WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:09.240 on the iHeartRadio app. Anyway, Okay, so how many people 4 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:11.599 tuned in to watch that debate? I was just looking 5 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:16.640 this up because I am interested. Complete network viewership numbers 6 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:18.920 are expected to be released later in the day, but 7 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:22.239 we do have some early overnight figures. According to the 8 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:26.320 analyst Michael Muldehill, the debate saw a big increase in 9 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:30.679 viewership over the Trump Biden debate. He wrote, last night's 10 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:33.640 debate earned an overnight rating of thirty two point eight 11 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.039 and a seventy share across eight networks. That's twenty eight 12 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:41.359 percent higher than the Trump Biden debate earlier in the year. 13 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:46.000 So that means that out of all televisions, thirty two 14 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:50.439 point eight percent were tuned into the debate, right right, 15 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.240 and that I have everybody that had televisions on seventy percent. 16 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:57.560 Yes, that's huge, a seventy Oh my god. 17 00:00:58.000 --> 00:00:58.399 All right. 18 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:01.079 Obviously, we are on top of the fires. 19 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:05.359 KFI News has been doing a wonderful job of having 20 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:08.599 all of our bases covered. We have three fires burning 21 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.079 right now. They're kind of in a triangle shape. One 22 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.480 of them we will get to coming up in a 23 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:17.439 little bit. This is the one in San Gabriel Canyon 24 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:20.359 that blew through rightwood, terrifying the people who live there 25 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:22.920 who deal with this all the time. The other big 26 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:26.359 one is the one that was caused by crews public 27 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.480 works crews going in there to remove equipment to make 28 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.159 another brush and things to make sure that a fire 29 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.599 did not erupt there and in doing so sparked it. 30 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.959 Carbon Carson is on this one for KFI News and 31 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:41.760 joins us Now, Corbyn, what's the latest. 32 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:42.879 Yeah, that's yeah. 33 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:46.120 It's burned more than twenty two thousand acres at this point. 34 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:49.439 It started Monday afternoon near Tribuco Canyon Road. It's in 35 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.079 the area of a remote controlled airplane airport. Eight firefighters 36 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.280 have already been injured since this thing started, and several 37 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.719 homes have been reported destroyed. I pulled oce FA Division 38 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.000 Chief Craig kobea side. He's the guy that ran operations 39 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.239 last night. I talked to him after the morning briefing 40 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.159 where more than a thousand fire personnel got their marching 41 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:12.039 orders this morning. 42 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:14.439 He gave me kind of a rundown of the path 43 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:15.199 of this thing. 44 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:17.199 Started in the bottom of Tribucal Canyon. 45 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:20.960 It was a very poor placement for us to go 46 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.240 because it was immediately on both sides of the canyon road, 47 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.199 which makes it even more challenging for us. And there 48 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:29.360 was no place for us to get ahead of it 49 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.879 and stop it because it's a large, continuous canyon that 50 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.520 we immediately start had rock slides and things like that 51 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.400 that cut us off. We knew right away that this 52 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.360 was going to be a major incident. There's history of 53 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:41.800 it in that area. So it kind of burned up 54 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.759 Tribucal Canyon into Holy Jim Canyon up to the north 55 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.680 main divide. Then it got caught into the influence of 56 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.400 the wind and pushed south southeast toward or take a 57 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.680 highway corridor, and then that's where we saw this massive, 58 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:55.400 just plume of smoke yesterday. 59 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:57.360 I'm pretty much everybody probably saw that. There was a 60 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:59.960 few of them. As you said, Shannon, there's three fire 61 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.439 that kind of you could see these plumes of smoke 62 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:06.919 beginning the afternoon fire fight yesterday, and that pushed the 63 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:10.120 fire to jump or take a highway, and those multiple 64 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.319 homes were burned and destroyed a damage assessment cruise i'm 65 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.840 told will be up in that area today to get 66 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:18.520 an account. But I'm told all the homes that burned 67 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:20.680 are on the Ortega side or the east side of 68 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.599 that fire. And then again last night there was some 69 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:27.520 progress as temperatures dropped and winds calmed down. Air crews 70 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.280 they continued the attack as hand engine and doser crews 71 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.360 they worked on the ground to gain some ground. And 72 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.560 then that fire, I'm also told laid down last night 73 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:41.039 thanks to reduce wind and temperatures and also because it 74 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:44.199 burned into the burn scar of the Holy Fire that's 75 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:44.719 a fire. 76 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:45.439 From twenty eighteen. 