1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:08,040 Speaker 1: Radio seven ninety KABC. Let's get right into today's California 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: report at Randywangradio dot substack dot com. Well, it happened 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Metro approved the K Line extension. And here's the thing 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: that we know. 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: Now. 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: While everyone is so excited about the potential of having 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: a train that goes all the way from Torrents to 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: the Hollywood Bowl, it's a matter of when because with 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: the current funding and the current plan, they're not going 11 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: to start construction on this expansion until twenty forty one, 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: fifteen years from now. Is not when this project is completed. 13 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: That is when this project begins. And that is why 14 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: I continue to believe that at least the way that 15 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: we build things here rail just doesn't make sense anymore. 16 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 2: What is the. 17 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: Population of this city, this county even going to be 18 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: in fifteen years and what if the technology is completely changed, 19 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: Like is all this obsolete the second that the flying 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: cars get normalized? Probably now in a bizarre election story. 21 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: I don't know what's really going on here, but it 22 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: seems pretty transparent. Look, I'm gonna call them like I 23 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: see him, and it sure seems like whatever, this investigation 24 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: into ballot fraud in Riverside County seems like a cry 25 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: for attention in a primary, in appealing to a certain base. 26 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: Because this was an election, the twenty twenty five election 27 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: that was won in a landslide, there's no real debate, 28 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: so I'm real curious as to what's going on here. Look, 29 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: I understand it, it's hard to get attention, but Chad 30 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: Bianco does not need to get attention by drumming up 31 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: some voter fraud investigation that doesn't really have anything to it. 32 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: And if you want to go in fully in believing it, well, 33 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: here's the thing. And Bianco needs to learn what happens 34 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: when you decide to campaign on all the elections are rigged. 35 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: You depress turnout because even though people support you, they 36 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: might not vote because you just told them that it's 37 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: all rigged. So I don't think it's the best strategy 38 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: for the Sheriff of Riverside County. Maybe there's something really there, 39 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: but I highly doubt it. It sure seems like this 40 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: is a last ditch attendant to get more attention and 41 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: to grab that base that believes all of these elections 42 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: are fraudulent. But again, I don't think that base votes 43 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: because you have them believing that all elections are fraudulent. 44 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: Is there may be a little bit of fraud here 45 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: or there, But and what would the extra fifty thousand 46 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: dollars let's even due again. Prop fifty was one in 47 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: a landslide. It wasn't cheating. They had the messaging that 48 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: appealed to the most amount of voters here. I don't 49 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: know what to tell you. 50 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: Now. 51 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: A story that is just getting crazier and crazier in 52 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: Los Angeles is in South LA. This week, Matthew Seedorf 53 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: got the entire world paying attention to the homelessness crisis 54 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: in California. When we found the woman living in the 55 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: storm drain, Well, guess what, She's not the only one. 56 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: And now we actually had rangers bringing KTLA along. Is 57 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: they cleared out people living in a storm drain in 58 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: Canoga Park. How prevalent is this? And here's the thing 59 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: that's so infuriating about this story is that they mention 60 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: all the people that are living in here, all of 61 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: the waste, all of the hazardous material that ends up 62 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: in this pathway that goes to the wash that goes 63 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: to the La River and they constantly say, well, they 64 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: tried to do outreach and offer these people's services and 65 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: they said no. Why do they get to say no? 66 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: And if they're going to say no, then why don't 67 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: we start enforcing I don't know, trespassing laws. Isn't it 68 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: illegal to be breaking into a sewer? As far as 69 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: they know, that's not public space that you can just 70 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: hang out in. So I think that's the approach we 71 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: need to take. It's a Matt Mayhead approach that has 72 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: worked pretty well in San Jose. We're going to offer 73 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: you help, and if you were in a situation where 74 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: you refuse the help or you're not in the right 75 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: state of mind to accept the help, well then you 76 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: might need to go to jail because at that point 77 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: maybe you'll start thinking differently. Look, nobody can be in 78 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: their right mind when they're in the throes of addiction. 79 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: But enabling that addiction, the harm reduction mentality, the housing 80 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: first mentality, has been an awful failure. And for all 81 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: the people that want to tout housing first, there seems 82 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: to be about seventy thousand people with no housing. So 83 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: how's that working out? But yes, once again, another storm 84 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 1: drain full of the homeless, this time in Canoga Park 85 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: near the soon to be demolished promenade. Maybe when the 86 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: Cronky's redeveloped this whole area, that element will get driven out. 87 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: But look, I'm done with the We offer somebody who's 88 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: in a crisis help and they refuse. We've changed the 89 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: laws at least this is what Gavin says. Maybe he's 90 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: full of crap, Maybe his laws don't do anything, But 91 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: wasn't the whole point of reforming Lanterman's petrius The point 92 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: of reforming the care courts is that you can petition 93 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: to put somebody in an involuntary hold. At some point, 94 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: we cannot just allow this. Now in the Bay Area, 95 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: we are at the point where here we are school 96 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: closures are coming in San Jose. Look, there's a lot 97 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: of great things that Mayhan is doing as the mayor 98 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: of San Jose, but you're not going to be able 99 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: to change overnight the fact that it is the most 100 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: expensive city to live in maybe in the country. And 101 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: when you have that expensive of a city, you have 102 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,559 Speaker 1: two things. You have people that are just not gonna 103 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: have kids the dinks, and you're gonna have people that 104 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: if they do have kids, Well, since they can afford 105 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: to live in San Jose, they can probably afford private school. 