1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Can't I am six forty. You're listening to the John 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. There's a serious movement 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: to recall Karen Bass. Go to change dot org. Sign 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: this petition. It's all the way up to thirty nine thousand, 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: seven hundred ninety one signatures. I think there's been about 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: three thousand signatures in the last three hours. In the 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: last one hour, thirty nine thousand. Just go to change 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: dot org. Type in Karen Bass in the search box. 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: Demand the immediate resignation of Mayor Karen Bass, because this 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: has to end. It's got to be over. This era 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: has to end, and she should be the first one 12 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: carried out, and then we'll work on Newsom. He's got 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: to go too. It's over. Let's talk to oh two 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: rounds of the moistline. Lots of fire reaction on the moistline. 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, all right, you're gonna get your say. We've 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: been here talking most of the time, but you get 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: your you get your chance. Coming up in the next segment, 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: let's talk to Royal Oaks, a legal analyst for Can't 19 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: fin and ABC News, and he's evacuated as well. 20 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 2: Royally there, Yeah, I'm here. Pretty scary stuff for this. 21 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: I mean we're lucky, of course, Ady in my family, 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: and but gosh, you know, some people have lost their lives. 23 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: I know three guys whose houses burned to the ground 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 2: in Altadena. But it was amazing. I've never been through 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: anything like this. 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 3: John. 27 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 2: It was about three or four in the morning on Wednesday, 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 2: and you know, we kind of knew that we might 29 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: be told you got to leave. But you know, it's 30 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 2: just an optimist. You think it's just four or five 31 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: miles away in Altadena. So but bam, when you're told 32 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: you got to leave, your life, kind of the flightshes 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: before you. I mean, we've lived in the same house 34 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: for thirty nine years, and so when you think about 35 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: taking a last look at it, and you know, what 36 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 2: do you take? Obviously the key thing is that people 37 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: and you get the pets safe. But I mean we 38 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: had hoses up on our roof, John hooked to a 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: rooftop sprinkler systems. I'm up there unfurling the hoses and 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: I just thought to myself, you know, these winds are 41 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: pretty high. I think I've got wrapped my arm around 42 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 2: the balcony. And if I hadn't about five seconds later, 43 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 2: a sixty mile an hour roughly gust hit. I could 44 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: have wound up on the ground. That'd be fun to 45 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 2: go to the emergency room on a night like that. 46 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: Off a roof at sixty miles an hour and that 47 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: would hurt. 48 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, But I mean everything happens with lightning speed. I 49 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: mean you just go from during a sixty in a 50 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 2: matter of minutes, and it's just so tragic what's happened. 51 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,239 Speaker 2: And obviously we've got to figure out if anybody is 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 2: to blame, and the preparation should have been better. I 53 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 2: posted a substack column. It's called two Lawyers Walk into 54 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: a Bar, but the column, of course, is about the evacuation. 55 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 2: So anybody wants to hear some of the other reflections, 56 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: I've got to check out the substack column. But it's 57 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: it's really a scary experience. And obviously people are still unsubtle. 58 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 2: I mean, we can't get back into our community, and 59 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 2: I hear about the looting just going crazy. You got 60 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 2: cops on corners with the you know, let me see 61 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 2: your ID. If you don't have a local idea, they 62 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: don't let people in because I mean, it's just ripe 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: for the picking and nobody's at home, and if the 64 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: police weren't there to stop it, I mean, it's just 65 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 2: it's gonna spread like great. 66 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: And last night watching the coverage and having you know, 67 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: your phone go off, you know every minute and a 68 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: half that there's a new fire here and there, it's like, 69 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: obviously the arsonists are on the loose, and the motivation 70 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: might be to clear people out of the neighborhood so 71 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: they could they could steal everything. That's got to be 72 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: going on. That's got to be part of this, because 73 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: last night the winds had died down and the fires 74 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: were popping up all over the place in the valley, 75 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: not even in the hills. 