77 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:49.800 Today, air crews will continue to hammer that thing with air, 78 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:53.680 you know, and we're expecting the temperatures and wind to 79 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:55.080 be lower again. 80 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.520 But a concerning fuel advisory because there's just. 81 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:01.199 So much dry brittle brush up there that can burn, 82 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:04.280 especially over the especially over all the years of recent 83 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:07.680 reigns as we've been hearing, and even in that burn. 84 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.800 Scar, there is has been some growth in that area. 85 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:11.960 So though it has slowed down, I'm told that there 86 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.360 could be a concern that it can burn through there. 87 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.759 And then again the look will be to keep this 88 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.199 thing out of Lake Elsinore where it's headed and hopefully 89 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:22.519 Cruz can get a handle on it. 90 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:26.319 Today, they called this thing the airport fire because it's 91 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:30.639 in the area of a remote controlled airplane airport. I 92 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.519 did not know that this was a thing until years 93 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:37.040 ago when I saw Bruce Jenner. He was Bruce Jenner 94 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.040 at the time on keeping up with the Kardashians, and 95 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.079 he has this like hobby thing where he takes remote 96 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:44.279 controlled airplanes out. 97 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:48.480 How do you know anything about that, Corbett. 98 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:51.199 I'm just just wondering how big this airport, like, how 99 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:52.639 many people are into this kind of thing. 100 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.199 I've been wondering and asking about those same situations. So 101 00:04:57.240 --> 00:04:59.160 as soon as I get that information, I'll let you know. 102 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.360 I mean, it's it's just amazing that that is the 103 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:04.439 sort of thing that's up there. But as you mentioned earlier, 104 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:08.480 right in that same area, they're also trying to reduce 105 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:12.160 the fire, the chances of fire in that area, and 106 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:13.399 that is where we had this. 107 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:15.600 That's where it all started. 108 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.800 And quite accidentally, I'm told, and just real quick to 109 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.839 hear from OCFI Fire Captain Steve Concialdi, he'll explain just 110 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:24.920 in that airport area, how this whole thing started. 111 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:29.120 Orange County Public Works were using heavy equipment to move 112 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:35.959 large boulders. They were trying to limit vehicles going off 113 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:40.879 Tribucal Creek by putting these large boulders in place. Unfortunately, 114 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.759 heavy equipment at times can cause. 115 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:46.920 Sparks, and there was some sparks. 116 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.040 It caught nearby vegetation. 117 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:51.800 They tried to quickly put that fire out. 118 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:55.160 They called nine one right away, Orange County Fire Center 119 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.240 robust response as well as the Cleveland National Force from 120 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:02.040 the US Forest Service firefighters, and that fire quickly grew. 121 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:04.759 Yeah, and so basically this crew is trying to prevent 122 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.800 fires and you know, stopping these awful road vehicles from 123 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:10.639 going off the road. And there are those vehicles starting 124 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:12.560 sparks and accidentally started one. 125 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:15.040 But again the main problem. 126 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:18.639 Just the focus for today is as temperatures should be 127 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.120 a little bit lower and the wind should be a 128 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.560 little bit lower, but as it pushes into Riverside County, 129 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:27.120 the main problem is this wind tunnel. 