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<v Speaker 2>This is Amy King with kfi's wake up call.

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<v Speaker 6>It's time for your morning wake up call.

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<v Speaker 5>And his name is Amy k. Here's Amy King.

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<v Speaker 2>This is It is five oh one. This is your

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<v Speaker 2>wake up call for Monday, January. Good morning, I'm Amy King. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a heck of a week, but we're glad

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<v Speaker 2>you're getting this week started with us. It looks like

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<v Speaker 2>we could be in for more. We're going to bring

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<v Speaker 2>you all up to date on what's going on with

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<v Speaker 2>the fires, what's coming up. But I wanted to share

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of positive things because man, this has been

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<v Speaker 2>a rough week. Remember mister Rogers, he also said he

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<v Speaker 2>always said look for the helpers. People have been turning

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<v Speaker 2>out in droves to help. It's been amazing to see

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<v Speaker 2>they We've got the Dream Center that's taking in donations

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<v Speaker 2>and they've just got piles stacked high, like ten feet

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<v Speaker 2>high of donations to people, which is amazing. And they

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<v Speaker 2>have another donation center set up out at Santa Anita,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was watching that over the weekend. Amazing. They said,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got enough. Can you imagine that we've got enough?

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<v Speaker 2>I think as we move through this, they're probably going

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<v Speaker 2>to need more. But right now they do Pasadena Humane

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<v Speaker 2>packed to the rafters with food and donations. They've taken

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<v Speaker 2>in hundreds of animals and people have turned out. They said,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't even need any more volunteers. They've got so

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<v Speaker 2>many people who are coming into help. And then a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of things that I thought were very cool. On

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday night, I turned on the TV. I came in

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<v Speaker 2>and worked on Saturday afternoon with Neil Sevedra, and Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>night I turned on the TV. There was normal programming.

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<v Speaker 2>I was so excited because it's been all fires for

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<v Speaker 2>like the last week, so I went, that's got to

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<v Speaker 2>be a good sign, right. And then also I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was CBS I was watching and they were showing

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<v Speaker 2>the hillside and it was dark, like no glow from

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<v Speaker 2>the fires, which was again another really positive sign. And

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<v Speaker 2>then of course there's that big, beautiful white full moon

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<v Speaker 2>the other day when I was driving in it was

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<v Speaker 2>distinctly yellow because from the smoke, and it's better. Air

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<v Speaker 2>quality is still not great, but there's a big, beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>full moon up in the sky and it is gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what's ahead on wake up call. Another strong Santa

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<v Speaker 2>Ana wind event is expected to blow in later tonight

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<v Speaker 2>and last until Wednesday. GUS could reach its highs eighty

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<v Speaker 2>miles per hour during the peak of the windstorm. Authority

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<v Speaker 2>say anyone living near the fire zones or in the

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<v Speaker 2>mountains and foothills needs to be ready to evacuate at

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<v Speaker 2>a moment's notice. Containment of the Palisades fire has increased

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<v Speaker 2>to thirteen percent. It's burned twenty three thy seven hundred

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen acres. Firefighters have surrounded twenty seven percent of the fire,

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<v Speaker 2>and Alta Dina it's burned just over fourteen thousand acres.

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<v Speaker 2>ABC's Alex Stone has been on the line of the

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<v Speaker 2>fire and we're going to be talking with him in

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<v Speaker 2>just about three minutes, so stick around for that. He's

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<v Speaker 2>going to have some amazing stories for us. Most LAUSD

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<v Speaker 2>schools are going to reopen this morning. Superintendent Alberto Carvalla

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<v Speaker 2>says conditions have improved across the region and the district

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<v Speaker 2>is confident it is safe for students and employees to

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<v Speaker 2>return to campus. Most schools in Santa Monica are also

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<v Speaker 2>reopening today. There are a couple that are still closed,

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<v Speaker 2>but schools Malibu were going to stay closed until at

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<v Speaker 2>least Wednesday. Let's get started with some of the stories

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<v Speaker 2>coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. At

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<v Speaker 2>least twenty four deaths are now blamed on the fires

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<v Speaker 2>in Pacific Palisades in Altadena. LAPD Chief Jim McDonald says

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<v Speaker 2>beliefs have been overwhelmed by the number of people wanting

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<v Speaker 2>to go back into the fire areas, but he says

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<v Speaker 2>the focus is now turning to search and recovery.

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<v Speaker 7>We will have cadaverdog deployment and that will result in

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<v Speaker 7>crime scene preservation efforts and then the recovery of remains,

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<v Speaker 7>working closely with the La County Coroner.

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<v Speaker 2>A nightly curfew from six pm to six am is

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<v Speaker 2>to announce charges this afternoon. Against people arrested for looting

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<v Speaker 2>and arson. Nathan Hakman said last week his office would

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<v Speaker 2>be charging people arrested for arson, breaking curfew and looting.

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<v Speaker 8>Looting is a despicable crime.

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<v Speaker 9>For the people who have already been arrested, Please know

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<v Speaker 9>this is not going to end well. You will be

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<v Speaker 9>punished to the full extent of the law.

