You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on
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and you as Amy Kay. This is your wake up call for Thursday,
March twenty first. Good morning, I'm Amy King. Thanks for starting
your Thursday with us. I love that intro. It's Todd Lights. He's
the PA announcer at Dodgers Stadium, which we will be hearing in just one
week from today. And of course it's a Dodgers are playing right now against
the Padres in Seoul, South Korea. It's Game two of the Major League
Baseball season. I'm not going to tell you what the score is, but
I'm gonna tell it's a slugfest. You can listen to the game. If
you want to hear the whole game, you can hear the replay at noon
on AM five seventy LA Sports or on the iHeartRadio app. Also, yesterday
I watched the Don Lemon Elon Musk interview. Remember Musk had said, Hey,
come on to X and we're gonna have a whole show and you're gonna
have a deal. And so then Lemon said, Okay, great, I'm
gonna do that. We'll let me interview you. And so they agreed to
the interview, and they sat down and they talked for an hour, and
then after that interview, Musk said, I don't want to do a deal
with you anymore. So Don Lemon says he's still gonna keep doing his show.
It just won't be on X, but you can find it on YouTube.
Really interesting, really interesting. Not gonna say one way or the other
how I felt about it, because they want you to take a look and
make up your mind about it, which is a lot of what Elon Musk
was saying. It's really fascinating his approach to X and all of that.
Anyway, it's also so national French bread day. Oh my god, I
want spaghetti. I know it's five o'clock in the morning, but it makes
me hungry. Maybe that's on the agenda for it later today. Note to
self, go get spaghetti. Here's what's ahead. On wake up call,
the La School District has introduced a new AI tool for students. Superintendent Alberto
Carvallo says the tool, called ED can give students a wake up call.
Hey, that's what I'm here for let them know when their bus arrives,
remind them of assignments, suggest what to read, and even tell them what's
for lunch at school. Carvallo says it is not meant to replace teachers,
support staff, counselors or other employees. President Biden is canceling nearly six billion
dollars in student loan debt for about seventy eight thousand public service workers. He
made the announcement yesterday. Church teachers, nurses, and firefighters who qualify will
be getting an email signed by President Biden saying they are on track to get
student loan forgiveness in less than a year. Shohy Otani's interpreter has apparently and
fired by the Dodgers allegations of surface that he stole millions of dollars from Otani
to place bets with a illegal book maker. At six oh five, its
handle on the news, lawmakers are cutting it close once again as they work
to avoid a government shutdown Friday at midnight. Let's get started with some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Three hundred and
sixty bus drivers, mechanics and utilitied workers in La have voted unanimously to go
on strike. The Teamsters union representing the workers rejected contractor MV Transportation's best and
final offer Tuesday night. A recent report by the LA Department of Transportation shows
rates for drivers are the least competitive in the region, resulting in staffing shortages,
impacted service and delays. A man who allegedly hijacked a metro bus and
crashed in downtown LA has been arrested. The guys accused of threatening the driver
with a gun overnight. There were no passengers on the bus, but the
bus did hit several park cars near the Ritz Carlton. The accused hijacker ran
off, but was caught a gun that he had turned out to be a
replica. Another building has become a popular spot for taggers, much like the
Ocean Wide Plaza in downtown LA that's now covered in graffiti. The five story
apartment building under construction in East Hollywood is surrounded by fencing and has signs up
warning people to stan out of the area that it's under surveillance, But despite
those precautions being in place, one side of the building is still full of
graffiti. Taggers have been using scaffolding to climb the upper levels of the building.
