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oh boy, we've got a lot going on and things got a little out
of control overnight. You know, we've got protests going, protests going pretty
much coast to coast, So let's get started. Here's what's a head on
wake up call. Police in riot gear are on the campus of UCLA as
Palestinian protesters and counter protesters clash. The two sides got into it late last
night when counter protesters went into the pro Palestinian encampment. UCLA had warned students
earlier in the day that the gathering was unlawful and students could be disciplined.
We've got Blake trolley on scene. We'll be checking in with him in just
a minute. Police in New York have gone on to the campus of Columbia
University to clear out the building taken over by pro Palestinian protesters. The NYPD
went in after university officials finally asked for help. Officers took more than two
hundred protesters away in buses and also cleared out the encampment. USC officials are
investigating the discovery of a swastika drawn on the outskirts of campus. USC President
Carol Folt responded, saying she condemns any anti Semitic symbols or any form of
hate speech against anyone. We're going to be checking in with ABC's Peter Shara
Lambus to get the view from inside the Trump trial courtroom. That's in about
five minutes. Rich Damiro's coming up at five point twenty. He's tested out
that new Starlink satellite system. You know they've been launching all those satellites.
He says. There's an app also that you must download before you go on
your next vacation. And the Dodgers game last night was delayed by bees of
all things. Let's get started with kfi's Blake Trolley. He's on the campus
of UCLA. Blake, give us the latest on what's going on, because
it was not a quiet night. No, it was not a quiet night.
And all of this violence started at about eleven pm last night, when,
as you mentioned their Amy counter protesters started dismantling the barrier from the pro
Palestinian camp. We saw fireworks fired at the line of those plywood those plywood
boards that were put up by the Pro Palestinian supporters to form a barricade around
their tent encampment, and fights broke out. Many of these fights were sporadic.
We saw people throwing punches, we saw bear spray, pepper spray being
deployed, and a lot of it was very random. Police as of right
now have formed a pretty healthy barrier between the protesters and the counter protesters.
Law enforcement agencies that we've counted at this point are three. You've got the
LAPD, which has arrived on campus to help with campus PD. The CHP
has also been called in. So you see officers in both khaki and black
forming this barricade, which includes officers in REI gear and fences that they have
set up. And just in the last ten minutes, Amy more than twenty
at least more than twenty LA County Sheriff's vehicles have arrived here on campus.
Okay, well that could be an interesting development because I've been watching some of
the video from overnight and you've been watching it. Are they just sporadic like
you said, they sporadically break out like the two sides are apart, and
then they just do they start yelling at each other first and then go at
each other. What are they doing? It looked like to me from the
video that I was able to interpret from eleven PM last night, was that
again counter protesters rushed to the line started dismantling the boards. I saw at
least one firework fired at those boards. So this was fire towards the pro
Palestinian camp and then out in the lawn, if you will, that would
essentially separate the two camps. That's where we started seeing those sporadic fights.
Now, this morning, about three forty four AM, I saw a fight
almost break out, and I would imagine that's how a lot of this violence
broke break you know broke out, is that it starts with a lot of
yelling and I saw one instance already this morning. It's being here almost turn
into a fight. It was a lot of yelling back and forth, arguing
about the conflict in the Middle East right now, and that specific instance did
not become a fight. But I believe that's I'm guessing that's how you know,
all of this started. I did speak to one student I want to
go to this amy. He said he got off work about midnight, showed
up to campus, and here's what he saw through his eyes. What did
you see? I mean, as far as like violence went. I know,
there were some pretty violent clashes we're hearing. What did you witness when
you got onto campus? I just witnessed a bunch of students rushing towards the
barricades where the Palestinian students were at and they were just taking you know,
wood out, and they were throwing pepper spray, throwing water bottles. I
heard that they were throwing fireworks as well. So I don't know, you
didn't see that. You just saw the pepper spray and the water bottles.
