January 11, 2025 • 37 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, it's Neil Savedra.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty the Fork Report
on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, Neil Savedra
here with special fire coverage alongside Amy King today until
five o'clock. We've preempted our normal program of The Fork
Report to move on to fire coverage. There's just too
much going on here in the Southland that we need
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to look over. But it doesn't mean that there aren't
tie ins with food. Of course there is, because you
have people that are displaced, people that need to eat.
And in addition to that, we are seeing firefighters and
first responders busting their hump. We heard stories that of
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firefighters literally receiving messages saying, everybody come back from wherever
you are, vacation, whatever you're doing, everyone come back. And
in that situation, we definitely need to show them love,
definitely need to take care of them. And one person
and one group that is doing that is NORMS. At
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participating locations. You've got President and CEO Mark Pulletzer of
NORMS and they are taking care of the first responders.
Welcome to the program, Mark.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Thank you, Neil, and thank you for broadcasting the message here,
I think, you know, it's really important to take care
of the firefighters, the police officers and everyone who's working
their tails off to put out the fire and really
support the community and protect us alve So, you know,
thank you for broadcasting and echoing the message. I'll we
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want to take care of those folks in every way possible.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Absolutely. Well, you know, who doesn't know Norms.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I mean, it's just as part of just as much
part of the community as any one of us, right,
So when I see that, it reminds me of the kindness.
I've always talked about how people in the culinary community
at every level are some of the most most generous
people on the planet. And in times like this, there
is nothing better than the comfort of a warm meal
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to remind you of the great things in life. So
tell everybody what NORMS is doing, what locations are doing,
and how firefighters, police officers and the like can participate.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Well, thanks, you know, we wanted to keep it simple,
so it's all in Los Angeles. It's you know, a
firefighter or a police officer just needs to show ID
when they arrived to a Norms in all Norms in
Los Angeles are participating, and we're proud to do this.
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We made the decision several days ago when the fires
came out first thing in the morning at nine am.
And we're proud that we made that decision, and we're
honored and really excited to help the police officers and
firefighters again and as they're working really hard to protect
us all.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, the intensity of these fires and you're looking at
it's not like you're punching in and out on a
time clock, you know, Or someone says, you know, I
kind of I got my break right now, I got
to leave the fire. These are unconventional shifts, if you will,
and the amount of pressure to save these areas has
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to be immense. So you have everything from people on
the ground, you know, making sure that the battalions or
the firefighters are where they should be. There are people
on the ground in law enforcement protecting areas from looters,
and they can be there for long, long periods and
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being able to PLoP down and get a hot meal
has got to be something wonderful. Have you seen firefighters
and police offers officers taking part and receiving the gift
that NORMS is giving.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
We have, you know, I've been asking around and I
just came from one of our restaurants and they have
been I think that messages like this that get broadcasted
out will only help. So, you know, the more the
more we're able to serve, the better we feel about
the situation. Uh. I'm taking care of the police officers
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and the firefighters. Uh. So you know, thank you again
for broadcasting. We love to serve it even more, but
we have seen some good To answer your question.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Good, all right, Well that is the voice of President
and CEO Mark Pulleitzer from NORMS. They're giving out free
meals to firefighters and police officers. Very simple that any
NORMS in the LA area, you just show them your identification.
And I get it if people in the industry of
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giving like firefighters and police officers, do.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
You know the the.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
They don't always want to take people up on these things,
but I got to tell you you need to. The
community wants to love you back, wants to thank you,
and wants to take care of you. Please allow people
to give to you in this time when you're giving
so much to us. And I appreciate what NORMS is doing, Mark,
and you're taking the time to come on we'll continue
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to get the word out too for those that are
first responders, the firefighters, the police officers, take advantage of
the kindness that NORMS is offering.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Well, thank you, Neil, and again thanks for putting the
message out there. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
But now I'm hungry, so.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Coming to ORMs, yes, Neil, Well I probably will now
because now I can't think about anything but a short
stack and a stake. But anyways, that's me all right,
my friend. Thanks so much, Mark. We appreciate you very
much for taking the time, all right, say everyone, Yes, indeed,
thanks so much, President CEO Mark Pulitzer of NORMS. They're
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giving free food to firefighters and police officers, and you know,
no joke, take advantage of it.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
You've got your ID.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
That kindness from them, I think is incredibly lovely and
incredibly kind, and you need to allow those of us
here in Los Angeles that find any way to take
care of you that we can to say thank you.
And the fact that they're doing that at NORMS I
think is very cool. We've talked about on the Forek
Report all the time that food is that connector right
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that just brings people together. And there's something about you know,
from being a kid, you know, getting a smooch on
your booboo and some warm food and your belly is
always the thing that brings that comfort. So it is
in that source sense with norms. They're focusing on the
firefighters and law enforcement, so your first responders. There are
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those that are taking care of evacuees and those that
are displaced currently. So there is some beauty in all
this ugliness, and that is that we do come together
in the Southland most definitely to take care of each other.
We got to remind ourselves to do this when it's
not burning sometimes too, but at this place to see
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that people are taking care of one another is always
one of those things that that brings me some joy
in times of chaos like this, and there still is
a lot of chaos as the fires continue to move.
The containment is still minimal. And keep in mind, it's
not like there are meters, you know, special meters underneath
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the earth that tells us when acreage has burned. There
are surveyors and those that are in the fire department
like that need to look at these things. And it's
not something that has a lot I have ticker to it,
so information can can be old for a little bit
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until it is renewed with a press conference or any
information that comes our way, and that's just something that
we have to be patient for. As of this afternoon,
the Palisades Fire was mapped at twenty two six hundred
and sixty one acres. It was eleven percent contained. As
Amy has pointed out that containment and when they contain
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these lines that can be there can be a curveball
thrown when winds shift.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
So really, with.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Us holding our breath, we're kind of waiting as to
what the newest red flag warnings are going to bring
with them, what kind of winds are going to be happening,
and we are going to be watching that throughout.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
The program today until five o'clock.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Neil with you today special fire coverage, kind of switching
things over. Didn't feel right to do the Fork Report today,
there's just too much going on. Amy King has come
in to cover the news as well and just partner
with me to give you the best information there is
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to be given. As the fire continues to move around
multiple fires. Rather, both the Eton fire and the Palisades
fire still what we're looking at as to how they
may shift and things change. So, Amy, where does it
all stand at this point?
Speaker 5 (09:37):
That's a pretty big question there, Neil.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Look out the window, Amy and tell the two main fires. Yeah,
where do they stand?
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Okay?
Speaker 6 (09:45):
The two main fires are the ones of course in
Pacific Palisades, which is spreading to the northeast and is
now threatening Brentwood and parts of the San Fernando Valley.
