WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:05.480 You're listening to KF I am six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:14.560 on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Then I traveled to the seven levels of 3 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:21.000 the Candy Cane Forest, past the scene of Swirly Twirly Gum drugs, and 4 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:28.079 then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, 5 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:33.799 Orange County. Okay, people, Sama's coming to sup Oh, my god, 6 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:41.280 Santa's here. I know him. I know him, Sasine, It's 7 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:50.880 time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. Twentieth anniversary of 8 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.840 Elf. Can you believe that movie has been around for twenty years? It 9 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:58.520 is like one of my absolute favorites. I think we're gonna go make some 10 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:07.680 elfspage later today. Sounds delicious that I disagree. Oh okay, this is 11 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:11.319 your wake up call for Tuesday, December fifth. Good morning, I'm Amy 12 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.719 King. Thanks for waking up with us today. I'm having a little sticker 13 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.560 shock today. First, I told you about my Christmas tree. Yesterday I 14 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.640 went and got it all in almost two hundred dollars for a six foot Christmas 15 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.840 tree, which by the way, is still not decorated. Well, then 16 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:32.959 here's my next one. I've never used grub hub myself or door dash or 17 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:34.760 anything like that. I've been at friends houses when they've ordered it, but 18 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.879 I've never paid for it. So we were thinking it sounded good to have 19 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.840 some chicken wings. So we ordered chicken wings, which I love. I 20 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:49.280 think we got it from Buffalo Wild Wings. Two like six packs of wings. 21 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.120 We got a half dozen of one and a half dozen and other. 22 00:01:53.079 --> 00:02:00.480 By the time it got to me forty five dollars. Forty five dollars for 23 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:06.719 twelve chicken wings. But you didn't have to leave your house. Well, 24 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.840 I guess there's that. I just couldn't believe how expensive it was. It's 25 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:15.439 unbelievable. Yeah, the price we pay for convenience, right, Okay, 26 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.879 Well, here's what's ahead on wake up call today. A man has been 27 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.400 charged with murder in the desks of three homeless men in the La area. 28 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:28.000 Police say all three were sleeping alone on a sidewalk or in an alley when 29 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.120 they were killed. The thirty three year old was already in jail in connection 30 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.719 with the follow home robbery and killing of a man in San Demus last week. 31 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:40.280 Israel maybe planning to flood Hamas's network of tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip. 32 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:46.879 Reports are Israel's already built a system of large pumps to send seawater in from 33 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:51.879 the Mediterranean Sea and could have all of the tunnels flooded within weeks. One 34 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.919 big concern is it could harm the Gaza Strip's water supply. And then there 35 00:02:54.919 --> 00:03:00.319 were four. The Republican National Committees's five people have qualified for the fourth Republican 36 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:05.400 Debate, but only four expected to show up. Chris Christy, Ronda Santis, 37 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:08.159 Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswami will be on the stage tomorrow night. 38 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:13.000 Donald Trump, who's leading the pack and polling, is skipping the debate. 39 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.159 At six oh five, it's handled. On the news, Jamie Fox is 40 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:19.759 finally talking. I remember that really bizarre health scare from a while back. 41 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:23.560 He Bill's going to tell you what Jamie Fox is finally saying. Let's get 42 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.479 started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news 43 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:30.879 room. Hundreds of faculty members at cal Poly Pomona have walked off the job 44 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:36.759 in a rolling strike for a fair labor contract the unions. Doctor Nicholas von 45 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:42.919 Glahn says lecturers should never be food or housing insecure. We care about our 46 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:46.000 students. We want to be actually as at least disruptive as possible. This 47 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:51.360 is a demonstration that we can and will shut it down. You can see 48 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.439 from the parking lots. These parking lots would be full. The one day 49 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:59.599 strike in Pomona yesterday shutdown classes for hundreds of students. Faculty at other CSU 50 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:04.000 campuses are expected to walk out through Thursday. A woman with a knife has 51 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:09.719 been shot by La Kenny Sheriff's deputies in Lancaster. The Sheriff's Promis's deputies had 52 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:14.240 been sent out last night about a man and a woman fighting. They say 53 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.959 the woman threatened to hurt the man. Officials say the woman was shot when 54 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.480 she approached the man while holding the knife. She died at the hospital. 55 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:27.000 A guy with a yellow crowbar has damaged about thirty parked cars around Koreatown. 56 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:31.519 The vandalism happened between noon and three yesterday afternoon. The guy was wearing black 57 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:36.720 pants, black slippers, and a Dallas sweatshirt. Police say he is known 58 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:43.519 to be hostile towards bystanders. A crane has fallen onto a home in Loma 59 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:46.959 Linda. The family that lives there was able to get out before the heavy 60 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:50.120 machinery caused major damage to the house on Friday. The homeowners say they've lived 61 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:55.360 there for thirty seven years. So cal Edison had sent out an alert saying 62 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:00.959 it was replacing power lines in the area and residents should expect possible outages. 63 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.560 The damaged home has been yellow tagged, that means the safety of a building 64 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:11.319 is questionable and needs more inspection. Parents in the South Bay say Redondo Union 65 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:15.319 High School took two long to notify families about a teen with a loaded gun 66 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.759 on campus. Police were called to the school yesterday after ten thirty am, 67 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:21.560 where they found a tenth grader with a gun and a high capacity magazine. 