WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:07.120 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty KFI and 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:14.359 KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for your morning wake 3 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:23.839 up call. Good morning, this is your wake up call for Thursday, 4 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:29.199 July fourth. I am how the Rooker in for Amy King, here to 5 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:35.359 celebrate all of America, all things America with you. I want to say 6 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:39.039 good morning to Ann and Kono. We're all here. We are working on 7 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:42.960 the fourth of July. Happy to be here and sharing the news with you. 8 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.600 We've got a lot of fun things in store for the show today, 9 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.600 So let's jump in, shall we. As I said, it's July fourth, 10 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:53.359 and we're gonna tell you where you can celebrate some fourth activities. And 11 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:55.600 there may be a few places you didn't know about, so you're gonna want 12 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.439 to stick around for that. And the Independent Shakespeare Company is getting ready for 13 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.679 it's summer season. We're going to tell you all about this free, family 14 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:07.640 friendly event that's happening in Griffith Park. And have you heard about the Savannah 15 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:12.079 Bananas. Well, some have called them the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball. We're 16 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.799 going to introduce you to the team in a very special report. Then at 17 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.359 six oh five it's handled on the news. President Biden says, no one 18 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.640 is pushing him out of office. We'll tell you what else, he told 19 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:27.400 his campaign staff during a special conference call. Let's start with some of the 20 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:32.319 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. At least one person 21 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:36.680 is dead and ten others have been hospitalized after a boat crashed into the Rocks 22 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:41.239 and Long Beach last night. Long Beach fire officials say the boat overturned and 23 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:44.920 began taking on water. It's not clear what caused the crash, but officials 24 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:49.959 say speed might have been a factor. A possible expansion of eli's convention Center 25 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:53.400 has taken a step forward. The city council okayd fifty four million dollars for 26 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.439 pre construction design work, but there's a catch. They have to know by 27 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.319 the end of the year whether the full five billion dollars renovation would be finished 28 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:05.519 in time to host Olympic events in twenty twenty eight. Councilwoman Tracy Park says 29 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:10.520 she understands the challenge. We cannot risk losing those events to other cities, 30 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:16.240 or other regions, or even other states. City leaders say LA has been 31 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:21.479 losing out to much smaller cities for major convention dollars, and an expansion is 32 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:25.960 needed. Michael Monks KFI News. A fire that burned at least eighteen acres 33 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.520 southwest of Paris in Riverside County has been surrounded. The fire started Tuesday afternoon. 34 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:37.159 Three CalFire air tankers and water dropping helicopters were called in to help cruise 35 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:42.120 working on the ground. No homes or other buildings were damaged. The governors 36 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:46.120 of Minnesota, Maryland, and New York have thrown their support behind President Biden 37 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:52.520 after what some say was a rough debate last Thursday. New York Governor Kathy 38 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:57.680 Hochul was one of twenty governors who met with Biden yesterday. President Joe Biden 39 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.960 is in it to win it, and all of us said we pledged our 40 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.639 support to him because the stakes could not be higher. She and others say 41 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.879 they left the meeting feeling confident in Biden's ability to win. Some Democrats have 42 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:15.879 called on Biden to exit the race following his debate performance. Unionized Food for 43 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:20.719 Less grocery workers have voted to ratify a new three year labor contract. The 44 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.800 union says workers have secured raises, increased hours for part time workers, and 45 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:30.680 a more direct path to top rate pay over the next three years. Union 46 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:35.039 officials announced the agreement yesterday. Food for Less has fifteen stores in the LA 47 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:39.800 area and is a subsidiarya of Kroger. The union represents roughly six thousand workers. 48 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:46.479 Scientists say they've found fossils of a giant salamander like beast that's larger than 49 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:53.479 a human being. They say the animal ruled the waters some forty million years 50 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:58.360 before dinosaurs evolved. The findings, published in the journal Nature, say fossils 51 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:01.639 were found in Namibia and date back to about two hundred and eighty million years 52 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:06.680 ago, when the southern African country was once surrounded with glaciers and ice. 53 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.680 All right, let's take a look at your drive this morning. Looks like 54 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:14.759 well, Nick is here with us. Good morning, Nick, Happy fourth 55 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:18.759 of July. Happy forth to you as well. Heather and I got literally 56 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:23.439 nothing because it's holiday light for you across the little fight and fifties this morning. 57 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.639 Indeed, so you're looking at about eighteen to twenty two minutes for your 58 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.720 drive right now on the westbound side of the ninety one coming out of Riverside, 59 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:30.800 and as you make way through Corona, be on the fifteen and the 60 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:33.959 seventy one toward the two forty one Tour Road and then actually pretty much just 61 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:38.560 continuing all the way toward the fifty five. So a really good driver you 62 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.480 across the board. If you're encountering something that is slowing you down, pound 63 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:45.000 to fifteen, your cell phone keyword ESKFI traffic. I appreciate that four one 64 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:47.199 one on your morning drive. The vast majority of Caltrans projects have wrapped up 65 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:50.240 from the overnight and early morning hours, especially with the holiday upon us, 66 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.319 so a lot of those folks are not working today. But you may see 67 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:59.360 some of the long term Caltrans project areas under still having some closures in effect 68 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:00.519 even though they're there's not a lot of work going down. For the drive 69 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.680 northbound side out of the five right around a beach boulevard and the park area, 70 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:09.560 Geinea reports of a sought out car that's partially blocking the right lane, 71 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.839 mostly off to the right. Children not seeing too bad of a drive for 72 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:15.759 you. There we Southern California's only airborne traffic reports. I'm Nick Poliochini. 