1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: It's k if I AM six forty and you're listening 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: to The Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: KMI AM six. It is The Conway Show. We've got 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: some big news going on in Minneapolis Saint Paul area 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: There was a shooting there earlier. 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: We involved ice officers, and it looks like there might 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: be some unrest there tonight, so we'll follow that, and 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: then we have the one year anniversary of these unbelievable fires. 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: Man oh man, I can remember like it was yesterday 11 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: we have. I was sitting in our house and I 12 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: swear that the the the roof was going to come off. 13 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: I had never I was born and raised here in 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: the San Fernando Valley. My mom and dad had a 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: house and then Sino. When I was born and I 16 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: was six months old, we moved to Tarzana, and then 17 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: we moved back to Encino, and I we had still 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: lived in Cino until he passed away. My mom moved 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: to Steamboat Springs, but I spent my entire life in 20 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: the San Fernando Valley. Pretty rare to have somebody say 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: they've spent their entire life in one place in the 22 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: San Fernando Valley, you know, Tarzana, Sherman Oaks, and now 23 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: in Burbank. And so I've seen weather come and weather go, 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: and I've seen it really hot in the summer times. 25 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: We've seen one hundred and nineteen degrees. We've seen it snow. 26 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: I remember it was I think it was twenty fifteen 27 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: when we were going to church one night on Christmas 28 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: Eve and it snowed on Buena Vista and Magnolia, Buena 29 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: Vista and Magnolia, between Buena Vista, Magnolia and Verdugo. It 30 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: was snowing, snowing in Burbank. So I've seen the entire spectrum. 31 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: I've seen the highs and lows. But I will tell 32 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: you I have never in my life seeing it the 33 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: wind and felt the wind blow like that for that 34 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: long of a period. I have never ever ever experienced 35 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: that in my life. And we're talking, you know, sixty 36 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: plus years or fifty plus years, whatever bio you're you're 37 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: looking at. 38 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 3: It was. 39 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: It was just unbelievable. It just it wouldn't stop. It 40 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: just never stopped. And then when the fire started rolling, 41 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: and you remember, if you remember, there was no footage 42 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: of it from the helicopters. And the reason is not 43 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: because it was too windy to fly. I mean, that 44 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: was part of the reason, but the president was in town. 45 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: President Biden was in town, and so there was a 46 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: do not fly zone over you know, most of the 47 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: area Altadena was included in the thirty mile zone, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, 48 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: and we we tried to get some of the pilots 49 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 1: to come on to talk about that when they were grounded, 50 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: and none of them would. 51 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: None of them. 52 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: I asked two or three of them to come on, Hey, 53 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: come on and tell us why you can't fly, and 54 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: they're like, oh no, I can't say that, can't talk 55 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: about it, can't talk about it. 56 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: Like okay, but. 57 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: That was the reason that President Biden was in town, 58 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: and you just you can't. The Secret Service doesn't care 59 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: what's going on. They have one job and that's to 60 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: protect the president and they are they were not going 61 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: to let anybody fly during those winds and during that 62 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: storm because the president was in town. So that was 63 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: a big deal. But it literally in our house, it 64 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: felt like this. The entire roof was peeling off the house. 65 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: The entire house shook more than it did in an earthquake. 66 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: It felt worse than an earthquake. It felt more dangerous 67 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: than earthquake as well. It felt like the world was 68 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: coming to an end. I remember getting a call from 69 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: somebody in a relative who lives up in Oregon, and 70 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: she said, are you close to the fire burning in Altadena? 71 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: And I said no, I said, We're not that close 72 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: to Altadena. And then I hung up and I went outside, 73 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: and I could literally see the flames in the Pasadena 74 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: Altadena Eton fire area. And if the wind was going 75 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: from east to west, that would have come through Glendale, 76 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: through Lakenyatta, flint Ridge, and then right into Burbank. And 77 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: then once the valley caught on fire, that fire could 78 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: have erased the valley. It burned, it blew for two 79 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: straight days, actually almost three straight days, had better than 80 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: sixty seventy eighty miles an hour. And if the San 81 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: Fernando Valley caught on fire, that fire would erase through 82 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: the valley and you would have had fifty or sixty, 83 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: maybe seventy thousand homes that it burned to the ground. 84 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: But the firefighters had stopped it in Altadena, stopped it 85 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: in Pacific Palisades and Malibu, and if there was a 86 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: third area that was burning and anywhere you know, Long Beach, 87 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: you know Orange County up in the hills, you know, 88 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: maybe a Valencia or whatever then and there wasn't enough 89 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: fire fires, firefighters to cover it. Could have it could 90 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: have burned another fifty thousand homes. There was no way 91 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: to stop that fire. And I know the fire Department's 92 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: taken a lot of heat. And it's not their fault. 93 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: The fault is the people who are funding the fire department. 94 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: Those are the people to blame. The council, the supervisors. 