WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with Me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:15.519 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:25.760 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Ki. Here 4 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:29.760 I am. It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake up 5 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:34.679 call for Tuesday, February twenty seventh. I'm Amy King. Thanks for getting 6 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:38.799 your day started with us. Today. You guys watch an American Idol. 7 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.240 I'm still watching it. It's old, but it's like it's an oldie but 8 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.719 a goodie. They just started the most recent season. I think two episodes 9 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.640 are out now, and I get it. I don't know how you feel 10 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:54.039 about this, but the the auditions, which used to be sort of a 11 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.439 joke, like when Simon Cowell was on it. You know, they had 12 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:00.079 the really bad people on mixed in with a really good people. Now it's 13 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.640 almost like everybody's just really good. Not one hundred percent, but for the 14 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.200 most part, the people are really good and they have such cool stories. 15 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:12.120 I think American Idol does a really good job of highlighting some of the people 16 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:17.239 when they audition, and I and I know I'm a woosp but I'm just 17 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:19.959 brought to tears. So I'm looking forward to the season, except, like 18 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.319 I said, the audition part. Same with the Voice, the blind auditions 19 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:26.799 on the Voice, which is just getting underway too. I haven't watched the 20 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:30.159 first episode yet. The blind auditions are my favorite, and they just regular 21 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:37.400 auditions in American Idol are my favorite because it's kind of the most real and 22 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.159 after, you know, later in the season, when you get close to 23 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.799 the winners and stuff, it's so rehearsed it doesn't feel as raw. So 24 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:47.959 anyway, if you're thinking about watching American Idol, I highly recommend it. 25 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:51.359 Here's what's ahead. On wake Up Call. Police say a shooting in Santa 26 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:55.120 Anna that left a three year old in critical condition may have been gang related. 27 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:59.079 Really say someone ran up and started shooting at a car and an intersection 28 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.280 on Sunday. The girl in the backseat was hit. WILLI say the mom's 29 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:07.159 boyfriend was the intended target. The girl had several surgeries, She's expected to 30 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:12.360 make it. Voters in Michigan are casting their primary ballots for president today. 31 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:16.199 Former President Trump is leading Nicky Hayley by a four to one margin in a 32 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:20.719 recent five point thirty eight pole. Not a lot of people expected to turn 33 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.479 out for California's primary election, which is just a week away. As of 34 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:29.800 Saturday, just seven percent of twenty two million ballots had been returned. Experts 35 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:34.159 say voter turnout could be below thirty percent. Ballots can be dropped off until 36 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:37.639 election day and more than one hundred in person voting centers are now open. 37 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:44.520 Six hundred more we'll be opening up on Saturday. We six oh five. 38 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:50.000 It's handle on the news and we could be getting closer to a ceasefire in 39 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.719 the Israel Hamas war. But let's get started with some of the stories coming 40 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.680 out of the KFI twenty four hour news from police in Fontana have shot and 41 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.319 killed a man inside a home depot. Officers were called last night about a 42 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:06.000 guy running around in the street trying to get hit by cars. When police 43 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:08.960 got there, they say the man ran into the store and armed himself with 44 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.479 what they called an edged weapon. As they put it, that's when the 45 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:17.599 shooting happened. Two students have been involved in a stabbing at Nogalis High School 46 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:22.159 in Lapuente. The La County Sheriff's Department responded to the call where they found 47 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.159 one boy with a stab wound. That boy was taken to the hospital for 48 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:28.319 a non life threatening injury, and the other boy was taken into custody. 49 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.599 The role in school district says there was an incident between the boys, but 50 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:35.080 what exactly led up to the stabbing is still unclear. The school was on 51 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:38.400 temporary lockdown while deputies swept the campus, and the lockdown was lifted around eleven 52 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:44.199 am yesterday. The district says additional supervision will remain on campus as needed to 53 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:49.560 support students and staff. Chris Adler kaf I News, the man who fatally 54 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.719 shot two teenagers during a screening of Forever Purge in Corona has been sens to 55 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:59.159 life in prison without parole plus one hundred years to life. The murders happened 56 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.080 in twenty twenty one. On Joseph Jimenez Junior pleaded not guilty by reason of 57 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.719 insanity, but a judge found him sane in December and he was convicted. 58 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:12.879 His lawyer says Jimenez suffers from schizophrenia and severe mental health problems. We were 59 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:16.519 never contesting whether or not he committed the offenses. On the other hand, 60 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:20.800 it was really what was the word cause and the cause was his mental illness. 61 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:25.839 Jimnez apologized in court after hearing from family members of the people he killed. 62 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:31.079 NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the Alliance has no plans to send troops 63 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:35.920 to Ukraine. ABC's and As de la Katerra says Slovaki. As Prime Minister 64 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:42.600 Robert Fico said yesterday that some countries are weighing whether to strike bilateral deals with 65 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:46.800 Ukraine to help fight off the Russian invasion. Did not provide any additional details, 66 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.759 saying he was not allowed to say more. It's been just over two 67 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:55.519 years since Russia invaded Ukraine. That spacecraft that landed on the Moon last night 68 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.879 or not last night, last week, he is running out of power. 69 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.279 Initially, the engineer with intuitive machines says the Odysseus moonlander was going to be 70 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.519 okay after it tipped over on landing, but a new assessment yesterday determined the 71 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:09.839 sun wouldn't be able to shine on the solar panels to recharge the batteries. 72 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:14.240 NASA says Odysseus landed in a crater with a twelve degree slope, the closest 73 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:16.519 to spacecraft has ever come to the south pole of the Moon. The lander 74 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.800 was able to send back some photos before its batteries will be completely depleted. 