See the pepper spray, yeah, and the bottles, But can you describe
the pepper spray, describe the water bottles for it? Yeah, it was
just just multiple water bottles and just people you know, getting into like close
range and just hitting people violently and just making people like like nothing, as
if they were just public number one enemy. And like I said, it's
just sad seeing it over all, and I wish our school could come to
a conclusion we've heard, and that conclusion could come soon here Amy. You
know, as this protest has grown more violent, this encampment was declared unlawful,
and I heard you mentioned that students have been threatened with discipline, and
people who are not students who are taking part in this encampment have also been
threatened, but not just with discipline through the school, but discipline through the
legal system, as the school has said that those people, people who are
not part of the university but that are taking part in this encampment could be
charged criminally. Okay, And just one last question, Blake, you said
the people who are not students. We've been hearing that the students are saying
the counter protesters that showed up last night are really not students. Do we
know that or not? The only thing I can say is that I believe
I was interviewing some counter protesters earlier this morning, and I had asked one
of them argue a student here, and he said no comment. He wouldn't
answer the question. So that could very well support the narrative. But that
said, I would have to you know, interview a lot more and really
vet them out to see, you know, who's a student who's not.
But when I got here on the ground, I did walk towards some counter
protesters who would not answer whether or not they were students. Okay, so
LAPD's on scene, CHP is on scene, and now an additional contingent of
La County Sheriff's deputies have arrived. We're going to watch this one closely and
check in with you in just a few minutes. Thank you, Blake trolling.
All right, thank you, Amy, And now let's turn our attention
to New York and say good morning to ABC's Peter sharl lamboos. Good morning,
Peter, good morning, thanks for having me. Well, thanks for
coming on. We've got a day off in court. But right out of
the gate, let's talk about yesterday the judge ruled in the Trump hush money
trial that Donald Trump had violated a gag order. What did he do?
Yeah, So the judge finally came down with this ruling about whether not Donald
Trump violated the Gag Order, finding that on nine separate occasions, Donald Trump
blatantly violated disorder. He find Trump nine thousand dollars, and he warned Trump
that any future violations of the order could land him in prison. Now that's
a possibility we've seen discussed by Secret Service officials here in New York, according
to sources familiar with matter, how exactly a short term confinement of the former
president would work. And we also have a separate here in tomorrow on Thursday
morning, where Judgementshawan will consider four additional alleged violations of the Gag Order the
Trump made prosecutors only want to find in this instance, they warned that they
think Trump might actually be angling for prison. I think it's important to note
that in the past Trump has compared himself to a modern day Nelson Mandela when
it comes to the SKAG Order. So we'll really have to see over the
coming weeks and days how Donald Trump adjusts his tone, adjusts his tone if
he avoids violating the Skag Order, or if he get again does it and
risks actual prison time. So we'll just have to wait and see. We
did see that he did pull down some of the posts that he got in
trouble for yesterday. So maybe he Yeah, that's right, he's heeding the
judges warning. Yeah, so he did follow that part of the order.
He took down the post by two fifteen pm. That's when he was ordered
to do it by yesterday. He is until Friday close of business to pay
the actual fines themselves, and then we'll see what the judge does tomorrow.