95 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: They're always taking money out of the fire department. They're 96 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: always taking money out of the police department to give 97 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: it to the NGOs, to give it to homelessness, and 98 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: to give it to the corrupt people who run the 99 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: city of La and the County of La. 100 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 2: And that's where all the money goes. 101 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: And people are just sort of, you know, resigned to 102 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: it and they think they can't do anything about it. 103 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: But that kind of corruption that you're seeing right now 104 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,799 Speaker 1: in Minnesota with the daycare centers and upwards two hundred 105 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: billion dollars worth a fraud, you don't think that's going 106 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: on in California. You don't think that's happening in La. 107 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: It one hundred percent is happening in La. That kind 108 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: of money is being stolen right now in LA. It's 109 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: just that nobody really talks about it. 110 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 3: You know. 111 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: Anytime that they get close to, you know, arresting a politician, 112 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: they lawyer up and you know, some of occasionally somebody 113 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: goes down in the council. But the corruption that's going 114 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: on in Minneapolis Saint Paul area is absolutely happening here. 115 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: And they're taking money from the pirate fire department, from 116 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: the police department, from the county sheriff, from the Sheriff's department, 117 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: and they're given it to homeless people run NGOs and 118 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: and homeless you know organizations. But that money is not 119 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: being spent on homeless. That money is being ripped off 120 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: by a lot of the politicians in Los Angeles. And 121 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: you know, and you're going to have to decide and 122 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: not LA you know, county, but LA City. You're going 123 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: to have to decide whether Mayor Bass is your gal. 124 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: You know, whether she has the skills to run the 125 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: city of Los Angeles. She hasn't proven it yet that 126 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: she does, but you're going to decide whether she does 127 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: or doesn't. I have no say in it. I don't 128 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: live in the city of La Crozier doesn't, Stephuch doesn't, 129 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: Angel doesn't, and Bellio doesn't. We're all we all sort 130 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: of came to that conclusion. I think on our own 131 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: that it's not a cool place to buy because A 132 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: it's corrupt, and B it's very poorly run, very poorly run. 133 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: I live in Burbank, Crozier lives out in Claremont. 134 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 2: Where do you live? 135 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: Stefush Torrance, Hawthorn, Hawthorn, Hawthorn, and Bellio's a nervine and 136 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: angel Is asked us not to tell you where she is. 137 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: But she's in Orange County, in a very exclusive area. 138 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: But we've all decided not to live in La because 139 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: of how poorly it's run. 140 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: And I think you have to decide as well. 141 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: Look, if you've been living in your house forever and 142 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: you're in trench, you know the neighbors, you've been there 143 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: for thirty forty years, you're not going anywhere. 144 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: I get that. 145 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: But if you're starting a brand new family and you're 146 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: looking for a place to live, I would think twice 147 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: about the city of Los Angeles, very poorly run, tremendously dangerous. 148 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: The cops and the fire department are always having a 149 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: battle to try to get more money because they're constantly 150 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: reducing their budget. They've been doing that for La Fire 151 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: Department forever, you know, sort of seek not secretly, but 152 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: it's not really well known. They've been trying to take 153 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: money from the fire department every single year for the 154 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: last ten years. 155 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 2: And they and this is what caught them red handed. 156 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 2: You know. 157 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 1: Then they have a fire like this and they wonder, 158 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: you know, why the fire department couldn't put it out 159 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: Because they're understaffed and they're underfunded. 160 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 2: That is both of those are true. 161 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: And there's not enough people in the city of La 162 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: making noise about that. And until you do, it's going 163 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: to continue to happen. All Right, we'll talk. 164 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 2: About the fire. 165 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: We've got a lot of audio to play for you, 166 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: and tonight it's seven o'clock. There's a special we're running 167 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: here on KFI all about the fires, and it's terrific. 168 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 2: It really is great. 169 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: They put a lot of work into it in the 170 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: newsroom and so it's must hear radio, must listen to 171 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: radio Tonight at seven o'clock right here on KFI. 172 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 4: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 173 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 4: AM six forty. 174 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: Oh, if you have a little pep in your step, 175 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: it is because the sun's out. 176 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 3: You know. 177 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: We've had two and a half almost three weeks of 178 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: rain almost every day or cloudy days, and finally the 179 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: sun is out and. 180 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 2: It feels great. 181 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: It feels great to walk around and get a little 182 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: sunshine on your head, on your arms. 183 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 2: On your body. Oh, it feels nice. 184 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: You can open the doors and the windows at home 185 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: for the first time in weeks and air out the house. 186 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: You can clean up the yard, get rid of old 187 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: you know, standing water from that rain. Oh, it's gonna 188 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: be a great couple of days. We're gonna reach almost 189 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: eighty degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week eighty degrees. 190 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 2: So it's gonna be great weekend. 