December 10, 2024 • 35 mins
Live Franklin Fire press update from Malibu city officials and LAFD, and Tim compliments the continued aerial coverage and coordination of the firefighting efforts. // Bellio's point about the timing of the Franklin fire and how it correlates with the coming rainfall / water management, and how we need to turn our attention to potential floods the minute the fire is contained. // Billie Eilish is going to be performing at the Kia Forum, and her fans have been camped out as many as 4 days prior to the concert. However, the city of Inglewood didn’t exemplify the fans and still won’t permit tents. // The Mega Millions jackpot winner sues California Lottery claiming he bought 2 winning tickets. LAPD helicopter crashed today during what appeared to be a training exercise. And there’s a new documentary on Wham’s iconic holiday song “Last Christmas.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's KMF I AM six forty and you're listening to
the Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
App on the fire around Malibu. Here is La County
fire fire at the.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
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fun any Chief of the.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
County of Los Angereas start apartment. Yes, as we are aware,
the Franklin Fires started last night, Monday, December ninth, at
ten fifty two pm near Malibu Canyon Road and the.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Of Pepperdine University.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
The fire has burst approximately two thousand, eight hundred and
sixty two acres and a zero percent contained. The fire
has grown an additional six hundred acres this morning and
this afternoon. Over fifteen hundred firefighters are currently assigned to
this incident. Todayeen federal, state, and local agency aircraft were
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assigned to the fire, and a number of those aerial
resources will remain flying throughout the night.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
A small number of homes.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
In the affected area have been destroyed and damaged.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
The exact number is currently unknown.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
We do have preliminary reports that seven structures are destroyed
and eight structures are damaged. This was from an aerial
view that we were able to look at damage. Inspection
teams have been assigned to the incident and they will
assist with a more accurate accounting of incident losses tomorrow.
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The safety of residents and first responders remains our top priority.
The entire fire area remains under threat as long as
the current red flag conditions persist. Strong winds and low
humidities will continue to challenge firefighters on the line and
in the air as they struggle to contain the stubborn fire.
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I would like to end with another acknowledgment and thanks
to our responding partner agencies, both fire and law enforcement,
for the assistance they provided in the early morning hours
and throughout today. We are certainly stronger because of public
safety cooperation that we have witnessed during this incident.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
I would now like to invite up our Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department Captain jenc two up to the podium
to provide a law enforcement update.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
Good evening.
Speaker 6 (02:40):
I'm Jennifer C two, Captain of Malibu, Lostil Sheriff Station.
The Sheriff's Department has been coordinating with our local state
and fire partners and the County Office of Emergency Management
Management to monitor the Franklin Fire which started in Malibu
Canyon north of Malibu Crest Road and out the Francisco
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Ranch Road. We currently have our IMT or Incident Management
Team with four squads assisting with this fire incident. We
currently have thirty two operations that include evacuations, road closures,
and security patrols. There are several road closures in the
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affected area. There's a soft closure on Los Virginis at
Lost Hills Road. There's a hard closure at Los Virginis
at Mulholland Highway and on pch between Topanga Canyon and
Canaan Road. There's also a soft closure residence only onto
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Panga Canyon Road. There are approximately twenty thousand effective affected
citizens which are under evacuation orders and evacuation warnings. Fire
can be extremely unpredictable and we highly encourage residents to
in the fire areas to be prepared, have a plan
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and heed our evacuation warnings and orders. Gather all your
important items, documents, and medicate medications in case you have
to leave your residence. The safety of our community members
is our number one priority and we will continue to
assist impacted residents. We have several shelters that have been
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established for residents that are displaced. Pacific Palisades Recreation Center
is no longer open. The ones that are open are
the Santa Monica Unified School District Facility located at twenty
eight twenty eight Fourth Street in Santa Monica that is
now open to residents as a shelter. Another one is
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Calabasis Community Center located at twenty seven zero four zero
Malibu Hills in Calabasas. For small animals, the Agora Animals
Center is open and that is located at twenty nine
five two five Agore Road and Agora Hills. For large animals,
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Pierce College six to zero one. When Neca Avenue Woodland
Hills talk a little bit about security, I want to
reiterate what Sheriff Luna said earlier today. We have security
patrols throughout our affected areas. We will not tolerate anyone
coming to this community to revictimize our community members. And inclosing,
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I just want to thank all of our partners, the
Ala County Fire Department, Highway Patrol, Office of Emergency Management,
Public Works, Caltrans, Animal Care and Control, Red Cross, California
State Parks, cal Fire, cal oees and National Parks Services.
We're all working together and part of this unified command.
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We are residents to stay informed by watching the following
inquadible news sources at visit or LASD social media or
lacounty dot gob backslash emergency for updated information. And now
I'd like to bring up a supervisor, A Lindsay Horvath.
Speaker 7 (06:25):
Thank you very much, Captain. I want to start out
by acknowledging earlier today, I was able to connect with
Governor Gavin Newsom, who earlier this morning authorized FEMA assistants.
Additional FEMA assistants on my way here, we heard from
the pro time of the Senate, Mike Maguire, who reached
out and offered his support as well. I know my
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team met with Assembly Member Irwin and staff from Senator
Ben Allen's office earlier while I was at the board
meeting today. And I start with this because all levels
of government are coordinated, working together to keep people safe,
protected and supported during this incredibly difficult time. And as
we recap today's efforts to respond to the Franklin fire
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and prepare for the days ahead, I want to continue
to share my deepest gratitude to over one thousand first
responders who are at the scene. Our firefighters, our law
enforcement emergency personnel, our Community Fire Brigade, and so many
others have been working tirelessly on the front lines to
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contain the fire and to keep our Malibu to Panga
Canyon and surrounding communities safe. The coordination and teamwork of
mutual aid organizations and partners at every level, local, county, state,
and federal are making a real difference in protecting the
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lives and supporting those affected by this emergency. From our
dedicated county departments to neighboring counties providing vital resources to
La City Fire Department, CalFire, California Highway Patrol, FEMA, the
Red Cross, and so many others. Your efforts are a
testament to the power of collaboration and partnership in the
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face of adversity. As I mentioned, I just came back
from our board meeting earlier today where we ratified today's
local proclamation of emergency, and so that is official to
our residents. I urge you to continue to remain vigilant
and prepared. Mandatory evacuations, warnings and road closures remain in place.
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Please continue to follow evacuation orders and guidance from our
emergency personnel. Your safety remains our top priority. For latest
updates and real time alerts, you can go to ALERTLA
dot org that's a l e rt LA dot org
and stay informed about how to protect yourself and your
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loved ones. I want to thank our community partners who
have helped us stand up shelters for our families and
for our furry friends, and our commitment remains unwavering. We
will do everything to our in our power to help
you navigate the challenges of this emergency. To those impacted
by the Franklin fire, please know you are not alone.
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We stand with you, and we will ensure that you
receive the resources and the support that you need to recover.
