GDLA+ Friday, 9/4/2026

Happy Friday, everybody. Yay. We're on our way. We're the zoo today. You're a little zebra action. Yes. I'm a leopard cheetah. Yeah. A little both. Yeah. Welcome to GDLA Plus. Today is National Lazy Moms Day. There's no such thing. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. There is no such thing. I wish there was. Apparently, it's celebrated on the first Friday of September to give hardworking moms a well-deserved break from their daily chores and responsibilities. So you're supposed to try to take the day off. Yeah. Yeah, fat chance. I know. That is not happening. Who's chipping in, doing the work? Right. Bring your kids over to me. All right. I'll remember that. It's on record. So you know who's a hardworking mom, though. One of many here are plus one, actress Miriam Shore from Apple TV's Pluribus. She will be here to talk about the show and her Emmy nomination. Before all that, though, let's take a look at some of the stories we're following for you. New video this morning capturing a dramatic rescue in Nepal following the devastating floods. Two workers trapped in a hydropower tunnel. A pair had been down there for nine days while the community around them were flooded, destroyed. Both men have injuries on their hands and legs. And they told crews dozens are still stuck in the same tunnel. Crews are now racing to find more survivors. A slow, slow speed chase comes to a dramatic end on the 10 freeway in South Los Angeles. Skyfox was overhead as the CHP used a pit maneuver to stop the SUV on the eastbound 10 in the University Park area. You can see after that collision the driver standing outside the wreck there. But watch. He climbs back in the car as officers approach him. Then a brief standoff ended when officers moved in, smashing a window before finally taking the suspect into custody. The chase reportedly began in Paramount with a report of a stolen vehicle. AAA is reporting the average price for a gallon of diesel nationwide is $5.85. That's a new record. It's up $0.05 from the previous record, which was just set yesterday. Now diesel prices are also approaching a record here in California. AAA reports the state is averaging $7.71 for a gallon of diesel. That's $0.03 off the state record, which was set back in April. Let's head to Maria for your Labor Day weekend forecast because gas prices and the heat coming together is not so good, Maria. Yes, but I do have some good news from the weather department. So I'll go over that in just a few moments. But I want to let you know that I'm a huge fan of pluribus. So can you please ask your plus one when season two is going to get going again? Because this is one of my favorite shows. All right, if you are traveling this weekend, maybe you want to change your mind. Stay here, not just because the gas prices are up, but we have some pretty nice weather, actually, especially today. Today we still have that sea breeze, patchy clouds starting to really dissipate. So we've got plenty of sunshine today. And temperature's actually really comfortable, not quite as humid yet. We'll start that tomorrow into the remainder of the weekend. This is a beautiful view. We don't get to see this very often when we track three hurricanes in the Pacific. We've got Lowell here, just south of the Hawaiian Islands. I'm going to go into greater detail about that in just a few moments. Karina is expected to move north and away from Hawaii. Marie is the hurricane we have been watching because we will feel some impacts from Marie. But Marie is continuing to track away from Baja. You can see some showers already over the peninsula. As Marie kind of continues to move north and northwest away from us, it's going to send some tropical moisture our way, starting tomorrow with some high mid-level clouds and then a chance for some showers. Watch as we see some of the green stuff here getting picked up on the radar. So there is a chance for some light to moderate scattered showers on Sunday. You can see some yellows here. There is a slight chance for some thunderstorms. If that happens, then we'll get some greater rainfall amounts. But otherwise, rainfall amounts should stay on the lighter side. Lingering moisture, you can see that here on Monday, Labor Day, but I do think Monday will be drier than Sunday. Then some lingering moisture for some drizzle, perhaps, as we get to the remainder of next week. As far as how much rain, you can see here not much at all, really. Maybe a five one-hundredth of an inch of rain in Woodland Hills through early Monday morning. 