WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:14.599 demand on the iHeartRadio app, k Fly and kost HT two, Los Angeles, 3 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:28.000 Orange County, Ida. You a god, You're as Amy. Okay, 4 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:36.240 good morning, it's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for 5 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:42.520 Thursday, March twenty eighth, Major League Baseball season's opening day. I'm Amy 6 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:47.079 King and of course happy Dodgers Opening Day. Got my Dodger blue on Producer 7 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:58.560 An has Her San Diego Padres gear on. We love that song. I 8 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.960 hope I get to hear it this afternoon. The first Bitch goes out at 9 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:06.239 one ten, and it's going to be a beautiful day for baseball. Here's 10 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:10.000 what's a head on wake up call. The cargo ship that caused the Baltimore 11 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:15.120 Bridge collapse was reportedly carrying hazardous materials, including corrosives and flammables. We're going 12 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:19.280 to be getting the latest on the spill and the cleanup with ABC's Sam Sweeney 13 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.799 coming up in about four minutes. Former LA Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan has been 14 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:29.599 found guilty of twelve charges, including racketeering, conspiracy, bribery, and lining 15 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:34.359 to federal agents. Dury only took about three hours to come to a decision 16 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.400 yesterday in the case that accused Chan and others of giving favorable treatment to developers 17 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:44.000 who gave them bribes. We're also going to be talking about the proposed road 18 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.200 diet for a stretch of roadway that cuts right through Burbank. Residents and business 19 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:52.400 owners are worried that it's just going to jam up traffic. We'll be talking 20 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:56.239 to the co owner of the tally Rand at five point fifty and show hey, 21 00:01:56.319 --> 00:02:00.400 Otani is a real giant. We told you that a mural is being 22 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:06.000 created for the Superstar Player, and the giant mural is finished and has been 23 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:08.719 unveiled in Little Tokyo at six oh five. It's handled on the news. 24 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:14.039 Israel will send a delegation to Washington, d C. After canceling the trip 25 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.240 last week. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the 26 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:20.800 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A former deputy mayor of La has been found 27 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.800 guilty of racketeering and bribery. It took a jury in downtown La less than 28 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:28.360 two hours to return the guilty verdict against sixty seven year old Raymond Chan. 29 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:32.800 Federal prosecutors argued Chan was a key player in what the FBI called casino loyal 30 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:38.960 a scheme involving bribes and influence peddling at La City Hall on behalf of wealthy 31 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:44.680 real estate developers downtown. The investigation already secured guilty verdicts or please from others, 32 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:49.360 including ex councilman Jose Weezar, who's set to begin a thirteen year prison 33 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.080 sentence. Chan says he'll appeal. He's to be sentenced in June. Michael 34 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.719 Monks KFI News. A twenty year old man who walked away from a halfway 35 00:02:55.719 --> 00:03:00.039 house in Orange County has been caught in Mexico. Ikes Sauser was found in 36 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:05.599 ros Rito. He was arrested by US Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials 37 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:09.719 acting on an alert from the Orange County DAS Undercover AB one oh nine Task 38 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:15.080 Force. Sauser had disappeared a week ago. He has a long criminal record, 39 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:19.840 including the murder of his mother when he was thirteen. Orange, Huntington 40 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.199 Beach, and Newport Beach have voted to leave the League of California Cities because 41 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:29.319 of a mental health proposition. Couver living homes have over concentrated themselves all across 42 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.680 the coastal California. Newport Beach Mayor Will O'Neil says CAW City supported Prop one, 43 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:38.159 which forces cities to accept more sober living homes. You're essentially operating businesses 44 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.960 within neighborhoods, which he says brings crime, but also a lot of times 45 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.479 they get what's called kurb meaning once the insurance runs out, they're kicked out 46 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:46.800 and now they're homeless on the streets of the city that they don't know. 47 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.840 Caw City says it represents all of its four hundred and eighty two cities, 48 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.759 but sometimes the consensus cannot be reached on which laws to support. In Orange 49 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:58.680 County, Corbin Carson kf I News, a new mural in Little Tokyo is 50 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:02.439 celebrating Dodger's pitch show Hey Otani. Fans flocked to First Street yesterday for the 51 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:06.400 unveiling of the mural by artist Robert Vargas. He says he wants it to 52 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:11.479 reflect optimism for the new baseball season. I like that. He also says 53 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.439 it's to get past the recent controversy involving Otani's interpreter and sports gambling bets, 54 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:19.920 and I hope that this mural is a way that we can move forward and 55 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:27.360 be positive like we all have been today and leave what someone else did behind 56 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:30.680 us. The murals on the side of the Miaco Hotel on First Street between 57 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:38.600 sam Pedro and Central and it's huge. Let's say good morning now to ABC's 58 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:42.839 Sam Sweeney. Sam. Two days after that cargo ship crashed into the bridge 59 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:47.319 support collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge, we have some sad news and some 60 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:55.759 bad news. Yeah, Rescuers last night told us that they were able to 61 00:04:55.800 --> 00:05:01.240 recover a red pickup truck with two bodies inside believe be those construction workers that 62 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:05.040 were on the bridge during that collapse. We're also getting an update from the 63 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:12.439 National Transportation Safety Board that there were fifty six containers of hazardous material on board 64 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.439 that ship, and some of them have fallen into the water. Others have 65 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.639 been breached. But it is so difficult. The conditions there are so difficult 66 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:25.319 that it's hard for them to actually see the full scope of what they are 67 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:29.360 dealing with. There are containers that are not you know, tied in correctly 68 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:31.360 anymore because of the impact of the ship. Some of them, again, 69 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:34.639 as I said, are breached and in the water. They've ordered booms around 70 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:38.800 the ship, but this is going to be a very long process to get 71 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:43.160 this cleaned up and that port reopened. Yeah, I was just looking at 72 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:47.439 pictures of the collapse and how that ship is just you know, it's got 73 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:51.399 the steel beams from the bridge on top of it and some of the containers 74 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:55.360 kind of dangling off it, and I was like, how are they even 75 00:05:55.439 --> 00:06:00.879 going to get the bridge off of the ship. It's going to be a 76 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:04.240 long process. Eventually, the Army Corps of Engineers will come up with a 77 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:09.560 plan. They're going to have to bring in heavy equipment, cranes, tugboats, 78 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.360 barges, and they're going to have to chop this up piece by piece. 