WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:04.919 You're listening to bill Handle on demand from KFI AM 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:05.839 six forty. 3 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:09.480 KFI AM six forty bill Handle. 4 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:14.800 Here is a Friday morning, January seventeenth, and as this 5 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:18.280 show is continuing on, some massive news is coming down 6 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:20.800 the pike as we speak. First of all, it looks 7 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:24.879 like a deal has been cut in the Middle East 8 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:29.679 between Hamas and Israel, and first stage should start on 9 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:33.159 Sunday with a release of hostages and Israel pulling back 10 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:39.280 back away from the Philadelphia Quarridor, which is the area 11 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:43.560 on the other side of Egypt, which is basically a 12 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:47.439 buffer zone between Israel and Hamas. 13 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.200 Also, some hostages going to be returned. 14 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.840 I think about thirty six Palestinians are going to be 15 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:56.880 exchanged Palestinian prisoners. And to give you an idea of 16 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:01.920 a typical exchange policy and what happens during prisoner exchange, 17 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:06.079 thirty six hostages are to be released, fifteen hundred Palestinian. 18 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:08.319 Prisoners are coming back, isn't that special? 19 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:14.280 Matter of fact, the case of Galite Shalid Khalid I 20 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:16.840 get the name always confused, which is he was just 21 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.439 a regular soldier, just a nothing soldier, well not a 22 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:23.480 nothing soldier, but he was like you, a corporal, sort 23 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.799 of the most minor level. He was captured by Hamas 24 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.040 and it was six years of negotiation and the exchange 25 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.840 rate was eleven hundred Palestinian prisoners to one Israeli. 26 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:40.000 So that was and was a big deal. 27 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:41.959 Is a big deal, but it looks like good news 28 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:43.799 across the board. We'll see what happens. We'll see how 29 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.480 this holds. And the other bit of news is the 30 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:50.599 TikTok ruling or lack of ruling. Supreme Court has ruled 31 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.719 that it is not going to get away or get 32 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:56.840 in the way of the ban on TikTok, which is 33 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.840 supposed to start on Sunday. And now that the law, 34 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.959 there's gonna be a big issue about whether or not, 35 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.519 well Biden's going to do nothing because two days later, 36 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:09.000 of course he's out of the presidency, but whether or 37 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.319 not Trump is going to enforce the ban or not 38 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:19.240 move forward in dealing with the band, because he, that is, 39 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.439 Donald Trump went from being. 40 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:25.960 Totally in favor of the band hated TikTok. 41 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:31.360 Because TikTok, owned by a Chinese company, Byte Dance, has 42 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:35.719 access to anybody who uses TikTok, all of the information 43 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:40.039 can come in and everything, we know everything, we own, 44 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.159 all of our private information if we're on TikTok is 45 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:45.639 available that happens across the board. Well, this is a 46 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:50.319 Chinese government that is connected to TikTok. So for national 47 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.599 security reasons, there was a big, big to do about 48 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:57.879 banning TikTok. Virtually everybody in Congress and the Senate, the presidency, 49 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:03.680 certainly Trump turned around the other way. Now even the 50 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:06.800 Democrats and the Republicans in the Senate and the House 51 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:12.240 have turned around. Now everybody loves TikTok, and the President says, 52 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.039 I have a warm one place in my heart for TikTok. 53 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:15.680 And why is that? 54 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:20.599 Because he rightly credits TikTok with being a big part 55 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:24.000 of his win and that he was able to garner 56 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.560 many many young people, young men who otherwise probably would 57 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:31.560 not have voted, and that's what he got. 58 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:33.479 Oh man, you know, do we. 59 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.400 Take the entire segment on this, I think we did well. 60 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.039 I wanted to talk about what the news was, and 61 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.879 it is. It's a lot going on. We're gonna hear 62 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:47.240 come Monday a lot more because we'll see what happens 63 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.319 with TikTok on Sunday, we'll see what happens with a 64 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.000 cease fire. And none of them have ever really held 65 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.840 not much and probably would do a little bit more 66 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:01.800 explaining about how this is in three phase Phase one, 67 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:07.719 Phase two and three haven't really been negotiated yet, sort 68 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:08.599 of up in the air. 69 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.439 So and there's a bunch of different views in Israel. 