Hey, it's Jennifer Jones. Lee. You're listening to KFI, a M
six forty wake up call on demand on the iHeartRadio apps toosdays aren't so bad
when they start with Jennifer Jones Light. Here she is with your morning wake
up call. Hi, guys, I survived my thirtieth high school class reunion,
and you know what was awesome about it is at the thirty year mark,
you all still sort of look the same. There were only a couple
of times where I had to glance down at name tags and they'd go because
I was Jenny back in the day, Jenny, and I'd be like,
hey, you big hug as I'm going in for the hug. Is when
I can glance down at the name tacking him all right. Anyway, I
only had to do that a couple of times. But for the people that
I did have to do it too, holy cow, some people look really
different. But for the most part, it was awesome. So I appreciate
you Jason Middleton for letting me go up to writing and fill in for me.
It was It was a fun trip. My nephews happened to be up
the same weekend that I was there, so I got to chill out with
them, and of course mom and dad and yes, for all of you
asking on social media, she's seeing a new guy, I am, but
he's not. He was my college sweetheart. Anyway, we reconnected on Facebook,
so there you go. So the guy in the pictures, yes,
seeing a new guy. His name is Jason. I know. It's weird,
weird, but it's all good. It's just fun to be up there.
It was hot. It was when I left, or I think the
day of my reunion it was one hundred two. I got here last night
and was like, where's the sweatshirt? It was cold and windy and rain
over the grape vine. In fact, we're going to talk about that coming
up at five twenty with the National Weather Service. We've got this weird week
of weather rolling in, so I want to get into that. Also,
what is going on in Ukraine this morning. We had the press briefing yesterday
where the White House spokesman John Kirby didn't really say whether Ukraine's counteroffensive had begun.
But now we've had a damn break and it's right by the Zapparisia nuclear
plant. Here's the problem. The water in that is used for the cooling
mechanisms on that plant, So we'll get into that. Also, the state
Attorney General says he looking into possible charges related to flights of illegal immigrants from
El Paso, Texas to Sacramento. Did you hear what Governor Newsom said about
Florida Governor DeSantis? Oh boy, we're getting into size again. And US
Defense Terry Lloyd Austin says courage one over terror during a ceremony marking the seventy
ninth anniversary of D Day, which is today. So let's start with some
of these stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Ukraine and
Russia have blamed each other for a major dam wall collapsing. The wall broken
a region of southern Ukraine under Moscow's control following a reported explosion. Officials say
the gushing water prompted warnings of ecological disaster. Last night, they ordered some
people to get out. The dam break also endangers Europe's largest nuclear plant,
that's Zapparisia, threatens the drinking water supplies for both sides. The State ag
says he's looking into possible charges related to flights of illegal immigrants from El Paso,
Texas to Sacramento. Rob Banta says the trip was another stunt by Florida
Governor Ron De Santis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Both Republican governors have flown
migrants to democratically controlled cities throughout the country. Banta says the migrants were approached
by government contractors and told if they sign a waiver, they could get jobs
and assistance in California. Grants arrived in Sacramento on Friday and yesterday morning,
and we're taken to a church. Bonta says he's exploring civil impossible criminal charges
against those responsible. Steve Gregory Campine news and Governor Knewsom was not at all
happy with Florida Governor decciantists and it's I'm paraphrasing here. I don't have the
exact words, but it was something like he is a I think he called
him a pathetic but definitely small. He did call him small, a pathetic
small man. Oh politics. A new safety report shows metro bus drivers and
rail operators were attacked one hundred sixty two times last year. The report was
presented to the Metro Board on May twenty fifth, and also shows in March
of this year, there were twenty three attacks, most of which were people
spitting on the drivers and operators, followed by assaults with hands and fists.
There was also a knife attack. Someone used a baby stroller as a weapon.
It's nice, Metro says. Forty eight new transit officers have been hired
specifically to ride the buses. A man from Pomona is facing more than twenty
years in prison for illegally smuggling eel meat into the US from China. Prosecutors
say the meat at chemicals in it that could cause cancer and also caused drug
resistant bacteria and fung Guy Kevin Fang admitted that when the meat was refused entry
into the US in twenty seventeen, he changed shipment information and mixed the eel
meet in with other real meat to sneak it into the US. Homeland Securities
Eddie Wang says Feng showed complete disregard for people's health and safety. Feng is
set to be sentenced in August. Blake Trolley k if I News and as
Delakuta, good morning to you. Let's talk about Prince Harry going to court
today and what is this lawsuit against the Mirror group? Hey, good morning,
Yeah, So Harry suing the Mirror Group for I think he's accusing them
of hacking his phone. This is uh, you know, he's hacking would
have happened ten years ago. So he's accusing them of hacking his phone,
tapping into his phone unlawfully to get private information to then publish these tabloid newspapers.
