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She said that in her May State of 21 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: the City address. It's been through City council hell for 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: nine months and it still hasn't passed, but it looks 23 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: like they're going to vote on it soon. Why this 24 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: nonsense takes so long, I do not understand. And one 25 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: thing that was really irritating as I was listening to 26 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: whenever this would get debated at city Hall was that 27 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: the city council was complaining about not Tracy Park, but 28 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: the members of the city council were complaining about how 29 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: much revenue they were going to lose by waiving those 30 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: permit fees. If the Palisades didn't burn down, people wouldn't 31 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: be filing those permits to begin with, So it was bizarre. Now, 32 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure you're aware, I mostly promote our local TV 33 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: stations up and down the state of California. That's where 34 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: I get the majority of my news. But I'm going 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: to give credit where credits due. Huge shout out to 36 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: the La Times today for their explosive piece showing that 37 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: it was Karen Bass who personally changed the after action report, 38 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: the Palisades LAFD Action Report. 39 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: What went wrong? Why everything went wrong? 40 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: You remember when it originally came out and interim chief 41 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: Ronnie van Auwavas said, there was just nothing we could 42 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: have done. It was bad wind Yeah, it turns out 43 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: that that was all a bunch of bs. We found 44 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: out that it got watered down, and now we found 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: out who ordered the watering down. It was Karen Bass 46 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: because apparently she thought, oh, if we tell the truth, 47 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: the city might be liable. Yeah, you think so if 48 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: you have a way to get through the paywall or 49 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: your subscriber to La Times. That story is pretty explosive. Now, 50 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: another story that you're going to see a lot of 51 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: headlines about over the next few days is the study 52 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: on a mileage text going on in the California legislature. 53 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: They say that this isn't a tax yet, they're just 54 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: looking at the possibility of attax and something to replace 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: the gas tax because too many people got evs and hybrids. 56 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: But does that mean that they won't have both at 57 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: the same time, or find some way to nicol and 58 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: DIMEU or increase registration fees. There's a lot of possibilities. 59 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: But CBSLA had a great piece exploring everyone's reactions to 60 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: the proposed mileage tax, and I'm guessing what they're studying 61 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: is how exactly it is they're going to implement that, 62 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: because it sure seems like they're going to need some 63 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: kind of transponder in every single car, and I feel 64 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: like there's gonna be a lot of people that don't 65 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: care for that. 66 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: Now, the great piece from. 67 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: CBSLA is the effort going on in the legislature to 68 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: toughen dui offenses, because in a day and age of 69 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: lyft and uber and waimo, drinking and driving is completely unacceptable. 70 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: Assembly When Cottery Pree Norris from Irvine wants to do 71 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: something pretty common sense on your first dui offense, because 72 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: there should be no excuse. You get the inter ignition 73 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: interlock device. That's right, you get the car breathalyzer. Here's 74 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: the problem, Kaddy Petrie Norris has put this thing forth 75 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:27,119 Speaker 1: in the legislature and it died twice already. I don't 76 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: think there's enough support for this, even though they definitely 77 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: should be cracking down on the unacceptable crime of drinking 78 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: and driving, which apparently those kinds of crimes are going 79 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: up in the state of California, which I don't know 80 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: what that says about it, but it's one of the 81 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: reasons why I don't like to drive. Now onto the 82 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: mayor's race. Yesterday, Spencer Pratt filed his paperwork. He is 83 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: officially running for LA mayor, and he caught up with NBCLA, 84 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: so there's a piece with him on there. And there's 85 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: still the rumored run of Lindsey Horvath, the La County supervisor. 86 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: So she puts out a new Twitter account that easily 87 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: gets spotted Lindsay for LA. And now she's going on 88 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: all the shows saying she's doing what Matt Mayhon did 89 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: when he was running for governor. He said, I'm thinking 90 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: about it. You know, She's dipping her toe in the 91 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: water seeing what people said. So she went on with 92 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: Alex Michaelson. I'm waiting for him to post that interview. 93 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: She also went on with KTLA at the News at seven, 94 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you one thing that I'm not buying 95 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: is Lindsay Horvath claiming that so many people are calling 96 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: her and begging her to run. 97 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 2: Who's doing that? 98 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 3: Quite frankly? 99 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: Now, is it a crapshoot between who would be worse 100 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: more Karen Bass or Lindsay Horvath. 