July 29, 2025 • 35 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – A look at the most expensive U.S. states to live in…PLUS – Thoughts on a tragic murder inside a 7-Eleven that left a Father of four dead AND whether or not Mayor Bass should be focused on things like signing an ‘accessibility commitment’ for the 2028 Summer Olympics when there is so much that needs to be done in Los Angeles - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app & YouTube @MrMoKelly
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
Ok, I am six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
It's Lady with Mo Kelly with Live on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook,
and the iHeartRadio app. I would like to say happy Monday,
But is there such a thing as happy Monday? If
you're just coming off the weekend and you're just getting
back to work like me, can you say happy Monday?
It's almost it's almost apocryphal. It's almost disrespectful. It's nothing
(00:44):
happy about a Monday. Don't get me wrong. I'm pleased
that I have, you know, breath in my body, I
have movement of my limbs. I'm in my right mind.
Unless you ask my wife. She thinks I'm out of
my mind. But it's Monday, and I know it's a
little bit more difficult than most days to be able
to get it going. I know when you woke up
this morning, it just seemed like, gosh, where did the
(01:07):
weekend go? It went kind of quickly, it did, and
we're now on the other side of the newness of summer.
It's almost like, you know, August is almost here. You
start winding down. I don't know, twelve, when are your kids,
or at least your daughter goes back.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
To school middle of August. That's what I thought.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
So summer is winding down for many folks because we're
saying goodbye to July before the end of the week.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Where did all the time go? But what's your problem
with Monday? Mondays?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. I'm not
big on Mondays. I'm not big on Mondays. It's not
that I lived for the weekend, but I like the weekend.
I like it a lot.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
I like a good Monday. Look I got it.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Look I enjoyed my job. I love what I do,
but I'd much rather be home.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
My dogs.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And if you didn't see, Riley and Benson posted some
pictures of them on my Instagram at mister Mokelly k
E l l y to the business at hand. I'm
going to tell you about the top five most expensive
states in America, and something tells me I have a
sneaking suspicion that California might be among the top five.
(02:21):
I don't know this for certain, I just believe that
it's a distinct possibility. And in unfortunate news, we have
to tell you about this man who was shot and
killed in Longdale at a seven eleven store.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And I saw this story and it's.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
About maybe two miles at best from where I live,
and I passed this seven to eleven all the time.
When I'm going to do TV at Spectrum News, it's
on the way. I know exactly where it is, so
it hits home in a lot of ways. And when
I tell you about the story, and we'll do that
(02:58):
at the bottom of the hour, it's possibly wrong place,
wrong time, wrong interaction with the wrong individual, and it
highlights what oftentimes we talk about. Look, I'm the person
who's always looking to de escalate because you don't know
who you're dealing with more times than not. And you know,
(03:20):
something which started off with words ended with gunfire and
a father of four lost his life unnecessarily needlessly.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
We'll talk about that at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And before we close out the hour, we have to
talk about Mayor Karen Bass and she's signed this accessibility
commitment for twenty twenty eight the Olympics, where it will
be that there will be a level of accessibility for
all the events for those who may be disabled or
have some sort of limitation.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And I think that's all well and good, but I
think there's a larger.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Discussion to have about mayor bass in this moment, and
let me put it this way, it's nice these, I
would say, lesser important items. I'm not trying to be dismissive,
but there's some big issues which need addressing, and until
we get those things done, all these other things really
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don't matter.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
It's nice that the Olympics are coming and they'll be
here in twenty twenty eight. It's nice that she has
a vision for a car free Olympics. It's nice that
there is now a level of accessibility for those who
are disabled. But what about the big ticket items that
you and I are concerned about on a day to
day basis. What about those who are worried about crime,
those who are worried about graffiti, those who are worried
(04:40):
about just random acts of violence like I am and
I think you are as well.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
We're going to talk about that before the hour's over.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And on the ones in Tuesday Night, Running the Board,
our technical director is Tony Sorrentino. Wanted to welcome him
to the show in for Stephan tonight. How are you doing,
my brother?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Hey doing all right? Recovery.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Just want to let you know if you hear anything
that Mark thinks is funny.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Do not give him a rim shot?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Okay, I'll talk to you during the break, Tony, don't
worry about Okay.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
If I should say anything which is remotely funny, you'd
make sure you give me a rim shot.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Because my name is on the show. He needs the
extra help, Tony, go ahead and give it to him.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I'll wait, keep waiting.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Buddy's band though, Tony, jeez, please, he's a crystal Hi Pisa,
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
You have a tough day with Monday, aren't you? Like
I said, I just got that from comicon man. Oh wait,
you went to Comic Con.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
I go every year. Okay, every year. I've been going
for twenty five years now. So you have an extensive
report for us at some point if you want one.
It's that much.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
There was a lot of people there this year, and
the panels weren't much so well, we know on the
floor much.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Because there are a lot of studios which were not participating.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Diamond didn't even show up. Well, Diamond doesn't exist anymore. Yeah,
that there.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Were they going to do a panel on bankruptcy.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
There was a big space in the floor where Diamonds
should have been.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
I mean, if they're going to do a panel on
bankruptcy and how to possibly get a hold of your
back orders, maybe they could have done that because there's
a lot of people angry at at Diamond life.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Still, what happened to my collect lections?
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Yep, for people who don't know what that means, Diamond
was the main distributor for the entire comics industry industry
and they went bankrupt recently.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
So what does that tell you about the future of
the industry as a whole.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Well, it's always been shaky, for God's sake, h now shook?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah? Yeah, what's beyond shaky? I mean shook it.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
I think my former publisher, Dynamite is trying to get
what they're owed because Dynamite, I think had to not
give people their paychecks recently.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Oh not the Oh well, we'll definitely hit that in
the third hour, we have your box office returns. We
all saw uh I had tastic four first steps, except
for Tony. He was too busy at Comic Con. He
didn't have a chance. But I know that I saw it.
I know that Tawalla saw it. I know Mark he
gave his review of it on Friday as part of
(07:12):
the runa report and we'll give you our thoughts with
respect to the box office totals.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Marvel has a hit on its hands, no doubt.
Speaker 8 (07:21):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty, Whimmo Kelly one KM.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Six live, everywhere on social media and the iHeartRadio app.
