1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Canf I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio apps. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: All right, we're going to go now to that press conference. 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: It looks like it's Catherin Barger speaking right now. 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 3: We cannot, and let me make it clear, we will 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 3: not allow this to continue to happen. Those who evacuated 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 3: have faced imaginable devastation, displacement, and loss. We must stand 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 3: up against opportunists who want to prey on these victims. 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 3: I will not stand by and allow an already traumatic 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 3: experience to be further compounded. I stand here today with 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 3: the Sheriff as he makes an important announcement that will 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 3: amplify our ability to protect our vulnerable communities in their 13 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 3: time of need. My deepest thanks to our first responders 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 3: who have been battling this place and to the law 15 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 3: enforcement officers who have been standing up against criminal activity 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 3: to the best. 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 4: Of their ability. 18 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 3: I am confident that these steps we are taking today 19 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 3: will give us extra leverage and support needed to really 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: crack down on this important issue. To our residents, we 21 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 3: stand with you and will continue to. 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 4: Stand up for you. 23 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 3: It's frustrating to me when we ask people to evacuate. 24 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 3: Their greatest fear is am I going to come back 25 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 3: not only to a home that's standing, but if it 26 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 3: is standing, have people come in and burglarize my home. 27 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 3: They shouldn't have to make that choice. So with that, 28 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 3: I would like to introduce our Los Angeles County Sheriff, 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 3: Robert Luna. 30 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 5: Thank you, supervisor, Just so all of you know her 31 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 5: leadership's amazing and we've been on the phone consistently with 32 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 5: a lot of the challenges that we're facing, but we 33 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 5: remind each other we're facing them together and we have 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 5: a lot of good things going on. 35 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 4: So as we're working through this, I want everyone to 36 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 4: know that the Los Angeles. 37 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 5: County Sheriff's Department has officially requested the support of the 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 5: California National Guard for both fires, at least in La County, 39 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 5: both the Palisades and Eton fire. We are in the 40 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 5: process and will coordinate deployments for any additional request through 41 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 5: the county, and just so everybody's aware, in order to 42 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 5: request mutual aid at least for law enforcement in Los 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 5: Angeles County, I'm the primary regional coordinator for that, so 44 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 5: the request was made through our department, but we are 45 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 5: working in collaboration with the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief 46 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 5: Jim McDonald, Chief Jeen Harris who joined here to the left, 47 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 5: and then the Chief Ramon Baptista from the Santa Monica 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 5: Police Department, and then any other chiefs of police who 49 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 5: may need additional resources as a result of these fires. 50 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: Will make sure that we do that. 51 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 5: So for the last twenty four hours or so, we 52 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 5: have had approximately four hundred National Guard members throughout the 53 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 5: state ready to support us, and as I just stated, 54 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: they will be coming in. We expect that they may 55 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 5: be on site as soon as tonight. That may change 56 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 5: a little bit, but they will be assisting us with 57 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 5: traffic control and critical infrastructure protection. They will be staged 58 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 5: throughout the Los Angeles region, and our Emergency Operations Bureau 59 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 5: is currently working on specific missions that they will fulfill 60 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 5: both in these affected county fire areas, the city of Pasadena, 61 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 5: the city of Santa Monica, and the City. 62 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 4: Of Los Angeles. 63 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 5: This wouldn't be possible without the assistance of Governor Newsom, 64 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 5: who approved this request. He's been consistently on the phone 65 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 5: with our leadership asking what that we need, and we're 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 5: very grateful for that. Effort will allow law enforcement to 67 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 5: free up our resources and move personnel to other critical 68 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 5: areas throughout the county, in a sense, becoming a force multiplier. 69 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 4: I'm gonna switch gears a little bit now. 70 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 5: Earlier there was a lot of questions, as there should be, 71 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 5: about the death toll here in Los Angeles County as. 72 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 4: It specifically relates to the fire. 73 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 5: Anytime I talk about numbers, whether they are fatalities or 74 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 5: we're talking about potential looting arrest, I'm going to tell 75 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 5: you something. The number just continuously fluctuates, and it's because 76 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 5: we're still in a very chaotic scenario. And just to 77 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 5: give you an idea, and I'm surrounded by a lot 78 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 5: of firefighters. 79 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 4: And the fire chief will come up and talk next. 80 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 5: We're still working in a very fluid and active environment, 81 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 5: meaning that there are still spot fires going on in areas, 82 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 5: there's gas leaks. So when people are asking us for 83 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 5: numbers of fatalities, we want to give them to you, 84 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 5: but we have to wait until it's safe for our 85 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 5: personnel to be able to go in there and do 86 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 5: this right Because to some people, the death told may 87 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 5: just be a number. To us on our side of 88 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 5: the Fence and Public Safety. Each one of those numbers 89 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: is a family member. We're going to have to make 90 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 5: notifications with our partners at the Corner's office to let 91 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 5: them know that they they're not going to see their 92 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 5: family members anymore. So, just again, it's preliminary and it's 93 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 5: absolutely going to change. But as of right now, and 94 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,679 Speaker 5: we stated this yesterday, we do have a confirmed five 95 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 5: deaths between Palisades and the Eaton fire, but that number 96 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 5: again is going to change as more information comes in 97 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 5: and when we start to get into the damaged area. 98 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 5: The homicide detectives for the La County Sheriff's Department are 99 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 5: trying to get into the locations to process the scenes, 100 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 5: but they been delayed for the dangerous conditions that I 101 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 5: just spoke about. But once homicide is able to get 102 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 5: in there, they'll do the death investigations and then we'll 103 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 5: have more complete information that a lot of people are 104 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 5: asking us for. I also want to mention that our 105 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 5: team has been working on a curfew. Our goal is 106 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 5: to attempt to implement a curfew within the specific impacted 107 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 5: areas around the two fire areas, both for Palisades and Eaton. 