigan. USC was voted the Coaches Poll champions while Alabama claimed the AP title despite the Tide losing head to head in the regular season. The 1979 SC team was considered one of the most talented of all time, but their season was ruined by Stanford, who tied the Trojans in the Coliseum to rob them of an all but assured national championship. Southern Cal was named a champion by one of the official selectors, but they don’t claim the title.

Kings of California Record USC: 27 California: 21 Stanford: 20 UCLA: 10

National Championships USC: 9 California: 5 Stanford: 2 UCLA: 1

Southern California completely dominated the 60′s and 70′s. This is the time when USC became the super blue blood program we know of them as today. The Trojans won five national championships from 1962 to 1978. In this 20 year span SC won eight Rose Bowls, and finished in the top two all of those seasons.

UCLA was the clear #2 program for most of this era, but the Bruins were rarely able to put everything together to contend for national championships outside of the 1967 season where they lost to their archrivals in the Game of the Century. Stanford tacked on two Trophy wins in 1970 and 1971 but for the most part the Indians (renamed Cardinals in ‘72) were mediocre at best and mostly just competed with Cal for the Axe.

The Donahue Era (sort of): 1980-2001

The 1980′s was a weird period in California football. For the first time since the 1910′s, the state really didn’t have any world beating teams. Stanford and especially Cal were still mired in a long depression, but USC began to fall off as well.

John Robinson’s hot streak ended following the 1979 season and he left to coach the Rams in the NFL in 1983. Ted Tollner took the Trojans one Rose Bowl in four years and was relieved in favor of Larry Smith. Smith took SC to three consecutive Rose Bowls from 1987-89 but again these teams weren’t quite national championship caliber.

UCLA once again rose to prominence while their rivals were on the down slope. Terry Donahue was hired as head coach in 1976 and maintained a high standard of play in Westwood for a good 20 years. When USC fell off as the 70′s turned to the 80′s, the Bruins filled the vacuum. From 1982 to 1987, UCLA won the PAC-10 four times and won three Rose Bowls. Their best year was probably in 1982 when the Bruins went 10-1-1 and finished 5th in the polls.

Both Stanford and Cal were treading water through much of the 80′s. As the LA schools duked it out for conference supremacy the Bay Area rivals had little to play for besides the Stanford Axe. Still, this era was one of the most highly contested periods in the history of the Big Game. The 1982 game is famous for “The Play,” one of the wildest finishes in all of college football that saw Berkeley win on a controversial multi-lateral play that saw the winning ball carrier bowl over a member of the Stanford band in the endzone. In 1990 there was the “Revenge of the Play” that saw the Cardinal top their archrivals thanks to several roughing the passer calls and a two point conversion in the final seconds of the game.

UCLA slid back towards mediocrity in the late 80′s, coinciding with USC’s Rose Bowl three-peat from ‘87 to ‘89. All four California programs were edged out by an ascendant Washington in the early 90′s. The Huskies under Don James broke through and wrested control of West Coast football away from the Golden State. While UW was dominating the top of the conference standings, Stanford had a brief breakthrough against their rivals in 1991-92.

UCLA again experienced a brief resurgence towards the tail end of Donahue’s tenure in the mid-90′s and his successor Bob Toledo in 1997-98. However, they were never championship caliber.

Stanford again took advantage of the LA schools while they were down. The Cardinal were never world-beaters under head coach Tyrone Willingham, but they did well against their rivals. Despite several losing seasons, Willingham never lost the Big Game in his seven year tenure. Stanford also turned the tables on USC and UCLA, and were able to claim four state championships from 1996 to 2001, including a Rose Bowl berth. The good times didn’t last. Willingham left Palo Alto for South Bend following the ‘01 season and the Cardinal collapsed.

Kings of California Record USC: 34 Stanford: 26 California: 21 UCLA: 19

National Championships USC: 9 California: 5 Stanford: 2 UCLA: 1

The 80′s and 90′s was certainly a low point for California football. It was the first time that no school in the state took home a national title since Andy Smith’s Wonder Boys. UCLA and USC each had several good seasons, but very rarely were either of the LA schools in competition for national championships. The Washington Huskies were the only national title squad to come from the PAC-10 in this era.

The Bruins claimed nine Trophies in this span, mostly under Terry Donahue. USC and Stanford both managed six championships. The Trojans had their peak in the late 80′s with three consecutive Rose Bowls. The Cardinal had two surprise peaks in 1991-92 and 1999-2001 where they more or less won the Trophy because the other teams were down.

Where was Cal this whole time? Well, they weren’t doing much. The Golden Bears did have quality teams in this span, but they never experienced that breakthrough season that put them atop of all their rivals. Quality football would return to Berkeley at the turn of the century, but the opportunities would still be lacking.

From Carroll to the Cardinal: 2002-2019

The 2000′s saw a return of true national championship caliber football to California. After all, USC can tolerate losing for only so long. The Trojans coasted along during John Robinson’s second tenure in the mid-90′s, but Paul Hackett’s 19-18 record over three years was a breaking point. Hackett was fired and replaced by fired New England Patriots coach Pete Carroll in 2001.

