1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand by me. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 2: Andy Reespire. This is Later with mo Kelly. I am 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 2: in for mister mo Kelly. I'll be with you all 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 2: the way to ten o'clock tonight. Would love to hear 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: from you at Andy KTLA if you've got some thoughts. 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: Of course, you can normally see me Monday, Tuesday and 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 2: when else Thursday on the KTLA Morning News and then 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 2: on the weekend show. I'm here on the weekends as well. 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: You can access me in a lot of ways. It's 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: a lot of meat, which is great if you're a fan. 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 2: If you don't like me, that's a struggle. 12 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 3: I get it. We've got a lot on the show tonight. 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: I'm just talking to Conway about the Pacific Air Show 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 2: at Huntington Beach. That is going to be exciting. Big airplane. 15 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: People love the planes. Will tell you about what to expect. 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: We're actually going to talk to one of the pilots. 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: Of course, there's no military jets there due to the 18 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: government shutdown, but the short takeoff in landing planes the 19 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: stall planes now listen. You usually don't want a plane 20 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: that's called a stallplane. That's like the number one thing 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 2: you don't want in an aircraft is stalling. But we 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: are going to talk to one of the pilots of 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: those planes tell us about what to expect they land 24 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: on the beach. I think great time down there in 25 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 2: Huntington Beach. Beautiful day today, It's going to beautiful this weekend. 26 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: Like I said, we will have that just in a 27 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: little bit. Plus a woman who lives in Altadena, SHAWNA. Dawson, 28 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: she lost her home in the Eaten fire. She'll join 29 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 2: us also to talk about her reaction to this report 30 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: that the Board of Supervisors spent two million dollars on 31 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: two million dollars of our money and the people in 32 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: Altadena don't like the report. The Bord of Supervisors slam 33 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: the report. On Tuesday, We're going to get a reaction 34 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: and see what the community members are thinking about with that. 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: Plus a new dating app. You know those dating apps 36 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: out there? What a hell that is? It's going to 37 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: actually ask you if you want to receive nudes? Now, 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: how fun is that? Good stuff? But before we get 39 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: into that, something is afoot in the valley. Bad news 40 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: in the valley. The studio city Equinox better not lock 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: up your watch. Will you go to pump some irons, 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: as they say. 43 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 4: According to the LAPD, this isn't just happening at gyms, 44 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 4: but also at parks, yoga studios, essentially anywhere where people 45 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 4: have their guard down. And the victim in this case, 46 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 4: he says, he took off his watch. You put it 47 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 4: inside the locker. When he came back, it was gone. 48 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 5: I put my watch inside the locker. 49 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 4: Darius Hicks is referring to his twenty thousand dollars rolelex 50 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 4: he believes was stolen from this Equinox gym in Studio City. 51 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 5: Took a shower and steamed. I came back maybe about 52 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 5: fifteen minutes or so. 53 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 3: Did she call it? 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 2: It is Alinobovian, who I think is a great reporter, 55 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: but I think she's pronouncing equinox equinox. 56 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 4: Like erewon the pricey piece of jewelry. It was inside 57 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 4: a locker which was locked. 58 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 3: He says. 59 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 4: It was on September eighteenth, and still no clues as 60 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 4: to who could have taken it. What's worse, the watchheat 61 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 4: sentimental value, a reminder of his best friend who passed 62 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: away at a young age. 63 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 3: That's terrible. 64 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 2: I also got to say something about this, so believe 65 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 2: it or not, And I know this is going to 66 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: sound out of touch. I am a member of this Equinox. 67 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 2: I did not know why I signed up for this, 68 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 2: but I worked for a company many years ago where 69 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 2: I got a really good deal on it. And I'm 70 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 2: hoping that no one from Equinox finds out I don't 71 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 2: work for that company anymore because I think I'm still 72 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: grandfathered in on that deal. But I'm sure had they 73 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: known that I changed careers, I probably wouldn't qualify for this. 74 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: But I've got a lot of thoughts on this, and 75 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: when we listened to the rest of the story, I'll 76 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: tell you what I think. 77 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 5: Starting in real estate together and doing quite a free 78 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 5: real estate deals, and then we bought these matching relexes 79 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 5: as a celebratory thing. Quite maybe about three years later. 80 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 5: He passed away at the age of. 81 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 4: Thirty six, and while police have not yet confirmed this 82 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 4: case is linked to others, law enforcement has caution before 83 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 4: the locker rooms across LA from the Valley to the 84 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 4: West Side have become hotspots for theft. 