A mistrial's been declared in the case of a man from San Juan Capistrano
charged with stabbing his wife to death in twenty twenty. The jury told the
judge it couldn't agree on a verdict for first degree murder, and that caused
prosecutors to drop the first degree murder charge so the jury could focus on lesser
charges. Defense attorney Cameron Tally says the jury still couldn't agree on a second
degree murder charge or voluntary manslaughter. They were tremendously smart. They didn't have
a single question for readback or about the facts. They found those on their
own. Tally says. The jury deliberated for five days and had insightful questions
about the law, and the judge answered those questions correctly. Attorneys are expected
to meet next month to decide if there should be a retrial. Chris Adler
KFI News the Federal Reserve has held its key interest rate for the fifth consecutive
meeting. Inflation has eased substantially while the labor market has remained strong, and
that is very good news, but inflation is still too high ongoing progress and
bringing it down is not assured and the path forward is uncertain. FED Chair
Jerome Pali says the Central Bank is strongly committed to bringing inflation down to two
percent over time. Federal Reserve official signal that they still expect to cut their
key interest rate this year three times. Let's now say good morning to ABC's
Jordana Miller in Jerusalem. Jordana. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed back
to the Middle East. Where are we with the proposed cease fire for hostages
deal? That's right as a state. Anthony Blincoln was in Jedda, Saudi
Arabia yesterday. Today he is in Cairo meeting with the president there, Abdul
fateal Cci. Remember the Egyptians are playing a major role as mediators in the
Gaza seasire talks that are underway right now nearby in cutter You know, Anthony
Blincoln expressing some optimism and he thinks a deal is still very possible. You
know that the gaps are narrowing. I have to say that's not necessarily what
we're hearing here at Israel. Hamas put out a response that, you know,
basically criticizing Israel's first position in the talks. There's also disputes about which
issues are going to be discussed first, so there isn't a ton of optimism
though These talks are going to go on for we were told at least a
couple of weeks, and then we'll know if there's any real movement or not.
The framework remains the same, a six week ceasefire in exchange for the
release of about forty Israeli hostages, including all the women, including the female
soldiers, and then Israel will release in some cases at a rate of fifty
to one Palestinian prisoners for each one of those hostages. And Jordana it's such
it's so lopsided with the release of the Israeli hostages for the Palestinian prisoners.
Is there a reason for that? Is it because a lot of the people
being held are for low level crimes, so they figure that they're not as
they're not as I don't know, valuable of an asset. Right, that's
a good point. There are hundreds that are serving, you know, relatively
minor crimes. One of the disputes in the hostage deal talks revolves around which
Palestinian prisoners that have committed murder will be released, and Hamas wants dozens of
those high level Palestinian prisoners out and that's going to you know, that has
been a point of dispute, but is willing to release some of them to
get out the women, especially the female hostages. That's why the ratio for
those female hostages is expected to be the highest. There's only five of them,
but it could be up to you know, one hundred to one just
to get out the women, and dozen to who've committed murder. Okay,
So as those negotiations continue, the fighting continues. And are the Israeli forces
still at that hospital complex trying to get some of the Humas players. They
are. Today's day four of that operation. We heard an update this morning
from the Israeli Army. They now say they've killed in gunfights both in the
facility and outside, one hundred and forty AMAS fighters and supporters, and they've
arrested more than three hundred suspected militants from inside. They've also found three million
dollars in cash US dollars, there, piles of weapons. It's clear that
Hamas have had regrouped inside this hospital and they say that, you know,
among the arrests are some of high level Hamas fighters and some from Amichi hot
On the other side, we're also hearing that, you know, thousands of
civilians who are sheltering around the hospital there have been asked to move south to
evacuate, and that some of those civilians are getting caught up in the crossfire,
and that up to dozens could be killed over the last several days in
this operation. Okay, and then are they still treating patients. I know
it's not just one hospital building, it's a big complex, but are they
still treating patient building? Yes, there's five or six buildings in this complex.
Theseraeli Armies says no patients or medical staff have been hurt or injured.
They may be terrified, they may be trapped inside, but they have not
been hurt, and the Israeli Army is brought in fuel for the generators.
They say there has not been any disruption of the care for patients. Remember
this is these are special forces that are operating in different parts of the complex.
They haven't gone in and taken over the entire place, so they're not
going in with tanks and just bombing it. They have like it would be
like the equivalent of our Navy seals going in something like that, going in
exactly, going after it. Yeah, and among correct, correct, And
among them are medics, Arabic speakers, doctors. They've sent in, you
know, plenty of people to try to take care of the patients. But
it turns out that you know, these early army told reporters a few days
ago that they'd been monitoring Al Shifa for a while and they had noticed and
they were tracking that some of the Hamas leaders had regrouped in there, and
that turned out to be the case after they got in. Okay, all
right, Well, thank you so much for the update, Jordana a As.
