WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:08.320 Kf I AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:11.880 Tiffany Hobbs here with you until seven, and then Michael 4 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:16.000 Monks will come aboard and undoubtedly give us all that 5 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:19.760 we need to know via his wonderful, wonderful show Michael 6 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:23.199 Monks Presents. That's from seven to nine. So make sure 7 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:26.079 you keep it locked right here if you've missed anything 8 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:31.160 thus far, featured segments under KFIAM six forty dot com 9 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:33.560 is where you want to go to make sure that 10 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:36.520 you keep up to date with this show, Michael's show, 11 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.719 all the shows, but definitely this show. We just had 12 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:44.039 a wonderful interview with our friend Ac Christiansen, Aaron Ac 13 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.479 Christiansen of Animal Advocacy Network, and he's out there. He 14 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.640 left southern California to go out to Texas. Let me 15 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:55.840 just be clear, because he traveled by caravan to Texas 16 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.840 to help with the animal recovery and rescue efforts, and 17 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:05.239 he painted a really grim but hopeful picture of what's 18 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:08.959 going on out there in Texas. Make sure you listen 19 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.400 to that. It was something, it was impactful. We're also 20 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:16.599 keeping tabs on some really big stories that maybe should 21 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:18.439 be bigger, and I know we're covering it right here 22 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.359 on KFI. You heard it right there from our KFI 23 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:24.040 twenty four hour newsroom. There was a body of a 24 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:28.879 toddler found early this morning in Panorama City in a 25 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.560 parking lot, apparently in a trash bin. They're saying it's 26 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:36.359 a residence, but that the toddler, approximately three to four 27 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.560 years old, was found in this trash bin. Authorities are, 28 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:44.519 of course investigating, but we don't have many details. We 29 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.799 don't have a why, a suspect, any causation, anything. And 30 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.519 this story absolutely needs to unfold so we can find 31 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:56.040 out what the heck happened. President Trump announced the thirty 32 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:59.760 percent tariff on Mexico and the European Union. It's going 33 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.040 to take effect August first. Prices will shoot up if 34 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.719 this tariff situation goes through. I know we're the tariffs 35 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:10.439 are kind of threatened and then they pull back, but 36 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.240 this one could very well happen on August first. And 37 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.599 of course Vice President jd Vance is in the Southland. 38 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:21.520 He's at Disneyland today enjoying himself, and we'll see what 39 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:24.960 else he has in store. On his docket as he's 40 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:29.120 in southern California. Will he meet with Mayor Bess? Will 41 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.759 he meet with the supervisor and leadership out there in 42 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:33.719 Orange County? 43 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:36.240 What will he do? When will he leave? What will 44 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:37.560 he eat? What will he wear? 45 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:39.680 We'll find out as many details as we can share 46 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:42.199 with you and make sure that we do so we 47 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.319 have a talk back. You guys like our show, Thanks 48 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:46.960 for listening. Let's hear what you have to say. 49 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:49.639 And Tiffany, I hope you're having a good saturday. 50 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.639 Thank you stocking me whenever I light up your woy 51 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:58.039 comes on the radio. Oh okay, well, thank you, short 52 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.439 and sweet and to the point, I appreciate she ate 53 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:02.560 that I am having a good Saturday, and I hope 54 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:06.240 the same for all of you. Kayla's not with us, 55 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.199 but Richie is, so shout out to Richie who is 56 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:12.960 manning all of the things production and doing a wonderful 57 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.439 job keeping us on track. So I'm having a good 58 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.240 Saturday because I have a great team around me. Raoul's 59 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.319 in there, Nikki's in there, Brigitta's in there, and Richie 60 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:23.360 of course, and Kayla, we love you, we miss you. 61 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:25.719 We know she's listening and make sure you get those 62 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:30.719 talkbacks in because she's listening as well. Now it's the 63 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:35.439 sixth month, six month anniversary. I think anniversary might be 64 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:40.400 an inappropriate name, but we know we're commemorating the six 65 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:44.479 months that have passed since the Palisades and Eaten fires, 66 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:48.240 and it doesn't feel like six months at all for me. 67 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.520 It feels like this is something These fires are something 68 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:55.319 that occurred maybe a couple of months ago. Six months 69 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:00.360 is quite a long time for positive things, and even 70 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.080 longer when it comes to a situation like this where 71 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:09.319 survivors are saying they are still struggling because La has 72 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:15.560 never experienced this kind of loss on this kind of scale. 