And we often talk about how expensive it is here
in the state of California, and you may wonder where
does that stack up nationally? Found this list on CNBC
and determine which state to the most expensive in twenty
(07:55):
twenty five. CNBC relied on prices index by the count
for Community and Economic Research, as well as data that
captured housing affordability and the rising costs of insurance. And
I think that's important, if only because we have talked
about the disasters across the country, but most notably here
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in California with the fires, and how insurance played a
role in that. In extending I would say the tragedy
and how we talk about hurricanes and people may have
hurricane insurance but not flood insurance, and how that impacts
people and how they may get their lives and houses
back in order.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
So let's look at this the five.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Most expensive states in the nation, according to CNBC, and
I think everyone in the studio has a reference point
for these states, coming in at number five. Oregon, or
some people say ore Agone, the Beaver State, landed high
on the list thanks in large parts to the cost
(08:58):
of housing. The amount of money going into mortgages and
rent takes up over thirty percent of household income for
a third of residents. On top of that that, a
loaf of bread costs twelve percent more in Portland, Oregon
than in Portland, Maine. Twenty twenty five cost of Living
Index by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center found
(09:19):
that Oregonians paid more for groceries than residents of all
but six states and Puerto Rico, coming in number four
most expensive states in America. Colorado, interestingly enough, like so
many Western states, the cost of home insurance is skyrocketing
(09:40):
and getting increasingly hard to obtain in some cases amid
devastating wildfires and other natural natural disasters.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
What we were just talking about, And yeah, so Colorado.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
It may seem like an idyllic place to live, but
it's also a very expensive place to live, coming in
at number three of the most expense of states in
the United States. There may be no state income tax,
but it's still held expensive. In Florida, long seen as
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an ideal destination for retirees with fixed incomes, some may
be surprised to find the Sunshine state so high on
this list. Similar to Colorado, the increasing frequency of devastation
from hurricanes like I talked about has led to what
has been called the worst homeowners insurance crisis in the country,
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and unfortunately for Floridians, walking insurance rates along with policy cancellations,
combined with some of the least affordable properties in the country,
come aga at number two of the most expensive states
in the United States.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Hawaii.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Interesting, I'm thinking about this California, New York or something
to Hawaii.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Hawaii. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Now, the upside is you can wake up to a
paradisaical view of stunning beaches and but it's offset by
shocking costs at the grocery store, optometrists, and elsewhere. And
that makes sense because everything is being shipped in. You know,
you have limited availability of stuff specific to Hawaii. And
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despite the high cost of goods, CNBC notes that Hawaii
has not yet been battered with the insurance crisis that
we were talking about with the other states. As of yet,
that's going to ruin the view after while. Look, you know,
I've never been to Hawaii. It's one of the few
states that I've never visited, Tony. Have you been to Hawaii?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
Yeah? I went last year in April. I was it.
It's so good. I would leave everything for there. Okay.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
So it is as built of Yeah, which island or islands?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
We ended up.
Speaker 6 (11:57):
There's a whole family, kind of like big, big family
Oahu and we went like on the north Shore area,
so kind of just away from the city, just just
beach and it just trees and green everywhere. And it
rained and wind every day because it's coming that trade
wind was coming right in that north shore.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
But I didn't care. I suffered through the rain. It
was okay. You got away from the touristy areas. Mm hmm. Okay,
like Waikiki is essentially San Diego. Okay, I'll remember that, Mark.
Have you been to Hawaii.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
No.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
My grandmother told me that she'd send me there for
my honeymoon. But then I did a quick cost benefit
analysis and decide that would involve getting married.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
So there was no Hawaii you know, the long suffering
when it's listening right now.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
She never listened. She doesn't care. Okay, she doesn't read
my books. She doesn't listen to this station. I think
I'm safe, I could say, I hope. Let's do a
little experiment here, so we're gonna find out real quick.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Twell, have you been to Hawaii? No, my kids have
been a bunch of times. Speaking of kids, your daughter
has just gone around the world. She did, she did.
Speaker 7 (13:01):
Where does she go? I mean, she went through most
of Europe. She her mother took her on a trip
this summer. Don't ask me how she managed that, because
it's mystery and me songs that didn't come out of
your parker. No, no, I told her, like, don't look
at me. They went to London, they went saws Paris,
(13:23):
they went to Amsterdam, they went to Rome, of course,
somewhere else in Italy, somewhere else far off, and one
other place, uh, Florence.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
They were just they were just like and here's the
thing that it was Billie Eilish concert connection.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (13:45):
Billie Eilish was in London and then straight to Paris
for Kendrick Lamar and says a damn and Disneyland, Paris,
and then of course they did all the sites. They
went to the Louver, they went to the Eiffel Tower,
where they went to the place where the Pope is
buried in.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
I don't know where he's buried the Vatican, by.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
The fact, he didn't want to be buried in the Vatican.
They went to the famous Saint Whatever church, they went everywhere,
Man Peters, St.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Peter's, St. Peter's, Peter's, the Colisseum.
Speaker 7 (14:18):
They said it was blazing hot, like oh godly, They
did the canals in Amsterdam.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Yeah, wow, you're like straight up like Robin Leech with
your stuff or something.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
No, man, look look styles of the rich, and.
Speaker 7 (14:33):
You know, it is amazing how how my ex wife
is able to make things happen and make away where
there's no way. She was like, we're going to do
this and figure it out.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Like literally.
Speaker 7 (14:45):
They got to Paris and she reached out to a friend,
one of the owners of Live Nation. Their kid goes
to her school, and she was like, Hey, so I'm
out here in Paris. I see there's a Kindrick says
the show five minut there, someone touches her on the shoulder, say, uh,
miss Sharp right this way, just escorted her right in
(15:06):
like backstage passes. Like literally they are front row at
the Kendrick Sister Shaw.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar London, yuh Naples, Rome.
Speaker 7 (15:22):
They did it all Amsterdam, two weeks abroad, living the life,
croissants the.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Way they're meant to be made. That's why they told
me it was Crossans. So I was like, oh, now
they're gonna correct you. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
I was in Patrie for all of five minutes and
I know how to pronounce.
Speaker 7 (15:39):
And they were like the one of the most made.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
They said. They're McDonald's.
Speaker 7 (15:42):
They have like a shrimp burger in Italy that is
like they're like their their menu is like off on
the guard.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
They have like you know, yeah, they have like a
what was it from pulp fiction Royale?
Speaker 7 (15:54):
Yeah, like but they have this one fright you can get.
I think it's a truffle butter on McDonald's.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
I'm like, what, it's crazy, it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
And here we are talking about the five most expensive
states and your daughter and ex wife's gone all around
the world, all around the world.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
That alimony is kicking your ass in it. I'm just
talking best.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
And here is the most expensive state in all the
United States, according to CNBC. After that, I would have
thought it would be New York, but it's actually California.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
We beat New York. We beat New York, and New
York didn't even end up in the top five. I'm
thinking like, wow, and I know it's the state.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
When we think of New York and cost of living,
we sometimes think about New York City as opposed to
like Buffalo or Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, you know, from a state. Yeah,
maybe that balances it out, but I still think of
New York as an expensive.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
State to live. I couldn't imagine Rochester being cheap. I
don't think. I don't think people are moving out to
be in those areas. Yeah, but still it did not
make it in the top five.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
But again, this is according generally to real estate and
insurance rates, so take it for what it's worth.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
It's later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
We have an unfortunate seven eleven update when we come back,
and I'm not going to tell you I told you so,
but just know it's on my mind throughout the whole
story the whole time.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Okay, the whole time, I told you so. What I
said it there.
