You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. Happy Tuesday, Happy rainy Tuesday. Still raining,
but my ride in wasn't too bad, and said things producer and said
things were a little bit dicey, but I didn't have any flooding or anything
on the freeways as I was headed in, although I know that that it
can be different in different parts of town. So and I'm very happy people
are listening to my advice and heating my warnings to slow down. We didn't
have any crazy drivers, at least I didn't run into them this morning.
But the day is still young. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
Flash flood warnings and flood advisories are still in effect for much of La and
Ventura Counties. The National Weather Service said there have been several rock slides,
mudslides, flooded roads, and more rain is expected to fall through the day.
The storm is also expected to produce big waves of the beaches and gusty
winds in the mountains and foothills. Five to ten inches of snow as possible
above sixty five hundred feet. The un Security Council will vote this morning on
a resolution put up by Arab nations demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
The US will most certainly veto it, but the hope is to show there's
broad global support for ending the Israel Hamas war. Capital Ones announced plans to
buy Discover for thirty five billion dollars in a deal that would bring together two
of the nation's biggest lenders and credit card companies. The value of both banks
is up as Americans continue to rack up credit card debt. At six oh
five, It's handled on the news, the Alabama Supreme Court says frozen embryos
are people which could have wide ranging implications on people who use in vitro fertilization
to get pregnant. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour news room. Of course, the big one is
the rain. Flash. Flood warnings and flood advisories are in effect through tomorrow
morning over much of La County. Also Venturists and a Barber counties as a
winter storm continues to plow through the state. Crews have responded to at least
twenty seven reports of fallen trees and branches. There were four reports of mud
sides and debris flows yesterday, including one in Latuna Canyon near Sun Valley.
On the other side of town. Part of Benedict Canyon Road was restricted to
local access only because of a collapsing roadway. Mulholland Drive is closed between Skyline
and Beaumont because of severe damage in four different locations, and a sinkhole has
closed the Skirball Center Drive Mulholland Drive off ramp from the northbound four h five
members of the California Faculty Association have voted to approve a new contract agreement with
the cal State University System. The union says seventy six percent of voting members
approved. The agreement, which was reached last month, still needs to be
approved by CSU trustees. The owner of a jewelry store in Riverside has scared
off two smash and grab robbers with a shotgun. The owner fired shots at
the floor and towards the robbers to scare them off. We don't have an
exact total yet, but we do believe that they made out with a decent
amount of stolen jewelry. Riverside police officer Ryan Railsback says the two robbers followed
a woman through the stores automatic locking door Saturday. Once inside, the two
began smashing display cases with hammers and loading up on jewelry. Nobody was injured
in the shooting. Blake trolley k if I News. President Biden says he's
considering more sanctions against Russia in response to the death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny.
Biden told reporters yesterday he'd be willing to enact additional sanctions on top of
those already levied after Russia invaded Ukraine. He also accused Republicans of not responding
properly to the death of the Russian opposition leader. The way they're walking away
from the spread of Russia, the way they're walking away from NATO, the
way they're walking away from leading our obligations. David Pass a shocking. Biden
is still pushing for Congress to approve a bill passed in the Senate that includes
another sixty billion dollars in funding for Ukraine. Hiker who got lost in the
Jeli's National Forest has been rescued thanks to his iPhone. The hiker got lost
near the Arroyo Seco Research Foundation that's next to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
He was on his way to see Switzer Falls Sunday night, but never
quite made it. His iPhone SOS feature let authorities know where he was,
and a rescue crew went out and got him. The man and the rescue
crew then liked about two hours back to safety. It is five oh six
on your wake up call. Let's now say good morning to ABC's White House
correspondent Karen Travers Karen. Last week, President Biden says there was really no
point in meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson about border security, but he may
have changed his mind on this. Yeah, So yesterday the President was asked
about a meeting with Mike Johnson, the House Speaker, and he said I'd
be happy to meet with him if he has anything to say. So that
could be an important qualifier. That second phraser A big president beg if I
mean I have to say, you know, nobody's asking me to put a
quarter on it. But I'm not really setting a schedule for this meeting just
yet, and if it does get scheduled, I just don't know what a
big breakthrough it might produce. Because the White House has been very clear going
back to last week and you and I talked about this, they just didn't
see the value of this meeting. The House Speaker had requested several times for
a one on one meeting, we are told several times the White House denied
those requests because they say that Johnson is holding up the legislation that passed with
biparty support in the Senate and had demanded the same kind of border deal that
he had killed already this month, and so they just don't know what a
conversation could produce, and they don't really want to reopen negotiations at this point
between the President and Mike Johnson when there is legislation from the Senate on the
table for the House to move forward on. And this morning very strong statement
from the White House saying that House Republicans are off on recess right now,
which they call an early undeserved vacation, fairly or unfairly, and that there
is this Senate bill on the table for them that they could just take up
and pass, and then the ninety five billion dollars is there for Ukraine,
Israel, and Taiwan. So I think it's still all indications are it's the
Senate bill or bust from the White House perspective, and maybe the President meets
with Johnson, but it's not like they're going to go back to square one
and start renegotiating all of that all over again, because from the White House
perspective, that's already been done. Okay. And also, they can do
border security all day, but they have they have the ninety five billion dollar
measure ready to go. Yeah, and that's the money that would go to
Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan. It does not have border measures in it because
remember, as we talked about, it was there and then it got taken
out when the House Speaker and House Republican said they were not going to move
forward on it after that public and private pressure from Donald Trump over it.