106 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: So you're seeing a huge decline and enrollment in San 107 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: Jose public schools, and that's why they have to close 108 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: elementary schools. It is unfortunate, but this is where we are. 109 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: Those trend lines are not going to change anytime soon, 110 00:06:58,440 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: so it looks like it's something we're gonna have to do. 111 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 1: And then maybe, I don't know, you redeveloped that land 112 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: for more housing. I don't know what you do, but 113 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: the enrollment decline in this state is only going in 114 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: one direction. Now, last year, there was this horrific story 115 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: in Yellow County about a warehouse full of illegal fireworks 116 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: that led to an explosion and it killed seven people, 117 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: complete tragedy. Well, thanks to a civil grand jury report, 118 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: we now know it was a completely preventable tragedy because 119 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: it turns out for years, the county knew about this place, 120 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: didn't do anything about it. The sheriff's office knew about 121 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: this place, didn't do anything about it. Code enforcement knew 122 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: about it, didn't do anything about it because apparently there 123 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: was nobody working at code enforcement at Yellow County. But 124 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: you have all of these laws on the books. If 125 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: we don't enforce them, then who do we have to 126 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: blame but ourselves. But look, I have had it with fireworks. 127 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: I don't care that it's the two hundred and fiftieth 128 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: birthday of this country. Fireworks can cause fires. There's even 129 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: more reports today that as much as people want to 130 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: think the Palisades was started by an arsonist, there's sure 131 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: are a hell of a lot of witness accounts that 132 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: that fire on January first was started by fireworks. They 133 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: are loud, they are obnoxious, they start fires, and they 134 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: freak out my dog. And we've seen what happens when 135 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: you pack together a whole bunch of explosives in a warehouse. 136 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: At some point they can explode. So we need to 137 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: be enforcing these things, and we need to be paying 138 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: attention at every level of government. This is completely preventable 139 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: in competence. And this is in a small county where 140 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff's not supposed to happen. You expect 141 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: things to fall through the cracks and the massive behemoth 142 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: that is La County, but not Yolo County. What is 143 00:08:53,320 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: the population of Yolo County? Population of Yolo County in 144 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: California two hundred and twenty four thousand. It is a small, 145 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: small county, So when you know about a danger that 146 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: could just harm your citizens, got to do something about that, 147 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: you really do. In Sacramento, we have yet another school 148 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: district that well is having money problems, and we're going 149 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: to see more and more and more of this. Again, 150 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: you have the combination of labor contracts that are only 151 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: going to go in one direction. And I understand it, 152 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: the cost of living is difficult, but when you have 153 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: enrollment decline, you have revenue decline. So unless they're going 154 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: to do something at the state level to spend even 155 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: more money on education, we're going to see massive budget 156 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: deficits because of the labor contracts. And at this point 157 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: there's nothing to do but more layoffs. So the people 158 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: that will be working have great deals, but there'll be 159 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 1: a lot less people working. And in Zacramento we also 160 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: have a fight going on once again between Gavin Newsom 161 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: and members of the state Senate, specifically Tony Strickland on 162 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: a Huntington Beach. He wants to make sure Prop thirty 163 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: six is properly funded, and he's actually putting forth a 164 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: bill to make sure that he gets the four hundred 165 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: million dollars a year that it needs. Gavin Newsom put 166 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: in about one hundred million dollars and says two things 167 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: that are really interesting. One that we have funded at 168 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: plenty and we built all those beds with Prop one, 169 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: so that should work. Which is interesting because when Gavin 170 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: Newsom was campaigning against Prop thirty six and he was 171 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: asked about, Hey, those beds for Prop one, can't that 172 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: be used for Prop thirty six? He said no, I 173 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: guess now it does make sense. If you're building substance 174 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: use beds, then wouldn't you be able to apply Prop 175 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: thirty six and treatment mandated felonies to those beds? But also, 176 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: and I wish he would have been more specific here 177 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: at this press conference where he's asked about Prop thirty six, 178 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: he talked about a report, didn't cite what the report was, 179 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: but he said the problem with Prop thirty six wasn't funding. 