October 3, 2025 • 28 mins
Taylor Swift’s new album dropped. It’s called “The Life of a Showgirl.” Andy plays a little bit of it on air. Baller Hardware store in Silverlake, which has been around since 1959, has become super cool, with the store selling merch to hipsters. People are driving dangerously slow in Ohio. And California HOAs are finally facing fine restrictions. Taylor Swift has just posted on social media about her new album; Andy reads it out on air. Rolling Stone has already reviewed the album and gave it five stars. In Brentwood, the beloved faux fiberglass dinosaur at the gas station has been stolen, and locals are upset. Breaking news, a large fire has broken out at the Chevron Refinery in El Segundo.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Iggy is eliot with Ariana Grande. Want to move on
this Taylor Swift moment? Now, I know, Tony's like, Wow,
I don't know what the carrier of this? Who cares
about any of this stuff? Tony's got a stogy right now.
He's like, Hey, what do I care about these guys? Eh,
they're not the same to me. God, ghoul, I don't know.
(00:24):
I'm so sorry. If it ain't that old punk or
old skat, I probably don't know it. Yeah, you and
me both, brother. I mean, I here's the thing. I'm
lucky that I've been able to work in this industry
for a little bit and and have access to pop music.
I love pop music. It's very interesting, but uh, I
have a hard time with the obsession, the fervor, the fanaticism.
(00:47):
But you know, look, look, we got to give it
her a do. Taylor Swift. Really there's there's really not
anybody like her, and I think that there's probably not
been anybody like her. Uh's in her generation for sure,
But even before that, just the absolute domination of the conversation,
which I think is especially impressive in an hero when
everyone is so doing other things when it comes to
(01:09):
pop culture. But here we are on the other side
of nine o'clock Tony. We survived, Mark Ronner. There was
no rapture when the Taylor Swift record dropped. Well, if
there was, I got left behind. You know, maybe that's
what it is. You got the one don't see. But
it wasn't expecting friendship bracelets just floating up into the air.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, I didn't think I was gonna be in that demographic.
When we're there, there you go, all right, Well, I
will say this.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Listen to a couple songs, and with your permission, I'm
gonna just play some moments here of the new songs
from Taylor Swift's The Life of a Show Girl. Many
of them are explicit. We won't be playing those here
on terrestrial radio. I understand if you're gonna be like,
I can't do this, but we're gonna listen to try
(01:53):
to analyze. We're gonna hang on a second. There's there's
dirty Taylor Swift. Oh yeah, I think tracks four through twelve.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I had no idea. Now I'm interested suddenly, Oh now
you want to know.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Well, one of them includes it Girl Sabrina Carpenter as well.
Life of a Showgirl. Can't play that for you. That's
got an ex to it that means explicit. But let's
just listen to a little bit of this first track
off of the new record, The Fate of Ophelia. The
Fate of Ophelia, We got that one. The next track
is called Elizabeth Taylor. Let's see what she's singing about here.
I need to stop this, and I don't want to
(02:26):
be rude, because I know this is important to a
lot of people. But this sounds like a to me,
a little bit like a parody of Taylor Swift, like
she's doing an imitation of herself.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Sometimes it doesn't feel so glamorous to be all al.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Right, guys, that's that lyric. It doesn't feel sometimes it
doesn't feel so glamorous to be me. She got some
pushback from a lot of the fans yesterday and into
today because they said, I think it would be pretty
good to be you.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Well, let's know, Jenny from the block, Okay, so do
you think this is a little low energy? Is that
what you're saying and not getting the blood pumping? I
feel like I shouldn't say a single word about a
Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Because you're worried they're gonna come for you.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I know.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
I was talking to a music a guy a couple
of weeks ago, I think Adam on the show last week,
and we were talking about how there's a lot of
fear for music journalists to be critical of pop, especially
big pop stars like Beyonce or Taylor, because they're worried
that their fans are so i mean sometimes toxic, that
they will, you know, show up at their house with pitchforks.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
I would like to go on record and say I
cannot stand Taylor's swift.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
All everybody get her? Oh my god. Okay, well, well
it's pretty interesting. I have a lot of thoughts sort
of which I'll keep to myself, but I the record
is out now on you know, not a little sleepy
intro there to it, but I'm sure we'll warm up
to it. I guarantee you're gonna hear those songs everywhere
for the next six months, NonStop, whether you like it
(03:59):
or not. Interesting that this record is produced by Max Martin. He,
of course, is the Swedish mega producer who was responsible
for the Backstree Boys in Sync Britney spears. I mean,
you hear a little bit of that sort of dance
at least on that first record, but it also kind
of reminds me a little bit of that reputation era Taylor.
So very very interesting Taylor Swift new record, lots of
(04:23):
ways to get into the Taylor Swift spirit. This week too.
They're doing a pop up of sorts over at the
Westfield Century City Mall tomorrow goes all the way to
October ninth. You can reserve a spot. Just do a
little quick google of that. It's called Taylor Swift a
Life of a Showgirl TikTok fan activation. I imagine that
will be very very popular. Also, the female owned bar
(04:47):
called Banter Bar is doing an album release party complete
with themed cocktails, a friendship bracelet, stations, small bites, and more.
The dress code is described as bejeweled, showgirl glam plus
eras the event twenty one and over. Of course, that
is on the south to Pulvida, the Banter Bar that's tomorrow.
(05:08):
That's Saturday from seven to eleven thirty and then downtown
tomorrow from seven pm to two am. The Resident Downtown
Los Angeles is hosting a listening and dance party. So
people who love her, I'm sure are listening to her
record right now and not listening to us, and that's fine.
That's good, good for them and good for her. A
lot of speculation on what this record means, what the
(05:30):
things that she is saying. The lore of Taylor Swift
is very important as much as the music, the sort
of reading between the lines, who are you disan? Who
are you you loving on? We of course know that
she's engaged to Travis Kelce. I'm sure there's some songs
about that. I can only imagine that our boss, Brian Long,
(05:51):
who's the biggest Chiefs fan of all time, is curled
up with a nice Macha latte listening to this NonStop.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Well, you know, as we descend into Taylor Swift madness
this whole weekend, we have another sort of very La
thing that has happened. Our friends over at Fox LA
Channel eleven investigated a hardware store. It's pretty baller.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
A small silver Lake hardware store is building quite a following.
