1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Can't. I am six forty. You're listening to the John 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. We're on from one 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: untill four every day, and then after four o'clock we 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: become a podcast. John Cobelt's show on demand, same as 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: the radio show. Whatever you missed. You can listen to 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: the podcast after four o'clock on the iHeart app. Pacific 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: Palisades fires. As of an hour or two ago, it 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: burned almost eight hundred acres. It's obviously more than that. 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: It's burning many homes. There was everybody in the Palisades 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: is supposed to evacuate. It's mandatory evacuation throughout the entire village, 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 1: all the way east to rusht the canyon, and there 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: are roads that were blocked because people had to abandon 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 1: their cars. It was gridlock. No one could move. Palm 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: trees were catching fire. People were afraid the trees would 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: fall on them. We have we saw the video and 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: we were talking about it a little while back. We're 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: going to play you now some audio from Channel five 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: Gene Kang in the neighborhood where they had a bulldozer 19 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: moving cars Sopecific Palisades. 20 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: All of these cars were pitched, so all of the 21 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 2: drivers panic. 22 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: They took their keys. 23 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 3: This is Palisades Drive as well as Sunset Boulevard. 24 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: This dozer is just moving these vehicles out of the way. 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 4: So if this is your car, unfortunately, it's an emergency. 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: Situation and this is what they have to do. 27 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 3: They are moving the cars. 28 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 5: As we speak. 29 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 6: Unfortunately, there are dozens of cars. 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: This looks like a movie set. Unfortunately this is real 31 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: La County fire. They have to do what they have 32 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: to do. 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 3: They need to clear a path, so literally they're moving 34 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 3: the cars to SUVs. 35 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 7: We're seeing Mercedes, very nice vehicles, testless. 36 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 4: Up here, but that's because the car owners they took 37 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 4: their keys and they. 38 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: Just started running. 39 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 5: They left the cars here as the firefighters. 40 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 6: Were trying to clear the pathway, clear the roadway. 41 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 8: This is an emergency situation where you know, they need 42 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 8: to get up to the homes. 43 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,839 Speaker 4: They want to make sure people are not trapped up there. 44 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 3: But this line of cars probably. 45 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 9: Goes about three hundred feet deep at least as long 46 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 9: as I can see from this bird's eye view. 47 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 3: So we're kind of staying back. 48 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: They're in a situation there where they are literally moving. 49 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: These vehicles out of the way. 50 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 10: Yes, it is causing damage. 51 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 5: As you can hear from the screeching noises, but that 52 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 5: is what they want to do. 53 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah, everybody ran at the same time, and obviously 54 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 1: you'd take your keys with you, but you're going to 55 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: come back and your car is going to be crushed. 56 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 11: Well, and I don't think the firefighters would have time 57 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 11: even if the keys were left. 58 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: Yeah, right, driving them off. 59 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 11: Yeah, this is a little more effective and efficient. 60 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 1: You only need one car to be in the way 61 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: to block the fire truck. So and they had dozens 62 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: of them, but he's had three hundred feet it's worth 63 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: of cars. 64 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 3: It's crazy. 65 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: So I wonder exactly what was happening there was it 66 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: a wall of flame, trees on fire. I'm looking some 67 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: of the video is so spectacular on Channel four. I mean, 68 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: I'm out of adjectives to describe how furious this fire is. 69 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: The flames are so high, so wide, the wind is 70 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: blowing so hard. I mean, this really is is hell 71 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: and you don't you don't know what's burning, but it's 72 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: got to be a lot of homes going down. 73 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 11: The l a f D is going to be holding 74 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 11: a news conference soon, so I don't know what exactly 75 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 11: soon means, but of course as soon as that happens, 76 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 11: we will be all over it and we'll bring it 77 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 11: to you live. 78 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: Even if they had a time, the time wouldn't hold. Yeah, 79 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: they're announced. Times never do hold. They never do No. 80 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: So every everything I see on various channels, I got 81 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: five of them on here, and yeah, they literally have. 82 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: Each one of them has a different home that's burning 83 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: or a different area of brush. We had Dominic, one 84 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: of our listeners. He's called in a couple of times 85 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: as he was once when he was fleeing, and then 86 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: then he's back in his office in Santa Monica and 87 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: said he could see flames that were fifty to seventy 88 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: five feet high in the hillside. I'm looking at Channel 89 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: four right now, and there's a home already being burnt 90 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: to a shell, and it looks like a number of 91 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: homes in the neighborhood is The camera pans from left 92 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: to right. Their bushes, their trees are burning, the lawn 93 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: is burning, the homes are burning. There's a there's a 94 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: whre now here on on Channel eleven. It looks like 95 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: a large structure. I don't know if it's an apartment 96 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: building or a big mansion that's completely consumed with flames. 