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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty KFI.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Mister Kelly here, We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
and win the show Later with Mo Kelly first began.
This is now our third year, but when it first
began in January of twenty twenty three, on the very
first week of shows, we were joined in studio by
Chris Wolsey, who was working for a different company back
then which no longer exists, but he is back with
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us now. He is the associate director of Communications for
Visio as in Visio TV, and he joins me now, Chris.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Is great to see you.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Let me just say happy belated New Year, and it's
great to have you back on this show.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Oh my gosh, I cannot tell you how excited I've
been counting the days. Happy New Year belated as well
to you, and so excited to be here. I can't
even tell you.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
When you were last year, it was common that you
would come in and tell us about various titles that
were available for people to watch for free, more importantly
than anything for free jewels, and they were just gyms
that people didn't necessarily know about or we did know
about them, and it was great to revisit them.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Do we have something similar this time around? We do
it that.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
So.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Visio has a free streaming entertainment service on Viseo TVs
called Watch Free Plus. I have two videos at home,
so yes, well there you go. You've got twice the
free entertainment come in your way. But the great thing
is you don't have to own a Visio TV in
order to watch watch Free Plus. All you have to
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do is download the Visio app and click on the
watch Free Plus tab, and you also can watch free
movies and TV shows. We have tens of thousands of
movies and TV shows. It's unbelievable. It is an endless
fount of free entertainment. Okay, I could do this on
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my phone right now, right now.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
You can.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Yes, you just have to download the app, create a
free account, and you're off to the races.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
I could do it on my TV when I get home,
on the ones that are not Visios.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
No, only on Visio TVs in your home, but the
mobile app you can watch on your phone or tablet.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I asked that because I know and I'm not disregarding
the moment that we're in. I know there are a
lot of people who have lost their homes. There are
a lot of people who have lost everything. They maybe
only have their phone, say, they're possibly looking for some
degree of escape or some something reminiscent of almost see
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or normality. And that's part of the reason why we're
talking about this in this particular moment. Let's get into
some of these free offerings, because free is always really important.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
It's my favorite price free ninety free.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Where do you want to start.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Let's start with some action flicks on on Visio watch
free plus. Okay, one of my absolute favorite action films
of all time, the nineteen ninety seven classic Air Force one.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Get Off My Plane. That's it exactly. Oh my gosh,
Harrison Ford. You have Gary Oldman. Yep, I'm trying to think.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Who else is Glenn Close President? Yes, but you had
Harrison Ford at his peak. You had you had Gary
Oldman at his peak. Maybe the greatest leading mission. It
is true, it is true. But like literally maybe the
greatest leading man and greatest villain of the last four
years in the same movie.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I think that movie is grossly underappreciated. I would agree
with you It doesn't have the same type of cachet
as far as cult classics as other movies.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
But when you really sit down with it and watch
and you think.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Of all the the great talent in that movie, I
don't know if you can get all those people together again.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
No.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
No, And the plot is so fun.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
I mean, Gary Oldman takes hijacks the President's plane and
then realizes that he chose to tangle with the wrong president.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
And this was way before time, before you had White
House down or olympuses fall in and all that. The
whole idea of commentdeering. I mean, the only thing I
could think that was close to it was maybe Escape.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
From New York. Oh. I just made my son watch
that the other day. Such a good You're a good father.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Every child should grow up learning about Snake Pliskin.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
That's what I'm saying. Per Russell is so great in
that movie.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Oh awesome. But anyhow, Air Force one.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Air Force one directed by Wolfgang Peterson, who's one of
my absolute favorite directors, who directed the classic dos Boot,
The Boat, Yes, The Boat, and The lou Gossip Junior
Dennis Quaid sci fi classic.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Enemy Mine, Enemy Mine, Yes, which.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I believe we've talked about. Yes, yeah, yes, I'm a
big fan of that film. But I also love it
because a good friend of mine, Jay Scott Shanka, is
actually one of the Special Forces rangers whose zip lines
into the pilot area of the plane and the end
of the film and he says.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
We're here to save you, mister President.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
That's oh gosh, it's weird because I know every line
in every scene of that movie.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Yeah, yeah, I know. It's eminently quotable. What else you have, well,
a favorite of yours and mine the nineteen ninety five
Western classic The Quick and the Dead Mark Ronner.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
That is an undeniable classic, is it not? Are you
going to disagree with me? No, it's Sam Raimi, Isn't it?
