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April Tatro was born on 12 April 1942 in Escondido, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Big Top Pee-wee (1988), Wonder Woman (1975) and Days of Our Lives (1965).

Randy grew up on the beaches and baseball fields of southern California and in the mountains and basketball courts of North Carolina as a result of his parents divorce. His father, Ralph, was a high school business teacher and accountant in Escondido. His mother, Joyce, from North Carolina, was a secretary and elementary school teacher. His older brother Perry is an art professor in San Diego. After performing plays in elementary school and high school, Randy was accepted to UCLA where he tried to join the theatre department and baseball team but was rejected from both. He dropped out after one quarter and struck out on his own in Los Angeles. In 1981, he met his acting teacher and mentor, Antony Ponzini. Through Tony, Randy met his future manager, Robert P. Marcucci. The Taylor Hackford film, The Idolmaker, was based on Robert's life as the manager of pop singers Frankie Avalon and Fabian. Bob represented Randy for over 25 years, a relationship that included four series regular jobs for Randy; Acapulco H.E.A.T., Love Boat: The Next Wave, JAG, and First Monday. Randy has done over forty plays in theaters throughout Los Angeles and appeared Off-Broadway in Jose Rivera's "Each Day Dies With Sleep" in 1990 at the famous Circle Rep Theatre, as well as a few off-off Broadway productions. In 2003, he began a successful collaboration with Mexican director Beto Gomez beginning with Punos Rosas in 2005, Saving Private Perez in 2011 and Volando Bajo in 2014. Randy has directed and produced three award winning documentaries; "Testimony: The Maria Guardado Story," about a Salvadoran woman surviving death squads in1980 and her journey to the United States; and two American Indian themed documentaries, "The Thick Dark Fog" and "Badger Creek," which have both aired on PBS. He lives with actress Marilyn Sanabria.

In 1993, nine year old Jon Paul Steuer was cast in the role of Brett Butler's son Quentin Kelly on the ABC sitcom Grace Under Fire. The pilot episode aired September 29, 1993 with actor Noah Segan playing Quentin. Jon took over the role starting in episode two. During hiatus of the second season, ten year old Jon was cast in Little Giants (1994), a comedy movie co-starring with Sam Horrigan who was then 13 years old. Jon returned to his Grace Under Fire schedule and continued on the show until the end of the third season.

In May 1996, Jon's parents abruptly pulled him from the show saying that they felt the show was not a good environment for their son, citing Brett Butler's substance abuse, frequent rehab admissions and her overt sexual behavior toward 12-year-old Jon. Brett Butler was observed flashing her breasts at him on the set. When Jon left Grace Under Fire in 1996, it was his Little Giants co-star Sam Horrigan who took over the role of Quentin Kelly.

After leaving the show, when Jon interviewed for other acting jobs, he found most casting directors only wanted to question him about what it was like to work with Brett Butler, how it was working on Grace Under Fire set and why he left the show.In April 2015, Jon told an interviewer from the internet-based newspaper website, The A.V. Club, that he thought the behavior of some casting agents was very unprofessional and that he didn't appreciate how the focus during job interviews was on Brett Butler and the show, when he was supposed to be interviewing with them for another job.

It was then that Jon Paul Steuer decided to quit acting altogether. His family moved to Denver Colorado and while finishing high school, Jon worked at several jobs.

In 2003 Jon took the stage name of Jonny P. Jewels, formed the glam punk band Kill City Thrillers with four other musicians and became the lead singer. In 2005, the band changed its name to Soda Pop Kids. The band worked consistently until November 2009 when the group decided to quit.

In 2011, Jon became the fifth member of a Portland-based punk rock group called P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. They performed in nearby states and in 2014, the band went on a European tour. Jon remained with the band until his death.

In March 2015, Jon became partners with chef Sean Sigmon and invested in a vegan restaurant in Portland, Oregon called Harvest At The Bindery. The restaurant thrived for almost three years.

On January 1, 2018, at the age of 33, Jon Paul Steuer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Portland, Oregon. The day after his death, his Harvest At The Bindery restaurant partner closed down the restaurant permanently and on January 3, 2018 it was put up for sale.

