WEBVTT 1 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:26.000 It's later with Moe Kelly KF I am six forty. We're live everywhere on 2 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:30.760 the iHeartRadio app. And I don't know about you. It's beginning to look 3 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:34.280 a lot like summer out there. It's hot, hot, hot hot. 4 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:39.600 I think it was like ninety five hundred degrees today or something approaching that. 5 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:42.719 It was real close to it. It was real hot. But this is 6 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:45.200 the best part of the year. This is the best time of the year. 7 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.840 I like it like this. I can deal with this instead of that 8 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:53.000 fifty five sixty degrees. I have to deal with Mark Ronner and have to 9 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.000 check in with him to see if it's going to rain on a given weekend. 10 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:58.799 I don't have to do that this weekend. You should know. And 11 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.240 I'm telling you this is an ex cops beat reporter. The heat makes people 12 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:03.959 a little crankier, a lot more domestics in this heat. No, no, 13 00:01:03.959 --> 00:01:07.000 no, no, The crime does go up. I mean there's all 14 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:12.079 sorts of history and evidence to support that serial killers will come out during the 15 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:17.000 summer. Yeah. Right, what I'm saying is tread lightley, but it's 16 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.200 look, this is La. They had a guy who's just walking down the 17 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:23.120 street shooting indiscriminately at people. I have an alibi. No, but I'm 18 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:29.359 saying you can't worry about certain things. Can't worry about it. Oh I 19 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:30.359 like this attitude. No, no, no, no, I mean I 20 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:34.120 mean this. There are things that I think we can control as far as 21 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:40.319 where we go. There are places which are more dangerous than others. There 22 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:45.040 are things that we can do which is more dangerous in terms of behavior. 23 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.400 But then there's just some random stuff out there we just can't control. We 24 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.200 can't control the actions of other people. And if you just happen to be 25 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:55.840 wrong place at the wrong time, and that could be any of us, 26 00:01:55.959 --> 00:02:00.840 then oh, this is a far more philosophical approach, which than I expected 27 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.159 from you. Well, part of it is because Tuala once again tried to 28 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:09.319 unload these earthquake stories on me. All these earthquakes which have been happening under 29 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:16.159 the number of two point five under Richter scale, don't waste time on I 30 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:22.479 think. Look, he is counter programming the show. He's determined to pull 31 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.960 the show in the direction of idiocy. Who cares about a two point six 32 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:31.919 earthquake that struck Newport Beach on Wednesday afternoon? Who cares Newport Beach doesn't even 33 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:36.159 care. I don't think they even know. I think they didn't even know 34 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.199 until I said it right then it's two point six. I would have slept 35 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:43.520 through that. I don't think I would have even I don't think I would 36 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.120 have even turned over. I don't get it. I don't get it. 37 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:52.919 But here is the news that Tuala is foisting upon everyone. A magnitude two 38 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:57.039 point six earthquake struck Newport Beach Wednesday afternoon. The epicenter of the quake, 39 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:01.319 just southeast of Coasta, Mesa, was underneath Mariners Park. It is the 40 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:08.319 fifth quake to hit southern California in the past five days, of which I 41 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:15.800 felt none of them, of which nobody was injured, of which nothing sustained 42 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:21.439 damage of which nobody even cares. Did I get it all? Twalla? 43 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.400 Did I cover all the bases with eight? Yeah? You spank a lot 44 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:30.960 of hate in there. I can't. I can't worry about earthquakes which are 45 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:36.719 two point six. Is it two point even enough to knock over any of 46 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:38.879 the action figures onto Walla's shelf? No, I don't think so. I 47 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:44.159 don't think so. If there wasn't a Richter scale, we wouldn't know about 48 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:46.759 it. We would not know about it, and we still don't care about 49 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:52.319 it. Five in a week. Wait, this is how it's reported in 50 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:59.280 Santa Ana. One person felt the earthquake as starting with the slowest of rumbles, 51 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.560 then a quick jolt that made the news in Santa Ana. Thousands of 52 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:09.159 people. One person felt they talked to. They were talking to one person. 