So they said we're not going to take it up. So the Senate said,
fine, we're just going to take it out because we want to at
least pass something, and that's what they did. Okay. I want to
shift over now to Alexey Navalny. The president has come out following his death
saying that President Putin is responsible for the opposition leader's death. Does that just
that statement carry any weight, or is there something he can do following that.
You know, yesterday the President said that he is considering sanctions, additional
sanctions on Russia. He did not say what kind of sanctions they would be
or any timing on that. He did make it clear and he had said
this last Friday as well, that there already are sanctions on Russia, like
significant sanctions over the past two years, just because of the war in Ukraine.
So it's not clear what more could be done and what impact that would
have. Administration officials have told us that they are considering something more against human
rights violators connected to Navalney's imprisonment, So something very symbolic and specific related to
Navalney. But you know, it's not clear on the timing of that.
But the President wasn't showing any cards on it. He was very strong last
week though, when he talked about Alexi Navalney's death. He said, you
know, Russian authorities will tell their own story, he said, But make
no mistake, Putin is responsible for Navalney's death, he said, and it's
another more proof of Putin's brutality. Okay, and then just one really quick
question is there any buzz about whether Navaldny's death will sway any Republicans to get
on board with that with that Ukraine funding. The President was asked that specifically
yesterday and he said, I hope so, but I'm not sure, Laurie.
They're all on recess, so they're not here for another week. So
nothing's happening for a while. Okay, nothing is happening for a while.
All right, ABC's Karen Travis, thank you so much for the information this
morning. I have a great day, all right, you too. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour
newsroom. Huntington Beach voters will decide in March weather to implement a voter ID
law in the city and a plan to monitor ballot dropboxes. California State Senator
Dave Minn says he's going to work to stop cities and counties in California from
putting up their own restrictions on elections, and basically, when you think about
it, we don't want a bunch of different cities making up their own rules
on what types of voter ID you may or may not need when you show
up, he says. Voter ID would bring down turnout and create barriers,
especially for seniors, young people, and communities of color. The mayor of
Huntington Beacha's residents are questioning the integrity of their elections and have been asking for
voter ID for a long time. California's one of fifteen states that does not
have voter ID laws. A short term funding bill for the US is set
to expire in ten days, and as we were just talking with Karen Travers
about, Congress is on a two week break. Lawmakers are due back February
twenty eighth, which is just two days before the March first deadline to fund
some government agencies. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he will not pass another
short term funding bill. Well, that could get very interesting, couldn't it.
The Biden administration says the computer chip company Global Founderies is getting one and
a half billion dollars to expand domestic production in New York and Vermont. It's
the third award of financial support for a semiconductor company under the twenty twenty two
Chips and Science Act. The law allows the government to invest more than fifty
two billion dollars to revitalize the manufacturing of computer chips. In the US,
a Gucci store in New York City has been robbed. Believe say two men
and a woman walked into a store just afternoon yesterday and ordered the cashier to
get on the floor. They say the three stole luggage and other items before
they took off in a Honda CRV. No one got hurt. NASA says,
you're running out of time if you want to live on Mars sort of.
The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHIPEA, is accepting applications
for people who want to live inside a habitat designed to mimic life on Mars.
