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DirecTV has apologized to a victim of the Black Forest fire whose home burned to the ground and was told by a DirecTV agent that he would owe $400 for a satellite dish and two receivers destroyed in the blaze.

Jeremy Beach's home burned Tuesday, according to The Gazette, and when he started making calls to cancel trash pickup, utilities and other services, most companies were understanding.

That was until he called DirecTV, he told The Gazette.

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It all started during the 2010 holiday season when Alec Johnson, then 12, gave his parents a fairly lavish Christmas wish list. “I asked for an iPad, iPhone and MacBook.” He says his dad was surprised and said, “I would never buy that for you because all the other people on the street could never get that.”

“I didn’t want to raise a spoiled child,” says Alec’s dad, Michael. “So we decided to take some steps to give him a little bit more of an education about the realities of life.”
It was then that Michael and his wife Mehrnaz, came up with an idea to help by feeding the homeless. On a December Sunday, in their small kitchen, the Johnsons and Alec’s friend Luke made 54 egg and cheese burritos and went to downtown San Diego to feed the homeless. Initially, Alec wasn’t completely sold on the idea. “I first thought it was actually a punishment to teach me a lesson, but it turned out to be fun.”

That was more than 130 Sundays and over 33,000 burritos ago. Every Sunday for the past two-and-a-half years, they have been a downtown staple. The group expanded from two boys to seven, and they formed the non-profit Hunger2Help, Kids Taking Action. Each Sunday, the boys, fondly known as the “Burrito Boyz,” and a group of regular volunteers made up of kids and adults, start their morning at dawn to crack, scramble and wrap 450 egg burritos, then head downtown where hundreds of men and women line up waiting.

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Last week we learned that Vic Lombardi’s co-anchor and sports life partner at channel 4, Gary Miller, was departing to become the play-by-play announcer and coach’s show host for CSU football and men’s basketball.

We also learned that Miller will work the 3-6 slot at 105.5 ESPN radio, property of Front Range Sports, owned and operated by Tom “Lou from Littleton” Manoogian, Doug “Dealin’ Doug” Moreland and several other prominent investors.

Gary Miller, we reported, is leaving CBS 4.

This week we learned that Vic Lombardi, who is searching for a new on-air TV love interest, will also be taking on a radio gig. He will be the new morning host, 6-9 AM with Mike Evans on 104.3 the Fan. His new show will air opposite the Press Box with Kiz and Burns on Mile High Sports (which is now syndicated) and National morning programming on ESPN 105.5. All this according to Program Director, Nate Lundy who will also be a contributor the the new morning show.

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Class of 2013,
No one else is going to tell you this, so I might as well.
You sit here today, $30,000 or $40,000 in debt, as the latest victims of what may well be the biggest conspiracy in U.S. history. It is a conspiracy so big and powerful that Dan Brown won’t even touch it. It’s a conspiracy so insidious that you will rarely hear its name.
Move over, Illuminati. Stand down, Wall Street. Area 51? Pah. It’s nothing.
The biggest conspiracy of all? The College-Industrial Complex.
Consider this: You have just paid about three times as much for your degree as did someone graduating 30 years ago. That’s in constant dollars - in other words, after accounting for inflation. There is no evidence that you have received a degree three times as good. Some would wonder if you have received a degree even one times as good.

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