130 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:28.959 I remember this from the Holy Fire. 131 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:31.120 I was out there in twenty eighteen watching this fire 132 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:34.360 shoot through the canyon in Lake Elsinore as it moved 133 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:39.000 into the city, and it's just an unexpected amount of 134 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.560 fire progression. That it's a wind tunnel known as the 135 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.240 Elsinor effect. It's like the opposite of Santa Ana wins. 136 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.879 It happens every day at two and essentially it pull 137 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:49.839 pushes the wind through the valley and then like a 138 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:52.839 flu on a chimney sort of, it can turn around 139 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.720 the other direction and fire crews are preparing for that 140 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.800 to potentially contribute to the fire. And one and there 141 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.839 they have already said there was I think several fights, 142 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.319 not a thing, but there have been multiple firefighters that 143 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:08.240 have died in that area because of that, so they're 144 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:10.399 well aware of how that works. But that will be 145 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:11.879 the concern today to try to keep it out of 146 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:12.480 Lake Elsinore. 147 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.839 All right, Corbin Carson, k FI News thank you so 148 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:16.560 much for your time. 149 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:19.920 Appreciate it much, appreciate it. Thank you guys again. 150 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.839 KAFI News will be all over all of these fires 151 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:25.319 all day long for you as long as they are burning. 152 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.639 We will get an update on the right Wood situation 153 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.920 coming up at the bottom of the hour. At ten 154 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.120 thirty or thereabouts, we'll hold a news conference to provide 155 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.879 an update on that fire burning in the angels National 156 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.160 The bridge fight, the Bridge fire, right, San Bernardino County. 157 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:43.680 Chris Little would be very upset with you if you 158 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.519 heard you say that we don't use the name. 159 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:48.519 Well, just because there's three different fires going on at 160 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:51.639 the same time, so there's want people to differentiate between them. 161 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:52.600 Any shot, I. 162 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:54.160 Can take it, Chris Little. I'm going to do it 163 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:58.399 every time, twice on Sunday. And what's the thinking. There's 164 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.160 what things about the name. What's the problem with the names? Well, 165 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.839 the name is nobody knows what that means. The bridge fire, 166 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.879 airport fire. If you say the fire burning in the sand, Abriel, 167 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:08.120 can you can do both? 168 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:11.160 You can know? Yeah, sure, right, but that's not the 169 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:11.720 rule here. 170 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:13.399 All right, Well, I want to follow the rules. 171 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:17.639 I'm the new guy, So we will take that live 172 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:21.639 when it starts here on KFI to get an update 173 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.160 for you, because that thing has is a beast. 174 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.240 It's grown to more than. 175 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:27.639 Yeah, lost homes unfortunately on that one. 176 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:31.480 Right forty six thousand acres there and uh, it just 177 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:37.919 exploded overnight, So we'll get an update. The siglurt we 178 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:40.039 were talking about this off the air. Not a lot 179 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:43.799 of people probably know the origin of sig alert or 180 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:47.559 what that means. In fact, I think this is another 181 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:51.159 Chris Little rule. But you know what a SIG alert is. Right, 182 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:54.240 If you hear on KFI the traffic report there's a 183 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.159 SigAlert on the five through Alesion Park, you know what 184 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.519 that means. It means that the the freeway is closed, 185 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.840 partially closed. It's going to be a headache, a nightmare. 186 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.200 It's not a word that you want to hear very often. 187 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:12.159 What is the origin of it, Well, it was from 188 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.679 a broadcaster, right, Lloyd Sigmund. 189 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:17.759 That was his namesake. 190 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:18.240 Baby. 191 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.840 Essentially he is dead and. 192 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.200 Now was killed in a traffic accident. 193 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:29.240 Was he really Oh that was a dark humor. 194 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:32.799 So it was named after him, essentially. 195 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:34.639 I think he was ninety five. I think he died 196 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:37.279 of natural cause. It was named after him him. That 197 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.679 was his last name, Siegmund. 198 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:40.720 So they call it a SigAlert and basically means a 199 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:42.279 significant traffic delay. 200 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:45.120 Right. It goes back to the fifties. 201 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:49.720 Sure, and now that we are using all the apps, 202 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.600 there's no mention of SIG alert. 