WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:05.240 If I am six forty, you're listening to wake Up Call on demand on 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:14.560 the Heart Radio app. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's 3 00:00:14.679 --> 00:01:00.320 Jason Middleton. Morning everybody. This is your wake up call for Tuesday, 4 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.719 July fourth. I looked on the calendar, can't figure out what today is 5 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.200 special for. So we're gonna get through the rest of the show and see 6 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.480 if something pops up. Person headlights. Coming out of the newsroom. Five 7 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:12.159 people are now dead and two children injured after a mass shooting in Philadelphia. 8 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.239 Police say six people were shot in the attack. More on this in just 9 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:19.799 a minute. Authorities are calling the deaths of six people in a South Carolina 10 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:26.200 house fire home homicide. One surviving victim was found in critical condition at three 11 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.239 year old man is in custody, and travelers are still dealing with issues at 12 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.840 airports as we head into the fourth of July. Flight Aware reports around three 13 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.719 hundred flights have been delayed already this morning. Nearly two hundred flights have been 14 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:42.120 canceled across the country as well. And some other stories coming out of this 15 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.840 morning's newsroom. Five men have been killed in a shooting in Philadelphia. Two 16 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:51.280 boys ages two and Thirteen were injured in the shooting last Monday night. Police 17 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:57.519 Commissioner Daniel Daniel Outlaw says the shooter was arrested this mail was wearing a bulletproof 18 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:02.519 vesse what multiple magazines in the vest. He also had a scanner and an 19 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:07.719 AR style rifle and a handgun. She says. Investigators are trying to find 20 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.919 out figure out why the man targeted innocent people and some pet owners on the 21 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:15.400 East Coast had their dogs backs and a couple of bear fights over the weekend. 22 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:19.080 Two dog owners, both over sixty, fought back at black bears after 23 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.479 their dogs were chased on their properties. The first was in Maine on Friday, 24 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.240 when a woman punched a bear in the nose after a bear was chasing 25 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:28.240 her dog near her home. The bear bit her hand for her trouble and 26 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.639 then ran away, according to the Main Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. 27 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:35.039 The second incident was on Saturday, when a man in Connecticut was hurt fighting 28 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.319 off a bear when his dogs started chasing it as the bear was attracted to 29 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.479 bird feeders. Wildlife experts say the best way to stay safe in a black 30 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:46.520 bear attack is to fight back. Brian Brewman KFI News if Califire could get 31 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.599 pay raises for life. A bill that would allow for automatic races is making 32 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.960 its way through the state legislature. Califier Union president Tim Edwards says a starting 33 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:59.319 firefighters hourly rate is fifteen dollars fifty six cents compared to the rate of twenty 34 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:04.120 two an hour target and in and out if past, salaries for CalFire employees 35 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.400 would move to within fifteen percent of the top twenty highest paying fire departments in 36 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:12.000 California, and the union would no longer have to negotiate rates of pay with 37 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:16.319 the Governor's office. The HP has had automatic races for years. Steve Gregory 38 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:20.680 came, if I knows well the first topic for today on wake up call 39 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.199 is July fourth, related with the fireworks. But but as fire in the 40 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:29.240 story angle, it means we have to have the LAFD on because they know 41 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.520 the best. David Ortiz is one of lafd's public Information officers, also known 42 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:38.879 as a PIO. Please tell all of LAFD thank you so much for everything 43 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:40.240 they have to do this week. It's a heavy lift, for sure, 44 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:46.080 it's a heavy summer. But particularly I know when the pios go out. 45 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:49.360 It's kind of a big deal. What is the main thing people want to 46 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:54.439 talk with you about this week? The big message that we are getting out 47 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:01.319 this week is fireworks, fireworks safety, and the halves are that fireworks pose 48 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:04.680 to our neighborhoods. All right, well, let's start with just an example, 49 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:09.879 Long Beach. You can't have any fireworks. All fireworks are illegal in 50 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:13.759 Long Beach. Would you guys like to see that happen across Los Angeles? 51 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.120 Well, that is the law in the majority of municipalities throughout the County of 52 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:25.079 Los Angeles, About seventy six out of the eighty eight municipalities in Los Angeles 53 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:30.519 Counties have outlawed any type of fireworks, even those that are called safe and 54 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:35.240 sane. So there are a few small cities in the County Los Angeles that 55 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:42.360 you can purchase these supposedly safe insane fireworks, but it is illegal to bring 56 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.920 them into the other seventy six cities, including the City of Los Angeles, 57 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.240 including city of Long Beach, it is illegal. And the reason is these 58 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:55.519 are not toys. These are not safe for children. And we're trying to 59 00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:00.639 protect our communities and change the culture where people still see these fireworks as toys. 60 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.920 So, David, what if I see a neighbor who hasn't gotten the 61 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:06.639 message and decides he wants to blow off a couple of fireworks, especially when 62 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.600 it's one hundred degrees for a few days a row, what should I do? 63 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:15.160 Well, The message that we're getting out to the folks is that fireworks 64 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:21.600 are illegal. Obviously the law enforcement agencies have they're handsful. You just have 65 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.079 to go outside of Fourth of July and look at the Los Angeles skyline and 66 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.480 see all these fireworks that are aerial shows. All these fireworks are illegal in 67 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:35.720 the state of California. Period. Any aerial firework is illegal in the entire 68 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:41.680 state. Even in areas where they do sell safe and saint fireworks, aerial 69 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:45.680 fireworks are illegal. And the reason is you cannot control where they land. 70 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:47.879 They can land on your property, they can land on a gas station. 