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Is it is? Yes?
Speaker 3 (06:05):
You got Gene Hackman, you have Leonardo DiCaprio, you have
Sharon Stone, you have Lance Hendrickson and Young Russell Kruss,
Garry Cnise.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Carry Sonise, Keith David. I mean you have it's ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
So you've got that one shot in it through the
gunshot wound.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
And I think, yeah, yeah, thank you for bringing that up.
Tons of fun.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
All I can say is I was in love with
some Sharon Stone in that movie.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
I said, I need to be leading Leonardo DiCaprio. I
tell you right, Yeah she was Vimo Sharon Stone. Yeah
in that film, yep, so great.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
She plays a gun slinger enters a quick draw tournament
to avenge her father's death.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
And yeah, like you said.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Directed by Sam Raimi, who is one of my favorites,
directed Evil Dead one and two, Army of Darkness, Spider
Man one, two and three, and about a million other
super fun movies.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Too bad that killed everyone in that movie, because I
would have loved to have seen some sort of sequel.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
I know, I'm surprised because Rainy loves him a good sequel, right.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
And but of course again, you'll never get that cast
back together again.
Speaker 7 (07:11):
No, never, no never, absolutely not a prequel, that's true.
Let's get one more in before we go to break,
all right? This I think is an underrated film. And
this is the two thousand and one period action comedy
A Night's Tale starring Heath Ledger.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
I don't think i've seen that mark, You're not out
of your head. Yeah, it's not bad.
Speaker 6 (07:35):
I I didn't retain as much of it as as
I should, though, Remind me who directed that.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
That is a great question. I am actually blanket.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
On high tech method for finding on the fly where
we could look that up?
Speaker 6 (07:55):
Ryan Hegeland Helgeland, Oh yeah, the guy who did La
Confin wrote it, wrote it. Yes, that's right, Yeah, right, okay, yeah,
he wrote and directed that. Yeah, and that was That
was a starring vehicle for Heath Ledger.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
It was the first movie I feel like where people
actually sat up and went, oh wait, this guy's gonna
be a freaking star.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
And his sidekicking that was Paul Bettening.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
But yes, it was Yeah, yeah, yep, Rufus Swle's in it.
He's spectacular.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Wait a minute, now you're going to have a branch
off into like the Diplomat and what he's doing on
that show.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
The Man the High Castle, Oh My Dark City. He's
lastly underappreciated as well. I literally have that sentence written
on the paper here. I know, I know.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
You got some good ones today. Oh, some good ones,
we do, we do.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
But yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Heath Ledger plays a squire who fakes being a royal.
He's Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein from Gelderland, which I was
desmonderful well, I was this many years old when I
learned that Gelderland is actually a real place in the Netherlands.
I've seen this movie like five times and I always
thought it was made up. But it's actually a real place,
and I cannot say enough good things. It's super fun.
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It's a new way of telling an old story.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
It's great. I love this movie so much fun.
Speaker 6 (09:15):
If you like slow moo rock and roll jousting, this
is your movie.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
That's it.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
And that's a knee shody end, so I'll give it
to you. But it's it's a fantastic film.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
I gotta say, it's great to have Chris Woolsey back
in studio with us. He's now associate director of Communications
for Visio TV. And we'll we come back on the
other side. Where do you think you'll lead us?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I'm going to go.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
You know, I didn't get quite enough spooky movies during Halloween,
so oh, I'm gonna take a swing through our terror titles.