180 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: And if that's not the problem, if that's the not 181 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: the hurdle for it to be fully implemented, please tell 182 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: us what it is. Tell us what we need to 183 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: get going here, because the citizens have spoken in a 184 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: very loud way that election was not even close by 185 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: the way. You want to talk about how all the 186 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: elections are rigged? How did Prop thirty six pass? Chad Bianco, 187 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: I think he's desperate for attention, and I'm not going 188 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: to sugarcoat that just because he's a stand up guy 189 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: and so many other things. I can tell a desperate 190 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: ploy for attention when I see one, and I will 191 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: call one out when I see it from Katie Porter 192 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: or Tom Steyer, and I'll definitely call one out when 193 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: I see it from Chad Bianco. Don't buy into that. 194 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: We're already getting any email. It's like, hey, you know 195 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: you talk about how the electorate is just voting wrong. No, no, no, no, 196 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: it's all fraud. It's all rigged. Look, if you believe 197 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: in that, why are you voting? So I choose not 198 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: to believe that, because it's just these elections go in 199 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: many different ways, and having seventy percent support for Prop 200 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: thirty six proved positive that if they really wanted to 201 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: control all the elections, they wouldn't have passed that one 202 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 1: because it was opposed by the entire supermajority of the 203 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: legislature and Gavin Newsom in San Diego, we had new 204 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: regulations taking effect for e bikes and Carlsbad. And while 205 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: I think it is well overdue to be regulating this 206 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: emerging technology that seems to be everywhere, I still don't 207 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: think we're anywhere close to where we need to be. 208 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: Like the new thing is you have to be twelve, 209 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: which like, wait, people were giving their kids younger than 210 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: twelve these things? What is wrong with you? But also 211 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: you need to think about that these things are practically motorcycles. 212 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: In fact, certain e bikes are pretty much classified as 213 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: motor cycles, at least the way that you buy them. 214 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: So why are we not treating them like motorcycles? For 215 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: you need to be licensed. And if we don't want 216 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: to do that because these are for the little kids, 217 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: then how about you have to carry insurance? How about 218 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: that if you're going to have a motorized vehicle that 219 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: can go up to fifty miles an hour. I know 220 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: it's only supposed to go to thirty, but every kid 221 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: on TikTok knows how to supercharge these things, You know 222 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: what I think? So go ahead and get insurance because 223 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: crashes have happened, crashes will happen, and these things might 224 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: then be so prohibitively expensive, but of course we're not 225 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: going to do that. In California. We're doing everything we 226 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: can to make it easier to get these e bikes 227 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: and an incredibly misguided attempt to take cars off the road. 228 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: Can you tell me one commuter who has switched from 229 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: their car to an e bike? No, it's just teenagers 230 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: using these things and for some reason, they get fearless 231 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: and they start having a mob mentality. Now speaking of teenagers, 232 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: although this applies to young adults and pretty much just 233 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: the idiocy that has bred from social media. You know 234 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: that Landmark trial happened and Facebook and YouTube were found 235 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: to be negligent in the negative contributions to children's mental health. 236 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: And again Snapchat and TikTok were sued too, but they settled. 237 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: And I think this is one of those situations where 238 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: I don't know if this is like purported, like it 239 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: starts in China or what have you, or this is 240 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: just our society getting dumber and more vain by the minute. 241 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: And I wish I was making this up. There is 242 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: a new trend for people that want to max out 243 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: the angles that they've god on their face. They want 244 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: to have those really really really nice cheekbones. And apparently 245 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: the way to do that is not with diet. It's 246 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: not with exercise, it's not even with fillers or surgery. 247 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: It's with something called bone smacking. What is bone smacking? 248 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: It is people with no brain cells smacking themselves in 249 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: the face with a hammer for this theory that if 250 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: you do that enough times, the shape of your bone 251 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: will change. There is something seriously wrong with society that 252 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: people look at a video of someone smacking them in 253 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: the face with a hammer and think, oh, I should 254 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: try that. Two things are completely wrong here. One, people 255 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: are incredibly stupid, and social media has made us dumber 256 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: as a society. But it's also made us more vain 257 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: as a society because you're not doing this for any 258 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: benefit outside of my face is going to look so good. 259 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: Sure with all the bruising too. I can't believe this 260 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: is a thing. Bone smacking the latest idiotic trend coming 261 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: out of social media. I don't know if society is 262 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: going to be around long enough for the Expo line 263 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: or the the K line to actually go all the 264 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: way to Hollywood, because we will have so many people 265 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: that gave themselves brain damage from smacking themselves in the face. Now, 266 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: there is a nice story in San Diego, and in fact, 267 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: it's a rare story where I'm going to applaud the 268 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: action of a utility monopoly because I'm no fan of 269 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: PG and E, SoCal Edison or SDG and E. But 270 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: when you see a smart, all natural, cost effective way 271 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: to clear brush near your power line, you have to 272 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: applaud it. And what is that safe, low cost, all 273 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 1: natural way to clear the brush? Goats? They hired a 274 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: bunch of goats to chew on all the grass that's 275 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: around the transmission towers. I love it. They invited kids 276 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: for the local elementary school to herd the goats. As 277 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: the goats were chewing the grass, I love that. I 278 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: think this is a situation of all the stupid things 279 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: that Karen Bass has done and all the things she's 280 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: being cornered into doing because it's an election year. I'll 281 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: give credit where credit's due. Yeah, the goats are in 282 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: the subpulviit abasin. Now they should have been there a 283 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: long time ago. This is how you naturally clear brush, 284 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: and people love goats, so I love that. Now let's 285 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: move on to the La Mayor's race. Last night, Spencer 286 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: Pratt sat down with one of the best Fox eleven's 287 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: Marlotaeis And if there's anything I really want you to 288 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: do this weekend, it you've got to watch this interview. 