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She's doing it now because well, it's 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: election and maybe it'll intimidate some people from running for office. 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: Like I don't know, Lindsey Horvath, and I could sit 20 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: here and I could play you Karen Bass's speech, but 21 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: most of it you don't need to hear. It's the 22 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: same tired nonsense you've heard over and over and over again, 23 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: whether it's the trying to wrap up the fires is 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: some kind of a success story, or it's how no, 25 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: the homeless numbers are actually great. Crime is down thanks 26 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: to our nonviolentce interrupters and all that nonsense. But I 27 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: do want to play you one small moment from the 28 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,199 Speaker 1: State of the City that I found really interesting because 29 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: you know, she's got a whole bunch of different dignitaries 30 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: and people in the audience to shout out. At one point, 31 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: she shouts out the Foo fighters. I'm not totally sure why, 32 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: but she wanted to shout out somebody who has really 33 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: done his part to make this city clear, and that's 34 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: the guy that literally is doing it on Instagram for 35 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: free clean La with me. Guy got a shout out, 36 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: and all. 37 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 2: That our neighborhoods offer, including our restaurants and. 38 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: Food trunks, our food trunks. 39 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: And all that our neighborhoods offer, including our restaurants and 40 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: food trunks, our stores, and our cultural richness. And we 41 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: will be ready because of the people who show up 42 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: day after day and take care of this city. Two 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 2: people who embody that spirit are here with us today. 44 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: Carlos Cabrera from South Central Cleanup and Juan nu La 45 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: from Clean La with me. Please stand up, come on, 46 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 2: stand up, stand up now. 47 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: I totally think that they should be getting some congrats 48 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: and some thank yous. But this guy guan Nalla literally 49 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: the other day, was talking about on social media how 50 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: the city is refusing to even pick up the stuff 51 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: he bags up. She could talk all she wants about 52 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: what a great job this guy is doing, and he 53 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: is doing a great job, but the fact that he 54 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: has to do his job to begin with is an 55 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: indictment of the failures of the city. There are plenty 56 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: of big cities all around the world that do not 57 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: have the trash and illegal dumping program that we have. 58 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: And while she gave quick little lip service to there's 59 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: consequences for illegal dumping. And this is true. We know 60 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: this from the subpulvit debaysin meet and greet with LAFD 61 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: and the park rangers. Do you know currently the fine 62 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: for getting caught illegal dumping is cheaper than the dump 63 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: fees at the dump That's how stupid this is. Now. 64 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: I don't know if you've seen them on social media, 65 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: but let me just tell you they aren't doing an 66 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: incredible service in our city. And we not only applaud you, 67 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: we want to support you, but we also want to 68 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 2: join you. 69 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: So you know we've been you know, when I was 70 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: in Europe and I'll never stop talking about it because 71 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: it was awesome. But whether it was Dublin, Amsterdam or Madrid, 72 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: you did see city employees picking up trash. Why are 73 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: we not doing that here? 74 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 2: So you know, we've been doing shine La every year. 75 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: Oh you see that in San Francisco and you don't 76 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: see it here. 77 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: So you know, we've been doing shine La every month 78 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 2: since last April. And as a matter of fact, we're doing. 79 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: Shine La is Karen Bess's volunteer program for you to 80 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: do for free the job that your taxes are supposed 81 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: to be doing. 82 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: We're doing shine La this coming Saturday, and I'll talk 83 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: about that in a second, but we want to join 84 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: you and ask you two to take the lead and 85 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 2: we'll all join what you're doing because to me, you 86 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 2: exemplify civic involvement. 87 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: What they exemplify is locals doing what they can do 88 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 1: them so elves because the government has failed and nobody 89 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: points that out better every day than clean La with me, 90 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: So sure, go ahead and give them a shout out. 91 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: It doesn't make her look good. Something else that doesn't 92 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: make Karen Bass look good is the Palisades fire and 93 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: the fact that for months and months and months, there 94 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: is supposed to have been a plan, a report released 95 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: on how to properly put in the infrastructure for a 96 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: rebuild that makes sure we deal with evacuation routes and 97 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: power lines and utilities and all this stuff. Apparently consultants 98 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: have been working on it for months and months and months. 