73 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.120 Thank you, Nick. I always say my favorite times to drive on the 74 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:21.600 roads are during holidays. Boy, that's the truth. Let me tell you 75 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:28.040 this summer, millions of people are going to watch a baseball game, but 76 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:31.680 this year another million are also going to watch the viral sensation banana ball. 77 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:36.680 So just what is banana ball? ABC's Jason Nathanson went to Fresno to find 78 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:41.759 out and filed this special report for KFI. It's a deep flyball to center 79 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:46.879 and that is caught with a cartwheel and a backflip. Wow, a miraculous 80 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:49.279 double trick played at the inning. You just saw one of the most epic 81 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:53.399 plays ever in the history of banana ball, is what you just saw. 82 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:58.240 What's being described there is banana ball, the viral sensation that is often referred 83 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:01.160 to as baseball's version of the Harlem Globetrotters. In a sold out stadium in 84 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:05.240 front of fourteen thousand fans in Fresno, California, I watched two teams, 85 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:10.480 the Savannah Bananas and the Party Animals, play a heavily modified version of baseball 86 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.920 that involves trick plays, a guy on stilts, dance offs, and much 87 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:17.839 much more. This is just absolute sheer madness in a way that I've never 88 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:24.319 experienced anything before. It's like Marti Gras and a carnival and a Disney parade 89 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:29.680 and an Acid trips. Just nuts man. When I told people I was 90 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:31.879 going to cover a Savannah Banana's game, I thought I'd have to explain to 91 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.279 them what it was. But turns out just about everyone new, from my 92 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:40.160 friend's teenage kids to my eighty one year old mom, they'd all seen the 93 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:44.879 viral clips of backflip catches and TikTok dances. You know, ten twelve, 94 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:49.600 fifteen trick plays sometimes every single night. Jared Orton is president of the Savannah 95 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:55.160 Bananas, the team founded in twenty sixteen. Minor League Baseball had just left 96 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:58.120 Savannah, Georgia, leaving the city without a team for the first time in 97 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:01.000 ninety years. A guy named Yesu Cole wanted to keep baseball in town, 98 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:05.319 though, so he and Orton dreamed up Banana Ball, more entertaining and exciting 99 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.879 version of baseball. I mean, the biggest thing is there's a two hour 100 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:11.639 time limit. You know. Now we always get nine innings in almost nine 101 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.759 percent of the time, but there's two hour timeline. Of course, the 102 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:16.240 most famous rule if a fan catches a foul ball. It's an out. 103 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.560 We let our fans challenge plays on the field. No bunting, there's no 104 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:25.079 mound visits, you can't step out of the box. Pretty quickly it became 105 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.920 a hit, and this summer the Savannah Bananas and the Party Animals are on 106 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:32.800 tour playing in ballparks across the country. It is game thirty four of the 107 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.720 twenty twenty four but in a ball World tour, you know where, we're 108 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:40.920 able to play in front of a million people this year. That first year, 109 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:44.360 I think we played in front of like ninety thousand. God real slippery, 110 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.879 please be careful, and those fans are dedicated. It was pouring rain 111 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.920 that weekend in Fresno, but nobody seemed to care, just knowing how hard 112 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.480 it was to get tickets. You're not gonna let a little rain stop you. 113 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.199 Like, so you're cold for the evening, you go home and you 114 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:58.600 warm up, but at least you had a great time. Emily and Brandon 115 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:03.279 told me they drove here from Oregon about ten hours. We're over one thousand 116 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:05.720 dollars into travel fees, plus the twelve dollars beers, the ten dollars hot 117 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.560 dogs, and the two hundred dollars a close that we bought at the merch 118 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:11.439 booth. So just a little bit about what's in front of me right now. 119 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:16.199 We have a marching band. We have a princess in a yellow princess 120 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.160 dress. We have a guy on stilts were a mascot. We have a 121 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:22.240 banana mascot who just a guy who's flipped over him. He's got big banana 122 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:26.480 muscles too. We have a guy in a stormtrooper helmet and a kilt, 123 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:31.319 and he's part of the Dad Bod cheerleading squad. Back to the guy on 124 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:33.919 stilts, he's one of the main draws. Dakota Stilts all Britain, but 125 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.919 just about everyone calls him stilts, walk on stilts. And I played baseball. 126 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.399 He's twenty three. Played high school baseball in Ellaville, Georgia. Yeah, 127 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:43.799 one red light in the whole county. I mean, the fourteen hundred 128 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:46.840 people. It's a little you blink, you're gonna miss it. And playing 129 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.320 baseball after high school wasn't really something he ever thought was possible. I got 130 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.080 it right out of high school and I went straight to work. I had 131 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.440 a full time job. I was I've done everything, I've built house, 132 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:58.879 I've been a pipe fitter at a paper meal, I've been a vac technic 133 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.759 and al Paso on the Army base over there. But one day he found 134 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.799 out the Savannah Bananas were having tryouts. He played baseball since he was four 135 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:11.120 and learned how to walk on stilts when he was ten, but he'd never 136 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:15.159 combined the two. The day of tryouts, I pulled the stilts out and 137 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:16.879 brought him to the stadium. I had no idea what I was going to 138 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:20.559 do with him, and Jesse said, can you hit a baseball? And 139 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:22.600 at the time I had never struggled to hit a baseball in any other way, 140 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.039 and so I told him, hey, yeah, I got on the 141 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.519 stilts and I went to knocking him out the infield. All right, now 142 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.399 the players are on field doing a lightsaber battle and dance off, and now 143 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.960 they're all dancing around the pictures. I mean, this is truly insane, 144 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.440 like nothing I've ever seen before, and you can't help but smile while watching 145 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.919 it. Fans come for the skits and choreographed dances just as much as they 146 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.600 do for the baseball, and Jackson Olsen is definitely there to put on a 147 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.320 show. So I guess character would be greatest showman play sec in base and 148 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.960 I do under the legs throws. He also loves to dance to Taylor Swift 149 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:58.600 on TikTok, and his one point seven million followers love watching him do it. 150 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:03.200 The main thing that we do here is we allow everyone to bring whatever 151 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.559 talent they have to this organization, and so it's just very open to whatever 152 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:09.799 guys want to do and no one's ever got to make fun of you for 153 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.600 doing that, and traditional baseball they will make fun of you. I got 154 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.120 made fun of a lot from my TikTok. Many of the guys had dreams 155 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:18.360 of going pro, struggled for years in the minor leagues to the point where 156 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:22.759 baseball just wasn't fun anymore. Then they found banana Ball. Got released from 157 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:26.519 the Angels and the Diamondbacks twice within seven months, and I was like, 158 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:28.759 you know what, maybe it's it's me, it's not them. Connor Higgins 159 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.879 is a pitcher for the Party Animals, and then kind of got here and 160 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:35.600 I haven't stopped pitching with a smile every single time I go out there, 161 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.679 and it's just I feel like I've rejuvenated my baseball career. Kind of myself. 162 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:41.960 I really feel like I make more of a difference here because our motto 163 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.480 is fans first. Before played six years in the minors, I wouldn't talk 164 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.080 to a single fan, maybe for a whole season sometimes unless they're asking for 165 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.960 a ball. And now I'm getting a chance of playing having a million people. 