You're listening to KFI AM sixty wake Up Call with me Amy King on demand
on the iHeartRadio app. Good Morning, this is your wake up call for
Monday, October twenty third. I'm Amy King. It's five o'clock. Time
to get up, get at it. We do have a chance of rain,
more fall like temperatures. Finally, I want to get out of sweater.
I'm really anxious to wear a sweater, haven't. I don't think I've
worn sweaters or a jacket for like six months. Hey. So, seeing
that I was losing a ton of games yesterday watching NFL and not doing well
in my football pool, I decided to go run some errands. So I
went on a Costco run. My advice to you do not go to Costco
on Sunday. It was like busier than Disneyland, and people were mean and
they're armed with you know, big shopping carts. There wasn't even like then.
The people were vultures around the food samples. But I did get to
try a Huggindaws bar that was good. But that was about the only thing
because men people were just hovering and I was like, I think I'm gonna
restrict my Costco runs to Tuesday or maybe even Wednesday. Here's what's ahead on
wake Up Call. Israel's military says it is intensifying attacks as it gets ready
for an expected ground invasion. It has warned Palestinian civilians again to leave Northern
Gaza, saying you are risking your lives if you do not leave. SAG
after IT and Hollywood Studios are going to be sitting down again for some more
talks. Producers asked for the talks to resume about two weeks after they broke
down. Actors have been on picket lines for more than one hundred days.
The next round of talks is expected tomorrow. About twenty three thousand people turned
out at the Pomona Drag Strip, not for drag racing necessarily, but to
celebrate In and Out seventy fifth anniversary. The twelve hour festival had a car
show, did have some racing, live bands, and In and Out Museum
and lots of burghers. The first In and Out opened in Baldwin Park in
nineteen forty eight. At six oh five. It's handle on the news.
Another co defendant in the election interference case in Georgia has pleaded guilty. Why
that could be really bad news for co defendant and former President Trump. Let's
get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour
newsroom. Israeli military warplanes have hit more targets across Gaza as Israeli tanks and
troops have been moved to the Gaza border. Israel says it's stepped up air
strikes in order to reduce the risk to troops in the next stages. ABC's
Andrew Dimbert says Israeli forces have also been fighting off attacks in the West Bank.
On Sunday, Israeli fighter jets struck a mosque in the West Bank.
At least two people were killed. Israel also struck targets in Syria today and
along the border with Lebanon. A barrage of missiles, artillery and tank fire
between Israel and has bilat. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natagnanhu told troops in northern
Israel yesterday that if Hezbolo launches a war, it will make the mistake of
its life. Doctors in the Gaza Strip say dwindling fuel supplies are putting dozens
of premature babies in incubators at risk of imminent death. The UN Health Agency
estimates there are about one hundred and thirty premature babies at grave risk. Some
hospitals say they're hours away from running out of generator fuel. The UN agency
responsible for Palestinians says it only had three days of fuel stocks left to meet
critical need. A memorial service has been held for the four Pepperdine University students
killed in that nasty car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway. The universities also
offering support for students and staff through its counseling center. The young women killed
last week were all seniors at Pepperdine's sever College of Liberal Arts. Sheriff's officials
say the driver was apparently speeding, lost control and slammed into three parked cars,
which hit the women. A man's been killed in a crash involving two
motorcycles in Palmdale. The crash happened around six thirty line last night on Bouquet
Canyon Road. One of the writers died at the hospital. The condition of
the second biker is not clear. Nine Republicans are now running for Speaker of
the House since Congressman Jim Jordan failed in several votes to get enough support among
the contenders Byron Donalds of Florida, retired Marine Corps Lieutenant General Jack Bergman of
Michigan, a majority web Tom Emmer of Minnesota, who's backed by Alsted.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Abc'sm WIN says House Republicans will hear from each candidate in
a closed door forum tonight. The internal secret ballot vote will be held tomorrow
morning. The floor vote for speaker could happen after the secret ballot. High
school, varsity and JV football teams on Maui have played their first home games
since the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century destroyed the Heina. It
was homecoming, many of the fans, coaches, and players tell the Associated
Press. It was the closest thing to feeling at home since the fire.