The last time we had a hearing on this criminal contempt issue, the judge
got very heated at Trump's lawyers, saying they'd lost all credibility. We'll see
tomorrow the judge schedule the significantly shorter hearing. Testimony is set to resume it
excuse me, at ten am here in New York. Okay, So we
got the gag thing, the gag thing, the gag order out of the
way. Who was on the stand yesterday, And did we get any really
interesting information? Yeah, I guess yesterday was a surprisingly consequential day in terms
of testimony. We began with Michael Cohen's banker, who detailed that Cohen kind
of evaded some reviews in order to speed up making that hush money he pave
into Stormy Daniels. We heard from two custodial witnesses. These are people who
have to come into court to verify that evidence is authentic because Donald Trump's lawyers
were refusing to stipulate the certain things. But through these witnesses, the jurors
actually got to watch videos of Trump in twenty sixteen making campaign speeches saying that
all the people who are coming out, the women who are alledging things against
him, are wrong, that they're just trying to hurt his campaign, and
that that's actually cost him the election. That's going towards the fear that prosecutors
say motivated to crimes. And last we heard from Stormy daniels lawyer who detailed
that Michael Cohen essentially tried to delay the payment for Stormy Daniels until after the
election. What was notable though, with all of yesterday's testimony was that Donald
Trump had company in court for the first time. His son Eric Trump showed
up in court for the entire day. That was the first time we saw
a Trump family member in court for the former president. So when they show
up, they're not sitting at the at the table with him. Are they
just in the gallery? Yeah, they're just sitting at So Eric sat along
with a few other folks, for example, an RNC official, the Attorney
General, and Texts also showed up. They sat in the first row of
the gallery. What was interesting, though, was at the start of the
proceedings, I could see Eric leaning over the barrier that separates the actual gallery
for the public from the well where the lawyers sit, leaning over to huddle
with his father and talk. Right before the proceedings began, I could see
Eric Trump pat his father on the back as Donald Trump walks back to council
table, just minutes before the proceedings actually began. Though, by the end
of the day, Donald Trump kind of looked exhausted. He seemed focused on
the matter at hand, railing against the case in the hallway, paying a
little less attention to Eric than he did at the start of the day.
Okay, so one question before I let you go. Before Trump went into
court yesterday, he said he was headed into the ice box, and as
you and I have discussed, it was super super cold in the courtroom,
and I heard a commentator make fun of him for complaining about the cold,
but you said it actually was pretty frigid in there. Is it warming up
at all. So interestingly enough, a few reporters are actually bringing in thermometers
into the courtroom to test this claim. So in this at the start of
the day, it was cold, I will I will tell you. I
will say that. I mean I was wearing a wool suit blazer and I
was still a bit frigid. I think the temperature clocks in around seventy degrees
with fifty one percent relative humidity, if you want that information. But by
the end of the day, the entire courtroom was relatively toasty, essentially from
having all those people in the courtroom without air conditioning. The courtroom had gotten
close to eighty degrees by the afternoon. So Donald Trump's complaint in terms of
this courtroom being freezing cold is fair in the morning, not accurate at night.
Trump has suggested that they're not turning on the heat to mess with him.
I think it's important to note that the judge has said that the reason
they're not turning on the heat is because the heat control in this very old
court house it's kind of uncontrollable, and they'd rather it be cold than ninety
degrees in everyone's sweating, So you know, there is a reason behind this,
but it's Donald Trump's favorite complaints about this trial. It appears, of
course, Okay, I think it's hysterical that people are bringing thermometers in with
them. Peter, thank you so much for the time and the information,
and we look forward to hearing more as this trial goes on. Thanks again,
have a good one. All right, Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A man in
Orange County has been convicted of killing four men in a plot to take over
a two million dollars a year heroin Operation role. Flores took extreme pleasure in
tearing out these murders for a couple thousand dollars. One kind of the Eight.
Spokeswoman kivererly Ed says three bodies were found in front of a high school
in a burning car, shot stabbed, mouse stuff taped, their hands bound.
The last moments of their lives were absolutely agonizing. She says, Flores
and others had ties to the Sinaloa cartel and wanted to send a message.
In twenty fifteen, so recorded themselves laughing as they shot the fourth man and
watched him bleed to death. Flores was convicted Monday. Sentencing is set for
July in Orange County. Corbin Carson KFI News. Massive rallies are planned for
today in Hollywood, Downtown, LA, and Boyle Heights to mark International Workers
Day, also known as May Day. One of the biggest will start at
two o'clock this afternoon at Sunset Boulevard Boulevard and Gower Street, with a march
after that. Another demonstration is planned for four point thirty at MacArthur Park.