85 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 3: Wow, I don't get this. 86 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 2: When you go to the Equinox, and again when you 87 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: look at me, I understand why you think I don't 88 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 2: go to the gym a lot. I'm on the same 89 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 2: one hundred percent. But when you go to the gym here, 90 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: you open up the locker, you put your stuff in there, 91 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 2: and then you close it. And then there's a keypad 92 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 2: and it's like a magnetic lock, and it's pretty secure. 93 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: And if you lose or forget the keypad or the 94 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: number or whatever on the keypad, you got to go 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 2: ask a manager who will then walk over with a clipboard. 96 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: He'll ask you what's in the locker. You have to 97 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 2: tell him what's in the locker. He makes a note 98 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 2: of it with the clipboard, and I think he actually 99 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,679 Speaker 2: takes the license, takes down your license. 100 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 3: This is very strange. 101 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 6: After the suspects go and enter gymnasium and they go 102 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 6: through the lockers, see locks that are cut and broken, 103 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 6: real easy versus the ones there are a solid great 104 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 6: locks that doesn't know where they We're able to touch 105 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 6: those items. 106 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 4: The department says the best too, put your own locks. 107 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 2: That's not how that works. I don't know what's going 108 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: on here. I think only the manager has access to those. 109 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 2: You need a special key to get in there. 110 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 4: Does it make a lot of sense, and says the 111 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 4: best advice is to invest in a strong, sturdy lock, 112 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 4: or just leave your valuables at home. 113 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 7: Yeah. 114 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 2: I don't war watches very much anymore so. I think 115 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 2: in the last couple years people used to wear watches 116 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: all the time. Wow, Like, guy's so proud of not 117 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 2: wearing a watch. Have you ever heard somebody so so 118 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 2: smug about not wearing a watch? 119 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 3: It's so over, it's so last year. 120 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 4: Listen our watches very much anymore, or just leave your 121 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 4: valuables at home. 122 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 2: I don't want watches very much anymore so. I think 123 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 2: in the last couple years people used to wear watches 124 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 2: all the time. 125 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 3: Oh but but get with the program Misobovian maring. 126 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 2: A short sleeve shirt or something. I'm not wearing a 127 00:05:58,600 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: watch right now. 128 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 4: In response to the theft, Equinox says we take the 129 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 4: security of our members property very seriously and our assisting 130 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 4: law enforcement following a recent incident. As for Hicks, he 131 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 4: posted the devastating incident on his social media, only to 132 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 4: realize he isn't alone. 133 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 5: There isn't any recourse when you're voing to these gyms, 134 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 5: when you're going out grocery shopping, just on your everyday errands. 135 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 5: Be vigilant because people are wowed and it's insane that 136 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 5: you can't go to the gym without being robbed. 137 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: All right, I think that the setup there was something 138 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: like Aleno Bovian talked to Jim Gohers to see if 139 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: they had any insight onto what went down there, And 140 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: I asked, who is Jim goers Lionel Richie is in 141 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: hot water? I guess kind of. We're going to get 142 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 2: to that in a little bit. Plus a dating app 143 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: that asks if you want to see nudes? What a 144 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: world we're living in. So much news here today on 145 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 2: this Thursday in Los Angeles. 146 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 147 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 2: Nadi Riesemeyer in for mister mo Kelly. Let's go out 148 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: to Altadena. There's some news that broke just earlier today 149 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 2: about the Eaton fire, or at least the moments leading 150 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 2: up to it. An investigation by NPR that's an up 151 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 2: and coming radio station, found issues with so Cal Edison 152 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: power lines the morning before the Eton fire destroyed part 153 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: of Altadena. So this would have been hours because if 154 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 2: you remember back on January seventh, the fire started in 155 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: the Palisades that morning and then didn't. We didn't see 156 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 2: a lot of smoke, or at least a lot of 157 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 2: activity happening in Altadena until much later in the afternoon. 