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<v Speaker 2>The DA's office says the looting charges being announced today

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<v Speaker 2>are against a group of people in Pacific Palisades, and

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<v Speaker 2>the arson charges are against a man in Azusa. The

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<v Speaker 2>man allegedly started a fire at Pioneer Park late Friday

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<v Speaker 2>night and was arrested as he allegedly watched the fire burn.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say good morning now to ABC's Alex Stone. Alex,

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<v Speaker 2>things are looking better and worse in the wildfires burning

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<v Speaker 2>in southern California. And you've been on the lines. Tell

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<v Speaker 2>us what you've seen.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, you know, I mean all day yesterday it looked

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<v Speaker 6>so much better. I've been on the Eton fire now

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<v Speaker 6>since Wednesday morning, and yesterday we saw big change that

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<v Speaker 6>the fire activity, and it was the same on the

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<v Speaker 6>Palisades fire as well. But the fire activity was minimal

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<v Speaker 6>to none really no wind and they were able to

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<v Speaker 6>hit it really hard. But the question is going to

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<v Speaker 6>be this next round coming in, and that's what firefighters

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<v Speaker 6>winds are probably going to be in slightly different areas

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<v Speaker 6>than they were this last go around, But still, does

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<v Speaker 6>it spark up what's already out there, what's already burning?

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<v Speaker 6>Does something new start? The fire Chief La County Anthony Moroni,

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, he admits that they're worried about that, telling us.

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<v Speaker 10>These winds, combined with low relative humidities and low fuel

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<v Speaker 10>very high.

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<v Speaker 6>So, I mean it's really getting through these next two

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<v Speaker 6>or three days that it's going to come down the

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<v Speaker 6>can we push through without a new wildfire roaring up

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<v Speaker 6>or without these kicking back up? But driving through the

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<v Speaker 6>communities of Altadena, I mean, it's just everything is gone.

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<v Speaker 6>There's not a lot left. Home after home, building after building,

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<v Speaker 6>everything is gone.

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<v Speaker 2>Alex tell us, because we've seen a lot of pictures

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<v Speaker 2>and so from your not bird's eide view, but from

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<v Speaker 2>your vantage from street level, is it you say everything?

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<v Speaker 2>Are there a few houses still standing dotted here and there?

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<v Speaker 2>Or is it just complete, complete destruction.

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<v Speaker 6>There are some more on the perimeter of the burn

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<v Speaker 6>are burned, and then one that is there and you go, wow,

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<v Speaker 6>how did that one? You know, with the Christmas decoration

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<v Speaker 6>still up and it will look perfect. But in the

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<v Speaker 6>heart of the burning near like fair Oaks and Palm,

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, it's just it. Nothing, nothing made it in

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<v Speaker 2>But there's and it's got to be here. And I

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<v Speaker 2>haven't obviously been into this burn area, but there was

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<v Speaker 2>another fire that basically took out the whole the towns

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<v Speaker 2>of Talent and Phoenix in southern Oregon, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>just eerie to drive around because you'd see like a

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<v Speaker 2>chimney standing and the foundation but nothing else, or a

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<v Speaker 2>washing machine here and there, but the rest was just

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<v Speaker 2>reduced to ash.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, and that's very much what it's like. And everything

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<v Speaker 6>is a gray color. You know, it's all kind of

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<v Speaker 6>and it's cliche y is the moonscape or the you know,

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<v Speaker 6>the accurate Yeah, but it really is that it is

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<v Speaker 6>this gray ash everywhere. There's still a lot of power

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<v Speaker 6>lines down southern California. Edison was coming in yesterday beginning

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<v Speaker 6>to get up and bring down some of the burned

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<v Speaker 6>out towers, the poles of the power poles, Yeah, get

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<v Speaker 6>those down, get some of the dangling wires down. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>the vehicles, many of them melted where parts of them

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<v Speaker 6>melted down the road and then solidified. When you look

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<v Speaker 6>at the homes, it really is only the chimney. Most

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<v Speaker 6>of them are older homes in Altadena, so they've got

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<v Speaker 6>brick chimneys. Those remained. You'll see the outline of what

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<v Speaker 6>was a sink or a washing machine. Yesterday there was

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<v Speaker 6>a we I was walking along and all of a

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<v Speaker 6>sudden there's a whisk from somebody's kitchen sitting there. So

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<v Speaker 6>just random items that are all over the place. Found

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<v Speaker 6>a football yesterday that like a child's football, totally untouched,

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<v Speaker 6>that was just sitting there. And so that there are

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<v Speaker 6>some random things. You go, well, how did that make it?

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<v Speaker 6>But these other things didn't. A lot of melted Christmas decorations.

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<v Speaker 6>But for the homes, they burned quickly and very hot,

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<v Speaker 6>and so there's not a lot left. As the flames

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<v Speaker 6>came through mainly on Wednesday morning in Altadena, and you know,

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<v Speaker 6>still they've got to get in many areas they've only

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<v Speaker 6>done I think twenty some odd percent of the search

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<v Speaker 6>of the buildings. They've got to get cadaver dogs in,

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<v Speaker 6>and the numbers have been going up and they're probably

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<v Speaker 6>going to keep going up, but people who could not

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's twenty four at this point in both.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, the number dead twenty four. I think that they've

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<v Speaker 6>searched like twenty seven percent of the grid something like that.

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<v Speaker 6>Hopefully they are searching in areas where they knew that

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<v Speaker 6>it was likely that that there were people who were killed,

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<v Speaker 6>because otherwise, if they've only searched twenty seven percent and

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<v Speaker 6>we're at twenty four dead on both of the fires,

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<v Speaker 6>then the number is going to keep going out. But

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<v Speaker 6>if they're now and we haven't talked to how they're

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<v Speaker 6>doing the grid search, if they're going out from the

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<v Speaker 6>hardest hit area, well then the numbers should slow down

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<v Speaker 6>as they're going out.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not clear.

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<v Speaker 6>But we saw the medical examiner driving around yesterday yesterday

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<v Speaker 6>that you know that there's just so much that they've

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<v Speaker 6>got to do, and people badly want to get in,

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<v Speaker 6>and they know that that people want to get back in,

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<v Speaker 6>But there's a lot going on inside right now all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, ABC's Alex Stone, thank you so much for the information.