As always, your information is now invaluable and we'll talk to you soon.
Thanks so much, so take care. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Voters in California
have passed a six billion dollar ballot measure requiring counties to spend more on housing
and drug treatment programs as a way to tackle the homelessness crisis. Prop one
marks the first update to the state's mental health system in twenty years. Governor
Newsom, who largely campaigned the measure and raised more than thirteen million dollars to
promote it. Says it's a huge victory for doing things radically different. The
US Attorney in LA says a new initiative will assist local law enforcement with prosecuting
gun related crimes. Martinis Strata says they've always helped local agencies when needed,
but now he's dedicating four attorneys to do nothing but meet with local police and
sheriff's investigators every month to help them identify and build federal cases. Those who
think that gun crimes are good business will need to think again. The potential
federal sentences for violent gun crime are severe. The FBI and ATF are also
on board, providing resources where needed. Astrata says the initiative should help put
a dent in violent crime. Steve Gregor Kfine News officials in the UK are
investigating a reported breach at the hospital that treated Princess Kate. ABC's Maggie Ruley
says staff attempted to access Kate's private medical records. The London Clinics thing if
a breach is found, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. The Princess of
Wales had what the Palace called a planned abdominal surgery in January. They said
the surgery was successful and Kate's condition was not cancerous. Another airline stowaway has
been busted. ABC's Alex Stones says this time the person allegedly took photos of
other passengers boarding passes so he could hop on a Delta flight to Salt Lake
City on Sunday. He boarded the flight and hit in the airplane bathroom,
they say, until a plane pushed back from the gate. Then claimed he
was in seat twenty one AF, but that seat was occupied. The plane
returned to the gate and he was met by police. The guy allegedly told
investigators he used a friend's Southwest Airlines buddy pass to get through TSA and boarded
the Delta plane when the flight he wanted was full. He's now in a
jail on a federal detainer. Join me and wake up call on Sunday,
April twenty first, So excited about this. We're going to be at Brookside
Park in Pasadena for the Wiggle Waggle Walk to benefit a benefit Pasadena Humane and
that's going to help care for thousands of animals that they take in every year.
As you'll remember, Jennifer Jones, Lee used to spearhead this cause,
and since she has headed back to Northern California, she's passed the leash on
to me. Get it. Okay, Yeah, so come out. You
can see adoptable pups, you can check out the booths. There's going to
be a costume contest, games, demonstrations, food and more. And you
can join our team, the wake Up Call Wigglers and come out to walk
with us and visit with the KFI booth. There's going to be an exclusive
KFI swag bag really cool stuff inside for your pooch. That's while supplies last.
And if you can't join us at the walk, you can still donate
to help us reach our goal at KFI AM six forty dot com slash Wiggle
that's where you're going to find all the information. You can sign up for
the walk, you can join our team, or you can just make a
donation or find out more about the Humane Society. But hopefully you will be
joining us on Sunday, April twenty first for this year's Wiggle Waggle Walk benefiting
Pasadena Humane. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six
forty. I got my coffee all ready to go. Hope it's a nice
relaxing day. Isn't always better when you start your day and you're not like
crazy stressed out. I hope your day is like that. Here's what we're
following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The La City Council is voted
to move forward with several police reform measures, including giving the Chief of Police
the power to fire officers. Currently that's up to the city's Board of Rights.
A city attorney will now put together an ordinance to change the city charter.
Then it will be up to voters to decide whether to make those changes.
The US may offer a plea deal to Julian Assange. The Justice Department
is apparently looking at ways to allow him to admit to misdemeanor charges and settle
the year's long extradition battle with the WikiLeaks founder. Massange is accused of espionage
for publishing thousands of classified documents related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The La Dodgers and San Diego Padres are playing their second of two season starting
games in Seoul, South Korea. The Dodgers won it five to two yesterday.
Former Japanese superstar Yashinobu Yamamoto is making his pitching debut for the Dodgers.
You can hear a replay of the entire game at noon today on AM five
seventy LA Sports or on the iHeartRadio app and that one's in HD. Not
going to tell you the score because the game's going on, but I'll tell
you it's a slugfest at six oh five. It's handle on the news.
