WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.679 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:15.279 App KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:17.480 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:27.440 Here's Amy King. It is five o'clock, straight up. This 6 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:31.559 is your wake up call for Wednesday, January fifteenth. I'm 7 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:37.159 Amy King. Once again. We're under those red flag warnings 8 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:39.520 for high fire danger. We're going to be talking to 9 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:41.359 you and getting you all the information you need to 10 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.520 know about that, plus everything else going on around southern California. 11 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:48.000 So much happening, so let's get right to it. Here's 12 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:51.240 what's ahead on wake up call. Much of La County 13 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.600 is under a red flag warning for critical fire danger 14 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:57.920 until three pm. That warning is also for much of 15 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:01.679 Ventura County. The warning continues till tomorrow afternoon in the 16 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:05.439 western San Gabriel Mountains and the five and fourteen freeway corridors. 17 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.439 A seventeenth person has been confirmed killed in the fire 18 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:11.640 burning in Altadina and Pasadena. Eight have died in the 19 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.519 Palisades fire. Twenty five deaths now confirmed, with more expected 20 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:19.040 as recovery crews continue their search of burned out neighborhoods. 21 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.799 As of yesterday morning, La County Fire Chief Anthony Moroney 22 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:25.200 said about thirty five percent of properties have been searched 23 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:29.200 and assessed. The state and federal tax filing deadline for 24 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:32.599 all residents of La County has been pushed back because 25 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.439 of the wildfires. The IRS and the Governor's office say 26 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.239 the deadline for La County residents and businesses will now 27 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.120 be October fifteenth instead of April fifteenth. The irsays this 28 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.920 also applies to twenty twenty four estimated quarterly tax payments 29 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:48.799 through September. Let's get started with some of the stories 30 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:51.200 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 31 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:56.000 National Weather Services particularly dangerous situation red flag warnings are 32 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.079 in effect across much of southern California. They were delayed 33 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:02.439 by a day as Sanna Anna winds developed more slowly 34 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.959 and weren't as strong as expected yesterday. Meteorologist Rich Thompson's's 35 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.080 critical fire weather conditions are now in effect. 36 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:12.240 Now by Wednesday evening Wednesday, and I expect the critical 37 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.120 conditions to diminish and then for Thursday into the weekend, 38 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.759 we're actually get back to a more normal weather powder 39 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:19.120 here for this part of the country. 40 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:22.120 Normal, Doesn't that sound nice? He said? Starting tomorrow, we 41 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:25.759 should get cooler temperatures with higher humidity levels. That'll help 42 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.520 efforts to control the fires in the LA area. The 43 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.520 high winds have prompted preparations across the region. 44 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:34.319 Residents in Thousand Oaks know all too well how quickly 45 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:36.560 they have to go when a wildfire comes to their door, 46 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:40.000 like it did in twenty eighteen. City spokeswoman Alexandra South 47 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.159 says city workers are poised to respond if today's winds 48 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:43.919 get out of hand. 49 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.039 Our top praiorite is always clearing roadways to make sure 50 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:51.479 that emergency vehicles can get through and so they're all 51 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:52.360 throughout the city. 52 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.199 She says the city has also taken proactive measures as well, 53 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:57.759 and that residents have been encouraged to stay updated on 54 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:02.280 the latest forecast and any fire developments. Michael Monks KFI News. 55 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:05.719 Some people who live in the Pacific or the Palisades 56 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:09.400 Highland area say they believe the fire was caused by 57 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.319 the reignition of a fire that started on New Year's Day. 58 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:16.280 That fire burned less than ten acres. Retired ATF Senior 59 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:20.520 executive Scott Sweeto says there will be a distinct mark 60 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.840 in the spots where each fire started. 