53 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:11.360 That's the man on the street. They had to reach out and see 54 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:15.240 who felt at first look. You should know well enough that when you ask 55 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.839 someone did you feel it? Everyone says they feel it. We stick a 56 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:23.319 microphone in their face. They want to be quoted, They want to be 57 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:27.720 in the news, They want to be on TV. Nobody cares about this 58 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:32.600 earthquake, not even you. The Newport Inglewood Fault has long been considered one 59 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:38.800 of Southern California's top seismic danger zones because it runs under some of the region's 60 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:43.600 most densely populated areas, from the west side of Los Angeles to the Orange 61 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:48.560 County Coast. The last major quake on that fault occurred in nineteen thirty three. 62 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:54.839 The magnitude six point four. See that is one to be concerned about. 63 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:00.920 Six point four that's worth discussing. But I can't it's two point six. 64 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:12.199 I'd rather talk about the weather, which is not happening. Mark, 65 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:15.199 tell me about the rain which is not coming. Oh no, I have 66 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:16.839 nothing to add, but that was very satisfying. Thank you, really man. 67 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:20.319 We don't have any similar sound effect for earthquakes, do we No, 68 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:25.519 we don't, because earthquake is a sizzle effect. Why what's that for? 69 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:30.720 For how hot it's gonna be? Yeah, maybe get get Foosh to like 70 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.079 crumple up some tinfoil into a mic and shriek. So, yeah, it 71 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:39.319 sounds like somebody burning alive. Two point six? Is that? Is that 72 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:41.959 all you got? We had? Like, we had a three point four 73 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:47.279 in Pasadena and a two point six in Newport. Those are the two larger 74 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:53.800 earthquakes of the past five Did I have miss anything to you? This is 75 00:05:53.959 --> 00:06:00.920 not relieving pressure. These are increasing. These earth earthquakes are increasing, and 76 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:05.279 that is why I want to make sure that they are voiced here on later 77 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:09.160 with more Kelly, okay and Mark. That brings me back to how we 78 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:13.079 started the show. There's certain things you can't worry about if an eight point 79 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:18.240 five earthquake hit Heaven, forbid, Heaven forbid, if it did hit these 80 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:23.600 five before it, talking about it, not talking about it will not make 81 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:28.079 any bit of difference. But it sounds like Toalla is suggesting that something bigger 82 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.920 is behind all this, like it's building to something. Let's say it is. 83 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:34.079 Let's say hypothetically that the crazy theory is real. Okay, let's just 84 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.800 say that it's You know that the zombie apocalypse is going to be upon us, 85 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:42.839 but it's called an earthquake. You're kind of front loading it with the 86 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.920 word crazy. Yes, I'm saying, let's just say, but let's say 87 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.279 it's real. And I'm the one who's got it wrong. If the eight 88 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:55.120 point five hits tomorrow, heaven forbid, Well, first, thank goodness, 89 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:58.959 I'll be out of the state. But if it does hit tomorrow, what 90 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.240 difference does it mean? There's nothing you can do about it. I've got 91 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.519 my little earthquake kick kit in the car. There's nothing that it's going to 92 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:11.600 do to help me or you or anyone else. You're kind of a knolist, 93 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:15.120 aren't you. No, I'm a realist. Did you say, but 94 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:16.160 what's in the kit? What do you got? Like some candy bars or 95 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:21.680 something? You know, I got some medicines first aid. I'm thinking perceptives. 96 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:28.959 Those are legal um or will be a change, two changes of clothes, 97 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:34.480 just nickknacks, Bottles of water, like five bottles of water. You 98 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:39.439 know what else am I supposed to happen there? Uh? Some alcohol? 99 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.319 Got some rubbing alcohol? No, no, I mean like some Jack Daniels. 100 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.160 No, no, no, no, you're gonna need that if there's 101 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:47.360 an earthquake, I promise you. Well, look, if an eight point 102 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.800 five hit, I can just walk into any store I want. No, 103 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:54.199 it's gonna stop me. Yeah, okay, is it open season on retail 104 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:58.879 establishments if there's a quake. If there's an eight point five, civilization as 105 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:01.600 you know it in La will crumble pun intended and eight point five. Oh 106 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:07.759 yeah, there's no one coming to save you or me. That's gonna look 107 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:09.199 like no mass Land. Right. So, I mean, we can talk 108 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:11.959 about the two point six, we can talk about the three point four and 109 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.160 say it's a harborager of the eight point five. But if the harborager, 110 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:20.000 if it's true that it's the eight point five, is coming s Levy. 111 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.480 But see this is all leading into this new report, and there is a 112 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:33.000 new faster measurement tool to predict earthquakes coming. Okay, we'll talk about that 113 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:37.080 in the next segment, and how that too, will not do anything to 114 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.600 save us or help us. It's Letter with Mo Kelly k if I AM 115 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:41.799 six forty one Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Yes, I'm cynical tonight. 