Speaker 5 (09:45):
Now.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
I don't know if you remember this, but Mark Runner,
our newsman, is our resident horror slash spooky movies Maven critic,
a tour PTSD sufferer.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I absolutely did remember that, which is why, which is
why we are going to talk about those that's coming
up next.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
KFI mo Kelly Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. And
I'm in the middle of a conversation with a very
close friend and contributor. He was here with us in
recent years, but then he had a change of scenery,
as they say. And Chris Woolsey is back. He's down
Associate director of Communications for Visio TV. And Chris, your
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love of movies has not changed. And thank thankfully for
you and for us, we still get to enjoy movies together.
Last second, we talked about action movies which are available
on the Tell me about the channel, the Video TV channel.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So this is this is a video has a free
entertainment streaming service called Watch Free Plus, and anyone who
has a Visio TV can watch watch Tree Plus. There's
tens of thousands of free movies and TV shows on there.
You can stream so your heart's content. But if you
don't own a Visio TV, all you have to do
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is download the video app, sign up for a free account,
and click on the Watch Free Plus tab. And you
also can watch tons and tons of free entertainment free,
absolutely free, ninety free, no cost, zero cost.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
So great it doesn't cost to download the app. Nope.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Then all I asked to take your credit card for
like a free period of seven to fourteen days.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
Nope.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
How great is that. Let's get into the movies now,
let's do it.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
You have another slate of offerings, this time on the
whole horror side of things.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
We do. So we have.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
We have a lot of different genres on watch Tree Plus,
but one of my favorites and Mark Runner's favorite, are
the top tier terror titles and I top.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Tier terror titles. Can you see it two times fast?
Speaker 4 (12:16):
I like a literation top tier terror titles, top tier
terror titles.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
I love it. I love it.
Speaker 4 (12:23):
Yeah, we've got There's just endless, endless amounts of fantastic
horror films. But one of my faves, and it's because
of my love for the lead actor in this that
we have talked about more times than I care to
admit on this show, is Nicholas Cage.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
You know, I'm lifelong Nicholas Cage fan. Absolutely, he could
do no wrong. There are some movies which I think
are beneath him. But sure, not because of.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Him, yep.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
No, But I remember seeing Valley Girl as a kid
and just going, I love this guy.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
He's so much fun.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
It's weird because when you think about it, he's been
around for a good third five years, thirty five forty years.
Speaker 5 (13:01):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
I met him one time and at the end of
our conversation, I said, can I tell you my favorite
movie of yours? And he said sure, and I said
Valley Girl, And he got a huge smile on his
face and he stuck out his hand and he shook
my hand. He said, I think that's the first time
anyone's ever said that. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Is his in person personality similar to his on screen
quirkiness persona?
Speaker 4 (13:27):
That was I was that was actually the word that
As you were coming up with that question, I was
going he was quirky, Yeah, absolute percent, but very nice
guy and a good tipper.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
I will say, I was waiting table, Okay, I was
gonna say. I was like, I really need to explain that. Yeah,
I think the conversation almost took a different turn.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
I wasn't.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yes, did he tuck the tip?
Speaker 4 (13:54):
Yikes, yikes, I'm not even sure what that means. But
oh yes, no, no one has ever put a tip
in my g string. I will tell you that. Where
were we? We were talking about the two thousand and
seven classic ghost Writer. Yes, yes, it's obviously based on
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the Marvel comics series starring Nicholas Cage, but also even
Mendez from Itch, The Lovely, The Lovely, Even Mendez, Sam
Elliott from Roadhouse.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
If I could look, I'm a guy works in radio.