70 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.000 The families of the hostages, of course saying we'll do 71 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.680 anything to bring our family home. And then you have 72 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:21.519 the ulternationalists even within the government, says we can never 73 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:24.560 cut a deal with Hamas ever. Ever, we do not 74 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.079 want them to even exist. All right, A story about 75 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:31.639 the fire, the fires, and this is a story that 76 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.279 has not been covered, but I want to connect to 77 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:41.680 things that here in southern California particularly are inextricably connected. 78 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.800 One fires, those are going to go on forever. I mean, 79 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.199 we're just at the start because we know climate change 80 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.160 is doing what it's doing. And the other thing is homelessness. 81 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:55.519 We know that's a huge problem La County. Seventy thousand 82 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.879 or seventy five thousand homeless people in La County. I mean, 83 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.800 the numbers astronomical. So what does the fire have to 84 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:09.240 do with homeless people, well, a whole lot. We go 85 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:13.279 back to twenty seventeen, the Tubs fire went through Santa Rosa, Okay, 86 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:20.439 and it affected homeless ridiculously. And one homeless person or 87 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:24.639 an expert who's CEO of Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa, 88 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:29.519 the diocese who works with the homeless, said, every one 89 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:33.600 of these crises is one just one step away from 90 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:35.360 entering big time homelessness. 91 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:36.279 And that was happening. 92 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:40.199 And experts are worrying that what the fires are doing, 93 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:45.439 they will have a dire homelessness crisis. And that's true 94 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.199 because if you look at parts of California that had 95 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:52.120 been burned by past wildfires, communities are still dealing with it. 96 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:57.839 And I'm talking about homelessness years later. How does this 97 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:00.600 all connect? Well, how about this? People who either too 98 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.639 little or no insurance on their homes or who rented 99 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:05.560 sometimes end up on the streets. 100 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:06.040 How does a. 101 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.680 Homeowner end up on the streets? Well, the house burns down. 102 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.839 How long do you think it takes to rebuild a house. 103 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.920 What if there's no insurance, that's done. But if there's 104 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:21.399 not enough insurance, that's done. And what happens over that year? 105 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:24.839 Were now when you have eight thousand homes and it 106 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:29.800 may take years because there just aren't enough contractors. There 107 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:34.120 isn't enough labor, there isn't enough building supplies, aren't nearly 108 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:34.920 enough supplies. 109 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:36.720 What do you do? 110 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:40.079 Well, a lot of people fall right into homelessness. That's 111 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:46.759 the problem. Renters and undamaged buildings. Number One, they get evicted, 112 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.560 hopefully not because laws are into place. We'll see about 113 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:55.439 the enforcement issue. They get evicted. Why because the landlord 114 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.720 is able to raise rents to the point where a 115 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:05.920 render it can't even begin to afford it. Mean, if 116 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:11.040 you had a rental anywhere near the Palaceades right now, 117 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:13.160 what do you think you could get for that? I 118 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.160 mean the bidding war that goes on. 119 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:15.680 Now. 120 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:19.720 You're not allowed to raise the rents on someone, but 121 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.439 what if someone offers you twice as much? Are you 122 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:28.800 allowed to take it? Also, how many people who lived 123 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:36.399 in the Palacetades own property, They own rental property, and 124 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:39.759 they've got no place to go. Now in city of 125 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:43.120 Los Angeles, you can't throw someone out just to throw 126 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:43.560 someone out. 127 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.120 You can't evict people because we have rent control laws. 128 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.439 But you know, one of the reasons, one of the 129 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:50.759 ways you can evict people if you're moving into the place. 130 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:55.639 If you are moving into the place and someone is 131 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.279 on a month to month rental, you can say sixty days, 132 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:04.040 chow baby, And where do people go? Because there are 133 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:09.279 no places to rent and there's desperation out there. And 134 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:12.360 when a community loses thousands of home at once, like 135 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:16.720 the Palisades, where there already is a huge housing shortage, 136 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:21.319 prices go up across the board, displacing even more people. 