WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.919 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:28.359 demand on the iHeartRadio app, and you as Amy. Okay, good morning, 3 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.679 it's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for Friday, May 4 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:36.920 tenth. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, whether you're listening on the 5 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:42.799 app or on the radio at AM five six five sixty at AM six forty. 6 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:46.399 What is it yesterday? I said we were in southern Oregon. Now 7 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:50.439 I'm transposing letters and numbers. End of the week, end of the week. 8 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.200 Yeah, well, anyway, wherever you're listening, thanks for getting your 9 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.960 day started with us. I'm Amy King. Hey, we got a little 10 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.840 rivalry going. My Dodgers are in action tonight, Down and diego which means 11 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:10.439 producer and will be cheering on the podres not the Dodgers. I have a 12 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:12.000 good feeling about it. I think the Boys and Blue are gonna beat them. 13 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.120 I think they're gonna beat the pants off them. Anne's out of earshot 14 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:19.599 so I can see it. Okay, Hey, look what I discovered, 15 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.079 or listen to what I discovered. I was at the store the other day, 16 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.879 you know, and they have all the gum and everything in the checkout 17 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.200 line, and I saw bubble Yum. I haven't had bubble yum in like 18 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.400 twenty years. I used to chew gum a lot. I don't really anymore. 19 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.000 And I was like, oh my god, bubble Yum. I have 20 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.519 to get it. I haven't had it yet, but it smells so good. 21 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:42.480 I was gonna say, it looks not even opened. It's not open 22 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.000 because i've been I'm saving it for this weekend when I can chew and chew, 23 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:51.079 because you know, chewing gum on the air while you're talking and delivering 24 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.840 the news, that would probably be a bad thing. But I'm so excited. 25 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:55.799 Of course, when I bought it, it was twenty five cents a 26 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.760 pack, because I told you I haven't had it since I was a kid. 27 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.719 Now it's like a dollar fifty. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it, 28 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:05.959 and hope you're looking forward to wake up call. We got a lot 29 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.800 on the plate for you today. So here's what's ahead. State regulators have 30 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:14.800 approved changes to the way millions of Californians pay their utility bills. Customers are 31 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.599 going to be charged a monthly flat fee of twenty four dollars fifteen cents and 32 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:23.240 then exchange for that charge, electricity rates will be reduced by five to seven 33 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:28.240 cents per kilowatt hour. The new rates will kick in in twenty twenty six. 34 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:35.039 Israeli forces have bombed a couple neighborhoods in eastern Rafa, following President Biden's 35 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.599 warning that the US would withhold weapons to Israel and if it attacked the city 36 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:44.840 in southern Gaza. Israel says Hamas militants are hiding in Rafa and among those 37 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:46.919 killed was a senior commander. We're going to get the latest on that from 38 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:53.759 ABC's jor Dana Miller in Jerusalem in less than five minutes. USC has hosted 39 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:59.120 its alternate celebration for graduates at La Memorial Coliseum. By eighteen thy five hundred 40 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:04.400 people showed up for the Trojan Family Graduate Celebration last night. Traditionally, the 41 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:08.439 main graduation ceremony USC draws more than sixty thousand. A little bit later this 42 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:13.840 hour, we're going to be talking with ABC's Jason Nathanson about someone who is 43 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:20.280 not at all happy about the success of Netflix's new baby Reindeer. We told 44 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:23.840 you about that earlier this week with Amy's on It. I loved it, 45 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:28.479 but apparently this person does not. And also why people are going ape at 46 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.280 movie theaters. And also if you have a little time and you have a 47 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:38.199 car, you could help veterans. It's a really easy way that you can 48 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.439 help the people who've served our country. That's coming up at five twenty. 49 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:43.879 You don't want to miss it. At six oh five, it's handled on 50 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:47.199 the news. Hundreds of UC faculty and staff are calling for all charges against 51 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:52.800 pro Palestinian student protesters to be dropped. Let's get started with some of the 52 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.960 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. State regulators, as 53 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.919 I mentioned, have approved a controversial proposal that changed which is the way millions 54 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:04.719 of Californians pay their utility bills. Under the new policy, which goes into 55 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:10.120 effect in late twenty twenty five or early twenty twenty six, PG and e 56 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:15.039 SO, cal Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric will charge customers with a 57 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:18.000 new monthly flat fee of twenty four dollars fifteen cents, and then will reduce 58 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:23.759 the price of electricity by five to seven cents per kilowatt hour. These impacts 59 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:28.040 are expected to be very minor, non discount customers see bill increases of one 60 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.240 to three dollars a month, just on average across the board, across the 61 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:35.199 utilities, so we see that as relatively minimal considering the benefits for low income 62 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:41.680 households. Turn Energy and Climate analyst Sylvia Ashford says lower income households will also 63 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:46.800 get discounted electric rates. California Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones says the commission is 64 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:51.319 out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Californians, calling the fixed charge unfair 65 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:58.680 and unjust. Two LA City councilmen previously removed from committees are back on committees. 66 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:01.800 Coucil President Paul Krekorian announced Current Price and Kevin Dalleon will return to committee 67 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.800 assignments immediately. Price stepped down on his own after being charged last year with 68 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:10.279 embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest. He says he's not guilty. 