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 --> 00:00:14.759 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange 3 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:24.160 County. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. 4 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:33.759 Good morning, It's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for Tuesday, 5 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:39.439 March twenty sixth. I'm Amy King. The gang's back together. Producer 6 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:43.079 An is back after she took a day off yesterday, and Kono's back. 7 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:48.840 Welcome back, Kono, Thank you, we missed you. And Tony. 8 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:54.439 Producer Tony is very very excited that you're back. I bet he's still sleeping. 9 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.399 I'm hoping that he is, yes, and then I think he's taking 10 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:02.560 a vacation. But we're happy to have you back with us. Here's what's 11 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:07.239 ahead on wake Up Call. A container ship has rammed into a major bridge 12 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.359 in Baltimore, causing the entire bridge to plunge into the river below. Several 13 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:18.560 vehicles fell into the near freezing waters. Officials say they're looking for at least 14 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:22.319 seven people. Two people were rescued. One is okay, the other in 15 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:26.239 very serious condition. We're going to be talking with ABC's Derek Dennis to get 16 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.840 more details about this in just a couple of minutes. Pretty incredible. If 17 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:34.239 you haven't seen the pictures yet they have. They had a video camera trained 18 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:37.840 on this bridge. I guess it was just always on and you saw the 19 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:42.599 entire bridge come down. It's more than a mile long, crosses a river, 20 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:48.799 and it's a major shipping channel. Very very scary stuff. The La 21 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.640 and Miami homes of rapper Sean Ditty Combs have been raided by Homeland Security over 22 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:57.079 reported allegations of sex trafficking and sex with miners. At least two of Ditty's 23 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:02.640 sons were detained outside the home in La yesterday. The powerball jackpot is going 24 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.640 up to an estimated eight hundred and sixty five million dollars for the next drawing 25 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:12.560 tomorrow night. No one won the jackpot last night, continuing a winless streak 26 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:15.919 that dates back to New Year's Day. The Mega Million's jackpot for tonight's drawing 27 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.039 is worth an estimated one point one billion dollars. I got my tickets. 28 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.159 I'm ready for it at six ZHO five. It's handled on the news. 29 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:28.919 Donald Trump's truth social is going public today. Let's get started with some of 30 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:31.479 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. This continues to 31 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:37.039 be a search and rescue operation. It continues to be a very dynamic operation. 32 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:40.280 As I just mentioned. Rescuers in Baltimore trying to find at least seven 33 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:45.199 people who may have fallen into a river when that cargo ship crashed into a 34 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:50.400 support on a major bridge and caused it to collapse. Fire Chief James Wallace's 35 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:54.199 several cars were reported to be on the sane the Francis Scott Key Bridge early 36 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.879 this morning. When the bridge came down, we were able to remove two 37 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:04.960 people from the water. One individual refused service and refused transport. Essentially that 38 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.680 person was not injured. However, there was another individual that's been transported to 39 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:14.120 a local trauma center. He says multiple agencies are helping to search for others 40 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:19.280 in the water. Dodger star Shohei Otani says he was lied to and betrayed 41 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.759 by his former interpreter. Otani broke his silence for the first time since his 42 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.639 friend and interpreter, Ibe Mizuhara, was fired by the Dodgers on allegations of 43 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:30.199 massive theft. Otani said through his new interpreter that Misuhara had transferred four and 44 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:35.919 a half million dollars from his account without his knowledge to pay back gambling debts. 45 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:38.840 And to summarize how I'm feeling right now, I'm just beyond shocked. 46 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:45.319 It's really hard to verbalize how I am feeling at this point. Otani said 47 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.919 at a press conference yesterday that he has never bet on baseball or any other 48 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:53.960 sports and only learned about Misuhara's debts last weekend after he confronted him Chris Adler 49 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:58.759 kea fin News. NASA says a new app will help them figure out the 50 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:03.520 actual shape of the Sun during the upcoming eclipse. Researchers say people should download 51 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:08.319 the Sun Sketch your app and on April eighth, shoot video of the eclipse. 52 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.400 After all the video clips are collected, scientists say they'll be able to 53 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.120 determine the actual shape and size of the Sun far better than what is currently 54 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:20.079 known. Well, we know that morning time means traffic time, so let's 55 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:25.800 check in with Nick Paulochini. Hey, we check out the drive to Spokes 56 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:27.800 to make the way in and around the south Line's on then slowing you down 57 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.720 pounds to fifteen on yourself on keyword ASKFI traffic going to be a busy one 58 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:32.959 for you? No big shock here. As you're making away westbound along the 59 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.759 ninety one riverside do Corona, are you going to be some patsy delays showing 60 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:40.319 up for your drive? And as you're making away from Well, it looks 61 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.319 like a delays start for you around lost Aera and that remains the case beyond 62 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:46.720 the fifteen. As you make your way through Well fifteen to the seventy one 63 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:47.800 and then to the two forty one Sol Road, you know the drill, 64 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:50.480 it's going to be stretches of slowing for you across the board westbound side out 65 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.839 of the sixty. As you make way through Ontario, gonna be a bit 66 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:56.319 busy for you out the fifteen, and as you make way toward Archibald and 67 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:59.319 then for the westbound on the sixteen, looks pretty good for you continuing the 68 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.399 Internet PI into the San Gabriel Valley westbound side of the ten, pretty decent. 