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 --> 00:00:10.759 demand on the iHeartRadio app. Oh my gosh, it's March already. Do 3 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:15.160 you know what that means? Like nine and a half months till Christmas? 4 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:22.399 I know, so big day here in southern California. Because we're on PIP 5 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:27.280 watch the Big Beer eagletz could hatch any time. Thousands of eyes on the 6 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:33.840 Big Bear Eagle Cam, including my eyes. They're in the on the camera 7 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.679 that's looking out over a big bear, like about one hundred and forty five 8 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:42.560 feet up a tree. Jackie's sleeping. We're hearing rumblings that there's movement in 9 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:48.359 the eggs. But it's an exciting time. I know it's ridiculous, but 10 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:51.439 it is really cool. And I got Anne completely hooked on it. She 11 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.920 is completely hooked up it and she was cursing me yesterday because of it, 12 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.799 and she's like, I'm so obsessed. But you can see it a Big 13 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:00.719 Bear Eagle Cam. Just google it. It's on YouTube and it's just really 14 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.879 cool to watch. And so we're hoping something happens over the weekend. Of 15 00:01:03.959 --> 00:01:07.159 course, we know that snow is going to be a falling on the weekend, 16 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.680 so it could be a very chilly welcome to the world for any of 17 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:14.519 those eglets. And I might as well watch it all weekend because my Direct 18 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.560 TV is out. We told you yesterday that Direct TV is having some issues 19 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:25.200 and something to do with satellite positioning. Not sure if that's what my issue 20 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:27.920 is, but I don't have a service person coming out until Sunday. Oh, 21 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:34.159 I guess I could read a book now, the Beauty of TV today 22 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:37.680 as I can stream. I don't need my Direct TV. Here's what's ahead 23 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:42.959 on wake up call. We have a big storm headed into California. The 24 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:46.959 mountains of northern California are under a blizzard warning. Up to ten feet of 25 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.120 snow expected to fall in and around Lake Tahoe. Caltrans is urging drivers to 26 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.000 stay off the roads and says travel is going to be nearly impossible because of 27 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:00.280 whiteout conditions. Hundreds of officers have lined the sidewalk and applauded as my Michael 28 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:06.000 Moore left LAPD headquarters more officially retired yesterday after more than forty years with the 29 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:10.120 department, the last six as the Chief Assistant Chief Dominic Choi will be sworn 30 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:15.759 in as the interim police chief by Mayor Bass Today, millions of people in 31 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:21.000 California will be seeing credits on their utility bills in April. It's thanks to 32 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.360 the state's climate programs, which require businesses to pay a so called carbon tax. 33 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:29.719 The average credit for socow Gas, SoCal Edison, and other heat and 34 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:34.360 power suppliers in the state will be one hundred and forty six dollars At six 35 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.840 oh five. It's handle on the news. Sawmakers have passed a stopgap bill 36 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.479 to keep the government running while they work out details on bills to fund the 37 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:44.039 government for a whole year. This time, we'll see if they can get 38 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:46.919 it done. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the 39 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:52.120 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Yosemite National Park has closed until at least Sunday 40 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.199 as a blizzard is expected to dump more than a foot of snow in the 41 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:59.360 area. Yosebody Valley itself could see up to eighteen inches of snow, other 42 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:04.680 areas might more than that. ABC's Alex Stone says. The National Weather Service 43 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.840 has issued a blizzard warning. Up to ten feet of snows expected in the 44 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:13.240 Sierra Nevada over the weekend. Road closures, power outages all expected. At 45 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:19.319 least one resort in Lake Tahoe has closed today. Backcountry avalanche avalanche warnings are 46 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:23.120 in place. A beach closure and other warnings are still in place in La 47 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:29.240 because of recent rains that have left the bacteria levels pretty high in the water. 48 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:32.319 The La County Department of Public House says Inner Cabrio Beach in San Pedro 49 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:37.719 is closed. Warnings are in place for Santa Monica Canyon Creek at will Rogers 50 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.879 State Beach, the Santa Monica Pier, and the Pico Kent Storm Drain at 51 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:46.479 Santa Monica Beach. Customs agents say more than nine million dollars worth of illegal 52 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.960 drugs have been seized in a five day period at the California Mexico Border Agentcay 53 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:54.080 from February nineteenth through February twenty fifth. They grabbed five hundred and fifty four 54 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.520 pounds of cocaine, two hundred and twenty nine pounds of fentanyl, and sixteen 55 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.360 hundred and fifty pounds of meth. The drugs were seized during forty two separate 56 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:05.439 smuggling attempts in a five day span throughout the San Diego sector, which includes 57 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:11.520 Sandy Sidro O Taimesa, San Diego Airport and Seaport, Calexico, Takat and 58 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.599 Andrade officials have said the last couple of years have seen record drug seizures along 59 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:21.199 the border. Steve Gregory, King of iOS, crowds of people have shouted 60 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:27.360 the name of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny as a hears carried his body through 61 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:30.399 Moscow. He's being buried today in a suburb where he used to live. 62 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.759 Navalny died in a Russian prison last month. Is widow this week again blamed 63 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:41.600 Russian President Putin, who she says ordered Naval's and his torture for three years. 64 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:47.399 Buchin must answer for what he has done with my country. Pujin must 65 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:54.879 answer for what he has done to a neighboring, peaceful country. And Puchin 66 00:04:55.000 --> 00:05:00.959 must ask for for everything he has done. Tolivsi prison official claim Navalny collapsed 67 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:05.240 and died while out on a walk. Kit's five six on your wake up 68 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:10.879 call. If you're a veteran or someone in your family is this could be 69 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:15.439 a very big thing. Let's say good morning now to the Department of Veterans 70 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:19.920 Affairs Under Secretary for Health, doctor Sharif Elna Hall. Good morning, doctor 71 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:24.800 Elna Hall, good morning. Thank you for having me well, I appreciate 72 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:29.360 you getting up early to share this great news for veterans. We've got the 73 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:34.120 Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding healthcare benefits. So tell us about the program. 