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you are. Hey, I wanted to share something kind of cool with you.
Not kind of cool, this is very cool. So KFI just one
what's called a Crystal Radio Award from the National Association of Broadcasters, and our
program director Robin Bertolucci went out to Vegas along with producer Michelle for the awards
ceremony this week and KFI was among fifty finalists for an award, and KFI
won one, which is super awesome. The award is for kfi's involvement in
the community, which includes things like Pastathon, which makes sense that Michelle was
there because, as you know if you've listened to KFI, that Michelle is
so integral in making Pastathon happen. In fact, I doubt it would happen
without her, and even the Wiggle Waggle Walk, which is coming up this
weekend. And I just wanted to kind of acknowledge that KFI makes an impact
because of you and your generosity and because you come out to support the things
that we do. So thank you. If I had the award, I
would share it with you, but it's hidden in Robin's office right now.
Anyway. Very cool. Congratulations, a little pat on the back for KFI.
Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Former President Trump's going to be
back in court today as jury selection continues in his hush money trial. Seven
jurors have been seated so far. A total of eighteen twelve regular jurors and
six alternates are needed before opening arguments can happen. Caltrans says water seeping from
under rocks and debris that have blocked to Pega Canyon boulevard could be a sign
that a larger portion of the hillside above the roadway could come down at any
time. A landslide last month following heavy rains closed the roadway indefinitely. Arizona's
near total abortion ban is still law. Democratic lawmakers attempted but failed to repeal
the law that date backs dates back to eighteen sixty four and bans almost all
abortions in the state. At the moment, the earliest the ban could be
enforced is early June. The popular weight loss drug zep Bound has another side
effect. It can help you get a good night's sleep. We're gonna be
talking more about that with ABC's Jim Ryan in about fifteen minutes. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
A man accused of shooting an LA County Sheriff's canine and Compton has been
arrested. Deputy say it happened last night when they were searching for a man
wanted four reasons that have not been shared. They say at some point the
guy got out of his hiding place and shot one of the dogs. The
k nine was wearing a bulletproof vest and is in stable condition at a pet
hospital. An LAPD officer who fatally shot a fourteen year old girl in North
Hollywood has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing. The officer had successfully shot and killed
a guy police say attacked a woman and refused to drop a large chain.
On December twenty third, twenty twenty one, Daniel Lopez was seen inside a
Burlington Cote factory harassing customers. When officers arrived, they say they found Lopez
standing over a bloodied woman, and when he refused to drop the chain,
an officer opened fire, but one of the rounds ricocheted off the floor and
went through the wall of a dressing room where Valentina Parolta was trying on dresses.
She died unscene. State law now requires state investigators to review cases where
an unarmed person is killed by law enforcement. Steve Gregory Quaa Fine News.
Huntington Beach's mayor says Attorney General Rob Banta is showing he has it in for
Serf City by filing a lawsuit against the city's voter approved voter ID law.
Gracie Vandermark says the city has the ok from Orange County to require voters to
show id to cast a ballot. She also says it's costing a lot of
money to fight the state, but it's her job to keep fighting for Huntington
Beach residents. Democratic lawmakers in Arizona have criticized Republicans for blocking an effort to
repeal a ban on almost all abortions in the state. We're talking about a
bill that was passed before Arizona was even a state, before women had the
right to vote. The bill to repeal then eighteen sixty four abortion law,
upheld by the state Supreme Court, failed to overcome procedural obstacles yesterday. Arizona
is one of twenty one states to ban or severely restrict abortion since the Supreme
Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Toronto Raptors forward John Tey Porter has been
banned for life from the NBA for sharing confidential information with sports betters and betting
on games. The league says Porter told better that he was sick before a
game in March. That person then placed an eighty thousand dollars bet that won
one point one million dollars after Porter took himself out of the game. Commissioner
Adam Silver says nothing is more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition for
the fans, teams and everyone associated. It's five ZHO six. Let's say
good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller in Jerusalem. Good morning, Jordana.