It's burned twenty two six hundred and sixty acres at
last count, and it's got eleven percent surrounded, so they
are making some progress on it. But that fire is burning,
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and it's burned into the Mandeville Canyon area and did
take out one home this morning. And if you didn't
see it, I will tell you that it was pretty
astounding to watch the fire because you go from the
fire kind of running on the hillside, and once it
catches a house, it just engulfs it in a matter
of minutes. And this huge home with a pool in
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the backyard and trees all around it, it burned to
the ground in a matter of minutes. I mean, it
was just it's heartbreaking to see how quickly those flames
spread and just explode.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And say the power and the visuals you will see.
Let's say it's a brick building. You had pointed this
out in the Palisades to see, like a Chase Bank,
where the structure on the outside was still standing, but
it was just a ball of on the inside and
consuming everything.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Yeah, and earlier when we were talking, I remember, like
on Wednesday and Thursday, we were saying that you know,
so many areas where the fire just tore through but
then left some buildings standing. And it reminded me of
that when you mentioned the Chase Bank, because next to
the Chase Bank was a pharmica and it was literally untouched.
But in those neighborhoods where there are still home standing,
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they're fewer and farther between. As we're getting more aerial,
like drones are going over and officially surveying the area,
and you're seeing that there just aren't very many left.
There's one here and then hundreds around it are gone.
So it's just amazing the fire behavior and how it
just went from house to house to house and for
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whatever reason, missed one here and missed one there but
just continues to tear through it. I also want to
mention the evacuation orders for the Palisades fire were expanded
because as it moved northeast, so the evacuation zone now
stretches from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the
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four or five on the east, San Vicente on the south,
and up to Encino Reservoir on the north.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
So that area has expanded.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
And I know last night we were I was texting
back and forth with my friend Luisa, who I'm cat
sitting for right now, and she was saying.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
Oh, it looks like the fires are about out.
Speaker 6 (12:25):
And then about two hours later she sends a message
back to me she goes, I think I'm evacuating, and
I was like, oh, my goodness. So she's not actually
in an evacuation zone, but she is very close to one.
So it's just amazing how quickly that that can change.
So you do need to keep your radio on and
keep listening, and check the watch Duty app which can
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give you the most current information about evacuations, and of
course keep your alerts on because in spite of the
misfires that we had yesterday early and also on Thursday,
those those could save your lives. You need those, so
keep your phones on, keep them near so you get
those evacuation warnings if they come to your neighborhood. Also
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in for Palisades, several evacuation centers have been set up
and actually for also for the Altadena Fier, the Pasadena
Convention Center, the Westwood Recreation Center, Calvary Community Church, Richie
Valence Recreation Center, Stoner Recreation Center, and Pan Pacific Recreation
Center all areas for you to go if you need
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a place to be if you've been evacuated or you're
under evacuation warnings.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
The Altadena fire.
Speaker 6 (13:39):
Is now fourteen seventeen acres fifteen percent containment, and they
gave an update during that last update and showed the
map of where it's burning. Looks like they are making
some good progress in some areas. Some other areas they said,
are continuing to be trouble spots. But on the western
side of it, near j they said they're really making
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some good progress on that to the point that they're
going to be lifting some evacuations, and that includes the
city of Bradbury, Bradbury Estates, the city of Dwarty, and
areas inside the city of Lacayada flint Ridge. Other orders
have been downgraded. So again there's the different tiers the
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evacuation orders or the warnings, and some orders have been
downgraded in other parts of Lacayada Flintridge and the area
around JPL. So that is good news that fire has
taken out seven thousand structures, buildings, homes, churches, schools, businesses, restaurants.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
All there in the you know, some of the most
beautiful parts of Los Angeles as well. The foothills are
just amazing and to see all that be taken down.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Thanks.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Amy King is with us throughout our program today as
we go till five o'clock, normally talking about food, but
obviously we're focus focusing primarily on the fires and some
of the surrounding stories that go with them as well.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
That you need to know.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
This is as the fires are being battled and the
winds thankfully at this point have died down. There are
still red flag warnings across these fire areas that we're
waiting to see how bad they will end up. In
some areas that we experienced, you know, intense wind are
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now pretty calm, but it's really.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Not about you know, where they're calm.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
It's about where the fires are and if they show
their face there again, if we end up having anywhere
near a wind event like we did on Tuesday and Wednesday,
primarily I think that we're we're in a massive fear
zone again. Right now, of course, we're looking at the
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Palace Aids fire and how it's moving already, the most
destructive natural disaster in Los Angeles history.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Is the biggest fire certainly.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
That has ever been and in the middle of a
populated urban area. It made it even more intense as
we watch these numbers grow, twenty two six hundred and
sixty one acres eleven percent contain more than five thousand
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structures and more, as Amy was pointing out, that have
been taken down, and then you move over to the
Eaten Fire and you have over fourteen thousand acres. As
I pointed this out just to kind of put things
into perspective. And the density obviously is different in Manhattan,
but if you think about the size of Manhattan, that's
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fourteen thousand, six hundred and four acres. So just the
Altadena Eaten Fire alone is almost that It's the equivalent
of someone picking up the phone and calling you and said,
Manhattan is torched, all of Manhattan, and I think when
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you think of it as a popularized or an area
that has a lot of populace, it changes the It
changes how we see these fires because we're so used
to one hundred thousand acres in a wildfire, but these
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are urban born wildfires that are just taking down neighborhoods
right and left.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Hey, everybody, it is Neil Savadra here with special fire
coverage until five o'clock today. Amy King is with me
as well, giving you the main story of the fires
and how they are affecting everything from road closures, evacuations
and more throughout our once non burned city. As we
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look around, it is really hard to imagine what we're
going to end up seeing when literally the smoke clears.
Just so insane to see it all. The only good
thing is being able to tell you how fellow Angelino's
are rising to the occasion to love, protect, and show
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empathy for the city. One story that we want to
tell you about is someone that you met on the
program not too long ago, Chef Supreme Dowo is stepping
up during these SoCal fires with donations, providing meals, and
we want you to hear about that now.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Chef, welcome back to the program.
Speaker 7 (18:55):
Welcome, Thank you for having me, Thanks for having me.
How are you.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
I'm doing all right?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
I mean, like all of us right now, our hearts
go out to those that are affected. Our prayers are
with the firefighters, in law enforcement, the first responders that
are taking care of there on the front lines. And
what is it that you're doing and how can people
affect it? Take advantage of it?
Speaker 8 (19:18):
Okay, So what we're doing is we're providing hot vegan
meals to anyone who needs them. Altadena, Pasadena, Pacific Policies,
any surrounding cities, any surrounding families.