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<v Speaker 2>Be safe out there, you got it.

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<v Speaker 6>Thanks Amy.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Amazingly, there are other things going on in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, so let's continue and check out some of

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<v Speaker 2>the other stories going on that are coming out of

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<v Speaker 2>the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A six point nine

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<v Speaker 2>magnitude earthquake has hit southwestern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency

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<v Speaker 2>says a tsunami warning has been issued. That just hit

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<v Speaker 2>less than a half an hour ago, so we're still

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<v Speaker 2>waiting to get more information about that. Confirmation. Hearings are

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<v Speaker 2>said to get underway on Capitol Hill this week. ABC's

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<v Speaker 2>Mary Alice Parks says more than a dozen of President

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<v Speaker 2>elect Trump's key nominees will be questioned, including Trump's pick

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<v Speaker 2>to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth.

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<v Speaker 3>He's been one of Trump's most controversial nominees, facing accusations

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<v Speaker 2>far this season, more than sixty three thousand people have

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<v Speaker 11>Pediatric units especially overwhelmed, with some hospitals hitting ninety five

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<v Speaker 2>people around the US, and anyone affected by the wildfires

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<v Speaker 2>residents to be pushed back from April fifteenth to October

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five historic locations have been destroyed by the wind

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<v Speaker 2>and Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. Red flag parking restrictions are

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<v Speaker 2>quality in southern California continues to be unhealthy. Public health

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<v Speaker 2>and wear masks outside. At six oh five, it's handle

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<v Speaker 2>on the news. A guy dressed like a firefighter has

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<v Speaker 2>let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers. Karen, is

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<v Speaker 2>the fires still smolder and even burn in some areas.

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<v Speaker 2>The government's lending a helping hand to people who've lost everything,

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, I mean, we heard from the FEMA administrator, Dan

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<v Speaker 12>still such a dangerous situation. She said, the red flag

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<v Speaker 12>warnings have been reissued, the winds are coming back, and

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<v Speaker 12>they want to make sure people are in a safe place.

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<v Speaker 12>But she did say that FEMA has the funds it

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<v Speaker 12>with the ongoing recovery efforts. FEMA, of course, got twenty

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<v Speaker 12>seven billion dollars in that government funding bill at the

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<v Speaker 12>so that you know, a couple things like one reimbursing

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<v Speaker 12>state and local officials for the cost of fighting the fires,

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<v Speaker 12>which as you know, is very much a still ongoing

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<v Speaker 12>effort and will be for some time, and also helping

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<v Speaker 12>people who need it right now. The President last week

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<v Speaker 12>issued a major Disaster declaration for California and with that,

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<v Speaker 12>FEMA was able to activate its Critical Needs Assistance program

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<v Speaker 12>and that means that people can apply for that initial

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<v Speaker 12>payment of seven hundred and seventy dollars, and the White

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<v Speaker 12>House says twenty four thousand people have registered for FEMA assistance.

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<v Speaker 12>But they really want people to take advantage of what

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<v Speaker 12>is available to them, you know, don't wait, here's the money.

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<v Speaker 12>We can get this out to you right now, because

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<v Speaker 12>they want to help people with immediate critical needs and

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<v Speaker 12>that's just have lost everything or evacuated.

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<v Speaker 2>And Karen, that's seven hundred seven I need dollars. That's

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<v Speaker 2>just a one time flat kind of tie you over

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<v Speaker 2>until more assistance gets in. That's not that that's not

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<v Speaker 12>That is not all it is. We've talked about this

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<v Speaker 12>a lot back in the fall, a lot of misinformation

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<v Speaker 12>back then about the hurricanes too, and people saying, well,

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<v Speaker 12>that's all they're getting. No, this is just a here

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<v Speaker 12>is this, apply for this. Get it because you need

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<v Speaker 12>some money right now, because you don't have things, either

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<v Speaker 12>because you've evacuated or because you've lost everything. So this

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<v Speaker 12>is available to you. Figure out how to get it,

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<v Speaker 12>then get it quickly, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And then what are some of the things Karen, that

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<v Speaker 2>FEMA specifically does to help people, you.

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<v Speaker 12>Know, specifically they're trying to work well. First of all,

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<v Speaker 12>you know, the big thing is like reimbursing state and

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<v Speaker 12>local officials for the cost. Like they're getting funding out there,

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<v Speaker 12>so that's kind of like a big picture thing. Second,

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<v Speaker 12>they're setting up things where they can actually get assistance

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<v Speaker 12>to neighborhoods and people that need it too. It's working

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<v Speaker 12>on housing situations. You know, there's a rental assistance and

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<v Speaker 12>reimbursements if you are staying in a hotel or if

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<v Speaker 12>you are staying in some sort of short term rental FAMA.

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<v Speaker 12>The administrator, Dan chris Well, said that there is funding

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<v Speaker 12>available to you to get reimbursed for that. The other

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<v Speaker 12>big thing that they're starting to think about, I mean

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<v Speaker 12>that's starting, but they're working on right now. And this

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<v Speaker 12>eventual longer term housing crisis. Where do people go? You know,

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<v Speaker 12>if you rebuild in your community, where are you in

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<v Speaker 12>the meantime though? And if your kids are still able

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<v Speaker 12>their community? Where is your job? And the White House

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<v Speaker 12>stay where they have been, but that's going to be challenging.