158 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 2: But distribution lines are basically the lines that go into 159 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 2: individual houses from the power company, and they were failing 160 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: as early as eleven AM, and at least one was 161 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: linked to a fire, and like I said, hours before 162 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 2: the fire actually broke out at Eaton Canyon. Firefighters responded 163 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 2: during the morning in the afternoon and all those soak 164 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: how Edison could have shut off power to most of 165 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 2: the circuits in the area, they didn't. It is the 166 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: latest investigation in the last week about the fires. A 167 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 2: two million dollar report commissioned by the Board of Supervisors 168 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 2: found failures at the county level, but did not put 169 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 2: the blame squarely on any department or any person Immediately, 170 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 2: the reaction from the community was negative. On Tuesday, the 171 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 2: county criticized their own report, saying it was full of 172 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: gaping holes and didn't answer the question why did evacuation 173 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 2: alerts come so late for so many I'm sure you 174 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 2: remember nineteen people died in the Eton fire. Eighteen of 175 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 2: those were in West Altadena who that community didn't receive 176 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 2: those emergency alerts to evacuate until way farther into the morning. 177 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 2: Many people who live in Altadena are also frustrated by 178 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: this report, including Seanna Dawson, who runs the community group 179 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 2: social media account Beautiful Altadena. She joins us with Lauren Randolph, 180 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: who also lost a home in Altadena during the fire. 181 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: Good evening to both of you. 182 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 7: Thank you for being here, thanks for having us on tonight. 183 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 2: So I want to ask your initial reaction from the 184 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 2: fire report on Thursday was publicized Seana, pretty well in 185 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Times, in another media, you were really 186 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,839 Speaker 2: displeased with it. When Tuesday rolled around, the Bard of 187 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: Supervisors took a look at that and sort of echoed 188 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 2: what you were saying in that the report really didn't 189 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 2: go very far, or at least didn't give the people 190 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 2: in Altadena what they were hoping for. 191 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 3: What were you guys looking for in this report? 192 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 7: You I'll kick it off by just saying, I think 193 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,479 Speaker 7: what Alcadina was looking for is some form of accountability. 194 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 8: Right. 195 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 7: What was promised by the county was that this report 196 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 7: would bring some clear, fact based review how the alert 197 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 7: warnings and evacuations were handled specifically in West Albadina, which 198 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 7: is a historically black community and where we saw the 199 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 7: majority all but one of the nineteen documented depths. And 200 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 7: I say documented because we still have neighbors who are missing. 201 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 7: We've lost neighbors since the fire, the suicides and to 202 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 7: other complications, so that depth toll is not representative. 203 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: But what we got. 204 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 7: Instead was carefully inconveniently worded pr spin tiptoying around the 205 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 7: county's midsteps, no assigning of responsibility anywhere. In particular, if 206 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 7: anyone seen the spider man name of everyone pointing at 207 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 7: the other spider man, that's it, that's right. We shared 208 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 7: that actually on our social media account. And so you know, 209 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 7: this is what brought community members and community organizers together. 210 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 7: So Lauren and I separate of our representations with our organizations, 211 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 7: myself with Beautiful Albadina, Lauren as an altogether block cabin captain, 212 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 7: both of us total lost survivors west of Lake. We 213 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 7: are also part of an organization called alpadin into Accountability, 214 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 7: and so we brought together. We ended up bringing together 215 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 7: a couple hundred of our neighbors in very short notice. 216 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 7: In Albadina to have a press conference to communicate loud 217 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 7: and clear how unsatisfactory it is for a community that 218 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 7: needs some form of justice and the true accountability, and 219 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 7: clearly we were heard. 220 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And I think that you must at least 221 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: feel good to hear Supervisor Barker or Barger Rather and 222 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 2: a few of the other Board of supervisors say yeah, 223 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 2: this didn't go far enough, and how upsetting is that. 224 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 2: It almost feels like it must be insult to injury 225 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 2: to look at this and say, there's two million dollars 226 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 2: that were spent on this study that ostensibly could have 227 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 2: gone to helping rebuild, and we have less answers than 228 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 2: we could have ever expected. 229 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 7: Right, I'm gonna let Lauren take that. 230 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 8: Yeah, I I feel the same way. I mean, a 231 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 8: lot of what came out of a Crystal report where 232 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 8: things we already knew, right, We knew we were under staffed, 233 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 8: we knew we weren't prepared. We didn't need a two 234 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 8: million dollar report to tell us that we needed the 235 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 8: report to tell us why the nine to one one 236 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 8: calls in West Altadena were unanswered, and why evacuation didn't 237 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 8: come through sooner, and why we didn't get those alerts 238 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 8: sooner and why there wasn't a better, more coordinated do you, 239 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 8: eft other than community members, do you have. 240 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 2: Any indication why there was so little uh findings? I 241 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 2: guess or I mean it was a sense of this 242 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 2: was an independent report that was paid for by the county. 243 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 2: But does it feel like there was some of CYA 244 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 2: action happening? 