1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: radio seven ninety KABC. We're here every single day from 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: five to six talking about the local issues that matter 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: to you most and taking your phone calls at eight 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two one eight 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two, your emails 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: at Randywangradio at gmail dot com, and search for the 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: KABC News Blitz wherever you get your podcasts. Let's start 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: with today's California Report. I post every single story that 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: I've been covering all day. I post the video to 11 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 1: where you can see these stories, and I have the 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: entire list, all the Southern California news, the Bay Area News, Sacramento, 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: San Diego crime blotters. It's all there Randywangradio dot substack 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: dot com. It is free to check it out and subscribe, 15 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: and then it goes right to your mailbox when I 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: upload this every single day around noon. Let's start with 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,319 Speaker 1: today's California Report. In Southern California, as the fallout from 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: that La Times report about Karen Bass and the after 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: Action report. When it comes to the Palisades fire, it's 20 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: getting pretty big. And what's interesting is this story has 21 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: been talked about quite a bit before, but when the 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: La Times breaks ranks and covers this, it has her rattled. 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: It has her freaked out, sending all kinds of denials, 24 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: going after the journalism standards of the La Times, saying 25 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: that they are peddling in misinformation and their reporting is dangerous, 26 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: all kinds of rhetoric going around. She is having a 27 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: really hard time looking this one down because there has 28 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: been so much what's the opposite of transparency when it 29 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: comes to this after action report and so many actions 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,279 Speaker 1: that were handled by this mayor, and anytime the story 31 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: goes right back to all the disasters that took place 32 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: a year ago, it's really hard to look at Karen 33 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: Bass and say, yeah, another four years of that, please. 34 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: And then, to make things even more interesting, it's been 35 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: a bizarre twenty four hours. Because the La Times puts 36 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: out that story, the reaction is swift from most common 37 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: sense people. The reaction is outraged by Karen Bass, but 38 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: not for the reason you'd think. And all of a sudden, 39 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: Rick Caruso inserts himself back into the news saying that 40 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: now he's reconsidering running for mayor because of that report. Well, 41 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: here we are twenty four hours later, in just five 42 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: hours after I posted the California report, and Rick Caruso 43 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: has already said no, no, no, no no, I'm not 44 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: really running for mayor again. He would have had to 45 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: decide by Saturday, that's the end of the filing date, 46 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: but he definitely got people talking about it again. It 47 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: was like another mini version of what happened last year 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: with the Rick Caruso ts am I running? Am I 49 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: not running? 50 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: Who knows? 51 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: But it's official he is not running. So the question 52 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: is okay, well, if you truly believe that it would 53 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: be a horrific thing for four more years of Karen Bass, 54 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: who are you putting your funding behind? Because there's only 55 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: a few prominent candidates in this race right now. Spencer 56 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: Pratt's a possibility. Lindsey Horvath is still rumored to get 57 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: into this race. She has until the weekend to decide 58 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: if she's doing that. It's going to be an interesting race. 59 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: But this is definitely weakened Karen Bass and it was 60 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: telling too. She sent strongly worried statements to all the 61 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: news organizations, but did grant an interview to CBSLA and 62 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: Tom Waite. Their political reporter, and she didn't come off 63 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: great there as well, saying that no, I'm the one 64 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: that wanted accountability. I only checked that report to make 65 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: sure it was accurate. It sure looks like she thought 66 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: the city was going to face lots of legal responsibility 67 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,839 Speaker 1: for that fire, as they should, and decided to water 68 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: it down. 69 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: So that was a whole lot of fallout. 70 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: At the same time, you saw Spencer Print launching his 71 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: La mayoral campaign. 72 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 2: He had a big event. 