Dean Clark was born on 3 March 1962 in Escondido, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Aristocats (1970) and M.U.G.E.N (1999). He is married to Cathy Heslin. They have two children.

Steve Bassett was born on 25 June 1952 in Escondido, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Spring Break (1983), The Jackal (1997) and As the World Turns (1956). He has been married to Anne since 1980. They have two children.

Margarita Reyes combines her talents as an actress and producer to craft compelling narratives in film and television. Beginning her Hollywood journey in 1997, Margarita has appeared in notable shows like 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Good Trouble' and 'Criminal Minds'. Beyond acting, she's a dynamic producer with projects like 'Nowhere Men', 'Raise Your Hand', and 'Puncher's Chance' under her belt.

Margarita's personal story, marked by triumphs and tribulations, deeply influences her artistic and advocacy endeavors.

Jessie-Ann Friend was born on 17 October 1981 in Escondido, California, USA. She is an actress, known for General Hospital (1963), Magic Island (1995) and Frankie Starlight (1995).

Matt Benton is an Award-Winning documentary Director & Editor in the paranormal & horror genre. He is a Paranormal Investigator that keeps all of his work authentic & real with a creep factor from his music choices, sound design & editing. He is the Director of the Award-Winning documentary The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House.

Noted rock music critic and journalist Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was born on December 13, 1948 in Escondido, California. His mother Norma Belle was a Jehovah's Witness while his Conway Lesley Bangs was a drunk and a truck driver who died in a fire when Bangs was only nine years old. Lester was raised by his mother in El Cajon in San Diego County, California. Lester attended El Cajon Valley High School and developed in interest in such things as writing, jazz music, science fiction, and comic books while growing up as a kid. Bangs briefly went to San Diego State College in 1968 before eventually dropping out and had his first album review published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1969. Lester continued to write album reviews for Rolling Stone up until 1973 when editor/publisher Jann Wenner fired Bangs for disrespecting musicians in his reviews. (He was eventually rehired by Rolling Stone in 1979.)

Lester started writing album reviews for the Detroit, Michigan-based rock publication Creem in August, 1970. Bangs subsequently moved to Detroit to became a member of the staff and a head writer for Creem, which he remained a key part of before quitting the magazine in 1976. During his time at Creem Lester established himself as an expert on the burgeoning punk rock music movement of the 1970's and carved a niche for himself as one of the most colorful, distinctive, and opinionated rock music critics of his generation. Outside of Creem, Bangs also wrote for a variety of publications that include Fusion, Playboy, Penthouse, New Musical Express, and Phonograph Record Magazine. After parting ways with Creem Lester moved to New York City and wrote a slew of album reviews for the newspaper The Village Voice. Moreover, Bangs also recorded a few singles and albums as well as wrote a controversial book on the New Wave band Blondie. Lester died at the tragically young age of thirty-three on April 30, 1982 from an accidental drug overdose at his apartment in New York City. Widely hailed as one of the all-time great pioneers of gonzo rock music criticism, his love and passion for music continues to live on in perpetuity in his highly charged and inimitable writing.

Rob Gibbs was born on 17 October 1964 in Escondido, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Pocahontas (1995), Brave (2012) and WALL·E (2008). He died on 24 April 2020.

Todd attended the University of Irvine, and began his career at Lucasfilm in the 90s. He's been a union picture editor and visual effects editor for over 20 years. A writer for the Motion Picture Editor Guilds magazine, and instructor at the American Film Institute in visual effects editing. From 2009-2013 he was the lead editor at The Third Floor Inc. previsualization company.

Jonathan Wysocki grew up in the theatre, his experiences spanning from Europe to Africa. He went on to obtain an MFA in Film Production at UCLA, where he wrote, directed, and edited four short narratives, including the award-winning films The Way Station (2004) and The Vessel Pitches (2005). Wysocki worked as director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld's executive assistant, served as a feature programmer for the Los Angeles Film Festival, was the associate producer on The Hammer (2007) and the producer on Thrasher Road (2018). He is a Fellow of the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs, went through IFP's No Borders International Co-Production Market, and won Sundance's Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship as well as two Annenberg grants. He serves as an advisor for Sundance Co//abs. Additional award-winning short films include A Doll's Eyes (2016), Adjust-A-Dream (2014), and Alibi Nation (2015). His first feature film as a writer/director, Dramarama (2020), is a love letter to his drama nerd origins. Wysocki is also a Project Involve Fellow at Film Independent, an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Campus, and a professor at Chapman University, Occidental College, and Cal State Long Beach.