68 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:26.199 This father says it took hours for the school to notify parents of the arrest, 69 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:29.360 and says he got updates from the media. They're really quiet about it. 70 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.199 My son didn't find out. He found out when he got home and 71 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:34.360 when he called his friends. They found out when they got home, so 72 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:38.839 they kept it pretty quiet. There was no lockdown. Some students I spoke 73 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.279 with had no idea. Another student took a loaded gun to school. Police 74 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.720 say the student is facing charges for having the gun but there was no evidence 75 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.560 of a planned threat. Chris Adler kaf I News. A small earthquake has 76 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.759 rattled Fullerton and some surrounding areas. The three point five magnitude quake hit just 77 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.279 after eight last night. Fullerton Police say there were no reports of injuries or 78 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:01.120 structural damage. A city official and Anaheim described the earthquake as brief but noticeable. 79 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:05.560 Was apparently even felt at Disneyland. Disney shut down dozens of rides following 80 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:10.920 the shaking as a precaution. And here's something earth shaking. The Barbie Movies 81 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.279 coming to Max the biggest movie of the year, will be available to stream 82 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:19.279 starting December fifteenth. Let's say good morning now to ABC White House correspondent Karen 83 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:24.399 Travers. Karen, as we were talking about yesterday, lawmakers are sounding the 84 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:28.000 alarm about Ukraine running out of money if they don't get more from the US. 85 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:30.240 What's the latest on that. Yeah, So, we had a visit 86 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:36.279 briefing yesterday by the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who continued that pressure from 87 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:42.360 the White House on lawmakers to get funding paths for Ukraine. Sullivan had a 88 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.399 pretty blunt message. He said he believed that any number of Congress who doesn't 89 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:49.160 support funding for Ukraine. As he put it, they're voting for an outcome 90 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:53.720 that will make it easier for Putin to prevail. He said. A vote 91 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:59.000 against supporting Ukraine is a vote to improve Putin's strategic position. He says, 92 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.839 that's just an inn capable reality. You know, this follows what we talked 93 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.879 about with the budget director for the President sending a letter to congressional leader saying 94 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:10.879 without action by Congress by the end of the year, the administration will not 95 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:14.839 be able to send more equipment and resources to Ukraine. There is no magic 96 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:18.480 pot of funding that they can turn to to replenish stockpiles or send funding to 97 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:24.000 Ukraine. So this is dire right now from the administration in their view that 98 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:29.079 the timing is so critical they can't stretch things anymore past the end of the 99 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:31.680 year. So that's the message from the Whitehouse. On Capitol Hill, the 100 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:38.600 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made the first move to advance this supplemental bill to 101 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.439 bring it to the floor for a vote. But it's not clear what they're 102 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.920 going to have included in that on border provisions, because they still haven't negotiated 103 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:49.560 that they're still talking about it between Republicans and Democrats, and there's a little 104 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:54.480 bit of pessimism right now. Democrats say that Republicans are too dug in and 105 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:58.560 aren't compromising. Republicans say they're still at the table and willing to negotiate, 106 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:01.720 but the clocks ticking. They don't have a firm deadline of like they have 107 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:05.480 to do this by this day, but the pressure on the White House is 108 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:09.319 every day that they're not doing it, it gets more dire for Ukraine. 109 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.000 And you said, we don't know exactly when, but do they have sort 110 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.319 of a ballpark of when money might run out for Ukraine if we don't get 111 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:18.920 the funding passed. The White House is saying the end of the year, 112 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.279 so you know, basically they have to do this before Congress will go home 113 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.519 for the holiday season. They don't want us to dip into next year. 114 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:30.600 I think the other question, you know, and this is not something the 115 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:35.039 White House is willing or just hasn't engaged on, is okay, So if 116 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.080 that happens, if the US can't send funding, can't get it disapproved by 117 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.759 the end of the year, what happens in Ukraine? Like what type of 118 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:48.399 timeline are we looking at for how long Ukraine could hang on and not start 119 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.240 to lose territory, to not start to have major problems in their economy. 120 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:56.720 That's another big concern of the administration of the Ukrainian economy collapsing. How long 121 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:01.080 can they continue to pay civil servants, teachers, pension, things like that 122 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:07.440 that are really relying right now on foreign assistance. They're not willing yet to 123 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.200 say a timeline on that because they don't like to engage in hypotheticals and they're 124 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.240 hoping that the funding comes through. Okay, And then one last thing, 125 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:18.960 So Zelensky is going to talk to Congress today. Have you heard that he 126 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.200 is? He's yeah, He's going to give an address to senators via virtual 127 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:26.799 teleconference during a classified briefing today that's coming up in just a couple of hours. 128 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:33.679 That will be him making the case directly to lawmakers about what will happen 129 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.440 to Ukraine if that aid doesn't come through and essentially saying, you know, 130 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.720 you've got to do this with or without a deal on board of provisions. 