166 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.200 Yeh, bananas win, Quarna three rats on the win. How you 167 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:58.159 guys can celebrate tonight? Go to slit that's Savannah Banana's right field or Reese 168 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:03.360 Alexiatis. You guys don't go back and eat a bunch of bananas or drink 169 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:07.600 banana liquor or something banana related. Strictly banana stuff on the field and then 170 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:11.440 that's it. Do you like bananas? I do like bananas, trying to 171 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.200 have them as much as I can. Do you have to like bananas to 172 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.720 play banana ball? I don't think so. I think we got a couple 173 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.440 guys who are allergic. As for the fans, no banana allergies there. 174 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.799 What was your favorite part about it? Do you really want to know the 175 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:28.559 shirtless guys? Yeah? For sure. In Fresno, California for KFI, 176 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:33.320 I'm Jason Athens, ABC News. Oh that sounds like so much fun. 177 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.559 I would love to see them play live. So Jason's story there on Banana 178 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.399 Ball is part of the ABC News radio special he hosts called Press Play, 179 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:46.000 and you can hear the whole thing wherever you get your podcasts, just search 180 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:50.120 ABC News Press Play. Thank you Jason for that story. Let's get back 181 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.279 to some of the other stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 182 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:58.639 Laguna Beach is putting on its annual July fourth fireworks without a bang. 183 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.159 We typically see a lot of smoke and we do the fireworks the good of 184 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:05.480 each Mayor Sue Kemp says switching to drones also eliminates the noise that affects people 185 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:09.840 with PTSD. We also have a lot of complaints from pet owners. Their 186 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.120 dogs are very afraid. The councilman, George White says air quality is another 187 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.519 reason the councilor decided spending seventy five thousand dollars for drones instead of forty two 188 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:20.799 thousand dollars for fireworks was worth it. July fourth and fifth have the forest 189 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.600 air quality of any days of the year due to traditional fireworks shows. The 190 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:30.720 show starts tonight at nine in Orange County Corbin Carson KFI News Fire and law 191 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:35.000 enforcement officials in California are urging people to be safe during the Fourth of July 192 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:39.240 holiday. State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant says it's illegal to sell, transport, 193 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:46.720 or use fireworks that don't carry the safe and Sane seal. Illegal fireworks in 194 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:52.519 California are unacceptable and we will not tolerate them. Berlant fire officials have been 195 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.000 busy. He says, fire officials have been busy seizing over two hundred and 196 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:01.159 forty thousand pounds of illegal fireworks within this last year. He also says they've 197 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:05.320 seen an increase in illegal firework sales online, so they're trying to crack down 198 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:09.320 on that. Violators can be fined up to fifty thousand dollars or sent to 199 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:15.120 jail for up to a year. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is doing an 200 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.879 enforcement operation in Indian Wells aimed at catching drivers who violate the state's hands free 201 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:22.559 cell phone law. The department says any text, call, email, or 202 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:26.080 social media post isn't worth a risk, and the focus should be on the 203 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:31.960 road coming up to go or not to go. That is the question you'll 204 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.080 be asking when we tell you about the Independent Shakespeare Company's plans for the Free 205 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:41.159 Shakespeare Festival in Griffith Park. At least one person has died and ten others 206 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:45.559 have been hospitalized after a boat crashed into the rocks in Long Beach last night 207 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:50.679 and its independence Today. Actors Steve Guttenberg and Danny Trejoe and many more are 208 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:56.480 joining Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. They'll be among participants in parades in 209 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:01.960 La County. Trader Joe's is recalling their and Go tangerine scented candle. Apparently 210 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:07.559 it the flame burns a lot higher and larger than it should, so we're 211 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:11.840 gonna tell you what you need to do with that. ABC has Oh then 212 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.879 at six oh five, it's a handle on the news. ABC has reverse 213 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.799 course and will not air their interview. Will now air their interview with President 214 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:24.440 Biden in its entirety, and we're going to tell you when and where you 215 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.879 can watch it. One of my favorite things to do every summer is the 216 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.000 Independent Shakespeare Company Free Shakespeare Festival in Griffith Park. I love going with my 217 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:37.759 family. It's our family tradition. And every year I feel like the productions 218 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.639 are just better than the year before. So I'm so thrilled today to be 219 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:48.320 talking to Melissa Chalsma, the artistic director for the Independent Shakespeare Free Shakespeare Festival 220 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.320 that happens in Griffith Park every year. Good morning Melissa, Good morning Heather. 221 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.600 Is so nice to be here. I understand you guys are doing something 222 00:14:56.679 --> 00:15:00.480 a little bit different than year this year with the festival. Can you tell 223 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:05.759 me about that. Yes, this year we are doing one play all summer 224 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.840 long. Usually we do longtime audiences. Well know, we typically have two 225 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:13.559 different productions we do over the course of the summer. Why we're doing one 226 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:18.159 play is very exciting, which is the city is in pre construction for a 227 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:22.799 permanent stage at our normal location, so we are moving to just up the 228 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.360 hill to a slightly smaller location. So we wanted to do one play so 229 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:31.879 that more people could come see that one production, and we're really this year. 230 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:39.759 What's perhaps most interesting is that we're doing something we've never done before, 231 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:43.080 which is we've designed an immersive prologue so people that come early, which is 232 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.320 a lot of people, because a lot of people come really early to picnic 233 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:50.919 and to explore Griffith Park before the performance. They're going to be able to 234 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.080 actually meet and interact with some of the characters and learn a little bit about 235 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.320 the backstory of As You Like It. So our goal is that first of 236 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:03.559 all, people really enjoy that hour before the performance, and also that people 237 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.279 maybe not familiar with the play or not familiar with Shakespeare get a chance to 238 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:11.360 kind of orient themselves to the production in a really really fun way, and 239 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:15.279 so that the play itself is even more enjoyable for them. You know, 240 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:21.279 whenever I tell people about this production that you guys put on every summer, 241 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:23.480 a lot of them say, what is it free? I didn't know that 242 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.759 was happening at Griffith Park And it's been happening for a long time, and 243 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:33.720 it's truly such a family friendly and wonderful experience where you, like you mentioned, 244 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:36.559 you can take some picnic baskets and things like that and go out and 245 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:40.320 enjoy. No wait, now, to remind me again, can people bring 246 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:42.480 wine to the park if they pack their picnic basket? What's the rule there? 