245 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, I think definitely. It feels like it was 246 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 8: kind of a performative report rather than rather than a 247 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 8: report that really dove into investigating. I think the first 248 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 8: page of the reports is this is not an investigation 249 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 8: and it's not to lay blame, and if we're paying 250 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 8: this much for report, it should be an investigation to 251 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 8: understand what went wrong and how to do better next 252 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 8: time so that this doesn't happen again anywhere in La County. 253 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 254 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 2: I think it's obvious when you look at the photos 255 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 2: of the aftermath of this now almost ten months later, 256 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 2: and how devastating it was, but even now, how little 257 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 2: it feels like has been done. 258 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 3: You just say, like, what is happening right now? I mean, 259 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 3: what's your sense? 260 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 2: I mean, at least in the community, about the sentiment 261 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 2: of how the rebuilding process has been going at a 262 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 2: county level. 263 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 8: I think it's not greating Seawanna. I don't know if 264 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 8: you've started the process, but I have talked to a 265 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 8: lot of neighbors who have started, and it's just it 266 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 8: seems like red tape and disconnect. You know, the process 267 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 8: is supposed to be quicker to get permitting and rebuild, 268 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 8: and there's no consistency in how long anybody's plans get 269 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 8: turned around. And then every day there's a new report 270 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 8: on soil or air. So you start to rebuild and 271 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 8: you start to make a decision, and then you gain 272 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 8: more information that is being let out and investigated, so 273 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 8: it makes it really difficult to push forward. And then 274 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 8: on top of that, you at the Christopher Court and 275 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 8: a lack of clear understanding of what happened that night 276 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 8: to fix it, and it's hard to move forward. 277 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 2: Do you have any indication, Seana, sort of what goes 278 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 2: what happens next year? I mean I almost want to say, 279 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: like I get the urge to say, Okay, well you 280 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 2: didn't fix the situation. Who's your boss that I can 281 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 2: talk to, which I know is like probably. 282 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 7: Heapace, But well, I'm not going to I'm not going 283 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 7: to use the euphemism that we tend to the last 284 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 7: year because it's you know, it would undermine what we staycare. 285 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 7: But the bottom line is, you know, our organizations, you 286 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 7: know our coalition of organizations, are very clear in our 287 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 7: demand and it is that Attorney General but Rob Bosa 288 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 7: conduct a true independent investigation with the pena power, because 289 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 7: that is the only way that we are going to 290 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 7: get what we need. That report is a report, it's 291 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 7: not an investigation. It's not actionable. We've had reports like 292 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 7: this in the past. There was one after the Right 293 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 7: we had one after the Woldy fire. None of half 294 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 7: the things that motions were passed and promises were made 295 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 7: to implement were not implemented. If they had been, you 296 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 7: and I would not be having this competition. Well, so 297 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 7: cashun say, ultimately we need a real investigation with subpoena 298 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 7: power that agencies cannot dodge. I think it's critical to 299 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 7: understand that that report was not only full of errors 300 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 7: and inaccuracies and just it's absurd. Some of the passages 301 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 7: are absurd, and that we have time tonight to cover 302 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 7: them if you do these in air. But the biggest 303 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 7: you know hole to me is the fact that entire 304 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 7: swaths of data are missing. The Eli County Sheriff Sheriff 305 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 7: Luna effectively right now, in candem with OEM and Eli 306 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 7: County Fire heads up emergency Response, the Eli Sheriff's Department 307 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 7: did not provide any data for this report. They declined 308 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 7: to do that. And the only way it's going to 309 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 7: happen is if our Attorney General compel them to do it. 310 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 7: So that is what our organization and ultimately our community 311 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 7: and the tens of thousands of altadenions that we represent, 312 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 7: are asking for. 313 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: Can you stick with us through a break here. 314 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 2: We'll be right back after just a couple of minutes here, 315 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 2: and we want to hear more sort of about what 316 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 2: you and your community group, not only what you want, 317 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: but also what you think can happen to help the 318 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 2: community move forward, but also what maybe will will give you, guys, 319 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 2: an indication of if there will be any accountability here 320 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 2: going forward, because obviously no one wants this to happen again. 321 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: This is something that you know as a person who 322 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 2: doesn't live in that neighborhood but still is obviously very 323 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 2: aware of it. I don't know that I've heard a 324 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 2: lot of accountability and a lot of things that have changed. 