289 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: And for anyone in your life that's like Spencer Pratt 290 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: running for mayor what's that about, you got to send 291 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: him this interview. Spencer Pratt is incredibly impressive For somebody 292 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: that you might just automatically assume is not very bright 293 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: because he grew up on a reality TV show, he's 294 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: really sharp. He is has real answers to every single 295 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: question and Marla was not asking easy questions. It is 296 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 1: an eighteen minute interview and it goes a lot of 297 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: places that I haven't seen Spencer go to in other interviews, 298 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: and he's got some really interesting ideas. And I just 299 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: think if you want to see Spencer Pratt continue in 300 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: this race, he can do what he can where he's 301 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: going on all the shows. You know, he spent an 302 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: hour with Johnny, He's going on KFI, He's going on 303 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: all of these news programs. He's getting that earned media. 304 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: He has his own podcast, he's going on other podcasts. 305 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: But you can also help because if you share those interviews, 306 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: especially with your circle, with your friends, your family, people 307 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: in your social networks, people that you know are voters 308 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles and they're not really paying attention to 309 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: what's going on. Check it out for yourself, So get 310 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: onto the substack randywangradio dot substack dot com and share 311 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: the video of Spencer Pratt with Marlateas. It's a really 312 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: interesting interview and worth your eighteen minutes. Marlateas also interviewed 313 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: Adam Miller, he's running for La Mayor. I don't have 314 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: a lot to say about Adam Miller. He he seems 315 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: well enough, although I'd love to pick his brain. We're 316 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: trying to get him on the show because he has 317 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 1: run a quote unquote successful homeless nonprofit, so I'd love 318 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: to hear what he says about that world. He, you know, 319 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: is a startup founder, he's a business owner, but he 320 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: doesn't seem to really want to go after Karen Bass 321 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 1: too much. So if you're curious about his candidacy, another 322 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: person that's not getting a lot of attention in this race, 323 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: you can check that out. Because he also sat down 324 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 1: with Marlottayis. The Dodger game was on, so Marla had 325 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: a lot of time to interview people in the governor's race. 326 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: Katie Porter after the debate was canceled when on Instagram 327 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: live for thirty five minutes and Johnny loved it. Right 328 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: here And finally in the California Crime Blotter in Lake 329 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: Merritt in Oakland, there's a scam going on where someone says, hey, 330 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: can you take my picture? And you do, and then 331 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: they say, hey, I'm a rapper, you should listen to 332 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: my stuff, and then they say okay, then they open 333 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: up your Spotify when you think that they are pulling 334 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: up their music and they're actually clicking on your Venmo 335 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: and sending themselves three thousand dollars. So here's the public 336 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: service announcement of the day. If you have Venmo, turn 337 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: on the setting where Venmo doesn't open until it checks 338 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: your face. I didn't know that was a thing. Now 339 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: I know that's a thing. That's Today's California Report at 340 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: Randy Wang Radio Dot Substance. It's the News Blitz with 341 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: Randy Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy 342 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: Wang on KABC. There are a lot elections coming up 343 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: in June, including a race for La County Supervisor District three. 344 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: We'll talk to one of those candidates, Tanya Airy for Supervisor. 345 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: Up next, it's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. 346 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 347 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: Radio seven ninety KA b C. Make sure to subscribe 348 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: to my substack so you can check out the daily 349 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: California Report at Randywangradio dot substack dot com. Our next 350 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: guest is running for La County Supervisor District three. You 351 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: can go to her website Airy for Supervisor dot com. 352 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: That's a R E. Y the number four supervisor dot com. 353 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: Tanya Air, Welcome back to the News Blitz. 354 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 2: Hi Randy, Thanks ch thanks for having me again. Glad 355 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 2: to be here. 356 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: Let's start off with just giving a quick little reminder. 357 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: If people haven't heard you before, who are you and 358 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: why or why are you running for supervisor? 359 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 2: Well, as you said, my name was Tanya Tanya Airy, 360 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 2: and I'm running for Ella County Supervisor to unseat Lindsay 361 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 2: Horvath in the third district. Why am I running Because 362 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 2: there's a lot of nudgends, your responsibility and just overall corruption. 