69 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:14.160 Daily On was stripped of his committees for being part of a recorded conversation in 70 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:16.759 which racist remarks were made. Daily On, who's up for reelection this year, 71 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:21.120 issued a statement saying he's happy with the decision. Michael Monks KFI News 72 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:27.680 two miles of the southern California Coast has been closed between Marina del Rey and 73 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.160 Plia Delray because of a sewage spill. The County Department of Public Health is 74 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:38.199 more than fourteen thousand gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Bologna Creek sometime between Wednesday 75 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:42.199 and midday yesterday. People are being told to stay off the wet sand and 76 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.279 out of the water from the southern end of Venice Beach to Dockweiler State Beach. 77 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.920 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller. And before we get 78 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:55.920 started on the serious stuff, Jordana, I just wanted to say congratulations because 79 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:00.279 Jordana Miller just won a Gracie Award, which is a big celebrates women who 80 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.720 create programming for and about women, and Jordan, I know you you want 81 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:09.639 it for breaking news, so I just wanted to say congratulations. I think 82 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.240 that's so nice. That's so nice. The ceremony is coming up in Los 83 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:17.480 Angeles, and I actually hope to take a break ringing on the war and 84 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:24.519 come because I'm also a native of Los Angeles, so it is exciting and 85 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.879 it's you know, I'm part of a team and ABC's amazing with breaking news 86 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.519 and everything else. So it's a win really for the for the whole team. 87 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:39.439 Thanks, you're welome, just like to make you feel uncomfortable, but 88 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:42.759 it's good because now you've kind of practiced your acceptance speech, so you know 89 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:48.040 that's great. Right. Wow, we do be fun, Yes, yes, 90 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:51.000 absolutely, we have a lot of We do have serious stuff to talk 91 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:54.879 about going on here. Yes, Sonny, I thought you were going to 92 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:59.079 mention. I thought you were going to mention Eurovision because just bye, thousands 93 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:04.800 of protesters and Mountain Mow, Sweden, pro Palestinian protesters chanting for days against 94 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:11.839 and really some organ I'm trying to convince your vision to ban the Israeli singer 95 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:16.560 from competing. She killed it last night and made it into the finals and 96 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:20.240 everyone hears thrilled and rooting for her on Saturday night. I thought that's what 97 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.120 you were going to mention. See you. No, it was all about 98 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:29.120 you, Jordana. Oh thanks, all right, So let's get to it. 99 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.680 President Biden says the US is not going to provide weapons for the IDF 100 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:39.639 to use in Rafa, which is considered like the last stronghold for Hamas and 101 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:42.920 then Prime Minister Benjamin Nett and Yah who came out and said, fine, 102 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:47.360 we'll do it on our own. That's right. He struck a very defiant 103 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:53.360 tone, you know, saying we will, we will go. We need 104 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.480 to go to Rafa. We have to go alone. We'll fight alone, 105 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:01.240 We'll fight tooth and nail. We don't have a choice. And we heard 106 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.720 that echoed, you know, in remarks from the Defense Minister and the books 107 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:09.120 into the Israeli Army said we have enough munitions for Rafa. You know, 108 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:15.759 we don't necessarily need the heavy payloads bombs from the United States for this, 109 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.480 but it's worth saying, you know, pointing out that you know, this 110 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:24.439 is classic Nataniel, who of course he's going to come out and say, 111 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.759 you know, we're going to do whatever we need to do, and we're 112 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:33.360 an independent, strong country, which is all true, and that's good for 113 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.039 and it's good for as far right partners, it's good for his image. 114 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:43.320 But behind closed doors, we do know that Israel is looking at their plans 115 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:48.799 for assaulting and going after Hamath in Rafa, in Rafa city, it has 116 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:56.440 to be said, and we may see Israel revive some of its plans move 117 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:03.360 more slowly through until it gets to rapa city. Perhaps take the corridor where 118 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.279 there's lots of tunnel from you just into Gaza, feel that border, so 119 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:13.559 to speak, destroy those tunnels. There are ways that there are choices that 120 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:18.399 Carol has besides a major assault on Rafa City. And Nataniell even seemed to 121 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:26.559 hint that he will be trying to work through this issue of Rafa with the 122 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:31.559 President in an interview last night in the United States, saying, I've known 123 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:35.080 Joe Biden for a long time. You know, we've had disagreements. We've 124 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.519 overcome them, and he said, I hope will overcome this one as well. 125 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:43.759 Absolutely, okay. And you mentioned about Rafa City and maybe slow kind 126 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:48.440 of slowing the role to move in, and we know that last week Israel 127 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:54.480 started telling people to move out. The Palestinians who've been staying in Rafa are 128 00:09:54.480 --> 00:10:05.120 they are they migrating? So I'll asked dozands to evacuate from Rafa. The 129 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.320 eastern section of the of Rafa, which includes the crossing that they took in 130 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:16.039 a surprise raid. And according to both the UN and the Israli Army estimates, 131 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:18.879 over one hundred thousand people which is ult are estimated to be in this 132 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:26.080 area have moved out. They've gone north to Communis. They've gone north west 133 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:33.559 to an expanded humanitarian safer zone. I don't want to call it a safe 134 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:37.879 zone because there's