December 8, 2024 • 33 mins
Michael dives into the charm and history of LA’s architecture, talks with Kathryn Burger about Measure G and Olympic plans, and covers the latest on a measles scare at LAX, the Dodgers’ and Galaxy’s big wins, and a $197M lotto ticket still up for grabs.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News here with you for
the next couple of hours until nine o'clock. In the
Christmas Spirit. In the Christmas Spirit now, been driving around,
seeing all the lights, seeing all the stuff at the
shops and the stores. I'm feeling it. I hope you're
feeling it too. I am ready. I'm loving every Christmas
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tree I see. It just feels it feels like a
merry Christmas. Already. Will be playing a little We're giving
yacht Rock a break on our Saturday nights together and
we're gonna be playing some Christmas tunes. And if you're
not feeling good, here's something that should boost your spirits
a little bit. How about the LA Galaxy. There's six
MLS Cup one today in Carson at Dignity Health Sports Park,
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two to one over the New York Red Bulls, Joseph
Paintsill and Yon Jovilch scoring in the first thirteen minutes
to give the Galaxy a two to one victory. That
is the sixth MLS Cup for the Galaxy. That is
a record in the league, and they were making their
record tenth MLS Cup appearance, although it was the first
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since twenty fourteen when they last beat the New England
Revolution two to one back in overtime and exciting game.
Back then. We'll have more from Carson and the Galaxy's
title coming up. But as I was saying, I'm in
the Christmas spirit, So I was outside of downtown LA
today where I live, and visiting some of the surrounding
communities because I am going to be painting a nutcracker
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that's not going to go well. But I needed some supply,
so I headed out to one of the box stores,
one of the Michaels, which I found in Southgate. So
I was driving through Southgate, I was driving through Maywood,
and I was driving through Vernon today, And you know,
these are suburban, nice communities that have these types of
big box stores, walmarts and targets and those sorts of things,
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fast food restaurants, typical big box architecture that you see
in Southgate and Maywood. You see a lot of industrial
buildings in Vernon, but when you look closely, even in
these smaller communities surrounding Los Angeles. You really do see
some gorgeous old buildings, and that is one of my
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favorite things about living in LA. Maybe my favorite thing
the old historic architecture from days gone by, when it
was just a different place out here. What was going
on in those buildings. I'm always wondering. And I live downtown,
so you can't walk two blocks if you're a fan
of architecture without gawking and seeing something new. Even if
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you're down there all the time working or hanging out
or living, you can walk two of the same blocks
every day and you see a new architectural detail that
might trigger something inside of you where you think, what
was going on in there back in the day. I'm
certainly like that. And even when I'm out driving in
a place like Maywood, I stumble across Maywood City Hall
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this stunning example of streamline modern architecture. If you don't
know what that is, I'm certainly not an expert. I'm
somebody who has to look this stuff up, but streamline modern.
Maybe a better known example of that in LA is
the Coca Cola bottling facility closer to downtown in downtown
LA that looks like a ship. You know, man, Maywood
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City Hall. What a stunning building. But you also see
these little tiendas operating inside what maybe used to be
a bank, you know, you see an old post office
or something that's now a T shirt shop. And so
even though the use has changed, the spirit of the
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building is still there and I love that. And no
matter how suburban you get around here, there are those
little hints of what it used to be, and that
excites me. Again. My favorite part of LA I think.
You know, of course, the weather very cool. I mean
it's sixty three degrees and clear here in December. You're
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never gonna You're never gonna stop me from talking about that.
Being a guy from Kentucky living in California, this is
always gonna be amazing. I think it's why I'm in
the Christmas spirit. I don't need the white Christmas. Give
me a sunny and cool Christmas, and that's what we
get here. I love that. But I also love the architecture.
I love the buildings. And when you're downtown as much
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as I am, both living and working covering local government,
you just hit all the time with the notion that
they don't make them like they used to. They do
not make buildings like they use to make them. And
I love a lot of the obvious ones that you
see downtown, the Eastern Columbia Building, that gorgeous Art Deco example,
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of course, the Bradbury Building, very famous. Union Station takes
my breath away. I love being inside Union Station. I
love that it smells like the pretzels in there. I
think more than anything, it's it's a you know, a
lot of things downtown don't smell so good sometimes. Union
Station always smells like pretzels to me. And it's beautiful.
It's emptier probably than it used to be way back
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in the day. You see a whole wing where there
used to be tickets being passed out. That's not happening anymore.
But man, the spirit is there and it's such a
beautiful building. I'm also going to do something that I
think we probably rarely do on KFI, and probably you
rarely do, whether you're you're just listening or grumbling under
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your breath, And I'm going to compliment the government of
the City and County of Los Angeles because the government
buildings in downtown LA are amazing. The Hall of Justice
is stunning. Anytime the DA is having a press conference.
You know, that particular room isn't great, but the exterior
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of the building is awesome. The interior, the main thoroughfare between,
I mean, both entrances stunning. An LA City Hall. Look,
I love covering local government, but I love covering government
at La City Hall. The press room is cool. It's
old school. There are offices in there that not as
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many as there used to be, but media outlets that
maintain office spaces there. And you know, just the doors
are old and it looks great. But the exterior of
that building is awesome. Inside is breathtaking, the rotundas, the pillars,
every little door, the elevators are romantic. It is an
incredible building. I love it. Now the County Building, where
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like the Board of Supervisors meets that that building is
less impressive architecturally, it's not as old. But apparently it's
also not been retrofitted for serious events like earthquakes. So
the county government is moving soon. Apparently they've just dropped
about two hundred million dollars to purchase an empty skyscraper
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in downtown LA. They're going to be moving the government there,
so they're getting a bigger home, and they're also getting
a bigger government, more supervisors, and a county wide elected executive,
a sort of mayor of LA County. Now, one of
the supervisors who opposed Measure G. Wish was approved by
the voters to expand this board was also the loan
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vote against a recent motion to endorse Governor Newsom's plan
to quote trump proof California. So we're going to talk
about that. She's now the chair. Catherine Barker is going
to join us next. And I also want to hear
from you wish old buildings, and it doesn't have to
be the obvious ones, and I prefer that to not
be wish old buildings in socow, What County, La County,
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Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino Venture, wherever you are.