99 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: It was promised in November, but then November came by, 100 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: It was promised in December, but then December came by, 101 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: it was promised in January, and here we go it's 102 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: February and still no report. Apparently the bureaucracy is a mess, 103 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: and it's sitting on the city attorney's desk. But what 104 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: about this report that maybe have cost millions of dollars 105 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: due to consultants? Is so difficult to just get out 106 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: into the public or is this just another grift of 107 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of money that went to consultants that 108 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: didn't help anybody, But let's just say the Palisades residents 109 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: are not happy about it, and I don't think many 110 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: of them got a whole lot of reassurance from Karen 111 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: Bass trying to get a standing ovation for four hundred 112 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: homes being under construction out of the six thousand that 113 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: burned down. Now, it's interesting that we're talking about the 114 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: state of the State because it was the last date 115 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: of the State in May when Karen Bass announced that 116 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: she would make sure that for the people that were 117 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: rebuilding in the Palisades their permit fees would be waived. 118 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: And that didn't get mentioned at all during the State 119 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: of the City address because it never got done. It 120 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: is still sitting through city council. Hell. Another thing I 121 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: found interesting, and again I'm giving you the recaps so 122 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: you don't have to go listen to this thing. You 123 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: can look at the link. It's on the very of 124 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: the California Report, but I don't recommend it. You got 125 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: better things to do. There is a fun little uh 126 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: battle of the bands with marching bands from USC and UCLA. 127 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: At the beginning that was pretty cool. Is a marching 128 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: band Lama. I enjoyed that, but Karen Bass kept talking 129 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: about one of the things we're doing to improve our 130 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: infrastructure is the installation of solar street lights, and she 131 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: said it at least three times, But what she never 132 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: mentioned is why we're moving to solar street lights because 133 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: this city can't do a damn thing about copper wire theft. 134 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: So that's what's going on in Southern California. Now, this 135 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: is going to affect southern California and the Bay Area, 136 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: but the teachers' union at San Francisco Unified School District 137 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: has authorized a vote to possibly strike, And apparently the 138 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: same thing is going down here in Southern California at UTLA, 139 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: where even though we are at declining enrollment and the 140 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: numbers are not looking good, and revenue actually went up 141 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: in the state, which thanks to Prop ninety eight, means 142 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: even more money needs to be spent on education. 143 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 3: That's how. 144 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: Somehow the revenues went higher, yet the budget also went higher, 145 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: and now we're in yet another deficit. But once again, 146 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: the teachers' union believes. 147 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 4: That we demand higher pay. 148 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: And they're probably gonna get that money. And I don't 149 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: see anyone stopping this, even if the districts are broke, 150 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: even if there is declining enrollment, there is no fighting 151 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: the teachers' unions with current leadership. 152 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 2: Our learning spaces are special places that. 153 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: Was from the COVID days. 154 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 3: Now. 155 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: Another big story that is affecting the state of California, 156 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: specifically in the small Bay area community of Benetia, is 157 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: the fact that because of the states anti business policies 158 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: and driving oil companies out of the state, Valero is 159 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: right now in the beginning of the process of shutting 160 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: down the Benicia refinery, which is one of only a 161 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: handful of refineries left. The vast majority of oil that 162 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: comes into this state now is imported. Somehow that's better 163 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: than doing it here. But this is one of these 164 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: little towns where a lot of the workforce is supported 165 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: by Valero. That's gonna be gone. Apparently, we're going to 166 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: turn this thing into a storage facility for all the 167 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: barrels of oil that we're getting from Russia, Venezuela, Iran, 168 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia. Where are we getting our oil from? Not 169 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: a whole lot of places you get oil from. That's like, 170 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: oh yeah, that's a country I want to do business with. 171 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: There's also a hilariously weird story going on in Daily 172 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: City in San Mateo, County, just south of San Francisco. 173 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: This one's on kpix where some crazy guy who lives 174 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: in a trailer near Thornton State Beach thought it would 175 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: be a great idea to put up a fence, a 176 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: rickety fence, blocking access to the beach. Nobody's sure why 177 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: he put up the fence, if he has the right 178 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: to put up the fence, or if he's mentally sound, 179 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: And it turns out he might be a little crazy. Now, 180 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: this is a story that really got my attention. But 181 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: in Oakland, there is a storefront that used to be 182 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: a cleaning service. Then it COVID had got knocked out 183 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: of business and it was vacant for a really long time, 184 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: and apparently a smoke shop moved in kind of just 185 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: took over, even though they never got a business license. 