Speaker 7 (19:31):
If you need a hot meal, we're providing that to you.
We can do.
Speaker 8 (19:35):
We're doing about upwards of one thousand meals a day,
so we can get you whatever you need.
Speaker 7 (19:38):
How many you need?
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Wow?
Speaker 2 (19:41):
And that is you know we talked about this earlier.
There is we all know the comfort of food and
the power of food, and when all hell breaks, luke
loose like it is here in Los Angeles and beyond
a warm meal, can do wonders? How do people participate?
How do they find out more?
Speaker 8 (20:02):
Chef okay, so find out more participate You can simply
go to Instagram the Concierge Kitchen, the Concierge Kitchen. You'll
find out all the information about donating, volunteering, giving back,
or receiving, receiving services wonderful.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
And you have.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
How about yourself, family, friends, anybody you know have they
been affected by the fires?
Speaker 8 (20:29):
Yes, I do have friends. I do have friends that
were affected, that were impacted. That's what it drove me
to one that help and gives back because things like
this always hit close to home. So even if it's
a three degrees of separation or six degrees separation, it's
still close to home regardless. So you don't have to
be my family to be my friend.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Absolutely, that is the proper attitude for sure. So if
you want to know more, you want to get connected,
you want to donate, you can connect yourself with Chef
Supreme now simply by going to the Concierge Kitchen on Instagram.
The Concierge Kitchen on Instagram, and you can see you
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know he's been on the program. We've talked to him
about just his wonderful heart and his attitude and connection
with food and what it does you know to people,
how we connect with food and how it brings us
out of dark times, and right now we are in
a very dark time that is hitting everybody. So again,
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if you want to, if you need and you have
been affected by these fires and you need a warm meal,
go to the Concierge Kitchen the Concierge Kitchen on Instagram
and connect with Chef Supreme anything else that you want
to make sure people know about what you're doing.
Speaker 8 (21:56):
Chef, just know that I appreciate the support that I'm receiving,
and you know if you need meals.
Speaker 7 (22:03):
The biggest thing is if you need mills, don't.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
Be afraid to ask. We provide hot mills to anyone
who needs enduring his time.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Excellent, really really doing great work there, Chef, and we
appreciate you taking the time to come on. This is
a time of great chaos when people are concerned about
they don't know if they're immediately displaced from their home,
even if their home is still standing, and some of
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them don't know. We're going to be talking to our
very own Touola Sharp coming up later find out the
details on his house, because he lives in the Altadena
area and we've all been going through what he's been
going through with him via The mo Kelly Show. He
gave some news last night on The mo Kelly Show
that we'll have him update here as well and to
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give you some insights as to what he's going through through. Again,
the fires are continuing to in some sense receive containment
or some control, but others, uh, you know, the when
the wind blows up can be.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Problematic. Again.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I've seen pictures of those in t Pega Canyon looking
up at the fire as it's cresting. The concern of
it coming back down the mountain into the San Fernando
Valley as great concern, whether it's in Encino or what
have you. And having the Palisades Fire now causing evacuations
in Brentwood as well.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
This is not over.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
It would it would be nice, And I know the
intensity on Tuesday and Wednesday was like nothing, you know
we'd experienced. Not only that, but I'm coming, you know,
rushing back and forth into work, and although we aren't
in the fire area, the direct fire area, it is
you know, ash is falling, the air quality is bad,
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and the powers going on and off. Little things that
are happening across the south Land are affecting people that
aren't even directly tied to the fires themselves, and we
don't know how this is going to grow. You have
the Palisades Fire, of course, starting Tuesday at ten thirty am,
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southeast of Palisades Drive. Now it's at twenty two six
hundred and sixty one acres. Containment for the fire is
at about eleven percent or so as of this morning,
and we wait. These numbers get stale pretty quickly because
they're fighting fires and they're working through that and making
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sure that they're taking care of those is more important.
You know, that which is at hand is more important
than getting the information out to us at this point.
So as we get it updated, we bring that to you.
Fatalities and injuries unfortunately, five deaths and an unspecified number
of significant injuries to residents there just insane in that
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particular fire. The Palisades Fire, moving on to the Eaten
Fire started Tuesday as well, but this time later in
the evening six eighteen in the evening near Altadena that
is now at the size of fourteen thy one hundred
and seventeen acres. Containment is about fifteen percent as of
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this morning as well fatalogy, fatalities and injuries. As a
matter of fact, I think those were the first fatalities
we started hearing came out of the Eaten fire. So
eight deaths, several injuries, including a firefighter who was hospitalized
hospitalized after a fall but is expected to have full recovery.
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Was that the twenty six year old female firefighter we
had heard early on? I think that might be because
that was one of the first injuries we heard and
that it was a head injury, and I would imagine
that ties into the fall there. So as we get
more information about these fires, things like the Hurst fire
is seventy six containment or more at this point, still
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hovering around eight hundred acres. We've seen some great news
coming out of those fires that and containment wise, but
still we are not out of this nightmare of fires
and where they what direction they may take. We were
worried about Mount Wilson at one point with the fire
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growing up. You're talking about not only our stations, but
that is a major communication bay and area to transfer
information to you and to get it out to you television, radio,
all with antennas and the like up there, so this
can change at the drop of a hat. And right
now we're keeping our fingers crossed and watch as the
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containment containment slowly but still going up, slowly, going up
in the right direction. You've been listening to The Fork Report,
you can always hear us live on KFI AM six
forty two to five pm on Saturday and anytime on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, Neil Savedra here
with you special fire coverage. Of course, as much as
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I would love to bring some light heartedness and talk
food with you today because I know we all need it,
there's just still too much information that needs to be given,
too much to know, a lot of questions being asked.
I know I've been hit up by people as well,
asking questions, resources and the like. So Amy King and
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I are in here for you. Look just like old times,
the gruesome twosome Amy King and Neil Savadra added again
on the Fork Report.
Speaker 5 (27:55):
No, I miss working with you on Saturday. I do,
but I'd rather come in.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
I'd rather come in when we have fun things like that,
you know, food to talk about.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
There's people bringing us food, but more and more we're
hearing about the best part of these disasters, which is
the people that get some attention from the kind work
they do and some things that you might not even
know exist. Right now, I want to bring on to
join us, Cassie Davidson. She's the senior director rather of
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Social Awareness for Wings of Rescue. What a group this is.
I'll let her tell you about it. Cassie, Welcome to KFI.
Speaker 9 (28:34):
Hey, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Well, thank you for what you do.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Explain what Wings for Rescue is and the great work
you folks do.