79 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:15.480 But you have to look at the entire picture. When you cut one 80 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:20.199 piece, is it going to affect another piece. It's a very risky operation. 81 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:25.040 You know, think about nine to eleven when we saw those firefighters struggling 82 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:29.480 to get through that mangled steel and the wreckage of the towers. That's what 83 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.720 they're doing. But most of that is underwater, and this water is not 84 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.959 exactly you know, the Caribbean. This is murky, muddy, cold water 85 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:41.560 with about one foot of visibility. Yeah, and I mean, like they 86 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:45.279 are they going to have to pull ships up beside the ship and start to 87 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.199 do the cutting because they don't have solid ground to work on. I mean, 88 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:51.959 it's just it's just going to be a crazy undertaking. So that being 89 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.879 said, And because it's a mess and there's so much debris, the port 90 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:00.360 is still closed. Do they have any kind of idea of how long it's 91 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:05.480 going to be before that they start moving traffic again. No, No one 92 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:10.079 has been able to give any sort of timeline, but it is likely going 93 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:14.040 to be weeks, probably months though, before they can get ships in and 94 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.279 out of there and that area cleared. It's a very narrow spot and the 95 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:19.040 deepest that gets there is about fifty feet, so you have to keep the 96 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:24.439 ships right in the center where that bridge was. And then as far as 97 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:29.000 traffic cars moving across another bridge, that could be years. That original bridge 98 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:32.480 took five years to build, probably won't take that long to rebuild it, 99 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:35.639 but it's going to be years before traffic is crossed and the air again. 100 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:41.680 Yeah, and then Sam, I'm not familiar with the area, but the 101 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:47.160 bridge that goes over there, is there a way around there are alternates. 102 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:51.319 Now, Baltimore is in the city around the Baltimore Harbor. There are tunnels 103 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:57.360 that go underneath the city, but this particular bridge was the outermost area and 104 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:01.680 it carries fifteen percent of the traffic on the north east I ninety five corridor. 105 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:05.920 It also handled all the hazmat material. So if they can't go through 106 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.199 the tunnels moving, they can't. After nine to eleven, they said, 107 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.720 you can't come through the tunnels anymore. So it'll be interesting to see how 108 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:15.240 they how they work with that. But there's gonna be a lot of congestion 109 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.240 in this area, oh my goodness. And then going back to the recovery 110 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:22.519 of the two bodies, So they were found in a pickup truck. Does 111 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:28.399 that suggest that they had gotten the warning to get off the bridge. It's 112 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:33.120 unclear exactly what happened. We were, you know, some some theories are 113 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:37.159 that they were on a break and they were inside the truck when it happened, 114 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.240 and other employees were outside of the truck. One employee, we heard 115 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:45.480 from Governor Wes Moore yesterday, heard the police alarms and shouting saying get off 116 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:48.440 the bridge, and he ran and was able to get onto the portion of 117 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.000 the bridge that did not fall, saving his life. Another person we know 118 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.679 did fall but was able to swim to safety. But there are still four 119 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:00.840 bodies that are missing, and they believe that they are in taste in that 120 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.799 steel structure, and it is simply too dangerous right now to go in and 121 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:09.159 retrieve them. So they've said that its switched from it was a search and 122 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:11.960 rescue and then it became a recovery, and now I think are they calling 123 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.120 it a salvage effort at this point? Yeah? I mean, they still 124 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.360 obviously are going to want to recover those bodies and do the best that they 125 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:22.960 can, but yes, this is a salvage operation, and they're going to 126 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:28.200 need to cut up all of that steel to eventually be able to find those 127 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.720 other bodies that they believe are in case in there. And again, this 128 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:33.720 is going to be a lengthy process. You don't just have this heavy type 129 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.399 of machinery sitting around for this type of operation to move a bridge out of 130 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.360 a harbor. It's going to take time to source it, Okay. And 131 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:43.759 then just one last question for the cargo that normally goes into the port, 132 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:48.080 which I think it's the eleventh busiest or ninth busiest port. But it's also 133 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:54.360 a big port for cars. So do they just go to different ports and 134 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.360 make up the truth that way? That's the question. You know, the 135 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.440 automakers are trying to come up with solutions. Does it go to Norfolk, 136 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:05.159 does it go to Philadelphia, does it go to Delaware. That's what they're 137 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:07.440 trying to figure out. How they're going to reroute this. But as you 138 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:11.200 said, it is the biggest port for bringing in cars into the United States. 139 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:15.320 All right, Sam Sweeney, thank you so much for all the information. 