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 --> 00:00:08.720 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:15.039 App KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:21.839 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. 5 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.399 It's five oh three. This is your wake up call 6 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:36.719 for Tuesday, December tenth. I'm Amy King. Wow, what a day. 7 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:41.280 We've got a fire burning in Malibu. It quickly grew 8 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:45.600 to eighteen hundred acres. We're going to focus on that 9 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.840 on wake up call today. It's gonna be a little 10 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:52.880 different than we normally do, just because this is affecting 11 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.039 a lot of people. We don't even know how bad 12 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:57.600 the damage is, but we know that houses have burned, 13 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.000 we know that people have been evacuated, and we know 14 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:05.359 that the worst of this is not over because these winds, 15 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.120 the Santa Ana winds, are blowing and they're going to 16 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:11.959 keep blowing for at least another day. So here's here's 17 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.519 a brief recap. Fires exploded in Malibu. Flames have been 18 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.079 whipped up by those strong, erratic Santa Ana winds. The 19 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.760 fire is burning in steep terrain uphillsides. People on scene 20 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.000 are saying that it is raining ash and embers as 21 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:31.079 the wind whips the flames. Evacuation warnings are in place 22 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:34.159 east of Las Virgins, between Mulholland Highway to the north, 23 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.239 Payuma Road to the south, between Stunt Road to the north, 24 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:40.799 and Los Floris to the south, east of Carbon Beach Terrace, 25 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:43.760 west of Old Malibu Road. In north of Pacific Oast Highway, 26 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.040 A shelter has been set up at Palisades Recreation Center 27 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:52.319 at eight five to one Alma Real Drive in Pacific Palisades. 28 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:56.799 About two thousand people are under evacuation orders. Animal shelters 29 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.920 have also been set up at Agora Animal Care Center 30 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:03.200 in a Gore Hills and at Pierce College in Woodland Hills. 31 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:08.159 The winds are blowing. I'm looking at the different fire 32 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:11.000 weather warnings and we've got, of course those red flag 33 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:14.879 warnings because the winds are blowing very strong and humidity 34 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:20.199 is very low. We're expecting winds to be blowing between thirty, forty, 35 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.680 even fifty miles per hour, but up to eighty miles 36 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.560 per hour are expected in some areas, not necessarily in 37 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:30.639 the Malibu area, but up to eighty miles per hour 38 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:34.800 could happen in the canyons and the passes. So right now, 39 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.719 the fire is the main focus of everything. But these 40 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:41.800 winds are not done and the fire danger is high 41 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:44.800 all across southern California. Who are going to keep you 42 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.319 up to date? Will is going to be here. He's 43 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:50.280 got you covered as far as closures around the fire 44 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:52.680 and of course everywhere around the south line as you 45 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:55.080 make your way out and about. And we talked Tim 46 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:57.159 Conway Junior into sticking around. 47 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.479 Yes, look at Amy King. What time did you get 48 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:06.479 I got here at right around eleven thirty, eleven forty 49 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:07.479 something like that. 50 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:09.039 Oh, you've been on all night? 51 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.520 Yes, yes, breaking news is always you know, time flies. 52 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:18.199 Yeah, so now bring us up today because you're you've 53 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.520 been watching this since it started started about eleven o'clock 54 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:25.680 and it was a small fire burning near Pepperdine University. 55 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:27.199 Yeah, I got a longer small. 56 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:27.599 Yeah. 57 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:31.080 I got a call from my sister who lives out 58 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:35.039 in Malibu, and she said her electricity was out. And 59 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.840 I said, why is your electricity? You know, I you 60 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.280 want me to run a check out to you? Have 61 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:41.319 you not paid the bill? Is that what's going on? 62 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:46.479 And she said, no, you idiot, I it's the the 63 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:50.240 you know, the PG and E. They shut everybody down. 64 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:53.800 Instead of paying out these big you know, lawsuits and 65 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:58.680 these big judgments for their lines going down and starting 66 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:02.560 these big fires, they instead just shut everybody's electricity off 67 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.360 and so you're out of electricity for you know, three 68 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:09.199 or four days, like we live in you know, some country, yeah, 69 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:12.319 you know, in the nineteen thirties. And I said, that's 70 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.680 that's crazy. And then she said she got a text, 71 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:20.120 because you know, everybody's on this neighborhood watch and you know, house, 72 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:23.360 your family, and you know all these apps that tell 73 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:27.439 you the nosy neighbors, nosy neighbor apps, you know what's 74 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:29.360 going on in your neighborhood. And she said, there's a 75 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:33.439 small fire off a Balu canyon and it was nine acres. 