Another day, another fire. This time in Canyon Crest in Fontana. Norm's Restaurant on La Cienega may become a Raising Cane's. Christmas decorations stolen from business in Long Beach
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand KFI.
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and right here in the KFI studios. It's Tiffany Hobbs.
This is Saturdays with Tiffany and again, yes, we are
live in the studio. A couple of pounds heavier, of course,
on this post Thanksgiving Saturday, but live. Nevertheless, I can
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look at the time. It is five o three and
forty seven seconds. If you could see me, I could
hold up a calendar or something so our newspaper like
in you know, the olden days, and let you know
that I was actually here live. But it's radio, so
you'll just have to trust me. How are you on
this post Thanksgiving Saturday. I hope you've been enjoying the
last few days and the official official transition to the
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Christmas season. I usually start November first, but I hear
according to New Humorous people who have weighed in My
Life and other places, that the official kickoff to the
Christmas season is technically December first. You might be saying
your decorations up now. I usually go to the ninety
nine cents store for Christmas decorations. But since they're gone,
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that's out. I'll tell you about yet another beloved business
that may see one of its iconic locations also go away.
And this time it's not a ninety nine cent only store.
It's not a retail venue. No, it's a restaurant, and
that's coming up after the break.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
We'll also get.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Into why your Christmas decorations are no longer safe around
the Southland.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
What am I talking about, Well.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
There are thieves that are moving along from seven to
eleven's right to your front yard. They're setting their sights
on your blow up snoopy beware, and also on your
pricier decorations. You're more vented, passed down from generation to
generation decorations. But again I'll tell you what's going on
and why you should be concerned about your outdoor, your
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external Christmas decorations. Speaking of Christmas, because we're in the spirit,
have you started your Christmas shopping yet? If you're not
one of the millions who will solely shop online and
you actually find yourself in a store, let's say a Walmart,
I'll tell you why. Next Christmas, for sure, and possibly
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even this upcoming Christmas might look a little different around
the store. What am I talking about? Well, I'll tell
you at the top of the second hour. Let's say
you're looking for a perfume for yourself or for a gift.
There are scientists who are dissuading you from buying one
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kind specifically, and I'll tell you what that is and
why those scientists are saying save your money. That's coming up,
plus a bizarre story. The story is so strange, involving
two different Katie Perrys.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You might know one.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
One is the pop superstar singer Katie Perry I think
also possibly an actress now. Either way, she dominates all
that she does and it's been out for many years.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
And then there's a lesser.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Known Katie Perry who has local fame where she's from.
And I'll tell you why the two Katie Perry's are
practically bitter enemies at this point. What about Pastathon? You've
been hearing promos for it all week. Pastathon is up
and running and giving Tuesday is this Tuesday, December third,
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which coincides with the KFI annual Pastathon. Just all of
the hosts are out there. You'll get to meet everyone
hear the show's live I'll give you some information on that,
and of course whatever else we can fit into this busy, busy,
busy live.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
We are here. We are live show hi as the
news authority of Los Angeles this weekend. I can't confirm
she is live. I am here. You can see me,
you can almost touch me.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Kind of that technology I'm sure is coming, we'll be
able to touch each other through the screens. There are
lots of other ways, right. I hugged you, I hugged Raoul,
I hugged Kayla. We're all here. Let's get to it. Unfortunately,
with the Christmas spirit comes some really bad news. And
I thought we were out of this season. We have
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fire season all around the south Land. It stretches from
summer into kind of mid fall, but typically we're done
with fires by the end of November. But unfortunately, there
is a fire going on and it's over in Harupa Valley,
in the Canyon Crest neighborhood. We have some audio updates
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about what's going on with this fire in the Canyon
Crest area of Horupa Valley. I love it out there.
That's Fontana. Let's get to that audio and find out
what's going on.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Yeah, so this is where the fire got closest to
actual homes that people were living in.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
The Santiago States.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
They still have a CalFire truck out here just in case,
whether I want to point out the CalFire is really
confident that they got a good handle on this fire overnight.
They're going to be updating us a little bit later
this morning as to containment on this, but as of now,
they say they feel pretty good that these evacuation warnings
that are in place will not turn into evacuation orders.
But I do want to show you this map that
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they have they've created to kind of understand where these
evacuation warnings are. It's basically the Riverside County side, so
north of the sixty Freeway, east of County Village Road,
south of the Riverside San Bardino County line, and then
west of Sierra Avenue. So it's right in that section
that is where this vegetation fire was earning overnight.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
News chop or four overhead shows you really.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
How nasty it got at the peak of all of this,
and with the winds the way they were blowing in
both directions, was really hard for firefighters to get a
handle on that quickly right at the beginning when they
started burning around six o'clock yesterday evening.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Right at the time, by the.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
Way, people were getting ready to have their Thanksgiving dinner.
For a lot of folks worried about whether or not
they'd have to evacuate. But again, speaking with cal Fire
this morning, they're telling us they got a pretty good
handle on this one.
Speaker 6 (06:31):
Fire did start moving towards some homes off of Granite
Hill in the community of Harupa Valley. We did issue
some evacuation warnings. Those have not gone into an order
and we do not foresee any threat to homes.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
A lot of firefighters on the ground on this one.
They bringing out some bulldozers to do what they could
to get a line around this thing. But again they
haven't updated yet what the containment is just yet, but
firefighters say they think they got a prety good handle
this overnight. We can tell you that we haven't really
seen much activity. We did see a couple helicopters fly
overhead and do some water drops, which by the way,
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they say was a lot something that they really needed
overnight to be able to do that.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
They had some clear skies.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
It really wasn't all that windy.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
It is pretty cold, which is helping firefighters in all
this as well, because, as you know, fire needs to
have heat to be able to.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Thrive in all of this.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
But again, firefighters saying they feel pretty confident on this
one that they will not have to issue any type
of evacuation order for the people who live in this
area or forty live this morning from Rupa Valley. I'm
Jack Cay's Clemack today and LA.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
So that's a positive update.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
It is trending in a direction that shows that fortunately
this fire is mostly contained.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Again.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
The update is as of eight am today, so as
the day continues, be sure to check back with our
KFI news to be able to find out what actually
is happening in that area. Again, this is the Canyon
Crest fire right over there in Harupa Valley, a beautiful area.
You have the Hidden Valley Wildlife area over there. I
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know I've definitely detoured to try and see some wildlife.
You have Glen Avon, Mira Loma, you have the Rancho
Harupa Regional Sports Park. There's a lot of open vegetation
in this area. Again, it's a beautiful area of that
of that part of Canyon Crest and so the fire
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specifically is currently fifty percent contained and growing, and it
covers currently a little over two hundred and eighty four
acres over two counties, Riverside and San Bernardino. The cause
of this fire is still under investigation. You can speculate
all you want, but fire dot California dot gov says
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there's no definitive reason yet to be shared with the public.
The location, if you are familiar with that area, is
north of Highway sixty, north of the sixty near Canyon
Crest Drive, So north of the sixty and Canyon Crest Drive.