14 one-hundredth of an inch in Palmdale. So less than a quarter of an inch for a greater part of L.A. County and Ventura. Maybe a little bit more towards the Inlet Empire. Maybe six-tenths of an inch of rain over Big Bear. Really subtle changes in the position of Hurricane Marie will determine how much moisture and rain will come our way. But the good news is the bulk of that system will be moving away from land. Lowell, on the other hand, is south of the Hawaiian Islands, about 600 miles or so south of Lehue. This is on the island of Kauai. This storm is gonna move west and then make a sharp turn to the north as we get into this weekend. It's gonna get awfully close to the island of Kauai, but the good news is it looks like, according to most of the models now, the center of the system's gonna stay west of Niihau and Kauai. It's gonna bring some surf, though, and some rain through Oahu, even some shower chances into the big island as well. So if you're headed to the Hawaiian Islands, hopefully you are south of Kauai, which it'll feel the greatest impacts by way of a storm, surge, rain, and some gustier winds. But the bulk of the system will stay to the west. Looking at our surf, coastal flood advisory and high surf advisories are going into effect starting tomorrow. Two to five foot sets today, fun-sized waves, but still stay out of the water unless you're experienced, and really stay out of the water beginning tomorrow because we are looking at five to eight feet, maybe even 10 foot sets. Stay off the rock jetties as well. Never turn your back to the ocean. We've got some very strong, dangerous recurrence in the water. High tide will be between five, seven feet this weekend, nearing seven feet, so that's gonna cause some minor tidal flooding as well along our coast. So low-lying parking areas might get some flooding there as we get into tomorrow evening and Sunday, Monday. 75 along the coast today, beautiful. There's that chance for showers on Sunday, about 30%. Downtown LA and Orange County, 82 today, slightly below the average. Around 84, more humid as we get into tomorrow and Sunday with that 40% chance for some scattered showers. 88 for the valleys, the Inland Empire, 40% chance for showers on Sunday. Again, a little sticky, muggy as we get into tomorrow and the weekend. 73 up into the mountains like Big Bear, beautiful. 68 on Sunday, a little humid, but temperatures dropped slightly. 85 for the high desert areas and even there, a chance for rain, as well as the low desert, 100. Palm Springs dry today, but a little humid beginning tomorrow, 96 on Sunday with that chance, 40% for some showers. I'll send it back to you guys. All right, Maria, thank you so much. Labor Day weekend is here and millions of Americans are expected to hit the road, looking to squeeze in one more summer getaway. Mario has more on what you can expect from LAX. Airports across the country are expected to be busy and LAX is no different. People are trying to get a head start on that last summer trip as Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end to the summer. I'm going to Phoenix, Arizona for a wellness retreat for the nonprofit that I work for. It's just a carrying case for a fishing pole. Fishing pole, and where are we going fishing? Kabul, going to Maui. What are the plans in Maui? Just relax and hang out and hopefully, you know, miss the hurricane. Around 17 million travelers are expected to pass through security checkpoints nationwide through the Wednesday after Labor Day. I'm just excited to go to the wedding, you know, be with family and be back on Sunday. And when you paid for the ticket, did you notice that prices were higher than normal? Very high, but I paid advance way before. Pack right, we check our stuff in. Make it easier and quicker for the layovers and stuff, so yeah, should be fun. Did you notice that airfare was higher this year? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that they're, you know, nickel and diming on the bags. And just in time for Labor Day, gas prices have surged. Triple A's is the average price here in California for regular, about 581 a gallon in the LA area. The latest average, 583, and that's roughly $1.20 more than this time last year. As the airport gets more congested, we always say, days like today, you want to get to the airport early, give yourself extra time, and of course, pack your patience, prepare for those holiday crowds. For now, at LAX, I'm Mario Ramirez, back to you. We're following breaking news this morning in the Lindsey Clancy murder trial. A judge says he intends to declare a mistrial on the seventh day of jury deliberations. Let's take a live look outside the courtroom, if we have it, Plymouth, Massachusetts, right there. You see a crowd of reporters waiting for any updates here. This morning, before jurors returned to the courtroom, Clancy's defense asked for an emergency stay, basically asking the court to temporarily stop or delay a judge's action. The jury received the case last Thursday after closing arguments, and jurors have told the judge several times this week