been fighting and civilians killed there, but a safer zone, 135 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:43.399 and going north to you know, Communis, a major city, and the 136 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:50.759 safer zone Israel. The army says they had stop tiled already anticipating their operation 137 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:56.519 to take the Rapa crossing. They've stockpiled extra food and water and tents and 138 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:01.279 supplies for these civilians. While to see what people on the ground are actually 139 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:07.919 saying about those supplies, if they're adequate or not. But clearly people have 140 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:13.840 moved. They're afraid. There's some airstrikes going on, and you know, 141 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:20.720 for dozens, it's another it's another traumatic move. It's just got to be 142 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:24.840 just a nightmare waking up every day and just knowing that there's bombs going off 143 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.600 and you don't know if where you're staying is going to be safe. I 144 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:31.120 just can't even imagine it. So yeah, I mean dozens are trapped. 145 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.559 They're trapped right now right because Egypt, also for its own reasons, doesn't 146 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:39.399 want to open the border to let them in, right okay, well, 147 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:45.080 we will be watching it and thank you as always for the information and congratulations 148 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:48.519 on you're Gracie. Thank you so much. Tick Soon, let's get back 149 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:52.159 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 150 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:56.879 Homelessness in Orange County has surged twenty eight percent over the last two years, 151 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:01.000 with about seventy three hundred people now homeless. About sixty percent of those homeless 152 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.679 people were not in shelters, which is a thirty seven percent increase. OHS. 153 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.919 The Office of Care Coordination Director Doug Beck says contributing factors include inflation and 154 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:13.240 the end of several pandemic programs. In twenty twenty two, the Emergency Rental 155 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:18.279 Assistance program had just distributed over three hundred million dollars two households here in Orange 156 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:22.279 County. Additionally, there was an eviction wartorium going on. Beck says over 157 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:26.480 the last five years, the county saw just a seven percent increase compared to 158 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:30.600 a twenty nine percent growth rate in the four surrounding counties. In Orange County, 159 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:35.399 Corbin Carson kf I news disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will stay in jail 160 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.480 in New York while the courts decide whether he should be moved to California while 161 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:45.080 awaiting retrial. His rape conviction was overturned last month, but prosecutors planned to 162 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:48.919 retry him. The courts are deciding whether to send Weinstein West to begin serving 163 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:54.639 a sixteen year prison sentence for a rape in Beverly Hills. Weinstein's next court 164 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:56.799 date in New York is May twenty ninth. He has a court date in 165 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:03.559 La in August. Time to start gathering your foods, your non perishables boxes 166 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:09.919 Aposta cans. Tomorrow is the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. You're encouraged 167 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:13.919 to leave a bag of non perishable food items next to your mailbox. As 168 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.360 postal carriers drop off the mail Saturday, they'll be picking up your bag of 169 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.639 donations. The donations will then be delivered to local charities. The event started 170 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.759 in nineteen ninety three. It's touted as the largest single day food drive in 171 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:31.039 the country. More than eight hundred University of California faculty and staff have called 172 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.120 for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to resign immediately in the wake of how UCLA handled 173 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:41.480 pro Palestinian protesters on campus last week. They're also calling for all charges to 174 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:46.279 be dropped against students who participated in the protests. Former President Trump's hush money 175 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:52.200 trial reaches day fifteen. Today. The judge denied a motion by Trump's attorneys 176 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.240 for a mistrial following Stormy Daniel's dicey testimony, which wrapped up yesterday. Trump's 177 00:13:56.240 --> 00:14:01.600 former executive assistant at the White House, scheduled to be back on the stand 178 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:05.240 today. If you have an extra six and a half million dollars, you 179 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:07.519 could buy a town in San Diego County. The town of Campo has been 180 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:11.240 on the market since twenty nineteen, but apparently the price was just recently dropped. 181 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.519 The town, on six acres of land, has twenty eight buildings, 182 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:20.159 including commercial properties, some single family homes, and an army barracks that's been 183 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:24.840 turned into apartments. Population one hundred at six oh five. It's handle on 184 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.360 the news. Apple has apologized for its new iPad pro ad. Bill's going 185 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.240 to tell you why. Right now. Let's say good morning to the director 186 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:37.360 for the VA Center for Development and Civic Engagement, doctor Sabrina Clark. Good 187 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.919 morning, doctor Clark, Good morning. So a lot of veterans. The 188 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.480 reason we're talking to you today is because a lot of veterans don't get the 189 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:48.919 health care they need that is available to them for one big reason, and 190 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:54.000 that's because they can't get a ride to the doctor. That's right, That's 191 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.200 right, and not just for you know, for veterans, but transportation is 192 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:01.440 such a need everywhere. And I'm sure that you know that out in your 193 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:07.679 market, that there's awesome opportunities there. But there's also a lot of challenges 194 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:11.519 with transportation, yes, and we're dealing with a lot of those with our 195 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:16.679 public transportation system right now. But how is the VA working to help fix 196 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.759 this problem and get vets to the doctor? Yeah, And so I'm glad 197 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:26.320 you asked the question because I'm excited to tell you about DA Volunteer Transportation Network 198 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:33.519 And this is a network of volunteer drivers coordinated by the VA, and it's 199 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:39.960 largely supported by the Disabled American Veterans the DAV to provide cost free transportation to 200 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:46.639 veterans to medical appointments at VA facilities. And how many people do you have 201 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:52.799 as drivers and how many people are helped through the program currently? Well, 202 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:58.679 currently we have what we have one hundred and twenty eight facilities that actually have 203 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.840 the program in place right now, we have more than three hundred to three 204 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:11.679 thousand and seven hundred volunteers who are actually working as volunteers for the Thriving program. 