Sperm racing? A new sport is coming to Los Angeles. Los Angeles icon Pink’s Hot Dogs opens new location. Easter events around the southland. Interview with Ashley Oelsen, Executive Director of the California Coastal Alliance.
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Welcome to Saturdays with Tiffany from five until seven. Thanks
so much for being with us. I hope you have
had a glorious Saturday up until this point, and.
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Of course that it continues. And if you find.
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Yourself in the position where you are thinking about your budget,
maybe you are weighing whether or not to buy that
avocado toast or that new car, you might want to
hold on to your money because La, guess what is
facing quote extraordinary pressures because of a very tight twenty
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twenty five twenty twenty six budget. Apparently we are billions
of dollars in the red, billions of dollars in the red.
And that makes me one as I think about budgeting
and about deficits and debt, as LA seems to find
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herself in constantly just how we are going to pay
for these upcoming Olympics. Well, when you think about it,
budget cuts are probably on the horizon. And according to
Westside Current dot com, those budget cuts are coming in
multiple La county government departments will be dealing with them
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in the coming fiscal year.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Now here's the thing.
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Maybe these LA County departments are gonna try and recoup
their money somehow. Well, there's a new event that they
can surely bet on in hopes of making a quick buck.
And I'm not talking about horse racing. I'm not talking
about the basketball games or football games. Oh no, no, no, no, no,
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something a lot more biological. Would you say, what about
sperm racing? You hurt me right, sperm racing. And I'm
not talking about Wales, no, no, no, no no. I'm
talking about your little tiny microscopic swimmers.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Men.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You can race them. A new sport is coming to LA.
There's a startup that recently announced the launch of the
world's first live sperm race.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
And you'll be able, you.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Listening, will be able to watch its inaugural edition edition
right here in Los Angeles, and and you will be
able to bet.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
But I'll get on that in a second.
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According to commercial real estate media outlet Traded, the startup
for this sperm racing event is known simply as sperm Racing.
They named their startup sperm Racing. I said, we're not
mincing words here. We're getting right to the point and
this startups sperm racing. How many times can I say
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sperm in a segment recently raised one million dollars in
support of their efforts to put on the world's first
sperm race. There are four men behind the idea, venture
capitalists and tech bros. Surprise, Surprise, and their manifesto says
that because of a quote worldwide decline in male fertility,
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that that was the catalyst for the idea. And the
idea you might be asking involves what per se Well,
the founders, these tech bros and venture capitalists laid it out.
They said that for the sperm races, first, there's a
microscopic racetrack for two sperm samples to compete on. That
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microscopic racetrack will be constructed and the course mimics reproductive
systems and includes chemical signals, flue dynamics okay, blue dynamics,
and synchronized starts. So they're gonna make a teeny tiny
little racetrack for your teeny tiny little swimmers to go through.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
And every move.
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That each sperm cell makes is tracked by high resolution
cameras and live streamed. This is where we are with humanity.
Have we devolved? I think this might be a sign
that the aliens are passing us by. At this point,
there will even be statistics leaderboards and.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Yes, instant replays.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
You'll be able to go back and look at the
instant replay of your favorite sperm cell as it crosses
the finish line. The race itself is exactly like any other.
The first sperm to cross that finish line wins. And
it makes me wonder will there be fantasy teams for this?
Is this like fantasy football?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Will you have your grid? Will you be able to
bet on it?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I'm thinking we should get Conway to get involved with this,
to do some betting.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
And you can bet because.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
The founders of sperm racing are creating a market where
fans can pick their favorite competitors and wager on winners. Okay,
that's one way to kick off the show. And let's transition.
Let's say you do bet on this sperm racing. Let's
say you walk away what a few extra bucks in
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your pocket because your favorite little swimmer across the finish
line first and you saw it in that instant replay.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I wonder if we're naming the sperm cells as well.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
But if you do save a few extra bucks, or
win a few extra bucks.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Spend it at Pink's hot Dogs.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
You know Pink's at iconic bright Pink hot Dog place
over there on I think it's Los Sienega. I love Pinks.
I've been to Pink's numerous times. I'm somehow able to
bypass the long lines, and if you don't want to
stand at their in line at the flagship location, then
you might find yourself heading over to Pink's new location
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at the La Zoo. After almost one hundred years of existence,
I opened in nineteen thirty nine, the Pink's brand is
now allowing themselves to franchise. They are moving on to
the La Zoo and the La Zoo will offer Pinks
through their partnership with the Zoo, and that partnership is
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going to open very shortly. I think it may have
even opened yesterday. Yeah, opened yesterday. It's near the La
Zoo's new Cape Culture or Cape Vulture Plaza, so while
you're there trying to avoid these vultures, you can munch
on a few hot dogs. It opened yesterday. The new
location will offer its staple menu items, including local favorites
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like Pink's famous chili dog. The Guadalajara Dog and the
Betty White Dog, who was a Betty White herself was
a longtime LA Zoo supporter. So get out there, enjoy
that new Pink's Hot Dog location at the LA Zoo,
and make sure that you are not patronizing patronizing some
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of these animals as you munch on a hot dog
close to their enclosure. I wonder what the gorillas might
think of that.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Be careful.
