WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.199 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:13.480 Fires are raging, KFI News is working, Stay safe, Stay informed. 4 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:21.280 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. It's 5 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:23.320 time for your morning wake up call. 6 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:27.920 Here's Amy King. 7 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:31.559 It is five o'clock. 8 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.520 This is your wake up call for Thursday, January ninth. 9 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:41.880 I'm Amy King. Good morning to you. You know, it's 10 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:44.840 it's hard because you you come into work and you 11 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:47.159 want to be excited and have fun and all of that, 12 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:52.840 and you've got wildfires burning and homes being destroyed, and 13 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:54.920 it's such a surreal reality. 14 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:01.399 Is that a thing? Surreal reality? But it's just odd and. 15 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:04.000 Like we've talked about so many times, we've had fires 16 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.840 all over southern California and you think, oh, it doesn't 17 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.079 really affect me. These ones are affecting almost everybody. Got 18 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.959 more than one hundred thousand people have been evacuated from 19 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:15.480 their homes. 20 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:15.879 Issue. 21 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:17.760 If you were listening before five am, you may have 22 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:20.040 heard Neil Savadra say he's going to be back on 23 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:22.719 with us in just a couple of minutes. I mean, 24 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:26.400 but the stories that we're hearing coming out of the 25 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.359 fire areas and people outside the fire areas. Like I mentioned, 26 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:33.560 I'm not in a fire area. I am very thankful 27 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:35.400 for that. But last night I put together a go 28 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.959 bag because the fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills 29 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:45.400 in Runyon Canyon and evacuation orders went out, and I went, 30 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.319 that's not that far from my house. And with the 31 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:52.000 way that this fire has been acting and how erradic 32 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.359 it is, and how those embers can go for miles, 33 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:58.000 I thought I'd better at least get ready to go. 34 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.719 So I got my little emergency bag. I got the 35 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:07.480 cat carriers out. Thankfully didn't have to use them, and 36 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.759 they seem to have got a handle on that fire 37 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:14.039 pretty quickly, which is lovely and wonderful. But I mentioned 38 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:18.400 the embers when I got home from work yesterday, and 39 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:21.240 maybe you experienced this too. On my front porch, I 40 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.400 was like, what is that? There's something black on my 41 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:26.759 front porch. It was like a piece of you know, 42 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:31.360 like it looked like a little piece of a burnt campfire, 43 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.439 like a chunk of wood that had been charred. And 44 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.599 there were several of them, like right there up against 45 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:41.919 my front door. And I am nowhere near where those 46 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:46.080 fires are burning. So those embers are traveling great distances 47 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:50.080 and it's very, very scary. Here's what's ahead on wake 48 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.840 up call. Just a quick recap of some of the 49 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.080 fires that were following. In Pacific Palisades, the fire has 50 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.800 torn through more than seventeen thousand acres, zero percent surrounded. 51 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.719 Daylights given us images of total devastation with the wind 52 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:06.639 whipped flames and embers jumping from home to home to 53 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.919 businesses and schools throughout the Palisades area and parts of Malibu. 54 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:14.439 In Malibu, dozens of homes along pch were completely destroyed. 55 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.680 At least a thousand buildings have been lost. The Eton 56 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.120 fire and Alta Loma in Pasadena grown to more than 57 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.800 ten six hundred acres with about one thousand homes and 58 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.919 other buildings destroyed. The hillside overnight was dotted with spot 59 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:30.599 fires and fires that continue to burn through neighborhoods. The 60 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.120 Hurst fires burned more than eight hundred and fifty acres 61 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:36.680 with evacuation still in effect. Luckily in that area, while 62 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.319 homes and communities are threatened, we do not have reports 63 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:41.800 of any that have been lost. And then last night, 64 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:44.319 as I mentioned, the fire broke out and running canyon, 65 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:48.719 prompting immediate evacuation orders in Hollywood. The fire was attacked 66 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:52.080 from the air by several water dropping helicopters. Firefighters were 67 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.879 able to keep it from devastating neighborhoods like what happened 68 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:59.840 in Altadena and the