76 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: Absolutely obviously job number one is to get everybody safe 77 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: right now. But you know, looking forward, I got to 78 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: say you, you did an amazing job interviewing Rick Caruso 79 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: the other day in your show, and he takes such 80 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: common sense going. I mean, he's obviously cutting the fire 81 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: department budget without having any kind of foresight about something 82 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: like this. I mean, we got so many and did 83 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: you hear these with the canopies of trees that can 84 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 2: just spread amazingly fast. 85 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: And she had another cut on the table Monday, there 86 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: was a memo fifty million dollars more was going to 87 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: be cut the day before the Palisades fire, fifty million 88 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: more bass was going to cut. You can't make this 89 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: stuff up. And when Caruso was on, he was talking 90 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: about how the reservoirs were empty and they didn't fill them, 91 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: and people said, what is he talking about. Well, we 92 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: found out Times had the story this morning. A one 93 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy million gallon reservoir in Pacific Palisades is 94 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: sitting empty. They closed it. 95 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: For me. I think the bottom line is when you 96 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: got a government that is focused on shifting to progressive 97 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 2: values and programs and they're happy to cut public safety 98 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 2: and health stuff. Time for a change. 99 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: Yeah all right, Well we'll glad you're safe. Your house 100 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: is okay. 101 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 2: So far, so just having to get back in pretty soon. 102 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, thanks for checking in. We'll talk with you soon. 103 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 4: Thank you. 104 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: All right, Royal Oaks, our ABC News legal analysts, now 105 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: you last night? Yeah, me, I got a text saying 106 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: turn on KFI. Deb's got a breaking news story. And 107 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, well, you just went home and you were 108 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: going to evacuate. What happened here? 109 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 5: So I was going to evacuate I get home because 110 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 5: of the West Hills Calabasas fire, which was really close 111 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 5: to us. Anyway, So I texted my neighbor and I said, 112 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 5: are you guys going to evacuate? She said, not yet, 113 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 5: we're packed up, we're ready. But we just found out 114 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 5: that some other neighbors they surrounded a guy who was 115 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 5: riding his mountain bike in our neighborhood with a torch, 116 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 5: allegedly trying to set fires, and they sent me the 117 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 5: pick and I said, wait what I mean? 118 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 6: Literally it was around the corner from me. 119 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 5: So I called into the station and I said, hey, 120 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 5: I just want to give you this, this breaking news. 121 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 6: Do with it what you want. 122 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 5: Because the guy told me he didn't want to go 123 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 5: on the air, I said, hey, will you go on 124 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 5: the air? 125 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 6: Can you talk about this? 126 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 5: And he said, well, I wasn't the one that actually 127 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 5: was there, but other neighbors were there, and you know, 128 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 5: he he was able to take pictures. 129 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 6: Anyway, you had the photos. 130 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 1: This really happened. There was a guy really arresting us 131 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: for carrying a torch. 132 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 6: Yes, so. 133 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 5: I guess he was detained at first. So here's the story. 134 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 5: So that really happened. And then people started piecing this 135 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 5: together and it turned out that he was a possible 136 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 5: arson suspect in that West Hills fire. But they didn't 137 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 5: arrest him for arson because they don't have the proof yet. 138 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 5: But they did so this guy in my neighborhood going 139 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 5: around with the torch, allegedly trying to start fires. 140 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 6: They arrested him. 141 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 5: For violating his parole, a felony parole violation. 142 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: We don't know what the felon is, No, we don't. 143 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 6: Know, But do you know how scary? 144 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 5: I mean again, I live up in the hills and 145 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 5: here's a guy that and then these neighbors, God bless them, 146 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 5: they tackled him. 147 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 6: They zip tied this guy until police arrived. 148 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 7: He had a. 149 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 5: Freaking torch and he's going around and trying to set 150 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 5: fires in our neighbors. 151 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: You see a guy with a torch, you gotta tackle 152 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: and tie him up because the police aren't going to 153 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: get there. 154 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 5: So now we all have to carry zip ties with 155 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 5: us at all times. 156 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: I guess we do. 157 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 8: It was it was. 158 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 6: It was crazy. 159 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: We got a water down our own home like Royal 160 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: Oaks did. Because the fire Department's not going to show up. 161 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 5: And I hate to sound like a broken record because 162 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 5: I have mentioned this a couple of times on the air, 163 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 5: But the winds are picking up again. Next week, Tuesday, 164 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 5: we have another red flag warning and there's no rain, 165 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 5: no rain before Tuesday. So I'd like to know what 166 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 5: are we doing to prepare for next week? 167 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 9: They're not. 168 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: This is what it's always been. We just didn't have 169 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: the crisis to expose it. Now the crisis is exposed 170 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: the way the city has been run I think for 171 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: over ten years. 