There journey unfolds over the coming year. It's through this stellar crew that
NASA scientists will learn critical insights on the physical and behavioral aspects of a mission
on Mars. Judy Hayes is with the Johnson Space Center in Houston. She
says, looking for healthy, motivated people who are non smokers, thirty to
fifty five years old, and proficient in English. They are about to embark
on an analog mission that encompasses operations, logistics, and research of living and
working on Mars for three hundred and seventy eight days. The crew will do
research and live on the food they grow. A group of four entered last
summer, and when they leave next spring, the next group will take over.
It's a paid gig, and there's more information on NASA's website. The
deadline to apply is April second. Steve Goregory, King of Fine News.
That sounds very cool, but it reminds me of when they went into the
geosphere. The geodome or something on Cheers could be interesting. Ever, wonder
how you measure up when it comes to other people making money? Well,
here's the numbers. The average salary in the US for the fourth quarter of
twenty twenty three was fifty nine, three hundred and eighty four dollars. The
highest average earners are between thirty five and forty four. They make thirteen point
eight percent more than the national average salary. Love these numbers. The average
salary by occupation. You want to make a lot of money, you should
be a cardiologist. They make them at four under and twenty one thousand dollars
a year. And if you want to not make a lot of money,
you should shampoo people because shampoos earn the lowest average salary. The gender pay
gap men versus women closing a little bit more, down point seven percent in
the last year, but between twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two it grew
by one point three percent. I think that's a net loss. And when
it comes to wage growth versus inflation, the average salary in Q four of
twenty twenty three grew by five point four percent. That's great. There was
also a three point two percent increase in inflation, so your your raise is
smaller and inflation's up, like you know, twenty percent or so in the
last couple of years, So I think that's still a net loss. Right
when we come back, we're going to find out why people are putting more
and more on their credit cards, speaking of money and earnings, why they're
working longer, and why younger people are not saving for a rainy day.
It's almost time to learn how to money with our very own Joel lars Gard.
That's coming up right now, Right next, you're listening to Wake Up
Call on Demand from KFI AM six forty. It's Tuesday, got more rain
on the way. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom,
and evacuation warning remains in effect in the Tapanga Canyon area till nine tomorrow
morning. The warning for the area along Santain Maury Road, northeast of Tapanga
Canyon Boulevard and southeast of Calabasas was issued yesterday after about three inches of rain
fell in just a few hours. A four or five freeway off ramp in
the spob of the pass expected to be closed for up to a month.
A large sinkhole opened up yesterday the northbound side off ramp of the Skirball Center
and Mullholland Drive exit. President Biden's headed to La today for a fundraising event.
Tickets to the event going forward between thirty three hundred and two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars and along with presidential arrival traffic jams, so we don't only
have the rain to deal with, we'll be dealing with presidential traffic as well.
At six oh five, it's handle on the news. Have you been
arriving earlier than expected on your flights lately? Could it be because of climate
change? Bill's going to dig into that for you. Right now. Let's
say good morning to the host of How to Money on KFI. It's our
very own Joel Larscard, Good morning, Joel, morning Amy. Okay,
so just real quick because I know this this was sort of a new development,
but Capital One is going to buy Discover for thirty five billion dollars.
Yeah, so that's really kind of fascinating. And the Wall Street Journal ran
with that story last night and weet just two big banks trying to combine is
in kind of today's regulatory climate. It's going to be really interesting to see
what happens and whether the various government entities want to allow this to actually take
place. But for Capital One, it kind of makes sense because what they're
looking to do is compete with Visa and MasterCard and Discover is really the nobody
really thinks of Discover Visa and MasterCard or the big two, And so maybe
a combo of Capital One and Discover can allow them to bring Discover into more
prominence and create some more competition for the big guys. Which it's kind of
like when you think about two airlines two smaller airlines merging, right, I
kind of think about it like this, is it actually going to provide more
competition or is it going to reduce competition? That's what the regulators are gonna
have to sift through well. And what I want to know is it going
to make for like better interest rates for us, better opportunities for us,
or does it create fewer choices? And that's the question right now that remains.