140 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.960 We appreciated a ton. Thanks for having me. All right, let's 141 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:20.480 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 142 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:28.480 newsroom. The group behind the latest recall efforts against California's governor has received approval 143 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.080 to start collecting more than a million signatures across the state. We're at the 144 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.799 top of every dad list and at the bottom of every important list. We're 145 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:39.879 at the bottom and educating our students. We have the highest crime, the 146 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.919 highest homelessness, the highest summer of homeless veterans, and dunsmore with Rescue California 147 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.559 says the governor has been ignoring his state its popularity is below fifty percent. 148 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:54.759 He's out detaining for people all around the country, including President Biden, and 149 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.759 I would say for himself on a national level. Attorney's Clean Dunsmore says they've 150 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:03.399 all read he received seventy five thousand requests from people who want to help gather 151 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.799 signatures for the recall effort. The former CFO of an LA based development company 152 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:13.240 has been accused of embezzling money that was supposed to go towards building housing for 153 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:16.879 low income and homeless people. A lawsuit says Cody Holmes used the millions of 154 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:22.279 dollars he took to pay for exotic cars, expensive handbags, jewelry, private 155 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:26.600 jets, concert tickets, and a mansion in Beverly Hills. Attorneys for the 156 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:31.399 Church of Scientologists say they want a new judge to preside over a civil suit 157 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:37.480 filed by actress Lea Remedy. The attorney's claim Judge Randolph Hammock is prejudiced against 158 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.159 their clients, though they wouldn't offer any details to support that claim. Remeny, 159 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.519 an outspoken critic of the church, filed a lawsuit in August with claims 160 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:48.960 of harassment, stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation. Remeny left 161 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.240 the church in twenty thirteen after being a member for nearly forty years. The 162 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:56.960 church has already claimed victory in the case because of the judge's previous rulings. 163 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:01.679 The lawsuit also includes the church's leader, David ms Gavin Steve Gregory kay Off. 164 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.320 I News former Connecticut Independent Senator Joe Lieberman has died. His family says 165 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:11.480 he died yesterday of complications from a fall. Lieberman nearly won the vice presidency 166 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:16.159 with Democrat Al Gore in the disputed two thousand election. Eight years later, 167 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:22.039 he came close to being John McCain's running mate. The Democrat turned Independent left 168 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:26.360 the Senate in twenty thirteen. He was eighty two. It is time for 169 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:31.960 Opening Day Dodger Baseball from Dodger Stadium. As you know, big game today. 170 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:35.919 The Dodgers take on Saint Louis this afternoon at one ten. You can 171 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.759 listen to the game on AM five seventy LA Sports and in HD on the 172 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:45.320 iHeartRadio app keyword. AM five seventy LA Sports brought to you in part by 173 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:50.000 LA Care for all of LA. Today is Dodgers Opening Day and the debut 174 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:54.159 of Superstar Show Hey Otani at Dodger Stadium. The Boys in Blue opened their 175 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:58.600 home schedule with four games against the Saint Louis Cardinals. First pitch goes out 176 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:03.360 at one ten. Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can 177 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.399 load or unload cargo. While the main operations at the Port of Baltimore remain 178 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:13.320 closed because of the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the port 179 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:18.320 is the busiest for so called roll on roll off cargo, things like cars 180 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:24.000 and construction and agricultural vehicles. Former cryptomogul Sam Bankman Freed faces the potential of 181 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.799 decades in prison when he sentenced for his role in the twenty twenty two collapse 182 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:33.159 of FTX. A jury found in November that bankmin Freed illegally used money from 183 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:39.440 x FTX depositors to cover his expenses. Is lawyers say he is not the 184 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:43.799 evil genius depicted in the media. At six oh five, It's handle on 185 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:48.639 the news, Disney and Florida Governor Ronda Santis have made nice at least settled 186 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.480 a two year fight over who gets to govern Disney property. Let's say good 187 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:56.759 morning now to KTLA's tech reporter and the host of Rich on Tech on KFI. 188 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.679 It's Rich de muro Rich. So my friend and I were just talking 189 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:05.000 about phones and the fancy new cameras because she just got the brand new Samsung 190 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:09.399 is it the twenty four correct twenty four and so she's like, look at 191 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.679 in this camera and these lenses, and the guy at the store said, 192 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:16.960 you got to be really careful and don't damage them. And I was thinking, 193 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:20.759 my iPhone has the same thing. It's got the three lenses, but 194 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.200 I never even think about it, and I don't think they're very protected. 195 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.080 Well, you know, look, here's the thing. First off, yes, 196 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:33.759 they're very similar. The lenses get bigger and bigger every year. And 197 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.879 do some people crack the lenses, Absolutely, it happens. But here's the 198 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:41.159 thing. I have had many many phones over the years, testing them, 199 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:45.279 bringing them everywhere in my bag, out of my bag, falling out of 200 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.799 my pocket, and I have yet to crack a lens. And I rarely 201 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:54.960 have even cracked a screen on my phone. So my advice. A lot 202 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.399 of people try to get these like lens protector things that go over the lenses. 