Carroll was considered a compromise hire who was set up to fail, but it didn’t turn out that way. After a lackluster 6-6 season in 2001, SC exploded. The Trojans stumbled early in 2002, but finished the season 11-2 with a win in the Orange Bowl. Southern Cal went 12-1 the next year and were awarded the national championship by the AP poll, eschewing the normal BCS championship selection process. The next year USC left no doubt, going a perfect 13-0 and annihilating Oklahoma in the BCS title game 55-19, earning a consensus title.

The Trojans were a bona fide dynasty and the best program of the 2000′s. In 2005, USC just barely failed to three-peat after falling to Texas in the Rose Bowl in the best title game of the BCS era. Though they never won another championship with Carroll, Southern California came close every year and would finish in the top five every season from 2002 to 2008 with a combined 82-9 record.

SC dominated the PAC-10 in the 2000′s which obscured Cal’s huge turnaround. The year after Pete Carroll came to Troy, the Golden Bears hired Jeff Tedford, who was able to shake Berkeley out of a half century of mediocrity. Cal had several very strong seasons in the mid-2000′s, but they were cursed by the bad luck of peaking exactly at the same time as USC. Though the Bears were finally able to take home a King of California Trophy in 2003 thanks to their upset against Southern Cal.

Carroll’s Trojans and Tedford’s Bears wouldn’t make the transition from the 2000′s to the 2010′s. Carroll resigned following the 2009 season and left for the NFL, likely anticipating severe NCAA sanctions about to hammer the program. Tedford was fired after Cal suffered two losing seasons in three years from 2009 to 2011.

Stanford rose to fill the gap left by the demise of USC and Cal. Since Ty Willingham left the program in 2001, the Cardinal had fallen off a cliff. Stanford suffered five agonizing losing seasons that saw them become one of the worst teams in major college football. There were talks of shuttering the program, instead, Jim Harbaugh was hired to turn things around.

Harbaugh proved his worth and turned Stanford back into a powerhouse. The Cardinal went from 1-11 to 12-1 with an Orange Bowl win in four years. Harbaugh followed Carroll to the NFL but left his OC David Shaw to take over the Farm. Shaw made sure that Stanford was the preeminent program in the state for the whole of the 2010′s. The Cardinal went to three Rose Bowls from 2012 to 2016 and won the PAC-12 North five times in seven years despite peaking at almost the same time as the Oregon Ducks under Chip Kelly and Mark Helfrich.

Kings of California Record USC: 42 Stanford: 34 California: 22 UCLA: 20

National Championships USC: 11 California: 5 Stanford: 2 UCLA: 1

As you can see, the 2000′s belonged to USC while Stanford dominated the 2010′s. The Trojans tacked on two national titles in 2003 and 2004, though they could have won even more if it wasn’t for their in-state rivals. Southern Cal’s loss to Cal in 2003 probably kept them out of the BCS Championship Game and a consensus title. SC’s losses to UCLA in 2006 and Stanford in 2007 likely cost them two more berths in the national championship game.

Even while peaking, the Cardinal were never quite good enough to make a BCS Championship Game and they were already in a bit of a decline by the time that the Playoff came about. Still, Stanford surprisingly won 8 Trophies in 10 years from 2009 to 2018.

We also got to see the return of rematches in the in-state series. Stanford and UCLA met in the PAC-12 Championship in 2012, then the Cardinal and Trojans faced off in Santa Clara in 2015 and 2017. It was the first time there were two games in a year in the in-state rivalries since WWII.

The Bruins had a few good years under Jim Mora but they were never able to compete with Stanford or Oregon atop the league standings. For the most part Cal hasn’t been nationally relevant since Jeff Tedford’s departure.

Extras

Kings of California Record (1915-Present) USC: 42 Stanford: 25 UCLA: 20 California: 17

If we remove the early years of the series where only Stanford and Cal played each other, we get a more accurate picture for how things stand between the four rivals. In the all-time standings nobody is even close to catching USC, the Trojans have nearly double the number of Trophies as anybody else which shouldn’t be a surprise. Despite similar starts as the Bears and Cardinal in the 20′s and 30′s, only Southern California turned into one of the super-elite blue blood programs.

Not much room separates Stanford, UCLA, and California. The Bears did all of their work early on, having only won a single Kings of California Trophy in the past 60 years. UCLA was the most consistent winner outside of the Trojans from the 50′s to the 90′s, and they steadily climbed up to second place until Stanford vaulted over them in the past decade.

As for the future of these rivalries, I’ll just say that I’m very interested to see where things are going. I shouldn’t have to say it but we all know that West Coast football isn’t quite what it used to be since the USC glory days. The Trojans themselves appear to be in a state of flux, unable to return to prominence under Clay Helton despite having the talent to do so. Stanford seems to have fallen off in the past few years, but as long as Shaw is there the blueprint for success is still in play. UCLA is gambling on Chip Kelly to return them to glory after spending the better part of two decades outside of the top flight in the PAC-12. Cal appears to be building something under Justin Wilcox, it remains to be seen when they’ll hit their ceiling.

So that brings us up to present day. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I liked writing it. California is my home state and I have been endlessly fascinated by the in-state power dynamics in college football since I became a fan.

Unfortunately it looks like the Coronavirus is going to raise hell on the gridiron this year. As of right now the PAC-12 is still committed to playing a conference-only schedule. Let’s see how it plays out. Go Card.

-thecfbg

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