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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Barbershop blasts out ‘Baby Shark' in order to deter homeless people
A Los Angeles barbershop is blasting the popular children's song 'Baby Shark' outside its storefront to deter homeless people from gathering outside. Shalom Styles, CEO of Styles Barber Lounge, told local outlet KTLA he has security cameras installed outside his store that make a noise when someone moves nearby. Originally, the cameras just beeped, but Styles said that wasn't enough. Now, he has a speaker above his shop that blasts the song. 'When people are walking past and forth and loitering, the cameras beep, but the camera sound isn't loud enough,' he said. 'There's cars going by at all hours of the day, also not loud enough. So the speaker playing 'Baby Shark' is gonna make everybody move, or bring the news and have the city do something about it.' The speaker is pointed toward an encampment near his store, KTLA reports. Styles also has locations in New York City and Las Vegas, according to the studio's website. He founded the business in 2018. Styles described a recent incident in which a nude woman began yelling outside his store when he asked her to leave. 'She started screaming at the top of her lungs, she kicked her shoes off, threw them and screamed for probably 10 minutes,' he told KTLA. This isn't the first time a business has used 'Baby Shark' as a sonic deterrent. The Waterfront Lake Pavilion, a luxury venue in West Palm Beach, Florida, played 'Baby Shark' and other children's songs in 2019 to deter people from sleeping on their patio, CNN reports. Other businesses across the country have similarly opted to use a device called a Mosquito, which emits a high-pitch noise. The noise can only be heard by people under 25, NPR reports, and has been used to ward off young people from gathering in certain areas. Those who support sonic deterrents, like the Mosquito, say they're necessary for preventing loitering and vandalism, but others say they're discriminatory and can disturb nearby residents, according to NPR. The Independent has contacted Styles Barber Lounge for comment.
The Independent
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Barbershop blasts out ‘Baby Shark' in order to deter homeless people
A Los Angeles barbershop is blasting the popular children's song 'Baby Shark' outside its storefront to deter homeless people from gathering outside. Shalom Styles, CEO of Styles Barber Lounge, told local outlet KTLA he has security cameras installed outside his store that make a noise when someone moves nearby. Originally, the cameras just beeped, but Styles said that wasn't enough. Now, he has a speaker above his shop that blasts the song. 'When people are walking past and forth and loitering, the cameras beep, but the camera sound isn't loud enough,' he said. 'There's cars going by at all hours of the day, also not loud enough. So the speaker playing 'Baby Shark' is gonna make everybody move, or bring the news and have the city do something about it.' The speaker is pointed toward an encampment near his store, KTLA reports. Styles also has locations in New York City and Las Vegas, according to the studio's website. He founded the business in 2018. Styles described a recent incident in which a nude woman began yelling outside his store when he asked her to leave. 'She started screaming at the top of her lungs, she kicked her shoes off, threw them and screamed for probably 10 minutes,' he told KTLA. This isn't the first time a business has used 'Baby Shark' as a sonic deterrent. The Waterfront Lake Pavilion, a luxury venue in West Palm Beach, Florida, played 'Baby Shark' and other children's songs in 2019 to deter people from sleeping on their patio, CNN reports. Other businesses across the country have similarly opted to use a device called a Mosquito, which emits a high-pitch noise. The noise can only be heard by people under 25, NPR reports, and has been used to ward off young people from gathering in certain areas. Those who support sonic deterrents, like the Mosquito, say they're necessary for preventing loitering and vandalism, but others say they're discriminatory and can disturb nearby residents, according to NPR.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Los Angeles barbershop blasts ‘Baby Shark' to ward off homeless
A barbershop in downtown Los Angeles is blasting the toddler-favorite 'Baby Shark' song to deter homeless individuals from setting up camp outside the business. Shalom Styles, CEO and founder of Styles Barber Lounge, spoke with KTLA on Sunday, explaining his ongoing efforts to protect his shop and keep his customers safe and comfortable. 'I've been making sure since I came to this street that there's no homeless, there's no tents, and if I see something, I clean it up,' said Styles. 'I'll see cracked glass on the corners, because they're cracking windows sometimes, but on 11th Street, they're not – I have surveillance.' Styles explained that another effort he's put in place with the help of property management includes security cameras that make a noise to alert anyone making motion nearby. 'When people are walking past and forth and loitering, the cameras beep, but the camera sound isn't loud enough. There's cars going by at all hours of the day, also not loud enough,' said Styles. 'So the speaker playing 'Baby Shark' is gonna make everybody move, or bring the news and have the city do something about it.' In a recent encounter, Styles said he had to tell a naked woman to leave after he found her sitting unclothed on his bench. 'It was bad, it was an eyesore for business,' said Styles. 'She started screaming at the top of her lungs, she kicked her shoes off, threw them and screamed for probably 10 minutes.' Styles said police and other city efforts haven't helped, but that he hopes the city will try harder, as these issues seem to be growing around his shop. 'We can't have the encampment grow here,' said Styles, talking about the music choice. 'It's annoying for them to do what they're doing to the business, so I'd rather they just be annoyed.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Los Angeles business owner blasts 'Baby Shark' on repeat to ward off homeless encampments
A Los Angeles business owner has found a novel way to keep homeless people from camping near his building: playing a children's song on an annoying loop. "They played 'Baby Shark' all night long," Tracy, a woman who lives in an encampment next door to the building at the corner of West 11th and Main streets, told NBC4 Los Angeles. "They're doing everything they can to make us move or drive us crazy. But it's doing the latter. It's driving people crazy." The building owners began playing the song through a loudspeaker pointed directly at the encampment, which Tracy told the outlet had "kept her and others up all night." "This is ridiculous. We can't get any sleep. We can't get housing. We can't eat," she said. "And now they're trying to drive us crazy with children's music." Shalom Styles, who owns the barbershop Styles Barber Lounge, around the corner from the business playing "Baby Shark" told the outlet that they aren't trying to be mean or insensitive to the homeless, but have businesses to run and are "just trying to survive." "It's not always about being kind, because when people are taking away from business, and all the stores are going out of business," Styles said. "We're still here surviving, trying to put up for our family." California Gov. Gavin Newsom released details last week about his multi-billion-dollar plan to tackle the homeless crisis in the Golden State and is pushing cities and counties to take "immediate action." On Monday, Newsom shared a model ordinance for cities and counties to "immediately address dangerous and unhealthy encampments and connect people experiencing homelessness with shelter and services." "There's nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets," Newsom said in a news release. "Local leaders asked for resources – we delivered the largest state investment in history. They asked for legal clarity – the courts delivered. Now, we're giving them a model they can put to work immediately, with urgency and with humanity, to resolve encampments and connect people to shelter, housing, and care. The time for inaction is over. There are no more excuses," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said. The ordinance is backed in part by $3.3 billion in new Prop 1 funding, Newsom's office announced, adding that the governor is "calling on all local governments to act without delay." Newsom is also encouraging local leaders to use their authority, affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, to address homeless encampments. "The Governor is calling on every local government to adopt and implement local policies without delay," Newsom's office said. Newsom's office told Fox News Digital that the governor has "actively held communities accountable who do not follow state law to address homelessness", sharing an example of when the state sued the City of Norwalk in 2024 for "its unlawful ban on homeless shelters." The governor's office added that, while national homelessness went up by nearly 7% last year, California's increase was only 0.45% and was lower than those of 44 other states. "Governor Newsom is the first governor to actively address this issue in our state, and he is reversing a crisis that was decades in the making," Newsom's office said. Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to
