What The Hal?

Brian Ferguson, Deputy Director of Crisis Communications for the California OES talks to Hal about how  the agency is responding to the threat of brushfires. The OES has provided a fleet of small fire engines that can get into wildland areas and has deployed them throughout California, including in Los Angeles.

As California is just hours from reopening the state's economy, Hal speaks with a psychiatrist to discuss the emotional impact that comes with the community's return to normalcy.

Hal returns from medical leave to host for the first time since his accident March 19. He is joined by photographer Joab Perez and his physical therapist Moses Lau. They discuss the injuries that Hal and Joab suffered when they were hit by an alleged drunk driver while on assignment in Hollywood.  Lau talks about how the body responds to physical trauma, and what therapeutic techniques are needed to heal. 

Marla Tellez hosts in place of Hal Eisner. Our first segment features Anchors Christine Devine and Michaela Pereira talking about their experiences during the uprisings last summer after the George Floyd killing.

Long-time civil rights activist Connie Rice joins Marla to discuss the impact of the George Floyd killing, how the Derek Chauvin conviction was a fluke and what she calls “bluewashing” to prevent the public from finding out what really happens during violent police incidents. KFI Host Mo’Kelly speaks to Marla about the impact of the events of last summer. 

Susan Hirasuna hosts in place of Hal Eisner.  She is joined by Major General Viet Luong. Luong talks about his remarkable career and his early life fleeing Vietnam with his family at age 9 during the fall of Saigon.

He discusses how that experience prompted his desire to join the military, and his experiences as a minority in the armed forces. 

Marla Tellez hosts in place of Hal Eisner. She is joined by  Psychiatrist Dr. Ricardo Whyte of Dignity Health Community Hospital to discuss the consequences the pandemic has had on the nation’s mental health and how we can best recover.

Micki Boland, the head of engineering for Checkpoint Cybersecurity, talks about scammers taking advantage of the change in tax laws and the extension for tax payments to send out phishing emails to consumers.

Bob DeCastro hosts in place of Hal Eisner. He is joined by Dr. David Michilik, pediatric infectious disease director at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach.

Dr. Michilik discusses the impact of the COVID-19 virus on young people, whether it is vital that children should be vaccinated, and the trials that are being done with the Pfizer vaccine on kids as young as 6 months.

Marla Tellez is joined by Diana Berrent, the founder of Survivor Corps, a grassroots movement to help COVID-19 long haulers support each other and help medical professionals and scientists try to find answers to the medical mysteries.

Marla Tellez hosts In Depth this week, as Hal Eisner remains hospitalized along with photographer Joab Perez after being stuck by an alleged drunk driver in Hollywood.

To discuss the ongoing problem of drunk driving, we have guests Patricia Rillera, the California state executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Haraszti, to talk about the increase in substance abuse during the pandemic.