Interest rates aren't coming down just yet and investigating our investors rather seem to be
okay with that. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan.
Jim, darn it, we missed International Happiness Day. Well you didn't
miss it. You know you made it through, right, but you just
didn't know his International Happiness DA. A lot of people don't know that,
and maybe that's a reflection of their own happiness level. But Gallup has been
asking people since twenty twelve, going around to one hundred and forty countries in
the world and asking people amy to imagine a ladder wrongs the lowest wrong,
being unhappy, the top wrong being very happy, and asking people to put
themselves somewhere on that ladder. And that's how they come up with it.
It's pretty straightforward kind of survey, and the results now are being released on
the International Happiness Day, Okay, and apparently it's not that big of a
deal that we missed International Happy Day because we're not that happy in the US.
Well, yeah, when it kind of depends upon your age, because
for the first time this survey has broken down the results by the age of
the respondent. So yeah, you're right. The United States has fallen off
the top twenty list for the first time since this question was being asked.
Right now, we're down at number twenty three, but it's largely being pulled
down by the happiness or the sense of well being of people under thirty.
So people thirty five and under just are not very happy in this country.
People sixteen up are pretty happy. And in fact, those sixteen up if
they were the ones, the only ones in the county, we'd be at
number ten around the world. If we only had people under thirty five and
their happiness were being engaged, we'd be down around sixty five, sixty six
something like that. So a lot of it is being sort of weighted down
by people under thirty five. Kids are downers there. You have kind of
okay, so what are these happiness rankings based on. We know that they
have a one to ten scale, but what kinds of things are they looking
at? Well, that's it. I mean, it's a self assessment and
that's it. Just are you happy? Right? Okay? How happy do
you feel? So it's not based on any particular criteria other than the ones
that you have in your own mind. Right, what makes me happy?
And how do I feel about where I am in life? And so where
would I put myself a lot, So it's kind of it's a self assessment.
It doesn't lay out complicated you know, matrices or vectors on where you
fall. It just says, how happy are you now? Put yourself on
this ladder? Okay, So we know we're not so happy in the US,
or at least the young people aren't. Where is everybody super happy?
Finland? Finland? Those people by Finland. It's getting cold there. It
is cold there, and so it's at the top of the list in terms
of happiness. It's followed by Denmark, Iceland, Sweden. So those top
four are pretty they're cold, right, those are cold weather countries. Then
Israel hits the list. Then the Netherlands. So for some reason, those
folks in Scandinavian that part of the world are pretty darn happy. And you
know, for I don't know how much it has to do with the weather,
but those are the folks who are happy and have been for the last
decade or so. Maybe it's from all the electronic rays coming off of the
northern lights, right or maybe Buyork. Maybe it's the music of Byorks happy
scan. Yeah, okay, so real quick. Israel is on the list
as what did you say, number six, number five? Yes, okay,
number six, And things in Israel right now are not very happy.
So it's not just based on this year, right, isn't it a three
year average or something? It is that's how Israel stayed in there, right
right before Hamas and all of that happened. Then I think you're right if
they if the survey were done today, the things might look a little different
in terms of Israel's happiness. Maybe maybe the US too, given you know,
you just mentioned the stock market. They're all three major indexes are record
highs, and investors at least appear to be fairly happy. Interest rates maybe
coming down. And by the way, folks, hundred thirty five. They
have they remember nine to eleven, right, that was they were nineteen years
old when that happened. They're thirty five, thirty four or something. Yeah,
they were young, but they should be able to remember it. They
know the economic crisis of two thousand and eight, two thousand and they know
the pandemic. They know right now if they go out and try to buy,
they're gonna have to pay three or four hundred thousand dollars. First of
all, they've got to pay off their student loans. So they're under they're
under stressors that people over sixty really aren't having to deal with right now.
And that may be part of it here. Okay, so note to self,
wait for the rolling average. Maybe things will get better next year.
And in the meantime, let's go to Finland. Don't worry, be happy.
Oh yes, I love that song. Thank you, Jim Ryan.