On August eighth, classes have also resumed at Lehina Luna High and two other
public schools that survived the fire. Both teams won their games. Heather Broker
KFI News. Okay, Nick, don't go away, because I know that
you went out this weekend too, that anniversary festival for In and out Burger
that I mentioned just a couple of minutes ago. Can you tell us a
little bit about about twenty five thousand people out there. It was amazing and
it was really unique and special because not only was it recently the drag strip,
the Pomona Drag Strip was rededicated in the In and Out Burger name,
but also you were catching a lot of people that had registered for that event
that weren't just complete competing on the nhr A national circuit, but also we're
competing locally. So it was really kind of fun to see a lot of
different, you know, almost family organizations that were coming in and being able
to compete there. Okay, but oh wait, wait, wait, I
want to find out about the burgers. Though, Oh the burgers. The
burgers are fine, But I mean, that was not really what it was.
It was more celebration of family and music and community for the last seventy
five years of In and Out because yes, you could totally get it there,
but then it was like a regular food food festival. You had many
different people outside of In and Out that were available there, but you could
get your double double animal style with you know, whatever you want to hold
girl onion, whatever you wanted was definitely there available for you. And then
they had a special charity concert later on in the day that was headlined by
Zezy top Oh, and you also had forty eight Special, which is Lindsay
Snyder, who is the co owner or the rather not co owner, but
the owner and a president of In and Out Burger. She headlines that band,
so she actually opened up the concert last night. And then yeah,
I was a pretty good three eleven was there? It was easy top headline.
It was a lot of fun. So it was a busy, busy,
busy weekend. A little bit warm at the Pomona drag Race, but
not too bad. And I've never been Have you ever been to a drag
race? Yes? I have? I have? Okay, yeah, because
I was gonna say this is my first time in NHRA is no joke and
watching even speaking of Lindsay Snyder, she took on La Sheriff Department and actually
she went out there and is in race Chabell. She race in her Chabelle.
And I've got some video for us on KFI AM six forty on Instagram
as well as Nick Poliochini and this weekend with Nick. See you knew Nick
would be there, right, Okay, Thanks Nick, We'll check it with
you in just a couple of minutes. Right now, let's say good morning
to ABC's Tom Rivers in London. Good morning Tom. With all the attention
focused on Israel, it's like we're not even hearing about what's going on in
Ukraine. But there is a lot exactly, there's a heck of a lot
going on there. But you're right, Networks wire services, we've all been
focused for the last two weeks on Israel and Gaza. That will continue,
but the fighting continues in eastern Ukraine. Let's bring us up to speed.
Over the weekend, late Saturday, Karkiev up in the north, it was
a hit by a thought to be an S three hundred missile, a ground
to air missile that has been reconfigured by the Russians, hit a postal sorting
building. We don't know why it was hit, but at least at least
civilians known to have died there. Other parts of the country, Russians have
been using a variety of different missiles and drones. Now we don't know if
that reflects logistics stocks of certain models are dwindling, etc. Or if they're
testing defenses to see what works what doesn't work. But we're seeing up spike
in that and a new town to get used to av Divka is the name
of the place, and Russian forces surrounding that but taking very very strong casualties
by Ukrainian sources trying to get that, and again it harkens back to World
War One. Literally there are mine fields, you can't get through them,
There are cluster munitions there from the US side can't get through there. So
yes, very very nasty, nasty fighting there. If you look at the
calendar, all this fighting is going on right now because in about a month
winter will set in and everything will grind to a halt, just as we
had last winter. Okay, and you mentioned a divcap that we need to
get used to that. So where in Ukraine is that one? What part
of kin of south central? And uh you know again it's it's it's an
area that the Russians would like to control, like today or tomorrow, get
hold of it before the winter sets in, because otherwise it's going to be
a thorn in the side come come the spring. So yes, we're kind
of into like it or not. We're into the long haul there and no,
no, uh no, looking at at at at the horizon and saying
when this thing might end. It looks like this is going to grind on
for a long, long period of time. That is just I was just
I was wondering, like, is anybody really gaining ground? I know you
you said that that one town they're going after that one. Is Ukraine gaining
any ground back? Or is Russia taking any ground or is it just sort
of the stalemate where they're just fighting and firing. Yeah, well, you
know, how long is a piece of piece of strength? You know?
