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Good morning. This is your wake up call for Thursday, September twenty feet.
I'm Amy King. Here's what's coming up on wake up Call. The
Hollywood writers strike could soon be over. Negotiators met yesterday, they're meeting again
today and there are rumors that a deal is not far off. President Zelinski's
in Washington, DC today to meet with President Biden and Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Of course, he's going to be asking for support more money for his
war with Russia. The powerball jackpot is going up. It's getting up there.
No winner last night means Saturday's jackpot is going to be up to an
estimated seven hundred twenty five million dollars. What would you do with all that
money? Maybe go buy an island or something. At six oh five,
it's handle on the news. Kevin da Leone wants to stick around. He
didn't resign after the leaked tape scandal at City Hall and now says he's going
to run for reelection to the City Council for LA in twenty twenty four.
Here are some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
The Hollywood writers strike could soon be over. CNBC says the writers and
studios are close to a deal and that an agreement would likely be announced today.
A statement released yesterday only said that they were negotiators. Writers said they
will remain on picket lines as the WGA meets with major production companies in May,
bringing Hollywood to a halt, with actors joining them just weeks after Business
Rep. Friatzi, Orange County Brad Marlow says he hopes both sides can come
to an agreement so everyone can get back to work. I think if you
know production companies are listening. I think any of them that have ashold they
know this is wrong. You know what they're up to with SAG and with
the writers. Writers say they're still skeptical after yesterday's meeting with producers, saying
it was more of a lecture. Chris Adler k if I News. The
school board in Moreno Valleys voted to fire it's superintendent. The decision follows a
twenty seven million dollars settlement with the family of a boy who died after he
was sucker punched by bullies at school. The boys family has complained to school
officials about the ongoing harassment, but said nothing was ever done. The La
County DA's office has filed a murder charge against the man accused of the shooting
death of a sheriff's deputy. The criminal complaint says Kevin Salazar used to twenty
two caliber revolver when he killed Ryan Clinckenbroomer last Saturday, and how did Salazar
get the guys? All we can say at this point about any weapon is
that we believe there was a purchase made in the weeks before this crime occurred.
That's Deputy DA Mike Blake. Yesterday, Salazar pleaded not guilty by reason
of insanity. The DA says if Salazar's convicted, he'll ask for life in
prison without parole at the Hall of Justice. Steve Gregory k if I News.
Some people on the Rancho Palace Verdes Peninsula say they're worried about their homes
on unstable ground. Nearly a dozen homes in Rolling Hills Estates were destroyed by
a landslide almost two months ago. People in the Seaview neighborhood of Palace Vertes
say the ground underneath some homes has also moved and huge cracks have appeared on
some properties. They also say the streets and sidewalks are shifting. The HP
organized Retail Theft Task Force says it has recovered more than two hundred thousand dollars
worth of stolen stuff in LA and has arrested ten people. Officials say the
stolen items were being sold at swap meets around LA. They say the operation
was being run out of somebody's backyard and the merchandise was kept under tents and
at box truck house. McCarthy has reportedly outlined a new short term plan to
fund the government, but it's still unclear is if he has enough votes to
actually pass the plan. Lawmakers have only nine days left to take action.
One of McCarthy's biggest critics for the governor, Matt Gates, called McCarthy Week
yesterday, accusing the House speaker of quote lying like a dead dog. ABC's
Justin Finch says conservative Republicans have been demanding deeper spending cuts and have stricter border
policies. And for those of you with Champagne wishes and Kavier dreams. The
powerball jackpots going up after no one matched all six winning numbers from last night's
drawing. The next drawing Saturday is going to be worth an estimated seven hundred
twenty five million dollars. The jackpot was last one in July. Someone in
California has a ticket worth one point eight one point zero eight billion dollars.
