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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 5>With Mo Kelly on.

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<v Speaker 2>Six We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>when I was working here at KFI a few weeks

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<v Speaker 2>ago talking to you about the fires not only in

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<v Speaker 2>Pacific Palisades but in Altadena and the human impact, how

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<v Speaker 2>people were losing everything, and then eventually we heard about

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<v Speaker 2>how people were losing their lives and the human told

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<v Speaker 2>that this has taken on Southern Californians, but for me

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<v Speaker 2>it was somewhat distant. I told you about the struggles

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<v Speaker 2>that producer Twalla Sharp has gone through, but it all

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<v Speaker 2>pales in comparison to what my next guest has gone through.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me introduce you to Zier Calvin High School football coach.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only did he lose everything in the Eaton Canyon fire,

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<v Speaker 2>he also lost his sister back in January, and he

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<v Speaker 2>joins me right now on the show to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>his journey, the struggle, and also what the city of

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<v Speaker 2>Altadena has to do as it tries to rebuild. Sayer,

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen you all over the news from KTLA on down,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've heard you tell versions of this story, but

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for agreeing to come in and tell the

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<v Speaker 2>story one more time. How are you all things considered

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<v Speaker 2>this evening.

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<v Speaker 3>Just taking it breath by breath, day by day.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can take me back to the day in

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<v Speaker 2>which the fire started in how that situation progressed.

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<v Speaker 3>For you.

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<v Speaker 4>The night of early on in that night, you know

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<v Speaker 4>it was high windstorms. We're used to that now today

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<v Speaker 4>to the point where I still at my training which

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<v Speaker 4>is right up the street, So I had kids actually

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<v Speaker 4>running in the high winds.

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<v Speaker 5>You as a football coach.

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<v Speaker 4>As a football coach, I actually I have my own

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<v Speaker 4>program also called Extreme Athletics, where I trained all kids

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<v Speaker 4>from across all diversities, background, everything and has a focus

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<v Speaker 4>on Tytoo diabetes. So that program is teaching these kids

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<v Speaker 4>how to run. So I've tracked kids all different type

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<v Speaker 4>of kids. But at that night of the fire, we

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<v Speaker 4>were training at Farnsworth Park, which is approximately like a

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<v Speaker 4>couple of blocks away from my home. We're always training

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<v Speaker 4>us my facility, and we were running up and down

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<v Speaker 4>doing our regular laps, doing everything that we normally go through.

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<v Speaker 4>And the kids notice that it was a fire and

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<v Speaker 4>that got started. They saw the thing and they stopped

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<v Speaker 4>in the middle, and I have actually had footage of it.

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<v Speaker 5>Did they see like the transformer explode?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, they actually saw the start of the fire. So

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<v Speaker 4>I got my phone out and I started recording where

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<v Speaker 4>the was and all that stuff from the fire or whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>But it was so far away.

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<v Speaker 4>It was down a cross, not far away, but off

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<v Speaker 4>in the distance, as we would say. You know, we're

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<v Speaker 4>at the top of a mountain, so it was off

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<v Speaker 4>in the distance. And so we finished up training. I left.

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<v Speaker 4>I stopped it early. Once I saw that. I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>so fire over there. I might want to get you home.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want your parents panicking.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you aware of what was already going on at

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<v Speaker 2>Pacific Palisades at that point?

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<v Speaker 4>No, actually important, Actually no, and I didn't. That was

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<v Speaker 4>not I didn't. I was not aware of that. So

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<v Speaker 4>at this time I'm just thinking, oh, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 4>a little fire down there was you know, they'll put

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<v Speaker 4>it out and then you know the night would continue.

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<v Speaker 4>But because it was a fire, I was like, and

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<v Speaker 4>it was already high winds and we were already out

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<v Speaker 4>there just for a little bit, just to say, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>we're extreme athletics. You know, the weather doesn't really stop us,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, but for their safety. I was like, nah,

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<v Speaker 4>we're going to cut a short tonight. Let me get

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<v Speaker 4>you back to your parents. So we left there, got

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<v Speaker 4>them home. As I'm going back home, winds or picking up,

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<v Speaker 4>everything seems like it's still going to be Okay. I

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<v Speaker 4>get home, the fire from that point will move a

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<v Speaker 4>few hours forward. And at this point now the fire

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<v Speaker 4>is more east north, so it's coming up the mountain,

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<v Speaker 4>coming up the mountain. It's coming up the mountain. So

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<v Speaker 4>we go over. At this time, my cousin comes over

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<v Speaker 4>and he's like, well, do you want to go see

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<v Speaker 4>how close it is? Because it's actually burning up places

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<v Speaker 4>that are close closer to our side.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm like, has it come across Lake Street? Do

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<v Speaker 3>you know what time this is?

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<v Speaker 4>I was training from six thirty to seven thirty, so

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<v Speaker 4>this would be fast forward to about nine o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So just to fast forward. So the fire is

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<v Speaker 2>well under way at this point.