Before I die, my only dream is to have a
voice like Sam Elliott. Oh my gosh, you know what
damage I could have done as a single man with Sam,
even back to when I first discovered Roadhouse. That voice
something eyes.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
He sounded like he gargled glass and smoked cigar in
utero like. And it works for him, it does, absolutely,
He's amazing. He's still aging well too, he is. But
back to Cage. In this movie, Nicholas Cage plays Johnny Blaze,
who's a motorcycle stunt man sells his soul to the
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devil to save his father. Of course, as these things
always go, he's swindled by the devil. No, yes see,
I know, I know. I don't know why people keep
trusting him, but he has to become basically the Devil's
bounty hunter in order to try to get his soul.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
Back, and that that deal probably won't No, it's not
gonna work.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
It's not going out now.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
And he turns into a flaming skeleton, which is also
a kind of a downside, but.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
It's a nice party trick. It is.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
This is true, This is true, but it's packed with
comic bookie goodness. Yep, super fun. Checkout Ghostrider. I think
we've got time for one more okay well on the
other end of the spectrum, two more okay good on
the other end of the spectrum we have, so we
have the the camp of ghost Writer. On the other side,
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we've got the classic goodness of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This
is the nineteen ninety four version, and it's amazing for
a few reasons, one of which is that I felt
like it was the first time that arguably one of
the greatest stories ever written had a cast that supported
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the actual.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Novel. Like, it's pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
I'm always amazed that you can still go back to
the classics and tell meaningful versions of them intoday's world.
Given we're inundated with bump jump scare type movies which
are not like a classic Mary Shelley Frankenstein or The
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Mummy or Mark Ron just saw not Saratu, yep.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
I mean how many remakes of Dracula. I mean it's
interesting because most Faratu was actually a remake of Draft
in the original. Yeah, they were trying to get away
without paying the rights and then ended up getting sued
and Lotte that. But yeah, it was great. But this
version of Frankenstein is really incredible. It's directed by famed
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Shakespearean wonder kin Kenneth Branna, who also plays the titular
character and was a.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Guest on the show. But go ahead, Oh is that
right when he did what was the first one?
Speaker 2 (17:32):
Death and now? Oh? Yeah, yeah, yes, it was after
he did Thor and everything. Yes, Kenneth and I we
go way back, of course.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Yes, he's another one of my interviews that you didn't
get and you text each other all the time, that's.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
It or something like that. No, but seriously, he was
on a show. Wow, that's amazing. So yeah, he plays
the titular Victor. And I just say that because I
like saying the titular Victor Frankenstein. A lot of people
don't realize that the book Frankenstein is named after the doctor,
not the monster. Most people get it wrong exactly Frankenstein's monster.
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There you go, absolutely, But it also has Helen the Bottom,
Carter Aiden Quinn, John Cleese Ever heard of him, right,
Sir Ian Holme who was knighted by the way John
Cleese was offered a knighthood and he turned it down.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
That makes that's John Clee.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Total on could hear him assing about why he shouldn't
write accept it?
Speaker 4 (18:30):
And on top of that, you have Robert de Niro
as the monster. How ridiculous is that?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
What's the weirdest casting choice? Very weird.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
It kind of like defeats the purpose of having Robert
de Niro. I know, yeah, yeah, he's been He's played
a monster in other movies, like you know, Kate Fear,
but not monster.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
But he is scary and yes, yes, yes he is.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
But everything about this thing is top shelf amazing directing,
art design, costuming, performances, which again is only fitting of
one of the greatest novels ever written. Give us one more,
one more, all right? And I'm only going here because
I know that you and Mark love this one. And
that is the two thousand and seven Stephen King classic
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The Mist.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
I you know what was it? It Thomas Jane who is
starting it?
Speaker 1 (19:21):
Is?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
It is Thomas Jane.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
I love him as an actor and he was perfect
for this.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
They had Andre Brower. I'm remembering the movie in my mind.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
All I'm saying is, if you haven't seen it, you
have to see it. And you have seen it, we're
still arguing about that final scene.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Oh no spoilers. I'm just we're gonna get to up
to saying we still argue about it. It'll stay with you.
Oh no, it's stay rude. Oh yeah, it's like I
could not believe what that's the end of the movie.
Not in a bad way, just in a shocked way.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
It is one of the all time great Stephen King adaptations.
And as you know, those have been hit and miss.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
This is true, this is true, a little spotty, but
this one is phenomenal. I remember reading the short Story
when I was a kid. Yeah, I was terrified, and
when the movie came out, they so often don't hold up,
and this really did well. It's directed by Frank Derebon,
who is one of my all time favorite directors and
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a heck of a nice guy.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
I met him one time, and uh, everybody just dropping
names up in here today.