Customers in sorts of screws and wrench shoes are also
looking for an unlikely trend in fashion show us the merch.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
This is our little display. This is the Valor merch.
It's a pretty good haul. Yeah yeah, it's quite a bit.
It's kind of expanded over the years.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Valor Hardware has been nailing it since nineteen fifty nine.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Nice Bobby DeCastro anchor over there, good writing fifty nine.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
The family owned shop has battled the big box, invasion, recessions,
even disasters. But today it's not only drywall and duct
tape drawing crowds, it's threads. Somewhere along the way, the
family realized that their store name was too good not
to laugh at. Joe is fourth generation b.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
A L L E R. So pronounce it for me.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
It's it's.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It's balor.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Balor, Yes, balor, but it's not spelled but right, okay,
you growing up as a baler, Yes, it must have
always been, always been a thing, And I don't really
care as long as people are saying it, right you
benether it's balor or baller whatever, you.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Might as well own it now. Yes, but it is balor.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
The balor not baller logo a blue circle with two hammers,
sturdy and stylish on the back. A vintage photo of
his great grandfather's ride hammering home that classic California cool.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
So basically what they've done is taken the store and
they made a bunch of what you may call hipster merch.
I don't know what the young people are called now.
When I was that age and I would be interested
in silver Lake, I would have called it hipster that
now they're just gen z. I don't know. It's really
a great idea. It worked really well for them, and honestly,
(08:11):
you can't fault the hustle. It's a very la thing.
I don't know that there's a lot of silver Lake
people who are like hitting up the hardware store every
single day. But I just think about like my grandpa
or a grandpa type in the hardware store who's like
picking up some picking up some roof and nails, and
(08:32):
there's this little sickly teen putting on a trucker hat
and taking a celphie front of the hardware store. Can't
swing a hammer. No grit literally no, doesn't understand what
grit is. In the fortitude way and also the sanding way.
(08:54):
But it's kind of fun and it does feel very
la to do this. Everything now has to have a
sort of cultural importance. It feels like it's tailor made
for social media. I don't blame them. You know they're
making it work. They're on the news. That's great. But
why stop there? There are other places that we could
we could do this with. In Los Angeles. We might
(09:14):
need the help of the Los Angeles Unified School District,
but there is a Stoner Elementary School that would be great.
I could put a T shirt with Stoner Elementary School
on it, or in that same in that same vein
the Baked Potato in Studio City. In Koreatown, there's the
(09:37):
gay Lord apartments for fellas who like religion and each other.
Up to Ohio. Oh man, that was so smooth and
I ruined it your heart.
Speaker 5 (09:53):
Department of Transportation says there is no excuse for this
kind of driving. If you're close to missing your exit,
O DOT is urging you to just take the next one.
It'll be safer for you and everyone around you. Dangerous
behavior on Ohio interstates.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
There's no excuse for putting people in harm's way just
so you can avoid maybe a two or three minute detour.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Just this month, the truck carrying watermelons came to a
sudden stop on a highway in.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
The Cincinnati area. Stay with me here.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
Just this month, the truck carrying watermelons came to a
sudden stop on a highway in the Cincinnati area. The
reason a car slowed down and crossed several lanes of
traffic to get to an exit they were about to pass.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I I grew up in Indiana, not far from Ohio.
I do think that we were superior drivers to the
Ohio people. Ohio, I think are the kind of people
who do a lot of left lane hogging. They're not listening,
they don't care, but they do a lot of staying
in the left lane even if they're not passing. And
that is that is something that I think is immediate
suspension of your license. And there isn't a lot of
(11:01):
quick maneuvering happening there. This isn't a big city. We're
talking about Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis, places that sort of just
they go at the speed that they go at. In
Los Angeles, you could be crossing seven lanes of traffic
to hit your exit any time of day, and that
is a normal thing that we all just tolerate.
Speaker 8 (11:19):
Now.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Luckily, the traffic is mostly so bad you don't have
the opportunity to do that very quickly. But this is
something I feel like that doesn't FaZe us very much.
If you're there and things move a little bit slower.
I have it on first hand account, this can be
very dangerous, especially in this situation.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
All over the road.
Speaker 7 (11:35):
It would have made a difference if that truck driver's
attention was on something not the road ahead. It would
have been very, very differently.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Watermelons ended up all over the road, but odots Matt
Brooding says, luckily no one crashed.
Speaker 7 (11:48):
So there are a lot of lessons that we can
learn from looking at some of these incidents.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
It's not the first time in recent month sod on
has been.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
It's true, you know, you don't want to do that,
but especially if you're in Ohio and so they're really
looking out for people who are crossing over, especially those
people who are going to be knocking those watermelons off.
Don't want to do that. Back here in California, the hoa,
the dreaded hoa. Nothing stirs the soul or strikes fear
(12:19):
in the hearts of a suburban person, like those three
letters of HOA. A new law in California has restricted
the finds that an HA can impose on its people
to one hundred dollars per violation. They say that's because
some of these fines have gone up to thousands and
thousands of dollars and that it's making people foreclothes on
(12:42):
their homes. Hoas typically have a lot of power. The
CEO and president of Callahan and Blaine, Callahan and Blaine
represents both homeowners and HOA, says, generally speaking, it seems
reasonable to bring it down because that is one of
the biggest iss she was living in California. Hoas have
very broad powers to enforce their rules. I thought the
(13:05):
gas tax was up there. I thought our property tax
is pretty high. I mean, relatively speaking compared to other places.
It's not I understand Prop thirty. But the homes are
so expensive that there's a lot of property tax we pay.
So now only one hundred dollars can they find you
for those violations, violations like your garage doors painted the
wrong color. I think it's probably good because a lot
(13:28):
of those are irrational. I understand, though, at the same time,
like you know, bigger fines keep you from doing it's
a disincentive to do bad things. I've got to be
real with you. I grew up in a neighborhood that
had an HOA. It's our little condo complex in Indianapolis
that my mom lived in. Real Gladys Kravitz was the
(13:48):
head of the HOA. She was like two or three,
two or three houses down from us. Hated me, hated me.