116 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:48.840 You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty 117 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:54.000 There is a faster alert for California megaquakes we're talking about, you know, 118 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.200 if the big one were to hit. Last segment, I was highlighting how 119 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:05.519 there were five earthquakes recently to hit southern California, all small like threes and 120 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:09.960 below. And I was being flippant, as I'm known to be about earthquakes. 121 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.360 Don't talk about them, don't worry about them until they at least hit 122 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:20.240 five. But megaquake something that could do real damage. Well, there is 123 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:26.440 this faster alert early warning system that's received a major upgrade. California's earthquake early 124 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:31.120 warning system is getting this what they call a seismic upgrade pun intended one that 125 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:37.519 will allow residents to receive more timely alerts about shaking from an incoming megaquake. 126 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.679 The upgrade, also available in Oregon and Washington, will provide features important for 127 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:48.240 warnings about the so called Big One. The improvements could mean depending on where 128 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.480 they are and where the quake begins. Californians would see even earlier an accurate 129 00:09:54.399 --> 00:10:01.159 estimate of magnitude before the earth starts shaking, say, if there's a magnitude 130 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:05.159 seven point eight quake that begins on the San Andreas Fault near the Mexican border 131 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:11.279 and rupture's default toward Los Angeles County. The upgrade would also improve warnings for 132 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.879 the Pacific Northwest in California's North coast YadA, Yeah, yeah, blah, 133 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:18.039 blah blah. Here's my thing. Let's say, and we tried, like 134 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:24.159 the local Earthquake Warning System app and number one, you had to have your 135 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:26.399 location services on at all times, And like, I don't get it. 136 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:30.519 If there's a quake in Los Angeles, just tell me. Why do you 137 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.679 need to know where I am to give me the like for example, when 138 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.919 there's a tragedy, unfortunate tragedy, it just appears in the news. It 139 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.039 doesn't need to know where I am to let me know that a tragedy has 140 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:45.279 occurred. So if there's going to be an earthquake, or an earthquake has 141 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.799 happened, just tell me. That was my problem with the original earthquake warning 142 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:54.159 system. And also it depended on where you were relative that location whether you 143 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.000 would get a notification at all. If I happen to be in San Diego, 144 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:03.039 hypothetic with my location services on. Remember this Twilet, we had talked 145 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.759 about it, and the quake was in Los Angeles, I may not get 146 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.519 a notification even though I lived in Los Angeles. And maybe one would like 147 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:15.679 to know if my house still exists. I wouldn't get a notification because why 148 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:20.120 I was physically in San Diego. But this one, I guess, will 149 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.799 let you know from the top to the bottom of the state. Twilet and 150 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.159 I were talking during the break, and here's my thing. Just because you 151 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:33.720 give me twenty seconds warning, I'm just as an arbitrary number, twenty seconds 152 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:39.120 warning before an eight point five earthquake order hit. What the hell am I 153 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:43.440 supposed to do with that? I have an answer? Okay, there was 154 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.559 an earthquake that hit in Seattle. I had been up late working. I 155 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:48.840 think I was covering some sort of riot or something, and I was up 156 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.679 at my computer. I just started checking my emails, and I was still 157 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:56.080 in my underpants. If i'd had twenty seconds warning, I could have put 158 00:11:56.080 --> 00:12:01.320 on some pants and run outside. I dig that. I dig that, 159 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:09.399 though, Yeah, rather than be pantsless. See, the thing is, 160 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:16.519 with an eight something earthquake, that's probably not a smart thing to do. 161 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:22.320 You have falling power lines and other hazards depending on your living situation. If 162 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.279 you're on the second floor or fifth floor of an apartment building, that's different. 