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<v Speaker 4>So the fire is well on way going up the

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<v Speaker 4>mountain at this point, but it's still nowhere near on

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<v Speaker 4>our side. It hasn't crossed over. It's no way that

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<v Speaker 4>it would even move that fast to get over to

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<v Speaker 4>our side. At least that's what's the thought. So we

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<v Speaker 4>go over, me and my cousins. We both jump in

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<v Speaker 4>the car and literally go see where the fire is.

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<v Speaker 4>So we drive across lom Mauta's prop approximately a mile away.

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<v Speaker 4>We drive over and we actually see where there's houses burning,

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<v Speaker 4>so through the canyon and we're going, oh, these houses

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<v Speaker 4>are burning over here. It's crazy, and people are getting

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<v Speaker 4>their horses out and getting their families out, and it's

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<v Speaker 4>really burning. And this is on the east side of

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<v Speaker 4>out Tadena, and it's like wow. And then we're like,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, start praying for them, and we're like, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's nowhere close to where two three miles from you,

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<v Speaker 4>maybe two three miles from me, so it's nowhere close.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's it's not even north enough to even come

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<v Speaker 4>across and come down. So at this point we see that,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, we help some people at the time, and

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<v Speaker 4>then we leave and I go back home. So now

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<v Speaker 4>it's about ten o'clock at night, getting later ten eleven,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm trying to start my generator. I have my

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<v Speaker 4>baby in the house, my wife's in the house, and

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<v Speaker 4>she's like, are you gonna get to go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>No.

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<v Speaker 2>I was wondering from a news standpoint, were you aware

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<v Speaker 2>of any type of evacuation order?

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<v Speaker 4>No, flat out no, So there was no There was

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<v Speaker 4>you can evacuate meanings advisory, but get out, you need

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<v Speaker 4>to leave fires coming. No, And I can tell you

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<v Speaker 4>from my own at ten o'clock at night, there was

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<v Speaker 4>still no smoke, there's no embers, and there was no

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<v Speaker 4>fires even on our side of the mountain.

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<v Speaker 5>Period.

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<v Speaker 4>This is about ten o'clock. So while I'm sitting there

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<v Speaker 4>trying to start my generator because my wife is like,

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<v Speaker 4>are you every time it's a windstorm, I get the

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<v Speaker 4>generator and I plug everything back up.

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<v Speaker 5>And you had a degree of preparation for a moment.

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<v Speaker 4>Like this one because this is a normal thing out today.

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<v Speaker 4>You've had fires, you've had wins. So I'm starting to

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<v Speaker 4>for and this is only God. God had to be

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<v Speaker 4>the one my generator. And I don't know if it

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<v Speaker 4>was some rats that did it, but my generator just

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<v Speaker 4>would not stay started. It kept starting and it would

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<v Speaker 4>just put her out a start for a minute and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, okay, I'm about to run the cords and

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<v Speaker 4>it would just keep cutting.

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<v Speaker 5>Off mine had the same problem. Go ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>So for the next two hours, I'm literally frustrated with

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<v Speaker 4>a skull cap with a light on the front of it,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, just trying to start my generator for hours.

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<v Speaker 4>Just like I got to the wife, she's gonna be mad.

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<v Speaker 4>I got to get something going, so you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>get some heat, get the TV going, get something comfortable

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<v Speaker 4>so she can be comfortable with my baby, and so

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<v Speaker 4>the baby can be comfortable in the room because I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't want it to be cold. So at that point,

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<v Speaker 4>there's still no smoke, no embers, no ash nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me ask you, as we get ready to go

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<v Speaker 2>to this first brick, what was the singular event or

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<v Speaker 2>the sign that changed everything?

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<v Speaker 4>The fire. I saw the fire finally emerge in the backyard,

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<v Speaker 4>and when I looked over my fence, it was just

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<v Speaker 4>on you. It was going up the mountain on my

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<v Speaker 4>side now, so now I could actually see this crazy

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<v Speaker 4>fire that was inflamed, but it was still going up

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<v Speaker 4>the mountain.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're just shoting in. My guests in the studio

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<v Speaker 2>right now is Zira Calvin. He's telling the painstaking story

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<v Speaker 2>of what led to him losing everything, including his older

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<v Speaker 2>sister Evan McClinton, and we're going to talk about that

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<v Speaker 2>when we come back. It's Later with Moe Kelly talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the fired Eaton Canyon and the path to rebuild

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<v Speaker 2>out Todta.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm right in the middle of a conversation with Zira Calvin,

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<v Speaker 2>who lost his sister, Evelyn McLendon in the Eaton Canyon

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<v Speaker 2>fire last month. Not only did he lose his older sister,

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<v Speaker 2>Calvin and his family lost everything in the fires, all

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<v Speaker 2>of their belongings and possessions, and he's here tonight to

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<v Speaker 2>not only tell his story, but also talk about what

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be done to rebuild lives and also make

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<v Speaker 2>people hole in the city of Aaltadena. And before the break, Zia,

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<v Speaker 2>you were expressing how I'm just paraphrasing, the fire was

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<v Speaker 2>way over there, and all of a sudden, it was

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<v Speaker 2>up on you almost immediately, and then I assumed you

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<v Speaker 2>had to quickly evacuate. Where was your sister when you evacuated?