101 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 2: I don't know. 102 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: I think at this point nothing would be worse than 103 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: Karen Bass, but Lindsay Horvath's not much better. There were 104 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: plenty of failures at the county lovel when it comes 105 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: to the fires, especially in Altadena and the warning system. 106 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: I know her district is the Palisades and the Valley, 107 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 1: but there's a lot of problems here. She has made 108 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: a lot of headlines with defunding losses starting up the 109 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: county's homelessness department, but we haven't seen any results as 110 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: to if anything's going to be better with any of that. 111 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: So we don't really have much of a good track 112 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: record with Lindsay Horvath. We know what her time on 113 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: the West Hollywood City Council was like, where Lindsay Horvath 114 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: was the one that wanted to make sure we defunded 115 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: the Sheriff's department and put an unarmed block by block ambassadors. 116 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: So I don't know what's going to happen. I will 117 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: say the race gets much more interesting of Horrvath gets 118 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: in because that splits the Karen Bass vote, which means 119 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: that it could be one of the two of them 120 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: and Spencer Pratt in the runoff. I don't think Austin 121 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: Butner has a chance in hell. That that campaign is wasted, 122 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: and how interesting would it be. It's a rare possibility, 123 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: But how interesting would it be if there was enough 124 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: support for other candidates Because Karen bass is historically unpopular 125 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: that she doesn't even make the runoff. It's not likely, 126 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: but it would be beautiful. Now onto the Bay Area. 127 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: This is probably not surprising for anybody, but San Jose, 128 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: where Matt Mahon is the mayor of who's now running 129 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: for governor, has been named the world's least affordable city 130 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: for first time home buyers. And there's a lot of 131 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: reasons for that. That is Silicon Valley, and apparently what's 132 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: going on is the reason San Jose is getting so 133 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: expensive is because all the much nicer communities up the 134 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: peninsula have gotten so expensive that the people that are 135 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: priced out of those smaller communities, they're going to San Jose. 136 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: And the people that are priced out of San Jose 137 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: are going to Gilroy. And of course, because this is 138 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: the Bay Area and they're actual modes of transportation, it 139 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: is doable. 140 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: It's not great. 141 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: They could have used all the high speed rail money 142 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: to really make sure that it was easy to get 143 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: around everywhere down up there and down here. 144 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: But more on that in a minute. 145 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: Now, on a Sacramento I always got a shout out 146 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: anytime Julie Watts has a piece, because Julie Watts is 147 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:25,559 Speaker 1: an incredible investigative reporter, and Julie Watts is looking into 148 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: the Fair Plan, you know, the insurer of last Resort 149 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: that you might think it is a state insurance plan. 150 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 2: It is not. 151 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: It was passed back in the sixties, this legislation that 152 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: created this consortium of insurance companies because nobody wanted to 153 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: ensure Watts after the riots in the sixties. And what 154 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: it has turned into is the insurance industry's way to 155 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: dump people onto worse policies that it used to be 156 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: the risk of putting people on the Fair Plan was 157 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: if the Fair Plan went belly up, the insurers were 158 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: held responsible. Well, thanks to Ricardo Laura. Now what do 159 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: we find out the raid payers are responsible if the 160 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: Fair Plan goes belly up. It has not depleted the 161 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: Fair Plan, It has. 162 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: Only gone up. 163 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: But one of the issues with the Fair Plan, thinks 164 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: to Julie Watts, is the fact that unlike the insurance companies, 165 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: they're not transparent about their meetings. We don't know who's 166 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: on their board, we don't know what they're talking about. 167 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: And there is new legislation to change that. Another piece 168 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: of legislation being put forth, although this is nationally is 169 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: by California Congressman John Garrimende, who wants to renew safety 170 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: pushes for rail. Why because train derailments are a thing. 171 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: In fact, one happened in Stockton the other day. Luckily 172 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: it wasn't a train with a bunch of chemicals like 173 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: happened in East Palestine, Ohio. 174 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 2: But these things do happen. 175 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: As much as we want to push rail and high 176 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: speed rail, train derailments happen. I don't know what's been 177 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: going on, but Spain had like four major derailments, some 178 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: of them that lost lives, all within the span of 179 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: a week. And it was like right after they announced 180 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: that transit would be nearly free for everybody. It's really weird. 181 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 2: What's going on there. 