Speaker 8 (17:40):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Just to reset, I made it very clear. I don't
go to seven eleven. I don't go in a daytime.
I don't go at nighttime. I don't go at any time.
To all sharp, he likes to go there for the coffee.
I warn him not to ever go to seven eleven. Now,
if you want to go to AMPM fine, Circle, K Fine,
Mom and Pops, you know, Mini mart Fine, Valero, Dino Mart, Fine,
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stay your ass out of seven to eleven.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
I went just this week too.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Man.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
That's why this story really hurts. And because I say that.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Part of the reason I say that is because I
think seven eleven is inherently dangerous. It's not only from
the client tells about how it's set up, and it's
more conducive to it being robbed. There, unfortunately, was a
man who went to a seven eleven not far from
where I live. And as the story's told, I want
to play it for you just a second. As the
story is told, he got into first a verbal altercation
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with some other man who came in later. They seemingly
did not know each other, so there's no reason to
believe that there's a personal connection. Then the verbal altercation
turned into a physical altercation, and then the second man
who walked into the seven eleven pulled a gun and
then shot this gentleman, and he died on the scene.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
And here's basically how it went down.
Speaker 10 (19:15):
Well at tripp to seven eleven turned deadly in Lowndale,
a man was shot and killed inside the store on
his way home from work. Kick on These reporter Amanda
Starantino spoke to the victim's wife this morning.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Oh and it's only like eight pm, so we're talking
about right around now that this would have happened. We're
not'm saying like eleven twelve one in the morning. We're
not saying like, oh my goodness, what are you doing
there at at seven eleven? No, this is just like
after work going home. The sun probably is still out
to certain it's probably dusk, so it's not like you
(19:47):
should expect anything bad should happen.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
This scene now.
Speaker 11 (19:50):
Clear the corner removing the body just a few hours ago,
but detectives are still the serch first suspect do they
say shot it killed a man inside this seven eleven
overnight and then fled the scene. Now, the wife of
the victim spoke with me this morning. She identified him
as thirty four year old George Victoriano, a father of four,
living just a few blocks away.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
She's thirty four father four, living just a few blocks away.
Speaker 11 (20:15):
George Victoriano, a father of four, living just a few
blocks away. She says, he's stopped by this seven to
eleven last night on his way home to pick up
some beers. She shared with us these pictures of their family,
and she said she was expecting him home last night,
but he never walked through the door. Kaylee Victoriano says
they've been married since twenty fifteen. Together they have four children,
ages two through eleven. She tells me George was a plumber,
(20:37):
just wrapping up a job Sunday night, and that this
store is only blocks from their home. His family, including
his parents and brothers, spent the night here at the scene,
refusing to leave while his body remained inside the store.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
He wasn't doing anything wrong. He was living his life
as he should. He was gainfully employed plumber, honorable profession,
taking care of his family, married with four kids, and this.
Speaker 11 (21:00):
Happens I'll show you what the scene looked like. Overnight,
Sheriff's deputies responded just after eight pm to reports of
a shooting inside the convenience storm. They found a man
suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced
dead at the scene. An investigators say the victim and
the suspect gone into a verbal argument that escalated into
a fight, and that's when the suspect pulled out a
gun and opened fire.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
And you have to know, when that second guy walked in,
he obviously knew you had a gun.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
He was obviously looking for some sort of confrontation.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
And that's unfortunately when I talked to my sons and
Twola and I talked about this about some very specific items.
You know, you don't know what another person has on
their mind. They may have come with the full intention
of escalation, or might have a gun, might be drunk,
might be high, might be both, and you just might
(21:54):
be mad.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
And that's not the same thing. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 11 (21:58):
The gunman, described only as the Hispanic mail then ran out,
got into a car, and took off. The victim managed
to run toward the back of the store, but collapsed
and died in sun This happened near Prairie Avenue in
Manhattan Beach Boulevard, just behind Bill Rogers Middle School and
across from the Laundro Park baseball Fields, a heavily residential
area and a busy intersection.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
But we can assume there is video. Every seven to
eleven has cameras everywhere. They know what this guy looks like.
I think it's fair to assume they have as license plate.
Speaker 11 (22:26):
Detectives have not officially released the victim's identity, but they
say they are still on the search for the suspect
that they say is on the run, and no arrests
have been made just yet.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
Also, well they know he's on the run. That means
they know who it is, and now they've already gone
to his residents.
Speaker 11 (22:41):
We investigators tell us that this was not a robbery
and they do not believe it to be gang related.
We know no employees were hurt during this altercation last night,
but a family this morning torn apart.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
That's my greatest fear.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
You're mining your business, you're probably living your life in
a way that you should, and then you happened upon
this one idiot, just one, just this one idiot who
obviously had a gun on him and went to the
store with intentions and probably had no problem with escalating
a verbal altercation because he knew he was strapped.
Speaker 7 (23:17):
And it to me, walking into the seven eleven with
a gun on him, that to me speaks to intent
that there was potentially intent to possibly rob The story.
I know the police are saying that there was no
robbery tempt but that's just because he got into it
with this man and decided, well, you know what, instead,
(23:37):
I'm going to take this guy's life. I'm not even
going to move forward what I was gonna come in
here for. I mean, it is a truly, truly heartbreaking thing.
I mean, it does give me pause. It makes me
think to myself, like I could be in the stuff
like I went the other day I got caught. I
could be in there minding my own business. And unfortunately,
if someone was to have come in there and just
(23:58):
started something with me, I do worry about, well I
have that wherewithal to say just walk away, leave it alone,
or is my temper going to get the best of me.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
I tried never to be the aggressor.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
I try, but then someone may say the wrong thing,
and you may say something in response, not trying to
take it there. But you know, someone jaw jactionally, you
may jog jacking back, and then all of a sudden
you've lost control of the situation. Yeah, that's always my concern.
And you may have been planning to go home. That
person was planned to shoot someone, right, And that's why
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I always talk about safety in the sense of before
you are in a situation, game, plant out for the
person you haven't met, the situation that you are not
in that you cannot see. I think about going into
a place and if someone were to say something to
me that I didn't like, trying not to respond, trying
(24:57):
not to escalate.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
You know what, Yeah, all those things.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Have a nice day, so I can go on with
the rest of my day and hopefully my life. And
if it's escalated to something where I don't have a choice,
then we're going to have to do what we have
to do because I want to at least protect myself.
But I'm hopefully going to be calm enough to not
be a party to the escalation, hopefully because I'm trying
(25:20):
to get home to someone for someone and it has
nothing to do with me, and that person should not
be the final chapter to my story. It's Later with
mo Kelly caf I AM six forty. We're live everywhere
on social media and the iHeartRadio app, and we're going
to get into what Mayor Bass has been up to.