131 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:46.039 This money is so critical to his country. Well, we'll see what if 132 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:50.879 Zelenska can sway the lawmakers. That's happening today. Karen Travers, thank you 133 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.440 so much for the information. Appreciate it. Have a great day. All 134 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.759 right, Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 135 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.759 twenty four hour newsroom. The race to take the House seat held by Adam 136 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:05.720 Schiff just got more crowded. Pasadena area State Senator Anthony Portentino says he's running 137 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.519 for Congress. I was in Norwalk and I filed my papers to officially to 138 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:15.919 be on the ballot in this congressional race coming up the first Tuesday in March. 139 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.639 Portentino is the chair of the state Senate Appropriations Committee. He leads fundraising 140 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:24.600 in a crowded field of potential representatives. At last count, sixteen Democrats and 141 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:30.200 five Republicans had filed to run for the seat. White House officials say they 142 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:35.120 have every reason to believe that recent attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea 143 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:41.120 were fully enabled by Iran, even though the rockets were launched by Huthis Yemen. 144 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:45.799 The White House says it is consulting with allies on appropriate action to take 145 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.720 in response, and we're going to be talking to ABC's Matt Seiler about that. 146 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:54.240 In just about twenty minutes, real interesting to find out more about that. 147 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:56.799 More than one hundred hostages are still being held in Gaza, including more 148 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:01.399 than a half dozen Americans, and As de la Quaterra says, a top 149 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:07.879 Hamas official has said any negotiations for hostages are over until the war ends. 150 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.159 Hamas has offered an all for all deals, so they're offering to release all 151 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.559 of the hostages in exchange for all of the prisoners. They are anywhere from 152 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:18.840 six thousand to seven thousand Palasten prisoners being detained in Israeli prisons. These Raelis 153 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.159 have squarely rejected that the US is pressuring both sides to get back to the 154 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:28.879 negotiating table. Israel has continued expanding its offensive, saying it plans to remove 155 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:35.440 all Hamas rulers in Gaza. Hadid you buy a house recently? I know 156 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:41.399 that the buying and selling of houses has way, way, way slowed down 157 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:43.519 because of the high interest rates. Although my first house that I bought, 158 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.879 I think I bought it at seven and a half percent. I thought that 159 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.360 that was really good, and now everybody's got seven it's I think at seven 160 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.200 point three percent was the last check I got, and everybody's like, oh 161 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.559 my gosh, that's so high. But I guess when you're used to three 162 00:11:54.759 --> 00:12:00.519 it does affect things. So prices are up for the eight month straight. 163 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:05.399 People are still buying homes. But here's here's something. Once you buy the 164 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:13.000 home, do you regret it? A recent study shows that ninety three percent 165 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:18.559 of home buyers are regretting their purchase. Most Americans believe now is not a 166 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:22.679 good time to buy a home, more than fifty three percent, and fifty 167 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.159 one percent saying now is not a good time to sell a home. And 168 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:30.759 fifty eight percent of people who have bought a home recently say they overpaid for 169 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:35.759 it. So it appears that scarcity in the housing market appears to be the 170 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.759 biggest reason for the regret because you don't get the house you want, you 171 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.519 pay too much for it, it's not in the location that you want. 172 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:46.279 But they're buying anyway because of it. It's a good investment. So we 173 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:50.879 shall see how those things shake out. Our interest rate drops in our future. 174 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.759 There was hints that it would start in the first quarter, but then 175 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:58.879 I was just watching a report that they said maybe not not until the fourth 176 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:05.840 quarter. Will the interest rates start falling again? Oh well, we'll just 177 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:07.919 say if you're gonna buy, you're gonna buy right. A good dog, 178 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.360 A really good dog to tell you about. A dog that fought off a 179 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.799 pack of coyotes has been nominated as the Farm Dog of the Year. The 180 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:24.240 Pyrenees from Georgia was severely injured by coyotes while he protected a flock of sheep 181 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:28.879 last year. Casper is three years old, has now bounced back after months 182 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:33.879 of recovery. The annual award by the American Farm Bureau comes with a year's 183 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:37.399 worth of free food and five thousand dollars. I think Casper benefits from the 184 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:41.240 food, not so much the five thousand. Tomorrow night, the Clippers take 185 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:46.200 on the Denver Nuggets at Crypto dot com with tip off at six o'clock. 186 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.399 You can listen to the game on AM five seventy LA Sports, Hollywood Park 187 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.200 Casino Elevate your game right now. Let's say good morning to the host of 188 00:13:54.360 --> 00:14:01.559 How to Money on KFI. It's Joel lars Guard. Joel evs not so 189 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.399 popular anymore. Oh, they're falling out of favor just a little bit. 190 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:11.440 And there's a new Consumer Reports study about ev reliability, and essentially what Consumer 191 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:20.039 Reports found was that evs are not as reliable as their internal combustion engine counterparts, 192 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.320 and so like we're seeing based on the data, based on kind of 193 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.080 what's happening with evs, and based on the fact that like very few car 194 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:28.879 manufacturers are actually making money from electric vehicles right now, we're kind of seeing 195 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:31.600 a pullback in this space, which is interesting. It's kind of not what 196 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.679 politicians hope for, and it's not what a lot of people predicted. Well, 197 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:39.480 so why, Well, that's a good question. I mean, I 198 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:43.879 think there are these mandates. Right. For instance, in California, by 199 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:48.639 twenty thirty twenty thirty five, every new car sold in the state is supposed 200 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:52.360 to be supposed to be electric or some other sort of clean energy vehicle, 201 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:58.440 right, And so there's this push to make this a reality. But the 202 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:01.440 truth on the ground is that these car man factoris are used to creating, 203 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:07.080 making manufacturing cars that have gas engines, and it's taking a while for them 204 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.360 to figure out the manufacturing process of an electric vehicle and make it profitable. 