71 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:54.480 They start dozens of rubbish fires, they start the dozens of tree fires, 72 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.560 and the fire department runs around, runs through, wheels off on the Fourth 73 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:03.480 of July trying to catch up. We do encourage the public to let law 74 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:09.399 enforcement know that you know your neighbors are using these. But the main thing 75 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:14.360 that we worry about is the people that are selling these These fireworks are stored 76 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:18.399 in manner that is not safe, in garages that reach very high temperatures, 77 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:24.040 are not well ventilated. And just a couple of years ago we saw Ontario, 78 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:29.439 they had a very large explosion where two people perished and the whole neighborhood 79 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:36.079 got reigned on debris from this fireworks garage full of fireworks that exploded. And 80 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:42.199 that's just one example that unfortunately, these people that are selling them out of 81 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:45.839 their garages are not trained, are not certified, are not licensed, and 82 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:49.959 it's a hazard to communities. Not only are they a menace, not only 83 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:55.639 are they a danger, but they also cause injuries. Every year in the 84 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:00.560 United States, there's thousands of children, especially young children of the age of 85 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:06.519 four, who received permanent injury from fireworks blowing off fingers, blowing off or 86 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:14.079 burning themselves. And we just had a press conference last Friday where a brave 87 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:17.639 young little girl aged twelve at the time a year ago, who lost most 88 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:23.279 of her fingers on her left hand because she thought this was just the smoke 89 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:29.040 bomb, and unfortunately she was wrong. And yeah, we see these injuries. 90 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.399 You know, children running around with little sparklers that you know, their 91 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:38.360 heat is a thousand degrees. One touch of these sparklers into another toddler's eyes 92 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:42.720 or their own eyes and they you know, they lose an eye immediately, 93 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:47.480 so there's no forgiveness. They explode very quickly, quicker than any human can 94 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.639 react or get out of the way, and there's no forgiveness. The only 95 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:56.959 reason why they continue to be sold here in California is because it's a tradition 96 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:03.959 of a small group of people whose lielihood depends on selling fireworks every season. 97 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:07.000 So I feel for these people that you know, they make their living off 98 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:11.000 the sailing fireworks. But unfortunately it's it's not safe. It is not safe 99 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:15.639 for our communities. It is not safe for our neighborhoods. We just had 100 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.279 a winner with a lot of grass in the hills. It's all dried out. 101 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.040 It's prime for any spark to start a brush fire. Yeah, I 102 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.040 know, that's a tough anecdote about that poor girl. We're speaking of. 103 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:31.720 David Ortiz, he's a public information officer with Los Angeles Fire Department. Let's 104 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:33.600 talk about the four legged friends that we have. I know, my puppy 105 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.320 at home is not a fan of fireworks. What do you have on that 106 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:43.639 one? Yeah, number one day for animal services to receive lost animals that 107 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.080 many times are not reunited with their families. And unfortunately a lot of these 108 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:52.600 animals are going to have to be put down because they run out of room 109 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.480 to keep them in animal shelters. And so, yeah, they get a 110 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:01.159 lot of animals that run away from home horrified of the sounds. But even 111 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:05.480 worse is our veterans. Our veterans that came back from fighting in Iraq, 112 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.960 came back from fighting in Afghanistan, and a lot of them suffer from PTSD. 113 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.480 They get to relive the horrors of war once again on the fourth of 114 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:20.720 July when people are shore enough fireworks and there are even people who shoot their 115 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:24.639 guns into the air in many areas on the fourth of July, those bullets 116 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:30.360 are coming down somewhere and we at the fire station. Actually we actually stay 117 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:35.679 in the fire station as much as possible to avoid these falling rounds that come 118 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.600 down in the neighborhoods. David, thank you so much for raising awareness this 119 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.759 morning. I do hope you have a good festive and safe Fourth of July 120 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:48.600 celebration. We've been speaking with David Ortiz, He's LAFDS public information officer. 121 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:52.720 Thanks again, David, thank you, thank you for having us. Now 122 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.919 another one for July fourth. More than one in three Americans don't know exactly 123 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:01.360 what the fourth of July commemorates, the signing of the Declaration of Independence back 124 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.320 in seventeen seventy six. That's according to a survey out from One Pole, 125 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.320 which quizzed a thousand people who identified as Americans on their knowledge of civics and 126 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:13.320 history. A couple of quick stories coming out of the K five to twenty 127 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.799 four hour newsroom before we go to break, A man in San Diego has 128 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:18.799 admitted to hiding his mother's death for more than thirty years so he could collect 129 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.919 benefits meant for her. Prosecutors say the man pleaded guilty last week to social 130 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.759 security fraud and money laundering, which resulted in the theft of more than eight 131 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:31.000 hundred and thirty thousand dollars. He agreed to pay back the money and any 132 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.679 fines, and to give up the house he bought in his mother's name. 133 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.679 Sentencing is set for September. And a fifteen year old boy has been attacked 134 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.240 by as shark while surfing in Fire Island at New York. Police say the 135 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:45.080 shark bit the boy in the foot yesterday, but he was able to swim 136 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.320 back to shore. They say his heel and toes were intact and he was 137 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:54.080 treated for non life threatening injuries. Park officials say they are increasing drone patrols 138 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:58.720 over local beaches ahead of the busy summer season. The strike by thousands of 139 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.000 hotel service workers during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year