186 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 1: They weren't operating out of this business legally. And it 187 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: turns out, after a big police raid, they were selling 188 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: all kinds of things that you're not supposed to smell 189 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: at a smoke shop, like mushrooms and ecstasy. And apparently 190 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: the guy they arrested was carrying around a rifle for 191 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: his own protection. Because Oakland. But and this is very 192 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: similar to the nonsense we told you last week about it. 193 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,479 Speaker 1: The La City Council, even though this is an illegally 194 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: operating business outside of a middle school, and even though 195 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 1: they're selling things they're not supposed to be selling, and 196 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: even though they got raided by the cops, apparently it's 197 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: really difficult to actually shut down the business, just like 198 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: the City of La can't actually shut down the illegally 199 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: operating pot stores and pot growers, which is where they 200 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: came up with this brilliant idea of well, if we 201 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: put an initiative on the ballot, we could change some 202 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: language so we can tax them. Now, speaking of marijuana, 203 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: here's an interesting one. The California Supreme Court ruled that 204 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: if you've got loose marijuana in your car, like just 205 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: a couple of nugs sitting on the front seat, or 206 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: I guess you know, maybe your joint wasn't packed too tightly, 207 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: that is not enough evidence for a police officer that 208 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: has pulled you over to warrant a search. I guess 209 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: this has something to do with disparities in how we 210 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: apply the law, but you could definitely argue somebody that's 211 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: got a bunch of loose pot around on the front 212 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: seat is probably smoking while driving, as certain people, myself 213 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: included did for many, many, many many years, like an idiot. 214 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: In fact, of all the stoners that I knew back 215 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: in the day, I don't think any of them didn't 216 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: smoke while driving. But sure that's not cause for concern 217 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: because you know, it's pretty much the same as an 218 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: open container of booze, which you'd get in trouble for. 219 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: But I guess it's not. 220 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 3: Now. 221 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: On Sunday mornings, Ashley Zavalla of KCERRA three she does 222 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: a statewide political show and they put all the full 223 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: interviews on YouTube California Politics three sixty. She talked to 224 00:12:55,679 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: Assemblyman Evan Love out of the San Jose area, Alex 225 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: Lee excuse me at some ement, Alex Lee out of 226 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: the San Jose area, and he's the one that's putting 227 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: forth a bill that we don't know how effective this 228 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: would really be, but it would ban certain corporations from 229 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: buying single family homes. What's interesting about that bill is 230 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: it is somehow supported by Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump 231 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: at the same time, but you don't hear about very often. 232 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: Now there is some debate as to how many homes 233 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: this would actually put back on the market. Would this 234 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: again change what's going on in the rental market, because 235 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: you'd be taking those homes that are on the rental 236 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: market putting them on the buyer's market. But I just 237 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: think there should be a level playing field and you 238 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: shouldn't be outbid by a corporation that can pay all 239 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: cash when you're trying to be a single, first time, 240 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: single family homeowner. Now let's move on to San Diego, 241 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 1: which I have been covering extensively here Once again, the 242 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: relentless updates of bad news coming out of Balboa Park 243 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 1: is just it's not going to be a good election 244 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: year for anybody in the city council that is up 245 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: for reelection because now the paid parking at Balboa Park 246 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: has threatened the bottom line of the people who work 247 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: at the restaurants in Balboa Park, restaurants that have lost 248 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: forty percent of their business in the month of January 249 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: compared to the year before forty percent. So now people 250 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: are getting their hours cut and there's talk of layoffs, 251 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: all because the City of San Diego is trying to 252 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: fix a massive budget deficit by charging people for parking 253 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: at a park. That's been free forever. Not only that, 254 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: they're looking at installing parking meters and parts of the 255 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: city that have ever had them before, because oh, that's 256 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: going to course turn over those spaces. Sure, that's what 257 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: it's about. Although it's funny. I put up the piece 258 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: from CBS eight, which is probably my favorite channel from 259 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: San Diego, but they're all great. Channel seven down there 260 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: is great too. But they interviewed a guy who's a 261 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: proprietor of a tattoo parlor and he's like, Hey, if 262 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: I'm working on a four hour tattoo, I'm gonna have 263 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: to stop halfway to go feed the meter. What do 264 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: you think is being done in a four hour tattoos 265 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: that whole back, full on leg sleeve, arm sleeve. You know, hey, 266 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: do what you want. I have no problem with tattoos. 