Thank you to everyone who has come together to support
our community in this difficult time. Together we are stronger
and together we will get through this. Thank you very much.
It is now my pleasure to welcome the Mayor of Malibu,
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Doug Stewart.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
Thank you, supervisor.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Good evening.
Speaker 8 (09:50):
I want to thank everyone for being here. It's this
has been a traumatic twenty hours for the city of
Alibu and we appreciate all the support that were as
we respond to the Franklin fire. I want to reassure
everyone that your safety and the safety are our first
responders remained our highest priority.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Malibu is strong.
Speaker 8 (10:12):
And together we will face the challenge and with resilience
and resolve. The current fire status, as Chief Perornies stated,
has been traumatic from the standpoint that we have over
almost what is it, seven square miles has burned twenty
hours ago. This was lush escha and natural resources that
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now we don't have anymore, and it's going to be
a while before it grows back. But that's the way
it is here in Malibu. It burns, it comes back,
and we're resilient and strong.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
All right.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
That's Maya Doug Stewart from a city of Malibu saying,
you know, the seven square miles and has mets there
has burned since that fire began, what nineteen hours ago?
Now at this point, not much of a change in
the acres that we had already had from a little
bit earlier. I think they said it was twenty eight
hundred and like sixty two, So at least twenty eight
hundred acres have burned since about eleven o'clock last night.
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They say some structures of burns of buildings a bird.
They didn't give an exact number, they said that the
numbers are though have been apparently fortunately as well, very low.
Red Cross has moved an evacuation center from the Palisade
Recreation Center to the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District
Professional Development and Learning Center. That's a fourth street in
Santa Monica, but that's the evacuation center that was previously
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at the Palisade rec Center. That's basically it not much
of a change though from what we heard earlier.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
To yeah, I didn't you know obviously, you know, the
governors on it, and the resources have been made available,
and this is unusual for this fire to break out
in December like this. And to get all these planes
here and to get them all prepared and all set
to take off at daybreak this morning is a monumental task.
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I mean, they've got to find these guys, they got
to find the pilots, they've got to find you know,
and make sure that the fause check is ready to go.
And they had to do all of this in about
a six hour period, from about midnight last night till
about six o'clock this morning. At daybreak when they could
first launch them from Vanny's Airport, from Palmdale and Lancaster
as well.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
So they've done a hell of a job.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
And they said they've had roughly fifteen hundred firefighters overall
that have been assigned to this fire, thirteen state, local,
federal aircraft assigned to it, no official number as we said,
of the structure's damage, and no containment.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
And Baliol had a good point, which is pretty rare,
that they had at least seven hundred and fifty firefighters
on alert for this specific area where they knew that.
You know that this fire if it started in Malibu Canyon,
this is one of the worst places for it to
start too, because it started deep down in Malibu Canyon.
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If you're familiar with Malibu Canyon, once you cross Mulholland
and you're going south, there's a deep ravine there, and
when the fire starts deep down in that ravine, it's
impossible to get to. You can't fly helicopters at night
that low because of the hillsides and now close they are,
how close they'd be to the rotors, and so you
just have to sit there and wait, and you wait
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for this fire to come up and it's very, very
difficult to fight. This is one of the worst places
that could have started in Malibu.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Yeah, and that's why they gave the evacuate and that's
why they put the red flag warnings in place just
yesterday in that area, so.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Right in that specific area, and they had five hundred
seven hundred firefighters ready to go with also, you know,
with assistance from other counties and other cities around around
southern California.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
So they did a hell of a job. These firefighters.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Man, when they get on a job like this with
the airplanes, the fixed wing aircraft, the helicopters, they really
get in there and they really kick ass. I don't
know what the shift is on something like a helicopter,
but it seems like they never quit. I don't know
if they change out pilots every four hours, every eight hours,
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I don't know what they do, but man, they just
they are relentless. They pick up the falls, check they
you know, they drop it, they go pick up more,
they drop it, and they just keep flying. They keep
refueling with jet fuel with you know, with these helicopters,
they keep them up in the air and there's a
lot of them and for that all to be all
coordinated like that is. It's an incredible feat, it really
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really is. And that comes from a lot of training
and you know, and a lot of experience as well.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I'm curious to see because you know, the last a
bunch of the fires this year, I've noticed anyways that
the containment a lot of times with a lot of
these fires did stayed very very low and all of
a sudden jumped incredibly high. Oh yeah, to knock these
things out like the one that just last month or
two months ago, Bridge fire, Yeah, Bridge fire. And I'm
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wondering how much of the resources that we've gotten just
in these last couple of years, with these super scoopers
and these and these chinooks and all this stuff, how
much that's really helped to knock these fires down quicker
than they would have been.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Well, remember you and I were on the air with
that Bridge fire and it was at five hundred acres
for five hundred acres five point fifty five sixty five
seventy and then it went to fifteen thousand, and we
thought that that was a misprint. Yeah, you know, we thought, well,
there's no way it can be. It has to be
five hundred. It can't be fifteen thousand, and it was
zero containment, right but that fire in an hour and
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a half, went from the two ten freeway to right Wood,
moved yeah where it was burning in people, you know,
the skier resort in right Wood in.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
An hour and a half.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
And it's interesting because you know, when when it moves
that fast and gets that big that fast, our first
inclination is to think this is going to be bad,
zero zero containment and it just kind of then it
just kind of hangs and I'm wondering how much of
the resources that we've gotten really has helped with that.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Yeah, I don't know what a just an incredible fight.
And they I think they the lattest. What was the
latest stat I think they said they'd lost at least
two homes.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
I've seen some.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Reports that have said seven or eight buildings homes, but
none of that's been confirmed. And they did say that
they didn't give a number, but they said it was
pretty low.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Right now, maybe it's because of how widespread they are.
You know, there's a lot of space between these homes.
There's one home in Malibu that's overlooking Malibu Creek and
it's been a source of a lot of lawsuits in
the past. It's an eighty six million dollar home built
up on the top of their overlooking where the movie
theaters are and the restaurants are in the colony. That
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home is worth eighty six million dollars and they were dropping,
you know, they had helicopters all over that area. And
I understand them, you know, the firefighters, you know, fighting
to keep these these houses, especially in that area afloat.
Because if you have an eighty six million dollar home, well, am,
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as a matter of fact, I'm going to look up exactly,
I'm going to tell you exactly with the calculator what
the property taxes are on an eighty six million dollar
home eighty six times point zero one two percent. So
your annual taxes on an eighty six million dollar home
are one million, seventy five thousand dollars a year. That's
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what your property taxes are. So I do understand them
trying to protect that home, to keep the million seventy
five thousand dollars going towards the government and keeping these planes,
helicopters and firefighters in business. If you own an eighty
six million dollar home, your your taxes. Just your property
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taxes are one point one million dollars a year. And
there might be some other assessments on that as well,
but that is crazy.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Just your taxes.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Your property taxes one point one million dollars a year.