61 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:25.879 It may have a different appearance because it's burned down, 62 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:27.319 it's been tromped on more. 63 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:31.840 The ashes have largely disappeared because it literally burned down 64 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:32.680 to just dirt. 65 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.199 One local says the fire on January first was largely 66 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:39.639 ignored and flared back up last week. The man lives 67 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:43.360 south of the Skull Rock trailhead, where ATF agents have 68 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:46.879 been investigating since Monday. The man claims there was negligence 69 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:48.759 in monitoring the first fire to make sure it was 70 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.319 completely out. Another resident says that January first fire was 71 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:56.840 caused by fireworks. The DA in LA and Orange County 72 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:00.439 want Governor Newsom to convene a special Legislative stace to 73 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.120 pass a law that would allow state prison sentences for 74 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:07.000 looting during a local emergency. The proposed legislation calls for 75 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:09.639 punishment to be increased to between two and four years, 76 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.199 rather than a sentence as low as sixteen months in 77 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.960 county jail. Some LA School District students are going back 78 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.000 to class, just not their class. Students from Palisades Charter 79 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.560 Elementary School will attend classes at Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary School. 80 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.920 Students from Marquees Charter Elementary will have classes at Nora 81 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:32.959 Steerry Elementary Laura Stay. Students at seven other schools will 82 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:37.279 also temporarily relocate to other schools. Classes in the Pasadena 83 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:41.800 School District are canceled through Friday. If you are looking 84 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.839 to make a donation, because right now, with the fires 85 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.279 the way that they are, we want to know how 86 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.279 do we help, what can we do? That's where dream 87 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:56.240 Center LA comes in. The Dreams Center LA and iHeartMedia 88 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.399 have teamed up. Actually we've been partners for like ten 89 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:04.560 years now. Are taking donations to help fire victims. And 90 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:06.920 if you would like to make a donation, you can 91 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.480 drop off items at the Dream Center. It's an Echo 92 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:14.160 park at twenty three oh one Bellevue Avenue. That's right 93 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:16.560 in La nine zero zero two six. Just stick that 94 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.120 into ways and it'll get you right there. They are 95 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:22.600 doing They're doing God's work, is what they're doing. They 96 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:24.920 are taking so many donations in I got to go 97 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:27.199 down there yesterday. We're gonna go out and about and 98 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:31.639 show you some of what we saw and what they 99 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:36.360 are doing. That's coming up tomorrow, but just so you 100 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:39.160 know now you can make those donations. And what they're 101 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:43.959 really focusing on now is non perishable food, bottled water, 102 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.439 sports drinks. It was amazing to see the palettes of 103 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:49.839 water and sports drinks and other La Croix water and 104 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.720 that kind of thing just piled up waiting for people 105 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.399 to come pick them up. Of course, they need hygiene products. 106 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:59.199 These people ran out of their houses and drove out 107 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.480 of their neighborhoods with a moment's notice and basically lost everything. 108 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:07.399 So things like as simple as toothpaste and so feminine products, shampoo. 109 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:12.000 Of course, baby supplies always needed diapers, baby formula, wipes, 110 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:17.040 baby food, air purifiers, and masks because the air quality 111 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:19.839 is still not very good, especially in the burn areas. 112 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:23.600 And then other emergency supplies things like flashlights and batteries 113 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:27.319 and portable phone chargers. They need it all and you 114 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:29.920 can help, and you again can drop it off at 115 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:34.360 the Dream Center at two three zero one Bellevue Avenue 116 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.920 in Los Angeles. It's right there in Echo Park. Okay, 117 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.839 do we have Jordana now? Okay, great, let's say good 118 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:46.519 morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller. Jordana, after what we've 119 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:48.720 been talking about this for a couple of years. Now 120 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:50.800 it looks like we may finally be close to a 121 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:55.920 ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. What's the latest. 122 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.759 Well, you know, we are really on the brink of 123 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:04.000 a deal between Israel and Hamas, two sources telling ABC 124 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:08.439 News just a few minutes ago that Hamas has agreed 125 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:14.000 to the Seafire proposal. We are very close, is what 126 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.199 the sources told us, and that they expect a deal 127 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:24.079 to be announced today or tomorrow. This is obviously incredibly 128 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:29.839 good news for you know, everybody in Gaza. There's been 129 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:35.199 so much uncertainty and death and destruction, and it's been 130 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:38.959 a horror show for the people of Gaza. God willing, 131 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.800 next week they will wake up and they won't have 132 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:46.639 to worry about being killed because Hamas operative is near them. 133 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.480 They will be able to get more aid into the 134 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:56.720 Gaza strip. And remember Hamas is holding almost one hundred hostages. 