205 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:17.519 And we have more than two hundred and twenty two thousand veterans over our 206 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:22.559 last year that we have counted and actually have been transported over eight point four 207 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:29.120 million miles of travel. Wow, that's amazing. So tell us because I 208 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:33.519 know you're looking for volunteers because there's there's always a need. So for our 209 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:37.159 week up call listeners, if they're interested, what can they do to help? 210 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.159 What they can do to help is, first of all, let me 211 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:47.440 give the website of Volunteer dot v A dot gov. That's v O l 212 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:52.519 U N T e e R dot v A dot gov. And going to 213 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.399 that website will allow individuals to see what VA facility is near them. We 214 00:16:56.440 --> 00:17:02.440 need individuals who will first of all, have a clean driving record, have 215 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:08.240 a driver's life, and well undergo the background checks, training and physical examinations 216 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:15.640 that are required in order to safely transport veterans. So we're looking for people 217 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:18.880 who have a little bit of extra time and it's their time. So the 218 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:23.359 beauty of volunteer work is that you can decide when you're available, but our 219 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:29.920 facilities need drivers at any time. Individuals are available to assist, okay. 220 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:33.680 So like if you have five hours a week or you have twenty hours a 221 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:38.359 week, both would work absolutely, absolutely okay. And who would be a 222 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:44.759 good candidate to be a driver. Well, a good candidate is an individual, 223 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:48.279 as you mentioned with the time, that is a good driver that is 224 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:52.359 comfortable driving. And they're not driving their own vehicles by the way, they're 225 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:57.240 driving. They're driving vans, okay, smaller vans yes, okay, So 226 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:02.240 they're driving government vehicles yes, yes, and that is really important to know. 227 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:07.960 And so those individuals need to be comfortable operating that vehicle. There is 228 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:14.519 training available and additionally, just comfortable transporting other people. So just liking to 229 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:18.839 drive is one thing, but being able to transport others, to be able 230 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:23.160 to spend time going to pick up those veterans bringing them back to the facilities, 231 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:26.839 that may be the same driver that takes the veteran home, but maybe 232 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:30.559 not. It really depends on the scheduling. The more drivers that we have, 233 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.519 the more we can we can spread out the work. Because I'd like 234 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.440 to say you know, many hands make for light work, so the more 235 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.640 drivers we have, we can really be more flexible with that time and provide 236 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:48.160 that that maximum support to the volunteer and to the veterans. Okay, and 237 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.920 we know that the veterans need us. I mean, they served us and 238 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:56.240 so now it's it's our turn to serve them. Yeah. That's we see 239 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:02.720 here from a lot of volunteers that the reason that they volunteer at VA is 240 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:07.720 to give back to veterans. And that's yeah, a number one reason to 241 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:11.200 come serve at VA. Okay, So doctor Clark again, what is the 242 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:15.119 website where they can find out more information and start the process of becoming a 243 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:22.200 driver. Yes, to learn more about that process, go to volunteer dot 244 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.440 VA dot gov. Or if you know where your local VA medical center is, 245 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.160 stop in and talk to the volunteer program manager. Likely the first person 246 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.759 that you will see when you walk into a volunteer to a VA hospital is 247 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:37.359 a volunteer at that front desk, and they'll be able to direct you as 248 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:41.119 well. All right, Doctor Sabrina Clark, thank you so much. Hope 249 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.920 we get a lot more drivers for you, So thanks so much for your 250 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:48.960 help. All right, take care again. That's a volunteer transportation network. 251 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.079 Know somebody has some time on their hands, likes to drive, probably meet 252 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:56.839 new people and help our veterans. Like I said, they've served us. 253 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.039 Now it's our turn. The La City Council budget the committee is wrapped up 254 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:04.759 its public hearings on Mayor Bass's proposed spending plan. Departments across the city would 255 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:08.799 see significant cuts to their funding and vacant job list if Bass's new fiscal year 256 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:12.920 budget is unchanged, but the City Council Budget Committee will entertain proposed changes next 257 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:18.559 Thursday, and City council Woman Unses Hernandez says the LAPD budget should be scaled 258 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.480 back. We must break away from the budgeting culture that has left our city 259 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:25.839 in a state of disarray. This is a crisis of our own making. 260 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:29.400 The LAPD takes up the biggest chunk of the city's budget, and Hernandez says 261 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:33.160 redirecting some funds from new police cars, for example, could help in other 262 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:37.720 areas. Michael Monks KFI News a man from Burbank has been charged with killing 263 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:40.960 his mom during a fight at their home. Police say they responded to a 264 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:44.839 house on North Avon Street Tuesday night where the twenty five year old lived with 265 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.480 his parents. Elementary school teacher Karen Lombardo was pronounced dead at the house. 