That was we had all summer long, the Ukrainian counter offense offensive, which
you didn't do anything. And at this stage the Russian forces and certain locations
along this long, long, if you will, confrontation line are trying to
do what they can to grab what they can strategically before the winter. So
it is it is nasty in some places, other places it's it's fairly quiet,
but that's the nature of this part of the world and the confrontation.
As you say, we haven't really looked at very closely for at least two
weeks. Yeah, it's just so amazing that everybody's attention just focused in and
like you don't even think about Ukraine on a daily basis. Anymore, which
I'm sure that they're worried about as far as funding and that kind of thing.
From the US. Well, yeah, but I mean the Europeans are
worried about funding too. You know, you can go thirty three trillion in
debt, but the European countries are not going to follow suit. Yeah,
and we've had in the past. Poland says, no, we're not going
to supply any more weapons. There's a change of government there. We had
a recent election that may change a little bit. Hungary says no more weapons.
Slovakia, no more weapons. France says, look, we've shipped everything
we can. But I'll tell you what, We'll keep supplying ammunition for some
of our weapons systems. The UK kind of the strongest country after the US.
They basically said, we've shipped out everything we could afford to ship out.
That's it. So yeah, it's going to be a different dynamic going
forward. As I say, we get through this month, we get the
lull of the winter. What's going to happen in the spring. Anybody's guests,
All right, Tom Rivers, thank you again if you want to follow
Tom, because he's got all the goods on all of this is at Tom
Rivers ABC. Thanks again, Tom. Take care. Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room.
Thousands of workers at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank or walking off the
job for five days starting today over what their union calls unfair labor practices.
They've accused the hospital of bad faith bargaining and other illegal tactics meant to silence
workers. The hospital says it has engaged in meaningful dialogue at the bargaining table
and offered significant wage increases. The statement says the union has offered unrealistic counter
proposals and has chosen to strike instead of continuing with good faith negotiations. The
Capistrano School District has become the first in Orange County to reject a proposed parental
notification policy. Several variations of the policy in other districts have claimed to just
be about keeping parents in the loop. The Capistrano School District's policy focused on
mental health, but trustees admitted the policy included a student's gender identity. This
student told the district last week, it's just an outing policy. Identity is
personal and no one has a right to intimate details of one's identity without their
permission. Tender identity and sexual orientation is not a mental health illness, but
others asked why parents are being kept out of such an important issue in their
child's life. In Orange County Corbin Carson k if I News, Taylor Swift
has made history with a movie. Taylor Swift is number one in the box
office for the second week in a row. That means Swift now has the
first concert film to stay at number one for two consecutive weeks. The film
took in around thirty one million dollars, bringing the total to about one hundred
and thirty million. Domestically. The new Martin Scorsese flick Killers of the Flower
Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio finished second with just under twenty four million. The Exorcist
Believer came in third, followed by Pap Patrol, The Mighty Movie, and
fourth. Rounding out the top five was a thirtieth anniversary rerelease of the nineteen
ninety three Tim Burden film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Andrew Caravella KFI News,
speaking of Taylor Swift, NFL has to be loving Taylor Swift right now.
She was at Arrowhead Stadium yesterday to cheer on Kansas City against the Chargers.
Of course, she was there to cheer on her rumored boyfriend Travis Kelce.