She signed an accessibility commitment for twenty twenty eight. The
(25:44):
Olympics are on the way, and I'll give you my
thoughts on that and also the larger picture as it
represents Mayor Bass.
Speaker 8 (25:51):
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is going on in the world. Mayor Karen Bass someone
who is not extremely popular right now in the city.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Of Los Angeles. I think that's fair to say.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
She had an event on Friday, and as part of
the thirty fifth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act,
Mayor Bass and other civic leaders wanted to reaffirm their
commitment to making sure that the twenty twenty eight Olympics
would be accessible to all individuals, regardless of level of
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ability or disability.
Speaker 12 (26:57):
Earlier today at Exposition Park, Mayor Bass signed Games Host
City Accessibility Commitment, a pledge to make sure that twenty
twenty eight Olympic Games are inclusive for everyone, especially people
with disabilities.
Speaker 9 (27:10):
When you interact in the Paralympic village and you see
the challenges that people go through not just to survive,
but to excel and to thrive and to move into
excellence in terms of being an athlete, so we will
be ready. We will be ready for the Olympics, and
we will be very ready for the Paralympics.
Speaker 12 (27:29):
Also taking part in the event, Team USA para swimmer
Jack O'Neill pushing for an Olympics that leaves behind a
legacy of access.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
I think it's incredible because, I mean, spectators are the
heart of why athletes like us want to compete, and
so making sure that people in wheelchairs and people of
visual impairments or hearing impairments are able to witness these
kind of things and not only just witness the Games,
but also enjoy the great city of Los Angeles. Far
after the Games are over. It's just of the utmost importance,
and I'm glad that our organizing committee and leaders are
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on the same page as people with disabilities.
Speaker 12 (28:01):
The commitment promises to plan and deliver access and inclusion
for LA twenty eight, as well as collaborate with partnering
agencies to ensure a seamless accessible experience for everyone.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
I'm not pushing it aside. I think that is very important.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
I think that is good that we have that level
of commitment for those who may have a level of disability,
and I want the Olympics to be available to everyone.
But I think it's also dishonest if we don't have
a genuine conversation about Los Angeles, about where we are
as a city, and that is always connected to any
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presentation of the Olympics. In fact, I got an invite
from the Mayor's office to go to the event. Had
other things to do on Friday, so I was not there.
But if I would have had the opportunity to speak
with Mayor Bass one on one, I would have broached
this with her. And there's nothing I would say on
this show that I would not say to a political
figure directly to him, her and I try to be
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transparent and consistent, but I would go to mayor baths
and say, hey, we can argue about the relief and
how the fires were handled, but we cannot argue about
the state of the city. We cannot deny when we
walk out and see the graffiti every freaking where. We
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cannot deny the homeless, even though you'll tell us that
there's an improvement. As far as the number of homeless
people on the streets, I can't argue that. But I
can say with the eyeball test, it's not discernibly different.
It's not you know, if there're two thousand few are homeless,
wonderful As far as I know, same number of homeless
people in my neighborhood. We still are dealing with these
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street takeovers, not all in the city of La some
but it's the County of Los Angeles, and I understand
that's not the mayor's jurisdiction. But all of these things
are connected, and it's not just a street takeovers. We
have the street takeovers plus the deluding of the autozones.
This is something which a mayor may not be able
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to directly control, but it is still the responsibility of
the mayor to address. It's the mayor to keep in
front of mind to make sure that she or he,
in the case of other cities, is doing everything that
they can to alleviate some of these problems or improve
the quality of life for all people in Los Angeles.
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And as I am someone who lives in the city
of Los Angeles, I am intimately connected to the health
and welfare of the city. And it's fair to be
able to say it's not where it needs to be.
Now here's the other side of that conversation, and there
are those who say, well, she needs to resign or
we need different leadership. And then I have to remind people,
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most people who are asking her to resign number one,
do not live in the city of Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Y'all talk a.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Lot of mess from Orange County. Y'all talk a lot
of mess from Ventura County. You're not even in the
city of Los Angeles, but you want to tell Angelinos
who to vote for. And speaking of who to vote for,
there's no one else running. And I keep reminding people
of that there is no Republican alternative. And they said, well,
she should resign. And the people who tell me that
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she should resign. Don't even know what the process is afterwards.
Do you know, do you know who takes over? It's
the vice mayor, No, it's the Deputy mayor. No, it's
the president of the City Council or the president of
the La City Council can appoint someone until the time
of a special election, which is not going to happen
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because the mayoral election is happening next June, fewer than
ten months from now, and the only person in the
race that anyone knows the name of.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Is say it with me, Karen Bass.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
So the idea that either she he's going to resign,
why would she because there's no one stopping her from
being re elected as of right now. But what about
Rick Caruso? His ass is not in the race. And
also I don't have any information to confirm this. I
just have a sneaking suspicion reading the tea leaves. I
think he might be gearing up for a run for governor.
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I think he's looking more at the governor's mention than
he is, you know, just mayor of Los Angeles. I
think he set his sights much higher. And we'll see
how that plays out and how that pans out. But yes,
there are some real issues with the City of Los Angeles. Yes,
Mayor Bass is the captain of the ship, and she
is responsible for whatever happens on her ship or during
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her administration. But know, for all the people who are
mad as, who are who are most angry, there is
no viable alternative. There's no one running against her. And no,
she's not going to resign, So you need to stop
putting that on all your social media posts on today's
a good day for you to resign?
Speaker 1 (33:03):
And then what?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
And then what She's not going to resign, but and
then what resign so the president of La City Council
can pick someone else you don't like someone else, you
don't think we'll be able to do the job. What
you should be posting is, hey, let's find a candidate.
Hashtag find a candidate to run in June of twenty
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twenty six, because all this talk about resign or, I
forgot that even the recall effort, remember that that fell
by the wayside. I don't think they're even do that anymore.
I don't think they're even trying to collect signatures anymore. That
went nowhere. So what does it tell you it's incumbent
upon the individuals who care most about the change to
do something.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
I'm just a radio host.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
All I can do is complain on air and tell
you what it's missing in the dialogue. I can tell
you what needs to be done in the city. I
can reiterate things that you've told me and said, oh,
you need to say this on the air. I'm saying
on the air there's too much graffiti, there's too much crime,
there's too much La. LA's going to hell in the
half basket. Okay, it's said every single day. But what
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is the solution? We need new leadership? Okay, then who's running?
She needs to resign, Well, then who's going to take
her place? And nobody ever has a reasonable answer, not
one person, because you haven't actually looked into the issue.