76 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:34.480 I said, oh, they'll put. 77 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.680 That out pretty quickly. Get a helicopter up there and 78 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.519 put that out. It exploded. It went crazy with the 79 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.680 San Ana wins, and all of a sudden it was 80 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.360 one hundred it was two hundred acres. Every time you checked, 81 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:48.920 it was another one hundred acres. It's now up to 82 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:55.240 nearly nineteen hundred acres. It had crossed pch at some 83 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:56.160 at one point. 84 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:59.160 Yeah, it cross pch on the sort of the northern 85 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:02.240 flank of the fire, west of Pepperdine University. 86 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.680 Okay, okay, And you remember because you were here, the 87 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:09.079 kids at Pepperdine. You know, a lot of these kids 88 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:12.279 who go to Pepperdine, they're not from southern California, you know, 89 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:17.319 They're from Kentucky or Ohio, or Indiana or Georgia, and 90 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:19.920 they've not seen fires like this. You know, we were 91 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:21.800 born and I was born and raised here. I don't 92 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:23.199 know if amy you were born and raised here. I 93 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:23.759 think you were. 94 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:25.959 No, I was born here, not raised here. 95 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:27.199 Okay, okay, okay. 96 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:29.800 But when you're born and raised here, you have a 97 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.040 you know, you have a sort of a mellow vibe 98 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.399 to it. Like, you know, the fire department out here 99 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:39.920 is terrific. I would put up La County and La 100 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:44.399 City fires and all these you know, small municipalities. I'd 101 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:47.879 put them up against any firefighters in the world. These 102 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:51.759 guys and gals kick ass. And so you don't panic. 103 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.560 You know, you know, these guys have got a plan. 104 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.560 They do a lot of you know, a lot of 105 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:01.720 you know, rehearsal, a lot of teaching, a lot of brush, 106 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:07.600 you know, eradication, a lot of clearance around around the 107 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:12.560 University of Pepperdine I think is the most secure university 108 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.240 when it comes to wildfires. They just have you know, 109 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.600 they have cleared out more than this is necessary. They're 110 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:24.199 constantly doing drills with LA Fire in La County with 111 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:28.360 LAPD and La County Sheriff's Department as well for active shooters, 112 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.600 and so they calm these kids down. But I'm looking 113 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.759 at a picture right now on Channel eleven where there's 114 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.879 a shelter in place, and it looks like a lot 115 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.279 of the kids are in the library and they look panicked. 116 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:40.079 Well, yeah, of course they are. 117 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:43.600 But because the other pictures that we've seen, because all 118 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:45.560 the TV stations have been on this all night along 119 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:48.759 with you, Tim Conny Jr. Is that they're standing in 120 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:50.959 what I'm not sure if it's the library, but they 121 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:54.120 there's a big, huge glass pane and they're looking out 122 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.680 to just it's all flames. 123 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:59.680 It looks like there's smoke in the library, you know. 124 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.839 It looks like there's a mild amount of smoke in 125 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:05.399 the library, which is odd. 126 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.360 Yeah, Well, they moved students and staff to the center 127 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:11.439 of campus because they're they're sheltering in place. And the 128 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.959 other piece of good news is that Pepperdine officials have 129 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:18.079 put out a note saying the worst of the fire 130 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.399 appears to have pushed past campus. 131 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:21.639 They're still sheltering. 132 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.480 There's still spotfires on campus, but the worst of the 133 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:25.240 fire seems to. 134 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.199 Have pushed past. But there's even better news. 135 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:27.720 What's that? 136 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:29.360 No finals today? 