So Iran has warned Israel not to retaliate. The US and other countries are
saying, don't retaliate. What's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's saying in response to all
of this, Well, the Israeli Prime Minister is saying, you know,
we're grateful for the help that the allies, the United States and Europe and
regional allies that they came together on Saturday night to help defend Israel, and
you know, we appreciate their advice. But nataniel is saying, you know,
Israel is going to make its own decision about how and when to respond
against Eran. And you can see that Natanielle is struggling as well as his
cabinet. They're struggling on making a final decision about what the best way to
respond is. You know, we've learned at ABC News that at least two
strikes were prepared and then aborted during these last several days, and it just
it speaks to the difficulty of this decision. Right, Israel needs to make
a move that is incredibly calibrated so that it both sends a message to Iran
but doesn't drag the region into war and doesn't alienate, for example, the
regional partners that helped defend Israel, the Jordanians, the Egyptians, the Amortis,
you know, the Saudis and the Kataris. Whether they played a role
or not on Saturday, they're a key partner because they're the mediator for Hamas
you know, and the hostage release deal and fees, fire talks. So
this is probably the most important strategic decision Israel has made in quite some time.
Some are com now nineteen ninety one, when Israel, after weeks made
the decision not to respond to the a rocky sky uds that were fired in
the First Golf War. Oh yeah, so you know, so we we
may No, I don't. I don't think there's an answer yet to how
Israel is going to respond. Aroan is certainly on the high alert, and
they're making all kinds of threats and maybe Israel will just keep them, you
know, in the in a state of anxiety and not knowing maybe for some
time. I think it's so interesting all all the things that come into play,
that it's just such a tangled web. And you know, I keep
hearing that they the Israeli war cabinet has met for five hours, the Israeli
war Cabinet met again for three hours, and they must just sit around and
just strategize and just go, well, if we do this, then this,
and if we do that, and what if we don't do this,
and should we do that? And then okay, maybe do that, but
not this, you know. I mean, it's just so right since the
chess game in a sense, right, And remember that because as President Biden
has been you know, really, you know, he's just come to Israel's
side, not only after October seventh, but even with the daylight over Gaza.
You know, he didn't he didn't bat an eye to put together quickly
a coalition that would try to defend you know, the Skuy's, you know,
above Israel and above other countries. And we have to remember that the
Iranian strike was more significant than American or Israeli officials assumed, you know,
almost three times as you know, as as significant large. I mean,
the American Israelis figured, Okay, Ironald is going to fire one hundred,
maybe one hundred and fifty, mostly drones, a few some missiles, you
know. In the end it was over three hundred. It was almost three
hundred and fifty, of which there were one hundred and twenty one hundred and
twenty ballistic missiles, you know, forty crews missiles and the rest drones,
you know, And it was the Iranians now because because the attack was a
failure, now the Iranians are putting out messages, well we was going to
be symbolic, and well we used old weapons on purpose, and well we
weren't really going to hit you know. We if we really wanted to attack
and get something through, we would have launched a different kind of strike.
I mean, you know, that's good for the propaganda. I'm not sure
it correlates to reality. Well, and it seems like with Iran a lot
of it's about saving face. Just like when they did the attack after the
US took out Sola money, they fired back and did a similar thing on
a much smaller scale, but fired at basis but didn't really try to hit
anything, right, right, I Mean, there were I think a few
dozen American servicemen who were injured in that. But no, I don't think
they mean there was no one. No one died in those strikes on an
American base. Yeah, I mean, and that was I mean, this
was a much larger strike, right, That was probably a few dozen and
this was over three hundred. Yeah, so, you know, a short
while ago, even Iran, Iran now says we may reconsider our nuclear policy
if if if Israel strikes, strikes, so after denying for two decades that
they are trying to build nuclear weapons, now they're threatening to essentially use nuclear
weapons or build a nuclear weapon, right if Israel strikes, Now suddenly it
was a it was a you know, it took it took you know a
few days for them to switch from oh no, no, our nuclear program
is civil. We've never wanted or needed a nuclear weapon to to uh oh,
we may just reconsider that, you know, as if you could do
that without having to spend two decades trying to build nuclear weapons. I mean
it's so far. Yeah, but you know, I think Israel's after making
a lot of mistakes, I think, Yeah. I was talking to one
source today who said, it feels like, you know, the generals are
finally realizing. Okay, you know we've underestimated. We estimated Humus, we
underestimated Iron's reaction. You know, let us not rush into something. Let's
really think about what's next. And that's that's a good sign. Yes,
well thought out plans are our better ones. Thank you, Jordana Miller.