108 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 5: As we work through the legal process to get that done. 109 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 5: The goal is to try and implement it tonight. If 110 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 5: we're not able to do that, that may happen maybe 111 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 5: by tomorrow night. That curfew looks like it'll be from 112 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 5: six pm to six am, again six pm to six am. 113 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 5: That will be the goal we will be enforcing that. 114 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 5: I think if most of you heard our press conference 115 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 5: earlier today, we had a number of looting arrests throughout 116 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 5: the entire county region. 117 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 4: That is unacceptable behavior. 118 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 5: Having additional resources, having the National Guard with us, which 119 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 5: will augment those resources, will help send a stronger message 120 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,119 Speaker 5: keep people out of the impacted areas so we don't 121 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 5: continuously victimize the people who have already been victimized, who 122 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 5: have lost their homes. So we'll continue to work on 123 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 5: the evacuation orders as soon as we can. 124 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 4: We'll give you more specific information because a. 125 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 5: Big legal part of that is that we have to 126 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 5: notify our community of what it is and how that works. 127 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 5: And just to wrap up for us, we have increased 128 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 5: resources for our burglary and looting suppression. Unfortunately, there have 129 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 5: been crimes out there that have been reported to us 130 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 5: by residents who have evacuated their homes. Our deputies continue 131 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 5: to do an amazing job of conducting humanitarian missions and 132 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 5: they've had many, many rescues. And I do want to 133 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 5: stress that the majority of the people they are having 134 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 5: to rescue out of homes and vehicles are individuals that 135 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 5: chose not to evacuate, not only putting themselves in danger, 136 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 5: but putting the first responders in more significant danger. So 137 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 5: please you hear this over and over when somebody tells 138 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 5: you to mandatory evacuate, please evacuate preliminarily. I know we're 139 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 5: talking about twenty arrest. Preliminarily, we have about twelve arrest 140 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 5: related to looting, and again that number hasn't been confirmed. 141 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 5: We're checking that. We're also getting the number of about 142 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 5: sixteen and that's at the multiple impacted areas throughout the 143 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 5: County of Los Angeles. 144 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 4: But we'll continue to collaborate, and. 145 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 5: As I stated earlier, I'm in constant contact with the 146 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 5: California Office of Emergency Services. That's where we made the 147 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 5: official request for the California National Guard. I've been in 148 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 5: communication with the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. He's 149 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 5: offered his assistance and we've deployed with his partnership or 150 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 5: collaboration multiple CHP officers for traffic. 151 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 4: Control around the area. 152 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 5: My last item is this, if you have any questions 153 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 5: about current evacuation orders or warnings or the many street 154 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 5: closures that we have here in Los Angeles County, please 155 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 5: visit Lacounty dot gov slashy emergency for updated information. And 156 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 5: with that, I am going to now introduce the fire 157 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 5: chief for Los Angeles County best looking fire Chief, Tony Maroney. 158 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 6: Thank you, Sheriff Lunan, Supervisor Barber, Chair of the board. 159 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 6: So I'm gonna limit my comments to an update for 160 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 6: the Eaton fire here in Los Angeles County that's affecting 161 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 6: the unincorporated community of Altadena, in addition to the cities 162 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 6: of Pasadena, Arcadia, and Sierra Madre. We remain in unified command. However, 163 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 6: we have added one unified command partner, CAL Fire Incident 164 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 6: Management Team three has been assigned to the incident to 165 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 6: assist with recovery operations. Recovery operations consists of trying to 166 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 6: coordinate all of our human remained detection teams that will 167 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 6: be going house to house to make sure that we 168 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 6: can account for anybody who's been killed in the fire, 169 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 6: also setting up community recovery centers. They're also going to 170 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 6: be doing damage inspection coordination for US. So the Eton 171 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 6: fire is now estimated to be thirteen thousand, six hundred 172 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 6: and ninety acres. It's grown since our morning press conference 173 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 6: because the fire is making a run towards the historic 174 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 6: Mount Wilson area. We are still at zero percent containment, 175 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 6: but we now have a better estimation of the number 176 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 6: of fire personnel assigned to the incident. We're now at 177 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 6: one thousand, five hundred and twenty seven personnel assigned and 178 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 6: like this morning, additional mutual aid resources to continue to 179 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 6: arrive to assist in the firefight. This morning, we did 180 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 6: have a firefighter suffer a significant injury in a fall. 181 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 6: That firefighter is resting comfortably at an area hospital. He's 182 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 6: in stable condition and he is expected to make a 183 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 6: full recovery. We now have a confirmation that we have 184 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 6: a potential for over four to five thousand structures damaged 185 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 6: or destroyed. The definition of a structure could be a 186 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 6: single family residence, a multifamily residence, a commercial occupancy, an outbuilding, 187 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 6: or a vehicle. So this morning I reported one thousand. 188 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 6: We are now reporting four to five thousand of those 189 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 6: types of structures. The cause of the fire remains unknown 190 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 6: and under investigation by the Sheriff's Department along with the 191 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 6: La County Fire Department and. 192 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 4: The US Forest Service. 