Mark Camperell was born on 6 December 1980 in Escondido, California, USA. He is known for The Flash (2014), The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022).

Born and raised in San Diego county, Jon is the oldest of six. He started acting at the age of six in neighborhood theaters after seeing a production of Oliver! Jon graduated from Chapman University with a BFA in Theater and is currently working on his first blues/ rock ablum with a band called Captain and the Kidd.

Sarah Marples was born on 4 May 1984 in Escondido, California, USA. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Roberto and the Robot (2009), Glass (2010) and Conscious (2013).

Gregory R. Armstrong was born on 23 December 1969 in Escondido, California, USA. He is an actor and production designer, known for This Is Meg (2017), Witness Infection (2020) and White Latina (2019).

Amayla Early was born on 11 July 2001 in Escondido, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Moonlight (2007), Pepper Dennis (2006) and Saint Louie (2004).

Markus Avina was born on 4 March 1997 in Escondido, California. Markus is an actor, known for Pacific Bell (2022).

San Diego native Aaron David Roberts has been working in the film industry since his pre-teen years as a PA/Grip on his father's award winning commercial production sets. After High School, Aaron started an ambitious multi-media company, Blue Vision Entertainment, focusing on discovering and promoting unknown and independent filmmakers, musicians, artists and photographers.

He quickly learned many of his peers who found the company with him did not have the same drive and persistence as he did, and Blue Vision Entertainment focused on the one dimension of the company Aaron was running: film.

Aaron created the world of 'The Cast Members', his first Television concept, in spring of 2014 and after a successful local crowdfunding campaign, in the spring of 2016, the first Cast Members TV Pilot was filmed for $3500 and released the following year in June to over 500,000 total views and an audience of nearly 3,500 die-hard fans.

Aaron used this momentum to propel his next independent pilot project, Chartered, where in 2018 he worked with award winning and veteran TV actors like Sloane Morgan Siegel (The Goldbergs, Gortimer Gibbons), Jonathan Joss (Parks & Rec, King of the Hill) and Mark Christopher Lawrence (Chuck, Seinfeld, The Pursuit of Happyness) with a $100,000 budget.

Chartered was a 2019 semi-finalist for Comedy at the premiere independent TV festival in the US, the Catalyst Content Festival, located in Duluth Minnesota. It was during that week that Aaron set up the next venture of his career, launching a full-fledged media company and getting his first feature film made.

Rising Tides Creative was born in April of 2020 and in a pandemic influenced year, still managed to work with incredible, local award winning restaurant clients, produce a TV Concept for Bigtime Decent in Las Vegas, start production on a documentary project with NIVA and Taylor Morden (The Last Blockbuster) about the dire and unstable nature of the most famous independent music venues while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing to work with big hospitality brands like Toast Tab and Yelp.

Rising Tides Creative was also approved as one of the first feature film projects for the St. Louis County Production Rebate programs in Minnesota for the feature film version of The Cast Members, a $1.8 Million film being distributed and financed by Buffalo 8 and BondIt Media Capital. It is currently in pre-production and slated to film in August 2022.

Servando Magadan Jr. Is an American actor known for FAM (2015) and Big & $ave (2015). Servando was born on January 31,1991 In Escondido California. His father Servando Magadan Sr. and Mother Rufina Magadan are both from Mexican descent. Servando is the third of four Children. He started acting at the age of thirteen in his hometown theater productions. To his friends and family he often goes by his nickname "J.R.". Servando Magadan Jr. currently resides in Los Angeles California.

Ricky Moore was born on 16 August 1975 in Escondido, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Desert Fox (2009), Blank Slate (2003) and Robert McAtee: Favorite Toy (2017).

Seth Laursen was born on 20 May 1979 in Escondido, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Mad Twin (2003), Disarmed (2008) and Alpha Male (2006).