She even wore a bracelet featuring Kelsey's team number eighty seven for her game day
attire. And while I was on the phone to my friend Debbie, she
was watching the game and I was getting ready to head out, and she
was like, oh my god, they went to Taylor again. And they
just kept going back to Taylor Swift because she's all the rage. And apparently
it's working because the game was the most watched matchup of the week. It
had twenty four point three million viewers and ranked first among women twelve to forty
nine. When we come back, we're going to hear from KFI reporter Chris
Adler about a ghost who's working to keep creeps away from kids. Has nothing
to do with Halloween, but boy, are we happy he's out there.
And if you think you're stressed out wait till you hear where you're most likely
to be the most stressed. We're going to check in with ABC's Jim Ryan
on that you're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty.
In a sudden shift to more traditional fall weather, Thank goodness, wind
and light rain are expected in the mountains and foothills through this morning. Forecasters
say the storm system should clear out by this afternoon. Temps are going to
be about twenty degrees cooler than just a few days ago. I'm ready for
it. It's back to square one for the House. Nine Republicans have put
their names into run for Speaker of the House. Now that Jim Jordan is
out. Republicans will meet tonight and have an internal vote on a new choice
er speaker tomorrow. A new study suggests the more lly fat you have,
the less brain volume you have. Researchers at Providence Saint John's Health Center in
Santa Monica say overactive and inflamed fat cells send signals to the brain to downsize,
which results in a higher risk for dimension later in life. Oh great,
At six oh five, it's handled. On the news, the US
is sending more big guns to the Middle East's tensions and attacks increase. Right
now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, we're all
stressed out, yeah, but we're not as stressed as another state. No.
In fact, you guys are probably better than well, not better than
most, but better than a lot of them. You look down into the
Deep South, into Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, those states are
the most stressed places in the whole country. Occurring crazy Yeah, wallet help
has found this. I love New Orleans and Louisiana. I'd love to live
over there, but it comes in at number two in terms of the most
stressed. Number one Mississippi. The wallet hub survey looked to all sorts of
different criteria mony related stress, family stress, the availability of recreation in a
community. I mean, it went into lots and lots of different metrics to
come up with this and found that indeed, Mississippi comes out on top in
terms of stress. That's so weird because you think of the states in the
South as more chill and relax and laid back, and like they'd be just
less stressed and more happy. Maybe not, or maybe that's just how they
react to the stress that's filed on them. But if you look at California,
you're at number twenty two, So that's to most stressed twenty You know,
what would that be forty six least stress something like that, thirty eighth.
My math is not good. But yeah, you guys are doing better.
A lot of petits early, Jim, you get a pass on mass
Yeah. Besides that, we're at number nine in terms of stress in Texas.
So yeah, a little edgey today, but no, no, wait,
Texas is more stressed than California. It is. Yeah, by kind
of a long shot. Here. Texas at number nine, comes in with
a total score. They scored these things, they weighted them, they turned
them into digits, and they came up with scores. So Mississippi has a
fifty eight point eight score for stress, which puts a top of the list
Texas at fifty three point three four. You come into California and you're down
at forty five point twenty six. We got sunshine. We're ay, We're
a happy bunch. You guys have sunshine too. Okay, So who's the
least stressed state? Head up to the opposite end of the country. Minnesota
comes in at least stressed. They have the highest, you know, among
the highest employment rates, healthcare availability is there more people graduate from high school
and then go on to college in Minnesota than they do down to the Deep
South. Utah came in right up close to that as well in Utah and
then New Hampshire. So yeah, it's kind of interesting. So you look
at the Deep South or the Upper Midwest, that Minnesota part of the country
and then over to Utah, and you'll find some of the most stress free
living anywhere. I mean, Okay, Utah, I'm sure, and Minnesota
and Minnesota. No too freaking cold in Minnesota. Okay. Jim, thank
you. You know Jim always digs up such fun stories. You can follow
him at Jim Ryan TX. Thanks Jim. See you. News brought to
you by American Vision Windows. We're going to check it out with our very
own Chris Adler. She's telling us about a ghost, but not the kind
you see at Halloween. This is a private group in southern California that traps
child sexual predators, does it online, says it has caught hundreds of people
planning to have sex with kids. The creep catching unit started in San Diego,
but when the group's founder, who refers to himself as Ghost, realized
how prevalent online predators were in his own county, he expanded the sting operation
outward. I started going to Orange County in La and Riverside and San Bernardino
and other counties, even to other states as well, such as Arizona,
Washington. Literally anywhere you go. This problem is, you know, existing
ghost sets up decoy counts on social media platforms, posing as underage girls and
boys, exchanging sexual messages and planning meetups. Once the predators take de bait,
he and his team show up with cameras and broadcast the catches online.