73 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: He had a big speech laying out not just what 74 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: he thinks about the fires, what he thinks about the 75 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: way government is run, homelessness and crime. So I have 76 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: the video of his speech if you have not seen that. 77 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: Now onto other Southern California news. This is an interesting one. 78 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: There's a lawsuit going on at the La County Sheriff's 79 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: Department where a thirty year sheriff's captain says that he 80 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: was denied a promotion because he has a tattoo on 81 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: his ankle and it's a tattoo that you won't see 82 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: because he's usually working around with shoes or boots, what 83 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: have you. But he claims because of Robert Lona's go 84 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: Nowhere investigation, into deputy clicks or deputy gangs, even though 85 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: he got this tattoo twenty years ago has no evidence 86 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: of wrongdoing. This captain says he's been blackballed from a 87 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: promotion for it, and that violates his First Amendment rights, 88 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: So we shall see where that goes. It's funny too, 89 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 1: because he doesn't care for the tattoo. He thinks it's ugly. 90 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: And let me just say, I feel for you. I 91 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: have some unfortunate tattoos because they let you get them 92 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: in your twenties when you're stupid. I have a tattoo 93 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: on my left shoulder that says Randy Wang. It is 94 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: so stupid. It is so ugly. It is in red 95 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: and black ink, and every time I'm in a pool, 96 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: I have to explain myself. Someday I'm gonna get that 97 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: tattoo removed. Someday. It might be difficult because of the colors, 98 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: but I don't want to live with this thing forever. 99 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: I've got the other tattoo, which is the logo of 100 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: the Pretty Good podcast. I'm fine with that one. A 101 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: story that we covered earlier this year was what had 102 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: happened in Orange County to the Westminster mall, which closed 103 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: officially a few months ago and is going to be redeveloped. 104 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: But what happens when you abandon a mall and it's closed, 105 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: Someone finds their way in there. The word spreads on 106 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: the internet, and all of a sudden it became the 107 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: hotbed for vandalism and graffiti, where every corner of this 108 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: once thriving mall has been tarnished to look like blight. 109 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: They finally finished the transaction to where this has now 110 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: been turned over to a developer. They're going to be 111 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: practically demolishing this thing and turning it into a residential complex, 112 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: which is great because I will say, with all the 113 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: nonsense that we hear about how we're in a housing 114 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: shortage and the only way to build more housing is 115 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: to tear down old apartment buildings to build taller ones, 116 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: or tear down single family homes to put in apartment buildings. 117 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: We do have a glot of malls. It's okay, we 118 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: can admit it. Do you know how many Macy's are 119 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,239 Speaker 1: within a one mile rate, like a three mile radius 120 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: of where I'm broadcasting from right now. There's just maybe 121 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: too many, and maybe we overdid it with the malls, 122 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: considering that a lot of shopping is done online, but 123 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: that's a lot of space. There is a lot of 124 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: room where we can actually develop things. And I love 125 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: the idea of mixed use, like the plan they're coming 126 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: up with with the Burbank mall have some shopping but 127 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: have some residential there, because ultimately we know the way 128 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: that a lot of this retail shopping is going. Some 129 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: malls can make it, but we definitely have too many. 130 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: And I don't know about this one. As much as 131 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: I really enjoy flying and always feel confident on a 132 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: commercial airline, Los Angeles is starting to play with the 133 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: idea of air taxis. In fact, students at CSU Long 134 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: Beach are actually in a program to learn how to 135 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: pilot potential air taxis, which if you've not seen these things, 136 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: they kind of look like gigantic drones. And I don't 137 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: know about that because I know how how much training 138 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: pilots have to go through, how many backup systems there 139 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: are in co pilots. If the average person can just 140 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: get their own flying car or air taxi, and we 141 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: know how Los Angeles drivers drive, and now the kind 142 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: of horrific accidents that we see in two dimensions, will 143 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: be in three dimensions. Yeah, I don't know about that one. 144 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 2: But I also don't know. 145 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: With the air traffic controller shortage that we have, how 146 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: do you manage the airspace of a whole other grid 147 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: of I would assume flying at much lower altitude air taxis. 148 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,959 Speaker 1: But hey, maybe this is where AI is going to 149 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: come in. Maybe there will be a ray around this. 150 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: I will say, just based on how awful the four 151 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: h five is, if there was an air taxi that 152 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: could take me from the valley to Culver City, I'd 153 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: try it. 154 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: I'd be curious, by the way, if. 155 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: We start coming out with air taxis and we come 156 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: out with, you know, in the next ten twenty years, 157 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: such renewable sources of energy where this isn't even wasting gasoline, 158 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: these things around an electric. 