Palisades. Let's get started with some 69 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.280 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 70 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.960 hour newsroom that are all related to these fires. The 71 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.680 fire in the Hollywood Hills burned about fifty acres. It 72 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.759 started at five point thirty yesterday in an area near 73 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:16.360 solar and astral drives. Fire crews, so the fire was 74 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.000 moving quickly uphill and rapidly threatening Holmes. This man says 75 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:21.639 he was worried his condo would burn. 76 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:23.079 This is my whole life right here. 77 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:25.319 You know. I spent my whole life savings to get 78 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:26.920 by condo here, and so I. 79 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:28.920 Lost my family during COVID, and so I don't. 80 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:30.759 Really have anybody to call or anything. So it feels 81 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:31.600 a little bit scary. 82 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.279 Yeah, mandatory evacuation orders were issued, but most have been lifted, 83 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.839 with the exception of the area north of Franklin Avenue 84 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:42.120 from Camino Palmaro Street to Sierra Bonita Avenue. Firefighter has 85 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.000 been watching for flare ups. The fire burning around Pacific 86 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.480 Palisades in Malibu, as I mentioned, grown to more than 87 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.560 seventeen thousand acres and zero percent can surrounded. 88 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.439 The fire, which has been burning since Tuesday morning, has 89 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:58.079 destroyed an estimated one thousand structures, making it the most 90 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.759 destructive fire in the history of the city of Los Angeles. 91 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:05.279 These structures damaged or destroyed include homes, businesses, schools, and 92 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.639 historical landmarks in Pacific Palisades and Malibu. 93 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:11.600 Ky if I's Mark Mayfield says tens of thousands of 94 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.600 people are still under mandatory evacuation orders. Santa Monica has 95 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:17.720 put a curfew in place because of the fire. It's 96 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.040 in effect from sunset to sunrise. In areas where a 97 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:25.000 mandatory evacuation order is in effect. There may be a 98 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.879 tax break available for properties damaged by this week's wildfires. 99 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.240 The La County Assessor says if there was more than 100 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:34.120 ten thousand dollars in damage by the fire or the winds, 101 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:37.439 owners should look into the Misfortune and Calamity Property tax 102 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:41.279 Relief program. It offers temporary tax relief only assessing the 103 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.720 property at its damaged value until it's fixed or rebuilt. 104 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.639 The Assessor's office is closed this week, but there are 105 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.319 local assistance centers set up around the county, and the 106 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:53.720 application can also be found on the assessor's website. Michael 107 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:55.560 Monks KFI News. 108 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.839 Let's get a first look at your morning commute. 109 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.279 We've got Devon in for WIS today because I passed 110 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:04.560 the cred onto will so will. I apologize for sharing 111 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.920 my cold with you last week, but let's check in 112 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:08.600 with Devin. 113 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.800 We've got a crash cleared. 114 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:14.519 In Covina and so we're going to go to Corona instead, 115 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.360 where there's a road closure on the ninety one. 116 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:22.759 Yes, hopefully it's not an on airborne transmitted virus or 117 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:24.040 a horrible joke to start. 118 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:24.279 Off the day. 119 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:27.120 I think, I think we're okay, we're in different rooms. 120 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:31.439 Yes, thankfully that crash in Cavena has cleared out of 121 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:32.680 the way, so don't worry about that. But we do 122 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:35.680 have a number of closure in splace due to the fires. 123 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:37.879 I should say people are being displaced due to those 124 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:42.360 closures in place. The Palisades fire obviously, PHS closed north 125 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:44.879 and southbound up and down from the McClure Tunnel all 126 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.240 the way to Malibu Canyon and the ten westbound is 127 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.279 closed there as you approach the mccor tunnel. As well, 128 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.800 there is a closure that is non fire related out 129 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:55.519 in Corona. It should be wrapping up any minute, if 130 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:57.480 it hasn't already. The ninety one westbound right now from 131 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:59.920 seventy one to Green River. Also, you got the fifty 132 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:02.680 connectors to the ninety one westbound that were closed. They're 133 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.480 supposed to end at five, so hopefully it's not too bad. 134 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:06.879 Right now, we're not seeing any build ups. They were 135 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:09.199 diverting drivers off at the seventy one and there has 136 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:10.720 not been a backup just yet, but we'll keep an 137 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.639 eye on it. Also, Lydia Fire, the Solidad Canyon Road 138 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:15.920 is closed from Augua Dulce Canyon up to Crown Valley 139 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:18.720 and Eaten Fire the main road that's closed. A lot 140 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.680 of surface roads and connectors are closed, but the Angel's 141 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.120 Crest Highway stretch heading up into the hills is closed, 142 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.160 So just keep an eye out for that and we 143 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:28.920 will do that as well. We Southern California's most accurate 144 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:30.959 traffic reports. I'm Devin Hennessee. 