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<v Speaker 4>She was in the back house of my mother's house,

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<v Speaker 4>which is next door. So own both properties and they're

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<v Speaker 4>pretty large properties, and she stayed in one of the

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<v Speaker 4>ADUs in the back. So when we were evacuating, because

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<v Speaker 4>now if we moved past the fire going up the mountain,

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<v Speaker 4>then all these crosswinds happened, and you can see the

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<v Speaker 4>fire attacking. It seemed like it was attacking the city

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<v Speaker 4>the way it was coming off the mountain. So I

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<v Speaker 4>do want to give this brief description. The fire never

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<v Speaker 4>came off the mountain and burned straight down. That's what

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<v Speaker 4>people don't understand. So when people are trying to conceptually

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<v Speaker 4>understand why certain houses got burned and then whole neighborhoods disappear,

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<v Speaker 4>you would have to understand that these crosswinds whereas actually

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<v Speaker 4>shooting embers the size of snowballs and stuff, which were

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<v Speaker 4>hitting houses and burning them up.

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<v Speaker 5>I saw the visiting going sideways horizontally.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, so it was literally like being attacked. And that's

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<v Speaker 4>never happened. So the only thing I would say if

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<v Speaker 4>there was any conspiracy, the crosswinds to continue with one

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<v Speaker 4>hundred miles an hour winds over and over and over

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<v Speaker 4>again and it doesn't stop. It's the only thing that

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<v Speaker 4>confused me because that's never happened. I understand when shifts

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<v Speaker 4>understand all of that can happen. But the cross winds

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<v Speaker 4>over and over again, just repeatedly, is why.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything burnt so fast.

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<v Speaker 4>So for it to move that fast, shoot all the

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<v Speaker 4>embers off of it looked like a volcanic eruption and

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<v Speaker 4>it was literally just burning up things. But you in

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<v Speaker 4>the beginning stages, you couldn't see that this wasn't until

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<v Speaker 4>I got to my street. My cousin came running down

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<v Speaker 4>knocking on the door again. He's like, Zee, have you

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<v Speaker 4>seen like this isn't supposed to be possible. We've been

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<v Speaker 4>in a gang of fires and windstorms. It's no way

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<v Speaker 2>Was it chaos and people trying to get out of

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<v Speaker 2>the neighborhood and just I don't want to call it

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<v Speaker 2>fog of war, but the only way I could describe

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<v Speaker 2>in a moment like that.

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<v Speaker 3>And it was so late, we were still there so late.

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<v Speaker 4>It was the people who there were other people who

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<v Speaker 4>aren't used to any windstorms, fires, who aren't from the neighborhood,

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<v Speaker 4>who left earlier.

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<v Speaker 5>Was there any power at that time?

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<v Speaker 2>No, So I'm imagining a pitch black scene with the

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, Is this where you lost contact with your sister.

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<v Speaker 4>So when we get out, I remember I have my wife,

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<v Speaker 3>I got to get her out of the house.

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<v Speaker 4>So when we're rushing through, literally put the baby in

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<v Speaker 3>So chaotic in that scene.

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<v Speaker 4>Wife didn't even grab her purse because we still think

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<v Speaker 4>we're coming back, to be honest, that's what's crazy. Then

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<v Speaker 4>I rush get my mom. You know, I have to

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<v Speaker 4>Ran up the driveway before that, told my sister, let's go,

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<v Speaker 4>let's go.

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<v Speaker 3>You should have left earlier. What are you doing. Let's go.

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<v Speaker 4>Come back down the driveway, got mom, putting her in

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<v Speaker 4>the car, got her in the car, got the baby

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<v Speaker 4>in the car, got wife in the car. Two separate

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<v Speaker 4>cars at this point, and then we start to leave.

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<v Speaker 4>When did you know that your sister wasn't with you?

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<v Speaker 4>It was more of an unconscious thought like, meaning when

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<v Speaker 4>it wasn't until the next day, but it's when I

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<v Speaker 4>turned the corner and I kept remember, why is her

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<v Speaker 4>car still there? Did she leave with somebody else? Why

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<v Speaker 4>is her car still in front of the house. So

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<v Speaker 4>to give you timeframe of what this is so you

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<v Speaker 4>can really understand it, this is at four o'clock in

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<v Speaker 4>the morning, I plan on coming back at six in

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<v Speaker 4>the morning. By time six in the morning, everything is gone.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're talking about two hours because you plan on

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<v Speaker 4>coming back, so there was never any thought that you know,

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<v Speaker 4>we were coming right back in the morning.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't leave the city. I went down to where it.

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<v Speaker 4>Was a little safer at my other cousin's house in

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<v Speaker 4>his apartment, and we just stayed there, and I was

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<v Speaker 4>just waiting for it to be daylight, just to go

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<v Speaker 4>back to get my stuff, to.