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<v Speaker 12>They need to get a sense of the available housing inventory,

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<v Speaker 12>figure out what they could do in terms of temporary housing, shelters,

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<v Speaker 12>things like that. And that's the federal government working with

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<v Speaker 12>state and local officials.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean with twelve thousand people at least, well there's

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<v Speaker 2>twelve thousand homes and other buildings, but say it's only

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<v Speaker 2>only ten thousand or something like that, that's still ten

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<v Speaker 2>thousand people and there's already a housing shortage. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be really interesting to see where those people

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah. Yeah, and that emphasis them like trying to help

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<v Speaker 12>people stay where they are. If your school is still functioning,

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<v Speaker 12>their school. This is such a tumultuous time already. You

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<v Speaker 12>don't want to inject any more uncertainty for your family.

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<v Speaker 12>But that's challenging to keep everything as normal as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. And for people who want to apply, I know

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to run just FEMA dot gov.

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, there's all sorts of you can go to FEMA

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. ABC's Karen Travis, thank you so much for the information.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll touch to you soon.

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<v Speaker 12>Got a great day, all right you.

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<v Speaker 2>Two red flag warnings are in effect through Wednesday across

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<v Speaker 2>southern California as more strong Santa Ana winds are expected

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<v Speaker 10>These winds, combined with low relative humidities and low fuelm moistures,

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<v Speaker 2>Maroni says firefighters are prepared to keep dealing with severe

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<v Speaker 2>are looking to see if an electrical fire and eaton

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<v Speaker 13>Photos and videos taken by residents last Tuesday night show

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<v Speaker 2>Kfi's Daniel Martindale says the California Department of Forestry is

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<v Speaker 2>investigating the tower and the surrounding area. The fires burned

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<v Speaker 2>more than fourteen thousand acres since last week, destroyed about

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<v Speaker 2>seven thousand homes and businesses and other buildings, and killed

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<v Speaker 2>at least sixteen people. The incoming Trump administration has been

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<v Speaker 2>firsthand the devastation caused by the wildfires. LA County Supervisor

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<v Speaker 2>Catherine Barger says she has personally invited President Electroump to

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<v Speaker 4>To meet with our impacted residents and hear their stories,

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<v Speaker 4>to thank our first responders, and most importantly, to see

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<v Speaker 4>how the federal government can help our communities heal and rebuild.

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<v Speaker 2>She says the federal government is an essential partner when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to responding to an emergency and to helping

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<v Speaker 2>communities recover. Metro is going to continue to offer free

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<v Speaker 2>The one thirty four and the six oh two lines

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<v Speaker 2>the six sixty and six sixty two routes are being detoured,

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<v Speaker 2>along with the Metro micro which serves Pasadena, Altadena, and

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<v Speaker 2>dogs and cats to Seattle from Southern California. The shelter

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<v Speaker 2>Sending those animals north freeze up space in the shelters

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<v Speaker 2>by being dropped off by their owners or those being

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<v Speaker 2>found wandering in the burn areas. And evacuation order has

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<v Speaker 2>been downgraded to a warning for an area of the

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<v Speaker 2>Eton fire South of New York Drive and east of

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<v Speaker 2>County Sheriff's Departments's residents with homes in that area will

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<v Speaker 2>now be permitted to return to the area. Some residents

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<v Speaker 2>allowed to return to their homes. The orders have been

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<v Speaker 2>downgraded to warnings. The La County Sheriff's Departments is The

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<v Speaker 2>affected areas include north of West Sunset Boulevard up to

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<v Speaker 2>and including Mount Saint Mary's University, North Bundy Drive to

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<v Speaker 2>the four h five and from the northern boundary of

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<v Speaker 2>the Encina Reservoir van Alden Avenue east to Strawberry Field Park.

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<v Speaker 2>Good news. Two people have been arrested for flying drones

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<v Speaker 2>around Altadena, where they eaton fires, burn more than fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>thousand acres and destroyed or damaged seven thousand homes, businesses,

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<v Speaker 2>and other buildings. At six oh five, it's handled on

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<v Speaker 2>the news. Governor Newsom says, damn the environment. We got

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<v Speaker 2>to rebuild. Good thing. Let's say good morning now to

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<v Speaker 2>Jean Gable, who is a SPOKESPURN spokesperson with Wings of Rescue.

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<v Speaker 2>Earlier in the show, I said, look for the helpers. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>here are some of the helpers. Good morning, Jean.

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<v Speaker 5>How are you doing. Amy, good to talk to you today.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing great. So we know that a lot of pets

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<v Speaker 2>have been dropped off at shelters or they were found

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<v Speaker 2>wandering like if people couldn't get back to their houses

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<v Speaker 2>to rescue their pets, and so those pets are going

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<v Speaker 2>into shelters in La which is stressing an all rad

441
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<v Speaker 2>overcrowded shelter system. So that's where Wings of Rescue comes in.

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<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, we've actually been flying out of Los Angeles for

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<v Speaker 5>quite some time because the conditions in the La Metro

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<v Speaker 5>area are very bad right now. Our shelters are pull

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<v Speaker 5>up and a lot of places that in the past

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<v Speaker 5>have been able to considerably diminish euthanasias are back up

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<v Speaker 5>to having to put down lots of animals. So we

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<v Speaker 5>were already trying to do our best to take pets

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<v Speaker 5>out of shelters that were already available for adoption and

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<v Speaker 5>move them to shelters around the country where there's an

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<v Speaker 5>open kennel space. Well, now that the fires happened, that

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<v Speaker 5>just puts an incredible amount of extra pressure on not

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<v Speaker 5>only space at shelters, but on the rescue workers that

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<v Speaker 5>are at those shelters who have to take care of

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<v Speaker 5>these pets and try to find the owners, and grimly

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<v Speaker 5>I've been hearing about a lot of the shelters are

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<v Speaker 5>actually picking up remains so that owners will have closure

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<v Speaker 5>when they're able to take stock of all of this.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's a very hard job for them. And by

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<v Speaker 5>taking out pets that are already in those shelters and

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<v Speaker 5>available for adoption, we can free up a lot of

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<v Speaker 5>space and resources for them. So we did two flights

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<v Speaker 5>this past weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 5>both from the Hollywood burd Bank and Sole planeloads of

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<v Speaker 5>the pets we took I think about sixty pets on

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<v Speaker 5>Saturday and almost ninety pets on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So Gene, tell us what these flights are like.