And I think it could potentially mean lower fees for small businesses and bring
down prices for all of us if Discover becomes a serious third player challenging that
dooly essentially a Visa and MasterCard. But it remains to be seen whether or
not a merger of Capital Want and Discover can pull that off and become really
a third entrenched player in that payment system, or if they're still going to
remain kind of a third tier part payment system. Okay, so this isn't
a done deal by any stretch, so we'll be watching it, but it's
out on the table now. Yeah, for sure. Since we were talking
about banks and credit cards, people are racking up more credit card debt these
days. Why oh man, why do people use credit cards and not pay
them off? I don't know, they don't have dollars well, And also
the truth is for some people, sure it is the extension of not making
enough money. Prices going up for other people it's just poor financial habits,
right, And the overall headline credit card debt number has risen to one point
one trillion dollars and that sounds really scary. I mean, it was just
a few months ago we were talking about crossing that trillion dollar threshold. But
when we're talking about levels of debt per household, and when we're talking about
pre pandemic levels versus now, well they're actually it's not as bad as as
it seems. That headline number stinks and it's not something I like to see.
It's not something I encourage or root on. But it's not as bad
maybe as you might see when you're just like looking at the headline. But
yeah, it's a problem, and that means I think the average credit card
balance for individuals or families is something like six thousand dollars. And when that
continues to revolve, especially with higher interest rates right now we're talking twenty one
twenty two percent interest rates on your credit card, that becomes a cycle that's
hard to get out of. And it's crucial to get the help to either
develop a payment plan on your own, whether you go in debt snowball,
debt avalanchees are two different debt payoff methods that you can use. But or
if you are in even more serious debt, have more serious debt problems,
and you need to seek out like a nonprofit credit counseling center. Money Management
International is one of those great places to turn. But yeah, you need
to get out of credit card debt. This is a problem. This shouldn't
be normal. Okay, What Joel, in your opinion, is the number
one thing people should do when they go Okay, it's out of control.
I got to stop it. What's the number one thing they should start doing
today? The biggest thing is to take inventory of your expenses. And like,
there was a recent study about your recurring subscriptions and how much money do
you spend in subscriptions and people guessed how much they had in recurring subscriptions every
month. They've vastly underestimated what it is that's going out. Yeah, you
know, I was just thinking about that the other day. I think it
was after you and I were talking about streaming, and I was like,
how many streaming things do I have? Uh huh? And I need to
go and look and look at the bills. Well, it happens to all
of us, like I realized the other day when inside of our Amazon Prime
somebody in our family subscribe to Paramount Plus, and I was like, wait
a second, I didn't know we were paying for this, and so I
went back to look at it and I'm like, oh, yeah, we've
been paying for it for two months. And so you have to go through
and know what's going out before you can solve the problem, before you can
plug the leaks. And so many people don't check over their credit card statements,
don't have a budget, and don't reconcile that budget. Back in the
day, we used to have checkbooks with registers and everything had to kind of
reconcile right and or at least if you were if we were paying attention,
it did. And so that's the biggest problem I think, is not knowing
where the money's going. Once you know where the money's going, you can
start to make cuts and you can start to say, wait a second,
I didn't even know I was spending on that, or I don't even care
about that, and that's when you can start to cancel those services or cut
back and pair back on your spending, Like you might not even realize how
much you're spending eating out. The average American spends more eating out than they
do on groceries to eat in, which is insane. It's kind of crazy
to think about that. That happened just after the pandemic essentially where that switched.
And so it's it's worth looking into and seeing where is the money going
so I can make changes. Yeah, I'm like, you just remind me,
like I'm good about some things about you know, the going out thing
versus the staying in or getting a Starbucks for five bucks or making a whole
pot of coffee for ten cents. I'm good about the Starbucks thing. The
other parts not so much. Yeah, And part of that then you have
to just kind of say, well, what are my financial priorities? And
I think sometimes budget's like a four letter word people it's like get on a
budget and people are like, yeah, they tune it out because it's it's
such old tired advice. The truth is, if you think about the budget
differently, that it's going to help you one get out of some of that
debt that's hanging over you and stressing you out, and too, if it's
going to help you achieve financial goals that are more important to you. So
right now, money's just being frittered away on all of these different things.
And if you say, wait a second, we wanted to take that eight
thousand dollars vacation to Tahiti. I think we can do it. If we
buckle down and we like know where the money's going, and we make some
changes and we move it around, that can actually help you. I think
having those bigger overarching goals, it's what's key to sticking to a budget and
it actually becomes this really hopeful enterprise instead of this like this drudgery thing where
you're like, you're not trying to necessarily save every penny, You're just trying
to make sure it's funneled in the directions that bring you the most joy.