159 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 2: Charge, what have you. 160 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: We're really making that high speed rail that we haven't 161 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: built yet incredibly obsolete. Let's move on to the Bay Area, 162 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: where we're still on strike watch, but now we have 163 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: an official strike date for San Francisco Unified, as the 164 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: union representing teachers at SF Unified has said, if they 165 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: don't get exactly what they want, if they don't get 166 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: a deal by February ninth, they're going on strike, so 167 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: we'll keep an eye on that. For the most part, 168 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: the Bay Area has been very quiet this week because 169 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: every single story in the news is about Super Bowl, 170 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: which of course it is because the Super bowls in 171 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: the Bay Area, and there's lots of events and lots 172 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: of things to talk about, and that's great. Let's go 173 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: to Sacramento News where yesterday it was announced that the 174 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: US Supreme Court has allowed Prop fifty to move forward. 175 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: The maps are going to be used in the twenty 176 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: twenty six mid terms, the twenty twenty eight election, and 177 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: the twenty thirty election, and then I guess at that 178 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: point it's supposed to go back and look, I guess 179 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: what the Supreme Court was saying, well as well. Texas 180 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: did it for political reasons, that's fine, California did it 181 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: for political reasons, that's fine. I don't like this process 182 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: at all. I really wish that, you know, the federal 183 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: government would be an adult in this and Kevin Kylie's 184 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: bill would have gotten actually put on the House floor 185 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: because I think enough people would have read the room 186 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: and pasted it. Now, would it actually go all the 187 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: way through probably not, but I hate this whole concept. 188 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: There should be independent redistricting commissions in every single state, 189 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: but here we are. It's tit for tat and this 190 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: is what twenty twenty six is going to be about. 191 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: It is going to make for some really interesting races. 192 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: Speaking of Kevin Kylie, Kevin Kylie has to decide which 193 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: of the six districts that his got chopped up into 194 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: he wants to run, and a lot of them are 195 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,079 Speaker 1: put in a way where he's at a severe disadvantage 196 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: unless he runs in the safe district that he could 197 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 1: be in, but that would pit him against another Republican, 198 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: Tom McClintock. You're seeing a similar situation go on in 199 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: Orange County where Ken Calvert, who represented a lot of riverside, 200 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: he's been redistrict to a point where now he's going 201 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: to run for the same seat as Young Kim in 202 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: Orange County. 203 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 2: And yes, when. 204 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: Redistricting and the census comes around for twenty thirty and 205 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: California lose his population, which is expected to lose enough 206 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: population to warrant three or four seats, this is all 207 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: going to happen all over again for the Democrats. But 208 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: here's where we are the arms race continues, the Texas 209 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: maps can go forward, the California maps can go forward. 210 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: And of course Prop fifty was a big win for 211 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom. He campaigned up and down the state. He 212 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: raised a whole bunch of money, and it passed by 213 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: double digits in almost every single county, and of course 214 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: that put him on the national stage to start talking 215 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: about him in the eyes of a presidential candidate. But 216 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 1: something interesting happened in Sacramento. There was a press conference 217 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: by labor leaders, including everyone's favorite lorrain A Gonzalez, who 218 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: had a warning for Gavin, We're not going to support 219 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 1: your ambitions unless you do something about AI taking away 220 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: our jabs, which I don't think Sacramento or Gavin Newsom 221 00:12:55,640 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: is equipped to do. Technology evolves way faster than governments 222 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: can regulate it. That's just how this is going to go. 223 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what exactly it is Gavin is going 224 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: to be able to do, if anything, considering he's got 225 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: to play the balancing act of do I piss off 226 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: labor or do I piss off big tech? And who's 227 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: got bigger pockets at this point, So we'll be following 228 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: that one for sure. And how about this in Plaster County, 229 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: they are trying to consider banning the sale of plastic 230 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: use water bottles in the Tahoe Basin because well, there's 231 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: a lot of livering. And I'm divided on this one. 232 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 1: I think you should be going after the litterers and 233 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: the polluters, but also I thought it was going to 234 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: be a terrible situation when they banned plastic