97 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: It's it's endless. And I hate to harp on this, 98 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: but the worst may be yet to come because the 99 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: winds are supposed to pick up with intensity, and you know, 100 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: the firefighters are trying what they can do, but this 101 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: is a force of nature. It's really rare. The winds 102 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: like this have not been seen since around twenty eleven 103 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: here in southern California, where they're you know, steady at 104 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: up to forty fifty miles an hour, steady, and the 105 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 1: wind's going to last through Thursday. Yeah, I mean it's 106 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: only Tuesday. Yeah, So they got to do what they 107 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: can to keep the fire from getting down on the 108 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: flatlands of Palisades and Brentwood in Santa Monica as best 109 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: they can. But the hillsides up there in the highlands, 110 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: it's just going to be a matter of luck whether 111 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: your home got hit or not, because I just don't 112 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: think there's much the firemen can do that. The skies 113 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: are thick black. Oh. Here back on Channel four, we 114 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: could see this home burning. They have a garage, and 115 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: you could see the flying, the flames shooting through the window. 116 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: It's like a garage with panels all across from left 117 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: to right, three rows, about a half a dozen panels, 118 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: and the top panels, I guess were windows, and you 119 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: could see the flames shooting through the windows of that 120 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: garage door, and then flames shooting out of every room 121 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: in the house. Now, now other streets as they're traveling 122 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 1: around untouched, and then others. It looks like an entire 123 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: block may have gotten wiped out. And that's the nature 124 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: of these things. We'll continue with our coverage here of 125 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: the Pallet Pa Civic Palisades fire. If you're in Pacific 126 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: pal Do we have somebody online now? No? 127 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 12: Not right now? 128 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: All right? One eight hundred and five to two oh 129 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: one five, three four will put you on the air 130 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: if you've got a story about what you've been going 131 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: through today, or you know where you are right now, 132 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: one eight hundred and five to oh one five I 133 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 1: have three four. You're listening to John Cobelt on demand 134 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: from KFI AM six forty. The Pacific Palisades fire completely 135 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: out of control. LA Fire Department's going to have a 136 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: news conference shortly. We'll bring it to you live when 137 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: that happens. One eight hundred and five to one five 138 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: three four. If you're in the middle of it, We're 139 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: going to talk to Sue, who just evacuated. 140 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 9: Sue, Hello, Yes, we just came down Tumescal Canyon Road, 141 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 9: which was bumper to bumper. The police were at the bottom, 142 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 9: which was great, trying to get everyone off the road. 143 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 9: But if anyone is still in the Palisades, they should 144 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 9: start evacuating now because it's bumper to bumper to try 145 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 9: and get out of there. Sunset was already clogged up 146 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 9: by noon, and you could see the flames from the 147 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 9: hill close to where I live. They exploded on the 148 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 9: hillside and then you could hear pops of I'm imagining 149 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 9: probably gas as buildings sort of exploded with the fire. 150 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 9: The wind is just nasty, with ashes everywhere starting other fires. 151 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 9: It's it's really I've never seen anything like this ever. 152 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: Where do you live, Generally the neighborhood. 153 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 9: I'm close to the Palisades High School and generally you know, 154 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 9: the fire sort of comes through the Santa Monica Mountains 155 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 9: and goes towards the ocean. But the ashes are so 156 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 9: bad that I think even probably south of Sunset is 157 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 9: going to be being jeopardy tonight with the winds. If 158 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 9: they're as bad as. 159 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: They're predicting, Yeah, they're supposed to go in all night 160 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: and get even stronger, and the gusts could be you know, 161 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: sixty eighty miles an hour or more. So, Yeah, that's overwhelming. 162 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: Everybody around you get out. 163 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 9: Yeah, everyone is, I think pretty much evacuated because there's 164 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 9: no use even trying to you know how you see 165 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 9: people with their hoses trying to fight something. This is 166 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 9: something you're not going to be able to fight. The 167 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 9: wind is just too bad. The flames are just too bad. 168 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 9: You just have to hope. As we were evacuating down 169 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 9: the hill, we saw fire trucks coming from Cavena Arcadia, 170 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 9: all sorts of places up the hill to help fight 171 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 9: the fire. 172 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 2: To go. 173 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 9: I'm sorry, where are you going to go now? 174 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: Oh? 175 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 9: I'm on the tan with my two dogs trying to 176 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 9: find a place to stay for the night. 177 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: You're just going to drive around find a hotel? 178 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 9: Yeah? Either that or we'll just camp by like the 179 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 9: homeless do on the on the hillside and use propane 180 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 9: or something. I don't know. 181 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: All right, Well, good luck. At least you got out 182 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: of there. 183 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 9: Right, But I will say it's I've never had to 184 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 9: evacuate before, and it's sort of like as we started 185 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 9: to put things together, you know, even though you're supposed 186 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 9: to have your ready set go bag, I would just 187 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 9: say everyone in California should have that ready set go 188 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 9: bag because all of a sudden, you look. 189 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 10: And you go, do I have the passport? Do I 190 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:14,719 Speaker 10: have the dog food? Do I have? 191 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 9: So I would urge everyone who is even in distance 192 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 9: of where this fire might be to have their ready 193 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 9: set goal bag done. 194 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, because I mean people did not have more 195 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: than a few minutes to get out because these flames 196 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: blew up so quickly, so near neighborhoods up in the 197 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: up of the Highlands there. 