191 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: Get out with the kids and check out the scenery, 192 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: check out the mountains. It's gonna be green. It's gonna beautiful. Oh, 193 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: it's gonna be great. Before we get to our next guest, 194 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: David Howard, I want to talk to Angel Martinez. 195 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 2: Angel you with us. 196 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 5: I sure, an Timmy. 197 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,080 Speaker 2: What the hell is going on with this ten? Oh 198 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 2: my gosh. 199 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 5: So apparently there was a shooting on the ten earlier 200 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 5: this afternoon, like in the two o'clock hour, and now 201 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 5: there's an ongoing investigation. They're probably looking for casings and 202 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 5: all of that. So they've got eastbound lanes on the 203 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 5: ten shut down. They're taking you off of the freeway 204 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 5: at Crenshaw. You can hop back on, but you've got 205 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 5: a scoot all the way over to Western to reconnect 206 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 5: with the ten East. 207 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 2: Okay, and the and side streets must be a mess. 208 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, it's a nightmare. Not only all the 209 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 5: surface streets in the surrounding area. I mean, I'm looking 210 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 5: at Santa Monica Boulevard Niche just getting worse and worse 211 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 5: by the minute. And that's north of the ten freeway. 212 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 5: But even you know, the freeways like the one to 213 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: one is looking worse than it did yesterday. The volume 214 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 5: of all the different streets and surrounding any remotely close 215 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 5: freeway is just going to increase because of the closure 216 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 5: on the ten. 217 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: Right, do you smell a golden mic coming out of 218 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: this tens? Clothes take sides. 219 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 5: It's tim Come on, you know, that was my line. 220 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 5: It was going to be a big surprise. 221 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, we'll keep an eye on that. Any 222 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: word from my highway patrol when they're going to. 223 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 5: Open that up, you know what, I'm right now, I'm 224 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 5: double checking to see what it is that they said, 225 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 5: because last time it was like there's no. 226 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 6: There's no. 227 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 5: Time as to when we will be reopening this. But 228 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 5: all traffic's still off at Crenshaw. You can re enter 229 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 5: at Western. That's the they're holding to that. 230 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: So westbound's still open, eastbounds closed. Yes, that's right, Okay, 231 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 2: all right, thank you, Angel Martinez. 232 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: We have a very talented guy who works here at 233 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: the radio station. His name is David Howard. He's a 234 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: sales manager. I've known him for I don't know, a 235 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: better part of twenty years maybe, And he was coming 236 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: off a very tough year with some physical challenges, and 237 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: then his house burned to the ground right as he 238 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: was getting back up on his feet, and he joins us, 239 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: and I can't tell you, David, what a year you've had. 240 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: My heart goes out to you and your beautiful family, 241 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: and how are things going? 242 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 3: Hey, Tim, thanks so much. I really appreciate it. Well, 243 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 3: as you know, there's a big rally up in town 244 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 3: today in the Palisades, and it was a lot of 245 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 3: highs and a lot of lows, a lot of mixed emotions. 246 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 3: Excuse me, I'm so sorry. Over I'd say it was 247 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 3: a very good day. 248 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 2: Oh good okay. 249 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: And any progress on your house, on your and rebuilding 250 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 1: your home, I know it was burned right to the ground, 251 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: wasn't it. 252 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 3: Yeah it was burnt, Yeah, completely destroyed. I'm literally one 253 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 3: of the lucky ones. Tim the's able too. We're currently 254 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 3: in the framing process, the thing that makes it, which 255 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 3: is wonderful. And someone said, well, how did you get 256 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 3: to this point? And I literally looked at in the 257 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 3: face and said I was lucky and I didn't do anything. 258 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 3: My insurance fortunately was one of the better providers or 259 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 3: carriers that I was able to get that's back on 260 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 3: our feet. And I think, you know, a lot faster 261 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 3: than many others. And it's a weird kind of emotion 262 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 3: because you know, you want to have the progress, you 263 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 3: want to have the exuberance of rebuilding and getting your 264 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 3: life back, but at the same time, you're watching so 265 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 3: many of your friends and neighbors in the community still struggling. 266 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 3: So it's a little bit odd, but I think one 267 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 3: of the things that works to our favor and to 268 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 3: everyone else's favors, and they see people kind of leading 269 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 3: the pathway to get to move forward, it encourages them 270 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 3: to do the same thing. 271 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 2: David, Can I ask you who your insurance company is? 272 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I had Travelers, Travelers, Okay, all right, that's a good. 273 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 2: Endorsement for Travelers. 274 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 3: I can't complain about them, that's for sure. You know 275 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 3: it's listen that wouldn't say it's been easy the entire time. 276 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 3: But if you know, these insurance companies, they want to 277 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 3: test you, and they want to see how much you're 278 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 3: going to fight or outside, and then based on that 279 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 3: they make their decision who they're going to help and 280 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 3: who they're going to hurt. And it's it's just shameful 281 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 3: tim to see. 282 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 2: Some of the stories that I can imagine. 