Okay, I like that. I like that. I want to get some
more great advice on how to get your financial house in order. Listen to
How to Money noon to two on Sunday right here on KFI with our very
own Joel Larsguard, or you can follow Joel at how to Money. Joel,
thanks so much, looking forward to talking to you next week and listening
this weekend. Sounds good. Thanks Amy. All right, take care,
Jim, Let's get started. Or let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A pedestrian's been hit by
a car and killed on a northbound five and Sun Valley. HP responded around
six point thirty last night to an area near the Tuxford Street exit, where
officers found the man's body. They say no cars were stopped in the area
when they arrived. A man arrested in the killing of two students at the
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was the roommate of one of the students killed.
Officials are just releasing that information. The murders happened Friday. Colorado Springs
Police Chief Adrian Vesquez says the guy arrested yesterday was found three miles from the
university. It really is very critical that we dot every I and cross every
tea and make sure that that investigation is as time as possible. Classes were
canceled yesterday so students could take part in a day of healing. And a
bill's been introduced in Sacramento to make the yellow slightly slimy, big old Banana
slug the official Golden State slug. Good to see. Lawmakers are focusing their
attention on really important issues. When we come back, we're gonna check in
with ABC's Jim Ryan about how what goes up must come down, and it's
about to Southland. Weather from KFI heavy rain at times, gusty winds,
chance of thunderstorms today and tonight. Ees in the low sixties at the beaches
Metro La and Inlando c right around sixty in the Valley's low sixties in the
Inland Empire, forties and fifties in the high Desert. The rain should end
by tomorrow afternoon and then we'll be dry for a couple of days after that,
and then there's a chance of rain again this weekend. You're listening to
a wake up call on demand from KFI Am six forty. Do you hear
that it's Love your Pet Day? That's every day. Here's what we're following
in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Flash flood warnings and flood advisories are
still in effect for much of La and Ventura County Santa Barbara County two.
The National Weather Services been a lot of rocksides, mudslides and flooded roads,
with more rain expected to fall through today, plus big waves at the beaches,
gusty winds in the mountains and foothills, and five to ten inches of
snow above sixty five hundred feet. View and Security Council is going to vote
this morning on a resolution put up by Arab nations demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire
in Gaza. The US will most certainly veto it, but the war or
the hope, is to show there's broad global support for ending the Israel Hamas
War. A new study shows taking antidepressants like prozac while pregnant can impair a
child's brain development and possibly cause mental disorders later in life. The findings,
published in the journal Nature Communications, suggest antidepressants that raise serotonin levels can influence
how the brain learns and adjusts. At six oh five, is handle on
the news. A GoFundMe page has raised a half million dollars to help former
President Trump pay that massive three hundred and fifty five million dollar fine. Anti
Trumper's not happy about it. At five point fifty, with ships continuing to
be attacked in the Red Sea, the US is going to be getting some
help in getting those ships safely through. Right now, let's say good morning
to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, We got a lot of junk orbiting the
Earth, and at some point what goes up must come down, Yeah,
but it can take years for it to actually come down. In the meantime,
it's hurtling through space and causing potential conflicts with rockets that are going up,
satellites that are already in space, other stuff that needs to get out
there. So yeah, it's a problem, and it has been for the
last few decades. Since twenty twelve, the number of satellites or a number
of rockets launched into space has risen exponentially. From nineteen sixty to about twenty
twelve, we stayed fairly constant in the number of launches. Well, and
now with SpaceX, with Blue Origin, with all these others, I mean
that the number has risen dramatically. Well, they're going up like almost every
week, seems like, yeah, yeah, some different kind of mission is
being launched all the time. On Sunday another mission was launched. This is
a little JAP East satellite whose mission is to go out into space and to
find a spent rocket that went up in two thousand and nine. And like
lots of space junk is just kind of hurtling through space. This one's doing
four and a half miles per second, and it's pretty typical. I mean,
it's a typical piece of space junk. But the goal is for this
little satellite to catch up with it, which is no mean feat. It
doesn't have transponders or something that makes it easy to track. So the satellite
will catch up with it. It will study its trajectory, you study it's
tumble and see how it might be dealt with, and then in a couple
of years another satellite will be set up to do something about it. Either
nudge that rocket down into Earth's atmosphere so it burns up and goes away,
or push it out into space essentially, So there are plans in the works
to deal with all the space junk that's out there, Amy Jim. How
do they find something that's traveling seventeen thousand miles an hour? Yeah, not
easy. Well, first of all, you know, they keep charts and
they keep maps and notes on stuff that goes up, and then using some
pretty high math that is way above me, they figure out where this stuff
should be. And then of course they use the ground based radar and different
kinds of technology. Space based radar in some cases to keep track of all
this stuff. But if you look at there, there's a chart, a
beautiful chart and illustration showing our Earth there and all of the space junk that's
around it represented by little dots, and we are just surrounded by this stuff.