It is five oh six on Wake Up Call. Let's say good morning now
to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen. Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the House
Judiciary Committee yesterday. Tell us about what happened. Yeah. He spent several
hours before the geop Control Panel, first time sitting under Republican control, before
the House Judiciary Committee, taking questions, and many of the questions from Republicans
focused on what they say is a two tier system of justice, with the
Justice Department prosecuting Donald Trump, the president's rival, and they say protecting Hunter
Biden, the president's son. Merrick Garland responded in a prepared statement saying that
his department applies to the law evenly and won't be intimidated, and this is
the quote. Our job is not to take orders from the President, from
Congress, or from anyone else about who or what to criminally investigate. Many
of the questions focused on the investigation being led by David Weiss, the special
counsel based in Delaware who's been bringing charges now against Hunter Biden, the president
son in a plea agreement that fell apart of the summer. We've been talking
about it for several weeks, and Merrick Garland said that he's left it to
David Weiss to decide what charges to bring, and when he said he has
not had any direct involvement in the Hunter Biden case, He's not intruded,
not interfered, and not even tried to find out what it is that David
Weiss knows. And that was frustrating to members of the panel because they were
seeking particular answers about decisions that the Justice Department is made, not just under
Merrick Garland's direction, but also during the period in which Donald Trump was president,
and Garland frustrated members of the committee because he was not willing or able
to provide answers to those questions. Now, what's interesting is the panel Chairman
Jim Jordan, came out of the hearing to say that he acts that David
Weiss, the Special Counsel, will himself appear before the panel sometime next month.
We would he have to say, well, I don't know, because
he's overseeing an ongoing investigation where his office is bringing criminal charges against Hunter Biden.
In fact, in my understanding is Hunter Biden lives in southern California.
And yesterday the judge overseeing the initial proceedings in the gun charges had been brought
against Hunter Biden related to his purchase of a pistol at a time he was
a confirmed or admitted drug addict. Hunter Biden asked that that initial appearance that
arraignment be done over video conference, and yesterday the judge said nope. Over
my twelve years on the bench, he said, I'm not aware absent the
pandemic, of any circumstance where a defendant in a criminal case has been permitted
to plead virtually. So, mister Biden, you are expected to fly across
the country and come into the courtroom and enter that not guilty plea in person.
That's supposed to happen a week from Tuesday, October three is in California.
No, that's in Delaware. Oh, that's back in Delaware. So
he's in California, and that's why he's saying, Oh, I don't want
to appear in person. It's been reported that Hunter Biden lives in Malibu,
and he asked that, because of the security involved and the need to fly
across the country, if it could possibly be done when he could just say
those two words not guilty via video conference, and the judge said no,
okay, So I guess Hunter's got a plane trip in his future. And
as far as this committee hearings, what's next for them? Well, I
mean, look, the committee is, this was an oversight hearing, So
I don't know that they're going to call Merrick Garland again. I think it
Republicans generally are going to try to pursue this, and we know they're going
to pursue their own investigation into the president Sun's business dealings. Next Thursday,
a week from today, the House Oversight Committee begins its impeachment inquiry with a
public hearing on the contours of impeachment the areas of financial and foreign lobbying laws
that they allege Hunter Biden may have violated, and they're going to subpoena Hunter
Biden's bank records to see if there's any information there that might be helpful to
the investigation. But so far, and we have to keep saying it,
they have not demonstrated that there's been a wire transfer, any actual cash disbursement
from Hunter Biden or entities controls to the person that he apparently called the big
guy in his text. And the question is whether that was just talk or
whether there's proof that money was actually changing hands into Joe Biden's accounts, And
so far Republicans have not been able to find it. Oh the tangled webs
we weave. Stephen Portnoy, thank you so much for your assistance in untangling
things. Have a great day. Here are some more of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A man from the San Fernando
Valley has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for stealing nearly two
million dollars from banks in a check fraud scheme. The guy pleaded guilty in
April. The US Attorney's office says the scheme also involved the man's wife,
brother in law, and other family members. A high school student in Temecula
has started handing out Pride flags to protest the school district's policy against them.
The school board decided earlier this month that only state and US flags can be
flown and at schools. Board members say they are not anti anything, but
the classroom is not a place for personal political beliefs. San Bernardino County Sheriff's
deputies have been involved in a shooting while answering a burglary call in Hysperia the
break The break in was reported around seven last night. The Sheriff's department says
the shooting happened when deputies got there. It's not clear if anyone was hit,
but a deputy has apparently been taken to the hospital. A fight over
a girl has led to a stabbing at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut.