182 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: Of course, one of the big stories yesterday was that 183 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom held a press conference in Kern County at 184 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: the Wassco railhead of the high speed rail as he 185 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: was taking a victory lap and celebrating that they finished 186 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: the railhead and they may very well be laying down 187 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: track someday. When that day is who knows, but there's 188 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: still a lot of irritation out there. And as much 189 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: as Gavin Newsom says, if you hate the high speed rail, 190 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: you hate the Central Valley, there are actually some cities 191 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: in the Central Valley they're like, we don't want this 192 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: thing either. And thanks to Ashley'savall at KCRA three, we 193 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: also know that through the Governor's office and the high 194 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: speed Rail. Speaking of transparency, there's a lot of things 195 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: that they don't want the public to know, and they're 196 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: trying to keep a bunch of information about this project's secret. 197 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 2: Why who knows? 198 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: By the way, you know, one of the things that 199 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: Gavin was touting is that now that this thing has 200 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: state funding for the next twenty years thanks to Gavin 201 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: new some extending cap and trade which he now calls 202 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: cap and invest, which means your gas prices will be 203 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: higher for the next twenty years to pay a billion 204 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: dollars a year for the high speed rail. And that's 205 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: not to get it from San Francisco to Los Angeles. 206 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: That's not funded. We're just talking about getting the initial 207 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty miles from Loasco to Madera, and 208 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: then I don't even think they have planned out or 209 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: funded the rest of the original segment, which takes it 210 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: to Merced Again. I don't understand the concept of how 211 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: this takes cars off the road or is economic improvement 212 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: if you're moving people from one part of the Central 213 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: Valley to the other part of the central Valley. Wasn't 214 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: the whole point to connect the metropolitan areas to the 215 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: central Valley. So I guess people could live in Fresno 216 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: and commute for three hours a day on a train, 217 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: Like it's like you're in Pennsylvania and you're going to 218 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: New York or DC. Yeah, I don't know about that. 219 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: We told you a little bit about this yesterday. As 220 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: you have school strikes that are being planned in San Francisco, 221 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: possibly in Los Angeles, while in Sacramento City Unified, they're 222 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: just straight up broke. Maybe they gave too many sweetheart deals, 223 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: they were given away too many things. But they're facing 224 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: such a large budget deficit that if they don't make 225 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: cuts and close it, they're gonna get taken over by 226 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: a state receivership. Now, a story that I've been following 227 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: in Placer County is from CBS News Sacramento, and it 228 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: is this small little town called Alta, and Alta is 229 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: dealing with the fact that a judge wants to release 230 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 1: a SVP into their community. 231 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 2: What is an SVP? 232 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: A sexually violent predator, somebody who is a repeat offender 233 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: who every time they let him out, commits another horrible crime. 234 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 2: But I guess at some point we. 235 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: Have to stop keeping these people in a hospital and 236 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: we need to put them back out into the community. 237 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 2: And if the community. 238 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: Doesn't raise every hell about it, they'll get placed there. Well, 239 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: thanks to all the yelling and kicking and screaming from 240 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: the residents of Alta, they are now forcing a reevaluation 241 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: of this placement in Placer County. But that's got to 242 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: be a nightmare, especially you live in a small town 243 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: and you have somebody who cannot be rehabilitated through nonsensical 244 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: state laws. We're just saying, sure, let them out, let's 245 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: see what happens. Well, that's the first part of the 246 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: California Report, but we got a lot more to cover, 247 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: including what's going on in San Diego, what's going on 248 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: in the Central Valley, what's going on with Gavin Newsom, 249 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: and of course the governor's race. So we'll finish off 250 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: the California Report in moments. 