Speed limit was twenty I might may may be going
a little quicker. She starts following me on the street.
I get home through the neighborhood. She pulls in the
driveway behind me, comes up to the car and knocks
(14:12):
on the window, you know, And I'm like, oh my god,
I'm probably like seventeen years old. So I rolled the
window down and she yells at me. She says, I
had to go a full thirty miles per hour to
keep up with you. And I looked at her and
I said, well, you didn't have to. There was a
(14:32):
time when my mom's boyfriend was doing yard work. Brought
over like a ricketty old iron wheelbarrow or something. A
few days go by, then Gladys comes over. She rings
a doorbell and she's like, where is the wheelbarrow. I
saw your stepdad using the wheelbarrow. Did you take our
new wheelbarrow? We can't find it. Had we had nothing
(14:53):
to do with her wheelbarrow. Our wheelbarrow was like rusted out,
sixty years old. And then she she said to my mom,
open the garage. I'm gonna look for the wheelbarrow. My
mom is like pound sand Gladys. We didn't have a wheelbarrow.
That's the kind of stuff that happens in hoas. Mark
(15:15):
Roner doesn't know anything about that. I do not know.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
They sound terrible, and it sounds like missus Kravitz might
ended up in a shallow grave there in Indy.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Oh well, I certainly didn't have anything to do with it.
I don't know. I think she's still alive. She wasn't
that old. She just was ornery. There's no statute limitations
on that, you know. Yeah, That's why I'm saying what
I'm saying. All Right, we can move on.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
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Speaker 2 (15:41):
H Andy Ree's Marion for mister mo Kelly. Just a
couple of minutes here left on the old Show. On
this Thursday, October two, George Norre's coming up in just
a bit. I think we'll hear from him in the
next block. A little preview on what's going on on
that on that show. Some updates for you, gentlemen. Taylor
(16:02):
Swift has spoken. I know you're really curious. She posted
just a little after the album was released, nine oh
three pm our time tonight. All these lives converge here,
the mosaics of laughter and cocktail of tears, where fraternal
souls sing identical things, and it's beautiful, it's rapturous, it
(16:25):
is frightening. Uh, she mentioned the rapture. Couldn't have seen
that one coming. She goes on to say, I can't
tell you how proud I am to share this with you,
an album that just feels so right forever. Thank you
goes out to my mentors and friends Max, Max Martin
and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait. If
you thought the Big Show was wild, perhaps you should
(16:47):
come and take a look behind the curtain. She says.
The Life of a Showgirl is out now and like
we said, produced by Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift.
She also posted a bunch of photos that kind of
look like Hotel Boudoir, Italian restaurant Terry richardson Vibe. It's
(17:12):
some cool pictures. She's posing next to a martini with
the twist, half drunk martini. I don't know about her.
I can't make a comment on her condition. She looks
fine and a plate of spaghetti in what appears to
be a hallway of a hotel. You can read into
that as you like. In other Taylor Swift news, rolling
(17:35):
Stone already has reviewed, and I'm sure they had an
ombargo copy. Maybe they had an embargo copy. I don't know.
Rolling Stone review is out. Taylor Swift conquers her biggest
stage ever on the Life of a show Girl. How
many stars do you guys think? Four out of five?
(17:56):
She got five ew they gave it. They gave her
one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
But Rolling Stone only gave led Zeppelin like no more
than two stars. So what would they know about good music?
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Do you mean like recently?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
No? When when led Zeppelin we're releasing music back in
the day, Rolling Stone magazine never gave them good rating.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
In all fairness, I'm not sure that those people are
still with Rolling Stone. However, it is a good point.
The essence is still there. The essence is still there.
I think that there was a thing we talked about
last week about I was just referencing about poptimism, where
music reviewers have a hard time being critical of these
uber huge artists because they maybe are concerned about backlash. Again,
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anybody who really cares about Taylor Swift is just listening
to Taylor Swift right now. So that's fine. But let's
go out to Brentwood, where a tragedy has occurred.
Speaker 9 (18:56):
People are really upset about this, some downright emotions.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
The owner of the Sinclair gas station.
Speaker 9 (19:01):
Says that people customers have been coming in in tears,
saying that the beloved dinosaur that used to fill this
spot would make their day, but now the community is
demanding that the dino knappers return their beloved green mascots.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
I love Brentwood, I do. I will never be able
to afford to deliver remotely close to that zip code, but
I respect that people in that city can be moved
by something like this, a dinosaur logo at a gas station.
(19:35):
I don't know logos the right or a statue can
move them to tears.
Speaker 9 (19:40):
Meet Dino Claire, a four foot tall fiberglass dinosaur and
an unofficial mascot of Brentwood, often dressed for the holidays,
sometimes in Dodger blue.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
She wasn't just a statue.
Speaker 9 (19:50):
She was a selfie star, a neighborhood landmark, and a
daily dose of joy.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Everything everything must feed the algorithm, whether you've got Boller
hardware or a statue in front of your in front
of your gas station of a dinosaur. It's a spot
for a selfie, a place to reflect on the museum
of me.
Speaker 9 (20:14):
But now her spot on San Vecenti in twenty sixth
Street sits empty.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Even now, just looking down and not seeing it is
like it's a big shock.
Speaker 9 (20:22):
Claire was dyno napped early Saturday morning, prehistoric heist caught
on camera watch as a thief and a hoodie casually
strolls up with a power tool and cuts her free
from her base. Minutes later, he's back with a blanket,
wrapping up the fifty pound mascot and loading her into
a white getaway truck.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
I mean, at least he didn't want her to get
cold or scratched. Does he respect the art a white
getaway truck?
Speaker 8 (20:46):
Beyond like the initial I guess grief that comes with
the dinosaur going. It's just like a like a y
like why would they why would they take the dinosaur.
I just don't get it at all. It really makes
no sense. There's no monetary gain for artists, but also
it's like taking a piece of the neighborhood away from us.