Appreciate all the information, and we'll talk to you soon. Talk All right,
let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The union representing metro bus drivers in LA is demanding better
safeguards for its drivers following two violent attacks. A driver was sucker punched and
stabbed on Saturday in South LA but LEASA the guy who did it is wanted
for attempted murder. A passenger attacked the same day in Silver Lake. In
March, a metro bus was hijacked and crashed into the Ritz Carlton in downtown
LA. A three hundred, twenty thousand dollars test program, we'll dispatch six
TESLA police cars in Anaheim. We have to come up with a creative way
to get patrol vehicles in service. Ana I'm police Sergeant Jacob Gallagher, says
TESLA batteries will have to handle patrol computers, sirens, chases, and other
police work. We plan to charge it to eighty percent, so that should
give us about two hundred and sixty miles of range, So our officers drive
anywhere between eighty and one hundred and twenty miles on average per day. He
says lower fuel and maintenance costs in the long run should offset the higher upfront
costs for each tesla in Anaheim, Corbin Carson KFI News, it's five thirteen
on your wake up call and the weekend just around the corner. Always a
lot to do, and so that's why we turned to our very own Nick
Poliochini because he has a whole segment called This Weekend with Nick has got a
podcast. You can also find information on a web page. And what we
want to do because he's got a ton of things is Nick, we have
you narrow it down just a bit, So let's check in and find out
what our nixt top picks for this weekend around Los Angeles. So my first
three top picks are going to be the La Times Festival Books, which is
happening at USC both tomorrow or rather not tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday,
and that happens to have at least one hundred different artist authors from around the
world that are there that are featured in different panels. Also, along with
me having a podcast, pod Save America will be having a panel and there'll
be quite a few podcasts they'll be represented there. But the Festival of Books
is something that's been happening for many, many years and it's a great opportunity
for you to get out and enjoy something because it's all over the usc campus.
It is free ninety nine which is always a favorite, and general emissions
for you to get in. It's totally free, so you can go to
any of those things. If you want to go to a panel, that
is also free, But if you want the good seating, it's a couple
of bucks to reserve it, and most of that money does go charity,
so it's kind of a nice situation that way. Even if you're spending a
few bucks to get better seats for it, it is going to a good
cost, So that's all. There's that, all right, And then I've
been to this before and you just went to the Pasadena Showcase of House Design
for the first time, and that's going on now, so tell us about
that, correct. So that actually starts out on Sunday the twenty first and
runs through May nineteenth. It is this unique space where it's actually a charity
fundraiser for scholarships for students and also for the symphony, the La Symphony and
Philharmonic and a youth concert program, and that is taking place in Pasadena.
You can attend it. It is an admission cost, but all the money
does go to charity. And what it is is about twenty three designers this
year take over this beautiful man or a beautiful mansion in Pasadena and each of
them is given a different room in the house to do with what they please,
and so they're able to really bring their creativity and the sky's limit on
what they're able to do to each of those spaces, anywhere from the primary
suite with an en suite bathroom to the gatehouse which is at the front of
the property. Some really cute things are there. So it's really really fun
and worth getting out for it. Yeah, you know, I wish I
had a gatehouse. Yeah, no kidding. Pasadena has those amazing houses and
they do this every year and they feature a different house every year. They
take it over, remodel it, redesign it, and then they let the
public go and see it. And I'll do it for a good cause.
It's a really cool thing going on through when May nineteenth, right May nineteenth,
and the howner moves back in with all these new accouterments, which is
even more interesting. So actually it all stays, it all sticks around.
It's quite interesting that way, deal deal, okay. And then in Chinatown
there's something going on real quick. What is it and when is it?
It's going to be the tenth annual Bob Baker Day. If you're not familiar
with Bob Baker Marionette, so Bob Baker, it was a marionette, correct,
It's a marionette theater that's over in the Allegiant Park area. Tenth anniversary
of it, and it celebrates a history of puppetry and so kind of you
know, Jim Henson and actually started out with Bob Baker many many years ago,
and he was featured in a lot of the Jim Henson productions as well.