325 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 2: So let's talk about that just after the break, but 326 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 2: now check it in. 327 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 7: Who's next? Is that it just happened to us. Who 328 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 7: do you think is next? 329 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 3: Well? Well, well said. 330 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 2: So we'll continue this conversation with Shauna and Lauren about 331 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 2: the Altadena fires and the unfortunately disappointing report here from 332 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 2: the Board of Supervisors at the county level. 333 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI A M six forty on demand. 334 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm Andy Reesmeyer in formo Kelly tonight. We're talking 335 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 2: about the Eton fire. Of course, that's one of two 336 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 2: devastating fires that took place earlier this year in Los 337 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: Angeles or at least a La County. We had more 338 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 2: than six thousand structures burn in Altadena, and I've remembered 339 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 2: so well after the fires the phrase that you saw 340 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 2: all over social media and you would see it in 341 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 2: real life if you if you drove through Alta Dina 342 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 2: afterwards when we were covering it, the words were Altadena 343 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 2: is not for sale, and the essence was to preserve 344 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 2: these neighborhoods where families have lived for generations. But I 345 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 2: imagine that insurance money, the loss of use money is 346 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 2: what they call it. That's what you spend while you 347 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 2: wait around to rebuild. Only lasts so long, and so 348 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 2: now we come up here on ten months and what 349 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 2: has been done. We have a report from the county 350 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 2: that the county themselves was dissatisfied with community members are upset, 351 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 2: they're worried. There is no plan joining us right now. 352 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 2: Lauren Randolph and SHAWNA. Dawson and Lauren both community organizers. 353 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:53,479 Speaker 2: Shauna runs the Beautiful Altadena Instagram social media account, and 354 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 2: the two of you both lost homes in this fire. 355 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 2: So this is so personal to you, and I'm so sorry, 356 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 2: and I just my heart goes out to you because 357 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 2: to think about losing your home is one thing, but 358 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 2: then to think about I don't know how long it 359 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 2: will be until I can build it back, must be 360 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 2: really terrible. 361 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 3: Shana. 362 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 2: This NPR report that just came out earlier today disclosed 363 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 2: a lot of details that were not in this report 364 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 2: from the county. 365 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 7: Good good, I would have to say, I think it 366 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 7: was a bombshell for a lot of people who must 367 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 7: have been reading that today. But for those of us 368 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 7: who live in the community. I know Lauren and I 369 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 7: have exchanged our own personal stories, as we both know 370 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 7: people who reported fires earlier in the day. This is 371 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 7: not a surprise. It's just another omission in this lackluster 372 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 7: two million dollar piece of paper, right thee hundred pages 373 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 7: that we got for this. But you know, there were 374 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 7: fires reported as early as three and four pm in Altadena, 375 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 7: started by downed electrical lines reported to nine one, one 376 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 7: reported to the fire department, reported to see and still 377 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 7: power was not cut. One of the other fallacies in 378 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 7: that report is that there was no cell signal. This 379 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 7: is why they couldn't track. This could be another cause 380 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 7: for why there was no evacuation warning. All of that 381 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 7: is very patently untrue because power was still on in 382 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 7: many areas, and people had clear phone signals, for example, 383 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 7: to call their loved ones and tell them to get 384 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 7: out when no warning came. Well, at what point do 385 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 7: you think it right? 386 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 2: I mean, people's lives were lost in these parts of town, 387 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 2: and even if you had been way outside of the 388 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 2: evacuation zone, you knew how wonky that evacuation warning system was. 389 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: I mean people were getting those evacuation warnings in Calabasas, 390 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 2: in northern parts of Los Angeles, County that were nowhere 391 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: near the fire evacuation zones. 392 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 3: At what point? 393 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 2: And I'd ask that this is a real question, This 394 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 2: is not a leading question, But does this verge on 395 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 2: krim at some point? 