137 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:26.879 Each fire threatens to make it already sky high home 138 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.759 insurance rates even more expensive to the point you can't 139 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:34.480 afford it. Here's a little inside baseball. One of the 140 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:38.279 big reasons I sold the Persian Palace is that my 141 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:44.559 fire rates, my home insurance rates doubled, went up one 142 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:49.000 hundred percent, and I said that's enough where I live 143 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:55.200 the home, So I downsized dramatically. I just didn't want 144 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:59.399 to pay those ridiculous amounts that they wanted, and by 145 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.759 the way, I would two and a half weeks. I've 146 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.039 told you that story that I was there. I had 147 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:06.039 no insurance for two and a half weeks. Let me 148 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:08.600 tell you two and a half weeks when I woke 149 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:10.200 up and knew that if the house burned down, I 150 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:14.919 was done. So climate change, we're gonna have hotter and 151 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.080 drier seasons except when it rains. We're gonna have more rains, 152 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:25.320 and these wildfires become more unpredictable, extreme and that sets 153 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:30.879 back the fight against homelessness. The fires in La County, 154 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:34.559 these fires burned more than forty thousand acres, twenty five 155 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:40.200 people killed, twelve thousand homes in structures. Basically, it's eight 156 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:44.879 thousand and nine thousand homes. It's going to be a 157 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:49.240 tough one. In twenty eighteen, remember the campfire up in 158 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:54.600 the town of Paradise which wiped out the town of Paradise, Well, 159 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:57.759 the people who were still alive, because it killed eighty 160 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:02.120 Some of my people went into Chico, about fifteen miles away. 161 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:04.159 That was six years ago. 162 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:08.919 The Sacramento, this Sacramento Valley city of Chico is still 163 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:14.759 feeling the effects of homelessness in a fire that happened 164 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:19.320 fifteen miles away and was six years ago. By the way, 165 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:21.279 in terms of the number of losses, you think of 166 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:25.360 the town of Paradise having lost what a few hundred homes, 167 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:30.720 fifteen thousand homes were lost in that fire and let 168 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.720 me give you another stat You have fifteen thousand homes gone. 169 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:39.039 Twenty nine hundred single family homes have been rebuilt out 170 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:43.200 of fifteen thousand. How about multifamily units which now the 171 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.279 state is pushing, pushing, pushing five hundred and fifty of 172 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:52.519 those out of fifteen thousand of them. So before the fire, 173 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:59.200 Paradise had a few homeless shelters, none now they don't exist. 174 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:04.600 Twenty twenty CZU Lightning complex made up of a bunch 175 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:08.960 of multiple fires. Those are lightning strikes. Those destroyed seven 176 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.679 hundred homes of Santa Cruz County. Four years later, about 177 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:15.879 a third of those homes have been built. So we 178 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:21.240 are looking at people who otherwise had great homes. They 179 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:25.320 had expensive homes. Palisades is not a cheap place to live. 180 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:28.279 But you had people that have homes that were paid 181 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:32.960 off twenty years ago, who lost insurance, couldn't afford insurance. 182 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.519 And by the way, so now they have insurance to 183 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:39.200 the California Fairplan. I talked about that yesterday. Insurance as 184 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:42.600 a last resort, which is a State of California plan. 185 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:45.559 It doesn't have enough money. 186 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.919 There's no way the state is going to have to 187 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.519 come in and bail them out, or the California Fair 188 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:58.480 Plan doesn't exist as an insurance company anymore. Now, one 189 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:02.320 quick sideboard saw bar point I want to make before 190 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:04.759 we take a break, and I go into ask handle 191 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:09.039 Anything is private insurance companies, and I thought they were 192 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.159 all going to go broke. The state farms, the farmers, 193 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:15.960 the mercuries, they all have enough money to pay off 194 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:22.000 the claims because there's something called reinsurance where the insurance 195 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:28.399 companies buy insurance from reinsurance companies to cover their losses 196 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:34.720 above