Two hundred and eighty four acres fifty percent containment. There
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are thirty five firefighters out there right now from three
different engines and two crews, and we wish them all
of the safety necessary to combat this fire. Again, it's
November thirtieth. We often we often relegate fire season to
something before November thirtieth, and I think this does in
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fact speak to how our planet potentially is changing, how
our climate is changing. I don't know if you were
outside today, but it was uncharacteristically warm.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
It was warm. It was close to eighty out here.
In Burbank.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
It was close to eighty near downtown LA, and I
went outside armed with a sweater.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Because it's November.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Thirtieth, I'm thinking it should be kind of crisp in
the and in fact had to come out of those
layers because it was downright warm. And it's still uncharacteristically warm. Fortunately,
the forecast shows for Canyon Crest and that area that
the temperatures will continue to trend downward, which, as the
anchor there said, will undoubtedly help the firefighters continue to
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battle this fire. No evacuations right now. The evacuations have
been lifted, but please check back for updates to fire
dot col dot gov. That's fire dot c A dot gov,
so that you can stay abreast of what's going on
with the Canyon Crest fire. When we come back, I'm
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going to tell you about a beloved institution in Los Angeles,
West LA, specifically kind of on the border of what
you might consider to be Beverly Hills East and then
West Hollywood. I said, West LA, but West Hollywood proper
beloved institution you may have patronized. I definitely have visited.
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I enjoy it, and I am not happy at all
to hear news that this place may be the next
one on the chopping block. Not the entire franchise, but
this one iconic location specifically is under threat and it
will be replaced by something else. I'll tell you all
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about that when we come back, as well as what's
going on with your Christmas decorations. Why you should be
concerned as to whether or not thieves will target your
home and try and get your decorations for free.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
It's the Christmas season, you know what that means.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Kf I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio
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be here with you.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
So I was telling you before the.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Break that there is an iconic institution, an iconic institution
that is under threat, and what is the threat exactly? Well,
the threat is replacement. Okay, so let me tell you
what's going on. I'm in a few social groups on Facebook.
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If you're on Facebook, then you're familiar. Not only do
you interact person to person, but you can also kind
of join these these groups, these kind of subgroups where
you can focus on specific topics. And I'm in different groups.
I'm in a Tim Conway and Friends group. Hi to
everyone who's listening from there. The moderator is Doug. He
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comes out to all of the events. Also, they don't
like our Christmas tree. I did see a post in
that group earlier this week where they don't like our
pink Christmas tree. It happens to be beautiful. It's a
beautiful tree from out at home. I'm also in another
group called Esoteric or Esotoric Los Angeles, a group made
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up of hundreds of thousands of members who are all
interested in the preservation of what makes Los Angeles, Orange County,
the entire Southland, what it is, the icona, how do
you say it? Iconography of it all, the lore of
Los Angeles, the things that are indiscriminately associated with Los
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Angeles idolatry.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
They say it again, the idolatry.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Idolatry, the idolatry of Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
And in this Facebook group Esotoric Los Angeles, they shared
a story the moderators, the creators of this group last
week about a Norms restaurant on Los Sienega in West Hollywood,
the Norms Cafe and Diner. You might have seen it, Andrew,
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have you seen or been to that Norms?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Where is this one again? This one is on Los Sienega.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
It's just south of Sunset and just north of Beverly.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Yes. I have ate there many times when I was
pursuing acting there.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
It is undeniably a haunt of people who love La,
who visit La locals who it's a twenty.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Four hour diner. You can go there.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
You can get your diner food. I happen to love
the spaghetti. It's hard to find a good spaghetti around
these parts, but this Norm's Diner makes a great spaghetti
and other things, and it's just a wonderful gathering place.
And like Andrew said, a lot of up and coming actors,
people in the business, they go there for their meetings.
It is a staple in Last Angels again just south
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of the Sunset Strip and just north of the Beverly Center,
so it's in a very popular, high traffic area.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
This restaurant is always packed.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
So the story is a bit confusing as to why
this change that I'll explain to you in a moment
is on the horizon. And I say on the horizon
because it's basically like a freight train and I'm not
sure that it will be stopped in time to be
able to preserve this location. So this location is a
has beautiful mint century architecture. It's a big Norms sign
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on the outside which helps people identify it and is
in a style that is reminiscent of movies. And you've
seen this thing. You've seen this place, even if you
haven't visited. But like the ninety nine Sense only stores
like big Lots and maybe.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Even Denny's coming up.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
This Norms which opened in night nineteen fifty seven, nineteen
fifty seven, This is an ancient relic in Los Angeles
at this point, could be going away in twenty twenty seven,
that is two years and a month away. It is
practically twenty twenty five you're gonna sneeze that it's gonna
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be twenty twenty five. At this point, in twenty twenty seven,
it possibly be, will be replaced and by what not
A renovated Norms, not something of its caliber, not even apartments,
No a Raising Canes restaurant, a Raising Canes, and no
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knock on Raising Canes. They have their thing. I like
their their bread, okay, not too big on their chicken.
Probably won't ever get a sponsorship from them now. But
to replace this Norms with a fried chicken franchise is insulting.
It is absolutely insulting. Here's a little bit of information.
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The restaurant group that owns Raising Canes, which again is
a fast food chicken chain, also owns the space the
land that houses that particular Norm's location, and they plan
to change it to a Raising Canes in twenty twenty
seven when Norms lease ends, so quote Raising Canes plans
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to keep the legacy of Norms alive and maintain the
forever the iconic Google style architecture made famous by our
May and Davis, the designers. When we begin improvements to
restore the property and serve craveable chicken finger mills, to
the LA community. That's what Raising Cain's representatives said in
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a statement to the La Times last week. The company
shared a rendering of the new plan and what they're
going to do with the space, and the main alteration
is that they're going to change the sign from Norms
to Canes the horror, the collective horror. How dare they
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the unmitigated gall But again, Norms ends its lease with
that land in twenty twenty six, in December twenty twenty
sixth so just before twenty twenty seven, and that the owner,
the owner group of Raising Canes, plans to take it
over in twenty twenty seven. Because this Norm's location has
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been a historic LA monument since twenty fifteen, that actually
presents some challenges to being able to secure this land
for sure. And I'll tell you a bit more about
those challenges when we come back, so we'll continue the conversation.
I also want you to weigh in on our iHeartRadio
app hit that what is it called that button that talkback?
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Thank you Kayla, that button right there on the app
and let us know. Have you ever visited a Raising Canes?
What do you think about the possible change? Excuse me
not a raising canes. I don't care if you visit
a raising canes. Have you ever visited this Norm's location
on Los Sienega. What do you think about the possibility
of this Norm's location changing to a raising canes. Hit
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that talkback feature that button right in the middle of
the iHeartRadio app and we'll continue the conversation on the
other side of the break. KFI AM six forty Live
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Tiffany Hobbs here with you.