396 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 7: It makes you wonder, right, It really does make you 397 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 7: wonder between see and everyone else who is culpable here, 398 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 7: who who does pay the ultimate price for this other 399 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 7: than our community? And I say our community because outside 400 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 7: of all these lives that have been lost, and the 401 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 7: nine thousand homes and structures that have been lost, and 402 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 7: the thousands of our neighbors who have been displaced, and 403 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 7: to your point, you know, and they'll never be able 404 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 7: to come back, right between insurance running out or being 405 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 7: under insured or completely uninsured, or being renters, or being 406 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 7: elders who can't possibly get through a rebuild, or people 407 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 7: with young families who cannot spend the next five years 408 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 7: doing this, pick something right. The fabric of our community 409 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 7: is forever changed. And you know it'll be the topic 410 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 7: I think, frankly, of another show and another conversation. But 411 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 7: with some of the legislation, including SB nine and eighty 412 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 7: seven eighty two, you know, we're looking at our community 413 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 7: in the rebuild being forever changed. Beyond the challenges, beyond 414 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 7: all the broken homises around permits and suspension of s 415 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 7: benign D, here are are CSD and it's a lot 416 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 7: of that's a lot of numbers and letters, but you 417 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 7: know there, I. 418 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 3: Think the sentiment is is big issues, is right? Yeah, 419 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 3: we have big issues. 420 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 2: And as you said before, if there is no accountability, 421 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 2: and I'm assuming you know, one of the things that 422 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 2: they said in the original report was like, well, we 423 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,959 Speaker 2: don't want to blame any this isn't about blaming people. 424 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 2: But I also hear from the community saying I don't 425 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 2: think that you guys are trying to uh tar and 426 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 2: feathered people in the town square. I'm assuming no, and 427 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 2: correct me if I'm wrong that you just want to 428 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 2: make sure that there's accountability so this doesn't happen again, 429 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 2: because as we said before, those conditions, uh though they 430 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 2: were absurd, you know, certainly can happen again. 431 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, but they weren't unprecedented. 432 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 8: Sorry, I would please. 433 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 7: Go ahead, Lauren. 434 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean the same thing. I mean. I grew 435 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 8: up in southern California. The Santa Ana Wins has been 436 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,959 Speaker 8: something my entire life that we've that we've known about 437 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 8: high fire, earthquakes. 438 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 7: Right, these are all. 439 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 8: Things. These are all environmental factors that we've known about, 440 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 8: and especially I think coming out of the Loosely fire 441 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 8: in the twenty eighteen report and thinking there would be 442 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 8: reforms to make us safer, and seeing how far away 443 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 8: we were from enacting everything that needed to be does 444 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 8: warrant accountability. Yes, we're not trying to roll heads in 445 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 8: the street and we're not shouting to fire everybody, but 446 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 8: we want to understand who made these decisions, Who didn't 447 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 8: make these good decisions right? Who made the decision that 448 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 8: when there were nine to one one calls coming in 449 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 8: from actual people seeing flames and fire and Altadena decided 450 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 8: to ignore that and not evacuate those residents earlier? I 451 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 8: think it is important to know who was making these 452 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 8: calls because it doesn't add up, and there should be 453 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 8: accountability in any other job, right, if the doctor messes 454 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 8: up or something, there's accountability most of the time. 455 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 2: Well said, We will leave it at that. Thank you 456 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 2: both of you for making time for me. I know 457 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 2: you did John Cobbolt earlier, so I'm sure you're tired, 458 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: but I really appreciate it. And please stay in touch 459 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 2: and please let us know how it goes. It's people 460 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 2: like you who are going to make it so that 461 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 2: this doesn't happen again, because obviously, left to their own devices, 462 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 2: they'll put out a report that doesn't really give us 463 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 2: any plan or pathway forward. So, Lauren and Shawna, I'm 464 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 2: so sorry about your losses, and I'm sorry about the 465 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 2: continual pain that this community is going through. I think 466 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,719 Speaker 2: that it's a tragedy and I just don't understand how 467 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: a place that is so proud California, Los Angeles, so 468 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 2: proud of how big our government is, how much money 469 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 2: we pay, how many elected officials we have, and how 470 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 2: much we trust or some trust in the local government 471 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 2: that they cannot get it together to help these people. 472 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 2: That's the whole point I think of government is to 473 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 2: make sure that your people are safe and they they're 474 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: able to have a quality of life. 475 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 3: And so I'm sure. 476 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 7: Property for those times you would think you would think, 477 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 7: but I would here, we are all right, Well, thank 478 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 7: you so much. Tonight. 479 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 3: Yes, there they go. 480 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 2: You can find her Shauna at Beautiful Altadena on Instagram 481 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 2: and follow along. Of course, with all of the rebuilding there, 482 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: they're really doing just the most important stuff that you 483 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 2: could be doing, and the energy that you would have 484 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 2: to have to continue to fight over and over and 485 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 2: over again for this many months. And I'm sure we're 486 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 2: not even close to being done with this fight. I 487 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 2: really appreciate you. 488 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM sixty on demand. 