October 22, 2025 • 28 mins
Description: 💎 $100 Million Louvre Heist – A daring, cinematic-style theft at the famed Louvre Museum leaves authorities scrambling to track down the jewel thieves who made off with treasures worth over $100 million. Meanwhile, the White House offers a rare behind-the-scenes demo tour of the East Wing.
🏖️ Malibu Emergency Declared – The city of Malibu declares a local emergency as homelessness surges along the coast. At the same time, LAX rolls out terminal upgrades to ease congestion and modernize the passenger experience.
🦌 Calabasas Wildlife Crossing – Big progress for California wildlife: the long-awaited 101 Freeway crossing in Calabasas is taking shape, designed to give mountain lions and other species a safe path across the freeway.
🔥 Malibu’s New Gold Rush – Residents continue to flee the area while international buyers snatch up burned-out Malibu lots — betting on the future of one of L.A.’s most exclusive coastlines.
🏖️ Malibu Emergency Declared – The city of Malibu declares a local emergency as homelessness surges along the coast. At the same time, LAX rolls out terminal upgrades to ease congestion and modernize the passenger experience.
🦌 Calabasas Wildlife Crossing – Big progress for California wildlife: the long-awaited 101 Freeway crossing in Calabasas is taking shape, designed to give mountain lions and other species a safe path across the freeway.
🔥 Malibu’s New Gold Rush – Residents continue to flee the area while international buyers snatch up burned-out Malibu lots — betting on the future of one of L.A.’s most exclusive coastlines.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
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Speaker 3 (00:07):
It'll be Us between one and four fifteen, then the
Chargers four fifteen to nine, and then Mark Thompson nine
to ten, and then George Nori at ten o'clock. So
that's the lineup for tomorrow. And you may have seen
this story coming out of Washington, d C. There's some
renovation going on at the White House. They're taking the
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east wing. They rolled that up and threw that away,
and they're building a ninety thousand square foot ballroom. Because
right now, if there are you know, I don't know,
visitors or dignitaries from other countries, politicians that are coming
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to the White House for a big you know, celebration
or a big state dinner, they rent a tent and
they put a tent in the yard of the White House,
and that just seems to be, you know, nineteen forty five,
nineteen fifty, that was fine, but twenty twenty five, there
should be a ballroom with a kitchen with chairs, climate controlled.
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And they're spending over two hundred million dollars putting this together,
and construction has already started because you don't need any permits.
When the President says I want to build the ballroom,
they just build it. There's no there's no you know,
city ordinance or state or county that gets involved. They
don't have to have any permits at all. Obviously it
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has to be engineered to be safe, but there's no
other you know, they don't have to go to a
department of you know, city services or city planning to
put that together. They just start right away. And so
this thing is already started, and it probably be done
by middle or late next year, and it's going to
look beautiful.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
It's gonna look great. But a lot of people are
pissed that it's happening.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Tonight's sources tell ABC News President Trump is aiming to
tear down the entire east wing of the White House
by this coming weekend to make way for his new ballroom,
which Trump now says will cost three hundred million dollars.
When he announced the project, the President pledged it would
not interfere with the building known as the People's House.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
It won't interfere with the current building. I won't be
It'll be near it, but not catching it and pays
total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest
fan of.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
But this week the nation's capital taken by surprise when
bulldozers and cranes started demolition.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
In order to do it properly, we had to take
down the existing structure.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
So from here we can get a glimpse of this
massive construction product, and we can see these huge bulldozers
ripping away at the walls, debris flying down everywhere. All
that's left of the East Wing now this mangled, exposed structure.
The original East Wing built in nineteen two. It was
updated in nineteen forty two and has been the traditional
home for the First Lady's offices in yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Used to be. Now she's got to find another office.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
In nineteen sixty two, Jackie Kennedy giving Americans their first
televised glimpse tonight, former First Lady Hillary Clinton dismayed, posting
it's not his house, it's your house, and he's destroying it.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is calling on the
administration to pause demolition until.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Wait, who's calling for the pause?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is calling on the
administration to pause demolition a little too late until plans
for the proposed ballroom go through the legally required public
review processes.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
They don't have to do that.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
The President runs the show there and they can do
what they want. Former presidents have added a pool or
bowling alley, nothing this big. But from what I understand,
they don't need any special permits or any special vote,
or any permission.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
They just go ahead and do it.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
They also write they're deeply concerned the planned ninety thousand
square foot ballroom, larger than the iconic residence building, will
overwhelm the White House itself. The White House hasn't submitted
plans for the ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission,
but tells us they still intend to, even though demolition
is already well under way.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
This is an interior shot of the blull room. I
think there'll be nothing like it, And it's being paid
for one hundred percent by me and some friends of
mine donors to it. The government's paying absolutely nothing.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
The President insists this is all paid for with private donations.
But on Capitol Hill, some Republican lawmakers wish he'd changed
the subject. With the government now shut down, thousands of
government workers missing paychecks, and millions of Americans now worried
about putting food on the table.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
We're talking about built in a ballroom when we're trying
to get the economy squared away.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Timming's bad.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Tonight, House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has kept the House
out session for twenty two days in counting, praising the
President's ballroom plan.
Speaker 7 (05:05):
President Trump's gonna had the greatest improvement to the White
House in the history of the building since since it
was originally constructed in eighteen hundred. The ballroom is going
to be glorious. It's going to be used for everybody.
Speaker 8 (05:15):
Again.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
This demolition catching much of Washington by surprise, and the
White House still has not submitted the plans for official review.
But President Trump tonight insisting he's been quote more transparent
than anybody's ever been there.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
You go, all right, the big ninety thousand square feet.
I can't believe it's costing that much money, though, three
hundred million dollars. It must be top line with all
the material marble, the windows, you know, whatever, carpeting, the pillars,
the chairs, everything must be top shelf, the chandeliers. To
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cost three hundred million dollars, that is unbelievable, all right,
Law lax is going through some changes. We'll come back
and talk about that. In time for the Olympics. They're
getting rid of terminal number five, which I believe is
the first terminal after you pass the International terminal on
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that big horseshoe, so you have one, two, three on
the right hand side as you're driving through. Then you
have the big Tom Bradley terminal, and then the first
one after that, which used to be American Airlines, and
now that is going to be a brand new terminal in.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Time for the Olympics. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Maybe that's only two years away, a little over two years,
so they got to get working on it pronto. We're
live on KFI AM six forty tomorrow. We're starting at
one pm in for John cole Belt, So one o'clock tomorrow,
set your clock little earlier one pm tomorrow, and then
after that it'll be the Chargers game, and then after
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that Mark Thompson, So big day tomorrow.