145 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:32.439 It's five oh seven on your wake up call. 146 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:33.639 We're going to keep you up to date, and we're 147 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.079 going to be checking in with the National Weather Service 148 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:38.399 during wake up call, see what's up with the weather. 149 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.399 We're also going to be talking, I believe, with somebody 150 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.480 from La Fire get the latest on the big fires 151 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:50.720 burning with ABC's Melissa A. Don And you know, the 152 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:54.839 animals are a key part of this. You know, people 153 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.000 know what to do to get out, the animals do 154 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:01.920 not have a go and a lot of animals have 155 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:04.319 been caught up in this. And we're going to be 156 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:07.399 talking with our friends at Pasadena Hume and Kevin McManus's 157 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:10.399 coming on with us. They're one of the emergency shelters 158 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:15.480 being set up and we've got some heartbreaking stories to 159 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.720 share with you, but the animals need our help, and 160 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:20.959 so we'll be talking with Kevin before the top of 161 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:22.800 the hour, so we hope you'll stick around. We have 162 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.480 Neil Savader who's been on the air this morning with 163 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.879 us sharing information about the fires, and I just wanted 164 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.199 to kind of touch base because we were talking about 165 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:36.039 how this fire is affected everybody and they keep popping 166 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:36.559 up like. 167 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.480 The one last night. 168 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.559 Well and while the devastation continues in Palisades, and active 169 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:44.519 fires are burning and the winds are still blowing, and 170 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:49.200 the eaten fire in Altalloma that is just continuing to 171 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:52.279 tear through neighborhoods. Then all of a sudden last night, 172 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.519 a fire pops up and run In canyon. 173 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:58.000 Yeah, and if you remember, there was talk of that 174 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.960 yesterday and I think you meant out there. 175 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:04.799 What did I say, altamah yep? I meant alta Dina. 176 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:09.360 The crazy thing is that as we're looking at all 177 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.279 these structures being burned, there is a lot of I 178 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.879 don't want to say misinformation because that sounds, I don't know, ominous. 179 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:21.840 But there's a lot of talk between citizen apps and 180 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:24.440 the like of people connecting with each other, whether it's 181 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.720 through the ring app or these types of things. And 182 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:29.200 I've been watching a lot of that, and I would 183 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:32.200 hear stuff, Oh, I heard Runyon Canyon is on fire, 184 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:35.159 and that was the other day, and it there was nothing, 185 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:38.360 and so I thought, well, is this remnants of that? 186 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:41.559 And then it started popping up and I started hearing 187 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:42.440 more and more about it. 188 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:45.799 So it it. 189 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:48.399 It's so everywhere, and if you zoom out, it is 190 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:51.399 almost a full circle when you look around at some 191 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:54.600 of the spot the smaller fires and the like, and 192 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.720 it seems it's kind of encroaching on the entirety of 193 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:04.000 Los Angeles. But that one seemed to be in control 194 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:05.480 at this. 195 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.120 Point, right, So it is still an active fire, yeah, 196 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.960 but the evacuation orders have mostly been lifted. There are 197 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:14.759 a few that are still in place. But it was 198 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.240 it was pretty scary last night when it broke out 199 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:20.320 and you could see that hillside and they said that 200 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.039 they were evacuating down to Hollywood Boulevard. It was Hollywood 201 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:26.519 Boulevard on the south, so the one on one on 202 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:29.360 the west to the to Maul Holland Drive on the north, 203 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:33.559 and I believe Laurel Canyon on the on the on 204 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:38.360 the west. And you're like, that is that is Hollywood? 