So anyway, it's one of those really fun events that actually is free
ninety and nine. Again, it all takes place outdoors and it's a great
opportunity for you to enjoy the weather that's supposed to be good this weekend,
right, and it be fabulous weather this weekend. Nice? All right?
And what else do we have to do? We'll talk about that, right,
something else that we have to do this weekend. Yes, we have
the Wiggle Wagglewalk. In fact, we went out to Pasadena Humane and caught
up with Kevin McManus. So we'll get all the big details on that because
that's just a few days away, and that's happening of course in Pasadena on
Sunday. And then Nick, where do people find out more about these events
and all of the other stuff going on. Everything can be found at this
Weekend with Nick dot com, including more details about Wiggle Wagglewalk, and also
you can check out Nick polio'kinne or this weeko with Nick on Instagram. All
right, thank you Nick. The LA fire recruit killed on the one one
Free Win Studio City was not the victim of a hit and run. This
HP now says twenty two year old Jacob Puente had not gotten out of his
car to render aid to car crash victims as first thought, but instead crashed
his jeep into another vehicle, then got out of the car while it was
still in traffic lanes. That's when he got hit by another vehicle during a
multi vehicle crash that followed a widespread nine one one outage knocked out service in
four states. Nevada, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas. Residents weren't
able to call the number during the outage yesterday. Service was restored late last
night in Las Vegas and early this morning in parts of Nebraska. South Dakota
says they're back online. There are still some issues. In Texas. Disney's
character performers may be close to unionizing. Performers announced yesterday they are ready to
hold a vote on union representation. That vote will likely happen in May or
June. At six o five its handle on the news, the Boeing whistleblower
says the company is putting out defective planes. That makes me feel good.
Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, everybody's
going crazy with these diabetes drugs that help you lose weight. Now, there's
a weight loss drug that can help you sleep. Yeah. And in fact,
zepetide, as it's known zep Bound is the name that Eli Lilly gave
to it is one of those drugs that's GLP one drug, like was zempic
and like wagovi, initially put on the market to treat diabetes. Then somebody
found that they were losing weight on this drug and so that's been one of
the off label treatments. Doctors have been prescribing it. It's an injection.
Then now one of those three drugs, the zep bound has been found perhaps
to be effective in treating apnea. Eli Lilly has been doing tests on this
drug and finds that in a lot of cases people are waking up last at
night because they stopped breathing. That's what happening is and it is being attributed
to this drug. There's zet bound drug. So Eli Lilly will go first
to the Diabetes Association then go to the FDA for approval of this use of
zep bound by doctors in the future. So zepbound is now approved for weight
loss, right, Yeah, for weight loss and also for diabetes and also
for diabetes. Yeah, like weygovi and dozempic. I just had an email
here a short time ago showing that the drug shortage across these countries that are
an all time high. Is that because of zep bound and o zempic that's
part of the reason. Is it all all drugs or just specifically these weight
loss and diabetes drugs three hundred and twenty three drugs across the whole spectrum,
So no, it's not just these drugs. It's not just the GLP one
drugs, but it's lots and lots of drugs over three hundred that are in
short supply right now. But certainly this is a big part of that.
Yeah, And I just I think it's great that it's helping people lose weight.
And I know some people who are who are on it now and man,
they look great and they're losing weight and feeling good. But like especially
with the drugs that were specifically for diabetes, that people went, oh,
we could lose weight with it, so they became the hot thing. Now
are the people who are diabetic going to be able to get them? That's
a good point, and that could be a problem. That's where we get
into these shortage situations. Some of it's because of distribution issues of production.
You know, Eli Lilly and the makers of the other drugs are now having
to ramp up production because you know the demand is so high, and sure,
you know, I think that it may be difficult for diabetics then to
get a hold of them. Then in fact, this this report out today
shows and in fact that some cancer and diabetes patients are waiting and waiting to
get their drugs even hospitals can't find them. Okay, that's really scary because
weight loss is a great thing, but if you've got cancer and you've got
diabetes, you need those drugs now. Yeah. Absolutely, So here's what
I want to know. This is the question of the day. How do
they even come up with these names? That's what I'd like to know.
It seems to be the running out of names, you know, because yeah,
zepp bound bound the name of turs zip turs epetide. Yeah, every
time I can mercial comes on for a drug and it's got a weird name.