It happened just before noon yesterday. The injured man was taken to the hospital.
Another man has been taken into custody. Neighbors living where a small plane
crashed into a home or nearly crashed into a home in Compton say the city
needs to make changes to the airport. Deborah Lindsay says planes fly dangerously close
to power lines and homes and as has the city for years to act.
Somebody need to help us around here. I didn't save meet us in our
neighbors. This is too long. Too long, Okay, too long.
City Councilman Jonathan Bowers visited the crash site on one hundred and fifty ninth Street
yesterday, saying the city is addressing airport safety. The NTSB and FAA are
trying to figure out what caused the plane to come down. Automakers are laying
off more employees because of the UAW strike. Contract talks between the union and
the Big three automakers are still ongoing. Practice pickets have started around the country,
including at the Stillantis headquarters near Detroit. That company sent workers at its
factory in Perrysburg, Ohio, home this week and is expecting to layoff employees
in Kokomo, Indiana. GM has also sent two thousand employees home in Kansas
City. Ukraine's President Zelenski scheduled to meet with President Biden at the White House.
He's also planning to meet with Republican and Democratic leaders to make his case
for getting more aid from the US for the war with Russia. There were
close to seven hundred attempts to ban library books during the first eight months of
this year. The American Library Association said this week those attempts targeted more than
nineteen hundred titles. That's twenty percent more than the first eight months of twenty
twenty two. The association said most of the titles that were targeted this year
were written by or about people of color or members of the LGBTQ plus community.
Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim AI
is a scary proposition for some people, but in this instance, it could
help save veterans lives. I want to hear all about this very much.
So there's a company called clear Force Sammy. It's based in Virginia and part
of its mission is to try to prevent suicides among veterans. In fact,
the company has run essentially by people who have in the military. So this
company uses artificial intelligence. What it does it looks at public records available from
the CDC, from the Census Bureau, from other sources to look at the
individual economic stability, substance abuse trends, relationships, criminal and legal contacts of
various communities, including veterans communities. Then working with organizations that provide services to
veterans local organizations, and the va IT studies this using artificial intelligence, studies
the data to see who might be at risk, forwarding that information that onto
veteran Services organization, which then can reach out to those individual veterans. So
if there's a local veterans groups contacts of veterans, says I understand you might
be having some issues, so you've got some challenges going, the veteran then
has the option to say either you know, I really am, or to
say no, I'm doing well, thanks a lot, no problem. So
it's an interesting use of artificial intelligence and machine learning that this company is is
putting to use here to try to cut into a real tragedy. Veterans,
it's thought, are about one and a half times more likely to take their
own lives than people who have never served in the military. Mean, I
think that this is such an important thing because we know that like twenty two
people a day or actually it's sixteen a day are killing themselves. And if
there's any way to help, you know, identify what's causing that or people
who are extra at risk, I think that's great. Is there any concern
about like hip HIPPO violations. Well, yes, by the way, it's
sixteen service members every day who took their own lives in twenty twenty, not
overall, but six thousand of them since twenty since two thousand and one.
But you're right, privacy is a major concern. That's why this company and
others like it are using publicly available data. They're not digging into personal medical
records or something like that that would violate HIPPA. So yes, they're our
privacy concerns. This company and others that are trying to help veterans, you
know, or do their best to try to preserve that privacy. But it's
it's a real paradix. You know, you're dealing with personal issues with deep,
private and life altering, potentially life ending crises. So how do you
measure that? How do you weigh that out to try to reach out to
somebody, give them some help, offer them help at least, and then
you know it to and then back away. It's a real quandary. Yeah,
Well, with all the talk of you know, armageddon for from AI,
I think that this is such a great way that it can be applied
and hopefully it'll save lives. My uncle's a veteran, My brothers a veteran,
And you know, I mean it hit home for so many people listening
right now because so many people either served or know somebody who's served. And
and a lot of times those struggles are very private and we don't see them
exactly and and so and you know, the whole military experience is like that.