247 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:48.519 Well, Heather, that's the alcohol is actually not allowed in Los Angeles 248 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:55.360 City parks, and so you run the risk of getting a ticket. Okay, 249 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:59.279 so don't pack your booze, keep it at home for this event, 250 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:02.960 but you definitely can and bring food and snacks and come and enjoy the performance. 251 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:06.200 And as you mentioned, it's as you like it. It is as 252 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:10.359 you like it, which is one of it was really my actually my favorite 253 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:15.440 of Shakespeare's comedies. It's just a completely delightful, charming, very surprising play 254 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.799 with a lot of music in it, which we love to add live music 255 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:22.720 to our performances. So we have a live jazz band that's playing the music 256 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.519 for the show and a lot of live singing and actually some added musical numbers. 257 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:33.599 So it's a really very very uh it's like it's a play where just 258 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.519 just when you think you've seen it all, like something new happens. And 259 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.480 one of the things I want to, you know, remind people of if 260 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:45.799 you didn't know and you're not familiar with this organization is because it's free, 261 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:49.200 you guys rely on donations from the community. And tell me a little bit 262 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:53.640 about that and how somebody can give and help support you. Oh, thank 263 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:57.839 you for asking that. It's a very very important question. Yes, I 264 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:03.839 think it's we We do receive obviously we get we love our partnership with Rex 265 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:06.640 and Parks, and we do get support from the City of Los Angeles, 266 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:11.440 but really about sixty percent of all of our kind of operating support for the 267 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:17.319 program is provided through these individual donations. We've really been built by a lot 268 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:21.039 and a lot of grassroots support, which is actually really important in a state 269 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:25.920 like California. The California as a state does not actually contribute per capita to 270 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.680 the arts as much as maybe we would think it would, being that like 271 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:32.400 the arts is such a big part of our instus, so it's really important 272 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:34.960 for people that live in California to know that if they love the arts, 273 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:41.640 they really do need to support their local arts organizations. So this year we 274 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:45.119 have a system where you can register to attend, which is great. When 275 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:48.319 you register, it lets us know how many people to expect, which is 276 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.640 very important for us to know how much. You know how many if it's 277 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:57.119 going to be really busy night, and then you get some emails that help 278 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:00.720 you with the directions and that kind of things. That's really helpful to register 279 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.119 and you have an opportunity to donate there. We also do a lot of 280 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:11.000 donations at the park we have opportunities to donate and then we also you can 281 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:15.160 also just go online to our website at ISCLA dot org and donate as well. 282 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.519 But those donations really do keep us going. And I want to remind 283 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:22.680 people too that these are professional actors that are performing here. It's professional. 284 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:26.960 All of the actors are paid, all of our crew is paid. We 285 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:30.559 really also look at it as an opportunity for people to start building their theater 286 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:34.480 career and building their career as professional theatermakers. So remind everybody where they can 287 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:38.920 go to either donate or register or find out more about your themed nights that 288 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:41.279 you have throughout the summer. Oh yes, thank you for that. Yes, 289 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:45.359 we've got lots of great theme nights, and we have workshops for families, 290 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:48.359 and we have dress up nights, and we have some discussion nights, 291 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:51.839 so there's a lot going on. The summer is very, very full. 292 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.880 You can visit our website at ISC that's Independent Shakespeare Company La so I SCLA 293 00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:02.680 DOTRG, and at that website you can find out the full pat winter for 294 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:06.799 the summer and all of the important information you need to have a wonderful night 295 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:11.480 in Griffith Park under the stars, Grab your picnic basket, friends, family, 296 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:15.279 and head out to Griffith Park for this wonderful night. Melissa, thank 297 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:18.200 you so much. We appreciate your time. Thank you. It's always a 298 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:21.319 pleasure and I look forward to seeing you and your family there. All right, 299 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.960 let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 300 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:29.160 four hour newsroom. A proposed ballot measure by Governor Newsom and other Democratic leaders 301 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:33.279 to repeal Prop forty seven has been scrapped. The measure would have competed with 302 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:37.160 a previous measure that is headed for the ballot in November. Governor Newsom says 303 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:41.559 his measure was pulled Tuesday because there was not enough time to add key amendments 304 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:44.480 some of event. Bill A. Saley from the II says he thinks the 305 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:47.839 measure was scrapped because of a lack of support in the legislature. They didn't 306 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:49.920 have the votes from the Progressives who don't want to touch Prop forty seven, 307 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:55.880 and they didn't have the votes from obviously Republicans and moderate Democrats who know Prop 308 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:59.559 forty seven is broken. Newsom says that now loan measure headed to the ballot 309 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:03.400 would revit policies from the failed War on drugs Bloke Trolli k if I News. 310 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:08.960 Fire officials in California are cracking down on illegal fireworks this Fourth of July, 311 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:15.480 especially with the heat wave, dry grass coupled with triple digit temperatures and 312 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:18.960 the wind is the perfect recipe for a disaster. Whether they're improperly used, 313 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:23.000 safe insane, or whether there are illegal fireworks, they can potentially create a 314 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:27.720 catastrophic fire. Save Fire Marshal Daniel Burlance says people need to be safe while 315 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:32.880 celebrating the Fourth and consider the risk. He says it's illegal to sell, 316 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.799 transport, or use fireworks that don't carry this safe insane Seal and officials will 317 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.400 be working with law enforcement to crack down. A state appeals court has upheld 318 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:47.279 a man's conviction for murdering his estranged wife in twenty seventeen, leaving her badly 319 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:52.519 burned body at a homeless camp in Granada Hills. The defense had argued prosecutors 320 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:56.119 failed to prove the elements of the murder during the man's trial in twenty twenty 321 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:00.119 two. The court yesterday rejected the claim of an air or, saying the 322 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:06.359 finding that the murder was saying in the finding rather that the murder was premeditated 323 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:10.680 and deliberate, and is supported by evidence by the man's motive, planning, 324 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:15.640 and manner of the killing. La City Council has approved fifty four million dollars 325 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:21.440 for pre construction design work to expand the convention Center Downtown. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez 326 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:25.319 was the only one to vote against it, saying the full five billion dollar 327 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:29.720 project may not be done in time for the Olympics. If we try and 328 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:33.359 then we fall short, we also put ourselves in a situation to lose what 329 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:38.200 is going to be another Olympic dependent venue. The city will decide by the 330 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:42.359 end of the year whether the project could be completed by twenty twenty eight. 331 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:49.000 The convention Center is already said to host multiple events. Ella County Supervisors Lindsay 332 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:53.319 Horvath and Jennis Hahn have announced a proposal to expand the five member Board of 333 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:59.799 Supervisors to nine members, make the chief executive officer, make a chief executive 334 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:06.039 offer and elected official, and establish an independent ethics commission. Sentencing is set 335 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:08.960 for October twenty fifth for Samuel Woodward, who's convicted a first degree murder along 336 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:14.400 with a hate crime allegation for killing a gay former classmate in Foothill Ranch six 337 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:18.599 years ago. An excessive heat warning has been extended for parts of SoCal in 338 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:22.200 the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Annalot Valley, Foothills, and the Annealot 339 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:26.519 Valley through six o'clock tonight. Then at six oh five it's handle on the 340 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:30.799 news. Hurricane Barrel is responsible for at least seven deaths and total destruction in 341 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:34.599 some parts of the Caribbean. We'll talk about what's being done to help in 342 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:37.960 the aftermath. And at five point fifty, if you're still looking for some 343 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:42.000 ideas on where to celebrate the fourth, we're going to share several events happening 344 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:45.319 in SoCal that you just might want to add to your list. There are 345 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:49.559 a lot of fun things happening in southern California this summer, and just about 346 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:53.759 forty five minutes outside of Los Angeles, you can experience a little bit of 347 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:57.920 Vegas. We're talking to Matt Grogan, head of promotions at Yamavah Resort and 348 00:23:57.960 --> 00:24:02.720 Casino, about some of the fun things happening there this summer. Okay, 349 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.720 Matt, So it's the fourth of July. There's a lot of things going 350 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:10.039 on what is happening out at Yambavah that we should put on our list of 351 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:14.400 things to do well. There's about seventeen event to be exact, we have 352 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:18.440 seventeen promotions starting this week. With that, we gave away our Protect Philip 353 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:23.559 watch the start off the week that was really really exciting and luxurious watch that's 354 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:26.960 incredibly hard to find. And then we kind of get into our big promotion 355 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:32.160 where we're getting away over five hundred thousand in free slot play. Starting on 356 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:37.440 Friday the fifth through Sunday one to nine pm one o'clock, you can win 357 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:41.720 seventeen thousand, one hundred and sixty dollars and then all the way at nine 358 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.559 o'clock you have a chance to win up to fifty thousand dollars with the lowest 359 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:48.519 prize being five thousand, So plenty of reasons to come out this weekend. 360 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:52.319 Some of the other things that we're really excited about, starting with the Star 361 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:56.960 Card giveaway, we're working with Jay Leno. We have a thing called Jay's 362 00:24:56.039 --> 00:25:00.039 Picks, and being that he's such a good car officiing not we lean on 363 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.039 him and his expertise to kind of help us pick out what are the best 364 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:07.799 cars. So going into this year and put a lot of effort in improving 365 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:15.279 our Star Card benefit program, which is for our first responders veterans. This 366 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:18.039 year, we're actually giving them a car away just for them on Friday, 367 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:22.519 a Ford Ranger Raptor twenty twenty four, one of the hardest cars to be 368 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.240 able to find right now, but thanks to Jay and his help, we'll 369 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:30.279 be given that away to one of those lucky members, which is exclusive. 370 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:33.359 Nobody else can participate unless your Starcard member. And that's also happening on Friday. 371 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:37.640 Okay, so a lot of giveaways, a lot of fun times on 372 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.960 the casino floor. But let's talk about what you guys have going on in 373 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:47.759 the Yamavah theater. Comedians, musicians. Tell me who all is coming to 374 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:51.400 the theater and who should we put on our list to see? I feel 375 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:53.759 like that's an endless list. We could be here all day. I know 376 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:57.160 one that's really I'm really excited about, and he's been here twice already is 377 00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:02.839 Andrea Bocelli. I know he coming November first. We have new kids on 378 00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:04.799 the block. Line up never ends, It just keeps going and going and 379 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:07.960 going, you know, I'm also a comedian. That's kind of like what 380 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:11.720 I do on the side, my part time fund, my fun job, 381 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:15.880 I guess. And I was so excited to see Colin jos Is coming out 382 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:19.319 there. You guys are getting huge names in comedy as well. Talk about 383 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:23.519 your comedy club a little bit. So it's one of those that, just 384 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:26.799 like anything else, since we opened the theater a few years ago, we 385 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:30.559 just keep building on and growing. So you know, to your point, 386 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:34.079 having on the roster the likes of Kevin Hart coming out, some of these 387 00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:37.519 other huge names, Chelsea Handler, It's just one of those things that, 388 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:42.799 knowing that comedy has always lived in LA and is one of the most synonymous 389 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:47.119 areas for it, we just felt like bringing it to the ie something that 390 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:51.319 helps us as well. What can you tell me about Summer Sessions. So, 391 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:53.960 Summer Sessions is a new program that launched this year. It's the way 392 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:57.400 we build It is the ultimate happy hour. If you're looking to get into 393 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.640 some fun off the casino floor, off the resort, you come to our 394 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:07.759 pool deck. We have music, live music, amazing drinks every Friday from 395 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:12.240 now until September sixth, from five pm to nine pm. It's an amazing 396 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:17.480 experience. Let's talk about rock and Bruise. Is that different from the lineup 397 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.039 you have at the Yamava Theater or is it kind of the same. Do 398 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:22.599 they tie in together? No, they are completely different. Rock and Bruise 399 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:27.079 is one of our food venues that offers amazing entertainment as well. So it 400 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:32.359 looks like you got Reverend Horton heat dock in Like that's more for like your 401 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:36.079 rock and roll crop. For sure, it sounds like yeah, and rock 402 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:38.039 and bruises that vibe. For sure. You love rock and roll and good 403 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:42.359 food, that's your place to go. I have only been one time, 404 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:48.440 and I went last Friday for research, and I made sure I stopped at 405 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:52.160 the ATM on the way just in case, Just in case I need to 406 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:56.200 go in depth in my research. What is something that you think is going 407 00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:00.519 to surprise people whenever they come out to visit you To be honest here at 408 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:04.440 Yama, but I think almost everything can surprise you because you're not expecting to 409 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:10.720 walk into a facility with seventy two hundred slot machines, five high limit rooms, 410 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:15.759 over twelve bars and