Jim Mainard serves as Head of Digital Strategy and New Business Development for DreamWorks Animation. His responsibilities include setting the digital strategy for, and fostering and developing new businesses in, the rapidly evolving digital landscape. Prior to this, Jim was the executive responsible for the transition of the Studio to 3D (stereoscopic) filmmaking. He has previously served as both Head of Production Development and Head of Research and Development and was responsible for establishing and delivering the strategic vision for the software tools used to produce its computer generated films. He joined the DreamWorks team as a system engineer in 1997 and was responsible for the creation of the animation tools for the studio's first feature film, The Prince of Egypt.

Jim made the transition to the entertainment industry after spending 13 years in the field of Aerospace. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Jim worked as a Senior Systems Engineer at TRW for the Hubble Space Telescope Ground Station. Among many roles during his tenure at TRW, Jim redesigned tactical mapping software relied upon by the U.S. Army and Navy and was principle in the creation and establishment of the Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System (TAMPS) used in all fixed and rotary wing aircrafts.

Jim is a founder & former Chairman of the Advanced Imaging Society, has served on the Industry Advisory Counsel for California Polytechnic (SLO) Computer Science, serves on the Board of Directors for JumpStart, and is a graduate of the University of Southern California.

Jim was born and raised in San Diego and has lived most of his life in Southern California.

Not many people can say that they are one of the top young surfers and snowboarders, but Brock Crouch has earned that right.

Brock Crouch is a professional snowboarder who focuses on slopestyle. He was born in Carlsbad, California, but although he surfed from a young age and continues to enter surf events, he discovered his forte was on snow during a family vacation to the ski town of Mammoth Lakes.

There was no turning back after that. "I never wanted to leave Mammoth," he says. By the age of six, Crouch entered his first slopestyle and halfpipe contests with the USA Snowboard Association. He was a natural at competition, and soon he began winning contests, including the USASA Nationals. "When I was about eight, I realised, 'Whoa, I could be really good at this sport,'" says Crouch. "I started winning contests, and I was really excited about that. My coach said to me, 'You should keep doing this.' I just kept progressing every day after that."

Crouch had so much success in snowboarding from such a young age that his parents quickly realised he needed to live closer to the snow. Now he spends much of the winter living in Mammoth and travelling to contests. In the summer, he returns home to Carlsbad, where he surfs and skates as much as he can. He's scored wins and podiums in WSA and NSSA surf contests around southern California and beyond. "I love surfing and skating, but snowboarding is number one," he says. "In snowboarding, you have to be really strong."

By the time he was 11, Crouch had decided he wanted to focus on slopestyle riding. "Halfpipe was kind of boring," he says. "You just go back and forth. I had way more fun in slopestyle." In 2012, his first year focusing on slopestyle, he went undefeated in the USASA events. Now Crouch spends much of the winter travelling to contests worldwide, from the Burton European Open in Switzerland - which he won in 2014 - to the US Revolution Tour, which launches young riders to the next level.

In 2015, he landed on the podium, in third place, at the Rev Tour stop at his home mountain of Mammoth. "That felt really great, especially being at home and bringing home a medal," he says. "It's cool to see how after all the hard work, it finally pays off." Crouch left Mammoth that night, arriving in Carlsbad around 2am. He woke up at 5:30 the next morning to drive to Huntington Beach to compete in a surf contest. "It can get a little crazy, but I just remember to stay in the moment and to have fun," he says.

It's a philosophy that helped him to first place at the 2016 FIS Snowboard World Cup in Korea and will carry him to many more podium appearances in the future.

In 2018, Crouch took third in snowboarding in the Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain. Later that year, Crouch was riding in Canada's backcountry with friends. He was first down when the ground broke, and an avalanche swallowed him. Thankfully, amazingly, his friends were quickly able to save him in time.

The road to recovery was both mentally and physically harrowing, but Crouch was not yet done with snowboarding. Two years after the near-fatal avalanche, Crouch made his triumphant return to the podium at the 2020 Dew Tour at Copper Mountain Resort.

Gavvy Cravath was born on 23 March 1881 in Escondido, California, USA. He died on 23 May 1963 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.