water bottles 235 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: at Lax. But you know what, there's still single serving 236 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: water bottles that are now just all made of a 237 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: luminum and I actually like them better because they're colder 238 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: in the fridge. So you can if plastic's the problem, 239 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: if that's the issue, if it's not littering, but it's 240 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: just that they're littering plastic. There are other ways for 241 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: us to consume single use water, whether it's through aluminum cans, 242 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: whether it's through paper boxes. So I don't have a 243 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: major problem with that. But still I wish they would 244 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: just go after the litterers, but we're not going to 245 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: do that. When we come back, as we cover today's 246 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: California report, I've got a bizarre story involving the weirdest 247 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: thing anyone has ever bought on Amazon. It's the News 248 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz 249 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. We're going through today's California Report, 250 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: my curated list of all the stories that I thought 251 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: matter in the state of California. You can get it 252 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: every day for free by going to Randywangradio dot substack 253 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: dot com. In Sacramento, a man wanted something very unusual. 254 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: He spent two thousand do on a portable bathroom on Amazon, 255 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: and he had a little beef with Amazon when they 256 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: sent him a picture of delivery completed and the picture 257 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: was not of the bathroom and it was not his porch, 258 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: because they sent him a picture of a tiny little 259 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: package at someone else's house. And that led him to 260 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: go through a nightmare situation of emailing back and forth 261 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: with Amazon, of trying to call them, being like, what 262 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: is going on? 263 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 2: What happened? 264 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: Where is my portable bathroom? He ended up getting ABC 265 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: ten and Sacramento involved and they helped him get a 266 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: refund because this portable bathroom never came. And in the story, 267 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: the man who was wronged by the third party seller 268 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: on Amazon was like, you know, I already spent thousands 269 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: of dollars to get in the plumbing and all the 270 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: wiring for this portable bathroom. And I just kept thinking 271 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: to myself, if you're willing to do all of that, 272 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: why are you cheaping out by buying the product itself 273 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: on Amazon? You know as well as everyone else does 274 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: that when you buy things on Amazon, it's a crapshoot 275 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: as to whether it actually gets there or is the 276 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: real product. You have to do a lot of research 277 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: to make sure you're buying from the official seller, not 278 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: some third party scammer. Do I need to regale you 279 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: with the story of when I needed to buy aluminum 280 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: foil during COVID and I got sent a counterfeit box 281 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: of Reynolds Wrap. Yeah, it happens. It's just the crapshoot 282 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: that you take. But I couldn't believe that. Also in Sacramento, 283 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: Tony Strickland, the state senator out of the Orange County area. 284 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: He has a new idea for a bill. I don't 285 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: think it'll pass, but I like the idea. When the 286 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: California Air Races Board or another state board decides to 287 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: put forth a policy that greatly impacts your cost of living, 288 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: whether it's through gas prices or utility rates. The legislature 289 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: should have to vote on that cost increase, so they're 290 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: held accountable, not a nameless bureaucrat. 291 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: I love that idea. 292 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 1: Don't think it's going to pass. And in Sacramento, this 293 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: is a fascinating story. Did you know that for almost 294 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: eighty years it was against the law to sell comic 295 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: books to minors? Apparently that was an ordinance passed back 296 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: in the day, and they didn't want any comic books 297 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: involving violence or crime, which is most of them, to 298 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: be sold to anyone under the age of eighteen. What 299 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: do you know, they have finally reversed that decision. 300 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 2: San Diego, of. 301 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: Course, is still trying to figure out their massive budget deficit. 