Speaker 9 (06:52):
Here you're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from
KFI AM six forty tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
We start at one pm. Like that promo just said,
so thing gong with you if you live in Malibu.
They're removing the homeless people from Malibu. You know those
people out than Malibu, the really rich, liberal white millionaires
who constantly preach that we should all take care of
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everybody and Kumbaia, you know, calling everybody racist and Nazis. Well,
they are removing the homeless people.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
They've had it.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
They've had it with the homeless, and they're not waiting
around for the county to do it or the state
to do it. They're given the homeless the shuffle off
to Buffalo.
Speaker 8 (07:42):
Well, Malibu has.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
A policy that essentially says, when the fire threat reaches
a certain level, they can crack down. The levels we're
talking about have to do with the amount of moisture
that is in the vegetation. We are at that level
right now, they say, And as a result, there could
be legal consequences for people experiencing homelessness.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Yeah, if you're experiencing homelessness, ah, you're done.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Malibu is not your friend.
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Malibu has declared a local emergency, saying worsening wildfire conditions
means the city needs to take extra steps to tackle
fire hazards. According to city policy enacted in twenty twenty one,
that means stepping up enforcement of homeless encampments.
Speaker 10 (08:20):
What this does is it enables us to move a
little faster because of the urgency. We can't wait three days,
five days before having sent in whens red flag weather.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Yeah, what happened to You know, homelesser people too, and
they should have as many rights as we do and
they should be able to do what they want.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
What happened to that? In Malibu?
Speaker 10 (08:40):
We can't wait?
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Just across Oh, you can't wait.
Speaker 10 (08:43):
We can't wait.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Oh, I see, Okay, the rest of the city and
the rest of the county can wait, but people in Malibu,
we can't wait.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
They can't wait. They got to get them out.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Just across from Malibu City Hall, it's it's Legacy Park
and being just full of items belonging to people experiencing homelessness.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Oh, what's going to happen to them? Are they going
to get some time? We can't wait, they can't wait.
Speaker 10 (09:03):
Unfortunately, they don't have a home, so this is our stuff.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
Those some Analbu may find this concerning. Public Safety Director
Shu'san Duenna says these items are typically cleared out every night.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, well, there's an urgency out there.
Speaker 10 (09:14):
We can't wait.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
They can't wait.
Speaker 10 (09:16):
We can't wait.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yeah, I got a good moving It's.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
Not the behavior of the city is targeting.
Speaker 10 (09:19):
There's nothing illegal about having stuff.
Speaker 6 (09:22):
Instead, says doing us. Malibu is focusing on encampments since
September twenty ninth, when the local emergency was declared. If
people are found illegally camping.
Speaker 10 (09:30):
We would contact them, let them know that the fire
dange is very high and because of that, we can't
have any encampments in the brush area. We provide them
with alternatives. We have access to housing.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
Yeah, where that in the cove? Where is it in
the colony? Where's the access? Where do the homeless go?
They go to the beach.
Speaker 10 (09:51):
I mean last year we got seventy two people into
temporary im permanent housing.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
However, where is the temporary and permanent house? Is that
in downtown Alibu? Is that on the ocean? Where is that?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
However?
Speaker 6 (10:04):
If people don't leave, city policy calls for law enforcement
to step in.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Ah, there you go. They're going to drag them out
there out illegally. I guess they're going to remove them.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
City policy calls for law enforcement to step in.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Yeah, and why are they stepping in?
Speaker 10 (10:20):
We can't wait?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
They can't wait. They got to get them out.
Speaker 10 (10:23):
What does enforcement look like If that arrest is that prosecution,
It depends on what the crime was, And if it's
a misdemeanor, it at most would be a site release,
could be arrest, book and release. Most of what we're
seeing our misdemeanors. If it's a felony, that's very different.
Speaker 6 (10:43):
According to the City of Malibu, in twenty twenty one,
twenty one fires were started in Homeless and Canda. According
to city data, two minor cooking fires, but started in
the last six weeks.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Yeah, gotta get them out of there.
Speaker 10 (10:54):
We can't wait.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
They just can't wait. In malbou all right, LAX is changing.
LAX is going to demolish Terminal number five and rebuild
it before the Olympics.
Speaker 11 (11:03):
Things are about to get potentially even more confusing for
passengers here at LAX. The important thing to know this
morning is if you're flying Jet Blue, you're going to
be flying out of Terminal one, not Terminal five per usual.
There are some important changes happening here at LAX starting today.
Those changes primarily affecting Terminal five. The Terminal five phased
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closure is now underway as the airport starts construction on
a few upgrade projects.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
So here's what you.
Speaker 11 (11:29):
Need to know if you have an upcoming trip while
construction is underway. Jet Blue will be operating out of
Terminal one. As we mentioned, that begins today.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Starting tomorrow, if you're on Jet Blue, when you get
into the airport, the very first terminal is going to
be your new terminal for Jet Blue.
Speaker 11 (11:45):
Spirit Airlines will be heading over to Terminal two, and
then next Tuesday, American Airlines will be moving to Terminal for.
The airport says the overall goal is to create a
more comfortable and modern travel experience. We're told it's adding
two gates to Terminal five and a new post security
connection to make it possible for passengers to connect between
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terminals four and five.
Speaker 8 (12:08):
While some of.
Speaker 11 (12:09):
You may be concerned this could make terminals more packed,
the airport says it's just opened a new concourse to
keep things moving smoothly during all of this construction. So
everything is slated to be complete by twenty twenty eight,
hopefully in time for the Olympics.
Speaker 8 (12:25):
In the meantime, the airport.
Speaker 11 (12:26):
Says, be sure to just double check your flight details.
We're live at LAX this morning, Madison Wyl ABC seven.
Speaker 10 (12:33):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Okay, So more construction at LAX that is unbelievable, unreal.