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When we come back, we're going to talk about some
of the Easter events happening around the Southland. Easter is tomorrow,
and we want to make sure that you get out
there and enjoy the holiday or at least a beautiful
Sunday by yourself with the date with your family. I
have everything in store for you. On the other side
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It's Saturdays with Tiffany here until seven.
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Tomorrow is Easter and whether you celebrate the holy side
of it or religious aspect of it, or you are
just someone who wants to enjoy a good peep. There
are quite a few events around the Southland for you
to partake in and want to go over a few
of them. We'll start with the morning events and if
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you get up early enough tomorrow, Let's say you didn't
spend your Saturday night pre Easter celebration doing a little
too much celebrating, and you're willing to get up, you
can hit the outa Dina Easter Sunday Sunrise Service. Anything
that starts with sunrise is almost automatically a no for me,
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big dog. But seven am tomorrow, Sunday, Easter the out
Dina Easter Sunday Sunrise Service. That's at twenty four hundred
North Fair Oaks Avenue. You can get out there and
start your day off with at Easter Sunday Sunrise service
at seven am in ol Sadena. And I find that
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to be especially beautiful, to be honest, given what Altadena
has gone through in the recent months with the fire
and how they're trying to and actually are rebuilding their
beautiful city so that they are getting people together on Easter,
I'm sure is sure to be extremely special. Get out there,
at seven am for that. If you want to wake
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up a little bit later. Let's say seven am is
not your thing and you're closer to the LA area, Well,
there's another Sunday service. This one is at the Pacific
Crossroads Church, the Pacific Crossroads Church at six hundred Olympic Boulevard.
That is Sunday at ten am. That's at ten am
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Easter Sunday service again at Pacific Crossroads Church, six hundred
Olympic Boulevard. Let's say church isn't really your thing, you're
not really interested in that side of and that's okay,
no judgment here, we listen, We don't judge. Maybe you
want to just wake up and eat you're hungry, Well
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you can have Easter Brunch at the City Club, the
City Club LA.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
That is Sunday at eleven a m.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
And the address for that is not listed, but you
can google City Club LA and enjoy their Easter Brunch
tomorrow Sunday at eleven am. Don't know what the menu's
gonna be, don't know what the price point is. But
if that's something you're interested in, you want to take
your nice Easter outfit out, get your brunch boots going
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then you have that Easter brunch available to you at
six hundred Olympic Boulevard.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Uh.
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Now, let's say you want to get into the egg
aspect of it. You want to get out there and
you want to have yourself an egg strapanza. But the
Great La Easter Extravaganza Eggs Extravaganza, I gotta say that
right is at eleven am tomorrow Sunday at the Church
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of Scientology of Los Angeles. I have to be honest,
I have a few hesitations. I did not know that
the Church of Scientology observed Easter, and I do not
know what they put inside of those eggs. So fair warning,
go out there with an open mind, but perhaps be
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careful what you step on, what you pick up, what
you say, because it's the Church of Scientology, all right.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Moving along, if.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
You want to continue with that Easter egg hunting and
get the kids out there, and also that Church of
Scientology Easter extravaganzas all ages.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
If you want to continue with.
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The Easter egg hunt theme, you can visit Love Always Sanctuary,
Love Always Sanctuary. It's a farmed animal sanctuary. How beautiful
is that farmed animal sanctuary? And you can google for
that address the Love Always Sanctuary Sunday at twelve pm.
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They are having their fourth annual Easter Egg Hunt at
Love Always Sanctuary. So you'll get out there and you'll
do a good deed for those farmed animals who have
been saved from I imagine slaughterhouses and other sorts of
similar fates. The fourth Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the
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Love Always Sanctuary.
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That's Sunday at twelve noon.
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Now, if you want to do yoga and enjoy a
sound bath of which I'm still not fully sure.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
What that is.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Actually, the Easter Edition of Restorative Yoga and Sound Bath
in the Park will be held at the Grace E.
Simon's Lodge, Grace E. Simon's Lodge Sunday at four p m.
And it looks like you do have to buy tickets
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for that, and the sale on those tickets will end soon,
so you want to google the Grace E. Simon's Lodge
Easter Edition donation based Restorative Yoga and Sound Bath in
the Park.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
That is a name for you.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
You will not remember all of that, but you will
remember Grace E. Simon's Lodge Sunday, four pm. Yoga and
sound Bath, Okay, and then let's say you made it
all the way this far. You want to get to
the evening, you want to enjoy yourself, well, take yourself
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out to a nice social function, a nice club at
Club lub Legos, Lagos, La g Os, I think that
is the Nigerian word for I think it's a country Lego, Lagos, Legos.
And if you go to Club Legos at seven pm,
they're having their Spotlight Sundays Green Easter Edition. Spotlight Sundays
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Green Easter Edition. You have to buy tickets to this
Club Lagos Sunday at seven p M. Don't know fully
what that entails. Green Easter Edition leads me to believe
that you'll probably have to do something green, wear green,
consume green. I'm not sure, but it is certain to
be fun. That is your Easter twenty twenty five wrap up.
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Get out there for these Sunrise Sunrise services, brunches, Easter
egg Hunts, restorative yoga, soundbath, and Green Easter Edition of
Spotlight Sundays. Enjoy yourself, be safe, have a wonderful Easter.