302 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,239 Speaker 2: What are they going to cut now? What are they 303 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 2: going to jack up the price on next? 304 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: Who knows? It's not going to be great. And in 305 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: the California Crime Block today, I've got a story and 306 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: it's a story that matters in Sacramento, but it also 307 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: matters in places like la and Oakland. And it is 308 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: the challenge of illegal dumping. And I happen to think 309 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: illegal dumping just shows a massive failure of government one, 310 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: the fact that you have illegal dumping says that maybe, 311 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: just maybe we've made it way too expensive to properly 312 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: dispose of things when you're seeing contractors dumping, when you 313 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: go to the produce district in downtown LA and the 314 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 1: vendors are dumping palets of fruit on the street, because 315 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: we've made it too expensive to get rid of the trash, 316 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: whether it's through the crooked recycla program, there are so 317 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: many crooked contracts when it comes to trash companies. Look 318 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: at California WAT Solutions, the Dong family in Oakland, and 319 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: that's one aspect of it. We also have a situation 320 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: where the dumping fees are sometimes more expensive than the 321 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: fines for illegal dumping. Sacramento says they're going to start 322 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: cracking down on this and it's about time. Hopefully that 323 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: means something, and if it works, we need to recreate 324 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: that in LA and Oakland. I want to point out 325 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: earlier in the week we told you at Karen Bass's 326 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: State of the City address, she shouted out the clean 327 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: LA with me guy and how we're all gonna work together. 328 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 1: He was on social media today blasting the city and 329 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: blasting her for still not picking up the garbage. The 330 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: garbage that he bags up, has it ready to go. 331 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 1: If a city's not clean, that means the management of 332 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: the city is terrible. 333 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: And there you go. 334 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: That's today's California Report. 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Randywang Radio 349 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: dot substack dot com. I also want to take this 350 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 1: moment to invite you to our big live broadcast tomorrow 351 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 1: of the John Phillips Show. I just programming. Note this 352 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: five o'clock show will be on tape tomorrow because there's 353 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: no way I'm gonna be able to get from Long 354 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 1: Beach back to my home in the valley by five o'clock. 355 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: So I want to invite. 356 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: You to come see how we do this little radio 357 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: thing live. We're gonna be at Gladstone's in Long Beach 358 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: tomorrow from noon to three, and we want you to 359 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: come as well. It's a great place. John Segmeister has 360 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: a wonderful establishment and he's a great guy. Great food, 361 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: good vibes, a fun afternoon by the water. I'm not 362 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: going to be partaking, but they do have fantastic cocktails, 363 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: especially the my Tie. Susan Shelley from the Howard Jarvis 364 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: Taxpayer Association will join us and she'll tell you more 365 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: about your taxpayer rights protecting Prop thirteen. As we have 366 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: been telling you, the courts have made it easier to 367 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: raise your taxes. You want to know how Measure ULA 368 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: passed and made it almost impossible to build in the 369 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: city of la You won't know how Measure A passed. 370 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: The doubling of the sales tax, because the courts found 371 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: a little loophole that if a government puts a tax 372 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: on the ballot, Prop thirteen applies and it has to 373 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: get a two thirds majority. Now, with this little loophole, 374 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: if a citizen's initiative goes on the ballot, which could 375 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: be something put forth by a union, it only needs 376 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: fifty one percent support. So that is a loophole that 377 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: we would like to close. And if you would like 378 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: to close that loophole because you are sick of seeing 379 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: taxes go up and up and up, sign the petition 380 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: to save Prop thirteen. You can go to the website 381 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:18,479 Speaker 1: Saveprop thirteen dot com that' Saveprop thirteen dot com. Susan 382 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: needs those signatures by February seventeenth, so if you haven't 383 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: done so, go to save Prop thirteen dot com. But 384 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: we'll be in Longbeach talking about this and so many 385 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: other things. Come down there. Take a picture, have a 386 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: great have a good lunch. Be part of the broadcast 387 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: The John Phillips Show live at Gladstone's in Long Beach 388 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: tomorrow from noon to three. Now, since this is my 389 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: last five o'clock show of the week, we have some 390 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: important things to discuss. This weekend, of course, and I'm 391 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: not in the middle of a sponsored segment, so I 392 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: can say it's super Bowl time, it is Super Bowl Sunday, 393 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: and it is really a de fact national holiday. And yes, 394 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: I am totally on board with the idea that the 395 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: Monday after the Super Bowl should be declared National hangover 396 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: Day because there's a lot of people that are going 397 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: to be calling and sick to work because they overdid it, 398 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: especially if the game went into overtime. Now, if you've 399 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: been a long time listener to this radio station, I'm 400 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: sure it will not surprise you. I'm not actually that 401 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: into sports, even though I used to be the sports 402 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: reporter here for many years one two Golden Mics. I mean, 403 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: I can watch a football game, I'm just not that invested. 