363 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 2: What sparked me to run? Look, I come from the 364 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 2: private sector. I'm a realtor, but what sparked me was 365 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 2: the Border Supervisor's unanimous decision very sadly allowed all the 366 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 2: toxics of this degree to go to residential landfills. Started 367 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 2: off with Calabasis, then Sunshine Canyon in Porto Ranch Are 368 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 2: or Granada Hills area. But the incumbent, she did not 369 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 2: stand up for Calabasas. The City of Calabasas formed a 370 00:22:54,800 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 2: grassroots called Protect Calabasis. We went to her district office, 371 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 2: we called and we we just we were literally shut out. 372 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 2: She just she never showed up. And one thing led 373 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 2: to another. You start seeing things, Like I said, I'm 374 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 2: a realtor. When most people get in their car, they 375 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 2: drive from point A to point B, and that's what 376 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 2: they're fixated on. As a realtor, I drive from town 377 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 2: to town, city to city, and you just start to 378 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: see the decay over you know, several years more so 379 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 2: like in the last four to six years. Now. Granted 380 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: that's not just the incumbent's fault, that's everybody's fault. But 381 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 2: you just start saying, I need to do something. What 382 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 2: can I do? And as you say that, the universe 383 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 2: speaks to you. I guess because I get a phone 384 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 2: call saying, hey, you know, while seat is open, why 385 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 2: don't you go for it. Well, that's funny because I'm 386 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 2: not a politician and never have been. But one thing 387 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 2: led to another, conversation started met with influential people, and 388 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 2: that was back in the end of May June, and 389 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 2: that point I made a decision to commit one hundred 390 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 2: and ten percent. I put real estate to the side, 391 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 2: and I have been in this every single day, NonStop 392 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 2: since then. 393 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: Let's start with some of the news of the week. 394 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of people paying attention once again 395 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: to the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County after that 396 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: video was unearthed by Matthew Sedor for Fox eleven of 397 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: a woman living in a storm drain. What do you know, 398 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: a couple of days later, now there's one happening in 399 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: Lindsey horvathz District in Canoga Park, people living in a 400 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: storm drain putting more toxic material in sewage out into 401 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: what's supposed to be the La River. We have people 402 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: that go in and do outreach to the people that 403 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: are in there. They refuse it, so they say, Okay, 404 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: I guess you can stay here. Is that really the 405 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: right way to approach this at this point with all 406 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: the reforms that we made when it comes to care 407 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: court and conservatisy performs, should we really be allowing anybody 408 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,199 Speaker 1: who is obviously in need of help to be refusing it? 409 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 2: No? Absolutely, I mean, but this is what Horrorvath does. 410 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 2: You know, when she took office on her own website 411 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two, she appointed herself to LASHA to 412 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 2: oversee accountability. But yet she blames everybody else. And you 413 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 2: know what, in the last few years, the board has 414 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 2: spent two billion dollars and Horvath just keeps, you know, 415 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 2: I'm gonna build this project or I'm gonna build that project. 416 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 2: But then when it actually happens in your backyard, in 417 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 2: your district, in front of your face, she doesn't show up. 418 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 2: Where is she? She just says things to put on 419 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: paper to say I am or we are handling the situation, 420 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 2: but they're not. It's just it's smoking mirrors and they're 421 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 2: not identifying you know, what is really going on with 422 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 2: the homeless situation. You can't just you know, go in 423 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 2: and try to take over the La Armorine in the 424 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 2: hotel district, right you. You need to have identify the 425 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 2: cause the route. And it goes back to twenty nineteen 426 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 2: when the Board of Supervisors removed you know, jail first 427 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 2: and care. They changed it to care first and jail. 428 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 2: And then you start over, you know, you slowly start 429 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 2: having an explosion of homeless So you know to circle 430 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 2: back and answer your question. No, she should be stepping 431 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 2: in and addressing the problem, not like, hey, I'm building this, 432 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 2: I'm putting money towards this, so I actually care. Because no, 433 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 2: you don't care, because in otherwise you'd really be in it. 434 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 2: But she's not. And this is what she does well. 435 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: And let's clarify some functions that differ the city in 436 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: the county because even though this is in the City 437 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: of Los Angeles, Canoga Park is in a neighborhood of 438 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: the City of Los Angeles. The way that this is 439 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: supposed to work with all the money that is being 440 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 1: raised to solve homelessness through things like Measure A, the 441 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: former Measure H and the city Measure Triple AH, cities 442 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 1: are supposed to be responsible for building the housing. The 443 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: county is the one that has the budgets for mental 444 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 1: health services and social services, and we just doubled that 445 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: sales tex They created a brand new Department of Housing 446 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: and Homelessness. So how is it that the way that 447 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: we find out there are people living in the storm 448 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: drains is thanks to the news reports and not the county. 449 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 2: Because like I just said, it's smoking mirrors, it's I'm 450 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 2: going to put money towards this. I'm going to advocate for, 451 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 2: you know, identifying you know, this apartment building in this 452 00:27:54,240 --> 00:28:00,160 Speaker 2: Santa Monica neighborhood because I really care, But you're not 453 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 2: You're not in the streets. She's not in the streets, 454 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 2: she's not looking at it. And yeah, then you end 455 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 2: up finding out about it in the news and then 456 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 2: you've got to come back for an answer, an answer 457 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 2: with it, and you don't have one, and she doesn't 458 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 2: have one, and then you and so here's here's an example. 