WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.759 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:08.599 This MORALFI AM six forty more stimulating talk. Didn't want 3 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:10.199 to talk fire for just a moment. You heard the 4 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:12.679 Conway's promo that some of the firefighters are showing high 5 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:14.839 levels of lead and mercury, the ones that fought the 6 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:17.879 eating in the Palisades fires, which makes you wonder how 7 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:21.039 they got that. What's where did it come from? They 8 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.320 were breathing into smoke. The smoke obviously had levels of 9 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:26.000 lead and mercury in it, and it makes you wonder 10 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:31.039 what contained it that burned and then what's the word 11 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:34.960 a rated that I guess not aer rated, vaporized it 12 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:38.240 and then put it into the smoke. But we are 13 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.359 seeing calfires come out, and they said fire risk is 14 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:46.000 higher in far more areas than what we have said 15 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:48.799 in the past. KTLA was reporting on the new fire. 16 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:51.759 Map well three minutes after wildfires ravaged our region. Cal 17 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:55.439 Fire has released updated fire maps for southern California. 18 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:56.840 This marks the first. 19 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.039 Time they have been updated in more than a decade. 20 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:01.840 The maps are piled by the State Forestry and Fire 21 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:07.159 Protection Department and designate three levels of fire hazards. Moderate high, 22 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.120 and very high. This is based on variables like vegetation, terrain, 23 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.680 and recent burn history. Updated maps for fifteen counties in 24 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:18.200 central California were released two weeks ago and more than 25 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:23.439 one point two million acres were added into the hazard zones. 26 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:25.719 All right, and a total of three and a half 27 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:27.480 million acres statewide. 28 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:31.120 Now here's where this gets interesting. 29 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.760 According to Orange County Register, new fire hazard zones appear 30 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.519 to leave out at least half of the neighborhoods that 31 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.719 were burned during the Eton fire. So you have people 32 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:47.239 that live in areas that were decimated by fire, and 33 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:50.000 cal Fire has not added those neighborhoods to any sort 34 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:54.439 of even moderate risk area. The State Forestry and Fire 35 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:58.799 Protection Department compiled the maps. They indicate where the probability 36 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:00.680 of the fire is the greatest of the next thirty 37 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.439 to fifty years. And then with that you have to 38 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:10.639 consider the different potential implications for rebuilding, and some of 39 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:14.960 the homes and businesses that are rebuilding are we're gonna 40 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:21.000 have new building codes because of the new hazards that 41 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.919 would extend the hazard map, extend some of the susceptible 42 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:25.840 areas a little bit. 43 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:26.879 Further into the communities. 44 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.159 And again when you talk about the new building codes, 45 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.360 I think there need to be some changes. Some changes 46 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.879 have been entered into the new building codes, including some 47 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:38.680 of the fire or what is it, the ember resistant vents, 48 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:42.319 that sort of thing. You have to wonder about some 49 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:46.120 of the building materials. Again, talking back on the firefighters 50 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.240 that inhaled lead and mercury. 51 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:49.639 Will there be. 52 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.840 Will there be codes that address materials that are being 53 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:55.599 used to make sure that they don't have any of 54 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:59.840 those happiness metals that are a part of those I 55 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.919 have to wonder how much this is going to delay 56 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.680 some of the rebuilding efforts, how much additional cost this 57 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:11.360 may put on some of the additional building efforts in Altadena. 58 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:14.520 Hazard maps released at least fourteen years ago designated just 59 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:18.280 three to six blocks along the northern edge of the 60 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:22.400 neighborhoods as being a very high fire severity zone, and 61 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:24.319 the previous map on they had a very small strip 62 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:26.159 along the foothills in the bottom of the mountains. They've 63 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:28.800 extended those a bit further, but as we know, the 64 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:32.400 fire moved further into Altadena than even what these. 65 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:34.199 Maps had projected in the past. 66 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:41.919 If we were to equate this to a different natural threat. 