What's an old building? I need to see what's an
old building? If you're a fan of historic preservation or
historic architecture, what should we check out? Hit us up
on the iHeartRadio app and click on that talkback button
and we're gonna play some of those throughout the next
couple of hours. We'll keep that topic going. And anything
else on your mind tonight, anything you hear us talk
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about iHeartRadio app, Click on the talkback button and we're
gonna play some of your comments. Our conversation with Catherine
Barger is coming up next.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio App.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News here with you till
nine o'clock. We're going to rock out with some Christmas
songs tonight because I'm in this spirit and I also
I'm in the mood to hear from you. If you
missed our opening segment, we talked about some of the
beautiful historic buildings in communities like even in Maywood, Southgate, Vernon,
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and of course downtown LA. But I want you to
get on the iHeartRadio app and hit that talkback button
and let me know of your favorite historic buildings, wish
ones do we need to check out. If you'll like
to dock at historic architecture, We're gonna play some of
your comments throughout the day. Hey, there is a new
District Attorney in Los Angeles County. Nathan Hackman has been
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sworn in and is now working at the Hall of Justice,
one of the buildings I mentioned. There's not a new
supervisor at the county building. There, it's the same five,
but they rotate who's the chair each year. Right now,
there's five members, so every five years you get a
chance to be the chair. And the new chair is
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someone who was all by herself voting against emotion to
not only endorse Governor Newsom's plan to quote Trump proof California,
but also to Catherine Barker says that this is not
the way to go. This is not what she wants
to do to set a tone against the incoming President
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Trump administration. Forgive me there for getting jumbled on my
words there, but Catherine Parker says, this isn't the tone
that we need to set with an incoming administration. We're
talking with Katherine Barger right now, Supervisor Katherine Barger now
Madam Chair of the La County Board of Supervisors. Thank
you for being with us.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
It's my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
I saw in your opening remarks as chair of the board,
you identified your top priorities, among your top priorities anyway,
as unity and safety. So do you believe the board
suffered any lasting harm due to any division that came
up over Measure G and the expansion of the board
of Supervisors. Wish you opposed well.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
I opposed it because I truly do believe, especially given
the fact that I have been with this county for
over thirty five years. The board expansion issue was not
where I had the heartburn. It was the elected CEO.
But for me, it was more about the way this
whole thing was rolled out that upset me. It was
done in a way that I feel was very, very
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secretive and not transparent. And so I've moved on. You know,
the voters have spoken. Super Mitchell brought in emotion, as
did supersor Horror Bap to implement this group that they're
putting together, and they came together and came to an
agreement on what that would look like. And I'm gonna
you know, I am really about doing the will of
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the voters, and obviously the voter spoke. I feel it's
a mistake, but at the end of the day, I
still have an obligation to make sure whatever does come
forward isn't the best interest of the County of Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
So no hard feelings there.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
No, I mean, I've moved on. If I harbored hard feelings,
I'd get nothing done, you know, I mean politics is
not for the fan of heart.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
You did also break with the board in a vote
this week over an endorsement of what was called quote
California Values. This was basically an endorsement of Governor Knew
some special legislative session preemptively beefing up the state's legal
arsenal ahead of the new Trump administration. What made you
oppose that?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Well, you know, I want to be clear, adopting an
international approach with the incoming Trump administration is not the
best approach. We don't know what the agenda is for
the incoming president, and so to automatically assume the worst
and oh, by the way, ask for money on the
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other side, you know, on transportation, we're asking for over
three billion dollars to help us move forward transportation infrastructure
for in coreparation for the Olympics. I feel that we
need to be communicating with this administration about concerns that
we may have and where we're going to disagree. At
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the end of the day, you know, the federal government
is going to do with the federal government is going
to do. And I pointed out that right now we
have an immigration crisis taking place in this county. We
have individuals that are living in tents on skid row
that came over the border in San Diego, that are
women and children. I've walked skid row and talk to
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these people, and so, I mean, we've already got a
crisis going on as it relates to immigration. So to
take a stance that we're going to Trump proof the
state based on concerns about immigration, you know, I would
be asking the Trump administration to help us address the
crisis that's currently taking place not only in La County,
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but probably in the state of California, but across the nation.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Do you get any indication from the incoming administration that
there's interest in helping cities like La face those pressing crises.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
I'll be honest, I haven't. I'm going to reach out
and I'm going to try to set up meetings to
discuss my concerns and how I believe we need to
move forward. But at this point, I think that the governor,
and believe it or not, I mean, the governor softened
his tone as it relates to what his original plan
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was in terms of California values and the legislature. But
I think think it would be wise to open dialogue
and recognize that there's got to be common grounds somewhere.
I talk to people who are very much sympathetic to
individuals that came to this country for a better life.
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But at the same time, if there are crimes that
are being committed that are currently on the books. By
the way, and if you look at the City of
La sanctuary city language, they do carve out individuals that
commit felonies as as not being protected under the sanctuary
you know city. I think it's important for us not
to use illegaligation as a pond but in fact work
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together to address this. And let's talk more do.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
We're talking with Supervisor Catherine Barger, the new chair of
the La County Board of Supervisors. You just referenced crime
in the county and you did break down the safety
component of your priorities to reflect both public safety in general,
it seems, but also the social safety net provided by
the county. So regardless of what crime stats might say,
and it seems that there's evidence to support lower or
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higher rates depending on who's making the argument, what can
the county do to make people feel safer here?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Put aside the political differences and work with now our
new district attorney Nathan Hackman, and work with our police
chiefs across the county, all eighty eight cities. Well, actually
we've got the captains and the sheriff, Robert Luna. But
have meaningful dialogue regarding what we as decision makers policymakers
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need to do to support law enforcement in protecting communities.
And that includes the district attorney and by the way,
includes the public defender and the alternate public defender as well,
because at the end of the day, their clients are
going to need services if we want to make sure
they don't end up back in our system. So we
need to collaborate more and communicate more. Something that from
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I mean, it's become so politically polarized. If you are
not with me, you're against me. Therefore we're not going
to work together and for me. And and understand, my
father worked for the State of California under President Reagan.