404 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: If it's a really good game, yeah, maybe a little bit, 405 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: but it's just not my thing. That being said, I 406 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: love going to Super Bowl parties. I love that aspect 407 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: of it. Why because it is a celebration of food. 408 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: It is a celebration of barf food and party food. 409 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: And you really have a license to just, you know, 410 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: as much as everyone's trying to be good in January 411 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: and you're doing your dry January and you're doing your 412 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: diet plans, and believe you me, I've been doing very well. 413 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: I have maintained all the weight that I lost last year. 414 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: That being said, super Bowl Sundays the day where you 415 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: let loose because there's no way to do it healthy. Sure, 416 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: someone will bring the veggie platter. Maybe it'll get eaten 417 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: if there's enough ranch dip to go along with it. 418 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: But I do love the good Super Bowl foods. And 419 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: this is where I'm going to open up the phones. 420 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: If you are preparing something for a Super Bowl party, 421 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: what are you making? You're doing wings, You're doing ribs, 422 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: You're doing seven layer dip. What are you making for 423 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl party? What is your go to Super 424 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: Bowl party food? I will say chips and dip if 425 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: you are into the game, is one of the things 426 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: that you can eat while actively watching the game, and 427 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: that is really important to some people. There are some 428 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 1: dishes where it takes a little more attention away. You've 429 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 1: got to go walk over to the kitchen. You've got 430 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: to cut yourself a plate of something. For many years, 431 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: we used to go to Super Bowl parties at my 432 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: friend Cassie's, and she used to pick up one hundred 433 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 1: chicken wings from wing Stop, and I probably would consume 434 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: more than anyone else out of that one hundred, and 435 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: we'd get some of the you know, sometimes you'd just 436 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: get the plain flavor so you can dip that in 437 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: different sauces. But I always loved the mango habanero. It 438 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: was just a little too spicy, but I like that. 439 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: I like the challenge in it. And I don't know 440 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,719 Speaker 1: what it is when they're really, really really spicy and 441 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 1: you eat them cold out of the fridge the next 442 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: day and they're still spicy. There's just something special about that. 443 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 1: But I love those us love the salt and vinegar. 444 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: And I also, you know, it's not just wing Stop. 445 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 1: I also love Buffalo wild wings. I love chicken wings. 446 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: Don't eat nearly enough of them, but I am a 447 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: big fan of chicken wings. So yeah, that's a big one. 448 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: But one of the problems with chicken wings at a 449 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: party is chicken wings are incredibly messy, and so you're 450 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: gonna have to make sure you start stuffing cocktail napkins 451 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 1: in your pocket because there's only so many to go around. 452 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: I've had ribs at Super Bowl parties. Same issue. Ribs 453 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: are kind of messy, but ribs are delicious and if 454 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,679 Speaker 1: you have someone that makes them really well, and my 455 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: buddy down the street, he makes them great right off 456 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 1: of the bone. 457 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 2: Do love a good rib. I haven't made ribs in 458 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 2: a while. 459 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: I feel like that's something I need to do this year, 460 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 1: getting back into all my smoking, and I haven't done 461 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: ribs in the longest, so I think that's gonna hapen 462 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: to happen. Sometimes Trader Joe's will have a rack of 463 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: ribs and it's not that expensive. I've said chips and 464 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: dips are a must. My wife, I will say this, 465 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: and I am biased, but my wife makes the best 466 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: guacamole ever except you know Mondoor Screener. 467 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 2: But I actually haven't never tried Mondo's. 468 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: At some point I'm gonna have to. But she makes 469 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: a very lime tart guacamole and it is so great 470 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: with chips. I have tried to recreate it several times. 471 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: I can come close, but really, when she makes it, 472 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: it's something special. And if you want to level it 473 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: up just a little more, make the guacamole just one 474 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: layer of a seven layered dip. And I'm talking about 475 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,199 Speaker 1: an old school seven layer dip where you go to 476 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: the chip section at your grocery store and you get 477 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: those cans of Freedo's bean dip, and that's one of 478 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 1: the layers. Then you've got your sour cream with taco seasoning. 