Or we're going to take a short break here and
then we're going to come back with a lot more information.
Speaker 9 (17:54):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
It is The Convert Show. We should a press conference
on the Franklin fire. LA County Fire was out there.
La County Sheriff, we're out there as well as some
representatives from the government, and Bellio brought this up during
the commercial break, and I think it's a very smart
point that normally these fires happen in July or August.
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If you look back historically in Malibu, it chose a summer, hot,
dry months, maybe in September at the latest. And if
we have a fire in August in Malibu, well you
have September, October, November, December. You have four months for
the foliage to replenish itself, to regrow again, at least
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to start growing. But now you're going to only have
two or three weeks before the rains come. And if
we get the rains like we did last year in
the year before, Malibu is going to have massive, massive
flood problems because all of that but all of that
water will have no place to seep into the ground.
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It's all coming down to pch Webway Malibu Creek. Malibu
Creek is going to be a story this year. If
we get the same rains that we had the year
last year and the year before, watch out, Malibu is
going to be under a tremendous amount of pressure, a
lot of mud, a lot of rain, a lot of water,
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and they're going to have to start putting up the
k rails fairly soon to channel all that water into
the ocean. And if they don't, if they don't, you
do it fairly quickly. I know the concentration right now
is on the fire, but floods have to be the
next consideration. And I'm not talking about in two weeks
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from now. I'm talking about the day after this fire
is contained. They've got to start putting up barriers to
direct the mud and the water down into the ocean.
If they don't, there's going to be a t mendous
problem in Malibu, and a lot of these homes in Malibu,
like homes in the Valley Inland Empire, you don't have
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flood insurance. I bet most of the people in Malibu
don't have flood insurance. It's a separate it's a separate entity.
It's expensive, it's very tough to get in southern California,
and I bet it's impossible to get now in Malibu
if you went out and tried to get flood insurance.
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Right now, they're going to take a look at this
fire and probably deny everybody's wish to get to.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Get flood insurance. This is going to be a tremendous problem.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
We saw it up in Santa Barbara where they had
a fire that rolled through in the summer and then
they had tremendous rains in the winter, and there are
a lot of people who were killed. There are a
lot of people that are still missing from that flood
up there in San Barbara.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
So they've got to be aware of that. I'm sure
they are. But it's just.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Another thing to keep our eye on here in Southern California.
All Right, A very very busy couple of days here
in December. Normally it's August when we're talking about fires
in Malibu, but it's December and we are.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
It feels like August. It feels like August.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I'm looking at the picture right now, the Franklin fire
on Channel eleven, live footage on Channel eleven, and it
doesn't look like it's contained at all, and it's not
zero percent containment zero percent. Hopefully over the overnight they
can get five to ten, maybe fifteen percent by tomorrow morning.
But this is gonna be a long haul, a lot
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of work between now and Christmas. There's gonna be a
lot of firefighters out there twenty four hours a day
trying to put out these hotspots.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
All right, we're gonna take a small break here. We
will come back.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
We have a lot more information, a couple other news
stories you get to, and then we will hand it
over to mo Kelly at seven bells.
Speaker 9 (21:57):
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Speaker 1 (22:03):
The Conway Show. We keep an eye on that fire
at zero percent contained in Malibu. We will have news
for you all night long. In other news, Billy Eilish
is going to be performing at the Form the Key
of Form. There's a lot of kids that were camping
out overnight. They had tickets in hand, but they wanted
to get in early. They wanted to be one of
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the first to get in so they can stand close
to the stage. So what they do They camped out
for four or five days, and the cops came by
and said, we've got to rule against that. In Inglewood,
you can't just put up a tent and create your
own living space. In Inglewood, they don't let homeless people
do it, so they're not going to let these kids
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do it to get into the Billie Eilish concert. And
what they do, cops came by and took their tents away.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
Well, this is not what fans were expecting. Take a
look at this. This was filled with tents about a
dozen deep here earlier today, just a few hours ago,
with eager fans hope to be the first in line
for the concert on Thursday. Well, the police here in
Inglewood says those tents had to go, and so most
of these people are now just waiting here without those tents.
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But it's not dampening their spirits.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Oh look at.
Speaker 8 (23:14):
You so much.
Speaker 10 (23:16):
Arianna Jackson was the first person to pitch a tent
and wait for the December fifteenth show with the four
She got here on December fifth last year.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
They started two weeks early.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
I don't know if there's a concert out there that
I would sleep in a tent for four days before
the event. I don't know, BELLYO, can you think of
one that you would literally sleep on the streets for
four nights before the concert? Anybody anything? The Eagles with
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the Beatles came back? Would you sleep me?
Speaker 3 (23:53):
The Beatles? I might be the Beatles? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (23:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:55):
What about you Croze? Would you when's the last time
you pitched a tent? Infamism? What's going on over the weekend?
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Who was performing? Just heard Sharon's laughed.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
I can't imagine doing this. But these kids, they got
nothing going on, so they pitched a tent.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
So this time we wanted to be first in line.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
She wasn't alone. Tent after tent popped up behind hers,
But unlike her, tent and he went home. Most were
unoccupied when we were there.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
A lot of these tips are empty.
Speaker 9 (24:46):
I think so right now I'm just watching the.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Jack, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
I think the reason why the tents are empty because
these kids thought it was a great idea and then
after sleeping on the streets for an hour, they're like.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
This sucks.
Speaker 10 (25:00):
Jackson says fellow fans keeping eye on each other's tents
as some go to work or school during the day.
I work out a clothing store, so you go in,
your head out, and.
Speaker 6 (25:08):
I come back.
Speaker 10 (25:09):
And while we were there, parking enforcement warned that vacant
tents that blew onto the street because of the winds
could cause a driving hazard and would be removed. Then
police told fans the tents all had to go because
they were obstructing the sidewalk as well.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
And they came up to my tent and they were like, hey,
you guys have to leave.
Speaker 7 (25:26):
You're blocking the sidewalk, and I was like, why, We've
been here for like three.
Speaker 10 (25:31):
Some fans who drove all the way from Pomona tried
to save what they had inside those tents.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
I just got here and thank god that they took
myself out because it would have been trusted with our tents.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
Yeah, that is what's going on with these kids.
Speaker 5 (25:43):
Now.
Speaker 10 (25:43):
The city says they can still stay here, just no
more tents, and a lot of fans say they'll be
out here in their lawn chairs waiting for that concert
on Thursday.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
But where all right, Let's say you are out there
for four days before the concert. It's four days of
really not sleeping because cars and trucks are whizzing by
you twenty four hours a day and you're in this
unprotected ten so you don't get good sleep. And then
when the concert finally happens, you're exhausted. You've been up
for four days. I don't understand the mentality here.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I don't get it. I just don't get it. All right,
let's talk about retiring early.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
A lot of people want to get out of the
workplace and start heading up to I don't know, he
get sef a sailboat, a camper, an RV and go
see the world. And people are doing it earlier and earlier.