My dad's attitude was, if you're willing to work, I
don't care what party you're with. Let's sit down and
talk and figure out where we can meet in the middle,
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and never compromise your core beliefs. But at the end
of the day, set aside your differences for the betterment
in this case of the County of Los Angeles or
whether are the state of California.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Some areas where we're definitely going to need collaboration between local, state,
and federal government. Folks. Is the fact that we've got
some pretty major events coming up here in the coming
years in LA County, particularly the Olympics in twenty twenty eight.
I look around and I see, of course we're not
ready yet. You got four years, still less than four
years at this point, but I'm not so sure we're
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even on the right path yet to be ready. What
do you think with the aesthetics, the infrastructure, the crime,
the homelessness, that will will La County move quickly to
be prepared.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
I'm confident that with the leadership of Mehribaths, we will.
It is going to be a sprint, for sure. But
I've talked to Mehrabaths. I know the County of Los
Angeles is engaged with the Olympic Committee, uh, and we
are going to do everything we can to make sure
that this county and this city shines for the entire
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world to see. And I know it's going to be
a heavy lift. But when it comes to transportation, infrastructure.
We are definitely behind the eight ball, but we are
moving forward and we're going to make it happen. I
you know, having been born and raised here, want to
make sure that we spotlight what an incredible what an
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incredible county this is.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
And before I let you run, supervisor, you're in the
fifth District, the wild country of La County. What goes
on a Christmas time out there? What's something that folks
this time of year really can't miss in your neck
of the woods.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Well, if you have an opportunity, go to Wisconso Gardens.
They have a light show that is absolutely spectacular. You
can walk it and experience lighting in the trees. I mean,
it is absolutely magical and that will get you in
the spirit of Christmas. I know in Altadena, Christmas Tree
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Lane is going to be lit up this weekend. If
you get an opportunity, take a look at that. Up
in Hastings Ranch, they do an incredible display amongst all
the neighbors that you can drive around and take a
look at. You know, I would say this also give
yourself grace. People get stressed out during the holidays with
expectations of you know, it's a wonderful wife or perfect
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perfect world out there. Give yourself grace and enjoy the
holidays for what it really should be about, and that
is being and spending time with family and friends.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
A Christmas Message from the North Country, the North Pole
of La County from Supervisor Catherine Barger, the new chair
of the La County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Barger, thanks
so much for the time he gave us.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Thank you you take care.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
How about Measles being the comeback kid right here in
Sokal No less, We'll talk about that coming up next.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News, keeping you company until
nine o'clock tonight. Terrible story out of Bell from this morning.
A construction worker killed when he was struck by a
truck driven by a coworker while they were on the
job in the city of Bell. Man was welding metal
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in the street just before three o'clock this morning at
Gage and Heliotrope Avenues when he was hit by the
construction truck. According to Bell Police, that worker died at
the scene. The co worker who drove the trucks stayed
there at the scene spoke with investigators. Police say this
appeared to be an accident, but that is just a
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horrible thing for two families now at the holiday season,
no less, one family losing a man who was at
work in the middle of the night, a shift nobody
really likes to have, and then another man who killed
his coworker by an apparent accident. That is something that
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will weigh on that man for the rest of his life.
Our thoughts are with both of those families. Travelers who
passed through lax the day before Thanksgiving may have been
exposed to measles that are vaccination.
Speaker 4 (20:48):
In nineteen sixty three in the US, there were more
than three million cases every year in the US, resulting
in almost fifty thousand hospitalizations and four hundred to five
hundred deaths every year.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
That's doctor Dean Bloomberg, he's the chief of Pediatric infectious
Disease at UC Davis Medical Center, saying that measles can
still be serious. He says measles is one of the
most contagious infections known to human There's no human contact required.
Measles can live in the air for up to two
hours after a person has left. So here's what happened here.
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A baby who was contagious arrived at Lax on a
cutter Airways flight and spent time in Terminal B that day.
Health officials along with the CDC are getting hold of
all the passengers and Orange County Health officials report that
this baby was taken to the er at Children's Hospital,
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Orange County three times on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, and
now they are reaching out to those who may have
been exposed there as well. Let's hear from doctor Dean
boom Bloomberg again.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
If somebody has measles and they have it in their airway,
that's how it's transmitted. By the respiratory route. It can
linger in the air for up to two hours after
the person has left the room.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
So there's something else to worry about this holiday season
as we try to keep our spirits light and bright.
But the measles always something, isn't it. A judge is
granted a motion by Alec Baldwin, the actor, and his
company Eldorado Pictures, to reimpose a stay of a civil
suit stemming from that accidental fatal shooting of cinematographer Helena
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Hutchins with a bullet fired by that actor and producer
from a prop weapon. This was LA Superior Court Judge
Maurice Lighter who issued this ruling just yesterday, citing the
New Mexico prosecution's appeal of a decision by a judge
in that state over the summer dismissing criminal proceedings against
Alec Baldwin. The judge rights under these circumstances, the court
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finds that a renewed stay as to moving defender and
is appropriate. The potential prejudice to moving defendants without a
stay is high, and the potential prejudice to plaintiff of
a stay is relatively low. Now, in August, Lighter lifted
a temporary hold on a case that the judge imposed
on January fourth. At the time, Lighter, the judge again
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found that Alec Baldwin's deposition testimony could have been used
against him and the criminal case in New Mexico in
which Balden was charged with involuntary manslaughter in Hutchins's death.
But on July twelfth, a New Mexico judge dismissed the
criminal case against Alec Baldwin on grounds that the prosecution
had suppressed evidence. Since the prosecutor is appealing the judges ruling,
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Baldwin's attorney state New Court papers that a lawsuit that
is ongoing and set for trial in May should once
again be paulised. There's a lot of moving legal parts
there with the Alec Baldwin case, and we'll continue to
follow that one for you. Despite some of the heavy
news that we just ran through here, some good news
in LA today. Another championship right on the heels of
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the Dodgers winning the World Series. Another title is coming
back courtesy of the Los Angeles Galaxy, and if you
can believe it, today is the day that a very
big lottery jackpot is expiring, apparently without being claimed. We're
going to talk about that next.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News with you until nine
o'clock tonight. In the Christmas spirit, and it's a merry
Christmas for LA and the LA Galaxy. Another championship coming
back to LA on the heels of the Dodgers, winning
the World Series. The LA Galaxy have won their sixth
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MLS Cup and a two to one victory over the
New York Red Bulls today at Dignity Health Sports Park
in Carson, Joseph Painseil and de Yon Joviolich scoring in
the opening thirteen minutes. Both of those goals. New York
would score a little bit after that, and then they
had a couple of good shots late in the game
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that the Galaxy were able to keep off. This was
a pretty exciting final. Let's hear from Paintsill and head
coach Greg Vanny courtesy of KTLA. It feels great.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
It feels fantastic. U. The energy was great because we
thought they were coming at us, but normally we.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Can, we can.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
We came to them. It was a great start. My
goal also changed everything, and Deian Gounn also completed everything
while we kept our cool and our fighting spirit.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
To the end.