479 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: That's one of the layers. You've got your guac, you've 480 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: got your olives and your onion, and your cheese. Seven 481 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: layer dip is special. That's another thing that my wife 482 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 1: gets request for a like parties at her barn is hey, 483 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: can you bring the seven layer dip? And then she'll 484 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: bring some home of whatever's left over, and I just 485 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,360 Speaker 1: get to gnash on it. So love me a good 486 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 1: seven layer dip pizza. Can't go wrong with pizza at 487 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl party, especially if it's the kind of 488 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: pizza where it's very easy to just. 489 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,239 Speaker 2: Hold, fold in half. Munch on it. 490 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: You'll lose counter how many slices you have tacos. I 491 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: think my buddy's party this weekend they're going to have, 492 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: on top of everything else, a taco bar. So very 493 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: excited about that. But what I'm going to be making 494 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: this year is what This will be the third year 495 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 1: in a row where I decided Super Bowl is for 496 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: one specific dish. It is something that requires a lot 497 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: of patience, a lot of skill, But I'm looking forward 498 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: to it and I'm going to tell tell you all 499 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: about it. Next it's the News Blitz with Randy Wang 500 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: on KABC. So I told you that this weekend, it 501 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: was the first time I fired up my smoker in 502 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: a while because I wanted to make sure it works 503 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: for specifically this weekend. So I did a pulled pork 504 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: and it was incredible and we still have leftovers of it. 505 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: Actually it was on a great sale too. And sometimes 506 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: I did it with my Rudi's barbecue sauce from Texas. 507 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: Other times we did it with the salt like barbecue sauce, 508 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: also from Texas. And I'm not just one hundred percent 509 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: partial that Texas because my wife is from Texas. I 510 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: have neighbors and one of my close friends is from 511 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: Memphis and he has brought me many times bottles of Rendezvous. 512 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: Rendezvous is a fantastic barbecue sauce. Big fan of that one. 513 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: But this weekend I will be for the first time 514 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: in a year doing a brisket, and I am excited. 515 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: I get more confident in my brisket making every year 516 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: because my wife, who is Texan, says that it's good. 517 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: And believe you me, she has no reason to lie 518 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: to me. She will tell me to my face if 519 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: I didn't make something right. So when she says I'm 520 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: doing a good job in the brisket, it makes me 521 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: pretty proud. Now, the last couple of years I was 522 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: getting You know, I've done brisket from a whole bunch 523 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: of different places. Last couple of years, I did Snake 524 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: River Farms. I also like Wildfork, the place where you 525 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: get all the frozen meat. They'll have a fully trimmed brisket, 526 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: which is easy, but then you don't have the fat 527 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: to turn into your own tallow but again easy. But 528 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: I'd been really enjoying steaks lately from this place, First 529 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: Light Farms, and it is New Zealand wygu beef and 530 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: I love their flat iron steaks at them at Lazy 531 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: Acres at Los Felis, and I just happen to look 532 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: on their website do they have a brisket? And they do, 533 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,959 Speaker 1: and it was much more affordable than the when it's 534 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: Snake River, which can be very expensive. Why go brisket 535 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: is not cheap, which is why this is a once 536 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: a year occasion. So I bought this brisket. It came 537 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: in the freezer. It barely fit because well I have 538 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff in there. But I pulled it 539 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: out yesterday. It is in the middle of defrosting, and 540 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: on Friday, I am going to open up the packaging 541 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: and I'm going to season it and I go Texas style. 542 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure there are other rubs that you can do, 543 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: but I have always enjoyed just simple salt and pepper 544 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: and let the fat flavor the meat. I'm not only 545 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: going to be salt and peppering the brisket on Friday, 546 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to be trimming it as best I can. 547 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: And I'm not an expert, but my knives are very sharp, 548 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna trim as much excess fat as I 549 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: can because otherwise it's not gonna cook properly. It's just 550 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna have all of this, you know, especially like 551 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: the Although this is a really nice brisket, there's not 552 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: really a lot of that caked fat or the really 553 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: gristly fat. 554 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 2: But still I'm gonna cut some and. 555 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: Then I immediately throw that in the slow cooker because 556 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: if you take brisket fat, put it in the crockpot 557 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: or the slow cooker for eight hours. You're gonna make 558 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: your own beef tallow which is one of the cleanest 559 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: fats that you could have for cooking. It smells so 560 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: good and I'm actually gonna use it later in the 561 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: brisket process when it comes to the actual smoke. I'm 562 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: gonna tell you exactly what my plan is, and I 563 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 1: think it's. 564 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 2: Gonna work out pretty great. 