74 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:38.439 Well, well, really excited because this very well could be the largest 75 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:43.600 expansion of veteran healthcare eligibility in the VA than ever before. We are, 76 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:48.519 as of March fifth, allowing any veteran exposed to any form of toxic exposure 77 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:56.519 pesticides, herbicides, nuclear material, really anything that could affect their health to 78 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:00.839 enroll in VA healthcare, regardless of any condition that they may have that may 79 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:05.600 be associated with that exposure. In addition, any veteran who is deployed to 80 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:11.600 a post nine to eleven conflict or the Gulf War, including Operation Enduring Freedom, 81 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:15.199 Iraqi, Freedom, New Dawn, and many of the other missions will 82 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:19.879 also automatically qualify for VA healthcare regardless of their health care conditions or income. 83 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:25.279 And so we're really excited to extend this access to more and more veterans across 84 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:30.319 the country. Okay, and so these people have not been eligible for the 85 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:39.439 benefits to date or do they just become eligible later. I'm confused. I 86 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:41.959 thought that they would be eligible as soon as they get out of the service. 87 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.959 Well, there have been provisions before within a certain timeframe, especially for 88 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:50.439 post nine to eleven veterans to enroll in VA Healthcare. This eliminates all of 89 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:55.879 those timeframes, and it also eliminates the requirement that they have a medical condition 90 00:06:56.279 --> 00:07:01.319 that they connect to an exposure or to a condition that they experienced during their 91 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:06.560 service. And so we're really talking about millions of additional veterans qualifying for VA 92 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:12.040 Healthcare and really covering more of the cost of that healthcare from many veterans who 93 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.920 are already enrolled. That is good news and what is allowing for this expansion 94 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:20.079 because I would imagine that it costs a pretty penny to offer this coverage to 95 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:26.519 everybody. President Biden signed a piece of legislation called the Pact Act in August 96 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:30.759 of twenty two. That legislation really allowed us to expand care for veterans who 97 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:35.639 are exposed to toxins in various ways. Originally, the Wall called for new 98 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:41.399 cohorts of veterans to be eligible every two years leading up to twenty thirty two, 99 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.759 the President has decided to accelerate eligibility, which is an option for the 100 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:48.839 agency under the law, to allow all of those veterans to qualify as of 101 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:54.560 March fifth, next Tuesday. And so we really encourage all eligible veterans to 102 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.759 apply, and if you're not sure if you're eligible, just try us out, 103 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:01.920 go to VA dot gov slash pac. Even if we've had to say 104 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.199 no to you before, there are many many more opportunities to say yes, 105 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:07.560 which is why I'm trying to get the word out about this today. Okay, 106 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:13.040 and doctor elmahall, So you're saying that some people may have tried to 107 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.360 get the benefits before, but then we're told no, you can't have them, 108 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:22.839 So try try again, because now they probably can exactly, so many 109 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:28.120 more doors open with this March fifth eligibility expansion, and so we want any 110 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:33.120 veteran who thinks they might qualify to apply for healthcare. Okay, And like 111 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.279 you said, if you're not sure, try anyway. And what kind of 112 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.600 difference is this going to make in the lives of veterans. This is healthcare 113 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:45.519 coverage for life, so a lot of veterans otherwise have to have employment based 114 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:50.279 health insurance or wait until they qualify for Medicare or other programs to get coverage 115 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.440 for healthcare. Remember that via healthcare is a set up one hundred and seventy 116 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:58.080 two hospitals across the country, so many more clinics, hundreds of clinics, 117 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.480 more opportunities to get care, and you are eligible for that for life once 118 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:07.120 you enrolled. Then we're really trying to get the word out about that for 119 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.759 this reason. All right, well, that is certainly good news. So 120 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:13.600 if you again, if you are a VET, or if you know somebody 121 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:18.519 who may have tried or may maybe didn't think they were eligible, so haven't 122 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.960 even made the attempt, where did they go to find more information and to 123 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:28.000 start the process. They can go to www dot va dot gov slash pact 124 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.799 and click apply for healthcare and all the instructions will be right there on that 125 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:35.399 website. Okay, veterans, you've earned it, take advantage of it. 126 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.639 Doctor Elnahal, thank you so much for your time. I hope lots and 127 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:43.360 lots of people go and sign up and get the benefits they so richly deserve 128 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.919 for serving our country. I agree and thank you again for having me. 129 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.600 All right, thank you. Let's get back to some of the stories coming 130 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.200 out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The South Park Neighborhood Association says 131 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.679 LA needs to take control of the so called graffiti towers. The association's vice 132 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.720 president, Devor Shroudt, says the unfinished ocean wide plause is a safety hazard 133 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.919 for people breaking in. She also says the building has attracted taggers to hit 134 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:11.600 other parts of the neighborhood. It's just little things, but when every block 135 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:16.279 you go, you see something that's not good. The association is urging city 136 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:20.559 officials to consider different options for taking control of the building, including buying it 137 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.799 or getting a receivership. City Councilman Kevin de Leone's office says the city does 138 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.440 not have enough money to buy the unfinished building in downtown La Blake Trolley kaf 139 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:33.200 I news. A fugitive charged with making violent threats against officials in Orange County 140 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.960 has been caught trying to cross the border Zunigas Sanchez attempted to enter the United 141 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:43.480 States. The FBI LA's loura I Miller says Santez's warrants include reckless driving, 142 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.679 evading police, domestic violence, workplace violence, and the criminal threats. An 143 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:52.039 email that was sent in July said quote, you're already dead. The remainder 144 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:56.399 of my life will be dedicated to assassinating judges, attorneys, and a police 145 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:00.919 station's entire staff. Santaz With arrested Monday. The guy also posted on social 146 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.799 media that law enforcement better pray and sleep tight. The demons come out to 147 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:09.559 play tonight in Orange County, co Ben Carson KFI News. Doctor Seuss Enterprises 148 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:13.399 is celebrating the author's one hundred and twentieth birthday by giving away of course books. 