Today on AirTalk, we discuss what the end of CARES Act benefits will mean for renters and landlords. Also on the show, our FilmWeek critics discuss the weekend's releases; we answer your COVID-19 questions.
As Additional $600 Benefits Come To An End, How Will Tenants And Landlords Cope?
With aid expiring, the White House offered a short-term extension Thursday of a $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has helped keep families and the economy afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Democrats rejected it, saying President Donald Trump’s team failed to grasp the severity of the crisis.
Republicans have been fighting to trim back the $600 jobless benefit in the next coronavirus package, but their resolve weakened with the looming expiration of the popular benefit — and as Trump indicated that he supports keeping the full $600 benefit for now. As the additional federal benefits come to an end, many residents wonder how they’ll be able to pay rent or pay for groceries as the pandemic rages on. Eviction moratoriums remain in place for L.A. County, but it’s unclear how long that could last. Gov. Newsom signed an executive order allowing local authorities to extend moratoriums through the end of September. A UCLA study found about 365,000 renting households are at risk of being displaced. Today on AirTalk, we want to hear from renters and landlords about their experience. How are you coping as additional benefits come to an end? Join the conversation by calling 866-893-5722.
With files from the Associated Press
Guest:
Eileen Kendall, founder of the Torrance-based firm Kendall Law, which specializes in real estate law; she tweets
US Economy and California Commercial Real Estate Hurt By Pandemic
A gloomy future is likely on the horizon for commercial real estate in California.
That’s according to results from the recent Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey, which shows “uniform pessimism” for the commercial real estate market through 2023.
The demand for office space will likely drop over the next few years as employees continue to work from home and vacancy rates are expected to increase. The retail sector will also be hit hard for several reasons, including the current recession, reduced demand for brick and mortar retail and more online shoppers amid safer-at-home policies, among other factors. Two-thirds of panelists in the Bay Area and Southern California say they do not plan to develop any new properties in the year to come.
The survey also found that the demand for multi-family housing will “remain robust,” with two-thirds of Bay Area respondents and three-fourths of SoCal respondents saying the pandemic hasn’t changed their plans.
As for the country, a grim picture emerged Thursday of a U.S. economy that endured a record-shattering plunge last quarter and is now struggling to rebound as the coronavirus keeps forcing more layoffs.
The economy shrank at a dizzying 32.9% annual rate in the April-June quarter, when the viral outbreak shut down businesses, throwing tens of millions out of work and sending unemployment surging to nearly 15%. The government’s estimate of the second-quarter fall in the gross domestic product was the sharpest such drop on records dating to 1947. The previous worst quarterly contraction, a 10% drop, occurred in 1958 during the Eisenhower administration. We discuss.
With files from the Associated Press
Guests:
Jerry Nickelsburg, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast and professor of economics
Christopher Thornberg, founding partner of Beacon Economics and Director of UC Riverside Center for Forecasting
COVID-19 AMA: When A Vaccine Is Available, Will We Still Have To Wear Masks?
In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Dean Blumberg, professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.
Topics today include:
LAT roundup of CA COVID landscape
CA breaks daily death record again -- 4th time this month and 2nd day in a row
State scales back coronavirus testing task force
A COVID vaccine might not mean we can ditch the masks
Men less likely to wear masks, dying at higher rates in L.A. County
Harvested antibodies now being tested as a COVID-19 prevention tool
U.S. sinks $2.1B into another potential COVID-19 vaccine
A new strain of the coronavirus is dominant now. Is it more contagious?
U.S. missed a chance to control outbreak. Now it’s ‘impossible to predict’ how long the pandemic will last, Fauci says
She’s only 27 – and COVID-19 nearly killed her. Why young adults need to take this seriously.
Guest:
Dean Blumberg, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital
FilmWeek: ‘The Hater,’ ‘The Fight,’ ‘She Dies Tomorrow’ And More
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.
"The Hater" on Netflix
"The Fight" on VOD (Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, FandangoNOW, Vudu, YouTube, Microsoft, DirecTV & more)
"She Dies Tomorrow" at Mission Tiki Drive-In & Vineland Drive-In
"Rebuilding Paradise" at Vineland Drive-In, and on Laemmle's Virtual Cinema & VOD (Google Play & FandangoNOW)
"Summerland" at Vineland Drive-In & on VOD (AppleTV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube, DirecTV & more)
"The Go-Go's" on Showtime (TV broadcast July 31 & August 1 at 9pm PT, and on-demand on Showtime's app starting July 31)
"Ride Your Wave" on VOD (AppleTV, Amazon Prime & Google Play)
"Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison" on VOD (iTunes, AppleTV, Google Play, FandangoNOW, Vudu & Alamo On Demand)
"The Big Ugly" at Mission Tiki Drive-In, Rubidoux Drive-In, Van Buren Drive-In & VOD
Our FilmWeek critics have been curating personal lists of their favorite TV shows and movies to binge-watch during self-quarantine. You can see recommendations from each of the critics and where you can watch them here.
Guests:
Christy Lemire, film critic for KPCC, RogerEbert.com and co-host of the ‘Breakfast All Day’ podcast; she tweets @christylemire
Tim Cogshell, film critic for KPCC, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com; he tweets
Charles Solomon, film critic for KPCC, Animation Scoop and Animation Magazine
Ron Howard’s Documentary “Rebuilding Paradise” Explores Grief, Recovery Through Residents Of NorCal Town Destroyed By Camp Fire
The Camp Fire in 2018 is, to date, the deadliest and most destructive in the history of the Golden State. 85 people lost their lives and the fire did an estimated $16.5 billion in damage. And while many across Northern California lost their homes and tens of thousands more were displaced from theirs, the town of Paradise, which sits about 90 minutes north of Sacramento in Butte County’s Sierra Nevada foothills, may have seen the worst of all of it.
After 17 days of battling flames, wind and smoke, firefighters finally reached 100 percent containment, but not before it partially or totally destroyed 95 percent of structures in the town. In 2010, the U.S. Census estimated the town’s population to be just under 27,000. A door-to-door count done in April 2019, five months after the fire, found that just 2,034 people still lived there.
But in the face of this unspeakable tragedy, and the seemingly insurmountable task of rebuilding an entire town from the foundation up, the residents of Paradise worked together as a community not only to help each other rebuild and replace what was lost in the fire, but to help each other heal, work through the trauma and plant a seed of hope that one day, the town of Paradise might resemble its namesake again and the people who live there will be able to look toward the future instead of focusing on the devastating past.
In his new documentary, “Rebuilding Paradise,” director Ron Howard shares what he gathered from the year he spent in Paradise, following its residents through the rebuilding and recovery process. The film weaves together stories both heartbreaking and uplifting from Paradise residents, firsthand video of people trying to outrun the flames and stunning archive footage of the fire that one might expect from a National Geographic production.
Today on FilmWeek, Larry Mantle talks with Ron Howard about the making of the documentary and his time spent in Paradise and with its residents in the months after the fire.
For more information on the film, including screening information, click here.
“Rebuilding Paradise” is out on Friday and you can see it in person at the Vineland Drive-In in the City of Industry, online at Laemmle’s Virtual Cinema or on video on demand via Google Play and Fandango Now.
Guest:
Ron Howard, director of the new documentary “Rebuilding Paradise”; he is an actor, producer and Oscar-winning director whose credits include “Apollo 13,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Frost/Nixon” and more; he tweets