198 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 9: Oh, it was just incredible. I was filming it from 199 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 9: one side, and within thirty seconds a whole hill side 200 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 9: next to it just blew up. So a lot of 201 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 9: people really did just have to run. 202 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: All right, Sue, thank you very much for calling in sure, 203 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: thank you, all right, And let's go to a Christian 204 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: who just left the Palisades. Christian, what's going on with you? 205 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 9: Yeah? 206 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 13: You know, right, sucking traffic right now. I left out 207 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 13: of there about one twenty and I've been on sunset 208 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 13: for two hours, just about to make my way to 209 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 13: the four or five through Burntwood over here. It's been 210 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 13: pretty nasty though. I work over there at Lululemon on Sunset, 211 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 13: right down pretty much at the bottom of the hill 212 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 13: just before Temesco Canyon, And at about ten thirty, you know, 213 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 13: we saw the smoke and we saw a couple of 214 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 13: emergency vehicles head up that way about like ten forty 215 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 13: We could see people from our storefront stopping and taking 216 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 13: pictures and like videoing, and we were like, oh, something's 217 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 13: going on. About like ten forty five, the hill was 218 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 13: just pretty much it was like engulfed. And then that's 219 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 13: when all the emergency units started flying anything and everything 220 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 13: from everywhere was coming up that hill and coming up 221 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 13: that hill, coming up that hill very very fast, you know. 222 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,599 Speaker 13: So we evacuated. We evacuated before the order. All the 223 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 13: businesses out there in the Polatase village we shut down 224 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 13: and we got out of the dodge. But I hung 225 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 13: back and watched a little bit of it. And I mean, 226 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 13: I've never seen things like this unless it was in 227 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 13: the movies, you know. I saw a fire, tornadoes, happening. 228 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 13: You had a caller on earlier. I was saying, like 229 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 13: the flames were just immensely high and on agree, Like 230 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 13: I was at least two miles away and they looked 231 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 13: high from there, so being down on the ground, it 232 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 13: had to be just like beyond anything human. 233 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 9: You know. 234 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, you saw fire tornadoes. Yeah, yeah. 235 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 13: I don't know if many people have done it, but 236 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 13: Universal Studios, do you have an exhibit, the backdraft exhibit 237 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 13: where they would show how like you ca manipulate fire 238 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 13: and how we would like spin around in like this cyclone. Yeah, 239 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 13: and there were just there were like three or four 240 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 13: of them coming over well, it had come over the 241 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 13: hill and then it was coming down towards like the 242 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 13: rec center side of the village there, and you could 243 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 13: just see they were just tornadoes. 244 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 9: Like literally it was some of them. 245 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 13: Like one of the most terrifying impact of any things 246 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 13: I've ever seen in my life. 247 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, this is not something anybody has 248 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: a reference point for, unless it's the movies or unless 249 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: you go to Universal. This something that seems to be 250 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: some crazy special effect and you were seeing it real 251 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: and live. 252 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 13: Yeah, yeah, I have I have footage of it. It 253 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 13: doesn't come out too well, but yeah, three of them. Like, 254 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 13: and I even texted my friends. I'm like, I'm sitting 255 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 13: I'm sitting here watching fire tornadoes. Like that's how it's 256 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 13: it's my body because usually you're right, you just see 257 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 13: like the flames, you just see the hills burning, but 258 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 13: with the winds going and I guess it creating its 259 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 13: own wind system. 260 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: There they were literal, Yeah, fire tornadoes. 261 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 13: Coming down coming down the hillside there. 262 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: Wow, that's wild. All right, Well, I'm glad you're okay, 263 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: stay safe. Thank you for calling in. Yeah, thanks, Fire Tournament. 264 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: I mean that that that stuff. Really I noticed the 265 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: reference point for everybody something they've seen in the movies 266 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: or what he saw at Universal. This is not something 267 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: anybody experiences in life up close like that. This intense. 268 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 11: Well just watching it on TV. That bulldozer, I've never 269 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 11: seen anything like that. I mean, this is in our 270 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 11: own backyard. By the way, cal Fire is reporting that 271 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 11: the fire has grown to one two hundred and sixty acres. 272 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 11: We are hearing that day news conference is supposed to 273 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 11: start around three point thirty this afternoon, so of course 274 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 11: we will bring that to you live when it happens. 275 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: Here's another story. The La Times has Ellen deloche Bacher. 276 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: She was in downtown La when she learned of the fire, 277 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: and she lives in the Palisades. So she rushes to 278 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: her home where her ninety five year old mother, the 279 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: mother's caregiver, and their two dogs live. So can you 280 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: imagine the panic she's feeling. And what what happens is 281 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: she hits gridlock at Sunset and Palisades Drive. That is 282 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: the choke point because Palisades Drive is the only exit 283 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: out of the Pacific Highlands, which is a large development 284 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: of really nice homes up north of Sunset Boulevard, and 285 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: it's just it's just you can only move in and out. 286 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: I'll continue that story in a minute. But Kelly, who 287 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: we had on earlier, she was at that corner of 288 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: Sunset and Palisades Drive when somebody can knock it on 289 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: her door and told her to get out of the car. 290 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: And she was live on the air with us, and 291 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: she ran away. Kelly, where are you now? 292 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 10: Well, right now, we're in a safe We're in a 293 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 10: safe place. We're in a parking lot in Santa Monica. 294 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 10: But we had to be all the cars have been 295 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 10: bulldozed away. We were at Gladstone's parking lot on Palasage 296 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 10: driven sun and Sunset, and we had to be evacuated 297 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 10: from there because the fire was moving that way. So 298 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 10: we started to walk. 299 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 9: We started to. 300 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 10: Walk towards Santa Monica and a woman and her and 301 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 10: her daughter picked us up off the side of the road. 302 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 10: And her name is Lily Yeller and she's an absolute 303 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 10: angel and she drove us to where we can be saved. 