135 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:00.040 This deal will secure the release at least in the 136 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:04.560 first phase of thirty three of those hostages that are 137 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:09.079 considered humanitarian cases. That is all the women, that includes 138 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:13.680 the young Israeli soldiers who there has been so much 139 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.079 grave concern that they have been sexually assaulted. Those women 140 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:21.839 will come out. A few of the women who are 141 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:25.680 over the age of fifty will come out, and the 142 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:29.959 sick and injured, and that will include two Americans that 143 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.879 we've been talking to their families from almost the first 144 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.480 day of the war, Keith Siegel, who's sixty five, and 145 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:42.279 Saggi Decohen who is thirty six. His parents have been 146 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:45.759 very vocal on the scene. Keith Siegel's wife, a Viva, 147 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:47.200 was in captivity. 148 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:47.960 She was released. 149 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:52.879 She's been on the international scene and spoken to ABC 150 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.240 several times about the plight to get the hostages out. 151 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:59.080 We're going to see those hostages come out. Israel's going 152 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:02.559 to pay a steep prime. They're going to release hundreds 153 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:07.279 of jailed Palestinians, some who've committed murder, who are serving 154 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:11.320 life sentences, and that is a big concession for Israel 155 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:14.320 to see those people out again. And who knows the 156 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:18.039 quote unquote trouble they could cause down the road. Nonetheless, 157 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:21.039 they will be released. Some the most dangerous among them 158 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.320 will not go to the West Bank or East Ruthwam 159 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:27.279 or Gaza. They'll go to countries in the region. And 160 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.679 then we will see up to six hundred trucks of 161 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:34.960 eid get in per day, and that is that is 162 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.879 a great news again for the people of Gaza who've 163 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:42.600 been suffering. Hunger has been widespread in some places. You 164 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:48.799 know that they've been suffering. You know, starvation and famine 165 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.679 has loomed in some parts of northern Gaza. Food will 166 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.759 get in, bakeries will start, you know, making bread. This 167 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:58.799 is a good day. Let's say that. 168 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.279 Okay, Jordana, Now what has changed? 169 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:08.360 I mean, the most critical change has been the election 170 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:13.200 of President Trump. Like him, don't like him. He has 171 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.679 come in, he's not even in office yet, and he 172 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.480 made it known to the Israelis and Hamas and Iran 173 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:23.639 that if they didn't soften their positions and get a 174 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.799 deal and this war, there would be real consequences. And 175 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:30.200 everybody believed him, and so everybody moved to the middle. 176 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.360 That includes the Israeli Prime Minister who was dragging his feet. 177 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.360 I will remind our listeners that the deal we're about 178 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:39.679 to see announced God willing, is not very different from 179 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:41.799 the deal that was put on the table in May 180 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.879 months ago, months ago. You can think about the lives 181 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:49.159 lost in between the gods and lives lost and the 182 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:53.000 soldiers right, and the hostages who died in between, including 183 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:56.679 Hersch Goldberg Pollin, that young American who died killed in 184 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:02.799 a tunnel. So, Natanielle, you know, finally, you know, relinquished 185 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:07.000 and softened his positions, and Hamas did the same. Hamas 186 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:10.879 was also dragging their feet and very stubborn. They've also 187 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:15.159 made certain changes to make this deal happen. So I 188 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:17.919 would say the main thing that changed is really President Trump. 189 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.840 You know, President Biden deserves a lot of credit for 190 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:23.759 the framework, but forgetting the parties to the finish line 191 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.039 that belongs, the credit should be given to President Trump. 192 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:29.720 That's he is due that credit. 