The Mirror Group owns the Daily Mirror. Important to note that his senior
British Royal hasn't given evidence in court for one hundred and thirty years, So
it's a big deal. What's happening today. And we did see Harry in
court this morning. He was so there's a lot of back and forth.
He testified. He talked about how it's just some of the headlines. So
he said the articles caused him to be paranoid and to distrust his friends.
He claims the articles also played a destructive role in his growing up. He
says that some editors and journalists do have blood on their hands. And then
he came under cross examination and was a pretty tough and long cross examination from
the Mirror Groups lawyer. The lawyer is bringing up a number of articles that
Harry has complained about, asking him just how much distress each article has caused
him. He's trying to make the case of the old, trying to make
the case that Harry doesn't specifically remember when these articles were first published and when
he first read them, and specifically what kind of impact they had on him.
Um and Harry at one point, Um, you know, seeming a
little scattered, I think at times, and at one point saying this felt
like a workout. So we'll see how this continues. You know, they
already took a breath. They might take more breaks throughout the day, but
it's certainly been a lot of back and forth there between the two sides.
Does it look like is this well, first off, is this a jury
trial? And if it is, does the jury is the jury enamored by
Harry or are they looking at it as a way a little rich boy who
seems scattered maybe doesn't really know what went down. But at the same time,
yes, he was wronged, but to what level was he wronged?
So you know, it's interesting. So the public reaction to this whole thing
has been really interesting too. It's been really interesting to see how it's it's
been playing out. You have two thighs, so you have you know those
who point out that Harry has clearly been um on a kind of campaign against
the tabloids. So it's not just this lawsuit. He and Megan have been
plaintiffs in no fewer than seven cases against the British tabloids and other media organizations
over the years. And and specifically when it comes to phone hacking and other
violations of privacy. Um we saw in justin in March appearing in the UK
in a case that also featured Elton John. Uh, this is against the
publisher of the Daily Mail, again on charges of phone hacking. Harry also
is doing rupert rudofs that news group newspapers also for hacking and violations of privacy.
So uh, this is clearly something that that they've they've taken up that
this kind of war on the tabloids, if you will, and and and
you have those who say that that you know he is he has a right
to do so that his you know, those who believe that the tabloids are
are are toxic and and and you know if that if they are engaged in
phone acting, that that is certainly unlawful and wrong, and that Harry is
right to go after them. And then you do have We are seeing a
little bit of this in the UK where there are those that say that this
is just too much and um and and that it's it's um, but he's
taken it a step too far. So I think in the UK that the
opinion is kind of divided, and it'll be interesting to see as these um
lawsuits unfold what the public reaction is like. And I do also want to
mention there were reports that um, the Royal family actually that King Charles had
pushed for Harry not to go to court. UM. He wanted Harry to
to settle these these suits um you know outside the court. Um. And
the reports that that Prince William PRINCETONCE had settled with uh Rupert Murdoch's group years
ago for for a large sum amount of money and that that had avoided um
William going to court and and and the Royal family's logic here is that going
to court and airing all of this evidence uh you know in public, um
is not good for the royal family. So UM. There were reports that
Can Charles tried to stop it, but Harry going forward with this trial anyway,
all right, Always drama within the Royal family, it seems lately.
Thanks and as I appreciate it, Thank you all right, see you later.
That's Abcason as de la Kuta. I wonder if the royal family,
I mean, they've always been in the headlines, right, I mean,
it's it's it's fun for us to watch this because it's it's kind of foreign
to us, the whole royal family kind of thing. And so sometimes I
look at it and it's sort of just this fun like docu drama that I'm
watching because I don't really get it. I'm gonna, of course, I
get it historically, but at the same time, we don't have a king,
we're not princess, and it's just kind of fun to get caught up
in it. But then when there's something like this and you realize it's more
than just the king telling one of the princess, hey, don't go to
court, it's a little bit bigger than that. It's like dad telling you,
hey, don't go to court because you're screwing with the family. That
makes a big difference when you look at it that way. So we'll see
how this plays out. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says courage one over terror
during a ceremony marking the seventy ninth anniversary of D Day, which is today.