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I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Live Live Live Tiffany Hobbs here with you Saturdays with Tiffany,
and we were just talking about Norms possibly being replaced
by a raising canes fried chicken restaurant, raising canes and
no knock on raising canes.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
I don't think they're all that great, but no judgment.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
However, I don't think anything should replace this Norms restaurant
on Los Sienega, just between Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard,
right there, that West Hollywood location. It is iconic, It
is a staple, and we have Cliff who left us
a talk back about what he thinks should happen with
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that particular location.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Hey, Tiffany, loved the show. Thank you that Norms. I've
been a few times. It's not only iconic, it's historical,
and I get it. Times change, things change, But there's
some things in this country that we should just leave
alone and continue to preserve them because they mean far
more than just a meal. So anyway, that's my two cents.
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Keep up the good work.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Thank you, Cliff. I love your two cents. They're worth
a lot more than two cents. I agree with you,
there are.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Some things you just should leave alone. What does it leave?
And let not die but live, Let this Norms live on.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
It wasn't hurting anyone, It wasn't struggling to fill seats.
It's not an issue of patronage. It's an issue of
land ownership and feeling like in two years time, possibly
the demographics might be wanting something else. And because this
is a diner, and because this is in a trend
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of a lot of closures in Los Angeles, in Orange County,
it just again speaks to what's happening when it comes
to the replacement of places and things that we have
held dear for generation after generation, and this Norms is
one of those places. And as Cliff said, it's not
only an iconic part of LA but it is in
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fact historic. It is This Norms is a historic LA
monument and this was deemed such by the LA Cultural
Heritage Commission in twenty fifteen. That Facebook group I was
telling you about, Esotoric Los Angeles put out post after
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post about the historical relevance of this location. They had
a lot of backstory and a lot of proof that
this location should remain as it is. One of the
moderators from Esotoric Secret Los Angeles said, quote the idea
of transforming norms from a sit down restaurant, family friendly,
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affordable place to go. Excuse me, let me redo that
the idea of transforming norms from a sit down restaurant,
family friendly, affordable to all place instead of now to
a fried chicken place is astonishing to me. The writers
who did this copy from La Times did not proofread
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what they wrote, so they wrote it the way I
read it the first time, and that was a bunch
of gobblygook. But Kim Cooper does in fact speak for
a lot of people Transforming this Norms from a place
that has been reliable, dependable, and affordable to a place
that serves fried chicken is astonishing many people. Cooper, one
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of the moderators of that group, discovered the change as
she looked through the upcoming agenda for the Los Angeles
Cultural Heritage Commission. She noticed on that document that Raising
Canes was seeking to change the usage of the space.
So this wasn't something that was made public to all.
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It wasn't something or news that was breaking. You didn't
hear it on the radio, you didn't see it on
different local outlets. No, this kind of flew under the radar,
and because the moderator of this Facebook group got wind
of it and shared it, it went viral and the
virility of the story has turned it into a big
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news story.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Sorry.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Cooper goes on to say, it is so much more
than a building. This is a place that has been
open twenty four hours a day for sixty seven years.
Cooper also encouraged people who love this Norms restaurant to
show up to the Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage Commissions meeting
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in December to express their displeasure at Norms becoming a
Raising Cane. So again, it went from something that was
just discussed in this little kind of It's not small,
it's not a small Facebook group, but it's something you
might not have know existed in a Facebook group, to
now something that has become a big news item is
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in fact a testament to the popularity and the beloved
nature of this location. Norms is in the same realm
as The Man's Chinese Theater and Pans and the Hollywood Sign.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
It's so iconic to Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
And that was said by Damian Sullivan, who's a television
producer and historian of roadside architecture. So as people are
getting wind of this story, they are weighing in. Norms
currently has twenty four locations in La Riverside and Orange
Counties and is opening a spot in Las Vegas, so.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Not all of them are closing. This isn't something we're
going to.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
See as of yet, and I highly doubt it will
happen have a domino effect like nine nine Cents Store only,
like these other institutions and businesses, but this one location
closing to be replaced by a fried chicken franchise is
very upsetting.
Speaker 7 (25:42):
Kayla.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
You were saying you haven't been to this location. I
have not been to this location. No, they're gonna try
and go now I have to. We're getting so many
talk backs Undra decent one. It seems like really worth.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
It, gotcha? And you know what, rab wol.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Can we play these talkbacks because people they want to
weigh in, the people want to speak.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
They didn't know and now they know because we broke
this on KFI, So let's talk about it.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
When I was a kid, my mom used to work
in Beverly Hills before that police station was built.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
It was a wonderbred bakery and my mom worked there
and we would go to that Norms all the time.
I'm fifty eight now. I took my kids there. We
went there as a family. This is just so hard
to believe. They're just ruining Los Angeles. They're taking away
all of our iconic landmarks. This really bites it. Does
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I agree with you?
Speaker 3 (26:33):
It is heartbreaking to know that that location is on
its way out.
Speaker 8 (26:38):
Rau.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Well, do we have another we have.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Those two talkbacks really spoke just with gravity about the
influence of this location. People love it. I love it,
and I've only been there a couple of times. I
can't imagine being someone who grew up with it as
a staple in their childhood and their memories are connected
to this location, or someone who took meetings there as
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they were growing in the entertainment industry, or as they
continue to be in the industry, and that this is
their place, this is their centralized location where they know
they can go. It's like cheers. You go there and
everybody knows your name. It's familiar and it is comforting.
And when you have a place that is familiar and
comforting and affordable, that is like the Golden Goose. And
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to have it all taken away in a couple of
years just delays that morning. So hopefully, hopefully people do
get out to this Cultural Heritage Commission meeting in December,
and if I can get the information on when that
will be held, I'll definitely share it with you. But
if you can get out there, try and do that.
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See if you can just get online and start looking
up when that meeting is. There's also a petition circulating
to stop the plan to turn this norms into a
raising canes, So you can find that petition circulating as well,
just by going online and doing your Googles. I hope,
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and I feel like I'm hoping against hope that this
location doesn't go the way of so many other things
that I love in LA that have gone by the wayside,
whether it's skating rinks or restaurants or the ninety nine
cent only store which.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Is home to my Christmas decorations. Where will I go now?
I guess I'll have to go to alte Home. The
madness needs to stop.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
The madness needs to stop, Andrew Caravell, and I'll tell
you more about madness as it pertains two Christmas decorations
when we come back. Because there's a lot of madness,
a lot around the Southland and around the country. It's
an epidemic, a new epidemic of epic proportions. We'll talk
about it when we come back. Tiffany Hobbs here with
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you till seven. It's Saturdays with Tiffany KFI AM six
forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
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You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, okay
if I.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's
Tiffany Hobbs here with you till seven o'clock. Hi, Brigida
di Agostino. Eh, welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
It's going well.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
So Regita, now that you're here, let me ask you
a quick question, love it. Do you decorate for Christmas?
Speaker 7 (29:21):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Yes, I do you go be decorated early.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
I mean I don't go super big because I am
not a fan of clutter.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
But I've decorated a little bit. Okay, decorate a little bit.