Speaker 5 (25:40):
If you have a good plan and the players you
bring in fit into that plan and you get the
most out of those guys, you can make a difference
in this league.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy made four saves, including stomping New
York Red Bulls Cameron Harper's shot in the eighty fifth
minute and Elias Manowolves header five minutes into second half
stoppage time to preserve the lead. And this was the
sixth MLS Cup win in ten Cup appearances, that is
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a record in Major League Soccer. The Galaxy won despite
the absence of who many consider to be their best player,
Ricky Puig, who suffered a torn acl in his left
knee during the second half of last Saturday's Western Conference Final.
He did continue to play for more than thirty minutes
and provided the game winning assists during that game, and
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Puigue was selected for the MLS Best after scoring thirteen
goals and leading the team with fifteen assists in twenty
nine regular season games. So after missing the playoffs for
the past four seasons, the Galaxy has tied Los Angeles
FC for first in the fourteen team Western Conference with
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a nineteen eight and seven record, but were seeded second
because their plus nineteen goal renchal was one less than lafc's.
The Galaxy then defeated the seventh seeded Colorado team two
games to none, and then one over six seeded Minnesota
United in the conference semifinals, and then beat Seattle in
the Conference Final on their way to this MLS Cup again,
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a very very exciting game. Something that is exciting is
winning the lottery. Something that's not exciting is winning the
lottery and then not getting an opportunity to claim that money.
So while fans of the Galaxy are celebrating, if you're
somebody who purchased, my goodness, a Mega Million's ticket exactly
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one year ago and Encino and you're wondering where that
ticket went after you bought it, your time is about
to expire today. A Mega millions lottery ticket. We've been
talking about this all week. I know you've heard about it,
but today's the day. This is the end of hope
for this ticket that's hanging out there. Apparently a Mega
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millions lottery ticket worth one hundred and ninety seven million
dollars sold here in La No one ever came forward.
Now it's a bit interesting and a little strange because
someone bought this Mega Million's ticket at a Chevron gas
station in Encino, apparently the same place that this second
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winning ticket was bought, right, so two winning tickets from
that drawing. It was a big three hundred and ninety
five million dollar Mega Million's jackpot. Okay, So somebody who
bought a ticket there came forward and got their half,
but somebody else with the exact same numbers has never
come forward. So the California Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker said
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in a statement, we have no way of knowing who
has the second jackpot winning ticket. From that quote, incredible night.
Those winning numbers from December eighth, twenty twenty three, mega
millions drawing twenty one, twenty six, fifty three, sixty six, seventy,
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and the megaball of thirteen. If those numbers are significant
to you, I think you got a couple of hours
or something to make an emergency phone call to the
California Lottery, or the magic number for you is going
to be zero. You're gonna get nothing from it, reported
in USA Today. If the winner hopes to cash in
their prize before the Saturday deadline, they must head straight
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to one of the nine California Lottery offices across the state,
or they can fill out a form available online and
mail at the California Lottery headquarters, but it has to
be postmarked, and by this time of night, all of
the post offices are closed. So what happens if nobody
comes forward to claim this thing, well it goes to
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public education. And I suppose that's fine. But imagine imagine
finding this thing in your spring cleaning next year. Oh
there it was there, it was. You wouldn't even have
to be doing your own spring cleaning. I hope that
that's just some weird mistake from the other winner, you know,
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I mean, what are the chances. But on the other hand,
if you were the winner that came forward and you
only got half the jackpot, are you getting a little screwed? Now?
We're talking three hundred ninety five million dollars and you
already got half of that. Do you even notice the
difference if your winnings are doubled at that point? If
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you're just an average income person out in Ensino, how
much of a difference in your life would another one
hundred million dollars make? I don't know, probably a lot,
probably a lot. Certainly fun to fantasize about. I love
a good scratcher, but man, I don't know, how do
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you handle this mentally? If you know that ticket was
yours and you can't find it devastating Some lotto facts
from here in California. The biggest lottery winner ever in
California was a woman named Kathy Griffin, not that Kathy Griffin.
It happened back in January of twenty thirteen, a three
hundred and forty four point five million dollar jackpot, the
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single the largest single ticket lottery jackpot in California's history
through the powerball game. She opted for that lump sum
payout wish brought to her. Again, we're talking two hundred
and twenty four point eight million dollars after taxis so
one hundred and twenty million dollars less than what the
actual jackpot was. Would you notice if instead of two
hundred and twenty four point eight million dollars you got
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three hundred and forty four and a half million dollars.
I just don't know. We were talking about mega millions
though this was a Mega million's jackpot. The biggest one ever,
of course, was one and a half billion dollars back
in twenty eighteen. The winner there was in South Carolina.
The probability of winning the Mega million's jackpot is one
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in three hundred and two point six millions, so those
are the odds. But he may have beaten and then
blue one in three hundred and two million, and then
you don't come forward to collect all of those millions
of dollars.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
That is just.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Quite troubling, scary, sad, devastating. Even I don't know how
you come back from that. But we're going to come
back from this because we got another hour to spend together.
And I know a lot of you out there love
your dogs, love your cats. I think some of you
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love your dogs too much. I like your dogs too.