69 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.519 Same story for the two ten south outside of the fifteen getting through HYSP 70 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.240 area. As you leave you about Rancher Road, it's gonna be still going 71 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:12.160 for your drivers to make right through the cone passes you're continue chard about halfway 72 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.560 between ken Wood and well Claig corning Kenwood and then once you make great toward 73 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:17.240 the split with the two fifteen and Divoor not looking too bad for your drive, 74 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.480 Kafi and this guy helps get to there faster. I'm Nick colio'keeini. 75 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.839 Thank you, Nick. It's five oh five on your wake up call. 76 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:28.639 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Derek Denn hysteric. Wow, this is 77 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:34.560 a This is a crazy scene in Baltimore where that bridge collapsed this morning right 78 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:39.120 If you've seen the social media video that's and posted everywhere, I mean it 79 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:44.199 looks like a toy, a scene out of a movie. A massive bridge 80 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:49.040 fan hit by a one hundred and fifty five thousand ton containership below and then 81 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:55.639 buckling collapsing into the water below the Potapsco River. There were workers on that 82 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:00.160 bridge doing overnight work, there were cars crossing over it, and authorities this 83 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:04.439 morning are saying there's an active search and rescue going on right now for survivors. 84 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:08.800 They say, so far, early on they plucked two people out of 85 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:13.639 the water, one person not injured at all, another one being sent to 86 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:19.439 the hospital in critical condition. They're saying though that so far this appears to 87 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:25.240 be just an accident, no connection to any terrorism, but the FBI is 88 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:29.560 on the scene. Okay. And do we know that if the people rescued 89 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.639 were workers, or if they were in vehicles or is it too early to 90 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:35.160 know? Yeah, yeah, too early to know that. We don't know. 91 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:41.040 But we do know that authorities are saying sonar equipment is being used and 92 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:46.600 they've detected so far vehicles submerged in the water. So that suggests that there 93 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:50.519 were civilians, people just driving over that bridge who were caught up in this 94 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:55.759 and went down with the bridge wreckage overnight, okay, And what time did 95 00:06:55.959 --> 00:07:00.759 did it happen? Happened about one point thirty in the morning, East coast 96 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:02.560 time, so this is the middle of the night. And that may be 97 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:09.720 a bit of a silver lining here because presumably there's less traffic, less people 98 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:12.920 on the bridge at the time. If this happened during a rush hour, 99 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.879 even the middle of the day, the Key Bridge here in Baltimore would have 100 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.839 been packed vehicles, and this would be a much different scenario. It could 101 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:26.079 have been thousands of people, I mean, just absolutely yeah. They say 102 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:31.160 they say eleven million vehicles a year cross over this span, so it's a 103 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:38.079 very busy bridge, a massive bridge. Authorities are investigating it and they're doing 104 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:41.480 that search and rescue as we speak. Okay, and the container ship that 105 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:46.079 crashed into one of the supports, is it okay? Is it still floating 106 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:51.240 or is it sinking or do we know it is still floating? And authorities 107 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:55.800 said in a news conference that their workers still on that ship, so they 108 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:00.759 need to be rescued as well. We don't know how damaged that ship is, 109 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.079 if it's taking on water or not, but at last check, according 110 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:05.560 authorities, their work are still there. They can see them, they're in 111 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:09.399 touch with them, and they need to be rescued too. And I'm guessing 112 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:13.680 there's going to be a lot of questions for the people at the helm of 113 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.639 that ship because it went off course and crashed into a support. Yeah. 114 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:26.120 ABC News just learned some information that the ship apparently lost power before this crash 115 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:30.680 and notified the bridge that it might crash, and that's indeed what happened. 116 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:37.080 So there was a loss of power somehow to that container ship, causing it 117 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:41.000 to hit that support, and that caused this collapse. We know the container 118 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:48.600 ship was heading from the port of Baltimore to Sri Lanka, but it's registered 119 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.360 in Singapore. That's what we've learned so far about the ship, but more 120 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:56.879 investigation to come. Okay, and for the bridge itself, the span of 121 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.679 the bridge i've seen is about is over a mile long. And how far 122 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:05.240 is that drop for anybody who might have been up on the bridge. Yeah, 123 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.240 you know, we're still trying to get the answer to that. But 124 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.240 it was pretty high up. This bridge was built in nineteen seventy seven, 125 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.000 and the video of it shows it was very high up from the water, 126 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:20.480 but it went down in a matter of seconds. Yeah, the video from 127 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.519 it is just stunning. So and I'm sure, like you said, it's 128 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:26.919 on social media, so you're gonna be able to see it. But it's 129 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:33.559 just crazy. And the water temperatures are it's pretty chilly there, pretty chilly. 130 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:37.440 I mean, it's we're just about turning the clock to the calendar to 131 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:43.600 spring, but yeah, very chilly, water temperatures near freezing. But we 132 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:48.080 do know at least two people survived. Early on authority saying one was rescued 133 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:54.279 with no injuries, another one had critical injuries. So there is the chance 134 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.080 of survival from anyone else in the middle of this. Yeah, and as 135 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:03.039 we time goes by, with the hypothermia and all of that, I think 136 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.600 those chances are going to go down, but who knows sure. All Right, 137 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:09.159 Derek Dennis, thank you so much for making the time to join us 138 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.480 this morning. Very very important information and super interesting. It'll be interesting to 139 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:18.600 see what happens as this investigation unfolds. Let's get back to some of the 140 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:22.279 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The home of rapper 141 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.879 producer Diddy in West LA has been rated by federal agents. SWAT teams rolled 142 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:31.720 up to the large compound here at two hundred South Mapleton Drive. Agents dressed 143 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.879 in ballistic gearing, guns drawn, served search warrants just after one yesterday afternoon. 