266 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.279 The son was taken in the custody. The father was in Lake Arrowhead at 267 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:56.359 the time and says he's devastated. He says his son was diagnosed as a 268 00:20:56.440 --> 00:21:02.279 child with Asperger syndrome and didn't want to kill his mom. The Senate has 269 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:06.799 passed a reauthorization of the FAA that will provide a boost to air traffic controller 270 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:11.240 staffing, among other things. Lawmakers voted eighty eight to four on the measure 271 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:14.200 yesterday. I want to know who the four are voted against it, which 272 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:18.039 will also increase funding to stop runway close call incidents and fast track refunds for 273 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:23.160 canceled flights. Five daily round trip flights at Ronald Reagan Washington Airport will be 274 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:29.119 added, with airlines now required to accept vouchers and credits for at least five 275 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:32.359 years. Yeah, still want to know who the four are that voted against 276 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:36.599 it. State regulators have approved changes to the way millions of Californians are going 277 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:40.440 to pay their utility bills. Customers are going to be charged a monthly flat 278 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:44.079 fee of twenty four dollars fifteen cents. The other part of the bill, 279 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:48.480 or the changes, are that electricity rates will be reduced by five to seven 280 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:52.119 cents per kilowatt hour. The new rates will start in late twenty twenty five 281 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:56.599 for SoCal, Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric customers, early twenty twenty 282 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:00.880 six for PG and E customers. Ladies making a pit stop in LA to 283 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:06.119 bring in some money for her husband's presidential campaign. Jill Biden will fly into 284 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:08.680 the Hollywood Burbank Airport at about one this afternoon. She'll be speaking at a 285 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:14.039 fundraiser at an undisclosed location, and then it's off to Phoenix for a political 286 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:17.400 event. She'll be in LA for about three hours. The Bear's Coming Back 287 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:22.759 yay FX says the multiple award winning show about life in a Restaurant is almost 288 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.839 here. In a season three trailer, Jeremy Allen White's Krmi is alone at 289 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:32.640 the restaurant as the camera zooms out to the Chicago skyline. Hulu's going to 290 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.279 release the entire season on June twenty seventh. Can't Wait Love That Show? 291 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.799 At six oh five, It's handle on the news. Bb nettan Yah who 292 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:44.599 says, if it has to, Israel will stand alone. At five five 293 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:48.079 point fifty, people are kind of going eight at the movie. ABC's Jason 294 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.880 Nathanson is going to tell us why. But right now, let's say good 295 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:53.680 morning to the host of Home on KFI. It's the house whisper, Dean 296 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:57.680 Sharp Dean. Last week we were talking about some things you don't know about 297 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:00.000 your house that you don't even know. You don't know, but now we 298 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:03.920 know, and now I want to know more. Well, there are so 299 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:07.519 many things right there you should know that you don't know. Right you have 300 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:10.880 a list of like twenty five and we got to like four or five, 301 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.119 and then I was looking at the list on I want to get to some 302 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:17.400 more of these. So if it's okay with you, fireway, all right, 303 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:23.160 you can now have a three way switch without calling an electrician, thank 304 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:29.559 you? Yes, right, Yeah. You know a lot of people would 305 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:33.160 love to have a room in their house so that they can control the light 306 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.000 from you know, more than one doorway, whether it's a dining room or 307 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:41.200 whatever. And you know you've heard, and you've heard rightly that to do 308 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:45.920 that a three way switch setup, that's a lot of wiring and it's a 309 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:48.799 lot of expense from Electrician, So yes, you can. You can thanks 310 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:56.599 to the company Loutron. Lutron has a system which they call their Cassetta system, 311 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:02.839 and it basically you would place the switch that you have, which a 312 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:07.440 homeowner with a little bit of DIY you know, know how can do pretty 313 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:12.039 easily replace the switch you have with the Leutron what they would call it kind 314 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:18.720 of the master switch, and then that switch wirelessly communicates with these other switches 315 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:23.960 that are very very incredibly thin, and those switches can be mounted without cutting 316 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:27.559 into the dry wall, without putting wires. It can be put anywhere, 317 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:30.039 so you can have a three way, four way, you could have a 318 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.079 six way switch if you wanted to. You can buy as many of the 319 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:38.240 slave switches, the responder switches, the remotes as you want. And yeah 320 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:45.079 they're battery operated, but the batteries last forever, so it's really nothing that 321 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.440 you're going to notice any different. And it's a beautiful, wonderful thing. 