205 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:41.519 I mean like, oh yeah, Grammins is right there, Hollywood 206 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:44.759 and Highland is right there. The Hollywood Bowl is right 207 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:45.480 in that area. 208 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:46.480 I mean, like the. 209 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:50.039 Magic Castle, the magic all of these buildings and these 210 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:54.600 historical places. It couldn't It is really kind of bizarre. 211 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:58.840 And we don't know what the day brings. Uh, we 212 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.519 will see what the weather and the wind and any 213 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:06.240 cooperation there, but there's still so. 214 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:10.279 Much more to come. We are not out of danger. 215 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:13.279 And that crazy thing that I was hearing at the 216 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.519 press conference yesterday, of course there'll be another one during 217 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.000 the Bill Handle Show today at eight am. 218 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:21.679 You'll hear another one. 219 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:25.360 But the thing that hit me was there saying, hey, 220 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:30.320 there is no safe place. There's no there's no place 221 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:35.000 in La that could not you know, be dealing with 222 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.600 this very satan thing at their doorstep. As you were 223 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:42.360 talking about Amy with the embers that had had burned out, thankfully, 224 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.039 but we're on your your doorstep. Same on my truck, 225 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.320 you know, which is a darker gray, and I could 226 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.679 see them and of course when I drove off, you 227 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:56.600 could see them lift the lighter ones lift up and 228 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:57.600 off your car. 229 00:11:58.799 --> 00:11:59.840 It's pretty crazy. 230 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.960 Yeah, and we are miles and miles away from the fire, 231 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:08.720 oh yeah, miles. So that's why when the fire in 232 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:12.600 the Hollywood Hills, you were like, think of the population 233 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:16.639 center that if that thing starts ripping into neighborhoods, and 234 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:18.679 not only do you have single family homes like in 235 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.759 Pacific Palisades, which is devastating, but in there you've got 236 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:26.440 basically high rises full of people, and so when they 237 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:32.080 ordered those evacuations, it was gridlock. You could see they're 238 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:35.399 just watching just the red lights. But they were able 239 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:39.639 to keep it away from people and did an amazing job. 240 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.399 And again they had the water dropping helicopters on it, 241 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.679 and that really made the difference because think if they 242 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.679 if they hadn't had those, like they weren't able to 243 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:50.320 have them for the Eaten fire and weren't able to 244 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:52.480 have them for the Palisades fire. Think of how much 245 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.840 different things could be this morning for the people who 246 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:57.840 live in and around Running Canyon. 247 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:00.759 Well, I will tell you. I know you our cat lover. 248 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:06.279 Well, I follow Georgia Heart's Heartstark from my favorite murder 249 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:10.919 and she is in the Hollywood area and she has 250 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:11.799 lots of cats. 251 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.919 And she said I got out. 252 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:17.440 Early and went to a hotel because I got babies 253 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:21.679 and evacuation. You know I will not go well if 254 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.600 you don't do it early. 255 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:25.840 Yeah, okay, So Neil, you mentioned we're still not out 256 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.840 of danger, but we we need to get an update 257 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:32.080 on what the weather conditions are like, what we need 258 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:34.120 to watch out for and if things are improving. So 259 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.080 we're going to check in now with Mike Wafford from 260 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.879 the National Weather Service. Good morning, Mike, Good morning, Thanks 261 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.519 for coming on wake up call again with us this morning. 262 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:47.279 Things hopefully a little different from when we talked yesterday. 