For as much as you may not like mayor Bass,
you don't even know how to change it. You haven't
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even offered up a different candidate to vote for. You
want her to resign and don't even know the process
of what happens afterward.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I just want her out, Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
So what happens if the president of the La City
Council decides to choose Karen bass because that is in
the purview of the President, the LA City Council. You
keep spinning your wheels, you keep sending me hate mail,
but you know I'm right, Okay, if I am six forty,
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Speaker 8 (35:04):
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Los Angeles, Orange County more stimulating talk
Ok, I am six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
It's Lady with Mo Kelly with Live on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook,
and the iHeartRadio app. I would like to say happy Monday,
But is there such a thing as happy Monday? If
you're just coming off the weekend and you're just getting
back to work like me, can you say happy Monday?
It's almost it's almost apocryphal. It's almost disrespectful. It's nothing
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happy about a Monday. Don't get me wrong. I'm pleased
that I have, you know, breath in my body, I
have movement of my limbs. I'm in my right mind.
Unless you ask my wife. She thinks I'm out of
my mind. But it's Monday, and I know it's a
little bit more difficult than most days to be able
to get it going. I know when you woke up
this morning, it just seemed like, gosh, where did the
(01:07):
weekend go? It went kind of quickly, it did, and
we're now on the other side of the newness of summer.
It's almost like, you know, August is almost here. You
start winding down. I don't know, twelve, when are your kids,
or at least your daughter goes back.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
To school middle of August. That's what I thought.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
So summer is winding down for many folks because we're
saying goodbye to July before the end of the week.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Where did all the time go? But what's your problem
with Monday? Mondays?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. I'm not
big on Mondays. I'm not big on Mondays. It's not
that I lived for the weekend, but I like the weekend.
I like it a lot.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
I like a good Monday. Look I got it.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Look I enjoyed my job. I love what I do,
but I'd much rather be home.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
My dogs.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And if you didn't see, Riley and Benson posted some
pictures of them on my Instagram at mister Mokelly k
E l l y to the business at hand. I'm
going to tell you about the top five most expensive
states in America, and something tells me I have a
sneaking suspicion that California might be among the top five.
(02:21):
I don't know this for certain, I just believe that
it's a distinct possibility. And in unfortunate news, we have
to tell you about this man who was shot and
killed in Longdale at a seven eleven store.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And I saw this story and it's.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
About maybe two miles at best from where I live,
and I passed this seven to eleven all the time.
When I'm going to do TV at Spectrum News, it's
on the way. I know exactly where it is, so
it hits home in a lot of ways. And when
I tell you about the story, and we'll do that
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at the bottom of the hour, it's possibly wrong place,
wrong time, wrong interaction with the wrong individual, and it
highlights what oftentimes we talk about. Look, I'm the person
who's always looking to de escalate because you don't know
who you're dealing with more times than not. And you know,
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something which started off with words ended with gunfire and
a father of four lost his life unnecessarily needlessly.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
We'll talk about that at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And before we close out the hour, we have to
talk about Mayor Karen Bass and she's signed this accessibility
commitment for twenty twenty eight the Olympics, where it will
be that there will be a level of accessibility for
all the events for those who may be disabled or
have some sort of limitation.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And I think that's all well and good, but I
think there's a larger.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Discussion to have about mayor bass in this moment, and
let me put it this way, it's nice these, I
would say, lesser important items. I'm not trying to be dismissive,
but there's some big issues which need addressing, and until
we get those things done, all these other things really
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don't matter.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
It's nice that the Olympics are coming and they'll be
here in twenty twenty eight. It's nice that she has
a vision for a car free Olympics. It's nice that
there is now a level of accessibility for those who
are disabled. But what about the big ticket items that
you and I are concerned about on a day to
day basis. What about those who are worried about crime,
those who are worried about graffiti, those who are worried
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about just random acts of violence like I am and
I think you are as well.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
We're going to talk about that before the hour's over.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And on the ones in Tuesday Night, Running the Board,
our technical director is Tony Sorrentino. Wanted to welcome him
to the show in for Stephan tonight. How are you doing,
my brother?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Hey doing all right? Recovery.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Just want to let you know if you hear anything
that Mark thinks is funny.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Do not give him a rim shot?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Okay, I'll talk to you during the break, Tony, don't
worry about Okay.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
If I should say anything which is remotely funny, you'd
make sure you give me a rim shot.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Because my name is on the show. He needs the
extra help, Tony, go ahead and give it to him.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I'll wait, keep waiting.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Buddy's band though, Tony, jeez, please, he's a crystal Hi Pisa,
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
You have a tough day with Monday, aren't you? Like
I said, I just got that from comicon man. Oh wait,
you went to Comic Con.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
I go every year. Okay, every year. I've been going
for twenty five years now. So you have an extensive
report for us at some point if you want one.
It's that much.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
There was a lot of people there this year, and
the panels weren't much so well, we know on the
floor much.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Because there are a lot of studios which were not participating.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Diamond didn't even show up. Well, Diamond doesn't exist anymore. Yeah,
that there.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Were they going to do a panel on bankruptcy.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
There was a big space in the floor where Diamonds
should have been.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
I mean, if they're going to do a panel on
bankruptcy and how to possibly get a hold of your
back orders, maybe they could have done that because there's
a lot of people angry at at Diamond life.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Still, what happened to my collect lections?
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Yep, for people who don't know what that means, Diamond
was the main distributor for the entire comics industry industry
and they went bankrupt recently.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
So what does that tell you about the future of
the industry as a whole.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Well, it's always been shaky, for God's sake, h now shook?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah? Yeah, what's beyond shaky? I mean shook it.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
I think my former publisher, Dynamite is trying to get
what they're owed because Dynamite, I think had to not
give people their paychecks recently.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Oh not the Oh well, we'll definitely hit that in
the third hour, we have your box office returns. We
all saw uh I had tastic four first steps, except
for Tony. He was too busy at Comic Con. He
didn't have a chance. But I know that I saw it.
I know that Tawalla saw it. I know Mark he
gave his review of it on Friday as part of
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the runa report and we'll give you our thoughts with
respect to the box office totals.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Marvel has a hit on its hands, no doubt.
Speaker 8 (07:21):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty, Whimmo Kelly one KM.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Six live, everywhere on social media and the iHeartRadio app.