322 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.279 You could literally three way up a room, you know, in a couple 323 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:55.839 of hours. That's so cool. So we're probably going to be seeing a 324 00:24:55.920 --> 00:25:00.720 lot more of that kind of thing, aren't we. Yes, and Also, 325 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:06.440 the cool thing about these is that they also apply to areas where it's 326 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:11.000 difficult to put a regular switch, like on the pocket side of a pocket 327 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:14.680 door, or a weird position in a bathroom, or just you know, 328 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:19.720 just wherever it is difficult or impossible to run a traditional wire and box. 329 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:26.000 These guys, they're capable. In fact, you can even keep them as 330 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:29.720 a as kind of a free remote control. Just lay it on the table 331 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:33.079 if you want to control switches from once you're sitting down in the living room, 332 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:37.279 just reach out to the coffee table and hit the switch for your lights 333 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:41.160 even there. Oh nice, Okay, so you mentioned pocket doors. So 334 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:44.880 one of your twenty five things you might not know is that not all pocket 335 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.440 doors suck, just yours, just yours. Why do you say that I 336 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:52.279 like my little pocket doors. Well, I'm glad, I'm glad you are 337 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:59.039 happy with your pocket doors, but most Southern Californians are not, just because 338 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:02.839 they are living in a house, a tract house that was built for them 339 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:10.000 and the classic Southern California tracked house pocket door. Usually it's a door like 340 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:15.279 to the laundry room or something like that. It has been open for as 341 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:18.680 long as they've lived there. It's kind of painted open now. They don't 342 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:22.640 even dare to close it. They hate closing it. It squeaks, it 343 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:26.599 jumps the track. It's all sorts of trouble. And when we do new 344 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:32.279 builds for people, I so often hear a client say no, no, 345 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:36.200 no, no pocket doors. Those are terrible, and I always have to 346 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:40.160 correct them and say, no, your pocket door growing up was terrible. 347 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:44.640 Pocket doors can be a beautiful, wonderful thing. And again they're kind of 348 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:49.480 like the neutron switch. Pocket doors are problem solvers, especially for space challenged 349 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:55.480 room because you don't have to have the door swinging into the space. The 350 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:59.319 key is you got to buy the right hardware. And if you run down 351 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:02.240 to the big bar store, which I love the big box store, but 352 00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:04.960 if you go down to the big box store and just grab that forty dollars 353 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:10.880 set of pocket door hardware off the shelf, you are buying the wrong thing 354 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:15.000 and you're going to have this kind of trouble. A good pocket door pocket 355 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:19.119 should be costing you about one hundred dollars or more, and with that you 356 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:26.000 get really great rollers that cannot jump the track. You get soft clothes and 357 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:30.640 soft open doors, which means you can throw that door open, just swing, 358 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.559 you know, just slap it open, and then the last inch it 359 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:37.279 slows down and just eases right into the pocket. Right. I don't like 360 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.920 that at all. You don't like that at all, And I'm going to 361 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:44.359 tell you why, because sometimes you just need to slam a door and if 362 00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:47.880 it's got the soft no, it's just like with the phone. Remember you 363 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.480 used to be able to slam down the phone when you were mad. Now 364 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:52.160 you can't do it because all you do is you go boop and push the 365 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:56.200 button. All right, I think it's I think it's I think you should. 366 00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:00.200 You should, you should introduce a new product aim these angry doors. 367 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:07.000 Okay, let's move on to a water heater. So here's another thing you 368 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:10.519 might not know. Your old water heater did not work better than the new 369 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:15.640 tankless heaters. That's true, it did not work better. A lot of 370 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:19.720 people think, oh, it gave us hot water faster. Well maybe technically, 371 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:23.200 maybe technically it did, and I'll tell you why, only for one 372 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:27.559 reason. Because that old water heater was sitting there all day long, heating 373 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:33.599 up that fifty gallons or seventy five gallons of water and some of that heat 374 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:37.200 crept down the pipe on its way towards the sink, okay, on its 375 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:41.039 way toward the faucet. So when you turn the faucet on, yes, 376 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:44.519 you get the cold water, but the hot water gets there a little sooner 377 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:47.960 because it was a little bit closer. And a tankless water heater, that's 378 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:51.720 not going to happen because a tankless water heater is not heating the water at 379 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:55.720 all until you demand it, until you call for it, so it has 380 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:59.599 to travel a little bit further. And some people interpret that as, oh, 381 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.920 this just doesn't do as good a job. No, it does a 382 00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:07.839 way way better job. It's not instant hot water, but it is constant, 383 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:14.160 endless hot water. How expensive are the tankless heaters? You know what? 384 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:18.079 When they first came out, they were like three or four times as 385 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:22.680 expensive as a traditional tanked heater. Now they're about a third more expensive than 386 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:27.640 a tanked heater. But but they are going to last at least twice as 387 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:33.000 long and save a heck of a lot more energy along the way, so 388 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:37.680 overall value, no comparison. Now, Okay, So Dean, what are 389 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:40.839 you gonna be talking about on home this weekend? Well, we are. 390 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:45.240 You know, I'll be talking about these things in between callers. We're doing 391 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:49.319 an all calls weekend. We've got all calls tomorrow and on Sunday show. 392 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:53.359 Conway accused me of being sexist about this, but I think if I am, 393 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:57.680 it's in the best way. Sunday show, it's an all calls show 394 00:29:57.720 --> 00:30:03.079 for Mother's Day, but calls from the ladies. Ah, I think that's 395 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:07.240 sweet. There you go. Okay. You can listen to Home on KFI 396 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.440 six to eight am Saturday, nine to noon Sunday. You can also follow 397 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:17.200 Dean at Home with Dean. Thank you so much, Dean Sharp, Thank 398 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.279 you. Amy. All right, we'll talk to you next week. Let's 399 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:21.640 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 400 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:26.400 newsroom. A lawsuit claims Orange County and Anaheim ignored reports of the torture of 401 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:30.759 three girls. The torturers were sentenced to fourteen and fifteen years, respectively. 