193 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 6: The reason that the sheriff is going to be reporting 194 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 6: fatality information because the cause of the fire is unknown 195 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 6: at this time. If it turns out that this was 196 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 6: an arson fire, any death that relates from an arson 197 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 6: fire is considered to murder and the LASD investigates those 198 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 6: types of crimes. The number of resources assigned to this 199 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 6: fire siege has increased significantly and we are in a 200 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 6: much better posture than we were on Tuesday and Wednesday. 201 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 6: Out of state resources continue to arrive in LA County, 202 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 6: and we're appreciative to all of our firefighters from throughout 203 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 6: the Western United States for providing assistance to Los Angeles 204 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 6: County in our time of need. 205 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 4: Regarding the current red flag. 206 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 6: Warning condition, as I stayed it this morning, it's going 207 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 6: to continue for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County. 208 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 4: Through Friday, but I think we all realize. 209 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 6: That the winds have significantly diminished after the PDS was 210 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 6: canceled four pm yesterday, so we're hoping that the weather 211 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 6: is going to continue to cooperate so we can get 212 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 6: some perimeter line in on the fire. I would now 213 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 6: like to invite up the Operations Section Chief for California 214 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 6: inter Agency Incident Management Team five, Don Frigulia. 215 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 7: Okay, good day, everybody, Like chief said, my name is 216 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 7: Don Figulia. 217 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 8: I represent California Team five. 218 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 7: I'm gonna give you an operational update on what's going 219 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 7: on on the fire. 220 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 8: Right now as we speak. And I'm gonna talk a little. 221 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 7: Bit to the map behind me, just so you know, 222 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 7: and I'm gonna use a pointer since it's kind of 223 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 7: a small map. Okay, We're gonna start over here on 224 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 7: the right flank of the fire. This is Santa Anita Canyon. 225 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 7: We're currently actively engaged there with several hotshot crews along 226 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 7: the road and along the canyon bottom. 227 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 8: And we're being successful throughout the day to day. 228 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 7: We've had rotor ring the opportunity to fly rotor ring 229 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 7: and fixed wing aircraft. The winds are still pretty high 230 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 7: up there, so it's kind of a hit or miss deal. 231 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 4: We get the aircraft up. 232 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 7: And we get them flying and then it's just too 233 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 7: dangerous for the pilots and they have to come back down. 234 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 7: So it's a constantly evaluation, constant use of that aircraft, 235 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 7: and we're being successful when we're able to fly him. 236 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 8: As we come along the north end of the fire. 237 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 7: The Mount Wilson was mentioned recently in this press conference. 238 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 8: I want everybody know the firehouse made it to Mount Wilson. 239 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 7: We're actively engaged there in so far, no loss to 240 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 7: any values at risk at Mount Wilson, and we're feeling 241 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 7: good about what we have to do up there Tonight's 242 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 7: keep that site secure. As we come across the top 243 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 7: of this fire over here towards the jet Proportion laboratory, 244 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 7: we're making good progress here as well. Values at risk 245 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 7: obviously include the JPL among other things out there. So 246 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 7: priority for me as an operations is this side of 247 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 7: the fire over here is a high priority. We're concerned 248 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 7: about the winds that are potentially coming to out flank 249 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 7: us in the coming day. 250 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 8: So all hands on deck. 251 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 7: We're going to work day and night, and we expect 252 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 7: to continue. 253 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 8: You'll see some containment in the coming days. 254 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 9: Thank you, Thank you from the operation second chief. So 255 00:15:54,880 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 9: next up, we're have the Arcadia Fire Chief, Chen Swim. 256 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 10: Hello, My remarks will be brief. My name is Trent Swaen, 257 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 10: Fire Chief for the CEA of Arcadia. I just wanted 258 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 10: to express my deepest gratitude and our deepestcrite to our community, 259 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 10: to our public safety partners up here, many who are 260 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 10: standing up here just for their work on the East End. 261 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 10: I wanted to provide an update a website for our 262 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 10: Arcadia residents and businesses. You can visit www dot arcadiaca 263 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 10: dot gov, backslash twenty twenty five windstorm, or visit any 264 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 10: of our social media platforms. 265 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: Thank you. 266 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 3: Now we'll have Pasadena Fire Chief Chad Progustin. 267 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 11: Chad Good afternoon, Chad Augustine, Pasadena Fire Chief, thank you 268 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 11: so much for being here today. I had the opportunity 269 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 11: to fly this fire this morning and the level of 270 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 11: devastation is staggering. We're extremely thankful for all of our 271 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 11: partner agencies here local, state and federal. We could not 272 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 11: get a handle on this fire without them, and for 273 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 11: my residents. Were committed to get back to full restoration 274 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 11: as long as that takes, and you'll have the continued. 275 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 8: Support of everybody here in order to do that. 276 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 3: Thank you, and then cr Modred Fire Chief Brent Bartlett. 277 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 12: Good afternoon, Brent Bartlett with the City of Sharah Madre 278 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 12: Fire Chief. Again, as my peers have already mentioned, thank 279 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 12: you goes out to our partners in the efforts to 280 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 12: managing and getting this under control as far as for 281 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 12: my community as well. Future information could be found on 282 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 12: the city's website Sharah Madre Cityscrmadre dot com. And our 283 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 12: next move is going to be looking at recovery and 284 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 12: repopulation after we are getting a better assessment of the 285 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 12: damage within our area. So again, thank you for the opportunity. 286 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 12: I'd like to introduce congress Woman Judy Cheu for our 287 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 12: next speaker. 288 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 5: I'm congress Member Judy Chuu and i just took a 289 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 5: tour of the destroyed areas led by Mayor Victory. 