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Texas bachelor, 70, is looking for love, pays $400 a week for billboard sign about 'enjoying karaoke'
A Texas man is searching for love — and he’s taken his search on the road.
Al Gilberti, 70, is from Sweetwater, Texas, and is dedicated to finding his special someone. He described himself as a “lonely male” who’s seeking a “female marriage-minded” person, according to the billboard sign he pays for in the west Texas town.
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The billboard, 20 feet high, includes an image of Gilberti and a call-out for anyone looking for love — and who enjoys karaoke, too.
The $400-a-week sign reads, “Lonely male, can relocate, Sweetwater. Seeks female marriage minded. Enjoy karaoke.”
Al Gilberti of Texas is looking for his forever mate. “People are inquiring thinking I was someone rich to help with their bills!” he said. (SWNS)
In the first two weeks since it was installed, Gilberti told SWNS that he’s had over 400 calls and 50 emails.
“It’s been more inquiries from people that are looking to gain something from me — which I get. I’d probably do the same,” he added.
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“People are inquiring thinking I was someone rich to help with their bills!” he also said.
The divorced dad of one said that many people are looking to take his money — something he said he’s not interested in entertaining.
A man from Texas took matters into his own hands as he seeks a “marriage-minded female.” He’s paying $400 a week for this billboard in his town. (SWNS)
Originally from Burlington, Vermont, Gilberti is a former band promoter. He said his non-negotiables are loyalty, honesty and sincerity.
“I just want someone loyal. I want someone honest about themselves and someone sincere that’s going to be coming into something they really want to be in,” he told SWNS.
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Gilberti said he is also looking for someone with a “slim build,” but otherwise doesn’t have a preference about looks.
He even said he would go to Europe if that meant he could find “the one.”
Gilberti said he was tired of waiting — so he decided to put up a billboard in town to try and find “the one.” (SWNS)
“I’d go to Europe to meet someone,” he said — but only if he got his passport sorted.
As for what he can bring to the table, he told SWNS he’s a good listener and is open-minded.
“I can offer someone that’s going to listen,” said the Texas man who’s been single since 2015.
Gilberti said he would travel for love — and even go overseas if it meant he’d find the right one. (iStock)
Gilberti said he has a retirement income and doesn’t look to be 70 years old — even noting his last relationship was with someone 26 years younger than him.
He noted that “a lot of seniors are close-minded” but he “is not.”
He also said he’s prepared to move anywhere within the U.S. to be with “the one,” but is also willing to go over to the U.K. if it’s the right person.
“It all depends on the person. As long as I’m not going to stump the money up, and then I have to leave,” he told SWNS.
A 70-year-old man is looking for a relationship by posting a billboard in his Texas town. (SWNS/iStock)
Gilberti also told SWNS that he’s “someone looking for fame” with his billboard listing.
Fox News Digital reached out to Gilberti for further comment and updates.
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If you live or want to live in Los Angeles, the city controller has released a new dashboard highlighting some of the city’s most notorious problem rental properties, a tool designed to help renters avoid future headaches.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti‑Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said in a media release Thursday.
The new Top 100 Problem Rental Properties dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses with reported housing violation cases within the city of Los Angeles, a ranked list of the 100 addresses with the most violations and an interactive map.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said in the release.
Data for the dashboard was compiled from multiple sources, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the L.A. County Assessor’s Office, according to the controller’s office.
The release also identified the top three addresses with the highest number of reported housing violations:
1. 636 1/2 North Hill Place, Chinatown
192 housing violation cases
2. 11700 West Wilshire Boulevard, Sawtelle
166 housing violation cases
3. 6650 West Forest Lawn Drive, Hollywood Hills
113 housing violation cases
“Our new dashboard is an easy‑to‑understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the City to act,” Mejia said. “Everyone deserves safe, stable and dignified housing.”
Authorities discovered millions of dollars worth of counterfeit luxury goods in a downtown Los Angeles bust.
On May 14, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at two locations — a retail store in the 500 Block of South Los Angeles Street and a commercial warehouse in the 500 Block of Main Street.
Inside the warehouse, deputies found a significant amount of counterfeit luxury merchandise. In total, the retail value of the goods was estimated between $5 million and $10 million.
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Authorities discovered a warehouse filled with counterfeit luxury goods worth an estimated $5-$10 million in a downtown Los Angeles bust operation on May 14, 2026. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
Two unidentified suspects, a man and a woman, were taken into custody.
“This remains an active investigation,” LASD said. “Additional arrests or charges are possible as the case progresses.”
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call LASD’s Major Crimes Bureau’s Tip Line at 562-946-7893.
Anonymous tips can be provided to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at lacrimestoppers.org.
At least one person was critically injured in a house fire that erupted in Montebello early Thursday morning.
Crews responded to the blaze engulfing a detached unit in the 100 block of South 5th Street near West Whittier Boulevard around 5 a.m.
Flames quickly spread to a nearby electrical pole, blowing a fuse and knocking out power in the area. Sparks could be seen as a loud pop was heard in a Citizen.com video later obtained by KTLA.
At least one person was believed to be in critical condition due to burn injuries, though officials have not released further details.
There was no immediate word on a possible cause of the fire.
A neighbor told KTLA that three people lived inside the home, including a child.
This is a developing story.
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