On the other side of the break, we'll talk to
Ashley Osin of the California Coastal Alliance. She's the executive director,
and she's coming on with us right after the break.
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It's Saturdays with Tiffany. This next conversation is extremely important,
especially as Southern California heads to our local beaches. A
lot of questions are coming up as to whether or
not our coastline, our beaches are actually safe in light
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of what happened with the fires, especially the Palisades Fire.
This next conversation is with the Coastal Alliance, the California
Coastal Alliance. It's a nonprofit, public benefit corporation dedicated to
protecting and restoring marine ecosystems through science driven advocacy, wow
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community engagement, and policy initiatives. Their mission, the California Coastal
Alliance is to safeguard coastal environments, address pollution threats, of
which we have many right now, and promote sustainable practices
to ensure the long term health of our oceans and
marine life. And today we're speaking with Ashley Osen, executive
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director of the California Coastal Alliance. Ashley, thank you so
much for coming on Saturdays with Tiffany.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Oh, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
You're most welcome.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Now, the work that you do and the work that
you're focusing on most recently involves what's happening in light
of and as a casualty of the Palisades Fire. Specifically,
how would you say the Coastal Alliance is responsible or
involved in monitoring ecosystems and public health in the area
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after the fire. What is the California Coastal Alliance doing.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Well. We are currently water and sand and sediment testing
for heavy metals, other contaminants such as asbestos, dioxiant PCBs,
and making sure that the impact and environment is safe
for beach recreation as well as for the marine life
wildlife that shares this beach with us.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
So you guys are really really on the ground doing
a lot of work to research and to see the
efficacy of some of these cleaning mechanisms and ways in
which we're being told at least our beaches are going
to be prepared for the masses as people flock back
to the coastline.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
That yeah, on the beach twice a day, oh wow,
checking things out, taking samples, assessing the situation, documenting what
we see as well as taking a wildlife survey to
make sure that we collect and better understand what we're
seeing when it comes to the behavior and the activity
of specific species or whatever species we observe and kind
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of track that and see if there's any interesting patterns
of behavior and population numbers in relation to the fire.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Would you say that the post fire runoff from the
Palisades fire has significantly impacted the water quality at the
Malibu State beaches the Santa Monica coastline, and how are
those levels being monitored?
Speaker 4 (18:28):
Yeah, so currently there's quite a few organizations now on
the state level as well as the county level that
are doing water quality testing. There is a collaboration of
universities that are assessing water quality as well as we
are and heal the bay. The tricky part is that
there's not a ton of research on this specifically, and
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then there's so many different metrics when it comes to
the contamination testing and what is considered safe or not
safe and safer marine life, safe for public health, it's
for recreational use, safer drinking, So there's a lot of
confusion and misalignment when it comes to even the interpretation
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of some of these results because it's really complicated stuff,
and so I'm finding currently I'm looking at the state
level results that just came through and we're released the
raw data, and their interpretation of the data and my
interpretation of the data are not in alignment when it
comes to what I consider safe for lead levels in
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children being exposed to lead. There is no safe levels
of lead expersure for children, but even just for public
safety and public health, the LAD numbers are exceed what
the safe levels are considered an outlined by the EPA
or the World Health Organization.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
So we're talking with Ashley Olsen, the director of the
California Coastal Alliance. Ashley, what specific health risks in relation
to those LED levels and other sources of content nomination
should surfers, swimmers, beach goers Obviously we're going to be
approaching a very heavy tourist season. What should people be
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aware of up and down the coast following the fires?
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Well, I definitely recommend staying away from any fire debris.
There's fire debris that is coming up on shore to
many beaches in our area, not just the Santa Monica Bay,
but it's working its way down south, So definitely don't handle, touch,
or play in any debris. I know that sounds a
little strange of a recommendation, but I see every day
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people playing in it. Also, to stay away from any
storm drains is highly recommended, especially for your children. And
check out the Los Angeles Public Health Department website and
see what their advisories are. But also be just very
conscientious of what's going on and understanding that these beaches
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have been exposed to a lot of contents, and just
be very cautious and consider what you're subjecting yourself to
before going into the water, especially if you plan on
spending a lot of time in the water, like a
surfer swim right that spent hours in the water at
a time.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Hey, Ashley on the other side of the break, let's
continue this conversation and let's jump into weather or not
some of the methods that have been being used perhaps
by our local and state agencies are in fact working
or if they need modification. And let's also talk about
some long term monitoring and restoration plans that hopefully are
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being put in place to restore the ecosystem and public
health in these coastal areas. Can you hang on with
us for another segment. Sure, wonderful. We're talking with Ashley Olsen.
She's the executive director of the California Coastal Alliance. You
want to hear this interview because if you enjoy our beaches,
you need to know what's going on and weather or
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not you are putting yourself in harm's risk. Will continue
the conversation on the other side of the break. It's
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
It's Saturdays with Tiffany.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand KFI.