I don't need to see it at Ralphs. You know,
I'm gonna be honest. I you know, keep them out
of Ralphs. Please. Your dog is everywhere. Come on, I
don't take my cat everywhere. My cat doesn't even like
to be where he is. Wherever he is, I'm not
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taking him to ralfs, you know what I mean. But
there's a big problem in LA involving pats and it's
tragic and requires some urgent action and maybe even on
your part. And that's how we're going to start the
next hour.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
KFI AM six forty on demand
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News here with you for
the next couple of hours until nine o'clock. In the
Christmas Spirit. In the Christmas Spirit now, been driving around,
seeing all the lights, seeing all the stuff at the
shops and the stores. I'm feeling it. I hope you're
feeling it too. I am ready. I'm loving every Christmas
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tree I see. It just feels it feels like a
merry Christmas. Already. Will be playing a little We're giving
yacht Rock a break on our Saturday nights together and
we're gonna be playing some Christmas tunes. And if you're
not feeling good, here's something that should boost your spirits
a little bit. How about the LA Galaxy. There's six
MLS Cup one today in Carson at Dignity Health Sports Park,
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two to one over the New York Red Bulls, Joseph
Paintsill and Yon Jovilch scoring in the first thirteen minutes
to give the Galaxy a two to one victory. That
is the sixth MLS Cup for the Galaxy. That is
a record in the league, and they were making their
record tenth MLS Cup appearance, although it was the first
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since twenty fourteen when they last beat the New England
Revolution two to one back in overtime and exciting game.
Back then. We'll have more from Carson and the Galaxy's
title coming up. But as I was saying, I'm in
the Christmas spirit, So I was outside of downtown LA
today where I live, and visiting some of the surrounding
communities because I am going to be painting a nutcracker
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that's not going to go well. But I needed some supply,
so I headed out to one of the box stores,
one of the Michaels, which I found in Southgate. So
I was driving through Southgate, I was driving through Maywood,
and I was driving through Vernon today, And you know,
these are suburban, nice communities that have these types of
big box stores, walmarts and targets and those sorts of things,
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fast food restaurants, typical big box architecture that you see
in Southgate and Maywood. You see a lot of industrial
buildings in Vernon, but when you look closely, even in
these smaller communities surrounding Los Angeles. You really do see
some gorgeous old buildings, and that is one of my
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favorite things about living in LA. Maybe my favorite thing
the old historic architecture from days gone by, when it
was just a different place out here. What was going
on in those buildings. I'm always wondering. And I live downtown,
so you can't walk two blocks if you're a fan
of architecture without gawking and seeing something new. Even if
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you're down there all the time working or hanging out
or living, you can walk two of the same blocks
every day and you see a new architectural detail that
might trigger something inside of you where you think, what
was going on in there back in the day. I'm
certainly like that. And even when I'm out driving in
a place like Maywood, I stumble across Maywood City Hall
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this stunning example of streamline modern architecture. If you don't
know what that is, I'm certainly not an expert. I'm
somebody who has to look this stuff up, but streamline modern.
Maybe a better known example of that in LA is
the Coca Cola bottling facility closer to downtown in downtown
LA that looks like a ship. You know, man, Maywood
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City Hall. What a stunning building. But you also see
these little tiendas operating inside what maybe used to be
a bank, you know, you see an old post office
or something that's now a T shirt shop. And so
even though the use has changed, the spirit of the
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building is still there and I love that. And no
matter how suburban you get around here, there are those
little hints of what it used to be, and that
excites me. Again. My favorite part of LA I think.
You know, of course, the weather very cool. I mean
it's sixty three degrees and clear here in December. You're
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never gonna You're never gonna stop me from talking about that.
Being a guy from Kentucky living in California, this is
always gonna be amazing. I think it's why I'm in
the Christmas spirit. I don't need the white Christmas. Give
me a sunny and cool Christmas, and that's what we
get here. I love that. But I also love the architecture.
I love the buildings. And when you're downtown as much
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as I am, both living and working covering local government,
you just hit all the time with the notion that
they don't make them like they used to. They do
not make buildings like they use to make them. And
I love a lot of the obvious ones that you
see downtown, the Eastern Columbia Building, that gorgeous Art Deco example,
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of course, the Bradbury Building, very famous. Union Station takes
my breath away. I love being inside Union Station. I
love that it smells like the pretzels in there. I
think more than anything, it's it's a you know, a
lot of things downtown don't smell so good sometimes. Union
Station always smells like pretzels to me. And it's beautiful.
It's emptier probably than it used to be way back
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in the day. You see a whole wing where there
used to be tickets being passed out. That's not happening anymore.
But man, the spirit is there and it's such a
beautiful building. I'm also going to do something that I
think we probably rarely do on KFI, and probably you
rarely do, whether you're you're just listening or grumbling under
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your breath, And I'm going to compliment the government of
the City and County of Los Angeles because the government
buildings in downtown LA are amazing. The Hall of Justice
is stunning. Anytime the DA is having a press conference.
You know, that particular room isn't great, but the exterior
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of the building is awesome. The interior, the main thoroughfare between,
I mean, both entrances stunning. An LA City Hall. Look,
I love covering local government, but I love covering government
at La City Hall. The press room is cool. It's
old school. There are offices in there that not as
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many as there used to be, but media outlets that
maintain office spaces there. And you know, just the doors
are old and it looks great. But the exterior of
that building is awesome. Inside is breathtaking, the rotundas, the pillars,
every little door, the elevators are romantic. It is an
incredible building. I love it. Now the County Building, where
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like the Board of Supervisors meets that that building is
less impressive architecturally, it's not as old. But apparently it's
also not been retrofitted for serious events like earthquakes. So
the county government is moving soon. Apparently they've just dropped
about two hundred million dollars to purchase an empty skyscraper
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in downtown LA. They're going to be moving the government there,
so they're getting a bigger home, and they're also getting
a bigger government, more supervisors, and a county wide elected executive,
a sort of mayor of LA County. Now, one of
the supervisors who opposed Measure G. Wish was approved by
the voters to expand this board was also the loan
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vote against a recent motion to endorse Governor Newsom's plan
to quote trump proof California. So we're going to talk
about that. She's now the chair. Catherine Barker is going
to join us next. And I also want to hear
from you wish old buildings, and it doesn't have to
be the obvious ones, and I prefer that to not
be wish old buildings in socow, What County, La County,
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Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino Venture, wherever you are.