they were deadlocked but were ordered to keep deliberating. Fox News has obtained Lindsey Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington's, appeal filing to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, which includes Reddington actually accusing a lone holdout juror of being biased against those with debilitating mental illness, which he says is a protected category. Clancy is accused of killing her three children in their Massachusetts home in January of 2023. Prosecutors charged her with three counts of murder. Her defense argues she was not criminally responsible, citing bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis. All right, coming up, our plus one, what happens when a forced state of happiness takes over the world? I know you wanna know. Emmy nominee Miriam Shore is in the Elmhurst Lounge and will join us to talk about her starring role in Apple TV's high-stakes sci-fi thriller, Floribus. Ooh, Santa Monica. We could go there today if we wanted to. A lot of people will be going out to the beach, for sure. It's so hot. For the raincoat. Not in here. It's gonna be humid in here. I know. I'm just like, the walk from the car through the sand, I feel like, you're so funny. It was not a beach person. No, it was just like, ah, I just wanted to be cool. I hear you, Brooke. Everybody's sweating. Yeah, yeah, and I like a nice pool, too, where you can get cocktails. And you go into the water. There you go. The water's too cold, too. I love a pool. I know, it's like we're just never satisfied. All right, so you know those actors who can completely disappear into a character? Miriam Shore is one of those people. She's done Broadway, movies, television, and now she's part of Vince Gilligan's very mysterious world on Apple TV's Floribus. You ever read Finnegan's Wake? No. I tried to in grad school. It's probably great. I don't know. All I know is it made me miserable trying to get through it. I figure you make even one person happy. Maybe that's not art. It's something. Haughty ribbon. And then everything falls apart. I feel like every time I think I understand what's happening, truly, on this show, I realize I understand completely nothing and I'm confused. Miriam Shore is here, though, to help us get unconfused. Our plus one today, welcome. Thanks for having me. Oh my God, I didn't realize my job was to unconfuse you. I don't think I'm gonna be able to. Tell us all about this show because it is very unique and the first time you read the script, what went through your head? I felt like Vince Gilligan crawled into my brain and wrote the exact show that I had been wanting to see. Oh, wow. You guys, like two weeks before I got the audition, someone in an interview had asked me like, what are you just thinking about in your life these days? Kind of a weird question, but I was like, okay, you know, I'm really thinking about the sort of tension between the collective and the individual. I literally said that. Oh my gosh, I love this. And then I got- How much had you been drinking? A lot. Good, good. That's when I do my deepest things. Okay, good. That's when I do my deepest things. No, but I just thought like, we can tell these stories and we can grapple with really big ideas because we are doing that in our lives right now. Every day. And I have kids and they're getting older and they're asking questions and we watch shows together. And this is the kind of show that asks a lot of big questions and kind of forces you to think about them. And there aren't easy answers. I wish I could give you all the answers, but I think, you know, the show is about what it feels like it's about to you. It's about so many things. It's like untangling the knot that is being a human. Life. Yeah, that is life. That is your day to day life. Usually there's no answers too, right? There aren't, but the grappling is the point. Right, right. It's the journey. So, and then, you know, to be asked to be a part of this show with this fantastic cast and then to be like, listen, you need to be in love with Ray Sehorne. I'm like, no problem. The minute I met her, I fell madly in love. Because she is the bee's knees. She's the real deal. She's an incredible human and so is Vince. And so is everyone in the show. It's a dream. That's so, it's like one of those shows. That's what the fun is in this show is that it kind of hits you different depending on who you are in your life. What is the reaction? Different reactions I imagine you get from people, right? So many. First of all, I'm such a sci-fi nerd that I like have all the dissertations. I'm like, listen, I've had a lot of theories and I need to sit down and think about it. And there's those people, but I didn't know how the reaction would be because it's, you know, there's a lot of shows I love that it just are not for other