267 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: I just really regret the two that I got. Well, 268 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: I really reret the one on my left shoulder that 269 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: says Randy Wang, that one's really stupid. The one on 270 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: my right shoulder is for my old podcast show, The 271 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: Pretty Good Podcast, and it's the logo. It's super faded. 272 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: You could barely make out what it is. But you know, 273 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: luckily they're both on my shoulder where they cannot be 274 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: seen unless I'm in the pool. Then it's like, what 275 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: the hell is on you. 276 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 3: Now. 277 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: A story that we're gonna get to in depth later 278 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: on in the show is this bizarre situation that has 279 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: been going on for a while in San Diego County 280 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: with the California Department of Agriculture where they're sending agents 281 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: back by the CHP, into people's homes and on their 282 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: property to go after their fruit trees on some insane exposition, 283 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: to go after some parasite or some bug that could 284 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: be detrimental to all kinds of crops. But they don't 285 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: have any evidence that these homes have that disease or 286 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: have that bug. And they went into Fallbrook and they 287 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: gave a homeowner a couple of options. One, you can 288 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: have us spray these dangerous chemicals all over your backyard. Two, 289 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: we can take you to jail. Or three you can 290 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: cut down your fruit trees. What the hell. Also, if 291 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: you thought that La DWP was the worst, No you 292 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: thought so Cal Edison was the worst. Don't worry. San 293 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: Diego Gas and Electric is also the worst. As a 294 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: renter faces an eight thousand dollars SDG and E Bill 295 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: because the company screwed up the meters when she first 296 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: moved in and decided, Oh, it's on you to correct 297 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: our mistake. What a nightmare. And in the Central Valley, 298 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: how about this, Fresno officials have been concerned for quite 299 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: some time about a whole bunch of squatters living inside 300 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: and abandoned Carls Junior. Well, what do you think happens 301 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: with squatters? Eventually that Carl's Junior caught fire. That's what 302 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: we got going on today in the California Report. There's 303 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: also a few crime blodder stories that you can check out, 304 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: including burglary suspects arrested in Woodland Hills. Burglary is going 305 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: on in LA's mid Wiltshire district. This crazy story in 306 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: Pedaloma where there was a jewelry store robbery and a 307 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: guy decides that he sees the getaway car is sitting empty, 308 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 1: so he jumps into it and then he crashes into 309 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,439 Speaker 1: the jewelry store to save the people. Oh yeah, we 310 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: also have arrests at Poway Massage parlors, so that's fun. 311 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: You can check out all of these stories in more 312 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: links to every single story that I have covered today. 313 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: By going to Randy Wang Radio dot substack dot com 314 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: and check out today's edition of The California Report. You 315 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: can subscribe for free and to go right to your 316 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: inbox when I post it right before noon every day. 317 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's 318 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. And you 319 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: know what, I got to invite you to this big 320 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: event we've got coming up this Friday. Johnny and I 321 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: are going to be broadcasting from noon to three live 322 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: in Long Beach at Gladstone's and you can come if 323 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: you ever wanted to meet, this is a great place 324 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: to meet. We'll take pictures, We'll have a great time. 325 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: You can have a drink. I'll be working, but you 326 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: know afterwards. Who knows. But join us Friday, February six, 327 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: from noon to three at Gladstone's in Long Beach for 328 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: our next live broadcast, john Saying Meister's gonna hook you 329 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: up with great food, good vibes, and a fun afternoon 330 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: by the water. I love the menu at Gladstone's, It's great. 331 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: We'll also have special guests like our friend Susan Shelley 332 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 1: from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association. She'll tell you more 333 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: about your taxpair rights and protecting Prop thirteen. The courts 334 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: have made it easier for you to raise your taxes. 335 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: So what do you gotta do. Come by and sign 336 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: the petition to save Prop thirteen, which you can do 337 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: right now. Saveprop thirteen dot com. Get your friends to 338 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: download that petition and send it in Susan needs those 339 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: signatures by February seventeenth. Saveprop thirteen dot com. Come hang 340 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: out with us, Grab a bite, the food's delicious. Be 341 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: a part of the broadcast. We'll see you live at 342 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: Gladstone's from noon to three in Long Beach Friday, February six. 343 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: Now when we come back, you're gonna hear about the 344 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: California Agriculture Apartments war against people with fruit trees. And 345 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: as somebody that has fruit trees, I'm getting a little 346 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: worried because these things have been a pain in the 347 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: ass to keep just growing a couple of fruits. It's 348 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 1: Randy Wang here. We'll see in a little bit. It's 349 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It is 350 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven 351 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: ninety KABC. 