What's an old building? I need to see what's an
old building? If you're a fan of historic preservation or
historic architecture, what should we check out? Hit us up
on the iHeartRadio app and click on that talkback button
and we're gonna play some of those throughout the next
couple of hours. We'll keep that topic going. And anything
else on your mind tonight, anything you hear us talk
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about iHeartRadio app, Click on the talkback button and we're
gonna play some of your comments. Our conversation with Catherine
Barger is coming up next.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio App.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News here with you till
nine o'clock. We're going to rock out with some Christmas
songs tonight because I'm in this spirit and I also
I'm in the mood to hear from you. If you
missed our opening segment, we talked about some of the
beautiful historic buildings in communities like even in Maywood, Southgate, Vernon,
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and of course downtown LA. But I want you to
get on the iHeartRadio app and hit that talkback button
and let me know of your favorite historic buildings, wish
ones do we need to check out. If you'll like
to dock at historic architecture, We're gonna play some of
your comments throughout the day. Hey, there is a new
District Attorney in Los Angeles County. Nathan Hackman has been
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sworn in and is now working at the Hall of Justice,
one of the buildings I mentioned. There's not a new
supervisor at the county building. There, it's the same five,
but they rotate who's the chair each year. Right now,
there's five members, so every five years you get a
chance to be the chair. And the new chair is
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someone who was all by herself voting against emotion to
not only endorse Governor Newsom's plan to quote Trump proof California,
but also to Catherine Barker says that this is not
the way to go. This is not what she wants
to do to set a tone against the incoming President
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Trump administration. Forgive me there for getting jumbled on my
words there, but Catherine Parker says, this isn't the tone
that we need to set with an incoming administration. We're
talking with Katherine Barger right now, Supervisor Katherine Barger now
Madam Chair of the La County Board of Supervisors. Thank
you for being with us.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
It's my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
I saw in your opening remarks as chair of the board,
you identified your top priorities, among your top priorities anyway,
as unity and safety. So do you believe the board
suffered any lasting harm due to any division that came
up over Measure G and the expansion of the board
of Supervisors. Wish you opposed well.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
I opposed it because I truly do believe, especially given
the fact that I have been with this county for
over thirty five years. The board expansion issue was not
where I had the heartburn. It was the elected CEO.
But for me, it was more about the way this
whole thing was rolled out that upset me. It was
done in a way that I feel was very, very
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secretive and not transparent. And so I've moved on. You know,
the voters have spoken. Super Mitchell brought in emotion, as
did supersor Horror Bap to implement this group that they're
putting together, and they came together and came to an
agreement on what that would look like. And I'm gonna
you know, I am really about doing the will of
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the voters, and obviously the voter spoke. I feel it's
a mistake, but at the end of the day, I
still have an obligation to make sure whatever does come
forward isn't the best interest of the County of Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
So no hard feelings there.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
No, I mean, I've moved on. If I harbored hard feelings,
I'd get nothing done, you know, I mean politics is
not for the fan of heart.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
You did also break with the board in a vote
this week over an endorsement of what was called quote
California Values. This was basically an endorsement of Governor Knew
some special legislative session preemptively beefing up the state's legal
arsenal ahead of the new Trump administration. What made you
oppose that?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Well, you know, I want to be clear, adopting an
international approach with the incoming Trump administration is not the
best approach. We don't know what the agenda is for
the incoming president, and so to automatically assume the worst
and oh, by the way, ask for money on the
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other side, you know, on transportation, we're asking for over
three billion dollars to help us move forward transportation infrastructure
for in coreparation for the Olympics. I feel that we
need to be communicating with this administration about concerns that
we may have and where we're going to disagree. At
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the end of the day, you know, the federal government
is going to do with the federal government is going
to do. And I pointed out that right now we
have an immigration crisis taking place in this county. We
have individuals that are living in tents on skid row
that came over the border in San Diego, that are
women and children. I've walked skid row and talk to
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these people, and so, I mean, we've already got a
crisis going on as it relates to immigration. So to
take a stance that we're going to Trump proof the
state based on concerns about immigration, you know, I would
be asking the Trump administration to help us address the
crisis that's currently taking place not only in La County,
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but probably in the state of California, but across the nation.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Do you get any indication from the incoming administration that
there's interest in helping cities like La face those pressing crises.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
I'll be honest, I haven't. I'm going to reach out
and I'm going to try to set up meetings to
discuss my concerns and how I believe we need to
move forward. But at this point, I think that the governor,
and believe it or not, I mean, the governor softened
his tone as it relates to what his original plan
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was in terms of California values and the legislature. But
I think think it would be wise to open dialogue
and recognize that there's got to be common grounds somewhere.
I talk to people who are very much sympathetic to
individuals that came to this country for a better life.
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But at the same time, if there are crimes that
are being committed that are currently on the books. By
the way, and if you look at the City of
La sanctuary city language, they do carve out individuals that
commit felonies as as not being protected under the sanctuary
you know city. I think it's important for us not
to use illegaligation as a pond but in fact work
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together to address this. And let's talk more do.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
We're talking with Supervisor Catherine Barger, the new chair of
the La County Board of Supervisors. You just referenced crime
in the county and you did break down the safety
component of your priorities to reflect both public safety in general,
it seems, but also the social safety net provided by
the county. So regardless of what crime stats might say,
and it seems that there's evidence to support lower or
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higher rates depending on who's making the argument, what can
the county do to make people feel safer here?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Put aside the political differences and work with now our
new district attorney Nathan Hackman, and work with our police
chiefs across the county, all eighty eight cities. Well, actually
we've got the captains and the sheriff, Robert Luna. But
have meaningful dialogue regarding what we as decision makers policymakers
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need to do to support law enforcement in protecting communities.
And that includes the district attorney and by the way,
includes the public defender and the alternate public defender as well,
because at the end of the day, their clients are
going to need services if we want to make sure
they don't end up back in our system. So we
need to collaborate more and communicate more. Something that from
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I mean, it's become so politically polarized. If you are
not with me, you're against me. Therefore we're not going
to work together and for me. And and understand, my
father worked for the State of California under President Reagan.
My dad's attitude was, if you're willing to work, I
don't care what party you're with. Let's sit down and
talk and figure out where we can meet in the middle,
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and never compromise your core beliefs. But at the end
of the day, set aside your differences for the betterment
in this case of the County of Los Angeles or
whether are the state of California.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Some areas where we're definitely going to need collaboration between local, state,
and federal government. Folks. Is the fact that we've got
some pretty major events coming up here in the coming
years in LA County, particularly the Olympics in twenty twenty eight.