489 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 2: And from my mouth to your ears, yuck. I mean, 490 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 2: any reason my are in from mo Kelly on this 491 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 2: evening Later with mo Kelly, your normally scheduled host is 492 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 2: taking some I guess well needed time off, well deserved 493 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 2: time off, and now I think he'll be back on Monday. 494 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 3: But here's the deal. 495 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 2: This weekend, as you might know, is of course the 496 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 2: Pacific Air Show Down in Huntington beach Man. It's cool 497 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 2: and yes, sure, the government shutdown means that we don't 498 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 2: have some of the military jets that you're used to 499 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: see in but and I have this on pretty good authority, 500 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 2: the Canadian forces are bringing their snowbirds. They got their 501 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 2: parachute display teams from the UK. The Royal Air Force 502 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 2: they're still working, they're still clocking in and out. They 503 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 2: got the Royal Air Force is bringing a big ol 504 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 2: C seventeen and then a couple people are bringing their 505 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 2: private fighter jets, their former military jets, so there's still 506 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 2: going to be awesome things to see. Red Bull flyers 507 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 2: will be there, and you gotta check out. This is 508 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 2: very exciting Mike Daniel and the cheshire Cat. It's called 509 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 2: a stuff all aircraft s t o L which we're 510 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 2: gonna find out what that means right now with Mike Daniel, 511 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 2: who's joining us now. Sir, I hope we're not cutting 512 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 2: into your uh your pilot rest, No. 513 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 9: What's up? And Andy, thanks for having me. I am 514 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 9: sitting I think at the corner of Magnolia and Slater, 515 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 9: just battling Huntington Beach. Stoplights. All good, you know that 516 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 9: just got off, just just got off the beach, had 517 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 9: a few practice landings and demos with a couple, a 518 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,120 Speaker 9: couple of individuals who had a time of their lives. 519 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 9: And yeah, I'm just heading across back across town. 520 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 2: So this cheshure Cat is the name of your plane. 521 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 2: And it is a small single engine aircraft. And I 522 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 2: don't know if it's a you call it an experimental 523 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 2: plane perhaps, And it's these big knobby tires that look 524 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 2: like they're like the the big infla look like they're inflatable. 525 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 2: They almost look like you could like eat it like 526 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 2: a donut. And you are sto l stall means short 527 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 2: takeoff and landing. You're going to be taking off and 528 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 2: landing that plane on the beach at the Pacific Air Show. 529 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 9: That's right. So there you're in, You're you're hitting you know, 530 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 9: right right right on the nail. The plane is a 531 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 9: bush plane. It's meant to land off airport in the dirt, 532 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 9: in the woods, on the beach, in the grass, that 533 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 9: type of stuff. That's the type of flying we do. 534 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 9: So you know, backcountry aircraft. A lot of people will familiarize, 535 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 9: you know, bush flying with Alaska bush pilots things like that. 536 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 9: But but there's a huge community of bush pilots across 537 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 9: kind of the country down here in the lower forty 538 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 9: eight and yeah, we get you know, the best opportunity 539 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 9: to come in and land on the beach, which is 540 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 9: almost unheard of in all of the state of California 541 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 9: and many other, uh, you know, coastal areas. 542 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 2: I don't even want to very great, yeah, I don't 543 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 2: even want to think what the Coastal Commission thinks about this. 544 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 2: You know, I don't even want to think about the insurance. 545 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 2: I don't want to have anything to do with that. 546 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 2: I just know that it looks awesome and that thing 547 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 2: must be so fun to flo I'm sure it doesn't 548 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 2: weigh more than a thimble. 549 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 9: Yep, it's twelve hundred pounds at home, dirt bike in 550 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 9: the sky. So if you can think about what that 551 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 9: might mean, they're they're basically a toy, you know, big 552 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 9: boy toy if you want. 553 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 6: To call it. 554 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 9: Yeah, just a very very capable plane, very easy and friendly. 555 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 9: I mean it's a lot of people say they are 556 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 9: very difficult to fly. I mean I fly it. I've 557 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 9: become very accustomed to it. 558 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 5: Captain Mike. 559 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 9: Problem with that. 560 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 3: So you know how long it takes? 561 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 2: How long it takes to go up and down the 562 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 2: beach there with all those red lights which everybody sat in. 563 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 2: It's like thirty minutes to get from Seal Beach all 564 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 2: the way down to Long Beach, through Sunset Beach or whatever, 565 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 2: all the way all the way to the end when 566 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 2: you're in that aircraft. And I know it's not an 567 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 2: F sixteen, but how long does it take you to 568 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 2: get that little stretch? 