290 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 2: Okay, back live here. We taking a break doing commercials. No, 291 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 2: just keep going. Okay that you've heard a number of officials. 292 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 2: That was a county press conference. There's a city press 293 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 2: conference coming up at four o'clock on the various fires. 294 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 2: We've got a new one called the Kenneth fire in 295 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 2: the West Hills area near Calabasas. It's burned fifty acres. 296 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 2: There's a lot of smoke. Don't know which way that 297 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 2: fire is going, but it's all the television stations are 298 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 2: covering that one live right now. It's impossible to keep 299 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 2: track of all the fires and all the breaking news, 300 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 2: but we're going to do the best we can here. 301 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 2: There's a lot of information coming. We have Carl de 302 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 2: Mayo coming on at three point thirty. Is that's still 303 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 2: going on, okay, Carl de Mayo, and he is going. 304 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 2: He's a Republican assemblyman down in San Diego, and he 305 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 2: is warning that because of all the crazy regulations that 306 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 2: California has from Sacramento and here in Los Angeles and 307 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 2: the California Coastal Commission, it's going to be very difficult 308 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 2: for people in Pacific Palisades to rebuild their homes. You 309 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 2: have no idea how many layers of bureaucracy, how many 310 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 2: rolls of red tape, how many investigative reports have to 311 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: be done before you can get anything accomplished in California. Now, 312 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 2: I guarantee you're virtually everybody in Palisades. 313 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: I hate to scare you. 314 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 2: You have no idea about the bureaue or see hell 315 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 2: you're about to enter unless they changed things. So Republican 316 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 2: Representative Carl Demayo is going to explain all that coming 317 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 2: up after three thirty. Here's a story from our friend 318 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 2: Eric Leonard at NBC four in Los Angeles. His story 319 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: is that the LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, weeks before 320 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 2: the Palisades fire, warned Karen Bass that cutting the budget 321 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 2: by almost eighteen million dollars would diminish its ability to 322 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 2: prepare and respond to a large scale emergency. They cut 323 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 2: eighteen million out of the fire budget that was approved 324 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 2: last year by Karen Bass, and then seven million had 325 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 2: to be cut from its overtime budget that was part 326 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 2: of the eighteen million that was earmarked for training, fire 327 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 2: prevention and other things. And the Chief, Kristin Crowley, wrote 328 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 2: in a memo December fourth, twenty twenty four, the reduction 329 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 2: has severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for it 330 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 2: to train for and respond to large scale emergencies, including wildfires. 331 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 2: It was involving variable overtime hours called v hours, and 332 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 2: it was used to pay for the FAA mandated pilot 333 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 2: training and helicopter coordination staffing. For wildfire suppression. Why would 334 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 2: you do that? Why would you cut the money needed 335 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 2: to pay for FAA mandated pilot training and helicopter coordination, 336 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 2: out of all the things to cut. 337 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: In the budget, why would you do that? 338 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 2: Boss said the budget cuts did not have an impact 339 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 2: on the response to the Palisades fire. 340 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: I am confident it did not. 341 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 2: When asked about the memo, and again dismissed criticism that 342 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 2: just because she was in Africa, she wasn't part of 343 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 2: UH planning the operation. Although I was not physically here, 344 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 2: I was in contact with many of the individual standing 345 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 2: here throughout the entire time. There are persistent reports that 346 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 2: the fire was burning for quite some time before firefighters 347 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 2: showed up. And I want to be clear that any 348 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 2: discussion here is not a criticism of the firefighters. I 349 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 2: can't believe the incredibly difficult work that they do under 350 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: extreme inhuman conditions. But who was ever managing the situation? 351 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 2: And I don't know if who was the chief Kristin 352 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 2: Crowley or what was going on, but they were not 353 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 2: in position. They did not respond quickly, They did not 354 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 2: have what they need to combat the fire. The early 355 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 2: minutes and early hours are is are the whole that's 356 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 2: the whole ballgame, and they're simply they simply weren't there, 357 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 2: and there wasn't enough of them. 358 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: I don't know what all this prepositioning prattle is about, but. 359 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 2: Everybody wants to know. Public wants to know, what the hell? 360 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 2: Why were the hydrants not working? Why did the water 361 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 2: tanks run out of water? Why wasn't there replacements? Why 362 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 2: were neighborhoods burning, schools burning on live television and there 363 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 2: was no there was no sign of firefighters or trucks 364 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:13,959 Speaker 2: or equipment or anything. 365 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: How could that possibly be? 366 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 2: And now we wake up this morning and if you've 367 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 2: seen the TV news, of course that was this morning story. 368 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 2: It's now being eclipsed by all the other fires, like 369 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: this West Hills thing. But the Pacific Palisades devastation, they 370 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 2: are now saying, is in the thousands of homes, thousands 371 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 2: of homes. This memo that Kristin Crowley put out that 372 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 2: Eric Leonard got a hold of also highlighted other programs 373 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 2: that would suffer under the cuts, including the Disaster Response Section, 374 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 2: which funds the bulldozer teams that cut the fire brakes 375 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 2: and control lines around wildfires, and the critical Incident Planning 376 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: and Training section, which develops plans for major emergencies. Well, 377 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: if you're cutting money for the planning and training for 378 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 2: major emergencies, that did not have an impact on the 379 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 2: most damaging wildfire in Los Angeles history, maybe the most 380 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 2: damaging wildfire in US history. Of course, officials are trying 381 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 2: to downplay the potential impact the cuts would have. How 382 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 2: can that be? See, they don't want to explain it. 383 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 2: When reporters have repeatedly asked a bass she goes, well, 384 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 2: you know, I'm focusing on saving lives and saving property. Well, no, 385 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 2: explain this. If it wasn't a problem, how is it 386 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 2: not a problem. I'man for some problem. Why were you 387 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 2: spending money to begin with? One of her other answers 388 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 2: is that she was it didn't affect her to be 389 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 2: in Africa on the plane because she was always in contact. Well, 390 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 2: if that's true, why did you come home? If you 391 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 2: could manage things perfectly well in Ghana? 