172 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 5: Now, okay, But we have been talking about this new 173 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 5: round of wins for I think at least two days now, okay. 174 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 5: So when we're talking that, the red flag warning goes 175 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 5: into effect on Tuesday, So there's plenty of time that 176 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 5: these officials could make sure that what happened this week 177 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 5: doesn't happen again next week. 178 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know. I think Karen Bass is on 179 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: a plane to Zimbabwe. I think there's another inauguration to 180 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: attend there, and she's probably going to find another one 181 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: hundred million to cut from the fire department budget. 182 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 6: Don't say that. 183 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: These aren't jokes. I know this is based on reality. Here, 184 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: all right, Well, it's your Aura has become dangerous now. 185 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 6: I know, I knew you were going to say, let me. 186 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: Want to live next door to you, let alone be 187 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: on a plane with you. I mean, this is this 188 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: is terrible there all right. When we come back, it's 189 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: going to be your turn to unleash. Got to have 190 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: so much stuff still to get to. I guess we're 191 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: gonna We're gonna have plenty next week because there's a 192 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: whole there's a whole bunch of stories on how we 193 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: got here, all the bad decisions from Karen Bass and Newsome. 194 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: It's just the whole range. This had to happen. This 195 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: wasn't an accident. This was like, oh my god, it's 196 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: bad luck. No, this was going to happen. It was 197 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: baked in, and we told you eventually, bad stuff is 198 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: going to happen because you cannot run a government a 199 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,599 Speaker 1: society like this. You can't do it. All this progressive 200 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: garbage defies all logic and reason, and you can only 201 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: do that for so long and then things come crashing down. 202 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: And it's crashing now and it may continue to crash 203 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: for a while. This is bad. These people have to 204 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: resign or be removed, and you have to vote for 205 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: other people. We're pretty far down the hill. Now we'll 206 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: talk more. 207 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 8: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 208 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 8: six forty. 209 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: Wow. This petition is getting a lot of hits. Change 210 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: dot org demand the immediate resignation of Mayor Karen Bass. Yeah, 211 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: type in Karen Bass in the search box, and the 212 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: demand is that she goes for this massive mismanagement. Gross 213 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: mismanagement is the way it's written, and failure to effectively respond. 214 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: Even the fire chief said the city failed the La 215 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: Fire Department because the funding was cut, and a memo 216 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: has been leaked. On Monday, Bass wanted another fifty million 217 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: dollars cut the fire department, and the Wall Street Journal 218 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: has a story I'll tell you about this after Dever's 219 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: three thirty news that the Department of Water and Power 220 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: did not have a plan to shut off power in 221 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: advance of the fires. This is shocking. It flat out 222 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: says they hadn't developed a plan, not that they didn't 223 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: execute the plan. I guess they never thought of it. 224 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: You know, you shut off the power during a windstorm. 225 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 6: Well, my power I am a DWP. 226 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 5: Uh yeah, that's that's who I have, and my power 227 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 5: was shot off, but not preemptively. 228 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, well no, that's that's after the year after win. Yeah, 229 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: the utility pauls pulls fall over and the wires hit 230 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: the ground. All right. The the resignation demand, it's up 231 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: to forty four hundred and thirty one. What was it 232 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: an hour hour ago that I first read that, and 233 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: it was like a thirty six thousand, So it's getting 234 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: so demand their immediate reservation. Americ Karen Bass type Karen 235 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: Bass in the search box change dot org and let's 236 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: create a media event here. Time now for you to 237 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: air your grievances. I understand there's a lot of fire 238 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: commentary with the Moistline eight seven seven moist eighty six 239 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: round one. Let's go, mak Shure, thanks. 240 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 2: For calling the moistline. I'm so excited to hear from you. 241 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 2: It's about time. 242 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 10: What's going on with missim And guess why aren't you 243 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 10: trying to get every resident in state of California to 244 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 10: stop using gas? 245 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 11: He is crazy as them. 246 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 2: January sixth, National Store Lose to Day. 247 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 3: The fires we had to speak are just terrible. But 248 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 3: how was it that they can be running out of water? 249 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: The fire department would go to a fire hydrant and 250 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 3: there was no water in it. 251 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 9: We have an ocean here. 252 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 3: The desalination plants should be built all along the curst. 253 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 3: There should be no water in California. I love trade travel, 254 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 3: but just California so called high speed trade. It's absurd, 255 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 3: it's o reprised, it should have never been starting. 256 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 8: And this is such a clown. 257 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 2: As a first sent from Baker Soil, I cannot imagine 258 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 2: why I'd want to go to Mercet. Why is it 259 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 2: even in Mercett? 260 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 12: I mean, this guy is a clown. 