73 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:19.600 Measuring progress six months after the fires has been hard 74 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:24.519 and painful, but it's being done, and whether it's considering 75 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:32.560 the feelings of loss. Thirty people died, thousands of homes gone, countless, 76 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:37.959 animal life, long term plans derailed, battles with insurance companies, 77 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:42.480 financial duress, mental anguish, all of that after six months 78 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:46.759 is still too raw for the people who were directly impacted, 79 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:51.120 and progress does in fact still seem fleeting for many, 80 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:56.399 especially those again who were the victims, are continuing in 81 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:01.279 their healing from this situation. A an audio clip from 82 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.879 KTLA that lays it out very well. 83 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:07.560 It's been a long six months for those affected by 84 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:11.639 the Eden and Palisade wildfires, and while city officials say 85 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.560 eighty percent of residential sites have now been cleared, evidence 86 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:20.600 like these burnt cars, charred signs, bulldozers, and building remains 87 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:24.079 smelling of smoke shows how things are nowhere near back 88 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:28.439 to normal in Altadena or Pacific Palisades. Governor Gavin Newsom 89 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.160 came to town to mark the milestone and highlight the 90 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:33.079 progress and hear concerns. 91 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:36.720 None of us are naive that there are parcels remaining 92 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.759 that need debris removal. They're close to two thousand people 93 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.480 that have chosen their own path to the debris removal, 94 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:48.560 and there are commercial properties that are independent of this process. 95 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:52.319 The Palisades and Eaten fires burned a combined thirty seven 96 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.920 thousand acres, destroyed more than sixteen thousand structures, and killed 97 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:59.600 thirty people. This group of fire survivors says their community 98 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:02.560 is still in pain every day and came together to 99 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:06.399 share about the challenges of rebuilding, losing temporary housing, and 100 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.079 still not getting payments from insurance companies. 101 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:15.639 It has been disrespectful, disheartening, and predatory trying to get 102 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.240 through all the paperwork and the insurance and getting things 103 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:22.079 done on the property and who's coming over to do 104 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:22.920 what for you? 105 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:28.600 We need our insurance payouts now to survive and to rebuild. 106 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:37.600 Thirty deaths, tens of thousands of acres, scorched, thousands of homes, 107 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:44.639 multiple thousands of animals as well. Again the situation with insurance, 108 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.199 and if you've been staying up to date on this story, 109 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:52.399 then you know quite a few people have not received 110 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:57.519 their insurance payouts or what they received was far below 111 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.720 what they were expecting to be able to hopefully get 112 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:05.759 them back on track. And then there's the mental anguish, 113 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:10.319 the mental capacity that's being pushed for people who have 114 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:14.920 experienced these two fires, which all contributes to the fact 115 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:19.439 that modern Los Angeles, what we know LA to be, 116 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:25.519 has never experienced this type of loss. So because we've 117 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:29.759 never experienced this type of loss, there are no easy 118 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:33.920 road maps to navigate how to best respond to these 119 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:38.839 situations in the time since it has passed these fires 120 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:44.040 have passed. There are individual challenges, there are collective challenges, 121 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.720 and on the other side. We're going to go through 122 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:52.879 what those challenges include. They cover cleanup, they cover assessing 123 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:58.439 financial loss, they cover questions about neighborhood rebuilding, they cover 124 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:03.120 city and county response. Because we're right here, it's fire 125 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:07.519 season all year round, but especially in the warmer months 126 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.480 of the year as we are in now. And if 127 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.000 you're that fire app that we all download it during 128 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:14.879 the fires, I can't think of the name of it 129 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:17.000 right now, but that fire app that we all became 130 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:20.759 very accustomed to. If you have that app, then you've 131 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.240 seen it go off a lot over the last couple 132 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:27.199 of weeks. What does that mean for the future should 133 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.800 something like this happen again. So there are quite a 134 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:32.960 few things that are being discussed in the six months 135 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.320 since the Palisades and