149 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:18.799 Babies born tomorrow can get their very own Cat in the Hat birthday present. 150 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:22.200 The offer is on a first come, first serve basis that caps at 151 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.799 ten thousand copies of the book. New parents will have ninety days to claim 152 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:31.159 the free book, which comes with a personalized message commemorating the child's Sussian birthday. 153 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.279 Well, the weekend is here, and that means there's lots of stuff 154 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:37.080 to do around the LA And how do you know what to do? You 155 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:41.879 check in with Nick Pouliochini. We're looking for Nick. We need your top 156 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.840 picks for this weekend around the southern California. So The first one for me 157 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.519 is going to be something that you're excited about, and that's the Oscars that 158 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.120 are coming up in two weeks. But right now at the Academy Museum, 159 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:56.440 you can actually attend the nominees program today starting all the way straight on through 160 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.320 that, well what's happen being able to see you can see all the things 161 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.879 that are nominated right now, and it is included with your visit to the 162 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.159 Academy Museum, so it's really really impressive. They have screenings for everything from 163 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.840 the history of how you know where the Oscars came from, to all the 164 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:15.960 animated shorts that are available, and all the animated features have little featurettes to 165 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:20.000 kind of get you ready for the awards also any of the visual effects and 166 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.720 everything to that effect. Plus, if you're interested, coming up on Oscar 167 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.080 Sunday, which is March tenth, they actually have an viewing party happening that 168 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:31.120 you can attend at the Academy Museum. So if you haven't been there yet, 169 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:33.320 it's a beautiful facility. It's well worth checking out anyway, but this 170 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:37.200 is a great opportunity for you to see things heading up to the Awards show 171 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.399 in two weeks. But again, it all starts today and this weekend is 172 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:45.320 really when things get kicked off for that awesome milesee, I got what you 173 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.399 and I are going to be excited about. And we won't talk too much 174 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.879 about it because it is coming up. But today is the very first day 175 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.879 of Disney California Adventure of Food and Wine Festival, and that will be running 176 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:56.960 all the way until April twenty second, but this weekend is the first one. 177 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:00.440 There's lots of different food and wine tastings happening, so a lot of 178 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:03.600 celebrity chefs will be running through the Disneyland resort. So that's something that's really 179 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.320 fun and exciting. And then the last thing is if you're looking for a 180 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.799 way to get out of town and enjoy yourselves. Also, a food festival 181 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.720 that starts out today is going to be at SeaWorld down in San Diego. 182 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:16.440 This is an event, the Seven Seas Food Festival, that happens every year. 183 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.679 It runs to April twenty eighth, but it starts on It only happens 184 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.639 on the weekends, so Friday, Saturday, and Sundays you can check out 185 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:28.039 all the amazing things and live entertainment that are available at SeaWorld included with a 186 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.159 mission, but they have some really amazing food and as opposed to Disney California 187 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.039 Adventure, where it's things around the state of California, the Seven Seas Food 188 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.200 Festival are all around the world and all related to things that are near the 189 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.840 water, just like SeaWorld. Sounds delicious and there's much more than just those 190 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:48.600 three things happening. Nick. Where can people find out what's going on this 191 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.200 weekend? You can always visit This Weekend with Nick dot com to catch the 192 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:56.080 podcast, and you can check out Instagram for This Weekend with Nick or Nick 193 00:13:56.120 --> 00:14:00.320 Poliochini. He has lots and lots and lots of great recommendations. Do go 194 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.200 check that out when we come back. Both the president and a former president 195 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:07.879 made a visit to the southern border yesterday. ABC's Jim Ryan was there and 196 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:11.120 he's going to tell us all about it. You're listening to Wake Up Call 197 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:15.720 on demand from KFI AM six forty. Here's what we're following in the KFI 198 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.120 twenty four hour newsroom, which just a few days left to return ballots or 199 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:22.000 head to a voting center before the March fifth primary election. A key pole 200 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:28.519 shows Democrat Adam Schiff and former Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey leading in the race 201 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:33.399 for the US Senate seat that was held by Dianne Feinstein for decades. The 202 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.639 top two finishers in the primary will face off in the general election in November. 203 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.440 A coffin with the body of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalney is making its 204 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:46.399 way to a cemetery following a short funeral. The funeral was open to the 205 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:50.480 public, but some had been warned that there could be a risk to attending. 206 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.679 Hundreds of people were arrested a few weeks ago for paying tribute to Navalney 207 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:58.879 after his death at a Russian prison. Snow levels in southern California expected to 208 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.320 drop to about four or five one thousand feet and high wind watches up in 209 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:07.159 the Analote Valley foothills and West San Gabriel Mountains through Sunday afternoon, with win 210 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:11.600 gus up to sixty miles per hour expected at six oh five. It's handle 211 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.080 on the news. Even attending a funeral in Russia can put you at risk. 212 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.879 Mourners have shown up anyway as opposition leader Alexey Navalney is laid to rest 213 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.639 let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan in Texas, where both President Biden 214 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:31.600 and former President Trump made their pitches for border security yesterday. Yeah, not 215 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:33.720 a lot of surprises, I think, Amy, And they had their supporters 216 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.799 here, They had some detractors here. Biden came here to Brownsville. Trump 217 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:43.080 was at Egel Pass, Texas, painting different pictures of the border situation. 