261 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 9: Why do they call these things wildfires when most of 262 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 9: these things are either arson or they're down fire lines. 263 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 13: Why does everybody have to get up and talk. We 264 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 13: don't want to hear about the weather. We already know 265 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 13: the weather's bad. Sit down, shut up and tell us 266 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 13: about the fire. Half the people talking about this thing 267 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 13: don't know anything about it, and I've never even heard 268 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 13: of them. Gavin Newsome, that gigantic idiot. 269 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 10: Jesus Christ. 270 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 2: What I'm more on? 271 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 14: Sure now there's fires raging and you don't find out 272 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 14: your forests. California's nuts, and that's why my husband and 273 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 14: I left. You guys, keep electing the same darn people 274 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 14: every single time. 275 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 9: It's not cancel the high speed rail, use that lad 276 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 9: to build homeless communities. 277 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 10: We'll call them Gavin towns. 278 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 9: This gas drilling banning oil banning thing. 279 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 11: Is silly from the context that you put. 280 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 15: It in, and now we have to buy it from adversarial. 281 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 12: Nations and whatnot. 282 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 9: But beyond that it. 283 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 10: Has to get shipped here, which means. 284 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 9: You're using even more oil. 285 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: It's just lunacy. 286 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 15: Yeah, I think it's time to maybe think about a 287 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 15: mayor bath recall. 288 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 3: We can do. 289 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 10: It means should be held highly responsible or cutting our 290 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 10: water off from the delta, off that little anchoby the 291 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 10: delta smell. 292 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 7: If we weren't spending so much money on illegal aliens 293 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 7: with a buy more fire trucks, have fireman emergency personnel, 294 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,479 Speaker 7: but our money is being wasted elsewhere. 295 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 16: John, look on the positive side, if Maravas is gone 296 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 16: during this emergency and we don't have to listen to 297 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 16: her ramble on and on and on and on in 298 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 16: the news, that would be the plus side of her 299 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 16: being out of the country during this time that her 300 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 16: city is burning down. 301 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 13: When you put two hundred hoses on a water system, 302 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 13: it drains. 303 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 17: Down the water systems where there's no pressure running out 304 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 17: of water. 305 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: That's unexcusable, unbelievable. 306 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 3: But we pay the highest taxes in the country. 307 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 9: Biden asked her to go to Ghana, so it's more 308 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 9: of a political piece and she gets kudos for that 309 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 9: that yet her city's burning down. 310 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 18: Yeah, big mouth Baths went to Ghana on official business 311 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 18: because it's an inauguration of a president. So we the 312 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 18: taxpayers have to pay for it. And what do we 313 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 18: the taxpayers get for our money in return? 314 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: She just gets a free vacation. 315 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 9: It's ridiculous. 316 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 17: The key word about the mayor having access just means 317 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 17: lines were available to her. 318 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 14: They're playing with words. 319 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 9: She was on the phone all the time. 320 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 18: Oh my god, I do not understand the mayor of 321 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 18: La leaving the country. 322 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: She needs to get back right now. 323 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 10: And give the money from a homeless to the fire 324 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 10: department for God's sake. 325 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 5: I won't forget that seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars 326 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 5: is more than the president even makes. 327 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 19: I'll tell you why we don't have any water for 328 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 19: La fire, because we're becoming a third world country or 329 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 19: being run by people are not qualified to be in 330 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 19: their positions when you have that and then I get 331 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 19: hired because of certain criterias that you're going to have 332 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 19: an unacceptable service. 333 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 9: No, a lot of insurance companies, I'm not going to 334 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 9: cover this, but they're going to find some reason not 335 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 9: to cover it. It's a lot of money. 336 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 3: Thank you for leaving your message. 337 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 20: Please hang up, goodbye. 338 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: We've got another round of the voiceline coming up in 339 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: the last segment when we return after Deborah's news, the 340 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: Departartment of Water Power did not have a plan to 341 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: proactively shut off electricity during the windstorms. I thought the 342 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: whole world had agreed that they were going to do 343 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: that from now on so that the wires don't touch 344 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: down and start vegetation fires. 345 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 6: Well, we should be burying the wires. 346 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, we should have happened. Yeah, like sometime in the 347 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: last hundred years. Secondly, the New York Times has a 348 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: story on how Los Angeles firefighters ran out of water. 