Speaker 9 (21:03):
Sixteen year old Travis Waters works of the Sinclair and
also grew up in Brentwood. He says the friendly green
figure helped fuel his childhood love of dinosaurs.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Dinaster was like my big thing.
Speaker 8 (21:12):
I had like dinosaur birthday parties, everything, and part of
that was because of this I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
It was like it's such like a fun and then
he ended up working there at the gas station. The
power that this statue has over the people in that
neighborhood the whole He loved dinosaurs because of the statue,
and then he started working at the gas station because
of it is this I don't know.
Speaker 8 (21:34):
It's just like it's such like a fun such a
fun logo, such a fun mascot.
Speaker 9 (21:38):
Yeah, it just it's made heartbreaking. Travis certainly isn't alone.
Neighbors say Claire wasn't just decoration. She was part of
the community's heartbeat.
Speaker 10 (21:47):
It was kind of like a symbol, like you'd come here,
and it was just one of those things.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
As a kid, you'd remember part of the beat.
Speaker 10 (21:53):
It was kind of like a symbol, like you'd come here,
and it was just one of those things as a
kid you'd remember. Just honestly, so random that someone would steal.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's a kid thing.
Speaker 9 (22:01):
They dressed it up all the time, the kids loved it.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
So I don't get I don't get it.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
I don't get it, and I don't get what's wrong
where people have to do things like.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
This fair that's a fair point. I also want to
say full disclosure, Mark Ronner, I did not steal the dinosaur.
I'm not trying to downplay this because I am the
person who dino napped.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
We make light of corporate mascots station, Okay, thank you.
How many careers in paleontology were lost launched by the
Sinclair dinosaur?
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Yeah, I mean it's terrible.
Speaker 10 (22:33):
You're canceled.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Oh I'm canceling this guy. Oh how about some charges.
I'm canceling this guy and two of them. And I
don't cancel people, but.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
They are canceled charged with what grand theft? Brontosaurus? What
would they charge a flintstone with Oh, that's a good question.
I'll have to think about.
Speaker 9 (22:55):
That my gas station's owner, and just reiterating that Claire
was a lot more than just a mascot. She showed
up in family photos, even in Christmas cards. Now neighbors
are hoping that police can crack this Jurassic size case
and bring their prestork pal home.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
I get it, it's important to have things like that.
There's some writing a Jurassic sized case. Give her a raise.
She's incredible. I think this is for Fox eleven. I
don't know who there was reporter is but this case
and bring their pre stork pal home. I don't know
if that's I don't know if that's that might be Haley,
I'm not sure.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Really good writing though, absolutely, I agree give her the raise.
She will have a lot of puns in there. It's
a place to scene plunder there it is. That's perfect
as a throwaway. You can have that one. You t
rexed me on that, Yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel bad
for these kids, you know, but I also wish that
You know, there's a lot of money in Brentwood. You
(23:51):
would think that maybe the gas station, the gas station
mascot isn't like you know, they're their savior, But hey,
what do I know? Maybe when you're that well off,
like it's the little things, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand breaking.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
News right now, some information coming into the newsroom. Large
fire has been spotted at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.
Reports are that there was an explosion sometime around nine
to forty and they have a picture up here on
k COW and you can see it from from a distance.
I'm assuming that might be one of their cameras, maybe
(24:33):
in the South bay, looking that out towards the fire.
Two pretty large plumes of smoke and then a bunch
of active fire there. The reason I say it's from
the south, maybe Palace Verdi's looking north, is because you
can see Los Angeles International Airport just behind you. You
can see the planes coming and going there. The flames
(24:56):
are of course visible from the airport. This refinery in
El Segunda, you know, just south of the Los Angeles
International Airport complex there burned back in twenty twenty two
in November, and then in December there was another flaring
event and then there was a bigger fire back in
twenty seventeen. And every time this happens, of course, we
(25:19):
always think, oh my god, there go the gas prices.
That's what you always think. No indication on if anybody's
been injured. I'm sure we'll have some updates here very soon.
Mark Ronner's working on that. But they're asking for people
to stay out of the area from that fire. Like
(25:42):
I said, around nine to forty two, emergency services got
the call or started to respond, according to Citizen, because
of a large fire following an explosion, asking people to
avoid the area. If you're familiar with the part of Elseaguindo,
I mean, you can't miss the refinery as big as
the city itself. It's basically just south of the airport,
(26:04):
south of lax In between the city of Elsagundo and
the ocean. Twenty six oh six Laurel Avenue is the
location where it is reported, at least on Citizen. But
this is a pretty big refinery, and like I said
(26:25):
in the past, it has burned and air traffic still
seems to be moving. I mean a couple of videos,
like I said, the live video that we're looking at
here in our newsroom on k COW I can see
that the plane appears that the planes are going are
still going. So I don't know if traffic of air
(26:45):
traffic is being impacted by this. I imagine they would
probably be pretty hesitant about that. Maybe they would keep
planes from taking off or landed in the South complex
of lax Ron. Are you hearing anything about this?
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Yeah, there's nothing much on the wires at all yet,
and I've been keeping an eye on it, so I'll
have whatever we get as soon as we get it.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Yeah, yeah, it really, it does it. I feel like
every five years or so it catches on fire, and
that last one was pretty tough. They did tell people
the last time that we had we had this fire,
they told people to shut their windows. There was a
lot about that about the air quality. So I think,
(27:24):
especially if if you're it couldn't hurt, shut those windows.
If you're near there. You don't know what's burning. I
don't know where it's blowing. Conditions right now, today, I
mean it were really it was very nice today. It's
relatively calm, not a lot of wind. I believe that
the currently that there's like something like two miles an
(27:46):
hour wind really coming in. So you also have some
of that cloud cover from the marine layer start to
build up here in just a little bit. But large fire,
like I said, at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.