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Let's get back to today's 261 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: California Report. You can follow along and see all the 262 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: stories at Randywangradio dot substack dot com. San Diego stations 263 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: have just great content and a lot of it is 264 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: relevant statewide, including this class action lawsuit from job seekers 265 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: who are going after an AI hiring platform. What does 266 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: the AI hiring platform do Well, apparently it doesn't just 267 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: judge your resume. It looks into your background, like your 268 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: social media and anything else that's any evidence of you 269 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: anywhere being on the Internet and pre judges if you're 270 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: even gonna make it to a human to see your resume, 271 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: and there are a lot of consumer protection laws that 272 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: that violates, especially what happens if it's making mistakes. But 273 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: I feel for anybody that's out there in the job 274 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: market because it sure seems on both ends it's harder 275 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: than ever to look for a job, and it is 276 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: harder than ever for companies to hire people. It's just 277 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: it is a weird time. San Diego has been talked 278 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: about a lot when it comes to their budgets deficits, 279 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: and what do you know, Jacking up all the parking 280 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: fees did not solve it. Nickel and diming their residence 281 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: did not solve it. San Diego now faces a new 282 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: seventeen million dollar budget deficit. And what's so funny is 283 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: they actually reduced their projected revenue for all the hikes 284 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: in parking because I guess they didn't account for the 285 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: massive reduction in demand. When you hold the citizens that 286 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: they have to pay for parking at Balboa Park and 287 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: you doubled the parking rates at the gas lamp, it 288 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: has turned people off. Now, another story that I found 289 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: very interesting is have you heard about this Costco lawsuit? 290 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: CBSA it has a piece about this where apparently there 291 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: was a big lawsuit brought against Costco because they're very popular. 292 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 2: Five dollars. 293 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: Rotisserie Chicken has a label that it's preservative free and 294 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: they use some kind of preservative. Could just be salt, 295 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: the world's oldest preservative. But apparently people are really starting 296 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: to pay attention to what is on your label, what 297 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: does it mean and is it actually healthy for you? 298 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: And the more people are paying attention to what's in 299 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: their food label, what are the ingredients? Can you pronounce them? 300 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: That ultimately is better. We should all be conscious of 301 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: the food that we're putting in our bodies. And I 302 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: know that's rich coming from me, somebody who originally got 303 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: famous on the radio for eating a bunch of fast food. 304 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: But I've changed my ways and in the Central Valley, 305 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: I try to pick up stories from there when I can. 306 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 1: Twenty three ABC has a piece while Gavin Newsom is 307 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: celebrating how great the high speed rail is for the 308 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: Central Valley. Part of the high speed rail is going 309 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 1: to go through the town of Shafter. When I say 310 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: go through the town of Shafter, I mean go right 311 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: down the middle of Shafter. And the locals in Shafter 312 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: don't care for that they're like, why can't it go 313 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: around the city and take five extra minutes, But apparently 314 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: we need to tear up a whole bunch more existing 315 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: land and put more small businesses out of business for 316 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: this train that maybe he'll be done in ten years, 317 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: maybe twenty years. We'll see only one story in the 318 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: California Crime blodder today is a resident scared off a 319 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: burglar in West Hollywood. But this resident lived on the 320 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: second floor and apparently the burglars are using ladders to. 321 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 2: Climb into balconies. 322 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 1: I also have posted Gavin Newsom's whereabouts yesterday, including him 323 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: posted a self the YouTube video outside of the High 324 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: Speed Rail railhead and I put his entire press conference 325 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: if you want to listen to his celebration with the 326 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: California High Speed Rail Authority on this project that he 327 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: says is a game changer, and you don't even to 328 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 1: think about the fact that it's rail. It's all about jobs, 329 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: and don't you worry there's going to be so much 330 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: foreign investment in it. Onto the governor's race. Antonia Viragoso 331 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: went out with Alex Michaelson yesterday to make some very 332 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: interesting allegations and good luck to him, and I have 333 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: posted the governor's debate from last night. I listened to 334 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: about half of it. It is pretty interesting. You've got 335 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: Steve Hilton on the Republican side. On the Democrat side, 336 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: you've got Bessara, Tom Steyr, Tony Thurman and Tony of Viragosa, 337 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: Betty Yee and late entry Matt Mahan. 338 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 2: So give that a listen. 339 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: If you're still trying to figure out who you are 340 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: interested in for governor, you might learn a thing or 341 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: two about these candidates. That's going to do it for 342 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: today's California Report. If you want to check this out 343 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: every day, I post it right before noon. It's pretty 344 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: much the shareable version of my cutsheet for the station. 345 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: Get it at Randywangradio dot substack dot com. 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Search for the 356 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: KABC Newsblitz wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to 357 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: the California Report for my daily list of all the 358 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 1: stories that matter to you locally. Randywangradio dot substack dot com. 359 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 2: It's free. 360 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom was in the Center Valley yesterday to celebrate 361 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: a major milestone for high speed rail. 362 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 3: So I'm here in the Central Valley in Wasco, right 363 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 3: near Shafter. 