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<v Speaker 3>Get my sister to check.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't honestly, I can't even say to get her

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<v Speaker 4>But the subconscious part is where you remember that.

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<v Speaker 2>What was the realization beyond seeing her car that she

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<v Speaker 4>She doesn't really leave anywhere without her car, and that's

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<v Speaker 4>what it really was. And she was more of a

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<v Speaker 4>recluse at this stage in life, like she's she's older

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<v Speaker 4>than you. She's older, she's fifty nine, and she's a

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<v Speaker 4>god fearing, church praising woman who was a bus driver,

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<v Speaker 4>you know who her bus driving.

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<v Speaker 3>People loved her, we talk about it.

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<v Speaker 4>But because corporate America was really hard on her as

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<v Speaker 4>a black woman, it caused her to, you know, become

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<v Speaker 4>a recluse, a recluse where she just didn't like dealing

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<v Speaker 4>with a lot of people all the time. So from that,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, when I saw that, I was just devastated.

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<v Speaker 4>My family's hearts are shattered. It's just so much like

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<v Speaker 4>I can't even wrap my mind to run. Our family

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<v Speaker 4>can't wrap minds around how this happened or why it happened. Basically,

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<v Speaker 4>who did you first have to tell? Well, the first

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<v Speaker 4>thing was I had to make sure she.

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<v Speaker 3>Didn't leave.

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<v Speaker 4>And I was still hopeful, to be honest, so I

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<v Speaker 4>was literally just going, yeah, she's still there.

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<v Speaker 3>My cousin EJ was like, do you want me to check?

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So that morning the next day he just first it

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<v Speaker 4>was the police did a check, but it was too hot,

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<v Speaker 4>so we had to wait some hours because the smoke

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<v Speaker 4>was still not clear. And then after that he went

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<v Speaker 4>up there and he took a shovel and he went

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<v Speaker 4>to go check. He was like, we take care of

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<v Speaker 4>our own. Let's see, we don't need to wait, and

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<v Speaker 4>he's sitting here heartbroke. We need to know either way.

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<v Speaker 4>So he asked me where and he checked and as

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<v Speaker 4>he moved a bree around, he found her remains. He

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<v Speaker 4>found her skull, her ribs, all that type of stuff,

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<v Speaker 4>her fever bone, so he has to even deal with

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<v Speaker 4>that mentally. He asked me like, dang, zee, do you

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<v Speaker 4>think I have trauma behind this? And I was like,

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<v Speaker 4>one thousand percent, you go have trauma behind us because

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I know you're taking it in stride. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>it was the most heartbreaking thing and he found her.

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<v Speaker 4>I was that brought me some type of piece just

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<v Speaker 4>because we knew immediately. But then I'm heartbroke even more

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<v Speaker 4>so because I'm thinking what about all my friends and community,

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<v Speaker 4>because we're all friends, and people don't understand everybody everybody

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<v Speaker 4>knows that everybody. So now that has me thinking how

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<v Speaker 4>many people are up here dead that they have no

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<v Speaker 4>idea and they won't know till later, Like I know

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<v Speaker 4>my loved one is gone now, but they still have

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<v Speaker 4>to wait and figure it out when they go and

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<v Speaker 4>search the place to find these other people.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's in come.

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<v Speaker 4>It's inconceivable to understand the feeling of losing your sister,

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<v Speaker 4>losing everything in the families that have lost in out

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<v Speaker 4>toa dina everyone. We're such a tight kit type community

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<v Speaker 4>that everybody knows everyone. So even when the neighbor lost somebody,

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<v Speaker 4>or the neighbor that dies, that's another family member.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what people don't understand. They keep thinking it's just

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<v Speaker 3>one What.

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<v Speaker 4>About my friends that I grew up with that are

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<v Speaker 4>around the corner and he lost his mom. This is

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<v Speaker 4>all I'm trying to say. It becomes so many people

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<v Speaker 4>that you're connected to. Especially when you're a community person

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<v Speaker 4>and you've helped the community, you've been a harder community.

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<v Speaker 4>It makes it harder because now you're connected to everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back, as Altadda tries to go from

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<v Speaker 2>the crisis to the recovery, you have been very instrumental

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<v Speaker 2>in continuing to stay within the community and help the community.

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back. I want to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 2>What does Altadena need, what is it not getting or

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<v Speaker 2>what could it use more of to get past this

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<v Speaker 2>moment and keep Alta Dina out to Dina?

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<v Speaker 5>Can you do that for me?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>My guest is studio Zaire Calvin as he tells his

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<v Speaker 2>story of the Eaton Canyon fire, how he lost his

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<v Speaker 2>older sister, and how the city is still battling to

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<v Speaker 2>come back.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>And Zaire Calvin joins me in studios. Has been telling

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<v Speaker 2>the heartbreaking story of not only losing everything, but losing someone,

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<v Speaker 2>his older sister who perished in the Eaton Canyon fire,

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<v Speaker 2>and Zaire, I wanted to move the conversation forward because

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<v Speaker 2>you were telling me off air about how Altadena is

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<v Speaker 2>a community.