144 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.600 A number of young men were handcuffed and detained, including Sean Combe's sons, 145 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:43.720 Justin and Christian. Law enforcement sources say the raid is connected with allegations 146 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:48.080 that Combs is part of an underage sex trafficking ring. Ryan Mendelssohn lives nearby 147 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:50.120 and says he always sees young women coming and going at all hours. Some 148 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:54.480 were wearing bikinis and they're wearing someone wearing skirts, someone wearing bikinis, some 149 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.679 are wearing swimwear, some are coming from clubs. SWAT teams also rated Combs 150 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:03.720 as py in Miami. Combs denies any involvement insects trafficking in Holmby Hills Steve 151 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:09.759 Gregory KFI News. Thirty four hotels in the LA area have reached agreements with 152 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:13.320 striking workers. The games for workers include pay raises and improvements to pension and 153 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:18.159 healthcare benefits. Unite Here Local eleven co president Kirk Peterson says overall, the 154 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:22.080 four year agreement is worth a round a billion dollars. We say to Los 155 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:26.879 Angeles that this fight was worth it. The tentative deal, which still hasn't 156 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:31.759 been agreed to at twenty seven hotels, expires in early twenty twenty eight, 157 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:35.720 ahead of the Olympics, Peterson said yesterday, with tens of millions of visitors 158 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:37.759 coming. If a new deal isn't reached, then a return to the picket 159 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:43.039 line is possible. Michael Monks KFI News. One of the ringleaders of a 160 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.960 group stealing iPhones from Apple has been sentenced in San Diego to over four years 161 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.639 in federal prison. The US Attorney's Office says. Alan Lieo was also ordered 162 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:56.759 to surrender to homes and one hundred twenty thousand dollars for his role in this 163 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:01.320 scamp. His two brothers and nine others were all also busted. The FEDS 164 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.600 say the group took more than ten thousand fake iPhones and iPads and traded them 165 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:09.440 at Apple stores for real ones, which they then sold at a premium in 166 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.320 China. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that bans kids younger than 167 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:20.000 fourteen in his state from getting on social media. ABC's Andrew Dimbert says fourteen 168 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:22.759 and fifteen year olds will need a parent's consent before they can join a platform. 169 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:28.200 Opponents of these restrictions cite free speech concerns, The ACLU of Florida saying 170 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.600 lawmakers cannot control what ideas and information parents can allow their families to access. 171 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:37.279 Social media companies will have to delete the existing accounts of those under fourteen or 172 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.759 face lawsuits and fines. The bill is set to take effect in January. 173 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:48.279 Former Governor Schwarzenegger says he has a pacemaker. He joked yesterday that he now 174 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.080 has a machine part just like his Terminator character. He says he had the 175 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:56.960 operation last week and assured fans he's having a speedy recovery. A photo shows 176 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:03.720 him in a hospital bed giving the thumbs up. Hey, if you're happy 177 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.360 or want to be happy, you're gonna have to move. So we talked 178 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:15.080 to you earlier about the list of happy countries, and the US fell out 179 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:18.840 of the top twenty. I think it's in twenty third place, but there 180 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:24.200 are still cities in the country that are happy. And according to wallet Hub, 181 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:28.879 Fremont, California, is the happiest city in the whole country, and 182 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:33.840 a couple other California cities made the list. Number two on the list Overland 183 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.759 Park, Kansas. No idea why San Jose, California is number three, 184 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:43.960 Madison, Wisconsin is four. In Irvine comes in number five on the list, 185 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.919 and then a couple of cities in Hawaii are on the top list or 186 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:52.679 the top ten list for happiest city. San Francisco seventh happiest in spite of 187 00:13:52.720 --> 00:14:00.279 all the dirt and the drugs and the homelessness and the syringes on the street 188 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.519 and people pooping on the streets. But I guess they have a lot of 189 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.360 money, so maybe they're happy. Two people have been pulled out of the 190 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:11.480 water where the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore completely collapsed. Baltimore's fire chief 191 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:16.159 says they're looking for at least seven other people in the water. The bridge 192 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:20.840 came down after one of its supports was rammed into by a container ship. 193 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:26.759 Dodger star Shohei Otani says he had no idea his close friend and former interpreter 194 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:31.039 was involved in illegal gambling. Otani, who now has a new interpreter, 195 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:37.200 spoke publicly yesterday for the first time since the allegations against Ippy Misahara surface last 196 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.559 week. The sweet sixteen is set in the NCAA Women's basketball Tournament. Both 197 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:46.120 USC and UCLA won their games last night and are moving on to the next 198 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:52.080 round. USC will play Baylor. UCLA has a date with defending national champion 199 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:54.440 LSU at six oh five. It's handle on the news. We have new 200 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.960 information about that seventeen year old girl who shot herself with a sheriff's deputy's gun 201 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:05.120 at the City of Industry Sheriff station. Let's say now good morning to the 202 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.679 host of How to Money Here on KFI. It's Joel Lars Guard. Joel, 203 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.399 We've got investments. We've got normal investments, and now we have alternative 204 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.679 investments. What