All right to you. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A man in Orange County's been charged
of sexually assaulting two girls in Anaheim. The twenty year old man was in
court yesterday but didn't enter a plea. He's accused of meeting the girls on
social media, meeting up with them and giving them alcohol that's caused the girls
to lose consciousness before they were allegedly assaulted. News brought to you by American
Vision Windows. A Tustin police officer will not face charges for killing a mentally
ill homeless man holding a broomstick. We got out your hands up, I
know you. Officer of Stella Silva was called out about a man living in
bushes waving a huge steak knife and talking to himself, but bodycam video shows
the guy come out in twenty twenty one with what officers said they thought at
the time was a metal pole raised in a striking position. The state DOJ
concluded Silva acted in self defense, but recommended the department review its body worn
camera policies and de escalation training. In Orange County, Corbin Carson KFI News,
environmental protection agencies announced new vehicle emissions standards. The EPA's Michael Reagan says
they will go into effect in three years. These technology standards for model years
twenty twenty seven through twenty thirty two will avoid more than seven billion tons of
carbon pollution. That's four times the total carbon pollution from the entire transportation in
the year twenty twenty one. Reagan says the new standards will help restore America's
position as a global leader against the fight for climate change. You're listening to
Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty. Here's what we're following
in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. California is Proposition one has passed by
a narrow margin. Prop one's going to designate more than six billion dollars in
bond funding to build housing and treatment facilities for people with mental illness, among
other things. Governor Newsom was a strong supporter and called it a huge victory.
President Biden is canceling nearly six billion dollars in student loan debt for about
seventy eight thousand public service workers. Teachers, nurses, and firefighters who qualify
will be getting an email signed by the President saying that they are on track
to get student loan forgiveness in less than a year. The Englewood School District
is planning to permanently close five schools at the end of the twenty twenty four
to twenty five school year. The district says it's because of declining enrollment and
financial issues. Protesters say the district just wants the land the schools stand on
to sell to developers. One of the schools less than a mile away from
Sofi Stadium and the soon to be open into a dome. At six oh
five, it's handle on the news. Republicans are planning to call President Biden
to testify in his impeachment in At five point fifty, it's kitten season because
it's springtime, which is adorable, but that also leads to a flood of
kittens being dumped at shelters. So we're going to be talking to the kitten
lady about what you can do, how you can help, even if you
don't want to adopt. It is springtime, which seems to be a time
to celebrate food. Lots of food festivals going on, and one of them
is happening at Knots Berry Farm. So we went out and about to the
Boysoberry Festival and I got a chance to catch up with entertainment producer Chris Doe,
who we last talked to for Nots Scary Farm back in the falls.
So this is a much more friendly festival. I've never been to the Boisonberry
Festival before, so it was kind of a real treat. So Chris,
what are we going to find at this year's Boisonberry Festival? Yeah? So
Boys and Berry Festival is happening right now through all the way through April twenty
Aphlus selectate. So we're tyler sides everybody here. There's food, there is
entertainments, there's merchandiser, so much fun. But this beauty of it is
a boisonberry festival and that all started with Walter or Not as a boisonberry farmer.
We created the boisonberry. So what better way is Patrini than the whole
festival? Okay, so we all know there, let's take a lok.
Yeah, we all know that there are boison berries out there, But I
did not realize that the Boys and Berry originated with not Verry fun. Yes,
so did he create it? It's a hybrid or are he just the
first one to discover any picking. Yes, it is a hybrid of a
couple of different berries that we have, and Walter Not created it and it
took off and here we are, you know, years later, celebrating it
here at the Boisberry Festival. There's so much food, so there's so much
beverage and all, of course all Boysonberry inspired and themed. Yes, okay,
So I'm gonna tell you that we've already been around and we've done some
tasting, okay, and I am amazed at their taking a regular delicious meal
and then infusing the boisonberry into it. Like we had the sliced pork okay,
with mashed potatoes, and then it had a boisonberry gravy. Oh my
goodness, that sound was a delist so delicious, right, and then traditional
stuff like we had a boisonberry combler, and then we just had the funnel
cake with a boisonberry ice cream. Oh so good. So you think of
boisonberry has dessert, but it's not. It's main courses too. Yes,
it's main courses too. And what I love about it is Southern California.