continues without 140 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.639 any sign of progress. Members of Unite Here Local eleven began striking this past 141 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:11.440 weekend at more than a dozen hotels in LA and Santa Monica after their contract 142 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:16.039 expired. The Dodgers have placed their ace on the injured list. LA has 143 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:20.559 moved Clayton Kershaw to the fifteen day injured list because of left shoulder soreness just 144 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.000 before the All Star break. If it bears in the woods, fly over 145 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:28.840 it and leave it alone. That's how the San Bernardino County Fire Department reacted 146 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.879 after nine one one calls yesterday from Mount Baldy. No humans were involved in 147 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:35.840 the interaction. At the bottom of the hour, Former Olympic gymnasts and metal 148 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.039 winner Shannon Miller is going to join us. We'll talk about the recent Simone 149 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:43.600 Bile's announcement to return to performing. We're also going to cover Shannon's own fight 150 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:48.559 and defeat of a cancer diagnosis right now. I wanted to do a whip 151 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:54.360 around when it comes to business stuff because the markets are off today, which 152 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:56.679 gives us the chance to kind of reset. But there was enough news otherwise 153 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:01.679 to really get going here. Walk now some Twitter and anti Twitter news, 154 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:09.240 and that's an excuse to use a little music bed too. Meta. Facebook's 155 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:13.200 parent company is launching its answer to Twitter Threads. The Facebook and Instagram parent 156 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:18.759 company teased its microblogging app yesterday by putting it up for pre order on the 157 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:24.919 Apple App Store ahead of its US release this Thursday and its world wide release 158 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.960 the following day. There's no better time for an app to be taken on 159 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.159 Twitter, let's be honest. Ever since Elon Musk's controversial takeover of Twitter back 160 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:35.519 in October of twenty twenty two, Old Man, is that a dog year. 161 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.200 The platform has seen an exodus, to say the least. I've referred 162 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:43.120 to it on several shows as a dumpster fire and a diaspora. Rivals like 163 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.440 masted on Hive Social and others have managed to lure some Twitter users to their 164 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:52.159 platforms, especially after Musk ordered unpopular changes such as the purge of those unpaid 165 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:56.799 blue ticks that some celebrities push back against as well as other power users, 166 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:03.480 and the devaluation of content moderation which changes the tenor of the conversation period on 167 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:09.559 Twitter. Now this week, after Twitter set tweet viewing limits, Blue Sky, 168 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:15.240 which is a decentralized Twitter like social network built by former Twitter employees after 169 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:20.360 Musk's mass layoffs, was overwhelmed despite invite code only sign ups and had to 170 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:24.440 pause registrations. I am on Blue Sky. It's still in beta. If 171 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.679 you could get a code to get in, go ahead and do it. 172 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:30.240 I've been testing it for a few months and it's worth it. The tenor 173 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.080 of conversation is better, the feed is more reliable as far as a platform 174 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:37.840 goes, it's more stable. What's not mentioned here was actually Blue Sky was 175 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:43.879 being what they called dog fooded in within Twitter while Twitter was still Jack Dorsey's 176 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:48.080 company before it was sold to Elon Musk for that buyout. So this is 177 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.639 this was kind of an existing project that exited when all the mass layoffs happened, 178 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:56.519 but it already started within Twitter. At the time looked like it was 179 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.799 maybe going to be built as a version three point zero Twitter. After the 180 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:05.799 Twitter went from well increased its character count. Now this is a more traditional 181 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:11.279 type of metastory. Greta Gerwig's Barbie opens globally July twenty first, but not 182 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:16.679 in Vietnam because of disagreements over a line, a demarcation, a geopolitical reason, 183 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:24.320 a first, a quick scene center the best day ever. It is 184 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:28.480 the best day ever, so is yesterday, and so is tomorrow in every 185 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:37.159 international forever. But Barbie is far from the only film to be banned over 186 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:41.120 the nine dash line. That's what it's called. It first appeared back in 187 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:46.200 nineteen forty seven. This is when China drew a line geopolitically in the waters 188 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.080 around South China Sea to say this is what is our territory. And it 189 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:56.720 was pushed back against back in nineteen forty seven up till now. In July 190 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:00.240 twenty sixteen, China was told that the line could not be used to state 191 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.559 claims to parts of the South China. See that's a reiteration of a previous 192 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:07.759 warning. And this is mostly about Taiwan. Of course, China does reject 193 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.919 the ruling from the Hague. As for band films, September twenty eighteen, 194 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:18.080 Crazy Rich Asians was delayed until several edits were made. In October of twenty 195 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:22.440 nineteen, the animated film Abominable ran for a week before being pulled. There 196 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.279 was a map in the film that China objected to. This exact nine dash 197 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:30.600 line map appeared in a scene and it had to be pulled. In June 198 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:35.519 of twenty twenty one, Netflix pulls Pine Gap from Vietnam because it also showed 199 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:39.120 the nine dash map within the film, and the Philippines pulled Pine Gap in 200 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.519 November of twenty twenty one, and then in March of twenty twenty two, 201 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:46.960 Uncharted at Start, Tom Holland is pulled for the same objection to the nine 202 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.159 dash map being shown. No bueno if you're in China, you can't show 203 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:54.519 that in anything, and Barbie is the most recent victim of the nine dash 204 00:15:54.559 --> 00:16:00.440 line demarcation. Also, geopolitically speaking, the trade war with China may not 205 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.240 be top of my news, but things are starting to speed up with literally 206 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:07.639 new laws and rules of engagement, not only for business, people who want 207 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.720 to do business in China, but any American headed to China. The US 208 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:17.639 on Friday warned about a new Chinese counter