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It wasn't getting enough water, and I 371 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 1: don't think we killed it, but it didn't grow any 372 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: fruit this year tangalo tree is doing great. But I 373 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: also have a neighbor that has a massive orange tree, 374 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: and he just gave us a giant bag of oranges. 375 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: There's something really nice about fruit trees. You know what 376 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: I found out when we were putting our fruit trees 377 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: in my neighbor next door, who's lived here since this 378 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: neighborhood was built, is like, you know, this house used 379 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: to have plum tree, but they got rid of it 380 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: for some reason. I'm like, wow, that would have been cool. 381 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: I like plums, like stone fruit. But imagine this. You've 382 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: got your fruit trees, it costs you a lot of 383 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: time and energy to keep them healthy, to figure out 384 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 1: what you're gonna do with all that fruit, and the 385 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: State of California knocks on your door and says, we're 386 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: gonna kill all your trees because we think they might 387 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: be poisoned. 388 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 5: It. 389 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: So, what happened to Escondido to a owner of a 390 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: private nursery. Let's go to NBC seven. 391 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 6: A local nursery owner is suing the State of California 392 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 6: in federal court. He says a crew of state agriculture 393 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 6: employees are in Escondido this week, destroying thirty two thousand 394 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 6: of his plants, making matters. 395 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: That's not very green. 396 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 7: Came matters worse. He tells NBC seven's Joe Little, the state. 397 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 6: Has no intention of reimbursing him for his plants. 398 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 1: This is everyweight son. They're gonna destroy all of his plants, 399 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: which is part of his livelihood. And uh, that's it. 400 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 4: This is ever reading wholesale in Escondido. They've been in 401 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 4: this location for about twenty years. They've been in business 402 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 4: for eighty years, and during that time, what's happening right 403 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 4: now on their property has never happened before. 404 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 8: It's tough. I hope they are destroying our centrus crappity. 405 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 4: Yes, roughly twenty five people from State Agriculture are Northern 406 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 4: Escondido destroying plants. 407 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 3: Mark Collins intended to sell. 408 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 8: Thirty two thousand plants. 409 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 3: You heard right, thirty two thousand plants. 410 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: Hey, when the state of California destroys thirty two thousand plants, 411 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: do they have to pay for cap and trade because 412 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,479 Speaker 1: couldn't that be counted as pollution? 413 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 3: You heard right, thirty two thousand plants. 414 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 8: Yeah, really bad for business. 415 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 4: Colin says this has never happened in the eighty years. 416 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 4: His family has been in the plant growing business. Apparently, 417 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 4: inspectors discovered the Asian citrus sylid bug in some trees 418 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 4: five miles away, and they carried a devastating disease. 419 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: But that was five miles away. Is there any evidence 420 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: that this disease is in his trees? Nope. 421 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 8: Wang Long Thing is the name of the disease. 422 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 4: Colin says, those trees that were five miles away were 423 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 4: discovered two years ago. 424 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: These plants, okay, So the bureaucracy is so slow that 425 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: the state of California discover some kind of plant disease 426 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: two years ago, five miles away, and decides, oh, we 427 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: need to destroy all this guy's plans. Two years later, 428 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: and again he has nothing to do with it. 429 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 4: These plants didn't even exist yet there they go. 430 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 8: This was dwarf citrus. 431 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 4: Collins acknowledges the bug and disease are really bad. 432 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 8: I understand that the industry needs to try to protect itself. 433 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: Which is why he says he follows every protocol ordered 434 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,719 Speaker 4: by the state to spray and defend his property. 435 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 8: Still they never found a bug here. 436 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 4: Ever, Colin says, instead of spending money to test for 437 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 4: the bug, and disease here. 438 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 3: The state refused. 439 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: The state comes in destroys a bunch of your property, 440 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 1: refuses to have any evidence that they had the right 441 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: to do. 442 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 4: So what is this and chose the s simply destroy 443 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 4: thirty two thousand plants. It's heartbreaking for the employees who 444 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 4: grew them. 445 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 3: They're healthy and nothing's fun with them. 446 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 8: So the only guy who's lost any money in the 447 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 8: whole deal so far is me. 448 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 4: The state employee in charge out here wouldn't speak with me. 449 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 4: I sent multiple questions to Sacramento. I haven't heard back. 450 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: Collins estimates this guy's going to lose thousands and thousands 451 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: of dollars. The state has no evidence to back up 452 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: what they're doing. And shocker, that story was from Thursday. 