304 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: Wow. And you have a dog with you right now? 305 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 10: We have a dog with us. 306 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. Now do you have other family? And do you 307 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: know where everyone is? 308 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 9: Yes? 309 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 10: And yes, No one else is in the Palisades or 310 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 10: near the Palisades, and everyone has been in contact with us. 311 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 10: And my sister is going to drive to get us. 312 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 10: I bet our house part of it was caught on fire. 313 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 10: We don't know how much. 314 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 4: Oh. 315 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah, when you were in the car and you 316 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: were on with us, who is yelling at you to 317 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: get out of the car. Was that the police? 318 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 9: Yes? 319 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: And that was because you had a palm tree on 320 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: fire at the corner I think about fifty feet from you. Yeah. Yeah, 321 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: because we had another guy call in who I think 322 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: was just a couple of cars in front of you, 323 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: and he was like under the palm tree and he 324 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: got out of there. 325 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean yeah, they I mean all the cars 326 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 10: were everyone was running from that cars. 327 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: Is there a way to describe how how scared you were. 328 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 10: To be honest with you, like, I am still in 329 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 10: shock right now. I don't have time. 330 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 13: To do that. 331 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 10: Yeah, I didn't have time to do that. I'm sure 332 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 10: it will come later, but yeah, so if you go upstairs. 333 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 9: I can't. 334 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 10: I think I just shut down to be quite honest 335 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 10: with you, and just kept moving. 336 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, nothing else you can do right now. Well, Kelly, Uh, 337 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: thank you for calling in, and you know, stay safe 338 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: and thank you. You know, at least you're okay, and 339 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: the dog and the rest of your family you're okay. 340 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Thank you for coming on. All right, 341 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: we will continue, uh and we got a news conference 342 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: coming up momentarily as well. 343 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 7: You're listening to John Cobel's on demand from KFI A 344 00:17:59,000 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 7: M six forty. 345 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: 'ron one until four after four o'clock. You could listen 346 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: to the podcast John Cobelt's Show on demand. The latest 347 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: is that the fires at twelve hundred acres it's expanding 348 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: very rapidly. There is not a lot of hard information 349 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: because the media obviously can't get inside the fire zone, 350 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 1: and fire officials have no way of counting how many 351 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: homes have been burned. They may not even know obviously 352 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: how many. They're scattered out among many neighborhoods in the hillsides, 353 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: especially north of Pacific Palisades, But just visually watching all 354 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: the TV channels, there's quite a few homes that have burned, 355 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: and they're going to have a press conference and try 356 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: to give us some detail. But this is one of 357 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: those situations. Because of the thick smoke and the heavy winds, 358 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: there are very few aerial shots to see overhead what's happened. 359 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: You can't get inside. All the roads are closed, the 360 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: the smoke is just too thick. The visibility is zero. 361 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: The simple ways to explain that the entire town of 362 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: Pacific Palisades has been ordered to evacuate east into the 363 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 1: Brentwood area, as far as Allenford and twenty sixth Street 364 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: where Paul Revere Middle School is. People have to evacuate 365 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: all the way up there and south of Sunset, even 366 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: a little bit of Santa Monica. But the whole town 367 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: of Pacific Palisades. Everybody is supposed to be out of there. 368 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: Some people though, trapped because of the gridlock conditions on 369 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: the roads, especially leaving the Pacific Highlands. When last segment 370 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: we had to break for some phone calls. And there 371 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: is only one road that goes north south out of 372 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: the Pacific Highlands, which is an enclave, wealthy enclave north 373 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 1: of the Palisades Village, and that's the only way to 374 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: get there and the only way to get out. And 375 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: it's beautiful there to it's once you're stuck, you're stuck. 376 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: Here is the latest from the National Weather Service, and 377 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: none of us is good news, endeavor, None of this 378 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: is good news for you because you're in the hillside 379 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: and woodland hills. They're expecting in the San Fernando Valley 380 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: all the way up to Simi Valley north to northeast 381 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: winds fifty to eighty miles an hour beginning now until 382 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: noon tomorrow, isolated gusts eighty to one hundred miles an hour, 383 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: the strongest in the mountains and foothills. And we talked 384 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 1: about the mountain wave phenomenon, where winds can come down 385 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: the side of a mountain so fast hit the flatlands 386 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: and it's just some kind of physics phenomena that happens, 387 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: and you could get a burst of a very intense 388 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: winds even higher than what I'm telling you. 389 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 11: And we haven't had that for more than a decade. 390 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: That's right. Twenty eleven was the last time. It was 391 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: November December twenty eleven. Uh and that that shutdown power 392 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: for thousands and thousands of people. The greatest concern is 393 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: for Highway one to eight the area between Highway one 394 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: eighteen and Route two ten that card are from Simi 395 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: Valley to Claremont. That's where the strongest winds may happen. 