218 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:48.080 Biden blaming Trump for sinking the immigration bill that went before Congress a couple of 219 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.279 weeks ago. The Senate voted it down at the urging of Donald Trump. 220 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.159 Donald Trump, of course, blaming President Biden for the continued flow of migrants 221 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.200 across the southern border. The numbers happened dropping off here, the number of 222 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:07.080 apprehensions on the Texas border with Mexico. But the officials here, including Greg 223 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:10.799 Abbotts, say that's because of the tough stance that Texas has taken on immigration. 224 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.679 And so as we were kind of talking about yesterday, we were expecting 225 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.639 that in Brownsville, you weren't going to see a whole lot of action as 226 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:23.200 far as people trying to cross the border because they've effectively shut that down. 227 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.080 Well, yeah, essentially, they certainly have a better handle on it here 228 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.679 than elsewhere on the border. Of course, you didn't have the people waiting 229 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:37.320 across the river during Trump's visit there either, you know, for whatever reason. 230 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:42.120 And again Greg Abbott says that his initiative, the so called Loan Star 231 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:48.519 Project, the Operation Loan Star, moving National Guard troops and setting up barriers 232 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.639 including concertina wire there at Eagle Pass, has helped to drive down the numbers. 233 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:57.480 Moving everything sort of to the west, including the California Yeah, we're 234 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:03.320 getting a lot of it so as it shifts. And then we also heard 235 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:11.759 that then President Biden kind of laid out an invitation to Trump to work with 236 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:15.039 him, yes, and to urge Congress to pass another immigration bill, a 237 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:19.960 bipartisan immigration bill or something very similar to the one that was put forth earlier 238 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.680 this month or last month. Right, and Biden also is looking at potential 239 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:30.039 executive action on immigration, including a move to bar migrants from seeking asylum by 240 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:33.680 coming in between the ports. As it is, if you come, if 241 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:38.480 you even coming between the ports of entry, come across illegally, the border 242 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:42.559 patrol takes you into custody. You can immediately apply for asylum at that point. 243 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:47.519 While this initiative that Biden is looking at, would make that not legal, 244 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.720 would not make that an option for coming into the US. Okay, 245 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:56.240 And for all the bluster at the border, I'll college, since they were 246 00:17:56.279 --> 00:18:00.759 both there yesterday, are we expecting anything? I mean, nothing really came 247 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.000 of it. It was just like a hey, here we are and yeah 248 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:07.119 something, you're right. It was just it was a photo off as much 249 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:10.119 as anything else that Biden and Trump could both call it, you know, 250 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:14.680 fact finding mission or a chance to talk with it, get briefed on the 251 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:18.519 border situation. But no, nothing concrete has come out of it. I 252 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.759 think some folks were thinking that maybe Biden would use the opportunity to issue some 253 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.880 executive action, but that didn't happen. I mean, if Poles continue to 254 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.839 show that voters care about immigration, you'll have to do something if he hopes, 255 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:36.920 because clearly, according to Poles, Trump has an edge over him over 256 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.799 Biden when it comes to immigration issues. Do you think that either one of 257 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:44.400 them kind of got what they wanted out of it, especially because there were 258 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.400 like you said, there wasn't a lot going on at those places. And 259 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.279 if you really want to tell the American people that, yeah, you're right. 260 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.960 The border crisis is really bad. You would think you would want to 261 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:57.680 be in a spot where it was and looks that. Well. I think 262 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:02.640 they did. Yeah, well, I mean the optics are still there if 263 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:06.759 you're looking at a big ballered fence like you do here at Brownsville, and 264 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:11.680 there were pictures of Biden standing there with this big fence, this big barricade 265 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.119 in the river, and then you'll pass the same thing, you know, 266 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.720 even though you don't have people coming across the specter of concertina wire and armed 267 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:23.559 National Guard troops standing there at the border. I think it's sort of what 268 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.640 they were looking for. That's the backdrop they were sort of seeking. The 269 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:30.759 only thing I would have made, just as a side note, the guys, 270 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:36.480 both Biden and Trump. Trump was wearing a blue jack, had a 271 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:40.359 sport coat and pants and slacks, and Trump was wearing a full out suit 272 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.119 with his signature red tie. And they're not walking around to the dusk. 273 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:48.880 You would think they would would put on jeans at a collared like golf shirt 274 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.319 just to try to fan a little more with the surroundings. But anyway, 275 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:57.200 that's just sort of it. I'm being a fashion consultant now, well, 276 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.799 I don't think that you're wrong on that. It's sort of like, you 277 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:03.240 know, dress for your environment and be a real person. And I think 278 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.359 that. But you suggest to something yesterday, Amy that that stuck with me. 279 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.240 Later you said he is either Biden or Trump going to talk with any 280 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:14.160 migrants, and I started, altah, of course, not. Well they 281 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:17.160 didn't. But would that be such a bad idea? Would it be so 282 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:21.960 wrong for either of them to because there are plenty of folks going through processing. 