205 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.200 And at the same time, we had those early adopters in California more than 206 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:16.120 anywhere else, something like twenty five percent of new vehicles sold or electric. 207 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:20.639 It's test less are everywhere here, yeah, which you don't see in other 208 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.360 areas. And it's understandable because of how high gas prices are that we're seeing 209 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:28.399 more adoption here than in many other places. But there's still the problem that 210 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:33.120 in a lot of other parts of the country we're not seeing people interested in 211 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.879 electric vehicles to the same extent. And I'm a fan of electric vehicles, 212 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:41.120 but it's also like people are going to decide whether or not this succeeds or 213 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.840 fails, and what people are actually finding across the country, what people want 214 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.120 more than electric vehicles is hybrid vehicles. They're more reliable, they're saving on 215 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:52.000 gas, and the truth is they might actually be cleaner for the environment. 216 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:56.919 How is that. Well, the manufacturing process to create those giant electric battery 217 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:02.799 passages are super super heavy too. Yeah, you can with the same materials, 218 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.519 you can make something like ninety hybrid vehicles for every six electric vehicles you 219 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:10.080 make, and so we're every hybrid that goes on the road might be doing 220 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.639 more good than an EV. Oh okay. The other thing about EV's that 221 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:17.759 concerns me is we're talking about how heavy the batteries are. The tires for 222 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:22.200 evs are super expensive because they have to be stronger because the cars are so 223 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.919 heavy. Well, yeah, and insurance costs is another thing people are figuring 224 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:30.000 out, because if an EV gets in a wreck and the battery pack needs 225 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.320 to be replaced, it's we're talking instead of like a few parts or something 226 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:34.960 like that. Think about the new cyber truck. I was talking about this 227 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.320 with the friend the other day. It's this unibody construction. What happens, 228 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:41.360 and granted it's stronger than most cars, but what happens if it does get 229 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.519 in a serious accident is the is the whole thing totaled? Whereas well a 230 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:48.480 lot of these other cars where it's like, oh no, you just have 231 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:52.320 to replace a few sections and a few parts. And with some of these 232 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:55.440 evs you're finding you're running into the fact that it costs a heck of a 233 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:59.159 lot more to replace them. I will say that as evs have fallen out 234 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.519 of favor just a little bit, we are starting to see price contractions. 235 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:04.480 We've talked about the Tesla price cuts. Those are obviously a big thing, 236 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.640 but for instance, the Chevy Bolt and the Chevy Bolt EUV, those are 237 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:12.759 like pretty solid electric vehicles, they get pretty good reviews, they have decent 238 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:17.680 range, and for a while you couldn't find one for MSRP. That was 239 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.519 a joke. If you called a dealer and you said, hey, listen, 240 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.039 can I get the manufacturer suggested price? They would just like like scoff 241 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:26.880 and hang up. And now we're actually seeing prices in that range. So 242 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:32.039 they've fallen something like fifteen to twenty percent in some places. So if you're 243 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.000 in the market for an EV and you're looking at the lower end and you 244 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:37.279 drive a lot, it can make a lot of sense. Still, Okay, 245 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:40.079 so then real quick, like give us like two or three things that 246 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:42.839 we really should be looking for if we are in the market for an EV 247 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.200 to make sure that we get a good deal. Yeah. Well, so 248 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:49.279 it's important to note that in January, that's when you're going to be able 249 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:53.400 to get the tax break up front. And so I think that's going to 250 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.160 incentivize a lot of people. That's going to grease the wheels and make it 251 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:00.920 a little bit easier to make that purchase. Right, And so for a 252 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.640 lot of people, if you make the purchase today, you're gonna have to 253 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.759 file your taxes and wait to get that tax credit back into your wallet. 254 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:08.160 And so I think for a lot of people, they're going to say, 255 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.160 oh, come January, maybe it is going to make it easier to buy. 256 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:15.240 But that actually might mean that now is a better time to buy, 257 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:18.119 and we might see prices start to tick back up. There was an article 258 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.599 in Bloomberg about why now is the best time to buy an electric vehicle, 259 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.279 and they might be right. This might be the sweet spot. I will 260 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:27.799 say, there's going to be in the coming years, there's going to be 261 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:30.839 a lot of progress. Maybe we're going to see, for instance, like 262 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:34.839 Toyota with solid state batteries. That's impressive technology that could completely be a game 263 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:37.720 changer in the EV space. And all of a sudden, your vehicle that 264 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:41.599 has a two hundred and twenty mile range pales in comparison to the one that 265 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:44.680 has a seven hundred and fifty mile range. But if it works for your 266 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.359 lifestyle right, and if it is actually going to save you money under a 267 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:51.920 total cost of ownership, if you're a heavy, heavy driver, then I 268 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.720 think it can make a lot of sense. And it especially makes sense if 269 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:56.519 you're looking at the lower end of the market, and especially man those Chevy 270 00:18:56.519 --> 00:19:02.119 bolts are incredibly enticing because they're cheap and they're just as good as some of 271 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.319 those other evs that cost ten twelve thousand dollars more. Okay, So, 272 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.559 like everything else, just do your research on this one, one hundred percent. 