We have such a rich, diverse food offers that we have here, and
so to take that Southern California cuisine and then add that boys and Berry to
it, you get the best of both worlds. You know. One of
my favorite things here is the low there. I love a lodate and all
of a sudden day, yet you need a problem list is one of my
personal favorites. So you take that, you have some boisonberry to it,
and it tastes completely different. It is such a tread here. Yeah.
And one of the things we tried on the charcooterie board it was a boison
berry mustard and you think of that and you go, well, that's a
weird combination. And then you try and you go, well, that's just
delicious. So it's like surprising flavors. Yes, you take what you think
would be a dessert flavor and you put it on some of your main courts
and your savory dishes. Oh, it as a whole nother word doing Okay,
Now, during Boys and Berry Festival, not only do we have tons
and tons of food, and I think we said there's like seventy five new
food offerings, and I do want to say that you guys have some vegan
options and some gluten free options. There are gluten free options as well as
vegan options that we had as well here at the festival. And then on
top of that a wonderful beverage program too. We have you know, drinks
that are inspired by the Boys and Berry as well as if you are you
know, over twenty one and likes to indulge in an adult beverage. We
do have, you know, beers and cocktails that are boys and Berry inspired
as well. I had a boison berry espresso martini with lavender sprinkles. It
was so good and again surprising flavors. That sounds deficious, Yes, it
does. I'm going to have a chance to try it. I feel like
I need to try that pretty soon. We'll be done with this interview quickly
and then maybe you and I will run off and get that sounds like we
Okay. So here's the other thing that's really cool about the Boys and Berry
Festival. It's not just food, it's entertainment. It's entertainment, okay.
And look at all these booths there are, I mean, how many boos?
Thanks? Do you guys have their little small vendor booths and really cool,
fun, unique things. Yeah, we partner with with a large amount
of local crafters. They come in and you're seeing right now a wonderful tea
vendor that we have. But of course we say it's a boys and Berry
festival, how do you infuse that boys and Berry fun into it? And
all the crafters come up with something absolutely amazing and it's so delicious Boys and
Berry bulwa it's real good. Oh. I saw the boys on a Verry
goobag oh and I said, there's a whole booth that had boisonberry candles and
they all smell so delishus like, yeah, so much to check out.
So again, it's going now through the April twenty eighth. Yes, right
now, it's pretty much every day, and then it's going to go to
weekends and selectings and how some people find more information before they buy their tickets.
Yeah, they can go to dot notts dot com. They'll be able
to get all of our operating dates as well of the days that we offer
the Bois and Berry Festival. We'll have food, we'll have beverages, walk
crafters of course, will entertainment. Will be a great time, delicious and
entertaining. Yea, you can ask for much more. Thank you so much,
wonderful. I'll see you again. All right. That's out and about
for this week at the Boys and Berry Festival. It not's very far and
it was deliciousness. I must tell you if you want to find out dates,
because like I said, it's going pretty much every day right now,
it'll switch to weekends after spring break and select dates, so you can find
all the information at knots dot com. I think my favorite thing, and
Nick, I'm not sure what your favorite thing was, but I think my
favorite thing was the corn chowder with boisonberry syrup. Sounds so weird, but
it was such a cool mix of savory and sweet. It was so tasty.
What did I like? There's just so much there. Barbara the barber
coo over the mac and cheese with the boisonberry drizzle was also incredible, which
lovely, And then there's a lot It's really there's a lot of sweet that's
been added to the savory options, and that's what I kind of enjoy is
that mashup of the two flavors. But yeah, I was gonna say,
you know what really good was that slushy that I had in the cute little
boysonberry container. Oh yeah, you can also get there, but it's the
only place you can get boisonberry flavored icy anywhere in the country. Pretty much
anywhere in the world is it nots Verry Farm for the Boisonberry Festival. So
that's one of the specially unique treats that is available right now through April and
I love the boys and berries were created right here at knots Very Farm.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour News. We're one of the largest meth busts at the California Mexico border
included carrots. During the routine inspection of a semi truck at the O ti
Mesa commercial port of entry, customs officers say they found five hundred and seventy
four packages of meth weighing nearly three thousand pounds. Officers say while they were
opening produce boxes Sunday morning, they noticed orange packages underneath clear banks of carrots.