We're going to get you reported. Go ahead, you owe me too?
How about what about what you're doing? I have all your pictures and chats,
ghost says. Cc unit has caught nearly four hundred online predators since the
group started in twenty eighteen, and has baited creeps ranging from marines to Hollywood
actors and ministers to school cafeteria workers. How do you think the parents at
the school would feel if they found out about Ramsey, the chef of the
elementary school talking to fourteen year old boys like this? How do you think
they would feel disgusted? Right? Cc unit baited a staff member at Pepperdine
University in August who was arrested for soliciting a minor. That worker was terminated
and committed suicide in September. Newport Beach attorney Rick no Horres as any type
of legal action taken against CC unit would likely not be successful, and the
question is will does that is that actionable? Or if that guy left kids
behind, right, can the children sue the vigilante unit the CC unit equivalent?
And the question the answer is, of course they can sue them,
but I don't see a California jury being all that sympathetic to a child.
Veteran Ghost says the group does not advocate violence and doesn't want anyone harming themselves,
But he says if they do the crime and don't want to pay the
time, the burden isn't CC units to bear. I mean, it's not
our fault that he did that. He shouldn't have been going after a thirteen
year old. Not every creep baited as a creep arrested, as many police
departments say they have to do it by the numbers and hold their own investigations.
CC Unit says on camera, police will discourage the catches, but behind
the scenes, cops appreciate their works and they say thank you for what you
do. We respect what you do because we have kids of our own.
We have a family of our own. Ghosts says. People know CC unit
is out there, but just like other criminals, pedophiles and child molesters,
won't stop just because the law lies in waiting. And for those thinking of
bout abusing children, he wants them to know we're watching. We're watching.
Yay, don't try to touch kids in California because we're gonna get you.
This is not a safe place for you to, you know, pray on
kids because we're out there and we're gonna get you. For wake up call,
I'm Chris Adler. Thanks Chris. That's a good ghost. Hey.
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When we come back, we're going to be talking with ABC's Stephen Portnoy
as the Republicans go back to square one and they're search for a new speaker
of the House. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI Am
six forty. I love that it's Kroc Day. My mom loves Crocs.
I don't get them, but did you see they're coming out with new crowd
cowboy boots. They're really funny looking anyway, and as also slap your annoying
coworker, day Tony, stay in your room. Here's what we're following in
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Israel's military says it is intensifying attacks as
it gets ready for an expected ground invasion. It has warned Palestinians civilians again
to leave northern Gaza, saying they're risking their lives if they don't get out.
We're gonna be talking with ABC stor Dana Miller in Israel at five point
fifty with the latest from Israel. Sag AFTRA and the Hollywood Studios are going
to be sitting down for talks tomorrow. Producers asked for the talks to rezoom
about two weeks after they broke down. Actors have been on the picket lines
for more than one hundred days. Taylor Swift's On a Roll Her Era's Tour
concert movie earned another thirty one million dollars at the box office to hold onto
the number one spot for a second week. It's the first concert movie to
be number one two weeks in a row. Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower
Moon debuted in second with twenty four million dollars in ticket sales three and a
half hours. That's commitment. Are Killers of the Flower Moon? At six
oh five, it's handle on the news. Some eight is getting into Gaza
as Israel steps up attacks on Hamas. Okay, So Jim Jordan came to
a grim reality on Friday. It was something that we learned from Hamilton.