Speaker 9 (28:46):
Oh absolutely, I could go on for days about Wings
of Rescue. Ways of Rescue is a large scale flight
company who flies pets from at risk areas to shelters
with open cannel space. That's probably the simplest way to
describe what it is that we do, and today we
have flown almost seventy six thousand pets to safety since
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our inception in twenty twelve.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
And I mean when you say it like that, obviously
you're simplifying it for us to understand. But the reality
of what goes into that, like pressurized planes, explain that.
Speaker 9 (29:27):
Yeah, absolutely, we don't fly pets and cargo. We actually
have pressurized, temperature controlled planes. We fly with our pets,
Our captains, the pilots all fly with the pets, so
we're all in the same area.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
I swear I thought you were going to say our
pilots are all pets, and I was going to go,
possibly not the best airline, But it depends. So this
is not like, hey, we're cramming. This is a special
transportation said temperature controlled pressurized planes since the cargo hold
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and these could be long flights, these can be four
three four hour flights.
Speaker 9 (30:11):
Yes, we just we just left out of Burbank Airport
today on a three hour flight. So we are able
to fly over mountains, we're able to fly long distance,
and we're flying frequently. So we are in Los Angeles
today this weekend, and we are flying out as many
pets that we can from the shelters.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
And how is this, Uh okay, so you're saying this,
these are shelters that are in the fire danger areas.
Speaker 9 (30:41):
Yeah, So what we're doing is we're working with in
particular Best Friends Animal Society. We worked with them today.
We are working with several organizations in this immediate area
to fly the pets who have been sitting in the
shelters waiting for adoption. And that's very very important for
the for the listener to understand. We are not flying
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evacue's pets. We are only flying pets that have been
sitting in the shelter for through their strayholds. We are
flying them to shelters in the area who have open
kennel space as to not displace any other pets. So
what this will do is open kennel space for the
evacuees pets to come in and give them a chance
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at being reunited.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Ah.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
So these okay, because that is very helpful because you
have a couple of things going on. You've got evacuees
that need help for their animals, large animals as well
here in Los Angeles and beyond of course, and we
have some evacuation centers for that. But what you're doing
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is preemptively taking animals out of a shelter, putting them
in a no kill shelter somewhere else so that those
local shelters can take on.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
The evacuees animals.
Speaker 9 (32:01):
Yes, that is correct. So we're making room for the
pets that have been displaced by the wildfires. This is
about creating the space, creating hope, and making sure that
no pet is left behind. So again, we're only taking
pets that have been sitting in the shelters and we
are flying them to states with open kennels so that
the shelters can step forward and help all of those
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who are battling and grappling with what is happening right
now in Los Angeles with these fires.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
And I know that there are volunteer pilots and the like,
and there's got to be a lot of volunteers that
help out on this. But you folks at Wings of Rescue,
you're a five oh one C three.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
As well, right, that is correct.
Speaker 9 (32:47):
We are a nonprofit, not for profits and we operate
based off of donations. So it is crucial, it is
vital to our mission that we have the support to
be able to fly in without even thinking twice. But
we have the funds in reserve, we can fly in
because it's very very costly to fly these these these planes.
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So to have the funds and reserves to be able
to fly out hundreds of pets, I mean, that is
our goal right now, is we're hoping to move three
hundred pets in the next two weekends out of the
shelters in the Los Angeles area, again to kennels who
have open kennel space.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
I mean, even with to have you know, big hearts
and volunteers, I cannot even imagine the basic expense of
fuel and you know, food and all of these things
to be able to make a four hour, three to
four hour trek with animals or different sizes.
Speaker 9 (33:48):
Sure, and when you consider we're taking cats, we're taking dogs.
We've been asked if we're taking horses. We are not
taking horses, not at this time, but we are taking
dogs and cats. And just to give you an ide
of cost, it's roughly fifteen dollars a mile to fly pets.
So when you consider we've got to get them out
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of the disaster area, we've got to get them to
shelters that have open kennel space, our flights can cost
thousands upon thousands of dollars just to move these pets
out of harm's way. But you know what, we're not
going to stop. We're gonna just keep flying more pets
to safety, and we're not going to stop until the
job is done.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
It can can the the animals bring like a emotional
support human with them if they're in a book, if
they're in a cage.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
I wish, well, we've got the pilots in the cages
remember it, which at leish we could.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
I just what, I just thought that would be funny.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
And all the other animals are like, oh my god,
they're gonna they're gonna pee all over the place, and
they're messy and they're loud.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
That way, you would, yeah, you would, You'd be wait,
who are we talking about here?
Speaker 7 (34:57):
I think.
Speaker 9 (34:59):
I think I think you'd be surprised at how well
orchestrated these flights are. We had we spent off almost
eighty pets today just a little bit ago. We have
another flight in the morning, or we're going to be
flying out another eighty plus pets or more. They're still
pulling things together. So these are large scale flights. We're
not flying five dogs, we're flying the multitudes.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
You can donate to Wings of Rescue online at wingsof
Rescue dot org slash donate that's Wings of Rescue dot
org slash donate. You can mail a gift to Wings
of Rescue peelbox six zero two zero three zero in
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San Diego, California nine two one six zero, or by
donating via PayPal to donate at Wings of Rescue dot org.
Cassie Davidson with us. Wow, that is I'm always blown
away that by the big hearts and the big minds
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of people that solve problems like this in times of
great needs. So thank you for what you do. We'll
make sure that we send people continually to Wings of
Rescue online. Wings of Rescue dot org slash donate to
help them move animals in shelters to other no kill
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shelters that have open space, so that open space can
be had here for displaced animals that are looking for
their owners during times of fires. That just is what
an amazing feat that is and truly selfless to do,
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because that is no small task. Thank you so much,
Cassie for coming on and telling us about Wings for Rescue.
Speaker 9 (36:57):
Oh absolutely, As I said, we're not going to stop
until job is done. So thank you for having us,
thank you for giving us a voice, thank you for
shedding light on this so that we can continue to
bring hope to these shelter pets and really just make
our mark.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
My absolute pleasure again. That is Wings of Rescue dot org,
slash donate. Cassie Davidson, Senior director of Social Awareness for
Wings of Rescue, have a great remainder of your day
and keep doing what you're doing. It really is amazing.
Speaker 9 (37:28):
All right, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Have a great day you as well.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
All Right, it's Neil Savedro special fire coverage along with
Amy King today until five o'clock, so go know where
Speaker 4 (37:38):
You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty
Hey, it's Neil Savedra.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty the Fork Report
on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, Neil Savedra
here with special fire coverage alongside Amy King today until
five o'clock. We've preempted our normal program of The Fork
Report to move on to fire coverage. There's just too
much going on here in the Southland that we need
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to look over. But it doesn't mean that there aren't
tie ins with food. Of course there is, because you
have people that are displaced, people that need to eat.