392 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: Why were you in such a rush to come home? Yesterday? 393 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: You were telling us, Oh, I got out there as 394 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 2: fast as I could. I took a military play, and 395 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 2: I've why the rush. You're saying it didn't matter you're 396 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 2: saying you had everything under control. Always two answers to 397 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 2: every question, and often those two answers are in opposition 398 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 2: to one another. Clearly, with the numbers that I gave you, 399 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 2: that we got from Freddie Escobar, the head of one 400 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 2: of the firefighters union, United Firefighters LA Local one twelve, 401 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 2: we are way short of fire stations, way short of firefighters. 402 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: We have way more. 403 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 2: People living in this state, in this city compared to 404 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 2: sixty years ago. We have five times as many calls. 405 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 2: We have almost two dozen engines that need repair, another 406 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,719 Speaker 2: dozen trucks. We do not have enough mechanics. We had 407 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 2: Freddy Escobar on at the start of the two o'clock hour. 408 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 2: If you missed it, get on the podcast later John 409 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 2: Cobot Show on demand and listen to him go through 410 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 2: the comparisons of where we are now to where we 411 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 2: were nineteen sixty. Yes, we had more resources in nineteen 412 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 2: sixty than we do today. It's and you know what 413 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 2: this is, where'd the money go? Repeated budget cuts for 414 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 2: years and years, money go. How does a homeless budget 415 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 2: get to one point three billion dollars? 416 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: How does that happen? 417 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 2: They stole the money from the fire department. That's how 418 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 2: this is the priority of the wokeheads. Give it to homeless, 419 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 2: Give it to all the drug addicts and mental patients 420 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 2: who are shooting up and vomiting and crapping on themselves. 421 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 2: Give them more money. Take it away from the firemen. 422 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 2: And then people standing around the palisades going where are 423 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 2: the firefighters? Where are the fire engines. I'll go up 424 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 2: in the hill see if you can lure some of 425 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 2: the homeless people out. Give them a hose. Maybe they 426 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 2: can help. They got a lot of the money, or 427 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 2: they did get the buddy. Actually it was all the 428 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 2: sister crooked, fake phony criminal nonprofits that Bass and Garcetti 429 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 2: and the city council have been shoveling money to. All 430 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 2: the bad ideas, the bad policies, the corruption. Everything's coming 431 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 2: home to roost. This had to happen. We've been going 432 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 2: in this direction for over ten years. We've talked about 433 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 2: it a thousand times. Eventually it bites you, and unfortunately 434 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 2: it bit everybody who lives. 435 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: In Pacific palisades. 436 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 2: They became the victims of ten years of horrific policies, 437 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 2: horrific spending, all kinds of nonsense. 438 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: We come back Carl Demyo. 439 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 2: He's the Republican Assemblyman from the San Diego area, warning 440 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 2: you about the future. If you want to rebuild your 441 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 2: home and the Palisades and elsewhere, you have no idea 442 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 2: the layers and layers of bureaucracy, all the crazy regulations 443 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 2: that the city, the county, the state, the California Coastal 444 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 2: Commission has installed while you've been living your life quietly, 445 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 2: the consequences of not paying attention. 446 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 13: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 447 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 13: six forty. 448 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 2: We are continuing our fire coverage. It's been going on 449 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 2: for days and days, and just when you think that 450 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 2: maybe today was going to be a lighter day, things 451 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 2: are settling down a bit because the winds were lighter. 452 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 2: Now comes mandatory evacuations near West Hills and Calabasas. There's 453 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 2: another brush fire all over the television long fire line. 454 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 1: Lots of smoke in. 455 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 2: The area, and we will give you all the late 456 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 2: just on that as soon as we know more. And 457 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 2: all the other fires are still burning. There's nothing that's 458 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 2: under control among the major fires. Nothing's been contained in 459 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 2: the Alta data Eaton fire or the Pacific Palisades fire. 460 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 2: Let's go to Carl Demayo. He's the Republican assemblyman down 461 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 2: in the San Diego area, and he's here to give 462 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 2: you a warning about the future. If your house was 463 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 2: demolished or greatly damaged and you want to rebuild, you 464 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 2: have no idea what you're in for. 465 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: Carl, how are you. 466 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 3: Well. 467 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 14: I'm concerned, very concerned about everything that's going on. And 468 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 14: while it's a nightmare right now to see the fires, 469 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 14: I'm also concerned about the nightmare that comes after for 470 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 14: fire victims as they try to put their lives back together, 471 00:29:54,640 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 14: try to rebuild. Having represented a portion of San Diego's 472 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 14: city on the city Council as they struggle to rebuild 473 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 14: from two devastating fires, the Witch Fire and the Creek Fire. 474 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 14: I can tell you right now that California regulations, local 475 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 14: building codes, state regulations can make it in just prohibially expensive. 476 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: A nightmare is. 477 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 14: Not an overstatement for people trying to rebuild, and many 478 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 14: people are never able to rebuild because of the costs 479 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 14: and the regulatory burdens. 