459 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 2: She just formed, uh, you know, because she blames everything 460 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 2: on Bass, she blames everything on Lasha. And remember I 461 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 2: just said, she appointed herself into ALASA for accountability. But 462 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 2: then she, you know, she opens up a new a 463 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 2: new division, right, the new Department of Homeless Service and Housing. 464 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 2: Well what is that? 465 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: Sure sounds like the exact same issues just under a 466 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: different name to make it sound like we did something 467 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: because LASA was very unpopular. And I know it's a 468 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: new department, but it's also and I don't know if 469 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: you caught this, when they had the initial budget hearing 470 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: of this brand new department that was created with the 471 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: doubling of the sales measure A the initial presentation this 472 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: brand new department said we're broke. We don't have any 473 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: more money. 474 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm laughing and I'm laughing, and I'd like 475 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 2: to correct you on something. It's not we, because it's 476 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 2: not us, it's not anybody listening to your show it is. 477 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 2: It's it's them. Really, it's the incumbent. It's Lindsay Horvath 478 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 2: that you know, because she needs to cover up for 479 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 2: her failures. I mean, what was it the other day 480 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 2: she presented to the United Chamber of Commerce of the 481 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 2: the state of the county. And you know the headlines 482 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 2: on that from the newspaper Valley Vantage reads Supervised Blame 483 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: speds for county woes, And you read the article and 484 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 2: it's just blame game after blame game. You know, she 485 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 2: blames federal funding on the failure of this, and it 486 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 2: just goes on and on, and she says things are 487 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 2: getting better, but she doesn't provide what is getting better? 488 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 2: What are the facts? And if you're talking about numbers, 489 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 2: what are the statistics? It's just worse. 490 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: We're speaking with Tanya Airy. She's running for La County 491 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: Supervisor District three now. This week, Lindsay Horvath had a 492 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: whole lot of exposure on social media and different press 493 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: conferences as she wanted to do her part to pressure 494 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: the La Metro Board and specifically Karen Bass, to adopt 495 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: this plan to extend the k Line metro rail going 496 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: all the way from the Crenshaw area through West Hollywood 497 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: to Hollywood and the Hollywood Bowl. There was a whole 498 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: lot of cheering and a whole lot of celebrating, but 499 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: when you read the fine print, the best case scenario 500 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: right now is construction for this project begins, not ends. 501 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: Construction begins in fifteen years, so maybe this thing will 502 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,719 Speaker 1: be done in twenty to twenty five years. Is this 503 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: real anything to get that excited about? 504 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 2: No, absolutely not, And it's just it's a waste of money. 505 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 2: And again it's just political theater for her. Look what 506 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 2: I'm doing, Look what's going on? And and again it's 507 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 2: the timing is perfect because it's election season. And I 508 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 2: just want to make a note too. I don't think 509 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 2: I've ever seen so much pink than from like fire retardants, 510 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 2: you know, during fires. But she was dressed in pain 511 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 2: from head to toe. But no, it's it's also mine looks, 512 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 2: you know. More more public transportation, Yes, how can you 513 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 2: better serve the community, And how can you save money 514 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 2: at buses? At a bus line that K line that 515 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 2: she wants so desperately throws some buses on there. You 516 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 2: don't need to build a light rail that goes underground. 517 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 2: That is just it's asinine. Look, the city of la 518 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 2: was never built to be a major city of transportation, 519 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 2: as crazy as that sounds, but it just it wasn't. 520 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 2: It's a car city. So ad buses and it will 521 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 2: be a lot safer because you know, she's also an 522 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 2: advocate for, you know, removing side arms from law enforcement 523 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 2: on you know, metro because they're too threatening. That's not happened, 524 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 2: but you know she has voice that. So and if 525 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 2: you are going to build any type of rail, go 526 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 2: ahead with the light rail, but above ground, because once 527 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 2: you start going underground, then that's when all the delays happen, 528 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 2: and it's just asinine. I mean, you can build a 529 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 2: new bus and well, I don't really know how long, 530 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 2: but it's not going to take thirty years to build 531 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 2: a new bus to go on the exact same line, 532 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 2: and it's not going to take away a neighborhood's grocery store. 533 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: You know, It's funny, I've been having a lot of 534 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: the same thoughts. As much as I don't like the 535 00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: idea of it, if the goal is really to expand 536 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: and all of this transit, and to expand and make 537 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: it more easy for people to ride Metro, because if 538 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: more people are riding it, then it will just be 539 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: inherently safer because the bustle will be too crowded for 540 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: anyone to stab each other with. But it takes so 541 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 1: long to build any kind of rail. The progress for 542 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: these projects is so slow. I feel like they've been 543 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 1: extending the Purple Line for the past twenty years. Because 544 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: they have been extending the Purple Line for the past 545 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: twenty years. They've been planning the Supulvita Transit Corridor my 546 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: entire life, and they still haven't put a shovel in 547 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: the ground. Are we at a point where it's just 548 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: this city and this county cannot efficiently do these projects. 549 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: I mean we're looking at timelines where by the time 550 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: these projects are done, the entire concept of rail transit 551 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: might be completely obsolete. 