75 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:26.360 Odysseus is the first privately built Moonlander. Steve greg rickaf I News. Now, 76 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:29.360 let's take an early look at your morning commute with Nick Pauli Yochani. 77 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.319 We got a mess in boil Heights on the five. It's like this due 78 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:36.560 to an early morning rackad that is still a crash investigation. So heading north 79 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:40.879 and southbound along the five really gonna be a mess for you. There on 80 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.199 the well southbound side of the five, it looks like it's going to be 81 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:46.319 a busy one for you because the three left lanes are shut down and then 82 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:50.160 it looks like the two right lanes may be taken away. It's a little 83 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:54.160 unclear on what's going on, but having seen the coutrans cans in the area, 84 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.439 you got a mess on the five northbound. As you come right from 85 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.040 the seven to ten out of east Land commerces too make great toward downtown Land 86 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.240 in the one to one up outside of the five. Also busy for you 87 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:03.920 coming away from the slit with the sixty as you're making a toward the seven 88 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:08.000 ten so definitely heads up for you. There likely a good idea on the 89 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.079 five southbound to avoid it, take the sixty east of the seven ten south. 90 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:13.319 That'll definitely help you out and not looking too bad for your drive right 91 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:15.279 now. Same story for your northbound commute on the five northbound, take the 92 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:18.879 seven ten north of the sixty west to get into the downtown LA area or 93 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:23.439 get reconnected with the five if your travels are taking for the northbound there If 94 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.439 you do have an update on this anything else, solwing you down pound to 95 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.240 fifteen your cel phone keyword k if I traffic kay if I, and the 96 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.240 sky helps get to their faster. I'm Nick Pauli o'keeaney. Thank you, 97 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.920 Nick. Now let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers at the White House. 98 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.800 Karen Big meeting at the White House today, four days before a possible 99 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:46.399 government shutdown. The big sticking point order security. You know, no, 100 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:50.439 not on the government shutdown issue. That's one thing that Mike Johnson would like 101 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:54.800 to talk about with the President separately. I mean, House Republicans are trying 102 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:59.480 to use this government funding issue as an opportunity to push through some demands on 103 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:02.759 abortion and immigration. But they're non starters for Democrats, and so I don't 104 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:06.639 know if that's going to be the big hold up. They are right now 105 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:11.279 though, trying to talk about two big things at this meeting today. One 106 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.800 government funding, because you've got the deadline on Friday, first deadline, then 107 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:17.839 there's a second deadline next week. And from the President's perspective, the other 108 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:23.279 big issue, of course, is that National Security Bill ninety five billion dollars 109 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:28.839 that sends sixty billion to Ukraine. That bill passed the Senate with bipartisan support, 110 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.319 but its future is very uncertain in the House right now because it passed 111 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:36.000 in the Senate and then everybody went on recess, and Mike Johnson, the 112 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.920 House Speaker, hasn't really showed his cards on this yet, so we don't 113 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.360 know if they're going to try to add some border elements to it, just 114 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:46.800 not take it up at all, or what the President wants them to do 115 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.680 is just put it up for a vote and see if people will pass it. 116 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.720 So we'll see what comes out of this meeting today. I think you 117 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:55.680 and I talked about this last week. Mike Johnson wanted to meet one on 118 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.279 one with the President and talk about border and immigration. The White House was 119 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:03.360 very cool to that meeting and did not accept any invitations for it. That's 120 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.639 not what this meeting is. When you've got the other congressional leaders there, 121 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.959 especially Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer who've already passed Ukraine aid, this is not 122 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.560 a border negotiation meeting, certainly not from the White House perspective. It feels 123 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.519 and looks like it's going to be much more of a pressure meeting on Mike 124 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.480 Johnson to move forward on that national security bill the Senate's already passed, okay, 125 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:28.879 And just to be clear on the because there's so many bills floating around, 126 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:31.440 so many bills, right, So there's the one bill that passed, 127 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.440 the bipartisan one that was like a eighty twenty or seventy nine, twenty one, 128 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.840 seventy twenty nine I think it was. Yeah, that one had the 129 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:43.080 border security in it, and that's that one. It was taken out. 130 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:48.000 There is nothing that passed with any border security because they reached the bipartisan Border 131 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.000 agreement and the House said, no, we will not move forward on that 132 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.039 because we don't think it goes far enough. So the Senate said, fine, 133 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:01.200 we'll take it out after months of negotiating that behind closed doors Republicans and 134 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:05.000 Democrats, they took it out. That bill that then was passed was just 135 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:09.759 funding for Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine and other national security issues. And 136 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.360 now that's what they're hoping the House passes because it has all that money for 137 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:18.399 Ukraine. Okay. So then the other issue that they're going to be talking 138 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.480 about today is, of course the government funding which runs out on Friday. 139 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:26.519 Does it look like they're going to come up with a plan or are they 140 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:30.279 going to kick the can down the road again. We thought they were going 141 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.279 to come up with a plan by Sunday night. That's what all the indications 142 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:35.679 were that they were optimistic of coming up with an agreement and they could pass 143 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:39.120 something. Now something could still be kicking the can down the road, just 144 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:43.320 another short term extension, but that at least keeps the government open. You 145 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:48.440 know, this is a really striking statistic in my book, and I've been 146 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.960 covering Washington a very long time, and I still think this is incredible. 