Show: On The Town Station: KNCO File: 10:8.mp3 Air date: 2026-10-08 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 30.7 MB to 6.1 MB --- transcript --- It is 1133, 84 degrees and it's Thursday. Tom Fitzsimmons is On The Town at Serino's. Good morning, Tom. Well good morning, Mo. How are you? Very well. We're just having a good talk. You see, the thing about coming to Serino's and Main Street, it is a family restaurant. This is what I love about Italian restaurants. We were talking about Italians back East with Jerry Serino here, and I think that's the cornerstone of your business here is that you can relax, just have good family discussions and just enjoy each other's company. That's what your restaurant's always been known for. Well, I certainly hope so, and it's always been comfortable for me because this is just an extension of my living room. In fact, it is my living room. And speaking about that, one of the most enjoyable things that I see are families that care enough about the children to bring them here. They care enough about spending the money, the extra money on children these days, unfortunately. And for 99.9% of the time, those kids are just well behaved and enjoying themselves because they've got parents that care enough or grandparents that care enough about teaching them the culture of dining at a public restaurant. It's just part of the scene here, graduations, family events, birthdays, anniversaries, very, very important to our business because those ground the children on home. They remember those events. They remember the good times. And that's what brings us back, and we hope, and I work on that hard, we hope to bring those children back because they're the ones that carry on our culture here. But speaking of culture, and I can hear them in the kitchen here. We just had a meeting with those unsung heroes in the kitchen. They're phenomenal people. We're just getting ready for the holidays. And they work so hard. They care so much about the product and so much about the reputation. There's people in there that have been here for 25 years. So as you get ready for the holidays, do you have like, I mean, does the menu tweak a little bit, but also like the whole outlook on serving and stuff change a little bit? Absolutely. Absolutely. That's their A game. You know, they get a chance to show who they are, what they can do best, and they're working the max. I mean, they're just maxed out. And to expect that from people during the holidays when they've got emotional needs at home and the holidays and whatnot are emotional for some people. It shows their character. And they really care about their jobs. So they have, before the meeting, you know, they have gotten together and say, well, this is the way we think we can do it better. I'm all ears, you know. So those are the type of people that are here. And that's really the hallmark of this organization is the fact that the people that work here really care about being here, care about you as a customer, and care about the reputation of this organization. So we're at 477-6000. That's 477-6000. Make reservations. And if it's your special day, be it anniversary, birthday, or whatever, let us know. Let the hostess know. And we've got something special for you. And last week when I was here, in fact, Rick Fisher that does the stock report, he's probably listening in queue right now, he picked up, he was picking up lunches and stuff. So people can do that as well. Right. Absolutely. He does a great job in facilitating professional offices or any type of situation with to-goes. It's just like enjoying our cuisine without being here. He's not a professional. He's a Dodger fan. All right. So let's just put it that way. Well, we won't hold that against him. We'll still serve him. Jerry, thanks for hosting us here on the town. Always good to see you and your guests. Great to have you here and be here at Serena's Main Street. We're going to take a quick break, check with Rick Fisher on Wall Street, see how it's doing today. Then around the town, Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council here, along with the CHP. We'll come back. That's 84 degrees at 1137, well, time to chat with Rick Fisher, financial advisor with Ostro Financial Consultants, LPL Financial, member SIPC. I think that's the most you've ever been mentioned at this time on this radio station. Yeah. I believe so. Yeah. Let's just get some good press. Yeah. Did you get some... Did you have... What's it called? Goosebumps? No, not... It wasn't quite that. No? Okay. No. Just... And your face wasn't red, right? I don't know. I don't have a mirror in front of me. It's possible. All right. Well, you know, Halloween's coming up, and if you were a vampire, it wouldn't matter if you had a mirror in front of you. You wouldn't see a reflection. This is true. Exactly. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. So, yeah, they already mentioned the Dodgers, but Chris Gilbert asked me not to talk about the Dodgers. He's kind of jealous because, you know, he's a Cardinals fan. Yeah. But, yeah, that series with Milwaukee, it looks to be a really competitive seven games. Rematch from last year. Is it really? Yes. They played in the... In LCS, huh? I believe so. Oh, okay. I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time, but I'm pretty sure it's a repeat. Okay. And if so, then it would have been in Los Angeles last time. So that... I believe the Dodgers had the better record last year. That's correct. Yeah. And they tried to get there this year. They came up a couple of games short. Anyway, should be a pretty good series. I'm looking forward to watching it Sunday evening, it gets underway. How about Wall Street? Is that watchable this morning? Well, yeah. I mean, we're down across the board. The Dow is trying to recover, but we still see red. So right now, the Dow is off just about 56 points to 51,139. S&P 500 is down 45 points to 7,757. And the Nasdaq's off 365 points to 27,174. Taking a look at commodities, we've got crude oil up over 3%, up $2.91 to $91.19 a barrel. Gold's up $21 to $4,161 an ounce, with silver off $0.99 to $59.31 an ounce. And the 10-year Treasury, currently we have the yield at 5.23%. So that is your midday report. And we'll get an update from you following the 11.30 newscast this afternoon. You mean the 5.30 newscast? 