It's almost invisible, but it's there. Got you, got you,
thank you, Kayla. Do you decorate it all for Christmas?
I do not. Did you grow up with decorations? Did
I did? But I go home for the holidays.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Ok So I go back to Jersey and Jersey there's
all they're all decorated out.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I do it, but wasted time in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
I hear you and a lot of us are in
apartments or whatever it might be. I mean, you still
can bring out a couple of little things. But I
understand what you're saying, especially when you go home and
you know you have that to look forward to. I
am the same way. I do put up a couple
of things in my apartment. I depending may put up
lights that can face externally for others. Below to sea,
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right on my balcony. But I always look forward to
the Christmas decorations in my mom's neighborhood. My mom included,
and she's listening, and I know that means that I
will be helping put those decorations up. That's just a
part of it, depending on how much she wants to
do well. The more things change in one story talking
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about norms and the replacement with a possible raising canes,
the more things stay the same as they relate to crime,
and in this case, the crime that relates to Christmas decorations.
Let's find out what happened to a business in Long
Beach with their Christmas decorations.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Something terrible, Raoul right and play the clip.
Speaker 9 (30:55):
Two real life grinches stealing Christmas decorations from a Long
Beach photography studio. A call Medina covers Long Beach and
he's live in front of that studio with the owner's message, Mac.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
This is such a sad story. Those two gritches, a
man and a woman, pretty brazen in the middle of
n I drove here, walked right up to the studio
behind me and took off with those Christmas decorations.
Speaker 6 (31:14):
A candy cake candy.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Cake, Santa and the staffad Fate Studios are still bringing
the holiday spirit despite this holiday theft.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Oh, it's very that naughty list, all the way naughty list,
such a grinch move mits clauser.
Speaker 4 (31:29):
Mornie Farmer, the co owner of the studio, showed us
the surveillance video from Tuesday, round two thirty am outside
their kel Heights studio, a man and woman ripping off
vintage holiday blow up molds.
Speaker 10 (31:42):
It hasn't damn beened our spirit, but we are disappointing
to see adults stealing Christmas like grinches during the holidays.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Her husband, who dresses as Santa Claus, hope someone will
recognize the man and woman whose faces were pretty clearly
visible and captured in the video.
Speaker 10 (31:57):
Hopefully someone will come up to him and say, hey,
steal from Santa Claus?
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Did you really steal the holiday spirit?
Speaker 4 (32:04):
The owners would recognize a couple themselves, but this isn't
the first time the studio has been hit by thieves.
Speaker 10 (32:09):
Six months ago we were broken into the studio itself
or glass smashed and fifty thousand dollars worth of our
photography equipment stolen. It's very violating when that happens.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
What was even more inspiring was that the community has
rallied around the couple, even calling what we were there
to offer new decorations to the studio.
Speaker 10 (32:28):
Oh what, it's lovely.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Someone wanted to give you decoration.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Oh that's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
See, this is what brings the best out in people.
Speaker 10 (32:36):
Right, something horrible happens, but then I get to see
you McCall come in and see me and say hello.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Right, that's amazing. That's what we want.
Speaker 6 (32:42):
What voice you need to come together and reinforce the
holiday spirit.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
That is a good message from Santa Claus. Reinforce the
holiday spirit. They do want their decorations back. If you
happen to see a Santa Claus or a Snowman out
there vintage, they say, please return it. They didn't report
this to the police. They say it's only about a
couple of but they're hoping those grenches get some of
the Christmas spirit back in them and bring back their decorations.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
No one's returning it. No one's bringing that back. It's gone.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
It's gone forever. You're gonna see that thing, melt it
down for parts. That thing is already on the black
market like unfortunately, quite a few decorations.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
And this isn't an isolated incident. No, they spent.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Thousands of dollars on their vintage decorations. And another place
in Chicago, another home in Chicago, spent forty five thousand dollars.
Uh was it a place? No, I'm sorry, it wasn't
a home. That'd be crazy. A Chicago area ball park.
So a baseball park spent forty five thousand dollars to
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decorate their park, and a man decided that he wanted
to go ahead and be a grinch and take all
of those decorations as well. Fifty two year old man
is facing charges after allegedly stealing those decorations and he's
been charged with one count of felon any theft for
forty five thousand dollars worth of decorations. That seems like
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a low charge, one charge for one whole theft situation.
I feel like he should have forty five thousand charges
because it's Christmas. How dare you take things from a
ballpark or a business or a front yard wherever it
may be. And now our Christmas decorations are under attack.
If that doesn't already add insult to injury. Because the
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cost of Christmas decorations has certainly gone up, and like
I said, I love to go to the nine nine
cent only store and do that, but unfortunately that's no
longer the case. So people are out there lifting decorations
because they are another source of income, another source of income. Unfortunately,
my neighbors in my mother's area never, in fact had
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their thousands of dollars of decorations stolen. And again, the
more things change, the more they stay the same when
it relates to crime.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Now you have to worry about that. I know we
have a talkback about norm.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
That we'll get to and then I'll tell you a
little bit about the KFI Pastathon because it's here and
Giving Tuesday is next Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
But before that, let's hear this talkback.
Speaker 8 (35:09):
Hi, guys, I live up in Bakersfield Borner Ris up here,
but I'd seen Norms commercials all my life on La
TV and I finally decided to go to Norms about
ten years ago. And it was that location on Lascionega,
and I fell in love with the place that been
there probably two dozen times, and it means a lot
to me, and I'm so sorry to hear about it.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Go I always want to cry, me too.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Ken, me too.
Speaker 3 (35:34):
It's just it really puts you on a really sour
spirit that they would one make this unknown to the public.
It is, it has more or less flown below the radar,
and now that it's coming out, it's devastating. And two
that we're finding out during the Christmas season. It there's
always timing. Timing is important, and this feels like the
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worst possible time. So I hope you can get back
down here, Ken from Bakersfield and come back to norms
in the next couple of years before it changes into
a raisin canes. Then you only have fried chicken at
your disposal. And also, Ken, if you want to come
down next Tuesday for Giving Tuesday, the KFI Pasta Thon
is well underway and you can come out and see
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If you donate five dollars or more, you'll get a
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Speaker 2 (38:33):
All right, and we come back.
Speaker 3 (38:34):
We're gonna kind of wind down this Christmas stuff before
we get into some Walmart news. Tiffany Hobbs here KFI
AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
Speaker 1 (38:43):
KFI AM six forty on demand
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand KFI.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
AM six forty live.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Yes, live, we are live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
and right here in the KFI studios. It's Tiffany Hobbs.
This is Saturdays with Tiffany and again, yes, we are
live in the studio. A couple of pounds heavier, of course,
on this post Thanksgiving Saturday, but live. Nevertheless, I can
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look at the time. It is five o three and
forty seven seconds. If you could see me, I could
hold up a calendar or something so our newspaper like
in you know, the olden days, and let you know
that I was actually here live. But it's radio, so
you'll just have to trust me. How are you on
this post Thanksgiving Saturday. I hope you've been enjoying the
last few days and the official official transition to the
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Christmas season. I usually start November first, but I hear
according to New Humorous people who have weighed in My
Life and other places, that the official kickoff to the
Christmas season is technically December first. You might be saying
your decorations up now. I usually go to the ninety
nine cents store for Christmas decorations. But since they're gone,
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that's out. I'll tell you about yet another beloved business
that may see one of its iconic locations also go away.
