Where Dreams Go To Die
California City
LAist Studios
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Silver Saddle Ranch gets sold, and the people who still believe it’s worth something stage a protest. Plus, a former employee comes forward with a disturbing story.
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| 0:00.0 | Live stream, supported by South Coast Repertory, presenting million-dollar quartet. |
| 0:04.6 | Step back to 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins |
| 0:09.7 | made music history with one of the greatest rock and roll jam sessions. |
| 0:13.2 | In this musical with over 20 hits, September 13th through October 19th. |
| 0:17.6 | Tickets at SCR.org. |
| 0:20.2 | Support for L.A.S. comes from Pasadena Playhouse presenting Eureka Day. |
| 0:24.7 | Jonathan Specter's Razor-Sharp 2025 Tony Award-winning satire. |
| 0:29.2 | Eureka Day is on stage at Pasadena Playhouse beginning September 10th. |
| 0:33.3 | Tickets are on sale now at Pasadena Playhouse.org. |
| 0:37.9 | Three days after the election, and the day before Pennsylvania was called for Biden, |
| 0:42.1 | I took a break from hitting refresh on election results to listen to this court hearing |
| 0:46.2 | about the sale of Silver Saddle Ranch. |
| 0:48.6 | People of the state of California versus silver saddle commercial development, |
| 0:53.9 | case number reading 49151. |
| 0:56.3 | Court call, are you not... |
| 0:57.5 | By this point, it had been over a year since the California Department of Business Oversight |
| 1:02.4 | accused Silver Saddle of fraud and shut them down. |
| 1:05.5 | The trial was still months away, but the company's headquarters were closed, |
| 1:09.7 | and the ranch was empty, except for two security guards and a single lonely sheep. |
| 1:14.6 | A company called Regulatory Resolutions was now in charge of Silver Saddles assets. |
| 1:20.6 | They were the court-appointed receiver, and they had decided to sell the ranch because it was super expensive to maintain. |
| 1:26.6 | By mid-October, there was a final offer on the table. |
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