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AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's
Saturdays with Tiffany and we're talking with executive director of
the California Coastal Alliance, Ashley Olsen. And she's been sharing
a lot of very valuable a lot of very important
information about the advocacy work, the research work that the
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California Coastal Alliance is involved in as it pertains two
our coasts and especially especially in the wake of the
Palisades fire. Now I want to jump back into the conversation, Ashley,
what would you say is the efficacy of current methods
and detecting wildfire related toxins. Do you think that they're
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working or is there a need for new method.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Well, I think a lot of research is still being
done and undetermined. But when I speak to the researchers
that went through the Lahaina fires, and what they've conveyed
to me is that they're less concerned about what we
do know and more concerned about what we don't because
in the fires and as some of these molecules are
breaking down, because there are many of these contaments that
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as asbestosts that we're finding in the results that they
are burning off during the heat of the fire, but
others are interacting with other dioxians and forever chemicals, and
they don't understand the way that these are interacting with
each other once theose molecules do change. So there's a
lot of things we don't know and a lot of
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information and further research that's needed, as well as some
honest conversations with different organizations and the local state level
governments about what we're actually looking at and do these
tests even test for the things that we should be
looking for, and what are those different molecules. So so
much is unknown that research and funding needs to be
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put in this area to understand post wild fire health
with you got to our environment and to public health.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
You got to throw money at it.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
We definitely need that funding, and I hope that your
organization is finding yourselves on the receiving end of a
lot of funding because this is extremely important work. Let
me ask you, Ashley, how would you rate the local
and state agency's response in terms of policy or clean
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up efforts to mitigate the toxicity after the fire? Oh?
Speaker 4 (24:47):
I would give them an f would I would like
to say that the people on the ground, it's not
their decisions and they're just doing their jobs. And I
have a lot of respect for the commitment and dedication
that government employees have. That being said, the response to
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the wildfires, the cleanup or whatever measures could have been
taken to prevent the contamination and the pollution and run
off that went into the ocean was just utter failure.
There was time to do a few things that could
have captured some of the pollution and foot and ash
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that had accumulated in certain areas and haven't manually removed
from the beach. That was never addressed. I mean, only
within this week have we seen any action on the beaches.
What's happened is all of this debris has gotten brittle
in the sun as it sat on the beach in
the shoreline, and it's breaking into smaller and smaller pieces.
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And then they groom the sands with these big tractors,
and what it's doing is breaking down into further smaller
particles which have now mixed in with the sand and
are part of the environment now. And there was no
response at a crucial critical time when our storm drains
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were acting as catch basins collecting this debris, which was
a wonderful opportunity to remove that and get it off
the beach before it went back into the ocean, and
that was not done. I went to many public city
council meetings to ask and beg basically for them to
take this opportunity to remove all that debris, soot and
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ash from the beach because a lot of the removal
and remediation processes can be further damaging to the ecological environment.
And so since they were already captured in that storm drain,
that was an opportunity for us to grab it, collect
it and get it out of here, and that was
not done.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
How long do you expect the environmental impact from the
fire to persist in Malibu's coastal waters across Santa Monica's
cold still waters.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
What are we looking at well, considering that those homes
that burn't right there in Malibu on the shoreline are
still sitting in the ocean as we speak right now,
this is not over. The poor decisions is not over.
We're still living in them daily. It's easy not to
be aware of that because the PCH is shut down,
But we don't know how long we're going to be
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living with this. It's going to take years to fully
understand the impact of it to both murray life, public health,
and the environment. But currently we're still in the crisis
because those homes are currently leaching talksins as we speak
into the ocean every minute.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Can you tell us lastly, because we do have to
wrap up. I know we could continue this conversation for
another hour. There's so much information to share, But lastly,
what is the California Coastal Alliance doing to make sure
that visitors locals minimize further contamination? And what are you
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guys doing to support the recovery efforts? Tell us the
long term plan, the short term and the long term.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
Okay, so in the short term, we're going to continue
testing as long as we can. It's very expensive, so
we're trying to get that funded. We're also focusing on
the recovery of the bay. We want to focus on
what can we do to restore the bay to its
natural glory and bring species back into the environment, because
as we have a diversity of species, the healthier our
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bay gifts. And then we're also organizing all the different
organization surf clubs, community members, lifeguards, all the people who
love the beach, and we're trying to grow our alliance
so that anytime a coastal community is dealing with an
environmental threat, we can activate our membership and activate the
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alliance to rally together and make sure that we have
the power of the people and numbers. So we want
to engage with other coastal communities, other people who of
the beach, and make sure that we all are working
towards the same effort. I want to focus less on
the fire, as relevant as it is, but really talk
about the future long term. What are we looking at,
how are we going to engage with the ocean, and
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what behavioral change are we willing to commit to for
the future health of the ocean and our beach community.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Let's focus on the fire and more focus on the future. Ashley,
can you tell us how people can learn more about
what the California Coastal Alliance does? Maybe your websites and
social media handles.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Yeah, please visit us at Californiacoastal Alliance dot org and
on Instagram. We have updates daily on Instagram and that's
at c A Coastal Alliance.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Ashley Olsen, Executive director of the California Coastal Alliance. Thank
you so much for being with us. Please visit their website,
Please visit their social media handles and learn what you
can do to make sure you stay safe in this
upcoming season and for the future. Ashley, thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (30:00):
Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
It was an honor.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
You got it.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
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Welcome to Saturdays with Tiffany from five until seven. Thanks
so much for being with us. I hope you have
had a glorious Saturday up until this point, and.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Of course that it continues. And if you find.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yourself in the position where you are thinking about your budget,
maybe you are weighing whether or not to buy that
avocado toast or that new car, you might want to
hold on to your money because La, guess what is
facing quote extraordinary pressures because of a very tight twenty
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twenty five twenty twenty six budget. Apparently we are billions
of dollars in the red, billions of dollars in the red.