283 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 3: They're going on with family, especially the houses that didn't 284 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 3: burn to the ground. Those people are absolutely just in 285 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 3: the worst shape because you know, I'm sure you're reading 286 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 3: and you're reporting on all the effects of these houses 287 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 3: that are quote unquote called burners, and the chemicals and 288 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 3: the Benzene and all these things are in the walls, 289 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 3: and the insurance companies go, hey, just wipe it off 290 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 3: and move back in. You guys are good And that's 291 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 3: not the case. 292 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: That's not at all, David. How long had you been 293 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: in your house before last January? 294 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 3: Oh gosh, I lived in the tune stage thirty years ago. Wow, 295 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 3: boys there and yeah, a very long time. 296 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: So you know, you know, the Palisades is a sort 297 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: of a unique or it is a unique neighborhood in 298 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. I know a couple of people live there 299 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: and they are all that not only do they know 300 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: their neighbors, but they're all friends with their neighbors. It's 301 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: an odd kind of a pleasant neighborhood where you don't 302 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: just know your neighbor, but you golf with him, or 303 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: he comes over for parties, you have lunch with them. 304 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 2: Everybody knows each other. 305 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, you definitely don't want to do something bad in 306 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 3: the Palisades, that's for sure. 307 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 2: That's probably one of the reasons I'm not there. I'll 308 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 2: tell you that. 309 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, keep your business straight. But just all kidding aside. 310 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 3: It's even today going up there and reuniting with the 311 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 3: people we've even seen him for so long, and you know, 312 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 3: we're living away and and the fact is now, like 313 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 3: you know, like like anything else, if you go through 314 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 3: a tragedy and it doesn't matter where you are, there's 315 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 3: an immediate bomb that is really unexplainable, you know, with 316 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 3: people who really could be complete strangers and now your 317 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 3: best friends. So and I hope that's going on in 318 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 3: Altadena as well, and I think it is, and hopefully 319 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 3: Malibu as well. 320 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: You know, I've noticed it super important. I noticed this 321 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: about Pacific Palisades as well. Is when your kids went 322 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: to school, you became you most likely became friends with 323 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: your friend's parents, and even though some of those relationships 324 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: don't exist anymore, you're probably still friends with some of 325 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: the parents, even though the kids aren't talking to each 326 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: other anymore. 327 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 2: It's a it's a really yeah. 328 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 1: I've noticed that with two people I know that live 329 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: in Palisades. Both of them have friends who were their 330 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: son or daughter's friends. They no longer speak, but they're 331 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: still friends. It's really it's it's amazing. 332 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 3: That's interesting. No, you're right, for sure, Yeah, but you know, 333 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 3: just in terms of the overorld day and I think 334 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 3: you know John was up there, and you know I 335 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 3: was able to talk to him. And I think the 336 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 3: thing that's the most important is that we just we've 337 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 3: got to continue this fight for accountability. We have to 338 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 3: continue this fight for making sure that whatever all the 339 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 3: failures that happened don't happen again. Because you know I've 340 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 3: heard you or g last night. I'm talking that you 341 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 3: know it's going to happen here again. It's going to 342 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 3: could be in Sino God forbid, or bel Air, Bradwood 343 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 3: or the Hollywood Hills or you name it. And if 344 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 3: we don't get it fixed and we don't address it, 345 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 3: we're going to be talking about this for a very 346 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 3: very long time. And it's just not okay. And and 347 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 3: you know when William Maholand when he was leader of 348 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 3: the L A. D w P and the dam broke 349 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 3: and people died. The next day, he came back and 350 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 3: he made a public announcement. He said, you know, I'm 351 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 3: no longer fit for it to run this office, to 352 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 3: run this position, because I failed the city, and I 353 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 3: failed the and I failed the UH and the people 354 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 3: that live in the city and the communities. And you know, 355 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 3: we're hoping that happens now, because it just cover up 356 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 3: after cover up, after deceit, after pointing fingers, and it's exhausting. 357 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 1: Did you have by the way, did you have an 358 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to read did you have an opportunity to read 359 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: the La Times article about the about the seven different 360 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: reports after action reports done by LA Fire Department. I 361 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: can't believe that that that they went through seven different 362 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: you know, versions of that of that report and watering 363 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: it down every single time. 364 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, well for sure. Well a couple of things too. 365 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 3: Number one, the fact that the La Times has done 366 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 3: such an amazing job reporting this, I think is kind 367 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 3: of surprising a lot of people, me included, So kudos 368 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 3: to them. The original command structure individual is running that 369 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 3: wrote the first part of the report and then submitted it. 370 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 3: Would they asked him to sign the report after those 371 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 3: seven changes, and he's like, I'm not signing this report. 