Austin spoke out of ceremony at the American Cemetery in Normandy, France.
We veterans of World War Two, we salute you. You save the world.
We much merely defended. D Day was the invasion of the beaches at
Norman d by troops from the US, Canada, and the UK, as
well as other Allied countries. The US National D Day Memorial Foundation says more
than four thousand Allied troops were killed in the largest naval, air, and
land operation in history. The LA County Border Supervisors is expected to formally support
the WGA strike. The board says it believes the guild's demands are reasonable and
necessary. If the board solidarity motion is approved today, a letter signed by
all five board members will go to producers expressing their support and urge the group
representing the studios to head back to the bargaining table. And A man's been
arrested in connection with multiple threats to the school, students and staff at Luguna
Hills High School. There's at least fourteen victims. Ocie Sheriff's Sergeant Mike Woodrufe
says Eugene Jenkins allegedly made bomb threats, death threats, and calls claiming a
possible shooter was approaching the campus. This can cause a lot of emotion in
the community because of today's society with the concern of weapons and people doing the
unthinkable on school campuses. Woodrufe says Jenkins was arrested during stakeouts at known locations
where the threats were made in anticipation of additional threats during graduation season in Orange
County, Corbin Carson k if I knew Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other
for a major dam wall collapsing. That wall broke in a region of southern
Ukraine after Moscow's control following a reported explosion. Sag AFTER members have told their
union they're good with the union calling a strike if it doesn't come to a
contract agreement by June thirtieth. The vote was approved by a ninety eight percent
margin, just under half the one hundred and sixty thousand members voted. The
national executive director of sag AFTER says going into talks knowing members have already authorized
to strike will give the union leverage negotiations are expected to start tomorrow. Sticking
points include compensation and less residuals due to a shift to streaming. AI is
also an issue, and the union wants more regulations on how actors, voices
and images are used. SAG members last went on strike in two thousand in
a dispute over their commercials contract. Amy King KFI News, the June gloom
is back, and maybe even some storms. Let's talk with the National Weather
Service meteorologist Todd Hall. Todd, good morning to you. I was driving
the grape Vine last night and sure enough, for about five minutes, I
got a good little shower, just enough to really make the truck look alful.
Yes, we're in We're in June, June. This is a very
very much a staple of southern California weather. Okay, so what can we
expect this week and will we see some storms on the way. So in
general, we have this persistent trough or persistent low pressure area that's been anchored
along the West coast. That's been a common theme through a really since since
April um and we've had this persistent little trough just hanging out along the along
the West coast. And that's actually has brought us that onshore flow and continues
to bring us that those nights through morning low clouds and fog and and as
that you know, we've really we've had for the last really our last offshore
day was was that we've recorded in the La Basin was April twenty second,
and that was just for a brief just one brief day, and then everything
else has been pretty much on shore um the roof, so that continues,
those low clouds and flog so um. So yeah, that's unfortunately, I
mean, this is kind of the thing we're looking at throughout the rest of
the week. We're going to see more of this on shore flow and long
arms for flow keeping those that those night and morning low clouds hugging the coast
each day. Is this odd for there to be a drop that hangs out
for so long? No, I mean you can get in weather patterns where
you end up in getting a weather pattern for about six weeks or so,
six day weeks. That's what I learned when I was kind of getting into
weather here in southern California. So it can it can be very persistent.
Um, you know, just looking at some of the statistics, I mean
we have a data basically goes back to nineteen eighty nine here in the office
that we keep and unfortunately we don't have in in meteorology, we don't we
keep thirty year and normals that we keep those thirty year normals until we look
at a thirty year period to develop some sort of climatology with us. So
we're out quite at that moment. But you know, generally, since since
April first, about seventy nine percent of our days we've had the nights morning
low clouds and fog, and then about forty five percent have not either cleared
during the during the afternoon hours or they've hung in until the afternoon hour.
So it has seemed quite gloomy really since about I would say about mid April.