273 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:11.240 Yeah, do your research. Look at consumer reports. There's a great 274 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:15.880 site called car gurus dot com that lets you really like shop prices on used 275 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:18.359 and new really well. So that's a great site, like a kind of 276 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:22.640 a third party aggregator site that lets you kind of look at the market as 277 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:29.000 a whole. Okay, the moving on TikTok has a shop and it's uh, 278 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:32.200 people are buying on it. Yeah. Yeah. There's an article in 279 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:34.839 the La Times and the title was so good. It said that TikTok is 280 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:40.640 dangerously good at making you spend money and and so of course, like everything 281 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:42.920 else, there's TikTok dominated the world. And now what they're trying to do 282 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:48.480 turn on the money spigot more and more. Creators on TikTok are selling goods 283 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:52.920 and their TikTok is trying to get consumers by the end of the year to 284 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.880 spend ten million dollars a day. That's so that's a lot of money, 285 00:19:55.920 --> 00:20:00.000 like ten million a day. And it's funny because like what's old is new 286 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.240 again. QBC was the hot thing back in the day, right, it's 287 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:07.599 the old school version. And it feels like TikTok and even Amazon are using 288 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:14.599 that QBC model to their advantage to generate sales, and I it seems maybe 289 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:18.920 a little more authentic coming from your favorite TikTok creator. But just know they're 290 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.000 trying to make a buck to and it's really hard to decide whether or not 291 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:26.160 the thing that they're selling you is actually something that's going to help your life 292 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:29.200 or whether it's just a complete waste of money. And I would lean towards 293 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:32.480 the ladder in most cases. Okay. And it's similar to what's going on 294 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:36.319 on Instagram and Facebook because I see all these influencer videos going, oh, 295 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.119 I love this, I gotta try this out up. Yeah, So I 296 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:44.599 love the micro influencing community. Everyone trying to sell you something. It's it's 297 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:48.359 kind of frustrating as like a user, right as everything turns into instead of 298 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:52.079 like learning something or just making me laugh, now, it's all about selling 299 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:55.839 me stuff. Yeah, isn't it beautiful? It's all about making the buck 300 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:57.920 all right. It is American capitalism at it's finest. Uh huh. So 301 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:02.640 Joe Larsgard, is it really good? At me helping you save some bucks? 302 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:07.079 And you can listen to him on Sundays on KFI It's how to Money 303 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:11.440 with Joel Larsgard from noon to two. Thank you so much, Joel. 304 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:14.680 Also you can follow Joel on how to Money or at how to Money Joel. 305 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:17.039 Thank you, Amy, appreciate it all right, Touch to you next 306 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.680 week. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 307 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:22.039 twenty four hour News or. Members of SAG after are expected to wrap up 308 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:26.240 voting on the tentative deal that ended the actor's one hundred and eighteen day long 309 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:30.759 strike against the studios. The ballots close at five tonight. The tally could 310 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:37.200 be close since some members are urging a no vote over concerns about AI. 311 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:44.039 The tentative deal includes some constant consent and compensation guardrails on AI, a seven 312 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:48.759 percent increase in wages, benefits, and the creation of a streaming participation bonus. 313 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:55.720 The contract runs through June of twenty twenty six. Seniors and disabled people 314 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:57.640 in La County can get free lift rides for the rest of the year. 315 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:03.319 The rideshare app as partner with Southern California Resources for Independent Living in La County 316 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.480 to provide thousands of dollars in free ride credits. A code can also be 317 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.119 used on wheelchair accessible vehicles. LIFT officials say the program is designed to help 318 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:17.440 break down barriers some people face when traveling during the holidays. A man's been 319 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:21.839 charged with murder in the deaths of three homeless men in the La area Bilic 320 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:25.440 Sale. Three were sleeping alone on a sidewalk or in an alley when they 321 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:29.079 were killed. The thirty three year old was already in jail in connection with 322 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:33.440 the follow home robbery and killing of a man in Sandimus last week. Congress 323 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:37.079 must soon decide whether to approve more funding for Ukraine in its war with Russia. 