And we often talk about how expensive it is here
in the state of California, and you may wonder where
does that stack up nationally? Found this list on CNBC
and determine which state to the most expensive in twenty
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twenty five. CNBC relied on prices index by the count
for Community and Economic Research, as well as data that
captured housing affordability and the rising costs of insurance. And
I think that's important, if only because we have talked
about the disasters across the country, but most notably here
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in California with the fires, and how insurance played a
role in that. In extending I would say the tragedy
and how we talk about hurricanes and people may have
hurricane insurance but not flood insurance, and how that impacts
people and how they may get their lives and houses
back in order.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
So let's look at this the five.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Most expensive states in the nation, according to CNBC, and
I think everyone in the studio has a reference point
for these states, coming in at number five. Oregon, or
some people say ore Agone, the Beaver State, landed high
on the list thanks in large parts to the cost
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of housing. The amount of money going into mortgages and
rent takes up over thirty percent of household income for
a third of residents. On top of that that, a
loaf of bread costs twelve percent more in Portland, Oregon
than in Portland, Maine. Twenty twenty five cost of Living
Index by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center found
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that Oregonians paid more for groceries than residents of all
but six states and Puerto Rico, coming in number four
most expensive states in America. Colorado, interestingly enough, like so
many Western states, the cost of home insurance is skyrocketing
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and getting increasingly hard to obtain in some cases amid
devastating wildfires and other natural natural disasters.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
What we were just talking about, And yeah, so Colorado.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
It may seem like an idyllic place to live, but
it's also a very expensive place to live, coming in
at number three of the most expense of states in
the United States. There may be no state income tax,
but it's still held expensive. In Florida, long seen as
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an ideal destination for retirees with fixed incomes, some may
be surprised to find the Sunshine state so high on
this list. Similar to Colorado, the increasing frequency of devastation
from hurricanes like I talked about has led to what
has been called the worst homeowners insurance crisis in the country,
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and unfortunately for Floridians, walking insurance rates along with policy cancellations,
combined with some of the least affordable properties in the country,
come aga at number two of the most expensive states
in the United States.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Hawaii.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Interesting, I'm thinking about this California, New York or something
to Hawaii.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Hawaii. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Now, the upside is you can wake up to a
paradisaical view of stunning beaches and but it's offset by
shocking costs at the grocery store, optometrists, and elsewhere. And
that makes sense because everything is being shipped in. You know,
you have limited availability of stuff specific to Hawaii. And
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despite the high cost of goods, CNBC notes that Hawaii
has not yet been battered with the insurance crisis that
we were talking about with the other states. As of yet,
that's going to ruin the view after while. Look, you know,
I've never been to Hawaii. It's one of the few
states that I've never visited, Tony. Have you been to Hawaii?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
Yeah? I went last year in April. I was it.
It's so good. I would leave everything for there. Okay.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
So it is as built of Yeah, which island or islands?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
We ended up.
Speaker 6 (11:57):
There's a whole family, kind of like big, big family
Oahu and we went like on the north Shore area,
so kind of just away from the city, just just
beach and it just trees and green everywhere. And it
rained and wind every day because it's coming that trade
wind was coming right in that north shore.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
But I didn't care. I suffered through the rain. It
was okay. You got away from the touristy areas. Mm hmm. Okay,
like Waikiki is essentially San Diego. Okay, I'll remember that, Mark.
Have you been to Hawaii.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
No.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
My grandmother told me that she'd send me there for
my honeymoon. But then I did a quick cost benefit
analysis and decide that would involve getting married.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
So there was no Hawaii you know, the long suffering
when it's listening right now.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
She never listened. She doesn't care. Okay, she doesn't read
my books. She doesn't listen to this station. I think
I'm safe, I could say, I hope. Let's do a
little experiment here, so we're gonna find out real quick.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Twell, have you been to Hawaii? No, my kids have
been a bunch of times. Speaking of kids, your daughter
has just gone around the world. She did, she did.
Speaker 7 (13:01):
Where does she go? I mean, she went through most
of Europe. She her mother took her on a trip
this summer. Don't ask me how she managed that, because
it's mystery and me songs that didn't come out of
your parker. No, no, I told her, like, don't look
at me. They went to London, they went saws Paris,
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they went to Amsterdam, they went to Rome, of course,
somewhere else in Italy, somewhere else far off, and one
other place, uh, Florence.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
They were just they were just like and here's the
thing that it was Billie Eilish concert connection.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (13:45):
Billie Eilish was in London and then straight to Paris
for Kendrick Lamar and says a damn and Disneyland, Paris,
and then of course they did all the sites. They
went to the Louver, they went to the Eiffel Tower,
where they went to the place where the Pope is
buried in.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
I don't know where he's buried the Vatican, by.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
The fact, he didn't want to be buried in the Vatican.
They went to the famous Saint Whatever church, they went everywhere,
Man Peters, St.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Peter's, St. Peter's, Peter's, the Colisseum.
Speaker 7 (14:18):
They said it was blazing hot, like oh godly, They
did the canals in Amsterdam.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Yeah, wow, you're like straight up like Robin Leech with
your stuff or something.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
No, man, look look styles of the rich, and.
Speaker 7 (14:33):
You know, it is amazing how how my ex wife
is able to make things happen and make away where
there's no way. She was like, we're going to do
this and figure it out.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Like literally.
Speaker 7 (14:45):
They got to Paris and she reached out to a friend,
one of the owners of Live Nation. Their kid goes
to her school, and she was like, Hey, so I'm
out here in Paris. I see there's a Kindrick says
the show five minut there, someone touches her on the shoulder, say, uh,
miss Sharp right this way, just escorted her right in
(15:06):
like backstage passes. Like literally they are front row at
the Kendrick Sister Shaw.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar London, yuh Naples, Rome.
Speaker 7 (15:22):
They did it all Amsterdam, two weeks abroad, living the life,
croissants the.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Way they're meant to be made. That's why they told
me it was Crossans. So I was like, oh, now
they're gonna correct you. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
I was in Patrie for all of five minutes and
I know how to pronounce.
Speaker 7 (15:39):
And they were like the one of the most made.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
They said. They're McDonald's.
Speaker 7 (15:42):
They have like a shrimp burger in Italy that is
like they're like their their menu is like off on
the guard.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
They have like you know, yeah, they have like a
what was it from pulp fiction Royale?
Speaker 7 (15:54):
Yeah, like but they have this one fright you can get.
I think it's a truffle butter on McDonald's.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
I'm like, what, it's crazy, it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
And here we are talking about the five most expensive
states and your daughter and ex wife's gone all around
the world, all around the world.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
That alimony is kicking your ass in it. I'm just
talking best.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
And here is the most expensive state in all the
United States, according to CNBC. After that, I would have
thought it would be New York, but it's actually California.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
We beat New York. We beat New York, and New
York didn't even end up in the top five. I'm
thinking like, wow, and I know it's the state.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
When we think of New York and cost of living,
we sometimes think about New York City as opposed to
like Buffalo or Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, you know, from a state. Yeah,
maybe that balances it out, but I still think of
New York as an expensive.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
State to live. I couldn't imagine Rochester being cheap. I
don't think. I don't think people are moving out to
be in those areas. Yeah, but still it did not
make it in the top five.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
But again, this is according generally to real estate and
insurance rates, so take it for what it's worth.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
It's later with mo Kelly.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
We have an unfortunate seven eleven update when we come back,
and I'm not going to tell you I told you so,
but just know it's on my mind throughout the whole
story the whole time.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Okay, the whole time, I told you so. What I
said it there.
Speaker 8 (17:40):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Just to reset, I made it very clear. I don't
go to seven eleven. I don't go in a daytime.
I don't go at nighttime. I don't go at any time.