are they and are they a good idea? Okay, So 205 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:24.799 alternative investments are anything that just sounds a little sexier than the boring blend index 206 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:30.879 fund approach or the target date fund approach that most people should be taking inside 207 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:33.639 of their retirement accounts. And so have there have been all sorts of different 208 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:39.159 funds and different websites that have sprung up in recent years allowing you access to 209 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:45.960 invest in all sorts of things. And the typical selling point is, hey, 210 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.000 these funds were only available to the super rich, and now we're making 211 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:54.360 them available. I've heard that pitch. Yeah, regular individual who has no 212 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:58.120 doesn't have a stash of cash, doesn't have like Scrooge McDuck level money in 213 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:03.679 some vault somewhere, you can now invest in whiskey, wine, fine art, 214 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.159 and so the pitch. You can also you can invest in like literally 215 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.320 some of those products through websites like Veno vest, or you can invest now 216 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:18.039 in specific funds that purport to invest in quote unquote alternative investments. And so 217 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.440 there's this company called so Fi. It's like a fintech company, and they 218 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:29.200 have just launched a wide range of new alternative investment funds, and it's the 219 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:33.159 thing you have to be watch out for in these alternative investment funds is one, 220 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:37.039 are you actually going to outperform the general market? The typically the answer 221 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:41.840 is actually no. And there's a website actually called acre Trader where you can 222 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.279 invest in farmland, and investing in farmland has actually not been a terrible investment 223 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:49.039 over the years. But still the boring s and P. Five hundred just 224 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:55.919 this, investing in the stock market with regularity outperforms investing in fancy things like 225 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:00.200 farmland. So while these things are gaining traction, you have to realize is 226 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.600 that the boring, incredibly cheap route. By the way, too, a 227 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:07.599 lot of these alternative investment funds come with ridiculously high expensites that eat into those 228 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.839 returns, even if those returns are higher. So I still like the boring 229 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.519 approach for most people. And plus with the with the ones coming up that 230 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:21.359 like you mentioned, the Veno investments are the fund uh huh, they don't 231 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:25.880 really have the test of time, right, Yes, they are newer offerings. 232 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.720 Well yeah, these companies in particular do not. The truth is like 233 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:33.720 when you look at something like art. It's it is true that some of 234 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:38.119 the wealthiest people in the universe have done well investing in farmland and art like 235 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:41.359 There's a reason, and part of its tax reasons, right, that Bill 236 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:48.599 Gates owns more farmland than basically the rest of the known universe. It's there 237 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:53.599 are taxable benefits to owning a significant amount of farm land. But it's you 238 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:57.240 know, sometimes those investments that the ultra rich are making don't make sense for 239 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:02.400 us as normal folks. And because the expenses and the fees are so high 240 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:06.440 to invest in those ways, we're taking our eye off the prize, and 241 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:11.559 we're trying to eke out extra return by investing in kind of funkier asset classes, 242 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.880 when we'd be better off focusing our eye on the prize of increasing our 243 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:21.319 savings rate and funneling more into those tax advantage retirement accounts that we already have 244 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:27.160 at our disposal. I've got nothing against owning some rental property and investing in 245 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:32.519 different ways over time, but only if you're doing the boring stuff with ninety 246 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:37.559 to ninety five percent of your assets regularly, often dollar cost averaging into those 247 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.480 index funds inside of those tax advantage accounts. You get the sparkle in your 248 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:45.880 eye looking at some of these really interesting asset classes, but there's just no 249 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.559 need for most people to own them. Okay, so they might be a 250 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:55.279 little bit sexy, but not necessarily a good vet. Yep. Okay. 251 00:18:55.400 --> 00:19:04.079 You mentioned that you saw that they're wanting to ban short rentals and that's not 252 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:08.480 going to solve the housing crisis. Yeah, so this is happening all across 253 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:12.920 the country, but it's also likely going to happen here in unincorporated La County. 254 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:18.839 So there's this short term rental ban proposal, and specifically, the only 255 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:23.279 people who would be able to have short term rentals would be people who own 256 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.480 a primary residence. And what does that basically mean, Well, if it's 257 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.960 your primary house, you can only rent it out when you're away on a 258 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.039 trip or something like that. I know, I saw that, and I 259 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.440 was like, wait a second, that sort of defeats the whole purpose of 260 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:40.200 the verbo thing, right exactly, And so basically it's it's essentially an outright 261 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:42.799 ban and often the reasoning, one of the reasons they're using is that I 262 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:48.359 guess airbnb guests are partiers and leaving a wake up destruction in their midst I 263 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:51.799 don't know how true that is. But one of the other things that is 264 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:56.480 constantly being said in cities around the country where they're trying to ban short term 265 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:03.000 rentals is that it's is that it's taking away from the housing stock of rentals, 266 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:07.119 of those year long kind of annual leases, and so it's driving up 267 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:12.759 rents. Well, Harvard Business Review just did a study to see, well, 268 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:15.720 how true is this. They ran the numbers, and they found that 269 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:22.440 Airbnb's verbos, those are such a small percentage of the overall housing stock that 270 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:27.759 it's making a negligible contribution to rising rents. So when you look at what 271 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:33.240 is the most important factor in lowering rents, it's supply. It's increasing supply. 