people. And I think we've been fed this story that people don't like to work when they're watching. They just want to sit back and have it all spoon fed to them. And I think Flurb has proved that wrong. Makes you think. People are loving it. People are coming at me with theories and asking questions and I love that. I think that's why we watch stories together so we can do that together. You're so well known to melt into your character and just completely be transformed into whoever you're playing. What was, if you could tell us like the hardest scene for you or the hardest character? Well, there's physically hard. I mean, there's being carted around as a dead body throughout Albuquerque, New Mexico. Which I think we all do for fun. That wasn't a dummy at all. Oh no, no. There was amazing stunt people. I was gonna say. We were still out there. A little bit is enough though, right? You know, the hardest part was getting across the history these two people have together, the love they have together in a very short period of time. It goes like bits, right? Yeah. And so Ray and I really worked together to create this bond that then really matters. You have to care that Helen, spoiler alert, doesn't make it because it's the whole show. Right. You know, that grief and Carol grappling with it. And so that was really the challenge, but it's a fun challenge. It's one I love. It's why I do this. You know, I think I love being a part of storytelling that makes people have conversations with each other instead of hurl epithets at each other. Carol does a little of both. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, she's standing up for herself. I'm all right with that. You know, people have asked like, is she unlikable? I was like, don't even. Unlikable? Like, she's human. And sometimes we're not likable, but we're what we got. You're supposed to get from the clips that we see of you two together though. That's what you're supposed to get. Why is she so unlikable? A little bit of what she's dealing with. If the person you love most in the world, who was your person, was taken from you, you'd probably be upset. And then on top of that, you're directed to this. All of humanity has changed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a struggle to do what's right for everyone and do what's right for you. That's our struggle every day, right? So, you know, I appreciate this show. I really, I couldn't believe that the show that I would be the geekiest about, I get to be on. Yeah, I love that. Landed on your lap. Yeah, and then people are like, oh, we'll nominate you for it. And you're like, what? Even better. Yeah. You said the 13 and 16 year old? Yeah. Okay, have they seen it? You know what? They haven't yet. Why? It's a rough first episode to watch your, that's an interesting thing being an actor and saying to your kids, watch me inhabit this other world. And I think there's a little trepidation on their part and my part to like, watch me die. You know, even though it's play pretend, even though it's not real. No, I get that though, yeah. But I also wanna make sure like, I'm with them and we do it together. Cause we also always watch all our shows together and then, you know, so, so we're waiting for the right time. No, and bless their hearts. Because when you're 13, 16, that's when you actually turn back into a toddler again. Like I can imagine like a total crying freak out about seeing that. Like it's, you turn into a toddler, you start, you know, it's like, oh, why am I teenager cried today? Yeah, I mean, it's something, the things that they've seen of mine. I mean, they've seen a couple of like a film called Magic Hour that I'm in. They watched the premiere of that, the documentary that I directed. They've seen that. Cause there's sort of certain things that I'm really, I want them to. Be exposed to. Yeah. But it's still, it's, you know, but we're going to, I keep sort of figuring out the right time to be like, that wasn't real. And here's what was happening at the, I had a lot of hand warmers that kept, you know, that were all on me. Cause I was freezing. If you see like I'm blinking, you know, just so that they aren't too. Can we watch it together? We're gonna watch it together. Behind the scenes. Would you survive a world like this? I don't know. Some days it feels like. You feel like you're in it? I think actually that's, it's great to ask that question because it forces you to think about the things you would miss if you lost, you know, and forces you to think about the world you have and what you want to change about it and what you, how you want to make sure it doesn't turn into this, you know, and how the fact that we really do need each other, you know, and all the big questions. That's kind of my favorite thing about sci-fi in particular. Or how like you take