To all sharp, he likes to go there for the coffee.
I warn him not to ever go to seven eleven. Now,
if you want to go to AMPM fine, Circle, K Fine,
Mom and Pops, you know, Mini mart Fine, Valero, Dino Mart, Fine,
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stay your ass out of seven to eleven.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
I went just this week too.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Man.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
That's why this story really hurts. And because I say that.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Part of the reason I say that is because I
think seven eleven is inherently dangerous. It's not only from
the client tells about how it's set up, and it's
more conducive to it being robbed. There, unfortunately, was a
man who went to a seven eleven not far from
where I live. And as the story's told, I want
to play it for you just a second. As the
story is told, he got into first a verbal altercation
(18:45):
with some other man who came in later. They seemingly
did not know each other, so there's no reason to
believe that there's a personal connection. Then the verbal altercation
turned into a physical altercation, and then the second man
who walked into the seven eleven pulled a gun and
then shot this gentleman, and he died on the scene.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
And here's basically how it went down.
Speaker 10 (19:15):
Well at tripp to seven eleven turned deadly in Lowndale,
a man was shot and killed inside the store on
his way home from work. Kick on These reporter Amanda
Starantino spoke to the victim's wife this morning.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Oh and it's only like eight pm, so we're talking
about right around now that this would have happened. We're
not'm saying like eleven twelve one in the morning. We're
not saying like, oh my goodness, what are you doing
there at at seven eleven? No, this is just like
after work going home. The sun probably is still out
to certain it's probably dusk, so it's not like you
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should expect anything bad should happen.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
This scene now.
Speaker 11 (19:50):
Clear the corner removing the body just a few hours ago,
but detectives are still the serch first suspect do they
say shot it killed a man inside this seven eleven
overnight and then fled the scene. Now, the wife of
the victim spoke with me this morning. She identified him
as thirty four year old George Victoriano, a father of four,
living just a few blocks away.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
She's thirty four father four, living just a few blocks away.
Speaker 11 (20:15):
George Victoriano, a father of four, living just a few
blocks away. She says, he's stopped by this seven to
eleven last night on his way home to pick up
some beers. She shared with us these pictures of their family,
and she said she was expecting him home last night,
but he never walked through the door. Kaylee Victoriano says
they've been married since twenty fifteen. Together they have four children,
ages two through eleven. She tells me George was a plumber,
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just wrapping up a job Sunday night, and that this
store is only blocks from their home. His family, including
his parents and brothers, spent the night here at the scene,
refusing to leave while his body remained inside the store.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
He wasn't doing anything wrong. He was living his life
as he should. He was gainfully employed plumber, honorable profession,
taking care of his family, married with four kids, and this.
Speaker 11 (21:00):
Happens I'll show you what the scene looked like. Overnight,
Sheriff's deputies responded just after eight pm to reports of
a shooting inside the convenience storm. They found a man
suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced
dead at the scene. An investigators say the victim and
the suspect gone into a verbal argument that escalated into
a fight, and that's when the suspect pulled out a
gun and opened fire.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
And you have to know, when that second guy walked in,
he obviously knew you had a gun.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
He was obviously looking for some sort of confrontation.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
And that's unfortunately when I talked to my sons and
Twola and I talked about this about some very specific items.
You know, you don't know what another person has on
their mind. They may have come with the full intention
of escalation, or might have a gun, might be drunk,
might be high, might be both, and you just might
(21:54):
be mad.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
And that's not the same thing. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 11 (21:58):
The gunman, described only as the Hispanic mail then ran out,
got into a car, and took off. The victim managed
to run toward the back of the store, but collapsed
and died in sun This happened near Prairie Avenue in
Manhattan Beach Boulevard, just behind Bill Rogers Middle School and
across from the Laundro Park baseball Fields, a heavily residential
area and a busy intersection.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
But we can assume there is video. Every seven to
eleven has cameras everywhere. They know what this guy looks like.
I think it's fair to assume they have as license plate.
Speaker 11 (22:26):
Detectives have not officially released the victim's identity, but they
say they are still on the search for the suspect
that they say is on the run, and no arrests
have been made just yet.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
Also, well they know he's on the run. That means
they know who it is, and now they've already gone
to his residents.
Speaker 11 (22:41):
We investigators tell us that this was not a robbery
and they do not believe it to be gang related.
We know no employees were hurt during this altercation last night,
but a family this morning torn apart.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
That's my greatest fear.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
You're mining your business, you're probably living your life in
a way that you should, and then you happened upon
this one idiot, just one, just this one idiot who
obviously had a gun on him and went to the
store with intentions and probably had no problem with escalating
a verbal altercation because he knew he was strapped.
Speaker 7 (23:17):
And it to me, walking into the seven eleven with
a gun on him, that to me speaks to intent
that there was potentially intent to possibly rob The story.
I know the police are saying that there was no
robbery tempt but that's just because he got into it
with this man and decided, well, you know what, instead,
(23:37):
I'm going to take this guy's life. I'm not even
going to move forward what I was gonna come in
here for. I mean, it is a truly, truly heartbreaking thing.
I mean, it does give me pause. It makes me
think to myself, like I could be in the stuff
like I went the other day I got caught. I
could be in there minding my own business. And unfortunately,
if someone was to have come in there and just
(23:58):
started something with me, I do worry about, well I
have that wherewithal to say just walk away, leave it alone,
or is my temper going to get the best of me.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
I tried never to be the aggressor.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
I try, but then someone may say the wrong thing,
and you may say something in response, not trying to
take it there. But you know, someone jaw jactionally, you
may jog jacking back, and then all of a sudden
you've lost control of the situation. Yeah, that's always my concern.
And you may have been planning to go home. That
person was planned to shoot someone, right, And that's why
(24:35):
I always talk about safety in the sense of before
you are in a situation, game, plant out for the
person you haven't met, the situation that you are not
in that you cannot see. I think about going into
a place and if someone were to say something to
me that I didn't like, trying not to respond, trying
(24:57):
not to escalate.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
You know what, Yeah, all those things.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Have a nice day, so I can go on with
the rest of my day and hopefully my life. And
if it's escalated to something where I don't have a choice,
then we're going to have to do what we have
to do because I want to at least protect myself.
But I'm hopefully going to be calm enough to not
be a party to the escalation, hopefully because I'm trying
(25:20):
to get home to someone for someone and it has
nothing to do with me, and that person should not
be the final chapter to my story. It's Later with
mo Kelly caf I AM six forty. We're live everywhere
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to get into what Mayor Bass has been up to.
She signed an accessibility commitment for twenty twenty eight. The
(25:44):
Olympics are on the way, and I'll give you my
thoughts on that and also the larger picture as it
represents Mayor Bass.