And so who better to unders stand something like this then a military veteran.
And that's why this company, this Clear Force company, has so many
veterans who are in leadership positions. But you're right, and the PSA that
are a minute ago about the nine eight eight Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, and
it's crucial information. There's also the nine eight eight lifeline dot org website.
Yeah, Jim Ryan, thank you so much for your time and uplifting news
today. We like that. Thanks, Amie. All right, and I
wanted to remind you too that we have a friend of the show. It's
actor Josh Plassy from I Carle. He's running twenty two miles a day for
twenty two days wearing a twenty two pound ruck sack to raise awareness and try
to prevent veteran suicide. We had him on the show a couple of weeks
ago, actually about three weeks ago. He's almost did the end of his
journey. His goal was to raise fifty thousand dollars for veteran suicide prevention programs.
You can take a look at his journey. I've been watching him along
the way. It's pretty cool. He's just running all over the country.
It's at at Josh Plassy, Josh Plas or at Stop Veterans Suicide. There
are also links to donate to help the costs. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. And employee
a massage parlor in Riverside has shot a suspected robber. Police say two men
tried to rob the place last night. Both took off after the shooting.
One of them ended up at a nearby market and was taken to the hospital.
He's in critical condition. People living in Compton, where a small plane
crash say the city's airport needs safety improvements. The crash happened just feet from
the Compton wood Lee Airport, where pilots travel without a control tower. Monica
Dykes lives near the airport and says there was a similar plane crash in the
area a couple weeks back. We need some attention to our airport because it
is not the pilot's fault or anybody's fault. It's just that we need some
resources and some upgrades. The pilot reported only minor injuries. What caused the
plane to come down yesterday morning is still under investigation, but officials say engine
failure is suspected. Chris Adler KFI News. Long Beach Police are hosting a
safety meeting this afternoon, two days after a man died after scaling the fence
at an elementary school. McKinley Elementary School was put on lockdown after a man
with a sledgehammer tried to get onto campus. He died after a confrontation with
some adults on campus, though police have yet to say exactly how he died.
Police say the man was pulled down from the fence and was detained by
a group of men. So every week, starting this week, we're going
to be doing what we're calling a BOO Preview, and that's to give you
a little look into some of the events that are going on around the Southland.
We're going to look at big events and some smaller events. Some creepy
Crawley events, some spooky events, some family events, and some really scary
events. And what is Halloween without Halloween time at the Disneyland Resort. And
you know I'm a huge Disney fan anyway, so it made sense for us
to start there. I got a chance to talk with Knees Norma Perez in
Disney California Adventure. We were right next to the iconic statue of the Headless
Horseman at the end of Buena Vista Street. So, Norma, there are
ride overlays, there are special menus, there are decorations, and it all
spells Halloween time. Tell us about it. You are so excited celebrating Halloween
time here at the disc Inland Resort. And like you just mentioned, we
have that the Headless Horsemen right here. We also have Guardens of the Galaxy
Mission Breakup. Turning to the Gardens of the Galaxy Mission Breakup after Dark,
I love that one. You love it. I love it too, because
it just makes it a total magical place. As it turns out that the
cute is totally dark and it's you're saving brood. You just see a little
Curtis here and there, and then Carsland turns to raiders screams and I just
love it. There are screams, you radiator screens. You have to scream
actually when you get there, because the little ones enjoy a paradise gardens.
We have Lasa de la Famlia celebrating till November second, and that's where you
take a little bit of the history and the celebration of the others mortals there
too, based on the movie Coco, which is Disney and Pixar too,
So we invite everybody to come and celebrate a little of the culture there.