137 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:33.079 I know, no classes today, no finals tomorrow. 138 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:33.439 No final. 139 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:37.079 Okay, that is the touchdown for the Conway family. 140 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:41.360 Touchdown, touchdown, So Tim Conway Junior, if you will stay 141 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.600 right there. We do want to get a traffic update 142 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:47.360 from Will. He's gonna let you know about the closures 143 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:49.439 around the fire, and then we're going to come back. 144 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:51.439 We're going to check in with Michael Monks, who's at 145 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:54.040 one of the evacuation centers. We'll be talking to the 146 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:57.399 National Weather Services Andrew Rourke about what we can expect 147 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.199 with these wins. It's all coming up on a very 148 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.000 modified version of Wake Up Call this morning. Let's say 149 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.560 good morning to Will Cole Schreiber. Will, can you give 150 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:09.759 us the latest on those closures around the fire in Malibu? 151 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:11.480 Yeah, good morning. 152 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:15.680 Unfortunately, not a great start obviously in the Malibu area. 153 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:19.040 If you can avoid being anywhere near Malibu, absolutely do it. 154 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.199 Here's what we've got closed. 155 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.040 We've got PCH shutdown between Malibu Canyon Road and Point Magoo. 156 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:28.199 All lanes closed there on Malibu Canyon from PCH to Payuma. 157 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.639 Also PCH from Corbon Canyon to Corral and. 158 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:33.240 Ron Bla Vista to Los Flores. 159 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.720 Bottom line, if you don't need to be up there, 160 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.639 avoid the area if you can. It's gonna put extra pressure, 161 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:41.679 of course, on the one oh one. As Tim mentioned earlier, 162 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:44.200 the one on one gets crazy during fires, so people 163 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:47.519 coming out of Ventura County, Thousand Oaks places like that, 164 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:49.759 obviously you can't get through on pchs. That's going to 165 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:51.799 add extra pressure on the one O one as well 166 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:53.679 as the southbound side of the four H five through 167 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:58.200 Sherman Oaks and the Supulvita Pass. Right now, everyone everywhere 168 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:00.600 else looks pretty good. We don't have any meat issues 169 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:02.799 going on right now, but just be aware it's going 170 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.000 to get busy as the day goes on. With Southern 171 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:08.639 California's most accurate traffic reports, I'm Will Coleschreiber. 172 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:09.919 All right, thank you, Will, and Will's going to be 173 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.399 checking in periodically through wake up call to give you 174 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:14.759 the latest on those closures around Malibu and of course 175 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:18.120 other areas as everybody gets out and out and heads 176 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.639 out the door for their normal work day. It's always 177 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:23.679 amazing to meet Tim Conway Junior when the fires like 178 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:27.240 this hit, because that's when we start getting calls from 179 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.080 all over the country from friends and family who say, 180 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.879 are you okay, because all of southern California is on fire. 181 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.159 This is a relatively small fire still, it's just over 182 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:39.559 it's eighteen hundred and twenty two acres. However, it's a 183 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:43.120 devastating fire. We know that some homes have been burned. 184 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:47.320 We are seeing pictures of fire and flame getting really 185 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:50.440 close to some homes that look like they're up on 186 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:53.200 ridgetops that kind of thing, So we know that that's happened. 187 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:57.120 We don't know how the extent of the damage yet, obviously, 188 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:00.279 because the fire is still actively burning. We know that 189 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:04.600 there are water dropping helicopters. They've been making drops all night. 190 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:07.480 The fixed wing planes haven't taken off yet because they 191 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:09.200 have to wait till sunrise, But as soon as the 192 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:14.360 sunrise comes, we're going to get more assists from the air. 193 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.360 We know that there are several strike teams from La City, 194 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:23.919 from La County. Other agencies have sent their fire trucks 195 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:29.039 out to help protect peoples and structures as best they can. 196 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:34.159 The evacuation warnings again, let's recap those real quick. East 197 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:37.240 of Los Virgins, between Mulholland Highway to the north and 198 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:40.000 Pyoma Road to the south, between Stunt Road to the 199 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.840 north and Lost Floris to the south, east of Carbon 200 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:46.919 Beach Terrace, west of Old Malibu Road, north of Pacific 201 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.679 Coast Highway and to the evacuation order boundary we're going 202 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:53.240 to be hearing from. As I mentioned, Michael, Monks were 203 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.360 waiting for him to call in. He's at one of 204 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:59.559 the evacuation centers. So, Tim, I heard you talking earlier 205 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:03.039 and we were talking about how quickly these fires have 206 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:05.440 been spreading. We've had several of them in the last 207 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.720 few years, right, And they're different. Now, we've always had 208 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.759 sant Ana wins, but the fires are different. 