Eaten fires, and we will get 136 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:40.399 into reviewing where we are as a region. On the 137 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:43.360 other side of the break, It's Saturdays with Tiffany right 138 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.480 here on KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the 139 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:47.759 iHeartRadio app. 140 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:53.960 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand KFI. 141 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:57.600 AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Tiffany 142 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:01.320 Hubbs here with you until seven. It's Saturdays with Tiffany, 143 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:04.480 as it always is at this time, and we're talking 144 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:09.159 about the six months since the Palisades and Eaten fires, 145 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.720 and in the last segment, I was struggling to remember 146 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:15.399 the name of the fire app, that fire watching app 147 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.639 that we all downloaded, because you downloaded it, I downloaded. 148 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.960 It just ballooned back in January as we all were 149 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:26.799 watching what was happening with the Eaten fire, the Palisades fire, 150 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.360 and the other fires that were popping up around that time, 151 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.840 and my best friend Michelle messaged me and said, watch Duty, 152 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:35.639 Watch Duty. And I'm sure a lot of you were 153 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.480 screaming at your radio or at your phone as well. 154 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:42.279 That watch Duty app definitely became a source I think 155 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:48.559 of anxiety and trauma. And since the six months have passed, 156 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:51.399 we've kind of been quiet when it comes to fires, 157 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:55.039 except for i'd say this last week to two weeks 158 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:57.759 where my watch Duty app, which I still have, which 159 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.759 was more or less dormant for a period of time, 160 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.039 has now been again lighting up like crazy. 161 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.759 Is just you know, notification and alert after alert. 162 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:10.159 This fire one acre, five acres and everything is causing 163 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:14.080 me to pause and basically assess the danger and that 164 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:17.679 is born of the Palisades and Eaten fires and what 165 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:22.879 happened six months ago on January seventh, thirty deaths, thousands 166 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.840 of homes gone, thousands of acres scorched, and is undoubtedly 167 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:30.600 one of the most one of the most dire, one 168 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:35.120 of the biggest fires in history in California, only I 169 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.039 guess superseded by what just happened about a week ago. 170 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:42.679 And I think it's still burning out there. But when 171 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:46.240 it comes to Palisades and Eaten, LA's just never experienced 172 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:49.279 loss on this scale. So that's what we're talking about. 173 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:53.480 The progress, if any, in the six months since the fires, 174 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:56.480 and you can measure it in two ways. You can 175 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:00.720 measure it individually speaking about the victim of the fire, 176 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:04.840 people struggling with the deaths of loved ones. Thirty people 177 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:09.279 again died. This was a deadly fire, determining whether to 178 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:16.159 rebuild and what that entails, and also assessing the losses financially, 179 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:19.960 can you rebuild, what does that look like? Do you 180 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:23.960 know what then has to be navigated so that financially 181 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.240 you can get back on track with your life. Those 182 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:32.360 are individual concerns and then there are the collective concerns, 183 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.519 and I would say even the vicarious concerns that many 184 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:39.000 of us are watching as well. Will the neighborhoods that 185 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.919 people lived in or that maybe you enjoyed visiting, will 186 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.360 they ever feel and look like what they did? And 187 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:49.840 many people six months out are saying no, they're saying 188 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:53.559 they can't look like what they used to look like 189 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:58.720 because of the way in which private investors, private companies, 190 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:03.000 developers are coming into both the Palisades and the Altadena 191 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.840 and Pasadena areas and buying up land. 192 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:07.120 I remember when. 193 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:09.840 We first recovering the story, we were doing wall to 194 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.320 wall coverage for weeks about the Palisades and eaten fires. 