And in addition to that, we are seeing firefighters and
first responders busting their hump. We heard stories that of
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firefighters literally receiving messages saying, everybody come back from wherever
you are, vacation, whatever you're doing, everyone come back. And
in that situation, we definitely need to show them love,
definitely need to take care of them. And one person
and one group that is doing that is NORMS. At
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participating locations. You've got President and CEO Mark Pulletzer of
NORMS and they are taking care of the first responders.
Welcome to the program, Mark.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Thank you, Neil, and thank you for broadcasting the message here,
I think, you know, it's really important to take care
of the firefighters, the police officers and everyone who's working
their tails off to put out the fire and really
support the community and protect us alve So, you know,
thank you for broadcasting and echoing the message. I'll we
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want to take care of those folks in every way possible.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Absolutely. Well, you know, who doesn't know Norms.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I mean, it's just as part of just as much
part of the community as any one of us, right,
So when I see that, it reminds me of the kindness.
I've always talked about how people in the culinary community
at every level are some of the most most generous
people on the planet. And in times like this, there
is nothing better than the comfort of a warm meal
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to remind you of the great things in life. So
tell everybody what NORMS is doing, what locations are doing,
and how firefighters, police officers and the like can participate.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Well, thanks, you know, we wanted to keep it simple,
so it's all in Los Angeles. It's you know, a
firefighter or a police officer just needs to show ID
when they arrived to a Norms in all Norms in
Los Angeles are participating, and we're proud to do this.
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We made the decision several days ago when the fires
came out first thing in the morning at nine am.
And we're proud that we made that decision, and we're
honored and really excited to help the police officers and
firefighters again and as they're working really hard to protect
us all.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, the intensity of these fires and you're looking at
it's not like you're punching in and out on a
time clock, you know, Or someone says, you know, I
kind of I got my break right now, I got
to leave the fire. These are unconventional shifts, if you will,
and the amount of pressure to save these areas has
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to be immense. So you have everything from people on
the ground, you know, making sure that the battalions or
the firefighters are where they should be. There are people
on the ground in law enforcement protecting areas from looters,
and they can be there for long, long periods and
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being able to PLoP down and get a hot meal
has got to be something wonderful. Have you seen firefighters
and police offers officers taking part and receiving the gift
that NORMS is giving.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
We have, you know, I've been asking around and I
just came from one of our restaurants and they have
been I think that messages like this that get broadcasted
out will only help. So, you know, the more the
more we're able to serve, the better we feel about
the situation. Uh. I'm taking care of the police officers
(04:24):
and the firefighters. Uh. So you know, thank you again
for broadcasting. We love to serve it even more, but
we have seen some good To answer your question.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Good, all right, Well that is the voice of President
and CEO Mark Pulleitzer from NORMS. They're giving out free
meals to firefighters and police officers. Very simple that any
NORMS in the LA area, you just show them your identification.
And I get it if people in the industry of
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giving like firefighters and police officers, do.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
You know the the.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
They don't always want to take people up on these things,
but I got to tell you you need to. The
community wants to love you back, wants to thank you,
and wants to take care of you. Please allow people
to give to you in this time when you're giving
so much to us. And I appreciate what NORMS is doing, Mark,
and you're taking the time to come on we'll continue
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to get the word out too for those that are
first responders, the firefighters, the police officers, take advantage of
the kindness that NORMS is offering.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Well, thank you, Neil, and again thanks for putting the
message out there. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
But now I'm hungry, so.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Coming to ORMs, yes, Neil, Well I probably will now
because now I can't think about anything but a short
stack and a stake. But anyways, that's me all right,
my friend. Thanks so much, Mark. We appreciate you very
much for taking the time, all right, say everyone, Yes, indeed,
thanks so much, President CEO Mark Pulitzer of NORMS. They're
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giving free food to firefighters and police officers, and you know,
no joke, take advantage of it.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
You've got your ID.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
That kindness from them, I think is incredibly lovely and
incredibly kind, and you need to allow those of us
here in Los Angeles that find any way to take
care of you that we can to say thank you.
And the fact that they're doing that at NORMS I
think is very cool. We've talked about on the Forek
Report all the time that food is that connector right
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that just brings people together. And there's something about you know,
from being a kid, you know, getting a smooch on
your booboo and some warm food and your belly is
always the thing that brings that comfort. So it is
in that source sense with norms. They're focusing on the
firefighters and law enforcement, so your first responders. There are
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those that are taking care of evacuees and those that
are displaced currently. So there is some beauty in all
this ugliness, and that is that we do come together
in the Southland most definitely to take care of each other.
We got to remind ourselves to do this when it's
not burning sometimes too, but at this place to see
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that people are taking care of one another is always
one of those things that that brings me some joy
in times of chaos like this, and there still is
a lot of chaos as the fires continue to move.
The containment is still minimal. And keep in mind, it's
not like there are meters, you know, special meters underneath
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the earth that tells us when acreage has burned. There
are surveyors and those that are in the fire department
like that need to look at these things. And it's
not something that has a lot I have ticker to it,
so information can can be old for a little bit
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until it is renewed with a press conference or any
information that comes our way, and that's just something that
we have to be patient for. As of this afternoon,
the Palisades Fire was mapped at twenty two six hundred
and sixty one acres. It was eleven percent contained. As
Amy has pointed out that containment and when they contain
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these lines that can be there can be a curveball
thrown when winds shift.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
So really, with.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Us holding our breath, we're kind of waiting as to
what the newest red flag warnings are going to bring
with them, what kind of winds are going to be happening,
and we are going to be watching that throughout.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
The program today until five o'clock.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Neil with you today special fire coverage, kind of switching
things over. Didn't feel right to do the Fork Report today,
there's just too much going on. Amy King has come
in to cover the news as well and just partner
with me to give you the best information there is
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to be given. As the fire continues to move around
multiple fires. Rather, both the Eton fire and the Palisades
fire still what we're looking at as to how they
may shift and things change. So, Amy, where does it
all stand at this point?
Speaker 5 (09:37):
That's a pretty big question there, Neil.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Look out the window, Amy and tell the two main fires. Yeah,
where do they stand?
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Okay?
Speaker 6 (09:45):
The two main fires are the ones of course in
Pacific Palisades, which is spreading to the northeast and is
now threatening Brentwood and parts of the San Fernando Valley.