203 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:03.039 But here's the thing. Why would you want to ruin all of the 204 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.480 beautiful glass work that Apple and Samsung have spent so much money engineering. By 205 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.080 putting some sort of cheap plastic or other piece of glass in front of that 206 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:15.200 lens, you're putting something between you and your pictures. Yeah, So I 207 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.919 typically don't recommend that, but I would recommend a case that has raised edges, 208 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:24.600 because those are going to protect you the most in a fall. Yeah. 209 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.639 I think mine has raised edges, but if I look at it, 210 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:33.240 you know, crossview, I think the lens still sticks out a little bit. 211 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:37.480 Well, I would look at a different place that does not allow that. 212 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:39.759 Yeah, because I always have a case that has a raised lip around 213 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.320 the lenses so that they are protected when you put it face down on the 214 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:46.200 desk or I guess down on the desk. Yeah, just something to think 215 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.559 about. I know, we think about the front of the screens and a 216 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:52.480 lot of people put that film across the front of it, But I've never 217 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:56.879 even really thought about the camera that I'm okay with. I do always recommend 218 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.200 some sort of screen protector, and quite honestly, if you have a good 219 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.799 screen protector on your phone and a good case on your phone, that's going 220 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:07.120 to protect you in like ninety nine percent of issues and drops and things like 221 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.000 that. It's when you don't have your phone protected from that, that's when 222 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:17.159 you're gonna have problems. Okay, so we've got moving on to streaming. 223 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:21.919 You're saying that Disney Plus has added Hulu. I already have Disney Plus and 224 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:26.759 Hulu, so what's changing. So the big change is that now Hulu is 225 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:30.320 going to be integrated into Disney Plus, so one app on your TV screen 226 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.159 for both services. Yes. Now, a lot of people have been testing 227 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.519 this over the past couple of months. It makes a lot of sense. 228 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.279 You know, Disney purchased Hulu and that's part of their you know, catalog 229 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:45.879 at this point, and so why have people jump between apps? And also, 230 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:49.399 if you search for a Hulu show inside Disney you wouldn't find it and 231 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.679 you'd be like, oh, that's annoying, I don't have access. Now 232 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.639 it'll all be integrated, so it's fully searchable. You can watch those Hulu 233 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.720 shows inside Disney Plus. The trick is you do have to have a subscription 234 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:04.839 to both still, So whether you have the bundle with Hulu and Disney or 235 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.720 whether you subscribe separately with the same email address. That's the only way you 236 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:14.519 can't access Hulu shows for free through Disney unless you pay for Hulu. Can 237 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:18.799 you still get just Hulu if you don't want Disney or are they are? 238 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:22.480 They just kind of a package deal now and that's deal with it. At 239 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:26.279 this point. You can still get Hulu by itself, but who knows if 240 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:30.200 that'll change. I don't expect that to change anytime soon, but you never 241 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:37.599 know. Okay, So Google Maps has added best restaurant lists for cities, 242 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.839 and they'll also help you find the good ones. Yeah, well, you 243 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:45.799 know Google is leaning heavily into AI, and as is Samsung, and of 244 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:48.319 course we're going to hear about what Apple's going to do with AI coming up 245 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:52.200 in June at their Worldwide Developers Conference. But you know, it's the buzzword, 246 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.880 you know, it's, you know, the thing everyone's talking about. 247 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.839 And so I thought this was pretty cool because Google has a ton of information 248 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.119 and sometimes it could be tough to find what they have, you know, 249 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.240 versus their search. But now they're going to do this cool thing in Google 250 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:10.480 Maps. When you search for a city, it will give you lists based 251 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:14.640 on their data. So you'll see a trending list, and this is updated 252 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:18.960 weekly with places that have seen a spike in popularity. This is for discovering 253 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:22.519 the latest hot spots. Then they're going to show the awards list. This 254 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:26.519 is the top list, and this is stuff that everyone just loves over and 255 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.400 over. So if you go to a city, this is like guaranteed these 256 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:33.000 are the best places. And then you've got the gems. This is the 257 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:36.319 Gems list, and these will be sort of the best kept secret in different 258 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:38.519 neighborhoods. But you search for a city. Yeah, I think this is 259 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:42.039 just a great use of information that, by the way, Google Maps already 260 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:45.720 has. It's just like how do you figure it out? And they're also 261 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.759 going to highlight the best dishes to order at a restaurant using AI because they'll 262 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:53.400 see what people review the most and post pictures of the most and they'll say, 263 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:56.880 okay, that makes sense, here's the most popular things to order. 264 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:02.839 It'll be interesting to see too how much that affects the individual businesses that I'm 265 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:04.559 guessing that somebody might track that, but like you know, if it ends 266 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:10.000 up on a trending list, maybe they see a huge spike in business and 267 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:11.559 then the next week there's a different one trending, and so that one that 268 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:15.039 just spiked might see a huge drop off, and I would think it would 269 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:21.160 lead to more volatile I don't know, customers. Yeah, no, I 270 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:25.079 one hundred percent agree. I mean I think that these restaurants really live and 271 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:29.039 die by a lot of social media. I mean it's a huge factor in 272 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:32.640 things, and I think that this does add another dimension to that. The 273 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:34.000 one other feature I do want to add on Google Maps. If you're not 274 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:38.160 using it, I highly recommend it. It's called the lists. So if 275 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:45.720 you tap your profile, there's a little area called your saved places. Why 276 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.079 am I not seeing it right now? Oh? Here? It is your 277 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:52.200 places, Okay? And so I make lists for everything, like whatever city 278 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.680 I'm visiting, places I want to go, and they're actually making these lists 279 00:19:56.759 --> 00:20:00.400 easier to organize and kind of rearrange. But I just always have a like, 280 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:02.599 if someone says, hey, Rich, if you ever come to Pomona, 281 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.720 you got to check out this restaurant, I like, literally put it 282 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:07.880 in this little list, and then you can when you're in Pomona, you 283 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:11.680 can tap this list and it will show you all the stuff ordered by distance 284 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.559 from you. And so you're like, oh, yeah, there's that restaurant 285 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:17.599 I wanted to go to, so use that feature on Google Maps. Okay. 286 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:22.079 And then one last thing. We've got a solar eclipse coming up on 287 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:25.359 April eighth, and it's not going to be We're not going to see it 288 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:30.200 here in California, right, No, sadly, we'll see a partial hopefully. 