Immigration arrests across LA and Southern California are having an impact on markets, transit, medical centers, and people have even stopped showing up for their free food. Local officials have announced their plans, including legal action, to reverse the effects. Plus, a new bathroom is coming to Hollywood.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
We've got another hour together again. We're keeping an eye
on the Lake fire. They've called it in San Bernardino County.
About four hundred and seventy eight acres burning right now,
and it looks like weather conditions are going to be
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a little bit favorable for them overnight, but it could
be rough Sunday into Monday, and the fact that they're
already talking about this fire and Monday is concerning an evacuation.
Mandatory evacuation order has been issued for certain parts of
that area. If you get that morning, do heat it.
But we'll continue to monitor and update throughout the night
and throughout the rest of the weekend, and obviously if
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it's still burning on Monday, we'll have you covered then
as well. The impact of immigration enforcement in southern California
is being felt by folks who are not illegal immigrants.
You're seeing it, perhaps in your neighborhood. You're noticing empty stores,
taco stands, ice cream trucks, street vending stalls abandoned on
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the side of the road, and maybe that's what you
wanted to see. Maybe it does bring out a certain
humanity in you, despite your political leanings on the issue.
But it's happening and we are seeing it, and obviously,
with a high population of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County,
we're going to probably feel it disproportionately when compared to
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other parts of the country. So who is it that's
being picked up.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
In the LA area. There were seven hundred and twenty
two ICE arrests in the first ten days of June,
according to the Deportation Data Project, the research group saying
thirty percent of those arrested were convicted criminals, eleven percent
had pending criminal charges, had about fifty seven percent of
those arrested had no criminal history at the time that
they were taken into custody. According to the data, that
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majority are men eighty two percent, almost half from Mexico
ICE data showing as of June fifteenth that had over
fifty six thousand immigrants in custody, with forty six percent
having no criminal history at like Stone Abcina's La Sancheles, You've.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Noticed probably that the large demonstrations have died down, but
there are plenty of videos. It seems like every bus
that's made by federal agents is somehow captured by somebody
standing wherever it takes place. If it's in a home
depot parking lot, if it's on some random suburban corner
where a lady sells fruit, if it's at somebody's house,
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somebody's got the camera open, and these videos are shared
widely online. A lot of times you see bystanders yelling
at federal agents, what's your ID number? Tell us your name?
Who are you because they've got mask and they don't
have their names on their clothes. And we've heard the
federal government explain that we can't do that in this
environment because it would put our agents at risk, their
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safety would be at risk, they would be docs, the
term that folks use for basically identifying folks and spreading
their information online. There have been concerns, though, expressed by
local elected officials and activists as well, about the possibility
that some of these folks poor tending to be federal
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agents are in fact not that maybe they're vigilantes or
maybe they're just criminals looking to take advantage of the
current environment. We've heard Mayor Bassey multiple times that some
of the vests look like they're purchased on Amazon, that
these could be fake, fake ice agents, fake Border patrol agents,
fake immigration officers, and you can think what you want
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about that. Of course, this is a claim that had
not been proven, but this week there was some credence
lended to those concerns, as reported by our friends at KTLA.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Fake federal agents. It's a new worry for city officials
in Huntington Park after a police arrested this man, twenty
four year old Fernando Dias of Los Angeles, prompt.
Speaker 5 (04:01):
A serious concern about public safety, impersonation of federal agent
and the need for proper identification and vetting of legitimate
federal enforcement activities.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
During a press conference Friday, police unveiled key evidence that
led to his Tuesday night arrest, including the suspect's vehicle,
a gray Dodge Durango seen here, filled with copies of passports,
federal enforcement style documents, cell phones, red and blue lights,
and a loaded firearm parked on South Alameda Street in
a handicapped spot. It was enough to almost full police,
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who initially thought Diaz might be an off duty officer.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
When further questioning, the individual claimed he previously worked for
Customs and Border Protection. However, he could produce no valid
credentials to validate them.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Instead, the man was wanted for drunk driving and previously
had been arrested for human smuggling. News of tuesday Night's
arrest follows weeks of unrest and mid ongoing ice raids
in California and across the country. Today, Huntington Park's mayor
warning the public and saying they've passed a city resolution
requiring federal agents to identify themselves when asked by police.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
When people cannot trust who is enforcing the law, public
safety is undermined.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Saying where there's one fake federal agent, there's likely more.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Mass agents, unmarked vehicles, and refusal to identify yourself is
not the image of a just and lawful government.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Again, that's KTLA reporting, And you know it only takes
one right to start to beef up concerns about this.
Now they have somebody suspected of not being a federal
agent pretending to be a federal agent. So what does
that do to the conversation that's taking place. The demonstrations
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have died down the anxiety has not. We're probably going
to see widespread demonstrations again at some point, and this
type of thing is going to be one of the motivators,
just as arresting someone who claims to have documentation and
evidence that they are in fact a US citizen a
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chaotic scene.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
As an American citizen was arrested by federal immigration agents
in Los Angeles, her family describing it as a kidnapping.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
My mom looked at the rear mirror and she saw
how my sister was attacked from the bag.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
She's like, they're kidnapping your system.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
I'm like, oh, like it was just having so fast.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
Thirty two year old Andrea Valez was getting dropped off
for work when she was taken into custody during an
immigration raid. She was charged with assault after officials say
she forcefully obstructed an ice officer.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
And that was Andrea excuse me, that was Andrea Fuji
from ABC News reporting on that this is somebody who
was on their way to work in downtown La Andrea Valez,
she works in that area where we saw some immigration
activity at ninth in Spring Street. This was somebody, I believe,
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going to clean one of the buildings down there. Somebody
selling papoosas on the street was also swept up in
this particular activity. But this woman, who has since been
released on bond, claims would be a United States citizen.
So all this week, in just the span of one week,
the concerns that have been expressed by activists have now
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at least one documented case fake agents and US citizens
being arrested on suspicion of being here illegally. That's going
to raise the anxiety certainly, and you are welcome to
share your thoughts on this ongoing situation across Los Angeles.
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Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button.
Does this arrest in Huntington Park? Does this apprehension of
someone claiming to be a US citizen with a passport?
Does it give you concern about the immigrant enforcement procedures here?