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<v Speaker 2>Are these are the animals they're loaded into the cargo

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<v Speaker 2>area or are they're in the main cabin? How are

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<v Speaker 2>they being transported?

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<v Speaker 5>We use pressurized fully We only fly fully pressurized in

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<v Speaker 5>temperature controlled planes. Pets always ride in the main cabin

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<v Speaker 5>along with the pilots and crew. In this case, we

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<v Speaker 5>are using turboprop planes, which typically would have carried thirty

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<v Speaker 5>or forty passengers, so they're fairly large planes. We can

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<v Speaker 5>take oftentimes one hundred hundred and fifty pets depending on

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<v Speaker 5>the size. All crates, all dogs and cats have to

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<v Speaker 5>be in crates securely fastening crates. All of them carry

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<v Speaker 5>medical certificates from a veterinarian with them to wherever they're going,

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<v Speaker 5>and they have water and other things that they may

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<v Speaker 5>need on the flight, depending on the leaf of the flight.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's a pretty pretty big operation. We depend we

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<v Speaker 5>provide the flight part of the component. We depend on

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<v Speaker 5>a shelter at the ascending end and at the receiving

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<v Speaker 5>end to actually gather the pets and then take the

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<v Speaker 5>pets and make sure that they get put up for

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<v Speaker 5>adoption and get good homes.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Gene, So for the how do you find those shelters?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you guys just start calling shelters around the US

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<v Speaker 2>and just say, hey, if we're overcrowded, we need to

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<v Speaker 2>relieve some of the pressure on the system. Can you

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<v Speaker 2>take some in.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, we do a lot of that. Sometimes the shelters

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<v Speaker 5>we work with have allies around the country that they

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<v Speaker 5>work with but one way or the other, somebody has

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<v Speaker 5>to agree to take these pets before obviously we'll take off,

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<v Speaker 5>and with a planeload of pets, we never go anywhere

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<v Speaker 5>until all the pets are spoken for. We run a

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<v Speaker 5>fairly complicated system where the receiving shelters often there are

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<v Speaker 5>multiple shelters. When we land, they get a choice of

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<v Speaker 5>pets that they want, because we don't want pets going

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<v Speaker 5>anywhere where they're either not going to be able to

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<v Speaker 5>find a good home or they're going to displace pets

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<v Speaker 5>that are already at those shelters. So there's a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of flexibility on the part of the receiving shelters. They're

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<v Speaker 5>the ones who have to determine whether or not bringing

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<v Speaker 5>these pets in is going to be a burden to

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<v Speaker 5>their local community. We don't want to create that situation

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<v Speaker 5>at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, of course, and we want to stress too

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<v Speaker 2>that the animals that you are flying out, like you

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<v Speaker 2>said that a group just went to Seattle yesterday, they

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<v Speaker 2>are not rescued pets from the fires. These were dogs

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<v Speaker 2>and cats that were already in the shelter waiting to

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<v Speaker 2>be adopted.

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<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, I think that's a common question. We get this.

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<v Speaker 5>We'll see what happens if somebody comes and tries to

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<v Speaker 5>claim their pet and it's all a tennesse seattle. That

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<v Speaker 5>never happens. We only will transport pets, and this is

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<v Speaker 5>not just in disaster situations, but in general. We will

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<v Speaker 5>only transport pets that have been in a shelter for

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<v Speaker 5>at least thirty days and are considered free and clear

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<v Speaker 5>and ready for adoption at those shelters, well, we'll take

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<v Speaker 5>them to another shelter.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, do you have more flights planned for the wildfire

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<v Speaker 2>response or is this just part of your ongoing operation.

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<v Speaker 5>We do actually have two flights on next Saturday that

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<v Speaker 5>we're doing from Los Angeles to Fort Worth, Texas, and

529
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<v Speaker 5>we'll probably carry a couple hundred pets there, and then

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<v Speaker 5>we just have ongoing flights. We do weekly flights from

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<v Speaker 5>central California because there's a lot of issues there, and

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<v Speaker 5>we've been doing more and more flights from Vanuy's and

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<v Speaker 5>the south of Los Angeles, in Indio and places like that.

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<v Speaker 5>There's a lot of overpopulation, so we go wherever we can. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 5>right now, the shelters around the United States are very

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<v Speaker 5>full up and it's a tight situation, but we make

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<v Speaker 5>sure we flying home for him. And what it means

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<v Speaker 5>now is during the pandemic, we could fly and drop

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<v Speaker 5>off one hundred dogs at one shelter and that wouldn't

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<v Speaker 5>be a problem. Now we often have to find several

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<v Speaker 5>shelters on the receiving end, or we might even have

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<v Speaker 5>to make several stops with our plane before we can

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<v Speaker 5>find homes for everybody on flight.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the important part is you're giving dogs and cats

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<v Speaker 2>a second chance, and that is wonderful. How can people help?

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<v Speaker 5>We are at wingso Rescue dot org and as they

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<v Speaker 5>go there, there's plenty of opportunities to donate. We unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 5>because we work all over the country, we don't really

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<v Speaker 5>have much of a volunteer network ourselves, but we can

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<v Speaker 5>encourage people to volunteer at their local shelters, which is

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<v Speaker 5>really where the action is. They're on the ground doing

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<v Speaker 5>the hard work.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Gene Gable with Wings of Rescue, continued safe

554
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<v Speaker 2>flights and thank you for giving those pups a second chance.