Speaker 6 (20:24):
Nicholas kids, I got kidded, Brana, did he put a
tip in your chee string?
Speaker 4 (20:30):
I'm gonna turn off your mic and to say, right,
so many troubles, Oh so good. But Laurie Holden from
The Walking deads in it? Uh, Marcy gay Harden from
the Morning Shows? Right, yes, yeah, great cast, great cast
and again with King and Darrabon, like you know you're
you're sleeping with the lights.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
On because this one's terrifying.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Let me just say, to tell the truth, when I
was a kid, I couldn't part of the reason I
don't watch horror movies all that much today because there
were times where I would sleep with the lights on
because certain stuff would just stick with you. That's why
I didn't watch Night Gallery. Mark, we'll talk about Night Gallery.
Couldn't watch it because it would stick with me. It's
not too late, no, get on it. No, I'm serling classic,
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I know, but I might have to sleep with your lightcense.
Chris Wolsey Visio TV. Tell us one more time about
Visio TV, what they're doing and how we can learn more.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
What we are making an incredibly amazing connected TV product
at a value price. On video TV. We have watch
Free Plus. It is a free streaming service. You can
watch tens of thousands of premium movies and TV shows.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
You never have to pay for any of it. Free free.
My goodness. Then, I just sound just wonderful, just so
so comfortable, like a warm pillow. Just free. It's a
beautiful word. Chris Wilsey, I'll see you against them, Oh
you will. I'm assume my brother.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
I miss you too. I'm so glad to be back
and thank you for having me back hopefully next week. Sure,
all right, done and done. It's a dick all right then?
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Mark you coming? I have no place else to go.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Okay, it's Moke Kelly can if I am six forty.
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Speaker 1 (22:20):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 3 (22:25):
Over the past few days, we've been playing portions of
the various press conferences from a law enforcement standpoint. We
hear from Sheriff Luna, we'll hear from LAPD Chief Jim McDonald,
or we'll hear from La County DA Nathan Hockman, and
they're all very clear, and I would say on the
same page as far as prosecuting the criminals, and the
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criminals are not just the looters. It's not just the
people trying to take advantage of the people who've lost
their houses, but taking advantage of people through online scam,
fake places to donate, and scaling people's identities.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
There is a lot of that.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
Going on, and it's not just specific to this disaster.
Every time in which people are in need, during times
like these, you will have criminals or would be criminals
trying to take advantage of that, and I know it
can get overwhelming.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Who should I trust?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
You know, I get a message every single day I
do from questionable sources, questionable organizations, places I've not heard
of before, and it's taking advantage of what I think
is true of everyone. We want to be a positive force,
We want to be able to help someone, and sometimes
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we don't exhibit the best judgment in choosing how to
do that. So what I wanted to share with you
right now some legitimate organizations which are helping victims of
the California wildfires in just in case you're not sure
where to turn to or or whom you should trust.
Just give you some organizations. I'm quite sure many of
them you have heard of already. Some you may not have,
(24:08):
but they've already been vetted, so that's not anything you
need to worry about. There's always the American Red Cross,
and CBS has partnered with the American Red Cross to
support the communities and need. The organization said it is
staffing evacuation centers and providing supplies. There's the World's Central Kitchen,
which is founded by chef Jose Andres said it as
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mobilized across southern California, providing sandwiches and water throughout the region.