Do you have ongoing concerns about a hot summer full
of hot protests? Join our conversation. Open up that iHeartRadio app,
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click on the talkback button and let us know. I
will tell you this. At every meeting of the Los
Angeles City Council for the past two weeks, they've rotated
among the members to share stories about how the enforcement
is affecting certain people in their communities and certain types
of businesses and certain types of organizations. So while we
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do see the images of people being handcuffed and taken away,
we don't often hear about some of these other parts
of the city that are basically closing down because of
what's going on. So again, regardless of your political feelings
about immigration enforcement, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County is going
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to feel the impact of it in a way that
other places in this country will not. We're gonna talk
more about that coming up next here on Michael Monks Reports.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
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News with until nine o'clock tonight. The Dodgers lost in
Kansas City nine to five tonight. They go at it
again tomorrow at eleven o'clock our time. The Angels right
now knotted up with the Nationals two to two in
the bottom of the seventh in Anaheim, though the Angels
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have two on right now, so threatening to improve all
the way back to five hundred for the season, so
go Halos. Meanwhile, back at Los Angeles City Hall, every
single meeting over the past couple of weeks, members have
stood up or brought a guest in to talk about
the way immigration enforcement activity has impacted their part of
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the city. This week was certainly no different. The council
is getting ready to go on its annual month long hiatus.
They usually only work maybe the first couple days of
July and then they're off for a month, about four
weeks of hiatus. So they've been cramming a bunch of
these in this week, and we heard from multiple parts
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of the city about what this means. And what you're
hearing mostly from local city and county officials is they
want the ice or the immigration raids to stop. I
think it's safe to say that that's not going to happen.
This was President Trump's biggest issue in the big beautiful
bill that's being debated right now in Washington. More funding
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for immigration enforcement on the way, This is going to
ramp up. This isn't going anywhere. Councilman Tracy Park, who
represents the West Side and has been in the news
a lot this year because she represents Pacific Palisades with
burned in January, and she has had a lot to
say about that. This is what she said to say
about immigration activity in her area. There's no one there.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yesterday.
Speaker 8 (11:12):
I was in health clinics and dentist's office in our
neighborhood that are often full and vibrant with families and
children seeking essential medical care. They're not coming in. We've
spoken to our partners that help us address food insecurity
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on the West Side, and to be clear, the needs
in my council district are vast and widespread, just as
they are in every district in our city, and people
are afraid to come to get the resources that they need.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
And we've already heard from hospitals that have said folks
who have appointments aren't coming in anymore because they're concerned
about immigration activity. Councilwoman Park brought in the West Side
Food Bank CEO Genevieve Reutour, who says people aren't even
showing up for free food.
Speaker 9 (12:08):
Within a week of the LA fires, local food pantries
saw an additional thirty percent increase in visits. But with
reports about the recent ramp up in immigration enforcement, we're
seeing sharp declines in some neighborhoods. One site dropped from
one hundred and fifty family served to just one hundred
last week because people are afraid to leave their homes,
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even for much needed free food.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
And that sort of system is what a lot of
folks were in favor of this immigration enforcement say brought
so many illegal immigrants to Los Angeles in the first place.
Is that there are a lot of places to get benefits.
There are a lot of places to feel welcome and
safe because of the system that has been put in place. Regardless,
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those folks are here now, and this woman who runs
the West Side Food Bank says people will go hungry.
Speaker 9 (13:03):
Many of the same people who lost jobs in the fires,
the nannies, housekeepers, landscapers, restaurant workers, retail clerks, and home
care assistants are now staying home.
Speaker 10 (13:15):
Out of fear.
Speaker 9 (13:16):
We're deeply concerned, especially about children and seniors, who will
go hungry if we can't get them food.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Councilman timic Oscar represents the Harbor area. He often says
from Watts to the waterfront, so that part of Los
Angeles is what he represents. He spoke this week and
says that he was seeing and his team was seeing
a lot more activity in that part of the city,
and he says, there needs to be a change the
way federal agents are doing their business.
Speaker 11 (13:45):
And really, what we're asking here is exactly what we
ask of LAPD and are we perfect. No, we are
asking for constitutional police and we are asking for constitutional processes.
All around us, we've had the same circumstance where folks
are just afraid to come out. We've lost a farmer's
market in Wilmington, really had a dire need, and those
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folks are without a farmer's market because folks are afraid
to show up.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
And lastly, city councilmen who goes on on Martinez, who
represents Hollywood in the area around there. He used harsher
language to describe the current situation in la.
Speaker 12 (14:21):
And I hope folks can understand the gravity of this
situation because we are experiencing a white nationalist, fascist agenda
that is held bent on cleansing our city of anyone
that looks like many of us here in this room.
And we got to be able to call it because
that's exactly what it is.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
So there you have it. That's just about every corner
of the city, saying this enforcement is really impacting the
way of life. But we knew that was going to
happen because there are so many illegal immigrants in Los Angeles,
Los Angeles County. And if you support the deportation efforts,
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you're seeing a lot of activity that is pleasing you.
If you are concerned about them. If you don't want them,
you're disheartened and you're scared. And folks who are scared
are not patronizing businesses. They're not opening their own businesses.
Being in the fashion district every day, it is heavily
populated by immigrant vendors. Very quiet, very quiet. A lot
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of closed stores, a lot of empty streets still and
again those sidewalk taco stands. I mean, there's a woman
picked up at sixth them Broadway downtown just yesterday who
I've walked past a thousand times and she just sits
there selling fruit. So when you see it, it's you know,
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it's more than just like a news store. It's like
kind of know that person, not personally, but I see
that person all the time. And gone. Now share your
thoughts with us. Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on
that talk back button. Are you pleased with the way
the immigration enforcement is going in Los Angeles. Are you
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displeased with it? What do you see happening in the
near future. Do you have bad or good feelings about
the summer ahead. I expect some demonstrations to return, certainly.
But up next, we're going to talk about the impact
of the immigration enforcement on the La Metro system. We've
been talking increased ridership for months and months and months.
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The numbers continue to go up. They've managed to get
a hold on some of the violent behavior that was
taking place there last year, so it feels safer, a
little bit cleaner. More people are getting on board, until
now it looks like they're going to have their first
ridership drop because of immigration enforcement.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
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This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
We got another half hour together, So let's talk about
La Metro because for months we've reported their stats that
show people are getting back on that thing. The numbers
are reaching pre pandemic levels again weekdays and weekends until recently,
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and this time it's not because of violence or dirtiness,
general unpleasantness. The officials are citing immigration enforcements scaring a
lot of people from coming out and taking public transportation.
This listener disagrees with the characterization, so boo boo.
Speaker 10 (17:41):
About the illegal aliens and ice and them being scared.
Come on, I'm a citizen, I'm a Los Angeles I'm
an American citizen.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
I'm scared.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
God fair. It's fair to be scared for a variety
of reasons. And apparently a lot of writers are skipping
their buses and their trains. Elle County Supervisor Janis Han
is also the chair of La Metro's Board of directors,
at least for a couple of more days. Her term
is ending and Glendale Councilman Fernando Dutra will take over
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as chair. But for the purpose of this conversation, Supervisor
and Chair Han usually takes a bus to the board
meetings and talks about her experience on the bus, and
this is what she had to say about it this week.