Is it a problem? Well, it is if you plan on going
into space, traveling to the Moon or to Mars, or putting up an
object of your own. The International Space Station since nineteen ninety nine has had
to course correct thirty times because of potential conflicts with space junk. Right,
so it's already causing some problems out there. Well, it reminds me of
two things. One the movie Gravity, because space junk hit the space station
or wherever they were up there on and that caused the whole catastrophic collision.
Yeah. And then also Wally, remember Wally, they're in the spaceship,
because they show this picture of Earth and it's just surrounded by crap. Yeah.
Right, And that's kind of what it looks like out there. Is
you know, space is big, as they said in Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy, really big, but it's lower Earth orbit lower. The orbit is
not infinite, right, And this stuff takes up space and it's it's cruising
along and causing potential conflict. So yeah, it's it's something that people are
thinking about. At least are there any plans to clear the cosmos? Well,
yeah, that's kind of the goal of this test that's under weigh right
now, this test of technology. And then there are some cool ideas out
there so that a satellite in the future could go up and nudge a piece
of space junk down into a lower orbit so that it burns up in our
atmosphere here and causes there's no problems. There's also something which I think is
really cool. It's a piece of tape or a ribbon that would be attached
to satellites before they're launched. So the satellite goes up, it does its
job, and a couple of years later it's dead right and the batteries die
or whatever, and its mission is finished. So then the drag racer ribbon
would be deployed. It's seventy meters long. It's called they call it terminator
tape. It creates enough drag that the satellite starts to slow down and eventually
the orbit degrades and it falls into Earth's atmosphere and burns up, so it's
kind of like a like a parachute on the back of a drag racer.
All right, I got another idea because you said that the tape was going
to come out, and I said, what are you going to do?
Like fly paper and just go and go buy in anything that you run into,
it'll just stick to it and they'll collect all the junk and clear it
out. Well, there is an idea, by the way, kind of
like that, to have big magnets, to have a big steel plate on
the side of the SAT, and then a satellite or another rocket or whatever
the collection device would have a magnet and would clink onto this thing and then
pull it down into Earth's orbit to burn up or do whatever they're gonna do
with it. So, yeah, they're trying to find ways to collect this
stuff. Twenty five thousand pieces of space junk, larger than a softball,
traveling at four and a half miles per second each one. You can see
the potential problem there. All right, Well, let's help this little Japanese
satellite is successful so they can start fixing this problem. Yeah, it's a
bigger problem every year. Yeah, all right, if youcs. Jim Ryan,
thank you so much. If you want to follow Jim, it's at
Jim Ryan TX like Texas. Thanks Jim to ya. Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. City
Council in Rancho Palace Verdi's plans to formally ask Governor Newsom to declare a state
of emergency because of the shifting ground on the peninsula. The declaration would help
clear the way for immediate work to be done to stabilize the area. Elle
County Supervisor Janis Hans says she thinks Newsome should visit the area and see the
storm damage for himself. Some homes are on an eroding cliff side, and
the historic Wayfarer's Chapel, as we've been telling you about this week, is
on the verge of collapsing. It's been closed indefinitely. The OC Water District
has collected eight point three billion gallons of rainwater so far this month. That's
enough for two hundred four thousand people for a year. That's enough water to
serve the entire city of Huntington Beach for a whole year. O Swater District
GM John Kennedy says about ten days a year, storm water must be released
from Proto Dam so fast that it just flows into the ocean free water that
mother Nature has sent us. But new storm prediction tech could help. The
cler of engineers can keep more water behind the dam because they have better information
on where the storms are going to hit or not hit. Kennedy says they're
also working to increase Proto Dam's storage capacity in Orange County. Corbin Carson caf
I News, Taco Bell and Salton Straw ice Cream a partner to bring back
Klondike's Choco Taco. The fan favorite was discontinued after forty years in twenty twenty
two, but it's gonna come back this summer. The new version includes a
hand pressed waffle cone filled with cinnamon and cho ice cream, dipped in chocolate