147 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:56.399 This is now the fourth time this fiscal year, so since October one, 148 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:01.559 the fourth time that we are looking at a potential imminent government shutdown. They 149 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:05.159 have now kicked the can three times already since October first, since the end 150 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.360 of September, and we're looking at them probably doing it again into maybe early 151 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:11.960 April, and as the longest they can do it three months? Is that 152 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.799 why they're doing it in three month incremental? Oh, you could do a 153 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.200 two day short term extension, you could do one week, you do whatever 154 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.759 you want. It's just kind of what they keep coming up with. Now. 155 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.279 One thing, this is going to get so wonky. I'm not going 156 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:26.840 to do it to you, but mark on your calendar April thirtieth. That 157 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.840 is a very important date because last year they set April thirtieth as a day 158 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.759 when very steep cuts would go into effect if they didn't get the full budget 159 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:39.399 done, because they thought, oh, no way, we would still be 160 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:41.120 dealing with this by April thirtieth. We're going to make ourselves, you know, 161 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.799 kind of like give yourself a hard, hard, terrible deadline. And 162 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.399 it's getting closer to April thirtieth suddenly, and the way things are going, 163 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:52.559 you and I will probably be talking. I know we're going to remember this 164 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.600 conversation, all right. Karen Trevors, thanks so much for your time today. 165 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.000 Thanks all right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out 166 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.759 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Researchers have learned more about the tens 167 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:09.240 of thousands of barrels dumped in the ocean between LA and Catalina Island, but 168 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:13.120 forever chemical DDT was first thought to be inside the barrels, discovered in twenty 169 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.960 twenty by UC Santa Barbara professor David Valentine. But he says a now closed 170 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.200 company was actually pouring that DDT straight into the ocean, but also they were 171 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:26.240 accepting radioactive waste from different companies within LA and disposing those to the seafloor in 172 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:31.080 the same area. Radioactive waste findings were released last week, and many of 173 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.639 the barrels are now thought to be navy munitions dumped during World War Two. 174 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.639 Still, I am much more concerned about the DDT. He says. The 175 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.840 DDT may have nearly eradicated bald eagles on Catalina Island at the time, and 176 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:45.320 may be the cause for a serious cancer found in twenty five percent of local 177 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:48.799 sea lions. And you can just imagine if twenty five percent of all human 178 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:50.960 deaths was caused by the same cancer. What kind of epidemic that would be? 179 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.200 He says. DDT can bio magnify or spread through the food chain from 180 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:58.639 sea life to humans. Valentine's team is trying to survey the spread of d 181 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:03.200 DTS he which already covers an area the size of San Francisco, and the 182 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:07.519 FEDS are working on possible clean up solutions. Corbin Carson k f I News. 183 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:11.559 An oil field worker in Long Beach has been seriously hurt by a dereck 184 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:18.320 that collapsed. Firefighters responded yesterday and found a worker had a workover unit had 185 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.440 collapsed into a pumping unit. They say the man was about fifty feet up 186 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:26.240 when it fell over. He was pulled out of the derek and taken to 187 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:31.440 the hospital. He's in stable condition. A second person suffered minor injuries. 188 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:37.639 Prosecutors in former President Trump's hush money criminal case in New York have asked a 189 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:41.480 judge to impose a gag order on Trump. They say it's for his long 190 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:46.799 history of making public and inflammatory inflammatory remarks about people in his legal cases. 191 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:52.759 Jury selection in the case is scheduled to start March twenty fifth. Trump is 192 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:56.559 already subject to a gag order in his case in DC that charges him with 193 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.600 trying to overturn the results of the twenty twenty presidential election. Police in Houston 194 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.000 have released bodycam footage showing off duty officers taking down the woman who shot up 195 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.600 a mega church earlier this month. It shows the woman going too the church 196 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:13.559 with her young son with an ar style rifle strapped across her chest. Officers 197 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:18.399 can be seen firing back at her until she collapses. The boy can be 198 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.320 seen covering his ears and reaching for his mom. The woman was dead at 199 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.720 the scene. Two people were heard, including the boy who was shot in 200 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:33.399 the head. ABC's Mariah via Rial says the seven year old has been through 201 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.960 at least six surgeries so far, but a bit of good news from his 202 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.080 grandmother. She says, as of right now, he is off the ventilator 203 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.639 and he is finally breathing on his own. Police are still trying to figure 204 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:52.559 out what the woman's motive was. I love that theme song. The Mandalorian 205 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:58.360 and Grogu film is getting one of the largest tax incentives ever in the history 206 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:03.519 of the California Film Commission. In exchange for it, the production is going 207 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.519 to be done entirely in California. The twenty two million dollar tax break will 208 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:13.360 help hire five hundred crew members, fifty four cast members, and thirty five 209 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:18.120 hundred extras for ninety two days of filming. The projected payrolls around one hundred 210 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:24.039 and sixty six million. The last Star Wars movie filmed in California was Return 211 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.639 of the Jedi in the early nineteen eighties. You're listening to a wake up 212 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:33.159 call on demand from KFI Am six forty. I'm Amy King. Here's what 213 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.759 we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor Newsom says he will 214 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.879 fight yet another recall effort. He beat another attempt to kick him out of 215 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:46.799 office lists and three years ago. The group Rescue California launched the campaign yesterday, 216 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.720 saying the governor spending too much time on a national issues and isn't doing 217 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:56.000 enough in California to fight high homeless rates, crime and taxes. The last 218 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:00.759 of nine LA firefighters injured when a truck exploded in Wilmington earlier this month has 219 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.919 been released from the hospital. Dan Gowen was treated at a special burn center 220 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:11.000 following the explosion of the truck's compressed natural gas tanks on February fifteenth. His 221 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:15.879 injuries are not considered career ending, but doctors say he's got a long way 222 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:20.440 until he's fully recovered. A wintertime heat waves sweeping across the country, forecasters 223 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.679 say hundreds of records could be broken today, about two hundred and fifty million 224 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:31.519 people experiencing higher than average temperatures. Fifty eight cities broke record his yesterday, 225 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:37.720 including Dallas where it was ninety four degrees. Yeah, it's February at six 226 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:41.000 oh five. It's handle on the news. Speaking of Texas, both President 227 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:46.679 Biden and former President Trump are headed there. They're making their appearances on Thursday. 