Speaker 13 (18:30):
I did notice that the ridership was less It was
an obvious impact of what's been happening that my Silver
line from San Pedro was much less packed than it
usually is.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
So she's noticing that fewer people are on the Jay
Line that's one of those express bus lanes that can
be used, and assumes that it's because of immigration enforcement.
She said, it's a very difficult situation facing this region.
Speaker 13 (19:02):
I wanted to acknowledge the challenging moment that we are
in as ICE activity increases across our nation, particularly here
in La County. Across our communities, these raids have created
fear anxiety for many of our writers and their families.
And last week, remember I asked our staff to report
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back on our protocol if I sus spotted on our
system and how Metro's working to keep writers moving during
protest events.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
So some Metro staff reported this week about how they
handle disruptions like the big protests that have been taking
place downtown. A lot of this has taken place outside
of stations, whether it be the Little Tokyo Station, Union Station,
Pershing Square. They're all susceptible to damage and the irony
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is often the police issue dispersal order. It's time for
all these demonstrators to go home or face arrest, but
Metros had to shut down it system to I don't
know what the reason is. They certainly have a protocol
for it. They've been asked to reevaluate that.
Speaker 13 (20:13):
What I heard from a number and if you went online,
there were so many comments online right, oh my gosh,
peaceful protest until there was a notice to disperse, and
then it got a little crazy, and so they're being
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asked to disperse. There began to be apparently some rubber
bullets shot. People were then going, oh my gosh, we
got to get out of here. Went to the Metro
station closed, went to the next one closed. I heard
people were walking miles to try to get out. And
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these were people that were dispersing because they were ordered
to disperse, and then to find that our system closed
down those stations, I feel like there's got to be
a balance, particularly in a moment like that, balance safety,
balance these thousands of people.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
So Supervisor and board member Han has introduced the motion
to instruct Metro staff to update the agency's protocols on
station closures, excuse me closures to do so only when necessary,
she says, and to improve its messaging to inform writers
about such actions. The Little Tokyo train station was closed
between June eighth and the thirteenth for about eight to
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twelve hours each day.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Now.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
I was down there during the height of these protests
and it did not look like a healthy situation. And
Metro staff presented this week to the Board of Directors
images and news coverage and photos and videos of what
was going on outside those train stations. It was not safe.
People were on the tracks, in the tunnels in some
cases there were fires being let outside of them. Very
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tough decision that had to be made by somebody within Metro,
but they're going to work on updating these protocols, per
the report from the board. Now County Supervisor Hilda Solis
is also a director on the board at Metro, and
she flat out sets that passengers are fewer and farther
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between right now because of immigration enforcement, and I.
Speaker 14 (22:30):
Think that might be helpful for people because we are
still going to continue to see these ice rates and
many people, as we know, are leaving our system. And
I don't know what that number is. Twenty five percent
ridership is down, is what I'm hearing. And I certainly
want to let people know that are reliant because they
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have to go to work no matter what, that there
are some sources of protection for them. And I hope
that we can get our embas visits to also just
share information. I know that no one on our staff
can impede what a federal officer is doing, and if
there's a warrant, you know, I understand that, and I
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know that that could put in harm's way our staff
because we're dealing with this right now with the county
and it's a very sensitive issue.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
What she says there is Metro's policy. There is specific
guidance for employees not to attempt or interfere with law
enforcement activities, but Metro will prevent US Immigration and Customs
enforcement officers from entering what they call non public areas
unless they have a judicial warrant. The head of security
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at Metro says there has only been one verifiable instance
of immigration officers on the transit system. That was on
June twelfth, between five twenty and five point thirty pm
in Elmonte. The security guy says immigration officers were cited
asking Metro customers about their immigration status and were present
for about ten to fifteen minutes. Metro has a Know
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Your Rights campaign to inform writers about their constitutional rights
and provided training for their staff. County officials also plan
to offer what has been called red cards. These are
little cards with information on them that help immigrants assert
their legal rights when encountering immigration officials. Now, Hildesalise, the
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county supervisor and Metro Board of Directors, will, in her
supervisor capacity, issue a motion at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors
meeting quote directing County Council to explore potential legal action
against unconstitutional immigration enforcement practices, including illegal search and seizure
in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution.
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So the fights are starting to heat up a little bit.
It's interesting that it's coming around this way after those
initial large scale demonstrations that resulted in a curfew for
downtown Los Angeles because of how violence some of it
got and because the vandals showed up. Right now you're
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seeing local officials holding press conferences and saying, hey, we
busted a suspected fake immigration agent to lend credence to
the allegations that some of these guys rolling around town
are not real. And you also have this legal battle coming.
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The LA County is going to go to court to
try to take legal action against immigration enforcement. It's going
to be an interesting summer with all this because the
enforcement efforts are not going to stop, they're going to increase.
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And there's still three and a half years left in
the Trump administration and this type of enforcement will will
alter the way Los Angeles looks. We've got time for
your comments. Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on the
talkback button. We can play some coming up in our
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last segment, In and Out popular restaurant. It's involved in
two lawsuits right now. It's being sued and it's suing
a couple of interesting stories there. Hollywood got a big boost.
And finally, if you've ever walked around the Hollywood touristy
areas like the Walk of Fame and had to pee
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really bad, you probably noticed there was nowhere to go. Now,
of course, it seems like everybody just takes a leak
right there on them Walk of Fame. By the smell
of it. That's going to change. Pretty big investment coming
for the public in Hollywood. That's coming up in our
last segment here on Michael Monks Reports.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
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We continue to monitor the Lake fire they're calling it
in San Bernardino County. It's about four hundred and seventy
eight acres right now. They say it's burning actively in
the Silverwood Lake area north of Asperia, and there have
been mandatory evacuation orders issued immediate threat to life. They
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say this is a lawful order to leave now. This
area is lawfully closed to public access. That is south
of Highway one thirty eight between the fifteen Freeway and
Highway one seventy three. They have also issued evacuation warnings
north of Highway one thirty eight and Highway one seventy
three from Summit Valley Road to Arrowhead Lake Road. They
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say those who require additional time to evacuate and those
with pets and livestock should leave now as if it
were an order. Four hundred and seventy eight acres right now.