It's burned twenty two six hundred and sixty acres at
last count, and it's got eleven percent surrounded, so they
are making some progress on it. But that fire is burning,
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and it's burned into the Mandeville Canyon area and did
take out one home this morning. And if you didn't
see it, I will tell you that it was pretty
astounding to watch the fire because you go from the
fire kind of running on the hillside, and once it
catches a house, it just engulfs it in a matter
of minutes. And this huge home with a pool in
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the backyard and trees all around it, it burned to
the ground in a matter of minutes. I mean, it
was just it's heartbreaking to see how quickly those flames
spread and just explode.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And say the power and the visuals you will see.
Let's say it's a brick building. You had pointed this
out in the Palisades to see, like a Chase Bank,
where the structure on the outside was still standing, but
it was just a ball of on the inside and
consuming everything.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Yeah, and earlier when we were talking, I remember, like
on Wednesday and Thursday, we were saying that you know,
so many areas where the fire just tore through but
then left some buildings standing. And it reminded me of
that when you mentioned the Chase Bank, because next to
the Chase Bank was a pharmica and it was literally untouched.
But in those neighborhoods where there are still home standing,
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they're fewer and farther between. As we're getting more aerial,
like drones are going over and officially surveying the area,
and you're seeing that there just aren't very many left.
There's one here and then hundreds around it are gone.
So it's just amazing the fire behavior and how it
just went from house to house to house and for
(11:47):
whatever reason, missed one here and missed one there but
just continues to tear through it. I also want to
mention the evacuation orders for the Palisades fire were expanded
because as it moved northeast, so the evacuation zone now
stretches from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the
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four or five on the east, San Vicente on the south,
and up to Encino Reservoir on the north.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
So that area has expanded.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
And I know last night we were I was texting
back and forth with my friend Luisa, who I'm cat
sitting for right now, and she was saying.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
Oh, it looks like the fires are about out.
Speaker 6 (12:25):
And then about two hours later she sends a message
back to me she goes, I think I'm evacuating, and
I was like, oh, my goodness. So she's not actually
in an evacuation zone, but she is very close to one.
So it's just amazing how quickly that that can change.
So you do need to keep your radio on and
keep listening, and check the watch Duty app which can
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give you the most current information about evacuations, and of
course keep your alerts on because in spite of the
misfires that we had yesterday early and also on Thursday,
those those could save your lives. You need those, so
keep your phones on, keep them near so you get
those evacuation warnings if they come to your neighborhood. Also
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in for Palisades, several evacuation centers have been set up
and actually for also for the Altadena Fier, the Pasadena
Convention Center, the Westwood Recreation Center, Calvary Community Church, Richie
Valence Recreation Center, Stoner Recreation Center, and Pan Pacific Recreation
Center all areas for you to go if you need
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a place to be if you've been evacuated or you're
under evacuation warnings.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
The Altadena fire.
Speaker 6 (13:39):
Is now fourteen seventeen acres fifteen percent containment, and they
gave an update during that last update and showed the
map of where it's burning. Looks like they are making
some good progress in some areas. Some other areas they said,
are continuing to be trouble spots. But on the western
side of it, near j they said they're really making
(14:01):
some good progress on that to the point that they're
going to be lifting some evacuations, and that includes the
city of Bradbury, Bradbury Estates, the city of Dwarty, and
areas inside the city of Lacayada flint Ridge. Other orders
have been downgraded. So again there's the different tiers the
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evacuation orders or the warnings, and some orders have been
downgraded in other parts of Lacayada Flintridge and the area
around JPL. So that is good news that fire has
taken out seven thousand structures, buildings, homes, churches, schools, businesses, restaurants.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
All there in the you know, some of the most
beautiful parts of Los Angeles as well. The foothills are
just amazing and to see all that be taken down.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Thanks.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Amy King is with us throughout our program today as
we go till five o'clock, normally talking about food, but
obviously we're focus focusing primarily on the fires and some
of the surrounding stories that go with them as well.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
That you need to know.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
This is as the fires are being battled and the
winds thankfully at this point have died down. There are
still red flag warnings across these fire areas that we're
waiting to see how bad they will end up. In
some areas that we experienced, you know, intense wind are
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now pretty calm, but it's really.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Not about you know, where they're calm.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
It's about where the fires are and if they show
their face there again, if we end up having anywhere
near a wind event like we did on Tuesday and Wednesday,
primarily I think that we're we're in a massive fear
zone again. Right now, of course, we're looking at the
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Palace Aids fire and how it's moving already, the most
destructive natural disaster in Los Angeles history.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Is the biggest fire certainly.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
That has ever been and in the middle of a
populated urban area. It made it even more intense as
we watch these numbers grow, twenty two six hundred and
sixty one acres eleven percent contain more than five thousand
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structures and more, as Amy was pointing out, that have
been taken down, and then you move over to the
Eaten Fire and you have over fourteen thousand acres. As
I pointed this out just to kind of put things
into perspective. And the density obviously is different in Manhattan,
but if you think about the size of Manhattan, that's
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fourteen thousand, six hundred and four acres. So just the
Altadena Eaten Fire alone is almost that It's the equivalent
of someone picking up the phone and calling you and said,
Manhattan is torched, all of Manhattan, and I think when
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you think of it as a popularized or an area
that has a lot of populace, it changes the It
changes how we see these fires because we're so used
to one hundred thousand acres in a wildfire, but these
(17:35):
are urban born wildfires that are just taking down neighborhoods
right and left.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Hey, everybody, it is Neil Savadra here with special fire
coverage until five o'clock today. Amy King is with me
as well, giving you the main story of the fires
and how they are affecting everything from road closures, evacuations
and more throughout our once non burned city. As we
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look around, it is really hard to imagine what we're
going to end up seeing when literally the smoke clears.
Just so insane to see it all. The only good
thing is being able to tell you how fellow Angelino's
are rising to the occasion to love, protect, and show
(18:32):
empathy for the city. One story that we want to
tell you about is someone that you met on the
program not too long ago, Chef Supreme Dowo is stepping
up during these SoCal fires with donations, providing meals, and
we want you to hear about that now.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Chef, welcome back to the program.
Speaker 7 (18:55):
Welcome, Thank you for having me, Thanks for having me.
How are you.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
I'm doing all right?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
I mean, like all of us right now, our hearts
go out to those that are affected. Our prayers are
with the firefighters, in law enforcement, the first responders that
are taking care of there on the front lines. And
what is it that you're doing and how can people
affect it? Take advantage of it?
Speaker 8 (19:18):
Okay, So what we're doing is we're providing hot vegan
meals to anyone who needs them. Altadena, Pasadena, Pacific Policies,
any surrounding cities, any surrounding families.