193 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:33.320 All right. Jordana Miller, ABC News correspondent, thank you, finally 194 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.559 some good news. I know we've been talking for a 195 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:38.440 very long time. Let's hope that this happens. All right, 196 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:42.000 we'll talk again soon, Thank you, Jordana, Yes, yea bye. 197 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:43.919 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 198 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.559 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A Santa Monica 199 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.440 police officer has been hurt by a person trying to 200 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:54.360 illegally enter the Palisades fire burn area. Kfi's Daniel Martindale 201 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.960 says the driver was arrested last night on suspicion of 202 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:57.519 hit and run. 203 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.000 Please say the driver ran over the officer's foot while 204 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:03.000 trying to drive into a restricted area. Witnesses say the 205 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.519 man was following National Guard vehicles on the wrong side 206 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:08.120 of the road that ignored the officer, who was manning 207 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:10.039 a checkpoint and had ordered him to stop. 208 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.639 The officer was treated at the hospital. The co founder 209 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.840 of the Grossman Burne Foundation has won a legal fight 210 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:19.399 related to a crash that killed two young brothers. 211 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:22.480 Rebecca Grossman was convicted last year for running down two 212 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:24.360 young boys while they tried to cross the street with 213 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:27.919 their family in Westlake Village in late September twenty twenty. Now, 214 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:30.519 in June last year, Grossman got fifteen years to life 215 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.919 in prison, but on Tuesday in Van Nights, she won 216 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.039 in court when the judge denied a motion by the 217 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.559 young boy's family to expedite a civil suit trial for 218 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.039 negligence and wrongful death. Now that trial will include Grossman 219 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.279 and her then boyfriend during the time of the crime, 220 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:47.360 former Dodger Pitcher Scott Ericson. That civil suit is slated 221 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.240 for December first. Andrew Caravella KFI News. 222 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.320 Senate Majority leader John thuns As President Elect Trump's choice 223 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:58.240 for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth as handed him handled himself 224 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:02.600 very well during his confirmation hearing, Retired Colonel Steve Ganyard says, 225 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:04.360 there's a good bit of theater going on. 226 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.440 At the end of the day, the person that's going 227 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:09.559 to be making the decisions and the major decisions, the 228 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.559 major policy decision, is the guy that's going to be 229 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:12.919 sitting in the Oval office. 230 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.200 He says. Hegseth will be charged with taking out and 231 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:22.039 carrying out Trump's directives. President Biden has signed a proclamation 232 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.679 to prevent drilling on hundreds of thousands of acres of 233 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:28.639 land in California considered sacred by tribal leaders. He says 234 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:33.120 the proclamation has increased the list of historic sites ready families. 235 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:36.559 Joe and I made a tradition to take our children 236 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:39.200 and grandchildren of national parks and monuments every year. 237 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:42.919 Want them to see, feel, smell, taste, look at just 238 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:46.440 what has been preserved. The Chekwala National Monument is near 239 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.279 Joshua Tree. The Satikla Monument is close to Mount Shasta. 240 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:53.720 President Biden is getting ready to deliver his farewell address 241 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:57.120 to the nation. It'll happen in primetime tonight, just days 242 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:59.120 before he leaves the White House. He'll speak from the 243 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:02.440 Obel Office at five o'clock this evening. He's expected to 244 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:04.600 reflect on his time in office and talk to the 245 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:08.799 country about the future. The Cat Cafe Lounge in West 246 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:13.120 la is offering free thirty and seventy minute cat therapy 247 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:15.679 sessions to people who've had to evacuate their homes and 248 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:19.600 first responders too. The nonprofit Cat Rescue is also asking 249 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:22.639 people who live outside the fire zones and who have 250 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.320 a cat carrier to sign up to foster with its 251 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:29.879 rescue partner. You can get more information at Catcafe Lounge 252 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.519 dot com. I think that's a wonderful idea, cuddle up 253 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:35.240 with a cat for an hour and just kind of 254 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.440 calm down. Have you ever done to one of those places? 255 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:37.919 They're great? 256 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.080 I have not, but we might have to go out 257 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:43.200 and about there you go. I like that idea. Red 258 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:45.960 flag warnings for high fire danger now in effect until 259 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:48.759 three this afternoon, when gus expected to be as strong 260 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:51.919 as fifty or miles per hour or higher for much 261 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.960 of La in Ventura Counties. Red flag warnings continue for 262 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:59.080 the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Santa Susanna Mountains, and 263 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:02.519 the I five quarter or until tomorrow afternoon. Govinor Newsom 264 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:04.960 is issued an executive order to help schools and students 265 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:08.440 impacted by wildfires in southern California. The order will let 266 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:12.360 displaced students go outside their district and will make it 267 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:16.039 easier for schools to operate in temporary facilities until they rebuild. 