The charity set its volunteer chefs are on standby to
give out meals. There's the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation,
and the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation has called for
donations to its wild Fire Emergency Fund. Those proceeds will
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go toward equipping firefighters with tools and supplies to contain
the infernos. I'm sure you can find these websites trying
to get all this information. You can find it online
and if you should forget, you can always listen to
the podcast to get the names of these organizations. There's
also the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and they are
accepting food donations and volunteers. You can also be involved
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in their distribution process. There's the California Fire Foundation and
it has said it is working with local fire departments
and community organizations to support impacted residents financially. The group's
Wildfire and Disaster Relief Fund directly supports victims of blazes
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and other disasters throughout the state. Again, that's the California
Fire Foundation. And also want to tell you about League
of California Community Foundations. It is a coalition of the
state's nonprofits and they are coordinating relief efforts for people
affected by the Palisades and Eaten fire specifically. The California
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Community Foundation said funds raised after previous disasters have helped
rebuild homes, restore lost belongings, and provide support services such
as mental health management. They have a long and verifiable
track record. There's the Anderson Bunker Family YMCA in Los
Angeles and it's seeking donations of food, snacks, water, and
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essential and emergency supplies. The y said on Instagram it
is accepting deliveries at its Korea Town location. Also, there's
the International Medical Core. The Los Angeles based International Medical
Core has been coordinating with local health groups to deliver
release supplies, including hygiene and first aid kits two communities
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affected by the fires. The group also said it is
ready to provide additional support and services to health facilities
if needed. There's direct relief and it's an a group
and it's bringing in emergency healthcare supplies for community clinics,
evacuation centers at local residents affected by the fires. Also,
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it's providing N ninety five mass hygiene kits, emergency medical packs,
and other essentials to partner organizations on the ground.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
In LA, there's the Best Friends Animal Society.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Best Friends Animal Society, which runs a pet adoption center
in West LA, says all donations will be used for
emergency assistance two animals impacted by the wildfires. And there's
also a list of other charities which have been vetted.
Some we have featured on this show, such as the
Pasadena Humane Society, California Community Foundation, the Ventura County Community Foundation,
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American Red Cross of Greater LA, Center for Disaster Philanthropy,
and others. And again, if you missed any of those
organizations or you wanted to hear it again. It will
be on the podcast later tonight. You can find that
it can six for dot com or on the iHeartRadio
app or wherever you download your podcast.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
We were playing back some of the more important moments
of the press conference earlier today. There's one each day,
usually in the morning, and it gives different information. So
don't think that just because you might have heard yesterday
that you've heard everything you need to know. Their updates
about the curfew, for example, they're updates as far as
resources and locations where you can get goods and services, supplies,
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just other forms.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Of relief which we've been discussing.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
So it's always good to make sure that if you
don't tune in to the press conference the Daily Briefing live,
try to check it out somewhere. You can find it
online or you can listen back to this show. We'll
have it for you will at least some of the
highlights of it. And now I want to play LAPD
chief Jim McDonald what he had to say earlier today.
Speaker 8 (28:59):
I just want to let everyone know that as we
enter into another period of dangerously high winds. We remain
deployed and ready to assist with any additional evacuations should
that need a rise. Well peak winds are not expected
to be as strong as last week's wind event, they
still pose a tremendous threat and if you're asked to evacuate,
please listen to all evacuation orders as they are meant
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as a life saving measure. As has been the case
over the last few days, LAPD is focused on maintaining
your safety and the safety of your properties as we
move forward. Far as deployment goes, LPED officers are still
performing increased patrols in the area is impacted by the fires,
and we ask for your continued cooperation, especially with our
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officers who deployed at various checkpoints throughout the evacuation zones.
We understand the frustration and your desire to see your
homes firsthand, but until CalFire tells us that the impacted
areas are safe for repopulation, we can't allow you to return.
For the upcoming twenty four hour period, LAPED will continue
to deploy approximately seven hundred and fifty officers to the
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impacted areas with support from the Los Angeles Airport Police, Port.
Speaker 5 (30:07):
Police, and the National Guard.
Speaker 8 (30:09):
They have two hundred soldiers assigned to the Palisades event
and were certainly grateful for their support. We're supporting the
fire area with these badly needed resources while continuing to
respond to calls throughout the city. It's like to thank
our laped officers and everybody who's represented by those who
are standing here today, who are working on overtime away
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from their homes and families, go in the extra mile
to keep Los Angeles safe. On the missing persons front,
we are still actively investigating all reports and missing persons
and have dedicated resources to these efforts. As of this morning,
we have thirty four people reported missing. Twenty one of
them have been found safe. Of the thirteen remaining, two
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have most likely been found to cease but have yet
to be positively identified. Eleven remain unaccounted for. In total,
three fatalities that are fire related. One fatality died at
a hospital but was not reported missing. On the arrest front,
we've made fourteen arrests failure to obey curfewth worth, three
of those impersonating an officer, one personating a firefight or
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another unauthorized entry to a closed emergency area two DUI
one vandalism one, possession of ammunition and burglary tools another
one burglary two and conspiracy to commit burglary two.