5.30 newscast, yeah. I'm stuck on 11.30. Yeah. 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. Security is offered through LPL Financial, member FINRA SIPC. Investment advice offered through Ostro Financial Consultants, Incorporated, a registered investment advisor and separate entity from LPL Financial. Discover the stories that shaped Nevada County on History Unfolded, hosted by Tom Fitzsimmons and myself, Mike Stewart, with special guests, the second and fourth Mondays at 9 a.m., brought to you by Mowl Paint and Glass, serving Nevada County since 1949, and Smarter Broadband, local, reliable, high-speed internet. Don't miss the voices, the stories, and the history that make our community unique, right here on KNCO News Talk 830. And welcome back down to town. Tom Fitzsimmons here. It's those Serena's at Main Street. We appreciate Jerry and company hosting us here on the town. Norma Moore is here from Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council. Looking by the way, very leisurely, may I say. You're kind of relaxed, nothing to talk about, you're telling me. There's always things to talk about, as a matter of fact, because it seems like, Norma, your organization's been very busy as far as getting presentations on some projects that first responders need. Anything in the pipeline right now? That we're giving money to? We just, was it Paredale, we just gave a bunch of radios that they needed really badly, and then a couple bikes to CHP. Like bicycle bikes? Bicycle bikes. That's what they're... Oh, we'll get to them in a second. Uh-huh. Do they want to enter a race or something? Is that what they're doing? Or what? Well, my understanding is that the fair, on bikes, they got two DUIs. They were on regular bikes, not e-bikes, with all their equipment. There's a lot that goes on. So they made a presentation where it's easier for us to access people that are kind of creeping their way out of the fairgrounds and stuff, if we're on bicycles type of thing? That would be a CHP question, I don't know, but yeah. We did the asphalt for the helipad, which was a really big project. So yeah, and apparently there was a, well, I did see it, a wonderful article in the Union about us, because a lot of people don't even know we exist. So we really do a lot. It's amazing, because it almost sounds too good to be true, because every dollar donated, every dollar goes right to these first responders and their projects. Yeah, everybody who is there is a volunteer, so everything goes to putting it out there. All right, and Sean Oroker is here from the CHP, Public Information Officer, and then your building is kind of like one of the marquee things, because I think it's the bulletproof glass in the lobby was one of those projects, right? Yeah, so not only the bulletproof glass, and that was when the building was new, which is over 10 years now, but also our gym here in the last couple years. We did just go to the council, and they approved us to get some new bikes, like we spoke of, and so yeah, we're going to be out there. We'd like to get out there, not only for the fair, but any event that we can, and that just someone on, an officer on a bike can, a bicycle, that is, can, it's just much more approachable. We're able to go out there and talk with the public, and like Norm said, we had, an officer got two DUIs. It just happened to be the same officer, but we had multiple on bikes, two DUIs during the fair, just creeping through the parking lot, and out onto McCourtney Road, people on their cell phones, and just not paying attention, and so those are probably stops that would not have been made by a car, because they're just too difficult to get through traffic. And that's a great example of where you should definitely be paying attention, nothing but pedestrian traffic all through the fairgrounds there. That's right, such heavy traffic, especially during those ingress, egress times, and so many pedestrians, so many cars, so many drunk people walking around, walking back and forth across McCourtney to the new RV park. Well, let's see, so you got bicycles, you got a gymnasium going on, you're kind of buffed looking right now, is that what's going on? You guys getting kind of all buffed over there at the CHP? You doing like Ninja Warrior or something, what's going on? The idea is definitely to not let us officers get fat and lazy, and don't become any sort of donate-eaten cops, so there's officers every single day that go into that gym and are working out, and actually as a result of that union article just the other day, we had a lady who called the council and said, hey, I have a bike that I don't use anymore, a stationary bike, and so they reached out to me, and I said, absolutely, we will absolutely use that in our gym, and so we got together, I went and picked it up, and so now we have another stationary bike where officers can just stay in shape. A lot of people see badges, your badge has a black ribbon on it right now, okay, in remembrance of somebody, who's that for, and how does that feel when you have to wear a remembrance type of thing like that? Actually, yeah, this one is for Officer Lillis, who was killed, he