things for granted, right? Yeah, yeah, for sure. Every day. But you know, I'm not sure. I think I would, I have a little trouble when everyone's going one way following. I kind of like to go, well, I like to go the other way. So I might be more like Carol. Probably not as strong as her, but I think I would be as angry. You never know how strong. Or how weak you'd be. You never know until it happens. I'm definitely in touch with my anger these days. I'm like, oh, I get that. I feel that. Yeah, so I mean, I just feel really lucky that this is sort of what I do and I'm doing it with some interesting people and I get to tell stories, you know, the stories that are difficult. You know, those are my favorite kind. I don't think we want to be spoon-fed. I think we want to commune with each other and talk about the difficult things. Yeah, you know, can we go back to your family just for a second? I'm curious because 16 is such a fun age, truly. And 13 is when you feel like it's a fun age. You feel like you feel 16. You're a teenager for the first time. As a mom, what's the most surprising thing about raising two teenagers for you? How smart they are and intuitive they are about calling me on my stuff. Oh, I hate that. I know, I know. It forces you to, right? There's literally times where I'm like, how did you come up with that? I don't recall being that intuitive and that smart. I feel like you're impressed but mad at the same time. Well, because you can't say anything back, right? Yeah, because they called you out and they're right. And you're like, what in the, wow, you're really smart. But at the same time, they're not picking up their clothes off the floor. So it's like, don't call me out on that. You can't do a basic thing around the house. But all right, I will throw it back. That's what I do. Good, but also they're asking big questions that now I don't have the answers for. Oh. It's making us chachibity. I'm not, no, I'm not asking chachibity because we have a better computer in here. I agree. I mean, maybe not every day. But listen, when it comes to homework, I ask chachibity to do sixth grade math. Like, yep, here's the answer. You've never used it. Wow. Stop. No, wait. You're better than us. You are better than off it right now. You haven't used it at all? Do you want to? No. For fun? Like, can we ask a fun question? No, no, I just want, I do want to mention, let's ask how much water it uses every time you use chachibity. But it doesn't use a lot of resources. On principle, yeah. But also, how do I tell my kids, no, you've got to figure it out. It's hard. You've got to dig deep, figure it out. If I'm not doing that, that's a little hard. Do they have phones? The older one does. The younger one is just about to. Good for you, 13. It's hard to keep them off for that long, so that's great. And you know what? Deciding what to talk to them about and what they're ready for. And I think, actually, it's sad, because you have to open them up to things that are really hard to believe and upsetting about the world we live in. But it's actually the time. And that's like, when I am doing a project that I feel like asks those big questions, I do like to include them in it and say, hey guys, look at this hard thing that's happening. Let's talk about it. I know. And you're filming far away from home a lot of times. Is it hard to be separated? It is. I've tried not to for most of my life. I was lucky enough to do a show called Younger that shot in New York, where I live. And so that was really lucky when they were little. And it was also hard to do a play, to be away during bedtimes. Had to make decisions. And I was lucky enough that the decisions I could make were that I could hang out and be around a lot. But right now, I'm in Vancouver shooting season two of The Audacity. We also want to talk about Magic Hour. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, that is a movie. I got the script sent to me. I just directed an episode of Younger. I started directing on the show that I was on. And I got this script about a woman who had given up her honored dream to become a director, to become a housewife in New Jersey, and how she decides to go back to it in her 40s and go back to film school. And I couldn't believe I got it at that moment, when I literally just finished directing my first episode. And it just really spoke to me about this idea that why a person would feel like their point of view and their voice doesn't matter, shouldn't be heard, right? Because I was grappling with why it took me so long to do this thing I wanted to do. And so it ended up being a really amazing project. And Jackie Christie, who directed it, it took quite a few years to get it, to finish it. COVID happened right after. And her tenacity taught me a lot about pursuing something that matters to you, no matter how hard it is. And I went on to make a documentary that took me six years to make. And I think about Jackie and her tenacity in that project, in the moments where I was like, I'm never gonna finish this, and that's every project. I mean, that's also parenting. I'm doing it wrong, I'm failing, I'm not doing it right. I've made the wrong choices, but you have to keep going anyway. And yeah, and that's sort of what, it's a beautiful little movie, and I'm so proud of it. And I'm so proud that it has a life now, that it's getting distribution from Tribeca, you're gonna be able to see it. Yeah, thank you. It's really like when you're in a dark part of the tunnel to know that there's gonna be light, you just have to keep going forward. Oh, I like that. I think it's helpful for others. Beautiful. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you so much. We appreciate you coming in and catching up with you. We wanna let everyone know all episodes of Floribus currently streaming on Apple TV. Check that out in addition to everything else that you've got going on. We actually do have some breaking news coming in right now regarding the Lindsay Clancy trial. So let's take you inside of that courtroom to give you an update. Later in the fall, but why don't we pick a date maybe a couple of weeks down the road so everybody can get their calendars together and kind of see where we go. All right? What about the 25 V2? The motion for required finding reconsideration within five days. We can file it. Do we have to have a hearing within the five days? I'd like to, but I mean- I know you'd like to, but I, you know, maybe we could do it later in the week. Maybe not Tuesday, maybe Thursday or so. Sure. I'm gonna be out of the state until the 22nd. All right. Well, as long as it's filed, do you wanna pick, what we could do is pick that status date, trial assignment date, and actually then do the argument for the 25, rule 25. Maybe that week of the 28th? Supposed to start in Pittsburgh. I'm hoping that that's gonna be continued. So I would ask if it's agreeable with the court and counsel, if we could have Tuesday, the 29th. Coma? That's fine. Thank you. So why don't we do that? 29th? Would that be at two o'clock? Or nine? Doesn't matter to me. Let's say nine o'clock. Why don't we say nine o'clock? Okay, we come in. We'll have the defendant brought in. Yes, please. All set. In the matter of Commonwealth versus Lindsay Clancy, the court declares a mistrial. All prior bail orders remain in full force. In effect, this matter is continued to September 29th, 2026 at 9 a.m. for status, trial assignment, and the rule 25 motion in effect. All right, counsel, thank you. Thank you. Court, all rise. All right, there you have it. The judge has declared a mistrial because for the third time, the jury could not reach a verdict. The Lindsay Clancy Defense Emergency Appeal to Massachusetts Supreme Court has been denied. Again, that judge declaring a mistrial because the jury was deadlocked and Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three children. That was not really what was up at stake. The defense never denied that happened. But at this point, it seems like this will continue, and it sounds like September 29th is the next court date. So more to come on that. It's been a really fascinating just past few hours in this trial. Essentially, the defense said, hey, we just want you to remove this one juror, and there was a big battle back and forth over that. The defense was saying this one juror, this holdout juror, has to go because they are holding out on illegal grounds. And so they appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. It was an online hearing. It was a quick argument and a really quick decision. They were trying to avoid a mistrial because, of course, this is very likely, as we see, going to be tried again, and they have to go through everything, and there's the risk again. I think the defense very clearly seemed to think that 11 jurors were going to find their client not guilty. And what could happen from here is perhaps getting a whole new jury convened and then going to trial again, or the prosecution could see the signal here that maybe 11 jurors did see the defense's side in all of this and then strike a deal. 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Speaking of flying, when we come back, we'll check in with Stu. I don't know if he's flying or he's on the ground, but he's in the chopper. Happy Friday. Hawaii Friday. Oh my gosh. Aloha Friday. Oh, aloha Friday, that's right. Thank you. Yes, aloha, aloha. But you haven't done it in the past couple of Fridays. Aloha, ladies. All I heard was last couple of Fridays. I said, I don't think you've done aloha Friday shirt the last few Fridays. I haven't. Yeah, it's back. I haven't, I've been sleeping. He did laundry. It's back. Don't say it's a comeback. I've been here all this time. Hey, you know what? Christian's gonna remind me how to say it, but let's get right to the tape, and this is happening at Fashion Island, Newport Beach, East Coast meets West Coast, and is it gonna be worth the hype? That's gonna be for you to decide. Levan, Levan, you know what? There's a lot in the name, and we're gonna talk about old school media, new school media, and a cookie sensation. Let's turn that time back to 1995. Ham Weeks, Connie McDonald, swimming buddies, decide to train for a triathlon. Both get to know each other, and all of a sudden they're like, hey, you like food, I like food, you like to bake, I like to bake. They've got professional lives. They're making money, and they open up a bakery. Yes, a bakery. They're making artisan bread, and that's actually part of the whole story right there. Yeah, but it isn't a chabby place. This is on West 74th Street, Upper Manhattan. Oity, toity, indeed, and they're making bread, sourdough bread, hint, hint, hint, and a lot of artisan stuff. They're selling kind of like to, you know, it's kind of like, what's that called there? They're not selling to the public. They're selling wholesale to other restaurants for the most part, and then all of a sudden they're like, we should train for a triathlon. Oh yeah, let's do a triathlon. You know, we should make a snack for this triathlon, and they started making these six-ounce cookies with the walnuts. They wanted something calorie-rich, but really good for you, and that's how those cookies actually came about. The name Levin, Levin, not really sure how to say it, even though Christian told me just moments ago, is actually a type of starter, sourdough starter. Now, I said media is a big influence in all of this. Well, that's actually how it happened. They started selling those cookies, had a little bakery that used to be a bread bakery. Now they're actually making these cookies out there, and in comes the New York Times, the 2000s. They write a little piece about it, how good they are about these two ladies, how they have this passion, and all of a sudden, you never know what happened. Yes, it did. People start showing up. They start making this a destination. All over the world, people start showing up at this bakery in Manhattan. So the ladies, they decide, well, you know what, we're not gonna jump on this. You know how ladies are cautious? They're cautious. They're not gonna just jump on there. So they started just like, hey, why don't we start shipping these all across the world? So they started shipping their cookies. They started doing a little bit of social media here and there. Well, you know what happened. The thing really exploded. And today, exploded in a good way. Exploded in a good way. And today, we have it available to us on the West Coast. And look at that line. If you didn't notice the line, they had pups. They had pups. They had people. We got waves. Everybody was really happy. The line was actually really long. I'm not sure how much they showed, but it went around, kind of around the building out there. Yeah, there's a little bit of a giveaway going on, and I think a lot of those are influencers, back to that media thing. But you know what? The cookies, supposedly really, really good, and kind of good for you, Sandra. I'm not sure, and I hear the music playing. But at any rate. Sandra likes a cookie. Yeah. Yes, but these are nutritious. No, they have all different flavors. You know, and if you check your frozen section, they are available in your frozen section, too, at your local grocery store. So you can take them home and bake them at home. Try that. If you don't want to wait in line, it's pro tip. Happy Friday, Stu. Thank you, Stu. Happy Friday, ladies. Oh, toss it back. Go, go, go, go, go. Hop or two? I don't know. No. Crazy. Honestly, we didn't expect it to go that high, right? That was an ab workout. Oh my gosh. You don't have that much bump, man. This is my favorite part when Araxia puts her arm up. Like, all the way. Yeah, like, she's like, I got this. I've been here before. Was that a peace sign? I don't know what I was doing. You got in the car and you felt it, huh? I was trying to be cool. That was more than I expected. Yeah, it was a lot. I almost flew out. This one, I almost flew out. They're like, no seatbelts. Hang on. Okay. Where were your hands? Grabbing something. Oh my gosh, so good. This brought me so much joy. Really funny. Oh, that's good stuff. All right. That's good stuff. Okay, you guys, over the next six months, the city of Los Angeles will honor a groundbreaking architect in multiple ways. I'm talking about Paul Revere Williams, the first black American member of the American Institute of Architects. And so much of this city we all love started