I look around and I see, of course we're not
ready yet. You got four years, still less than four
years at this point, but I'm not so sure we're
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even on the right path yet to be ready. What
do you think with the aesthetics, the infrastructure, the crime,
the homelessness, that will will La County move quickly to
be prepared.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
I'm confident that with the leadership of Mehribaths, we will.
It is going to be a sprint, for sure. But
I've talked to Mehrabaths. I know the County of Los
Angeles is engaged with the Olympic Committee, uh, and we
are going to do everything we can to make sure
that this county and this city shines for the entire
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world to see. And I know it's going to be
a heavy lift. But when it comes to transportation, infrastructure.
We are definitely behind the eight ball, but we are
moving forward and we're going to make it happen. I
you know, having been born and raised here, want to
make sure that we spotlight what an incredible what an
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incredible county this is.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
And before I let you run, supervisor, you're in the
fifth District, the wild country of La County. What goes
on a Christmas time out there? What's something that folks
this time of year really can't miss in your neck
of the woods.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Well, if you have an opportunity, go to Wisconso Gardens.
They have a light show that is absolutely spectacular. You
can walk it and experience lighting in the trees. I mean,
it is absolutely magical and that will get you in
the spirit of Christmas. I know in Altadena, Christmas Tree
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Lane is going to be lit up this weekend. If
you get an opportunity, take a look at that. Up
in Hastings Ranch, they do an incredible display amongst all
the neighbors that you can drive around and take a
look at. You know, I would say this also give
yourself grace. People get stressed out during the holidays with
expectations of you know, it's a wonderful wife or perfect
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perfect world out there. Give yourself grace and enjoy the
holidays for what it really should be about, and that
is being and spending time with family and friends.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
A Christmas Message from the North Country, the North Pole
of La County from Supervisor Catherine Barger, the new chair
of the La County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Barger, thanks
so much for the time he gave us.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Thank you you take care.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
How about Measles being the comeback kid right here in
Sokal No less, We'll talk about that coming up next.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News, keeping you company until
nine o'clock tonight. Terrible story out of Bell from this morning.
A construction worker killed when he was struck by a
truck driven by a coworker while they were on the
job in the city of Bell. Man was welding metal
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in the street just before three o'clock this morning at
Gage and Heliotrope Avenues when he was hit by the
construction truck. According to Bell Police, that worker died at
the scene. The co worker who drove the trucks stayed
there at the scene spoke with investigators. Police say this
appeared to be an accident, but that is just a
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horrible thing for two families now at the holiday season,
no less, one family losing a man who was at
work in the middle of the night, a shift nobody
really likes to have, and then another man who killed
his coworker by an apparent accident. That is something that
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will weigh on that man for the rest of his life.
Our thoughts are with both of those families. Travelers who
passed through lax the day before Thanksgiving may have been
exposed to measles that are vaccination.
Speaker 4 (20:48):
In nineteen sixty three in the US, there were more
than three million cases every year in the US, resulting
in almost fifty thousand hospitalizations and four hundred to five
hundred deaths every year.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
That's doctor Dean Bloomberg, he's the chief of Pediatric infectious
Disease at UC Davis Medical Center, saying that measles can
still be serious. He says measles is one of the
most contagious infections known to human There's no human contact required.
Measles can live in the air for up to two
hours after a person has left. So here's what happened here.
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A baby who was contagious arrived at Lax on a
cutter Airways flight and spent time in Terminal B that day.
Health officials along with the CDC are getting hold of
all the passengers and Orange County Health officials report that
this baby was taken to the er at Children's Hospital,
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Orange County three times on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, and
now they are reaching out to those who may have
been exposed there as well. Let's hear from doctor Dean
boom Bloomberg again.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
If somebody has measles and they have it in their airway,
that's how it's transmitted. By the respiratory route. It can
linger in the air for up to two hours after
the person has left the room.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
So there's something else to worry about this holiday season
as we try to keep our spirits light and bright.
But the measles always something, isn't it. A judge is
granted a motion by Alec Baldwin, the actor, and his
company Eldorado Pictures, to reimpose a stay of a civil
suit stemming from that accidental fatal shooting of cinematographer Helena
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Hutchins with a bullet fired by that actor and producer
from a prop weapon. This was LA Superior Court Judge
Maurice Lighter who issued this ruling just yesterday, citing the
New Mexico prosecution's appeal of a decision by a judge
in that state over the summer dismissing criminal proceedings against
Alec Baldwin. The judge rights under these circumstances, the court
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finds that a renewed stay as to moving defender and
is appropriate. The potential prejudice to moving defendants without a
stay is high, and the potential prejudice to plaintiff of
a stay is relatively low. Now, in August, Lighter lifted
a temporary hold on a case that the judge imposed
on January fourth. At the time, Lighter, the judge again
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found that Alec Baldwin's deposition testimony could have been used
against him and the criminal case in New Mexico in
which Balden was charged with involuntary manslaughter in Hutchins's death.
But on July twelfth, a New Mexico judge dismissed the
criminal case against Alec Baldwin on grounds that the prosecution
had suppressed evidence. Since the prosecutor is appealing the judges ruling,
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Baldwin's attorney state New Court papers that a lawsuit that
is ongoing and set for trial in May should once
again be paulised. There's a lot of moving legal parts
there with the Alec Baldwin case, and we'll continue to
follow that one for you. Despite some of the heavy
news that we just ran through here, some good news
in LA today. Another championship right on the heels of
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the Dodgers winning the World Series. Another title is coming
back courtesy of the Los Angeles Galaxy, and if you
can believe it, today is the day that a very
big lottery jackpot is expiring, apparently without being claimed. We're
going to talk about that next.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
KFI AM six forty and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News with you until nine
o'clock tonight. In the Christmas spirit, and it's a merry
Christmas for LA and the LA Galaxy. Another championship coming
back to LA on the heels of the Dodgers, winning
the World Series. The LA Galaxy have won their sixth
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MLS Cup and a two to one victory over the
New York Red Bulls today at Dignity Health Sports Park
in Carson, Joseph Painseil and de Yon Joviolich scoring in
the opening thirteen minutes. Both of those goals. New York
would score a little bit after that, and then they
had a couple of good shots late in the game
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that the Galaxy were able to keep off. This was
a pretty exciting final. Let's hear from Paintsill and head
coach Greg Vanny courtesy of KTLA. It feels great.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
It feels fantastic. U. The energy was great because we
thought they were coming at us, but normally we.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Can, we can.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
We came to them. It was a great start. My
goal also changed everything, and Deian Gounn also completed everything
while we kept our cool and our fighting spirit.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
To the end.