And this time it's not a ninety nine cent only store.
It's not a retail venue. No, it's a restaurant, and
that's coming up after the break.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
We'll also get.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Into why your Christmas decorations are no longer safe around
the Southland.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
What am I talking about, Well.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
There are thieves that are moving along from seven to
eleven's right to your front yard. They're setting their sights
on your blow up snoopy beware, and also on your
pricier decorations. You're more vented, passed down from generation to
generation decorations. But again I'll tell you what's going on
and why you should be concerned about your outdoor, your
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external Christmas decorations. Speaking of Christmas, because we're in the spirit,
have you started your Christmas shopping yet? If you're not
one of the millions who will solely shop online and
you actually find yourself in a store, let's say a Walmart,
I'll tell you why. Next Christmas, for sure, and possibly
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even this upcoming Christmas might look a little different around
the store. What am I talking about? Well, I'll tell
you at the top of the second hour. Let's say
you're looking for a perfume for yourself or for a gift.
There are scientists who are dissuading you from buying one
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kind specifically, and I'll tell you what that is and
why those scientists are saying save your money. That's coming up,
plus a bizarre story. The story is so strange, involving
two different Katie Perrys.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You might know one.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
One is the pop superstar singer Katie Perry I think
also possibly an actress now. Either way, she dominates all
that she does and it's been out for many years.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
And then there's a lesser.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Known Katie Perry who has local fame where she's from.
And I'll tell you why the two Katie Perry's are
practically bitter enemies at this point. What about Pastathon? You've
been hearing promos for it all week. Pastathon is up
and running and giving Tuesday is this Tuesday, December third,
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which coincides with the KFI annual Pastathon. Just all of
the hosts are out there. You'll get to meet everyone
hear the show's live I'll give you some information on that,
and of course whatever else we can fit into this busy, busy,
busy live.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
We are here. We are live show hi as the
news authority of Los Angeles this weekend. I can't confirm
she is live. I am here. You can see me,
you can almost touch me.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Kind of that technology I'm sure is coming, we'll be
able to touch each other through the screens. There are
lots of other ways, right. I hugged you, I hugged Raoul,
I hugged Kayla. We're all here. Let's get to it. Unfortunately,
with the Christmas spirit comes some really bad news. And
I thought we were out of this season. We have
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fire season all around the south Land. It stretches from
summer into kind of mid fall, but typically we're done
with fires by the end of November. But unfortunately, there
is a fire going on and it's over in Harupa Valley,
in the Canyon Crest neighborhood. We have some audio updates
(05:03):
about what's going on with this fire in the Canyon
Crest area of Horupa Valley. I love it out there.
That's Fontana. Let's get to that audio and find out
what's going on.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Yeah, so this is where the fire got closest to
actual homes that people were living in.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
The Santiago States.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
They still have a CalFire truck out here just in case,
whether I want to point out the CalFire is really
confident that they got a good handle on this fire overnight.
They're going to be updating us a little bit later
this morning as to containment on this, but as of now,
they say they feel pretty good that these evacuation warnings
that are in place will not turn into evacuation orders.
But I do want to show you this map that
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they have they've created to kind of understand where these
evacuation warnings are. It's basically the Riverside County side, so
north of the sixty Freeway, east of County Village Road,
south of the Riverside San Bardino County line, and then
west of Sierra Avenue. So it's right in that section
that is where this vegetation fire was earning overnight.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
News chop or four overhead shows you really.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
How nasty it got at the peak of all of this,
and with the winds the way they were blowing in
both directions, was really hard for firefighters to get a
handle on that quickly right at the beginning when they
started burning around six o'clock yesterday evening.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Right at the time, by the.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
Way, people were getting ready to have their Thanksgiving dinner.
For a lot of folks worried about whether or not
they'd have to evacuate. But again, speaking with cal Fire
this morning, they're telling us they got a pretty good
handle on this one.
Speaker 6 (06:31):
Fire did start moving towards some homes off of Granite
Hill in the community of Harupa Valley. We did issue
some evacuation warnings. Those have not gone into an order
and we do not foresee any threat to homes.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
A lot of firefighters on the ground on this one.
They bringing out some bulldozers to do what they could
to get a line around this thing. But again they
haven't updated yet what the containment is just yet, but
firefighters say they think they got a prety good handle
this overnight. We can tell you that we haven't really
seen much activity. We did see a couple helicopters fly
overhead and do some water drops, which by the way,
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they say was a lot something that they really needed
overnight to be able to do that.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
They had some clear skies.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
It really wasn't all that windy.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
It is pretty cold, which is helping firefighters in all
this as well, because, as you know, fire needs to
have heat to be able to.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Thrive in all of this.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
But again, firefighters saying they feel pretty confident on this
one that they will not have to issue any type
of evacuation order for the people who live in this
area or forty live this morning from Rupa Valley. I'm
Jack Cay's Clemack today and LA.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
So that's a positive update.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
It is trending in a direction that shows that fortunately
this fire is mostly contained.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Again.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
The update is as of eight am today, so as
the day continues, be sure to check back with our
KFI news to be able to find out what actually
is happening in that area. Again, this is the Canyon
Crest fire right over there in Harupa Valley, a beautiful area.
You have the Hidden Valley Wildlife area over there. I
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know I've definitely detoured to try and see some wildlife.
You have Glen Avon, Mira Loma, you have the Rancho
Harupa Regional Sports Park. There's a lot of open vegetation
in this area. Again, it's a beautiful area of that
of that part of Canyon Crest and so the fire
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specifically is currently fifty percent contained and growing, and it
covers currently a little over two hundred and eighty four
acres over two counties, Riverside and San Bernardino. The cause
of this fire is still under investigation. You can speculate
all you want, but fire dot California dot gov says
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there's no definitive reason yet to be shared with the public.
The location, if you are familiar with that area, is
north of Highway sixty, north of the sixty near Canyon
Crest Drive, So north of the sixty and Canyon Crest Drive.
Two hundred and eighty four acres fifty percent containment. There
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are thirty five firefighters out there right now from three
different engines and two crews, and we wish them all
of the safety necessary to combat this fire. Again, it's
November thirtieth. We often we often relegate fire season to
something before November thirtieth, and I think this does in
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fact speak to how our planet potentially is changing, how
our climate is changing. I don't know if you were
outside today, but it was uncharacteristically warm.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
It was warm. It was close to eighty out here.
