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Fox 11 Undercover Special
Feb 22, 2008 | 7:12 AM
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Happy Friday!

Several times a year, I get the chance to produce a half-hour showcase of some of the fine work done by our investigative team here at Fox 11. One of these programs -- a "Fox 11 Undercover Special" -- airs tonight at 10:30P on, of course, Fox 11.

Let me take you through tonight's five stories... in the order they will appear.

We start with the violence being waged by the drug cartels in Tijuana. It's become a street war, one that's so intense it's shocking even veteran cops, journalists and long time residents. Phil Shuman has the story, which was produced by Martin Burns and Dan Leighton.

Then we turn to exorcism... as promoted by a minister named Bob Larson who claims to exorcise demons... but he may be after more than your soul. Gina Silva reports Larson has made quite a living for himself, but that there are critics who question both his power and his motives. The report was produced by Tim Harrell.

Our next story poses the question "Why We Bang." The answers come from the bangers themselves. What inspires young kids... sometimes as young as four... to start throwing gang signs... and eight year olds to walk their neighborhoods with guns? Our story -- reported by Phil Shuman and produced by Martin Burns and Dan Leighton -- has some perspectives from the streets.

We'll then turn to the tough housing market. While more and more Southern Californians are losing their homes to foreclosures, some unscrupulous consultants are profiting. Gina Silva reports on homeowners who warn about a man calliing himself a "real estate" expert. He starts out by claiming to help people by encouraging them to actually stop paying their mortgages. Tim Harrell produced.

And finally-- cyber bullies... Leelila Strogov reports on those who organize in order to harass, cheat and hurt others on-line. It's an important report-- especially for those of you with young Internet users at home.

Again, all five of those reports are coming up tonight (Fri) on our "Fox 11 Undercover Special"... achored by Christine Devine and Carlos Amezcua. That's at 10:30P right after the Fox 11 News at Ten -- and repeating at 1:30A Saturday on Fox 11.

I hope you can watch -- and I hope you have a good (and reasonably dry) weekend!

Cheers, Bob
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sebar read my blog view my photos
Feb 23, 2008 | 3:01 PM

Thanks Bob, you have a great team and they are the best!

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!
craftyguy read my blog
Feb 23, 2008 | 9:12 PM

i watched last night it was very good in fact too good to keep to a half hour..if that was a pilot kudos
Bob_Tarlau read my blog view my photos
Feb 24, 2008 | 9:33 AM

Sebar and Craftguy -- My colleagues and I appreciate both of your comments. Thanks for taking the time to post them.
Bob
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That's me in the center... flanked by colleagues John Schwada and Darryl Kim at the Fox 11 Skybox at the Democratic Convention in Denver. I'm a senior producer with KTTV Fox 11 -- doing investigative and feature pieces for the 10P news and half hour documentaries on subjects light to heavy. I've been in the TV news biz as a producer for over 40 years.

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