Speaker 8 (25:51):
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Speaker 2 (26:06):
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is going on in the world. Mayor Karen Bass someone
who is not extremely popular right now in the city.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Of Los Angeles. I think that's fair to say.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
She had an event on Friday, and as part of
the thirty fifth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act,
Mayor Bass and other civic leaders wanted to reaffirm their
commitment to making sure that the twenty twenty eight Olympics
would be accessible to all individuals, regardless of level of
(26:54):
ability or disability.
Speaker 12 (26:57):
Earlier today at Exposition Park, Mayor Bass signed Games Host
City Accessibility Commitment, a pledge to make sure that twenty
twenty eight Olympic Games are inclusive for everyone, especially people
with disabilities.
Speaker 9 (27:10):
When you interact in the Paralympic village and you see
the challenges that people go through not just to survive,
but to excel and to thrive and to move into
excellence in terms of being an athlete, so we will
be ready. We will be ready for the Olympics, and
we will be very ready for the Paralympics.
Speaker 12 (27:29):
Also taking part in the event, Team USA para swimmer
Jack O'Neill pushing for an Olympics that leaves behind a
legacy of access.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
I think it's incredible because, I mean, spectators are the
heart of why athletes like us want to compete, and
so making sure that people in wheelchairs and people of
visual impairments or hearing impairments are able to witness these
kind of things and not only just witness the Games,
but also enjoy the great city of Los Angeles. Far
after the Games are over. It's just of the utmost importance,
and I'm glad that our organizing committee and leaders are
(27:59):
on the same page as people with disabilities.
Speaker 12 (28:01):
The commitment promises to plan and deliver access and inclusion
for LA twenty eight, as well as collaborate with partnering
agencies to ensure a seamless accessible experience for everyone.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
I'm not pushing it aside. I think that is very important.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
I think that is good that we have that level
of commitment for those who may have a level of disability,
and I want the Olympics to be available to everyone.
But I think it's also dishonest if we don't have
a genuine conversation about Los Angeles, about where we are
as a city, and that is always connected to any
(28:39):
presentation of the Olympics. In fact, I got an invite
from the Mayor's office to go to the event. Had
other things to do on Friday, so I was not there.
But if I would have had the opportunity to speak
with Mayor Bass one on one, I would have broached
this with her. And there's nothing I would say on
this show that I would not say to a political
figure directly to him, her and I try to be
(29:01):
transparent and consistent, but I would go to mayor baths
and say, hey, we can argue about the relief and
how the fires were handled, but we cannot argue about
the state of the city. We cannot deny when we
walk out and see the graffiti every freaking where. We
(29:23):
cannot deny the homeless, even though you'll tell us that
there's an improvement. As far as the number of homeless
people on the streets, I can't argue that. But I
can say with the eyeball test, it's not discernibly different.
It's not you know, if there're two thousand few are homeless,
wonderful As far as I know, same number of homeless
people in my neighborhood. We still are dealing with these
(29:48):
street takeovers, not all in the city of La some
but it's the County of Los Angeles, and I understand
that's not the mayor's jurisdiction. But all of these things
are connected, and it's not just a street takeovers. We
have the street takeovers plus the deluding of the autozones.
This is something which a mayor may not be able
(30:08):
to directly control, but it is still the responsibility of
the mayor to address. It's the mayor to keep in
front of mind to make sure that she or he,
in the case of other cities, is doing everything that
they can to alleviate some of these problems or improve
the quality of life for all people in Los Angeles.
(30:31):
And as I am someone who lives in the city
of Los Angeles, I am intimately connected to the health
and welfare of the city. And it's fair to be
able to say it's not where it needs to be.
Now here's the other side of that conversation, and there
are those who say, well, she needs to resign or
we need different leadership. And then I have to remind people,
(30:54):
most people who are asking her to resign number one,
do not live in the city of Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Y'all talk a.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Lot of mess from Orange County. Y'all talk a lot
of mess from Ventura County. You're not even in the
city of Los Angeles, but you want to tell Angelinos
who to vote for. And speaking of who to vote for,
there's no one else running. And I keep reminding people
of that there is no Republican alternative. And they said, well,
she should resign. And the people who tell me that
(31:21):
she should resign. Don't even know what the process is afterwards.
Do you know, do you know who takes over? It's
the vice mayor, No, it's the Deputy mayor. No, it's
the president of the City Council or the president of
the La City Council can appoint someone until the time
of a special election, which is not going to happen
(31:41):
because the mayoral election is happening next June, fewer than
ten months from now, and the only person in the
race that anyone knows the name of.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Is say it with me, Karen Bass.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
So the idea that either she he's going to resign,
why would she because there's no one stopping her from
being re elected as of right now. But what about
Rick Caruso? His ass is not in the race. And
also I don't have any information to confirm this. I
just have a sneaking suspicion reading the tea leaves. I
think he might be gearing up for a run for governor.
(32:20):
I think he's looking more at the governor's mention than
he is, you know, just mayor of Los Angeles. I
think he set his sights much higher. And we'll see
how that plays out and how that pans out. But yes,
there are some real issues with the City of Los Angeles. Yes,
Mayor Bass is the captain of the ship, and she
is responsible for whatever happens on her ship or during
(32:42):
her administration. But know, for all the people who are
mad as, who are who are most angry, there is
no viable alternative. There's no one running against her. And no,
she's not going to resign, So you need to stop
putting that on all your social media posts on today's
a good day for you to resign?
Speaker 1 (33:03):
And then what?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
And then what She's not going to resign, but and
then what resign so the president of La City Council
can pick someone else you don't like someone else, you
don't think we'll be able to do the job. What
you should be posting is, hey, let's find a candidate.
Hashtag find a candidate to run in June of twenty
(33:26):
twenty six, because all this talk about resign or, I
forgot that even the recall effort, remember that that fell
by the wayside. I don't think they're even do that anymore.
I don't think they're even trying to collect signatures anymore. That
went nowhere. So what does it tell you it's incumbent
upon the individuals who care most about the change to
do something.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
I'm just a radio host.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
All I can do is complain on air and tell
you what it's missing in the dialogue. I can tell
you what needs to be done in the city. I
can reiterate things that you've told me and said, oh,
you need to say this on the air. I'm saying
on the air there's too much graffiti, there's too much crime,
there's too much La. LA's going to hell in the
half basket. Okay, it's said every single day. But what
(34:08):
is the solution? We need new leadership? Okay, then who's running?
She needs to resign, Well, then who's going to take
her place? And nobody ever has a reasonable answer, not
one person, because you haven't actually looked into the issue.
For as much as you may not like mayor Bass,
you don't even know how to change it. You haven't
(34:31):
even offered up a different candidate to vote for. You
want her to resign and don't even know the process
of what happens afterward.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I just want her out, Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
So what happens if the president of the La City
Council decides to choose Karen bass because that is in
the purview of the President, the LA City Council. You
keep spinning your wheels, you keep sending me hate mail,
but you know I'm right, Okay, if I am six forty,
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