was down in the Central Valley, he was a motor officer, and he was killed in a crash, but when we had to put this on, we actually had the discussion that it has been since 2020 since we've had to put this on for an officer killed in the line of duty, which is pretty good for us, that's a good long time. At least for the CHP-wise, we've lost a couple of other officers from neighboring agencies in California. It's an emotional time for you, because it is for me, because when I see that, I thought about the loss of a comrade like that, it probably really gets to you. Yeah, it absolutely does, you know, one of the guys I'm really close with at the office, that was his classmate, they worked together in San Jose, and so it always, especially being on for almost 20 years, like I have, it always hits somewhere close to home. I've lost several friends on the department. Are you loving Grass Valley office, are you loving it now, you were up at Truckee for a while and stuff, and you've been down here for a while now, do you kind of prefer it down here, or do you love that high country crazy life up there? You know, I don't love, I don't look back on the commute that I did back and forth, that was terrible, because I did live down here, but this is home, I get to do some amazing things like this, and just be the voice of CHP Grass Valley. I love it when phones go off, this is my phone everybody at home, by the way, that's going off like non-stop. With your future and stuff, is being a PIO, is this like what you wanted to do? I mean, are you having fun doing it? It's a pretty intense thing when news breaks and stuff. Yeah, it is what I absolutely want to do now, it's not what I always wanted to do in the highway patrol, I really came on to change, make change, and help people, and take DUIs off the road, and make California just a little bit more safe. As of recently, I am absolutely loving the PIO position, because I get to come out and do stuff like this, I get to change how people see locally the highway patrol, and we've never had a bad reputation, but it's not a bad thing to always try to look to do better, and look better, and do better things. You guys are like the coolest cops, I don't know if people feel that way, they grew up in California, but to be a guy from New Jersey and stuff, you guys have always been like right on, spot on, even when I've been pulled over by you guys. Yeah, you know, CHP's definitely helped us out back in the 70's. Yeah, that's what I mean, I didn't know if you were getting buffed to have that CHP's type of look. Alright, you said there's nothing to talk about, how are we doing on Highway 49, and stuff? And we could start with the roundabouts, but I think people are getting a grasp on that, is that kind of the general feeling, in the Placer County side? Yeah, it absolutely is, people have gotten used to those, and I'm hearing less complaints about them. You know, like I said, it's not necessarily about making these crashes disappear, it's just turning them from 80 mile an hour crashes to 25 mile an hour crashes. But yeah, we've got some fantastic work going on on Highway 49, just south of Grass Valley. It is going to widen things for safety-wise, in case, God forbid, there's a fire similar to the Paradise Fire, and it's just going to make things way smoother, and especially for those cars that are pulling out onto Highway 49 from those side streets. Right now it's kind of a little, what do you say, cramped, from about La Barre to Crestview type area, right? Yeah, it is, that whole section is definitely cramped, but unfortunately you've got to deal with some of the headaches for there to be improvement. You know, it's funny because, Sean, I do the traffic in the morning, and sometimes people lose their way to get around it, and I can tell them to go down La Barre and things like that, but I try to remind them it's also residential roads as people are living on that as well, so I'm kind of hesitant to do that. Yeah, you know, there is, I was talking with Jerry earlier, he was mentioning the fact that Highway 174 has gotten so much more traffic, and I know I've talked with people from La Barre Meadows that say their traffic is so much heavier. You know, try to leave a couple minutes early, and bring your patience, and just remember that there are people that live along those stretches of highway, and or county roads, and try to just be polite. Great example, I do Barre football games, so I have to kind of go from the station down there, I just leave 15 minutes early because I know I'm going to be kind of stuck in a little 15 minute traffic delay there, and then it's fine. Yeah, it really is, planning ahead, it's just the way to do it, and shortly enough we'll have more lanes, and Highway 49 will be back to normal, and people will be back to using Highway 49 instead of the other roads. All right, very good, we're going to take our one break, we're going to do that right now, we're at Serino's at Main Street, with Nevada County Law Enforcement Fire Protection Council, and Sean Arbicote from the CHP, so a quick break, we'll be right back. Before you guess, redo, or regret, start where the pros start. Since 1949, Mal Paint and Glass has helped Nevada County homeowners and contractors get it right the first time. This isn't a big box aisle and a shrug, it's expert guidance, premium paint, and custom glass that works in our Nevada County homes and climate. Visit Mal Paint and Glass at 700 East Main Street in Grass Valley, or give them a call at 273-4643. Hungry? Skip the packaged stuff and mystery meals. 