In Burbank.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
It was close to eighty near downtown LA, and I
went outside armed with a sweater.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Because it's November.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Thirtieth, I'm thinking it should be kind of crisp in
the and in fact had to come out of those
layers because it was downright warm. And it's still uncharacteristically warm. Fortunately,
the forecast shows for Canyon Crest and that area that
the temperatures will continue to trend downward, which, as the
anchor there said, will undoubtedly help the firefighters continue to
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battle this fire. No evacuations right now. The evacuations have
been lifted, but please check back for updates to fire
dot col dot gov. That's fire dot c A dot gov,
so that you can stay abreast of what's going on
with the Canyon Crest fire. When we come back, I'm
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going to tell you about a beloved institution in Los Angeles,
West LA, specifically kind of on the border of what
you might consider to be Beverly Hills East and then
West Hollywood. I said, West LA, but West Hollywood proper
beloved institution you may have patronized. I definitely have visited.
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I enjoy it, and I am not happy at all
to hear news that this place may be the next
one on the chopping block. Not the entire franchise, but
this one iconic location specifically is under threat and it
will be replaced by something else. I'll tell you all
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about that when we come back, as well as what's
going on with your Christmas decorations. Why you should be
concerned as to whether or not thieves will target your
home and try and get your decorations for free.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
It's the Christmas season, you know what that means.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Kf I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio
app Tiffany Hobbs here with you. It's Saturdays with Tiffany
until seven pm.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio. It's
Tiffany Hobbes here with you. Saturdays with Tiffany. Again, we're live,
this is not pre recorded. I'm sitting right here right
with you. You're listening live, and so am I. Or
if you're listening later then Hi. It is a little
after five point twenty on Saturday, and we're happy to
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be here with you.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
So I was telling you before the.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Break that there is an iconic institution, an iconic institution
that is under threat, and what is the threat exactly? Well,
the threat is replacement. Okay, so let me tell you
what's going on. I'm in a few social groups on Facebook.
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If you're on Facebook, then you're familiar. Not only do
you interact person to person, but you can also kind
of join these these groups, these kind of subgroups where
you can focus on specific topics. And I'm in different groups.
I'm in a Tim Conway and Friends group. Hi to
everyone who's listening from there. The moderator is Doug. He
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comes out to all of the events. Also, they don't
like our Christmas tree. I did see a post in
that group earlier this week where they don't like our
pink Christmas tree. It happens to be beautiful. It's a
beautiful tree from out at home. I'm also in another
group called Esoteric or Esotoric Los Angeles, a group made
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up of hundreds of thousands of members who are all
interested in the preservation of what makes Los Angeles, Orange County,
the entire Southland, what it is, the icona, how do
you say it? Iconography of it all, the lore of
Los Angeles, the things that are indiscriminately associated with Los
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Angeles idolatry.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
They say it again, the idolatry.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Idolatry, the idolatry of Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
And in this Facebook group Esotoric Los Angeles, they shared
a story the moderators, the creators of this group last
week about a Norms restaurant on Los Sienega in West Hollywood,
the Norms Cafe and Diner. You might have seen it, Andrew,
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have you seen or been to that Norms?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Where is this one again? This one is on Los Sienega.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
It's just south of Sunset and just north of Beverly.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Yes. I have ate there many times when I was
pursuing acting there.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
It is undeniably a haunt of people who love La,
who visit La locals who it's a twenty.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Four hour diner. You can go there.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
You can get your diner food. I happen to love
the spaghetti. It's hard to find a good spaghetti around
these parts, but this Norm's Diner makes a great spaghetti
and other things, and it's just a wonderful gathering place.
And like Andrew said, a lot of up and coming actors,
people in the business, they go there for their meetings.
It is a staple in Last Angels again just south
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of the Sunset Strip and just north of the Beverly Center,
so it's in a very popular, high traffic area.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
This restaurant is always packed.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
So the story is a bit confusing as to why
this change that I'll explain to you in a moment
is on the horizon. And I say on the horizon
because it's basically like a freight train and I'm not
sure that it will be stopped in time to be
able to preserve this location. So this location is a
has beautiful mint century architecture. It's a big Norms sign
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on the outside which helps people identify it and is
in a style that is reminiscent of movies. And you've
seen this thing. You've seen this place, even if you
haven't visited. But like the ninety nine Sense only stores
like big Lots and maybe.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Even Denny's coming up.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
This Norms which opened in night nineteen fifty seven, nineteen
fifty seven, This is an ancient relic in Los Angeles
at this point, could be going away in twenty twenty seven,
that is two years and a month away. It is
practically twenty twenty five you're gonna sneeze that it's gonna
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be twenty twenty five. At this point, in twenty twenty seven,
it possibly be, will be replaced and by what not
A renovated Norms, not something of its caliber, not even apartments,
No a Raising Canes restaurant, a Raising Canes, and no
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knock on Raising Canes. They have their thing. I like
their their bread, okay, not too big on their chicken.
Probably won't ever get a sponsorship from them now. But
to replace this Norms with a fried chicken franchise is insulting.
It is absolutely insulting. Here's a little bit of information.
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The restaurant group that owns Raising Canes, which again is
a fast food chicken chain, also owns the space the
land that houses that particular Norm's location, and they plan
to change it to a Raising Canes in twenty twenty
seven when Norms lease ends, so quote Raising Canes plans
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to keep the legacy of Norms alive and maintain the
forever the iconic Google style architecture made famous by our
May and Davis, the designers. When we begin improvements to
restore the property and serve craveable chicken finger mills, to
the LA community. That's what Raising Cain's representatives said in
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a statement to the La Times last week. The company
shared a rendering of the new plan and what they're
going to do with the space, and the main alteration
is that they're going to change the sign from Norms
to Canes the horror, the collective horror. How dare they
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the unmitigated gall But again, Norms ends its lease with
that land in twenty twenty six, in December twenty twenty
sixth so just before twenty twenty seven, and that the owner,
the owner group of Raising Canes, plans to take it
over in twenty twenty seven. Because this Norm's location has
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been a historic LA monument since twenty fifteen, that actually
presents some challenges to being able to secure this land
for sure. And I'll tell you a bit more about
those challenges when we come back, so we'll continue the conversation.
I also want you to weigh in on our iHeartRadio
app hit that what is it called that button that talkback?
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Thank you Kayla, that button right there on the app
and let us know. Have you ever visited a Raising Canes?
What do you think about the possible change? Excuse me
not a raising canes. I don't care if you visit
a raising canes. Have you ever visited this Norm's location
on Los Sienega. What do you think about the possibility
of this Norm's location changing to a raising canes. Hit
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that talkback feature that button right in the middle of
the iHeartRadio app and we'll continue the conversation on the
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Tiffany Hobbs here with you.
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You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Live Live Live Tiffany Hobbs here with you Saturdays with Tiffany,
and we were just talking about Norms possibly being replaced
by a raising canes fried chicken restaurant, raising canes and
no knock on raising canes.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
I don't think they're all that great, but no judgment.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
However, I don't think anything should replace this Norms restaurant
on Los Sienega, just between Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard,
right there, that West Hollywood location. It is iconic, It
is a staple, and we have Cliff who left us
a talk back about what he thinks should happen with
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that particular location.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Hey, Tiffany, loved the show. Thank you that Norms. I've
been a few times. It's not only iconic, it's historical,
and I get it. Times change, things change, But there's
some things in this country that we should just leave
alone and continue to preserve them because they mean far
more than just a meal. So anyway, that's my two cents.