228 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:50.360 Let's say good morning now to the host of How to Money on KFI, 229 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:56.360 Joel Larsgard. Good morning, Joel. Morning Amy. So credit card 230 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:04.000 report complaints or credit rod report complaints are surging. Let's talk about what's going 231 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:10.519 on and why. Oh yeah, so nobody really likes the credit bureaus. 232 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:14.159 It's kind of this necessary evil of modern life. None of us really signed 233 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:18.320 up to do business with Equifax, Experience or TransUnion, but we're all kind 234 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:22.320 of forced to. It's this, it's this system by which we're able to 235 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:26.840 get credit. You know, we're able to essentially figure out whether we're financially 236 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.600 trustworthy. This is this is how the what the credit scoring system is all 237 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.919 about. But it's run so poorly in the three big bureaus don't do a 238 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:38.559 great job. And so people are reporting in record numbers complaints to the Consumer 239 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:42.720 Financial Protection Bureau, which is essentially the arm of the federal government which is 240 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:48.000 supposed to help individual consumers out if they're having an issue with a financial services 241 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:52.159 company. Complaints have tripled in just two years. Almost half a million people 242 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:55.840 filed the complaint last year against one of the bureaus for incorrect things on their 243 00:16:55.879 --> 00:17:00.360 credit report, and the credit bureau seemed to take the stance of it's your 244 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.320 fault, not ours. They're pointing the finger back at us and saying, 245 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:07.359 well, you're filing disputes for stuff that it's not actually incorrect, and depending 246 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.160 on who you believe, the reports, and that's something. But somewhere between 247 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.279 thirteen and twenty five percent of credit reports contain an error. So I think 248 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:18.079 the credit bureaus are in the wrong here, and it turns out they're not 249 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:22.599 really doing much to help us out on that front. Okay, And so 250 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:25.720 first of all, how do we know if there's credit reports, we can 251 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:29.400 go check our credit reports. Now, that's right, that's right, So 252 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:33.880 there is one site. Do not go to the individual credit bureau websites and 253 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.359 try to buy your credit report because you're legally entitled to a free one at 254 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:44.079 annual creditreport dot com. And once after the pandemic began, the credit company 255 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:48.359 the credit bureaus made our credit reports free, not just once a year, 256 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:52.079 but once a week, so you can check your credit reports every single week 257 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:56.480 if you want. That might be overkill, but it's nice to know that 258 00:17:56.519 --> 00:18:00.079 it's there. So I would say, get your credit reports from each of 259 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:03.839 the three bureaus for free from Annual credit report dot com. Take a look 260 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:08.079 and see if there's anything on there that looks incorrect and challenge challenge that thing. 261 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.079 With the bureaus, there's a process that you can you can challenge something 262 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:15.079 that you think is incorrect on your credit report. So that's really important thing 263 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:19.720 to do. The problem is the credit bureaus have essentially said, well, 264 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.440 they've got an automated system now that kicks back and says, well, your 265 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:27.440 challenge, we don't think it's we don't think it's valid. So usually the 266 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:30.559 first round, they just say, no, no harm, no foul. 267 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.599 This isn't a real problem. What you're seeing on your credit report is supposed 268 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.680 to be there, so you have to keep at it. It's kind of 269 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:40.599 frustrating, but you have to be your own advocate here fighting the credit bureaus 270 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:42.599 tooth and nail over what something that might be incorrect on your report. And 271 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:47.440 again, that report influences your score, and your score influences the rate you're 272 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:51.200 going to pay for a mortgage, the rate you're going to pay for a 273 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.359 car loan. It can affect whether or not you get the apartment you're trying 274 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:57.240 to get. If there's something that's wrong on your credit report weighing down your 275 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:00.960 score, it can impact your life in a whole ways. Okay, annual 276 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.559 credit report dot com because I remember, if you checked your credit too often, 277 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:10.240 it used to ding your credit. So checking your credit report and your 278 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:14.200 credit score are two different things. And the cool thing is there's a lot 279 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.240 of ways to get your score for free. Now. Most credit card issuers 280 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:21.119 will offer it. You can sign up for a site like credit Karma and 281 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.720 it's not giving you. The thing is, there's like dozens of credit scores 282 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.920 out there, so it's really hard to figure out, well, what is 283 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.319 my exact score. Well, every single one of the bureaus has a bunch 284 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.720 of different scores on you, so you're kind of getting a ballpark estimate by 285 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.000 signing up for something like Credit Karma or by using it. And sometimes the 286 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:41.839 standard is the FIGHTO score, the newest FIO score. So maybe your credit 287 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.960 card offers your credit score for free every single month. It used to be 288 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.319 a score. This credit score was shrouded in mystery, and that's kind of 289 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.079 changed. Fortunately, we have a little more access to understanding what's going on 290 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:56.440 with our credit our credit score. And if you sign up for Credit Karma, 291 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:59.519 it's cool because they get this like credit report card essentially and they'll tell 292 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:02.880 you, well, here are the areas where you're messing up, and here's 293 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:04.599 how you can improve your credit score. So I really like that because again, 294 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:08.799 credit score is a really important part of your modern financial life and it's 295 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:14.279 another good way to keep tabs. Is something messed up on your credit report 296 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:17.640 that shouldn't be there, well you'll notice if you're tracking your credit score there's 297 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:19.680 a drop. If there's a significant drop in your credit score and you didn't 298 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:23.400 do anything different, like you didn't forget to pay your credit card bill or 299 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:27.559 you didn't pay late. Well, that's a sure sign that something fishing might 300 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.440 be going on. And its credit card a free or is that a paysafe? 