No indication on what happened, As Maraner said, there's not
a ton of information that we're getting. I'm checking also
the KTLA news desk. I know that we are heading
(28:09):
heading to the refinery with the helicopter. So if you
want to see some more images of what's happening down there,
the emergency response to that fire, you can check that
out on KTLA Channel five, and of course keep it
here on kfive. Thank you so much for being a
part of the show tonight. My thanks go out to
so many folks who were listening, and as always, you
(28:30):
can find me on the internet an Andy KTLA and
I'll be back not this Sunday, but the Sunday after
that on the twelfth. Thanks to Tony Mark Ronner Nicky,
I'm Andy Reesmeyer. This is KFI AM six forty live
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You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Iggy is eliot with Ariana Grande. Want to move on
this Taylor Swift moment? Now, I know, Tony's like, Wow,
I don't know what the carrier of this? Who cares
about any of this stuff? Tony's got a stogy right now.
He's like, Hey, what do I care about these guys? Eh,
they're not the same to me. God, ghoul, I don't know.
(00:24):
I'm so sorry. If it ain't that old punk or
old skat, I probably don't know it. Yeah, you and
me both, brother. I mean, I here's the thing. I'm
lucky that I've been able to work in this industry
for a little bit and and have access to pop music.
I love pop music. It's very interesting, but uh, I
have a hard time with the obsession, the fervor, the fanaticism.
(00:47):
But you know, look, look, we got to give it
her a do. Taylor Swift. Really there's there's really not
anybody like her, and I think that there's probably not
been anybody like her. Uh's in her generation for sure,
But even before that, just the absolute domination of the conversation,
which I think is especially impressive in an hero when
everyone is so doing other things when it comes to
(01:09):
pop culture. But here we are on the other side
of nine o'clock Tony. We survived, Mark Ronner. There was
no rapture when the Taylor Swift record dropped. Well, if
there was, I got left behind. You know, maybe that's
what it is. You got the one don't see. But
it wasn't expecting friendship bracelets just floating up into the air.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, I didn't think I was gonna be in that demographic.
When we're there, there you go, all right, Well, I
will say this.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Listen to a couple songs, and with your permission, I'm
gonna just play some moments here of the new songs
from Taylor Swift's The Life of a Show Girl. Many
of them are explicit. We won't be playing those here
on terrestrial radio. I understand if you're gonna be like,
I can't do this, but we're gonna listen to try
(01:53):
to analyze. We're gonna hang on a second. There's there's
dirty Taylor Swift. Oh yeah, I think tracks four through twelve.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I had no idea. Now I'm interested suddenly, Oh now
you want to know.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Well, one of them includes it Girl Sabrina Carpenter as well.
Life of a Showgirl. Can't play that for you. That's
got an ex to it that means explicit. But let's
just listen to a little bit of this first track
off of the new record, The Fate of Ophelia. The
Fate of Ophelia, We got that one. The next track
is called Elizabeth Taylor. Let's see what she's singing about here.
I need to stop this, and I don't want to
(02:26):
be rude, because I know this is important to a
lot of people. But this sounds like a to me,
a little bit like a parody of Taylor Swift, like
she's doing an imitation of herself.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Sometimes it doesn't feel so glamorous to be all al.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Right, guys, that's that lyric. It doesn't feel sometimes it
doesn't feel so glamorous to be me. She got some
pushback from a lot of the fans yesterday and into
today because they said, I think it would be pretty
good to be you.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Well, let's know, Jenny from the block, Okay, so do
you think this is a little low energy? Is that
what you're saying and not getting the blood pumping? I
feel like I shouldn't say a single word about a
Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Because you're worried they're gonna come for you.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I know.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
I was talking to a music a guy a couple
of weeks ago, I think Adam on the show last week,
and we were talking about how there's a lot of
fear for music journalists to be critical of pop, especially
big pop stars like Beyonce or Taylor, because they're worried
that their fans are so i mean sometimes toxic, that
they will, you know, show up at their house with pitchforks.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
I would like to go on record and say I
cannot stand Taylor's swift.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
All everybody get her? Oh my god. Okay, well, well
it's pretty interesting. I have a lot of thoughts sort
of which I'll keep to myself, but I the record
is out now on you know, not a little sleepy
intro there to it, but I'm sure we'll warm up
to it. I guarantee you're gonna hear those songs everywhere
for the next six months, NonStop, whether you like it
(03:59):
or not. Interesting that this record is produced by Max Martin. He,
of course, is the Swedish mega producer who was responsible
for the Backstree Boys in Sync Britney spears. I mean,
you hear a little bit of that sort of dance
at least on that first record, but it also kind
of reminds me a little bit of that reputation era Taylor.
So very very interesting Taylor Swift new record, lots of
(04:23):
ways to get into the Taylor Swift spirit. This week too.
They're doing a pop up of sorts over at the
Westfield Century City Mall tomorrow goes all the way to
October ninth. You can reserve a spot. Just do a
little quick google of that. It's called Taylor Swift a
Life of a Showgirl TikTok fan activation. I imagine that
will be very very popular. Also, the female owned bar
(04:47):
called Banter Bar is doing an album release party complete
with themed cocktails, a friendship bracelet, stations, small bites, and more.
The dress code is described as bejeweled, showgirl glam plus
eras the event twenty one and over. Of course, that
is on the south to Pulvida, the Banter Bar that's tomorrow.
(05:08):
That's Saturday from seven to eleven thirty and then downtown
tomorrow from seven pm to two am. The Resident Downtown
Los Angeles is hosting a listening and dance party. So
people who love her, I'm sure are listening to her
record right now and not listening to us, and that's fine.
That's good, good for them and good for her. A
lot of speculation on what this record means, what the
(05:30):
things that she is saying. The lore of Taylor Swift
is very important as much as the music, the sort
of reading between the lines, who are you disan? Who
are you you loving on? We of course know that
she's engaged to Travis Kelce. I'm sure there's some songs
about that. I can only imagine that our boss, Brian Long,
(05:51):
who's the biggest Chiefs fan of all time, is curled
up with a nice Macha latte listening to this NonStop.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Well, you know, as we descend into Taylor Swift madness
this whole weekend, we have another sort of very La
thing that has happened. Our friends over at Fox LA
Channel eleven investigated a hardware store. It's pretty baller.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
A small silver Lake hardware store is building quite a following.
Customers in sorts of screws and wrench shoes are also
looking for an unlikely trend in fashion show us the merch.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
This is our little display. This is the Valor merch.