349 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: We found out today from the Ally Times that there 350 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: was a reservoir. I never heard of this reservoir, but 351 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: it holds one hundred and seventeen million gallons of water 352 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: in the Palisades. It exists. It was shut down for maintenance. 353 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,959 Speaker 1: It's empty. They decided to do maintenance during fire season, 354 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventeen million gallons. They only had three 355 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: million gallons available in their tanks. This is a real story. 356 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: Do this all next. 357 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 8: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AM 358 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 8: six forty. 359 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: In just a moment, we're going to tell you about 360 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 1: the LADWP did not have a plan to shut off 361 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: electricity before the windstorm hit. And there's a story from 362 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: Daniel Guss and Josh Boswell in the Daily Mail how 363 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: the head of the LADWP, Denise Qinonez, knew about the 364 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,719 Speaker 1: empty reservoir in the Palisades and the broken hydrants months 365 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 1: before the fires and did nothing. But first, Jojo on 366 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: the radio, Jojoe on Kiss FM. He's at the Dream Center, 367 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: the Dream Center in Los Angeles and iHeartMedia Los Angeles 368 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: are joining forces to help those affected by the fires 369 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,439 Speaker 1: in La County. Jojo, how are you? 370 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 11: I'm doing good. 371 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 2: I heard you. 372 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 11: We were listening to you on the way in and 373 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 11: we heard you talking about the empty reservoirs. And not 374 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 11: to get all into it, but I though you'll be yelling. 375 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 11: But my jos feeling what you're saying. That was just 376 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 11: it's just insanity. But on a good note, this is 377 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 11: one of those you know, we've had very no reason 378 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 11: to smile in the last couple of days for obvious reasons. 379 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 11: But when you see things like this here at the 380 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 11: Dream Center, people are like strangers helping strangers. They we've 381 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 11: worked with these guys. I don't know if you know 382 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 11: this now, but we work with the Dream Center for 383 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 11: about a decade now, I think something like that. And 384 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 11: when they put the war own, people started running and 385 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 11: people are There's lines of people around the building making 386 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 11: donations or you know, receiving items that they need, and 387 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 11: it's just things are going well on here. I mean 388 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 11: they showed me one room, a pretty good room in 389 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 11: one of their warehouses. It was empty, completely empty last night, 390 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 11: and today it's full of clothes. So things are you know, 391 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 11: things are moving. 392 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: What kind of things can cafe listeners go and donate? 393 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 11: Basically, I guess the main thing they're looking for now 394 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 11: is up well everything of course, but nonperishable foods. I 395 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 11: know they're doing a strong push on that. I mean 396 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,959 Speaker 11: the list is on the website, but bottled water, sports drinks, 397 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 11: baby supplies, the hygiene product you know, yeah, clothing and blankets, 398 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 11: first aid kids. I know they mentioned air purifiers and math, 399 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 11: pet food and pet supplies, you know, cleaning supplies. 400 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 19: You know. 401 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 11: I'm sure we're missing something on that list, but yeah, 402 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 11: any anything you can think. I mean, I don't know, 403 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 11: Like my car, I've packed up some blankets and water 404 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 11: in the back. We got our suitcase. It's still ready 405 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 11: to go. I live in Santa Florta. We're kind of 406 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 11: keeping an eye on the side valley fires and the 407 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 11: Archer fire that popped up today but luckily got put 408 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 11: up quick. We were all kind of on edge, but 409 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 11: you kind of forget what, you know, like we were 410 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 11: talking on air, but things to pack, you know, in 411 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 11: your go bag, And then when it was time for 412 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 11: us to pack, I'm like, oh my god, I almost 413 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 11: forgot to do it myself. It's just it's kind of stressful. 414 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 11: So sometimes you just, you know, just whatever you think 415 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 11: people need, bring it. But mainly I guess non perishable 416 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 11: food items are the main thing, and looking for it 417 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 11: right now. 418 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: The Dream Center's at twenty three on Bellevue Avenue in 419 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: LA and you could also donate money at Dreamcenter dot 420 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: org slash donate Jojo. 421 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 11: Yeah, great, By the way, John, how are you doing? 422 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 2: You and your family? 423 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 21: All good? 424 00:20:58,760 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 2: Your house safe and all. 425 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're about a block and a half from the 426 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: mandatory evacuation zone. So I go home and I sit 427 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: on the roof. I look to the west, see what's coming. 