301 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:33.799 It's free. It's free. So they'll try to sell you stuff. 302 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:37.160 They'll try to sell you. You know, they want you to sign up 303 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:40.000 for a credit card via their side or something like that. And that's fine 304 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.559 if it's a great credit card offer, I guess, but just know that 305 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:45.000 they're trying to sell. That's how they're trying to make money. But it's 306 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:48.240 a free site to be able to dig in and learn more about your credit 307 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:53.839 score. Okay, then let's move on to college graduates. Half of them 308 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:59.759 aren't using their degrees. Yeah, that's true. There was this new study. 309 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:03.519 It's not just a phone survey of like a thousand people, it's literally 310 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.160 a study of ten million people, so it's very very thorough and it found 311 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:11.880 that roughly fifty percent of college graduates ended up in a job that didn't require 312 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:15.599 the degree that they worked really hard to get. And to me, that's 313 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:18.880 really revealing. It doesn't necessarily mean that you got a degree in engineering and 314 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:23.319 you're a barista. But basically a lot of people are working outside of their 315 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:27.079 intended career path, and it does, for a lot of people reduce the 316 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.559 amount of pay that they get. It reduces job satisfaction for a lot of 317 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:36.319 people. And it turns out that the key to making sure that you are 318 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:40.880 working inside of the career path you want to work in once you graduate, 319 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:44.440 and that your career is and that first job is so crucial. If you 320 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:48.160 get the wrong first job, it can really change your career trajectory in a 321 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:52.720 big way. Getting an internship, even if that internship that's what I did 322 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.960 out of school. I wanted to work in radio, and so my first 323 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:57.839 internship was at a radio station. It didn't pay anything, but that is 324 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:02.920 for a lot of people the right stepping stone to make sure that that first 325 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.880 job then is also in the industry you want to be in. I think 326 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:08.000 some people are like internship. The internships have fallen by the wayside a little 327 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:12.160 bit. But the study found that more and more people who get the internship 328 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:18.200 they end up working in and pursuing the career that they want. So a 329 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:23.960 college degree still is a good idea, but I mean that's a good question. 330 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:27.359 I don't know, because like, I don't think that everybody needs to 331 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:30.200 go to college. I don't think everybody wants to go to college. So 332 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.240 I don't think that they should just have to go to college. Because if 333 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:37.400 everybody goes to college, like literally, who is going to be the plumbers? 334 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:41.480 Who's going to be the electricians? And those are good jobs that don't 335 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:45.359 require a college degree. No, you're spot on, and we have kind 336 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.240 of made college the end all be all in this country, and it's like, 337 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:52.200 well, you don't. And the truth is that the average college graduate 338 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:56.599 out earned the average high school graduate, but that in a significant way over 339 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:02.359 their lifetime earnings. But the value proposition has also changed, right as college 340 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:07.119 costs have soared and interest rates on that college debt have gone up too, 341 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:10.920 and then there's a diminishing return on the college degree as well. So so 342 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:14.319 much depends on well, what are you going to do instead? And you're 343 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:18.480 totally right. If you have this idea to build a business or you know, 344 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:22.160 be a service provider locally, you know, in some sort of HVAC 345 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:25.839 school or something like that, if you want to work in that industry, 346 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:29.799 or if you want to apprentice under a plumber. That can be a much 347 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:33.119 better way for a lot of people to go, avoiding six figures of student 348 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:37.440 loan debt, making money earlier, and potentially being able to start and create 349 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:41.240 your own, your own small business. I think it's important for us to 350 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:45.480 distinguish college degrees, and getting the right college degree can matter for a whole 351 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.759 lot of people, but then there's a whole bunch of people who are not 352 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:51.559 served well by going to college. Okay, Joel, As usual, we're 353 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:55.240 out of time way too quickly, and you have so much more great advice 354 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:57.839 to share, and so people will be able to hear that when they listen 355 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:03.640 to How to Money. It's on Sundays right here on KFI from noon to 356 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:06.920 two. You can also follow Joel at how to Money. Joel, thanks 357 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.640 so much, Joel. Thanks Amy. All right, take care. You're 358 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:14.200 listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty. Good morning. 359 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:17.880 I'm Amy King. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour 360 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:22.240 newsroom. Three men have been arrested in a social media car rental vehicle theft 361 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:26.319 scheme. The La County Sheriff's Department says the guys would rent a car, 362 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:32.079 advertise it for sale on Facebook marketplace, make the sale, then steal the 363 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:34.440 car and return the rental. The Sheriff's department says they pulled it off in 364 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:40.799 several counties and are looking for victims. Michigan voters are casting their primary ballots 365 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:47.559 for president today. Voters unhappy about President Biden's support of Israel are being urged 366 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:51.599 to mark uncommitted on their ballots. Not a lot of people expected to turn 367 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:55.440 out for California's primary election, which is just a week away. As of 368 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:59.960 Saturday, seven percent of the twenty two million ballots mailed out had been returned. 369 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:04.599 Earned experts say voter turnout could be as low as or below thirty percent. 