Speaker 11 (26:34):
Many Americans typically consider sixty five years old to be
the right age to retire.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
Okay, all right, sixty five. I like that. I like
that age to retirement age.
Speaker 11 (26:42):
But according to the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, the
median retirement in the US is actually sixty two years old.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Wow, I'm practically retired.
Speaker 11 (26:51):
The research also found nearly six and ten retirees said
they called it a career earlier than they had initially planned.
So what's causing more America to retire sooner? Dan Geltchrud
joins us now. He's the founder of the accounting firm
Geltud and Company. Dan, thanks for being here. So, look,
what are some of the reasons that Americans are retiring
earlier than they intended?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
They don't want to work anymore?
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Back to you, Well, it's not always because they want
to What's happening with some people is health issues arise
as we age, Yeah, and that is forcing people to
have the retirement. In addition, again, as we age, sometimes
you just can't meet the demands of your job and
it forces you into retirement.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
That's true. That's true.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I mean, if you're working in construction, I don't know
what the retirement age and construction is, but I'll bet
it's pretty low. I'll bet it's in the forties or fifties.
That's a very very difficult way to make a living,
very difficult. Kurzer, you're in construction for a while. Do
you see a lot of guys in their fifties and
sixties in that game?
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Yes? You still do? Huh?
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Yes, Wow, A lot of times, they would be the
guys that have kind of like pulled back on the
really vigorous physical, you know things, but they're there.
Speaker 5 (28:05):
And then of course there's other times where people simply
lose their job and they're unable to find another job.
So these are real situations. Although you know, it's unfortunate
that people are being forced into retirement before they want to.
Speaker 11 (28:22):
Yeah, job lost there sixteen percent. How is that early
retirement though impacting older Americans? I mean, how financially prepared
do you think that they are for these later life stages?
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Great question. These guys and gals they have any dough
for retirement.
Speaker 5 (28:39):
Well that's where the problem lies because only twenty percent
of people who are fifty years old right now, they
actually have no retirement funds at all.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
Wow, fifty percent, no nothing, nothing for retirement, not a dime.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Now that's alarming because people are living longer and you
need to have those funds available.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Yeah, I guess is moving in with the kids mom
and dad. Mom and dad are back.
Speaker 5 (29:09):
So what's happening is is there's simply not enough planning
that goes in before that. You know, sixty percent of
retirees only live on.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Their Social Security.
Speaker 5 (29:21):
So if that's all you're gonna have, you really better
make sure that you have some other way to get
your hands on some much needed income in those retirement years.
Speaker 11 (29:32):
Well, I'm glad that you mentioned social Security because we
always hear weight to draw on that until seventy to
get the maximum benefits. But for some, I mean, that's
not always possible. So what's your advice to older Americans
to best manage that Social Security?
Speaker 5 (29:46):
Well, it's a challenge, but it's here.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
It can be right here.
Speaker 3 (29:49):
I looked this up earlier.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
You know, in the state of California, according to recent data,
you need at least one point one million dollars saved
up to retire comfort in California.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
Who has that kind of money?
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Some estimates suggesting that one point five million dollars is
what you need to retire comfortably in California. One point
five million dollars. I don't know many people that have
that one point five million.
Speaker 3 (30:21):
Except Belli O.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
She and John are loaded, and that's cool. She's going
to enjoy a retirement. She's a two check person. She
works here and then she's got the bakery that she
does as well. So I guess you're you're doing okay.
And whenever we talk about retirement, it is always at
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Speaker 9 (30:57):
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Speaker 1 (31:04):
We'll keep you up to date on all things fire
with the Franklin fire, the Malibu fire. We had a
press conference at six zero percent containment, which is.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
Not good, not good at all.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
A couple of things here, and then we got to
get out of here. Remember that Mega millions, the ticket
that was bought in Encino at a Chevron station.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Well, the plot thickens.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
That ticket was purchased on December eighth, twenty twenty three,
and you have exactly a year to cash it in
or the money goes back to schools or wherever it goes.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
So here's where the plot thickens.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Though in this case, the missing jackpot winning lottery ticket
had expired this weekend on December eighth, which is Sunday.
So a man who won the two Mega million jackpots
from the same drawing both sold at the same store.
By the way, both tickets were sold the same store,
but the guy that won and came forward claims that
(31:58):
he actually purchased both winning tickets but lost one.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
That makes sense. That makes sense.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
Now he's suing California Lottery in hopes of keeping the
entire jackpot, and he has money for lawyers. He's got
one hundred ninety seven million dollars. But it makes sense
that both of those tickets were purchased by the same guy.
The odds of two winning tickets coming out of one
gas station in one drawing are almost in zero. So
(32:30):
this guy's come forward and he said in June that
he bought both those.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
Tickets and lost one of them. It makes sense.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
And as I said, the plot thickens will find out.
We will find out. An LA helicopter LAPD helicopter has
crashed at Los Alamados in a Joint Forces Joint Force
base in California that's right now near a seal beach.
So LAPD helicopter crashed to during what appears to have
(33:02):
been a training exercise, and the crash occurred under unspecified
circumstances at the military facility in Orange County, just south
of the LA Orange County line. Initial reports indicate that
helicopter operated by the LAPD Air Support Division was involved
in a routine training operation when the incident took place.
(33:24):
Emergency responders were dispatched to the seam to assess the situation.
Authorities have not released specific details regarding the cause of
the crash. And while nobody was killed, I think two
people were injured, and so we'll have to find out.
The National Transportation Security NTSB Safety Board will probably be
(33:45):
out there if they're not already, because anytime a plane
goes down or a helicopter goes down, they want to
know why. Very serious and so we'll find out. All right,
there's a documentary out there. If you're a big Wham fan,
a new documentary out there for Wham. Remember that song
the Last Christmas. A sneak at Wham's Last Christmas documentary.
(34:10):
It could be kind of cool, I think, right.
Speaker 3 (34:12):
I kind of call it a song Last Christmas.
Speaker 11 (34:14):
Getting the Doctor treatment as well from the BBC and
celebration of its fortieth anniversary.
Speaker 3 (34:19):
Suddenly this melody came to my and Andy, isn't this?
Speaker 10 (34:24):
George insisted that he play everything himself in that record.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
George Michael from Wham.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
Totally with Last Christmas.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
We were convinced that Christmas number, that crowning glory would
be out of us. Everything was ready.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
The documentary Wham documentary Last Christmas when he says, last year,
I gave you my heart, but the very next day
you gave it away. Does that mean he said to
some woman I love you and the next day she
was cheating on.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
Him, she told someone she loved them.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Oh Lord almighty, how depressing for that guy. I know
if that was about George Michael. Was that the same
George Michael that did the sports Machine? Or is that
different George Michael. It's a different one, is it. Yeah,
it's not the same, dude. It's I get my George Michaels,
You sure do?
Speaker 3 (35:19):
I do? All right?