372 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 3: This isn't what This isn't the report I submitted, so 373 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 3: I get my signature on it. And the big question was, 374 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:33,479 Speaker 3: you know constantly, well who's approving these changes? Right? And 375 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 3: you know what point who's looking at it? And you know, 376 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 3: this morning it was a big deal up in town 377 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 3: and the Palisades that the front page of the Early 378 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 3: Times reported that this did get the Best's desk. I 379 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 3: figures we can say whatever we want, but the fact 380 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 3: that they even changed the language is absurd, right, because 381 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 3: if you change the language and you're not addressing the issue, 382 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 3: you're just putting a band aid on it. 383 00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: Buddy, Can you hold on? I got a million more 384 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: questions for you, Okay, all right. David Howard's with a 385 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,239 Speaker 1: sales manager here at iHeart. He lost his home in 386 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: the fire exactly a year ago, and I got a 387 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: million more questions for him about the process, where he is, 388 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: what he sees on the ground there. And he's had 389 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: an unbelievable year and like millions of like hundreds of 390 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: thousands of people who have in the Eton fire, Palisades 391 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: and Malibu. And we'll continue. We're talking with him. We're 392 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: live on KFIM six forty. Don't forget, it's seven o'clock tonight, 393 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: a big special from the KFI newsroom on the one 394 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: year anniversary of these deadly fires. So you got to 395 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: listen tonight at seven pm right here on KFI. 396 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 4: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI 397 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 4: AM six forty. 398 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: Seven o'clock tonight, Michael Monks hosting a special on the fires. 399 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: Starts in exactly two hours and twenty two minutes. So 400 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: you got to be here, maybe you have stuff to 401 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: do with the kids, whatever, you got to come back 402 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: at seven o'clock huge special on the one year anniversary 403 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: of the fires, and a last from seven to nine 404 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: pm tonight on kfive. All right, David Howard is with 405 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: US sales manager at iHeart lost his home a year 406 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: ago in the Pacific Palisades. David, on your street that 407 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,479 Speaker 1: you live on, what percentage of homes do you see 408 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: either being built or finished or in the process. 409 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 3: On my street there are will be two houses currently 410 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 3: under construction out of how many lots, Oh gosh, I'd 411 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 3: probably say sixteen. 412 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 2: Oh my god, is that right? 413 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 3: But two more are coming on are going to be 414 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 3: starting in April, and my neighbor to my left will 415 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 3: be starting sometime in the middle of the year. So 416 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 3: it's my particular neighborhood seems to be advancing at a 417 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 3: much faster rate and clip than other parts of the 418 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 3: Pall stages a bunch of small neighborhoods that create one 419 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 3: big neighborhood, as you know, but when you drive up there, 420 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 3: you do feel like the tide is definitely turning that 421 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 3: you can say, wow, the town is starting to rebuild 422 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 3: and you're getting that feeling. So that's a good thing. 423 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 2: But everything has to be redone. 424 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the street, the streets have to 425 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: be redone, the trees, you know, the power wires, everything. 426 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 3: There's a ton to do. All that stuff hopefully will 427 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 3: fall online, but again you need the city leading that 428 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 3: charge in terms of you know, DWP is going to 429 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 3: be underground in the lines or so they say they are, 430 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 3: and they're in the process of you can't get a permit, 431 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 3: you have to have a box put in so when 432 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 3: they pull out the lines coming from the street and 433 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 3: going into your roofline, those will all be taken out 434 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 3: and they'll be just a quick conduit that you just 435 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 3: plug underneath them, the special box that all the homes 436 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 3: in order to get their COO have to make. That 437 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 3: part of the building process. 438 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 2: Is that for the entire area of Palisades. 439 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, to my understanding there, that is for the entire Palsades. 440 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 3: They're going to start in certain neighborhoods first and then 441 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 3: build it out from there. The Huntington Palisades right now 442 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 3: doesn't need it because they their power poles have been 443 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 3: under They've always had their poles under track. 444 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: But but when you when what's the end date here? 445 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: When do you get the keys? And when is that 446 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 1: your house schedule to be completed? 447 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 3: We're probably looking sometime towards the end of twenty six, which, 448 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 3: you know, which if you told me that on the 449 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 3: day of the fire, I would probably not have believed it, right, 450 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 3: But the you know, the the the misnomer is and 451 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 3: and I'm not you know, as you know, I'm not 452 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 3: here to talk about how great the city is int 453 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 3: the job they've done. People need to understand that they 454 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 3: can't get their their permits. If they have a competent contractor, 455 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 3: permitting takes about six to nine weeks. The real reality 456 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 3: is that when people are talking about, well, there's no 457 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 3: building aund there's no permits being issued, it's because there's 458 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 3: such a there's a norm. There's styles of families that 459 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 3: can't issue a plan. You can't put a plan into 460 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 3: building in safety if you don't know how much money 461 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 3: you have to build, How do you do how do 462 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 3: you how do you give the inspectors a plan. If 463 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 3: the insurance companies are sitting on the money that they 464 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 3: owe you, so you know how much you can build 465 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 3: on what you can do with that house. And that's 466 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 3: where the log jam is, right, And that's I think 467 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 3: now where the focus has to kind of turn a 468 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 3: little bit to start putting pressure on these insurance companies 469 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 3: because they have made people's lives absolutely miserable. And when 470 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 3: you hear the stories, Tim, it's just you can't believe it. 471 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 3: You know. It's like I guarantee you, particularly for the 472 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 3: homes that they are still up. They're called burners though 473 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 3: the insurance the CEO state Farm, he's not moving back 474 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 3: into that house, right, but he expects that you're going 475 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 3: to do that. Wow, And that's not cool. 476 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think right. 