272 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:37.160 And so while if you ban short term rentals, yes there is a 273 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:40.160 little bit more supply, the better thing to do is to build more. 274 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:42.480 And so when you look at a city like Austin, well, housing prices 275 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:48.079 and rents have fallen dramatically in the past year, and that is because they're 276 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:51.480 building something like eight or nine times more housing than we are here in southern 277 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:53.359 California. So if we cut some of the red tape, we add more 278 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:56.680 supply into the mix. That is going to be a much better solution than 279 00:20:56.680 --> 00:21:00.799 trying to make it seem like Airbnb or verbo are the problem them. Well, 280 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:03.200 plus they have a lot more space and lower costs. Yes, that's 281 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:06.319 true too, Yeah, yeah, but there are ways. There are ways, 282 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:10.119 and part of it is how long it takes to get a project off 283 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:15.440 the ground. And the units being built the most in southern California right now 284 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:18.279 are adu's accessory dwelling units, and I think that's great, Like, I'm 285 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:22.680 glad that we've kind of opened the floodgates on that, and homeowners seem to 286 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:25.119 be saying, cool, I'll put one of these in my backyard. That 287 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:27.519 helps to create more density. But there are other ways too, incentivizing in 288 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:33.119 some of these single family neighborhoods. The building of duplexus, triplexis quadplexes. 289 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:37.519 That's another way to increase some of the density without completely changing the flavor of 290 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:41.039 a neighborhood. Okay, now let's talk about kids and how they're going to 291 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:45.480 make more money through their life. Okay, so here, I like that, 292 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:48.839 right. I want young people learning the ropes of personal finance, because 293 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.119 the problem is most of the time you get into your thirties and a light 294 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:55.799 bulb turns off. Wait a second, I haven't really thought about this very 295 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:59.240 much, and you've got credit card tet to overcome, and you're already kind 296 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.400 of behind the eight ball, and so you've got to, like, you've 297 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.720 got to get the fire hose of information, and then you have to start 298 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:07.359 making changes, and it just takes a lot longer to do it after you've 299 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:14.759 made some mistakes. Well, California is likely to very soon require personal finance 300 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:18.880 classes in high school and half this is beautiful. Half of the states around 301 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:25.599 the country now make this a requirement, and California is hopefully soon it looks 302 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:30.640 like going to going to also join in with and now we'll have a majority 303 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:33.839 of states offering personal finance classes. I think it's going to start in twenty 304 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:37.680 twenty six, is going to be the first year when if this bill passes, 305 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:41.400 when students will be required to take one semester of personal finance class in 306 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:45.319 high school. The cool thing is next Gen personal Finance. Ran some numbers 307 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:48.880 and they found and it's you know, this is kind of hard to actually 308 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:52.279 determine specifically, but they said one semester of personal finance class in high school 309 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:57.160 makes a one hundred thousand dollars difference in those young people's lives because of the 310 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:03.000 things they're learning about credit score, about avoiding bad kinds of debt, those 311 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:06.759 things. And you think, oh, well, yeah, how important is 312 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.920 this or how big of a deal is it. Well, I think for 313 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:11.039 a lot of kids, a lot of young people, it's going to make 314 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:15.559 a massive difference in their financial future. I want people to be lot lifelong 315 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:18.319 learners too, because some of the some of the specifics of personal finance they're 316 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:23.000 shifting and morphing and changing, but a lot of those most important base level 317 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:27.400 things don't change. And those those classes in high school I think make a 318 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:32.079 big are a big deal. So I say, then instead of one semester, 319 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:34.559 let's have them do two semesters. No, ar, I mean you're 320 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:37.839 preaching to the choir. Okay, I'll sign off on that, all right, 321 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.160 Joel Larsguard, thank you so much. You can listen to more smart 322 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:45.359 money advice from Joel Larsgard on Sundays on KFI from noon to two. You 323 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:48.640 can also follow them at how to Money. Joel. Thanks again, Joel, 324 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:52.839 Yeah, thanks Amy, be sure to join me and the Way Cup 325 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:56.640 Crew. On Sunday, April twenty first, we're getting ready for the Wiggle 326 00:23:56.680 --> 00:24:00.119 Waggle Walk. We're going to be at Brookside Park in Pasadena and all of 327 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:06.039 the money raised is going to benefit Pasadena Humane to help them care for thousands 328 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:08.680 of animals they take in every year. You can come out. You can 329 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:15.440 see adoptable pops Pops, how about pups? Adoptable pups. We're gonna have 330 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:18.640 booths, there's going to be a costume contest, games, demonstrations, food, 331 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:23.160 and you can join our team, the wake Up Call Wigglers. I 332 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:26.880 love that name, and come out and walk with us. You can also 333 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:30.200 visit the KFI booths. We're gonna have cool KFI swag bags. And if 334 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.200 you can't join us, you can still donate to help us reach our goal 335 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:37.000 at KFI am six forty dot com slash Wiggle. That's where you can find 336 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.680 out how to sign up, what the information is, make a donation. 