Speaker 1 (35:20):
The fire in Malibu zero percent containment, Moe, Kelly Ronner, Tawala.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
Steph Fuj. They will have details for you all night long.
Speaker 6 (35:30):
Here.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
We'll see if we again any kind of containment on
this thing. We are live on KFI AM six forty
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
App on the fire around Malibu. Here is La County
fire fire at the.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Name Sea World.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Good even name him take it back bread is no
fun any Chief of the.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
County of Los Angereas start apartment. Yes, as we are aware,
the Franklin Fires started last night, Monday, December ninth, at
ten fifty two pm near Malibu Canyon Road and the.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Of Pepperdine University.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
The fire has burst approximately two thousand, eight hundred and
sixty two acres and a zero percent contained. The fire
has grown an additional six hundred acres this morning and
this afternoon. Over fifteen hundred firefighters are currently assigned to
this incident. Todayeen federal, state, and local agency aircraft were
(01:04):
assigned to the fire, and a number of those aerial
resources will remain flying throughout the night.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
A small number of homes.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
In the affected area have been destroyed and damaged.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
The exact number is currently unknown.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
We do have preliminary reports that seven structures are destroyed
and eight structures are damaged. This was from an aerial
view that we were able to look at damage. Inspection
teams have been assigned to the incident and they will
assist with a more accurate accounting of incident losses tomorrow.
(01:42):
The safety of residents and first responders remains our top priority.
The entire fire area remains under threat as long as
the current red flag conditions persist. Strong winds and low
humidities will continue to challenge firefighters on the line and
in the air as they struggle to contain the stubborn fire.
(02:06):
I would like to end with another acknowledgment and thanks
to our responding partner agencies, both fire and law enforcement,
for the assistance they provided in the early morning hours
and throughout today. We are certainly stronger because of public
safety cooperation that we have witnessed during this incident.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
I would now like to invite up our Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department Captain jenc two up to the podium
to provide a law enforcement update.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
Good evening.
Speaker 6 (02:40):
I'm Jennifer C two, Captain of Malibu, Lostil Sheriff Station.
The Sheriff's Department has been coordinating with our local state
and fire partners and the County Office of Emergency Management
Management to monitor the Franklin Fire which started in Malibu
Canyon north of Malibu Crest Road and out the Francisco
(03:01):
Ranch Road. We currently have our IMT or Incident Management
Team with four squads assisting with this fire incident. We
currently have thirty two operations that include evacuations, road closures,
and security patrols. There are several road closures in the
(03:21):
affected area. There's a soft closure on Los Virginis at
Lost Hills Road. There's a hard closure at Los Virginis
at Mulholland Highway and on pch between Topanga Canyon and
Canaan Road. There's also a soft closure residence only onto
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Panga Canyon Road. There are approximately twenty thousand effective affected
citizens which are under evacuation orders and evacuation warnings. Fire
can be extremely unpredictable and we highly encourage residents to
in the fire areas to be prepared, have a plan
(04:07):
and heed our evacuation warnings and orders. Gather all your
important items, documents, and medicate medications in case you have
to leave your residence. The safety of our community members
is our number one priority and we will continue to
assist impacted residents. We have several shelters that have been
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established for residents that are displaced. Pacific Palisades Recreation Center
is no longer open. The ones that are open are
the Santa Monica Unified School District Facility located at twenty
eight twenty eight Fourth Street in Santa Monica that is
now open to residents as a shelter. Another one is
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Calabasis Community Center located at twenty seven zero four zero
Malibu Hills in Calabasas. For small animals, the Agora Animals
Center is open and that is located at twenty nine
five two five Agore Road and Agora Hills. For large animals,
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Pierce College six to zero one. When Neca Avenue Woodland
Hills talk a little bit about security, I want to
reiterate what Sheriff Luna said earlier today. We have security
patrols throughout our affected areas. We will not tolerate anyone
coming to this community to revictimize our community members. And inclosing,
(05:40):
I just want to thank all of our partners, the
Ala County Fire Department, Highway Patrol, Office of Emergency Management,
Public Works, Caltrans, Animal Care and Control, Red Cross, California
State Parks, cal Fire, cal oees and National Parks Services.
We're all working together and part of this unified command.
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We are residents to stay informed by watching the following
inquadible news sources at visit or LASD social media or
lacounty dot gob backslash emergency for updated information. And now
I'd like to bring up a supervisor, A Lindsay Horvath.
Speaker 7 (06:25):
Thank you very much, Captain. I want to start out
by acknowledging earlier today, I was able to connect with
Governor Gavin Newsom, who earlier this morning authorized FEMA assistants.
Additional FEMA assistants on my way here, we heard from
the pro time of the Senate, Mike Maguire, who reached
out and offered his support as well. I know my
(06:45):
team met with Assembly Member Irwin and staff from Senator
Ben Allen's office earlier while I was at the board
meeting today. And I start with this because all levels
of government are coordinated, working together to keep people safe,
protected and supported during this incredibly difficult time. And as
we recap today's efforts to respond to the Franklin fire
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and prepare for the days ahead, I want to continue
to share my deepest gratitude to over one thousand first
responders who are at the scene. Our firefighters, our law
enforcement emergency personnel, our Community Fire Brigade, and so many
others have been working tirelessly on the front lines to
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contain the fire and to keep our Malibu to Panga
Canyon and surrounding communities safe. The coordination and teamwork of
mutual aid organizations and partners at every level, local, county, state,
and federal are making a real difference in protecting the
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lives and supporting those affected by this emergency. From our
dedicated county departments to neighboring counties providing vital resources to
La City Fire Department, CalFire, California Highway Patrol, FEMA, the
Red Cross, and so many others. Your efforts are a
testament to the power of collaboration and partnership in the
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face of adversity. As I mentioned, I just came back
from our board meeting earlier today where we ratified today's
local proclamation of emergency, and so that is official to
our residents. I urge you to continue to remain vigilant
and prepared. Mandatory evacuations, warnings and road closures remain in place.
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Please continue to follow evacuation orders and guidance from our
emergency personnel. Your safety remains our top priority. For latest
updates and real time alerts, you can go to ALERTLA
dot org that's a l e rt LA dot org
and stay informed about how to protect yourself and your
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loved ones. I want to thank our community partners who
have helped us stand up shelters for our families and
for our furry friends, and our commitment remains unwavering. We
will do everything to our in our power to help
you navigate the challenges of this emergency. To those impacted
by the Franklin fire, please know you are not alone.
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We stand with you, and we will ensure that you
receive the resources and the support that you need to recover.
Thank you to everyone who has come together to support
our community in this difficult time. Together we are stronger
and together we will get through this. Thank you very much.
It is now my pleasure to welcome the Mayor of Malibu,
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Doug Stewart.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
Thank you, supervisor.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Good evening.