It seems like they're always doing construction there, whether it's
the people mover, whether it's the new terminals, whether it's
building the new upper deck, lower deck, whatever. It seems
always construction at LAX. And now a new terminal is
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going to be going up between now and twenty twenty eight.
So the next two years, regardless of your leave, if
you're leaving from you know, Terminal five or not, you're
gonna have to now figure out what terminal you're gonna use.
And there's gonna be heavy construction companies in there with
heavy equipment for the next two years. There might be
a time when there's no construction going on at the airport.
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There might be might be after the Olympics, but there
might be a time where we go to LAX and
it's a really cool, pleasant, beautiful surprise.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Maybe we can hope, can we.
Speaker 9 (13:31):
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Speaker 3 (13:36):
Forty, So get here early. Are you gonna miss the
whole show? John colebelts in Iceland with a bunch of listeners.
So we'll be on one to four pm, one to
four fifteen actually, and then the chargers will take on
the Minnesota vikings from four to fifteen to about nine
and then John, I'm sorry, Mark Thompson will be on
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Mark Thompson tomorrow nine to ten pm.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So there's your schedule.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
All right, Let's talk about this wildlife crossing out in
Calabasas Thousand Oaks area. Let's see how close there to
finishing this sucker so these mountain lions can have a
place to casually cross the one on one freeway and
come and eat your dogs and cats.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
That's what's on their menu, so they enjoy morning.
Speaker 12 (14:27):
We have a little piece of stage here and it
just sounds like a spa, sounds like a salad. I
have Beth Prat here with me and she is the
regional director for the National Wildlife Federation.
Speaker 8 (14:37):
Good morning to you, Good morning. Thanks for being here
on such a momentous occasion.
Speaker 6 (14:41):
It really is a big deal.
Speaker 12 (14:42):
Can we talk about what we've got going on here?
We're on top of the overpass. Essentially, you've got the
groundwork all laid out. It's already starting to.
Speaker 8 (14:50):
Look lash like nature. Mm hmm. Yeah, and that's what's exciting.
Speaker 10 (14:54):
You know.
Speaker 8 (14:54):
I've been working on this project for fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Wow.
Speaker 13 (14:57):
When I started, it was just an impossible dream, an idea.
And look, we're standing on top of the one on
one freeway and listen how quiet it is.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
And this is to me the soul of the project.
Speaker 13 (15:06):
We'd beginning when we put the soil on earlier this year,
and now we're going to be putting the first plants
from the Native Plant Nursery on. These are plants that
literally were gathered years ago from a million seeds. They've
been growing in our plant nursery and you'll meet the
nursery managers who are amazing, and we're about to put
those on and give those plants their permanent home.
Speaker 8 (15:27):
Talk to me about them.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
So there's no homeless left anymore in LA. We have
now had plenty eight, one hundred and fifty million dollars
to build a bridge for Mountain Lions. There's no homeless
veterans in America, no homeless veterans in LA that could
use a sandwich or maybe rent.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
No, they're all gone.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I heard a story earlier that there's a little over
three thousand homeless veterans in LA and they come second
to the mountain lions.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
All right, that's the county you live in.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Gang that's the part of California and part of the
United States you live in where we take care of
primarily mountain lions. And then maybe if there's some money
left over, those really needy, always pesky, always wanting those veterans,
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you know, the guys that don't normally do anything. They're
just sitting around, didn't fight in any wars to help
this country survive. They come secondary to the mountain lions.
That's where we live. That's where we live.
Speaker 12 (16:40):
Talk to me about the timeline for this phase of
the project.
Speaker 13 (16:43):
Yeah, this is actually you know, what we're standing on,
of course, is the biggest piece of the project, the
big structure over the one on one because the one
on one is so big. But the next phase is
actually more complicated. A lot of people are like, well,
why isn't this finish yet. I can tell you we
have a five agency utility relocation that we had to
coordinate water power gas Telecom.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
For what the four mountain lions that are going to
cross that thing every year, water Power.
Speaker 13 (17:08):
Gas Telecom hmmm. I don't think anybody wanted their water
set off, right, so that is really complex. Once that done,
we're actually undergrounding the electrical lines, which will make for
more five resiliency. Once that's done, early next year, we
start on extending the.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Structure over so they're putting the power cables underground so
the mountain lions aren't bothered by them because they are
the priority in southern California. There's enough crazies in Southern
California to think that the mountain lions take priority over
homeless veterans. And that's just the fact that's where you live.
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You live in part in the part of the United
States where the mountain lions are the priority, and then
secondarily veterans. Homeless veterans they are second, third, or fourth.
Speaker 13 (18:01):
Undergrounding the electrical lines, which will make for more five resiliency.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Yep, yep, good.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
All right, Well, we don't protect homes in Pacific Palisades
or Malibu and out the Dina with these electric wires,
but we'll put them underground for.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
These mountain lions. The one of these mountain lines to
get hurt.
Speaker 13 (18:16):
Once that's done early next year, we start on extending
the structure over a gore road.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Ah, that's going to take another year or.
Speaker 13 (18:22):
So, and then put the plants in the soil on
that structure and we will be ribbon cutting next fall.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
We are just a year out from finishing this.
Speaker 12 (18:29):
Oh my gosh, I can't even believe that, considering we've
been following along with this project for.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Several years ago.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
It's very exciting, very exciting.
Speaker 12 (18:36):
These plants specifically, why did you pick these? Are they
unique to this area? Is that meant to attract a
certain you know.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
All of the above, So what yeah, why did we
pick these specific plants for the mountain lions? The mountain
lions pick these out themselves? Or do we know what
the mountain lions?
Speaker 2 (18:51):
The mountain lions put a bunch of plants and see
which ones they go to. That's right, that's where that's
where we are in this country.
Speaker 12 (18:57):
These plants specifically, why did you pick these? Are they
unique to this area? Is that meant to attract a
certain you know.
Speaker 8 (19:03):
All of the above.
Speaker 13 (19:03):
So what you're seeing now is actually with the cover crop,
these were not from the native plant nursery.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
To get the soil ready for the native plants.
Speaker 13 (19:11):
They threw out some seeds and these are like this
is a native milkweed. To actually get the nitrogen levels
ready for the native plants.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
God, they do a lot for these mountain lions. They're
prepping the soil, they're getting the seeds ready. They've been
planning for fourteen years.