283 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.960 You could go sit down with people and say, what are you doing 284 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.599 here? What is it? Why did you come here? What's the situation 285 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.720 at home? That well, I think would have been fact finding right there, 286 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:34.000 right right, Like if you really wanted to solve the problem, maybe 287 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:41.039 you'd find these things out. Yeah, yeah, And I think neither one 288 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:44.759 of them wants to humanize the people who are coming across too much. Yeah, 289 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:48.680 which is too bad because because they are people, you know, you 290 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:55.400 know, despite the portrayals as criminals and thugs and all edge primarily families and 291 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:59.519 a lot of women and little kids in some cases. All right, Jimmery, 292 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.599 and thank you so much for checking in with us. We appreciate it. 293 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:04.079 Have a great weekend fighting here. Take care. Let's get back to 294 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:07.000 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA 295 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:12.839 County Supervisor Katherine Barger says officials are paying attention to the ongoing odor and health 296 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:17.920 issues around the Chiquita Canyon landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley. This board, 297 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:22.519 in collaboration with our state partners, will hold the landfill accountable and ensure that 298 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:27.160 they deploy every resource available to solve this problem. Neighbors have sued to shut 299 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:33.400 the site down. Chiquita Canyon says it's continuing mitigation efforts. Local officials say 300 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:37.079 the site is not out of compliance and can't be shut down yet. Lots 301 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:44.680 of reports of a really foul stench coming from the canyon and also health issues 302 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:48.599 resulting from that. The last of three men charged have pleaded guilty to bombing 303 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:53.079 an abortion clinic in Costa Mesa with a Molotov cocktail. They have a cocktail 304 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:56.839 of hatred dust. Attorney Martinez Strada says the group was caught with banned weapons, 305 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:02.759 silencers, neo Nazi paraphernalia, and writings declaring an unbelievable desire to murder 306 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:07.799 journalist the hatred towards LBGTQ individuals, towards women, towards people of different races, 307 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:10.839 and trying to start a race war. He says. On top of 308 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:14.039 the twenty twenty two abortion bombing, the group planned to attack a power grid, 309 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:18.039 anti defamation facilities, and Pride Night at Dodger Stadium. The last man 310 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:22.160 pleaded guilty yesterday. The first sentencing is set for next month at federal court 311 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:25.880 in Santa Ana. Corbin carsen Ke, a fine News governor knew some sys 312 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:30.759 stories of favoritism in the state's new minimum wage law for fast food workers are 313 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:34.440 absurd. Panera Bread was said to be exempt from the law because a franchise, 314 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:37.519 he is a friend of the governor and a longtime donor. But ABC's 315 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:42.039 Andy Field says Panera may not be exempt after all. California's new law says 316 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:47.720 only restaurants that produce bread for sale on site qualify for an exemption, and 317 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:52.519 since Panera mixes its dough off site, it's not exempt. The minimum wage 318 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:56.119 law takes effect in April, and Chick fil A is recalling some of its 319 00:22:56.119 --> 00:23:02.759 sauces. The chain says it's Polynesian dipping cups yummy taken home between February fourteenth 320 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:07.559 and the twenty seventh may have a different sauce in them that includes wheat and 321 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.359 soy allergens, Customers being urged to just toss them. When we come back, 322 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:14.799 we're going to be checking in with the house whisper and the host of 323 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:18.319 Home on Cafe. It's Dean Sharp, fresh off a trip to the International 324 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:22.400 Builders Show, so you can bet he's going to have the hottest new tools 325 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:26.440 to tell us about and all the happening new toys and trends too. You're 326 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:30.000 listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI Am six forty. Here's what 327 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.400 we're following in the KFI twenty four hour news room. Northern California Mountains are 328 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:37.079 under a blizzard warning, with up to ten feet of snow expected to fall 329 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:41.319 in and around Lake Tahoe. Cal Trans is urging drivers to stay off the 330 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:45.640 roads and says travel is going to be nearly impossible because of whiteout conditions. 331 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:52.640 Hundreds of officers have lined the sidewalk and applauded as Michael Moore left LAPD headquarters 332 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:56.559 more officially retired yesterday after more than forty years with the LAPD. The last 333 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:03.839 six as Chief Assistant Chief. Choi takes over as interim police chief starting today. 334 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:08.839 The University of California at Riverside has increased the maximum size of its class 335 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:15.720 on Disneyland. Students in the class designed theme park rides and attractions. Sounds 336 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:18.160 fun to me. The class has become so popular it's dealing with a real 337 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:23.240 life Disneyland issue, a long line of students waiting to get in. At 338 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:26.400 six oh five, it's handle on the news. No any want aheaded to 339 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:30.039 Mexico for spring break. We'll tell you why. You might want to rethink 340 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:34.720 that. At five point fifty there might actually be something worth seeing at the 341 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:38.920 movie theater this weekend. And we have ABC's Jason Nathanson to tell us all 342 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.440 about it. That's coming up in about fifteen minutes. Right now, let's 343 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:47.720 say good morning to the host of Home on KFI, our very own house 344 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:52.200 whisper Dean Sharp. Good morning, Amy, Good morning Dean. Fresh off 345 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:57.119 your trip to Las Vegas and the International Builders Show, you got lots of 346 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.640 goodies to share with us. Yeah, yeah, it was a good show. 347 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:06.640 It really was great. We just touched down yesterday afternoon, so we're 348 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:08.920 back and we're getting back into the flow, and there was a lot, 349 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:12.599 a lot of confirming some of the things that we've been telling our listeners for 350 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:18.200 a while. But there's always fun new stuff to look at. I was 351 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:21.920 impressed. I don't know if you got a chance to look at the couple 352 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:26.279 of the videos that I sent you, but I was impressed with how many 353 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:32.319 modern appliances, and I mean, like high tech just hot off the press, 354 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:37.960 modern appliances are being wrapped in vintage packages, vintage skins. This is 355 00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:42.559 a trend now. A lot of people interested in retro like modernism, nineteen 356 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:48.039 fifty stuff. They want a kitchen that kind of has that vibe to it 357 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:52.799 and up until you know, in the last few years. Technically, the 358 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:56.799 way that you handle it is by going and finding, you know, maybe 359 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.480 a seventy year old oven, like a hot point or something like that, 360 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:03.079 Yeah, and paying a lot of money to have it restored, at which 361 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:07.519 point you've got a functioning oven, but it's a seventy year old oven as 362 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:14.160 opposed to something lean and mean and high tech. Well, now you don't 363 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:17.839 have to make that choice anymore, because you can have an oven or a 364 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:22.400 cook