Speaker 7 (19:31):
If you need a hot meal, we're providing that to you.
We can do.
Speaker 8 (19:35):
We're doing about upwards of one thousand meals a day,
so we can get you whatever you need.
Speaker 7 (19:38):
How many you need?
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Wow?
Speaker 2 (19:41):
And that is you know we talked about this earlier.
There is we all know the comfort of food and
the power of food, and when all hell breaks, luke
loose like it is here in Los Angeles and beyond
a warm meal, can do wonders? How do people participate?
How do they find out more?
Speaker 8 (20:02):
Chef okay, so find out more participate You can simply
go to Instagram the Concierge Kitchen, the Concierge Kitchen. You'll
find out all the information about donating, volunteering, giving back,
or receiving, receiving services wonderful.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
And you have.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
How about yourself, family, friends, anybody you know have they
been affected by the fires?
Speaker 8 (20:29):
Yes, I do have friends. I do have friends that
were affected, that were impacted. That's what it drove me
to one that help and gives back because things like
this always hit close to home. So even if it's
a three degrees of separation or six degrees separation, it's
still close to home regardless. So you don't have to
be my family to be my friend.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Absolutely, that is the proper attitude for sure. So if
you want to know more, you want to get connected,
you want to donate, you can connect yourself with Chef
Supreme now simply by going to the Concierge Kitchen on Instagram.
The Concierge Kitchen on Instagram, and you can see you
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know he's been on the program. We've talked to him
about just his wonderful heart and his attitude and connection
with food and what it does you know to people,
how we connect with food and how it brings us
out of dark times, and right now we are in
a very dark time that is hitting everybody. So again,
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if you want to, if you need and you have
been affected by these fires and you need a warm meal,
go to the Concierge Kitchen the Concierge Kitchen on Instagram
and connect with Chef Supreme anything else that you want
to make sure people know about what you're doing.
Speaker 8 (21:56):
Chef, just know that I appreciate the support that I'm receiving,
and you know if you need meals.
Speaker 7 (22:03):
The biggest thing is if you need mills, don't.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
Be afraid to ask. We provide hot mills to anyone
who needs enduring his time.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Excellent, really really doing great work there, Chef, and we
appreciate you taking the time to come on. This is
a time of great chaos when people are concerned about
they don't know if they're immediately displaced from their home,
even if their home is still standing, and some of
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them don't know. We're going to be talking to our
very own Touola Sharp coming up later find out the
details on his house, because he lives in the Altadena
area and we've all been going through what he's been
going through with him via The mo Kelly Show. He
gave some news last night on The mo Kelly Show
that we'll have him update here as well and to
(22:52):
give you some insights as to what he's going through through. Again,
the fires are continuing to in some sense receive containment
or some control, but others, uh, you know, the when
the wind blows up can be.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Problematic. Again.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I've seen pictures of those in t Pega Canyon looking
up at the fire as it's cresting. The concern of
it coming back down the mountain into the San Fernando
Valley as great concern, whether it's in Encino or what
have you. And having the Palisades Fire now causing evacuations
in Brentwood as well.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
This is not over.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
It would it would be nice, And I know the
intensity on Tuesday and Wednesday was like nothing, you know
we'd experienced. Not only that, but I'm coming, you know,
rushing back and forth into work, and although we aren't
in the fire area, the direct fire area, it is
you know, ash is falling, the air quality is bad,
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and the powers going on and off. Little things that
are happening across the south Land are affecting people that
aren't even directly tied to the fires themselves, and we
don't know how this is going to grow. You have
the Palisades Fire, of course, starting Tuesday at ten thirty am,
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southeast of Palisades Drive. Now it's at twenty two six
hundred and sixty one acres. Containment for the fire is
at about eleven percent or so as of this morning,
and we wait. These numbers get stale pretty quickly because
they're fighting fires and they're working through that and making
(24:45):
sure that they're taking care of those is more important.
You know, that which is at hand is more important
than getting the information out to us at this point.
So as we get it updated, we bring that to you.
Fatalities and injuries unfortunately, five deaths and an unspecified number
of significant injuries to residents there just insane in that
(25:09):
particular fire. The Palisades Fire, moving on to the Eaten
Fire started Tuesday as well, but this time later in
the evening six eighteen in the evening near Altadena that
is now at the size of fourteen thy one hundred
and seventeen acres. Containment is about fifteen percent as of
(25:30):
this morning as well fatalogy, fatalities and injuries. As a
matter of fact, I think those were the first fatalities
we started hearing came out of the Eaten fire. So
eight deaths, several injuries, including a firefighter who was hospitalized
hospitalized after a fall but is expected to have full recovery.
(25:53):
Was that the twenty six year old female firefighter we
had heard early on? I think that might be because
that was one of the first injuries we heard and
that it was a head injury, and I would imagine
that ties into the fall there. So as we get
more information about these fires, things like the Hurst fire
is seventy six containment or more at this point, still
(26:17):
hovering around eight hundred acres. We've seen some great news
coming out of those fires that and containment wise, but
still we are not out of this nightmare of fires
and where they what direction they may take. We were
worried about Mount Wilson at one point with the fire
(26:38):
growing up. You're talking about not only our stations, but
that is a major communication bay and area to transfer
information to you and to get it out to you television, radio,
all with antennas and the like up there, so this
can change at the drop of a hat. And right
now we're keeping our fingers crossed and watch as the
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containment containment slowly but still going up, slowly, going up
in the right direction. You've been listening to The Fork Report,
you can always hear us live on KFI AM six
forty two to five pm on Saturday and anytime on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey everybody, Neil Savedra here
with you special fire coverage. Of course, as much as
(27:24):
I would love to bring some light heartedness and talk
food with you today because I know we all need it,
there's just still too much information that needs to be given,
too much to know, a lot of questions being asked.
I know I've been hit up by people as well,
asking questions, resources and the like. So Amy King and
(27:45):
I are in here for you. Look just like old times,
the gruesome twosome Amy King and Neil Savadra added again
on the Fork Report.
Speaker 5 (27:55):
No, I miss working with you on Saturday. I do,
but I'd rather come in.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
I'd rather come in when we have fun things like that,
you know, food to talk about.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
There's people bringing us food, but more and more we're
hearing about the best part of these disasters, which is
the people that get some attention from the kind work
they do and some things that you might not even
know exist. Right now, I want to bring on to
join us, Cassie Davidson. She's the senior director rather of
(28:25):
Social Awareness for Wings of Rescue. What a group this is.
I'll let her tell you about it. Cassie, Welcome to KFI.
Speaker 9 (28:34):
Hey, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Well, thank you for what you do.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Explain what Wings for Rescue is and the great work
you folks do.