195 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:18.159 There were whispers about what the recovery process, what the 196 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:21.720 rebuilding process would look like. And at the time, people 197 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:24.159 were hopeful that they would be able to get back 198 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:29.200 into homes, be able to rebuild their neighborhoods. Six months out, 199 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:32.919 that's looking less and less likely because of the private 200 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:34.960 development companies that have gone in. 201 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:38.519 And then let's say you do want. 202 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:40.399 To live back in your area, you want to live 203 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:42.919 back in the Palisades, you want to live in Alta, Dina, 204 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.879 or in those areas impacted in Pasadena. Can you afford 205 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:50.919 to even live there? Has your neighborhood changed to the 206 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:55.279 extent where the cost of living and the rental costs 207 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.360 or the ability to buy a home has that all 208 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.919 skyrocketed outside side of your grasp? If you have the 209 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.799 ability to live there, do you even want to? Do 210 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.440 you want to live back in an area that is 211 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:14.240 a burned zone, is an active recovery zone. There are 212 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:17.519 lots of questions, and for all of the uncertainty, there 213 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:23.120 have been measurable changes since January. For instance, thousands of 214 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:28.120 lots have been cleared, numerous lawsuits have been filed, there 215 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.720 have been multiple investigations, many of which are still underway, 216 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:36.759 and dozens of new building permits have been issued. But 217 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:41.399 many people say that's simply not enough. When it comes 218 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:46.759 to cleanup. Federal, state, and local officials continue to tout 219 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.480 and kind of brag about the massive cleanup of the 220 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.879 Eton and Palisades fired debris. They often say, and you'll 221 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.159 hear them in press conferences, whether mayor Bess or governor 222 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:57.519 Newsom or anyone else. 223 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:59.879 They'll say, this is the fastest. 224 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:03.759 Wild life or excuse me, wildfire recovery in modern history. 225 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:08.240 And a lot of people are saying, okay, but it 226 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:11.559 doesn't feel like it. And now that things are being recovered, 227 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.960 Now that those nine thousand parcels and thousands of property 228 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:18.720 or excuse me, thousands of pounds of debris, all of 229 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.559 these things have been cleared away, what does that mean 230 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:22.799 for us? 231 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:24.360 The pace of the. 232 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:28.919 Cleanup, the federally funded and organized cleanup through the US 233 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:33.039 Army Corps of Engineers has resulted in two thousand properties 234 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:38.480 per month being cleared. That's about twice as fast as 235 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:42.759 the twenty eighteen camp fire. That's the one that decimated 236 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:47.320 Paradise and has been the subject of a lot of documentaries. 237 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:50.919 I think Eaten and Palisades will also receive their fair 238 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:55.639 share of documentaries going forward. At the time, Paradise was 239 00:14:55.960 --> 00:15:00.759 and still remains the most destructive wildfire. Well, the Army 240 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:03.960 Corps Engineers are saying, we've cleaned up the Palisades and 241 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:08.000 Eaten areas twice as fast as that two thousand properties 242 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:12.399 per month, and they're more or less boasting about the speed. 243 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:17.080 But as workers continue to gather up the debris, clear 244 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:22.440 the wreckage, there's the issue of toxic ash, contaminated soil, 245 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.960 and other sort of debris that has been moved to 246 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:31.080 these four local landfills, resulting in a lot of protests, 247 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:34.480 a lot of animosity, and a lot of question about 248 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:38.639 how people are going to be impacted by this toxicity 249 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:41.360 and if you choose to live back in these burn areas, 250 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:46.600 are you still living amongst toxicity. There's so much at 251 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.559 play and it's going to take a long time to 252 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:54.279 really parse through. Then you have the city and county response. 253 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:59.399 Most people are still navigating the process to rebuild. You 254 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.639 have county leaders like Mayor Bess who said that they 255 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:06.720 were pledging the ability for property owners to get permits 256 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:12.480 to rebuild. But many property owners are criticizing that pledge, 257 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:18.679 that streamlined promise, a promise of streamlining the process of 258 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:22.759 all of this as being too slow. They're saying that 259 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.320 not nearly enough people are being granted the permits. More 260 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:31.200 than six hundred and fifty applications have been submitted to 261 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:35.039 LA's Department of Building in Safety, two hundred and twenty 262 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.399 of them about have been approved, but one hundred and 263 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:42.639 sixty five permits have been issued. That is a far 264 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:47.000 cry from the number of people who have applied. When 265 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:50.440 it comes to FEMA and federal funding. What does that 266 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:53.639 look like. Well, as of this week, more than three 267 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:58.080 billion dollars in federal funds has been approved for individuals, families, 268 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:02.399 and businesses impacted by the that's according to FEMA. But 269 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.240 you have a lot of victims who are saying, we 270 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:07.920 haven't gotten that money, How do we get that money, 271 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:11.039 where does it come from, where does it funnel down from. 272 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:14.440 And if they have gotten money, they're saying it's not 273 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:19.200 enough or it's heavily limited or minimized compared to what 274 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:20.279 they were expecting. 