It's like they really they just ran out of names, and they're putting
letters, you know, from the alphabet into a hat and skimming it around
and then pulling out the letters and that's that drug name. Okay, oh
zempe great, Yeah, okay. So just to wrap up, so,
ze Bound is approved for diabetes and weight loss now, and then they'll go
back to the FDA and say, hey, can we use this for sleep
ABNA two? Yes, Okay, It'll happen within the next year or so
is the expectation, because I mean, since has already been approved of these
other uses. If it works and the testing is thorough and accurate, and
it shows that in fact apnea is is halted or at least slowed down by
this, then yeah, I have to able to say fine, go ahead
and start prescribing. All right. Jim Ryan, thank you so much for
your time and the information. If you want to follow Jim, it's at
Jim Ryan, TX like Texas because he's in Dallas. Thanks Jim. Hey,
the Dodgers are going to take on the Mets tomorrow night. First pitch
goes out at seven. You can listen to every play of every Dodgers game
on AM five seventy LA Sports Live from the Oupen Motors Broadcast Booth, and
you can stream all the games on NHD on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five
seventy LA Sports. Governor Newsom and the CHP say nearly five hundred people have
been arrested and more than one hundred and sixty thousand stolen items have been recovered
in just three months as the state cracks down on retail crime and crew,
including those smash and grab and flash robberies. Since January, the shp's Organized
Retail Crime Task Force It's quite a Mouthful, has done one hundred eighty five
investigations and more than four million dollars worth of goods have been recovered. The
La City Council has approved new contracts with labor groups representing more than thirty three
thousand city workers. The contract will mean workers are going to be getting twenty
two percent pay increases over the next five years, with six percent pay hikes
by the end of this year. They'll also get better benefits. A majority
of workers in California say they're happy to be back in the office. A
new survey by Wealth of Geeks says that more more than half say they like
face to face conversations and most missed the connections they made during team lunches and
happy hours while they were working from home. At six oh five, it's
handle on the news. What if you called nine to one one and no
one answered. Well, that happened in four states yesterday. At five point
fifty. The impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorcis has come and gone. We'll
find out what happened and what's next with ABC's Stephen Portnoy. So we went
out and about to Pasadena Humane. Wiggle it's because the Wiggle Waggle Walk.
I love this song. Cone is just a couple of days away. We
went out to meet some pups and caught up with the PR and communications director
of the Wiggle Waggle Walk. It's Kevin McManus, and uh, I want
to say that it's going to be a beautiful day. We found a beautiful
daw who may be walking with me. His name is Max so Wig Wagon
Walk Sunday, Brookside Park, right next to the Rose Bowl. Kevin,
please tell us all about it. We can't wait. It's a really fun
day. It's a fundraiser for Pasadena Humane but it's a great opportunity to bring
your dog out for a walk at the Rose Bowl, visit with a bunch
of vendors, get a lot of information about about us and what we are
and who we are and what we do. Yep. It's yeah, one
of my favorite days of the year. Yep. And we also have a
KFI booth. We're gonna have cool can't swag bags out on the day.
So tell us when did you start this walk and how how is how long
has it been going on? And this is the twenty sixth year, believe
it or not. Yeah, so it was quite a while, even before
me, which is saying a lot. I've been here for a long time.
So yeah, it started off just a very simple, like volunteer run
walk around Central Park, I believe, right right here at the Rose or
at the shelter, and his sense evolved into this huge, huge event where
we raised hundreds of thousands of dollars every year for the animals and helps us
do all the programming that we need to keep animals in our community safe and
healthy and happiness. Okay, and all the money that's raised. So when
you make a donation, you come walk with us, or if you can't
join us for the walk, you just make a donation. What's that money
going to? All of our programming? So everything from you know, helping
with the animals in our care to our spain hooter clinics. We have a
helping Pause programs. We help people in the community who have pets who need
our assistance. We have a food bank, Spainnooter like everything wild. Yeah,
so it's it's yeah, anything related to animals in our community that that
money helps, Okay, and it all stays local. That's exactly right.
Love that Okay. So I participated in the Wiggle Waggle Walk last year with
Jennifer Jones. Lease, she's passed the leash on to me when she left
us moved to northern California. So, and you mentioned it was a run.