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<v Speaker 2>They need it and we appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you, Amy. We know you're on the level and

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<v Speaker 5>we're very happy to be on the show this morning.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks again, Gene, and if you want to donate, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a nonprofit Wings of Rescue dot org. They're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be making another trip from La to Texas to take

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<v Speaker 2>some adoptable dogs and cats to an area that's not

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<v Speaker 2>quite so crowded because, as we know, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>animals have come in. We talked to Kevin McManus at

565
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<v Speaker 2>Pasadena Humane last week and they had already taken in

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<v Speaker 2>and this was like as last Wednesday or Thursday, they

567
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<v Speaker 2>had already taken in three hundred and fifty animals, both

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<v Speaker 2>from people who had dropped them off at the shelter

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<v Speaker 2>to temporarily take care of them while they were in

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<v Speaker 2>evacuation zones and animals that were found wandering in neighborhoods.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get back to some of the stories coming out

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<v Speaker 2>of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm happy to be alive, and any step, said I

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<v Speaker 4>can take towards bettering myself.

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<v Speaker 2>At this point, I will. This woman in Altadina says

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<v Speaker 2>she never imagined the fire in her neighborhood would explode

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<v Speaker 2>like it did.

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<v Speaker 4>I said, oh my god, but maybe it's not that

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<v Speaker 4>bad because we've had fires behind Angela's National Force.

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<v Speaker 3>Before this time, I.

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<v Speaker 6>Said, it'll be okay, it'll be fully curtained.

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<v Speaker 4>I said, but I'm coming back.

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<v Speaker 5>It's going to be contained.

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<v Speaker 12>I'm coming back.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course, people who have lost their homes are

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<v Speaker 2>still not being allowed back into mandatory evacuation zones to

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<v Speaker 2>see if their homes are still there or what's left

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<v Speaker 2>of them until at least Thursday. Because of more strong

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<v Speaker 2>winds in the forecast. Law enforcement officials say it's just

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<v Speaker 2>not safe to allow people back in yet. About seven

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<v Speaker 2>thousand homes and other buildings have been damaged or destroyed

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<v Speaker 2>in the fire in the Altadena area. The fire that

593
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<v Speaker 2>started in Pacific Palisades has burned nearly twenty four thousand

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<v Speaker 2>acres and is thirteen percent surrounded. That's up from yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Operations Section Chief Christianltz says more than five thousand firefighters

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<v Speaker 2>have been working from the air and on the ground

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<v Speaker 2>to stop the fire and that the right half of

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<v Speaker 2>the fire from Tapanga is looking good.

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<v Speaker 8>We still have resources going all along the fire's edge,

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<v Speaker 8>securing that edge, using mop up techniques to get deeper

601
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<v Speaker 8>and deeper in to secure that at to limit any

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<v Speaker 8>probability of any kind of escape that we have all

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<v Speaker 8>around the perimeter on the top half of the fire.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, crews have been looking for heat sources and

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<v Speaker 2>putting those out. Structure protection groups are also being placed

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<v Speaker 2>along the top side of the fire because of the

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<v Speaker 2>winds expected this week. Those crews will also be used

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<v Speaker 2>for initial attack on any potential new fires. The fire

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<v Speaker 2>that burned more than a thousand acres in West Hills

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<v Speaker 2>and into Ventura County has been surrounded. CalFire says crews

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<v Speaker 2>spent the day yesterday putting out remaining hotspots and improving

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<v Speaker 2>containment lines to prevent flare ups before strong winds return

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<v Speaker 2>this week. The fire started Thursday afternoon in an area

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<v Speaker 2>north of the one to one Freeway near Valley Circle Boulevard.

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<v Speaker 2>Evacuations were ordered, but no homes were damaged or destroyed.

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<v Speaker 2>LA won't just have to rebuild homes and businesses after

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<v Speaker 2>the fires, It'll also have to replant and tree advocates

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<v Speaker 2>have vowed to make the city beautiful again.

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<v Speaker 14>Advocates aim to replace non native species like palms with

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<v Speaker 14>fire resilient trees such as coast live oaks, which provide

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<v Speaker 14>shade without adding wildfire risk. These native trees are adapted

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<v Speaker 14>to the region's climate and even rely on fire to reproduce.

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<v Speaker 14>Aaron Thomas, director of Urban Forestry at Northeast Trees, saw

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<v Speaker 14>this resilience firsthand when five coasts Live oaks in his

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<v Speaker 14>family's backyard survived the Eaton fire. Despite challenges, groups like

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<v Speaker 14>Tree People remain dedicated to rebuilding urban forests to better

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<v Speaker 14>withstand climate extremes. Bragita de Gastino k if I News.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of us feel a little bit stemied, stifled,

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<v Speaker 2>like you don't know what you can do. You're like,

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<v Speaker 2>how do I help? How do I help? And it's

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<v Speaker 2>I can't even imagine what the people who are out

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<v Speaker 2>of their homes and can't get back into their homes

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<v Speaker 2>are feeling, and the ones who know their homes are gone,

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<v Speaker 2>how they're feeling. We're going to tell you how you

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<v Speaker 2>can help in just a second. Here's a few things

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<v Speaker 2>we're following from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The

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<v Speaker 2>number of people killed in the wildfires in southern California

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<v Speaker 2>is up to twenty four. Eight are in the Palisades

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<v Speaker 2>burn area, sixteen in the Eton fire. Officials say they

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<v Speaker 2>expect that number to increase as they search through the

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<v Speaker 2>ash and rubble of the fires and Pacific Palisades and Alta,

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<v Speaker 2>Dina and Pasadena. We were talking to ABC's Alex Stone.