268 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:19.519 Two La City Council members have proposed a moratorium on 269 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:23.279 evictions and rent increases for people affected by the wildfires. 270 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:27.600 The council members have cited a twenty nineteen MIT study 271 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:32.120 that found viction rates can be nearly double after natural disasters. 272 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.879 Let's say good morning now to the host of Rich 273 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:37.840 on Tech on KFI. It's Rich DeMuro. 274 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:38.720 Rich. 275 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:41.679 We've been talking a lot about watch Duty and what 276 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.720 a great app that has been such a good resource 277 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:48.360 for people who are in the Los Angeles area and 278 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.080 want to know what's going on with the fires. But 279 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.240 there's some other ones that might be good or even 280 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:53.960 better for you. 281 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:57.519 Yeah, that app really really got a lot of downloads 282 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:00.399 during this time, spent a lifeline for so many people. 283 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:02.480 So I wanted to know, like, what are some of 284 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:04.559 the other apps that people are using? I asked on 285 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.200 my Instagram and Facebook, and one of them is called 286 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.879 Pulse Point. This is kind of like a think nine 287 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:13.120 to one one connected app, so it's got real time 288 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:18.879 updates directly from the various first responders, so it's connected 289 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:21.000 to them. And the whole trick of this app is 290 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:25.840 that it's also got a CPR response feature, so if 291 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:29.000 you know CPR, you can actually help someone in need. 292 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:31.639 It'll ping you if there's a CPR call nearby, so 293 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:37.360 that's interesting. Frontline frontline, wildfire defense. This app is kind 294 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.120 of similar to Watch Duty. I don't think it's as thorough. 295 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:43.120 But what's interesting and unique about this one is the 296 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.279 dashboard that it shows. So you put your address in 297 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:49.080 or your you know, your address to your parents or 298 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.080 whoever you want to keep a tab on their home 299 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:53.840 or several homes, and it will give you a dashboard 300 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.519 of all the information you need about that home, so 301 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.600 whether there are any warnings, what the weather's like, you know, 302 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:04.599 fire evacuation notices. It's really really thorough in that aspect. 303 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:07.839 And then finally there's one called aug Your Risk. Now, 304 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:09.400 this one is kind of looking forward. 305 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:09.960 Amy. 306 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:13.079 This is not just about wildfires. It's really a tool 307 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:15.920 for like assessing all the risk at your home address. 308 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:20.079 So all the natural disasters earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, hopefully we 309 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:22.680 don't have those here, but all these different things that 310 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.960 you can see in one place about your home. 311 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.680 Okay. So, and as we know, I mean, wildfires aren't 312 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:32.799 the only thing that are a concern, Like now after 313 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:35.680 the wildfires, the rains are going to be a concern 314 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:39.160 because of all these burn areas and mudslides and debris flows, 315 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:41.759 and of course there's always the ongoing thread of earthquakes. 316 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.680 So it might be good to just have those things handy. 317 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.759 Yes, And yeah, just like watch Judy, everyone kind of 318 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:52.880 discovered it. Now it's better to have these things beforehand. 319 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.519 Okay. And speaking of things to have handy, there are 320 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:59.319 some little tech things that are good to have on 321 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.480 hand for natural disasters. We thought it might be a 322 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:04.440 good idea to remind have you remind people of those 323 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.079 things right now? 324 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:08.559 Yeah, So this was also you know, after watching this 325 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:10.640 and talking to you know a lot of people that 326 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:12.720 were affected by this, I said, oh my gosh, there's 327 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:14.359 a lot of tech that I now want to have 328 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:17.839 at the ready for anything that may happen in the future. 329 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.440 And this is stuff you kind of take for granted, 330 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:21.240 you kind of know you need. But I put it 331 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:23.279 all in one list on my Instagram and people were 332 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:25.279 kind of chiming in with other things they would add 333 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.799 to this list. But let me just go through it. 334 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.000 Portable power station. So this is, you know, one of 335 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.160 those like Giant. We're not talking one for your smartphone. 