And that makes me one as I think about budgeting
and about deficits and debt, as LA seems to find
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herself in constantly just how we are going to pay
for these upcoming Olympics. Well, when you think about it,
budget cuts are probably on the horizon. And according to
Westside Current dot com, those budget cuts are coming in
multiple La county government departments will be dealing with them
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in the coming fiscal year.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Now here's the thing.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Maybe these LA County departments are gonna try and recoup
their money somehow. Well, there's a new event that they
can surely bet on in hopes of making a quick buck.
And I'm not talking about horse racing. I'm not talking
about the basketball games or football games. Oh no, no, no, no, no,
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something a lot more biological. Would you say, what about
sperm racing? You hurt me right, sperm racing. And I'm
not talking about Wales, no, no, no, no no. I'm
talking about your little tiny microscopic swimmers.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Men.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You can race them. A new sport is coming to LA.
There's a startup that recently announced the launch of the
world's first live sperm race.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
And you'll be able, you.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Listening, will be able to watch its inaugural edition edition
right here in Los Angeles, and and you will be
able to bet.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
But I'll get on that in a second.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
According to commercial real estate media outlet Traded, the startup
for this sperm racing event is known simply as sperm Racing.
They named their startup sperm Racing. I said, we're not
mincing words here. We're getting right to the point and
this startups sperm racing. How many times can I say
(03:02):
sperm in a segment recently raised one million dollars in
support of their efforts to put on the world's first
sperm race. There are four men behind the idea, venture
capitalists and tech bros. Surprise, Surprise, and their manifesto says
that because of a quote worldwide decline in male fertility,
(03:26):
that that was the catalyst for the idea. And the
idea you might be asking involves what per se Well,
the founders, these tech bros and venture capitalists laid it out.
They said that for the sperm races, first, there's a
microscopic racetrack for two sperm samples to compete on. That
(03:50):
microscopic racetrack will be constructed and the course mimics reproductive
systems and includes chemical signals, flue dynamics okay, blue dynamics,
and synchronized starts. So they're gonna make a teeny tiny
little racetrack for your teeny tiny little swimmers to go through.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
And every move.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
That each sperm cell makes is tracked by high resolution
cameras and live streamed. This is where we are with humanity.
Have we devolved? I think this might be a sign
that the aliens are passing us by. At this point,
there will even be statistics leaderboards and.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Yes, instant replays.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
You'll be able to go back and look at the
instant replay of your favorite sperm cell as it crosses
the finish line. The race itself is exactly like any other.
The first sperm to cross that finish line wins. And
it makes me wonder will there be fantasy teams for this?
Is this like fantasy football?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Will you have your grid? Will you be able to
bet on it?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I'm thinking we should get Conway to get involved with this,
to do some betting.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
And you can bet because.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
The founders of sperm racing are creating a market where
fans can pick their favorite competitors and wager on winners. Okay,
that's one way to kick off the show. And let's transition.
Let's say you do bet on this sperm racing. Let's
say you walk away what a few extra bucks in
(05:28):
your pocket because your favorite little swimmer across the finish
line first and you saw it in that instant replay.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I wonder if we're naming the sperm cells as well.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
But if you do save a few extra bucks, or
win a few extra bucks.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Spend it at Pink's hot Dogs.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
You know Pink's at iconic bright Pink hot Dog place
over there on I think it's Los Sienega. I love Pinks.
I've been to Pink's numerous times. I'm somehow able to
bypass the long lines, and if you don't want to
stand at their in line at the flagship location, then
you might find yourself heading over to Pink's new location
(06:06):
at the La Zoo. After almost one hundred years of existence,
I opened in nineteen thirty nine, the Pink's brand is
now allowing themselves to franchise. They are moving on to
the La Zoo and the La Zoo will offer Pinks
through their partnership with the Zoo, and that partnership is
(06:29):
going to open very shortly. I think it may have
even opened yesterday. Yeah, opened yesterday. It's near the La
Zoo's new Cape Culture or Cape Vulture Plaza, so while
you're there trying to avoid these vultures, you can munch
on a few hot dogs. It opened yesterday. The new
location will offer its staple menu items, including local favorites
(06:53):
like Pink's famous chili dog. The Guadalajara Dog and the
Betty White Dog, who was a Betty White herself was
a longtime LA Zoo supporter. So get out there, enjoy
that new Pink's Hot Dog location at the LA Zoo,
and make sure that you are not patronizing patronizing some
(07:14):
of these animals as you munch on a hot dog
close to their enclosure. I wonder what the gorillas might
think of that.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Be careful.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
When we come back, we're going to talk about some
of the Easter events happening around the Southland. Easter is tomorrow,
and we want to make sure that you get out
there and enjoy the holiday or at least a beautiful
Sunday by yourself with the date with your family. I
have everything in store for you. On the other side
of the break, it's KFI AM six forty Live everywhere
(07:44):
on the iHeartRadio app. Saturdays with Tiffany right here until seven.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand af
I AM.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
It's Saturdays with Tiffany here until seven.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Tomorrow is Easter and whether you celebrate the holy side
of it or religious aspect of it, or you are
just someone who wants to enjoy a good peep. There
are quite a few events around the Southland for you
to partake in and want to go over a few
of them. We'll start with the morning events and if
(08:23):
you get up early enough tomorrow, Let's say you didn't
spend your Saturday night pre Easter celebration doing a little
too much celebrating, and you're willing to get up, you
can hit the outa Dina Easter Sunday Sunrise Service. Anything
that starts with sunrise is almost automatically a no for me,
(08:44):
big dog. But seven am tomorrow, Sunday, Easter the out
Dina Easter Sunday Sunrise Service. That's at twenty four hundred
North Fair Oaks Avenue. You can get out there and
start your day off with at Easter Sunday Sunrise service
at seven am in ol Sadena. And I find that
(09:06):
to be especially beautiful, to be honest, given what Altadena
has gone through in the recent months with the fire
and how they're trying to and actually are rebuilding their
beautiful city so that they are getting people together on Easter,
I'm sure is sure to be extremely special. Get out there,
at seven am for that. If you want to wake
(09:27):
up a little bit later. Let's say seven am is
not your thing and you're closer to the LA area, Well,
there's another Sunday service. This one is at the Pacific
Crossroads Church, the Pacific Crossroads Church at six hundred Olympic Boulevard.