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<v Speaker 5>It's almost like Pleasantville where.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone knows everyone, everyone has seen everyone's kids grow up

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<v Speaker 2>and grandparents grow old and that kind of thing. But

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<v Speaker 2>they're all collectively going through this trauma together at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time. Where if you got off easy, if you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't lose everything or lose someone or combination of both.

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<v Speaker 5>But where is Alta Dina?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>I hear about the communal meeting where people will find

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<v Speaker 2>each other at the post office on most days. But

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<v Speaker 2>what is left in out to Dina and what can

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<v Speaker 2>be brought back, what's.

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<v Speaker 4>Left in out to Dana is the pride of Altadena.

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<v Speaker 4>So the people are so uniquely connected and joined. As

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<v Speaker 4>you were saying that, the pride and the feeling of

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<v Speaker 4>out to Diana, there's no way to describe it.

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<v Speaker 3>There's no place on earth.

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<v Speaker 4>I've had people who moved to different places Texan and go.

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<v Speaker 4>I always have to come back home to Altadena because

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<v Speaker 4>it's totally different, and it's such an integrated community. And

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<v Speaker 4>that's what people don't understand is now, So like I

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<v Speaker 4>know personally like four hundred and fifty Black friends that

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<v Speaker 4>lost their home.

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<v Speaker 3>Personally, that many people.

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<v Speaker 4>But that's not including all the hundreds of people that

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<v Speaker 4>are Jewish, White, or many in Asian, Hispanic, every race.

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<v Speaker 3>I have hundreds of.

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<v Speaker 4>Those who all lost their home also, so that I'm

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<v Speaker 4>just trying to put it in context. These are hundreds

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<v Speaker 4>and hundreds and hundreds of people who are all connected

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<v Speaker 4>in the community and support each other and love each

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<v Speaker 4>other and have been communal the whole time to create

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<v Speaker 4>this ambiance because this is a city that's unique because

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<v Speaker 4>it was seventy percent black ownership in the city. With

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<v Speaker 4>all of these integrated society, it's like the happiness. It

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<v Speaker 4>was the conjunction of everyone being together and being of

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<v Speaker 4>real community and everybody supporting each other and everybody loving

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<v Speaker 4>on each other, the neighbors, everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>The politicians have come and now they've gone. We know

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<v Speaker 2>that Altadena is an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County,

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<v Speaker 2>so that help will come from the LA County Board

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<v Speaker 2>of Supervisors.

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<v Speaker 5>What is Altadena in need of or what are they

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<v Speaker 5>waiting on.

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<v Speaker 4>In need of assistance past when everybody's gone, assistance passed,

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<v Speaker 4>when all these cameras and all the interviews, and it's

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<v Speaker 4>not the hot story about what's going on assistance with

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<v Speaker 4>people who didn't have proper insurance and the sharks that

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<v Speaker 4>are going to come in and try to this already

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<v Speaker 4>out here, No, what's happening.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm telling you.

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<v Speaker 4>When I left my property doing an interviews, a guy

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<v Speaker 4>came right by and was passing out cards asking to sell.

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<v Speaker 4>I've gotten cold calls of people literally asking do you

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<v Speaker 4>want to sell your home? And I had to hang

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<v Speaker 4>up on them so, and I'm getting letters from relatives

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<v Speaker 4>asking questions like that in the nicest way possible.

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<v Speaker 5>Given that reality, how many people are going to stay?

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<v Speaker 4>The majority of our community is going to stick together.

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<v Speaker 4>You can't keep everybody, and everybody's situation is not the same.

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<v Speaker 4>So I won't be mad at anybody. I just hope

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<v Speaker 4>that our community. The hope for our community is for

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<v Speaker 4>it to stay our community. It's literally for us to

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<v Speaker 4>stay our community.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you at this point, and I say this, as

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<v Speaker 2>this atmospheric river approaches, can people move in and I

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<v Speaker 2>should say, move about in the Altadena area, go back

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<v Speaker 2>to where their homes were, try to secure and say

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<v Speaker 2>whatever remains, can you move about freely?

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<v Speaker 3>Right now? We can?

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<v Speaker 4>They the National Guard has finally left and they've let

429
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<v Speaker 4>people after it's already been looted. National Guard gument after

430
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<v Speaker 4>it was looted, but a lot of the families and

431
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<v Speaker 4>homes were looted, and then they came in, I guess

432
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<v Speaker 4>to protect it. And then now we're able to actually

433
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<v Speaker 4>go up and travel and see our homes, which there

434
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<v Speaker 4>are no homes. So to give my mother's definition, who

435
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<v Speaker 4>just talked about it, because I just took her up

436
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<v Speaker 4>to see it and to process everything, and she said,

437
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<v Speaker 4>I don't know what I'm looking at. I don't know

438
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<v Speaker 4>what you What am I supposed to say to this

439
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<v Speaker 4>my neighborhood. This is gone, this is fire, this is burnt.