402 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.839 Lawyer Roger Booth says the mother's reports were likely ignored because she was in a 403 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:38.400 custody dispute with the abusive father. They were forced to kneel on canned food 404 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:44.599 for hours at a time, especially the youngest girl was severely malnourished. By 405 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:48.319 the time she was finally rescued, she was chained to her bed. Prosecutors 406 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:52.599 say the girls once described the horrific abuse to a social worker, but the 407 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.559 girls will put back in the home anyway. Orange County and Anaheim declined to 408 00:30:56.599 --> 00:31:03.039 comment in Anaheim. Corbin Carson KF. Hunter Biden's efforts to have gun charges 409 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:06.960 against him tossed out have been rejected by a federal appeals court in Delaware. 410 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.880 ABC's Stephen Portnoy says the three judge panel found it's too soon to dismiss the 411 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:17.000 case. Plea agreement between prosecutors and the president's son unraveled last year and now. 412 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.599 In addition to the gun case, which is set to begin next month 413 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:23.720 in Delaware, Hunter Biden also faces federal tax charges in California. Prosecutor say 414 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:27.519 Biden lied about his drug use when he filed or filled out a federal form 415 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:32.559 and got a gun in twenty eighteen. He acknowledged in his memoir that he 416 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:36.599 was addicted to drugs about that time. Biden's attorney says the president's son owned 417 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:40.960 the gun for eleven days and never fired it. Valentino's Costume shop in North 418 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:45.240 Hollywood is closing its doors because of unaffordable rent. Shop owner Sean LeBlanc says 419 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:48.559 the death of his co owner last month and made it difficult to keep the 420 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:52.960 doors open. The shop has also been hit hard financially during the pandemic and 421 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:56.799 the Hollywood strikes. A GoFundMe was started last fall to help cover the rent, 422 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:00.519 but LeBlanc says it's just still too much. The store is having a 423 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:06.480 sale on all items before it shuts down May twenty second. Well, this 424 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:09.920 is about to get good. Former President Trump's ex lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen 425 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:15.839 is expected to take the stand Monday and be on the stand for several days 426 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:19.960 in Trump's hush money trial. In New York, Governor Newsom will unveil his 427 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:23.960 updated state spending plan today. It'll apparently reflect his plan to fill a gaping 428 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:30.240 thirty eight to seventy three billion dollar deficit. That's quite arrange. Lawmakers have 429 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:32.480 to come up with a balanced budget by the new fiscal year, which starts 430 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:37.119 July first. Taylor Swift is kicked off the European leg of her era's tour 431 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:42.039 in Paris. She added new songs to her set list for last night's show, 432 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:45.880 including her number one song Fortnite from her new The Tortured Poets Department album. 433 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:50.160 Swift has three more shows in Paris. We're just minutes away from Handle. 434 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.200 On the news this morning, hundreds of UC faculty and staff are calling 435 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:58.200 for all charges against pro Palestinian student protesters to be dropped. Right now, 436 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:04.039 let's say good morning too, ABC and Entertainment Guru Asia. I was going 437 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:07.960 to say something really clever, but it left my brain. It's Jason Nathanson. 438 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:12.160 Oh okay, yeah, yeah, that just got weird. I know, 439 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:16.400 right, it's fun. It does well. You know, the show's 440 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:21.519 go into the monkeys be sad. Did you go to see Plant of the 441 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.880 Apes last night? I know you like a Thursday night movie. I did 442 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:27.240 not, Okay, so I thought maybe you were out too late and you 443 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:30.160 saw the movie and you get so excited. That would have been a good 444 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:34.000 excuse. Kingdom of the Plane of the Its is the big one in theaters 445 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:38.079 this weekend, kind of getting into as we're slowly easing into the summer movie 446 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:43.039 season, but it's going to be a slow summer, so we're gently getting 447 00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:45.319 into that pool. This is the tenth movie in the franchise that dates back 448 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:50.880 to nineteen sixty eight. This is a reboot of the recent ones. So 449 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:53.559 if you saw those ones, the last one was in twenty seventeen, wasn't 450 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:58.799 that with Mark Wahlberg? Was the last one with Mark Wahlberg. I don't 451 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:04.119 remember if the last one it was like the first one on the Spaceship that 452 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:08.320 was twenty that was two thousand and two. I believe if we go back 453 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:12.920 all then then it was James Franco, which was in the first one of 454 00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:16.239 the most recent ones and last one. I honestly, there's like a hundred 455 00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:21.079 of them. Yeah, this is the tenth one, and this one takes 456 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:24.039 place three hundred years after all that, so you don't have to remember any 457 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:27.639 of that. Okay, good, you don't remember. It's all new characters. 