67 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:44.919 You know that when you buy a house, you have 68 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:46.759 to determine whether or not it's in a flood zone. 69 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:49.319 Some areas are high, you know, high flood risk areas. 70 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:52.400 Others are not high flood risk areas. So imagine if 71 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.120 you have a home that's in a moderate flood risk area, 72 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.879 and and so you have to have certain codes, you 73 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:02.919 have to have certain selance along the foundation of your home, 74 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.039 whatever that might be. And then all of a sudden, 75 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:10.000 you have this massive flood that comes through and it 76 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:12.319 decimates a home, and it creates all kinds of havoc 77 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:14.280 and you have to be evacuated. And then they come 78 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.079 out with a new flood risk map and they go, yeah, 79 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:21.480 but this home that was just deemed to be a 80 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.360 flood loss, that's not really in a dangerous area. Imagine 81 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:29.839 if after Katrina, evaluators went through New Orleans and they said, well, 82 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.560 this whole ninth Ward that was underwater, that's not really 83 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:37.959 a high risk area. We would say, we're still draining. 84 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:40.000 How do you say it's not a high risk area. 85 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.439 We're still draining the water from the flood. In the 86 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:45.120 same way we're saying, how do you say this is 87 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:49.560 not a high risk area. We're still shoveling ashes. How 88 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:53.160 is this not high fire risk. I'm still sifting through 89 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:55.279 the remains of what used to be my house, and 90 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:57.120 you're telling me there isn't a high fire risk. 91 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.879 There is a high fire risk. And so some people 92 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.160 are saying swing and a miss. Okay, if I. 93 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.360 Am six forty were live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 94 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:11.120 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 95 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:16.240 Okay, if I AM six forty, more stimulating talk, Chris Merril. 96 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.000 Yesterday I was talking with you about this twenty three 97 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:21.839 and Me filing for bankruptcy. 98 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:24.360 Maybe you remember the story ABC seven was reporting. 99 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:26.800 On aenetic testing company. Twenty three and Me has now 100 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.680 filed for Chapter eleven bankruptcy protection. The firm, valued at 101 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.920 fifty million dollars, is pushing for a buyout. So far, 102 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:37.000 the board has rejected all offers, now saying a court 103 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:38.480 supervised sale is the. 104 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:39.439 Best path forward. 105 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:43.519 Twenty three and Me will continue operations during this process. This, 106 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.360 of course, comes just one day after California Attorney General 107 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.920 Rob Bonda issued a consumer alert about the potential of 108 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.959 this very thing happening, reminding customers consider invoking their rights 109 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.920 to have twenty three and meter delete their data and 110 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:58.399 destroy genetic sampler. 111 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.600 Yeah, destroy genetic examples. That means rinse. You're spitting down 112 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.000 the sink, because what happens is you spit in the tube, 113 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:05.519 you mail it to them, and then they keep it 114 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:06.879 and they've got a big safe. 115 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:08.199 I'm not joking. 116 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:11.839 They have a big vault filled with little samples of 117 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:16.759 spittle and they hang on to that stuff, and then 118 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.480 they have the analysis comes out, and then that data 119 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.800 is stored on their servers. And what happens is you 120 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:27.319 can access the data, you can download that data, you 121 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.920 can save your data. So while Rob Bonta says you 122 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:32.480 should delete the data, exercise your right to delete the data, 123 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:35.800 you can download your data so that you will still 124 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:38.040 have access to it. But it does get a bit 125 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:41.279 more complicated than that. And I talked about this yesterday 126 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:42.720 and I said, I wonder what's gonna happen with all 127 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:44.639 these you know, what's gonna happen with the samples, what's 128 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:51.399 gonna happen with the with the data? With everybody's portfolio 129 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:55.399 of of of their information. Because twenty three and meters 130 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.399 will like other genetic testing companies. They you can use 131 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:01.639 that information and twenty three meters the second largest beyond ancestry. 