Speaker 13 (19:26):
We have a five thousand plant species list going on
this crossing around it. It was picked to design a
habitat for all wildlife.
Speaker 8 (19:34):
In the San Juanica Mountains.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Yeah, any sandwich for the vets, Like, not even a
full size like Arts Deli New York style monster sandwich.
How about just something with a little maybe some bread
and some butting meat. Anything for these guys. You say
buttock meat, butteg is it buttg? Oh that said buttock?
Speaker 2 (19:55):
No?
Speaker 3 (19:55):
But oh no, no, no, that's that's those are for
the mountain lions. Ye was my favorite growing up.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
That meat. Oh the pstro.
Speaker 8 (20:07):
Whether to live on.
Speaker 13 (20:07):
It, to eat from it, and so this is really
going to be a living habitat.
Speaker 8 (20:11):
Of course, this is about getting.
Speaker 13 (20:12):
Mountain lions across the road, but it's also reconnecting this
living ecosystem to the rest of the world, from everything
from monarch butterflies to mountain lions.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
God Almighty, the butterflies don't need a bridge to cross
the one oh one. I don't know what this lady
is on, but she's got to get to a hospital.
Speaker 8 (20:35):
From monarch butterflies, two mountain lions.
Speaker 12 (20:38):
It already feels like it's starting to come to life.
Speaker 10 (20:39):
Now.
Speaker 12 (20:40):
One more thing back.
Speaker 8 (20:41):
What does it say on our hard hats? It says cougars?
Two cougars right here?
Speaker 9 (20:45):
We own it.
Speaker 8 (20:46):
Actually three cougars.
Speaker 12 (20:47):
I'm a cougar and training I'll get soon.
Speaker 13 (20:52):
And that's what this project is about. Getting cougar's dates.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Cougar dates.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
God, they've all lost it. They've all lost it up there.
I don't know what if it's something in the milk
weed up there, cougars? Yeah, so all right, for three cougars,
what is that?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Pretty much?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
I mean, a couple of women who are starting to
age out a little? Can we get back to talking
about the mountain lions. I made a mistake and talking
about cougar flies, butterflies and cougars.
Speaker 8 (21:22):
It's not a road I've traveled.
Speaker 12 (21:27):
That is gonna tease you.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
No, got almighty, I don't I do understand why people
rent those u hauls. I do get that on their
way to Nevada, Montana and Idaho, Arizona.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
I get it, man, I get it.
Speaker 9 (21:45):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from kf
I AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
There's a great article by Jack Fleming, staff writer and
the with the La Times, and it's titled Malibu resident
in flea as international buyers snap up burned out lots.
This is not good if you're a local Malibu resident
and you love the vibe of the people live in Malibu.
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Nearly a year after the Palisades fire, Malibu is issued
just four rebuilding permits compared to hundreds in Pacific Palisades four.
In Malibu, property values are plummeting as burned out lots
sell for twenty to sixty percent discount, with frustrated homeowners
choosing to sell rather than navigate strings it permitting. The
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permits are impossible to get because if you have a
septic tank and you live on the ocean side of pch,
chances are you have to replace that septic tank. It's
probably damaged in the fire, and to get a permit
to do that is going to be next to impossible.
So you probably have to wait until they put sewer
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lines in there, which might be a couple of years away.
Locals fear that Malibu's identity will change as international buyers
and developers snap up properties while residents struggle with costly regulations.
Wood frames are rising out of the ash in burned
out lots and Pacific Palisades right down the road, but
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in Malibu seen as bleak cars wind through a gauntlet
of traffic cones and caution tape. Sweeping ocean views are
sullied by hollow shells of graffiti tagged homes and miles
and miles of chain link fencing. Nearly a year after
the Palisades fire, it'll be a year on January seventh,
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one of southern California's most iconic communities is frozen in place.
In Altadena and Pacific Palisades, the two communities hit hardest
by the January fires, they're rebuilding.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Permits are flying out the door.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
The City of La which is handling most of the
permits and Palisades, has issued ed eight hundred and one,
around forty three percent of the total applications received, according
to data from the Rebuilding Dashboard in La County. So far,
Malibu has issued four permits four about two percent of
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the total applications received.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Four permits.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
It's depressing, according to Abe Roy, a Malibu resident and
professional builder. In May, Abe Roy was appointed as the
city's first rebuild Ambassador, a volunteer role created to find
solutions to administrate to administrative obstacles and speed up the rebuild,
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and he publicly resigned last month citing frustrations with slow
permitting process. He said, effort and he jumped the ship.
If the current pace continues, rebuilding will take longer than
a decade in Malibu. We're talking looking around nineteen, about
two thousand and thirty five, two thousand and thirty six
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to get everything back into order. But there are roughly
seven hundred and twenty Malibu homes that burned in the
Palisades fire. Seven hundred and twenty Malibu homes. There are
burned out lots sitting empty, and if you're on the
ocean side, you may never get a permit to build again.
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And when this fire happens, we said so on the air,
and we got a lot of hate mail over them.
But the Coastal Commission is the strongest commission probably in
the United states. They're answerable to nobody, including the governor.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
And they like what they see.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
They like driving up Pch and be to and being
able to see the ocean for mile after mile in Malibu.
That was their ultimate dream is to have this done.
Not this way, but the ultimate dream was to take
all those structures down and turn it back to you know,
not wetlands, but you know, just natural beauty. And it
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was done for them by this fire. Of one hundred
and sixty lots listed this year that are still on
the market, forty seven have received a price cut. Forty
seven out of one hundred and sixty. There's a burned
out lot listed for one point six million dollars in September,
but that price had already been lowered twice. On Los
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Floras Beach, an ocean front parcel hit the market for
three million dollars in April, but there were no takers.
It relisted for one point nine to five million in October.
Roughly seventy five lots sold in Malibu sends the fire,
but as more homeowners decide to sell instead of rebuild,
sales are slowing down. Supply is exceeding demand, and lots
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are selling anywhere from twenty to sixty percent off. So
it's gonna take a long time. You're gonna have to
fight the Coastal Commission. And I hope it returns back
to what it was. Malibu is one of the great
cities in the world. I have a lot of great
memories of going there as a child, and I'd like
it to be returned back to the old Malibu. It
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just doesn't look like that's gonna happen. And I blame
the commissions for slow balling these permits. If people want
to rebuild, but there's no way they're gonna get permits
to do any of the rebuilding on the ocean side,
so they're leaving. They're cutting their losses and taking off.