I don't run, Is that okay? No, the run part is
very very it's not even like a timed run. It's a fun run.
So if you are a runner, it's a nice five you know, five
k loop. If you're a walker with or without a dog, yeah,
you can either walk the whole circle of the rose Ball, which is about
three miles. We also have a one mile for those who want to get
right back to you know, see the stuff that's going on. Yeah,
even have yeah, just you know, I think it's a really fun opportunity
to have a bunch of dogs around and really have a great day at the
Rosewall. It's beautiful locations. Okay. And if you don't have a dog
that you might be into high Max, you might be interested in a dog.
You're gonna have some pups out there too, That's right. Our Waggle
Waggle Wagon will be there, appropectly named with some available dogs. Will you
know, kind of decide that and then the next couple of days. But
yeah, great opportunity to meet some of our pets and who knows, maybe
expand your family. This the beautiful dog we have over here is Max.
Yes, and he is currently available for adoption. Hey, Max, come
here. Max. Max does not listen to me at all, but I
think part of it. Kevin has the treats, so Kevin's working on it,
on getting a doctor walk for the wiggle Waggle Walk. We're hoping that
it's Max, but actually I'm hoping that it's not Max, because that means
between now and the time of the Wiggle Wack Walk he would have been adopted.
So you might see him on Sunday, you might not. But either
way, we're going to have a great time. And how do people register
for the wild? Online? Registration is actually ends on Friday the nineteenth,
so if you're interested in registering in advance, the website is Wiggle Wagglewalk dot
org. You can certainly register day of as well. It's okay. So
if you just decide to show up yep, if your weekend plans change or
you know, you're like, let's check on the weather, but yeah,
come out register in person. You still get all of the you know,
the T shirt and the metal and all that, and we have we have
special KFI T shirts too, because we would love for you to join our
team. Come out and walk, bring your dog, take a little loop
around the Rose Bowl on a beautiful Sunday morning, and you can get all
the information for how to join the wake up call wigglers at KFI AM six
forty dot com, slash wiggle. And if you can't make it out,
you can also make a donation that's right, yep, yep through the website.
We have a walk dot org. If you are a huge fan of
KFI like I am. You can't make a donation specifically to that page or
just a general donation. It all goes to the same place, okay.
And if anybody's on the fence thinking hmm, should I go, should I
stay? Why should they come? Well, I mean it's just a beautiful
day, you know, like we have so many dogs out that you know,
I rarely see you know, I see the dogs here we have in
the shelter, and see the dogs in my neighborhood. But just like so
many different dogs out. People dress up their dogs and costumes. There's a
costume contest. We have demonstrations with the canine units from from Hessanina. They're
super impressive. Yeah, and you can have your dog try out our agility
course. Okay. And there's tons of vendors for dog stuff and great way
to start your time. Yeah, and for a great cause. So for
more information, k if I am six forty dot com slash Wiggle and that'll
link you to the Wiggle Waggle Walk. If you want to join the team,
we'd love to have you or make a donation. Kevin McManus can't wait
to see on sending morning. Oh I'm excited. Let's walk. Let's do
it. And he wasn't kidding when he said there's tons of booths. I
just got the layout of the event. There are tons of booths. So
if you have a dog or you if you whether you do the walk or
not, come out because they're going to have all kinds of really cool stuff
at the Wiggle wag Walk and it's a brookside park. It starts at eight.
The walk starts at nine. There's going to be the vendors, there's
going to be the food, the costume contests, and it's going to be
a lot of fun and it's going to be a beautiful day. The forecast
is just perfect for this, So we do hope you'll join us. You
could joined the team like Lisa and Caesar just did, or like Anissa,
Mercedes, Bernie and Christine just did. They made a donation. It's all
for the pups, so anything you can give would be much appreciated. Again.
The website kfiam six forty dot com slash wiggle. Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The
Disneyland expansion project, approved by Anaheim could include a frozen Land, Zootopia,
and one of the world's largest parking garages. We're ready to bring the next
level of immersive entertainment here to Anaheim. Disneyland Resort president Ken pot Rock says
the company's committing one point nine billion dollars in the first ten years, where
lands attractions, retail, dining, entertainment, and lodging are no longer separated,
but can be integrated together in very exciting ways. A couple hundred people
spoke before the Anaheim City Council vote Tuesday, which included some complaints about traffic.