132 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:06.839 You can use that information to evaluate some of your 133 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:08.879 health risks. That's twenty three and meters. Big thing is 134 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:10.639 that they do the genetic testing, so you can see 135 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.439 do I have a higher risk of, say, breast cancer, 136 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.560 do I have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's, whatever 137 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:17.800 it might be, and then you can use that accordingly 138 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.879 so that you can plan your life out and then 139 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:22.399 make sure your funeral plans are in place. You don't 140 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:25.120 have to rely on your terrible children because they stopped 141 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.279 loving you the minute that they moved out. So what 142 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:30.279 happens with your info? Though, even if you download it, 143 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.120 if you're someone that uses it for genetic testing, right, 144 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.600 you've got it. If you're somebody that uses that for 145 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:40.399 piecing together, say a family tree, you're going to lose 146 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.800 the tree what you can do. 147 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:44.120 You're gonna lose the connections. 148 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:47.439 You're gonna lose the details on it because as everyone 149 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:50.000 is deleting their information from it, all of a sudden 150 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.480 it no longer connects on their database. So suppose that 151 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:56.199 I'm gonna use a simple example here. Suppose that it's 152 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:59.480 you and your sibling and you've both spit in a 153 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:02.000 tube and you mail it in, and then you've got 154 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:05.399 a profile that says here's your profile, and you you say, 155 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.279 am I matching with anyone else who's made their profile 156 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.319 available for potential mask matching? And it says, actually, your 157 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:15.160 your profile matches your siblings. So your your brother or 158 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:16.160 your sister here it is. 159 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:16.879 Now. 160 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.480 Imagine that your brother or your sister deletes their profile, 161 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.519 all of a sudden, it no longer matches you. 162 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:22.800 See. 163 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:25.040 So what some people are doing right now is they're 164 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.639 taking screenshots of those matches. Because even if you if 165 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.960 you download your profile, it is not showing any connections 166 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.759 because your profile on your your computer, your cloud, whoever 167 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:38.799 you say it, if it is not tied with theirs, 168 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.519 then it doesn't it doesn't show that connection any longer. 169 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.120 So some people are taking some screenshots ahead of time 170 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:46.480 to say, oh, I want to make sure I don't 171 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.159 lose my great great great great uncle and find out 172 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.679 you know that they came over on a boat from Norway. 173 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:57.320 So they're they're taking screenshots before a bunch of data 174 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:01.000 gets deleted. You don't necessarily need to delete it quite yet. 175 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.320 Bonta is warning you you could take you could take 176 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.799 advantage of this. You should do it. If the sale 177 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:08.039 goes through and you're concerned about where that data might go, 178 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.279 you can delete it. You can't take care of it 179 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:11.840 right now if you want, you can take care of 180 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:14.559 it in the future. But there are there are some 181 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:17.639 questions and if they end up going dark, then you 182 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:20.840 can delete it also. That'll be part of any bankruptcy filing, 183 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:22.919 is to make sure that the eyes are dotted. 184 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:24.200 And the t's are crossed. 185 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:27.320 Don't know if they're going to actually liquidate though, because 186 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:30.879 the co founder, who owns forty nine percent of the stock, 187 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.519 she's part of the group that keeps blocking the sale 188 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:36.559 because she wants to buy it. Twenty three meters used 189 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:38.600 to be worth, by the way, six billion dollars. Now 190 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:42.200 it's only worth fifty million because they had a data 191 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:46.039 breach in twenty twenty three and people freaked out as 192 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:47.879 well they should, because not only would you be losing 193 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.200 your social security information and things like that, but all 194 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:53.759 of a sudden, people aren't literally seeing what your DNA is. 195 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:54.200 Made up of. 196 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.360 You talk about identity theft. Okay, if I AM six forty. 