203 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:55.799 A little bit of nostalgia in la leaving us. 204 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:57.200 Well, we still do traffic here. 205 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:00.559 We don't use that term, right, right, Yeah, I mean 206 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:05.399 It's interesting because if you're at home watching or listening, 207 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:10.080 traffic is interesting because I'm at home, but unless I'm 208 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:11.440 getting ready to leave. But if you're in the car 209 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.320 on the radio, obviously that's huge. But again, do you 210 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:16.519 do you use the app or do you do you 211 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.879 listen to the radio? I guess if you're here, you're 212 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:19.919 going to listen to the radio. 213 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:21.399 I do both. 214 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:26.720 Actually, and ways of course has the traffic, you know, 215 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:29.600 the red lines, the dreaded red lines that you never 216 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:30.200 want to see. 217 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:34.600 Lloyd Sigmund born in nineteen oh nine, the year that 218 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:39.960 Marconi split a Nobel Prize for his contributions to radio. 219 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:44.679 At a military school in Missouri, the other boys nicknamed 220 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:49.200 Lloyd Sigmund radio Bug. He took Sigg as his amateur 221 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:52.120 radio handle. One Christmas, he made his father a crystal 222 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:55.279 radio receiver, said that the folks at home said was 223 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:58.279 at least as good as anything that was on the 224 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.200 market at the time. In the twenties, he was working 225 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.679 as an engineer in Kansas City at a station, and 226 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:10.080 he wanted to work in la He rented a convertible 227 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:15.360 and took off, and the rest his history right. He's 228 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:22.440 the first sing alert nineteen fifty five on Labor Day. Well, 229 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:25.480 a train at derailed at Union Station and doctors and 230 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.720 nurses were needed. So many people showed up that crowds 231 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.399 created their own minor hazard. 232 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.120 How funny. I love stuff like that. 233 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:39.159 Well, today's traffic reporters are carrying on like a long legacy. 234 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:43.480 I mean remember Kelly Lang, our friend from KNBC. Yeah, 235 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:47.440 her first job was as a helicopter traffic reporter and 236 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.600 her nickname, did you know this was was Dawn O'Day 237 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:57.080 no in a several Lama jumpsuit. Oh yeah, Bruce Wayne 238 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:58.720 KFI in the sky forever. 239 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.120 Mike Nolan, Yeah, I remember one time I was anchoring 240 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:06.480 and for John and Ken and Mike Nolan was a 241 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.120 traffic reporter at the time in his in his plane 242 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:13.679 and the i FB wasn't working, so I. 243 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:17.120 Was hearing the off air. Yes, I was hearing Mike Nolan. 244 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:19.679 He's in one ear as I'm trying to read the news, 245 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:23.720 and I during the traffic break or no, it was 246 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:27.080 during a commercial or something, and I hit the IFB 247 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:27.639 and I'm. 248 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:29.679 Like, Mike, I got you gotta stop talking to me. 249 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:32.080 I'm trying to read the news. My my, headsets broke. 250 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:33.960 That was on the air. No, no, it wasn't on. 251 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:36.679 The air, but it was. He he heard. 252 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:39.240 Me say that, and then we lost contact with Mike 253 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:43.200 Nolan and I'm like, and Clay, who's running the board, 254 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:44.759 He's like, I can't get a hold of Mike Nolan. 255 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:47.840 The signal's not coming in, and I'm like, oh no, 256 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:50.039 And then we find out that he had to make 257 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:53.559 an emergency landing and I felt awful and he got 258 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:55.720 injured in the whole thing. But for a month there 259 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:58.559 I was like, oh no, I I what did I do? 260 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:01.240 But you know, it's just it's kind of hectic. 261 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:02.159 It could be hectic. 262 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:05.039 Sometimes to communicate with the traffic reporter and the way 263 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.759 they communicate with each other and everything. It's not as 264 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:09.440 easy and silky as it sounds. 265 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:12.679 So we're on the air, we usually can hear the 266 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:15.440 program audio it's called What's on the air. We can 267 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.279 hear that in our ears, and then the IFB, which 268 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.879 is a rating and a TV term interrupted feedback. 