After that, demonstrator's plan too marched to the USC campus to support the pro
Palestinian encampment there. It wasn't a rain delay, but a bee delay in
the desert. The Dodgers Arizona Diamondbacks game was delayed by almost two hours last
night because a swarm of bees settled in on the top of the protective netting
behind home plate. It took about an hour for a bee keeper to get
there. He was scissor lifted up to the swarm. He safely removed the
bees and then pumped his fists to the cheering crowd as he was lowered back
to the field. The game was delayed for nearly nine minutes ninety minutes because
of the bees, and then the players were given another thirty minutes to loosen
back up before the first pitch was thrown. Pro Palestinian protesters and pro Israel
protesters have been getting in fistfights, shoving, kicking, and using sticks to
beat each other up through the night on the campus of UCLA. LAPD,
the CHP, and now the La County Sheriff's Department are on site. On
the other side of the country, police and right Gear cleared out a building
taken over by protesters and also cleared an encampment at Columbia University. More than
two hundred people were taken away in buses. Eighteen people have been taken to
hospitals after an LA Metro train and a USC bus collided near campus in Exhibition
or Exposition Park. It happened just before noon yesterday. Two bus passengers have
serious injuries. A rare white orca has been spotted off the coast of Orange
County. Whale watchers say the white calf is part of a pod of killer
whales seen near Newport Beach. The whales migrating up from Mexico appear to be
the same pod that spent months dining in Sokow Water's last spring instead of continuing
on north to Alaska for the summer. At six o five its handle on
the news, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East to pull
the or put the full court press on Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal.
Right now, let's say good morning to the host of Rich on tech here
on KFI KTLA's tech reporter Rich Demiro. Rich, cars are spying you.
Good morning. Cars are spying on us, and then they're also giving that
information away. Yeah, I thought this was pretty interesting. Over at the
LA Sorry New York Times, they talk about how only five out of fourteen
automakers require police to obtain a warrant before they turn over a car's location data.
That's really interesting to me because all of these modern cars have the you
know, the insides to kind of track where we're going, and of course
the cellular networks to send that information out and people sort of agree to this
in the terms and conditions when they start their car for the first time and
never realize. So let me go over the automakers automakers that require a warrant
before sharing location data with police. General Motors, Honda Ford, Tesla,
and Stilantis, and then automakers that do that share location without a judge's approval,
so no subpoena here, Toyota, Nissan, subru Volkswagen, BMW,
Mazda, Mercedes, and Kia, and they can return retain this information for
as long as fifteen years, so they can technically they could follow you around.
Well technically like if anything happens that involves your car and police say hey,
we need that info, a lot of these automakers just hand it over
without you even knowing, and that's, you know, kind of a big
deal for privacy. I think, yeah, I think, well, I
mean it's it's sort of a double edged sword because you think about it,
like if police say I need this information because we've got a guy who's kidnapped
a person, and you know, we've got to find them before he kills
somebody, you'll just feel like, okay in that sense, okay to hand
it over. But just knowing that they will hand it over any old time,
or could hand it over any old time, is a little unsettling.
Yeah, And I think that's what we saw with Ring because you know,
the video doorbell company, they were handing over stuff you know, sometimes it
was a warrant, sometimes there wasn't. And now you know, they've kind
of tightened their procedure to say there's going to you know, you need a
warrant. But in the situations you're talking about where someone's life is at stake
or it is a you know, dire situation, of course they will hand
over that information immediately without a request. But you know, obviously there's always
a gray area here. You know, various people think different things about this
stuff. Yeah, okay, so it's better to know it, yeah,
absolutely, though you can't really do anything about it, at least, you
know, don't don't drive your car. Okay. So we've been seeing and
hearing about SpaceX all those Starlink satellites and they want to create this whole network
and you tried it out because they has a network actually works really well.