197 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:00.639 We live everywhere on the iHeart rad app. 198 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.480 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, KFI. 199 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.840 AM sixty on demand anytime the iHeartRadio App. For those 200 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:12.519 of you that want the death penalty back, good news. 201 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:18.120 It sounds like the district attorney says, yep, we need 202 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:21.360 to have the death penalty. Remember Hakman ran on this. 203 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:23.720 He says, we're gonna bring that death penalty back. We're 204 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:25.480 going to make sure that the consequences for the most 205 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:28.559 severe crime are in fact the most severe of penalties. 206 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:36.080 And so he says, it is back. Baby. The thing is, 207 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:36.519 is it. 208 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:44.519 Probably not here ABC seven was talking about this. We'll 209 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.200 let them sort of explain it and we'll we'll dive 210 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:47.559 into it here. 211 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.080 This, of course, is a major policy change, and it 212 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:53.440 is effective immediately meeting when appropriate, LA County prosecutors could 213 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:56.679 once again receive the go ahead to seek the death penalty. 214 00:10:57.080 --> 00:10:59.480 I just spoke to DA Nathan Haffman this afternoon about 215 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.919 his announcem, and he explained the exceedingly rare cases when 216 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:04.879 something like this might come into play. 217 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.559 Let me give you two examples. If we were to 218 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.879 have a Sandy Hook type of situation and over twenty 219 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:15.759 school kids got murdered by a vicious murderer, or we 220 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:19.440 had a Las Vegas situation and over fifty people were 221 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.759 to be gunned down by a sniper. In those situations, 222 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.080 the death penalty would be back on the table for consideration. 223 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:28.840 I know, I'm a problem with that. 224 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:31.600 I actually kind of like the way California does it, 225 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:34.000 where the only way you can have the death penalty 226 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:38.360 is if it is murdered with some special circumstances. I 227 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:40.919 know some states are trying to put the death penalty 228 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:44.720 on the table for you know, kitty diddlers and things 229 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:47.480 like that, but I just feel like that when it 230 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.879 comes to the death penalty, that is the most severe 231 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.240 of all penalties and it really needs to be reserved 232 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:58.039 for the most severe of all cases. Feel free to disagree, 233 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.000 but I kind of like the way that the California 234 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:04.000 does it. It's not off the table, but it is 235 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.960 it is exceedingly rare. Serial killers, mass killers, that kind 236 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.559 of thing feels more appropriate to me. That said, are 237 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.720 we really going to see it? 238 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:15.480 Hawkmann says prosecutors may call for the death penalty in 239 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.519 special circumstance murder cases and says it will only be 240 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.639 pursued after an extensive and comprehensive review. Under the prior 241 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:25.720 Da George Gascone, seeking the death penalty was off the table. 242 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.039 Keep it to mind, the last execution in the state 243 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.240 of California was back in two thousand and six, and 244 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:34.799 since twenty nineteen, Governor Newsom has had a moratorium on executions. 245 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:35.159 And that's why. 246 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:38.639 So, yeah, it's back, you could prosecute, you're going to 247 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:42.200 ask for it. But we've had courts that have said 248 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:46.159 that our death penalty in California is effectively cruel and 249 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.000 unusual because it is not actually a death sentence. 250 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:53.759 It is a little it's a little bit strange. It 251 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:54.480 feels like. 252 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:02.159 It feels like there's some cognitive dissonance going on here 253 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.440 because a judge said that the death penalty in California 254 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:09.720 is cruel and unusual because we're not putting people to death. Well, 255 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:16.600 here's the logic behind that. The logic is that when 256 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:19.600 you condemn someone to death, but then you put them 257 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:23.159 on death row and they spend twenty thirty forty years. 258 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:26.720 The judge said that the death sentence in California is 259 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:30.240 more like life in prison with the possibility of execution. 