263 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:49.039 Can you give us the latest on what we can 264 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:50.200 expect weather wise? 265 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.919 Yeah, Well, as you said, we're not out of the 266 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:56.720 woods yet. We've we've got a little bit of a 267 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.679 little bit of a rest bit today, but not really 268 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.120 that much we've got. You know, we've still got some 269 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.480 gusty went out there, gusting to you know, forty fifty 270 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:10.360 miles per hour and some isolated spots. We are expecting 271 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.320 a little bit of a pick up this morning, you know, 272 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:18.120 picking up in a little bit more uh areas like 273 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:22.039 the palastage fire. We'll see some increase this morning, but 274 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:25.039 you know, not as not anything like what we saw yesterday, 275 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:29.120 but you know enough to you know, keep people vigilant, 276 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:33.679 and you know we're expecting another increase later tonight tomorrow 277 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:36.879 with the offsher winds. We're kind of in this dry 278 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.440 offshore wind pattern still for the next week or so, 279 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:42.159 so you know, there's gonna be periods where it's gonna 280 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:44.320 drop off a little bit, and then periods where it's 281 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:45.960 going to pick up again. So we're gonna just have 282 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:48.639 to deal with that for the next several days, okay. 283 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:50.639 And so we have the red flag warnings in a 284 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:53.559 place until at least tomorrow night. Could those be extended 285 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:55.240 or does it look like those will run out? 286 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:56.600 No? 287 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:58.919 I think that's it's very possible that some of those are, 288 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.919 if not all them, we're going to have to be 289 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:04.799 extended beyond that time. As I said, we've got a 290 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:08.320 couple two or three more episodes of some offshore winds 291 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:10.799 that are coming through the early next week. And it's 292 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:14.000 still very dry, humidities are very low, and things are 293 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:16.519 really prime and obviously not doing You're not getting any 294 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.360 rain anytime soon. So that's you know, that's something we 295 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.559 have to be to be dealing with. 296 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:24.600 Okay, all right, so watch out for those guests, you wins, 297 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:29.000 but hopefully not so gusty that we can't keep those 298 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.360 water dropping helicopters and planes up in the air to 299 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.399 fight fires. 300 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.000 Yeah, I mean, it's you know, there will be some 301 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.679 areas of some guests, you know, sixty miles per hour 302 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.519 in areas, so you know obviously that they'll have to 303 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:44.360 be mindful of that. But not as widespread as what 304 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.000 we sell yesterday, and certainly out in the San Gabriel 305 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.360 Valley where we saw the really strong winds, you know, 306 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:51.799 eighty one hundred miles of an hour and summary, you know, 307 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:55.720 we won't be seeing that magnitude, but still, you know, 308 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:58.559 very strong. You know, fifty to sixty was nothing to 309 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:02.039 sneeze at. So people need to be careful and mindful 310 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.120 of what's going on out there. 311 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:05.320 Okay, well, appreciate the update. Thank you. 312 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:07.919 Mike Wafford with the National Weather Service. Appreciated a lot. 313 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.960 Okay, you're welcome, all right, take. 314 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:14.440 Care when we come back. Let's see, who are we 315 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.960 going to be talking to. Are we talking with somebody 316 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:18.639 from LA Fire? We're going to be talking with somebody 317 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:22.480 about that. We've got so much more to share with you. 318 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.360 A lot happened overnight. The fires are still burning and 319 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:28.600 we want to make sure that you are safe, so 320 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:32.320 stay right here with us at KFI. Also want to 321 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:36.639 remind you that the NFL Playoffs begin this Saturday. The 322 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:40.200 Chargers Go Bolts are taking on the Texans in Houston. 323 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:45.120 It's wild Card time. Pregame coverage starts Saturday morning at 324 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.519 eleven thirty. Kickoff is at one twenty five and guess what. 325 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:51.639 You can listen to the game right here on KFI 326 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.759 AM six forty are on our sister station, AM five seventy. 327 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:59.440 LA Sports Bolt Up cal Fire says fifty to seventy 328 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:02.679 five percent one of Pacific Palisades has been destroyed by 329 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:05.759 the wildfire that continues to burn out of control. The 330 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:09.359 fire has burned more than seventeen thousand acres and destroyed 331 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:14.720 at least one thousand homes, schools, businesses, and other buildings. 332 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.200 Firefighters have been able to stop a fire in the 333 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.960 Hollywood Hills from burning into the heart of Hollywood. The 334 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:22.599 fire started last out last night around five point thirty 335 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:26.039 and quickly spread through Runyon Canyon, burning toward the heart 336 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.440 of Hollywood. Water dropping helicopters made the difference keeping the 337 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.839 flames from getting into neighborhoods. Most evacuation orders have been lifted, 338 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:36.880 some are still in place. All LAUSD schools are closed 339 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.759 today because of the ongoing fires. 