The orange packages, along with the crushed ice, were meant to blend
in with the orange vegetables. Officials say the meth has a street value worth
millions of dollars. Steve Gregory kaf I News. Prosecutors in ventur Counties,
a corrections officer from Fullerton has been charged with nine felonies for having sex with
a fifteen year old girl. Court papers show from December of twenty twenty two
to February of twenty three, a Zan Santu engaged in sexual activity with the
teen while working at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility in Camerio. Special enhancements were
also filed because Sandu took advantage of a position of trust or confidence. Allegedly,
Sandu pleaded not guilty yesterday and remains in jail on a million dollars bail.
Hundreds of public safety cameras are being installed throughout San Francisco. Mayor London
Breeds says the goal is to help fight organized retail and motor theft and make
the city safer for people who live there, also businesses and visitors. She
says four hundred licensed plate readers are also being added on a rolling basis at
more than one hundred locations around the city. You're listening to a wake up
Call on demand from KFI Am six forty My How time flies when you're having
fun and hope you're enjoying the show this morning. We have a handle on
the News coming up in just a few moments, So if you're not enjoying
wake up Call, you're definitely going to enjoy Handle on the News. Actually,
we have some we still have some really great stuff coming up, so
stick around. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
A sixteen year old girl has died more than a week after she got into
a fight with two other girls at school in South la. The girl's mother
says her daughter and the girls fought in the bathroom at Manual Arts High School
on March fifth. The girl died March fifteenth of a brain hemorrhage. The
mom says school officials and campus police didn't do enough to stop the bullies from
going after her daughter, who had come home from school with injuries in the
past. The US may be offering a plea deal to Julian Assage. The
Justice Department is apparently looking at ways to allow him to admit to misdemeanor charges
and settle the year's long extradition battle with the Wikileak's co founder. Assage was
accused of espionage for publishing thousands of classified doctors comments related to the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan. The Dodgers and Padres playing their second of two season starting
games in Seoul, South Korea. The Dodgers won the first one five to
two yesterday. You can hear a full replay of the whole game at noon
today on AM five, seventy LA sports and HD on the iHeartRadio app.
We're just minutes away from Handle on the news. Getting close to retirement.
Not so fast. Some House Republicans are calling for hiking the retirement age.
Let's say good morning now to the Kitten Lady, Hannah Shaw. Good morning,
Hannah, Hi, thanks for having me. Okay, before we get
started, because we're going to be talking about kitten season and stuff. How
did you come to be known as the Kitten Lady? Well, I started
rescuing kittens about fifteen years ago after finding a kitten in a tree, and
kittens just started finding me, and I started rescuing them, and the rest
is history. I think that this is my theory that when you go into
a shelter to find a pet, I think they find you. Sounds like
that's what happened with you. I agree with that completely. Yeah, And
a lot of foster parents start out the way that I do. A lot
of people don't realize how many kittens are in our shelter system, but they
find kittens outside, realize what's going on and want to help. Okay,
So it is kitten season, Hannah, which is exciting because kittens are adorable,
but it's also scary because there's so many of them, and as you
just mentioned, a lot of them just get dumped. A lot of them
end up in shelters thankfully, so at least they have a chance. But
tell us about the event that you're going to be speaking out this weekend that
specifically deals with kittens and what the situation is now. Sure, So on
Sunday the twenty fourth at Pasadena Humane Society, there's going to be a really
wonderful kitten shower event that's just like a baby shower, but for kittens.
Because kitten season is here, there's a lot of kittens that are going to
be coming through the shelter doors. So we're asking people to come with donations
to provide, you know, a lot of the supplies that these kittens are
going to need, but also to come and learn about what kittens need.