God help Malibu, Calilifornia.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
All right. Chris Merrill is up next.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
I'll be on tomorrow one o'clock, right after Gary and Shannon,
and then at four fifteen we're gonna have the Chargers
and the Minnesota Vikings. And then at nine o'clock Mark Thompson.
There's your whole line up for tomorrow. Conway Show Live
on KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
The iHeartRadio apps.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
It'll be Us between one and four fifteen, then the
Chargers four fifteen to nine, and then Mark Thompson nine
to ten, and then George Nori at ten o'clock. So
that's the lineup for tomorrow. And you may have seen
this story coming out of Washington, d C. There's some
renovation going on at the White House. They're taking the
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east wing. They rolled that up and threw that away,
and they're building a ninety thousand square foot ballroom. Because
right now, if there are you know, I don't know,
visitors or dignitaries from other countries, politicians that are coming
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to the White House for a big you know, celebration
or a big state dinner, they rent a tent and
they put a tent in the yard of the White House,
and that just seems to be, you know, nineteen forty five,
nineteen fifty, that was fine, but twenty twenty five, there
should be a ballroom with a kitchen with chairs, climate controlled.
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And they're spending over two hundred million dollars putting this together,
and construction has already started because you don't need any permits.
When the President says I want to build the ballroom,
they just build it. There's no there's no you know,
city ordinance or state or county that gets involved. They
don't have to have any permits at all. Obviously it
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has to be engineered to be safe, but there's no
other you know, they don't have to go to a
department of you know, city services or city planning to
put that together. They just start right away. And so
this thing is already started, and it probably be done
by middle or late next year, and it's going to
look beautiful.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
It's gonna look great. But a lot of people are
pissed that it's happening.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Tonight's sources tell ABC News President Trump is aiming to
tear down the entire east wing of the White House
by this coming weekend to make way for his new ballroom,
which Trump now says will cost three hundred million dollars.
When he announced the project, the President pledged it would
not interfere with the building known as the People's House.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
It won't interfere with the current building. I won't be
It'll be near it, but not catching it and pays
total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest
fan of.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
But this week the nation's capital taken by surprise when
bulldozers and cranes started demolition.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
In order to do it properly, we had to take
down the existing structure.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
So from here we can get a glimpse of this
massive construction product, and we can see these huge bulldozers
ripping away at the walls, debris flying down everywhere. All
that's left of the East Wing now this mangled, exposed structure.
The original East Wing built in nineteen two. It was
updated in nineteen forty two and has been the traditional
home for the First Lady's offices in yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Used to be. Now she's got to find another office.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
In nineteen sixty two, Jackie Kennedy giving Americans their first
televised glimpse tonight, former First Lady Hillary Clinton dismayed, posting
it's not his house, it's your house, and he's destroying it.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is calling on the
administration to pause demolition until.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Wait, who's calling for the pause?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is calling on the
administration to pause demolition a little too late until plans
for the proposed ballroom go through the legally required public
review processes.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
They don't have to do that.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
The President runs the show there and they can do
what they want. Former presidents have added a pool or
bowling alley, nothing this big. But from what I understand,
they don't need any special permits or any special vote,
or any permission.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
They just go ahead and do it.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
They also write they're deeply concerned the planned ninety thousand
square foot ballroom, larger than the iconic residence building, will
overwhelm the White House itself. The White House hasn't submitted
plans for the ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission,
but tells us they still intend to, even though demolition
is already well under way.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
This is an interior shot of the blull room. I
think there'll be nothing like it, And it's being paid
for one hundred percent by me and some friends of
mine donors to it. The government's paying absolutely nothing.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
The President insists this is all paid for with private donations.
But on Capitol Hill, some Republican lawmakers wish he'd changed
the subject. With the government now shut down, thousands of
government workers missing paychecks, and millions of Americans now worried
about putting food on the table.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
We're talking about built in a ballroom when we're trying
to get the economy squared away.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Timming's bad.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Tonight, House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has kept the House
out session for twenty two days in counting, praising the
President's ballroom plan.
Speaker 7 (05:05):
President Trump's gonna had the greatest improvement to the White
House in the history of the building since since it
was originally constructed in eighteen hundred. The ballroom is going
to be glorious. It's going to be used for everybody.
Speaker 8 (05:15):
Again.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
This demolition catching much of Washington by surprise, and the
White House still has not submitted the plans for official review.
But President Trump tonight insisting he's been quote more transparent
than anybody's ever been there.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
You go, all right, the big ninety thousand square feet.
I can't believe it's costing that much money, though, three
hundred million dollars. It must be top line with all
the material marble, the windows, you know, whatever, carpeting, the pillars,
the chairs, everything must be top shelf, the chandeliers. To
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cost three hundred million dollars, that is unbelievable, all right,
Law lax is going through some changes. We'll come back
and talk about that. In time for the Olympics. They're
getting rid of terminal number five, which I believe is
the first terminal after you pass the International terminal on
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that big horseshoe, so you have one, two, three on
the right hand side as you're driving through. Then you
have the big Tom Bradley terminal, and then the first
one after that, which used to be American Airlines, and
now that is going to be a brand new terminal in.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Time for the Olympics. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Maybe that's only two years away, a little over two years,
so they got to get working on it pronto. We're
live on KFI AM six forty tomorrow. We're starting at
one pm in for John cole Belt, So one o'clock tomorrow,
set your clock little earlier one pm tomorrow, and then
after that it'll be the Chargers game, and then after
(06:50):
that Mark Thompson, So big day tomorrow.
Speaker 9 (06:52):
Here you're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from
KFI AM six forty tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
We start at one pm. Like that promo just said,
so thing gong with you if you live in Malibu.
They're removing the homeless people from Malibu. You know those
people out than Malibu, the really rich, liberal white millionaires
who constantly preach that we should all take care of
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everybody and Kumbaia, you know, calling everybody racist and Nazis. Well,
they are removing the homeless people.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
They've had it.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
They've had it with the homeless, and they're not waiting
around for the county to do it or the state
to do it. They're given the homeless the shuffle off
to Buffalo.