That is Sunday at ten am. That's at ten am
(09:50):
Easter Sunday service again at Pacific Crossroads Church, six hundred
Olympic Boulevard. Let's say church isn't really your thing, you're
not really interested in that side of and that's okay,
no judgment here, we listen, We don't judge. Maybe you
want to just wake up and eat you're hungry, Well
(10:11):
you can have Easter Brunch at the City Club, the
City Club LA.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
That is Sunday at eleven a m.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
And the address for that is not listed, but you
can google City Club LA and enjoy their Easter Brunch
tomorrow Sunday at eleven am. Don't know what the menu's
gonna be, don't know what the price point is. But
if that's something you're interested in, you want to take
your nice Easter outfit out, get your brunch boots going
(10:44):
then you have that Easter brunch available to you at
six hundred Olympic Boulevard.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Now, let's say you want to get into the egg
aspect of it. You want to get out there and
you want to have yourself an egg strapanza. But the
Great La Easter Extravaganza Eggs Extravaganza, I gotta say that
right is at eleven am tomorrow Sunday at the Church
(11:14):
of Scientology of Los Angeles. I have to be honest,
I have a few hesitations. I did not know that
the Church of Scientology observed Easter, and I do not
know what they put inside of those eggs. So fair warning,
go out there with an open mind, but perhaps be
(11:38):
careful what you step on, what you pick up, what
you say, because it's the Church of Scientology, all right.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Moving along, if.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
You want to continue with that Easter egg hunting and
get the kids out there, and also that Church of
Scientology Easter extravaganzas all ages.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
If you want to continue with.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
The Easter egg hunt theme, you can visit Love Always Sanctuary,
Love Always Sanctuary. It's a farmed animal sanctuary. How beautiful
is that farmed animal sanctuary? And you can google for
that address the Love Always Sanctuary Sunday at twelve pm.
(12:18):
They are having their fourth annual Easter Egg Hunt at
Love Always Sanctuary. So you'll get out there and you'll
do a good deed for those farmed animals who have
been saved from I imagine slaughterhouses and other sorts of
similar fates. The fourth Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the
(12:40):
Love Always Sanctuary.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
That's Sunday at twelve noon.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Now, if you want to do yoga and enjoy a
sound bath of which I'm still not fully sure.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
What that is.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Actually, the Easter Edition of Restorative Yoga and Sound Bath
in the Park will be held at the Grace E.
Simon's Lodge, Grace E. Simon's Lodge Sunday at four p m.
And it looks like you do have to buy tickets
(13:16):
for that, and the sale on those tickets will end soon,
so you want to google the Grace E. Simon's Lodge
Easter Edition donation based Restorative Yoga and Sound Bath in
the Park.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
That is a name for you.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
You will not remember all of that, but you will
remember Grace E. Simon's Lodge Sunday, four pm. Yoga and
sound Bath, Okay, and then let's say you made it
all the way this far. You want to get to
the evening, you want to enjoy yourself, well, take yourself
(13:55):
out to a nice social function, a nice club at
Club lub Legos, Lagos, La g Os, I think that
is the Nigerian word for I think it's a country Lego, Lagos, Legos.
And if you go to Club Legos at seven pm,
they're having their Spotlight Sundays Green Easter Edition. Spotlight Sundays
(14:21):
Green Easter Edition. You have to buy tickets to this
Club Lagos Sunday at seven p M. Don't know fully
what that entails. Green Easter Edition leads me to believe
that you'll probably have to do something green, wear green,
consume green. I'm not sure, but it is certain to
be fun. That is your Easter twenty twenty five wrap up.
(14:45):
Get out there for these Sunrise Sunrise services, brunches, Easter
egg Hunts, restorative yoga, soundbath, and Green Easter Edition of
Spotlight Sundays. Enjoy yourself, be safe, have a wonderful Easter.