163 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:28.440 I'm just saying, let's see you're on the ground four. Well, 164 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:33.039 can we agree though that in general it's better to be wearing pants than not. 165 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.840 I don't know. I don't know if the eight point five hit, 166 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.600 I'm just gonna be coming out swinging France Fancy for that, right. If 167 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:43.639 it's about survival, it's about survival. I can't survive swing and fancy. 168 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:48.080 For you this way, if there's a fire in the house and you don't 169 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:50.200 have any clothes, you're gonna do what you need to do to survive. 170 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:52.320 You're not gonna say, oh my gosh, I need to find a towel, 171 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.879 I need to fight some draws before I go outside. No, you're 172 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.679 just gonna run outside. There is some latent exhibitionism at work here though. 173 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.240 Yeah, clearly no, those days are over. I'm just saying mode. 174 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:09.559 You don't grab pants, you're just like forget it. Here's a true story. 175 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:15.480 We had an arsonist freshman year in our dorm. No one knew who 176 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.480 it was and no, it was not me, and they were setting trash 177 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.279 can fires. We had trash cans in the dorm on each floor. He 178 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:28.000 was setting trash can fires, and so it was a legitimate fire, real 179 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.480 smoke alarms, And there were times where we woke up in the middle of 180 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:35.639 the night with pitch black smoke in the hallways. Most of the dorm was 181 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:41.320 cinderblock, but within the center blocks everything was flammable. So there were times 182 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:45.200 where we had to run downstairs and whatever we had on, and there were 183 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.679 some people who got caught and they're underwear. No one came out nude. 184 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:54.159 But I know what it's like to wake up and you're in a panic in 185 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:58.120 a fire situation. You're not thinking about clothes. I can say that firsthand. 186 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:05.159 You go if you feel that there's real danger there. And all I'm 187 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:09.399 saying is, you know, if if the big one should hit and I 188 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:11.879 happen to be on the John, or if I happen to be asleep, 189 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:16.679 it's gonna be what's gonna be? That is, if I'm trying to live 190 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.159 now, if I know that it's gonna be like an eight point five, 191 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:22.320 I may just stop at the door and just say ef it. Oh well, 192 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.240 oh well yeah, now, because when we're talking about an eight point 193 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.720 five, we're not talking about a tembler. We're not talking about somebody with 194 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:33.720 some shaky We're talking about buildings falling in on top of you. Yeah, 195 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.480 that's in serious territory. And Seattle. You mentioned Seattle, they are due 196 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.919 for a nine point zero at some point anytime, and that I worked with 197 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:43.639 a woman who wrote a book about that at the Times, Seattle Times, 198 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:50.480 and that is said to be likely to just liquify all the land between the 199 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.159 shore and several miles inland. Liquefy it right, And if she's correct, 200 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:58.919 there's nowhere to run. No, not in that case, there's no earthquake 201 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:05.159 kit to worry about. There's no communication earlier or not to save you. 202 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.240 You are going to your reward in a nine point zero. Twell, And 203 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:11.320 I also we're talking about if we were on the plane, and I say 204 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:13.679 this knowing good and well, I'm getting on a plane tomorrow. That's part 205 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:18.600 of the reason. When the if it when the mask come down, would 206 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.360 we put them on if we knew the plane was going down? Well, 207 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.080 if you know it's going down, what's the point that exactly? That was 208 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:31.440 the point of conversation exactly, And I was I was positive, Well, 209 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:37.440 if you knew the plane was going down, might it be better to pass 210 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:41.480 out from lack of oxygen? In the meantime lack of oxygen? Raid the 211 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.679 drink cart. You got about two minutes in the descent. Okay, you 212 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.320 don't have time to raid the drink car. They're slow, they're slow bringing 213 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:52.360 the drinks. I mean, I'm quite sure the drink cart is careening down 214 