324 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:42.839 National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has warned resources for Ukraine will run out soon 325 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:48.319 if Congress doesn't take action soon. Ukrainian President Zelenski will address Congress to make 326 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:52.279 his plea for funding later today. And then there were four. The Republican 327 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:57.000 National Committee says five people have qualified for the fourth Republican Debate. One is 328 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:02.759 skipping it. Chris Christy Rondaz Santas, Nikki Hayley, and if a vak 329 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:07.480 Ramaswami you are expected to take the stage tomorrow night. Former President Trump is 330 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.720 skipping it. At five point fifty, We're going to be talking with ABC's 331 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:15.079 Jim Ryan about why you may just want to smile because you're on candid camera, 332 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:17.920 whether you like it or not. Right now, let's say good morning 333 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:23.279 to ABC News correspondent Matt Sailor Matt Yemen's Hootie rebels are getting more and more 334 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:30.400 aggressive. What is going on over there? Good morning, Amy, that's 335 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:34.039 right. So what we saw on Sunday was a prolonged series of attacks that 336 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:40.160 took place over about seven hours. These were missile attacks and attempted drone attacks 337 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:45.480 on commercial vessels that are sailing through these vital shipping lanes in the Southern Red 338 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:51.839 Sea. So there was also a US warship in the area. It responded 339 00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:55.079 to the distress calls from a couple of those ships, and while it was 340 00:23:55.240 --> 00:24:00.039 en route to go and check in on the cruise, witnessed drones fired by 341 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:06.359 those around that Houthi militants and Yemen they were heading towards it and some of 342 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:10.000 those other vessels and it took action shooting some of them down, but at 343 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:14.880 least three missiles hit three commercial vessels. Thankfully, there were no injuries reported, 344 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:19.039 just damage to those vessels. But it's of major concern because again there's 345 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:23.039 no guarantee when a missile is fired at a ship that it won't lead to 346 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:30.279 injuries or death. But it also disrupts a really important shipping lane. And 347 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.079 so for the US one, I know that some of the early reports had 348 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:38.640 come out saying that the USS Carney had been targeted, so it wasn't targeted. 349 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:45.119 That the other commercial ships were targeted and the Carney intervened to try to 350 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:48.880 protect them, right. That seems to be the case. So what Pentagon 351 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:53.119 officials are saying is that at this point, their initial assessment is that they 352 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:59.480 can't say that the carneye was the target of these attacks, rather that these 353 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:03.160 drones were heading in its direction. But it's very hard to tell the intent 354 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:07.720 of a drone because unlike a saabilistic missile, where you can sort of predict 355 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:11.720 where it's going to end up based on its trajectory and all that, a 356 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:18.279 drone is remotely piloted. It can change its direction. It's a little bit 357 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:22.160 less predictable, so you can't tell after you shoot it down exactly what it 358 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:26.480 is intending to hit. But it's also true that the Carnie was in the 359 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:32.920 vicinity of these other ships while it witnessed these drones coming, and so it's 360 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:36.079 not clear that it was a target rather than does. But it still makes 361 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:41.160 sense that a ship's captain would engage them because by the time you deliberate and 362 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:45.519 try to determine if this drone is going to target your ship, it's kind 363 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.720 of too late. They're very fast moving. So if a captain of a 364 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:51.880 ship witness is something like that, they're usually going to just take immediate action 365 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.559 and take that potential threat out. Okay, And it seems like these attacks 366 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:59.319 are coming. I know that on land there have been on the more than 367 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:04.519 seventy ati attacks on US bass or interests. What are options for the US 368 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:08.240 to respond because they've got to walk a pretty tight line on this. And 369 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:11.960 you're right, so we're talking about the hoo Thies here in Yemen, but 370 00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:15.279 the common thread through all of this aggression in the region is Iran. According 371 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:22.039 to the US administration, the Hoothies are around backed. But then as you 372 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:26.319 mentioned in Iraq and Syria. They have been now seventy six attacks against US 373 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:32.079 troops there also by Iran backed militants in the region. Now, there's been 374 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:36.880 some limited strikes there against some of those attackers. A lot of them have 375 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.680 been on warehouses facilities storing some of their weapons used to launch those attacks. 376 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:48.039 There have been a few that were on command and control centers, killing a 377 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.839 few of those militants. But the US has shown a lot of restraints so 378 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:56.920 far, while at the same time saying that these proxy groups, while they're 379 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:02.680 the ones doing the attacks, ultimately Iran is responsible. Okay, and I 380 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:07.160 know you got to run, Matt. Is there is there anything the US 381 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.880 can do to shore up support? Do we already have supportive alleries or we 382 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:15.960 kind of walking alone on how we respond well. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, 383 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.119 whom you mentioned just a minute before I was on, he spoke about 384 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:25.079 this yesterday, and especially with these shipping lanes, this involves a lot of 385 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:29.359 countries. He pointed out that this is a source of global concern and that 386 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:32.640 the US isn't alone on this, that it's going to work together and deal 387 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:37.960 with this challenge that the Hoothies present with the range of nations and take what 388 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:41.640 he called appropriate action in consultation with those others. Okay, well, let's 389 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:45.839 hope that all the allies stick together on this one. Matt's either thank you 390 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:48.119 so much for your time and information this morning. I appreciate it anytime. 