428 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, so far, okay, all right, all right? Jojo 429 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: on the radio on Kiss FM, and he's doing good 430 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: work there at the Dream Center, twenty three year o 431 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: on Bellevue Avenue in La Or donate money at Dreamcenter 432 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: dot org slash donate, and he went through the list 433 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: there but non perishable food items, bottled water, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, clothing, blankets, 434 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: baby supplies, air purifiers, masks, flashlights, and batteries, first aid kits, 435 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 1: pet food, cleaning supplies. Do you have any of that? 436 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 1: You want to go out and buy some of that 437 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: and bring it over to the Dream Center. They need it, 438 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: and they're they're handing it out to people who've been 439 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: displaced by the fire. Ah, continuing on, Oh, this is 440 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: just crazy. According to the Accordy of The Wall Street Journal, 441 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has not 442 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: developed a plan to shut off parts of its electrical 443 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: system in advance before windstorms so that the sparks from 444 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 1: the power lines won't start a wildfire. Other Californias do so. 445 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: Other California utilities do so periodically. But they. 446 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 19: Don't. 447 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: They didn't implement the plan. They don't have a plan. 448 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: This is inexplicable. You have to be able to cut 449 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 1: off the electricity and advance of a windstorm or the 450 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: electrical wires fall and hit the ground. That's been the 451 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: source of many of the northern California fires that were really, 452 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: really huge. This is just unbelievable. According to a lawyer 453 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: named Michael Wara, who directs the Climate and Energy Policy 454 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: Program at Stanford University, LEDWP is operating in a way 455 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: that is very different from any of the investor owned 456 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: utilities in California or across the West. But there's more. 457 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: According to Daniel Guss, who's on our show Frequencies, an 458 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: independent journalist here in La Josh Boswell, we've had on 459 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,239 Speaker 1: from the Daily Mail. They have teamed up on a 460 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: story that the Daily Mail published. We told you about 461 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: Genie Quinonez. She makes seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars 462 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: a year she's running the lawp now. She knew that 463 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: the reservoir in the Palisades was empty months ago. She 464 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: knew about the broken hydrants. We told you at the 465 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: beginning of the show that the La Times had a 466 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: story that broke this morning that LADWP had an empty 467 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: reservoir in the Palisades that halts one hundred and seventeen 468 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: million gallons of water. It was empty because it was 469 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: under maintenance. Apparently it's been under maintenance for months. They 470 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: never got around to fixing the cover or whatever their 471 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: kakamami excuse is, so they left it empty. We had 472 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: the former GM of the LADWP who said, complicated explanation, 473 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: but maybe thirty to forty million gallons could have been 474 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: available for the Tuesday night fire. They had three million 475 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: gallons in tanks up in the hills, another forty million 476 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: gallons that would have given them twelve times as much water. 477 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: The original three million gallons lasted seventeen hours. They would 478 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: have had twelve times as much water, but they ran out. 479 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 1: The hydrants were dry, the tanks were empty. Genie Quinonez 480 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: knew about the empty reservoir and broken hydrants. You know 481 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: what Kinonis did in the past. She used to be 482 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: a top executive at PG and E. But you know 483 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: the company that went bankrupt because they started all those 484 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: massive wildfires in northern California. Is this her life's mission 485 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: to work for public utilities that kill people or destroy 486 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: their homes? Is this why she was put on the 487 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: planet to be working for companies that either burn down 488 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: homes or don't provide water to put out the homes 489 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: that are on fire. She got seven hundred and fifty 490 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: thousand dollars on orders of Karen Bass. The city maxed 491 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: out its budget to attract private sector talent. This is 492 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: private sector talent. CEO Jennis quinnanis. She was a senior 493 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: vice president at PG and E from twenty twenty one 494 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: to twenty twenty three. She oversaw the shutdown and the 495 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: emptying of the reservoir in the Pacific Palisades. They never 496 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: refilled it. The reservoir has been offline for a while. 497 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: It's been months, and they've known about the broken hydrants 498 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: for months. At La Fire Department, senior officer told The 499 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: Daily Mail that the lack of water was already a 500 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 1: common problem, exasperated exacerbated by the DWP because they failed 501 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 1: to fix cut off fire hydrants, so they shut down 502 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: this reservoir during the entire fire season. At a press 503 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: conferences with Kinonas said the firefighters ran out of water 504 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: due to low pressure. They were using water faster than 505 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: it was being replied. Had they had this reservoir filled, 506 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: it would have given them another forty million gallons. They 507 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: would not have had lost they would not have lost 508 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: the pressure. So that's why the fire department at three 509 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: in the morning on Wednesday was left without water as 510 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 1: a weapon. They had drained their tanks, the reservoir was empty. 511 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:27,239 Speaker 1: Keonas had emptied the reservoir months ago, never refilled it, 512 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: never fixed the broken fire hydrants. Play it Runday, night 513 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: and time. But play a little clip. I want people 514 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: to know her voice. 