Speaker 8 (07:42):
Well, Malibu has.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
A policy that essentially says, when the fire threat reaches
a certain level, they can crack down. The levels we're
talking about have to do with the amount of moisture
that is in the vegetation. We are at that level
right now, they say, And as a result, there could
be legal consequences for people experiencing homelessness.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Yeah, if you're experiencing homelessness, ah, you're done.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Malibu is not your friend.
Speaker 6 (08:06):
Malibu has declared a local emergency, saying worsening wildfire conditions
means the city needs to take extra steps to tackle
fire hazards. According to city policy enacted in twenty twenty one,
that means stepping up enforcement of homeless encampments.
Speaker 10 (08:20):
What this does is it enables us to move a
little faster because of the urgency. We can't wait three days,
five days before having sent in whens red flag weather.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Yeah, what happened to You know, homelesser people too, and
they should have as many rights as we do and
they should be able to do what they want.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
What happened to that? In Malibu?
Speaker 10 (08:40):
We can't wait?
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Just across Oh, you can't wait.
Speaker 10 (08:43):
We can't wait.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Oh, I see, Okay, the rest of the city and
the rest of the county can wait, but people in Malibu,
we can't wait.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
They can't wait. They got to get them out.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Just across from Malibu City Hall, it's it's Legacy Park
and being just full of items belonging to people experiencing homelessness.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Oh, what's going to happen to them? Are they going
to get some time? We can't wait, they can't wait.
Speaker 10 (09:03):
Unfortunately, they don't have a home, so this is our stuff.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
Those some Analbu may find this concerning. Public Safety Director
Shu'san Duenna says these items are typically cleared out every night.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, well, there's an urgency out there.
Speaker 10 (09:14):
We can't wait.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
They can't wait.
Speaker 10 (09:16):
We can't wait.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yeah, I got a good moving It's.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
Not the behavior of the city is targeting.
Speaker 10 (09:19):
There's nothing illegal about having stuff.
Speaker 6 (09:22):
Instead, says doing us. Malibu is focusing on encampments since
September twenty ninth, when the local emergency was declared. If
people are found illegally camping.
Speaker 10 (09:30):
We would contact them, let them know that the fire
dange is very high and because of that, we can't
have any encampments in the brush area. We provide them
with alternatives. We have access to housing.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
Yeah, where that in the cove? Where is it in
the colony? Where's the access? Where do the homeless go?
They go to the beach.
Speaker 10 (09:51):
I mean last year we got seventy two people into
temporary im permanent housing.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
However, where is the temporary and permanent house? Is that
in downtown Alibu? Is that on the ocean? Where is that?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
However?
Speaker 6 (10:04):
If people don't leave, city policy calls for law enforcement
to step in.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Ah, there you go. They're going to drag them out
there out illegally. I guess they're going to remove them.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
City policy calls for law enforcement to step in.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Yeah, and why are they stepping in?
Speaker 10 (10:20):
We can't wait?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
They can't wait. They got to get them out.
Speaker 10 (10:23):
What does enforcement look like If that arrest is that prosecution,
It depends on what the crime was, And if it's
a misdemeanor, it at most would be a site release,
could be arrest, book and release. Most of what we're
seeing our misdemeanors. If it's a felony, that's very different.
Speaker 6 (10:43):
According to the City of Malibu, in twenty twenty one,
twenty one fires were started in Homeless and Canda. According
to city data, two minor cooking fires, but started in
the last six weeks.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Yeah, gotta get them out of there.
Speaker 10 (10:54):
We can't wait.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
They just can't wait. In malbou all right, LAX is changing.
LAX is going to demolish Terminal number five and rebuild
it before the Olympics.
Speaker 11 (11:03):
Things are about to get potentially even more confusing for
passengers here at LAX. The important thing to know this
morning is if you're flying Jet Blue, you're going to
be flying out of Terminal one, not Terminal five per usual.
There are some important changes happening here at LAX starting today.
Those changes primarily affecting Terminal five. The Terminal five phased
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closure is now underway as the airport starts construction on
a few upgrade projects.
Speaker 8 (11:29):
So here's what you.
Speaker 11 (11:29):
Need to know if you have an upcoming trip while
construction is underway. Jet Blue will be operating out of
Terminal one. As we mentioned, that begins today.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Starting tomorrow, if you're on Jet Blue, when you get
into the airport, the very first terminal is going to
be your new terminal for Jet Blue.
Speaker 11 (11:45):
Spirit Airlines will be heading over to Terminal two, and
then next Tuesday, American Airlines will be moving to Terminal for.
The airport says the overall goal is to create a
more comfortable and modern travel experience. We're told it's adding
two gates to Terminal five and a new post security
connection to make it possible for passengers to connect between
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terminals four and five.
Speaker 8 (12:08):
While some of.
Speaker 11 (12:09):
You may be concerned this could make terminals more packed,
the airport says it's just opened a new concourse to
keep things moving smoothly during all of this construction. So
everything is slated to be complete by twenty twenty eight,
hopefully in time for the Olympics.
Speaker 8 (12:25):
In the meantime, the airport.
Speaker 11 (12:26):
Says, be sure to just double check your flight details.
We're live at LAX this morning, Madison Wyl ABC seven.
Speaker 10 (12:33):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Okay, So more construction at LAX that is unbelievable, unreal.
It seems like they're always doing construction there, whether it's
the people mover, whether it's the new terminals, whether it's
building the new upper deck, lower deck, whatever. It seems
always construction at LAX. And now a new terminal is
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going to be going up between now and twenty twenty eight.
So the next two years, regardless of your leave, if
you're leaving from you know, Terminal five or not, you're
gonna have to now figure out what terminal you're gonna use.
And there's gonna be heavy construction companies in there with
heavy equipment for the next two years. There might be
a time when there's no construction going on at the airport.
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There might be might be after the Olympics, but there
might be a time where we go to LAX and
it's a really cool, pleasant, beautiful surprise.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Maybe we can hope, can we.
Speaker 9 (13:31):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on Demayo from KFI
AM six.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Forty, So get here early. Are you gonna miss the
whole show? John colebelts in Iceland with a bunch of listeners.