So I took a Hawaiian airline's flight to Honolulu. They are the pretty much
the first major carrier to outfit their planes with Starlink, and it works as
advertised. You get on the plane, the connection is immediate, it's free,
there's no signing process. They've made it very very easy for customers to
get on board and just get on Wi Fi. And the Wi Fi is
amy really good, Like it's like basically it feels like an extension of the
Wi Fi at your house. So anything you could do at your home,
whether that is you know, stream Netflix. I tried to peloton streaming workout
even though I didn't have my bike with me. You did a peloton workout
without working out? Well, yeah, I just wanted to see just for
just for fun. Why not, right, you know, you never know
in the future, maybe get in the back in that little galley and you
know, do a workout. I tried uploading and downloading large files like I'm
talking about a gigabyte each and I'm not kidding. I was able to download
an entire movie before takeoff. But here's the thing, there's no need with
this sort of system to plan ahead. You know, every time we go
on a plane you have to think about, oh, let me download stuff
or beholden to the inflight entertainment system. This is now a whole new realm
of like no, you pretty much can work as you do on the ground
up in the air, and it was amazing. Okay, and there are
plans I'm guessing for other airlines to join on or is just is this sort
of a test run. No, this is not a test run for Hawaiian.
They're they're involved in this. The other airlines, we haven't really seen
a huge you know, push for this, but you know they all have
Wi Fi. It's just really slow. But Delta apparently is maybe testing this.
Okay, so we'll be watching. But if you're flying Hawaiian you can
watch. You could do a virtual workout without ever moving. Yes, they
do ban like voice calls, video call and obscene you know website good.
I hope they never allow phone calls on airplanes. And then if you are
going on vacation, you say, there is an app that you absolutely must
get. Yeah, so I love these apps that are sort of like an
audio tour guide because yes, of course, having a human leading you around
is always the best way to explore a new place, right, But not
everyone can afford that. Not everyone has time for that. Maybe you just
have a couple hours between a meeting or something when you're in a new city.
So this is called Shaka Guide Sahaka Shaka you know is based in Hawaii,
so it's kind of like hang loose with us. They've been doing this
for eight years over in Hawaii. So this is a an app that turns
your smartphone into an audio guided GPS tour. So you fire up the tour
on your phone, you drive around and it will, you know, tell
you about the places that you're passing. They also have some walking tours.
But the big news is that they've ex banded into the mainland as they call
the US here right when you're over there, So now they've got national parks
and also scenic drives here in the US. So bottom line is Shaka Guide
is great. Check it out. Tour start at ten dollars. But at
the same time, there are some other apps as well. I'm going to
link them up on my website that I've used that I also like. But
I just think in general, if you're going to a place, do some
sort of guided tour because it really does help you understand that place and you
come back with like this great new knowledge. I love that, Okay,
And it's called Shaka Shaka. Got more great tech talk. You can listen
to Rich right here on KFI eleven to two on Saturdays. It's called Rich
on Tech. Very inventive name. Huh, thank you. I think Amy,
I think you should do the voice for one of these guides. Okay,
I mean you know you already do don't you do waves already? I
do? I do do ways so I can get you places. I just
can't tell you anything about it. Maybe they should add that feature. Interesting.
I like it. Hey. You can follow Rich on Instagram at rich
on Tech, his website rich on tech dot tv. Thank you, Rich
Demiro all right BYEBTE. Fights have broken out between protesters and counter protesters when
a group wearing black with white masks broke through walls around the pro Palestinian encampment
outside Royce Hall on UCLA's campus overnight. Pepper spray bear spray sticks were all
used as the two sides clashed. LAPD, the CHP and LA Kenny Sheriff's
Deputies are now on scene. A high speed chase through downtown LA has left
a trail of destructions. Officers started chasing the suv with up to five people
inside yesterday afternoon. During the chase, the driver drove the wrong way down
one way streets and sideswiped several cars as he tried to squeeze through rush hour
traffic. The chase ended when the suv crashed into another car. People inside
the suv tried to run off. At least two have been arrested. California's
population has grown by over sixty seven thousand. The State Department of Find and
says last year was the first year California's population has grown since the pandemic.