The fire departments out there say that whether conditions are
playing a significant role. They say this evening, gusty south
winds ranging from fifteen to twenty five miles per hour
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are expected to persist, but will gradually weaken after ten
o'clock tonight, and then they'll have some higher humidity which
should help them, but then it kind of all starts
over again. On Sunday, humidity drops back down to about
twenty percent higher wins. That could be trouble. They're also
saying Monday's forecast could be trouble, which is concerning that
they're already thinking about this fire and a Monday timeline,
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So we'll keep an eye on that.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
This is.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Almost five hundred acres as of an hour ago. It
could have surpassed that by now one little mandatory evacuation area,
and all those conditions can change very very quickly, So
keep it here on KFI and we'll continue to bring
you the latest with that situation. In and Out is
one of those places that if you're not from here
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and you come to LA, you feel like you have
to go try. I know it can be somewhat polarizing
for folks, but it seems like it's mostly critically acclaimed.
People enjoy it. It's it's pretty good, it's clean. They're
the subject of a couple of lawsuits. One they're being sued,
another they're doing the suing. A former employee has filed
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a three million dollar lawsuit saying he was fired because
of his hair. This is a young man who was
working at the In and Out location in Compton. He's
twenty one years old. His name is Elijah o'bang. He's black,
and he says he experienced severe emotional distress after he
was unfairly targeted by In and Out's dress code. This
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is a dress coded in and Out that requires employees
to wear those little hats with their hair tucked in
and male employees must be clean shaven.
Speaker 10 (29:42):
Now.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Obang worked at the Compton In and Out location for
a little less than four years, and during that time,
his hair was growing and he began receiving orders from
the managers to change his hairstyle so it could remain
contained in the in and out hat. So he started
to braid his hair to comply with that. But then
management says he got some sideburns there that don't look
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so hot, and then they're out of compliance. But Obang
says those sideburns were important to his cultural identity. He
says he began to be treated differently at work after
resisting the orders to shave, and then he started to
be criticized for his work more frequently than his fellow employees.
According to this lawsuit, he says he was denied opportunities
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for promotions. He was sent home in May of last
year to shave. The supervisor sent him home, he said
get a razor on that and then come back, and
Obang says he felt publicly humiliated because this happened in
front of his coworkers. He did not follow those orders.
He decided instead he would text his supervisor that he
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would come for his next shift. But a couple of
days later, he was fired. The suit says In and
Out has allegedly violated what is called the Crown Act.
That's an acronym for creating a respectful and open workplace
for natural hair. The California law prohibits employers from discriminating
on the basis of an employee's hairstyle or hair texture.
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Three million dollar lawsuit over that hair. Now in and
Out is also getting a little legal because of this
YouTuber who put out a video and posed as an
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in and Out employee in the chain says this was
not a good look. This guy's name is Brian Arnat.
He's a notorious prankster online. He's done this at a
lot of restaurants. He's taken orders from unsuspecting customers, and
he made lude comments while wearing In and Out branded clothing.
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The video has since been taken down, but allegedly Arnette,
who lives in Fillmore, is seen interacting with customers and
making comments that In and Out says has damaged the
chain's reputation. This apparently happened on Easter Sunday and the
restaurants were not open, so he's there dressed up interacting
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with people who may have been excited to see an
In and Out employee on Easter Sunday, thinking they could
get a burger, and instead he made these lewd, derogatory,
and profane remarks. According to the lawsuit, he allegedly stated
that In and Out had cockroaches and condoms in its food,
and that In and Out workers put their feet in
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the lettuce that is served to customers. The lawsuit also
accuses Ournette of asking customers if they want their food
made doggy style that's a play on the animal style
that we hear about In an Out, secretly offering. He
also tells one customer that they're only serving gay people.
(33:00):
He asked somebody if they want to try the monkey burger,
So he's being sued. I don't know that I would
want to face In and out on the receiving end
of a lawsuit. We'll continue to monitor those legal cases. Hey,
(33:20):
some good news finally for the struggling Hollywood film industry.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
LA has always been home to movie production, but filming
has slipped away to places like New Mexico, Georgia, Canada,
and elsewhere globally because of tax breaks offered and the
cost of doing business here in California. Now, California lawmakers
voting to approve expanding the state's tax credit for film
and TV production to a cap of seven hundred and
fifty million dollars. The entertainment industry had been lobbying for
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tax breaks, saying they were needed for film shoots to
remain in California. Alex Stone ABC News loss and if.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
You ever gone to the Hollywood area, or i mean
anywhere in Los Angeles these days, it's hard to find
a place to use the bathroom, even if you are
a paying customer. They just have to close it down because, oh,
how did we start the show a couple of hours ago?
Because of the nonsense we endure constantly, you can't have
anything nice. There are no bathrooms basically in Hollywood. That
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is about to change the city Council has advanced a
proposal to put a Hollywood visitor center and restrooms. I'm
going to play a this is a very punny string
of comments from city Council and Hugo Soda Martinez, who
represents the area.
Speaker 12 (34:39):
Thank you so much, mister President. I'm going to try
to bring a little joy into this room. But today
we are going to be approving for what will be,
believe it or not, the first public bathroom in Hollywood.
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Wow.
Speaker 8 (34:54):
Wow.
Speaker 12 (34:55):
Now, when when I got into office, I thought it
was outrageous that the number one most famous tourist destination
in the world had no place for you to go
number two. And together with the Hollywood Partnership, we rolled
up our sleeves and took care of business. And within
a year or so you'll finally be able to take
(35:15):
a break in Hollywood, so you don't have to hold
it in anymore. And before you start pooh pooing this motion,
these bathrooms will be clean, fully staffed, and part of
the new visitor center in the heart of Hollywood that
will help tourists get around. By the way, who wrote
these tps, So be on the lookout for your invitation
to the first inaugural flesh in Hollywood. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (35:38):
And it's going to cost about a million and a
half dollars, so doesn't that make you want to run
to the toilet. I really appreciate all the time we
got to spend together tonight to talk about the issues
facing southern in California. Again, our thoughts are with the
folks out in that part of San Bernininio San Bernardino County.
As that fire starts to burn about five hundred acres
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out there. We'll continue to monitor and bring you the
latest throughout the night and into the overnight hours, and
we'll pick up our coverage again throughout Sunday and Monday.
As they're saying it looks like some conditions could lend
itself to aiding that fire well into next week, So
keep it here on KFI and we'll have that fire
covered for you. My thanks to Brigida Dagostino in the
(36:21):
KFI twenty four hour newsroom and Raoul Cortes, our technical
director tonight. Always appreciate it. By the way, the Angels
have blown the lead open to seven to two over
the Nationals right now in the bottom of the eighth
they win tonight they're at five hundred. Let's see where
they are next week. Sometimes they've been getting hopes up
this season and then collapse. All right, you've been listening
to Michael Monks reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
(36:44):
We will be with you next Saturday, even though it's
July fifth, So if you're eating some leftover dogs and burgers,
join as. We'll be live as always, and I'll be
with you all next week bringing you the latest news
right here. Stay tuned. Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell is
next right here on k f I A M six.