You don't have the boats, you don't have the vote. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's national correspondent Steven Portnoy. Good morning, Steve. So
Jim Jordan is out, Yeah, he's out. He's out by a vote
of his colleagues a secret ballot on Friday to strip Jim Jordan of the nomination
of the three failed attempts on the House floor, three successive attempts that saw
Jim Jordan's support in the House eroding with each round. So the process starts
a new square one and it's a wide open field. Nine candidates are running
for the speaker. Now. It's like the presidential race in a way.
Yes, and none of these people are bold faced names. No, you've
probably never heard of any of them. The front runners a man named Tom
Emmer, who does not have a national profile to speak of, but he
was, in the last cycle the head of the Republican campaign committee to elect
Republicans to the House, so he's established a fundraising prowess. He's the House
majority whip, which puts him in the leadership, so he's well known to
his colleagues, to us exactly, that's right, and so he is presumed
to be the frontrunner in this effort. There are other candidates Byron Donald's of
Florida, Pete Sessions of Texas, one of the longest serving Republicans in the
House, Mike Johnson of Louisiana who's been on television a bit, Kevin Hearn,
who is is the head of the Republican Study Committee. But on the
whole look, these, as I say, are not bold face names.
The candidates will speak to their colleagues tonight in a closed door candidates forum,
and then tomorrow successive rounds of secret ballots. The rules say that a nominee
has to achieve a majority, So the presumption is with nine candidates, whoever's
the number one vote getter will will be in the lead with a plurality,
so the bottom vote getter will drop out of the running. As the rounds
continue until a single candidate achieves a majority and that person becomes the nominee,
and then we'll move to the House floor. Is that dictated by anything like
in the Constitution or did they Is that just how they do it? That's
the Those are the written rules of the House Republican Conference, So those are
their own internal rules. Oh okay, so is there? It just seems
like they're throwing spitballs up against the wall to see if anything's going to stick.
At this point, how did those nine come forward? Like when Jordan
said I'm out, then they just raise their hands. Especially became a free
for all. And look, they'll give it a try. If the three
best known Republicans in the House, Kevin McCarthy, Steves Scalise and Jim Jordan,
can't achieve the near unanimity that's required for a Republican to win the gabble,
let's see if someone lesser known can do it. What's a liability for
Tom Emmer. Well, he voted to certify the results of the twenty twenty
election, Okay, and that gives pause to a number of the MAGA Republicans.
And it's already believed that if he were to become the nominee, though
some of those MAGA Republicans might not want to be on board for Tom Emmer.
Let's see what happens. Okay. So they're meeting tonight and they're gonna
then they'll start their voting process. You said tomorrow. That's right, all
right, We'll be watching Stephen Portnoy. Thank you so much. You bet.
All right, Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor Newsom is starting his week visit to
China. He's expected to be focusing on climate change and what the US in
China can do to help slow the effects of it. Newsom made a stop
in Israel on his way to China. It was a last second addition to
his travel plans. He met with survivors, impacted families, and others affected
by the ongoing war with Hamas. Israeli warplanes have hit more targets in Gaza,
days after allowing convoys of food, water, and medicine into the territory.
The military says it has hit three hundred and twenty targets in the last
twenty four hours. It says they were all militant targets. The Israeli military
says Palestinian militants have fired over seven thousand rockets at Israel since the start of
the war just over two weeks ago. Israel says it has stepped up air
strikes to reduce the risk to troops in the next stages of the war,
which are believed to include a ground operation. News brought to you by American
Vision Windows. The US has renewed its warning that it would defend the Philippines
in case of an armed attack. The warning comes in response to Chinese ships
blocking and colliding with two Filipino ships in the South China Sea. China blames
the Philippines for the collisions, saying the ships were carrying construction materials to strengthen
the Philippine outpost at the Second Thomas Shoal, which is claimed by China.