364 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: And hey, he pronounced it correctly, Wasco. Also, you know 365 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 1: how everyone says it's bakers Field. 366 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 2: No, it's not. Wasco is not Bakersfield. 367 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 3: So I'm here in the Central Valley in Wasco, right 368 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 3: near Shafter, and we just made an announcement of our 369 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 3: progress here on the high speed rail system. We're now 370 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 3: in the process starting to lay track one hundred and. 371 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: Nineteen starting to lay track, which also was what he 372 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: said last year, When do we start actually laying track? 373 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 3: Turn a nineteen mile first phase fully funded because of 374 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 3: the investments we'll make through the cap and Investment Program 375 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 3: through twenty forty five seventeen hundred people. Every single day 376 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 3: union jobs. 377 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: Go to work on this project, fifty seventeen hundred people, 378 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: and we're paying how many billions of dollars? I don't 379 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 1: know if that adds up. Again, if this project had 380 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: like a reasonable end date or a plan for how 381 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: the right who is going to ride this train? If 382 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: it just goes from one part of the Central Valley 383 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: to the other, I don't understand it. 384 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 3: Every single day union jobs go to work on this project, 385 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 3: fifty eight large scale structures have been complete, twenty nine 386 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 3: others underway, a ninety nine percent of the environmental work done, 387 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 3: all of the hard work behind us. Now we're going 388 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 3: to see the fruits of that. 389 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: By the way, if it took that long fifteen years 390 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: to do all the environmental work, that is an indictment 391 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: of the state of California. And it's not just you know, 392 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: independence of Republicans saying this. Ezra clined The New York 393 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: Times columnist A big part of his book Abundance is 394 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: the failures of high speed rail and how even when 395 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: California tries to go green, they get in their own way. 396 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 3: We're going to start seeing precisely what you see here 397 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 3: reel tracks real progress. 398 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 1: Sure, well, let's see what the progress is. Here's a 399 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: report from ABC ten in sacrament Governor Gavin Newsom announced 400 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: a major step forward today in California's high speed rail project. 401 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 2: He says, the prep work's done. 402 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: We're one step closer to laying tracks for the first 403 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: one hundred and nineteen miles of the railway. Now, the 404 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: reason they keep saying one hundred and nineteen is because 405 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: they already shortened expectations. From the shortened expectations, the first 406 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: section of this isn't even as they used to say, 407 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: Bakersfield Merced Now it's wasco to Madera. ABC ten State 408 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: Matters political reporter Jinny Huh is here now with the 409 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: latest update. 410 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 4: The last progress announcement on high speed rail was in 411 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 4: January of twenty twenty five, in which they began construction 412 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 4: of the railhead, which allows for the transportation of supplies. 413 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 4: Nine months later, in October twenty twenty five, that railhead 414 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 4: was completed, and today there was official celebration of that completion. 415 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 4: This is the phase. 416 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 5: It's the proof point. 417 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 3: Can't believe what you can't see, Well, you're about to 418 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 3: see a lot. 419 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 2: We still don't see a train. 420 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 6: Wull be. 421 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: They actually haven't even done the contracting for who is 422 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: going to who provide the. 423 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 5: Track, will be starting launching track laying. 424 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 7: That starts from here, Governor Newsom. 425 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: And that's Ian Chowdry, the new head of high speed Rail. 426 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: He's Europeans, so he must know about trains. 427 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 7: Governor Newsom in high speed rail authorities met in Kerm 428 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 7: County Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the next phase in California's 429 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 7: high speed rail project. 430 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: Do you know originally they brought on Japanese consultants for 431 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: this thing, and the Japanese consultants threw their hands up 432 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: and said, we can't deal with your nonsense. 433 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 2: California. 434 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: They see track, you know, the Japanese who created their 435 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: own high speed rail in nineteen sixty five. 436 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 7: They see track for the first one hundred and nineteen 437 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 7: miles of the rail from Bakersfield to Madeira will be 438 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 7: later around September. 439 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 2: Not Bakersfield, but close. 