480 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 2: And from what I understand, the bureaucracy, the red tape 481 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 2: can tie you up for years and it's extremely frustrating, 482 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 2: especially when you're in a situation like this, when you 483 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 2: need a house today and you're not going to be 484 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,959 Speaker 2: looking at moving into a house for several years, and 485 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 2: it's going to be massive aggravation along the way exactly. 486 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 14: And you know, the Democrats have made California the worst 487 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 14: state to do anything, particularly building a home. And they say, well, 488 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 14: you know, we'll exempt people building rebuilding from a fire 489 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 14: disaster from some of the requirements like SIQUA and some 490 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 14: of the reviews that California Environmental Quality, the California Coastal 491 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 14: Commission rules. But that's actually not true because if you 492 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 14: make even one modification from your existing home, then it 493 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 14: triggers all sorts of new regulations. And by the way, 494 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 14: you're not exempt from all the new modern building codes 495 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 14: that kick in, which are also more expensive and take 496 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 14: conveniences away. Finally, for those homes that were in the 497 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 14: Pacific Palisades area, for example, they have an additional burden 498 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 14: because they are in the California Coastal Zone. So not 499 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 14: only do they have to go through traditional state reviews, 500 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 14: traditional local reviews, and permitting and building processes, they now 501 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 14: also have to go to these wing nuts on the 502 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 14: California Coast Commission who are anti housing, anti development, and 503 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 14: we've seen some of the rebuilding projects from fires in 504 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 14: the California Coastal Zone take fourteen, fifteen, sixteen years to complete, 505 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 14: so that it's not this is not going to be 506 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 14: easy for those folks in the Palifades community. 507 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 4: Are you serious? 508 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 2: Stop you saying, you tad you fifteen years, They wouldn't 509 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 2: be able to move until twenty forty. 510 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 8: Yes, yes, what is it? 511 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: What is it they're looking for? 512 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 14: There was one house that was literally in twenty twenty 513 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 14: three just approved that burned down in the nineteen nineties, 514 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 14: in the nineteen nineties, nineteen ninety three, it burned down. Now, 515 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 14: it did take the owners of that home several years 516 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 14: before they put in their application, but from the point 517 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 14: that they put in their application from a nineteen ninety 518 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 14: three fire to when it was approved in twenty twenty three, 519 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 14: it was sixteen years total for them. 520 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: What did they want to do? What did they commission 521 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: object to? You know, the. 522 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 14: Commission objects to almost anything. I mean, these people are 523 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 14: not only environmental extremists, but they give Karen a whole 524 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 14: new level of meaning when it comes to trying to 525 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 14: meddle in people's business. And remember, these are fire victims. 526 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 14: This is not something they wanted to do. They didn't say, oh, 527 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 14: I'm going to tear down my house and build a 528 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 14: new one. They are victims of something beyond their control. 529 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 14: And it is outrageous that California politicians, who I believe 530 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 14: helped contribute to the to the significance and the extent 531 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 14: of this crisis. I'm not blaming them for the weather. 532 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 14: I am blaming them for their lack of preparedness and 533 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 14: their mishandling of a number of issues, including fire, defensive 534 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 14: space because of regulations including utility and water for hygrance. 535 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 14: All those issues are legitimate. Even though people are saying no, 536 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 14: it's not real, it is actually documented that they were 537 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 14: not done. They were not managed properly. But after all 538 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 14: those problems, to add another layer of complexity and incompetence, 539 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,440 Speaker 14: it's just too much. So I'm calling on the legislature, 540 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 14: like Bill A. Sale has done, to go into special session, 541 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:18,959 Speaker 14: emergency session and pass a law right now upfront stipulating 542 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 14: that we are going to streamline wave, reduce burdens in 543 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 14: order to get people back into their homes as quickly 544 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 14: as possible. And we're not hearing any politicians wanting to 545 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 14: do that because they love it after the public attention 546 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 14: dies down. They love holding these people hostage and forcing 547 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 14: them to pay a bunch of fees to the government. 548 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: Is it to get the ransom money? Is that the 549 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: whole point of this. 550 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 14: Oh, it's about money. It's about control. They don't think 551 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 14: that people should be able to build in certain areas, 552 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 14: or they shouldn't be able to build what they want 553 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 14: to build. It's about control and money at the end 554 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 14: of the day. And so again we need to show 555 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 14: upfront to these victims that we have their back, that 556 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 14: we're going to make it as quick and cost efficient 557 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,360 Speaker 14: as possible. And the only way to do that is 558 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,359 Speaker 14: we have to start with the state of California. It's 559 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 14: not just a local issue. State rules are absolutely the 560 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 14: biggest part of the problem. And remember state building codes 561 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 14: that have been updated year after year. Those are then 562 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,320 Speaker 14: cascaded down to the building permit department in every city. 563 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 14: So if you want to make it easier to get 564 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 14: through the permitting process locally, it doesn't just take local reform. 565 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 14: You have to have state reform. That's why I'm calling 566 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 14: for this legislation to be enacted immediately on an emergency basis. 567 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 2: People are angrier than I've seen them in a long time. 568 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 2: People who normally vote for these Democratic politicians. What's going 569 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:49,280 Speaker 2: on in the Palisades has really opened a lot of eyes, 570 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 2: and they're furious. They're furious with the response, They're furious 571 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 2: with Newsome, with Bass. Is there a moment here where 572 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 2: the Democratic politicians are going to finally feel the heat, 573 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,280 Speaker 2: eat the pressure and seriously consider your proposal. 