340 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.759 A boil water order is. 341 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:43.960 In place in the Palisades, but just for the nine 342 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:47.799 to two seven to two zip code. It's either boil 343 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:51.880 water or use bottled water, but don't just drink it 344 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.920 out of the tap and then for the Pasadena Water 345 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.559 District tied to the fire that's burning, and Altadena officials 346 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:01.759 say do not drink the tap water, use bottled water only. 347 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.319 A fire and Studio city has destroyed four hillside homes. 348 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:10.759 The fire started in one home at about nine last night. 349 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:13.880 It quickly spread to other homes in nearby brush. A 350 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:18.240 knockdown was declared by about ten fifteen pm that home 351 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.279 of total loss. It was a four story home on 352 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:24.480 the hillside that collapsed. Five deaths have been blamed on 353 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:28.720 the wildfire that started in Eaton Canyon above Altadena. Family 354 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:31.440 members of one man tel Ktla. Sixty six year old 355 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:34.400 Victor Shaw died with a garden hose in his hands. 356 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:36.960 Swee excuse did see him laying on the side of 357 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.240 the road with the holes. It looks like he was 358 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:41.799 trying to save the home that his parents had had 359 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:43.440 for almost fifty five years. 360 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:46.160 Shaw's sister says she tried to get him to leave, 361 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:48.440 but she herself had to get out when the house 362 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.480 started to burn. The fire has burned nearly eleven thousand 363 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:54.480 acres since Tuesday and continues to burn out of control. 364 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:58.559 Ella County Supervisor Catherine Barger said yesterday that between two 365 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:01.519 hundred and five hundred homes and other buildings have been destroyed. 366 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:05.240 Another thirteen thousand are at risk. Tens of thousands of 367 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:10.559 people remain under evacuation orders. Those numbers expected to go up. 368 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.200 We're seeing numbers of almost a thousand from some sources, 369 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:17.920 and again these numbers are fluid because they have to 370 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:21.920 get in to assess how bad the damage is. There 371 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.799 will be a press conference this morning at eight o'clock 372 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:28.680 with fire officials and law enforcement officials to give us 373 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:31.759 an update on all the buyers burning across southern California. 374 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.759 Of course, we'll bring that to you here on KFI. 375 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:37.960 Colorado has sent resources to California to help with the wildfires. 376 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:40.799 The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control has sent 377 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:45.240 a multi mission aircraft outfitted with special infrared and color 378 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:48.160 sensors that tell firefighters on the ground how a fire 379 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.240 is behaving. Unit Chief Jeff Rasminsen says there's also a 380 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:54.640 growing list of fire departments that could be called the 381 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.720 help if California needs more help. 382 00:19:56.839 --> 00:20:02.119 It could be a simple medical with in the crews 383 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:05.559 that are working all the way up to you, of course, 384 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:09.160 the firefighting effort of protecting homes. 385 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:12.799 The Colorado crews started making their way to California yesterday. 386 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:16.039 They say they're ready to stay as long as they're needed. 387 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:19.119 Colorado not the only ones sending crews in. We've got 388 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:25.960 firefighters from Oregon and Washington, and Nevada and Arizona all helping. 389 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:30.880 Seventy five hundred firefighters in all helping to fight these fires. 390 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:35.640 Emergency medical supplies and respiratory protection equipment, including N ninety 391 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:38.279 five masks, have been handed out to first responders and 392 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:41.519 others in southern California because of all the smoke. Experts 393 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:45.880 say wildfire smoke contains harmful pollutants, including fine particulate matter, 394 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:50.960 that pose serious risks to respiratory and cardiovascular health. So 395 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:54.920 I'm recovering from a cold, so if you hear moments 396 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:57.880 of silence, it might be me turning off the microphone 397 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:00.920 and coughing. And I'm just thinking that with the cold 398 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:03.359 and the cough from the cold, and then the stuff 399 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:06.440 in the air, probably not a good mixture. Neil was 400 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:09.599 saying that he went out yesterday and he and I 401 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:11.920