440 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 5: We have the infrastructure ready to go. 441 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 8: We're in the process of hiring the contractor who's actually 442 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 8: going to array the track. We've wared all the materials, 443 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 8: so they'll start now. Arriving at the site. 444 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: Some of the steps by the way, in case you 445 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: don't know, from Wasco to Bakersfield is about thirty two miles, 446 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: so it doesn't go to Bakersfield, it goes to Wasco. 447 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: And there's nothing in Wasco but a prison. 448 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 4: Okay, shouldn't Some of these steps have been done years 449 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 4: in advance because. 450 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 7: We anticipated this was going to be built. 451 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 5: Anyways, there's no question that there have been some delays 452 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 5: in the project. 453 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 8: But in terms of where we're at today acquiring one 454 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 8: hundred and nineteen miles of bridalway. 455 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 5: I mean this is land. 456 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: Well, there's another thing because of the nonsense of this 457 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: project where it needed to go through the Central Valley. Again, 458 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: this was sold as we need to connect La to 459 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,959 Speaker 1: San Francisco. That's what people voted on in two thousand 460 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,959 Speaker 1: and eight. And you could have done a pretty simple 461 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: line up and down the five Freeway where there's a 462 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: whole lot of nothing, but you already get those federal dollars. 463 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: You have to meet federal demands. And it was the 464 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: Obama people that said, hey, hey, hey, if you want 465 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: some of these federal dollars, I want this thing going 466 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: through Fresno. Because there's a lot of asthma and Fresno 467 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: and we want to make sure that people have a 468 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 1: cleaner alternative to cars. And here we are, almost twenty 469 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: years later, there's no train, and we decided to build 470 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: it middle out all your Silicon Valley fans get that one, 471 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: instead of I don't know, starting where it would have 472 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: made the most sense, which was electrifying San Francisco to 473 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: San Jose, going then out to Gilroy, then going out 474 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: to the central Valley. But starting in the center where 475 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: there's nothing, it never made any sense. That's why we 476 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: are still laughing at this thing. Although it is costing 477 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: us more and more money. Gas prices will be artificially 478 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: high for the next twenty years in California to pay 479 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: for this, and that is not for the entire thing. 480 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: There is no funding source or any plan to actually 481 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: get this thing from Los Angeles to San Francisco. And 482 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: I would argue, by the time they actually got that built, 483 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: the teleporter technology from the Star Treks and the Star 484 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: Wars is will be here and we don't have to 485 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: worry about any of. 486 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 5: This acquiring one hundred. 487 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 2: I guess Star Wars never had teleporters. It was just 488 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 2: Star Trek. 489 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 5: It's gonna happen acquiring one hundred and nineteen miles of bridalway. 490 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 5: I mean this is land that somebody owned at some point. 491 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 5: Once you have the land, then it's clearing it. 492 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: High speed wield Again, we could have built this thing 493 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: where there was no worries of having to acquire parcels. 494 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 2: But we didn't do that. 495 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 7: High Speed Real Board member. 496 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: You could argue, the people in charge want to make 497 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: sure that they at the High Speed Rail Authority have 498 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: job security for a very long time, so let's do 499 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: this in the most expensive and slowest way possible. 500 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 7: High Speed Real Board member Henry Perea says materials are 501 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 7: arriving and being transported at the site thanks to the 502 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 7: completion of the railhead. Construction of that first one hundred 503 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 7: nineteen miles of track, The first operational high speed rail 504 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 7: line in the state is set to be completed by 505 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 7: twenty thirty two. 506 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 5: All we are doing I doubt it. 507 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 2: We'll be here to'll tell you if it's completed or not. 508 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 5: All we'll get on that. 509 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 2: Inaugural ride, you know, from Wasco to Madera. 510 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 5: We're preparing the remainder of the one hundred and seventy 511 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 5: one mins. 512 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: And I'm not knocking the Central Valley here. I'm just saying, 513 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: if you connect the Central Valley to the Bay or 514 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: to southern California, then I kind of understand what we 515 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: were going for here. 516 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 2: But what are we connecting to? 517 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: Who is supposed to ride this we're preparing, and how 518 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: much we don't even know how much it's going to cost. 519 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: You know, if you plan a trip to Europe, Yeah, 520 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker 1: there are high speed rail lines that can take you 521 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: from Amsterdam to London and from Spain to France, and 522 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 1: they do exist, and someday I do want to ride 523 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: one of those, but they're not necessarily cheaper. A right 524 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: air is way cheaper. 525 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,959 Speaker 5: We're preparing the remainder of the one hundred and seventy 526 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 5: one miles. 