A funeral service has been held in Michigan for the president of a local synagogue
murdered outside her home in Detroit. Aaron Katirsky says Samantha Wol was found early
Saturday. Police followed a trail of blood that led to her body being discovered,
and she was stabbed multiple times for no known reason. As of yet,
police say there was no sign of forced entry. Investigators say so far,
there's no evidence suggesting Wol was targeted because of her faith or events in
the Middle East. A Vietnam a Vietnam War memorial is said to be unveiled
in Murrietta at the city's Veterans Memorial in town Square Park. The Vietnam War
Memorial wall is in addition to the walls already in place for World War II
ANDREE and War veterans. The unveiling will happen at noon on November eleventh,
Veterans Day. After the city's annual Veterans Day parade, thousands of people have
celebrated In and Out Burger seventy fifth anniversary at twelve hour long festival in Pomona.
Festival at the Fair Plugs yesterday included a car show, racing, live
bands, and an In and Out museum. In and Out got the naming
rights to the Pomona Drag Strip last year. So, okay, what are
you doing here, mister rare northern right whale dolphin? So there was you
know, the whale watching tours out and about the off the coast of southern
California. Well, last Thursday, group was out and about five miles off
the coast of Dana Point spotted a rare northern right well dolphin. The dolphin
it looks kind of like a dolphin, but it has sort of coloring of
a killer whale. It doesn't have a dorsal fin. It's typically seen up
in the northwest. They don't come down this far south, so it was
really unusual to see him there. And they normally swim in groups of like
one hundred to two hundred, but apparently this spotting that was a lone dolphin
but it was swimming with some common dolphins. So wonder what he was doing
so far away from home. Where's his group, where's his clan? But
fun for the people who got to see him, because you don't get to
see him every day. Down here, you're listening to Wake Up Call on
demand from KFI AM six forty. California's Governor Newsom is starting his week long
visit to China today. He's reportedly focusing on climate change and what the US
and China can do to help slow the effects of it. It comes after
a stop in Israel to meet with survivors, impacted families, and others affected
by the ongoing war with It's back to square one for the House. Nine
Republicans have put their names in to run for Speaker of the House now that
Jim Jordan is out. Republicans will meet tonight and have an internal vote on
a new choice for speaker tomorrow. A new study suggests that the more belly
fat you have, the less brain volume you have. Researchers at Providence Saint
John's Hell Center in Santa Monica say overactive and inflamed fat cells start sending signals
to the brain to downsize shrinks your brain and that results in a higher risk
for dementia later in life. We're just minutes away from handle. On the
news this morning, sag after a President, fran Drescher says actors are set
to strike for up to six months if they have to. Let's get back
to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Israel's war against Tomas is intensifying. The Israeli military says it has hit three
hundred and twenty military targets in Gaza over the last twenty four hours. The
IDF stepping up its air strikes into Gaza over the weekend, and now more
than three hundred thousand Israeli troops called up from the reserves, some moved closer
to the border, ready to invade the Gaza Strip. ABC's Andrew Dimbert says
the Biden administration has urged Israel to delay the ground invasion to allow for the
release of hostages and to provide a safe way out for US citizens and others
in Gaza. The head of Mission for Doctors Without Borders and Gaza says the
aid allowed in so far is not enough. Twenty trucks actually is almost nothing.
It's a drop in the ocean and the only positive things to this is
just that the border have opened for very short time. Leo Kaines says the
organization has two hundred and twenty three people in Gaza, but not all are
able to work, either because they've lost family members or have been displaced themselves.
Police and the US Marshals are trying to find the man believed to have
murdered a judge in Maryland. Deputies armed with long gun swarming a wooded area
near Williamsport, Maryland, on Saturday morning, after Pedro Argot's silver Mercedes SUV
was found by a resident just fifteen minutes from where police say are Goatee gun
down Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson outside of his home. ABC's Morgan Norwood says
Judge Wilkinson was killed in his driveway last week, just hours after he awarded
full legal custody of our Goatee's children to his ex wife and issued a protective
order based on a history of domestic violence. High school football has returned to
Lehina for the first time since a deadly wildfire on Maui. The varsity and
JV teams at Lehina. Luna High won their homecoming games over the weekend.