396 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: There are gonna be many down trees, many power outages, 397 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 1: damage to structures, vehicles, big rigs, trailers, motor homes can 398 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: be knocked over and they have. On the map, the 399 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 1: National Weather Service drew a yellow box on the map 400 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: to show the area the greatest concern and it runs 401 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: from west to east from roughly thousand Oaks east past 402 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: Canoga Park, pull the way out to Claremont. I mean 403 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: that's a long distance there and again that is supposed 404 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: to go on until noon to Also in Santa Barbara 405 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: and San Luis Obispo Counties, wins twenty to forty miles 406 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: an hour, a little lighter than here, isolated forty to 407 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: fifty mile an hour, gusts, and again the mountain and 408 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: the hills or where you're going to get the most 409 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: of the damage. I had mentioned some of the crazy 410 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: stories that people have in the LA Times. This woman 411 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: Ellen Deloche Baker, Hey John. 412 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 11: The press conference, the LA Fire Department is holding the 413 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 11: press conference on fire in Palasa's Rock towly. 414 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: Twelve hundred acres. 415 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 8: And to go into all the specifics, we have a 416 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 8: list of eight individuals that will speak for you today. 417 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 8: After those eight individuals will have Spanish and then we'll 418 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 8: have follow up questions. After that, we'll have one on 419 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 8: one interviews and let you know when the next press 420 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 8: conference will be. So we ask at this time please 421 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 8: silence your cell phones, turn down your radios, keep your 422 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 8: sidebar conversations off to the side. But to begin with, 423 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 8: we'd like to call up the fire chief of the 424 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 8: Los Angeles City Fire Department, Kristin Crowley. 425 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 14: Well, good afternoon everyone. I'll be giving you a brief 426 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 14: on what your LFD has done up to this point so. 427 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 14: At ten thirty this morning, a brush fire was reported 428 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 14: at one point one nine zero North Piedra Miranda Drive 429 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 14: in our local fire station here right behind us at 430 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 14: fire Station twenty three. Los Angeles is currently experiencing an 431 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 14: extreme fire weather condition with red flag alert. At the 432 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 14: time of the fire, the relative humidity was twelve and 433 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 14: the winds were approximately twenty five miles an hour with 434 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 14: gus up to fifty miles per hour. Based on the 435 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 14: red flag weather, your LFD pre deployed additional resources, made 436 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 14: public awareness notifications, and issued parking restrictions in high hazard 437 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 14: fire areas to ensure that the means of access and 438 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 14: egress of our local fire stations and apparatus could move 439 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 14: up in around the area. First, LAFD resources reported initially 440 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 14: a ten acre fire with forty mile per hour winds 441 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 14: and alignment heading towards the west or towards the ocean. 442 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 14: The LFD then requested all resources, including strike teams and 443 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 14: aircraft from assisting agencies. 444 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 3: We then went into an. 445 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 14: Aggressive attack and focused our efforts on firelife safety operations, 446 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 14: beginning with evacuations. Currently, the fire is at one two 447 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 14: hundred and sixty one acres and growing. Based on aerial reconnaissance, 448 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 14: the fire is being fueled by combination of strong winds 449 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 14: and surrounding topography, which is making it extremely challenging for 450 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 14: our personnel that are signed to this incident. We currently 451 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 14: have over two hundred and fifty LFD firefighters on scene, 452 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 14: including forty six engines, three trucks, five helicopters, four brush patrols, 453 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 14: two water tenders, six paramedic ambulances, one fast response vehicle, 454 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 14: one Advanced Nurse Practitioner unit, two bulldozers, ten chief officers, 455 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 14: fire investigators, and safety officers. Additionally, we are so grateful 456 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 14: for the hundreds of law enforcement officers, partner agencies, first responders, 457 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 14: and public work members that are. 458 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 3: Engaged actively in this operation. 459 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 14: Pch's closed from Lincoln Tunnel to Tipanga Boulevard. Evacuation orders 460 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 14: are in place for approximately thirty thousand residents, including the 461 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 14: Highlands area north of PCH, south of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, 462 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 14: east of Tuna Canyon Road, west of Seabreeze. 463 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 3: Drive, and Surfside Drive. 464 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 14: Our evacuation center is a Westwood recreation center located at 465 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 14: thirteen fifty Self Suppulvida Boulevard in La The population threatened 466 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 14: is approximately twenty five thousand, seven hundred and forty eight. 467 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 14: Households threatened it's approximately ten thousand, three hundred and sixty seven. 468 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 14: Structures threatened are approximately thirteen thousand, two hundred and eight. 469 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 14: At this point, we feel very blessed at this point 470 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 14: that there's no injuries that are reported. We do have 471 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 14: reports of multiple structures that are damaged. Since the beginning 472 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 14: of this fire, I've been in constant communication with Mayor 473 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 14: Bass as well as other city leadership who's working very 474 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 14: very closely. As you can see this entire entity behind me, 475 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:44,479 Speaker 14: we're working seamlessly and closely to ensure that we are 476 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 14: protecting lives and property first. 477 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 3: So with that, we'll go ahead and introduce the next speaker. 478 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: Thank you, Chief Crowley. 479 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 8: The next speaker will be the Los Angeles County Fire 480 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 8: Chief Maroni. 481 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 6: So good afternoon. My name is Anthony Moronium, the County 482 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,880 Speaker 6: of Los Angeles Fire Department Chief. Shortly after the start 483 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 6: of the Palisades Fire, La County Fire did assist the 484 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 6: City of Los Angeles with a first alarm brush assignment. 