527 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 7: That full one hundred and seventy one miles between Bakersfield 528 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 7: and Mercet is set to be completed by twenty forty five. 529 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: So in twenty years they'll have Bakersfield to merced twenty 530 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: years LA to San Francisco. Not in the end of 531 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,239 Speaker 1: our lifetimes. Eight hundred two to two two five two 532 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: to two two is the telephone number. It's the news 533 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the news Blitz 534 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. Let's go to Mark in Altadena. 535 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 2: Mark. 536 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 9: Hello, Yeah, Hey, Randy. 537 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 6: Yeah. 538 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 9: You recall some years back that a commuter train in 539 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 9: La commuter train at a freight train collided head on 540 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 9: and killed a whole bunch of people, injured a whole 541 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 9: bunch of other people. A friend of mine who was 542 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 9: a frequent a frequent user of the train, wasn't on 543 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 9: the train that day, but they used the soul. He 544 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 9: used the soul often that the frequent users of the 545 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 9: train knew how the train was gave nicknames to drivers 546 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 9: of the train depending on how the train was performing, 547 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 9: you know, like herky, jerky starts, really fast starts, slow 548 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 9: starts and all that. They the guy that was driving 549 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 9: the train that day, they nicknamed him horn Crazy. Horn 550 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 9: Crazy had really rough accelerations and and breaking and he 551 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 9: would go bonkers on his horn bbbb all the time. 552 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 9: And that was horn crazy. Horn Crazy had something in 553 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 9: his lap that he was looking at when he realized, 554 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 9: you know, he crashed the train and had onto a 555 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 9: freight free There's no freaking way that I'm going to 556 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 9: be on a one hundred and fifty miles train on 557 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 9: pretending that this thing actually gets built with somebody who's 558 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 9: driving that train called horn crazy, some government official, you know, 559 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 9: some VIE or DEI guy that doesn't know how to 560 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 9: drive a train like warn crazy and gets a lot 561 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 9: of people killed. 562 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: There's definitely that concern. I definitely know what you're talking about. 563 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: And it's not like these things are entirely safe. We 564 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: hear about derailments all the time with regular speed trains, 565 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: let alone high speed rail, and these federal rail authorities 566 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: constantly don't want to do anything about safety improvements. 567 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 2: So yes, is this truly something we want to do? Well? 568 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 2: Apparently it is. Thanks so much for the call. Appreciate it. 569 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 570 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: the telephone number. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang 571 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: on KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. 572 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 1: Let's real quick go to Dale in Long Beach Dale. 573 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 6: Hello, Hello, Randy, I want you to guess how much 574 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 6: a ticket's going to cost in the future, the ride 575 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 6: to train for one hundred and twenty miles, because I 576 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 6: might not live long enough to ride, but you might 577 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 6: actually live long enough, I'm. 578 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 2: Gonna guess it's gonna be like two hundred dollars. 579 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, I was think of that too. It's could be 580 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 6: more than one hundred and twenty dollars. One hundred and 581 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 6: twenty miles. Do you really want a gang banger in 582 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 6: Bakersfield to rob somebody in LA and be home in 583 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 6: about forty five minutes? 584 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: Well, I don't think we'll ever actually see that day happen, 585 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: but it's an interesting thing to think about. 586 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for the call. Appreciate it all right. 587 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: It is Wednesday, and on Wednesdays, I want to make 588 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: sure that I share all of my love of food 589 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: and wine with a little Wine Wednesday because I'm a 590 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: big fan of California wine and wine pairings and I 591 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: had some really great ones this week. But before I 592 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: even get into my pairings, I got to share with 593 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: you something that my wife got turned onto. There's this 594 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: Instagram account Samantha Somaliere, which you know you have to 595 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: figure out how to spell that, But Samantha Somalier so 596 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: M M E L I E R and she great. 