565 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: As I am getting real excited to brisket it up 566 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: for Super Bowl Sunday. I'll tell you my plan. Next, 567 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,480 Speaker 1: it's Randy Wang. Here's the News Blitz with Randy Wang 568 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: on Talk Radio seven ninety KABC. It's the News Blitz 569 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. I'm gonna be smoking a 570 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: Wygu brisket for Super Bowl Sunday, bringing over to my 571 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 1: neighbor's house, and you know, bask in the glory of 572 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 1: all the compliments if it goes well and well. The 573 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: thing with a Wigo is it's really hard to screw 574 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: it up. The marbling makes it really easy. I have 575 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: a plan to go all salt and pepper with the seasoning. 576 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to pull this out Saturday evening evening, like 577 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: five six o'clock. Get it to room temperature, throw it 578 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: on my trigger at two hundred and twenty five degrees 579 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: low and slow. I've got a smart thermometer, the meter, 580 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,719 Speaker 1: so it connects to my phone, so it'll actually plug 581 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 1: in and I can see what the temperature is of 582 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: the meat and set it to what my desired temperature is, 583 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: which is about between two hundred and three to two 584 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: hundred and five degree. I think it's gonna take about 585 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: twelve hours. If we start hitting some really gnarly stalls, 586 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna take a lot longer than that. 587 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 2: But I've got a plan. 588 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 1: If I'm getting really into a stall, because it's worked 589 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: well with the pulled pork, that's when I'm gonna transition 590 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: to the foil boat. I have a plan where let's 591 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: say after eight hours, it's just stuck in the one sixties, 592 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: it's not moving, and sometimes that happens, might not happen 593 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: at all. This is we'll find out. But if that 594 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: does happen, I bought a barbecue foil tray. I'm gonna 595 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,399 Speaker 1: put the brisket in there after it's got a significant 596 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: amount of smoke on the crust, so like eight hours worth. 597 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: And then I'm going to take some of that tallow 598 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: that I made the day before. I'm gonna put it 599 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,479 Speaker 1: all at the bottom of that pan, so it's gonna 600 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: be basting in its own tallow and we'll put it 601 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: back in covered. See if that helps. Now that it's covered. 602 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: If I need to increase the temperature, I will. I 603 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,840 Speaker 1: don't have to unless it's starting to look like you know, 604 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: because I want to make sure if we're serving this 605 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 1: at two point thirty on Sunday, that I have three 606 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: to four hours to rest this thing. So ideally I 607 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 1: want this done around ten thirty between ten thirty eleven 608 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,800 Speaker 1: thirty in the morning, and that might work. The last 609 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,400 Speaker 1: time I did one was a much bigger one. This 610 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,719 Speaker 1: is a nine pounder. Last time I did like a 611 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: fourteen pounder, and it took like twenty hours. Might have 612 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: been a little dried out on the inside, but it 613 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: was still delicious because it was wygo. And then I'm 614 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: gonna bring it in that tray. Bring a knife. People 615 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: can slice what they'd like to slice. They could have 616 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 1: the Texas way. You go a little bit of the 617 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: lean on one side from the flat a little bit 618 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,400 Speaker 1: of the fatty side from the point your barbecue sauce 619 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,359 Speaker 1: of choice. Wonder if I should make coal slat. Now 620 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,240 Speaker 1: that's too much. It's a there's gonna be plenty of food. 621 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,240 Speaker 1: The only thing I need to provide is the brisket, 622 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,399 Speaker 1: and I'm going to report back to you on how 623 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: it is and all the other food that I consume. Now, 624 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 1: what do I drink with a brisket? Probably some good 625 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: barbecue wine, you know what. We went to Carmel about 626 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: a year ago, and in Monterey County there's some great wineries. 627 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,399 Speaker 1: There's this one that we kind of didn't love it, 628 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 1: but there were a few wines that were really interesting 629 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:26,800 Speaker 1: called Manzoni, and they had this zinfandel where it almost 630 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: tasted like there was a little bit of a smoke taint, 631 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,839 Speaker 1: but I think it was on purpose. And we're like, 632 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: that would be really good with brisket. So maybe we 633 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 1: opened one of those, and maybe we open a Sarrah 634 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,360 Speaker 1: and my neighbors have a ton of wine. It'll be great. 635 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: Also be fine with beer or whiskey, but you know. 636 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 2: A nice steak wine. 637 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: Goes great with brisket. It's the News Blitz with Randy 638 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: Wang on KABC,