336 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.279 We're talking one that like you could plug a lamp into, 337 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.839 you can plug you know, it's a big power station. 338 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.680 Companies like JACKERI make them Eco Flow. They're not cheap, 339 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:43.079 you know, they could be like one hundred and fifty 340 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:45.759 to one thousands of dollars, but if you got that 341 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.359 thing charged up, you'll feel a lot better, especially people. 342 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:51.279 It comes with like a plug to charge it in. 343 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:55.200 That's one way once you're in a situation with no power. 344 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:57.079 They actually a lot of them have solar panels you 345 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:01.079 can attach to them, so that's another way. But again 346 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:04.400 that's the next thing, solar panels. So there's a company 347 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:07.079 named Goal zero. They kind of pioneered this whole idea 348 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:12.079 of solar panels for charging stations get those as well. 349 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:16.599 Again not cheap Starlink satellite internet. So you know, people 350 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:20.319 were without internet for in these places where the infrastructure 351 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:23.880 was impacted. Starlink has been a lifeline. Amazon is going 352 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:26.759 to activate their satellite internet later this year. I got 353 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:28.799 to look at it at CS. It's going to be 354 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:31.119 faster and cheaper, so we're gonna have more options for 355 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:35.440 satellite internet. That's gonna be a really good thing. Phone 356 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:37.839 battery packs. A lot of people were left either with 357 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.319 these things not charged or they just didn't have one. 358 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.359 Go on Amazon search for a phone battery pack. I 359 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:45.960 like the ones from Anchor and Belkan. Just get one 360 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.960 of those. I have them everywhere in my car and 361 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.920 my backpack at home. This I thought was interesting. 362 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.160 Amy. 363 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:54.359 I kind of made this as a joke at CS. 364 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.880 I know we didn't get to talk while I was there, 365 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:58.519 but now I'm like, this is the smartest thing ever. 366 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:02.319 It's a solar charging hat. So this looks like imagine 367 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:06.000 like a imagine yeah, a floppy hat you know that 368 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.160 you'd wear like almost like a straw hat that it 369 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.599 has solar panels on it and it charges your phone. 370 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:13.440 So you can walk around and have this thing charge 371 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.400 up your phone the whole time. 372 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:17.240 That's amazing that and that was actually my next question 373 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:20.039 for you is I have a little solar charger at home. 374 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.839 I'm gonna have to get an adapter because it doesn't 375 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:26.000 have that universal port and it's got an older connector. 376 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:29.960 But are the little solar chargers for your phones aside 377 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:32.200 from the hat or do those generally work or no. 378 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:34.720 They will work. Just the one thing to know about 379 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:38.039 solar is very slow, So it is not something where 380 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:40.880 you can just jump outside, put your put your solar 381 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:43.440 charger panel in the sun for a minute and have power. 382 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:45.880 Doesn't work that way. It takes a little bit longer 383 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:47.599 to charge up. It's something that you know you'd put 384 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:49.960 out there for a while. But the good news is 385 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.920 in a situation like this where people have been without 386 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:55.519 power now for a week, you know it's it's definitely 387 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:57.440 it could be a life saver just to have that. 388 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:59.720 The other thing, and I know you're you're on the radio. 389 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:04.640 Oh I hand crank radio. We pulled this thing out 390 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:06.720 of the closet. I'm not kidding, Amy. My kid was 391 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:09.359 so cute. He started like going through the stations and 392 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:11.000 he knows him on the radio, so he knows there's 393 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:14.240 talk radio out there, but I kid you not. He 394 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:16.519 went through the stations and he started hearing music and 395 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:19.920 he's like, Dad, are we stealing music right now? I said, no, 396 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:22.400 this is called radio. It's like you know music over 397 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:24.519 the you know radio. He goes, Oh my gosh, you 398 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:27.480 can get music for free, and I just thought that 399 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:29.279 was like the cutest thing ever. He had no no 400 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:30.480 concept of that. He's ten. 401 00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:33.640