453 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: It's still happening. In fact, now State ag employees are 454 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: going to a family's home in Fallbrook and telling them 455 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: in their single family home, this isn't even a nursery business. 456 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: Your fruit tree's gotta go. Here's NBC seven again. 457 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 7: A Fallbrook couple once answers after they say California State 458 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 7: Agriculture employees went on their private property and threatened to 459 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 7: arrest them because of their fruit trees. The couple contacted 460 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 7: NBC seven after watching our story Tuesday about State Egg 461 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 7: employees destroying a citrus crop in Escondido. 462 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: What the hell is going on with State Egg guess? 463 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 7: As NBC seven's Joe Little explains, the couple says, the 464 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 7: state is violating their Fourth Amendment rights to protect fruit 465 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,360 Speaker 7: crops from a dangerous bug and disease. 466 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 5: Cure gripefruit trees. 467 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 3: These are Phil and Elizabeth Ruprek's fruit trees. At least 468 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 3: they were. 469 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 5: They were the most delicious pink grapefruit you ever tasted 470 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 5: in your life. 471 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: Delicious is an interesting way to describe grapefood. Tart, sure, 472 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: but delicious. Yeah, whatever, Phil cut them down last month. 473 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 5: Ten of them were fighting a monster. It's pointless, you see, 474 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 5: Phil and Elizabeth say. 475 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 4: State of California agriculture inspectors found one tree infected by 476 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 4: the Asian citrus sylid bug and a disease that kills 477 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 4: fruit trees, about two hundred and fifty yards from their property, 478 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 4: more than a year ago. 479 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: Once again, there's no evidence that this bug is on 480 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: their property. And a year later they act. 481 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 5: We've been here nine years. 482 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 4: The couple says, all of their trees tested clean, didn't matter. 483 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 4: They came home one day to State ag employees on 484 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 4: their property. 485 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: So they came in without even getting permission. That is 486 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 1: a violation of the Fourth Amendment. 487 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 8: Discovered them in our front yard. 488 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: Ticket, did they have a warrant for those trees? 489 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 2: Discovered them in our front yard taking pieces off of 490 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 2: our tree. 491 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 5: Iofelt invaded. It's our Fourth Amendment going to you know, 492 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 5: go into pot. 493 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 3: And it's your broad warrant that doesn't have our address 494 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 3: on it. Yes, the state. 495 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: Oh so they have a warrant. That's not really a warrant. 496 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 4: The state had a warrant. Bill says they were given 497 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 4: a choice, destroy the trees, let the state spray chemicals 498 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 4: on the trees. 499 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 5: Or put me in handcuffs and arrest me. 500 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: This is who we want to arrest in the state 501 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: of California, somebody that has a grapefruit tree because that 502 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: grapefruit tree doesn't have a bug that they say is bad. 503 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 4: Phil says California Highway Patrol officers were going to arrest 504 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 4: him and his trees would still be destroyed. 505 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 5: Guys, really, come on, this is America. 506 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 4: Elizabeth contacted NBC seven after seeing our story from Escondido 507 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 4: this week. 508 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is why the local news matters, even for 509 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: small little things like this, because something like this might 510 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: only be happening to you until you see it on 511 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: the TV and he relays, Oh wow, they're doing this 512 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: to a whole lot of people, and it makes no sense. 513 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: It sounds like a bureaucracy gone wild. There's no evidence 514 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: that any of these bugs are near any of these plants, 515 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: and the bug that they found was from years ago, 516 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: not in these houses. 517 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 8: They are destroying our centris crop. 518 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 4: A crew of State Egg employees destroyed thirty two thousand 519 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 4: of Mark Collins's fruit trees at his Evergreen wholesale. The 520 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 4: State found a few infected trees five miles away two 521 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 4: years ago. Collins understands the bug and its disease have 522 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 4: wiped out entire fruit crops and there's no way to 523 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 4: stop them without destroying plants. 524 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 3: Phil understands too. 525 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 5: I do, but work with us a little. 526 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 3: It's a question of where do we draw the line. 527 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 6: If they can come for your citrus, what are they 528 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 6: going to come for next? 529 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 4: The Fauldwook couple could not let the States spray their 530 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 4: trees with chemicals. 531 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 5: There's a major river right there. All these poisons are running. 