260 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.360 In other words, you are being told that your penalty 261 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:39.279 is one thing, but then it just looms over you 262 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:43.399 for the next few decades. Now, imagine you're somebody who 263 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:48.200 was sentenced to death in the mid nineties or even 264 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:52.159 perhaps the mid eighties, and you have gone through the 265 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:55.120 appeals process, and that appeals process can take decades in 266 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.600 and of itself, So then you get to Okay, well 267 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:58.919 that's it. 268 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.159 You've exhausted all of your Now you really are on 269 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.759 death row. 270 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:04.440 We haven't had an execution since two thousand and six, 271 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:06.000 which means we've got people on death row that have 272 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:10.360 been there for forty plus years. I mean, the majority 273 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:12.879 of people on death row in California will die of 274 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:16.039 natural causes before they die from lethal injection. 275 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:18.360 It's just that's a fact. 276 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:21.240 So even when you've got Hawkman saying we're going to 277 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:24.360 bring the death penalty back, what it is is merely 278 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:28.159 an argument in the penalty phase of the of the trial. 279 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:32.799 Because Newsom says, moratorium that's been going on for the 280 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.000 last six years. We are almost twenty years since the 281 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:40.840 last actual execution. And again, even if you are sentenced 282 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.320 to death, you're probably going to go through an exhaustive 283 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.600 appeals process that is going to take decades, and by 284 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.679 then will we even still have the death penalty in California? 285 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.960 By then, will we have another governor who wants to 286 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:57.279 put a moratorium on it. I just it feels very 287 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:00.000 political to me. It doesn't feel like it's practice. 288 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:03.279 Newsom's saying it's a moral and costly the tax payers. 289 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:05.919 I also spoke this afternoon to our legal expert. I 290 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:08.639 asked him about the true impact if and when a 291 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.759 new death penalty sentence is reached in La County. 292 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:13.879 And again this is from ABC seven. 293 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:17.559 End of the day, Newsom's moratorium is still in effect. 294 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.879 So it is. 295 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:23.720 Call it a political move, call it whatever you know. 296 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:26.200 I know that there are other counties that are still 297 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.480 sentencing people to death, but there, you know, nothing's being 298 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:36.759 done as far as the actual application, you know, enforcement 299 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:38.399 of that penalty in California. 300 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:42.799 All right, So is it political? Yeah, of course he's 301 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:48.600 fulfilling a campaign promise. But there may be a long 302 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.159 game here. 303 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.200 So imagine, if you've got. 304 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:57.519 The the top prosecutor in the biggest county in the West. 305 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:00.639 I just hear the biggest population wise in the right 306 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:05.320 massive and now imagine that you've got to prosecute and 307 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:07.639 says we're not gonna do the death penalty, okay, which 308 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.080 we had with gascon all right, so is there any 309 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.720 is there any push for it, Is there any momentum? No, 310 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:18.000 that stalls the momentum. So while it may be political, 311 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.120 and you may have Hawkmann following through and saying, yeah, listen, 312 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.720 this was my promise, and now a promise has made promises, 313 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:28.000 cap blah blah blah, it does add to the growing 314 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:30.519 list of counties that have said we want to bring 315 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:33.720 the death penalty back, and it does put pressure on 316 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:38.399 a future governor to maybe hold off on another moratorium 317 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:42.240 like Newsom has even and I don't think anybody believes 318 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:46.080 that we're likely to see a GOP rising in California 319 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.639 anytime soon. 320 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.600 I'm just saying it can't happen. 321 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:49.000 Of course, We've seen that happen in a number of 322 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.840 different states, but I'm not saying it's probably not gonna 323 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:56.320 happen anytime soon. However, is it possible that the next 324 00:16:56.440 --> 00:17:01.399 governor is someone who may want. 325 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.720 To end that moratorium. 326 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.160 Maybe they're liberal on some issues, but when it comes 327 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:07.599 to the death penalty, they go. Yeah, I can see 328 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.440 it being practical, and I've got the support of the 329 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.759 DA in Los Angeles. I've got the support of the 330 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:13.559 DA in and I'm not gonna I don't know which 331 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:15.839 other counties have it. I would assume more of the 332 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:19.720 more conservative counties have have. 333 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.000 Sentences for death penalty. 