Speaker 5 (25:40):
If you have a good plan and the players you
bring in fit into that plan and you get the
most out of those guys, you can make a difference
in this league.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy made four saves, including stomping New
York Red Bulls Cameron Harper's shot in the eighty fifth
minute and Elias Manowolves header five minutes into second half
stoppage time to preserve the lead. And this was the
sixth MLS Cup win in ten Cup appearances, that is
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a record in Major League Soccer. The Galaxy won despite
the absence of who many consider to be their best player,
Ricky Puig, who suffered a torn acl in his left
knee during the second half of last Saturday's Western Conference Final.
He did continue to play for more than thirty minutes
and provided the game winning assists during that game, and
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Puigue was selected for the MLS Best after scoring thirteen
goals and leading the team with fifteen assists in twenty
nine regular season games. So after missing the playoffs for
the past four seasons, the Galaxy has tied Los Angeles
FC for first in the fourteen team Western Conference with
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a nineteen eight and seven record, but were seeded second
because their plus nineteen goal renchal was one less than lafc's.
The Galaxy then defeated the seventh seeded Colorado team two
games to none, and then one over six seeded Minnesota
United in the conference semifinals, and then beat Seattle in
the Conference Final on their way to this MLS Cup again,
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a very very exciting game. Something that is exciting is
winning the lottery. Something that's not exciting is winning the
lottery and then not getting an opportunity to claim that money.
So while fans of the Galaxy are celebrating, if you're
somebody who purchased, my goodness, a Mega Million's ticket exactly
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one year ago and Encino and you're wondering where that
ticket went after you bought it, your time is about
to expire today. A Mega millions lottery ticket. We've been
talking about this all week. I know you've heard about it,
but today's the day. This is the end of hope
for this ticket that's hanging out there. Apparently a Mega
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millions lottery ticket worth one hundred and ninety seven million
dollars sold here in La No one ever came forward.
Now it's a bit interesting and a little strange because
someone bought this Mega Million's ticket at a Chevron gas
station in Encino, apparently the same place that this second
(28:22):
winning ticket was bought, right, so two winning tickets from
that drawing. It was a big three hundred and ninety
five million dollar Mega Million's jackpot. Okay, So somebody who
bought a ticket there came forward and got their half,
but somebody else with the exact same numbers has never
come forward. So the California Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker said
(28:44):
in a statement, we have no way of knowing who
has the second jackpot winning ticket. From that quote, incredible night.
Those winning numbers from December eighth, twenty twenty three, mega
millions drawing twenty one, twenty six, fifty three, sixty six, seventy,
(29:05):
and the megaball of thirteen. If those numbers are significant
to you, I think you got a couple of hours
or something to make an emergency phone call to the
California Lottery, or the magic number for you is going
to be zero. You're gonna get nothing from it, reported
in USA Today. If the winner hopes to cash in
their prize before the Saturday deadline, they must head straight
(29:25):
to one of the nine California Lottery offices across the state,
or they can fill out a form available online and
mail at the California Lottery headquarters, but it has to
be postmarked, and by this time of night, all of
the post offices are closed. So what happens if nobody
comes forward to claim this thing, well it goes to
(29:48):
public education. And I suppose that's fine. But imagine imagine
finding this thing in your spring cleaning next year. Oh
there it was there, it was. You wouldn't even have
to be doing your own spring cleaning. I hope that
that's just some weird mistake from the other winner, you know,
(30:10):
I mean, what are the chances. But on the other hand,
if you were the winner that came forward and you
only got half the jackpot, are you getting a little screwed? Now?
We're talking three hundred ninety five million dollars and you
already got half of that. Do you even notice the
difference if your winnings are doubled at that point? If
(30:33):
you're just an average income person out in Ensino, how
much of a difference in your life would another one
hundred million dollars make? I don't know, probably a lot,
probably a lot. Certainly fun to fantasize about. I love
a good scratcher, but man, I don't know, how do
(30:53):
you handle this mentally? If you know that ticket was
yours and you can't find it devastating Some lotto facts
from here in California. The biggest lottery winner ever in
California was a woman named Kathy Griffin, not that Kathy Griffin.
It happened back in January of twenty thirteen, a three
hundred and forty four point five million dollar jackpot, the
(31:14):
single the largest single ticket lottery jackpot in California's history
through the powerball game. She opted for that lump sum
payout wish brought to her. Again, we're talking two hundred
and twenty four point eight million dollars after taxis so
one hundred and twenty million dollars less than what the
actual jackpot was. Would you notice if instead of two
hundred and twenty four point eight million dollars you got
(31:36):
three hundred and forty four and a half million dollars.
I just don't know. We were talking about mega millions
though this was a Mega million's jackpot. The biggest one ever,
of course, was one and a half billion dollars back
in twenty eighteen. The winner there was in South Carolina.
The probability of winning the Mega million's jackpot is one
(31:56):
in three hundred and two point six millions, so those
are the odds. But he may have beaten and then
blue one in three hundred and two million, and then
you don't come forward to collect all of those millions
of dollars.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
That is just.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Quite troubling, scary, sad, devastating. Even I don't know how
you come back from that. But we're going to come
back from this because we got another hour to spend together.
And I know a lot of you out there love
your dogs, love your cats. I think some of you
(32:35):
love your dogs too much. I like your dogs too.
I don't need to see it at Ralphs. You know,
I'm gonna be honest. I you know, keep them out
of Ralphs. Please. Your dog is everywhere. Come on, I
don't take my cat everywhere. My cat doesn't even like
to be where he is. Wherever he is, I'm not
(32:55):
taking him to ralfs, you know what I mean. But
there's a big problem in LA involving pats and it's
tragic and requires some urgent action and maybe even on
your part. And that's how we're going to start the
next hour.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
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