485 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 6: At eleven thirty hours this morning, our La County Fire 486 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 6: Department went into unified command with the City of Los Angeles, 487 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 6: and at twelve thirty our CalFire partners from the state 488 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 6: went into com unified command with not only La City Fire, 489 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 6: La County Fire, and LAPD. Currently, LA County Fire is 490 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 6: providing aerial resources to fight this brush fire, including our 491 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 6: Firehawk helicopters, OURCH forty seven, part of our nighttime QRF 492 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 6: resource that we have in addition to our COL four 493 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 6: fifteen super scoopers. We also have three engine strike teams 494 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 6: assigned and almost one hundred La County Fire personnel. I 495 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 6: want to let all of the viewers and listeners know 496 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 6: that we are not out of danger. The National Weather 497 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 6: Service has predicted that the winds are going to pick 498 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 6: up and get worse. We're going to have the most 499 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 6: significant wind event between ten pm this evening and five 500 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 6: am tomorrow morning. So it's incumbent that everybody have a 501 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 6: wildfire action plan for their home if they live in 502 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 6: a brush covered area. Please visit the La County Fire 503 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 6: Department website for ready set go information so that's fire 504 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 6: dot Lacounty dot gov, forward slash RSG and for the 505 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 6: most up to date incident information and emergency preparedness information 506 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 6: go to Lacounty dot gov forward slash emergency. 507 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you. 508 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 8: Chief Emergencies always by our side as our friends from 509 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 8: law enforcement. So we'd like to invite LAPD Chief of 510 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 8: Police Jim McDonald, thank. 511 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: You very much. We are here in a support role 512 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: to our fire partners. Just a quick rundown. 513 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 7: We have over one hundred officers here deployed, another approximately 514 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 7: sixty ready to be deployed once a mission is given 515 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 7: to them. So far, the major job for our people 516 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 7: have been evacuation, traffic control allowing ingress and egress to 517 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 7: emergency vehicles and those can be helpful. I would have 518 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 7: an ask that if you would please do everything you 519 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 7: can to open up the streets so we can get 520 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 7: the resources we need to be able to deal with 521 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:49,479 Speaker 7: this emergency. Please take this wind emergency very seriously, as 522 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 7: you heard from the speakers before me. This is something 523 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 7: that is going to get worse throughout the night, so 524 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 7: we all have to look out for each other. 525 00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 3: Areas of evacuation. 526 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 7: So far, about thirty thousand people have been evacuated from 527 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 7: a total of ten thousand households or fifteen thousand structures 528 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 7: to include businesses and other buildings so far with no injury, 529 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 7: so we're very thankful for that. What we truly ask 530 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 7: for all assistants that we can get and making this 531 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 7: as smooth as we possibly can. 532 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, Chief McDonald I. 533 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 8: We'd also like to call up Elie County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, please. 534 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 15: Thank you my deepest thanks to the first responders who 535 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 15: are working tirelessly to fight this Palisades fire. Moments ago, 536 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 15: Chair Barger signed La County's emergency proclamation for this fire, 537 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 15: for the severe wind event and all of the fires 538 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 15: related to it. As the National Weather Service predicted, this 539 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 15: is a life threatening situation to our Palisades and to 540 00:30:54,680 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 15: Panga community under evacuation order. Please leave, ensure your home 541 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 15: is unlocked, the power is off, and making sure first 542 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 15: responders can easily access the structure. This is essential to 543 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 15: keeping you safe and to allowing fire and first responder 544 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 15: personnel to do their work. For our unincorporated communities in 545 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 15: Santa Monica Mountains including Sunset, Mesa, Topanga Canyon, and Malibu 546 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 15: all under evacuation order and evacuation warning. Please ensure you 547 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 15: are checking emergency dot LA County dot gov and heating 548 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 15: all door to door information from our La County, Sheriff 549 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 15: and fire departments. Thanks to our partners at the Tapanga 550 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 15: Coalition for Emergency Preparedness, who work year round to practice 551 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 15: evacuation drills and emergency preparedness, and they're working tirelessly right 552 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 15: now to ensure information is shared across Topanga. For those 553 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 15: with livestock, the evacuation location is Pierce College. For those 554 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:07,720 Speaker 15: needing small animal evacuation location, the Anima Agora Animal Shelter 555 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 15: is available to you. Thank you to Governor Newsom for 556 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 15: your quick support and coordination. Thanks to Mayor Bass, to 557 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 15: Council Member Park and all of the council members in 558 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 15: the city, and all of our partners city, county, and 559 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 15: state unified and working together to keep people safe and 560 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 15: address this fire. The County and City of Los Angeles 561 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 15: have a lot of experience in unified command. This emergency 562 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 15: is no different. We're dedicating every resource we can to 563 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 15: urgency urgently contain this fire. I want to extend my 564 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 15: gratitude to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Sheriff's Department, 565 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 15: the Office of Emergency Management, and all of our county partners. 566 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 15: I know LAUSD. Officials also wanted to be with us, 567 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,479 Speaker 15: but given the conditions that was challenging. A few school 568 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 15: updates to Panga Elementary at Woodland Hills Academy will be 569 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 15: relocated all week. Palisades and Marquees Elementaries will be relocated 570 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 15: at Brentwood Science Magnet for tomorrow. Paul Revere Middle School 571 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 15: will be relocated at University High tomorrow. Palli High School 572 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 15: is not in session this entire week, and Canyon Elementary 573 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 15: will be relocated at a location to be determined. To 574 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 15: those affected by the Palisades fire, I know today is 575 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 15: terrifying and it is painful. 576 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 10: Please know that you are not alone. 577 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 15: The County of Los Angeles and all of our partners 578 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 15: are here together to stand with you and be in 579 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 15: support of you. Thank you again to everyone who is 580 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 15: contributing resources to this incident. Your partnership is appreciated and 581 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 15: it is essential to keeping people safe. Thank you very much. 582 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 8: Thank you, Supervisor. Next, we'd like to bring up Los 583 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 8: Angeles City Council President Marquis Harristoff. 584 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. 