269 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:23.000 So in the control room, the. 270 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:25.879 Producer or the director has the ability to push a 271 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:30.759 button and interrupt that audio stream and add their you know, 272 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:34.440 go to commercial or he's not there or there's a fire, 273 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:38.639 or you made a mistake, or whatever the instructions might be. 274 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:40.039 And it's always a bit of a challenge not to 275 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:42.559 lose your train of thought while they're like talking in 276 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.759 your ear right, Yes, you see the earpieces that everybody 277 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:48.559 wears their headphones. So oh man futtle insight info there. 278 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:51.159 All right, We're going to shut in here and take 279 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:54.519 you live to this press conference Catherine Barger right now, 280 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.120 LA County Board of Supervisors and update on the fire 281 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.720 burning in the San Gabriel Canyon in Rightwood. 282 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.320 Asked to go squandering even a few minutes may be 283 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.240 the difference between life and death. I also want to 284 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:10.320 acknowledge those who've tragically lost their homes and properties during 285 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:14.759 this fire. My heart is heavy for you, and please 286 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:18.519 know our county is here to offer you our support. 287 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:22.639 The county's emergency managers are currently standing up assistance centers 288 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.320 to get you connected to the help that you will 289 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:30.480 need moving forward. More information will be available soon, so 290 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:38.279 stay updated on the latest at Lacounty dot gov backslash emergency. 291 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:41.000 That's also the website for residents who can find the 292 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:46.919 latest information regarding evacuation orders and our shelter locations. Please 293 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:51.399 please continue to stay safe and heed the direction of 294 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:56.440 our first responders. For every resident impacted by the Bridge fire, 295 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:01.600 Los Angeles County is here to help. We are all 296 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.360 in this together. Thank you. 297 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.519 Good morning. I'm Supervisor hilde Sale and I want to 298 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:16.039 also join my colleague, Supervisor Barger and also send my 299 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:19.679 condolences to those individuals that have lost their property as 300 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:23.080 well as in many ways sometimes their livelihood. But I 301 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.559 want to thank also our chief LA County Fire Department, 302 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:29.159 Chief Maroney, and also Robert Luna, and all of our 303 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:33.000 partners here, especially the Los Angeles National Forests and everyone 304 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.919 OEM everyone that's been working on this to. 305 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:38.279 Help mitigate the Bridge friar. 306 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:40.759 I want to say also that I want to thank 307 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.360 Governor Gavin Newsom for working to help us secure a 308 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:48.679 fire management grant assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency 309 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.960 to help ensure the availability of vital resources to suppress 310 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.320 the Britain. 311 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.480 It's always one of the most frustrating things about these 312 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.639 press conferences is all the politicians like to take the 313 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:03.039 first bank and then the thanking, like, just give us 314 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:04.200 the facts. 315 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:06.679 To remain as we stated to be vigilant and to 316 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.919 take all necessary plan. 317 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:12.559 If you're in the fire right you're not watching TV. No, 318 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.080 you're not listening to elected officials. 319 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:17.480 But if you are, you want the information. 320 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:20.679 Yeah, it's a tough one. I mean, I appreciate them 321 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:25.799 being out there. I do appreciate them being out there. Again, 322 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.879 more facts and less thanking would be better, easy for 323 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.639 us to say we're saving a nice, you know, comfortable studio. 324 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.159 Board of supervisors. 325 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:36.759 If you and I have both sat through those meetings, 326 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:40.000 they are bloated boobs for the most part that just 327 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:42.720 love to hear themselves talk. I mean it's been years, 328 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:45.879 it's probably been fifteen years since I've been to one. 329 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:48.080 But oh that that's that has changed. 330 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:50.080 Worse, except they have better electronics now. 331 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.080 Oh do they that's graphics. 332 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:53.840 That's nice. Yeah. But there are services available. 