More than thirty nine million people now live in California. I wonder there's no
room to move. At six oh five, it's handle on the news.
A judge has held Donald Trump in contempt of court, but says he thinks
that might not go far enough. Bill's gonna have the latest on that.
At five point fifty. The weather keeps heating up, which means wildfire risk
is going up. We'll tell you what you can do now to keep your
home safe this summer. Kfi's Blake trolley is at UCLA, where as I
just mentioned, fights have been breaking out all night between pro Palestinian protesters and
counter protesters. Blake, what's the latest, Well, well, I can
tell you right now, Amy, is that tensions have really cooled here,
and I think that's largely due to the large law enforcement presence that has embarked
on UCLA's campus. As we talked about at five am. Prior to about
five am, the only two agencies that were here assisting with university police were
the CHP and LA that was a large presence in its own and then,
as we mentioned at the top of the hour, at about five am,
a large contingent of La County Sheriff's vehicles made their way onto UCLA's campus.
This was well over twenty sheriffs vehicles. They have Sence Park, they are
staged on campus and police who initially showed up in riot gear at this point
have removed some of that riot gear. They are standing in the barrier that
they set up between the pro Palestinian encampment and the rest of UCLA's campus.
So they got here. It was very intense when they got here. As
you mentioned, fights had broken out, firefighters or fireworks were set off towards
the pro Palestinian encampment. Counter protesters ran towards that encampment tried to dismantle it,
and as we mentioned, this led to fights. This led to bear
spray going off, a lot of just kind of short brawls where you saw
people hitting each other, knocking each other over, and this happened for a
couple of hours reportedly before police were able to respond. There was some security
on campus, but we're told they were overwhelmed by this and they really just
had to stand back and let this let this take place. And believe you
said that there was a couple hours between when police got there and when the
fight started. That's because, if I'm not mistaken, UCLA has to ask
police to come on to campus. Yeah, UCLA has to make that request.
So we're looking into why there was that wait time to get more officers
here, because what we're seeing right now is that it is effective. These
officers came in, they set up this barrier between initially the protesters and the
counter protesters. I believe this is probably because it's now five point thirty in
the morning. All of this started about eleven o'clock last night. I've seen
a lot of those counter protesters clear off of campus. They've been walking by
my news truck. I'm seeing exit the campus now. One thing I do
want to point out as well, on the pro Palestinian side, and keep
in mind, they are staying intense. When I arrived here about three point
thirty this morning, they were chanting. You could hear them chanting. Those
chants have grown quieter, so I would assume that they have made their way
into their tents and are probably sleeping at this point after a pretty long night.
Yeah. So, and I was watching video earlier from the scene and
was surprised at how many people were still up and moving around at like four
o'clock in the morning. But you're saying that now people are saying, all
right, that's enough, let's go to bed. Yeah, that's the vibe
right now. It really feels like boiling water was kind of taken down to
a lukewarm point. But I would imagine that things are going to heat up
again as the day progresses. But that said, this time, law enforcement
is here, multiple agencies here helping with UC police, and they have set
up a large barrier between the two. Okay, And as we talked to
about earlier, this all started when a group kind of went after the Pro
Palestinian encampment and started kicking down their makeshift walls and that kind of thing.
And yeah, group that's been described as like fifty guys in White Mass ran
towards that barrier that the pro Palestinians had set up. They start removing that
barrier and that's when the violence between the two groups are reps interesting. Okay,
and so and you said you've seen a lot of them leaving campus,
so we don't know for sure who is and who isn't, but it doesn't
appear that they are students. Well, as we said. You know,
you were saying earlier today that some students are claiming that these counter protesters are
not students. The only group of counter protesters I spoke with, And unfortunately,
now because so many have cleared out, it's going to be harder to
get a hold of them or to talk to them. Because these counter protesters
have of largely left, it's hard to get these interviews going again. But
the first group I tried to speak with right when I got on scene today
would not answer that question. Okay, and so things seem calm now,
which is good news. And you're going to be hanging out there to see
if they start heating up again. Yeah, we are going to be here
on scene all morning. I know my colleague will be here also to watch
things as it progresses this afternoon. So okay, if I will be on
scene all day here at UCLA, Blake Trilli, thank you so much,
we'll talk to you again, and not a very long time away from now.