It's a pretty good haul. Yeah yeah, it's quite a bit.
It's kind of expanded over the years.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Valor Hardware has been nailing it since nineteen fifty nine.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Nice Bobby DeCastro anchor over there, good writing fifty nine.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
The family owned shop has battled the big box, invasion, recessions,
even disasters. But today it's not only drywall and duct
tape drawing crowds, it's threads. Somewhere along the way, the
family realized that their store name was too good not
to laugh at. Joe is fourth generation b.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
A L L E R. So pronounce it for me.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
It's it's.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It's balor.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Balor, Yes, balor, but it's not spelled but right, okay,
you growing up as a baler, Yes, it must have
always been, always been a thing, And I don't really
care as long as people are saying it, right you
benether it's balor or baller whatever, you.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Might as well own it now. Yes, but it is balor.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
The balor not baller logo a blue circle with two hammers,
sturdy and stylish on the back. A vintage photo of
his great grandfather's ride hammering home that classic California cool.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
So basically what they've done is taken the store and
they made a bunch of what you may call hipster merch.
I don't know what the young people are called now.
When I was that age and I would be interested
in silver Lake, I would have called it hipster that
now they're just gen z. I don't know. It's really
a great idea. It worked really well for them, and honestly,
(08:11):
you can't fault the hustle. It's a very la thing.
I don't know that there's a lot of silver Lake
people who are like hitting up the hardware store every
single day. But I just think about like my grandpa
or a grandpa type in the hardware store who's like
picking up some picking up some roof and nails, and
(08:32):
there's this little sickly teen putting on a trucker hat
and taking a celphie front of the hardware store. Can't
swing a hammer. No grit literally no, doesn't understand what
grit is. In the fortitude way and also the sanding way.
(08:54):
But it's kind of fun and it does feel very
la to do this. Everything now has to have a
sort of cultural importance. It feels like it's tailor made
for social media. I don't blame them. You know they're
making it work. They're on the news. That's great. But
why stop there? There are other places that we could
we could do this with. In Los Angeles. We might
(09:14):
need the help of the Los Angeles Unified School District,
but there is a Stoner Elementary School that would be great.
I could put a T shirt with Stoner Elementary School
on it, or in that same in that same vein
the Baked Potato in Studio City. In Koreatown, there's the
(09:37):
gay Lord apartments for fellas who like religion and each other.
Up to Ohio. Oh man, that was so smooth and
I ruined it your heart.
Speaker 5 (09:53):
Department of Transportation says there is no excuse for this
kind of driving. If you're close to missing your exit,
O DOT is urging you to just take the next one.
It'll be safer for you and everyone around you. Dangerous
behavior on Ohio interstates.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
There's no excuse for putting people in harm's way just
so you can avoid maybe a two or three minute detour.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Just this month, the truck carrying watermelons came to a
sudden stop on a highway in.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
The Cincinnati area. Stay with me here.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
Just this month, the truck carrying watermelons came to a
sudden stop on a highway in the Cincinnati area. The
reason a car slowed down and crossed several lanes of
traffic to get to an exit they were about to pass.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I I grew up in Indiana, not far from Ohio.
I do think that we were superior drivers to the
Ohio people. Ohio, I think are the kind of people
who do a lot of left lane hogging. They're not listening,
they don't care, but they do a lot of staying
in the left lane even if they're not passing. And
that is that is something that I think is immediate
suspension of your license. And there isn't a lot of
(11:01):
quick maneuvering happening there. This isn't a big city. We're
talking about Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis, places that sort of just
they go at the speed that they go at. In
Los Angeles, you could be crossing seven lanes of traffic
to hit your exit any time of day, and that
is a normal thing that we all just tolerate.
Speaker 8 (11:19):
Now.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Luckily, the traffic is mostly so bad you don't have
the opportunity to do that very quickly. But this is
something I feel like that doesn't FaZe us very much.
If you're there and things move a little bit slower.
I have it on first hand account, this can be
very dangerous, especially in this situation.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
All over the road.
Speaker 7 (11:35):
It would have made a difference if that truck driver's
attention was on something not the road ahead. It would
have been very, very differently.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Watermelons ended up all over the road, but odots Matt
Brooding says, luckily no one crashed.
Speaker 7 (11:48):
So there are a lot of lessons that we can
learn from looking at some of these incidents.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
It's not the first time in recent month sod on
has been.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
It's true, you know, you don't want to do that,
but especially if you're in Ohio and so they're really
looking out for people who are crossing over, especially those
people who are going to be knocking those watermelons off.
Don't want to do that. Back here in California, the hoa,
the dreaded hoa. Nothing stirs the soul or strikes fear
(12:19):
in the hearts of a suburban person, like those three
letters of HOA. A new law in California has restricted
the finds that an HA can impose on its people
to one hundred dollars per violation. They say that's because
some of these fines have gone up to thousands and
thousands of dollars and that it's making people foreclothes on
(12:42):
their homes. Hoas typically have a lot of power. The
CEO and president of Callahan and Blaine, Callahan and Blaine
represents both homeowners and HOA, says, generally speaking, it seems
reasonable to bring it down because that is one of
the biggest iss she was living in California. Hoas have
very broad powers to enforce their rules. I thought the
(13:05):
gas tax was up there. I thought our property tax
is pretty high. I mean, relatively speaking compared to other places.
It's not I understand Prop thirty. But the homes are
so expensive that there's a lot of property tax we pay.
So now only one hundred dollars can they find you
for those violations, violations like your garage doors painted the
wrong color. I think it's probably good because a lot
(13:28):
of those are irrational. I understand, though, at the same time,
like you know, bigger fines keep you from doing it's
a disincentive to do bad things. I've got to be
real with you. I grew up in a neighborhood that
had an HOA. It's our little condo complex in Indianapolis
that my mom lived in. Real Gladys Kravitz was the
(13:48):
head of the HOA. She was like two or three,
two or three houses down from us. Hated me, hated me.
Speed limit was twenty I might may may be going
a little quicker. She starts following me on the street.