We have music, when we have food, and we have mariachi as well
too, so we invite everybody to come and celebrate the other lots mortals here
at the Disney California Adventure. I'm perfect. And then when we go across
the Esplanade over into the Disneyland Park, what are we greeted with? Well,
you get to be greeted by a lot of Punkins, especially Mickey,
who is a giant Mickey with a big smile and as you exit, it's
a big wink. And of course there's a lot of Punkins down Main Street,
USA. And one of the classics returns, which is Haunted Mansion to
Haunted Mansion Holiday, and it's actually celebrating thirty years the beautiful story of the
Nightmare before Christmas, thirty years, thirty years now the story and we're celebrated
it with it with Hunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland. That's awesome. Okay,
okay, This right here is the Aunit Horseman. He's gonna interrupt us from
time to time. This is so cool. And this is activated by magic
bands right rag for those that are having their magic bands. And it's just
not here, it's a lot of other areas too. If you're watching the
parade or the fireworks, you can also be part of the magic too,
because it all activates little secret surprises and in certain areas of the park as
well and attractions, so you have to visit Disneyland dot com to know what
areas you can also take part in this activation, get a little insider information.
And the characters have new costumes this year. Yes, at Disneyland Park
you get to see your favorite Mickey and his path. They're all to have
their new Halloween attire and then they also has certain attractions too with different overlays
that match their attire as well. I love that, and then there's also
tons of special Halloween Time treats. Yes, so you don't have a diet
here. You have to come and take all the cities. Yes, you
have to try all the extra treats that we have here. We have apples,
we have candy apples, like I said, with different treats. And
then you also have to try all the candies that are here at Place la
Familia and Halloween Time at Disneyland and all Downtown Disney because Downtown Disney were also
celebrating Halloween Time. Absolutely. And then the other thing that is at Downtown
Disney is Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit. Yeah, I can you tell us about that
that? Yeah, it's a special activity that people can come and purchase a
special map and it's an a kind of scavenge your hide they can come and
do and then they select different areas to come and select your little sticker and
at the end you can super surprise at the end. It's an activity for
kids that can come and do. You don't need a ticket to come to
the park. You just go to Downtown Disney and do it. Awesome.
It's not only the happiest place on Earth, it's the spookiest place on Earth.
It's Halloween time at the Disneyland Resort. Thanks so much, Normal f
very welcome, We welcome everybody. Please visit Disneyland dot com for more information
and Happy Halloween, and happy Halloween to you too. I've noticed that people
in southern California go crazy Halloween early two because I know it's mid September,
but like Halloween times started September first, right before Labor Day. And we've
got lots of parks who have really cool events coming up, and as I
mentioned, we're going to be sharing those with you each week on our Boo
Preview. You can also check out the interview on my Instagram and the KFI
Instagram at KFI AM six forty and at Amy King. Oh nope, at
Amy K King. Now, let's get back to some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Jury deliberations are underway in the
trial of a man accused of shooting two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies. The
deputies were shot sitting in their patrol vehicle at the Compton Metro station in September
of twenty twenty. Both suffered serious injuries. During the closing arguments yesterday,
a defense attorney said the man had been drinking heavily and using meth after the
death of his best friend. The man is accused of shooting four people over
a span of two weeks, including the deputies. The man accused of killing
inn La County Sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Kevin
Salazar wore a bulletproof vest, his hands restrained at his waist. He entered
the plea yesterday in a courtroom in Lancaster. Hours later, DA Gascon announced
the murder charge with three special circumstances. If convicted, the defensible phase sentence
of life, I'm imprisonment without the possibility operole. The criminal complaints as Salazar
used a twenty two caliber revolver and bought the weapon weeks before the shooting at
the Hall of Justice. Steve Gregory King if I News. The fiance the
ell Kennty Sheriff's deputy murdered in Palmdale, says he was the best guy she
ever met. She and Ryan Klinckenbromer were engaged four days before he was murdered
on Saturday. The man accused of killing him again at Steve just mentioned charged
yesterday with murder plus special circumstances allegations. More people on the Palace Verdes Peninsula
say they're worried about losing their homes to a landslide. Nearly a dozen homes
in Rolling Hills Estates were stroyed almost two months ago when the ground gave way.