334 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:25.960 So while it may seem political now, the political impact 335 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.400 could have practical impacts in the future. 336 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.319 That's all I got on that one. 337 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.160 K I AM six forty Chris Merril live everywhere in 338 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.359 the iHeartRadio app. 339 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:38.440 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand k 340 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:40.200 if I AM six forty. 341 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:42.160 More E Stimulating Talk Chris Merrill. 342 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:48.480 The people who are cleaning up from the fires are 343 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.759 finding that they've got another kind of infestation. 344 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:54.160 Kykel was talking with one of the homeowners there. 345 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:57.599 Betsy CON's dipping pool is not massive, but it could 346 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:01.079 still be a massive problem, as the once clear water 347 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:05.000 has now turned green and bubbly filled with who knows what, 348 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.640 since it can't be maintained. 349 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:11.319 The machinery burnt down, there's no electricity, there's no water 350 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.640 source to change out the water that's in it now 351 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.079 that's full of all the toxicity that just fell in 352 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:18.000 as the house. 353 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:20.319 Was burning in short time. Experts say pools in the 354 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:23.720 fire zones have turned into natural ponds full of murky, 355 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:27.960 stagnant water, perfect condition for mosquitoes to grow. 356 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:33.200 Ah come on man as insult to injury. 357 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:36.400 They are worried about more than twelve hundred swimming pools 358 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:39.880 and the Eaton fire burn area alone, maybe fourteen hundred 359 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:42.839 more nearby also filled with ash and debris. 360 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:47.119 All right, so you've got all those pools and what 361 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.400 is it. 362 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:51.640 You can have about sixty billion mosquitos in one teaspoon 363 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.200 of water, and so that means that we will have 364 00:18:55.599 --> 00:19:00.480 wet a quadrillion, sextillion, septilian to. 365 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:05.440 Deca trillion, deca jillion. It can be a lot of mosquitoes. 366 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:08.400 Jason Farnett is with the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and 367 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.759 Vector Control District. 368 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:12.240 Well, one swimming pool can breed up to a million 369 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:14.599 mosquitos or grow up to a million mosquitos in one month. 370 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.279 So with thousands of swimming pools in that area, we 371 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:21.079 think that it could could be a significant. 372 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:24.519 Increase millions more mosquitoes that could spread diseases like westnole 373 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:26.680 virus or dan gay Oh yeah, or. 374 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.240 Just irritate you and fly around your ear when you're 375 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:30.000 trying to fall asleep. 376 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.039 Twenty twenty three, we got the very first locally transmitted 377 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:36.839 case of dangay fever in Pasadena, and we had more 378 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.240 cases last year the following year. 379 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:42.920 Okay, so you just lost your house. 380 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:46.799 You had this devastating fire come through, you were evacuated, 381 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:49.440 you had to stay in some sort of temporary housing, 382 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:52.319 be it a hotel, a motel, a friend's place, a backyard, 383 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:55.759 a tent, an RV, I don't know, but you're staying 384 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:59.240 in some sort of a temporary place and you're trying 385 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.880 to sort things out with the your insurance company, and 386 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:02.720 the insurance company is trying to say, well, you know, 387 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:06.160 we didn't start the fire. It was always burning since 388 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:09.039 the world's been turning. And then you are trying to 389 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:11.039 argue with them over who's going to replace it, And 390 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:13.359 then you're trying to get ahold of contractors, and contractors 391 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:16.279 are not available because everyone else is contacted a contractor, 392 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:18.519 and so they're getting their places rebuilt. And then if 393 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:22.119 you do go back to your place, you're gonna get 394 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.759 ding gay fever. I'll tell you what If there's anything 395 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.319 that causes a calexit, it's gonna be things like this. 396 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:33.680 And so we expect to see some local transmission in 397 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:38.160 dan Gay this year, and so we're working hard to 398 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.680 make sure that that any mosquito activity as a result 399 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:43.599 of the eating fire doesn't contribute or increase that risk. 400 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:49.160 All right, speaking of insects that are breeding in Alta Dina, 401 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:52.400