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I say kids because it seems like in my neighborhood, they're younger kids that are kind of tooling around at sometimes high speeds. Is that still the big problem that we have? Yeah. You know, big problem is that's all relative, right? But yeah, it is a problem that we're having. There's a lot of towns that are going after the parents when an incident happens with these young people. So we are having issues with them, I'll say specifically Alta Sierra, we're having a lot of complaints. And so we're still trying to get out there and not only enforce, but educate the parents and these kids on what's legal and what's safe. And so it is a problem for sure. Is it something that we have to kind of think out of the box and maybe create a place where they could recreate with the stuff? You know, almost like what Marysville has with that thing down by that Riverside Park or whatever it is? Yeah. You know, it's taken the state, they're working on making sure that these can be registered as off-highway vehicles. And originally, none of them had VINs on them, so they couldn't even be registered as an OHV. But now they're starting to come around that they are going to be registered. And they're going to be similar to a dirt bike where they can't be ridden on the road, but it can be ridden out in the trails and whatnot of BLM land and war service land. All right. Is the main thing I shouldn't do is like grab them by the scruff of the neck when I see them and stuff? That's probably not the good thing to do, right? That is not a good thing to do. Please don't take it into your own hands to stop these young people. It is fantastic, you know, them getting out and exploring and being outside as opposed to being on video games or inside doing whatever. But we need to make sure that we're doing it safely and we're learning the rules before we go do this. All right. The season's going to change pretty quickly since I have you here now. And you used to be up in Truckee. Just the basic stuff about winter travel, going over the summit and things like that so people can be prepared. Yeah, absolutely. Be prepared. That's the big thing. You know, fill up your gas tank if you're going to be going up there. Look at the weather ahead of time. Don't just look in like Truckee or wherever your destination is. Donner Summit is where you want to look at for weather because that's where the worst is it's going to be. So yeah, have water, have snacks, have some warm clothing, blankets, and some way to keep your car going. You know, a battery jump box and yeah, full tank of gas. Did it ever drive you nuts seeing people, because they're on TV all the time, the ones that show up with like flip flops and sandals and stuff in the middle of a snowstorm? Yeah, it was always fantastic, it was always fantastic watching people try to put tire chains on while wearing flip flops and shorts. How are we doing with the roads in California overall? I think we're doing really good. As far as the California Highway Patrol, we are really close to fully staffed, especially here in the Grass Valley area where they've said you guys aren't getting any more guys than what you have already. So we're fully staffed here, which really helps out Nevada County, but as far as the state, we're fully staffed, or very close to fully staffed, and I think everything is good in the state. I was wondering, because I see you guys out at the fair each year and stuff, and you have great exposure out there and stuff, and I like seeing the booth and stuff, do you get a lot of people that inquire about opportunities there and employment and stuff? We get some for sure. I would say the vast majority is kids wanting to come over and say hello and get stickers and whatnot, but we absolutely do have people that come in and inquire about getting a job. Because of the state, they've got to go online to CHBMadeForMore.com and they can see what it's all about becoming an officer. People think they're going to get the gig along the Pismo Beach area and stuff, right? But that doesn't necessarily work that way, does it? No, that definitely does not. That's not always exact. They're taking officers from all around, they're putting them up throughout the entire state, so it's not like it used to be where you always used to either go to the Bay Area or LA. There's much more options of they'll get you to some other part of the state, if you do good in the academy. Last time CHB was on, I think it was your commander that served, so if he's new here, how's it going for him? It's fantastic. We're trying to keep him around a little bit longer than the last couple of commanders, but he likes the area and we like him, so we're not going to let him leave. Is he in the gym right now doing anything, or does he have a donut? What's the story? He goes to the gym every single day, which is fantastic. You don't always get those commanders who are willing to do that, and Lt. Dumendorf is one of those commanders, so one of the reasons why we don't want him to leave. Sean, it's always great talking to you. There's always stuff going on with CHB, but we appreciate the service you do and your department does for everybody here in Northern California. Thank you so much, Tom. I appreciate you having me out here, and I can't wait to do this again. We appreciate everything Law Enforcement Fire Protection Council does, nclawandfire.org is the website, and find out how to become a member. There's opportunities there, and you can see some of the meetings that the first responders have together that they run, it's really eye-opening to see how well our first responders work with each other, and that's why we have such great responses to any emergencies here in town. Anyway, I want to thank Jerry Serino here hosting us on the town, Serino's at Main Street. That does it for us. We've got ABC News coming up right now. --- end of transcript ---