Now two homes have been red tagged in the Seaview neighborhood of Rancho Palace
Verdes. Elle County Supervisor Janice Hahn was out there last night. Residents say
the ground underneath some of the homes has moved, Huge cracks have appeared on
some of the properties, and the streets and sidewalks are shifting. A former
aide to President Trump has made sexual assault claims against Rudy Giuliani. Cassidy Hutchinson
claims in an upcoming book that Giuliani groped her on the day of the January
sixth riot at the Capitol. ABC's Andrea FUJII says Hutchinson claims Giuliani put his
hand under her blazer and skirt. She writes, I lower my eyes and
watch his freehand reach for the hem of my blazer. I feel his frozen
fingers trail up my thigh. A political advisor to Giuliani calls the allegations a
disgusting line and says it's fair to ask why she is just now coming out
with these allegations from two and a half years ago while marketing her new book.
The Biden administration says it's taking new action to handle the crisis at the
southern border. ABC's Matt Rivers says the city of Eagle Pass, Texas,
declared a state of emergency yesterday because of the thousands of migrants crossing the border
every day. As for why we're seeing this spike in migrant crossings now,
it's really a mixture of the easing of peak summer temperatures and increase in human
smuggling activity, and the simple fact that there are already a record number of
migrants already on the move in this part of the world. The Biden administration
says it's sending eight hundred active duty members to the border in addition to the
twenty five hundred already deployed to assist customs and border protection. Okay, we've
got something really fun coming up this weekend, especially if you are a pet
owner, specifically, if you are a dog owner, we want to welcome
Peggy Kennedy with Best Friends Animal Society in Los Angeles to the show. Peggy,
Hi, good morning, Good morning, Thanks for waking up with this
this morning. So we heard the Paw Patrol music, and that music and
that movie is tied to a Guinness World Record attempt. Please tell us all
about it. Yeah. Paramount Pictures is teaming up with Best Friends Animal Society
and Street Food Cinema to invite families and their dogs to come to a screening
event of Paw Patrol the Mighty Movie this Sunday. We're going to attempt to
break the Guinness World Record for the title of most dogs attending of film screening.
Okay, so who can participate? How do we get signed up?
Tell us all about it? Absolutely so any if you're bringing your dogs,
just need to have one dog per handler, so each you know, if
we have multiple dogs in your home, please make sure each dog has a
handler. Of dogs do need to be at least a year old. But
all dogs are welcome. Kids are welcome. It's gonna be a lot of
fun. It's at the Autry at Griffith park. It's this day. The
screaming will begin at three thirty PM and doors will open at one thirty,
so you can come early and get yourself set up on the lawn. Okay,
and I know that you said the dogs have to be a year old.
There are some other things that they're going to need to make sure that
they kind of check off the boxes. So tell us where we can find
out how people participate, aside from listening to you right now, we don't
because we want you there, but you can't just show up. You need
to make sure your register first, right. Yes, you can go to
la dot best friends dot Org will have the event listing there and you can
r ACP there. You can show up on Sunday, but there is a
chance that it will be full, so we definitely recommend that you are as
VP and advance and get your You can get a VIP ticket to get some
special goodies as well. Okay, so you're going for the world record for
most dogs attending a film screening. Is there a current world record for this
or is this a new thing? One hundred ninety nine, so we need
at least two hundred dogs. Oh wait, we miss you. The part
of the first part of what you said, you need at least two hundred
dogs. So there is a current world record. There is a current world
record. It's one hundred ninety nine. Okay, and uh have Is this
the first kind of event like this that that you have participated in, Peggy,
it is the first event that I've participated in and that best Friends has
participated in. Yes, okay. And people can bring dogs big and small,
yep, yep, they just obviously they're going to be a lot of
crowds. Is the kids movie. There's gonna be a lot of kids there.
So definitely dogs that can handle that type of environment that are going to
you know, be okay there makes good choices in terms of that, so
okay. And it's going to be in the Autry Museum. So are people
going to be sitting in seats or dogs going to be sitting in seats?