and then topped with toasted brown rice rice. Okay, that's weird. It's
gonna be served with custom sauce packets including chocolate, chili, cinnamon, wild
berry, and mango jalapeno. It'll also come with cheesecake dip. The new
Choco Taco will first be available at Salt and Straw. Okay, except for
the rice part. I'm all in on that, Nick Pouliochini, what do
you think, choco taco? Yes, but the rice, it's the rice
crispies. That's what those brown rice things are, toasted brown rice like,
yes, rice crispies. Okay, that sounds better. I was like,
gross, brown rice on a taco. Yeah, no, no, no,
I got you. No, it's a toasted brown rice crispies. That's
the thing, because obviously they're trademarked. So okay, thank you so much
for clearing that up. It it helps a lot, and now he's going
to help you get a you're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
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responded to twenty seven reports of fallen trees and branches and four reports of mudslides
so far. Four oh five freeway off ramp in the Supolvida Pass is expected
to be closed for up to a month. A large sinkhole opened up yesterday
in the northbound off ramp to the Skirball Center Mullholland Drive. The four leading
candidates running for California's open US Senate seat will debate for a third time.
Democrats Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barber Lee and Republican Steve Garvey will
debate at six o'clock tonight on the Universal Studios Hollywood lot. The March fifth
primary is just two weeks away, and we're just minutes away from Handle.
On the news this morning, the US has introduced its own UN resolution for
a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's
Tom Rivers. Tom. In the face of continued attacks against ships traveling through
the Red Sea, it's now not only the US working to protect those vessels.
Yeah, and it's a bit nuanced though. The U, finally kind
of late off the bat has now decided they're going to do some help in
the Red Sea, and they've said, yes, they will go out there.
They will have a flotilla of some sort and assist vessels that may be
in trouble. But the caveat is they will not unlike the US, and
to a smaller degree, the UK. They will not be launching any air
strikes against Uthy targets in Yemen, so it goes some way, but it
is not a quote unquote game changer. And as far as the assets,
at this stage, it looks like Germany will be supplying one frigate and Belgium
going to be doing the same thing. So we expect others maybe adding a
few, but it's not going to be a huge, huge deployment, if
you will. So they're going to go there, but they're not going to
actually be doing anything in a military capacity, So it's just a show of
strength maybe well part of it. Yeah, but if you're you know,
we had Sunday, we had a cargo vessel, British registered cargo vessel,
the Ruby Mayor, and that was hit by Houthy missile and it was severe
enough that the crew had abandoned ship. Were still not clear how bad that
ship is right now. Hoothy's today claim that that ship has in fact sunk.
That has not been confirmed yet. I was in the Gulf of Aden
heading into the Red Sea. But you know that that kind of stuff is
happening. What these EU vessels could do in a case like that, come
alongside steam to the position, come alongside and disembark crews that may have to
depart a vessel. That kind of thing. Oh okay, I guess that
makes sense. Doesn't seem like it's that effective, but you know, okay.
And then some are saying that the who these are attacking ships that are
taking shipments to Israel, and that's why they're attacking and targeting those ships.
But is that actually the case? You know, it's been it's been interesting.
They've they're their track record by the numbers, they do have a few,
maybe a handful of of hits on ships, they've attacked many more quote
unquote unsuccessfully. But they would be going after, as you point out,
vessels that may be going to to Israel or countries that support Israel, such
as the US, such as the UK case in point, the British registered
vessel that was hit on Sunday. They've also hit some other vessels that have
nothing at all to do with GOS. So, Yes, their intelligence is
a bit suspect, and yeah, it really calls into question. You know,
they're the quote unquote ability for them to ferret out and choose targets that
would support their contention, that they're doing this to help the Palestinians. Okay.
So and at this point we know that they've been launching missiles and dropping
stuff from drones in the Red Sea for a while now, but nobody's been
killed in the Red Sea yet, No, no, exactly. It's interesting
for what it's worth. Uh came out in a in a press statement from
a military spokesman in Senna, saying this particular ship on Sunday, we don't
want anybody killed and we're glad that the that the entire crew got off safely.