a certain point. So we're just starting starting to 197 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:38.480 deal with all the aspects of these fires. Okay, we're 198 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:40.759 going to go into what we normally do on a 199 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:43.679 Friday at this time, and that's the segment that I 200 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:46.759 call Ask Candle Anything. And this was created a few 201 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:49.919 months ago, actually a few weeks ago, where people ask 202 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.559 all kinds of questions now personal questions, etc. And sometimes 203 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:55.639 well I was answering all of them for a period 204 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:58.399 of time, and man was I embarrassed. So here's the 205 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:00.799 way it works is during the course of the show, 206 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:04.440 anybody can call in. You go to the iHeart app 207 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:08.840 and there's a go to KFI and there is a 208 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.200 microphone at the upright hand corner. You press on the 209 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:15.240 microphone and you record a question up to fifteen seconds, 210 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:16.840 because I don't want to hear anything longer than that, 211 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.120 and certainly I don't care about your opinion about anything. 212 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:20.840 It's just a question. 213 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:25.720 And what happens is and Neil go through these questions. 214 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:30.399 They're recorded and then they're played. Now I'm hearing them 215 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.360 for the first time, just like you are. So I 216 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.200 have no idea what the questions are, and we just 217 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:40.399 go for it. And and told me I have to 218 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:44.480 repeat the question. Yes, okay, I repeat the question is asked, 219 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:47.919 I repeat the question. For example, as you said, at 220 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.759 beauty pageants, they do that where the beauty contestants go 221 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:53.840 up there and repeat the questions. But the answer is 222 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:57.240 always the same. World peace. I believe in world peace. Okay, 223 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:02.440 let's do it. Someone want to play a question, Cono. 224 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:06.480 Hey Bill. Two questions One when did you get into radio? 225 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.759 And why? I guess that's the two questions. And another 226 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:14.799 question have you always been annoying and arrogant and just 227 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:16.519 obnoxious today? 228 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:20.519 Yeah? No, good questions. I'll answer the second question first. Yes. 229 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.200 As a matter of I was talking to my daughter 230 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.840 last night, and when people get her name, occasionally people 231 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.679 who know me Barbie hand, Oh you're Bill Handle's daughter, 232 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:34.000 and she says yeah. And the question always is is 233 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:38.000 your dad any different on radio? And she goes, absolutely not. 234 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.559 He just uses language in person that he can't on 235 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.720 the radio. Question Number one, how long have I been 236 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:50.200 in radio? Forty years this year? Forty forty years? 237 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.120 Man? 238 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:58.960 That is so crazy. Kono. When I started, you weren't even. 239 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:06.080 You were thirteen years from actually being born. No, I 240 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.679 was four years. Okay, I don't care. I can't do 241 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.120 the math. But that's a long time. 242 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:15.600 Forty years. I'm old. I'm falling apart. You are old. 243 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:19.240 I know, No, I know, no, I know, I know. Okay. 244 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:23.039 So those were that question and there you Bill Cliff 245 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:25.759 in Las Vegas, love the show. Listen man, Happy New Year. 246 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:27.320 Throwing you a softball question. 247 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:30.240 What is your favorite type of bagel and how do 248 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:31.240 you like it prepared? 249 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.200 Take care buddy, Well that is okay. 250 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:35.840 My favorite type of bagel is actually an onion bagel, 251 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:37.720 And how do I like it prepared? 252 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:40.879 Toasted with a cream, cheese and sometimes. 253 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:43.840 Locks on it, and locks of course smokes salmon and 254 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:45.840 the way it really should be done. First of all, 255 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:49.120 you need a real jew bagel, which is a plain bagel, 256 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:50.840 or an onion bagel or an egg bagel. All the 257 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:54.480 rest of it is just crapple. You know, blueberry bagels, 258 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.120 What the hell is that about? Strawberry bagels? What are 259 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:01.639 you doing? And then supermarket bagel that's bread in the 260 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.759 shape of a bagel. 261 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.039 So cream, cheese, shmear locks, smoked. 262 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:16.600 Salmon, slice, cucumber, tomato, red onion, and then I eat 263 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:23.240 about four packs of zelmons because yeah, yeah, that's just great. 