569 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 9: Yeah, So the stretch. Oh gosh, I'm going about you know. Well, 570 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 9: let's put it this way. I can be flying just 571 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 9: about the same rate ass as the traffic is going 572 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 9: along the road. But the nice thing about my aircraft 573 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 9: it does have a decent cruise speed, so I can cruise, 574 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 9: you know, comfortably at about one hundred and twenty miles 575 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 9: an hour. And I actually live in the Lake Tahoe area. 576 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 9: I'm from Trucky, California. Hey, love truck Love coming down here. 577 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 9: Love Trucky, great place. And I fly so to fly 578 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 9: direct Trucky down here to Huntington takes me about three 579 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 9: hours on the nose. So if you're driving, you know, 580 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 9: I don't know what it is, seven eight hours, so 581 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 9: it's it's it's not an overly fast aircraft, but you 582 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 9: definitely get from point A to point b. 583 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 2: A luckily, yes, sir. And I bet it's beautiful flying 584 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 2: up there in the eastern Sierra. 585 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 9: It's gorgeous. And the type of flying we do is 586 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 9: low and slow, so we're you know, we're not very 587 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 9: high off the ground, and you get just some most 588 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 9: incredible views all the way out. Flew the three ninety 589 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 9: five down here this time, and it was just I mean, 590 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 9: it's it's I'm so grateful to be able to do 591 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 9: this and see the world from just up above. 592 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 3: Is this your full time gig? 593 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 9: No, not at all. I am one hundred percent of 594 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 9: recreational pilot cool. So I actually my background is in 595 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 9: design and marketing. But I've actually about seven eight years ago, 596 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 9: i quit drinking and needed a new awesome hobby. I 597 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 9: have a big background in the skateboard world, and I've 598 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,719 Speaker 9: been beat up pretty good from that and wanted to 599 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 9: sort of take that same level of adrenaline and rush 600 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 9: and sort of you know, I don't even know it's 601 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 9: called like kind of that that lifestyle, yeah, and take 602 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 9: it into something next. And backcountry flying I really gravitated 603 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 9: to and just really latched onto it and dove in 604 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 9: full board, got my pilot's license, and I used to 605 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 9: see the guys driving around with the big bubbly tires 606 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 9: and coming back dirty, and I say, where are those 607 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 9: guys coming from? What's doing? 608 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 3: That's what I want to be, right right. 609 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 9: And that's what I got. Got into the tailwheel aircraft 610 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 9: in the back country. 611 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 3: That's amazing. 612 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 2: Captain Mike, thank you so much for being with us. 613 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 2: You're gonna be at the Pacific Air Show. When will 614 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 2: you be flying? If people want to come and check 615 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 2: you out. 616 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 9: So here's what's going on with my plane. I actually 617 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 9: imparked on static to play. My plane has a sweepstakes 618 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 9: along with it. I have a QR code on the 619 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 9: side of the plane. You scan the code, you point 620 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 9: your phone at the chessure cat which is on the 621 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 9: side graphic. It's right by the front entrance. You can't 622 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 9: miss it, and that brings up a little augmented reality experience. 623 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 9: The cat comes to life through the lens of your 624 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 9: phone and it'll bring up a call to action to 625 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 9: enter a sweepstakes to fly off the beach with me 626 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,479 Speaker 9: on Sunday. Wow, that's what my plane. That's what my 627 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 9: plane will be doing all weekend. Luke Chappella. Many of 628 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 9: you may or may not know if you follow any 629 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 9: of the aviation world famous Red Bull pilot, he the 630 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 9: guy who landed on the helipad in Dubai. He'll be 631 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 9: the one flying the beach demonstrations. He's got a yellow 632 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 9: carbon cub that will be flying around during the show. 633 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 9: So that's pretty one actually flying. My plane will just 634 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 9: be sitting on the beach, but enter to win. Maybe 635 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 9: somebody listening to the show right now I'll get a 636 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:54,719 Speaker 9: chance to play up. 637 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 3: Let us hope. 638 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 2: So the Pacific Air Show down in Huntington Beach all 639 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 2: weekend tickets are still available of ours. I know the 640 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 2: military jets aren't there, but there's a lot of fun. 641 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 2: Captain Mike, thank you so much for colling. We'll take 642 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 2: a look at trying to get a little, a little 643 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 2: jump seat ride with you out there on the beach. 644 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 2: Appreciate you. Thanks, save me, save flying this weekend. My friend, 645 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 2: this is KF I AM six forty KFI a M 646 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: Six forty on demand