370 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:08.440 Ballots can be dropped off until election day. More than one hundred in 371 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:14.319 person voting centers are already open in six hundred more will open up Saturday at 372 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:17.359 six oh five. It's handled on the news. You might lose your access 373 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:22.279 to Netflix if you pay via the Apple app. Right now, let's say 374 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:27.480 good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy Steven. The question before the Supreme Court is 375 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:34.640 whether social media content can be regulated, Whether social media content can be regulated 376 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:40.640 by states and in the case of yesterday's argument, it was the states of 377 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:44.799 Florida and Texas that have passed laws in the aftermath of January sixth aimed at 378 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:52.680 curbing what critics say is a politically motivated online censorship. The Texas law says 379 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:56.839 that essentially social media companies can't pull down posts based on the politics of the 380 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.319 poster, and the Florida laws, I understand it says that if if you're 381 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:03.440 a candidate, you have the right to post, and the social media company 382 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.720 can't pull down your post. The conservatives on the Court yesterday were in the 383 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:14.039 lead questioning the legality of these laws, the conscertionality. John Roberts, the 384 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:18.640 Chief Justice, started this four hour oral argument yesterday by saying that the primary 385 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:22.279 concern of the court really ought to be whether the state has the power to 386 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:27.400 regulate the modern public square. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, told 387 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:32.640 an attorney defending Florida's law that he was essentially misreading the right to free speech. 388 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:36.799 That he left out the idea that the First Amendment protects the individual from 389 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:41.160 the government, not a third party company, and its decisions to decide what 390 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:47.880 is appropriate or inappropriate for a particular platform. The Justice Amy Cony Barrett, 391 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:52.559 another Trump appointee, asked why these platforms Facebook, X, YouTube, TikTok 392 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:59.039 can't decide for themselves what's inappropriate to post the way that newspapers decide what's inappropriate 393 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:03.960 appropriate to publish. I will say, despite all these the back and forth 394 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.160 over the merits, a great deal of time was spent yesterday with the judges 395 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:11.200 probing whether it's even ripe for the for the justices to consider this case at 396 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:17.279 this moment, because there are a number of areas where there is not a 397 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:19.759 fully established record. This is a facial challenge of the law and not an 398 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:23.319 as applied challenge, which is to say that the opponents of the laws, 399 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:29.440 the companies, brought suit right away and sought a preliminary injunction to prevent these 400 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:33.519 laws from going into effect. And so there's not an example of a particular 401 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:36.599 case that the justices can look at and say, here's the record of how 402 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:41.720 this law was applied, and here's here's a real life example of how you 403 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:47.079 know it was it was enforced. And so instead, what the justices have 404 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.720 to do is sort of envision in their minds how it could be enforced and 405 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.920 how it could be applied. And a couple of justices yesterday raised the question 406 00:27:52.960 --> 00:28:00.240 of what about sites unlike social media but at Sea or Uber? Could they 407 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:03.519 be targets of this law? And the answer is well, maybe because Etsy 408 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:08.160 allows for individuals to sell items, and doesn't ets have the right to say, 409 00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:11.640 well, that crosses a line for us, we don't want that item 410 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:15.640 sold on our page? Right? And then you have Uber. Could Uber 411 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:19.960 decide that it doesn't certain Uber drivers want to discriminate for a variety of reasons, 412 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:25.480 or could users be told that they're not allowed to comment on the quality 413 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:29.240 of drivers. Then you have an example that was raised by Justice Alito, 414 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:33.359 what about Gmail? Does Google have the right to go into people's emails and 415 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:37.880 discriminate against or otherwise censor what people are saying in private communications? That was 416 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:42.240 something that I think a lot of the lawyers had trouble answering. And so 417 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:47.319 the point is there's so many unanswered questions here that it might not be appropriate 418 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:51.680 for the justices to issue a final ruling at this point without a more established 419 00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:56.200 record in the courts. So could they say, we, like you just 420 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:59.359 said, we don't have enough information that it hasn't been tested, yet we're 421 00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:02.279 going to put this on the back burner and decide in two years, well 422 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:07.079 send send it back to lower courts and say, you know, either keep 423 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:11.839 the law on pause or let it go into effect to allow for an example 424 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:18.359 of injury that could be the subject of further litigation. So I'm not sure 425 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:22.920 what path the courts will take, but the court will take. But it 426 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:26.799 seems to me that the justices are interested in further establishing a record before making 427 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:32.519 a final decision on this. And it is pretty interesting that they start going 428 00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:36.160 down down that the rabbit hole. Basically, well, this could happen, 429 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:37.240 and that could happen, and that could happen. I mean, it's it 430 00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:41.680 could be very far reaching, so interesting case, and that's the role of 431 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:45.839 the justices to probe those hypotheticals to see, you know how if they have 432 00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:51.079 to make a final ruling on this, they want to explore as many possible 433 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:53.200 outcomes as they can. Okay, and we will be watching. Thank you 434 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:56.960 so much for helping us unpack it, Stephen. It helps a lot. 435 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:59.599 All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 436 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:03.400 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A three year old girl who was shot in 437 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.799 a car and Santa Anna is expected to survive. The child was in the 438 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:10.039 back seat where her four year old sister when at least three shots were fired 439 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:14.000 at the car, one bullet going through the younger girl's back. Santa Annipdes 440 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:17.400 Natalie Garcia says the girl's mother was sitting in the front seat with her boyfriend 441 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:22.240 and that boyfriend was the gang related target. The shooter was on foot and 442 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:25.279 at this time we know that the suspect is a male adult and that's all 443 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.839 the information that we have at the moment. Garcia says. The girl had 444 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:30.880 several operations at Children's Hospital, Orange County Sunday night after the shooting. End 445 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:36.519 is in critical but stable condition. No arrests have been made. Chris Sadler 446 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:41.160 ka FI News News brought to you by one eight hundred Got junk so cal 447 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:45.599 Edison has agreed to pay one of the largest wildfire cost recovery settlements ever. 448 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:49.000 The US Attorney's Office for Central California says SEE is going to pay eighty million 449 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:53.359 dollars to help recover costs associated with fighting fires in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. 