Speaker 8 (09:50):
I want to thank everyone for being here. It's this
has been a traumatic twenty hours for the city of
Alibu and we appreciate all the support that were as
we respond to the Franklin fire. I want to reassure
everyone that your safety and the safety are our first
responders remained our highest priority.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Malibu is strong.
Speaker 8 (10:12):
And together we will face the challenge and with resilience
and resolve. The current fire status, as Chief Perornies stated,
has been traumatic from the standpoint that we have over
almost what is it, seven square miles has burned twenty
hours ago. This was lush escha and natural resources that
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now we don't have anymore, and it's going to be
a while before it grows back. But that's the way
it is here in Malibu. It burns, it comes back,
and we're resilient and strong.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
All right.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
That's Maya Doug Stewart from a city of Malibu saying,
you know, the seven square miles and has mets there
has burned since that fire began, what nineteen hours ago?
Now at this point, not much of a change in
the acres that we had already had from a little
bit earlier. I think they said it was twenty eight
hundred and like sixty two, So at least twenty eight
hundred acres have burned since about eleven o'clock last night.
(11:09):
They say some structures of burns of buildings a bird.
They didn't give an exact number, they said that the
numbers are though have been apparently fortunately as well, very low.
Red Cross has moved an evacuation center from the Palisade
Recreation Center to the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District
Professional Development and Learning Center. That's a fourth street in
Santa Monica, but that's the evacuation center that was previously
(11:30):
at the Palisade rec Center. That's basically it not much
of a change though from what we heard earlier.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
To yeah, I didn't you know obviously, you know, the
governors on it, and the resources have been made available,
and this is unusual for this fire to break out
in December like this. And to get all these planes
here and to get them all prepared and all set
to take off at daybreak this morning is a monumental task.
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I mean, they've got to find these guys, they got
to find the pilots, they've got to find you know,
and make sure that the fause check is ready to go.
And they had to do all of this in about
a six hour period, from about midnight last night till
about six o'clock this morning. At daybreak when they could
first launch them from Vanny's Airport, from Palmdale and Lancaster
as well.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
So they've done a hell of a job.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
And they said they've had roughly fifteen hundred firefighters overall
that have been assigned to this fire, thirteen state, local,
federal aircraft assigned to it, no official number as we said,
of the structure's damage, and no containment.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
And Baliol had a good point, which is pretty rare,
that they had at least seven hundred and fifty firefighters
on alert for this specific area where they knew that.
You know that this fire if it started in Malibu Canyon,
this is one of the worst places for it to
start too, because it started deep down in Malibu Canyon.
(12:54):
If you're familiar with Malibu Canyon, once you cross Mulholland
and you're going south, there's a deep ravine there, and
when the fire starts deep down in that ravine, it's
impossible to get to. You can't fly helicopters at night
that low because of the hillsides and now close they are,
how close they'd be to the rotors, and so you
just have to sit there and wait, and you wait
(13:15):
for this fire to come up and it's very, very
difficult to fight. This is one of the worst places
that could have started in Malibu.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Yeah, and that's why they gave the evacuate and that's
why they put the red flag warnings in place just
yesterday in that area, so.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Right in that specific area, and they had five hundred
seven hundred firefighters ready to go with also, you know,
with assistance from other counties and other cities around around
southern California.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
So they did a hell of a job. These firefighters.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Man, when they get on a job like this with
the airplanes, the fixed wing aircraft, the helicopters, they really
get in there and they really kick ass. I don't
know what the shift is on something like a helicopter,
but it seems like they never quit. I don't know
if they change out pilots every four hours, every eight hours,
(14:03):
I don't know what they do, but man, they just
they are relentless. They pick up the falls, check they
you know, they drop it, they go pick up more,
they drop it, and they just keep flying. They keep
refueling with jet fuel with you know, with these helicopters,
they keep them up in the air and there's a
lot of them and for that all to be all
coordinated like that is. It's an incredible feat, it really
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really is. And that comes from a lot of training
and you know, and a lot of experience as well.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I'm curious to see because you know, the last a
bunch of the fires this year, I've noticed anyways that
the containment a lot of times with a lot of
these fires did stayed very very low and all of
a sudden jumped incredibly high. Oh yeah, to knock these
things out like the one that just last month or
two months ago, Bridge fire, Yeah, Bridge fire. And I'm
(14:53):
wondering how much of the resources that we've gotten just
in these last couple of years, with these super scoopers
and these and these chinooks and all this stuff, how
much that's really helped to knock these fires down quicker
than they would have been.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Well, remember you and I were on the air with
that Bridge fire and it was at five hundred acres
for five hundred acres five point fifty five sixty five
seventy and then it went to fifteen thousand, and we
thought that that was a misprint. Yeah, you know, we thought, well,
there's no way it can be. It has to be
five hundred. It can't be fifteen thousand, and it was
zero containment, right but that fire in an hour and
(15:24):
a half, went from the two ten freeway to right Wood,
moved yeah where it was burning in people, you know,
the skier resort in right Wood in.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
An hour and a half.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
And it's interesting because you know, when when it moves
that fast and gets that big that fast, our first
inclination is to think this is going to be bad,
zero zero containment and it just kind of then it
just kind of hangs and I'm wondering how much of
the resources that we've gotten really has helped with that.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Yeah, I don't know what a just an incredible fight.
And they I think they the lattest. What was the
latest stat I think they said they'd lost at least
two homes.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
I've seen some.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Reports that have said seven or eight buildings homes, but
none of that's been confirmed. And they did say that
they didn't give a number, but they said it was
pretty low.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Right now, maybe it's because of how widespread they are.
You know, there's a lot of space between these homes.
There's one home in Malibu that's overlooking Malibu Creek and
it's been a source of a lot of lawsuits in
the past. It's an eighty six million dollar home built
up on the top of their overlooking where the movie
theaters are and the restaurants are in the colony. That
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home is worth eighty six million dollars and they were dropping,
you know, they had helicopters all over that area. And
I understand them, you know, the firefighters, you know, fighting
to keep these these houses, especially in that area afloat.
Because if you have an eighty six million dollar home, well, am,
(16:51):
as a matter of fact, I'm going to look up exactly,
I'm going to tell you exactly with the calculator what
the property taxes are on an eighty six million dollar
home eighty six times point zero one two percent. So
your annual taxes on an eighty six million dollar home
are one million, seventy five thousand dollars a year. That's
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what your property taxes are. So I do understand them
trying to protect that home, to keep the million seventy
five thousand dollars going towards the government and keeping these planes,
helicopters and firefighters in business. If you own an eighty
six million dollar home, your your taxes. Just your property
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taxes are one point one million dollars a year. And
there might be some other assessments on that as well,
but that is crazy.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Just your taxes.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Your property taxes one point one million dollars a year.
Or we're going to take a short break here and
then we're going to come back with a lot more information.
Speaker 9 (17:54):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
It is The Convert Show. We should a press conference
on the Franklin fire. LA County Fire was out there.