You know that that might be just for the colonel. Yet they said
that in a statement a colonel for the Jutis. And again that's you that
that's just you know, playing internationally. But that's at least they're they're stated,
and that in that regard as stated, if you will position that they're
not out there to kill people, but they are out there to disrupt traffic.
Okay, And what's at stake if these ships are stopped from traveling through
the Red Sea, Well then again, as you well know, it goes
around South Africa, so it takes ten to fourteen additional days to get to
Europe. And that means a lot more costs case. I point one item
over here in the UK about the variety of things that come from Asia.
Of course, every kitchen here is stacked up with things that were made in
China. But be that as it may, there could in fact be a
t shortage down the road in the UK. Oh no, exactly. So
that's what and that's what the Brits are saying. They're going, you know,
well, you know your kettles, they might go. And they're saying,
well, kettles last a long time. We don't care. But if
you say your supply of tea is going to be a lot more expensive if
you can get it, Yeah, they're going a little litle bit goofy on
that particular ride. Okay, well, we will be watching. Thank you
so much for the information, Tom, appreciate it. Take care, all
right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. President Biden has declared a major disaster in San Diego
County for the storm January twenty second. The caused widespread flooding and damage.
The declaration covers local, state, and tribal recovery efforts, with money available
for temporary housing and home repairs. It'll also provide low cost loans for uninsured
property losses and small business programs. President Biden's returning to California to pick up
more money for his reelection campaign. Air Force ones expected to arrive this afternoon
at LAX. Biden will be going to a fundraiser hosted by some of his
longtime donors. It'll make an appearance in Culver City tomorrow before he heads up
to the Bay Area for more fundraising. A large collection of guns has been
seized in South LA. The LAPD says the Newton Division's Gang Enforcement Detail had
been watching a group of about fifty to seventy gang members near a warehouse on
East sixteenth Street when they noticed the guys drinking alcohol and smoking narcotics on a
public sidewalk. The officers say when they approached the group Saturday afternoon, the
guy scattered, Some had weapons and tried to toss him backup. Was called
in, and officers did a skirmish line to control the crowd. Three guys
were arrested and seventeen guns found, six of which are ghost guns. Steve
Gregory can't you fine? Ows the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says
she knows why President Putin killed her husband and will release details soon. She
says she'll name names and show faces. ABC's Britt Clennant says Julia Navalni released
a nine minute video message yesterday saying Russia's regime must be punished for killing her
husband. She said she will continue his work to fight for a free Russia,
calling on her supporters to stand with her. She blamed Putin for her
husband's death. The Kremlin denies that Navalney is accused Russia of hiding her husband's
body to cover up his murder. Russian prison officials said last week, Alexey
Navolney died while out on a walk. Okay, there's something really cool that's
happening in Huntington Beach right now. At least I think it's very cool.
It's okay, it's a roomba for the water. So you know, you
have the little roomba and it goes and just kind of patrols around your living
room and picks up all the dirt. Well, so there's this little robot
device that is floating around Huntington Harbor and it's sucking up trash, so it's
There are rovers that have been sent out to six different locations in Florida.
There's another one in Cincinnati, but Huntingdon Beach program is the first one in
southern California, but they're looking at doing it at some mother beaches as well.
The rovers called the av Pro. It has been going out each week
at two different locations in the harbor and it goes out, does its thing
for about an hour and then it comes back and it's got a bag attached
to it so it tows all the debris behind it. And since the trials
started on fiber first, they've brought in about two hundred gallons of trash.
During five cleanups, they've filled six thirty two gallon trash cans everything from sticks
and twigs to bags, bottles, cigarette butts, balloons, and even cans
of paint. I think it's super cool. In fact, it's so cool
that our very own Corbin Carson is going to be going out and doing a
story about it later today, so we'll get more information throughout the day.
Pretty cool. Hey, It's National Cherry Pie Day, a day to celebrate
what's been dubbed the Great American dish cherry pie second most popular pie in the
US, next to apple, and it's all thanks to the English colonists who
brought cherries to the US in the sixteen hundreds. The pie is traditionally made
with tart cherries, black cherries, or Morello cherries. It can be topped
with ice cream, even in Kansas, where it was once illegal to put
a scoop on a slice. Seriously, it was illegal. You've been listening
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