restaurants. The vibe is something that we really focus 411 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.759 and take pride in, so no matter what area of the casino you go 412 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:22.519 to, you're gonna feel a unique vibe for that space, which is kind 413 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:25.759 of tone setting when you enter a place. A lot of people when they 414 00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:27.559 visit us for the first time, one of the first things that comes out 415 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:33.119 of their mouth is this is just like Vegas but better. So that's something 416 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:37.960 that we take pride in. And then obviously the customer service is far none 417 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:41.480 some of the best I've ever seen. And then any fireworks, are you 418 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:44.440 guys firing off any fireworks on the fourth of July that we should be on 419 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:47.720 the lookout for. We will not be doing any fireworks, but if you 420 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:51.920 come to Yamabo Resort Casino, go up to the seventeenth floor. We have 421 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:56.279 an amazing area that overlooks the entire San Bernadio County and you can see fireworks 422 00:28:56.279 --> 00:29:00.759 for miles and miles and miles away. I think you can also buy them 423 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.799 out there too, in your area. I know when we were driving back, 424 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:07.359 I was like, there's the fireworks stands. We should stop and get 425 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:11.240 something, but then we have nowhere to shoot them off here, So well, 426 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:14.039 this is fantastic. I know my husband and I can't wait to come 427 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.799 back. We definitely want to come back and explore a little bit more where 428 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:18.640 we have some more time. And also worth mentioning this is a twenty one 429 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:23.400 and over casino and resort, so if you're thinking about bringing the kids, 430 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:30.039 don't do it right, they'll have to wait in the car. Well, 431 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:32.640 thank you guys so much. I appreciate your time and we hope you have 432 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.400 a wonderful fourth of July. Same to you read it. Thank you. 433 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.559 All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 434 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:42.119 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. At least one person has died and ten others 435 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:47.319 were hurt and in the hospital now. After a boat crashed into the rocks 436 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:51.519 in Long Beach last night, Long Beach Fire officials say the boat overturned and 437 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:55.000 began taking on water. It's not clear what caused the crash, but officials 438 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:59.400 say speed might have been a factor. A possible expansion of LA's Convention Center 439 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:03.519 has taken us step forward. The city council okayd fifty four million dollars for 440 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:06.559 pre construction design work, but there's a catch. They have to know by 441 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:10.480 the end of the year whether the full five billion dollar renovation would be finished 442 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:14.680 in time to host Olympic events in twenty twenty eight. Councilwoman Tracy Park says 443 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:21.480 she understands the challenge. We cannot risk losing those events to other cities or 444 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:26.640 other regions, or even other states. City leaders say LA has been losing 445 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.039 out to much smaller cities for major convention dollars, and an expansion is needed. 446 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:36.039 Michael Monks KFI News. A red flag fire warning has been issued for 447 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:40.640 the Ventura County Mountains, the I five Corridor, and the western Antalope Valley 448 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:45.359 foothills. It will be in effect from six o'clock tonight until six am Saturday 449 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:49.359 morning. A red flag warning means critical fire weather conditions are either happening or 450 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:55.519 are imminent. A fire that burned at least eighteen acres southwest of Paris and 451 00:30:55.640 --> 00:31:00.279 Riverside County has been surrounded. The fire started Tuesday afternoon. Three Cowfire air 452 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:04.480 tankers and a water dropping helicopter were called in to help cruise working on the 453 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:11.160 ground. No homes or other buildings were damaged. Governor Newsom and other Democratic 454 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:15.480 leaders have pulled their proposal ballot initiative to repeal prop forty seven. The measure 455 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:21.480 would have competed for votes with an already qualified measure headed for the ballot November. 456 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:26.720 Assemblyman Bill Assie says he thinks the move was pure partisan politics. He 457 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:33.960 was trying to distort the election and confuse voters with an alternative ballot measure. 458 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:40.359 Governor Newsom claims his measure was pulled because there wasn't enough time to add key 459 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:45.079 amendments to the bill. He says the other measure would revive policies from the 460 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:51.039 era of mass incarceration. President Biden has admitted he quotes screwed up, as 461 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:55.640 he put it during the debate with former President Trump. He told a radio 462 00:31:55.680 --> 00:32:00.720 station in Milwaukee yesterday that he had a bad night. He says that was 463 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:05.359 ninety minutes on stage, and that voters should instead look at what he's accomplished 464 00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:07.880 during his three and a half years in office. Biden says he is not 465 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:14.160 dropping out of the presidential race. Unionized Food for Less grocery workers have voted 466 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:17.960 to ratify a new three year labor contract. The union says workers have secured 467 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.240 raises, increased hours for part time workers, and a more direct path to 468 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:27.519 top rate pay over the next three years. Union officials announce the agreement. 469 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:31.799 Yesterday, Evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted after a fast moving one hundred 470 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:36.839 and thirty three acre brush fire that left one firefighter hurt erupted in seem Me 471 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:42.160 Valley and threatened nearby homes. Death Valley could set a new record. It 472 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:45.759 actually may break its own record for the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth. 473 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:49.920 The current record for the highest reliably measured temperature is one hundred and thirty and 474 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:53.079 that could be reached again this coming Monday or Tuesday. And as we mentioned, 475 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:57.359 it is the fourth of July. That means all government officers, the 476 00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:01.400 post office, financial institutions, at some retail grocery stores will be closed. 477 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:07.599 Now we're just minutes away from handle on the news this morning, and well, 478 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.960 we're going to be covering a lot of stories. We're going to talk 479 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:14.000 a little bit more about what's happening in Death Valley with the hottest temperature there, 480 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:17.359 will they break the record, we'll see. All right, So it's 481 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:22.279 time to clean off your lawn chairs, dust off your blankets, get your 482 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:25.359 favorite summer grilling foods ready to go. Because it is the fourth of July, 483 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:30.200 we have details right now on some of the fun places where you can 484 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.759 go and celebrate, and me and kno and and we're all going to talk 485 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:37.799 about the fourth of July and all of the fun things that we can do. 486 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:40.160 Let me start first of all by saying, this is a very one 487 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:44.000 of my favorite holidays. And I know that's super nerdy, but it's my 488 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:47.319 favorite holiday because when I was growing up, my family was very patriotic. 