La County Sheriff, we're out there as well as some
representatives from the government, and Bellio brought this up during
the commercial break, and I think it's a very smart
point that normally these fires happen in July or August.
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If you look back historically in Malibu, it chose a summer, hot,
dry months, maybe in September at the latest. And if
we have a fire in August in Malibu, well you
have September, October, November, December. You have four months for
the foliage to replenish itself, to regrow again, at least
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to start growing. But now you're going to only have
two or three weeks before the rains come. And if
we get the rains like we did last year in
the year before, Malibu is going to have massive, massive
flood problems because all of that but all of that
water will have no place to seep into the ground.
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It's all coming down to pch Webway Malibu Creek. Malibu
Creek is going to be a story this year. If
we get the same rains that we had the year
last year and the year before, watch out, Malibu is
going to be under a tremendous amount of pressure, a
lot of mud, a lot of rain, a lot of water,
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and they're going to have to start putting up the
k rails fairly soon to channel all that water into
the ocean. And if they don't, if they don't, you
do it fairly quickly. I know the concentration right now
is on the fire, but floods have to be the
next consideration. And I'm not talking about in two weeks
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from now. I'm talking about the day after this fire
is contained. They've got to start putting up barriers to
direct the mud and the water down into the ocean.
If they don't, there's going to be a t mendous
problem in Malibu, and a lot of these homes in Malibu,
like homes in the Valley Inland Empire, you don't have
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flood insurance. I bet most of the people in Malibu
don't have flood insurance. It's a separate it's a separate entity.
It's expensive, it's very tough to get in southern California,
and I bet it's impossible to get now in Malibu
if you went out and tried to get flood insurance.
(20:29):
Right now, they're going to take a look at this
fire and probably deny everybody's wish to get to.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Get flood insurance. This is going to be a tremendous problem.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
We saw it up in Santa Barbara where they had
a fire that rolled through in the summer and then
they had tremendous rains in the winter, and there are
a lot of people who were killed. There are a
lot of people that are still missing from that flood
up there in San Barbara.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
So they've got to be aware of that. I'm sure
they are. But it's just.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Another thing to keep our eye on here in Southern California.
All Right, A very very busy couple of days here
in December. Normally it's August when we're talking about fires
in Malibu, but it's December and we are.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
It feels like August. It feels like August.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I'm looking at the picture right now, the Franklin fire
on Channel eleven, live footage on Channel eleven, and it
doesn't look like it's contained at all, and it's not
zero percent containment zero percent. Hopefully over the overnight they
can get five to ten, maybe fifteen percent by tomorrow morning.
But this is gonna be a long haul, a lot
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of work between now and Christmas. There's gonna be a
lot of firefighters out there twenty four hours a day
trying to put out these hotspots.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
All right, we're gonna take a small break here. We
will come back.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
We have a lot more information, a couple other news
stories you get to, and then we will hand it
over to mo Kelly at seven bells.
Speaker 9 (21:57):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
Am sixty.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
The Conway Show. We keep an eye on that fire
at zero percent contained in Malibu. We will have news
for you all night long. In other news, Billy Eilish
is going to be performing at the Form the Key
of Form. There's a lot of kids that were camping
out overnight. They had tickets in hand, but they wanted
to get in early. They wanted to be one of
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the first to get in so they can stand close
to the stage. So what they do They camped out
for four or five days, and the cops came by
and said, we've got to rule against that. In Inglewood,
you can't just put up a tent and create your
own living space. In Inglewood, they don't let homeless people
do it, so they're not going to let these kids
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do it to get into the Billie Eilish concert. And
what they do, cops came by and took their tents away.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
Well, this is not what fans were expecting. Take a
look at this. This was filled with tents about a
dozen deep here earlier today, just a few hours ago,
with eager fans hope to be the first in line
for the concert on Thursday. Well, the police here in
Inglewood says those tents had to go, and so most
of these people are now just waiting here without those tents.
(23:11):
But it's not dampening their spirits.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Oh look at.
Speaker 8 (23:14):
You so much.
Speaker 10 (23:16):
Arianna Jackson was the first person to pitch a tent
and wait for the December fifteenth show with the four
She got here on December fifth last year.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
They started two weeks early.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
I don't know if there's a concert out there that
I would sleep in a tent for four days before
the event. I don't know, BELLYO, can you think of
one that you would literally sleep on the streets for
four nights before the concert? Anybody anything? The Eagles with
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the Beatles came back? Would you sleep me?
Speaker 3 (23:53):
The Beatles? I might be the Beatles? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (23:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:55):
What about you Croze? Would you when's the last time
you pitched a tent? Infamism? What's going on over the weekend?
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Who was performing? Just heard Sharon's laughed.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
I can't imagine doing this. But these kids, they got
nothing going on, so they pitched a tent.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
So this time we wanted to be first in line.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
She wasn't alone. Tent after tent popped up behind hers,
But unlike her, tent and he went home. Most were
unoccupied when we were there.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
A lot of these tips are empty.
Speaker 9 (24:46):
I think so right now I'm just watching the.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Jack, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
I think the reason why the tents are empty because
these kids thought it was a great idea and then
after sleeping on the streets for an hour, they're like.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
This sucks.
Speaker 10 (25:00):
Jackson says fellow fans keeping eye on each other's tents
as some go to work or school during the day.
I work out a clothing store, so you go in,
your head out, and.
Speaker 6 (25:08):
I come back.
Speaker 10 (25:09):
And while we were there, parking enforcement warned that vacant
tents that blew onto the street because of the winds
could cause a driving hazard and would be removed. Then
police told fans the tents all had to go because
they were obstructing the sidewalk as well.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
And they came up to my tent and they were like, hey,
you guys have to leave.
Speaker 7 (25:26):
You're blocking the sidewalk, and I was like, why, We've
been here for like three.
Speaker 10 (25:31):
Some fans who drove all the way from Pomona tried
to save what they had inside those tents.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
I just got here and thank god that they took
myself out because it would have been trusted with our tents.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
Yeah, that is what's going on with these kids.
Speaker 5 (25:43):
Now.
Speaker 10 (25:43):
The city says they can still stay here, just no
more tents, and a lot of fans say they'll be
out here in their lawn chairs waiting for that concert
on Thursday.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
But where all right, Let's say you are out there
for four days before the concert. It's four days of
really not sleeping because cars and trucks are whizzing by
you twenty four hours a day and you're in this
unprotected ten so you don't get good sleep. And then
when the concert finally happens, you're exhausted. You've been up
for four days. I don't understand the mentality here.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I don't get it. I just don't get it. All right,
let's talk about retiring early.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
A lot of people want to get out of the
workplace and start heading up to I don't know, he
get sef a sailboat, a camper, an RV and go
see the world. And people are doing it earlier and earlier.
Speaker 11 (26:34):
Many Americans typically consider sixty five years old to be
the right age to retire.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
Okay, all right, sixty five. I like that. I like
that age to retirement age.