391 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:51.200 All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 392 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:56.759 KFI twenty four our newsroom. Cal Transit it has evaluated least spaces under freeways 393 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:59.920 in California. The state wide inspection was the result of that fire or the 394 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:03.079 ten Freeway last month in downtown Lammo. From Caltrans to Governor a Newsom on 395 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:07.640 November eleventh, identifies six hundred one sites statewide under freeways or viaducts. Of 396 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:11.799 those six hundred one sites, thirty eight where id'd is having some sort of 397 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:15.400 risk or warranted follow up. Inspectors also noted they found several sites had unauthorized 398 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:19.720 vehicle storage trailers and er sheds, but very few had any imminent fire risker 399 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:25.680 hazard. Officials also said tenants have been cooperative. The state Fire Marshal classified 400 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:30.200 the fire under the ten Freeway last month as arson. Steve Gregory KFI news 401 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:34.640 a USC forecasts apartment rents in southern California will go up two to four percent 402 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:41.119 a year through twenty twenty five. That's nowhere near the twelve to eighteen percent 403 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.920 a year rent increases during the pandemic. Economists say the pace of rent hikes 404 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:52.039 should increase after twenty twenty five. Amid a slowdown in apartment construction, hundreds 405 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:55.799 of faculty members at cal Poly Pomona have walked off the job and a rolling 406 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:59.880 strike for higher pay and better working condition. The faculty are asking for an 407 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:03.440 immediate twelve percent pay increase, and the CSU system says it's offered a fifteen 408 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:10.240 percent increase over three years. Through union's doctor Nicholas von Glahn says CSU faculty 409 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:14.200 need higher wages just to keep up with inflation. Our students are facing mental 410 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:18.920 health challenges like they've never before, and the fact is that they need mental 411 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:22.599 health counselors and we're fighting for that as well. Hundreds more faculty at other 412 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:26.400 campuses are expected to shut down classes through Thursday. CSU reps say they value 413 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:32.240 their faculty and are committed to negotiating in good faith. Chris Adler KFI News 414 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:37.160 California has landed on the CDC's top ten list of states with the highest rates 415 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.839 of influenza. The California Department of Public Health lists RSB at around twelve percent 416 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:48.039 infection levels and the flu at just over seven percent. Some medical professionals say 417 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:52.799 getting vaccinated for flu early makes sense, as it takes about two weeks for 418 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:57.799 protection to kick In Redondo Union High School, student's been arrested for allegedly bringing 419 00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:02.119 a loaded gun to school. Police say students reported the fifteen year old had 420 00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:06.319 a gun on campus yesterday. Police say the student was also carrying a high 421 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:10.960 capacity magazine. No evidence of any threats or planned a tech attacks against the 422 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:15.480 school. The Supreme Court has heard a Justice Department challenged to last year's six 423 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:21.559 billion dollars settlement with Purdue Pharma. The bankruptcy ruling shielded the Sackler family, 424 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:27.319 which controls the company, from future litigation. Families of OxyContin victims say they 425 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:32.240 deserve to be able to sue the Sacklers. Taylor, Swift, and Barbie 426 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:34.880 are on the short list for Time Magazines twenty twenty three percent of the year. 427 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:41.319 Also on the list that was released yesterday are Hollywood Strikers, Chinese president 428 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:48.119 Shijinping, open AI CEO Sam Altman and those prosecuting former President Trump. Times 429 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:55.000 Person of the Year will be revealed tomorrow. We're just minutes away from Handle. 430 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:59.279 On the news this morning, that guy who was arrested in the killings 431 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:02.720 of the homeless men around LA has now been charged with murder. Bill's got 432 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:07.079 the latest on that. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. 433 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.640 Well, Jim, at this point, we may just want to smile because 434 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:12.960 more and more we're on candid camera, or rather on traffic camera. Yeah. 435 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.680 Well, at least in some parts of the country, California among them. 436 00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:21.759 Many states have done away with these all together. Texas outlawed them several 437 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.599 years ago, twenty fifteen, I think it was, But there are still 438 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:29.039 communities that grandfathered in and said we're going to extend our contract with the company 439 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:33.279 that provides the cameras for another several years. So it's sort of a spotty 440 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:37.480 kind of thing. But now the Governor's Highway Safety Association AMY is recommending that 441 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:44.519 more communities put their traffic cameras back up speed enforcement, red light enforcement, 442 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:48.400 school zone enforcement, putting cameras on school buses, on the stop arm that 443 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:53.119 extends when the bus is loading our unloading kids as a way to try to 444 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:57.599 cut into what the GHSA say has been a dramatic increase in the number of 445 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:02.359 roadway fatalities in the last decade, about thirty percent higher in the last ten 446 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:06.839 years. That's a lot, yeah, I mean it's gone from according to 447 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:14.799 the GHSA and using numbers based on National Law Enforcement third ninety three traffic fatalities 448 00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:19.319 in twenty thirteen last year forty two thousand, seven hundred ninety five. So, 449 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:22.279 I mean a lot of things go into it. There are reasons behind 450 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:25.039 all of this, but this group, this National Safety group, says that 451 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:30.839 traffic enforcement cameras could help to cut into that number, regardless of the cause. 452 00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:34.920 All right, and the people against them, let's look at what they 453 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:38.400 do. Not like this idea because they don't think it's really for law enforcement. 