Speaker 9 (28:46):
Oh absolutely, I could go on for days about Wings
of Rescue. Ways of Rescue is a large scale flight
company who flies pets from at risk areas to shelters
with open cannel space. That's probably the simplest way to
describe what it is that we do, and today we
have flown almost seventy six thousand pets to safety since
(29:11):
our inception in twenty twelve.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
And I mean when you say it like that, obviously
you're simplifying it for us to understand. But the reality
of what goes into that, like pressurized planes, explain that.
Speaker 9 (29:27):
Yeah, absolutely, we don't fly pets and cargo. We actually
have pressurized, temperature controlled planes. We fly with our pets,
Our captains, the pilots all fly with the pets, so
we're all in the same area.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
I swear I thought you were going to say our
pilots are all pets, and I was going to go,
possibly not the best airline, But it depends. So this
is not like, hey, we're cramming. This is a special
transportation said temperature controlled pressurized planes since the cargo hold
(30:05):
and these could be long flights, these can be four
three four hour flights.
Speaker 9 (30:11):
Yes, we just we just left out of Burbank Airport
today on a three hour flight. So we are able
to fly over mountains, we're able to fly long distance,
and we're flying frequently. So we are in Los Angeles
today this weekend, and we are flying out as many
pets that we can from the shelters.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
And how is this, Uh okay, so you're saying this,
these are shelters that are in the fire danger areas.
Speaker 9 (30:41):
Yeah, So what we're doing is we're working with in
particular Best Friends Animal Society. We worked with them today.
We are working with several organizations in this immediate area
to fly the pets who have been sitting in the
shelters waiting for adoption. And that's very very important for
the for the listener to understand. We are not flying
(31:02):
evacue's pets. We are only flying pets that have been
sitting in the shelter for through their strayholds. We are
flying them to shelters in the area who have open
kennel space as to not displace any other pets. So
what this will do is open kennel space for the
evacuees pets to come in and give them a chance
(31:22):
at being reunited.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Ah.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
So these okay, because that is very helpful because you
have a couple of things going on. You've got evacuees
that need help for their animals, large animals as well
here in Los Angeles and beyond of course, and we
have some evacuation centers for that. But what you're doing
(31:45):
is preemptively taking animals out of a shelter, putting them
in a no kill shelter somewhere else so that those
local shelters can take on.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
The evacuees animals.
Speaker 9 (32:01):
Yes, that is correct. So we're making room for the
pets that have been displaced by the wildfires. This is
about creating the space, creating hope, and making sure that
no pet is left behind. So again, we're only taking
pets that have been sitting in the shelters and we
are flying them to states with open kennels so that
the shelters can step forward and help all of those
(32:23):
who are battling and grappling with what is happening right
now in Los Angeles with these fires.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
And I know that there are volunteer pilots and the like,
and there's got to be a lot of volunteers that
help out on this. But you folks at Wings of Rescue,
you're a five oh one C three.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
As well, right, that is correct.
Speaker 9 (32:47):
We are a nonprofit, not for profits and we operate
based off of donations. So it is crucial, it is
vital to our mission that we have the support to
be able to fly in without even thinking twice. But
we have the funds in reserve, we can fly in
because it's very very costly to fly these these these planes.
(33:10):
So to have the funds and reserves to be able
to fly out hundreds of pets, I mean, that is
our goal right now, is we're hoping to move three
hundred pets in the next two weekends out of the
shelters in the Los Angeles area, again to kennels who
have open kennel space.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
I mean, even with to have you know, big hearts
and volunteers, I cannot even imagine the basic expense of
fuel and you know, food and all of these things
to be able to make a four hour, three to
four hour trek with animals or different sizes.
Speaker 9 (33:48):
Sure, and when you consider we're taking cats, we're taking dogs.
We've been asked if we're taking horses. We are not
taking horses, not at this time, but we are taking
dogs and cats. And just to give you an ide
of cost, it's roughly fifteen dollars a mile to fly pets.
So when you consider we've got to get them out
(34:08):
of the disaster area, we've got to get them to
shelters that have open kennel space, our flights can cost
thousands upon thousands of dollars just to move these pets
out of harm's way. But you know what, we're not
going to stop. We're gonna just keep flying more pets
to safety, and we're not going to stop until the
job is done.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
It can can the the animals bring like a emotional
support human with them if they're in a book, if
they're in a cage.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
I wish, well, we've got the pilots in the cages
remember it, which at leish we could.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
I just what, I just thought that would be funny.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
And all the other animals are like, oh my god,
they're gonna they're gonna pee all over the place, and
they're messy and they're loud.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
That way, you would, yeah, you would, You'd be wait,
who are we talking about here?
Speaker 7 (34:57):
I think.
Speaker 9 (34:59):
I think I think you'd be surprised at how well
orchestrated these flights are. We had we spent off almost
eighty pets today just a little bit ago. We have
another flight in the morning, or we're going to be
flying out another eighty plus pets or more. They're still
pulling things together. So these are large scale flights. We're
not flying five dogs, we're flying the multitudes.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
You can donate to Wings of Rescue online at wingsof
Rescue dot org slash donate that's Wings of Rescue dot
org slash donate. You can mail a gift to Wings
of Rescue peelbox six zero two zero three zero in
(35:44):
San Diego, California nine two one six zero, or by
donating via PayPal to donate at Wings of Rescue dot org.
Cassie Davidson with us. Wow, that is I'm always blown
away that by the big hearts and the big minds
(36:04):
of people that solve problems like this in times of
great needs. So thank you for what you do. We'll
make sure that we send people continually to Wings of
Rescue online. Wings of Rescue dot org slash donate to
help them move animals in shelters to other no kill
(36:26):
shelters that have open space, so that open space can
be had here for displaced animals that are looking for
their owners during times of fires. That just is what
an amazing feat that is and truly selfless to do,
(36:50):
because that is no small task. Thank you so much,
Cassie for coming on and telling us about Wings for Rescue.
Speaker 9 (36:57):
Oh absolutely, As I said, we're not going to stop
until job is done. So thank you for having us,
thank you for giving us a voice, thank you for
shedding light on this so that we can continue to
bring hope to these shelter pets and really just make
our mark.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
My absolute pleasure again. That is Wings of Rescue dot org,
slash donate. Cassie Davidson, Senior director of Social Awareness for
Wings of Rescue, have a great remainder of your day
and keep doing what you're doing. It really is amazing.
Speaker 9 (37:28):
All right, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Have a great day you as well.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
All Right, it's Neil Savedro special fire coverage along with
Amy King today until five o'clock, so go know where
Speaker 4 (37:38):
You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
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