Speaker 11 (26:42):
But according to the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, the
median retirement in the US is actually sixty two years old.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Wow, I'm practically retired.
Speaker 11 (26:51):
The research also found nearly six and ten retirees said
they called it a career earlier than they had initially planned.
So what's causing more America to retire sooner? Dan Geltchrud
joins us now. He's the founder of the accounting firm
Geltud and Company. Dan, thanks for being here. So, look,
what are some of the reasons that Americans are retiring
earlier than they intended?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
They don't want to work anymore?
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Back to you, Well, it's not always because they want
to What's happening with some people is health issues arise
as we age, Yeah, and that is forcing people to
have the retirement. In addition, again, as we age, sometimes
you just can't meet the demands of your job and
it forces you into retirement.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
That's true. That's true.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I mean, if you're working in construction, I don't know
what the retirement age and construction is, but I'll bet
it's pretty low. I'll bet it's in the forties or fifties.
That's a very very difficult way to make a living,
very difficult. Kurzer, you're in construction for a while. Do
you see a lot of guys in their fifties and
sixties in that game?
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Yes? You still do? Huh?
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Yes, Wow, A lot of times, they would be the
guys that have kind of like pulled back on the
really vigorous physical, you know things, but they're there.
Speaker 5 (28:05):
And then of course there's other times where people simply
lose their job and they're unable to find another job.
So these are real situations. Although you know, it's unfortunate
that people are being forced into retirement before they want to.
Speaker 11 (28:22):
Yeah, job lost there sixteen percent. How is that early
retirement though impacting older Americans? I mean, how financially prepared
do you think that they are for these later life stages?
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Great question. These guys and gals they have any dough
for retirement.
Speaker 5 (28:39):
Well that's where the problem lies because only twenty percent
of people who are fifty years old right now, they
actually have no retirement funds at all.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
Wow, fifty percent, no nothing, nothing for retirement, not a dime.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Now that's alarming because people are living longer and you
need to have those funds available.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Yeah, I guess is moving in with the kids mom
and dad. Mom and dad are back.
Speaker 5 (29:09):
So what's happening is is there's simply not enough planning
that goes in before that. You know, sixty percent of
retirees only live on.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Their Social Security.
Speaker 5 (29:21):
So if that's all you're gonna have, you really better
make sure that you have some other way to get
your hands on some much needed income in those retirement years.
Speaker 11 (29:32):
Well, I'm glad that you mentioned social Security because we
always hear weight to draw on that until seventy to
get the maximum benefits. But for some, I mean, that's
not always possible. So what's your advice to older Americans
to best manage that Social Security?
Speaker 5 (29:46):
Well, it's a challenge, but it's here.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
It can be right here.
Speaker 3 (29:49):
I looked this up earlier.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
You know, in the state of California, according to recent data,
you need at least one point one million dollars saved
up to retire comfort in California.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
Who has that kind of money?
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Some estimates suggesting that one point five million dollars is
what you need to retire comfortably in California. One point
five million dollars. I don't know many people that have
that one point five million.
Speaker 3 (30:21):
Except Belli O.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
She and John are loaded, and that's cool. She's going
to enjoy a retirement. She's a two check person. She
works here and then she's got the bakery that she
does as well. So I guess you're you're doing okay.
And whenever we talk about retirement, it is always at
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Speaker 1 (31:04):
We'll keep you up to date on all things fire
with the Franklin fire, the Malibu fire. We had a
press conference at six zero percent containment, which is.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
Not good, not good at all.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
A couple of things here, and then we got to
get out of here. Remember that Mega millions, the ticket
that was bought in Encino at a Chevron station.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Well, the plot thickens.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
That ticket was purchased on December eighth, twenty twenty three,
and you have exactly a year to cash it in
or the money goes back to schools or wherever it goes.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
So here's where the plot thickens.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Though in this case, the missing jackpot winning lottery ticket
had expired this weekend on December eighth, which is Sunday.
So a man who won the two Mega million jackpots
from the same drawing both sold at the same store.
By the way, both tickets were sold the same store,
but the guy that won and came forward claims that
(31:58):
he actually purchased both winning tickets but lost one.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
That makes sense. That makes sense.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
Now he's suing California Lottery in hopes of keeping the
entire jackpot, and he has money for lawyers. He's got
one hundred ninety seven million dollars. But it makes sense
that both of those tickets were purchased by the same guy.
The odds of two winning tickets coming out of one
gas station in one drawing are almost in zero. So
(32:30):
this guy's come forward and he said in June that
he bought both those.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
Tickets and lost one of them. It makes sense.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
And as I said, the plot thickens will find out.
We will find out. An LA helicopter LAPD helicopter has
crashed at Los Alamados in a Joint Forces Joint Force
base in California that's right now near a seal beach.
So LAPD helicopter crashed to during what appears to have
(33:02):
been a training exercise, and the crash occurred under unspecified
circumstances at the military facility in Orange County, just south
of the LA Orange County line. Initial reports indicate that
helicopter operated by the LAPD Air Support Division was involved
in a routine training operation when the incident took place.
(33:24):
Emergency responders were dispatched to the seam to assess the situation.
Authorities have not released specific details regarding the cause of
the crash. And while nobody was killed, I think two
people were injured, and so we'll have to find out.
The National Transportation Security NTSB Safety Board will probably be
(33:45):
out there if they're not already, because anytime a plane
goes down or a helicopter goes down, they want to
know why. Very serious and so we'll find out. All right,
there's a documentary out there. If you're a big Wham fan,
a new documentary out there for Wham. Remember that song
the Last Christmas. A sneak at Wham's Last Christmas documentary.
(34:10):
It could be kind of cool, I think, right.
Speaker 3 (34:12):
I kind of call it a song Last Christmas.
Speaker 11 (34:14):
Getting the Doctor treatment as well from the BBC and
celebration of its fortieth anniversary.
Speaker 3 (34:19):
Suddenly this melody came to my and Andy, isn't this?
Speaker 10 (34:24):
George insisted that he play everything himself in that record.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
George Michael from Wham.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
Totally with Last Christmas.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
We were convinced that Christmas number, that crowning glory would
be out of us. Everything was ready.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
The documentary Wham documentary Last Christmas when he says, last year,
I gave you my heart, but the very next day
you gave it away. Does that mean he said to
some woman I love you and the next day she
was cheating on.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
Him, she told someone she loved them.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Oh Lord almighty, how depressing for that guy. I know
if that was about George Michael. Was that the same
George Michael that did the sports Machine? Or is that
different George Michael. It's a different one, is it. Yeah,
it's not the same, dude. It's I get my George Michaels,
You sure do?
Speaker 3 (35:19):
I do? All right?
Speaker 1 (35:20):
The fire in Malibu zero percent containment, Moe, Kelly Ronner, Tawala.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
Steph Fuj. They will have details for you all night long.
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Speaker 1 (35:30):
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this thing. We are live on KFI AM six forty
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