574 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: I would hope, But. 575 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 14: These people didn't even want to give us Prop thirty six, 576 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,280 Speaker 14: even though it was wildly popular. It passed with sixty 577 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,240 Speaker 14: eight percent of the vote. It passed in every county, 578 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 14: including San Francisco. You know that you've got a good 579 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 14: idea if even the voters of San Francisco agree with you. 580 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 14: And so, at the end of the day, these politicians 581 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 14: aren't going to give the public that which they want, 582 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 14: that which they desire. We have to seize it from them. 583 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 14: And so again I'm calling on the legislature to act. 584 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 14: I'm calling on Newsom to act. But my hope is 585 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 14: that the well founded and justified public anger and outcry 586 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,840 Speaker 14: that you're hearing right now in reaction to a whole 587 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 14: litany of failures on these fires. My hope is that 588 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 14: that is channeled directly at Governor Newsom, the LA Mayor 589 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:59,400 Speaker 14: Karen Bass, every single liberal Democrat politician who has created 590 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 14: the environ where literally we have a mismanaged city and 591 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 14: mismanaged state three hundred and sixty five days a year, 592 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 14: making it harder for us to deal with real emergencies 593 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,399 Speaker 14: like this. We need to hold them all accountable, hold 594 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 14: their feet to the fire, if you will, if we're 595 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,799 Speaker 14: going to get any results. 596 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 1: All right, Carl. 597 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 2: You know, we always talked about how this can't go 598 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 2: on forever. All the years and years of incompetence and 599 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 2: bad policies, bad decisions, woke politics. It's finally crumbling all 600 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,280 Speaker 2: over the place in so many ways, and this fire 601 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,959 Speaker 2: just encapsulates much of it. 602 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,320 Speaker 14: It does, it does. Indeed, let's pray that things improve 603 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,319 Speaker 14: quickly and pull together and help every one of our 604 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:44,959 Speaker 14: neighbors out get through this tough time. 605 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 2: All right, Carl, the myle state representative down in the 606 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 2: San Diego area, Thanks for coming on again. We'll talk 607 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,799 Speaker 2: with you again soon, much, all right, if we come back, 608 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,359 Speaker 2: just in case you missed it, we got to play 609 00:37:55,360 --> 00:38:00,160 Speaker 2: the confrontation between a woman. Rachel Darvish is her name. 610 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:07,359 Speaker 2: She lives in the Palisades. Her home survived, but her 611 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 2: daughter's school burned to the ground, and she ran up 612 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 2: to Gavin Newsom as he was standing outside. Listen to 613 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 2: him squirm trying to get out of the conversation, and 614 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,640 Speaker 2: listen to how persistent she is. This is absolutely the 615 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 2: audio and video of the day, and this is what 616 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 2: everybody ought to be doing. Otherwise, as Carl pointed out, 617 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 2: you are going to be in regulatory hell for maybe 618 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 2: the next fifteen years of your life if you lost 619 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 2: your house. 620 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 13: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI A 621 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:42,399 Speaker 13: six forty. 622 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 2: There are Woodland Hills evacuation orders from Van Oen south 623 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:51,760 Speaker 2: to Burbank Boulevard, County Line Road east to Valley Circle. 624 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 1: This is the. 625 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 2: Fire in West Hills. They're calling it the Kenneth Fire, 626 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 2: which is a terrible name and doesn't tell you anything. 627 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,320 Speaker 1: You need to know. You need to know where fires are. 628 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 14: Where. 629 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 2: They named it after a vagrant who started it. The 630 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 2: Kenneth Fire. Unbelievable attention. People in government speak English to 631 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,960 Speaker 2: the rest of us speak. Clearly, be definitive in the 632 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 2: location of the fire. Don't name it after a guy. 633 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,319 Speaker 2: Name it after the region where the fire started, a 634 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:30,279 Speaker 2: recognizable name, like the name of the town. All right, now, 635 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,560 Speaker 2: this is my favorite video and audio of the day. 636 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 2: This is what should be going on all day, every day, 637 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,240 Speaker 2: all over Los Angeles to deal with these clowns. Gavin 638 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:46,799 Speaker 2: Newsom standing next to his suv in Pacific Palisades on 639 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,879 Speaker 2: a burned out block when a local woman runs up 640 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,200 Speaker 2: to him and wants an answer about anything. 641 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 13: Play the clip, Governor, you got a second. 642 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 10: Commoner, Gomor, I live here. 643 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,279 Speaker 3: Governor, that was my daughter's school. Governor, please tell me 644 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:04,840 Speaker 3: what you're going to do. 645 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,280 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to hurt on my promise. 646 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:10,120 Speaker 6: I'm literally talking to the President right now to specifically 647 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 6: answer the question of what we can do. 648 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:13,240 Speaker 4: For you and your daughter. 649 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:13,920 Speaker 14: Can I hear it? 650 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 4: Can I hear your call? Because I don't believe it. 651 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, can I There's literally I've tried five times. 652 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 1: That's why I'm walking around to make them. The President 653 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:24,440 Speaker 1: not taking your call. 654 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,040 Speaker 4: Because it's not going through. 655 00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,279 Speaker 1: Why I have to get sell service. Let's get it 656 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: let's get it. 657 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 3: I want to be here when you call the President. 658 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:31,360 Speaker 4: I appreciate it. 659 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,600 Speaker 6: I'm doing that right now, and to immediately get reimbursements, 660 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 6: individual assistance. 661 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:37,400 Speaker 4: And to help you. 662 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,400 Speaker 1: I get this looking for I'm so sorry, especially for 663 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: your daughter. 664 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:42,360 Speaker 4: I have the four. 665 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:46,080 Speaker 3: Kids, everyone who went to school there. 666 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:47,200 Speaker 4: They lost their homes. 667 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,359 Speaker 3: They lost two homes because they were living in one 668 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 3: and building another. 669 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 9: Kether Please tell me, tell me what are you going 670 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:53,960 Speaker 9: to do with the president. 671 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,320 Speaker 5: Right now, we're getting we're getting the resources to help rebuild. 