440
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<v Speaker 4>I've never seen it. This looks like a war zone.

441
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<v Speaker 4>This looks like a volcanic eruption. I don't know what

442
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<v Speaker 4>I'm looking at.

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<v Speaker 2>Could you recognize the streets driving down them because there

444
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<v Speaker 2>were no street signs?

445
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<v Speaker 5>Probably? Did you? Was it easy to figure out where

446
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<v Speaker 5>you were?

447
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<v Speaker 4>Because I've been there my entire life. I've lived on

448
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<v Speaker 4>the same block that my entire life. I can drive

449
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<v Speaker 4>there without thinking when this is how bad it is.

450
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<v Speaker 4>I have a cousin that lives three doors down from

451
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<v Speaker 4>my home of the left. I was going to take

452
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<v Speaker 4>pictures of his house. I know exactly where the driveway is,

453
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<v Speaker 4>and I couldnot focus to take a picture because I

454
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<v Speaker 4>did not know where his house was.

455
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<v Speaker 3>That's how bad everything is.

456
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<v Speaker 4>Level I could not find my cousin's house that I've

457
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<v Speaker 4>been going to since I was one year. I was

458
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<v Speaker 4>a one year old in his house, back and forth.

459
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<v Speaker 4>I could not find his house. I literally had to

460
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<v Speaker 4>go I know that's the rocks where it is. I

461
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<v Speaker 4>know that's the tree, but I don't know what I'm

462
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<v Speaker 4>looking at. It's that bad best case scenario. And I

463
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<v Speaker 4>know you said that everyone situation is different. What's the

464
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<v Speaker 4>best case hope for six months from now, two years

465
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<v Speaker 4>from now?

466
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<v Speaker 3>Best case scenario is that.

467
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<v Speaker 4>The politicians, the senators, everybody who's involved, all of these foundations, fundraisers,

468
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<v Speaker 4>all this stuff that's being had for the fire victims

469
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<v Speaker 4>of Altadena, that the money actually goes to the fire

470
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<v Speaker 4>victims of Altadena.

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<v Speaker 5>There's no guarantee exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>So if all that money actually goes to the rebuilding

473
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<v Speaker 4>and helping of the victims of Altadena and everybody who's lost,

474
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<v Speaker 4>then there's a little bit of hope there. If it

475
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<v Speaker 4>doesn't and all that money is funneled and talked about,

476
00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:24.559
<v Speaker 4>because that's what everybody's fear is, where's all this money going?

477
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<v Speaker 4>We hear, oh seven million, ray this made? How who

478
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<v Speaker 4>is that going to? How is that going to help

479
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<v Speaker 4>the community?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know where these When I say where, supposedly

481
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<v Speaker 2>these millions and millions of dollars are initially supposed to go.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, if I were a former resident of Altadena.

483
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<v Speaker 2>How do I know that I'm looked in? Do you

484
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<v Speaker 2>know what that process is like at this point?

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<v Speaker 4>No?

486
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<v Speaker 3>And that's that's the fear.

487
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<v Speaker 4>The fear is trying to understand where these finances are

488
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<v Speaker 4>going and how that's going to help the community and

489
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<v Speaker 4>to make sure it's going to help the buyback of

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<v Speaker 4>each individual's house to be able to stay in their community.

491
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<v Speaker 4>And that's the most important part. So my again, there's

492
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<v Speaker 4>hope from the people because everyone wants to stay and build.

493
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<v Speaker 4>Like I have a whole group text of everybody. That's

494
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<v Speaker 4>not everyone, but the majority of my whole block. So

495
00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:18.880
<v Speaker 4>we all talk about what we're gonna do, how they're helping,

496
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<v Speaker 4>Like the whole community is having that conversation, but they're

497
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<v Speaker 4>all in fear also, like what is this going to

498
00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:27.319
<v Speaker 4>look like? How long is this gonna be? Is the

499
00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:29.440
<v Speaker 4>money gonna run out? Yeah, it's two years, it's a

500
00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:31.559
<v Speaker 4>year from now, But then two years when you're spending

501
00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:34.559
<v Speaker 4>up all the money that you have to live and

502
00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:38.240
<v Speaker 4>to be until your house is built, what is that

503
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<v Speaker 4>going to look like?

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back on to finish up with Zira

505
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<v Speaker 2>Calvin as he tells his story, despair my word and

506
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<v Speaker 2>also hope for the future. What has happened in Altadena

507
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<v Speaker 2>and what likely comes next.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty with.

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<v Speaker 2>We're Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. And I'm finishing

511
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<v Speaker 2>on my conversation with Zaire Calvin, who joins me in studio.

512
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<v Speaker 2>He lost his house, he lost his older sister who

513
00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:26.279
<v Speaker 2>perished in the Eaton Canyon fire in Alta, Dina. And

514
00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.880
<v Speaker 2>he was telling me, and I'm not going to give

515
00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:30.759
<v Speaker 2>you too many specifics, his family now has spread all

516
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<v Speaker 2>over southern California because it's more than just losing the structure.