I like the forecast in the sense of fire danger because you keep that
humidity in. That's going to make it at least easier if something breaks out
for fire crews to go into this. But how long might we be in
this period of Okay, it's going to be a little bit cooler, a
little bit more wet, before we have to start worrying about the fire danger
really kicking in when things start to dry out. Well, I mean we've
we already had a reminder this week and at the Ald Valley, so so
they've been dealing with the Danny fire the last couple of days, and so
they've they've had that reminder of those grass fires that can develop pretty quickly.
So I mean, it's it's all in a frame of reference. So as
as we're nice and cool out in the desert, it's actually it's actually fairly
dry, and so that that is is a frame of reference. But eventually
what's going to happen is we're going to break out of this period and get
into summer. This is this is a nice reprieve because we have the onshore
flow and keeping the more moist air in place. But we know by fall,
I mean, we're going to be back into this where we have a
potential for offshore flow and Santana's and all that stuff to come back into the
forecast. Yeah, it was in northern California over the weekend, reading specifically,
and it was one hundred two and I said, welcome home, this
is very normal. And then I got home last night here to SOCl and
it was cold. I mean, like grab a sweatshirt, it's cold.
Outside, So what do we have as far as the forecast this week?
Can you just kind of give us the day to day again, we're going
to continue see this this night through morning, low clouds, lingering. As
far as as far as what we're looking at for the rest of the week
here, we're looking at this onshore flow to continue, and so we have
mostly cloudy days that we're looking at with some night through morning night through morning
drizzle continuing until least Wednesday. And then you know, we forecasts when you
go out in the long range still is cloudy, cloudy, cloudy, cloudy,
with with you know, more of this, more of this low clouds
and fog lingering at the at the beaches each day at least. All right,
thank you so much, Todd. I appreciate your time. All right,
thank you, have a good one. See you later. That is
a National Weather Service meteorologist, Todd Hall. But you know what, let's
take it because we're all going to be complaining very quickly about one hundred degree
heat, right and we'll be like, oh, remember that remembered back in
the day when we had that trough sitting off the coast and it gave us
the June gloom. It was just seventy for a couple of weeks. That's
all I see as far as highs mid sixties, very low seventies through this
week, with a twenty percent chance of showers this morning. Let's get back
to some of these stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
There was a nurse by a falling branch in Costa Rica who needed one hundred
thousand dollars medically staffed plane to get home to Orange County Providence Mission Hospital Mission
VAO. Doctor Robert Goldberg says Diana Noizella's spinal cord was damaged. Spinal cord
acts like a telephone line between the brain and the rest of the body,
sending signals from the brain to the body and back to the brain. So
if the SPOONI cord gets injured, those signals cannot be sent, which she
says can lead to paralysis. So there was a go fund me that passed
the one hundred eighty two thousand mark that was used to help fly the nurse
home safely. On Saturday, Nizella oversees the Spinal and Neuroscience Institute at Providence
where she now needs care. Oh look, I just got goose bump.
Those stories are crazy to me. Police say two people were shot during a
food truck robbery in South la residence near Grammercy Park say they heard dozens of
gunshots where police recovered multiple shell casings. Local resident and Garcia says she has
never seen street vendors robbed in that area before. I definitely feel comfortable going
to food trucks and bringing my family. I don't see any issues with it.
I've never personally ran into any issues. Police say two people were treated
at a hospital after the shooting yesterday around midnight. Officials say this is the
fifth report of a food truck robbery in LA in the last week. Chris
Adler KFI News, and let's start with the fact that this study I'm about
to tell you about was commissioned by a mattress company, which I think is
very funny. A new study says it takes less than twenty minutes for someone
in the US. I don't know why the US specifically, and not in
the UK or whatever, to know if they want a second date. The
study, again was put together by a mattress company. Survey two thousand single
people last month. Now, the study says many gen zers. Gen xers
say they have high steam and nerds people say manners, personality, and conversation
skills ranked higher than good looks. Taylor, did you ever do speed dating?
Absolutely not. My friend told me we're oh, yeah, let's just
go to dinner. That's when I was living in San Francisco. My friend
Lisa, actually, who's on my you want to see? Uh? Lisa,
She's on my Facebook and Instagram. Sucker you into a speed dating.