So I'll be doing a number of workshops covering everything from introduction to what is
fostering, what should you do if you find a kitten outside this spring or
summer, and then of course covering kitten care from you know, everything from
bottle feeding through weaning and getting them adopted. Okay, so if you if
you just got a kitten would be good to go. If you're thinking about
it, would be good to go, or if you're not ready to adopt,
fostering may be a good way to go because you can help. But
if you don't have the long term commitment. Yeah, and you know,
fostering is something a lot of people don't realize they actually do have the ability
to do. It's such a short term commitment with such a huge impact that
can be made on these animals. Even fostering for one to two weeks,
Even if you foster just one litter of kittens every year in the spring or
summer, that makes such a big difference for the Humane Society. You know,
there are so so many kittens entering doors and we really just need the
community all hands on deck to help out and make a difference. And this
is the event where you can learn how to do that and find where you
fit in. Okay, And the idea behind fostering is because the kittens need
extra care because they're babies. They don't have their mamas with them, and
so you need extra people and they're just start enough people at the shelter all
the time to take care of all of them. Is that right? Yeah?
I like to think of foster parents kind of like a bridge, you
know, or like a bridge between the kittens, like being in really a
hopeless situation where if they're not with their moms, they are not able to
take care of themselves. They're not you know, kittens are born even with
their eyes closed, ears folded, they can't regulate their own temperature. You
know, they need overnight care. We're a bridge that just gets them,
you know, across the line to where they are old enough to be you
know, a bit independent, able to eat on their own, able to
go to their forever home. So it's like babysitting. You know, it's
a short term commitment makes a really big difference for them, and you know,
it's such a joyful thing for foster parents like me to get to be
part of that journey for them. Okay and Hannah, what is the ideal
kitchen kitchen kitten foster parent. What does that look like? Oh, there's
so many different ways to foster. There are people who just do like overnight
relief fostering. There are people who do fostering for full eight weeks from the
time the kitten comes in at two days old, so you can work with
you know, little bottle babies, especially if you work from home. If
you work from home, taking care of those little guys is something that we
need a lot of people to do, and it's just a couple of minutes
every few hours of care for them. But even if you don't work from
home or you don't feel like waking up in the middle of the night,
you can foster a mom with babies. You can foster weaned kittens where you
know, if you have thumbs that can open up a can of food a
couple times a day, you can foster older kittens. So really you kind
of adapt it to whatever your lifestyle is. You know, whatever time and
skills you have to give, the Humane Society will for sure find some way
to fit you into that program. Okay. And you can find out so
much more this Sunday from ten to three thirty at Pasadena Humane where Hannah is
holding a kitten shower. And where do they go to find more information and
do they need to register or do they just show up so they can go
to my website. It's Kittenlady dot org slash events. I have a link
there that will give you all the information and it's happening from ten to three
point thirty on Sunday, and you can register on the website and find out
more. All right, Hannah, Hannah Shaw, the Kitten Lady, thank
you so much. I hope you find lots of foster parents over the weekend
and also get some kiddies adopted. Thank you very much. All right,
Thanks, Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four our newsroom. The interpreter for Dodgers player Shohei Otani has been fired
over allegations of theft and illegal gambling. Andrew Dimbert says the interpreter allegedly stole
more than four million dollars from Otani to pay off gambling debts. Zuhara allegedly
placed wagers within the legal sports book in California. ESPN reviewed bank information,
it says shows Otani's name on two five hundred thousand dollars payments made last year.
A spokesman for Otani says the baseball star has been the victim of a
massive theft and they were turning the matter over to authorities. Misahara worked with
Otani for years during his time with the Angels and now with the Dodge.
Major League Baseball confirmed he was fired yesterday. Prosecutors in Riverside County say the
alleged shooter in a murder for higher plot tied to a church leader maybe hiding
out in Mexico. A Zeus Felies Garcia is charged with attempted murder, assault
with a firearm, and conspiracy. He and another guy were allegedly played paid
forty thousand dollars last year by a church pastor from Victorville to kill a man
who was dating the pastor's daughter. They shot the guy in October, but
he survived. Three two lift off rocket Lab has successfully sent a spy satellite
into orbit for the US National Reconnaissance Office and Electron rocket carrying the payload lifted
off early this morning from Wallops, Virginia. The mission is called Live and
Let Fly Get It. Rocket Lab says the National Reconnaissance Office missions provide critical
information to more than a half million government users, including every member of the
intelligence community, the military lawmakers. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with
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