532 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: This state loves to say how environmental they are, certainly 533 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like it. Hey, we need to spray some 534 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: poison that will run off into the local stream, you know, 535 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: because of this bug that doesn't exist. 536 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 4: Down Instead, they chose the lesser of all evils. Phil 537 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 4: chopped down his thirty year old trees to prevent chemicals 538 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 4: from entering their yard and the river and to keep 539 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 4: them out of jail. Those CHP officers came back last 540 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 4: month and the state returned to inspect their property. 541 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: Just unbelievable overreach from the California Department of Ag. They 542 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: didn't want to pay for testing, they didn't have any 543 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: specific evidence. But now this is two different cases, one 544 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: an Escadido and one in Fallbrook where they're running amok 545 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: with all kinds of power to destroy fruit trees in 546 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: some crusade against something that might not even be there. 547 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: That is a department that does not get nearly enough 548 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: attention for how messed up it is right here in 549 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: Clean Green, California. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang 550 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: on KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. 551 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: It's time for the best thing I ate this weekend. 552 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: Weekends are for a lot of treating yourself and enjoying yourself. 553 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: And while we do a lot of meal prepping during 554 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: the week, there's always time for at least one really 555 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: special meal. So here's what I'm really excited about next 556 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,239 Speaker 1: week and is super Bowl. And I got invited to 557 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: a neighbor's super Bowl party, which is great because I 558 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: don't have to drive anywhere. And I what I have 559 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: done for the last three years, which is kind of 560 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: my thing, is it's my duty. No matter who invites 561 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: me to a super Bowl party, I'm going to smoke 562 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: a brisket. And I love smoking brisket. So I ordered 563 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: from First Light Farms, the New Zealand grassfed Wygo place 564 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: that they ship stuff here. It came in just like 565 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 1: two days. I got a Wygu brisket. It's in my freezer. 566 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to defrost it on Wednesday to smoke it 567 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: on Saturday. But here's the thing I always especially the 568 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: first time of the year, I haven't used my smoker 569 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: in quite some time. I figure this weekend, I better 570 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: do a prep I better do a test run to 571 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: make sure my smoker works. Otherwise I'll have an issue. 572 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: So look at this. I'm so excited. I was wandering 573 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: around Ralphs on Saturday and I see on Manager Special 574 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: a pretty darn good looking you know, sometimes those Manager 575 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: Special meats are discolored and you're like, I don't know, 576 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: but this looked like a very great pork butt, a 577 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: pork shoulder roast bone in. But it needed to be 578 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: cooked by the next day. So it was like, okay, sold, 579 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 1: I haven't done pulled pork in a really long time. 580 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: That's a great idea. And by the way, this almost 581 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: seven pound pork butt was twelve dollars. It was a 582 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: crazy deal. So I bring it home the night before. 583 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: I go ahead and salt and pepper it like crazy, 584 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: and then it fit in one of my big salad bowls. 585 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: So I covered it, put it in the fridge, woke 586 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: up at six o'clock the next morning so it could 587 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: defrost for an hour. You know, get to room temperature, 588 00:32:56,120 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: pull out my tragger, make sure it's full of pellets, 589 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: which I have the Probram want the pro Blend ones 590 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: that you can get at home depot. And the thing 591 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: with the trigger is I get a lot of credit, 592 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: but it's really has set it and forget it kind 593 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: of deal. I have the meter smart thermometer that I 594 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: put in there, and for backup, I have the probe 595 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: that the trigger has I set it to two twenty five. 596 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: And this is where I have made mistakes in the past, because, 597 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: like a lot of people who are doing barbecue, I 598 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: get to the stall and I freak out. And sometimes, 599 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,479 Speaker 1: if I have enough time, I'll ride out the stall 600 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: without wrapping or doing anything. But sometimes that might make 601 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: the bark just a little too thick and a little 602 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: too dry. So when I got to the eight hour 603 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: mark and I was in that stall and just wasn't 604 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: rising above one hundred and sixty degrees, I was like, Okay, 605 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,880 Speaker 1: I could wrap it in butcher paper, but that usually 606 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: doesn't work well for me. What if I did? And 607 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: I started looking up a technique called the foil boat, 608 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: where now it's already got its beautiful bark. It doesn't 609 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: need to get any smokier. You just got to increase 610 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: that temp. So I took out a sheet pan, put 611 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: the pork butt on that, and then now because it's 612 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 1: on a tray, I add a little apple side of 613 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: vinegar and a little butter and then I covered in 614 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,279 Speaker 1: foil blasted the temperature up to three hundred degrees. Three 615 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,479 Speaker 1: hours later this thing was ready. I let it rest 616 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: for an hour before I touched it. It was the 617 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: best pulled pork I have ever had. Had it over coleslaw. 