585 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 12: I just want everybody to know that since this morning 586 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:10,240 Speaker 12: about seven am, I've been in direct communication with Mayor Bass, 587 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,840 Speaker 12: who's on her way home from a diplomatic mission on 588 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 12: behalf of the United States government. She will be here 589 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 12: within hours. Also, we want everybody to know that the 590 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 12: city is well prepared and has a tremendous emergency management 591 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 12: infrastructure who has been on the case since sixth this morning, 592 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 12: at the beginning of this wind event. I'm proud to 593 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 12: say that we have some of the best men and 594 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,240 Speaker 12: women anywhere in our fire department, out a police department, 595 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,280 Speaker 12: as well as their partners across the state and across 596 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 12: the county. I also want everybody to know that, as 597 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,280 Speaker 12: acting Mayor and President of the La City Council, along 598 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 12: with the county, and we'll hear from the governor later, 599 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 12: the City of La is declaring a state of emergency 600 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 12: through this wind event, and we'll have all resources on 601 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 12: deck and our ask, our personal ask, and we'll hear 602 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,800 Speaker 12: from the council member from this district. But if you 603 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 12: can stay off of our roads, please do so to 604 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 12: allow emergency vehicles to go across the city. And also 605 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 12: remember we'll continue to drive this home. The worst and 606 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,799 Speaker 12: most severe part of this wind event is yet to come. 607 00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 12: So if you're around the city and you have been spared, 608 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,320 Speaker 12: be thankful, but also be on guard. Bring you a 609 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 12: lawn furniture in and again help us by staying off 610 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 12: the roads. And I will ask the council member from 611 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 12: this district who's been on the street since early this 612 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,279 Speaker 12: morning making sure the neighborhoods have the information that they 613 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 12: need and resources that they need, to come to the podium. 614 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 12: Our own Councilwoman Tracy Park, thank. 615 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 5: You, thank you everyone for being here, and Council President 616 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 5: Harris Stawson. I want to begin by thanking all of 617 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 5: our public safety partners. LA City Fire has over two 618 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,359 Speaker 5: and fifty firefighters on the frontlines in the hillsides right 619 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 5: now actively fighting this fire, supported by more than one 620 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 5: hundred firefighters from La County Fire, as well as additional 621 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 5: resources from Orange County, Ventura County, CalFire, and neighboring cities 622 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 5: including Arcadia and Santa Monica. I also want to thank 623 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,719 Speaker 5: our partners in law enforcement for their terrific coordinated response 624 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 5: with us today. LAPD, LA County Sheriff's Department CHP is 625 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:37,800 Speaker 5: here as well as our park rangers. Obviously, the scope 626 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,799 Speaker 5: and scale of today's fire here in the Palisades has 627 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 5: been terrifying. We are so incredibly grateful for the swift response, 628 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 5: and to my constituents here in the Pacific Palisades, I 629 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 5: want to reiterate this is not a drill. This is 630 00:36:55,800 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 5: an actual public safety emergency. Areas west of Mandeville Canyon 631 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 5: and north of Sunset have been ordered for evacuation, so 632 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 5: please make sure that you are packed and ready to 633 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,920 Speaker 5: go and complying with all directives being given to you 634 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:18,240 Speaker 5: by law enforcement and our partners at the Fire Service. 635 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 5: As well, LA City is activating emergency shelter at Westwood 636 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:29,120 Speaker 5: Recreation Center. People in the Palisades who have been displaced 637 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 5: by today's. 638 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 3: Events are invited to go there. 639 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 5: We are working with Animal Services to receive and care 640 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,279 Speaker 5: for pets that are being displaced as well, and as 641 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:46,239 Speaker 5: additional resources come online, we'll be providing those updates for you. 642 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 5: Local residents should follow along for additional information and updates 643 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:58,080 Speaker 5: through official city channels as well as LAPD, LAFD, and 644 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 5: LA County updates. As this is a dynamic situation, this 645 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 5: is a fast moving and growing fire at over twelve 646 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 5: hundred acres at this point, and with the predicted wind 647 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 5: patterns and continued whether event We expect the situation content 648 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:19,560 Speaker 5: to continue through the evening. It may take our partners 649 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,840 Speaker 5: at fire a couple of days to get the situation 650 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 5: under control. It may be some time until people are 651 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 5: allowed to return to their homes and residences. Please bear 652 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 5: with us through this period as our public safety partners 653 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 5: work hard to protect lives and property and ensure that 654 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 5: this area is safe before people return. In the meantime, 655 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 5: if anyone needs additional assistance, I would welcome them to 656 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 5: reach out to me and my team. All of our 657 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 5: contact information is at CD eleven dot Lacity dot gov. 658 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 5: Thank you to my my friends and constituents, and thank 659 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 5: you to all of our partners, including Governor Newsom for 660 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:05,800 Speaker 5: being here with us today. 661 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 662 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 10: Thank you man. 663 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 8: We'd like to now ask Council Member John Lee to 664 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:13,360 Speaker 8: please speak. 665 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:18,840 Speaker 2: First of all, I just want to thank all the 666 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,720 Speaker 2: firefighters who are on the first responders that are fighting 667 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 2: this fire right now. Also a big thank you to 668 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,960 Speaker 2: all the organizations throughout the city, county, and state that 669 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 2: are assisting our firefighters and what they need to do today. 670 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 2: As chair of the Public Safety Committee, it's my job 671 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:38,080 Speaker 2: to monitor situations all throughout the city of Los Angeles, 672 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 2: and the most important information that I can share with 673 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 2: you today is to all of our residents. As soon 674 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 2: as we get any new information, we are trying to 675 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,920 Speaker 2: disseminate that as quickly as possible. 676 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: It's important that you listen to that information. 