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:54.720 the aisle tumbly end over end. Yeah, that's not such a great plan. 215 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:58.399 So would you put on the mask? Well, since you put it 216 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:03.120 like that, I guess not. I don't know if I would. I 217 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:06.240 mean instinct is to put on the mask. But like, if the plane 218 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:11.120 is already starting to break apart, what are we talking about, put your 219 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:15.600 mask on first before you assist someone else. No, because the mask they 220 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.879 drug you right. That kind of gets you all loopy. So when it 221 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.120 goes down, you're like more ap pliable or you pass out because you know, 222 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:26.039 it's almost like a sleeping death. Yeah, well, yeah, that's 223 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:30.279 what I'm saying. I'd rather not know. If I know it's going down, 224 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:36.399 then you can keep the mask. I thought about this long and hard. 225 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.480 I can tell. Yeah, man, I'm cynical today. Enjoy the 226 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:42.799 flight tomorrow. Oh I'm gonna be. I'm gonna be gripping the seat as 227 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:45.080 I always do. Yeah, I do that too. It's later with mo 228 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.440 Kelly if I am six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 229 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.879 And speaking of falling things, did you know that the rent is falling here 230 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.559 in La? Is that possible? We'll tell you about it in just a 231 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:03.599 moment. You're listening later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. 232 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:07.400 And of all the bad news that we have been reporting on, here's 233 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.599 just a little bit, just a tiny tiny bit of I wouldn't call it 234 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:15.839 good news. I would say is it's better news. It's better than what 235 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:22.640 we're accustomed to getting. Rent prices have fallen here in La, and it's 236 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:30.440 climbed elsewhere around the country. Rents in LA have dropped three percent over the 237 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:36.200 past year, and it marks the sharpest decline of any major city in California. 238 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:41.319 And this is according to a report from the nonprofit news outlet Crosstown, 239 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.680 LA. Take it for what it's worth. The median rent for a one 240 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:52.599 bedroom apartment in LA. The median is currently eighteen hundred and seventy two dollars 241 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:57.680 per month. One bedroom eighteen hundred and seventy two dollars, two bedrooms two 242 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:03.119 thy three hundred and eighty eight dollars. The median Okay, that's like average. 243 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.960 If you want to live in a decent neighborhood, let's say three thousand 244 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:11.480 and up. That's like the old George Carlin joke about average intelligence. Half 245 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:17.920 the people are dumber than that. Well played. Well played. Now, 246 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:22.920 if you want to compare La to the rest of the country, the median 247 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:29.200 rent nationwide is twelve hundred and thirty three dollars for a one bedroom and thirteen 248 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.079 hundred and eighty nine for a two bedroom unit. When I lived in Studio 249 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.839 City, I was so lucky to get in this rent controlled building right off 250 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:45.200 the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon. It was This was maybe two 251 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:52.440 thousand and fourish and rent controlled one bedroom. Think of that location if you 252 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.880 know Studio City, right next to the Sportsman's Lodge, and if you know 253 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:59.400 Ventor and Coldwater Canyon, there's a firehouse right there. It's directly next to 254 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:03.359 it. Of building I was in. My rent was six hundred and eighty 255 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.119 dollars when I moved in. No, I moved in in nineteen ninety eight. 256 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.960 I moved out in two thousand and six. I moved in, it 257 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:15.240 was six hundred and eighty dollars. When I moved out in two thousand and 258 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:18.480 six, it was eight hundred dollars. Now I feel sorry for the person 259 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:22.359 who moved in after me, because it probably went up to like sixteen hundred 260 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:27.799 then. But but I will say this, because it was rent controlled, 261 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:30.960 it was a whole building. I wasn't like Section eight or anything. So 262 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.119 I know y'all thinking, No, it had nothing to do with that. 263 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:38.480 Because it was rent controlled, it allowed me to save enough money to buy 264 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:47.319 a place. If you're not spending two and three grand for a one bedroom, 265 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:53.920 believe it or not, those individuals who wish to buy a location property 266 00:19:55.480 --> 00:20:03.279 will have at least the possibility doing so. That is the dilemma with Rendells. 