337 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:45.319 It's the Wiggle Waggle Walk coming April twenty first, and we do hope you'll 338 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:47.839 join us. It's going to be a fun day. A container ship is 339 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:52.039 rammed into a bridge in Baltimore, causing the entire bridge and some cars on 340 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:55.559 it to plunge into the river below. Officials say they're looking for at least 341 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:59.160 seven people. Two were rescued from the water. One's okay, the others 342 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:04.319 in serious conditions. The Los Angeles and Miami homes of rapper Sean Ditty Combs 343 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:10.759 have been rated by Homeland Security over reported allegations of sex trafficking and sex with 344 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:14.839 miners. At least two of Ditty's sons were detained outside the home. About 345 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:18.359 ten thousand hotel workers in La County have been on strike since July. Well. 346 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:21.880 A lot of them are going to get a forty to fifty percent raise. 347 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:26.359 A new contract has been ratified for workers at thirty four of the hotels. 348 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:30.160 The contract includes a ten dollars per hour pay raise At six oh five, 349 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:33.640 It's handle on the news. Bars in California will soon offer drug kits 350 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:40.759 so people can make sure their drinks aren't spiked with anything besides booze. Let's 351 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:45.200 say good morning now to ABC's Brian Clark. Brian, you have some more 352 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:51.599 information for us on Shoho Tani finally speaking out over the gambling and theft scandal 353 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:56.720 that's circulating. Good morning, Yeah, and it's obviously you guys have the 354 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.839 local approach, but this is such a national and really international story because of 355 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:04.160 show Hey's status. And I think the big surprise was how direct he was 356 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:08.880 yesterday that he had no knowledge of what he says his interpreter was doing, 357 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:11.759 that he was stealing money from him, that he was lying to him, 358 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:15.480 and because I think it was met with some skepticism as to how could you 359 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:21.119 be taken for four million dollars and not know and to see show Hey come 360 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:23.759 out and be so direct, I think that did surprise some people nationally. 361 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:30.119 Okay, and did he say how that four and a half million dollars that's 362 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:34.960 a lot of money to just be missing from your bank account. I would 363 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.799 agree with you. I think everybody would agree with you. And that he 364 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:44.400 did not say. That's the big unanswered question still in all this that once 365 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:51.160 shohe said that once media outlets began asking questions last week about these wire transwers 366 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:55.160 because O'tanni's name was on them, o'tani is saying essentially that if they mount 367 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:59.720 Mizuhara, his former interpreter never gave him those messages, so he's saying there 368 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:03.839 was a right down there, and then he said, once Misuhara spoke to 369 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:07.640 the Dodgers when they were in Soul, South Koreel last week, he then 370 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:11.200 began to realize, he said, that something was going on, but no, 371 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:18.160 we don't know how he was able to four million dollars allegedly without a 372 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:21.279 tani knowing. Okay, well, I would imagine that a lot more information 373 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:25.720 is going to start flowing about this. Brian Clark, thank you so much 374 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:29.480 for your time this morning. Thank you all right. Wish we had more 375 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:32.759 time with him. He was on a hard deadline. Busy, busy people. 376 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:34.279 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 377 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:38.480 four hour newsroom. Four homes in the Hollywood Hills have been red tagged because 378 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:42.799 of a landslide. One home was completely crushed, where mudd and debris flowed 379 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:47.440 into the house, knocking down walls and breaking windows. This man has lived 380 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:49.720 in the area for five years and says he and his neighbors should be more 381 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:53.039 prepared. That's pretty upsetting being moved out of your home and not being able 382 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:57.599 to move back in. It's tough on the residence, on us having a 383 00:27:57.599 --> 00:28:00.839 place here. It's kind of scary. Neighbor said he was eating breakfast Sunday 384 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:04.759 when he watched the hillside run into the back of the homes. Geologists say 385 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:08.720 the land has been oversaturated by recent rainstorms, than that it could be moving 386 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:15.559 for years. Chris Adler KFI News News brought to you by Simper Solaris. 387 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.880 An eighteen year old woman charged with a pair of shootings in the San Pedro 388 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:23.200 area that killed one person, has pleaded not guilty. Astraya Rojas was arrested 389 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:26.519 earlier this month. She's charged with one count of murder and three counts of 390 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:30.480 attempted murder for the shootings in January. She'll be back in court May seventh. 391 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:36.200 The California Department Officient Wildlife is offering up some advice on how to stay 392 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:41.359 safe from mountain lions following a fatal attack in El Dorado County. Captain Patrick 393 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.799 Foy says, while attacks are rare, people should be cautious. First of 394 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:48.400 all, stay together. It's approached by a mountain lion, standtalli shot, 395 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:52.119 aggressively fight back at attack voyces. Mountain lions are typically more interested in seeking 396 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:56.160 out deer as prey, so if you see a lot of deer in an 397 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.839 area. You can be assured that there are mountain lions that live in the 398 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:03.160 vicinity line that attacked to two brothers on Saturday, killing one of them was 399 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:07.720 found and shot a few hours later. The last fatal attack before that happened 400 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:11.480 in Orange County in two thousand and four. Two men in Orange County have 401 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:15.359 been charged with a kidnapping, but the guy taken from outside his home in 402 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.880 Midway City still hasn't been found. One of the men, non Win, 403 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:22.200 was convicted of murder in two thousand. OCI Sheriff'sergeant Matthew Paris says a witness 404 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:26.960 and other evidence confirmed what happened to Tony Lamb. He was confronted in his 405 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:30.240 driveway by a masked mail shortly thereafter, and he was assaulted and driven away 406 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.119 in a vehicle that was not his own. Paris says the last time friend's 407 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:37.599 family or co workers saw Lamb was almost two weeks ago at LV Restaurant and 408 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:41.960 Lounge in Westminster and the one seven to one Sky Restaurant in Garden Grove. 