618 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: And then we brought home a bottle of Rudy's Barbecue 619 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: sauce that we got when we were in New Mexico. 620 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: It's a Texas chain, but they had one in Santa 621 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: Fe and when we got it on door dash lunch, 622 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: we got the barbecue sauce with us brought it home 623 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: in a wine skin. So I had pulled pork with 624 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: Texas barbecue sauce over coleslaw. It was incredible, and I 625 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: made enough that I'm going to have that three more 626 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: times this week. And that's the best thing I ate 627 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,760 Speaker 1: this weekend. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. 628 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,839 Speaker 1: It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. I'm 629 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: getting a text from our screen Mondo who says, when 630 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: I salt and pepper that brisk that pulled pork overnight, 631 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 1: that was a dry brine. I guess it was. I 632 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,399 Speaker 1: love smoking now again. It's easy with the trigger. It's 633 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: also I used to have one of those fridge ones, 634 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: and that can be really easy, like the old school 635 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: where you got to put the the blocks of wood 636 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 1: in there and control how hot it's getting. That that's 637 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,760 Speaker 1: above my pay grade. But if you can be patient 638 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 1: and follow directions, you could make incredible smoke meat too. 639 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: And again, when you see a pork roast for twelve 640 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: dollars and it looks great, like there's nothing wrong with it, 641 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,160 Speaker 1: you just need to cook it. Do the old school thing, 642 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:43,759 Speaker 1: preserve that meat. That's what I did, and it's delicious, 643 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 1: And now I'm confident in my trigger skills. I'm gonna 644 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: smoke that pork butt that brisket on Saturday. It's a 645 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,719 Speaker 1: nine pounder, so I'm probably going to do it overnight 646 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 1: to make sure it's ready for two thirty on Sunday afternoon. 647 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: But I am excited. One thing that I do want 648 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: to do, though, is because it was a pain in 649 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 1: the butt to clean that sheet pin. I think I'm 650 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 1: gonna buy like disposable aluminum trays for barbecue when I 651 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,880 Speaker 1: do my foil boat. I've also done butcher of paper, 652 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: but I think this worked really well. Another thing I 653 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,800 Speaker 1: might do is have they ever told you about the 654 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: tallow trick? So when you're doing a brisket, you got 655 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: to trim all the fat, and the worst thing you 656 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: can do is throw away that fat. So what you 657 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: do is you trim all the fat the day before 658 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 1: before you decide to salt and pepper ead, and then 659 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: you put it all in a slow cooker and you 660 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 1: for eight hours let all those fat pieces turn into 661 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: free tallow. And then apparently what the barbecue nerds do is, 662 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,839 Speaker 1: once you're in that foil boat phase or you're in 663 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: the resting phase, you rub some tallow onto that brisket. 664 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,839 Speaker 1: Might be a little much, but it does sound incredible. Hey, 665 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,360 Speaker 1: look at this, We've got our box and office numbers 666 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 1: in for the weekend. Want Hollywood to do well? That's 667 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 1: how a lot of people make a living out here. 668 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: The number one movie of the last weekend in January 669 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,440 Speaker 1: was Send to Help. I got to check out that 670 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 1: one when it comes out on streaming. Iron Lung in 671 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 1: second place with eighteen million. Millennia got into the list 672 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,839 Speaker 1: at third place with seven million. Zutopia two is in 673 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,799 Speaker 1: fourth place. It wasn't third place last week. It's made 674 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: a four hundred million dollars so far. I will see 675 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,879 Speaker 1: it when it is on Disney Plus because I need 676 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 1: to make that subscription worth something. But I really like 677 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 1: Zutopia one, and you know, Jason Bateman can't go wrong. 678 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:38,360 Speaker 1: Shelter in fifth place, The Avatar Movie again, waiting for 679 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: it to be on Disney Plus. Mercy comes in seventh, 680 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:46,319 Speaker 1: The Housemaid comes in eighth, Marty Supreme that one. I 681 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 1: hear really good things about that one's got a lot 682 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: of Oscar buzz and number ten twenty eight years later. Yeah, 683 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:54,920 Speaker 1: my wife and I do do horror movies, but if 684 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: you do great. We're getting close to Oscar season, so 685 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 1: we should probably watch at least one of the films 686 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:02,359 Speaker 1: that are nominated to hear a lot of great things 687 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,520 Speaker 1: about Sinners. I just can't tell if it's scary or not, 688 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,720 Speaker 1: because if it's even a little scary, my wife doesn't 689 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 1: want to do it. But I hear great things about 690 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: that one. I do like Ryan Coogler, and I love 691 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: Michael B. Jordan. Hey, going all the way back to 692 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 1: the wire. Hey, we'll see it tomorrow. It's the news 693 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC.