my entire family lives in koreatown. indigenous people live in koreatown.hat area, you know, it is part of cedillo's. . for me, the comments were disgusting but that area of koreatown, there is a lot of indigenous oaxacans but also they failed to recognize we contribute to koreatown and not only koreatown, where all over. redistricting is happening. on that conversation, it is unfortunate what they think of us and also was services they would provide or, you know, how is it they're going to serve a group of people they talk so awful about, right? i think -- juan: i wanted to ask you also, you mentioned councilman does a deal. i have known him for more than 30 years and i tried to reach him. i got him on the phone last night and asked him about this horrendous -- this horrendous conversation. he was remorseful but at the same time, he admitted he should have spoken out and tried to septic council president from some of her remarks. can you talk about the fact ,gil cedillo has been a champion of the end document for decades in los angeles. can you talk about

times," the democrat talks about the city's koreatown. >> i see a lot little short people. >> and she insults the black child of a white city council member. in spanish she says -- he's like a little monkey. >> this kid need as beatdown. let me take him around the corner, and then i'll bring him back. >> reporter: this recording leaked over the weekend. within hours she apologized. i hold myself accountable for these comments. for that, i am sorry. not good enough for dozens of protesters converging on her home. they want her gone, off the city council altogether, not just as president. >> this is the moment to draw a hard line in the sand. >> reporter: the council member is disgusted that martinez attacked our son with horrific racist slurs. it's vile, abhorrent, and utterly disgracefu. >> they claim to represent us. they don't represent us. >> reporter: who recorded the tape, who leaked it, and why, is all unclear. but there's a growing clamor here for other resignations, the two city council members who talked to martinez on the tachlt why? because they never rebuked her for her co

well underway for the suspect that they say is responsible for monday night's deadly shooting in koreatownthey say they're following up on several leads. but at this time, an arrest has not been made. several gunshots rang out late monday night. investigators say englewood rapper half ounce whose legal name is let our say o'brien was found gunned down in an apartment complex. planter. he was shot and killed while walking with a friend on the 700 block of south new hampshire avenue in koreatown. authorities say someone pulled up in a dark suv and began shooting. half ounces friend was able to get away. but the 32 year-old aspiring rapper died at the scene. a single male suspect only described as a male black. >> dark clothing apparently did the shooting. they got into a dark suv and left southbound from location. a manager at a nearby building captured this video of what he believes is the suspect's suv leaving the scene. >> now police are urging the public to keep an eye out for the vehicle and come forward with any information. half ounce was known for rapping about gang life. he is the 3

a trip from koreatown to the va campus, which now takes over an hour on a bus, sometimes longer than that is going to shrink to 25 minutes on rail. we expect to see nearly 80,000 more riders on metro every day, thanks to the purple line extension. [applause] roughly fewer car rides every 27,000 day. it's going to affect pollution in a significant, positive way: 124,000 fewer tons of carbon dioxide pumped into the air by los angeles every year. 124,000. that's what it takes out of the air nearly 14 million gallons of gasoline saved. and it's an easier commute for half a million people who come to work every day in century city or elsewhere on the westside. plus, this project is a job creator. more than 100,000 workers union workers, more than 100,000 workers hard at work on the entire purple line extension, all three sections. and here is something else. typically, companies that bid for project like this one are not required to hire locals. i mentioned this one before but it's a one dimension. when karen pushed for a provision in the infrastructure bill i hadn't even thought about it

disparaging la county's da as quote, unquote, with the blacks and calling certain that he knows in koreatown ugly. another public commenter calling the leaked audio racist. >> this gusting and undermine the solidarity work that we've all been building here in los angeles. numerous calls for all 3 council members to resign. yes, to get out. they don't need to be there anymore because they are not else. these at too much prejudice are going on right now. martinez and the others at that meeting, it issued apologies. herrera resigned from his position. martinez, he's stepped down as council president and taking a leave of absence of forest including councilman mike bonnen saying it is not enough. >> asking for forgiveness and good first but well, second step because you must >> and that was lauren lister reporting for us tonight. california attorney general rob bonta says the state's department of justice has >> wiped out almost a million illegal e cultivated cannabis plants around the state. >> a seasonal task force carried out the work and of course, of 13 weeks. the team says it also seized m

meeting last october, call the boy, a little monkey, in spanish, and referred to immigrants living in koreatown as short little dark people. they are so ugly. she also made disparaging remarks about jews and armenians. yesterday, she quit her leadership position, but not the council. she said, i take responsibility for what i said, and there are no excuses for these comments. as a mother, i know better, and i am sorry. i am truly ashamed. today, martinez announced she will take a leave of absence from the council itself. nury martinez is the daughter of mexican immigrants in the first latina to hold a powerful counsel position. the los angeles times today described her as a blunt talker, undone by her own words. also in the meeting, this man, ron herrera, president of one of the areas most powerful labor unions, the los angeles county federation of labor. he resigned last night. there are calls for the other two councilmembers, seen here in the meeting, to also resign. they laughed and made wisecracks as martinez spoke of a young boy. they have apologized, but have not given up their positions.

they're caught on tape saying horrible things about a black child, black people, jews, armenians, koreatownking about the child. i'm wondering, you know, and you wrote about this, when you're now the majority, you're not supposed to act like those who previously oppressed you, but these actions are just so -- it's amazing to think that they just knew that no one was listening. and when no one listens this is the kind of stuff that comes out of their mouths. how does the city go forward? >> it is going forward. they are part of -- we know this, jose. there's way too many people within our community who are still antiblack, hate poor people, all that stuff. you have a younger generation who is pushing back against antiblackness in the latino community. their work is not going to be dissuaded by these three folks saying the things that they did. it is -- it needs to be dealt with, anger needs to be held, people need to be angry, but then what, you cannot -- no one is going to let that anger fester. we're going to move forward one way or another. it's not going to be easy. but, hey, life isn't

s koreatown, and the national media attention, i would think, has got to be an embarrassment to the hispanicmunity in l.a., actors, famous people speaking out partially against it as well as members of that federation of labor, some 800,000 members strong, saying they're upset that this happened and that the tape was around, it was recorded almost exactly a year ago, october 18th of 2021. they're mad that it wasn't brought to light by the leader there. so ultimately, we'll see who leaked it. we may never find out although that labor attorney is asking for an investigation saying that the recording was made illegally, and they're upset that the "l.a. times" published. they, obviously, stand behind that. howard: yeah. >> what an insight into the unbelievable racism at the highest level in l.a.'s city council. howard: makes you wonder what else is said behind closed doors. thanks so much, griff. that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz." i'm houser kutz. subscribe to my podcast, media buzz meter. apple itunes is a great place to do it. we had a a lot to get through today, the subpoena of trump,