Speaker 5 (31:26):
Additional, we have three noteworthy.
Speaker 8 (31:28):
Arrests throughout the although outside the fire zone, very significant
to our efforts as we continue to battle fires that
threaten our community.
Speaker 5 (31:37):
On Sunday night, our.
Speaker 8 (31:38):
North Hollywood officers responded to a call of a possible
arson suspect who was using a barbecue lighter to light fires.
Officers arrived on the scene and the suspect was arrested
for an outstanding felony warrant for arson and booked into
Van Nuys Jail. On Monday, two additional arrests related to
the fires. The first took place at fifty seven hundred
Van Nuys Boulevard.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
At approximately sixteen thirty hours.
Speaker 8 (32:01):
Our West Valley officers responded to a radio call for
an arson suspect who had ignited a nearby bush brush.
Upon the arrival, LAFD was that scene, extinguishing the fire
and directed the officers to the possible suspect, who was
taken into custody.
Speaker 5 (32:17):
There.
Speaker 8 (32:18):
The suspect was booked for arson again at Van Eys Jail.
Our second arrest took place at one one eight two
zero Sanva Cini Boulevard in West La Area. Officers responded
to a radio call of an arson suspect at the
location who had ignited a nearby trash can, which was
extinguished by the La City Fire Department. Citizens directed the
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officers to the suspect location, where he was then taken
into custody without incident. Video from local businesses showed footage
of the suspects starting fires in that area. He was
booked into our jail for arson on looting front. Excuse me,
Looting is not just a crime against property, it also
takes away any sense of security from evacuated residents, and
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certainly it's not being tolerated at all. Laped officers are
working around the clock to prevent looting and impacted areas
and will identify and apprehend those responsible.
Speaker 5 (33:12):
However, we cannot do this alone.
Speaker 8 (33:14):
We need your help, and as you heard from the
accounts I gave you, it was residents of our city
and county who have stepped forward, made observations of people
lighting fires called the police. We responded and were able
to take them off the street. So thank you for
those who do who have been involved in that, and
I asked for your vigilance.
Speaker 5 (33:33):
For as we move forward.
Speaker 8 (33:37):
We're asking all members of our community to join us
in this effort by reviewing your personal security footage, whether
from ring cameras, home security systems, or any other recording devices.
Even seemingly small details can make a big difference in
our ongoing investigations. If you notice anything suspicious or potentially
connected to these incidents, please report it to us immediately,
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and you can do so anonymously through crime Stoppers by
calling the La Crime Stoppers at eight hundred two two
two tips or by visiting La crimestoppers dot org. You
can also provide information regarding the Palisades fire by submitting
tips by texting at FLA to three I'm sorry to
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six three nine seven five and then follow the link
to be able to.
Speaker 5 (34:23):
Create a report.
Speaker 8 (34:24):
Our collective safety depends on the partnership between police and
our community. Together, we can ensure that those responsible for
these crimes are brought to justice and that our neighborhoods
remain safe. Sheriff Luna talked about the curfew likewise in
the city. The curfew order will remain in place tonight
from six pm to six am, and unless your public
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safety personal personnel or disaster workers, you have no business
being at these locations, and if you are in those areas,
you are subject to arrest. As I mentioned, we've already
made a number of arrests for individuals who are not
listening to these orders, and we want to be very
clear about that that we will find you if you're
out there, and you will be arrested. Please allow our
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teams to focus on the recovery efforts. Enforcing a curfew
helps us identify individuals who have no businesses in these
areas and also protects public safety personnel who are operating
in darkness and often very very difficult conditions. And closing,
I want to reiterate that our department is committed to
the recovery efforts and for however long that that will take,
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we will continue to work alongside our other partners to
make sure that our community has the resources that you
need to recover and ultimately rebuild. Thank you for your
patience and cooperation during this difficult time.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
And we'll close out this hour. Hearing from Lamor Karen
Bess let me just say that, yesterday.