(20:45):
Keep up the good work.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Thank you, Cliff. I love your two cents. They're worth
a lot more than two cents. I agree with you,
there are.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Some things you just should leave alone. What does it leave?
And let not die but live, Let this Norms live on.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
It wasn't hurting anyone, It wasn't struggling to fill seats.
It's not an issue of patronage. It's an issue of
land ownership and feeling like in two years time, possibly
the demographics might be wanting something else. And because this
is a diner, and because this is in a trend
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of a lot of closures in Los Angeles, in Orange County,
it just again speaks to what's happening when it comes
to the replacement of places and things that we have
held dear for generation after generation, and this Norms is
one of those places. And as Cliff said, it's not
only an iconic part of LA but it is in
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fact historic. It is This Norms is a historic LA
monument and this was deemed such by the LA Cultural
Heritage Commission in twenty fifteen. That Facebook group I was
telling you about, Esotoric Los Angeles put out post after
(22:07):
post about the historical relevance of this location. They had
a lot of backstory and a lot of proof that
this location should remain as it is. One of the
moderators from Esotoric Secret Los Angeles said, quote the idea
of transforming norms from a sit down restaurant, family friendly,
(22:29):
affordable place to go. Excuse me, let me redo that
the idea of transforming norms from a sit down restaurant,
family friendly, affordable to all place instead of now to
a fried chicken place is astonishing to me. The writers
who did this copy from La Times did not proofread
(22:51):
what they wrote, so they wrote it the way I
read it the first time, and that was a bunch
of gobblygook. But Kim Cooper does in fact speak for
a lot of people Transforming this Norms from a place
that has been reliable, dependable, and affordable to a place
that serves fried chicken is astonishing many people. Cooper, one
(23:13):
of the moderators of that group, discovered the change as
she looked through the upcoming agenda for the Los Angeles
Cultural Heritage Commission. She noticed on that document that Raising
Canes was seeking to change the usage of the space.
So this wasn't something that was made public to all.
(23:34):
It wasn't something or news that was breaking. You didn't
hear it on the radio, you didn't see it on
different local outlets. No, this kind of flew under the radar,
and because the moderator of this Facebook group got wind
of it and shared it, it went viral and the
virility of the story has turned it into a big
(23:58):
news story.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Sorry.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Cooper goes on to say, it is so much more
than a building. This is a place that has been
open twenty four hours a day for sixty seven years.
Cooper also encouraged people who love this Norms restaurant to
show up to the Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage Commissions meeting
(24:21):
in December to express their displeasure at Norms becoming a
Raising Cane. So again, it went from something that was
just discussed in this little kind of It's not small,
it's not a small Facebook group, but it's something you
might not have know existed in a Facebook group, to
now something that has become a big news item is
(24:43):
in fact a testament to the popularity and the beloved
nature of this location. Norms is in the same realm
as The Man's Chinese Theater and Pans and the Hollywood Sign.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
It's so iconic to Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
And that was said by Damian Sullivan, who's a television
producer and historian of roadside architecture. So as people are
getting wind of this story, they are weighing in. Norms
currently has twenty four locations in La Riverside and Orange
Counties and is opening a spot in Las Vegas, so.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Not all of them are closing. This isn't something we're
going to.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
See as of yet, and I highly doubt it will
happen have a domino effect like nine nine Cents Store only,
like these other institutions and businesses, but this one location
closing to be replaced by a fried chicken franchise is
very upsetting.
Speaker 7 (25:42):
Kayla.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
You were saying you haven't been to this location. I
have not been to this location. No, they're gonna try
and go now I have to. We're getting so many
talk backs Undra decent one. It seems like really worth.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
It, gotcha? And you know what, rab wol.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Can we play these talkbacks because people they want to
weigh in, the people want to speak.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
They didn't know and now they know because we broke
this on KFI, So let's talk about it.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
When I was a kid, my mom used to work
in Beverly Hills before that police station was built.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
It was a wonderbred bakery and my mom worked there
and we would go to that Norms all the time.
I'm fifty eight now. I took my kids there. We
went there as a family. This is just so hard
to believe. They're just ruining Los Angeles. They're taking away
all of our iconic landmarks. This really bites it. Does
(26:32):
I agree with you?
Speaker 3 (26:33):
It is heartbreaking to know that that location is on
its way out.
Speaker 8 (26:38):
Rau.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Well, do we have another we have.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Those two talkbacks really spoke just with gravity about the
influence of this location. People love it. I love it,
and I've only been there a couple of times. I
can't imagine being someone who grew up with it as
a staple in their childhood and their memories are connected
to this location, or someone who took meetings there as
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they were growing in the entertainment industry, or as they
continue to be in the industry, and that this is
their place, this is their centralized location where they know
they can go. It's like cheers. You go there and
everybody knows your name. It's familiar and it is comforting.
And when you have a place that is familiar and
comforting and affordable, that is like the Golden Goose. And
(27:26):
to have it all taken away in a couple of
years just delays that morning. So hopefully, hopefully people do
get out to this Cultural Heritage Commission meeting in December,
and if I can get the information on when that
will be held, I'll definitely share it with you. But
if you can get out there, try and do that.
(27:46):
See if you can just get online and start looking
up when that meeting is. There's also a petition circulating
to stop the plan to turn this norms into a
raising canes, So you can find that petition circulating as well,
just by going online and doing your Googles. I hope,
(28:07):
and I feel like I'm hoping against hope that this
location doesn't go the way of so many other things
that I love in LA that have gone by the wayside,
whether it's skating rinks or restaurants or the ninety nine
cent only store which.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Is home to my Christmas decorations. Where will I go now?
I guess I'll have to go to alte Home. The
madness needs to stop.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
The madness needs to stop, Andrew Caravell, and I'll tell
you more about madness as it pertains two Christmas decorations
when we come back. Because there's a lot of madness,
a lot around the Southland and around the country. It's
an epidemic, a new epidemic of epic proportions. We'll talk
about it when we come back. Tiffany Hobbs here with
(28:49):
you till seven. It's Saturdays with Tiffany KFI AM six
forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, okay
if I.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's
Tiffany Hobbs here with you till seven o'clock. Hi, Brigida
di Agostino. Eh, welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
It's going well.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
So Regita, now that you're here, let me ask you
a quick question, love it. Do you decorate for Christmas?
Speaker 7 (29:21):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Yes, I do you go be decorated early.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
I mean I don't go super big because I am
not a fan of clutter.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
But I've decorated a little bit. Okay, decorate a little bit.
It's almost invisible, but it's there. Got you, got you,
thank you, Kayla. Do you decorate it all for Christmas?