264 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:27.120 Smelled like an off on a tune a boat. Okay, 265 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:28.960 how are we doing for time? 266 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:33.639 Next question, Bill, can you tell me where's Steve Gregory? 267 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:36.799 We haven't heard from him for a long time. 268 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:41.240 Yes see, Okay, Steve is no longer with the station. 269 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:49.720 Steve does extraordinary things, including he consults to police and 270 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:53.240 fire stations and agencies all over the country, teaching them 271 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:57.080 how to deal with the press. He does his podcast 272 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:59.919 and frankly. 273 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:04.400 He does better there than he ever did here. So 274 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.920 that's where Steve Gregory is. 275 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.839 And you can google him, you can look him up, 276 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:11.440 and I'll give you an idea. But that's where Steve 277 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.720 and I talked to him all the time. I called 278 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.519 him yesterday he was supposed to have lunch with him. Oh, 279 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.640 watching the two of us seat, watching Neil and Steve 280 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.319 Gregory and me eat man. 281 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.279 That is a joy to see. 282 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:27.200 I mean, we are talking about people come and stand 283 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:30.680 around and watch. You ever seen groups of people around 284 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.400 a breakdancer. Everybody sits there and watches. That's what happens 285 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.400 when we eat. Okay, let's do one. 286 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.400 More, hey handle, What career path would you have taken 287 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.119 if you didn't get into radio, knowing you're a lousy lawyer, 288 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:47.160 what would you have done other than that? 289 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.759 Male prostitution? No, I wouldn't have done well doing that either, 290 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:54.640 you know, I don't know. Probably sales of some kind. 291 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.839 You know, at one point I wanted to be an actor, 292 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:59.519 but I'm terrible at it. That actually is a pretty 293 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.880 good question. I will tell you that I fell into 294 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.920 every career that I've had. I was in business, and 295 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:09.559 I would have been in business. I've been a business 296 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:13.480 person since I've been forever. And my mother the only 297 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:15.839 reason I went to law school is because I have 298 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.839 Jewish parents, and I decided it is and of course, 299 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:22.680 every kid, you know, you need something to fall back on, 300 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.720 you need a career, you need an education, all right. 301 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:29.880 So it was a business decision three years of law 302 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.799 school versus forty years of therapy as to what I did. 303 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:36.319 And I went to law school and had no intention 304 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:37.960 of practicing law at all. 305 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:40.759 And I fell into my career at surrogacy, and then 306 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:44.720 I fell into my career as radio. So I actually 307 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:47.720 didn't go out for a career, just one of those people. 308 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:50.319 And a lot of people do that, you know, their 309 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:53.559 first job and that's what they end up doing. Certainly 310 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:58.200 in the legal field, lawyers their first internship, they end 311 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:02.599 up at whatever, whatever job, whatever firm, and that's what 312 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:08.039 they practiced. So now doctors, I think, want to be doctors. 313 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.000 That's not something you fall into. And so certainly other fields. 314 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.920 But no way, let me ask Amy this question real 315 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.039 quick before we take a break. 316 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:21.440 What does you want to do, Amy h other than 317 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:25.519 be a man? Be a man? Yeah? I know, yeah, 318 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.920 I know, the surgery is very expensive. 319 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:30.200 Well, you know what, I kind of fell into it. 320 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:32.160 I went to college thinking I want to do broadcasting, 321 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:36.279 public relations or marketing, and then I too sort of 322 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:38.160 fell into it. I was like, I want to do this, 323 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:42.359 and and so I I went in and I trained 324 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:44.880 with somebody who used to be the voice of orson 325 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:47.400 on Mork and Mindy, and I want, I want to 326 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.359 do this, but I didn't want to be a DJ, 327 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:53.160 and I didn't want to be okay, like I didn't 328 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:55.400 want to make commercials. So I walked in and I said, 329 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.640 I want to work in radio, but I don't know 330 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.240 what I want to do. 331 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:03.480 Yes, people, it's amazing how manyeople fall into their careers, 332 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:06.680 and that's exactly what happened. And I have been blessed 333 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:09.440 because I love. I loved every minute that I was 334 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:12.880 practicing law and every minute that I've been on radio. 