517
00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.039
<v Speaker 2>It's about trying to keep the family together as well,

518
00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:42.400
<v Speaker 2>living in different places. But my question to you, Zire,

519
00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:46.480
<v Speaker 2>before we end this conversation is what's next? And I

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<v Speaker 2>say that if only because we know the rains are coming.

521
00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:52.720
<v Speaker 2>There's a concern with mud slides, there's a concern with

522
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<v Speaker 2>debris removal. I'm not even sure about the toxicity of

523
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<v Speaker 2>the area. What's the first in immediate OPSTA concern.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, in the midst of our morning and we're ready

525
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<v Speaker 4>to begin real accountability for the devastation. You know now

526
00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:11.279
<v Speaker 4>that the toxic dust is settled and literally beginning to

527
00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:16.240
<v Speaker 4>settle around us, we're turning into action. So holding who's

528
00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:20.759
<v Speaker 4>responsible for the fire is kind of important. Also, So

529
00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:24.920
<v Speaker 4>the power company Edison that literally knows that the fire

530
00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:27.359
<v Speaker 4>started from their transformers and.

531
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<v Speaker 2>Stuff like that, they're not going to go quietly into

532
00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.200
<v Speaker 2>that gentle good night, You know that, right?

533
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<v Speaker 4>No, And that's the battle, and that's the war for

534
00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:37.599
<v Speaker 4>you know, especially when you're talking about your money is

535
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<v Speaker 4>more important than the lives that have been lost in

536
00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:42.400
<v Speaker 4>the community and these homes and his family and this culture.

537
00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:45.920
<v Speaker 4>You literally just burnt up a whole culture. So how

538
00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:48.680
<v Speaker 4>does that money even matter? And how would you fight

539
00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:51.319
<v Speaker 4>this when you know that you're responsible for burning up

540
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<v Speaker 4>this whole culture of people.

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<v Speaker 2>Given all that, and I know you can't speak for

542
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<v Speaker 2>everyone's situation, but the general consensus is what is fat

543
00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:06.599
<v Speaker 2>as owners homeowner's insurance? Are people finding that their policies

544
00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:08.759
<v Speaker 2>are being honored or not.

545
00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:11.880
<v Speaker 4>Their policies are being honored? But is it enough? Is

546
00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:17.920
<v Speaker 4>the issue. So that's the whole conversation with Senator Berger.

547
00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:22.079
<v Speaker 4>She's been doing with what she's been saying and keeping

548
00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:24.359
<v Speaker 4>up with what she's been doing has actually been very

549
00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.880
<v Speaker 4>on point.

550
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<v Speaker 3>So I do appreciate her.

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<v Speaker 4>I will say that publicly because she has been putting

552
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<v Speaker 4>her money in her actions where her mouth has been

553
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<v Speaker 4>so far.

554
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<v Speaker 3>But the issue I have, like I said, is the back.

555
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<v Speaker 4>End of all of this, when it time, when it

556
00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:42.119
<v Speaker 4>comes time to build, when it comes time to get

557
00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.119
<v Speaker 4>all these things in place, all like you said, we

558
00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:48.640
<v Speaker 4>have to clean up the debris and clearing all these

559
00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:51.359
<v Speaker 4>plots in these lands and doing all that stuff. My

560
00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:54.680
<v Speaker 4>community is so concerned about, Okay, we got this done,

561
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<v Speaker 4>but now what happens if we run out of money?

562
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<v Speaker 3>Now what then we still have to sell? Then we

563
00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.920
<v Speaker 3>still have to be.

564
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<v Speaker 4>Like, well, of course I have to take this deal,

565
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<v Speaker 4>because yeah, they're sitting there knocking at the door and

566
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<v Speaker 4>I don't have enough money to finish, or I don't

567
00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:09.640
<v Speaker 4>have enough money after I finished, I still have a

568
00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.640
<v Speaker 4>mortgage on my place.

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<v Speaker 3>People aren't really stuff like that.

570
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<v Speaker 5>I know what, the houses were free and clear.

571
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah I still have to pay a mortgage. And the

572
00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:18.319
<v Speaker 3>way I was paying that mortgage.

573
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<v Speaker 4>In our families in different things is people had people

574
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<v Speaker 4>living in the back house and living and it was

575
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<v Speaker 4>shared communal stuff that was happening a lot of times

576
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<v Speaker 4>because these are hard working, blue collar people A lot

577
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<v Speaker 4>of times.

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<v Speaker 2>Not to get too specific, but I know other people

579
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<v Speaker 2>will be dealing with this as well as far as

580
00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:38.599
<v Speaker 2>homeowners insurance and ADUs. How does that play out? And

581
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<v Speaker 2>that's what we're trying to figure out. It's literally everything

582
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<v Speaker 2>is up in the air.

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<v Speaker 4>And she said that no, they'll be able to put

584
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<v Speaker 4>an add but what's that charge going to be? What

585
00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.279
<v Speaker 4>is all these finances that are going to come with

586
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<v Speaker 4>after the fact.