672 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:02,080 Speaker 4: Why is there in the hydrant scout? It's all literally? 673 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:03,479 Speaker 3: Is it going to be different next time? 674 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:04,600 Speaker 4: It has to be? 675 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:06,920 Speaker 3: Has to be of course, what are you going to 676 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,719 Speaker 3: do to fill the hydrants? 677 00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:10,080 Speaker 8: I would fill them up personally. 678 00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:13,800 Speaker 13: You know that I would fill off the hydrants myself. 679 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 8: But would you do that? 680 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,960 Speaker 4: I would do whatever I can, but do not. 681 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 6: I see the Do you know there's water dripping over there? 682 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,480 Speaker 4: Governor there's water coming out there? 683 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:24,359 Speaker 1: You can use it. 684 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:25,279 Speaker 4: I appreciate it. 685 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,360 Speaker 2: I'm going to make the call to address everything I 686 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,480 Speaker 2: can right now, including making sure people to make sure 687 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,799 Speaker 2: you can can I have an opportunity to at least 688 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 2: tell people you're doing what you're saying, you're doing cold. 689 00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:38,280 Speaker 1: Somebody have a contact? 690 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 4: Can I have your contact right now? 691 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:42,400 Speaker 1: Uh? 692 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,600 Speaker 2: It turns out that's Rachel dardish Uh, a lawyer who 693 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,520 Speaker 2: lives in the Palisades, lived there all her life, and 694 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:52,160 Speaker 2: she had to flee her home. The home survived, daughter 695 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 2: school did not survive, and she was talking to Sky 696 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:59,400 Speaker 2: News correspondent Martha Kellner when she saw Newsome uh in 697 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,480 Speaker 2: the street and rushed up to his vehicle. And if 698 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 2: you notice, mister liar, Newsom claimed at first that he 699 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:10,720 Speaker 2: was literally talking to Joe Biden right now literally means 700 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:16,719 Speaker 2: actually for real fact reality right. And then when she 701 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,160 Speaker 2: kept pushing saying I don't believe you, I don't believe you, 702 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,960 Speaker 2: let me talk to him, he said, well, I'm trying 703 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,080 Speaker 2: to call him. Oh okay, So you weren't literally talking 704 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,520 Speaker 2: to him. You were trying to call him, and he's 705 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 2: trying to get a cell signal. But I guess all 706 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:34,200 Speaker 2: the whole system got burned out and he changed his tune. 707 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:38,280 Speaker 2: I think he wasn't talking to the president. He wanted 708 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,640 Speaker 2: to use that as the ultimate Hey, go away, I'm 709 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 2: not speaking to you, right, figuring she would back down 710 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,879 Speaker 2: if he invoked the president's name, because most people would right, Oh, 711 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,600 Speaker 2: well please, I'm terribly sorry. 712 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,640 Speaker 1: I had no idea you're talking to the president. It's like, 713 00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:57,720 Speaker 1: stop it. I saw Biden today on. 714 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,160 Speaker 2: They had a life on him when he was talking 715 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,080 Speaker 2: about the aid coming in California. Kamala Harris was doing 716 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,960 Speaker 2: the talking. He was sitting next to her. I swear 717 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 2: to God, look at the video. He fell asleep, eyes closed, 718 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:17,560 Speaker 2: mouth open a little bit, head nodding forward. He was asleep, 719 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,840 Speaker 2: and then he suddenly came to and my phone just 720 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:21,279 Speaker 2: went off. 721 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,840 Speaker 1: Now White, tell me a meteor is now coming. 722 00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:30,560 Speaker 2: Emergency alert evacuation morning has been issued in your area. 723 00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:34,120 Speaker 2: O great, remain vigilant of any threats, be ready to evacuate. 724 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:37,960 Speaker 2: Is this the fire, the West Hills fire. 725 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:38,879 Speaker 1: I'll be a West Hills fire. 726 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:38,960 Speaker 8: You. 727 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,080 Speaker 2: We're in the valley. So we both got it. Okay, 728 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:42,960 Speaker 2: I'm getting out of here. 729 00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:43,959 Speaker 1: Yeah. 730 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,480 Speaker 13: But I think there's a reason why we haven't seen 731 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 13: Joe Biden at any one of these meetings over the 732 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,560 Speaker 13: last four years, because I think this is what happens 733 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,000 Speaker 13: every meeting. Yeah, you know, I used to see old 734 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,600 Speaker 13: meetings like George Bush and Obama. You see him at 735 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,759 Speaker 13: the table all the time, Reagan, Barter and even you know, 736 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:03,399 Speaker 13: but you never saw any of of Biden at those 737 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,800 Speaker 13: meetings because he does not off. 738 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it was past his four o'clock 739 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:09,399 Speaker 2: cutoff time too. 740 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,960 Speaker 13: But let me ask you something. There's twenty guys in there. 741 00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,719 Speaker 13: You know, they're all talking gibberish. They're all, you know, 742 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,480 Speaker 13: talking around the point. They can get to the point 743 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,239 Speaker 13: in five seconds and they all talk around. They all 744 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:26,440 Speaker 13: thank each other. Wouldn't you fall asleep too? Seriously, we're 745 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,560 Speaker 13: gonna talk about this fire. There's new one that's come 746 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,120 Speaker 13: up in the valley. We will get to that. Plus 747 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,920 Speaker 13: we have a press conference at the top of the 748 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:36,719 Speaker 13: hour with not my mayor. I don't live in LA. 749 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:41,799 Speaker 13: You do, your mayor, Aaron, that's your mayor. You live 750 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:42,200 Speaker 13: in La. 751 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,560 Speaker 2: Yes, shockingly, I didn't vote for her. I'm not responsible. 752 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,120 Speaker 2: Nobody on my share, nobody on our show lives in LA. 753 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,760 Speaker 2: Nobody that's good idea, not a single verson. 754 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:56,440 Speaker 1: All Right, outskirts, outskirts. We're supposed to evacuate, aren't we. 755 00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:58,960 Speaker 13: I don't know, I guess so, Yeah, but you are 756 00:44:58,800 --> 00:44:59,880 Speaker 13: you're a vacuate. 757 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,520 Speaker 2: I'm evacuating at seven. I'm one minute from being out 758 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,280 Speaker 2: of the building. Michael Krozer is the news. Conway's Next 759 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,560 Speaker 2: and the Krozer is live in the KFI twenty four 760 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,440 Speaker 2: hour newsroom. Hey, you've been listening to the John Covelt 761 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,839 Speaker 2: Show podcast. You can always hear the show live on 762 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,879 Speaker 2: KFI Am six forty from one to four pm every 763 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,839 Speaker 2: Monday through Friday, and of course, anytime on demand on 764 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,120 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app.