289 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.960 Okay, but you're going to be doing this on KTLA tomorrow morning, 290 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:36.519 talking more in depth about it. But what are Where are some places that 291 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:38.799 people can get more information and maybe watch it even though you won't see it 292 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:41.880 when you step outside. Well, here's the deal. A lot of people 293 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.039 are traveling. They're expecting like four million people to travel. It's April eighth, 294 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.720 and I'm just kind of obsessed. I did an interview with a NASA 295 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:53.039 scientist and he got me like really into this because the next total solar eclipse 296 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.440 doesn't happen until twenty forty four. So if you're thinking of traveling, the 297 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:03.200 closest places are in Mexico and in Texas, San Antonio, Austin. But 298 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:07.079 you know the place to look. There's a there's an eclipse app called the 299 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:14.000 Eclipse App that's excellent. But I really love this website eclipsetracks dot org and 300 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:18.119 if you go on there, it'll show you the path of totality and all 301 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:19.839 the little ideas and it's just, I don't know, the more you kind 302 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:22.799 of look into this, the more you're like, oh, I really need 303 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:26.279 to experience this, because I the last one was in twenty seventeen and I 304 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:29.160 really didn't care. Now I'm like all about it. Yeah, the last 305 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:33.720 one passed through Oregon and I have still have a lot of friends up there 306 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:37.960 because I'm from there, and they just said it was just one of the 307 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:42.480 coolest things that they've ever experienced and was very kind of surreal and freaky. 308 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:47.680 Yeah, like moving like it and I didn't experience it, but yes, 309 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:51.240 anyway, So if you can do it, check out some of these resources 310 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:53.839 and see if you can get there, because it'll it'll be neat all. 311 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.880 Right, Rich Tamara, thank you so much, and again you're going to 312 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:03.119 be talking more about the eclipse tomorrow on KATE And of course Rich is our. 313 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:07.160 Did I just call you Rick again? I think I did. Kfi's 314 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:11.680 tech reporter is Rich DeMuro. He's the host of Rich on Tech right here 315 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:15.279 on KFI Saturdays from eleven to two. You can follow him on Instagram at 316 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:18.039 rich on Tech and his website is rich on Tech dot tv. And it's 317 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:22.200 your website where people can sign up for your newsletter. Correct, Okay, 318 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:26.480 perfect, thank you rich all right, have a great one, Amy, 319 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:30.720 all right. The cargo ship that caused the Baltimore Bridge collapse was reportedly carrying 320 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:37.839 hazardous materials, including corrosives and flammables. Federal officials are also monitoring nearly two 321 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:41.240 million gallons of fuel in the cargo ship for its spill potential, although they 322 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:47.920 say there's no sign that any fuel has spilled into the water. Former LA 323 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:52.640 Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan has been found guilty of twelve charges, including racketeering, 324 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:56.880 conspiracy, bribery, and line to federal agents. A jury quickly reached a 325 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:00.680 verdict yesterday in the case that accused Chan and others of giving favorable treatment to 326 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:07.319 developers who gave them bribes. President Biden's going to be joined by former Presidents 327 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:11.559 Bill Clinton and Barack Obama for a fundraiser tonight at Radio City Music Hall in 328 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:15.400 Manhattan. Tickets for the events start at two hundred and fifty bucks. The 329 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:22.599 highest donors paid about five hundred thousand dollars at five point fifty. We're going 330 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:26.079 to be talking with the co owner of the tally Rand, whose restaurant is 331 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:29.559 right along the path of a new road diet plan. We're going to find 332 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:33.000 out if she's happy about that one. You know, my two favorite things 333 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:37.799 are D and D not Dungeons and Dragons, Dodgers and Disneyland. So I 334 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.519 got to go to Disneyland for the Food and Wine Festival a couple of weeks 335 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:44.160 ago, which is going on through April twenty second. But now it's time 336 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:49.720 to head to Dodgers Stadium, and you know, we have opening day planned 337 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:53.759 and so we want to make sure that we are ready for the game. 338 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:59.359 And there's a familiar voice that you're going to hear every time you go to 339 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:02.880 Dodger State, and we got to catch up with him. Say hello to 340 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:07.279 Todd Lights, Hello, Todd Lights. That's a T O D D L 341 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:11.799 E I t Z pronounced lights harvict. So Todd is the PA announcer. 342 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:17.599 So when the batters come up to the batting box, Todd's going to say 343 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:23.640 something like leading off the bottom of the first ditty for the Dodgers, number 344 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:30.160 fifty hookie bets. Oh my god. So what we're trying to do today, 345 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.759 Todd is just kind of give people a little bit of a behind the 346 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:36.000 scenes look. So we got to go down on the field, and of 347 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:38.039 course it wouldn't be complete if we didn't come up and see you, because 348 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:42.240 you're such an integral part of the game. So how long have you been 349 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.119 doing this? How long have you been the Dodgers. PA got the start 350 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:48.440 in twenty fifteen, and it's been quite a ride. We've been very, 351 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:53.119 very successful ever since I got here. So coincidence, I'm not sure. 352 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:56.599 Oh, I think it's tied to it. And actually it's funny that you 353 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:00.480 mentioned that that the Dodgers have done well since you got here, because my 354 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:03.039 best friend is also Amy, and we come to games a lot. We 355 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:07.559 have season tickets, and we tend to lose more when we're at the games. 