I get home through the neighborhood. She pulls in the
driveway behind me, comes up to the car and knocks
(14:12):
on the window, you know, And I'm like, oh my god,
I'm probably like seventeen years old. So I rolled the
window down and she yells at me. She says, I
had to go a full thirty miles per hour to
keep up with you. And I looked at her and
I said, well, you didn't have to. There was a
(14:32):
time when my mom's boyfriend was doing yard work. Brought
over like a ricketty old iron wheelbarrow or something. A
few days go by, then Gladys comes over. She rings
a doorbell and she's like, where is the wheelbarrow. I
saw your stepdad using the wheelbarrow. Did you take our
new wheelbarrow? We can't find it. Had we had nothing
(14:53):
to do with her wheelbarrow. Our wheelbarrow was like rusted out,
sixty years old. And then she she said to my mom,
open the garage. I'm gonna look for the wheelbarrow. My
mom is like pound sand Gladys. We didn't have a wheelbarrow.
That's the kind of stuff that happens in hoas. Mark
(15:15):
Roner doesn't know anything about that. I do not know.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
They sound terrible, and it sounds like missus Kravitz might
ended up in a shallow grave there in Indy.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Oh well, I certainly didn't have anything to do with it.
I don't know. I think she's still alive. She wasn't
that old. She just was ornery. There's no statute limitations
on that, you know. Yeah, That's why I'm saying what
I'm saying. All Right, we can move on.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
H Andy Ree's Marion for mister mo Kelly. Just a
couple of minutes here left on the old Show. On
this Thursday, October two, George Norre's coming up in just
a bit. I think we'll hear from him in the
next block. A little preview on what's going on on
that on that show. Some updates for you, gentlemen. Taylor
(16:02):
Swift has spoken. I know you're really curious. She posted
just a little after the album was released, nine oh
three pm our time tonight. All these lives converge here,
the mosaics of laughter and cocktail of tears, where fraternal
souls sing identical things, and it's beautiful, it's rapturous, it
(16:25):
is frightening. Uh, she mentioned the rapture. Couldn't have seen
that one coming. She goes on to say, I can't
tell you how proud I am to share this with you,
an album that just feels so right forever. Thank you
goes out to my mentors and friends Max, Max Martin
and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait. If
you thought the Big Show was wild, perhaps you should
(16:47):
come and take a look behind the curtain. She says.
The Life of a Showgirl is out now and like
we said, produced by Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift.
She also posted a bunch of photos that kind of
look like Hotel Boudoir, Italian restaurant Terry richardson Vibe. It's
(17:12):
some cool pictures. She's posing next to a martini with
the twist, half drunk martini. I don't know about her.
I can't make a comment on her condition. She looks
fine and a plate of spaghetti in what appears to
be a hallway of a hotel. You can read into
that as you like. In other Taylor Swift news, rolling
(17:35):
Stone already has reviewed, and I'm sure they had an
ombargo copy. Maybe they had an embargo copy. I don't know.
Rolling Stone review is out. Taylor Swift conquers her biggest
stage ever on the Life of a show Girl. How
many stars do you guys think? Four out of five?
(17:56):
She got five ew they gave it. They gave her
one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
But Rolling Stone only gave led Zeppelin like no more
than two stars. So what would they know about good music?
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Do you mean like recently?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
No? When when led Zeppelin we're releasing music back in
the day, Rolling Stone magazine never gave them good rating.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
In all fairness, I'm not sure that those people are
still with Rolling Stone. However, it is a good point.
The essence is still there. The essence is still there.
I think that there was a thing we talked about
last week about I was just referencing about poptimism, where
music reviewers have a hard time being critical of these
uber huge artists because they maybe are concerned about backlash. Again,
(18:47):
anybody who really cares about Taylor Swift is just listening
to Taylor Swift right now. So that's fine. But let's
go out to Brentwood, where a tragedy has occurred.
Speaker 9 (18:56):
People are really upset about this, some downright emotions.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
The owner of the Sinclair gas station.
Speaker 9 (19:01):
Says that people customers have been coming in in tears,
saying that the beloved dinosaur that used to fill this
spot would make their day, but now the community is
demanding that the dino knappers return their beloved green mascots.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
I love Brentwood, I do. I will never be able
to afford to deliver remotely close to that zip code, but
I respect that people in that city can be moved
by something like this, a dinosaur logo at a gas station.
(19:35):
I don't know logos the right or a statue can
move them to tears.
Speaker 9 (19:40):
Meet Dino Claire, a four foot tall fiberglass dinosaur and
an unofficial mascot of Brentwood, often dressed for the holidays,
sometimes in Dodger blue.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
She wasn't just a statue.
Speaker 9 (19:50):
She was a selfie star, a neighborhood landmark, and a
daily dose of joy.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Everything everything must feed the algorithm, whether you've got Boller
hardware or a statue in front of your in front
of your gas station of a dinosaur. It's a spot
for a selfie, a place to reflect on the museum
of me.
Speaker 9 (20:14):
But now her spot on San Vecenti in twenty sixth
Street sits empty.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Even now, just looking down and not seeing it is
like it's a big shock.
Speaker 9 (20:22):
Claire was dyno napped early Saturday morning, prehistoric heist caught
on camera watch as a thief and a hoodie casually
strolls up with a power tool and cuts her free
from her base. Minutes later, he's back with a blanket,
wrapping up the fifty pound mascot and loading her into
a white getaway truck.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
I mean, at least he didn't want her to get
cold or scratched. Does he respect the art a white
getaway truck?
Speaker 8 (20:46):
Beyond like the initial I guess grief that comes with
the dinosaur going. It's just like a like a y
like why would they why would they take the dinosaur.
I just don't get it at all. It really makes
no sense. There's no monetary gain for artists, but also
it's like taking a piece of the neighborhood away from us.
Speaker 9 (21:03):
Sixteen year old Travis Waters works of the Sinclair and
also grew up in Brentwood. He says the friendly green
figure helped fuel his childhood love of dinosaurs.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Dinaster was like my big thing.