267 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:07.839 They have working people kind of over the barrel because the second you commit 268 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:11.000 to a monthly rent of two or three grand, there goes all your saving. 269 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:15.079 Well, not only that, you probably have to commit to a year 270 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.559 lease. Yeah, it's not like you know month to month. No, 271 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.599 because they want to know that they have you on a hook for the foreseeable 272 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.680 future. And that's saying nothing of first and last or security deposit. Yeah, 273 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:30.400 it was a trip when I was doing uber regularly. I picked up 274 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:37.559 this one guy who probably lived two blocks from the beach, and we just 275 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:40.759 started talking and he's like, oh, yeah, i'd pay like a seven 276 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:44.440 hundred because I moved here in like nineteen seventy four, right, And he's 277 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:47.680 like, I'm not going anywhere because no, in that location. I mean 278 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.799 it for what he even for what he had, cause he's like, he 279 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:52.359 said, it's pretty small. It think cost like twenty five hundred at least 280 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:56.559 easily. Yeah, and my one bedroom was really it wasn't small, but 281 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:02.839 it wasn't spacious, but it was the low It was studio city right next 282 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:07.160 to then the Sportsman's Lodge and Penn's Bowling Alley. It was a prime location, 283 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:11.200 a little bit run down. They've since remodeled it because they knew what 284 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:15.200 they had. The amount of money they probably were making just in the equity 285 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.400 was insane, but that was back then. In two thousand and six, 286 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.759 moved out eight hundred dollars rent. Let me get back to the story. 287 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:27.519 LA's decline in rent of three percent, it outpaces San Diego and San Francisco, 288 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:33.240 but their rents did fall two point five percent and two percent respectively over 289 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:37.319 the past year. But if you go to the other side of the country, 290 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.160 or at least in the Midwest, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, 291 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:47.359 those cities have all seen their rent increase. So when I say this 292 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:51.480 is better news, it's not good news great news, but it's still better 293 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:55.400 news, and it's better compared to other cities around the country. There's a 294 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:59.240 guy who does online videos. He goes around cities like New York and just 295 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:02.200 approaches people on the street and ask them what they pay for rent, and 296 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:07.039 then looks at their places. It's mind blowing the amount of people pay for 297 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:11.400 you know, like a broom closet, but I was never a person who 298 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:15.279 needed to have a lot of space. If they ever brought those micro houses 299 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.920 here to LA and if I were a young guy and they had micro houses 300 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.559 out here, I would get one of those in a heartbeat. In a 301 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:26.599 heartbeat. If I were twenty five or something and I wanted to own basically 302 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:32.400 a broom closet or you know, a shed, and I could buy one 303 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:36.559 for let's say one hundred and forty thousand arbitrary number, I would do that. 304 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:41.759 It could be four hundred feet or whatever, room for a small refrigerator, 305 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:45.200 almost like a dorm room size. I would do that because I never 306 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:49.440 needed a lot. I just needed just the bare essentials. Okay, so 307 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:53.799 you and I just watched Tokyo Wece and we saw how small the protagonist apartment 308 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:59.000 was in that. Also in Japan they have these like sleeping sarcopha guy. 309 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:03.039 Yeah, would you do that if I were in my twenties, Yes, 310 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:07.079 yes, sheep. You just go in there and it's just the size of 311 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.079 a coffin. You go in there and sleep, and you leave in the 312 00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:14.640 morning. It is like a hotel room. It provides the bare necessities. 313 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.359 I didn't need all the creature comforts back then, and I really don't now. 314 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:22.640 It's just that my life has changed, my station in life has changed, 315 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:25.440 so they're just other things which are more important to me. But if 316 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:27.680 I were only concerned about myself, yeah, I would be in that little 317 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:33.400 broom closet. No problem with that at all. Now. It probably would 318 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:37.240 have cramped my dating life, but there's always a trade off. How much 319 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:40.160 room do you really need for that? Not much, but that's why they 320 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:45.359 You can always run a hotel room shacking up in a hotel, that's right. 