espionage law that became law on Saturday, 209 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:22.240 saying American and other foreign companies in the country could face penalties from Chinese 210 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:27.960 authorities for regular business activities, just regular doing business, soop stuff. Chinese 211 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:33.600 lawmakers this year past that wide ranging update to Beijing's anti espionage legislation. It 212 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:37.480 goes into effective course over the weekend, now banning the transfer of any information 213 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:44.080 related to national security and broadening the definition of spying overall. That could be 214 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:48.639 a zoom meeting based in China. The US is recommending Americans reconsidered traveling to 215 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.799 China period. The State Department in an updated advisory, said there's a risk 216 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:57.879 of wrongful detention and that US citizens could be detained without access to US consular 217 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:03.360 services or about their alleged crime. The State Department even went so far as 218 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.359 to say, even if you live in a US state where marijuana is legal, 219 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.079 don't do that thirty days before you travel there because any kind of any 220 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:15.680 kind of testing can be used under this law. Let's get some more news 221 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:18.759 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Now the restaurant John and 222 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:23.319 Vinnie has added a note to the end of customer bills regarding its eighteen percent 223 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:27.000 service fee, following a lawsuit filed by former servers two weeks ago. The 224 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:32.440 workers say the restaurant denied them tips and short changed them, violating state gratuity 225 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:37.720 laws. Added that the note clarifies the service fee is not a tip, 226 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.319 but some servers say even though the language is clearer, it has not made 227 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.400 a difference, with some customers writing included in the tip line and others expressing 228 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:51.400 frustration about the fee and where it goes. Three more racehorses have died from 229 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:55.240 racing or training injuries at tracks in southern California. Officials say one of the 230 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.680 deaths happened at Los Alamitos and two at Santa Anita, and which make a 231 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.440 level and deaths at that track so far this year. The State Horse Racing 232 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.400 Board says analysis shows that out of California's three busiest tracks, Santa Anita is 233 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:17.000 the deadliest. At least ten Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed 234 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:21.839 in a large scale Israeli military operation and drone attack. More than two thousand 235 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:26.519 troops were sent to the Jannine refugee camp yesterday to uncover weapons and explosives. 236 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:30.599 Doctors Without Borders say at least forty eight people have been killed this year in 237 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:34.000 Israeli defense raids on the camp. The group has also accused Israel of blocking 238 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:40.400 access to patients. The La City Fire Department says the elderly should take special 239 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:42.799 care during a heat wave. People over the age of sixty five are at 240 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:48.440 the highest risk for heat related emergencies. The departments Margaret Stewart says dehydration can 241 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:53.440 cause heat exhaustion or heat stroke, so be consistently drinking. If you are 242 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.960 thirsty, then you're already dehydrated. She says if you don't have air conditioning, 243 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:03.119 you can visit cooling centers to beat the heat. You can think libraries, 244 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:07.759 senior centers, park facilities. People can visit the City of LA's website 245 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.240 to find resources close by to help them stay cool. In La. Chris 246 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:17.720 Adler Ka FI News OC Animal Care says pets could run off because they're afraid 247 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:21.519 of fireworks. The shelters Jackie Tran says it's best to tire dogs out by 248 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:25.279 playing with them. Or running them around before dark, going for a long 249 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:30.319 walk will really help them release all of that energy before the fireworks shows begin, 250 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.680 so that way they're not stress when it's happening. Trans says people should 251 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:38.200 also make sure that pets tags and microchips have the most updated contact information in 252 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:42.799 case they do escape. A window indoor business in Riverside is recovering after a 253 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:48.160 homeless woman allegedly burn the place down. Majestic Windows Indoors owner Sherry Gillette says 254 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.960 her business and others have been dealing with issues from homeless people daily, and 255 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:56.519 the police have a lot more important things to worry about than you know, 256 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.359 homeless people or people on drugs that are running around in your parking lot naked, 257 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:04.200 so it's very frustrating. The homeless woman was arrested last month. She 258 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:08.839 was seen on video throwing lit rags soaked in hand sanitizer through a window. 259 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:14.359 All of the business's equipment and inventory went up in flames. The La County 260 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:18.559 Sheriff's Department has opened a use of force investigation in connection with two people detained 261 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:22.279 after a grocery store robbery in Lancaster. A witness recorded the encounter June twenty 262 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:26.960 fourth on video. The deputies have been reassigned during the investigation. Sheriff Robert 263 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:33.359 Luna says the department will release body warned camera video from the encounter. Walgreens 264 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:37.559 is expecting to close one hundred and fifty stores in the US and three hundred 265 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.200 stores in the UK. Walgreens CFO announced the closings during an earnings call last 266 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:45.079 week. The company, based in Chicago, operates nearly nine thousand stores in 267 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:49.559 the US. CNN reports Walgreens will start closing stores next August. USA Today 268 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:56.440 says it's unclear which stores are closing. And competitive eater Joey Chestnut will try 269 00:20:56.480 --> 00:21:00.440 to break his own record at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog 270 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.839 eating contest on Coney Island. I'm gonna be sweating. It's not gonna be 271 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:06.559 pretty, but I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get those dogs down. 272 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:10.920 His record is seventy six hot dogs and buns eating in twenty twenty one. 273 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.799 On the women's side, eight time champ Mickey Pseudo will try and defend her 274 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:18.279 title after eating forty dogs and buns last year. Contestants get ten minutes to 275 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.519 scarf all they can, and the winners each get ten thousand dollars. Five 276 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:26.200 people are now dead and two children injured after a mass shooting in Philadelphia. 