Speaker 8 (21:12):
I had like dinosaur birthday parties, everything, and part of
that was because of this I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
It was like it's such like a fun and then
he ended up working there at the gas station. The
power that this statue has over the people in that
neighborhood the whole He loved dinosaurs because of the statue,
and then he started working at the gas station because
of it is this I don't know.
Speaker 8 (21:34):
It's just like it's such like a fun such a
fun logo, such a fun mascot.
Speaker 9 (21:38):
Yeah, it just it's made heartbreaking. Travis certainly isn't alone.
Neighbors say Claire wasn't just decoration. She was part of
the community's heartbeat.
Speaker 10 (21:47):
It was kind of like a symbol, like you'd come here,
and it was just one of those things.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
As a kid, you'd remember part of the beat.
Speaker 10 (21:53):
It was kind of like a symbol, like you'd come here,
and it was just one of those things as a
kid you'd remember. Just honestly, so random that someone would steal.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's a kid thing.
Speaker 9 (22:01):
They dressed it up all the time, the kids loved it.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
So I don't get I don't get it.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
I don't get it, and I don't get what's wrong
where people have to do things like.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
This fair that's a fair point. I also want to
say full disclosure, Mark Ronner, I did not steal the dinosaur.
I'm not trying to downplay this because I am the
person who dino napped.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
We make light of corporate mascots station, Okay, thank you.
How many careers in paleontology were lost launched by the
Sinclair dinosaur?
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Yeah, I mean it's terrible.
Speaker 10 (22:33):
You're canceled.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Oh I'm canceling this guy. Oh how about some charges.
I'm canceling this guy and two of them. And I
don't cancel people, but.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
They are canceled charged with what grand theft? Brontosaurus? What
would they charge a flintstone with Oh, that's a good question.
I'll have to think about.
Speaker 9 (22:55):
That my gas station's owner, and just reiterating that Claire
was a lot more than just a mascot. She showed
up in family photos, even in Christmas cards. Now neighbors
are hoping that police can crack this Jurassic size case
and bring their prestork pal home.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
I get it, it's important to have things like that.
There's some writing a Jurassic sized case. Give her a raise.
She's incredible. I think this is for Fox eleven. I
don't know who there was reporter is but this case
and bring their pre stork pal home. I don't know
if that's I don't know if that's that might be Haley,
I'm not sure.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Really good writing though, absolutely, I agree give her the raise.
She will have a lot of puns in there. It's
a place to scene plunder there it is. That's perfect
as a throwaway. You can have that one. You t
rexed me on that, Yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel bad
for these kids, you know, but I also wish that
You know, there's a lot of money in Brentwood. You
(23:51):
would think that maybe the gas station, the gas station
mascot isn't like you know, they're their savior, But hey,
what do I know? Maybe when you're that well off,
like it's the little things, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand breaking.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
News right now, some information coming into the newsroom. Large
fire has been spotted at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.
Reports are that there was an explosion sometime around nine
to forty and they have a picture up here on
k COW and you can see it from from a distance.
I'm assuming that might be one of their cameras, maybe
(24:33):
in the South bay, looking that out towards the fire.
Two pretty large plumes of smoke and then a bunch
of active fire there. The reason I say it's from
the south, maybe Palace Verdi's looking north, is because you
can see Los Angeles International Airport just behind you. You
can see the planes coming and going there. The flames
(24:56):
are of course visible from the airport. This refinery in
El Segunda, you know, just south of the Los Angeles
International Airport complex there burned back in twenty twenty two
in November, and then in December there was another flaring
event and then there was a bigger fire back in
twenty seventeen. And every time this happens, of course, we
(25:19):
always think, oh my god, there go the gas prices.
That's what you always think. No indication on if anybody's
been injured. I'm sure we'll have some updates here very soon.
Mark Ronner's working on that. But they're asking for people
to stay out of the area from that fire. Like
(25:42):
I said, around nine to forty two, emergency services got
the call or started to respond, according to Citizen, because
of a large fire following an explosion, asking people to
avoid the area. If you're familiar with the part of Elseaguindo,
I mean, you can't miss the refinery as big as
the city itself. It's basically just south of the airport,
(26:04):
south of lax In between the city of Elsagundo and
the ocean. Twenty six oh six Laurel Avenue is the
location where it is reported, at least on Citizen. But
this is a pretty big refinery, and like I said
(26:25):
in the past, it has burned and air traffic still
seems to be moving. I mean a couple of videos,
like I said, the live video that we're looking at
here in our newsroom on k COW I can see
that the plane appears that the planes are going are
still going. So I don't know if traffic of air
(26:45):
traffic is being impacted by this. I imagine they would
probably be pretty hesitant about that. Maybe they would keep
planes from taking off or landed in the South complex
of lax Ron. Are you hearing anything about this?
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Yeah, there's nothing much on the wires at all yet,
and I've been keeping an eye on it, so I'll
have whatever we get as soon as we get it.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Yeah, yeah, it really, it does it. I feel like
every five years or so it catches on fire, and
that last one was pretty tough. They did tell people
the last time that we had we had this fire,
they told people to shut their windows. There was a
lot about that about the air quality. So I think,
(27:24):
especially if if you're it couldn't hurt, shut those windows.
If you're near there. You don't know what's burning. I
don't know where it's blowing. Conditions right now, today, I
mean it were really it was very nice today. It's
relatively calm, not a lot of wind. I believe that
the currently that there's like something like two miles an
(27:46):
hour wind really coming in. So you also have some
of that cloud cover from the marine layer start to
build up here in just a little bit. But large fire,
like I said, at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.
No indication on what happened, As Maraner said, there's not
a ton of information that we're getting. I'm checking also
the KTLA news desk. I know that we are heading
(28:09):
heading to the refinery with the helicopter. So if you
want to see some more images of what's happening down there,
the emergency response to that fire, you can check that
out on KTLA Channel five, and of course keep it
here on kfive. Thank you so much for being a
part of the show tonight. My thanks go out to
so many folks who were listening, and as always, you
(28:30):
can find me on the internet an Andy KTLA and
I'll be back not this Sunday, but the Sunday after
that on the twelfth. Thanks to Tony Mark Ronner Nicky,
I'm Andy Reesmeyer. This is KFI AM six forty live
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