Or is there a special screening area? It's on the lawn just outside of
these there's a big graph the area there. Yeah, so it's yeah,
Street Food Cinema does a lot of movies out there, so yes, yes,
So we went and saw was it Mulan? We went and saw Mulan
at a street food cinema. That's so fun. And are they going to
have the food trucks out and everything. Yes, they will. Yeah,
it'll be about the whole usual street food cinema experience and just with dogs and
the pop Patrol movie. I love this, Okay. And again the website
for them to get more information about it and to register to come out is
LA dot best friends dot org. Okay, we'll put that up on the
on the KFI wake up Call page on KFI AM six forty dot com as
well. Peggy, any final invitation for the owners of our furry friends,
just come on out and have a fantastic time. We're looking forward to seeing
you all right, perfect Peggy Kennedy with best Friends of LA and what a
great group. Any any group that helps to save dogs and promote dogs and
other animals. They are ao kay with me. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. As I
just mentioned, writers and studios are back at the bargaining table to try to
put an end to the strike. Business reps for Ayatsy, Orange County Brad
Marlowe says some members under his union have struggled to pay their rents since they
were since the writers hit the picket lines hold on during a strike, we've
been trying to reach out to our sister locals, specifically Local eighty and seven
twenty eight in Hollywood, to try to offer them work down here in Orange
County at some of our venues. Writers met with the CEOs of major companies
yesterday morning. The WGA says its goal is to get a fair deal for
its members as soon as possible, and of course CNBC is saying that they're
getting close and a new deal could be done as soon as today. Of
course, we'll let you know as soon as we hear that judge has handed
down a third teen year prison sentence to a man who tried smuggling fentanyl onto
a flight from lax Tsa. Officers found six pounds of fentanyl in the man's
duffel bag. Law enforcement estimates the fentanyl's wholesale value is more than two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. US Attorney spokesman Kuran McAvoy says the guy was headed
for New Orleans when his duffel bag was flagged by an X ray machine.
In twenty twenty. The fentanyl was found in rap parcels that were placed at
a computer keyboard box. Prosecutors argued the man risk the lives of passengers and
flight crew. Blake Trolley k if I News. Three Catholic parishes in Fullerton
are offering two percent loans to homeless families who need first and last month's rent
for an apartment. We have about forty thousand dollars already, Saint Philip Benizi.
Father Dennis Chris says a one hundred thousand dollars goal will help about thirty
families with kids who spend everything on hotels. They have to prove that they
have a job. He approved that when they get into the apartment they could
stay there. Families are told, we're giving you a loan, and we
really do need this to be paid back because we can help somebody else.
He says. The church loan program could really catch on because the few churches
nationally to try such loans claim a ninety six percent payback rate. In Fullerton,
Corbin Carson k if I knew a police chase with a BMW has ended
in a crash at a gas station. Authorities say it started with a domestic
dispute call, followed by the BMW driver taking off in a car and later
switching to a family member's BMW, so we took off in a different vehicle
than changed cars. The chase wrapped up when the driver crashed at a gas
station near Montclair. No other information is available about any shootings, arrests,
or injuries. Google is facing a negligence lawsuit that claims a Maps error led
to the death of a man in North Carolina. According to the lawsuit,
the man was driving in an unfamiliar neighborhood last September when Google Maps directed him
to go over a bridge that had collapsed back in twenty thirteen and was never
repaired. The man drowned when his vehicle plunged into a creek. Okay,
here's a question for you. How far would you go to save your Apple
Watch? Would you reach into a toilet to get it? Would you go
into a portable borda potty out house kind of situation to get it? Well.
First responders were called to the Dixon Late Boat Launch on Tuesday after a
woman was heard screaming for help. This is in Michigan. When police got
to the scene, they found the woman stuck inside an outhouse. She told
them that she had dropped her Apple watched in the toilet. She somehow or
another got down inside it to get the watch, and then got stuck and
couldn't got out, so authorities removed the toilet. They got a strap around
her and pulled her out to safety, and she did get the watch out
before she realized she was stuck. Authorities are advising the public to refrain from
venturing inside the containment area to retrieve lost items, as serious injury could occur.
I think I would have said goodbye to that apple watch. KFI and
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