597 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: She is the no snob SOB and she is finding 598 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: different wine pairings with stuff you can get at Trader Joe. 599 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: So a couple of these videos my wife saved. We 600 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:11,959 Speaker 1: went to Trader Joe's a week and we tried them. 601 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 1: One of them is you get the Trader Joe's Irish 602 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: Garlic butter chips and then you get the Trader Joe's 603 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: Buffalo Chicken dip, and you pair that with a pino noir, 604 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: specifically an Oregon pino, the one that she did in 605 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: the video. They didn't have, but we tried it and 606 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: it was great. Another one that she has, and this 607 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: is great. It's the Trader Joe's Alote chips, the ones 608 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: that kind of look like Freedo Scoopers. The new Trader 609 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: Joe's White Qeso, which I'm regretting ever knowing that exists, 610 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: because it's really good. And you pair that with this 611 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: Portuguese vino verde that they have. It's like a five 612 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: dollar Portuguese white wine. It's an incredible pairing. I was 613 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: really impressed. So I'm now following Samantha Somolier and I'm 614 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: super interested in these little pairings, especially when you want 615 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: something that's simple, that is like, wow, this really does 616 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: everything a pairing is supposed to do make every part 617 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: of the dish better. So over the weekend we had 618 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: some tuna to use up. I'm still getting tuna every 619 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: week for my friends at Nordic Catch, and it was 620 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: too hot to do a pasta. I didn't feel like 621 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: going as simple as just seared tuna with green beans, 622 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: so we figured why not do a classic the tunanie wase, 623 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: and we did a great tunanise was currently we're doing 624 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: it over greens, even though it's so good over rice. 625 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: I just I haven't gone back to rice since this diet. 626 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: I could have it, but you know, I think it's 627 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: fine over greens. My wife makes this really great tangy 628 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: dressing that's got dijon and sherry and fata brine, and 629 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: we paired it with a twenty seventeen Fox and John 630 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: Sebastiano Pino. Now, I know what you're thinking, twenty seventeen, 631 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,280 Speaker 1: that's a little old. Here's the thing. We have a 632 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: friend staying with us, so we had enough people that 633 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 1: we could open more than just one bottle of wine, 634 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: or we could open a magnum. We had this magnum 635 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: sitting in our wine fridge forever and haven't had an 636 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 1: excuse to use it. We're like, yeah, we could get 637 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 1: through the three of us one magnum. It was divine. 638 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,759 Speaker 1: It was delicious. Pinot and nis sUAS. That is a 639 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: match made in heaven. So that's one of the pairings 640 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 1: that was really really excited about. I also told you 641 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 1: that I made pulled pork over the weekend. I still 642 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: have a little bit I left over that I'm gonna 643 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: have tomorrow night, but we had leftovers last night and 644 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: pulled pork is so good. First time I've ever did 645 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: it in a foil boat and it came out great. 646 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 2: What do you pair with. 647 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: Pulled pork with barbecue sauce, which, by the way, we 648 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 1: have Rudy's Barbecue sauce from Texas, but also Salt Lick 649 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: is great and you can get that one at Whole 650 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:55,240 Speaker 1: Foods or Lazy Acres. Pulled pork goes great with a Sarrah. 651 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 1: The first night we opened another Fox, and my wife's 652 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: a member at Fox and they have great everything, but 653 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: their twenty twenty ten o'cuok Sarah was perfect with it, 654 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: but you could even go simpler. Last night we had 655 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:13,280 Speaker 1: the pulled pork again and we opened a twenty nineteen 656 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 1: Jaffers Sarrah Jaffers out of Santa Barbara County and it's 657 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: like a thirty dollars bottle, and I think you can 658 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: even get that one at Gelson's. It was great, it 659 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: was divine. We did a salmon knight. I do a 660 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: salmon knight once a week. Usually we do balsamic salmon 661 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: with a fiddle head, but I was out of my balsamic. 662 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: I just ordered a whole bunch of my favorite balsamic 663 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:39,320 Speaker 1: vinegar from Nouveau, which is their godfather eighteen year aged balsamic. 664 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: It's the best thing on fish. I'm obsessed with it. 665 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,719 Speaker 1: I have six bottles now, so I'll be good with 666 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: it forever. But I have this Pacific Northwest rub that 667 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,400 Speaker 1: we got from the Solving Spice merchant, and we decided 668 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: to do salmon with PNW rub with a Almrosa elhabii 669 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: that is their estate vineyard, Pino Noir A twenty twenty two, 670 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,239 Speaker 1: and it was It was really great. And then we 671 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: also had a little bit of celebrating to do. There's 672 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: some personal successes going on with my family, and so 673 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: we wanted to have some friends over celebrate with some 674 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 1: great wine. So We tested a Sea Smoke, which I'm 675 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: sure you've heard of Sea Smoke. It's one of the 676 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: nicest wines in Santa Rita Hills up against the Fiddlehead Doyle, 677 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 1: which is the barrel Select of the barrel Select of 678 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:33,120 Speaker 1: Kathy Joseph. And when you start with a Doyle, even 679 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,320 Speaker 1: a Sea Smoke does not match up to it. But 680 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: they were both great, and we got to celebrate, and 681 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,320 Speaker 1: we get to really clear out some wines that we 682 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 1: needed to drink for a while. But I love my 683 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,360 Speaker 1: California wines. As you can see, I love my Santa 684 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,920 Speaker 1: Barbara County wines. If you ever have any questions about 685 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 1: that region, email me Randy Wang Radio at gmail dot com. 686 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: See tomorrow, everyone,