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We've got another hour together again. We're keeping an eye
on the Lake fire. They've called it in San Bernardino County.
About four hundred and seventy eight acres burning right now,
and it looks like weather conditions are going to be
(00:25):
a little bit favorable for them overnight, but it could
be rough Sunday into Monday, and the fact that they're
already talking about this fire and Monday is concerning an evacuation.
Mandatory evacuation order has been issued for certain parts of
that area. If you get that morning, do heat it.
But we'll continue to monitor and update throughout the night
and throughout the rest of the weekend, and obviously if
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it's still burning on Monday, we'll have you covered then
as well. The impact of immigration enforcement in southern California
is being felt by folks who are not illegal immigrants.
You're seeing it, perhaps in your neighborhood. You're noticing empty stores,
taco stands, ice cream trucks, street vending stalls abandoned on
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the side of the road, and maybe that's what you
wanted to see. Maybe it does bring out a certain
humanity in you, despite your political leanings on the issue.
But it's happening and we are seeing it, and obviously,
with a high population of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County,
we're going to probably feel it disproportionately when compared to
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other parts of the country. So who is it that's
being picked up.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
In the LA area. There were seven hundred and twenty
two ICE arrests in the first ten days of June,
according to the Deportation Data Project, the research group saying
thirty percent of those arrested were convicted criminals, eleven percent
had pending criminal charges, had about fifty seven percent of
those arrested had no criminal history at the time that
they were taken into custody. According to the data, that
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majority are men eighty two percent, almost half from Mexico
ICE data showing as of June fifteenth that had over
fifty six thousand immigrants in custody, with forty six percent
having no criminal history at like Stone Abcina's La Sancheles, You've.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Noticed probably that the large demonstrations have died down, but
there are plenty of videos. It seems like every bus
that's made by federal agents is somehow captured by somebody
standing wherever it takes place. If it's in a home
depot parking lot, if it's on some random suburban corner
where a lady sells fruit, if it's at somebody's house,
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somebody's got the camera open, and these videos are shared
widely online. A lot of times you see bystanders yelling
at federal agents, what's your ID number? Tell us your name?
Who are you because they've got mask and they don't
have their names on their clothes. And we've heard the
federal government explain that we can't do that in this
environment because it would put our agents at risk, their
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safety would be at risk, they would be docs, the
term that folks use for basically identifying folks and spreading
their information online. There have been concerns, though, expressed by
local elected officials and activists as well, about the possibility
that some of these folks poor tending to be federal
(03:18):
agents are in fact not that maybe they're vigilantes or
maybe they're just criminals looking to take advantage of the
current environment. We've heard Mayor Bassey multiple times that some
of the vests look like they're purchased on Amazon, that
these could be fake, fake ice agents, fake Border patrol agents,
fake immigration officers, and you can think what you want
(03:39):
about that. Of course, this is a claim that had
not been proven, but this week there was some credence
lended to those concerns, as reported by our friends at KTLA.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Fake federal agents. It's a new worry for city officials
in Huntington Park after a police arrested this man, twenty
four year old Fernando Dias of Los Angeles, prompt.
Speaker 5 (04:01):
A serious concern about public safety, impersonation of federal agent
and the need for proper identification and vetting of legitimate
federal enforcement activities.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
During a press conference Friday, police unveiled key evidence that
led to his Tuesday night arrest, including the suspect's vehicle,
a gray Dodge Durango seen here, filled with copies of passports,
federal enforcement style documents, cell phones, red and blue lights,
and a loaded firearm parked on South Alameda Street in
a handicapped spot. It was enough to almost full police,
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who initially thought Diaz might be an off duty officer.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
When further questioning, the individual claimed he previously worked for
Customs and Border Protection. However, he could produce no valid
credentials to validate them.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Instead, the man was wanted for drunk driving and previously
had been arrested for human smuggling. News of tuesday Night's
arrest follows weeks of unrest and mid ongoing ice raids
in California and across the country. Today, Huntington Park's mayor
warning the public and saying they've passed a city resolution
requiring federal agents to identify themselves when asked by police.
Speaker 6 (05:10):
When people cannot trust who is enforcing the law, public
safety is undermined.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Saying where there's one fake federal agent, there's likely more.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Mass agents, unmarked vehicles, and refusal to identify yourself is
not the image of a just and lawful government.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Again, that's KTLA reporting, And you know it only takes
one right to start to beef up concerns about this.
Now they have somebody suspected of not being a federal
agent pretending to be a federal agent. So what does
that do to the conversation that's taking place. The demonstrations
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have died down the anxiety has not. We're probably going
to see widespread demonstrations again at some point, and this
type of thing is going to be one of the motivators,
just as arresting someone who claims to have documentation and
evidence that they are in fact a US citizen a
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chaotic scene.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
As an American citizen was arrested by federal immigration agents
in Los Angeles, her family describing it as a kidnapping.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
My mom looked at the rear mirror and she saw
how my sister was attacked from the bag.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
She's like, they're kidnapping your system.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
I'm like, oh, like it was just having so fast.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
Thirty two year old Andrea Valez was getting dropped off
for work when she was taken into custody during an
immigration raid. She was charged with assault after officials say
she forcefully obstructed an ice officer.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
And that was Andrea excuse me, that was Andrea Fuji
from ABC News reporting on that this is somebody who
was on their way to work in downtown La Andrea Valez,
she works in that area where we saw some immigration
activity at ninth in Spring Street. This was somebody, I believe,
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going to clean one of the buildings down there. Somebody
selling papoosas on the street was also swept up in
this particular activity. But this woman, who has since been
released on bond, claims would be a United States citizen.
So all this week, in just the span of one week,
the concerns that have been expressed by activists have now
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at least one documented case fake agents and US citizens
being arrested on suspicion of being here illegally. That's going
to raise the anxiety certainly, and you are welcome to
share your thoughts on this ongoing situation across Los Angeles.
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Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button.
Does this arrest in Huntington Park? Does this apprehension of
someone claiming to be a US citizen with a passport?
Does it give you concern about the immigrant enforcement procedures here?
Do you have ongoing concerns about a hot summer full
of hot protests? Join our conversation. Open up that iHeartRadio app,
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click on the talkback button and let us know. I
will tell you this. At every meeting of the Los
Angeles City Council for the past two weeks, they've rotated
among the members to share stories about how the enforcement
is affecting certain people in their communities and certain types
of businesses and certain types of organizations. So while we
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do see the images of people being handcuffed and taken away,
we don't often hear about some of these other parts
of the city that are basically closing down because of
what's going on. So again, regardless of your political feelings
about immigration enforcement, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County is going
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to feel the impact of it in a way that
other places in this country will not. We're gonna talk
more about that coming up next here on Michael Monks Reports.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
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News with until nine o'clock tonight. The Dodgers lost in
Kansas City nine to five tonight. They go at it
again tomorrow at eleven o'clock our time. The Angels right
now knotted up with the Nationals two to two in
the bottom of the seventh in Anaheim, though the Angels
(09:36):
have two on right now, so threatening to improve all
the way back to five hundred for the season, so
go Halos. Meanwhile, back at Los Angeles City Hall, every
single meeting over the past couple of weeks, members have
stood up or brought a guest in to talk about
the way immigration enforcement activity has impacted their part of
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the city. This week was certainly no different. The council
is getting ready to go on its annual month long hiatus.