489 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:58.400 We my mother instilled a big sense of respect and reverence for our country in 490 00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:01.160 me when I was a child. And the fourth of July has always meant 491 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:07.079 a time to take a moment and pause and just be grateful for we uh 492 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:10.320 for what we have here in the United States, because so many other people 493 00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:14.639 around the world do not get to celebrate the same freedoms that we do here. 494 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:21.079 It is also the day that my husband proposed to me, so it 495 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:23.280 has a little special meeting for me. It was so funny he said, 496 00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:29.840 I can't think of a better way to celebrate Independence Day than by giving up 497 00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:35.920 my independence. So that's always been a very special special time for me. 498 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:40.239 So we love the fourth of July. Let's let's talk about what's happening around 499 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:45.079 Southern California, big celebration at Universal Studios. You guys, they put on 500 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:49.440 a wonderful fireworks display there. We also talked about the Queen Mary. What's 501 00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:52.360 happening at the Queen Mary tonight. They're doing a lot of celebrations and events 502 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.880 there and of course Disney. If you can get in, it's probably sold 503 00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:58.440 out. But let's talk to all right, Kna, what do you do 504 00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:00.760 for the fourth? What do you guys like to do? Usually I like 505 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:06.440 to get their go to somebody's house and have fireworks. But this year I 506 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:10.599 have a five month old. Yeah, and so I'm on his schedule. 507 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:14.519 Oh but I did tell my brother like, hey, man, are you 508 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:16.280 going to do anything? We live in the ill An Empire. Not many 509 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:21.360 places there firework friendly. Yeah, so we're gonna figure it out. But 510 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:24.000 I do love fireworks. Or like, my parents live on the north end 511 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:28.880 of San Bernandino, but it's kind of like the hills and you can literally 512 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:35.159 see fireworks from Fontana, like all the way pretty much to Highland, So 513 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.599 it's just like the whole sky is lit up, so you could. We 514 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:40.159 used to sit on the roof and watch fireworks. That's what I was saying 515 00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:44.079 from Yamaba that people can just go up on their top floor and watch it 516 00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:46.440 from all around. Yeah, it's it's incredible. Oh well that sounds nice. 517 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:51.320 I love. It really is about spending excuse me time with family. 518 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:53.199 So that's a great idea. And what are you going to be doing? 519 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:59.760 Well, My sister's birthday is on the third, so we celebrate on the 520 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:05.199 four. Gives us an excuse to all get together and we barbecue and swim 521 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:08.719 and then we all walk over to a park nearby that does fireworks and it's 522 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:13.000 fun. I love time. Yeah, see, it really is. It's 523 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.000 just like about relaxing, celebrating. There's no pressure. You don't have to 524 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:19.079 buy presents for anybody. It's not like the other holidays, you know. 525 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:23.679 And also, Nick, is this your wedding anniversary? It is. It's 526 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:28.239 our ninth wedding anniversary. My husband Brian and I nursary, so just like 527 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:31.159 you, I well, I was your husband because I proposed to Brian on 528 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:35.599 before of July back in twenty fourteen. I mean I could be your husband. 529 00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:38.159 I just don't tell him. That's fun. But yeah, and so 530 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:43.119 I'll actually be live here on KFI this evening for later with mo Kelly, 531 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:45.920 along with mo Kelly, to Ola Sharp and our own FOURK reporter Neil Sabedra. 532 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:51.199 So we'll all be here tonight from seven to ten pm on KFI. 533 00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:55.400 Shout out to all of the weekend warriors and the holiday workers who are We 534 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:59.199 work on the holidays because we love it. We're here to bring the news 535 00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:02.239 and the information to the people no matter what. All right, let's talk 536 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:07.239 about some of the celebrations happening. We've got let Freedom Ring celebration happening in 537 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:12.199 Cerritos that kicks off at four o'clock. In El Segundo, they're having I 538 00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:15.760 guess a whole day of fun out there. It's a fireworks display starts at 539 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:20.639 nine, but I guess it's free for residents, but non residents have to 540 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:24.239 pay five dollars for that. And Huntington Beach they're having their annual fireworks over 541 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:30.079 the ocean with free beach viewing. We love free Laguna Beach. We've been 542 00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:35.360 talking about some of the things they're doing there at Laguna Beach, mostly just 543 00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:37.400 music. I don't think they're doing oh drone show. They're doing a drone 544 00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:42.079 show, yes, And in Long Beach, view the annual fireworks show from 545 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:45.039 the Queen Mary. That is going to be a great event as well. 546 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:50.119 And let me see what else we got here Marina del Rey. The annual 547 00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:54.920 show will start about nine o'clock. And make sure if you're heading down to 548 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:59.639 Marina Delray, you look and see where their areas are to park or maybe 549 00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:02.719 do a ride share situation, and I look and make sure you know where 550 00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:07.199 to go a lot of these places, it's always best to plan ahead. 551 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:10.639 There's nothing worse than planning to go somewhere and you get there and there's nowhere 552 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:15.079 to park because nine other million people decided to go to the same place you 553 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:20.800 wanted to go. But that's life. In Socom In Rosemeade, they're having 554 00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:23.559 a parade, family fun. The parade starts at ten o'clock and then they're 555 00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:29.199 doing Freeze or the aquatic It was free swim, Yes it is free swim. 556 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:31.719 At one o'clock they're Aquatic Center there. Santa Anna starting at three, 557 00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:38.840 they're having their festivities at Centennial Park. Then fireworks will start later in the 558 00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:43.519 evening around eight forty five. And then in Santa Clarita nine fifteen, their 559 00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:47.639 fireworks over the Valencia Town Center will begin and then in Walnut from five to 560 00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:52.480 about nine thirty they're having music, games, food trucks, all of those 561 00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:55.599 things for you all to enjoy. So there's a lot to do. And 562 00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:59.440 well we have this information, do we have any of this up on our 563 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:01.000 website? And do you know if any of it will be on the website? 564 00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:06.000 Okay, well you should just play this recording back then go back and 565 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:10.360 go back and listen to this podcast version of this wake up call later today 566 00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:15.320 and take notes. So, yeah, I'm excited about the fourth of July. 567 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:17.760 This is going to be a fun, fun day. I think I'm 568 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:22.000 going to be swimming with my family as well. My husband is going to 569 00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:27.760 get out the tragger and try some new like grilling situations. So yeah, 570 00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:31.440 have a fun and say Fourth of July everybody. Oh you know what, 571 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:35.480 Cono I was going to tell you. I'm so mad that I didn't think 572 00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:37.800 of this until literally as we were in the middle of the show. But 573 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:40.000 I was like, I should have see seen if you wanted to do like 574 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:45.440 a Fourth of July like mashup like dj Kno's like fourth Remix and like put 575 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:50.880 together all of your like fun music for the fourth. Should have done that. 576 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:52.119 I should have been like, let's do that. I'm still kind of 577 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:55.039 doing that. If you notice, every time I come in, it's some 578 00:39:55.199 --> 00:40:00.519 sort of America. I love America, so you're gonna find the best America 579 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:06.280 songs throughout the day. Thanks for clarifying that for people. I love America. 