458 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.320 I mean, if you do, know, they're definitely gonna be references 459 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:35.000 to some of the other movies. But this is a clean slate so that 460 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:38.760 you can go into own tigue Stars. Is a chimp named Noah. Remember 461 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:44.440 this is all motion capture, so the actors are actually on set walking and 462 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:50.840 moving like these binobo's and chimps and gorillas, so they're not just voicing these 463 00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:53.039 CGI characters. They're actually moving like them and you can kind of see them 464 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:58.119 in their faces if you know who these people are, because this cast is 465 00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:02.239 pretty much they're not household names. So o antique stars as Noah and the 466 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:07.320 special effects here, I'll just I'll start there because that's the best part of 467 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.199 the movie. They're really good, especially compared to Godzilla Kong. If you 468 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:13.960 remember, for like a month or so ago, I did not like and 469 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:16.199 those special effects were really cheesy and took me out of the movie. These 470 00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:21.599 are really good, really immersive, especially when you kind of combine the humans 471 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:24.079 in and you get everybody in together and you don't at least for me, 472 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:28.320 I wasn't taken out of it at any point. Like those are fake apes 473 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.079 good. That's what I was going to ask you about because that happens so 474 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:35.039 often. So that's cool, But maybe it's different because because don't they they 475 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.599 wear the suits and they've got little electrodes all over the place, and they 476 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:43.639 do and that you know, it's very expensive technology that they really perfected with 477 00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:46.920 Andy serkis doing a lot of that Monk the Ape stuff in the previous films, 478 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:51.880 but that he also really perfected in the Lord of the Rings movies when 479 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:54.920 he was gollm right. So he's been doing that and they've been doing this 480 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:59.320 for a long time, so they really know what they're doing. So that 481 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:02.199 looks great rate Okay. Problem for me here though, is that main character 482 00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:07.039 played by O and tgue chimp named Noah, who's on a mission to save 483 00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:12.400 his family of chimps who got kidnapped. He goes on a journey. He's 484 00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:16.360 just a real buzzkill. He suffers from this thing that I there's no real 485 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:20.239 term for it, but I kind of call it sour lead character affliction. 486 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:23.800 He's just down and put upon. There's no charm, there's no spark there, 487 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:28.559 there was no connection for me or reason to root for him. So 488 00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:31.000 I just wasn't invested. So if you're not invested in the main character in 489 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:35.360 the story, then really it's not gonna do it for you. And also, 490 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:37.800 at two hours and twenty five minutes, a little too long. So 491 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:42.039 this is a six point two out of ten for me on the Jasonometer, 492 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:46.039 on the Jsonometer, on Rotten Tomatoes, it's eighty two percent fresh, So 493 00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:51.400 people are digging it. Again, I say that the special effects are almost 494 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:54.000 worth the price of admission. And if you're looking for something that's just like 495 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:59.159 kind of big and loud, you know, then this could satisfy that itch. 496 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.760 Okay, move over to the stream real quick. Who's Doctor Who? 497 00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:07.800 Doctor Who is the longest running sci fi show on television. That's Who, 498 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:12.480 Doctor Who? That's Who? Doctor Who is ok It's mostly a British show, 499 00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:15.199 but there's a huge fan base here in the US, and for this 500 00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:19.400 is the first time that Doctor Who's going to be on Disney Plus and the 501 00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:22.360 first time it's going to air around the world at the same time. Usually 502 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.440 it's on the BBC, and then it takes a couple of months for the 503 00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:28.679 episodes to come over here because they put him on a boat or something. 504 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:30.360 I don't know why it takes so long, okay, but it does. 505 00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:32.559 So this is the first time everybody's going to get to watch him at the 506 00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:36.760 same time, which is great. Doctor Who, the character itself is a 507 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:40.599 time traveling time lord who goes through time and does has different adventures, and 508 00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:45.000 every couple seasons they regenerate and it's a new character. It's played by a 509 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:51.000 new actor and this time it's Shooty Gottwa from Sex Education, who is just 510 00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:55.119 He's I want to hang out with him. He is just so fun. 511 00:37:55.320 --> 00:38:00.800 Talk about a lack of personality and plan of the apes Ye shooting got saves 512 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:05.440 what could be a cheesy series with sheerly alone with his personality here. Okay, 513 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:08.039 I really really enjoyed and this is my first time to the show. 514 00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:13.199 I've never really watched it before. It's absurd, it's great for the family, 515 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:16.119 it's fun sci fi. Seven point six out of ten on the Jasson 516 00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:21.480 Nomandr Okay, and then of course we're out of time because I've got so 517 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:24.599 much to ask you. Sure, but baby Reindeer, there's at least one 518 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:30.079 person who is not at all happy about it. I personally loved it and 519 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:35.320 you can understand why you've seen it. Fiona Harvey is apparently the real life 520 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:39.000 Martha, the woman who sucks Richard God in this series. She did an 521 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:44.079 interview with Piers Morgan last night. This is the first time we've heard from 522 00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:49.320 her. She denies absolutely everything, including going to prison, sending forty one 523 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:53.239 thousand emails, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. She didn't really come off as 524 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:58.320 believable, but if there's if she went to prison. That seems pretty easy 525 00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:00.199 to figure out if that actually happened or not. Okay, and she did 526 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:02.920 an interview with Pierce Morgan. Did it it aired last night? Ye? 527 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:06.719 It aired last night. It's an hour. It's on YouTube. Oh I 528 00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:08.960 so note to self, I know I have something to do. Check it 529 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:13.320 out. Okay, it's bizarre. Okay, and love the show, Baby 530 00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:16.199 Reindeer Netflix, amazing. Jason Nathanson amazing as always. Thank you, all 531 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:21.800 right, take it all right. This is KFI and KOST HD two Los 532 00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:25.320 Angeles, Orange County. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four hour 533 00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:30.280 newsroom for producer and and technical producer Kno and traffic specialist Nick. I'm Amy 534 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:34.119 King. 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