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<v Speaker 2>He said that they'd only covered about twenty seven per

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<v Speaker 2>of the ground and they've got the cadaver dogs and

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<v Speaker 2>the medical examiner out there, so they're going to keep

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<v Speaker 2>on searching. We'll hope that the number doesn't go up much.

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<v Speaker 2>Investigators are looking into whether an electrical transmission tower may

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<v Speaker 2>have sparked the fire in Altadena that's burned more than

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen thousand acre. Photos and videos taken by residents last

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<v Speaker 2>Tuesday night show a SoCal Edison tower in flames as

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<v Speaker 2>high winds whipped through the area. The California Department of

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<v Speaker 2>Forestry and Fire Protections investigating the tower and the surrounding area.

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<v Speaker 2>Residents who live in the wildfire burn areas can now

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<v Speaker 2>see the damage from the fire that has taken out

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<v Speaker 2>more than twelve thousand homes and other buildings. LA County

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<v Speaker 2>officials say preliminary maps and damage assessments can be seen

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<v Speaker 2>at Recovery dot La County dot gov, slash Eaten dash

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<v Speaker 2>Fire and then the site affected for those affected by

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<v Speaker 2>the Palisades fire is similar Recovery dot La County dot

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<v Speaker 2>gov and then slash Palisades dash Fire. The sites will

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<v Speaker 2>be updated daily, so even if you can't get into

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<v Speaker 2>those areas, you can go and look, we're just minutes

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<v Speaker 2>away from handle. On the news this morning, LA County's

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<v Speaker 2>new da is going to be throwing the book at

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<v Speaker 2>an alleged arsonist and also some looters. Okay, I mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>how can you help? What can you do? And it

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<v Speaker 2>was pretty heartwarming to be watching over the weekend as

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<v Speaker 2>you saw video at the Dreams Center with iHeartMedia has

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<v Speaker 2>teamed up with the Dream Center Los Angeles to take

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<v Speaker 2>donations for wildfire victims, and stuff is stacked so high

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<v Speaker 2>at the donation center. And then also there was another

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<v Speaker 2>one that popped up out in Santa Anita and it

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<v Speaker 2>was at the Santa Nita Racetrack, huge amounts of people

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<v Speaker 2>just milling around dropping off donations, and then at the

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<v Speaker 2>Dream Center yesterday people are starting to pick them up.

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<v Speaker 2>So amazing how Angelino's are turning out to help people

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<v Speaker 2>who are so affected, who've lost literally everything. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if you've seen the interviews, but I watched an

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<v Speaker 2>interview with one woman who was wearing sweats and she said,

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<v Speaker 2>this is all I got. That's it. We got out

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just hard to imagine, hard to fathom. But

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<v Speaker 2>here's the things that we're looking for at the Dreams Center.

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<v Speaker 2>A non perishable food, canned food, snacks, ready to eat meals,

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<v Speaker 2>bottled water, and sports drinks. Bottled water, especially because in

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<v Speaker 2>the Pasadena area they're not supposed to drink the water

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<v Speaker 2>because the water is been damaged by the fires, so

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<v Speaker 2>bottled water and sports drinks always a good idea. Hygiene products,

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<v Speaker 2>things like toothpaste and soap and shampoo, and feminine products,

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<v Speaker 2>clothing and blankets, of course, baby supplies. I saw a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of diapers on TV, but diapers, formula, baby wipes,

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<v Speaker 2>baby food, air purifier, and masks. Health officials are saying

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<v Speaker 2>that air quality is really bad, especially around where the

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<v Speaker 2>fires are. It's getting better in some areas as the

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<v Speaker 2>winds blow it out, blow the pollution out, but there's

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<v Speaker 2>still some pretty bad areas, and officials are saying you

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<v Speaker 2>really should be wearing an N ninety five mask if

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<v Speaker 2>you need to be outside. So they're taking air pure

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<v Speaker 2>fires and masks, flashlights, batteries, portable phone chargers. Didn't even

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<v Speaker 2>think about that, like, what if your phone dies and

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<v Speaker 2>then how do you charge it? You need a charger, first,

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<v Speaker 2>aid kits, medical supplies, and then of course pet food

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<v Speaker 2>and supplies for anyone who has animals, and then cleaning supplies, mops, buckets, disinfectant, gloves, gloves,

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<v Speaker 2>anything to assist with the recovery. All the items that

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<v Speaker 2>are collected at the Dreams Center are then being distributed

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<v Speaker 2>to people who need it. Here's where you can donate.

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<v Speaker 2>You can drop off items at the Dream Center. It's

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<v Speaker 2>at twenty three oh one Bellvue Avenue in La nine

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<v Speaker 2>zero zero two six twenty three oh one Bellevue Avenue.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where you can donate. And if you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a donation of things, you can always donate money Dreamscenter

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<v Speaker 2>dot org slash donate. Can also find information on where

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<v Speaker 2>to donate on our website. KFI AM six forty and

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<v Speaker 2>we thank you for any donation that you can make.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get back to some of the stories coming out

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<v Speaker 2>of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Most schools in

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<v Speaker 2>the LA School District are set to reopen following fire

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<v Speaker 2>related closures. Masks will be provided to students and workers.

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<v Speaker 2>No outdoor or athletic activities will be held. Schools in

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<v Speaker 2>the most severely impacted fire areas are going to stay closed.