356 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:10.759 I was gonna have to ask you to leave, but now it's okay. 357 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.759 Oh, if you were going to eject me from the stadium, what 358 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:18.079 would you say. Anybody who's cursed cannot be sitting in the stands of this 359 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:21.880 time, So please make your exit, eat a hasty retreat so that the 360 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:25.200 Dodgers can continue their winning waste. So is this the most fun job ever? 361 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:27.519 Well, it is a job. It is worth it's work. It 362 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:32.839 requires me to be away from home a lot, working weekends and nights and 363 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:36.759 so forth. But I mean to have this as your office, and the 364 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:41.759 view from your from your little catbird set over there in the PA booth is 365 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:45.759 fantastic. I love it when I walk through the gates here Dodgers Stadium, 366 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:48.240 I just feel happy. It's a happy place. People are happy to be 367 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:52.480 here. The people that I work with are happy to work here, and 368 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:56.759 I work with some of the best best professionals in this type of job that 369 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.319 you can that you can have. Plus I get to see people like Fernando 370 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.839 and Oral Hers every day. I used to get to see Vince Scully every 371 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:10.079 day. Rick Monday and Charlie Stein are our radio guys at AM five seventy's. 372 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:12.920 It's just a wonderful place to be. And as I as I gain 373 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:18.880 more traction here, more time behind the mic at Dodgers Stadium, I feel 374 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:22.880 like I'm becoming more a part of the fabric of the family of the Dodgers. 375 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:26.200 And you know, the people that I work with know who I am 376 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:29.000 and what I do, and that feels nice to be a part of something 377 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:32.079 bigger than myself. And now we know who you are too, and I 378 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:36.599 can't now you know why they put me behind a mic and get out of 379 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:38.720 town. I tell you it is such like you said, it's just an 380 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:44.079 integral part of the game. There's so many different elements and so many things 381 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:48.039 that have to come together to make this spectacle that is a game at Dodgers 382 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:52.279 Stadium. It's a small it takes a small city. Yeah, I mean, 383 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:55.440 there's thousands of people who work here, and even late into the night 384 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:59.720 they're cleaning the steep seats and the rows and everything of the peanuts and spilled 385 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:03.240 beer and stuff. You know. It's it's just amazing how they're able to 386 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:06.559 do it. And I remember watching it after a double header or in the 387 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:08.119 middle of a double header. They came in and within an hour they had 388 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:11.440 this place cleaned up and ready to go for the next the next crowd to 389 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:17.119 come in. It's it's it's simply amazing the type of logistics that go into 390 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.920 making this place work. Yeah, and for the fans, you know, 391 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:22.960 one of the cool things about it, of course, there's there's expensive seats, 392 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.319 there's mid level seats. But you can come to a Dodger game for 393 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.440 you know, twenty five thirty bucks, you know, and like it's not 394 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:30.680 everywhere that you can do that. You can come and hang out for the 395 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:37.400 afternoon and you just never know how somebody might give you a fabulous introduction. 396 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:41.279 Could you do that for me? Yes? You hope you can edit this 397 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.599 so you got it, give me the give me what you want exactly. 398 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:51.000 Now batting for a wake up call, Amy King. Okay, now batting 399 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:57.319 for wake up call. Your host, Amy King, Tod likes. Thank 400 00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:02.440 you so much, Thank you, Amy. Pleasure. Looking forward to hearing 401 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:07.559 Todd booming around Dodger Stadium this afternoon. Let's get back to some of the 402 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:11.319 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Maryland Governor Wes Moore 403 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:15.519 has requested emergency relief funds from the Biden administration following the collapse of the Francis 404 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:21.039 Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Moore says the port closure is not just a 405 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:26.680 local problem. The national economy and the world's economy depends on the Port of 406 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:33.200 Baltimore. The port handles more cars and more farm equipment than any other port 407 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:37.279 in the country. More says the state is determined to rebuild the bridge as 408 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:40.920 soon as possible. He says they're also focused on recovery efforts to bring closure 409 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:45.400 and comfort to families who lost loved ones. Divers recovered the bodies of two 410 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.960 workers yesterday. The search for four others is on hold because officials say it's 411 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:55.079 not safe for divers. Crews are starting salvage operations. LA County District Attorney 412 00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:59.880 Gascone is expected to announce charges against two people for a murder at LA Live. 413 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:03.319 Men are accused of shooting Sydney Morris last year as he ate at a 414 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:10.119 restaurant counter. A woman also eating at Fixon's Sole Kitchen was hurt. Hunter 415 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:14.119 Biden's defense team has asked a federal judge in LA to drop the tax charges 416 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:17.440 against the president's sun. The defense team said the charges should be dropped because 417 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:21.359 they violated a version agreement reached in a Delaware case against the president's son. 418 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:25.400 Hunter Biden, who lives in Malibu, didn't attend yesterday's motion hearing in downtown 419 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:29.400 LA, where US District Judge Mark Scarzy is set to preside over a June 420 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:33.519 trial. Federal prosecutors say Biden didn't pay one point four million dollars in taxes 421 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:38.599 between twenty sixteen and twenty nineteen and instead spent that money on drugs, homes, 422 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:42.720 cars, and women hunter Biden faces up to seventeen years in prison if 423 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:48.839 convicted. Michael Monks KFI News Dollar Tree is raising its prices again. Dollar 424 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:52.720 Tree says it's raising the maximum prices on items from five dollars to seven dollars 425 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:59.039 this year. ABC's Michelle Fransin says the company claims its growing customer demographic is 426 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:03.079 making a yearly salary north of one hundred twenty five thousand dollars a year. 427 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:07.039 The Dollar Store already raised the price of its lowest items to a buck twenty 428 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:11.400 five earlier this year. The higher cost items will include food, pet and 429 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:17.000 personal care items. Speaking of pets, I hope you will make plans now 430 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:19.480 to come join me and the wake Up crew on Sunday, April twenty first. 