We get to the restaurant and it says speed dating downstairs, and I looked
at her and I say you yes, something came out. It was the
worst experience of my life. There's a reason there's always a speed dating scene
in comedy movies. Yes, forty year old virgin I always go straight to
that scene. I did go out with two of the guys. Okay,
horrible. Yeah, I don't know what you expected. I don't know what
I expected either. But one guy got mad in the middle of our date
and was like, this is not going the way that I thought it would,
And I was like whoa. At the restaurant though I made him pay
for it, here you go. Oh yeah. I walked out. I
said I'm good, Yeah, thanks for nothing. The other guy was nice,
but then I think I think I got I don't know, not ghosted.
But he was like, hey, so my mom's having hip surgery.
Oh so I probably can't like do this for a while, but could I
call you next month? You gotta walk my fish, I'll bear it back.
Yeah. I was like, I think I just got dissed. Yeah,
or this guy's really weird and it's like asking me, can we can
we do a thirty day hiatus? What? All right? Don't you to
press the pause button on your interactions? Thanks? After like that, we
did go on two dates, but it was very odd. You guys,
don't speed date. Don't speed date. People do not speed date. Get
out there right bar or something, and you can swipe after swipe right.
Sure, but the speed dating thing, online dating thing is just a it's
a hard stop. I just met a woman, a woman I went to
high school with, over the weekend who had this lovely husband. He was
in Chicago, she was here, and they were on Tinder found each other.
Sure, I mean one in three hundred's gonna I mean, you hit
your head hard enough on the wall, you're gonna make a dent. Eventually,
I adore you. You can see pictures from my reunion. It was
a crazy weekend. Jennifer Jones radio on Instagram and I think it's still Jennifer
Jones. I don't know. I got rid of Lee, you guys.
I dropped Lee anyway, Okay, hell now I don't even know what it
is. Karen Travers, good morning to you. This was the hot topic
at least the Ukraine Russia war yesterday because you had Ukraine's counter offensive being questioned
as to whether or not it has begun. What did the White House spokesman
on Kirby have to say, you know, in terms of the timing,
he is not saying much. And that's been pretty standard from the administration on
this Ukraine counter offensive. It's been long expected at this point. A lot
of questions yesterday at the White House briefing about whether or not it had started,
when the timing might get under way, and just kind of the assessment
of the administration about this counter offensive. And Kirby's standard answer on this is
We're going to let the Ukrainians say what is happening on the ground and give
their assessment on the timeline and day to day updates on what's happening. But
for the administration, their point is they feel very confident that over the last
six to eight months, the United States has done everything it can to get
the Ukrainians prepared for this moment, whether that is giving training, weapons,
systems, supplies, anything that they have asked for that the United States feels
that they need for this moment. They say that they are ready and ready
to go. Why be kg about it? What is the strategy behind that?
I think it's that they want to you know, they'll say, it's
not our war. We are there to support, we are there to train,
We are there to help the Ukrainians and assist, but we are not
dictating what they should be doing, and we are not going to give day
to day updates in terms of like the battle plan or what's happening on the
ground. I specifically asked about Ukrainian Presidents Zolenski's assessment of casualties that might happen
because of Russia's superior air power and when this town or offensive starts. Zolensky
said he feels that the Ukrainians are going to suffer significant casualties on the ground,
and John Kirby would not weigh in on that, saying, you know,
it's not up to us to say and assess what casualties must be like
or might be like. That's what we will pay attention to the Ukrainians on.
We will take their lead on that and listen to what they have to
say. But I think it's because they just don't want to be that involved
in the minutia and sort of been as dictating what's happening there. All right,
Karen, thank you so much. I appreciate you explaining it all.
Have a great day, you two, see you later. ABC's Karen Travers
and I get that we do not know what the day to day operations are
until we are told by our sources and Ukrainian officials. I get that,
so I can see where they'd be like, Ah, don't make us the
front runner on this when it comes to having us explain what's going on on
the ground. That absolutely makes sense. All right, let's get back to
some of these stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom newsroom.
That is, the SEC has soon binance. It's the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange,
and it's CEO for the Mishandling of billions of dollars. ABC's Rebecca Jarvis
says it's another hit to crypto following the downfall of rival FTX last year.
Finance was the other marquee name, and at least by the public record,
Finance was doing even more transactions than FTX. Finance was sued yesterday. The
SEC alleges the company acted in blatant disregard of US securities laws. Finance,
however, says the company takes the allegation seriously, but says the agency's accusations
are unjustified. Cannabis coffee shops, what do you think about this? They
could soon be coming to a city near you. So California pass this sixty
four to nine last week that allows local governments to license kind of Amsterdam style
cannabis cafes. San Francisco as Similarman Matt Haney says the bill allows struggling cannabis
businesses to pivot from the dispensary model and bring tourist dollars into empty downtowns.