I do not. Did you grow up with decorations? Did
I did? But I go home for the holidays.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Ok So I go back to Jersey and Jersey there's
all they're all decorated out.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I do it, but wasted time in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
I hear you and a lot of us are in
apartments or whatever it might be. I mean, you still
can bring out a couple of little things. But I
understand what you're saying, especially when you go home and
you know you have that to look forward to. I
am the same way. I do put up a couple
of things in my apartment. I depending may put up
lights that can face externally for others. Below to sea,
(30:10):
right on my balcony. But I always look forward to
the Christmas decorations in my mom's neighborhood. My mom included,
and she's listening, and I know that means that I
will be helping put those decorations up. That's just a
part of it, depending on how much she wants to
do well. The more things change in one story talking
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about norms and the replacement with a possible raising canes,
the more things stay the same as they relate to crime,
and in this case, the crime that relates to Christmas decorations.
Let's find out what happened to a business in Long
Beach with their Christmas decorations.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Something terrible, Raoul right and play the clip.
Speaker 9 (30:55):
Two real life grinches stealing Christmas decorations from a Long
Beach photography studio. A call Medina covers Long Beach and
he's live in front of that studio with the owner's message, Mac.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
This is such a sad story. Those two gritches, a
man and a woman, pretty brazen in the middle of
n I drove here, walked right up to the studio
behind me and took off with those Christmas decorations.
Speaker 6 (31:14):
A candy cake candy.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Cake, Santa and the staffad Fate Studios are still bringing
the holiday spirit despite this holiday theft.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Oh, it's very that naughty list, all the way naughty list,
such a grinch move mits clauser.
Speaker 4 (31:29):
Mornie Farmer, the co owner of the studio, showed us
the surveillance video from Tuesday, round two thirty am outside
their kel Heights studio, a man and woman ripping off
vintage holiday blow up molds.
Speaker 10 (31:42):
It hasn't damn beened our spirit, but we are disappointing
to see adults stealing Christmas like grinches during the holidays.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Her husband, who dresses as Santa Claus, hope someone will
recognize the man and woman whose faces were pretty clearly
visible and captured in the video.
Speaker 10 (31:57):
Hopefully someone will come up to him and say, hey,
steal from Santa Claus?
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Did you really steal the holiday spirit?
Speaker 4 (32:04):
The owners would recognize a couple themselves, but this isn't
the first time the studio has been hit by thieves.
Speaker 10 (32:09):
Six months ago we were broken into the studio itself
or glass smashed and fifty thousand dollars worth of our
photography equipment stolen. It's very violating when that happens.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
What was even more inspiring was that the community has
rallied around the couple, even calling what we were there
to offer new decorations to the studio.
Speaker 10 (32:28):
Oh what, it's lovely.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Someone wanted to give you decoration.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Oh that's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
See, this is what brings the best out in people.
Speaker 10 (32:36):
Right, something horrible happens, but then I get to see
you McCall come in and see me and say hello.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Right, that's amazing. That's what we want.
Speaker 6 (32:42):
What voice you need to come together and reinforce the
holiday spirit.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
That is a good message from Santa Claus. Reinforce the
holiday spirit. They do want their decorations back. If you
happen to see a Santa Claus or a Snowman out
there vintage, they say, please return it. They didn't report
this to the police. They say it's only about a
couple of but they're hoping those grenches get some of
the Christmas spirit back in them and bring back their decorations.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
No one's returning it. No one's bringing that back. It's gone.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
It's gone forever. You're gonna see that thing, melt it
down for parts. That thing is already on the black
market like unfortunately, quite a few decorations.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
And this isn't an isolated incident. No, they spent.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Thousands of dollars on their vintage decorations. And another place
in Chicago, another home in Chicago, spent forty five thousand dollars.
Uh was it a place? No, I'm sorry, it wasn't
a home. That'd be crazy. A Chicago area ball park.
So a baseball park spent forty five thousand dollars to
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decorate their park, and a man decided that he wanted
to go ahead and be a grinch and take all
of those decorations as well. Fifty two year old man
is facing charges after allegedly stealing those decorations and he's
been charged with one count of felon any theft for
forty five thousand dollars worth of decorations. That seems like
(34:05):
a low charge, one charge for one whole theft situation.
I feel like he should have forty five thousand charges
because it's Christmas. How dare you take things from a
ballpark or a business or a front yard wherever it
may be. And now our Christmas decorations are under attack.
If that doesn't already add insult to injury. Because the
(34:26):
cost of Christmas decorations has certainly gone up, and like
I said, I love to go to the nine nine
cent only store and do that, but unfortunately that's no
longer the case. So people are out there lifting decorations
because they are another source of income, another source of income. Unfortunately,
my neighbors in my mother's area never, in fact had
(34:47):
their thousands of dollars of decorations stolen. And again, the
more things change, the more they stay the same when
it relates to crime.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Now you have to worry about that. I know we
have a talkback about norm.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
That we'll get to and then I'll tell you a
little bit about the KFI Pastathon because it's here and
Giving Tuesday is next Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
But before that, let's hear this talkback.
Speaker 8 (35:09):
Hi, guys, I live up in Bakersfield Borner Ris up here,
but I'd seen Norms commercials all my life on La
TV and I finally decided to go to Norms about
ten years ago. And it was that location on Lascionega,
and I fell in love with the place that been
there probably two dozen times, and it means a lot
to me, and I'm so sorry to hear about it.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Go I always want to cry, me too.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Ken, me too.
Speaker 3 (35:34):
It's just it really puts you on a really sour
spirit that they would one make this unknown to the public.
It is, it has more or less flown below the radar,
and now that it's coming out, it's devastating. And two
that we're finding out during the Christmas season. It there's
always timing. Timing is important, and this feels like the
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worst possible time. So I hope you can get back
down here, Ken from Bakersfield and come back to norms
in the next couple of years before it changes into
a raisin canes. Then you only have fried chicken at
your disposal. And also, Ken, if you want to come
down next Tuesday for Giving Tuesday, the KFI Pasta Thon
is well underway and you can come out and see
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every host from five am to ten pm right there
at the Anaheim White House. Brunos Serrato, Chef extraorit Naire,
and his Katerina's Club are in collaboration with KFI hosting
the fourteenth annual Pasta Thon. Katerina's Clubs. Chef Bruno's charity
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provides more than twenty five thousand meals every week.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Let me say that one more time.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
Twenty five thousand meals every week. I was listening back
when they were doing five thousand meals a week. Now
it's up to twenty five thousand meals every week to
kids in need in Southern California, those kids who live
in motels and hotels, and your generosity, your giving, helps
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make this happen.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Here are ways to help.
Speaker 3 (37:10):
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If you donate five dollars or more, you'll get a
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goodies in there, and it is wonderful and it's all
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hotels around southern California. One hundred percent of your donation
goes to Katerina's Club. And don't forget Tuesday Next Tuesday,
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Come meet us, come donate on site, Come drop off
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Speaker 2 (38:33):
All right, and we come back.
Speaker 3 (38:34):
We're gonna kind of wind down this Christmas stuff before
we get into some Walmart news. Tiffany Hobbs here KFI
AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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