677 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,760 Speaker 2: As someone who represents a district that is commonly affected 678 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 2: by fires too. One of the issues that is we 679 00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 2: ask our residents to do is if you're asked to 680 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 2: a if you're asked us to have thord whatever it 681 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:03,840 Speaker 2: is that we're asking you, if you're in one of 682 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,400 Speaker 2: those affected areas, that you don't create additional problems for 683 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:11,000 Speaker 2: our firefighters, so our firefighters can focus on what they're 684 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 2: supposed to do, and that's getting this fire out. 685 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 1: Thank you all for being here. 686 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 8: Thank you counsel Member, and now we'd like to ask 687 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 8: the Governor Gavin Newsom to peace meek. 688 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,799 Speaker 4: Thank you, thank everybody. Hell of a way to start 689 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 4: a new year again. Let me add my voice the 690 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,400 Speaker 4: voice of so many others, and extending deep appreciation of 691 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,440 Speaker 4: the men and women in uniform across jurisdictions. I want 692 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,040 Speaker 4: to thank in particular Chief Coli and Chief Ronning for 693 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 4: your outstanding leadership. Police chief Sheriff's Office, all of our 694 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,359 Speaker 4: local law enforcement agencies that work hand in glove. There 695 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,759 Speaker 4: is simply no better mutual aid system anywhere in the 696 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 4: United States of America, and you're seeing it now at 697 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,600 Speaker 4: scale once again here in southern California. I say once 698 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,120 Speaker 4: again because we were here not too long ago, the 699 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,200 Speaker 4: Franklin Fire a few weeks prior to that, the Mountain 700 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 4: Fire November December, now January. There's no fire season, its 701 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 4: fire year. It's year round, and it's incredibly important that 702 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 4: we heed the warnings, the calls that we're not out 703 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 4: of the woods by any stretch of the imagination. You 704 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:21,640 Speaker 4: may feel at home that you're fine down in Riverside County, 705 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:25,960 Speaker 4: San Bernardino County, down in Ventura County, other parts of 706 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,160 Speaker 4: the state, but there's a reason we pre positioned hundreds 707 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 4: of assets and personnel on Sunday in anticipation of this 708 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 4: wind event. One hundred and ten engines specifically were sent 709 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:42,200 Speaker 4: down forty five by Cal Fire sixty five through our 710 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 4: mutual aid system, through the Office of Emergency Services water 711 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,799 Speaker 4: tenders down here. Seven new helicopters we brought from northern 712 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 4: California down to southern California. We just brought our sea 713 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 4: one thirty down from northern California and already just had 714 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,400 Speaker 4: its first drop. By no stretch of the imagination or 715 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,799 Speaker 4: we out of the woods. You heard a chiefs say 716 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:06,240 Speaker 4: ten pm tonight till five am tomorrow will be peak Wins. 717 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,839 Speaker 4: And having just quite literally an hour or so ago, 718 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 4: gone up the canyon and saw firsthand the impact of 719 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 4: these swirling winds and the embers, and the number of 720 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:21,880 Speaker 4: structures that are destroyed, not a few, many structures already destroyed, 721 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:26,600 Speaker 4: and the fact that people were still not evacuated, still 722 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,160 Speaker 4: did not heed the warning we're just coming down the 723 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:34,840 Speaker 4: canyon is a reminder of how serious this moment is 724 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 4: and how important it is you listen to these evacuation orders. 725 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,400 Speaker 4: We've all been to memorials. I've never been to a 726 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,959 Speaker 4: memorial for a building, but for family members and loved ones. 727 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,440 Speaker 4: I know you cannot say this enough. It's foundational. One 728 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,799 Speaker 4: other thing I want to say, because you can't say 729 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,319 Speaker 4: it enough, is expression of gratitude the President United States 730 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,160 Speaker 4: happens to be in town. It didn't take more than 731 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,120 Speaker 4: a text message to get the f mag approved, which 732 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,200 Speaker 4: means we're getting reimbursed for the vast majority of these costs. 733 00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:12,840 Speaker 4: No politics, no handwringing, kissing on the feet. President of 734 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,719 Speaker 4: the United States said, yes, what else do you need? 735 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:20,040 Speaker 4: Mercy proclamations being drafted as we speak, And I just 736 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,359 Speaker 4: want to thank the President because that's something I don't 737 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,000 Speaker 4: take for granted, and something we should not take for 738 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,840 Speaker 4: granted at this moment in American history. So thank you, 739 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:33,800 Speaker 4: President Biden as well. Final point, we encourage you. You 740 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,080 Speaker 4: heard all those websites. I don't want to burden you 741 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:40,320 Speaker 4: with anymore except one fire dot ca dot gov. And 742 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:42,720 Speaker 4: why do I say that, nothing like it in the countries, 743 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,520 Speaker 4: Nothing like that we've seen in any jurisdiction around the world. 744 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,719 Speaker 4: Three D maps and live cams on fire dot CA 745 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:53,279 Speaker 4: dot gov would also show you the evacuation orders. I 746 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:57,160 Speaker 4: encourage people to take a look at that site for 747 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:01,520 Speaker 4: information and of course ready dot ca dot to make 748 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:06,120 Speaker 4: sure that you're prepared as we work through yet another 749 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:11,440 Speaker 4: extraordinary month in this fire year, perpetual fire year here 750 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,560 Speaker 4: in the state of California. Thank you again to all 751 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,480 Speaker 4: of the folks behind me in the outstanding leadership of 752 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:20,959 Speaker 4: all the elected officials as well, and forgive me one point, 753 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,920 Speaker 4: i'd be remiss. Thank you to Mayor Bass, who was 754 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:27,279 Speaker 4: on the phone immediately this morning, making sure even an 755 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:31,880 Speaker 4: abstentia that she's here organizing everything she can to make 756 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,480 Speaker 4: sure we're successful as well. 757 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 12: This is KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles and 758 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:39,240 Speaker 12: Orange County. 759 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,320 Speaker 1: Hey you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. 760 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:44,879 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 761 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,920 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 762 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,200 Speaker 1: and of course, anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.