He says people want to enjoy cannabis while drinking coffee, eating a scone,
or listening to music. Do you, I don't know, what are your
thoughts? Jen, I don't, I don't do I do nothing. I'm
so freaking boring when it comes to okay, I stop drinking. You used
to be an enjoy your of spirits, yes, and the bits to go
to bars, right, used to used to be somebody that went out and
about and had time with friends. Oh. I also think about this is
just another avenue for people to have those experiences, but more targeted at something
that's kind of a different experience. I'm not sure because I don't know,
so that I kind of can't speak to this one. Do you when you're
smoking? Do you want to sit there and smoke while you're drinking coffee,
eating a scone or listening to music? Why not? Why not? Or
why not have it in your coffee or in your scone? Okay, I
can see that, right, I can see that it becomes more of an
experience. But just say that you're going to sit there and what have you're
edible? And then you're gonna have your scone? And where are they going
to sell? Cheetos? Maybe Doritos? Why not? Matt Haney says there
is no good reason from an economic, health or safety standpoint, that the
state should make it illegal. A school board in Oklahoma has voted to approve
what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the country. So the
board voted three to two to approve the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma's application. The
online public charter school would be open to students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.
The state Attorney general says the decision violates Oklahoma's constitution. I'm just wondering separation
of church and state. How that plays into not just the state's overall constitution,
but the constitution period, right, And it's not the fact that there
can't be religious schools. They're a religious Catholic schools, you know, Jewish
schools. Handle talks about his daughters going to a religious school all the time.
So I'm not one hundred percent sure how this would violate there the states.
Sorry, yes, I said, violet violate the state's decisions. But
I find it interesting. Oh, I find this really interesting. A really
cheesy rest stop has opened in Joshua Tree, but only for a week.
The Cheese It Stop is a converted tourist attraction along twenty nine Palms Highway called
The Station, where a twenty foot service attendant named Big Josh towers next to
the building. Instead of gas, the pumps now fill your car with cheese
Its packages literally shoot out of the hose and inside the cheeset Souvenir shop with
branded merchandise and of course, unique flavors of cheese its, white cheddar grooves
in my personal fave, the bright red and yellow cheese at Shop, complete
with cheese themed graffiti in the bathroom and cheese It blooms on the cacti around.
The shop is open ten to six daily through Sunday. Amy King kf
I knew, oh, I didn't know I was going to have to fight
Amy over her cheese It choice white, Huddar blue, regular old cheese Its.
That was my snack on the drive home yesterday. Let's say good morning
now to doctor Katherine Kelso, who is Deputy Director of the VA Office of
Geriatrics and Extended Care Veterans Health Administration. Doctor Kelso, good morning to you.
This is such an important topic because it's rare to find somebody who has
not experienced someone with Alzheimer's in their family, and this being Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
Knowing what research is happening out there is a huge, huge thing for
a lot of us. So doctor, thank you for your time this morning.
How is the VA sort of paving the way when it comes to the
research and treatment of Alzheimer's Well, thank you, good morning. Yes.
The VA offers a wide variety of healthcare services that include medical care, and
we supplement that with home care services and potentially long term care if the veteran
can no longer reside, saylee in their home. One of the areas that
Vageriatrics is focused on is understanding that challenges that rise with aging, and we
want to be able to support our veterans and their caregivers as they navigate these
challenges to live as well as they can for as long as they can in
the least restricted environment. The VA had come under scrutiny years ago for not
doing enough for the veterans, but it sounds like now there's a huge shift
and you guys are going above and beyond to make sure that not just in
your care, but like you were saying outside, in their homes, that
they are getting the proper help. Yes, and VA is positioned very well
to care for veterans. We understand their needs and our staff are specially trained
to serve veterans. But we understand that a veteran is not going to be
able to remain in their home, which is their preference, without caregiving support.
Anybody that's been a caregiver for those that have Alzheimer's understands the journey.