277 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:32.440 Police say yesterday's attack was carried out at multiple locations. The suspected gunman is 278 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.480 in custody and is described as a man with an AAR style rifle, a 279 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:41.200 handgun, multiple magazines, body armor, and a police scanner. The IRS 280 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:44.519 says you may have an unclaimed tax refund. To get it, you have 281 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:48.960 to file a return for your twenty nineteen taxes, but you have until July 282 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:53.039 seventeenth. The average unclaimed refund is about nine hundred bucks. The US is 283 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:57.839 recommending Americans reconsider traveling to China period. The State Department, in an updated 284 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:03.400 advisory, says there's a risk of wrongful detention and US citizens could be detained 285 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:10.640 without access to US consular services or information about their alleged crime. And then 286 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:15.440 coming up a little bit later this hour, we are going to have Maggie 287 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:18.559 mckayon, and we're going to talk about vidiots, and if you've lived in 288 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:22.880 LA for a while or coming gone, vidiots was in Santa Monica for a 289 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:26.599 long long time and then it went away, right around COVID and then it 290 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.799 came back and now it's an Eagle Rock. So we're going to talk with 291 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:33.880 her about their new initiative as being an neighborhood anchor. But right now on 292 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.799 Wake Up Call, Olympic medalist and Jim Nas Shannon Miller is going to join 293 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:41.519 a Shannon is a cancer survivor and a spokesperson for cancer awareness. June was 294 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:44.799 cancer prevention month, so Shannon's going to discuss cancer prevention, of course, 295 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.599 but we're also going to talk about active gymnast and Olympic hero Simone Biles. 296 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:51.559 Welcome in, Shannon, and thank you for giving us some time. I 297 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:55.920 definitely want to talk about the cancer survivor. It's a fascinating story and I 298 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:57.400 want to get your take on it. But I kind of want to lead 299 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:02.599 a little bit because you're such a deck rated Olympic athlete and we have a 300 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:07.240 little bit of Olympian news happening recently and at Simone dials and I was told 301 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:11.279 to be okay if I mentioned or asked you about that she is going to 302 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:14.480 return to competition. Are you surprised by that? I, you know, 303 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:18.880 I don't know that I'm surprised as an Olympic athlete that went back for a 304 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:22.079 second and even trying for a third. You know, something just about the 305 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:26.200 sports if you love, pulls you back. But Simone is obviously super talented 306 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:29.880 and it will be a lot of fun to see her out competing again. 307 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:33.920 It's going to be a really exciting year leading up to and through the twenty 308 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:36.960 twenty four Games, because not only do you have Simon, but you know 309 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.119 some of our collegiate athletes that have been inspired to return to elite like Jordan 310 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:45.240 Child, current Olympic champion Sunny League. You've got Olympic floor champion Jay Kerry 311 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:51.000 and twenty and twelve Olympic champions Gabby Douglas. So those are just some of 312 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:55.359 the previous Olympians and then you add to that the world medalists and the upcoming 313 00:23:55.359 --> 00:24:00.039 talent, and it's going to be a crazy year of gymnastics. Right on, 314 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:03.680 One more quick Olympics question. It's about you though. After you competed, 315 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:06.319 do you ever go back. Do you go back to Olympics to see 316 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.839 competition or do you stay at home like the rest of us and watch it 317 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:14.240 on television. Yeah? Well it's interesting. So after my first two Olympics 318 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:17.880 in nineteen ninety two and nineteen ninety six, I actually started working the Olympics 319 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:21.960 as an analyst or commentator. So I've worked every Olympic Games, every summer 320 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:25.079 Olympic Games since I've stopped competing. So it's been a lot of fun. 321 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:27.599 I get that up closed and personal view of the Olympic Games, and there's 322 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:30.480 just nothing like it. I love it. Well, thanks for that insight. 323 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:33.599 That's very cool. Now let's get into what we are here to really 324 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:37.680 talk about, which, of course, is National Cancer Survivors Month. You 325 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:41.680 yourself, as you mentioned at the very top, are a survivor of cancer. 326 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:45.680 Let's start with your story of how were you diagnosed and what was the 327 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:48.920 process, and then I guess we'll get into like what you had to do 328 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:56.240 after that. So in late twenty ten, you know, there was I 329 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:00.680 was an Olympic athlete at a gold medalist, and I wasn't thinking that much 330 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:03.000 about whether or not I was healthy. But I was busy. I was 331 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:07.319 a new mom, I was young, and towards the end of the year, 332 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:11.799 I just was crazy busy and called up to cancel my doctor's appointment because 333 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:17.160 I felt healthy and thankfully I didn't skip it. I went in and it 334 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:21.519 was that morning that my doctor found a baseball science system. I left ovary 335 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:26.200 and after surgery, I learned that it was ovarian cancer. But I would 336 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.440 say I got very lucky. They caught it early and after an aggressive chemotherapy, 337 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:34.519 I am twelve years cancer free. And that's one of the reasons I'm 338 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:40.279 here talking about this and teaming up with Athleck to really get the word out 339 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:45.200 and to encourage others to get to those wellness visits. I don't want others 340 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:48.200 to leave their hells up to luck like I did. Right, Okay, 341 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:52.440 there's a couple of places we could go. Let's go to the pandemic recently. 342 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:56.440 Have you seen or have you been informed or did you just anecdotally know 343 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.400 that the pandemic maybe had people not going to the doctor as much. And 344 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:07.359 as your case is so emblematic, it's early detection is critical. Early detection 345 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:11.759 is critical, and there are so many reasons why we skip stout as appointments. 