They usually only work maybe the first couple days of
July and then they're off for a month, about four
weeks of hiatus. So they've been cramming a bunch of
these in this week, and we heard from multiple parts
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of the city about what this means. And what you're
hearing mostly from local city and county officials is they
want the ice or the immigration raids to stop. I
think it's safe to say that that's not going to happen.
This was President Trump's biggest issue in the big beautiful
bill that's being debated right now in Washington. More funding
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for immigration enforcement on the way, This is going to
ramp up. This isn't going anywhere. Councilman Tracy Park, who
represents the West Side and has been in the news
a lot this year because she represents Pacific Palisades with
burned in January, and she has had a lot to
say about that. This is what she said to say
about immigration activity in her area. There's no one there.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Yesterday.
Speaker 8 (11:12):
I was in health clinics and dentist's office in our
neighborhood that are often full and vibrant with families and
children seeking essential medical care. They're not coming in. We've
spoken to our partners that help us address food insecurity
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on the West Side, and to be clear, the needs
in my council district are vast and widespread, just as
they are in every district in our city, and people
are afraid to come to get the resources that they need.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
And we've already heard from hospitals that have said folks
who have appointments aren't coming in anymore because they're concerned
about immigration activity. Councilwoman Park brought in the West Side
Food Bank CEO Genevieve Reutour, who says people aren't even
showing up for free food.
Speaker 9 (12:08):
Within a week of the LA fires, local food pantries
saw an additional thirty percent increase in visits. But with
reports about the recent ramp up in immigration enforcement, we're
seeing sharp declines in some neighborhoods. One site dropped from
one hundred and fifty family served to just one hundred
last week because people are afraid to leave their homes,
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even for much needed free food.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
And that sort of system is what a lot of
folks were in favor of this immigration enforcement say brought
so many illegal immigrants to Los Angeles in the first place.
Is that there are a lot of places to get benefits.
There are a lot of places to feel welcome and
safe because of the system that has been put in place. Regardless,
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those folks are here now, and this woman who runs
the West Side Food Bank says people will go hungry.
Speaker 9 (13:03):
Many of the same people who lost jobs in the fires,
the nannies, housekeepers, landscapers, restaurant workers, retail clerks, and home
care assistants are now staying home.
Speaker 10 (13:15):
Out of fear.
Speaker 9 (13:16):
We're deeply concerned, especially about children and seniors, who will
go hungry if we can't get them food.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Councilman timic Oscar represents the Harbor area. He often says
from Watts to the waterfront, so that part of Los
Angeles is what he represents. He spoke this week and
says that he was seeing and his team was seeing
a lot more activity in that part of the city,
and he says, there needs to be a change the
way federal agents are doing their business.
Speaker 11 (13:45):
And really, what we're asking here is exactly what we
ask of LAPD and are we perfect. No, we are
asking for constitutional police and we are asking for constitutional processes.
All around us, we've had the same circumstance where folks
are just afraid to come out. We've lost a farmer's
market in Wilmington, really had a dire need, and those
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folks are without a farmer's market because folks are afraid
to show up.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
And lastly, city councilmen who goes on on Martinez, who
represents Hollywood in the area around there. He used harsher
language to describe the current situation in la.
Speaker 12 (14:21):
And I hope folks can understand the gravity of this
situation because we are experiencing a white nationalist, fascist agenda
that is held bent on cleansing our city of anyone
that looks like many of us here in this room.
And we got to be able to call it because
that's exactly what it is.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
So there you have it. That's just about every corner
of the city, saying this enforcement is really impacting the
way of life. But we knew that was going to
happen because there are so many illegal immigrants in Los Angeles,
Los Angeles County. And if you support the deportation efforts,
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you're seeing a lot of activity that is pleasing you.
If you are concerned about them. If you don't want them,
you're disheartened and you're scared. And folks who are scared
are not patronizing businesses. They're not opening their own businesses.
Being in the fashion district every day, it is heavily
populated by immigrant vendors. Very quiet, very quiet. A lot
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of closed stores, a lot of empty streets still and
again those sidewalk taco stands. I mean, there's a woman
picked up at sixth them Broadway downtown just yesterday who
I've walked past a thousand times and she just sits
there selling fruit. So when you see it, it's you know,
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it's more than just like a news store. It's like
kind of know that person, not personally, but I see
that person all the time. And gone. Now share your
thoughts with us. Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on
that talk back button. Are you pleased with the way
the immigration enforcement is going in Los Angeles. Are you
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displeased with it? What do you see happening in the
near future. Do you have bad or good feelings about
the summer ahead. I expect some demonstrations to return, certainly.
But up next, we're going to talk about the impact
of the immigration enforcement on the La Metro system. We've
been talking increased ridership for months and months and months.
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The numbers continue to go up. They've managed to get
a hold on some of the violent behavior that was
taking place there last year, so it feels safer, a
little bit cleaner. More people are getting on board, until
now it looks like they're going to have their first
ridership drop because of immigration enforcement.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
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We got another half hour together, So let's talk about
La Metro because for months we've reported their stats that
show people are getting back on that thing. The numbers
are reaching pre pandemic levels again weekdays and weekends until recently,
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and this time it's not because of violence or dirtiness,
general unpleasantness. The officials are citing immigration enforcements scaring a
lot of people from coming out and taking public transportation.
This listener disagrees with the characterization, so boo boo.
Speaker 10 (17:41):
About the illegal aliens and ice and them being scared.
Come on, I'm a citizen, I'm a Los Angeles I'm
an American citizen.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
I'm scared.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
God fair. It's fair to be scared for a variety
of reasons. And apparently a lot of writers are skipping
their buses and their trains. Elle County Supervisor Janis Han
is also the chair of La Metro's Board of directors,
at least for a couple of more days. Her term
is ending and Glendale Councilman Fernando Dutra will take over
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as chair. But for the purpose of this conversation, Supervisor
and Chair Han usually takes a bus to the board
meetings and talks about her experience on the bus, and
this is what she had to say about it this week.