477 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: And and I on the on the you know, the 478 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: governor's level, I don't see the governor. I don't see 479 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: governor news some either in the eat and fire area 480 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: of the Palace sates fire ever coming down and helping 481 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: and helping out or offering help. 482 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 3: Well, considering the fact that's that's the biggest joke of 483 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 3: all right, the part there's two fires. It's super important 484 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,239 Speaker 3: that our listeners know that the Tosside fire was a 485 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 3: second fire that was the result of the first fire, 486 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 3: the Lockman fire, never being put out properly. State officials 487 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 3: told LAFD not to do their job. The rank and file. 488 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 3: They said, you cannot put out this, You can't create 489 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 3: fire breaks because you have to pretend you have to 490 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 3: protect this plant called the milk veedge plant. Do you 491 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 3: have a milk vedge plant. I don't have one. I 492 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 3: don't know anybody that has one. And they have the 493 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 3: Actually the nerve and the LAFD actually broke a fire 494 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 3: line to put the stuff that they already removed back 495 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 3: to protect the plant. Now, the crazy part about that 496 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 3: is that plant grows best after a fire. Right Now, 497 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 3: that plant doesn't exist him right because the plants they 498 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 3: were trying to protect they all bring and they all 499 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 3: went away. So the fact that newsom to your question 500 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 3: has been persona on grata when state officials now are 501 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 3: getting deposed and they're saying, yes, we were on site, 502 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 3: Yes we left when the fire was not soy extinguished. 503 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 3: Yes we did not close the park. Yes we did 504 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 3: not follow the manual that's written on how to handle wildfires. 505 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 3: It's going to come out like at some point you know, 506 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 3: we're not going away. And again, the most important thing 507 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 3: here is there's another part of the state park somewhere 508 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 3: on the surrounding neighborhoods of Los Angeles that if they 509 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 3: don't address it, the same thing's going to happen when 510 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 3: you need it. Right back to ground. 511 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: David Howard is with us a sales manager here at iHeart. 512 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 2: Does it bother you? 513 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 1: And if you thought about this, I'm sure you have 514 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: that once you do move back into your home, you're 515 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: going to be in a construction zone maybe for the 516 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: next five years. 517 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 3: You know. I have thought about it, My family's thought 518 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 3: about it, and it doesn't Honestly, it doesn't bother us 519 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,679 Speaker 3: because number one, someone's got to take the lead, right 520 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,719 Speaker 3: someone's got it. If everybody sits back and goes, well, 521 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 3: I'm not going to I'm not going to be the 522 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 3: first one. 523 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 2: That's good. 524 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 3: Truth of the matter is now, now's the best time 525 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 3: to build because there's there's nothing, there's no impediments to 526 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 3: stop in the build right now. The contractors are getting in, 527 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 3: they're getting out, trucks are getting in getting out. There's 528 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 3: no problem right now. So for the people that are waiting, 529 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 3: and listen, you know, everybody has a story, and there's 530 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 3: a lot of reasons why people are waiting, and there 531 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 3: they're legitimate reasons for the people that can go, they 532 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 3: should go now because there's no better time. 533 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: And what about people do you know anybody who has said, 534 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: screw it, we don't have the money, we don't have 535 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: the time. We're in our seventies, we're not rebuilding. 536 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, we know. There's three different kind of buckets. There's 537 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 3: like the eighty plus eighty year old plus bucket where 538 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 3: they were, you know, house rich, cash poor. They use 539 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 3: the equity in their homes for their children, they're to 540 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 3: get a reverse mortgage and they were living off of it. 541 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,239 Speaker 3: Those people aren't going to rebuild. Then you have a 542 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 3: middle bucket, which are people anywhere from let's say, you know, fifty, 543 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 3: I would say forties to sixties that are just waiting 544 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 3: on insurance. They all want to rebuild, they all want 545 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 3: to come back. And then there's the people that were 546 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 3: literally lucky that are building now. And so the I 547 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 3: would say about the conventional wism is telling us about 548 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 3: sixty to sixty five percent of the neighborhood. Of the 549 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 3: people that live there prior to the fire are going 550 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 3: to come back. I don't know very many people that 551 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 3: are not coming back, and my buddy, I want to keep, honestly, 552 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 3: of all my friend group, I could probably say maybe 553 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 3: two people. 554 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: All right, I want to keep checking back with you. 555 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: God bless you and your family. 556 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 2: Man. I really appreciate you coming. 557 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 3: On all right, man, anytime, Thanks so much. 558 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 2: Thanks Bud. 559 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: David Howard sales manager, great guy here at iHeart lost 560 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: his house a year ago in the Palisades, and you 561 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: can hear it in his voice. 562 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 2: Man, he has just had a brutal, brutal year and 563 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: a lot of people have. 564 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 4: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI AM. 565 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 2: We talked to somebody. 