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UER Forum > US: Pacific Southwest > Get Schooled (Viewed 3775 times)
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Get Schooled
< on 3/9/2014 11:04 PM >
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Couldn't find a thread on this, but a friend recommended this place and we hit it up on our way back from our road trip.

The college was a Jesuit seminary which opened in 1934. In February 1969, the school relocated to Berkeley and is one of only two Jesuit theological centers in the United States operated by the Society of Jesus.

The original college buildings were heavily damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989. That same year, the Jesuits sold the property for $12 million to Hong Kong Metro Realty, based in Madison, Wisconsin, and run by Dr. Jun Lee, nephew of Hong Kong casino billionaire Stanley Ho. Lee sold the land to Arlie Land and Cattle of Cottage Grove, Oregon in December 1997 for more than $17 million.

The building stands obviously vacant to this day, however, we noticed some equipment close to the road and wondered if they were going to tear it down due to deadly hazards on site. After we left, we found a sign that warned about hazardous materials in the building and I believe it to be toxic from what we found and could access. If you go, I highly recommend masks.

But it was a beautiful find and, to be honest, kind of eerie with all the paintings of angels and bible passages still found written on the walls from years ago. We did wonder if it had been an elementary school at one point after finding child sized chairs and signs that would be made for gets but we haven't found as much as we like on the place.

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Great thread!
Great post!
Great photos!



Thanks for sharing!





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Great thread!
Great post!
Great photos!



Thanks for sharing!




I'm glad you like this! Thank you for commenting, it means a lot!




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love the musk edit.

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i am the other yourself.

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I remember a thread on this place from a few years ago. I've never been myself. Great find & set!




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super cool




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< Reply # 6 on 3/11/2014 7:20 PM >
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The book of Musk. Touches my heart every time I read it. <3




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I remember a thread on this place from a few years ago. I've never been myself. Great find & set!


If you ever are in the area, I recommend it. But again, bring some kind of mask. The air literally smelt toxic. And thank you.




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Got a trespassing ticket here about a month ago -- now I get to go to court for a potential misdemeanor for "Being in a hazardous area".

Fucking dumb.




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Got a trespassing ticket here about a month ago -- now I get to go to court for a potential misdemeanor for "Being in a hazardous area".

Fucking dumb.

http://i.imgur.com/O7TFilC.jpg?1

He looks outrunable




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Got a trespassing ticket here about a month ago -- now I get to go to court for a potential misdemeanor for "Being in a hazardous area".

Fucking dumb.

http://i.imgur.com/O7TFilC.jpg?1


Wow! A misdemeanor for being in a hazardous area? lol, I'd love to see if that charge sticks in court. You got any priors?




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Got a trespassing ticket here about a month ago --


Now I remember why I haven't been! I have an allergic reaction to tickets.
Sorry to hear that you got popped. I hope it turns out ok for you.

Four other explorers have gotten tickets here. Those are the ones I'm aware of. If memory serves. One case got thrown out of court and three got fines ranging from $60- $240.



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When I visited this spot about 7 years ago a local on horseback rousted us. It was dusk and we were waiting until dark to start shooting. He let us stay, but I could tell he hated us.

Interesting to see it now. It's in a lot rougher shape and the chapel (boarded up tight) now appears wide open.

My old pics: https://www.flickr...72157602316108314/




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Wow! A misdemeanor for being in a hazardous area? lol, I'd love to see if that charge sticks in court. You got any priors?


Luckily I don't -- when we had to go down and get "booked" we were asking questions about how DA lawyers work and the booking officer even told us "the judge will give you your options when you appear in court, but you guys have clean records so they'll probably push it down to an infraction".

Fingers crossed.

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He looks outrunable



Unfortunately there were two of them and they caught us inside the fenced area :/


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Now I remember why I haven't been! I have an allergic reaction to tickets.
Sorry to hear that you got popped. I hope it turns out ok for you.

Four other explorers have gotten tickets here. Those are the ones I'm aware of. If memory serves. One case got thrown out of court and three got fines ranging from $60- $240.


Yeah the only shitty part is I have to put myself on exploring probation until I get this thing settled so I don't get any other tickets until this one gets resolved.
I'm cool with $240, just as long as I don't get a damn misdemeanor.

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When I visited this spot about 7 years ago a local on horseback rousted us. It was dusk and we were waiting until dark to start shooting. He let us stay, but I could tell he hated us.

Yup, the rangers even told us it was one of the horse riders that called it in. We saw one wayy in the distance on the trail on the way in but didn't realize how strange he was acting until after everything went down.




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Got a trespassing ticket here about a month ago -- now I get to go to court for a potential misdemeanor for "Being in a hazardous area".

Fucking dumb.

http://i.imgur.com/O7TFilC.jpg?1


That is so dumb!! I'm so sorry, that's so unfair to you.




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http://Yup, the ra...rything went down.

Scary enough, we saw two people on horses that didn't see us. Mainly because by the time we saw them, we were way behind them. I guess a warning to everyone: don't park in an obvious place and be weary of people on horseback. That's fucking crazy.




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Great pics Flashy. Glad you checked this spot out and had no issues.
You've been exploring like a fiend!

Sucks that so many people get tickets here. Back in 2010 or so about 15 of us went there for a "meet&greet". Parked all along that road. No problem.

Went twice more and the last time (2012) a ranger came in after us.
We snuck down a hill and came strolling out a different path and the ranger didn't see us but was waiting by the car.
Much ado over nothing. She was young and tried to get us to admit we were poking around the school. Had to let us leave.

Next time? Much safer to get dropped off





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Great pics Flashy. Glad you checked this spot out and had no issues.
You've been exploring like a fiend!

Sucks that so many people get tickets here. Back in 2010 or so about 15 of us went there for a "meet&greet". Parked all along that road. No problem.

Went twice more and the last time (2012) a ranger came in after us.
We snuck down a hill and came strolling out a different path and the ranger didn't see us but was waiting by the car.
Much ado over nothing. She was young and tried to get us to admit we were poking around the school. Had to let us leave.

Next time? Much safer to get dropped off




I do my best. Honestly, I'm shocked we didn't get busted. We parked in an obvious spot and we weren't exactly being quiet.

It really is. Though, I am surprised with how out of the way it is from any major area despite the freeway. I guess it's because it's on the toxic side?

You guys got lucky!




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Hmmm... I'm starting to think maybe I should just call the cops on random people I see when I'm urbexing. First it will go ahead and get the cops there and second they would be looking for the suspicious guy whos been lurking/stalking/harassing/or what ever b.s. excuse I can come up with instead of me and not at said building... hell maybe I could even beat the good samaritans to the punch and have some of them hassled for a change.... But if it doesnt work I can always just say I used the building for refuge till the cops showed up... I think most cops want to belive that everyone is much more retarded than they are... there have been many times that playing dumb... and I mean REALLY dumb, that has gotten me out trouble....




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