515 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 21: Listen to her so she please correct me if I'm wrong. 516 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 21: But we we were trying to keep water at all 517 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 21: altitudes on the Polisades, and I think about three in 518 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 21: the morning dusk when the hydrants went dried above the 519 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 21: Brainwood area, obviously pushed water on the on the on 520 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 21: that trunk line on the east side of. 521 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 1: That stop stop. You can just tell the way people talk. 522 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: She shut down the reservoir and left it empty one 523 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: hundred and seventeen million gallons. The thing sits in the 524 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: heart of Pacific Palisades. Karen Bass hired her at paid 525 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 1: her seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which was three 526 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars more than her predecessor. I'm gonna have 527 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: an aneurysm. Let the people scream. Next Moistline Part two. 528 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 8: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AM. 529 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: Six forty Moistline Round two. Let's go. 530 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 9: Hey, Sean, thanks for calling the moistline. 531 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 2: I'm so excited to hear from you. To baptime. 532 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 9: The city looks like a third Dwarf country because of 533 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 9: how filthy and dirty it is. But watch as the 534 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 9: Olympics get closer that certain parts of the city get 535 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 9: cleaned up. That way, mass can just stand on her 536 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 9: ego podium and basque in her glory. The whole homeless debacle, 537 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 9: it's a Monday laundering scheme. 538 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 17: Newsom's involved, of course, the mayor and a bunch of 539 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 17: other people. 540 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 22: Why are we spending all this money on high speed 541 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 22: rail when we really could buy our own super Scoopers 542 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 22: and not have to borrow them from Canada instead of 543 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 22: a train to nowhere that nobody wants to ride. 544 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 20: I love that report that corner bath in the tunnel, 545 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 20: and she was such a whimp that she couldn't. 546 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 22: Even take the courage to admit what she did with wrongs. 547 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 9: Get little rid of that. 548 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: Everybody's going to be talking. 549 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 15: We should have done this and should have looked into that. 550 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 15: NSM be another big fire, and SM be the same situation. 551 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 13: I swear to God, John, these dump mayors and politicians Ghana. 552 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 13: Who the hell paid for this flight and trip? 553 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 9: Karen Bass? What is she doing. 554 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,719 Speaker 19: Taking exotic trips when LA has so many problems going on. 555 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 13: Newsom and Karen Bass are going to make specific palisades, 556 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 13: low income homeless shelters that they rebuild. 557 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 20: These people I saw today at Costco into Mac. I 558 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 20: knew that they were left wingers, and sure enough, when 559 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 20: the man turned around, he was wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned 560 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 20: on the front with California Air Resources Board. 561 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 9: Screw Karen Bass a lazy people. The only answer for 562 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 9: the current situation in LA is for the people to 563 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 9: recall them all. 564 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 16: Biden's giving all this aid right away to California. 565 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 9: Because if he doesn't, all the Ritchie rich on the 566 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 9: left are never. 567 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: Going to vote for him again. 568 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 17: Or the Dems, Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi, Karen Bass, all 569 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 17: the other left. 570 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 13: Wing wackos need to be held vicariously liable for allowing 571 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 13: this fires to happen, forgiving all of our money, all 572 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 13: of our tax base to illegal immigrants, whereas Newton's their 573 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 13: resources board. 574 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 2: Now look at all the pollution from these fires. 575 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 19: Give me a break. 576 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 17: Rachel Garbish should have a statue put on the Capitol 577 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 17: lawn and should get some kind of Metal of Valor award. 578 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 17: God blow us that lady. 579 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,959 Speaker 3: Forty four hours without power. 580 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 19: We pay the highest electric rates in the country. 581 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 9: What is wrong with southern California. 582 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 4: The reason why Kamala Harris was talking is because she's 583 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 4: trying to be the big hero to step into California 584 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 4: to be governor. She doesn't want Bass to be governor. 585 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 13: California Coastal Commission will never allow those homes to be 586 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 13: built on the west side of the Pacific Coast Highway. 587 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 2: Ever. 588 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 12: Again, I think everyone should join me and go into 589 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 12: the LADWP website, going to the report fraud link, calling 590 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 12: that number and then recording the fact that they have 591 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 12: a water director making some of her fifty thousand dollars 592 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 12: a year can't even provide water. 593 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 15: And I think all this criticism of Mayor Bass for 594 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 15: being exnitor the fire is really unfair and very harsh 595 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 15: because she's so incompetent and ulis what real good could 596 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 15: she have done even if she was sitting in her 597 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 15: office by the former you're gonna do. 598 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 3: Thank you for leaving your message. 