552 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 2: Right. And the other thing is too one of the 553 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 2: things that you know, she kept saying in like this, 554 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 2: you know, persuasive voice, like and people will be able 555 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 2: to get the medical care they need because it goes 556 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,880 Speaker 2: right to the hospital. But they need the medical care. Now, 557 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 2: build add buses to the K line and they'll get 558 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 2: there because the people that are without cars, or the 559 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 2: elderly people, they're sadly they're gonna be dead by then. 560 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 2: So if you really care about everything that you're talking about, 561 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 2: because it gets people to work, it gets people to 562 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:33,400 Speaker 2: the hospital, add the bus lines and you will save 563 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 2: billions of dollars and you'll be able to monitor public 564 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 2: safety a lot easier than going underground. 565 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: Tony and Eric, the website is airfosupervisor dot com. That's 566 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,439 Speaker 1: airy the number four supervisor dot com. Tanya, I'm gonna 567 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: give you sixty seconds. Give your pitch to the voters. 568 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: Why should they vote for you? 569 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 2: June? Do you like the living conditions that you're in. 570 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 2: Do you feel safe walking outside? Are you uh? Do 571 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 2: you like having your tax dollars going to nothing? The 572 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 2: answer is no to any of that. It's time for 573 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 2: it's time for better leadership. It's time for someone that 574 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 2: cares and and look, the people vote for me. I'll 575 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 2: work for the people. I'm not a politician. I'm not 576 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 2: trying to climb a political ladder. I'm doing this because 577 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:31,879 Speaker 2: I genuinely care. 578 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 1: Tanya airy Ford, Supervisor, that's a r E. Y the 579 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 1: number four supervisor dot com. Thanks so much for joining us. 580 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:41,800 Speaker 2: Thank you, Randy. 581 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's 582 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. Earlier this week, 583 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: I was lucky enough to be invited by our friends 584 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: at the Pantagious Theater in Hollywood and Broadwayanhollywood dot com 585 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: to see opening night of Spam a Lot. Spam a 586 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: Lot is playing at the Pantagious Theater now through April twelfth. 587 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 1: And with all the insanity that is going on locally, statewide, nationally, internationally, 588 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: these are very very serious times. It can be very 589 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: stressful and so even more than usual. Did I appreciate 590 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,920 Speaker 1: being completely taken out of all of that, and for 591 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: three hours I could just enjoy absolute absurd hilarity. You 592 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: know exactly what you're getting when you go to see 593 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 1: Spam a Lot, the Monty Python Musical, and it just 594 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: from the first song, I was grinning ear to ear. Now, 595 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: I had never seen Spam a Lot, but I kind 596 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 1: of knew what I was in for. It was so 597 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: much fun. And even though you really think of this 598 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: as so much of a comedy, their performances, gosh, the 599 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 1: lady doing the lay of the Lake incredible. It was 600 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:09,799 Speaker 1: such a good time. We really really enjoyed it, and 601 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,400 Speaker 1: you know it's great. I don't know if you know this, 602 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,279 Speaker 1: but the Pantake just changed their policy a while back. 603 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: Used to be no drink in the theater. Well guess 604 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,880 Speaker 1: what now when you go to the bar, I like 605 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,760 Speaker 1: to go to the one that's under the left side, 606 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: under the stairs, and you order your drink. We usually 607 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,320 Speaker 1: get the double milagro and soda. And you know it's funny, 608 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 1: they were out of limes because there was a bunch 609 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: of limes in the Lady of Lake drink, and the 610 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: bartenderness was like, why don't you try lemon, I'm like, okay, 611 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: you know what, Malagro soda and lemon decent. I mean, 612 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,439 Speaker 1: we ended up having like three of them throughout the night. 613 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,959 Speaker 1: It was pretty darn good. But you get your big 614 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 1: sippy cup. It's got a lid on it, and you 615 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: can take it into the theater and there's just something 616 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: nice about having a little beverage at your side while 617 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: you are laughing and listening to the great music and 618 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: the ridiculous absurd story that is so Monty Python. I 619 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,839 Speaker 1: had a blast at this show and you will too. 620 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 1: So if you want to see spam a lot, it 621 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 1: is playing at the Hollywood Pantagious Theater now through April twelfth. 622 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,399 Speaker 1: It was a great time, so check it out. It's 623 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,280 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. It's the News Blitz with Randy 624 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:30,400 Speaker 1: Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang 625 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 1: on KABC. We made it to Friday, and there's a 626 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,800 Speaker 1: lot going on this weekend. So Mondo likes to curate 627 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: a list of events, so you know, some fun things 628 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:46,160 Speaker 1: to do this weekend, and gosh, if there was something bittersweet, 629 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,280 Speaker 1: it's definitely this one. Get ready for the Coles French 630 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: dip closing weekend extravaganza. Last summer, news broke that the 631 00:38:56,120 --> 00:39:00,279 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen year old French dip destination Coals 632 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,319 Speaker 1: was closing. Fortunately, it seems that the time has come 633 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 1: for its final weekend of service. So to send Coals 634 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: off in style, other local food institutions are creating their 635 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: own collabs to pay homage to Coals sandwiches and sides, 636 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:21,440 Speaker 1: including Jilllatata, Father's Office and Little Fatty on Saturday found 637 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: Oyster Bay Cities and Oh, I'm going to screw up 638 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,800 Speaker 1: this name, gallect Gazetta on Sunday with treats from seased candies. 639 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: On both days, each dish will be capped at one 640 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: hundred and eighteen portions, so show up early and proceeds 641 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:40,880 Speaker 1: will benefit the Independent Hospitality Coalition. You know, it's going 642 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: to be another thing that the candidates running against Karen 643 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,279 Speaker 1: Bass can point out on the debate stage, if there 644 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:52,360 Speaker 1: ever is a debate. How did Coals close under your watch? 