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<v Speaker 2>Most Santa Monica schools are also reopening today. Schools in

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<v Speaker 2>Malibu will remain closed until at least Wednesday because of

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<v Speaker 2>another round of red flag warnings, which forecasters say could

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<v Speaker 2>create particularly dangerous fire conditions. The death toll from the

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<v Speaker 2>fires in Pacific Palisades and altadenas gone up to twenty four,

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<v Speaker 2>most of them are in the Eton fire area sixteen people.

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<v Speaker 2>Officials say they are in a search and recovery mode

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<v Speaker 2>and are limiting access to burned out areas. The electrical

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<v Speaker 2>fire in Eaton care Onion is being looked at as

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<v Speaker 2>the possible cause of the fire above Altadena. Kfis Daniel

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<v Speaker 2>Martindale's photos and videos taken by people in the area

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<v Speaker 2>last week show a transmission tower on fire during strong winds.

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<v Speaker 13>The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is now

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<v Speaker 13>investigating the tower and the surrounding area. Officials are keeping

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<v Speaker 13>the area off limits to everyone but investigators.

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<v Speaker 2>The Eton fires burned more than fourteen thousand acres since

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<v Speaker 2>last week, it's destroyed thousands of homes and killed at

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<v Speaker 2>least sixteen people. Containment of that fires up to twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seven percent. A man dressed as a firefighter has been

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<v Speaker 2>arrested for allegedly breaking to a home in Malibu.

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<v Speaker 15>The man was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a firefighter.

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<v Speaker 15>LA County Sheriff Robert Lunas says more than thirty people

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<v Speaker 15>have been arrested in and near wildfire evacuation zones. Twenty

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<v Speaker 15>five of them were arrested in the vicinity of the

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<v Speaker 15>Eton fire in Altadena and Pasadena.

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<v Speaker 2>Some were arrested for curfew violations. Again, curfews in the

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<v Speaker 2>mandatory evacuation zones are still in effect from six pm

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<v Speaker 2>until six a eight. Governor Newsom says he wants too

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<v Speaker 2>fast track efforts to rebuild after the deadly wildfires. He

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<v Speaker 2>told NBC's Meet the Press he has issued an executive

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<v Speaker 2>order to remove some of the obstacles faced by residents

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<v Speaker 2>hoping to quickly rebuild.

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<v Speaker 11>We're already organizing Marshall Plan.

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<v Speaker 8>We already have a team and looking and reimagining LA

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<v Speaker 8>two point zero, and we.

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<v Speaker 15>Are making sure everyone's included, not just the folks on

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<v Speaker 15>the coast.

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<v Speaker 2>His executive order is expected to suspend some laws aimed

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<v Speaker 2>at protecting the environment. Newsom is also called for investigations

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<v Speaker 2>into the wildfire response, specifically into why Cruise ran out

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<v Speaker 2>of water. FEMA is setting up at eight libraries in

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<v Speaker 2>La County to help people with submitting applications for disaster relief.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll be available from nine am to five pm today

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<v Speaker 2>in Alhambra, La Kenyata, Flintridge, La Crescenta at the Live

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<v Speaker 2>Oak Library, and in San Fernando, San Gabriel, Temple City,

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<v Speaker 2>and West Hollywood. The Chinese owners of TikTok, having said

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<v Speaker 2>if they're going to sell the app to an American company,

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<v Speaker 2>as is required by a law signed by President Biden, ByteDance,

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<v Speaker 2>has until January nineteenth to sell or be banned in

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<v Speaker 2>the US for alleged national security concerns. ABC's Alexis Christopher

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<v Speaker 2>says that's a day before the inauguration of President elect Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>who has asked the courts to delay any decision on

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<v Speaker 2>the app.

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<v Speaker 16>The Apple and Google Play stores will not be able

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<v Speaker 16>to host the app any longer, so if you never

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<v Speaker 16>downloaded it, you won't be able to If you're one

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<v Speaker 16>of the one hundred and seventy million people in this

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<v Speaker 16>country who have the app half the country, you're no

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<v Speaker 16>longer going to get software updates.

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<v Speaker 2>She says. Internet hosting companies and data storage providers that

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<v Speaker 2>support the app will not be able to do so anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>and if they do, they'll get fined. Leslie Charleson, who

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<v Speaker 2>played Monica Quartermain on General Hospital for over forty five years,

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<v Speaker 2>has died. The show's executive producer says she died yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Charleston played Monica since nineteen seventy seven. That makes her

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<v Speaker 2>the show's longest serving cast member. Leslie Charleson was seventy nine.

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<v Speaker 2>This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange

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<v Speaker 2>County Southland weather from KFI another Santa Ana wind events

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<v Speaker 2>expected to blow through later today through Wednesday, with red

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<v Speaker 2>flag warnings in effect again. Sunny, smokey, windy high's in

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<v Speaker 2>the middupper sixties at the beaches Metrola and Inland Orange County,

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<v Speaker 2>load to upper sixties in the valleys and Inland Empire

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<v Speaker 2>fifties for the Anelote Valley. Clear skies tonight, with lows

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<v Speaker 2>in the thirties and forties, sunny tomorrow with highs in

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<v Speaker 2>the middubber sixties, couple degrees warmer for Wednesday, and then

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<v Speaker 2>cooling back down a couple degrees with highs in the

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<v Speaker 2>sixties Thursday and Friday. It's fifty five in Los Alamitos,

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<v Speaker 2>fifty in Santa Clarita, fifty four in Seal Beach, and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty two in Whittier. We lead local live from the

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<v Speaker 2>KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has

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<v Speaker 2>been your wake up call, and if you missed any

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<v Speaker 2>of wake Up Call, you missed a lot, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King.

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<v Speaker 1>You can always hear wake Up Call five day, six

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