Speaker 9 (35:47):
As the chief mentioned, we did an aerial tour and
I was able to see It's one thing to see
it on television. It's another thing to see it from air.
The massive, massive destruction is unimaginable until you actually see it.
So I think of the families, I think of the
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community members that have experienced that, and I just have
to say that we are going to continue to stand
with you. But while we're preparing for the next couple
of days, we also want to move into the time
when we prepare for moving forward and rebuilding, but making
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sure that we can get people's lives back and whole.
I have to say that when the aerial tour was finished,
and I had an opportunity to speak to the firefighters,
including our chief firefighters who've been on the job for
twenty five thirty years, to say to me that in
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their entire careers, they have never seen destruction like this.
They have never seen when so fierce in Los Angeles.
In California, we don't know hurricanes, but imagining a dry
hurricane and thinking about what they went through and their
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lives on the line. From the air, we could see
people on the ground clearing brush and doing everything that
they needed to prevent the next tragedy. So everybody wants
to know how to help first responders. Well, the way
you can help first responders, and you've heard this from
other speakers, is to be prepared. So if you hear
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that your area is under a warning, then get packed
right away. If the order is to evacuate, then evacuate immediately.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
But as was recommended.
Speaker 9 (37:46):
Earlier, evacuate if you have the warning, because if you
remember a few days ago when the fires were at
its worst, people had difficulty getting through traffic. So thinking
of moving toward moving forward, yesterday I signed an executive
directive to begin to lay the foundation policy wise for
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the rebuilding effort. We're going to make it through these
next few days, but we want to begin to think
about how we rebuild the massive destruction that I saw
from the air. We don't want people burdened by red
tape and bureaucracy. So my executive directive addresses that. It
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addresses streamlining the debris removal. It talks about actually immediate
action that we can take to make fourteen hundred units
of housing available immediately. Again that was stuck in the
process but given what we're dealing with now, that process
has to go, and then establishing a framework to secure
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additional regulatory relief and resources. As was mentioned, the assistant
centers will start today. The first ever disaster recovery center
for victims of the Palisades and Hearts fires will open,
which will help people who have lost vital records, birth certificates,
drivers license, social security, etc. Help those who have experienced
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loss or damage to their homes apply for disaster relief loans,
and provide referrals. We heard the public health officers say
that nurses will be available at the disaster recovery centers,
but also mental health counselors will be as well. So
for more information you can go to lacity dot gov.
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So the center opens at one pm this afternoon at
the UCLA Research Park and starting tomorrow will be open
from nine am until eight pm.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
Seven days a week.
Speaker 9 (39:48):
And that's a commitment that every single day we will
be addressing people putting their lives back together. So I
want to thank UCLA Chancellor Julio Frank. I want to
thank Gary Michaelson. The South Coast Air Quality Management District
is recommending that Angelinos wear the well fitting medical grade
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mask while outside the City of Los Angeles has distributed
hundreds of N ninety five masks throughout Los Angeles in
public libraries, recreation centers, and senior centers and local nonprofits.
And we encourage families to pick up their masks today.
And finally, I want to acknowledge the thousands of Angelinos
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who have come together all across the city to help.
I'm sure you've seen on the nightly news hundreds thousands
of people just showing up with providing resources and supplies
for victims. But I also want to thank Disney, Netflex,
the Wasserman Foundation, Hilton Foundation, Annenberg, Snap, and so many
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others for donating millions of dollars to relief efforts. The
California Community Foundation's effort has resulted in fourteen million dollars
and over twenty thousand donors LA. We stand together. We
will do what we need to do to be safe
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over the next couple of days, and then we rebuild.
We will rebuild Los Angeles and make Los Angeles the
world class city that we are.
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