454 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:43.000 Right. They believe that it's mainly about raising revenue. And in a 455 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.720 lot of cases it's not even the local government that's making the money. It's 456 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:51.319 the private company that's been contracted with that local government. So if you get 457 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:53.400 a ticket, for example, from a red light camera, and you get 458 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:57.720 the piece of mail that tells you here's how you pay for it. You 459 00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:01.559 don't send the check to you know, Los Angeles City Hall. No, 460 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:07.279 you send it to an office the private company that is contracted to collect the 461 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:10.039 bills or to run the cameras. Overall, I mean, there are lots 462 00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:15.400 of reasons behind this, lots of arguments against it, but lots of arguments 463 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:19.519 in favor of it as well. In California is one of the few places, 464 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:22.960 I mean that's actually moving forward with putting up more of these cameras. 465 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:30.240 The recent legislation that was signed has they has several cities around California, including 466 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:36.960 Los Angeles, deciding to reinstate these cameras. Okay, so here's another question. 467 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:43.000 It's not only about revenue raising and law enforcement hopefully saving some lives, 468 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:47.720 but there's some privacy concerns as well. Yes, the privacy issues. You 469 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:52.599 know, people get a little bit nervous when they know that they're driving down 470 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:57.480 a highway and there are cameras that are capturing them and their car and their 471 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:02.440 license plate and storing information somewhere. So privacy advocates have had a problem with 472 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:07.239 this for quite some time. The supporters of the technology say that it's color 473 00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:10.800 blind, that if if somebody's pulled over for speeding, it doesn't matter what 474 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:14.639 that person looks like, what race they are, with national alan, which 475 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:20.960 gender. You know that it's kind of a color blind and sort of the 476 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:23.760 kind of thing that doesn't see anything except to traffic violation. So yeah, 477 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:29.679 that's one of the pros and cons against it if you look at California specifically, 478 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.280 and I think that's why Gavin Newsom has gone ahead and signed the legislation. 479 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:37.199 You guys had forty two hundred traffic fatalities in the state in twenty twenty 480 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:42.199 one. That's a lot, you know, forty two hundred people. That's 481 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:45.719 you know, a good sized town in a lot of places. So I 482 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:49.320 think that's what was behind Gavin Nosm's efforts. And then this GHSA, the 483 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:52.519 Governor's Highway Safety Association, says it's another tool in the toolbox to try to 484 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:57.519 cut into these numbers. Is this just inevitable too? Like I know that 485 00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:04.599 from in Gosh, where's my thought going? In England they have that it's 486 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:07.719 called the CCTV system or something like that. There's cameras everywhere, right, 487 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:10.800 Is that just sort of inevitable for here that that's coming. I mean we're 488 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:14.480 kind of already on that road, sure we are. Yeah, I think 489 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:16.719 you're right. I mean, you have a lot of law enforcement cameras that 490 00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:23.039 are set up and in communities and neighborhoods and in downtown areas. Trying to 491 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:29.440 remember the case where a guy civilian or was beaten up and actually died after 492 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:31.800 a beating from police. It was all captured on a camera that was mounted 493 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:36.840 there in this neighborhood intended to stop crime. Well it did, and now 494 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:39.239 several police officers are custody. But this is different. These are cameras that 495 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:45.199 catch you speeding, that catch you violating school zones, catch you violating construction 496 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:51.320 zones. And interestingly, some communities are sort of dipping their toe in it 497 00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:55.159 by mounting cameras on the stop arm on the school bus so that if a 498 00:35:55.199 --> 00:36:00.440 car passes it, boom, You got them. Yeah, it's going to 499 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:02.800 have to be very careful because it sounds like big brothers with us, whether 500 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:06.159 we like it or not. I think you're right. Yeah, for better 501 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:08.159 or for words, these cameras are going out all right, Jim Ryan, 502 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:13.199 thank you so much for the information, and keep an eye out, put 503 00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:17.039 out of the carburetor. All right, I have a good day. See 504 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:20.559 you. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 505 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:24.079 twenty four hour newsroom. A report by LA Controller Kenneth Mahia's office shows six 506 00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:29.760 out of ten people who work for the city, not including DWP, don't 507 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:32.239 live in La at least they didn't in twenty twenty two. It says that 508 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:37.519 represents about three and a half billion dollars in payroll leaving the city of La. 509 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:40.719 City workers are not required to live in the city, but the controllers 510 00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:46.599 report notes hiring locally is important considering the city suffers from chronic staffing vacancies. 511 00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:52.119 Tustin has patched passed the torch to the Navy for the final deconstruction of a 512 00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:55.400 World War II hangar that burned for more than two weeks. I don't think 513 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:59.679 anybody thought it was going to take twenty four days. Tustin Mayor Often Lombard 514 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:04.000 says ninety percent of schools, parks, and public areas impacted by asbestos spewed 515 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.480 out from the fire have been cleaned up. We've had about nine hundred and 516 00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:13.559 sixty four reported properties that have debris on them. We have tested about six 517 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:16.480 hundred and thirty of those and cleared four hundred and sixty Lombarts has Over the 518 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:21.639 weekend, crew sprayed down a chemical called gorilla snot to prevent asbestos from being 519 00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:25.679 kicked up during the final deconstruction of the seventeen story Navy blimp Haanger in Orange 520 00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:31.400 County. Corbin Carson KFI News Gorilla snott. I love that only four Republican 521 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:37.159 candidates are facing office this week's debate. 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