450 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:57.119 The so called Thomas Fire in twenty seventeen, burned more than two hundred 451 00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:02.400 and eighty thousand acres, including over one hundred and fifty thousand acres of National 452 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:07.480 forest land. Investigators say the fires were caused by power lines touching and sparking, 453 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:12.440 so cal Edison agreed to the settlement without admitting fault. Local grocery workers 454 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:18.119 have joined state Attorney General brob Bonta in La to try to stop the proposed 455 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:22.079 Kroger Albertson's merger. California has joined the federal government and seven other states ensuing 456 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:26.559 to block the twenty four point six billion dollar deal. As union workers like 457 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:30.359 Grace Garcia remember the store closures and job losses following the Albertsons Safeway merger a 458 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:34.599 decade ago, it was devastating for workers like myself, of many who live 459 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:38.359 paycheck to paycheck. Garcia lost her job at Safeway, but was later hired 460 00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:41.720 at a Vaughan's for two bucks an hour less. The Grocery Workers union said 461 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:47.039 yesterday workers and customers would suffer if the Albertsons Kroger deal goes through. The 462 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.720 grocery giants say they'll fight in court because the merger is necessary to compete against 463 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:53.799 Megastores Michael Monks KFI News. A woman who says she just needed a ride 464 00:31:53.799 --> 00:32:00.359 to get back to San Jose has been arrested for allegedly stealing an Amazon deliveryvan 465 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:02.759 to get herself there. Police say she jumped into the van when the driver 466 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:07.799 jumped out to deliver a package in Palo Alto. All the packages in the 467 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:12.559 van were accounted for when she was arrested. Following an Oscar tradition, last 468 00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:16.960 year's winner of Academy Awards will be presenting awards this year. So Michelle Yo, 469 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:23.519 Jimmie Lee Curtis, and Quit I Can't remember how to say key Qui 470 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:29.400 Kwan won Oscars for Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, and then Brendan 471 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:32.599 Fraser also won for the Whale. They're all going to be presenters at the 472 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:37.599 ninety sixth Oscar Awards on March tenth. Lots of other big stars are going 473 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:43.000 to be presenting, including Mahersha Ali, Nicholas Cage, Jessica Lang, Matthew 474 00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:49.160 McConaughey, Lupidia, Nyango, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Rockwell, 475 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:52.519 and Zendaia. The Academy Awards will air on ABC and They're going to start 476 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:55.920 an hour earlier than normal. They usually start at five on the West Coast. 477 00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:59.480 They're going to start him at four this year. All at the Dolby 478 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:02.880 Theater in high Allwood. Jimmy Kimmel is the host. You're listening to a 479 00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:07.200 wake up call on demand from KFI Am six forty. Here's what we're following 480 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:12.680 in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The last of nine LA firefighters injured 481 00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:15.880 when a truck exploded in Wilmington earlier this month has been released from the hospital. 482 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:20.839 Dan Gohen was treated at a special burns center following the explosion of the 483 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:25.559 truck's compressed natural gas tanks on February fifteenth. His injuries are not considered career 484 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:30.200 ending, but doctor says got a ways to go for a full recovery. 485 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:34.960 Three people have been arrested in connection with an early morning burglary spree and Marina 486 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.799 del Rey and Venice police responded to a smashed window at an Alta beauty shortly 487 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:42.359 after one this morning and found at least six businesses had been burglarized at a 488 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.119 shopping center, Fox eleven saying a person caught one of the guys as he 489 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:49.799 ran out of a business in Venice. Five hundred and sixty three million dollars 490 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:53.200 is on the line for tonight's Mega Millions jackpot. No one matched all six 491 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:59.240 winning numbers from last night's Powerball drawing, so the drawing on Wednesday night for 492 00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:02.119 that one, it'll be worth four hundred twelve million dollars. Got to go 493 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:07.240 buy more lottery tickets. We're just minutes away from Handle on the news this 494 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:12.159 morning, and both President Biden and former President Trump are head into the US 495 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:15.800 Mexico border. They're both going to be there on Thursday. Right now, 496 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:22.719 let's say good morning to Captain Freddie Escobar. He is a captain with the 497 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:27.639 LA Fire Department and also the president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City. 498 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:31.440 Thanks for joining us this morning, Freddy, Good morning, Amy. I'm 499 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:37.920 proud to be the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City President. I'm also active. 500 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:43.159 I'm coming on my thirty fifth year on the LAFC and I'm actually finishing 501 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:51.360 off the shifts here at fire Station eleven between Burnington and Bonnie Gray on Seventh 502 00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:55.119 Street. And i got a heads up from our technical producer that since you're 503 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:58.039 still on duty, if you get a call, you're going to have to 504 00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.960 go, so let's get right to it. Absolutely, let's do this, 505 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:05.360 okay. So one of the things the voters are going to be voting on 506 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:08.840 in on their ballots next Tuesday, or maybe they're already doing it with all 507 00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:15.840 the mail in ballots out there is Measure HLA and your union is against it. 508 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:19.519 First, can you tell us what it is and then we'll go into 509 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:23.719 why you're against it? Absolutely First, that's the only measure on the ballot, 510 00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:30.280 and it's titled the Healthy Streets of Los Angeles, and we've actually titled 511 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:35.920 it Hazard Streets of Los Angeles. I want to first start off by saying 512 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:43.960 we