209 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.000 Yeah, they are different. 210 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:15.639 When I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, 211 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:20.200 I'm a valley you know, bumpkin from the flats, and 212 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:23.000 and when when I was younger went going to Portola 213 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:26.559 Junior High in in Tarzana. You know, when I was 214 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:30.039 you I'm ten, eleven, twelve years old, and there was 215 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:33.559 a fire that started in Thousand Oaks or west like 216 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.320 it would take a day or two with the sant 217 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:38.799 Ana winds to get out to the coast. That's no 218 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:43.039 longer the case now. It's a matter of hours until 219 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.480 it gets out there. And you know, whatever, whatever you know, 220 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.600 the cause is, whatever you believe it is, whether it's 221 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.000 the you know, the brush that hasn't burned in in 222 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:58.559 sometimes in decades, whether it's the you know, the climate change, whatever, 223 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:05.080 whatever the the the main culprit is. It's different. It's 224 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:08.519 different now because remember we had we had a we 225 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.279 had a fire about six months ago that started on 226 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:15.399 Thousand Oaks and literally got to Malibu in two hours, 227 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.159 and it you know, it ran across ten miles in 228 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:23.440 two hours. That means the fire was burning at five 229 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:26.480 miles an hour, which is pretty pretty uh swift for 230 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:30.480 a fire. And it's just it's just different. So the 231 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.559 one saving grace is that this fire that you know 232 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:37.000 that we had three weeks ago, which started in the 233 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:41.080 Newberry Park area that went up into Ventura and Oxnard. 234 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:43.639 If we had another fire like this that started in 235 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:47.159 Thousand Oaks, you'd have been talking about hundreds of homes 236 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:51.559 that it burned towards Malibu. I know that you would 237 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.080 report it. And we'd reported earlier that the fire had 238 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:58.840 jumped PCH. But it had jumped PCH down where the 239 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:02.440 lagoon is. And fortunately there's a lot of you know, 240 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:04.840 shrubbery in that area and not a lot of homes 241 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.879 or condos in that area. So I think we're I 242 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.879 think we're safe when it comes to that. But they 243 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:14.000 reported earlier that there were no structures that were burned. 244 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:16.120 That was about two and a half or three hours ago. 245 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.679 That cannot possibly still be the. 246 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:21.759 Fact that has changed. That has changed. 247 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:26.279 Its okay, because we saw Eric Skloor and I Eric 248 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:29.879 who came in overnight. He's the producer and board out 249 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:33.480 for John Colebelt, we personally saw at least two homes burning. 250 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:33.919 Okay. 251 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:38.879 Water dropping helicopters are attacking the fire from above. Tankers 252 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:41.919 are expected to join the fight at daybreak. We do 253 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:44.639 know that the fire has destroyed and damaged some homes 254 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:48.039 and structures. We don't yet know the extent of the 255 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.000 damage or the number of homes that have burned. Students 256 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:53.960 at Pepperdine University near where the fire started have been 257 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:58.159 told to shelter in place. Classes and finals have been canceled, 258 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.480 Evacuation centers have been set up, and in fact we're 259 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.720 going to go out to one of the evacuation centers 260 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.159 and check in with Michael Monks at Palisades. 261 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.919 Good morning, Michael, Good morning Amy. 262 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:11.879 We heard Will Colschreiber just moments ago talk about the 263 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:15.080 open roads, and I can verify that that is true there. 