580 00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.920 All right, Well, okay, yeah, we are enjoying it. 581 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:12.639 But I'm like, I feel like we need to sell Djconos records on the 582 00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:15.519 side, you know what I mean. Hey, whatever gives me a side 583 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:17.079 hustle. Ill, okay, Right, It's all about the side hustle, 584 00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:22.239 especially when you work in radio. Speaking of side hustle, I'm gonna take 585 00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:24.400 this opportunity to invite everyone to my next stand up comedy show. It is 586 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:30.760 gonna be in San Gabriel on July twelfth. Come out and see me there. 587 00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:34.280 We're gonna be a I'm gonna be a Blossom Market Hall doing a special 588 00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:37.239 Fun Night with the Mixed Nuts comedy show. So come out and see me. 589 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:42.599 My Also, I'm going to be back at the ice House in Pasadena 590 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:47.400 coming up in This is way ahead but like in September, so all the 591 00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:52.880 ticket information is up on my website Heatherbrooker dot com. There woo plugged myself. 592 00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:54.639 All right, Now, let's get back to some of the stories coming 593 00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:59.360 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Laguna Beach is putting on its 594 00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:04.480 annual July fourth fireworks without a bang. We typically see a lot of smoke 595 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:07.440 and we do the fireworks the good of each Mayor Sue Kemp says switching to 596 00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:10.599 drones also eliminates the noise that affects people with PTSD. We also have a 597 00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:15.239 lot of complaints from pet owners. Their dogs are very afraid. Counselman George 598 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:19.679 White says air quality is another reason the councilor decided spending seventy five thousand dollars 599 00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:22.559 for drones instead of forty two thousand dollars for fireworks was worth it. July 600 00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:27.639 fourth and fifth have the forest air quality of any days of the year due 601 00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:30.719 to traditional fireworks shows. The show starts tonight at nine in Orange County. 602 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:36.840 Corbin Carson kf I news Fire and law enforcement officials in California are urging people 603 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:39.920 to be safe during the Fourth of July. State Fire Marshal Daniel Berland says 604 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:45.440 it's illegal to sell transport or use fireworks that don't carry the safe Insane seal. 605 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:51.519 Illegal fireworks in California are unacceptable and we will not tolerate them. For 606 00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:55.599 land. Fire officials have been busy seizing over two hundred and forty thousand pounds 607 00:41:55.639 --> 00:42:00.679 of illegal fireworks within this last year. He says they've seen an increase increase 608 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:06.280 rather in illegal fireworks sales online, so they're trying to crack down. Violators 609 00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:08.840 can be fined up to fifty thousand dollars or sent to jail for up to 610 00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:14.880 a year. A proposed ballot measure by Governor Newsom and other Democratic leaders is 611 00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:19.639 going to repeal Prop forty seven, and it's been scrapped. The measure would 612 00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:22.119 have competed with a previous measure that is headed for the ballot in November. 613 00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:27.119 Governor Newsom says his measure was pulled Tuesday because there was not enough time to 614 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:30.400 add key amendments. Somedayman Bill A. Saley from the II says he thinks 615 00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:34.599 the measure was scrapped because of a lack of support of the legislature. They 616 00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:37.920 didn't have the votes from the Progressives who don't want to touch Prop forty seven. 617 00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:42.559 And they didn't have the votes from obviously Republicans and moderate Democrats who know 618 00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:45.239 Prop forty seven is broken. Newsom says that now loan measure headed to the 619 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:51.000 ballot would revive policies from the failed War on drugs. Blake Trolly k if 620 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:54.519 I News. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is doing an enforcement operation in Indian 621 00:42:54.559 --> 00:43:00.440 Wells aimed at catching drivers who violate the state's hands free self own law. 622 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:05.199 The department says any text, call, email, or social media post isn't 623 00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:08.039 worth the risk and the focus should be on the road. Officials say drivers 624 00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:13.440 should pull over if it's that important. Drivers who violate the law two times 625 00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:17.400 within thirty six months will have a point added to their DMV record. Three 626 00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:22.159 men have been arrested for allegedly robbing the same camera store in Burbank twice. 627 00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:28.039 Fully say the men snagged several cameras worth over thirteen thousand dollars last month, 628 00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:31.480 before going back the next day and stealing seven thousand dollars worth of equipment. 629 00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:35.800 And employee tried to stop the robbers, but they shoved him out of the 630 00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:38.639 way. Two of the men were arrested last month. The third was taken 631 00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:43.639 into custody yesterday. If he tried to run, They're all charged with robbery 632 00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:50.159 and grand theft. President Biden has posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor to two 633 00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:54.239 Civil War soldiers. Privates George Wilson and Philip Shadrack were part of an undercover 634 00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:59.800 mission that became known as the Great Locomotive Chase, where Union soldiers overtook a 635 00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:04.880 can Confederate train, just drawing key infrastructure in the process. ABC's Molly Nagels 636 00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:08.440 says Shadrack and Wilson were captured, tried, and hanged by the Confederacy. 637 00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:14.079 Biden said during the ceremony yesterday their heroic deeds went unacknowledged for more than a 638 00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:20.239 century, but time didn't erase their valor. Competitive eaters have made their way 639 00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:23.719 to Coney Island for the Nathan's annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest. 640 00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:28.880 Professional eater James Webb says he's looking forward to seeing how many he can put 641 00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.159 down. Is going to be a new champion, and it's going to be 642 00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:34.800 a great experience and I'm just happy to be here. Major League Eating co 643 00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:38.519 founder and host George Shay says he's expecting a tight competition since sixteen time champ 644 00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:42.880 Joey Chestnut is sitting out this year because he's not going to be there, 645 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:46.280 We're going to have the fiercest contest in I don't know, probably fifteen years. 646 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:52.719 It all goes down at noon, more at twelve o'clock, nine o'clock. 647 00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:58.320 For us here in La, this is KFI and KOSTHD two, Los 648 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:00.599 Angeles, Orange County. This has been your wake up Call. If you 649 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:05.280 missed any of wake Up Call, you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app 650 00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:07.840 and make sure you subscribe to wake Up Call. Leave us a comment. 651 00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:10.320 We'd love to hear from you and hope you all have a wonderful and safe 652 00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:15.599 Fourth of July. You've been listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King. 653 00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:19.440 You can always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday 654 00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:23.800 on kf I AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.