599 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 20: Please hang up good time. 600 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: That's the moistline eight seven seven Moist eighty six for 601 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: next week. And we've got Tim Conway dig dong with you. 602 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 23: Hey, you know these I just heard that guy talk 603 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 23: about the California Coastal Commission. 604 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: He's right. 605 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 23: When I was working with Kali Sex, we had a 606 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 23: guy on from the Coastal Commission and I said to 607 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 23: him off the air. He wouldn't say this on the air, 608 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 23: but he said it off the air. That Commission's goal 609 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 23: is to take the entire coast to California and take 610 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 23: it back to nineteen twelve, where no homes are on it. 611 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 23: Before LA was four LA, before San Francisco. They don't 612 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 23: want any homes anywhere near the ocean. No, they're crazy fanatics, right, 613 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 23: and they're not answerable to anybody, the governor. They're not 614 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 23: answerable to the governor. They don't report to the governor. 615 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 23: They report to nobody. It's the strongest agency in California 616 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 23: by far, and they're never going to allow it, those 617 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 23: those houses to be permitted again ever. 618 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: I've read that. I mean, that's true. That that's the 619 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: kind of power they have. 620 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 23: It takes you six seven years to renovate your home 621 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 23: in Malibu when you're you're not even building up from 622 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 23: the top, you're just moving you know, a wall or 623 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:13,719 Speaker 23: or you know, a part of your patio. 624 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,719 Speaker 1: It takes five, six seven years. No, it's a choking 625 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: bureaucracy because they're crazy people. They're crazy fanatics, and you 626 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: can't recall them, you can't vote for them, you can't 627 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: remove them. It's just but the terrible No, it's gonna 628 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: be a nightmare for all these people. And you know, 629 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 1: the Coastal Commission is not just on the beach. It 630 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: comes inland. 631 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 23: I don't remember how how ful it is, but it's 632 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 23: not short, you know, it's like a half mile or 633 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 23: mile or something, and a lot of those homes in 634 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 23: Pacific Palisades probably fall into that California Coastal Commission. 635 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they will. And there the ones on the 636 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: Malibu Beach. 637 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 23: You watch these wealthy people get pissed. They're going to 638 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 23: be really effing angry. You know, when there are two 639 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 23: people in this country, you really don't want to piss 640 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 23: off one of them are people with nothing to lose. 641 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 23: They're the most dangerous people in the world. The second 642 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 23: the wealthy. You kiss off wealthy people who have eight, nine, 643 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 23: ten million dollar homes. They always get their way, that's 644 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 23: their use to and if you tell them no, watch out. 645 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, well they ought to get all these people removed 646 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 1: out of government. Now this is going to be some show. 647 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 23: Yeah, when these wealthy people come down and lay the 648 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 23: law down, I hope. 649 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: So they're going somebody's got to do it. 650 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 23: They're going to they're going to the Pacific Palisades are 651 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 23: going to change this state. 652 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,280 Speaker 1: They're going to change this Right. If this isn't the moment, 653 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: then you might as well pack up and leave. 654 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 23: Yeah, they're going to change the way government works in 655 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 23: this state because they are. They are on their last nerve. Yeah, 656 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 23: and look there are people signing up right now for FEMA, 657 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 23: who are getting denied already? 658 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: Is that right? They're already getting denied. 659 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,720 Speaker 23: I heard one of the supervisors talk about today somebody 660 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 23: signed up for some relief and it was already denied, 661 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 23: denied before they ask. Yeah, this is going to change 662 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 23: politics in California forever. 663 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: Well, I guess maybe that's what was needed. Maybe I 664 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 1: don't know, it's not. People are not it's going to 665 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 1: take that crap. All right, Conway's next, and we got. 666 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:01,919 Speaker 23: A host of I've got like thirty people on today, 667 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 23: all right, too many people. 668 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: And Kruzer's got the News live in the CAF. Oh oh, 669 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 1: one more thing. I wanted to mention the change dot 670 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: org petition typing Karen Bass in the search box. The 671 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,280 Speaker 1: petition is demand the immediate resignation of Mayor Karen Bass. 672 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:24,319 Speaker 1: Forty two and seventeen signatures up six thousand signatures in 673 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 1: just the last hour and a half. After that's right, 674 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: Krusher's got the News Live CAFI twenty four hour News Center. Hey, 675 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: you've been listening to the John Covelt Show podcast. You 676 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: can always hear the show live on KFI AM six 677 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 1: forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 678 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,720 Speaker 1: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.