On the other side of the break, we'll talk to
Ashley Osin of the California Coastal Alliance. She's the executive director,
and she's coming on with us right after the break.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
It's Saturdays with Tiffany. This next conversation is extremely important,
especially as Southern California heads to our local beaches. A
lot of questions are coming up as to whether or
not our coastline, our beaches are actually safe in light
(15:35):
of what happened with the fires, especially the Palisades Fire.
This next conversation is with the Coastal Alliance, the California
Coastal Alliance. It's a nonprofit, public benefit corporation dedicated to
protecting and restoring marine ecosystems through science driven advocacy, wow
(15:57):
community engagement, and policy initiatives. Their mission, the California Coastal
Alliance is to safeguard coastal environments, address pollution threats, of
which we have many right now, and promote sustainable practices
to ensure the long term health of our oceans and
marine life. And today we're speaking with Ashley Osen, executive
(16:22):
director of the California Coastal Alliance. Ashley, thank you so
much for coming on Saturdays with Tiffany.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Oh, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
You're most welcome.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Now, the work that you do and the work that
you're focusing on most recently involves what's happening in light
of and as a casualty of the Palisades Fire. Specifically,
how would you say the Coastal Alliance is responsible or
involved in monitoring ecosystems and public health in the area
(16:55):
after the fire. What is the California Coastal Alliance doing.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Well. We are currently water and sand and sediment testing
for heavy metals, other contaminants such as asbestos, dioxiant PCBs,
and making sure that the impact and environment is safe
for beach recreation as well as for the marine life
wildlife that shares this beach with us.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
So you guys are really really on the ground doing
a lot of work to research and to see the
efficacy of some of these cleaning mechanisms and ways in
which we're being told at least our beaches are going
to be prepared for the masses as people flock back
to the coastline.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
That yeah, on the beach twice a day, oh wow,
checking things out, taking samples, assessing the situation, documenting what
we see as well as taking a wildlife survey to
make sure that we collect and better understand what we're
seeing when it comes to the behavior and the activity
of specific species or whatever species we observe and kind
(18:06):
of track that and see if there's any interesting patterns
of behavior and population numbers in relation to the fire.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Would you say that the post fire runoff from the
Palisades fire has significantly impacted the water quality at the
Malibu State beaches the Santa Monica coastline, and how are
those levels being monitored?
Speaker 4 (18:28):
Yeah, so currently there's quite a few organizations now on
the state level as well as the county level that
are doing water quality testing. There is a collaboration of
universities that are assessing water quality as well as we
are and heal the bay. The tricky part is that
there's not a ton of research on this specifically, and
(18:50):
then there's so many different metrics when it comes to
the contamination testing and what is considered safe or not
safe and safer marine life, safe for public health, it's
for recreational use, safer drinking, So there's a lot of
confusion and misalignment when it comes to even the interpretation
(19:10):
of some of these results because it's really complicated stuff,
and so I'm finding currently I'm looking at the state
level results that just came through and we're released the
raw data, and their interpretation of the data and my
interpretation of the data are not in alignment when it
comes to what I consider safe for lead levels in
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children being exposed to lead. There is no safe levels
of lead expersure for children, but even just for public
safety and public health, the LAD numbers are exceed what
the safe levels are considered an outlined by the EPA
or the World Health Organization.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
So we're talking with Ashley Olsen, the director of the
California Coastal Alliance. Ashley, what specific health risks in relation
to those LED levels and other sources of content nomination
should surfers, swimmers, beach goers Obviously we're going to be
approaching a very heavy tourist season. What should people be
(20:10):
aware of up and down the coast following the fires?
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Well, I definitely recommend staying away from any fire debris.
There's fire debris that is coming up on shore to
many beaches in our area, not just the Santa Monica Bay,
but it's working its way down south, So definitely don't handle, touch,
or play in any debris. I know that sounds a
little strange of a recommendation, but I see every day
(20:36):
people playing in it. Also, to stay away from any
storm drains is highly recommended, especially for your children. And
check out the Los Angeles Public Health Department website and
see what their advisories are. But also be just very
conscientious of what's going on and understanding that these beaches
(20:58):
have been exposed to a lot of contents, and just
be very cautious and consider what you're subjecting yourself to
before going into the water, especially if you plan on
spending a lot of time in the water, like a
surfer swim right that spent hours in the water at
a time.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Hey, Ashley on the other side of the break, let's
continue this conversation and let's jump into weather or not
some of the methods that have been being used perhaps
by our local and state agencies are in fact working
or if they need modification. And let's also talk about
some long term monitoring and restoration plans that hopefully are
(21:37):
being put in place to restore the ecosystem and public
health in these coastal areas. Can you hang on with
us for another segment. Sure, wonderful. We're talking with Ashley Olsen.