Speaker 13 (18:30):
I did notice that the ridership was less It was
an obvious impact of what's been happening that my Silver
line from San Pedro was much less packed than it
usually is.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
So she's noticing that fewer people are on the Jay
Line that's one of those express bus lanes that can
be used, and assumes that it's because of immigration enforcement.
She said, it's a very difficult situation facing this region.
Speaker 13 (19:02):
I wanted to acknowledge the challenging moment that we are
in as ICE activity increases across our nation, particularly here
in La County. Across our communities, these raids have created
fear anxiety for many of our writers and their families.
And last week, remember I asked our staff to report
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back on our protocol if I sus spotted on our
system and how Metro's working to keep writers moving during
protest events.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
So some Metro staff reported this week about how they
handle disruptions like the big protests that have been taking
place downtown. A lot of this has taken place outside
of stations, whether it be the Little Tokyo Station, Union Station,
Pershing Square. They're all susceptible to damage and the irony
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is often the police issue dispersal order. It's time for
all these demonstrators to go home or face arrest, but
Metros had to shut down it system to I don't
know what the reason is. They certainly have a protocol
for it. They've been asked to reevaluate that.
Speaker 13 (20:13):
What I heard from a number and if you went online,
there were so many comments online right, oh my gosh,
peaceful protest until there was a notice to disperse, and
then it got a little crazy, and so they're being
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asked to disperse. There began to be apparently some rubber
bullets shot. People were then going, oh my gosh, we
got to get out of here. Went to the Metro
station closed, went to the next one closed. I heard
people were walking miles to try to get out. And
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these were people that were dispersing because they were ordered
to disperse, and then to find that our system closed
down those stations, I feel like there's got to be
a balance, particularly in a moment like that, balance safety,
balance these thousands of people.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
So Supervisor and board member Han has introduced the motion
to instruct Metro staff to update the agency's protocols on
station closures, excuse me closures to do so only when necessary,
she says, and to improve its messaging to inform writers
about such actions. The Little Tokyo train station was closed
between June eighth and the thirteenth for about eight to
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twelve hours each day.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Now.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
I was down there during the height of these protests
and it did not look like a healthy situation. And
Metro staff presented this week to the Board of Directors
images and news coverage and photos and videos of what
was going on outside those train stations. It was not safe.
People were on the tracks, in the tunnels in some
cases there were fires being let outside of them. Very
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tough decision that had to be made by somebody within Metro,
but they're going to work on updating these protocols, per
the report from the board. Now County Supervisor Hilda Solis
is also a director on the board at Metro, and
she flat out sets that passengers are fewer and farther
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between right now because of immigration enforcement, and I.
Speaker 14 (22:30):
Think that might be helpful for people because we are
still going to continue to see these ice rates and
many people, as we know, are leaving our system. And
I don't know what that number is. Twenty five percent
ridership is down, is what I'm hearing. And I certainly
want to let people know that are reliant because they
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have to go to work no matter what, that there
are some sources of protection for them. And I hope
that we can get our embas visits to also just
share information. I know that no one on our staff
can impede what a federal officer is doing, and if
there's a warrant, you know, I understand that, and I
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know that that could put in harm's way our staff
because we're dealing with this right now with the county
and it's a very sensitive issue.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
What she says there is Metro's policy. There is specific
guidance for employees not to attempt or interfere with law
enforcement activities, but Metro will prevent US Immigration and Customs
enforcement officers from entering what they call non public areas
unless they have a judicial warrant. The head of security
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at Metro says there has only been one verifiable instance
of immigration officers on the transit system. That was on
June twelfth, between five twenty and five point thirty pm
in Elmonte. The security guy says immigration officers were cited
asking Metro customers about their immigration status and were present
for about ten to fifteen minutes. Metro has a Know
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Your Rights campaign to inform writers about their constitutional rights
and provided training for their staff. County officials also plan
to offer what has been called red cards. These are
little cards with information on them that help immigrants assert
their legal rights when encountering immigration officials. Now, Hildesalise, the
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county supervisor and Metro Board of Directors, will, in her
supervisor capacity, issue a motion at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors
meeting quote directing County Council to explore potential legal action
against unconstitutional immigration enforcement practices, including illegal search and seizure
in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution.
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So the fights are starting to heat up a little bit.
It's interesting that it's coming around this way after those
initial large scale demonstrations that resulted in a curfew for
downtown Los Angeles because of how violence some of it
got and because the vandals showed up. Right now you're
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seeing local officials holding press conferences and saying, hey, we
busted a suspected fake immigration agent to lend credence to
the allegations that some of these guys rolling around town
are not real. And you also have this legal battle coming.
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The LA County is going to go to court to
try to take legal action against immigration enforcement. It's going
to be an interesting summer with all this because the
enforcement efforts are not going to stop, they're going to increase.
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And there's still three and a half years left in
the Trump administration and this type of enforcement will will
alter the way Los Angeles looks. We've got time for
your comments. Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on the
talkback button. We can play some coming up in our
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last segment, In and Out popular restaurant. It's involved in
two lawsuits right now. It's being sued and it's suing
a couple of interesting stories there. Hollywood got a big boost.
And finally, if you've ever walked around the Hollywood touristy
areas like the Walk of Fame and had to pee
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really bad, you probably noticed there was nowhere to go. Now,
of course, it seems like everybody just takes a leak
right there on them Walk of Fame. By the smell
of it. That's going to change. Pretty big investment coming
for the public in Hollywood. That's coming up in our
last segment here on Michael Monks Reports.
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We continue to monitor the Lake fire they're calling it
in San Bernardino County. It's about four hundred and seventy
eight acres right now. They say it's burning actively in
the Silverwood Lake area north of Asperia, and there have
been mandatory evacuation orders issued immediate threat to life. They
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say this is a lawful order to leave now. This
area is lawfully closed to public access. That is south
of Highway one thirty eight between the fifteen Freeway and
Highway one seventy three. They have also issued evacuation warnings
north of Highway one thirty eight and Highway one seventy
three from Summit Valley Road to Arrowhead Lake Road. They
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say those who require additional time to evacuate and those
with pets and livestock should leave now as if it
were an order. Four hundred and seventy eight acres right now.
The fire departments out there say that whether conditions are
playing a significant role. They say this evening, gusty south
winds ranging from fifteen to twenty five miles per hour
(28:03):
are expected to persist, but will gradually weaken after ten
o'clock tonight, and then they'll have some higher humidity which
should help them, but then it kind of all starts
over again. On Sunday, humidity drops back down to about
twenty percent higher wins. That could be trouble. They're also
saying Monday's forecast could be trouble, which is concerning that
they're already thinking about this fire and a Monday timeline,
(28:27):
So we'll keep an eye on that.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
This is.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Almost five hundred acres as of an hour ago. It
could have surpassed that by now one little mandatory evacuation area,
and all those conditions can change very very quickly, So
keep it here on KFI and we'll continue to bring
you the latest with that situation. In and Out is
one of those places that if you're not from here
(28:51):
and you come to LA, you feel like you have
to go try. I know it can be somewhat polarizing
for folks, but it seems like it's mostly critically acclaimed.