So we'll be on one to four pm, one to
four fifteen actually, and then the chargers will take on
the Minnesota vikings from four to fifteen to about nine
and then John, I'm sorry, Mark Thompson will be on
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Mark Thompson tomorrow nine to ten pm.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So there's your schedule.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
All right, Let's talk about this wildlife crossing out in
Calabasas Thousand Oaks area. Let's see how close there to
finishing this sucker so these mountain lions can have a
place to casually cross the one on one freeway and
come and eat your dogs and cats.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
That's what's on their menu, so they enjoy morning.
Speaker 12 (14:27):
We have a little piece of stage here and it
just sounds like a spa, sounds like a salad. I
have Beth Prat here with me and she is the
regional director for the National Wildlife Federation.
Speaker 8 (14:37):
Good morning to you, Good morning. Thanks for being here
on such a momentous occasion.
Speaker 6 (14:41):
It really is a big deal.
Speaker 12 (14:42):
Can we talk about what we've got going on here?
We're on top of the overpass. Essentially, you've got the
groundwork all laid out. It's already starting to.
Speaker 8 (14:50):
Look lash like nature. Mm hmm. Yeah, and that's what's exciting.
Speaker 10 (14:54):
You know.
Speaker 8 (14:54):
I've been working on this project for fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Wow.
Speaker 13 (14:57):
When I started, it was just an impossible dream, an idea.
And look, we're standing on top of the one on
one freeway and listen how quiet it is.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
And this is to me the soul of the project.
Speaker 13 (15:06):
We'd beginning when we put the soil on earlier this year,
and now we're going to be putting the first plants
from the Native Plant Nursery on. These are plants that
literally were gathered years ago from a million seeds. They've
been growing in our plant nursery and you'll meet the
nursery managers who are amazing, and we're about to put
those on and give those plants their permanent home.
Speaker 8 (15:27):
Talk to me about them.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
So there's no homeless left anymore in LA. We have
now had plenty eight, one hundred and fifty million dollars
to build a bridge for Mountain Lions. There's no homeless
veterans in America, no homeless veterans in LA that could
use a sandwich or maybe rent.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
No, they're all gone.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I heard a story earlier that there's a little over
three thousand homeless veterans in LA and they come second
to the mountain lions.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
All right, that's the county you live in.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Gang that's the part of California and part of the
United States you live in where we take care of
primarily mountain lions. And then maybe if there's some money
left over, those really needy, always pesky, always wanting those veterans,
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you know, the guys that don't normally do anything. They're
just sitting around, didn't fight in any wars to help
this country survive. They come secondary to the mountain lions.
That's where we live. That's where we live.
Speaker 12 (16:40):
Talk to me about the timeline for this phase of
the project.
Speaker 13 (16:43):
Yeah, this is actually you know, what we're standing on,
of course, is the biggest piece of the project, the
big structure over the one on one because the one
on one is so big. But the next phase is
actually more complicated. A lot of people are like, well,
why isn't this finish yet. I can tell you we
have a five agency utility relocation that we had to
coordinate water power gas Telecom.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
For what the four mountain lions that are going to
cross that thing every year, water Power.
Speaker 13 (17:08):
Gas Telecom hmmm. I don't think anybody wanted their water
set off, right, so that is really complex. Once that done,
we're actually undergrounding the electrical lines, which will make for
more five resiliency. Once that's done, early next year, we
start on extending the.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Structure over so they're putting the power cables underground so
the mountain lions aren't bothered by them because they are
the priority in southern California. There's enough crazies in Southern
California to think that the mountain lions take priority over
homeless veterans. And that's just the fact that's where you live.
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You live in part in the part of the United
States where the mountain lions are the priority, and then
secondarily veterans. Homeless veterans they are second, third, or fourth.
Speaker 13 (18:01):
Undergrounding the electrical lines, which will make for more five resiliency.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Yep, yep, good.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
All right, Well, we don't protect homes in Pacific Palisades
or Malibu and out the Dina with these electric wires,
but we'll put them underground for.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
These mountain lions. The one of these mountain lines to
get hurt.
Speaker 13 (18:16):
Once that's done early next year, we start on extending
the structure over a gore road.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Ah, that's going to take another year or.
Speaker 13 (18:22):
So, and then put the plants in the soil on
that structure and we will be ribbon cutting next fall.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
We are just a year out from finishing this.
Speaker 12 (18:29):
Oh my gosh, I can't even believe that, considering we've
been following along with this project for.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Several years ago.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
It's very exciting, very exciting.
Speaker 12 (18:36):
These plants specifically, why did you pick these? Are they
unique to this area? Is that meant to attract a
certain you know.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
All of the above, So what yeah, why did we
pick these specific plants for the mountain lions? The mountain
lions pick these out themselves? Or do we know what
the mountain lions?
Speaker 2 (18:51):
The mountain lions put a bunch of plants and see
which ones they go to. That's right, that's where that's
where we are in this country.
Speaker 12 (18:57):
These plants specifically, why did you pick these? Are they
unique to this area? Is that meant to attract a
certain you know.
Speaker 8 (19:03):
All of the above.
Speaker 13 (19:03):
So what you're seeing now is actually with the cover crop,
these were not from the native plant nursery.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
To get the soil ready for the native plants.
Speaker 13 (19:11):
They threw out some seeds and these are like this
is a native milkweed. To actually get the nitrogen levels
ready for the native plants.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
God, they do a lot for these mountain lions. They're
prepping the soil, they're getting the seeds ready. They've been
planning for fourteen years.
Speaker 13 (19:26):
We have a five thousand plant species list going on
this crossing around it. It was picked to design a
habitat for all wildlife.
Speaker 8 (19:34):
In the San Juanica Mountains.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Yeah, any sandwich for the vets, Like, not even a
full size like Arts Deli New York style monster sandwich.
How about just something with a little maybe some bread
and some butting meat. Anything for these guys. You say
buttock meat, butteg is it buttg? Oh that said buttock?
Speaker 2 (19:55):
No?
Speaker 3 (19:55):
But oh no, no, no, that's that's those are for
the mountain lions. Ye was my favorite growing up.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
That meat. Oh the pstro.