264 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:17.519 The drive from the studio in Burbank out here to 265 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.440 the Recreation Center in the Palisades was just totally clear, 266 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:25.440 like the sky is now, and I know that the 267 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:29.480 aircraft who are supporting the fighting of this fire are 268 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.440 waiting for that sun to come up so that they 269 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:31.919 can get a. 270 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:33.200 Better lay of the land. 271 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.799 Meanwhile, here at the Palisades Recreation Center, about a dozen 272 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.919 to a dozen and a half cars are here. What's 273 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:44.080 interesting is that right now inside not a lot of 274 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.559 folks are hanging out in the shelter. They seem to 275 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:49.519 be spending the time in their cars. A spokesperson for 276 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:52.799 the Red Cross mentioned that this is because right now 277 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.360 that's where they're most comfortable. I mean, in a completely 278 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:59.120 disruptive day like a fire, evacuation happening as late as 279 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.879 it did, folks are probably hanging on to just a 280 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:04.080 little bit of comfort. And if that's a sedan, that's 281 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:05.480 what it is right now. But there are a bed 282 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.080 set up. They're getting ready to go get some breakfast 283 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.399 to bring over to the folks who have evacuated to 284 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:14.200 this particular location, not the only one, but this location 285 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:17.279 has been upgraded to what they call an evacuation center, 286 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.600 which means pets and carriers or crates are also welcome, 287 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:25.360 and the larger animals would be brought here, but then 288 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:29.039 taken to Pierce College and Woodland Hills where those larger 289 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:32.960 animal shelters are available. We're going to continue to monitor 290 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.399 the situation here, get in there and talk to some 291 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.200 folks about what the experience was like, what their concerns 292 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:42.600 are now, which are probably very obvious. Again, we're waiting 293 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:44.480 for that sun to come up. We were waiting to 294 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:46.919 see what type of damage. I heard you and Tim 295 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:50.480 just talking Amy about surely some structures have been damaged. 296 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.360 By now we'll get a better side of that. Literally 297 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.240 here very soon. 298 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:56.879 Yeah, And is it windy where you are? 299 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:01.000 It is, And I understand that because of the forecast 300 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.559 of those Santa Ana winds that maybe they get a 301 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:06.519 little worse when the sun comes up. But it's not 302 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:08.720 so bad right here in the Palisades. I heard one 303 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:12.000 of the forecasts indicate that maybe they won't be as 304 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:15.679 bad today as they were yesterday, but that remains to 305 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.120 be seen. 306 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.080 I'll tell you what it is. 307 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:20.279 It's very cold here in the Palisades, so the folks 308 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:22.399 who are hanging out in their cars are probably just 309 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.759 staying warm. Of course, that option is available inside the 310 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:29.399 Palisades Recreation Center as well, and they are about to 311 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:33.080 serve breakfast here momentarily. The same is true over at Pepperdine. 312 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.840 That latest message from the campus in Malibu where students, 313 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:40.279 as you've been reporting all morning, have been staying there 314 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:42.919 in a couple of different buildings that the Pepperdine community 315 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.399 quote continues to safely shelter in place, and bowln Nepatite 316 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:49.960 is preparing breakfast to be served shortly at both locations. 317 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:52.639 Okay, and then I will be very interested once you 318 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:54.759 are able to start talking to some people as they 319 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:57.639 kind of I'm sure everybody is very shell shocked right 320 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:00.559 now because just think getting awake in the middle of 321 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:02.879 the night and said saying, get out. But like, how 322 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.400 much time did they have, did they have firefighters knocking 323 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:07.640 on the doors, did they get emergency alerts? 324 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.680 How did they know to leave? 325 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:10.640 That's what I want to find out. We know that 326 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:13.519 there were instances of firefighters going door to door. I 327 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:16.160 will say that as I pulled up here, and being 328 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:18.200 a member of the media, I try to not get 329 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.319 in the middle of everything, you know, when folks are 330 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:23.839 seeking help. So I'm off to the side a bit. 331 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.599 But a woman pulled up and I couldn't even see 332 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.200 her husband inside, but he's apparently handicapped, and she was 333 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:34.519 asking for help because you know, they left so quickly, 334 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.480 or as quickly as you can with somebody with a disability. 