587
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<v Speaker 3>That's all it is.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, yes, it sounds good on the front end,

589
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<v Speaker 4>and it's just making sure that on the back end

590
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<v Speaker 4>that everybody is made whole, because if you're not made

591
00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:02.920
<v Speaker 4>how can you how can you move forward? And that's

592
00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:05.200
<v Speaker 4>even the devastation because we still have to build our

593
00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.920
<v Speaker 4>family back.

594
00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:08.319
<v Speaker 3>We still have to grow trees back. You guys don't

595
00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.160
<v Speaker 3>know what it looks like.

596
00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:13.400
<v Speaker 4>So even that process of replanning trees to have a

597
00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:16.359
<v Speaker 4>neighborhood that looks it's called beautiful out to dinner because

598
00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.240
<v Speaker 4>it was beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there one thing because there's no way I could know,

600
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<v Speaker 2>But is there one thing that I've missed in my

601
00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:25.720
<v Speaker 2>conversation with you tonight as we get ready to close

602
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<v Speaker 2>that there's some one hundred thousand people who are listening

603
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<v Speaker 2>right now who could benefit from your insight, your pain

604
00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:37.039
<v Speaker 2>even is there one thing that no one should leave

605
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<v Speaker 2>this conversation without knowing, understanding, or at least hearing.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess that these everybody is devastated right now. Actually,

607
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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna switch gears, and I'm so sorry for this,

608
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<v Speaker 4>but I have to. I want to make a point

609
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<v Speaker 4>about the elderly and disability that needs to be helped.

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<v Speaker 4>When you asked me earlier, I just do want to

611
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<v Speaker 4>cover that. I'm so sorry, but I want to cover

612
00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:03.960
<v Speaker 4>that they do not have anything in place for elderly

613
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<v Speaker 4>and disabled people during emergencies, the help that they need,

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<v Speaker 4>Like for my mother who's displaced and I'm trying to

615
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<v Speaker 4>help her and get her in home care and all

616
00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:17.920
<v Speaker 4>that stuff. They do not have anything in place for

617
00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:22.039
<v Speaker 4>emergency situations, and that across the board for anybody who

618
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<v Speaker 4>goes through this absolutely needs to be changed.

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<v Speaker 3>That's one part.

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<v Speaker 4>The other part would just be I don't know, it's hard,

621
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<v Speaker 4>just we need help, that's all I can say. Like

622
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<v Speaker 4>as much, and this is not a community that asks

623
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<v Speaker 4>for anything so it makes it worse. These are people,

624
00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:43.160
<v Speaker 4>These are very proud people who have worked hard, and

625
00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:47.839
<v Speaker 4>this is generational wealth where you're prideful about even accepting anything.

626
00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:50.599
<v Speaker 4>I had to learn how to accept because I'm so

627
00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.559
<v Speaker 4>used to giving.

628
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<v Speaker 3>Like.

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<v Speaker 4>The whole point is everyone is living by being christ Like,

630
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<v Speaker 4>and so if you're Christ's Like, you're always giving and

631
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<v Speaker 4>trying to be of service.

632
00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.079
<v Speaker 3>And that was a while.

633
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<v Speaker 4>Most of the community is, even though it may be

634
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<v Speaker 4>all different religion and creeds, but everybody's kind of living

635
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<v Speaker 4>by that christ Like We help everybody in these situations,

636
00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:14.359
<v Speaker 4>and we need people to be christ Like and give

637
00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:18.200
<v Speaker 4>back and really help the people for real, not just

638
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<v Speaker 4>one day, not just one time, until we are as

639
00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:24.799
<v Speaker 4>a whole community are made whole.

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<v Speaker 3>We need That's what I was saying.

641
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<v Speaker 4>We need people to be christ Like until the complete

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<v Speaker 4>community of Outta Dina is whole.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, let me just do this in my small

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<v Speaker 5>part here.

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<v Speaker 2>You said something, you know, something to the effect of,

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<v Speaker 2>don't forget us. After all the cameras have left and

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<v Speaker 2>it's not the lead story. Let's make the commitment here.

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<v Speaker 2>You come on with me every now and again to say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not getting the help that we need or mo,

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<v Speaker 2>I need you to get me in touch with this

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<v Speaker 2>politician who promised this, that and the other, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>not coming through because I could damn sure do that

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<v Speaker 2>and light a fire under them and make sure that

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<v Speaker 2>out TOADNA gets what it needs to get where it

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<v Speaker 2>once was.

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<v Speaker 4>And I do have a nonprofit Extremeathletics dot org that

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<v Speaker 4>focuses on type two diabetes in inner city youth that

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<v Speaker 4>you can also go to to help those kids.

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<v Speaker 3>In the program and everything like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Zion Calvin, I'll see you soon, appreciate you. It's later

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<v Speaker 2>with Mo Kelly. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 1>If you find yourself agreeing with everything we say, we're

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<v Speaker 1>doing it wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>K s i' k ost e HD two Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>Orange County locks everywhere on the radio.