with him. You do what you have to do. And for him, it wasn't just his getting a job. It was being able to open doors for a future generation. Karen Hudson is a biographer, an archivist, and a granddaughter of the groundbreaking architect, Paul Revere Williams. A recent Vanity Fair piece called him The Man Who Built Los Angeles. It's a big title, but Karen doesn't necessarily disagree. He certainly had a great deal with the look of this city. From the Stanley Moss Courthouse to the LAX theme building, Williams' work is all over. By the way, that, the Beverly Hills Hotel logo, that's his handwriting. I met Karen inside the hotel's Paul R. Williams suite, a tribute to the man who led its 1940s redesign. It's his hand, his mind, his ability to make forms live in space. This idea of, I am showing you something that does not exist yet. In the coming months, three exhibitions will celebrate Williams' life and work at USC's Fisher Museum of Art, LACMA, and the Getty. Well, these are- We got a preview at the Getty, where Dr. Laron P. Brooke showed me how architecture begins. This is the Beverly Hills Hotel, and this is a layout, and so we get to see, okay, the bungalows, the patio, all of these signature moments we associate with the Beverly Hills Hotel. His own beautiful work, but he couldn't stay there as a guest. A segregated Los Angeles never let him forget he was still a black man. Thing is, he didn't wanna forget. These initial drawings really bring out the partnership between Williams and the church that he spent much of his life in, First First AME. Williams designed the new First AME Church for free as a love letter to the lawyers, teachers, and others who poured into him after he was orphaned at just four years old, and that commitment went far beyond the church. Public housing. Yeah. Pueblo Del Rio, Nickerson Gardens, Compton Imperial Courts. He never forgot his community. He charged them less than he charged other people. Churches mattered a great deal to him. Faith mattered a great deal to him. Schools mattered. All the things that were gonna make a better life for his community, he was happy to work on. If there was a Paul Williams fan club, one very prominent developer might just be its president. At every step of the way, he was told what not to do, and what I love about him was his determination and his confidence in himself to do what he really believed he was good at. Rick Caruso met Karen more than 20 years ago after she learned of his love of her grandfather. Later, when he was building the Rosewood Miramar, Caruso says he wanted to incorporate Williams' influence. And so I said, Karen, I would love to just be able to buy a sheet. She said, there's no way I'm gonna give it to you. But the staircase at the Miramar is actually drawn by him because we lifted it off his drawings. And every time I walk on that, I get the chills. Every time I walk on that staircase, I think of him. You can find little nods to Williams in Caruso's other developments too, including the recently reopened Palisades Village. It's timeless classical architecture, and it is architecture, in my opinion, that just makes you feel good. And there's a simplicity to it which adds to its beauty. I just think at so many levels, he represents sort of the best of the best. This year will be the year Los Angeles learns so much more about the man who shaped so much of this city, those who already know are incredibly proud to share. I see the shoulders I stand on. I see that the kinds of imaginary, the kinds of radical thinking, the kinds of progressive thinking, the kinds of ideas expressed that inspire. And let me know that no matter what I may be feeling now in terms of these times, that someone like Williams understood his mission within times rougher than these. And I really think that's inspirational. And we have the footprints of his efforts here in these works. He just appreciated life. This is somebody who's orphaned by the time he was four. He knew every opportunity was an opportunity to be the best he could be and appreciate the fact that he was even here. I loved working on this story. Karen says that as great of an architect as he was, he was an even better grandfather. And that's just like my favorite piece about that. Yeah, the person first, right? Person first, yeah. And his legacy lives on. His legacy lives on forever. I mean, everywhere, right? It's really cool. Kids programs. Oh yeah, Karen has a program just kind of teaching little kids that, you know, hey, being an architect, it might be something you wanna do. And here's how you can change your world. It's not just beautiful houses. So that's nice to say he built Frank Sinatra's bachelor pad, but it's also your post office, your grocery store, how everyday life is shaped. And that that's important. I love that story. Thanks.