645 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:59,240 Speaker 1: How is it that Langers keeps threatening to close? Maybe 646 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: we should be doing something about that. Here you go 647 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:06,200 Speaker 1: the vendor Fest night Market on Grand Avenue. This is 648 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:09,359 Speaker 1: a free event where La Street vendors spected into the 649 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 1: spotlight at this night market at Gloria Molina Grand Park, 650 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: a civic celebration of their legacy and entrepreneurship. Over forty 651 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:21,360 Speaker 1: food and artists and vendors will be on hand, feasting 652 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 1: on tacos, hot dogs, palettas and more. Art installations will 653 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: pay tribute to the street vendor culture, including a projection 654 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,759 Speaker 1: show on the city's Hall of Records and here's one. 655 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: The High Desert Art Fair at Pioneer Town, Oh Boy 656 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:45,839 Speaker 1: Coachella the Joshua Tree area is just it's a lot 657 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,880 Speaker 1: of fun. This is going on at the Pioneertown Motel. 658 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,120 Speaker 1: A two day ticket is thirty four dollars. The whole 659 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,799 Speaker 1: music showcase is sixty six dollars. The High Desert Art 660 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,799 Speaker 1: Fair is returning to the Pioneer Town Motel for its 661 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: third year, offering an antidote to the con vention hall 662 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:04,640 Speaker 1: fantigue of contemporary art fairs. The Desert has long been 663 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: a destination for artists in over twenty local, regional, and 664 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: national galleries. Things will kick off today with a free 665 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,120 Speaker 1: opening night party at the local Red Dog Saloon featuring 666 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,880 Speaker 1: a DJ set from street artist Shepherd Fairly and the 667 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: next day the fair will team up with Pappy and 668 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,960 Speaker 1: Harriet's Legendary Place. That was a music showcase with Devo's 669 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:30,480 Speaker 1: Mark Mothersbaugh heading lining playing a custom instrument he's dubbed 670 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,799 Speaker 1: the General. That is a good time. If you've never 671 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 1: done the whole Joshua Tree thing, it is a rite 672 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 1: of passage in southern California. I was invited to go 673 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:45,760 Speaker 1: fifteen sixteen, seventeen years ago by my old podcast partner, 674 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,840 Speaker 1: Gina Grad she's on the Woody Show now. I remember 675 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,920 Speaker 1: going to the Integnatron doing the sound bath and getting 676 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:58,240 Speaker 1: my chakras realigned and very confused about what exactly was happening. 677 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: But it was fun hanging out in the hammocks outside 678 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,480 Speaker 1: where we're waiting to get into the Integratron. That's fun. 679 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,760 Speaker 1: Then we went to go have a picnic at Desert 680 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:14,840 Speaker 1: Christ Statue Park, which is is an interesting place because 681 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,879 Speaker 1: it is full of not great statues of Our Lord 682 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:26,120 Speaker 1: and Savior, but it's definitely Joshua Tree, Eclectic and Kitchie, 683 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,320 Speaker 1: and then of course historic Pioneer Town and I'll always 684 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,640 Speaker 1: remember walking through Pioneer Town looking at all of the 685 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,719 Speaker 1: old houses that nobody lives in except I walked too 686 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,160 Speaker 1: far and actually walked onto somebody's property and he looked 687 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,719 Speaker 1: at me and said, hey, this is private. I'm sure 688 00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:46,040 Speaker 1: that happens to him all the time. And finally this weekend. Okay, 689 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 1: twenty five year old version of me is super jealous 690 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,920 Speaker 1: right now. No, I think it was twenty seven. When 691 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,200 Speaker 1: was twenty twelve, I was twenty seven. Beyond Wonderland is 692 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,319 Speaker 1: coming to the nas Center, pretty much the only thing 693 00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,879 Speaker 1: that keeps the economy of Sam Bernardino alive. There's going 694 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,400 Speaker 1: to be a Friday night, there's going to be a 695 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,000 Speaker 1: Saturday night. The two day pass cotch at two hundred 696 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,840 Speaker 1: and seventy dollars. I have been to Beyond Wonderland, although 697 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:10,920 Speaker 1: when I used to go, I think Beyond was only 698 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:16,160 Speaker 1: a one day festival. But oh boy, look, most people 699 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,640 Speaker 1: in this audience are way too old for a rave 700 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 1: and I don't think I would ever go back the 701 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,759 Speaker 1: way that I used to because I'm it is way 702 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,759 Speaker 1: too scary these days to be doing the kinds of 703 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:28,879 Speaker 1: drugs that I was doing. You don't know what's in them, 704 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:34,439 Speaker 1: something's laced with fentanyl. It's over. But I really got 705 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 1: into rave culture in at the age of twenty seven, 706 00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:42,359 Speaker 1: I went to Escape from Wonderland and Beyond Wonderland and 707 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:47,319 Speaker 1: I even did DC one year. And the music is 708 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,759 Speaker 1: one of my favorite genres of music EDM. It's what 709 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: I usually listen to when I'm on the treadmill and 710 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,160 Speaker 1: I'm not watching video game music. It is a heck 711 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,400 Speaker 1: of a lot of fun and there's some huge acts 712 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:02,520 Speaker 1: playing there. Z tso my personal favorite right now, next 713 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,279 Speaker 1: to Above and Beyond, who is the Legendaries. They're not 714 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: playing there, but Gareth Emery is playing there. You want 715 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,760 Speaker 1: a cool YouTube video, you can find this on Gareth 716 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:15,760 Speaker 1: Emery's YouTube page or his sub band which is called 717 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:24,000 Speaker 1: Laser City LSR slash CTY. He did this tour called Cyberpunk. 718 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:28,400 Speaker 1: Is that right. It's called cyber Yeah, Cyberpunk from Laser 719 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:32,200 Speaker 1: City and he did a show at the It was 720 00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:35,120 Speaker 1: either at the Forum or the Inuit Dome last January, 721 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,200 Speaker 1: and they filmed the entire thing and they put it 722 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,480 Speaker 1: on YouTube. And you watch that thing while you're on 723 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:46,000 Speaker 1: the treadmill. It is fascinating and it is motivating. All right, 724 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:47,920 Speaker 1: I want to go back to a rave. It's the 725 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,080 Speaker 1: Newsblitz with Randy Wang on KABC,