566 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: We talked to what David Howard out at Pacific said, So, 567 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: let's go to Altadena and Heather Brooker is out there. 568 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 2: HEATHERN. Brooker, how you. 569 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 6: Hey, Conway? I am here outside of the grocery outlet. 570 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 6: That's because this is where they're building a very special 571 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 6: event here for the folks in Altadena. 572 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 3: There's a few. 573 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 6: Hundred people out here. When I first walked up, there 574 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 6: was a band plane. They've got cameras everywhere, chairs everywhere. 575 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 6: This feels like a homecoming of sorts here. There's people hugging, 576 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 6: there's a lot of emotion. They have photographed up of 577 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 6: the people who were killed in the Kon Canyon fire, 578 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 6: and it's it's been a really emotional experience so far. 579 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 6: A lot of people I talk to say they're just 580 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 6: happy to be here to honor the people who were 581 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 6: killed and also celebrate the community of Altadena. 582 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 2: And where exactly are you? 583 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's a bunch of grocery outlets in that area. 584 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's it's the one on Lake Avenue, and we've 585 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 6: kind of taken over the parking lot here. It's right 586 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 6: spread across from the Jack in the Box. There's a 587 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 6: big sign that says we will rebuild al Sabina's Strong. 588 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 6: And we are north of the two sat And yeah, okay, 589 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,959 Speaker 6: I have to say when I was driving through the area, 590 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 6: I've been here a couple of times. I was here 591 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 6: early this morning. They went to the palaces and now 592 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 6: I'm back here. And when I was driving through this morning, 593 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 6: you know, we've all seen the photos and images of 594 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 6: these empty, dried out areas where the homes used to be. 595 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 6: Well now it's filled with grass. A lot of these 596 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 6: empty spaces where the Altadena homes used to be are 597 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 6: filled with grass. There's also a lot of signs real 598 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 6: to the signs home for sale signs. But on a 599 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 6: positive note, there's a lot of rebuilding going on. There's 600 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 6: five hundred and thirty five permit to rebuild have been 601 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 6: issued here and it has been I think that's one 602 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 6: thing that a lot of people here are inspired by 603 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 6: and is bringing them hope that they are seeing some progress. 604 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 6: Very minusule progress compared to the ninety five hundred homes 605 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 6: that were lost, but they are seeing some progress. I 606 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 6: talked to a woman named Denise this morning who was 607 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 6: very passionate about who she thinks is responsible and who 608 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 6: should be held accountable for this fire. 609 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 7: It's horrible, it's really it's a disaster. I mean, you 610 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 7: have to start your life over again. You have to 611 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 7: get the can opener and the new things that you 612 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 7: don't even think of. And it's at least lived in 613 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 7: eleven hotels before we could find a place to live. 614 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 7: It's been a really horrible year since the fire. 615 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 6: I know earlier you said this you didn't feel like 616 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 6: this was an anniversary you could just celebrate. 617 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: Tell me about that. 618 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 7: It's incredibly sad. After I talked to you, I started crying. 619 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 7: It's hard to be reminded of what you went through 620 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 7: and how hard the last. 621 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 2: Year has been. 622 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 6: And you said there's someone in particular or something in 623 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 6: particular that you want to hold accountable. 624 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 7: So so count Edison. We all know it started the fire, 625 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 7: and throughout the recovery, we have charities helping, we have 626 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 7: the government helping, but Southern California, Edison has not even 627 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 7: given us. 628 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 2: A bottle of water. 629 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 7: Wow, and it's really shocking that they do nothing. 630 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 2: That's a that's unbelievable audio. 631 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, it is, And that is truly the sentiment from 632 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 6: a lot of the people that I've spoken with here 633 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 6: in Altadina. This event, though tonight in particular, seems to 634 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 6: be more celebratory in the fact that they're coming together, 635 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 6: they are celebrating the community that is here and the 636 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 6: fact that they do want to rebuild. Now, I will 637 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 6: say it is in pretty start contrast to what I 638 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 6: thought in the Palace Dades just a few hours ago. 639 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 6: There was a lot more anger, a lot more frustration 640 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 6: being expressed there. You know, as you know, Spender Pratt 641 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 6: announced he was going to run for mayor of La 642 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 6: which was kind of greeted with a mixed reaction of 643 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:21,479 Speaker 6: cheers and some people a surprise and shock, but mostly 644 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 6: the sentiment there is anger. I spoke with a man 645 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 6: named Brent who says, if he was the mayor of La, 646 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 6: he would step down. This is what he had to say. 647 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 2: City failed us. 648 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 8: I mean, I think the science kind of speak for themselves, 649 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 8: but the fact that there was no water to fight 650 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 8: a fire. 651 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 7: I mean, I think my. 652 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 8: Family probably paid close to six hundred thousand dollars in 653 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 8: property taxes for the thirty years that we were in 654 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 8: this town, and you'd think Square one would be providing water, 655 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 8: providing safety, police, providing fires. And the fact that our 656 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 8: entire you know, Powa States burned down is absolutely unacceptable 657 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 8: and it's a gross negligence on behalf of the mayors, 658 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 8: the fire department, and the city found some people that 659 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 8: are responsible for maintaining these things. 