want to support good pedestrian access to all Angelinos across the city of Los 513 00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:49.360 Angeles. But the reason we are against it is that it is going to 514 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:54.559 provide a safety hazard to the residents of Los Angeles when we get called out 515 00:35:54.599 --> 00:36:00.000 on a nine one one call. They currently exist today throughout this As I 516 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:06.239 mentioned earlier, I'm working today finishing off the twelve hour shift at fire Station 517 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:12.719 eleven and just east of us from figure Out all the way to skid Row 518 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:17.199 on Seventh Street, they put these road diets in and it affects the response 519 00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:22.800 times that we respond to when we get called to these certain addresses and we 520 00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:29.400 have to divert our response times and every single second counts. Yep, when 521 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:34.559 the residents of Los Angeles down nine one one, And imagine if you're calling 522 00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:42.599 and we have to take a different route to your emergency and we don't have 523 00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:46.480 a successful outcome. Okay, so Captain Escobar, So just so people are 524 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:52.119 familiar with it, we're talking about where they've restricted lane access, they've put 525 00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:54.480 bike lanes in, which has cut down traffic lanes, and also put up 526 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:59.880 those bullards that I've got them in my neighborhood and I'm just worried that I'm 527 00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:02.159 a run into them every day and kind of feel like you have to, 528 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:07.360 like Bob and weave around them. And I didn't even think about like firefighters 529 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:09.920 trying to respond to a fire and how you guys have to weave in and 530 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:14.079 out of traffic sometimes to get to where you're going, and how this could 531 00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:19.280 really hurt your efforts. Oh. Absolutely, I mean they've already I mean 532 00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:24.440 they've been tried and they have failed. They've tried them in Northern California has 533 00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:28.719 failed. They've tried them in different states, they have failed. They've tried 534 00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:31.039 them here in the city of Los Angeles they failed. And also with the 535 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:38.400 l A measure, one of the other issues is they've purposely omitted having our 536 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:45.559 fire department command staff are fire chief, her command staff, and the police 537 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:50.679 to opine on this measure. And they did that purposely because they knew they 538 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:55.679 would be violating laws that currently exists. This measure is misleading. This measure 539 00:37:57.280 --> 00:38:01.119 needs to everybody needs to vote on it. And what we need to do 540 00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:07.039 is address it with our city Council at the horseshoe, with the fire chief, 541 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:12.519 with the police chief and come up with something that is going to work. 542 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:20.880 And there's also as also a liability unfunded three hundred million a year for 543 00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:25.360 ten years, three billion liability for the residents of Los Angeles because they want 544 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:30.199 to make the changes to like is is it two hundred and fifty miles of 545 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:34.119 road or something like that. There it's a lot a lot of roads that 546 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:36.440 are going to be affected. It's not just a few in a neighborhood. 547 00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:42.639 Correct, anytime you resurface an eighth of a mile of road, then it's 548 00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:45.840 going to say, Okay, what are we going to do to add pedestrian 549 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:49.440 lanes and bike lanes. So, like I said, I'm currently on Seventh 550 00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:53.480 Street between Bonnie Bray and Burlington. I think they were if they're scheduled to 551 00:38:54.039 --> 00:39:00.719 resurface Seventh Street all the way to figure out the engineers, everybody's going to 552 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:05.840 say, Okay, what's this going to look like on already a heavy congested 553 00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:09.039 street where there's parking on both sides. They're going to have to add bike 554 00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:15.079 lanes, They're might have to add bus lane, and we're already delayed leading 555 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:20.039 out of quarters. It is just not a good plan moving forward for the 556 00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:23.199 residence of Los Angeles. Okay, so Captain Eskerbar, for me, it's 557 00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:28.280 a pain because there are fewer traffic lanes and you've got to dodge those bullards. 558 00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:31.119 For you and for the firefighters, it's a safety issue. And for 559 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:35.360 actually for us, it's a safety issue because if our house catches on fire, 560 00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:37.480 there's a bad accident and it takes you guys longer to get to us. 561 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:43.559 That puts lives at jeopardy too. Yes, and it's occurring today, 562 00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:47.639 right. So you go down to the west side, you go down down 563 00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:53.599 to the valley, here in downtown LA. Anytime you down nine one one 564 00:39:53.719 --> 00:40:00.800 in certain districts, the drivers understand where these road diets exist, so they 565 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:04.920 have to take a different route to when they dial nine to one one, 566 00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:09.360 and there are unfortunate outcomes that come from that. Because you know, what 567 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:14.199 we do is we always critique ourselves. What can we have done better to 568 00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:17.800 have a better outcome for the incident we went on and for the residents we 569 00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:22.280 serve. We love protecting the city of Los Angeles. We go on over 570 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:28.679 half a million emergency calls every single year, and then we also deal with 571 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:34.719 the aftermath of it, the behavioral side of an outcome, and our members 572 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:38.840 that we represent as UFLAT, we want the best opportunity for them to enjoy 573 00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:45.239 retirements after a twenty five thirty year career, not only physically but mentally as 574 00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:49.360 well. Okay, Cavitain Escobar, thanks so much for your time and explaining 575 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:52.559 things to us. So your message now a week out of the election, 576 00:40:54.119 --> 00:41:00.840 My message is vote no on HLA. We need all the Angelinos to come 577 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:06.159 out and vote. You got your voting registration at home, if you haven't 578 00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:08.400 sent it in, send it in. If you want to come down there's 579 00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:13.360 a lot of polls that are currently opening. Come out and vote, make 580 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:17.159 a statement, join your LAFP, your first responders, and vote no on 581 00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:22.519 HLA. Okay, thank you, Captain Escobar. Appreciate it. Amy, 582 00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:24.559 thank you, and have a great morning. And hello and good morning to 583 00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:28.639 all the brothers and sister's driving into work. You got it. Thanks so 584 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:31.000 much. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me, Amy King. 585 00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:35.960 You can always hear Wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday on 586 00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:40.159 kf I Am six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.