431 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.920 It's the Wiggle Waggle Walk that benefits the Pasadena Humane Society. We're going 432 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:29.559 to be at Brookside Park in Pasadena and hopefully raise a lot of money to 433 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:33.799 help Pasadena Humane take care of the thousands of animals that they take in every 434 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.039 year. We're gonna have adoptable puts pups that you can pet. You can 435 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.599 check out some boothe there's the costume contests and games, demonstrations, some food 436 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:45.200 and other stuff. You can join our team too, the wake up Call 437 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:51.160 Wigglers come out, walk with us, stop by the KFI booth. Might 438 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:53.319 get an exclusive KFI swag bag. It's going to be a whole lot of 439 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:57.359 fun. It's happening again on April twenty first at Brookside Park. It's the 440 00:30:57.480 --> 00:31:03.720 annual Wiggle Waggle Wwak to benefit Humane Society of Pasadena. You can find out 441 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:07.880 all the information about how to donate, how to join the team, and 442 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.920 what's going to be going on that day at KFI AM six forty dot com 443 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:17.759 slash Wiggle Hope you'll make plans to join us. Today's Dodgers Opening Day and 444 00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:22.359 the debut of superstars Shohi Otani at Dodgers Stadium. The Boys in Blue open 445 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:26.400 their home schedule with four games against Saint Louis. First pitch goes out at 446 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:30.240 one ten manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or 447 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:36.160 unload cargo. While the main operations at the Port of Baltimore are closed due 448 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:40.759 to the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the port's the busiest 449 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:45.319 for so called roll on roll off cargo, like cars and construction and agricultural 450 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:48.599 vehicles. The Shark Lab at cal State Long Beach could lose nearly all of 451 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:52.440 its state funding and could be forced to shut down by this summer. To 452 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:57.200 stay in operation, officials say they need to raise nearly seven million dollars from 453 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:02.200 private and nonprofit sources. The Shark Lab monitors hundreds of sharks along the southern 454 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:07.000 California coast. We're just minutes away from Handle. On the news, a 455 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:10.880 jury quickly decided that the former deputy mayor of La was doing dirty business. 456 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:16.119 Right now, let's talk to the co owner of the tally Rand in Burbank. 457 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:21.079 It's Karen ros Good morning, Karen, Good morning, Amy. Okay, 458 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:23.039 so we got you up nice and early this morning, although you're probably 459 00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:30.599 dirty up getting ready for business today, but La voters are The city council 460 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:35.720 has approved a plan to work with Metro to put a road diet on all 461 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.720 of Avenue, which if you're familiar with the Burbank area. That's the one 462 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:43.079 that goes diagonally pretty much cuts through the whole city. And they want to 463 00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:47.319 take away one lane of traffic in each direction to put in dedicated bus lanes. 464 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:52.240 And apparently that is something that affects you because the tally rand is on 465 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:58.480 ali value. And how what's your response to this? Do you think it's 466 00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:00.759 a good idea, bad idea? I'm guessing that yeah, I think it's 467 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:04.480 a really poor idea. You know, I knew nothing about it until two 468 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.680 and a half months ago. And this is the main problem. There is 469 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:13.880 zero transparency out there. I walked the streets of Olive Avenue this last month, 470 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:17.839 not one business I came across nooning about the BRT. So I think 471 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:22.920 in order for anybody know what's going on, it makes be some major information 472 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:28.039 process going forth at this point. Now, I sat in the council meeting 473 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:30.960 another night for seven and a half hours. I left there confused as to 474 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:35.160 what even happened at the end of the night. And so, yes, 475 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:38.559 we're being voted to have a cooperative agreement with Metro, but they're still going 476 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:44.319 forth with mixed flow, which means buses would run with the existing two lanes 477 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:49.240 of traffic in each direction for that two mile stretch that goes from Buena Vista 478 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:52.640 to Glen Oaks, which is what we are so much fighting for because there's 479 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:57.119 so many cars on Olive Avenue at any given hour of the day and to 480 00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:00.599 think about it being reduced to one lane in each direction concerns me greatly. 481 00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:07.480 For people deciding to do them elsewhere, well, local streets are going to 482 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:12.480 be so congested because of it. Yeah, and I I mean you see 483 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:15.800 buses going up and down. And the plan here is they want to increase 484 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:21.079 the bus service or the kind of the availability to get between different areas. 485 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:24.320 And one of them is over at Pasadena, right, But there's a bus 486 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:29.480 that runs every ten minutes and they want to have it dedicated. Yeah, 487 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:34.159 they want to have a dedicated lane and cut off traffic for everybody else so 488 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:37.000 a bus can go through every ten minutes. Right. And part of our 489 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:43.039 concern as just the look of community is what is the ridership And they don't 490 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.639 have to do a secret study that they're exempt from that, and that's an 491 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:51.000 issue to us because ridership is not what they're claiming to be And We're not 492 00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:54.360 against BRT at all or for it, but let's look and see what the 493 00:34:54.480 --> 00:35:00.280 need is correct in Los Angeles at this moment or in Burbank specifically right now 494 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:05.159 or in twenty twenty seven when the roll is out, And what the twenty 495 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:08.480 twenty two council agreed upon was until the writership's got to be seventeen thousand, 496 00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:13.599 five hundred writers, it would remain mixed flow, which is what we are 497 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.559 all for. All of the people that are that came on Tuesday night, 498 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:22.400 they are probably eighty something speakers that spoke. Some were for it, some 499 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:27.079 were against. It was very much two different sides. But I think that 500 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:30.800 so many of us are against it. Going down Olive Avenue to remove a 501 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:32.880 lane, yeah, it just would not work. You know, they overflow 502 00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:37.880 into all the small streets, would be significant. Residents would not be happy. 