409 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.640 He says the two men who were arrested have refused to tell police where Lamb 410 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:51.359 is in Orange County. Corbin Carson Kafie News Court in London has delayed the 411 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:56.960 extradition of Wiki League's founder, Julian Assage to the US on espionage charges. 412 00:29:56.319 --> 00:30:02.759 The government claims he stole and in the discriminate, published classified documents that endangered 413 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:07.400 innocent lives. Massalge has spent five years arguing he would suffer in humane treatment 414 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.920 in the US. Two High Court judges in the UK say they would grant 415 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:18.000 Assange a new appeal unless US authorities give him further assurances within three weeks about 416 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:22.039 what's going to happen to him. They say he should have had or he 417 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:26.319 should have the same First Amendment protections as a US citizen, and that the 418 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:32.119 death penalty should not be imposed. The Department of Justice has challenged a California 419 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:37.000 corrections policy on Beard's The DOJ is asking a federal court in Sacramento to halt 420 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:41.319 a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation policy related to facial hair. Eight officers 421 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.400 filed federal employment complaints over the policy, and the state refused to accommodate the 422 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:51.680 religious based request for exemptions. The federal government says the policy discriminates against Muslims, 423 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:55.319 Seeks, and other religious officers who wear beards as an expression of their 424 00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:59.039 faith. The Corrections Department says it bans beards due to the need to wear 425 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:03.079 some tight fitting resciperids. Michael Monks KFI News. You can catch Opening Day 426 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:10.039 live coverage from Dodger Stadium this Thursday morning. Started at nine am. The 427 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:14.720 first pitch goes out at one ten. The Dodgers are hosting the Saint Louis 428 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:19.599 Cardinals on Opening Day at the Chavez Ravine. You can stream every play in 429 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:26.519 HD on the iHeartRadio app. Keyword is AM five seventy LA Sports Live from 430 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:30.599 the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth. Two people have been pulled from the waters where 431 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:37.400 the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore completely collapsed. Baltimore's fire chief says they're 432 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.119 looking for at least seven other people in the water. Water temperature is about 433 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:45.720 forty seven degrees. The bridge came down after one of its supports was rammed 434 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.680 into by a container ship early this morning. Dodgers star show Hey Otani said 435 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:55.640 he had no idea his close friend and former interpreter was involved in illegal gambling. 436 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:59.680 Otani, who has a new interpreter, spoke publicly yesterday for the first 437 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:05.680 time since the allegations against Ippy Mizuhara surfaced last week. Shohy is going to 438 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:09.240 play at Angel Stadium as a Dodger for the first time tonight in the conclusion 439 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:15.799 of the three game exhibition Freeway series. So far, Otani is hitless in 440 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:19.359 seven at bats against his old team. We're just minutes away from handle. 441 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:22.440 On the news this morning, Sean Diddy Combs got raided by Homeland Security tied 442 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:27.400 to US sex trafficking investigation. Right now, let's say good morning too. 443 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:31.599 The director of Cribs for Critters in Lake Elsinor Jude Ferguson, Good morning, 444 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:37.240 Jude, good morning. So Easter is coming and that makes us think of 445 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:42.279 not only the real meaning for Easter, but also eggs and bunnies and baby 446 00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:46.880 chicks. And that's a problem. That's a big problem. Okay, tell 447 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:52.839 us why it's a big problem. What are people doing? Well? Oftentimes 448 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:59.440 parents will on a whim get an Easter buddy or two for their children and 449 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:04.240 don't real the care that is involved with them. Once they grow up and 450 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:09.720 aren't so cute and little anymore, they get hormonal and they are not an 451 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:15.680 easy pet. They're not a starter pet, and they require an exotic veterinarian, 452 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:22.160 and it's often more than people are prepared for, especially if they do 453 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:30.079 not rescue a rabbit or adopt a rabbit from a rescue group or a shelter 454 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:34.279 and get the proper education that they need for the lifespan of a rabbit, 455 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:37.400 which can be ten plus years. Oh, I didn't know they live that 456 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.039 long. So it's probably good that you and I are having this conversation. 457 00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:44.400 The old host of this program, Jennifer Jones, is freaked out by rabbits. 458 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:49.279 I personally think they're adorable, but so you said that they don't stay 459 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:55.079 cute little bunnies for long, And how is raising a bunny and caring for 460 00:33:55.119 --> 00:34:00.279 a bunny as a pet different from like a dog or a cat. Well, 461 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:04.759 buddies will all pray animals, so they will hide their illnesses, so 462 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:08.280 you have to be very keen at picking up on subtle cues if they're not 463 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:15.960 feeling well, and they can die very rapidly without veterinarian intervention, or if 464 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:20.159 you're experienced enough, something that you can do at home to keep them alive 465 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:24.760 in a pinch, And people just don't realize how delicate they are okay? 466 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:30.199 And are they Are they friendly and lovable like cats and dogs or not so 467 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:37.719 much? Every rabbit is different. If they are lucky enough to be born 468 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:45.480 into a home or a rescue or location where they can receive socialization from an 469 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:49.960 early age, then the chances of them being a friendly and cute and cuddly 470 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:54.360 are better than not. But as a general rule, rabbits don't really like 471 00:34:54.440 --> 00:35:00.320 to be picked up or held and cuddled, but there are there are a 472 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:04.000 few exceptions, but just like a cat or dog or human, they all 473 00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:08.639 have their unique personalities. Okay, So then at Easter time, which I 