top or refrigerator that looks like it came right out of the fifties, 365 00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:26.720 but is brand spanking new with twenty first century technology. Okay, here's my 366 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:30.559 question on this. Is that going to be a passing trend? Because when 367 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:33.720 you get one of these things, especially like I'm looking at this retro looking 368 00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:37.759 fridge, I mean, that's that's a big investment and it should be around 369 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:41.039 for a while. Is it going to lose you know, lose its luster 370 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:44.480 quickly? Yeah, you know, I get asked about that all the time, 371 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:47.799 and it's it's it's not it's not a trend. It's and this is 372 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:52.079 not for everybody. This is for people who are committed to for instance, 373 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.440 modernism architecture. This you know, you've got a post modern home, you've 374 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:00.880 got a nineteen fifties kind of of how and you're committed to it. There's 375 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:03.640 no way out of it. There's no way avoiding the fact that this is 376 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:07.519 the architecture of your home and people have been frustrated that they haven't been able 377 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:11.759 to match those up with appliances. So it's not so much a trend where 378 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:17.759 everybody should run out and get an old looking stove, because yeah, not 379 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.880 many people are in that category. But if you are and there are a 380 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:25.640 lot of folks who live in those mid century alms. Palm Springs, for 381 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:29.359 instance, is filled with them. There, that's like the world capital of 382 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:33.599 them. Then you're looking for stuff that fits with that home better than modern 383 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:37.799 appliances have in the past. So it was exciting, okay, and then 384 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:44.480 staying in the kitchen, going to from retro to full on. While this 385 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:51.759 is interesting and innovative, tell us about this kitchen sink that's more than just 386 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:56.000 a sink, a whole lot more. Yeah, So this was one example, 387 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:00.599 and that's kind of the stuff that we're aiming at everybody when you're planning 388 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:04.319 your new kitchen. When it comes to your appliances and your fixtures, like 389 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:08.240 a sink, you don't have to just think inside the box of Okay, 390 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:14.440 well it's a sink right now, there is everything imaginable at the sink though, 391 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:17.680 the one that I showed you, it has three basins. It's a 392 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:22.599 large sink, three basins. The center basin large enough for big cookie sheets 393 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.519 and pans. It's a big, single basin sink. But on each side 394 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:33.000 the basin to the right that is a top loading mini dishwasher, and the 395 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:40.039 basin to the left is a basin where there's a little bit of a recess 396 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:42.920 container where you can put your veggies that just came from the market. You 397 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:47.400 can set those down there, close the lid, and it will actually do 398 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:49.960 the spray washing of all of your produce for you. So you've got a 399 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:56.880 produce wash bay and a top loading miniature dishwasher for those very very small loads. 400 00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.079 Maybe you've just created two or three dishes that need to, you know, 401 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:04.160 to have a run through. All of this is sitting there as a 402 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:08.680 part of this sink, and it's cool looking and you can close the top 403 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:11.880 then too, so you're not looking at that all the time. You see 404 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:17.559 the sink, and then the washer on the right and the left just closes 405 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:21.920 down right exactly exactly way. In fact, when you're washing your vegetables, 406 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:25.240 you want to close the top because there's the bottom sprayer that spray, and 407 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:29.640 so yeah, they completely close down and seal out of the way. And 408 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:33.799 that means more counter space actually, because you can use the lids to a 409 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:37.400 stack in store things and the sink in the middle. And that's just one 410 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:41.519 example of all the multiple configurations that you can get these days. When it 411 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:47.119 comes to a kitchen sink, okay, and then heading over to the stove. 412 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:51.599 I like this idea because you get those the vents that are big and 413 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:55.880 ugly, the very functional over your stovetop. But this one is disappearing. 414 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:02.759 Yes, I've had a long difficult relation with hood vents overcooked tops, just 415 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:07.480 because they're either huge and they have to be you know, there's this big 416 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:11.079 bell coming down, and we have to make them look like they belong in 417 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:15.480 the kitchen up. You know, these days, even when we're doing a 418 00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:19.880 historic kitchen, so often I just want it to kind of go away. 419 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:22.960 I want to move on to other things. This is the kind of vent 420 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:29.759 hood that works in that way. It actually hides behind cabinetry. It's up 421 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:33.680 out of the way. It's not a low bridge that I hit my head 422 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:37.119 on all the time at six' three, believe me. And yet it 423 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:41.000 has an eight hundred cfm fan and when you call for it, and you 424 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:47.240 call for it by waving your hand underneath it, it actually telescopes down to 425 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:52.160 about a foot or so away from the top of the pan. It's completely 426 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:56.960 adjustable. You get a fan that powerful right next to where the smoke or 427 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:00.079 the steam is emitting from nothing, I mean nothing thing gets out into the 428 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:04.480 room. So it reaches down, it puts the suction exactly where it should 429 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:08.200 be when you need it, and then when you're done cooking, it just 430 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:12.880 goes away. That is a very very cool new toy. I like that 431 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:21.319 one. And then the last one is it's a beverage cooler. And going 432 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.119 back to the retro thing that you can put in a party room. And 433 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:27.759 it looks like an old classic Fiat it is. It is literally molded from 434 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:33.079 the front of this classic little mini Fiat car and you lift the hood. 435 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:37.400 It's half of it. It's just you don't get the windshield, but everything 436 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:40.440 windshield for it, you get the front tires, the bumper, the headlights. 