A second procedural vote is set for next month in Anaheim. Corbin Carson
KFI News. In La County, sheriff's deputy's been charged was stealing cash from
someone she pulled over in Whittier. The La County DA's Office's deputy, Jessica
Lynn, stopped a driver for tinted windows last April. Officials say when Lynn
searched the cars, she found a coin purse with money inside. The DA's
office's Lynn kept the cash and threw the coin purse into the trash, then
covered up the theft in her police report. It's not clear how much cash
was taken, but the charges include a misdemeanor count of petty theft, which
means it wouldn't have exceeded nine hundred and fifty dollars in value. The FBI
is warning Jewish communities to remain vigilant ahead of the Passover holiday. Director of
Christopher Race as the agency's concerned about loan actors, possibly inspired by Iran's attack
on Israel and recent terror attacks overseas. ISIS urged followers to target Jewish communities
both in the United States and Europe, something were increasingly concerned about following the
isis k attack we saw at the Cost Hall in Russia. Race is sixty
three percent of religiously motivated hate crimes in the US last we're fueled by anti
Semitism. The fbis opened over three times as many hate crime investigations compared to
the four months before the Hamas attack in Israel in October. So looks like
people in southern California are kind of a forgetful bunch. I always check around
me when I get out of an uber, but apparently that's not happening in
all instances. I don't know if you guys have ever left anything behind,
but the city ranks second for leaving items behind in the rideshare vehicle and ubers
put out its annual list of lost and found. So here are a few
of the things that have been left behind in ubers. A paternity test Kno,
maybe you and the wife went out for a night on the town.
No, no, okay, A two pey, A burrito steamer, a
tray of meat pie. So I guess the guy gets to hear, the
gal gets to eat and a ww we championship belt. Now that that could
be mine? That could okay? Oh yeah yeah, I'm like going okay,
witch fighter left a championship belt. And how drunk were they when they
got out of the uber? Okay, here's a couple other things. They
found a live turtle. That's just wrong. How do you leave your turtle?
It's like leaving your kid in the car? Come on, two containers
that had spiders in them, a small rat skeleton. The good news is
it was a prop. And you know what, Nick, I'm thinking of
all these places that we went, like when we went out to the Spider
Pavilion, I'm like, okay, maybe it was from the Spider Pavilion.
And then what was the the Halloween installation at that at the same location,
Oh bone, oh gosh, you know what it is, but it was
it was all skeletons and so and they were all, you know, props,
And I'm like, oh, maybe maybe our friend the designer left one
of his props behind. Also there was a cardboard cutout of a panda and
oh, my god, I bet this place stunk a jar of oysters.
Check your surrounding us around you kids, Oh all right. Home sales have
dropped in southern California and across the state. Figures released by the California Association
of Realtors show Southern California had the second biggest drop from a year ago,
declining seven point eight percent. Home prices are up more than eleven percent year
over year in Southern California to a median of eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Short term home rentals have been banned in Santa Anna. The Santa Ana
City Council proved the ban on rentals for less than thirty days. It says
it's to preserve the character of neighborhoods, address problems caused by unpermitted business operations,
and open up more housing supplies. Disney's Character performers may be close to
unionizing. Performers announced yesterday they're ready to hold a vote to unionize. That
vote will likely happen in May or June. We're just minutes away from Handle
on the news, going to get on a Dreamliner. A whistleblower is saying
it may not be safe. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's
Stephen portnoy So. Stephen, the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorcis.
That was quick over before it began. Three hours after the Senate was sworn
into a court of impeachment and they signed the oath book, the Senate voted
to essentially dismiss the charges, ruling fifty one to forty nine that they were
unconstitutional because they didn't meet the high crimes and misdemeanors bar set by the It
was a partisan vote along party lines. It was entirely a part as an
exercise on the part of House Republicans to send the charges to the Senate and
a decision by Democrats to dismiss them. Republicans say that this now sets a
bad precedent for the future, that there were allegations in the articles of impeachment
that Majorcis lied to Congress his efforts to enforce immigration law or lack thereof,
and the Democrats deprived the people of the opportunity to have the evidence heard and
said a bad president for the future that they'll be sorry about one day.