All right, Amy, thank you. Okay, let's get back to
some of the other stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom.
As you know, we just talked with Blake at UCLA. But UCLA isn't
the only place with problems. Arrest and I charged with Dozens of pro Palestinian
protesters who took over a building at Columbia University have been arrested and let out
in zip tie handcuffs. The university had asked for help late last night,
and police in riot gear moved in secure. No one else life in the
building. The blood is not empty. The only thing that's left is to
tense at their property, and that will all be cleared off by the school.
School officials say they had no choice when they learned Hamilton Hall had been
occupied, vandalized and blockaded. Officers used a ladder to climb through a second
floor window. One student said it felt more like an escalation than a de
escalation. Police have been asked to stand down at a pro Palestinian protest at
UC Irvine. The pro Palestinian group claims police had been blocking student protesters from
getting water and taking bathroom breaks, similar to the blockade and Gaza. Student
Sarah Khalil says their tuition should not go to support genocide. You're demanding our
university's divests from weapon manufacturers that they are investing in, such as Boeing,
Lockheed, Martin Blackrock. Irvine Mayor Fara Khan asked law enforcement on Monday to
stand down, and police officers did not appear to be present yesterday. Concess,
you won't tolerate any violations of student rights to peacefully protest at UC Irvine.
Corbin Carson kf I News. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with
Israeli leaders to push for a cease fire deal between Israel and Hamas. He
says the time is now for an agreement that would free hostages and pause the
nearly seven months of war. Blinken has told the families of hostages held in
Gaza that Hamas also needs to say yes to the deal. Former President Trump
plans to use his day off from court in New York to rally voters in
Michigan and Wisconsin. Trump has complained about having to sit in court for the
hush money trial, which he says is a scam instead of being at campaign
events. Trump was found in contempt of court yesterday and threatened with jail time
for violating a gag order. In the case So Long Surcharges. A new
state law makes restaurant surcharges illegal the Attorney General's offices. The law banning so
called junk fees will also apply to the food industry, so starting July first,
all service fees have to be included in menu prices instead of, you
know, showing up on your bill where you don't know there's a charge until
you get at the bill. Some restaurants say they're worried this could drive people
away and force them to cut worker wages. The junk feeban also applies to
concert tickets and hotel rooms. I think that's fabulous. At least one person
has been hurt in fights that broke out between pro Palestinian protesters and counter protesters
who tried to take down take down in campment walls overnight on the campus of
UCLA. There's been shoving and kicking and beating with sticks. Bear and pepper
spray was used. Some fireworks were set off. The clashes came after UCLA
told protesters their camp is unlawful and people who don't leave could face disciplinary action.