Speaker 8 (20:07):
Whether to live on.
Speaker 13 (20:07):
It, to eat from it, and so this is really
going to be a living habitat.
Speaker 8 (20:11):
Of course, this is about getting.
Speaker 13 (20:12):
Mountain lions across the road, but it's also reconnecting this
living ecosystem to the rest of the world, from everything
from monarch butterflies to mountain lions.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
God Almighty, the butterflies don't need a bridge to cross
the one oh one. I don't know what this lady
is on, but she's got to get to a hospital.
Speaker 8 (20:35):
From monarch butterflies, two mountain lions.
Speaker 12 (20:38):
It already feels like it's starting to come to life.
Speaker 10 (20:39):
Now.
Speaker 12 (20:40):
One more thing back.
Speaker 8 (20:41):
What does it say on our hard hats? It says cougars?
Two cougars right here?
Speaker 9 (20:45):
We own it.
Speaker 8 (20:46):
Actually three cougars.
Speaker 12 (20:47):
I'm a cougar and training I'll get soon.
Speaker 13 (20:52):
And that's what this project is about. Getting cougar's dates.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Cougar dates.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
God, they've all lost it. They've all lost it up there.
I don't know what if it's something in the milk
weed up there, cougars? Yeah, so all right, for three cougars,
what is that?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Pretty much?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
I mean, a couple of women who are starting to
age out a little? Can we get back to talking
about the mountain lions. I made a mistake and talking
about cougar flies, butterflies and cougars.
Speaker 8 (21:22):
It's not a road I've traveled.
Speaker 12 (21:27):
That is gonna tease you.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
No, got almighty, I don't I do understand why people
rent those u hauls. I do get that on their
way to Nevada, Montana and Idaho, Arizona.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
I get it, man, I get it.
Speaker 9 (21:45):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from kf
I AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
There's a great article by Jack Fleming, staff writer and
the with the La Times, and it's titled Malibu resident
in flea as international buyers snap up burned out lots.
This is not good if you're a local Malibu resident
and you love the vibe of the people live in Malibu.
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Nearly a year after the Palisades fire, Malibu is issued
just four rebuilding permits compared to hundreds in Pacific Palisades four.
In Malibu, property values are plummeting as burned out lots
sell for twenty to sixty percent discount, with frustrated homeowners
choosing to sell rather than navigate strings it permitting. The
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permits are impossible to get because if you have a
septic tank and you live on the ocean side of pch,
chances are you have to replace that septic tank. It's
probably damaged in the fire, and to get a permit
to do that is going to be next to impossible.
So you probably have to wait until they put sewer
(22:58):
lines in there, which might be a couple of years away.
Locals fear that Malibu's identity will change as international buyers
and developers snap up properties while residents struggle with costly regulations.
Wood frames are rising out of the ash in burned
out lots and Pacific Palisades right down the road, but
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in Malibu seen as bleak cars wind through a gauntlet
of traffic cones and caution tape. Sweeping ocean views are
sullied by hollow shells of graffiti tagged homes and miles
and miles of chain link fencing. Nearly a year after
the Palisades fire, it'll be a year on January seventh,
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one of southern California's most iconic communities is frozen in place.
In Altadena and Pacific Palisades, the two communities hit hardest
by the January fires, they're rebuilding.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Permits are flying out the door.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
The City of La which is handling most of the
permits and Palisades, has issued ed eight hundred and one,
around forty three percent of the total applications received, according
to data from the Rebuilding Dashboard in La County. So far,
Malibu has issued four permits four about two percent of
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the total applications received.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Four permits.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
It's depressing, according to Abe Roy, a Malibu resident and
professional builder. In May, Abe Roy was appointed as the
city's first rebuild Ambassador, a volunteer role created to find
solutions to administrate to administrative obstacles and speed up the rebuild,
(24:44):
and he publicly resigned last month citing frustrations with slow
permitting process. He said, effort and he jumped the ship.
If the current pace continues, rebuilding will take longer than
a decade in Malibu. We're talking looking around nineteen, about
two thousand and thirty five, two thousand and thirty six
(25:07):
to get everything back into order. But there are roughly
seven hundred and twenty Malibu homes that burned in the
Palisades fire. Seven hundred and twenty Malibu homes. There are
burned out lots sitting empty, and if you're on the
ocean side, you may never get a permit to build again.
(25:27):
And when this fire happens, we said so on the air,
and we got a lot of hate mail over them.
But the Coastal Commission is the strongest commission probably in
the United states. They're answerable to nobody, including the governor.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
And they like what they see.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
They like driving up Pch and be to and being
able to see the ocean for mile after mile in Malibu.
That was their ultimate dream is to have this done.
Not this way, but the ultimate dream was to take
all those structures down and turn it back to you know,
not wetlands, but you know, just natural beauty. And it
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was done for them by this fire. Of one hundred
and sixty lots listed this year that are still on
the market, forty seven have received a price cut. Forty
seven out of one hundred and sixty. There's a burned
out lot listed for one point six million dollars in September,
but that price had already been lowered twice. On Los
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Floras Beach, an ocean front parcel hit the market for
three million dollars in April, but there were no takers.
It relisted for one point nine to five million in October.
Roughly seventy five lots sold in Malibu sends the fire,
but as more homeowners decide to sell instead of rebuild,
sales are slowing down. Supply is exceeding demand, and lots
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are selling anywhere from twenty to sixty percent off. So
it's gonna take a long time. You're gonna have to
fight the Coastal Commission. And I hope it returns back
to what it was. Malibu is one of the great
cities in the world. I have a lot of great
memories of going there as a child, and I'd like
it to be returned back to the old Malibu. It
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just doesn't look like that's gonna happen. And I blame
the commissions for slow balling these permits. If people want
to rebuild, but there's no way they're gonna get permits
to do any of the rebuilding on the ocean side,
so they're leaving. They're cutting their losses and taking off.
God help Malibu, Calilifornia.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
All right. Chris Merrill is up next.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
I'll be on tomorrow one o'clock, right after Gary and Shannon,
and then at four fifteen we're gonna have the Chargers
and the Minnesota Vikings. And then at nine o'clock Mark Thompson.
There's your whole line up for tomorrow. Conway Show Live
on KFI AM six forty.
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