275 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.960 And then there's causation. As fire season continues. 276 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:28.400 There are lots of questions about the cause of the 277 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:32.799 Palisades and Eaten fires, and there's no definitive cause from 278 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:37.920 authorities for either of those fires, but there are certainly theories, 279 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:42.960 their theories about the utility company, their theories about people 280 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.920 involving themselves in the fire. 281 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.960 But it leads a lot of it causes a lot. 282 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:52.920 Of anxiety going forward because if there's no definitive causation, 283 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:57.559 then there can be no definitive mitigation, which means people 284 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:00.839 feel that they are sitting ducks for this to happen again. 285 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.400 Legal issues. 286 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:07.160 The fires caused a lot of legal issues between the utilities, 287 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:12.000 between homeowners, between insurance, and again, people are saying that 288 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:16.519 they are struggling six months after the fires. They're saying 289 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:20.160 that many of whom have moved back at this point, 290 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:24.359 that when they walk around the block, they're re traumatized. 291 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:29.000 They say that it just doesn't look like what they remember. 292 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.720 It feels like a bomb went off, and what made 293 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.960 the area special is gone. Nearly eighty percent of the 294 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:40.880 destroyed homes in Pacific Palisades are now completely cleared lots, 295 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:44.400 and the same can be said for the Altadena area. 296 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:47.839 So when communities are trying to rebuild themselves and they're 297 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:52.400 looking at six months out since the initial situation, since 298 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:56.279 the initial fire, they're really wondering will they be able 299 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:59.000 to come back, And when they do come back, will 300 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:02.640 they have again that strong and tight knit community that 301 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:07.119 they once enjoyed. Many are saying no, but six months 302 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.279 out certainly doesn't feel like a long time, and there's 303 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:14.039 a yet a long time to go. When we come back, 304 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.279 We're going to get into scammers. Gonna Scam one of 305 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:21.119 our newest segments, one of my favorite segments. I'm gonna 306 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:24.720 tell you about two stories about people scammers who want 307 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:27.839 you to separate from your money, and unfortunately there are 308 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.519 victims in this case, people who have gotten gut as 309 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:33.680 you might say. I'll tell you about the stories and 310 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:38.240 hopefully you won't fall victim to these newest scams taking 311 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:41.960 hold around the Southland. Right here on Saturdays with Tiffany 312 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:45.680 KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 313 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:49.960 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 314 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:54.400 Kf I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 315 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:57.400 Tifmy hobbs here until seven, and then Michael Monks will 316 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:01.119 be here taking over the big chair for his wonderful show. 317 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:04.880 As always, thank you so much for listening up until 318 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.119 this point. We have a few more segments to go, 319 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:09.960 so don't turn away yet, but I do appreciate you 320 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:13.759 sticking around with us. We're following some big stories, including 321 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:19.640 Florida lawmakers were allowed to check out that alligator Alcatraz 322 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:21.920 and they're not mincing words. 323 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.480 Oh no. 324 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:28.440 The lawmakers who were inside allowed quote unquote inside have 325 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:34.480 said that detainees were packed into cages, so they are 326 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.880 being very critical of what they're seeing inside of that 327 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:43.839 immigration detainment center. Aka Alligator Alcatraz. 328 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.000 All right. 329 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:49.480 As well, that child, unfortunately, who was found in the 330 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:55.440 parking lot in Panorama City, deceased. There's still no information, 331 00:20:55.680 --> 00:21:00.559 no further information coming out about this ordeal. We do 332 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:04.119 know that the child was approximately three to four years 333 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:07.599 of age. We do not know the gender of the child. 334 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:11.759 We do not know any causation or potential reason or suspects. 335 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:16.000 But authorities are treating it as a crime scene for sure, 336 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:20.279 and I believe that's Apropos will continue to follow that story. 