Many of the fans, coaches, and players said that being back at the
stadium Saturday was the closest thing to feeling at home in my mind. Months,
gas prices in southern California have continued to drop. They've fallen for twenty
three straight days. In La County, the average for a gallon of regular
is five point fifty eight. In Orange County it's five point thirty nine.
Inland, the average is five forty two per gallon. That's still too way
high Way, too high, Too Way high Way, too high. No
trick candy prices are up about thirteen percent this Halloween. That's according to the
Bureau of Labor. A supply chain expert at UCLA says candy is so expansive
because of inflation and the cost of ingredients, and because candy is mostly made
in the US. He says workers need to be paid more because the higher
cost of well about everything. So here's something we have to say goodbye to,
which makes me very sad because I've been to shows here. But the
five point Amphitheater in Orange County. It opened in twenty seventeen has closed permanently.
The last show the Zach Brown Band was Saturday, October twenty first,
and then done so five point I didn't even know. This was supposed to
be like a temporary bridge between Irvine Meadows Amphitheater and a permanent venue that was
going to be built at Irvine Great Park. It's a nice little amphitheater,
like good seats, good size, but apparently it was a temporary thing,
and that permanent thing that was supposed to be Live Nation had been in discussions
with the City of Irvine. They were going to build the permanent, like
fourteen thousand seat venue, but then the city ended its partnership with the promoter
back in July because residents and council members had said, you know that the
venue is too big, the noise impact on surrounding areas is too great,
and so Live Nation dropped out. So as of right now, no Amphitheater
in Irvine. I'm guessing that you're getting ready for the holidays. I'm starting
to get ready for the holidays planning. I haven't gotten out Christmas yet,
that doesn't come till after Halloween. But I was reading an article on when
is the best time to book your flights because for me, going up to
my hometown is always very expensive because it's a smaller airport, so there's only
a couple of different options for us. So I always start to get nervous
about this time of year because I'm like, Okay, it's five hundred dollars
already for a round trip flight. It'd be cheaper to fly to New York
City across the country, but that's fine. So I was looking around to
say, when is the best time, because you know how there's best days
to fly. Well, apparently the head of Expedia, Christy Hudson, at
least their PR department, says that Sunday is probably the best day to actually
book your flights, and they're looking at billions of data points of booked flights
and floan flights and watching to see and Sunday is the day. So you
missed it for this week. But booking on Sunday can save you around six
percent on domestic flights and thirteen percent on international flights compared to like if you
booked on a Friday, which is the most popular day for best domestic flights.
The best deals are available about a month before departure fares are twenty four
percent cheaper than they are last minute. Again, this is why I get
nervous, because I'm like, Okay, what's the holiday is going to look
like? And when can I you know, what time am I going to
have off? And that kind of stuff. If you're going international, you
should book sixty days out. Prices for international flights peak about four months before
departure and then they drop by about ten percent around the sixty day mark and
then they go back up. So if you're looking at going to home for
the holidays, to grandmother's house, we go, and all that stuff,
book on Sunday. Oh and also book on Sunday, but leave on Thursday
according to Expedia, and make sure you lock your plans in at least twenty
eight days out. Good advice. This is KFI and kost HD two Los
Angeles, Orange County Southland. Weather from KFI mostly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain. Could see some gusty winds, but most of that's going to
end by the end of this morning, and we'll see partly cloudy skuys this
afternoon. Heis will be in the low seventies at the coast. Low to
mid seventies for Metro La and Inlando c mid upper seventies in the valleys and
Inland Empire sixties to low seventies for the Antelope Valley. We've got a mix
of sun and clouds Tomorrow with hides in the seventies to low eighties, highs
Wednesday and Thursday in the sixties to mid seventies under partly to mostly cloudy skuys,
and then we'll warm back up for the weekend. It's sixty four in
Brea, sixty two Lake Forests, sixty two in Marina del Rey, sixty
four in Burbank. We leave local live from your KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
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