660 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 3: There's no reason for the book for the reservoirs to. 661 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 8: Be empty at the end of the day, and it's 662 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 8: an absolute travesy. 663 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 4: My father just had a stroke. 664 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 2: He lost everything in. 665 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 8: Those fires us so I've been going through it. You know, 666 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 8: it takes a toll emotionally, takes to financially, takes so 667 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 8: physically this. 668 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 2: Marriage, don't you know, I don't. 669 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: I don't know how Mayor Bass listens to that audio 670 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 1: and and doesn't step aside. 671 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 6: I don't know. And he he said that as well, 672 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 6: He said that he thought that she should step down, 673 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 6: and if it was anybody in this position, that they 674 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 6: should stemp down. 675 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 3: You know. 676 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 6: That is that is a sentiment though that a lot 677 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 6: of people have been expressing to me today, especially in 678 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:54,240 Speaker 6: the Palisades. And like I said, though here in Alta Dina, 679 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 6: there's a lot of pubs, there's a lot of m 680 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 6: there's a I don't know if you can hear, but 681 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 6: there's a jazz orchestra playing in the background, which is 682 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 6: really beautifully representative of the Alta Due community, which has 683 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 6: a lot of arts and music connections and speaking special 684 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 6: to be here. 685 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: Speaking of music, there's a huge concert going on tonight 686 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: at the Pacific Civic Auditorium. They I think starts I 687 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: think it starts at five pm. And this thing has 688 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 1: it's called a concert for Altadena and you can live 689 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: stream it online. It sold out moments after it was announced. 690 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: And that concert happens tonight. 691 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 6: I think a lot of people will be going to that, 692 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 6: and there's the people who are not able to go 693 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,800 Speaker 6: to that are certainly coming here. They run out of seats, 694 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 6: it looks like, and now it's kind of scaming room 695 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 6: only here. You know, there's there is truly a sense 696 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 6: of community coming together and the organizers, that's what they 697 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,359 Speaker 6: told me that they were they were hoping. I went 698 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 6: by one of the houses today that was being rebuilt 699 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 6: and the homeowner said that, you know, they went through 700 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 6: all the soil testing, they worked with their builder, and 701 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 6: they had no plans to leave Altadena. They're very, very 702 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 6: passionate about this community. And the folks in the Palisades 703 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 6: felt the same way. They want to rebuild. They just 704 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:17,319 Speaker 6: want someone to take accountability and they want to make 705 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 6: sure that there are reforms moving forward to make sure 706 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 6: that something like this or try to make sure something 707 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 6: like this never happens again. 708 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. 709 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 1: I after listening to both those people today, I don't 710 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 1: know how there hasn't been more heads that have fallen. 711 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: There's not one person that has resigned or has been 712 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 1: fired over it. The only person that was dismissed, and 713 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 1: I was the head of the La Fire Department, and 714 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: you know, she now has a job as a fire 715 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:54,440 Speaker 1: captain somewhere. But there's no politician that has paid the 716 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: price for what has happened to Palisades, Malibu and Altadena. 717 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,760 Speaker 6: Well into that in too, there's also been no utility 718 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 6: companies that have paid the price or been held accountable either. 719 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 6: You know, this is just a series of just awful circumstances. 720 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,360 Speaker 6: And you know, if it was just one person we 721 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,959 Speaker 6: could point to and blame everything, you know, it would 722 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 6: be certainly a lot easier. But because it was like 723 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 6: a multi pronged failure of systems that were put in 724 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 6: place that people have for years been paying into in 725 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 6: terms of like you know, city feeds to make sure 726 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,919 Speaker 6: that the water is in the reservoirs, don't make sure 727 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,760 Speaker 6: that they're going to have access to the things they need. 728 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 6: This is a multi pronged failure on many levels. So 729 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,400 Speaker 6: I don't know that we'll ever get a complete resolution 730 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 6: or any one person held accountable. It's going to be 731 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,440 Speaker 6: something that's going to take years to get to the 732 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,920 Speaker 6: bottom of it and find some peace here. But certainly 733 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 6: here's a night in Alta Dina. I can't even tell 734 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 6: you now since we've been talking, it's totally packed on. 735 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 6: Having to scoop back a little bit to them, all. 736 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,880 Speaker 1: Right, Heather Room, I appreciate, We appreciate you coming on 737 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: if you want to go out there. Heather Brooker is 738 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 1: out there at grocery outlet on Lake just north of 739 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: the two ten. 740 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 2: Appreciate it, Thank you very much, Heather. 741 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,359 Speaker 6: Thanks all right. 742 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,800 Speaker 1: The special tonight seven o'clock. We're about two hours away 743 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:25,080 Speaker 1: from the Big Special hosted by Michael Monks a year ago. 744 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 1: These fires were devastating to southern California, and you'll hear 745 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 1: a lot of audio tonight seven o'clock right here on 746 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty Conway Show on demand on the 747 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,840 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. Now, you can always hear us live on 748 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,720 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty four to seven pm Monday through Friday, 749 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,960 Speaker 1: and anytime on demand on the iHeart Radio app.