Drivers in California are paying more at the gas pumps than drivers in any
other state. Triple A says the average price for a gallon of gas in
California is five point thirty nine a gallon. Triple A says nationally, it's
holding steady at three sixty five a gallon. Several newspaper outlets have sued Microsoft
and open Ai for copyright infringement. Eight newspapers claim open ai has used millions
of their articles without permission to train their AI programs. They say programs like
Chat, GPT, and Copilot have incorrectly attributed false reports to the newspapers,
which they say tarnishes their reputation and spreads disinformation. We're just minutes away from
Handle on the news this morning. A lot of business businesses have been going
cashless, but city officials in LA say not so fast. Let's say good
morning now to National Fire Protection Association Wildlife Division Director Michel Steinberg. Good morning,
Michelle. Wildfire Preparedness Day is coming up on Saturday. Wildfire season in
California, Well, it's kind of much pretty much year round as the weather
heats up. What is the goal for the National Fire Protection Association for Wildlife
Preparedness Day? Right, so, thank you. Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is
the first Saturday in May every year, and our goal is to help people
become aware of what they can do, get together with their neighbors and friends,
and do an activity on the day that helps build community and reduce wildfire
risk at the same time. I like the idea of getting together with friends
not only working on protecting your house, but then kind of coming up with
the plan with the neighborhood and said, hey, if wildfare comes through,
let's all work together. That's right, and it works beautifully because when we
see fire inter communities, it is going to affect the whole community. It
isn't going to choose out one home to burn, and so it really makes
sense for people to get together as a group and look at those adjacent properties
on where they can do the work to maybe break up the potential for fire
spread. Okay, so let's get down to it. What specifically are some
of the things that people should be doing to protect their homes. Right,
So, we always recommend people start from the home and work their way out
into the landscape so they can take a walk around the home. Make sure
their gutters are clear of any debris. Make sure sure on a deck or
a porch that there isn't anything that could catch ambers, like rattan matts and
things like that. When there's high fire danger, think about where you would
put those patio cushions or other furniture if you had a red flag warning.
Working out into the landscape, make sure there's nothing within about five feet of
your foundation or any attachments that would catch embers. So if you are using
some flammable malt or something like that to break that kind of thing out,
make sure there's no projects kind of leaning up against the house. And then
moving into the landscape, thinking about just keeping it lean and green, if
you can, removing any maybe shrubs that didn't make it over the last season,
making sure things are well watered if you have grass, keeping that mode,
and if you're getting into more projects, thinking about some landscaping using rock
or gravel, using hard scaping that could break up the path to a fire.
Okay, and Michelle, you mentioned ambers, and I remember from some
of the recent wildfires that even when the flames aren't close to the house.
When the winds are blowing, those embers can travel a long way away.
That's right. We've seen with these fire conditions with a lot of wind that
embers can travel from the flaming front over a mile, and so that really
worries people about when that ember lands near or on your home. You don't
want to give it a bid to be able to start igniting. So again,
keeping rooflines and gutters clear of any debris, making sure that the envelope,
you know, the siding and your windows are in good shape, that
nothing can get in there, and then not getting anything really close to your
house that could burnt, catch fire and burn. And as close to your
house is that what you guys consider the home ignition zone. That's exactly right.
So that home ignition zone is your home and everything around it within about
one hundred feet. But again we want people to focused on that close to
the home, within that first five feet is the most critical place. Okay,
And then does wildlife preparedness also include escape plans and acuvation In evacuation plans,
you know, wildfire preparedness can include evacuation planning and escape planning, and
that again is a great thing to work with your neighbors about We know communities
that have done sort of telephone trees to contact each other, make sure they're
helping anybody who might have a disability or otherwise have trouble leaving their home in
a short notice, and just knowing what kind of warning you might be getting,
knowing who your local authorities are, who might order evacuation. Okay,
So Wildlife Preparedness Day is this Saturday. Good opportunity, get your house ready,
get together with your neighbors. And where can we get more information about
this? Michelle Sure, if you visit NFPA dot org slash wildfire, you'll
find a lot more information. And that's NFPA stands for National Fire Protection Association.
A great, Michelle Steinberg. We're going to get ready and then we're
going to hope we have a nice quiet fire season. Thank you so much.
Thank you. All right, take care. Let's get back to some
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the same goals but without the same oversight. I fear that we're going to
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has a new city department would be better to keep track of money and progress.
It would report to the city Council and the Mayor's office. Michael Monks
KFI News. LA could soon require businesses in the city to accept cash.
Under a motion by councilwomen Heather Hut, cashless businesses would be banned. Hutt
says cashless businesses exclude people of color, people who are too young to get
debit or credit cards, and seniors who still use cash. Hut says she
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