335 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.039 She didn't even grab her handicap parking placard. So she 336 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.200 was asking me whether she was able to park next 337 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.759 to me where I'm a little bit close to the 338 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:49.079 handicap parking and she was worried about getting a ticket. 339 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:51.599 Yeah, I'm hoping that they don't issue tickets today. 340 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:53.759 Yeah, I told her they're probably going to be lenient 341 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:56.440 on that today, so she was getting some help from 342 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:59.559 folks inside to assist her husband and getting out of 343 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.720 the car into his chair. So you could just get 344 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:04.119 the sense from the woman that. 345 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.559 I spoke to that this was obviously so. 346 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:11.000 Sudden and very very difficult to just gather what you could, 347 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.759 but most importantly your lives and get out of the 348 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.440 way of danger. 349 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.960 Yeah, and I think it's going to be a long 350 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.640 few days. 351 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:19.960 As Tim Conway Junior was saying, this Santa Ana wind 352 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:22.519 event is, we're kind of right in the middle of it, 353 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:25.480 and we've got a ways to go because we know 354 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:29.000 the winds are going to be blowing until at least tomorrow. 355 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.079 So if you think that winds are going to die 356 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.359 down and things are going to ease up, but probably 357 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:34.839 not going to happen just yet. 358 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:38.279 And Michael, where can you park again without the handicaps 359 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.960 thicker and not get a ticket. 360 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.039 If you have been evacuated from Malibu, Tim, I don't 361 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:45.920 think it qualifies for a tired host from. 362 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:47.799 Burbank and I only being tired and that. 363 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:49.359 You've put in a lot of powers and you've just 364 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.240 been awesome today. 365 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.920 I appreciate it. 366 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:53.400 Man, You know there's a lot of people in Malibu 367 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:58.119 who live off these unpaved roads, and self service is 368 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.680 real spotty right now. I've been trying to I tried 369 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.839 to get hold of my sister because some of the 370 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.440 towers may have burned down, electricities out. So if you 371 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.839 are in Malibu and you've and you've witnessed this firsthand, 372 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:14.839 perhaps you you know you do have self service, you 373 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:16.960 want to call us here. We'd love to put you 374 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:19.000 on the air and see what your night was like, 375 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.880 because I know we watched it on TV, myself, Michael 376 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:25.279 Monks and Amy King, and it was brutal. 377 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.119 But call us here at the radio station. 378 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:29.440 We'll put you on at one eight hundred five two 379 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:33.480 oh one KFI one eight hundred five to two oh one, 380 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.319 five three four. It was a tough night, but you 381 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.640 made it, and we want to hear your experience what 382 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:44.079 that was like firsthand. With the winds and the fire 383 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.319 in Malibu one eight hundred five to two oh one 384 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:49.200 five three four. 385 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:53.160 The big fire in Malibu. It has exploded. It started 386 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:57.680 shortly before eleven last night. It's been fanned by strong 387 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:01.119 erratic Santa Anna Wins. The fire has grown to more 388 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.960 than eighteen hundred acres. People in the area have said 389 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:08.400 that it has been raining ash and embers as the 390 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:12.119 winds whip the flames. Winds up to eighty miles per 391 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:14.920 hour are expected to blow across the Southland in the 392 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:19.480 canyons and passes. A red flag warning remains in effect 393 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:23.799 for much of southern California. Let's say good morning now 394 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:29.319 to National Weather Services Andrew Rourke. Andrew, good morning, Thanks 395 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.799 for coming on wake up call this morning. 396 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.359 Good morning, yet, how are you doing today? 397 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.680 Well, we're doing okay. 398 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:36.839 I know there's a lot of people in the Malibu 399 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.319 area who are not doing okay. About two thousand homes evacuated. 400 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:43.880 Let's talk about this wind event and what firefighters can 401 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:47.279