The Democrats say that all of it amounted to a policy dispute that Majorcis was
enforcing the immigration law the way he interpreted it, the way that they interpret
it. It's just different from the way Republicans interpret it, and that it's
not right or appropriate for the Congress to be ousting members of the president's cabinet
simply because they disagree with the interpretation of the law. But so the senator
said, the Democratic senators said it was unconstitutional. Can they make that determination?
I mean, when the Senate did. But when the Senate sits as
a court of impeachment, it makes its own rules and it sets precedent for
all future time. Who's to be the judge but the Senate itself. Oh
okay, all right, And this is the first time this has happened.
There has never been a successful ouster of a cabinet secretary in the impeachment process.
This is the second time that I'm aware of in one hundred and fifty
years that the House has impeached a cabinet official. But it's the first time
that it was a sitting cabinet official. You see, in eighteen seventy six,
William Bell Knapp, the corrupt war secretary who served Ulysses S. Grant
was well. He resigned just before the House voted to impeach him on charges
that he was taking kickbacks. The Senate failed to convict him because some senators
felt, even though they agreed that he had done wrong, that they shouldn't
convict someone who had already been ousted or took himself out of the position by
resigning. Okay, so mayorks like the Republicans were saying, hey, mayarchis
lied, and so they're trying to find a way to hold him accountable.
Like they and a lot of the people in the administration said, there's no
crisis. There's no crisis. There's no crisis, and now they're like,
oh, there's a crisis. Aren't there any repercussions for that or can there
be? Well, certainly in November, the people will have the opportunity to
decide whether Alejandro Mayorki should stay as Homeland Security Secretary by deciding who should be
the next president. Ultimately, at the end of the day, the members
of the cabinet serve at the pleasure of the president once they have been granted
the President's been granted consent to appoint them by the Senate. It's the same
Senate that granted its consent to have Alejandro Mayorcis serve. And the ultimate question
is, you know, in the system of dividing government with checks and balances,
how does the Congress assert itself when it feels that a cabinet secretary or
any other official in the administration or the courts have gone too far and crossed
a certain line. Yesterday, the Senate set a new threshold that if the
Senate feels the allegation doesn't meet its definition of high crimes and misdemeanors, whatever
the Senate happens to feel that means at any given time, then they can
dismiss the charges without hearing any evidence or argument at all. And that had
never happened before. So that's the new standing order of the Senate when it
comes to impeachment. So many great details. That's why we love talking to
you, Steven. Thank you so much for giving us the update. You
bet, all right, Well, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A violent purse snatching in
the San Fernando Valley has been caught on video. It shows a woman on
the ground trying to hold onto her bag as a man stands over her and
snatches it away. The woman says she had just bought some flowers for her
mom's birthday on Monday when the guy ran up from behind just outside her apartment
building. She says he pushed her really hard and she hit her head on
the door, but she still fought back. The robber took off in a
dark colored car. A billionaire in La has sued a woman he says tried
to extort him for thousands of dollars. Doctor Gary Mitchelson claims Sandra Eveling tried
to force him into paying her eighty five thousand dollars after his pit bull allegedly
bit her at a dog park in Brentwood. Evelyn claims the doctor knew his
dog was aggressive and had attacked other animals and bit one other person, but
Mitchelson says he tried to negotiate with Evelyn in good faith following the alleged attack
in twenty twenty two, where she threatened to publicly humiliate him and have his
dog put down if he didn't honor her terms. Evling filed a countersuit claiming
personal injury once she found out she was being sued. Chris Adler KFI News.
A new climate action plan adopted by La County has a goal of being
carbon neutral by twenty forty five. It includes calls for the end of gas
and oil operations, reduction in water consumption, and incentives for green building infrastructure.
Anna Grimace with the Building Industry Association of La Ventura says it could be
detrimental to housing construction. Our opposition to the current draft is predicated on the
concern that it will not be aspirational and it will instead be fully enforceable.
The Board of Supervisors says the plan itself is not enforceable policy, but may
guide future ordinances related to development. It'll be presented again for public comment in
thirty days. This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County,
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