346 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:17.240 I mean, there just are, whether it's financial, or pandemic or 347 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:22.799 lack of awareness. The athlet Wellness Matter survey found that people were skipping their 348 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:26.720 appointments one and four in fact, we're skipping equipments because they felt healthy. 349 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:29.880 Some don't want to share bad news. We don't have the time. It 350 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:32.720 conflicts of our work schedule. I mean, the list goes on and on. 351 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.799 We don't like those paper downs. You have to sit in it. 352 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:40.799 True, there's all of these reasons why we don't go. I think my 353 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:45.599 focus and hopefully sharing my story will help others see that. We just have 354 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:48.519 to make our health of priority. We have to cut through all of the 355 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:52.200 excuses and get in there because our health is not going to wait. Cancer 356 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:55.920 doesn't care that you're busy, it doesn't care how young you are, it 357 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.920 doesn't care how many gold medals you have. We have to be on top 358 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:03.480 of that. And one way that we can fight cancer is by early detection, 359 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:07.279 and that means getting to those regular stamps and screening. We've been speaking 360 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:11.839 with Shannon Miller, Olympic gold medalist cancer survivor. Thank you so much for 361 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:15.480 giving us some time in some context around National Cancer Survivor's Month, as well 362 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.960 as your own story. Very much appreciated. Absolutely, thank you so much 363 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:22.119 for covering this. It's such an important topic and a reminder. We will 364 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:26.000 have links in the show notes for data and other places you can look for 365 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:30.200 more information about getting your own screening, because, as Shannon just said, 366 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:33.000 early detection is critical. I'm gonna put those show notes up on my show 367 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.759 page k IF I am six forty dot com slash macro. And to clarify 368 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:41.079 which we kind of threaded the needle with this one, because February of this 369 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:47.519 year was cancer prevention month. October is cancer awareness month, so we're we're 370 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.559 right in the middle there, just keeping the keeping that needle moving on awareness 371 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:52.799 when it comes to cancer. Let's get back to some of the stories coming 372 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.359 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Police in Philadelphia have arrested a 373 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.039 man accused of killing five people and injuring two others please Commission. Danielle Outlaw 374 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:03.799 says they're trying to figure out why the man shot innocent people last night, 375 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:08.480 including two kids. At this point, we don't see a connection to any 376 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:11.680 of the victims and the shooter, so we're still trying to piece it together. 377 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.400 She says. A second person who may have picked up a gun and 378 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:19.000 returned fire, was also taken into custody. Police in Riverside have arrested a 379 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:23.000 homeless woman accused of burning down a Window and Door business. The alleged arsonist 380 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:26.799 was caught on video throwing lit rag soaked in hand sanitizer through a window at 381 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:32.079 Majestic Windows and Doors Owners Shared. Gillette says the city is not doing enough 382 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:36.640 for small businesses and preventing issues from homeless people missus fire. This is worst 383 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:41.000 case scenario. But before this, it's the constant urination, the defecation on 384 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:44.839 your front doorstep, it's the tagging on the buildings. Gillette says. OLIVERR 385 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:48.160 inventory and equipment burned up in the attack last month. Investigators say the homeless 386 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.440 woman confess to the arson. Blake Trolley k if I News Okay officials say 387 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:56.160 fireworks are not going to be the only thing lighting up the night sky. 388 00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.759 The first super moon of the summer is making appearance of the fourth. The 389 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:03.720 Old Farmer's Almanac says the moon is much brighter and about seven percent bigger than 390 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.640 other full moons, and if you miss it, you'll have three more chances 391 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.200 to see it August first and August thirtieth. In September twenty eighth. I 392 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.880 gotta looking to see what that meant. In folklore and things, like that, 393 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.960 students at Standford University will get a chance to deep dive into Taylor Swift's 394 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:29.319 music career. The class is called the Last Great American Songwriters Storytelling with Taylor 395 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:33.359 Swift through the eras It'll be taught by Stanford student Ava Jeffs, and we'll 396 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:37.640 examine the singer's songwriting through her ten albums. Jeff's is already teasing a week 397 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:40.960 by week breakdown of the course on our TikTok page. She created her own 398 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.720 syllabus and reached out to nearly every professor in the English department until she found 399 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:48.119 one to serve as a sponsor to help ensure the academic integrity of the class, 400 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:52.880 and it's greating. Sandy Wells k if I News Elon Musk says he's 401 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:56.000 trying to be ahead of the game by limiting the number of posts users can 402 00:29:56.039 --> 00:30:00.279 read per day. He says bots are trying to get valuable information from the 403 00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:04.680 social media platform. Forrester Vice president and research director Mike Prue says Musk is 404 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:11.480 taking another risk. Advertiser's care about reach an engagement. Twitter in this case 405 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:18.160 is moving in the exact opposite direction. Unverified users were told over the weekend, 406 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:22.319 they can only skim six hundred posts a day, and new unverified accounts 407 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:26.680 can only read three hundred. Verified users get six thousand, and the new 408 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:30.240 CEO at Twitter has no comment just yet. A project management firm in Australia 409 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:34.759 has sued Twitter for allegedly not paying its bills for work done in four countries. 