437 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:45.640 When you lift the hood, what you find is an amazing, again 438 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:51.119 very high tech beverage cooler in there. So there's room for there's beers and 439 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:55.599 sodas, and there's an ice dispenser and it's all just great. Now it 440 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:59.240 doesn't go outside, it goes inside, but it's so creative. And yes 441 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:01.359 there's a little hole hoorn and the headlights work too. I love that. 442 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:05.359 I love party rooms because you can have so much fun with them. That 443 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:07.799 would be a really cool thing. And you can hear more about what Dean 444 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:13.519 discovered at the International Builders Show and lots of other stuff going on this weekend 445 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:17.039 on Home with Dean Sharp. You can listen six to eight am on Saturday 446 00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:21.960 and nine to noon on Sunday. Thank you date absolutely, Thanks Amy. 447 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.880 All Right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 448 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:28.519 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The latest snow survey in the Southern Sierra shows 449 00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:32.480 the snowpack in the area at seventy seven percent of average, compared to one 450 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:37.240 hundred and seventy seven percent this time last year. Statewide, the snowpack is 451 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:42.039 at almost eighty percent of average. On January first, that number was just 452 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:46.480 twenty eight percent. State meteorologist Michael Anderson says the blizzard conditions this weekend will 453 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:51.480 add to the snowpack. I mean, these are phenomenal accumulations of snow five 454 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:54.960 to ten feet above five thousand feet one of four feet in that three to 455 00:32:55.000 --> 00:33:01.039 five thousand foot range. Northern California already has more snow than the state average, 456 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:06.000 and as we've been telling you, it's expecting another ten feet of snow 457 00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:09.400 to hit this weekend. You're listening to a wake up call on demand from 458 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:14.000 KFI Am six forty. Thanks for starting You're Friday with us. Here's what 459 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:16.480 we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The big storm moving through 460 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:22.200 northern California is prompted Yosemite National Park to shut down. Visitors have been told 461 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:24.960 to leave no later than noon today. Several feet of snow is expected to 462 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:29.799 fall in the park through the weekend. Snow levels in southern California are expected 463 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:32.759 to drop to about four or five thousand feet, with up to a foot 464 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:37.319 expected above sixty five hundred feet. High wind watch is in effect in the 465 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:42.000 Antelope Valley, Foothills and West Sand Gabriel Mountains through Sunday afternoon, with gus 466 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:45.519 expected up to about sixty miles an hour. A factory in Harupa that makes 467 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:51.640 environmentally friendly buses for La Metro and Foothill transit systems shutting down. REV Group 468 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:55.559 says the e nc Bus business and plant will close once it completes outstanding orders. 469 00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:59.839 About four hundred people are going to lose their jobs. We're just minutes 470 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:04.359 away from handle on the news this morning. Elon Musk has sued Open AI 471 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.440 the company behind chat GPT. Bill's going to tell you why. Right now, 472 00:34:07.760 --> 00:34:14.039 let's check in with ABC's entertainment guru. It's Jason Nathanson. Jason, 473 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.239 finally something to look forward to at the box office this weekend. Yeah, 474 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:22.360 thank god, because there's been some real stinkers the past few weeks and not 475 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.960 a whole lot of money at the box office so far this year. So 476 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:27.679 June two is going to open. It's going to be the biggest opening so 477 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:30.559 far this year. This was a movie that, remember, was moved from 478 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:36.079 November of last year to this time because of the strikes, remember the actors 479 00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:38.280 str Yeah, those things, those things that happened last year. They thought, 480 00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:42.320 you know, Warner Brothers was worried that this movie wasn't going to get 481 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:45.840 the promotion it deserved. And for sure, you've seen a lot of promotion 482 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:49.840 over the past couple of months with they've had endless screenings and the cast out 483 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:54.639 there doing all kinds of interviews on every show and everything. So finally that 484 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:59.000 all comes to a culmination and now you have Dune Part two, which I 485 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.519 got to say, I went into a little bit apprehensive because I was not 486 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:05.559 a big fan of Dune Part one. Ah huh, it just did not 487 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:07.840 work for me. I thought it was long. I thought it was pretty 488 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:12.679 boring. I didn't get into the world and the mythology and everything. Dune 489 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:15.920 Part two fantastic. Really, Yeah, this is what I wanted I guess 490 00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:21.639 Dune Part one to be, which is interesting because I mean it's rare for 491 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:24.440 a movie a sequel to kind of shift a perspective like that. Yeah, 492 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:29.599 and really come and not only be better, and it is, you know, 493 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:32.880 in terms of the reviews, it is much better reviewed. Although Dune 494 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:37.199 Part one was pretty well reviewed and got a bunch of Oscar nominations and wins 495 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.960 for special effects and things like that. People really liked it and it did 496 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:45.599 well at the box office, but it didn't sit right well with everybody, 497 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:49.800 and I was one of those. So part two, if Timothy Shallomey is 498 00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:54.079 back as Paula Trad's and he is basically this is a revenge movie. The 499 00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:59.559 first one set it up where everything happened, and you know, his family 500 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.480 was wrong and his father was killed and now he is out for revenge. 501 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:08.719 I highly recommend if you're gonna go see this, that you catch up on 502 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:12.400 what happened in the first one. So it's going to ask you do you 503 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:14.679 have to go Do you have to watch the first one? You don't have 504 00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:17.559 to watch it, but you need to read a detailed description just to remember, 505 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:22.320 because if you're anything like me, you know, hours after watching something, 506 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:24.039 it's out of my head. I don't retain that kind of stuff. 