She's the executive director of the California Coastal Alliance. You
want to hear this interview because if you enjoy our beaches,
you need to know what's going on and weather or
(21:59):
not you are putting yourself in harm's risk. Will continue
the conversation on the other side of the break. It's
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
It's Saturdays with Tiffany.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand KFI.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's
Saturdays with Tiffany and we're talking with executive director of
the California Coastal Alliance, Ashley Olsen. And she's been sharing
a lot of very valuable a lot of very important
information about the advocacy work, the research work that the
(22:37):
California Coastal Alliance is involved in as it pertains two
our coasts and especially especially in the wake of the
Palisades fire. Now I want to jump back into the conversation, Ashley,
what would you say is the efficacy of current methods
and detecting wildfire related toxins. Do you think that they're
(23:00):
working or is there a need for new method.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Well, I think a lot of research is still being
done and undetermined. But when I speak to the researchers
that went through the Lahaina fires, and what they've conveyed
to me is that they're less concerned about what we
do know and more concerned about what we don't because
in the fires and as some of these molecules are
breaking down, because there are many of these contaments that
(23:27):
as asbestosts that we're finding in the results that they
are burning off during the heat of the fire, but
others are interacting with other dioxians and forever chemicals, and
they don't understand the way that these are interacting with
each other once theose molecules do change. So there's a
lot of things we don't know and a lot of
(23:49):
information and further research that's needed, as well as some
honest conversations with different organizations and the local state level
governments about what we're actually looking at and do these
tests even test for the things that we should be
looking for, and what are those different molecules. So so
much is unknown that research and funding needs to be
(24:13):
put in this area to understand post wild fire health
with you got to our environment and to public health.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
You got to throw money at it.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
We definitely need that funding, and I hope that your
organization is finding yourselves on the receiving end of a
lot of funding because this is extremely important work. Let
me ask you, Ashley, how would you rate the local
and state agency's response in terms of policy or clean
(24:43):
up efforts to mitigate the toxicity after the fire? Oh?
Speaker 4 (24:47):
I would give them an f would I would like
to say that the people on the ground, it's not
their decisions and they're just doing their jobs. And I
have a lot of respect for the commitment and dedication
that government employees have. That being said, the response to
(25:08):
the wildfires, the cleanup or whatever measures could have been
taken to prevent the contamination and the pollution and run
off that went into the ocean was just utter failure.
There was time to do a few things that could
have captured some of the pollution and foot and ash
(25:30):
that had accumulated in certain areas and haven't manually removed
from the beach. That was never addressed. I mean, only
within this week have we seen any action on the beaches.
What's happened is all of this debris has gotten brittle
in the sun as it sat on the beach in
the shoreline, and it's breaking into smaller and smaller pieces.
(25:50):
And then they groom the sands with these big tractors,
and what it's doing is breaking down into further smaller
particles which have now mixed in with the sand and
are part of the environment now. And there was no
response at a crucial critical time when our storm drains
(26:11):
were acting as catch basins collecting this debris, which was
a wonderful opportunity to remove that and get it off
the beach before it went back into the ocean, and
that was not done. I went to many public city
council meetings to ask and beg basically for them to
take this opportunity to remove all that debris, soot and
(26:31):
ash from the beach because a lot of the removal
and remediation processes can be further damaging to the ecological environment.
And so since they were already captured in that storm drain,
that was an opportunity for us to grab it, collect
it and get it out of here, and that was
not done.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
How long do you expect the environmental impact from the
fire to persist in Malibu's coastal waters across Santa Monica's
cold still waters.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
What are we looking at well, considering that those homes
that burn't right there in Malibu on the shoreline are
still sitting in the ocean as we speak right now,
this is not over. The poor decisions is not over.
We're still living in them daily. It's easy not to
be aware of that because the PCH is shut down,
But we don't know how long we're going to be
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living with this. It's going to take years to fully
understand the impact of it to both murray life, public health,
and the environment. But currently we're still in the crisis
because those homes are currently leaching talksins as we speak
into the ocean every minute.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Can you tell us lastly, because we do have to
wrap up. I know we could continue this conversation for
another hour. There's so much information to share, But lastly,
what is the California Coastal Alliance doing to make sure
that visitors locals minimize further contamination? And what are you
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guys doing to support the recovery efforts? Tell us the
long term plan, the short term and the long term.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
Okay, so in the short term, we're going to continue
testing as long as we can. It's very expensive, so
we're trying to get that funded. We're also focusing on
the recovery of the bay. We want to focus on
what can we do to restore the bay to its
natural glory and bring species back into the environment, because
as we have a diversity of species, the healthier our
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bay gifts. And then we're also organizing all the different
organization surf clubs, community members, lifeguards, all the people who
love the beach, and we're trying to grow our alliance
so that anytime a coastal community is dealing with an
environmental threat, we can activate our membership and activate the
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alliance to rally together and make sure that we have
the power of the people and numbers. So we want
to engage with other coastal communities, other people who of
the beach, and make sure that we all are working
towards the same effort. I want to focus less on
the fire, as relevant as it is, but really talk
about the future long term. What are we looking at,
how are we going to engage with the ocean, and
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what behavioral change are we willing to commit to for
the future health of the ocean and our beach community.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Let's focus on the fire and more focus on the future. Ashley,
can you tell us how people can learn more about
what the California Coastal Alliance does? Maybe your websites and
social media handles.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Yeah, please visit us at Californiacoastal Alliance dot org and
on Instagram. We have updates daily on Instagram and that's
at c A Coastal Alliance.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Ashley Olsen, Executive director of the California Coastal Alliance. Thank
you so much for being with us. Please visit their website,
Please visit their social media handles and learn what you
can do to make sure you stay safe in this
upcoming season and for the future. Ashley, thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (30:00):
Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
It was an honor.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
You got it.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
It's Saturdays with Tiffany on KFI AM six forty live
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