321 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:48.319 Do what you gotta do. Look, you got to spend your money 322 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.160 somewhere. Why spend it on an apartment? You know? Never mind, 323 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:57.079 never mind, No, I keep going, please no, I mean we've 324 00:23:57.119 --> 00:24:02.920 all wasted money over the years. Let me tell you, oh boy, 325 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:06.599 good times. It's later with mo Kelly can't buy AM six forty. We 326 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:10.720 are live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and when we come back. There is 327 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:15.559 some etiquette we have to remind you of when it comes to texting, what 328 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:18.480 you're supposed to do, when you're supposed to call, when you're not supposed 329 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:22.240 to call, all of that, because some of you still don't know the 330 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:26.599 basic rules, and we're going to review them. You're listening to Later with 331 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:32.440 Moe Kelly on Demand from KFI. AM six forty AM, I the only 332 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:36.759 one who has rules when it comes to calling me. Am. I the 333 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:41.240 only one who has rules as it relates to texting me. I can't be 334 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:45.880 the only one, but it feels like I'm the only one because a lot 335 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:51.880 of you don't respect boundaries. You don't respect the unwritten rules as it relates 336 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:56.440 to communication. Damn it. We live in a world of rules and laws, 337 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.480 and I need you to follow them all. For example, if you 338 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:07.359 should text me, don't just say hey MO, coma and leave it at 339 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:11.319 that. If you're going to text me, make a statement, make it 340 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:15.720 clear why you're communicating with me, like, Hey MO, do you have 341 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:19.799 that thing? Or MO, did you see Hey Mo? You're an a 342 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:26.279 hole. At least let me be clear on what you're trying to convey. 343 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.000 If you don't, I will not respond. If someone says, hey MO, 344 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:34.559 what's up now? Got nothing for you, dog, got nothing for 345 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:38.640 you? That's a llure. You're trying to bait me into a conversation and 346 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:44.119 then when I respond, then you hit me with the real reason why you're 347 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:48.319 communicating with me, and then I'm locked into the conversation and I don't want 348 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:52.920 to be locked in all the time. Or or oh, here's another one. 349 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:59.440 Do you get it where someone will call you out of the blue and 350 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:03.160 if you can't pick up, they don't leave a message. That's like not 351 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:07.000 calling at all. If you don't leave a message when you call, whether 352 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.720 I want to talk to you or not, you are not getting a return 353 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:15.440 phone call. Ever. Ever, the least you can do is leave a 354 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.200 message. Why so when I do call, and I have every intention to 355 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:22.759 call you back, I'm not a complete ahole. I'm just a mostly a 356 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.200 hole. But when I do call you back, at least I know what 357 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:29.880 is it you need and I can give you what you need. For example, 358 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:33.079 if Mark were to call me, he leaves a message Moe, do 359 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.359 you have that audio? Do you know what we did? That? D 360 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:37.759 D D D da da da, And then when I call him back, 361 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:41.319 yes, I know, you can find it in this location on the directory. 362 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:44.000 It's in the M drive, it's in the G drive. Okay, 363 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:49.559 then that's that's an economy of conversation and a maximization of my time. But 364 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:55.880 if Mark instead just rings, my phone doesn't leave a message, I think, 365 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.319 oh, but dial, but dial, no need for me to call 366 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:02.079 back, I say, by now, you know that we've known each other 367 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:04.519 by three years. Yeah, Have I ever called you? No? No, 368 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.240 No. That's why I'm saying. That's why I can use you as 369 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:10.160 an example, because but there's been a time, one or two times when 370 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:12.240 I've said, hey, can we talk about ex or Y or Z, 371 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:17.559 And we've scheduled a call to talk about a specific thing and then hung up 372 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:19.960 promptly. I wonder sometimes if if because we're kind of busy and because of 373 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:25.440 our specific occupations, we've been sort of case hardened. Because last week Fush 374 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.599 came in here and just sat down, and I was so rattled by it. 375 