There's ups and downs, it's lengthy, it's intense, and we like to
offer our caregiver's respite. We offer in home services everything that we can provide,
either aid to come in that VA will purchase, or our Veteran directed
program where the veteran can hire their own caregiver. If there is somebody out
there who is a caregiver for a veteran, how can they get in touch
with you guys. Maybe they've been doing it on their own and didn't even
realize that you guys were there to help. Yes, So on our website,
we have a comprehensive website VA dot gov slash Geriatrics, and there is
a caregiver section on there, and there's education, There are resources and lots
of information about how to get help. When it comes to what you guys
have done recently to really sort of flip the narrative to show that it's not
just in your care but as you're pushing here at home. What is it
specifically that you have done over the last couple of years. Let's say that
it made this possible. Now, what we are currently in the process of
is the largest rollout of our home care programs in VA history. We are
rolling out home based primary care, which has been in place, but now
we are increasing that. That is where the veteran can get primary care in
their home so they don't have to travel out and that team will come and
see them in their home and support the caregiver. We also are expanding our
Veteran Directed which will be at every medical center within the next eight quarters.
And we are expanding our medical Foster home, which is community residential homes where
three veterans can reside because they are at a level where they need nursing home
care, but it's so much more satisfying to live in a home environment than
in a traditional nursing home setting, so we are instituting that this year as
well. I had no idea that you guys ran a program like that.
Yeah, that's phenomenal. I love that idea because you're right. Putting them
in an environment like that might help them. It keeps them social they're not
isolated, but at the same time they're getting the care that they need.
That one blows my mind. I love hearing that. Yes, it's a
great it's a great program, one that we're so excited about. And we
do believe that there are many people in the community that want to serve,
that will step up for this program. Oh my gosh, undoubtedly. All
right, So again, if you would give everybody the information, because there
might be caregivers out there who say, I want to step up and help
with one of those foster programs. Or again, like I said, a
caregiver out there who had no idea that you guys had resources to help them.
Where did they go? Correct? They go to VA doc of slash
Geriatrics. You are awesome, doctor, Thank you so much for highlighting this.
I appreciate it, and God bless you in the VA for the work
that you're doing. Thank you all right, take care that is doctor Katherine
Kelso, Deputy Executive Director of the VA Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care Veterans
Health Administration. I had no idea they had those foster programs. I know
it sounds it sounds odd to you know, maybe call it a foster program.
But how often do you see a veteran on I mean even on the
street necessarily, but you feel, you feel that isolation for them. I
mean, gosh, anybody who is in some sort of assisted care usually it's
them and a caregiver, right, But how wonderful if it would be where
they would have a place with like that lack of a better word, like
minded people that kept their socialization up, but that also got them the proper
care. Oh. I love that Apple is unveiled a mixed reality headset and
it can be yours for the low low price of thirty five hundred dollars.
Yesterday's Vision pro announcement is ben called the company's biggest product kickoff in years.
Apple CEO Tim Cook says VR is more than just a phase. You can
see here and interact with digital content right in your physical space. And this
is a huge idea. Well, just like something you would see in kind
of a sci fi film. The Googles can just record and play back three
D images and videos. They can access iPhone home screens, play movies.
It's all controlled by your eye and hand movement and supports more than a hundred
video games. There's a musical rehab program for young people that could be coming
to detention centers in La County. It is a motion by the Board of
Supervisors that calls for the county to contract a fourteen year old nonprofit specializing in
bringing music education and performances to underserved kids. This nonprofit would develop develop a
Drum Corps program. The training would be two hours a day, two days
a week for thirty weeks. The Board's consideration comes weeks before a deadline to
clear juvenile halls. Have you heard about this one of a kind home in
Alhambra. There is a realtor who is legit trying to sell this house.
It's below street level, it's down a spiral staircase. Kind of kind of
sounds cool, right, But the reason that it's got that kind of weird
setup is because it's built into the side of a bridge overlooking the Alhambra Washed
So essentially, you would be buying a home that is built into the side
of a bridge. It is one bedroom, one bath, and it's going
for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. However, if you buy this property,
you need to fix the leaks, of which I don't know how many
there are and spend an estimated three thousand dollars on mold abatement. So if
you like a place that's a little leaky and a little moldy smelling, built
inside a bridge or built onto a bridge, I've got something to sell you
in Alhambra. I want to see. I bet there's a bidding war.
I seriously bet there's a bidding war. A space that's two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars that needs three thousand dollars immediately and repairs. Somebody is going to
buy this and somebody else is going to try and bid them out. Ah
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