People enjoy it. It's it's pretty good, it's clean. They're
the subject of a couple of lawsuits. One they're being sued,
another they're doing the suing. A former employee has filed
(29:11):
a three million dollar lawsuit saying he was fired because
of his hair. This is a young man who was
working at the In and Out location in Compton. He's
twenty one years old. His name is Elijah o'bang. He's black,
and he says he experienced severe emotional distress after he
was unfairly targeted by In and Out's dress code. This
(29:32):
is a dress coded in and Out that requires employees
to wear those little hats with their hair tucked in
and male employees must be clean shaven.
Speaker 10 (29:42):
Now.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
Obang worked at the Compton In and Out location for
a little less than four years, and during that time,
his hair was growing and he began receiving orders from
the managers to change his hairstyle so it could remain
contained in the in and out hat. So he started
to braid his hair to comply with that. But then
management says he got some sideburns there that don't look
(30:05):
so hot, and then they're out of compliance. But Obang
says those sideburns were important to his cultural identity. He
says he began to be treated differently at work after
resisting the orders to shave, and then he started to
be criticized for his work more frequently than his fellow employees.
According to this lawsuit, he says he was denied opportunities
(30:27):
for promotions. He was sent home in May of last
year to shave. The supervisor sent him home, he said
get a razor on that and then come back, and
Obang says he felt publicly humiliated because this happened in
front of his coworkers. He did not follow those orders.
He decided instead he would text his supervisor that he
(30:49):
would come for his next shift. But a couple of
days later, he was fired. The suit says In and
Out has allegedly violated what is called the Crown Act.
That's an acronym for creating a respectful and open workplace
for natural hair. The California law prohibits employers from discriminating
on the basis of an employee's hairstyle or hair texture.
(31:11):
Three million dollar lawsuit over that hair. Now in and
Out is also getting a little legal because of this
YouTuber who put out a video and posed as an
(31:31):
in and Out employee in the chain says this was
not a good look. This guy's name is Brian Arnat.
He's a notorious prankster online. He's done this at a
lot of restaurants. He's taken orders from unsuspecting customers, and
he made lude comments while wearing In and Out branded clothing.
(31:55):
The video has since been taken down, but allegedly Arnette,
who lives in Fillmore, is seen interacting with customers and
making comments that In and Out says has damaged the
chain's reputation. This apparently happened on Easter Sunday and the
restaurants were not open, so he's there dressed up interacting
(32:17):
with people who may have been excited to see an
In and Out employee on Easter Sunday, thinking they could
get a burger, and instead he made these lewd, derogatory,
and profane remarks. According to the lawsuit, he allegedly stated
that In and Out had cockroaches and condoms in its food,
and that In and Out workers put their feet in
(32:38):
the lettuce that is served to customers. The lawsuit also
accuses Ournette of asking customers if they want their food
made doggy style that's a play on the animal style
that we hear about In an Out, secretly offering. He
also tells one customer that they're only serving gay people.
(33:00):
He asked somebody if they want to try the monkey burger,
So he's being sued. I don't know that I would
want to face In and out on the receiving end
of a lawsuit. We'll continue to monitor those legal cases. Hey,
(33:20):
some good news finally for the struggling Hollywood film industry.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
LA has always been home to movie production, but filming
has slipped away to places like New Mexico, Georgia, Canada,
and elsewhere globally because of tax breaks offered and the
cost of doing business here in California. Now, California lawmakers
voting to approve expanding the state's tax credit for film
and TV production to a cap of seven hundred and
fifty million dollars. The entertainment industry had been lobbying for
(33:49):
tax breaks, saying they were needed for film shoots to
remain in California. Alex Stone ABC News loss and if.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
You ever gone to the Hollywood area, or i mean
anywhere in Los Angeles these days, it's hard to find
a place to use the bathroom, even if you are
a paying customer. They just have to close it down because, oh,
how did we start the show a couple of hours ago?
Because of the nonsense we endure constantly, you can't have
anything nice. There are no bathrooms basically in Hollywood. That
(34:22):
is about to change the city Council has advanced a
proposal to put a Hollywood visitor center and restrooms. I'm
going to play a this is a very punny string
of comments from city Council and Hugo Soda Martinez, who
represents the area.
Speaker 12 (34:39):
Thank you so much, mister President. I'm going to try
to bring a little joy into this room. But today
we are going to be approving for what will be,
believe it or not, the first public bathroom in Hollywood.
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Wow.
Speaker 8 (34:54):
Wow.
Speaker 12 (34:55):
Now, when when I got into office, I thought it
was outrageous that the number one most famous tourist destination
in the world had no place for you to go
number two. And together with the Hollywood Partnership, we rolled
up our sleeves and took care of business. And within
a year or so you'll finally be able to take
(35:15):
a break in Hollywood, so you don't have to hold
it in anymore. And before you start pooh pooing this motion,
these bathrooms will be clean, fully staffed, and part of
the new visitor center in the heart of Hollywood that
will help tourists get around. By the way, who wrote
these tps, So be on the lookout for your invitation
to the first inaugural flesh in Hollywood. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (35:38):
And it's going to cost about a million and a
half dollars, so doesn't that make you want to run
to the toilet. I really appreciate all the time we
got to spend together tonight to talk about the issues
facing southern in California. Again, our thoughts are with the
folks out in that part of San Bernininio San Bernardino County.
As that fire starts to burn about five hundred acres
(35:59):
out there. We'll continue to monitor and bring you the
latest throughout the night and into the overnight hours, and
we'll pick up our coverage again throughout Sunday and Monday.
As they're saying it looks like some conditions could lend
itself to aiding that fire well into next week, So
keep it here on KFI and we'll have that fire
covered for you. My thanks to Brigida Dagostino in the
(36:21):
KFI twenty four hour newsroom and Raoul Cortes, our technical
director tonight. Always appreciate it. By the way, the Angels
have blown the lead open to seven to two over
the Nationals right now in the bottom of the eighth
they win tonight they're at five hundred. Let's see where
they are next week. Sometimes they've been getting hopes up
this season and then collapse. All right, you've been listening
to Michael Monks reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
(36:44):
We will be with you next Saturday, even though it's
July fifth, So if you're eating some leftover dogs and burgers,
join as. We'll be live as always, and I'll be
with you all next week bringing you the latest news
right here. Stay tuned. Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell is
next right here on k f I A M six.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
Forty, k f I A M six forty on demand
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