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:32.680 I actually said to him, state your purpose? Can we get to 376 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.279 this? Because I need to move on to the next thing. And there 377 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:38.319 are people who know what I do for a living in my circle of friends 378 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:44.000 and family. They know that, and those same people are determined to have 379 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:48.960 a phone conversation with me. Don't you know that I might be in the 380 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:52.039 studio, I might be on the air, I might be doing something for 381 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.720 a spectrum. I do something with them, you know, once or twice 382 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:57.359 a week. I might be working on audio at home. I might be 383 00:27:57.400 --> 00:28:03.319 in a situation where I can't have a conversation or or I don't want to 384 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:07.079 talk to you. Tell me what you need so I can make you go 385 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:11.759 away. Last night, you were going around the horn asking people if they've 386 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:18.079 done anything embarrassing with regard to meeting girls or however you put it, and 387 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:21.960 it made me think of the time when we were very young that people just 388 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:25.519 called each other to talk, like you call up a girl to talk to 389 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:30.119 her. I can't imagine doing that now for me, I have an expiration. 390 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.799 You got thirty seconds. I need you to get to it, because 391 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.359 if you have me on the phone, that means it's something that we can't 392 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:44.519 handle via text. We cannot some things necessitate a conversation. Not just that 393 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:48.480 too. Well, but Tall and I will talk on the phone maybe two 394 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:52.200 or three times a week, but most of our communication is either through text 395 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:57.640 or through a shared document. Yeah not exaggerating, Yeah, yeah, that's 396 00:28:57.920 --> 00:29:03.160 efficient and normal. I want to text before somebody calls me, though. 397 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:06.680 Yes, I don't want to call out of the blue from anybody for any 398 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:08.960 reason. Well, but see, that's why, because they call out of 399 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:14.640 the blue. It may be for something that's not worth your time at that 400 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:18.119 point, but if you pick up the damn phone, you're committed. It's 401 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:23.759 almost like walking into a room in which everyone turns around and looks at you. 402 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:26.960 You're in it. You can't just like turn around and walk out. 403 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:30.000 So that's why you know, you had to let me know in advance, 404 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:34.720 email me, text me, and then I can make the internal decision where 405 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:38.440 I'm whether I'm going to speak to you. So that's why this story is 406 00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:45.480 actually so Wall Street Journals. Wall Street Journal, this is major, says, 407 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:48.200 don't you dare call me without texting first? Yes, let me give 408 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:55.319 you some real information. Preference for text messages is highest among those eighteen to 409 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:57.200 twenty four, followed by those twenty five to thirty four. And this is 410 00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:03.200 according to a December survey from you gov. Among two thousand white collar professionals 411 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:08.079 surveyed by recruiting firm Robert Walters in March, just sixteen percent of those who 412 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:15.039 are gen Z those born between ninety seven and twenty twelve fought the phone was 413 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:21.039 a productive form of a professional communication. Only sixteen percent Mercy Grace thirty nine 414 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:26.839 an investor from San Francisco finds unannounced calls intrusive. Yes, she would just 415 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:30.079 as soon not receive unscheduled calls or calls of any kind unless there is a 416 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:34.759 specific reason. I agree, preach, And I'm not even part of the 417 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:37.960 gen Z crowd. I'm just saying I don't like people. I don't want 418 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:41.960 to talk to you. I'll text you. I don't want to talk to 419 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:47.160 you because people are annoying. Just and you said it best mark state your 420 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.960 business. That's all it is, state your business. I can go on 421 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:52.319 about my way in retrospect. It seems like I was maybe a little harsh, 422 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:56.720 but oh no, it kind of sums up the time we're in right 423 00:30:56.759 --> 00:31:00.319 now. No, not at all. Oh and before we go for this 424 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:03.759 hour, you know, we've been giving away tickets for Lamarada Theater and Pantag's 425 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:07.640 Theater, and we said that there are some other promotions which are coming. 426 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:12.400 Well, we have another with Lamarada Theater. Don't miss Born on the fourth 427 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:18.079 of July, the Broadway music of George M. 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