503 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:39.440 All the business owners were concerned that, hey, you know what, 504 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:43.760 people are going to choose good to business elsewhere because it's not easy to get 505 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:46.719 done all of it. It's a major They're out there in Burbank and you're 506 00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:51.119 saying that. Pretty much everybody that you've talked to is saying the same thing. 507 00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:54.719 Yes, yes, I mean, the population of b Bank is one 508 00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:59.119 hundred and five thousand. On a given day it grows to two hundred and 509 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.880 forty thousand. Well, those people are not trying to go from Burbank to 510 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:07.760 Pasadena. They're coming into work in the entertainment industry, that sector, you 511 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:10.000 know, post production, take your kids to school, et cetera. And 512 00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:15.559 then it goes away again. It's an influx of vehicles that that will not 513 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:21.480 change. Okay, And if is there anything that the people can do, 514 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:24.599 like to kind of join a cause or you part of a group now that's 515 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:29.920 fighting this, or how are you moving forward? Well, I met individually 516 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:32.440 with all the city council people and the member and the mayor, and we 517 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:37.599 had great conversation. I would say, do you look a Burbankian. Get 518 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:40.679 involved, Write your city council, show up to meetings when metros on the 519 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:45.280 agenda. We need to have a voice. They need to know where we're 520 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:51.880 coming from and to hold stead acts as to what Burbankians want for our city. 521 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:55.440 Yeah, and we've seen I remember, you know, John Cobalt railing 522 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:59.960 against this in other areas and the business owners they're talking about how they're being 523 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:05.199 businesses get affected. And again, if the bus ridership was there, if 524 00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:07.360 we were a city like New York City, it would make sense. But 525 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:10.800 LA is such a different animal. It's just I don't know, there's a 526 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:14.840 different name, and we don't have the mass transit in place. Sadly, 527 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.840 we really needed it, but here we are today you can't force it. 528 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:22.199 And the thing is also means like there's no transparency. Metro was there saying 529 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:27.239 that they had talked to people that in twenty eighteen. We never heard a 530 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:30.880 thing. We didn't hear a thing until I got brought into a meeting two 531 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:36.920 months ago forty people who are passionate about not having this coming to Burbank, 532 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:39.800 and it was like wow, it was just like where where has this been? 533 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:45.440 How where's the conversation been to present residents and business owners? Yeah? 534 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:49.039 All right, so yes, get out there, talk to city council. 535 00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:54.159 Okay, And Metro did say that they are going to continue public outreach and 536 00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:59.840 will hold community meetings as they continue to develop this plan. So hopefully that's 537 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:05.119 true, and they will keep you guys in the loop and keep that traffic 538 00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:08.480 moving exactly and have us in loop as far as just as the design goes. 539 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:14.119 Let's have conversation about what will work and how we started. Correct, 540 00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:15.480 all right, Karen Ross, thank you so much for getting up early and 541 00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:19.719 sharing that information with us, and they got it. Have a great day, 542 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:22.920 all right, and we're looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner at Teleyrand against Okay, 543 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:25.840 we got to cover. Okay, let's get back to some of the 544 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:29.840 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Researchers that you see 545 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:35.039 San Diego say global warming could speed up a global timekeeping meltdown. The problem 546 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:39.000 is nobody knows what the worst case scenario would be. UCSD scripts geophysicist Duncan 547 00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:44.679 Agnew says melting ice caps, combined with changes to Earth's rotation around its liquid 548 00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:47.800 iron core, could mean global time keepers must add a negative second by the 549 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:52.880 end of the decade. Somewhere somebody might not get this right. It's like 550 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:55.400 the year two k problem. If you don't prepare for it enough, things 551 00:38:55.440 --> 00:39:00.199 can go wrong. For example, clicking order for an online purchase could create 552 00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:05.400 two transactions if the store and bank have different times. Corbin Carson kf I 553 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:09.400 news workers with the California Health and Human Services Agency could lose their remote work 554 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:14.280 privileges if they don't show up at least two days a week. A spokesperson 555 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:17.559 says employees have been required to be in person for two days since March fourth, 556 00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:22.920 but some aren't doing it. That could lead to the agreement being canceled, 557 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:28.039 requiring employees to work on site five days a week. Recent economic report 558 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:31.440 claims municipalities could lose billions of dollars over the next twenty years if they don't 559 00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:38.039 embrace new remote work dynamics, and police in Northern California say counterfeit one hundred 560 00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:42.639 dollars bills have been used to pay for Girl Scout cookies. Three separate troops 561 00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:46.440 in Salona County got fake bills in February. The Fairfield Police Departments Jennifer Brantley 562 00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:50.480 says, it's heartbreaking for the Girl Scouts. We their children. You know 563 00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:53.719 we're taking advantage of our children. Frankly says the bills were used outside two 564 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:58.360 lows and in front of a Pete's coffee. 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