410 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:38.279 The company filed the suit in California last week, claiming breach of contract 411 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:42.720 over Twitter's failure to pay its invoices. Court filings that show the company is 412 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:48.839 seeking payments of about six hundred and sixty five thousand dollars. Travelers are still 413 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:52.759 dealing with issues at airports as we head into the fourth of July and into 414 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:56.119 this morning. Flight Aware reports around three hundred flights have been delayed already, 415 00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:00.319 nearly two hundred flights have been canceled across the country. And it's five fifty 416 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:04.480 in the morning Pacific fifty, and we have Maggie McKay with us this morning. 417 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:08.720 She's a founding partner and managing executive from Vidiots with a V. That's 418 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:15.119 a locally legendary video store that's first opened in nineteen eighty four in Santa Monica, 419 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:19.079 then a brief operational respite, and now Vidiots has reopened an Eagle Rock, 420 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:22.640 this time at a ninety four year old movie theater. Hi, Maggie, 421 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:25.960 thank you so much for giving us some time. I'm in love with 422 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:29.880 the Vidiots. I did not live in Los Angeles long enough to understand the 423 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.839 cultural landmark status that Vidiots had, So maybe you could start with giving us 424 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.359 some context around that you've just relaunched after a closing, If you could just 425 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:41.480 give us a bit of a timeline. Sure, So we opened in nineteen 426 00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:47.440 eighty five. Are sounders Patty Pollinger and Kathy Tobber have really made such an 427 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:52.039 enormous impact through Vidiots film going in Los Angeles and film loving in Los Angeleos. 428 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:56.759 They opened an eighty five with eight hundred teaps because they saw a gap 429 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:01.559 in the culture and day one to be able to watch movies that they at 430 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:07.279 that time we're not getting their own access too. They also really wanted to 431 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:12.000 create a community hub in Los Angeles. They wanted to have a space where 432 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:15.599 people could come in, hang out, get to know each other, talk 433 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.920 about the thing that they had in common, which, of course, in 434 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:21.720 our case is film. Okay, Well, that was in Santa Monica back 435 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:24.359 in the day. Now you've reopened, and that's what I've visited in Eagle 436 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:28.440 Rock a couple of times now. My daughter came with me both times. 437 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:31.000 She's finding stuff that she can get. You guys have expanded beyond the eight 438 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:35.759 hundred titles you know that they started with back in the day. Tell us 439 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:39.920 about your new digs oh love too. So we're now sixty thousand titles on 440 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:46.759 DVD and blue right. We expanded radically over the course of now about thirty 441 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:52.200 eight years. We close our brick and mortar in twenty seventeen when it just 442 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:57.759 became infeasible to stay in Santa Monica in the footprint that we were in our 443 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:05.039 landmark building, So we started looking for a new place where we could both 444 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:09.960 reopen the video store but also create a space that would be financially sustainable. 445 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:17.160 So it was always a plan to expand videots, to include new revenue streams 446 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:23.599 and figure out how do we maintain access to the video store in the twenty 447 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:30.680 twenties and still have a financially sustainable model, And of course that came in 448 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:36.279 finding the Eagle Theater, which was a historic theater, is a historic theater 449 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:39.319 in Egle Rock, which ran from nineteen twenty nine until two thousand, when 450 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:44.599 the projectors turned off and it became a church. The space that we're in 451 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:55.079 now allows us to greatly expand both our influence, our ability to serve audiences 452 00:33:55.160 --> 00:34:01.200 with the theater and flexible microcinema and community space and of course the video store. 453 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:06.920 The flexible microcinema is very intriguing to me, and first of all, 454 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:08.800 it doesn't look flexible. I know that you can adjust it, but when 455 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:12.840 you're there, it feels very permanent. It feels very cool, and the 456 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.639 lobby area reminds me of an old school theater a movie house. Yes, 457 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:21.079 so the lobby area is it is an old school movie house. Again. 458 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:27.559 It opened in nineteen twenty nine and we made some pretty significant changes to the 459 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:34.280 building, but they're mostly structural and we are designers with architecture. They did 460 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:38.119 such a good job of really making our new lobby, which back in the 461 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:43.280 day was really just a hallway. The theater was about a nine and the 462 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:46.159 lobby wasn't really a lobby, It was like a hallway. We expanded that 463 00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:52.039 we knew we needed a smaller screening space, but a much bigger gathering space, 464 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:57.880 and so the lobby now feels very sort of in keeping with the era 465 00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:01.079 of the theater, but that's all new can instruction, and we put a 466 00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:09.800 huge amount of resources into soundproofing and into bringing the technology up to where the 467 00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:15.440 standards are today. We also, as far as the microcinema you mentioned, 468 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:20.599 we really wanted to have a space that the community could use both a sort 469 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:23.519 of small black box theater. We have so many filmmakers on our side of 470 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:30.639 town, so many film critics and writers and industry folk who have historically been 471 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:36.159 driving all the way to the West Side to go to an award screening or 472 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:39.480 to host a friends and family feedback screening, and we wanted to create that 473 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:45.639 space for them. We also have a really amazing community of young film lovers 474 00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:50.880 and young people. We wanted to be able to host birthday parties and create 475 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:54.920 a space where it's our beloved community members needed to have some kind of a 476 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:59.599 meeting, they could do that there and do it affordably. And so the 477 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:04.559 micro cinema, as much as it feels when the door is closed like a 478 00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:09.320 really high end black box theater, when that movable door opens up, it 479 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:15.000 really does create this incredible community space. We could even put voting goods in 480 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:20.840 on election day. It's a real flexible space. We've already had some events 481 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:25.679 and parties in there that