507 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:28.239 Yeah. So and this was, you know, the first one came out 508 00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:31.039 in twenty twenty one. It was one of those that came out, you 509 00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:35.199 know, it did come out during the pandemic and when people weren't really going 510 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.079 to theaters, although they did go to see this. The opening weekend was 511 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:40.280 something like forty million, but it was I think it was they released it 512 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:45.639 at home or around the same time as well, so you know, you 513 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:50.480 might not It's been three years basically, so you might not remember. And 514 00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:52.639 this is very complicated. It's sprawling, there's a lot of characters, a 515 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.719 lot of characters with weird names. You know. It's just one of those 516 00:36:55.760 --> 00:37:00.880 things that you're you're not going to remember everything. And the more you know, 517 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:05.079 even I you know, read up on it and got detailed stuff, 518 00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:07.679 and even with that, I was still some stuff still confused me a little 519 00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:12.039 bit. In part two. Not gonna lie and you do this a living 520 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:15.000 as are screwed, right, there's a lot going but there's a lot going 521 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:20.360 on. Yeah, But this time around, for whatever reason, the mythology 522 00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:24.320 is so much richer and more interesting. The cinematography is beautiful, of course, 523 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:29.920 the special effects absolutely captivating. Okay, and and everybody you know. 524 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:34.760 Rebecca Ferguson is absolutely fantastic as Timothy telling his mom she gets a lot more 525 00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.119 to do here. Zendaia is also great. She gets a lot more to 526 00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:42.239 do. She was barely in the first one. Florence Pugh this time around, 527 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:46.920 Austin Butler as the bad guys. Right, that is Elvis correct in 528 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:54.480 a in a very almost unrecognizable character here he's he's fantastic. So all around, 529 00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:58.519 two thumbs up, you know, whatever scale you want to give it, 530 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:00.639 that's a glowing recommendation. Yeah, Jason, all right, let's switch 531 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:05.719 over to the stream. Adam Sandler has a new movie out, and he's 532 00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:09.719 not funny in this one. No, And I wish I liked Spaceman as 533 00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:13.840 much as I liked doing Part two, but that's sadly not the case. 534 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:17.960 Spaceman is a it's not your typical Adam Sandler movie. So don't expect, 535 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:23.159 you know, going in with him doing the spaceman, you know, doing 536 00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:25.519 an accent and things like that. That's not what this is, because that 537 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:30.079 would be funny. That would be funny. He plays an astronaut who's on 538 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:36.519 a very long I think, like over a year mission to go check something 539 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:39.000 out in space, and he's by himself. So this whole thing, the 540 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:44.440 whole movie is about loneliness. It's about loneliness and leaving. I don't need 541 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:47.400 to go to the movies for that. Well, then you can watch you 542 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:53.119 can watch it at home alone, alone, by yourself, and that loneliness. 543 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:58.840 I think the appeal of this movie, especially for an actor like Adam 544 00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:01.280 Sandler. And they didn't say this during the press, but that this is 545 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:06.719 about it's very similar to an actor who leaves their family and goes to do 546 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.639 a movie for six months or a year. The same kind of feelings of 547 00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:14.000 loneliness and talking to your family over the phone and not being able to really 548 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:16.679 connect. There's a lot of that here, and I think that's what it's 549 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:22.199 really about at its core essence. But it's achingly slow. It's all about 550 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:28.280 dreams and flashbacks. Which I really don't like. There's a there's a His 551 00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:31.119 wife is played by Kerry Mulligan. She's pregnant and back on Earth, and 552 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:36.320 you know they're having a tough time really connecting. There's a spider like alien 553 00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:40.639 voiced by Paul Dano who the two of them do connect. He's not a 554 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:45.159 scary it's not a scary movie type thing at all, but it just it 555 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:49.119 did not work for me. Okay, Well, then let's move on to 556 00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:55.599 something else. Yes, sure, Showgun, Yes, fantastically reviewed news series 557 00:39:55.639 --> 00:40:00.880 on FX, a ten episode limited series. There was an Amy winning nineteen 558 00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:04.719 eighty NBC mini series. You might remember this with Richard Chamberlain. I went 559 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.039 and looked it up last night. There you go, and this is I 560 00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:10.800 haven't seen it yet. It's getting rave reviews. I think at one point 561 00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:15.519 it was one hundred percent frush rated on Rotten Tomatoes. Men's Health magazine said 562 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:20.079 it's pure epic television. Well, there you go. I haven't read Men's 563 00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:23.800 Health Magazine in quite a while for their movie and TV show recommendations. I 564 00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:27.719 didn't either. I just read the headline because I was wondering if it was 565 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:31.760 tied to if it was a remake of the nineteen eighty movie series. I 566 00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:37.280 mean it's based the original source material is a book, James Clavell's novel, 567 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:44.360 so that's where they both come from. It's set in feudal Japan. It's 568 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:49.599 sixteen hundred, so it's period piece, civil wars brewing, and you kind 569 00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:52.440 of get to the sides of that. So this is definitely one that I'm 570 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:55.840 going to be checking out this weekend. Okay, So Showgun worth a watch, 571 00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:59.440 and you highly recommend Dune too. There you have it, you guys. 572 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:00.559 You know what to do for the weekend. There you go, and 573 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:04.079 I know what to do because my direct TV is out, dang it. 574 00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:07.519 No thank you, Jason day since and you're welcome. All right. This 575 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:12.480 is KO. This is KFI and KOSTHD to Los Angeles, Orange County, 576 00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:15.280 Southland. Weather from KFI. Clouds with areas of drizzle this morning, increasing 577 00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:19.559 chance of rain through the day. Hi's in the low sixties at the beaches 578 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:22.679 Metro LA Inlando, c around sixty in the Valley's low sixties for the ie 579 00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:28.199 forties and fifties in the Annelope Valley. Then we're expecting rain pretty much all 580 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:30.440 day tomorrow. Highs in the upper fifties to mid sixties. Still a chance 581 00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:35.480 for showers Sunday morning, then it should dry out by the afternoon. It's 582 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.440 fifty one in Diamond Bar, fifty seven Newport Beach, forty six in Palmdale, 583 00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:44.400 fifty three in Pomona. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four 584 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:47.559 hour newsroom for producer and and technical producer Tony. I'm Amy King. This 585 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:51.960 has been your wake up call. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with 586 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:54.840 me Amy King. You can always hear wake Up Call five to six am 587 00:41:54.920 --> 00:42:01.119 Monday through Friday on KFI Am six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.