474 00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:13.800 still I always think it's crazy that people go, oh, a bunny is 475 00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.639 a good idea? Like it just it doesn't make sense to me, like 476 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:20.880 maybe get a stuffed animal or a chocolate rabbit or something like that. We 477 00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:27.519 advocate that people do that instead of a live being that will end up being 478 00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:35.800 neglected or dumped in a park or a public location or you know, at 479 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:39.920 a shelter or whatever. So how many more bunnies are gifted to people around 480 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:43.960 Easter time compared to the rest of the year. Do we have stats on 481 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:50.559 that? Ah, that's a good question. There is definitely an uptick in 482 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:57.000 the requests for a buddy without proper education. There are some rescue groups or 483 00:35:57.079 --> 00:36:00.159 shelters that won't even adopt out, you know, a week or two prior 484 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:06.679 to Easter, kind of like black cats at Halloween, right, that is 485 00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:09.480 true. You know, there's always the exception, especially if you're doing your 486 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:17.440 diligence and properly screening a potential adopter that they're truly wanting a rabbit, not 487 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:23.000 because it's Easter. But the big problem comes a couple of months down the 488 00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:27.960 road, once their cuteness wears off, and then we're into the heat of 489 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:32.280 the summer months, and that's when they start getting dumped at parks and other 490 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:37.639 publications, which is what I specialize in, and going out to rescue them 491 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:43.880 from these outdoor locations that they've been dumped at, because I don't take owner 492 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:47.800 surrenders and I don't pull from the public shelters. I only rescue from outdoor 493 00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:52.039 locations. Okay, And then when you rescue them, I would imagine you 494 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:55.320 have to get them fixed right away, because rabbits will be rabbits. Yes, 495 00:36:55.519 --> 00:37:01.719 you get them fixed, provided they're old enough, which is usually about 496 00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:07.519 four months for the males and approximately six months for the females, And yes, 497 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:10.360 do you get them spaded and neutered and vaccinated. Okay, so, 498 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:14.400 if you really have your heart set on a rabbit, make it a like, 499 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:19.119 do your due diligence, learn about it, that kind of stuff. 500 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:22.159 But as far as making a snap decision because you think it's a cute idea, 501 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:28.679 better to hold off on that much better. And a rescue group will 502 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:36.559 do a great job generally in educating and screening potential applicants to make sure that 503 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:40.760 they are prepared for the commitment that it requires. Okay, Well, Jude, 504 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:45.679 you're doing important work with Cribs for Critters, and where can people find 505 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:50.519 out more about what you're doing because you're saving bunnies. Thank you for asking. 506 00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:55.719 You can find me on Facebook and Instagram and Petfinder. Cribs for Critters 507 00:37:55.760 --> 00:38:01.320 spelled with kves Cribs for Critters with great Jude Ferguson, Thank you so much. 508 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:05.960 We appreciate it. I think it's a good reminder to say the chocolate 509 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:09.880 bunnies or peeps, the bunny peeps are a good present, better idea than 510 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:15.119 you're rowing, better than a live living being that you're not prepared for exactly. 511 00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:19.519 All right, Thanks again, Jude, appreciate it. Thank you. 512 00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:21.480 All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 513 00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:23.880 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Two people have been rescued from a river in 514 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:29.760 Baltimore where a cargo ship caused a major bridge to collapse. At least seven 515 00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:32.360 others are believed to possibly still be in the water. We are still very 516 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:37.199 much in an active search and rescue posture. The ship hit a support on 517 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:43.119 the Francis Scott Key Bridge early this morning that caused the bridge to snap in 518 00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:47.519 multiple locations and fall into the water. Fire Chief James Wallace's several cars were 519 00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:51.400 reported to be on the bridge at the time of the collapse. Don't have 520 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:54.360 a number. I can tell you. Our sonar has detected the presence of 521 00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:59.119 vehicles submerged in the water. I don't have account of that yet. He 522 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:02.719 says. They've also been using infrared technology and underwater vehicles to search the waters. 523 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:08.400 A mansion in West la owned by Rapper Diddy aka Sean Combs has been 524 00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:14.079 searched as part of an investigation in allegations that he's part of an underage sex 525 00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:19.400 trafficking ring. A SWAT team rated the compound on Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills 526 00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:22.599 yesterday afternoon. At the same time, a home owned by Combs in Miami 527 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:27.960 was searched. During the search in La a number of young men were handcuffed, 528 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:34.719 including Combs's sons, Justin and Christian. Law enforcement sources tell Kfiknews Combs 529 00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:38.159 had flown to the East Coast by private jet and was not aware his homes 530 00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:45.119 were being searched. Combs denies the allegations against him, and Riverside University Health 531 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:50.000 System is announced its One Life, One Heart Overdose Awareness walk. County officials 532 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:54.360 say addressing substance abuse is a community health issue. The first walk happens tomorrow 533 00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:59.079 and Palm Desert. There will be speakers talking about recovery, prevention and the 534 00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:02.800 importance of community support. There were four hundred and twenty eight fatal overdoses in 535 00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:08.199 Riverside County last year. Thirty eight of them were between fifteen and twenty four 536 00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:13.440 year olds. Other walks are set for April thirteenth and the twenty seventh. 537 00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:19.599 This is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County. We lead local 538 00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:24.599 live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer and technical producer Kno Welcome 539 00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:28.440 back. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake up Call. 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