have been really lovely and joyful. You veered into 482 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:30.960 the cultural touchstone that I was going to ask about next, because when you 483 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:34.599 have a retail development, you have what they call an anchor store. You 484 00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:37.400 have a community development, you have like an anchor, and you guys are 485 00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:40.880 helping provide that an existing and cool community in Eagle Rock. Now, I 486 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:44.400 know you're buzzing really positive right now. You guys are seeing a lot of 487 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:47.360 foot traffic and your shows are great, and hopefully the concessions are flying out 488 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:51.119 there too, because I know there's a profit margin involved with that, not 489 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:55.119 that you're looking for profit anyway. Would you were going through this process, 490 00:36:55.400 --> 00:37:00.320 did you run across any obstacles that you might want to share with somebody who 491 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:02.679 might be considering something similar to this. Did did you get need to push 492 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:05.840 back from the city, from the county, from the state, things like 493 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:12.840 that. So we had almost we really had unanimous support from and city entities 494 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:16.440 like our neighborhood Council, our Chamber of Commerce, and the Ego Rock Association 495 00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:23.400 is another nonprofit organization that advocates for all kinds of great things in Evil Rock, 496 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:29.559 and we had very unanimous support in all those spaces. We definitely have 497 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:35.000 encountered very serious challenges. We have a one neighbor in particular who was not 498 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:40.320 particularly happy about our existence, and yeah, that's made things very difficult. 499 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:45.239 We really exist only to serve the community. You mentioned profit. Certainly, 500 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:50.760 we have to run a sustainable business model, but you don't open a video 501 00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:55.480 store and a community run movie theater in twenty twenty three to make money. 502 00:37:55.599 --> 00:38:00.119 You do it because you believe in the mission of it. And we're already 503 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:05.280 seeing families bring their kids in for their first, very first movie in a 504 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:10.760 movie theater. We're seeing and preteens who've really historically had nowhere community centric in 505 00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:16.199 Eagle Rock to go in a space that's really seventies a week open to the 506 00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:22.000 public. We see lots of kids hanging out in malls and parks and things 507 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:25.760 like that, but we really there hasn't historically been a space that's open to 508 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:30.639 them seventies a week, that's affordable, that they're welcome and safe, and 509 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:37.800 that they can come and get a hit of like inspiration and feel that they're 510 00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:43.000 in a space that they belong. And so all of the obstacles, including 511 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:46.960 a global pandemic which for a five O one C three nonprofit, made things 512 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:54.480 incredibly challenging with fundraising, we have really overcome a lot of those obstacles and 513 00:38:55.000 --> 00:39:00.880 we're doing our absolute best to be very very integrated into the neighborhood, be 514 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:06.079 very thoughtful and mindful of our neighbors, and take people, take care of 515 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:12.440 people as best we can so that the theater is something that's wanted and used 516 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:15.599 and appreciated by the neighbors. And honestly, for the most part, a 517 00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:20.480 lot of our customers, a lot of our audience members are actually people who 518 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:24.039 are walking to the theater from their homes out of the neighborhood, which we 519 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:30.559 expected and are really really happy about. Yeah, it's definitely a walkable neighborhood. 520 00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:32.599 On both of our visits, we came to visit you guys, then 521 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:36.159 we were like, hey, let's go down the Senior Fish and get something 522 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.440 to eat, and then we came back. So, yes, it's very 523 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:40.119 walkable. There's lots of stuff to experience and have fun with. We've been 524 00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:45.800 speaking with Magie mccayshy's executive director at Vidiots. Where can we guide people online 525 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:49.800 to learn more about Vidiots, maybe some showtimes, etc. Please visit us 526 00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:55.519 at vidiots the Idiots Foundation dot org. Yes, and that's where you can 527 00:39:55.559 --> 00:40:00.000 find all of our showtimes. We're screening movie sevent a week. You can 528 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:07.199 find the hours of the video store and our operations where you can come and 529 00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:10.920 have a glass of beer or wine hanging out with us, talk movies, 530 00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:15.000 a little bit of adult beverage, you know, if that's your scene. 531 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:19.440 Absolutely, we have the best popcorn in town, so we've heard. Okay, 532 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:21.880 I'm coming back for that too, Maggie. Thank you so much for 533 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.039 your time today. Hope to see you soon. Thank you so much. 534 00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:27.960 The lobby there is really fun, i have to say. And it is 535 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:30.960 a really cool old theater. They kept a lot of the bones. It's 536 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:34.960 easy to navigate anyway. If you're into a cinema and you like the shiny 537 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:37.920 disks. Because it has the commentary and special features, that's definitely the place 538 00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:40.480 to go. With sixty thousand titles, one quick story Weather and then we 539 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:45.079 get into handle on the news with Wayne Israel's defense Ministry says the military operation 540 00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:49.840 against a refugee camp in the city of Janine is its biggest raid on the 541 00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:52.559 West Bank in more than twenty years. Some three thousand Palestinians have fled and 542 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:58.000 at least ten have been killed since the incursion began yesterday. Israel, which 543 00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:02.440 claims to have arrested one and twenty sus bex says it's targeting terrorist infrastructure belonging 544 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:07.760 to a Janine battalion. That's a militia. Palestinians accused Israel of a war 545 00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:12.960 crime. Israeli forces repeatedly rated Janine in the past year as violence flared in 546 00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:15.639 the region. We lead local live in the KFI twenty four hour news room. 547 00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:19.320 I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your wake up call. You've been 548 00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:22.079 listening to wake up call. You know you can always listen live on KFI 549 00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:27.840 AM six forty weekdays from five to six am, and anytime on demand on 550 00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.199 the iHeartRadio app.