337 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:23.960 And then, of course we have Vice President jd Vance 338 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:29.240 at Disneyland. He's there at Disneyland with a thirty person entourage. 339 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.799 Can you imagine being behind him in line. I would 340 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:35.640 be pissed if I had to wait for thirty people 341 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:37.920 in a group to figure out the seating and they 342 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:39.680 get to fast track to the front of the line. 343 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:42.519 But I guess, I guess that's a perk of being 344 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:46.359 vice president if there are no others. And then lastly, 345 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:50.160 right now, there's actually a protest going on in Torrance 346 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:55.160 across from City Hall on Torrance Boulevard. People are up 347 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:58.799 set that there is a proposal to build housing for 348 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:03.000 homeless people. I think one of these hotels or apartment 349 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:07.160 complexes is being converted into homeless housing, and the residents 350 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:11.279 there are saying, Nope, not in our city. So they 351 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:15.640 are out there in Torrents protesting en mass and we'll 352 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.839 keep you up to date on what's going on there. 353 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:22.920 You like your money, I like my money. I don't 354 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:27.920 like scammers. But as we know, scammers gone a scam, 355 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:32.359 And we have two new scams for you. Unfortunately that 356 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:35.039 you may have already fallen victim two. You might be 357 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:38.599 primed to fall victim two. And I'm hoping to caution 358 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:42.480 you against falling victim two, starting with our very first one, 359 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:48.640 which involves those PPP loans. Remember those PPP loans and 360 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:53.640 Economic Injury disaster loans that were issued to folks during COVID, 361 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:58.319 Oh yeah, twenty twenty of March right March twenty twenty 362 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:01.359 through April twenty twenty one, one, that year long period 363 00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:05.680 in which PPP loans were issued to folks who mated them, 364 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:08.720 some didn't, And we definitely found out that there were 365 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.240 certainly people who took advantage, and then there were people 366 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:17.000 who all outscammed the system. And the newest suspects in 367 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:20.960 this scam are local boys. One is from Burbank and 368 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:25.440 one is from Glendale. We have Noraian Madati, forty years 369 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:30.480 old from Burbank and vaz Rick Madatti, brothers from Glendale. 370 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:32.319 The older brother, vaz Rick. 371 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:35.759 Madatti, forty four, may or may not have pressured at 372 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.319 the younger brother. 373 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:38.599 I don't know. I'm just surmising you know that peer pressure. 374 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.160 Who knows? 375 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:43.319 But we do know that the two brothers were arrested 376 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:49.279 for allegedly defrauding the government of get this, two point 377 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:55.559 seven million dollars through a scheme that targeted COVID relief 378 00:23:55.599 --> 00:24:00.279 funds and small business loans. This is according to the 379 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:03.880 US Attorney General Office. Now, the alleged crimes took place 380 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:07.799 from March of twenty twenty, just as COVID was really 381 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:12.160 becoming publicized through April twenty twenty one, when we were 382 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:17.359 in the throes of everything unprecedented times. According to the indictment, 383 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.240 no Ryer, the younger brother, was a banker at Wells Fargo, 384 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:27.200 and he opened fraudulent accounts with the names of fake 385 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:34.319 companies and stolen or fake identities. Stolen identities that could 386 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:38.119 have been you. If you experience some sort of major 387 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:41.640 fraud during that time. Then perhaps you are now happy 388 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.839 to find out, if you didn't already know, that the 389 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:46.960 suspects in that crime in which your identity was stolen 390 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:51.279 and used to secure PPP loans and disaster loans have 391 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:56.160 been caught. The brothers obtained these two point seven million 392 00:24:56.200 --> 00:25:00.519 dollars through the PPP program and the Disaster loan program. 393 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:06.039 According to prosecutors, they're also accused of submitting loan applications 394 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:11.119 with fake and stolen identities. They also had false statements 395 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:17.200 about revenues, operations, and employees. They were very detailed with 396 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:23.039 their scamming. Two of the stolen ID victims were developmentally 397 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:27.680 disabled and lived in long term care facilities. That's according 398 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:33.559 to court documents, so they were preying on everyone indiscriminately, 399 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:40.160 the developmentally, developmentally able and the developmentally disabled. They were 400 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:43.200 taken into custody. These two brothers, forty years old and 401 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:47.359