335 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:14.200 I mean that's that to me. 336 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:17.119 Is every minute now of course not okay, I hate 337 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:20.400 it here half the time? Okay, Kno, you have another 338 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.960 couple of questions that I have been recorded that I 339 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.799 am going to answer. 340 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:27.319 Hey, Bill, I started listening back in the day of 341 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:32.599 Gallagher and Maratta and the Hawaiian guy whose name escapes 342 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:37.119 me right now? Was that your original team or did 343 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:39.839 you have a team before that? And if so, who 344 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.279 were they? 345 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.440 You know what? 346 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:47.000 Frankly, I'm so old that I don't remember who the 347 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:49.920 real original team was. We did have Ken Gallagher was 348 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.839 our news guy. Rich Murrada, yes, he started immediately. Rich 349 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:57.359 Mrada was sport he had done sports on the Morning 350 00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:02.319 Crew before me I came on, and that was nineteen 351 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:04.960 ninety three when this show started. Rich Murato was there, 352 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:09.319 so yeah, yeah, that was the original crew. And then 353 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:12.640 it was Paul T. Wall who was also part of 354 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:17.759 the original team. I think anyway, and thank you very 355 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:20.839 much for asking. I've been listening to forever. I'm going 356 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:23.319 to give you just a quick one. When people used 357 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:26.920 to say I've been listening to you for fifteen years, 358 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:30.400 I've been listening to you, listening to you for twenty years. 359 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.119 I listened. You know, I took it. 360 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.039 I don't thank you very much, and you know, put 361 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.920 my finger to my cheek. 362 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.799 Aw shucks. 363 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:42.319 Now when someone starts with I've been listening to you. 364 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:46.839 For shut up, just shut up. I don't want to 365 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.200 hear it. 366 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:52.599 Or I get people in their twenties thirties that come 367 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:55.720 up to me and go, you know, my parents love you. 368 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.720 My parents do love you. 369 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:00.799 See there you go, and I go, well, how about 370 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.640 your grandparents? 371 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:05.960 They love you even more? Also, my grandma loves you. 372 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.000 There you go. Thank you. 373 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:10.920 And by the way, that's not validation, just to validate me. 374 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.039 That's the truth. 375 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:15.119 All right. Do we have one more Okay, let's do 376 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.519 one more bill. 377 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:20.839 What do we have to do to make Southern California 378 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.519 a better place to live? 379 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.519 Thank you? 380 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:27.680 Well let's start with you moving out with those stupid questions. 381 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:31.920 Okay, I think that's a good start. You know what 382 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.400 you got me. 383 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:37.480 I don't see Southern California being a better place. I 384 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.599 have been here since I've been five years old, and 385 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:44.839 it was there was a time when there was virtually 386 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:49.079 no traffic. My parents bought a house for nineteen five 387 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:51.519 hundred dollars in the San Frano Valley and sold it 388 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:56.599 six years later for twenty two thousand dollars. Housing actually 389 00:22:56.680 --> 00:23:00.920 used to be affordable. Now there's some downside. Smog was 390 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:04.279 so god awful you couldn't breathe during the summer. That 391 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:07.960 was horrific. But the bottom line is, you know, I 392 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.319 don't know if you can make it better. But I 393 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:12.680 don't know if you can make anything better anymore, because well, 394 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.960 first of all, I'm a cynic. There's nothing good about anything, 395 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:18.640 so I always look at the wrong side of life. 396 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.200 All right, guys, we're done. 397 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.799 That's it. 398 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:24.440 Tomorrow morning it's Handle on the Law eight to eleven 399 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:28.839 o'clock Dean Sharp from six to eight Monday morning, we 400 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:31.079 all come back. We're gonna certainly talk about the inauguration. 401 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:34.839