333 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.440 I mean, there's money, there's resources, there's help not just 334 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.559 from the county but from the Red Cross, Salvation Army 335 00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:58.879 all that. 336 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:01.639 So that that's important for me. Where the shelters are sure, 337 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.200 but lead. 338 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.920 With the firefighters giving us an update on the progress 339 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.559 and the forward motion of this thing. 340 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.160 Right, Well, that's not the way it works. 341 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:12.440 Fair Plex, located at six to Oho one West McKinley 342 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.640 Avenue and Pomona. Seeking refuge there are advised to enter 343 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.839 through Gate three on the corner of McKinley and White. 344 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:23.000 This evacuation center will be a refuge for both people 345 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:27.559 and animals. In fact, last night, I understand Pomona Fairplex 346 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:29.720 got a call to take four people as well as 347 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.920 forty two horses and donkeys. 348 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:33.559 Are they eating the horses and the donkeys. 349 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.680 Are working to kuwait water, food, diapers, and other resources, 350 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.480 including bringing in our Los Angeles County departments to provide 351 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:45.319 health and wellness checks. Stay connected through our official channels. 352 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.599 As we said earlier, we actively are updating the Ola 353 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:53.319 County dot gov, slash emergency website, social media platforms, and 354 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:57.279 local news outlets with the latest information on the fire status. 355 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:59.799 In addition to a b GOSH. 356 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:02.799 Respond efforts, we're planning for a long term recovery and 357 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:06.720 that includes support for rebuilding efforts and addressing any environmental 358 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:10.079 and health impacts from this fire. We understand it is 359 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.440 a challenging time for everyone, and please know that La 360 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:17.839 County stands with all of you and Espanola. 361 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:22.920 Okay, we'll pull awave here for a moment Mountain High 362 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.319 by the way, there were some conflicting reports that Mountain 363 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:30.559 High the was just leveled. Mountain High is tweeted within 364 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:34.480 moments that the fire raced through the area yesterday. 365 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.480 But great news. 366 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.079 All the main lifts and the buildings there survived with 367 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:42.559 little to no damage. Of course, they're thanking the firefighters 368 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:48.319 and everyone there, but just harrowing times last night. 369 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:53.200 For people in Rightwood who have, you know, experience with this. 370 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.240 They're not this isn't their first rodeo, but some of 371 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:58.839 them said it was the scaredest they've ever been, just 372 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:00.759 grabbing their stuff and going is so quick. 373 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:00.880 You know. 374 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.519 You can't say enough about the firefighters though, really, I mean, 375 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:06.559 we're here talking about the politicians and how but the 376 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:10.400 firefighters are the ones who are just so incredible out 377 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.799 there on the scene. I have to say, it just 378 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.559 bears repeating. I mean, it sounds obvious, right, but it 379 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.440 bears repeating. 380 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.400 People who were there said they saw the sky turn 381 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:26.319 from a cherry red to black in about ninety minutes 382 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:31.160 as that thing raced towards right Wood, and that it 383 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.279 was just hellish. 384 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:33.920 Yeah. 385 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.880 Look, this is one of the unfortunate realities of southern California. 386 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.400 We spent a lot of time talking about the pros 387 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.799 and cons of living here, right, and this is definitely 388 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:44.839 one of the challenges. I mean, I can't imagine what 389 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.440 these people who lose. 390 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.319 Their homes go through. 391 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:50.480 You know, when the news we move on like next week, 392 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:52.519 there'll be a whole other story and the people have 393 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:55.880 lost their homes are left to deal with insurance and rebuilding. 394 00:19:55.960 --> 00:20:01.000 And it burned through seventy five square miles quickly. 395 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.400 About that. 396 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:06.880 Yeah, obviously the largest of the three major wildfires, endangering 397 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:09.240 tens of thousands of homes and other structures. 398 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:12.000 So we're talking about like largely like north and east 399 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:14.880 of say, like the two ten the San Gabriel Valley 400 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.039 up into the mountains, That's what we're talking about, right. 401 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:24.240