WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.879 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:16.679 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:29.640 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. Good 4 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:34.039 morning, it's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for Tuesday, 5 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.520 November twenty eighth. I'm Amy King, thrilled you're waking up with us this 6 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:43.840 morning. It is Giving Tuesday, and more importantly, it is Pastathon twenty 7 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:49.000 twenty three. We're here at the Anaheim White House. We're here all day 8 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:52.200 long. Of course, Bill Handle's going to start at six o'clock. We've 9 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:57.079 got Gary and Shannon after that, John and Ken after that, followed by 10 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.240 the one and only Tim Conway Junior, and then closing out the day, 11 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:06.159 that's probably when the really big money is gonna come in with later with Moe 12 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:10.120 Kelly. Here's how you can participate. First of all, come visit us. 13 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:11.920 We're at the Anaheim White House and as I mentioned, we're going to 14 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.840 be here all day. It's decked out, it looks like a party. 15 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.680 We're ready to raise some money for the kids. Twenty five thousand kids are 16 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:26.760 fed every week by Katerina's Club thanks to Chef Bruno, and we need your 17 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.200 donations. Easy to do, drop off pasta, come on in, have 18 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:34.640 some coffee, say hi to the gang. You can also shop at any 19 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.239 Spartan Final and donate at the checkout. You can go to any Wendy's in 20 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.719 southern California and donate five dollars or more to the KFI Pastathon and you're gonna 21 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:48.239 get a coupon book with fourteen bucks. And another way to donate today we're 22 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:52.280 going to be telling you about this is we have auction items for Pastathon. 23 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:56.599 You can go to pastathon dot com and see all the auction items and there 24 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:00.200 are some really cool ones, including a weekend get away to the Terrannaa Resort. 25 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.959 There's an Evy electric bike and I'll tell you all the details on that 26 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:10.039 from our friends at Thorson Motors. We also have you could co host the 27 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:14.960 show with John Colebelt for an hour. John's not very happy about it, 28 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.080 but we're doing anyway. It's for a good cause. Like I said, 29 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.639 we would love it if you'd stop by and cs. We are at the 30 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:24.360 Anaheim White House. Let me get into what's ahead on wake up call. 31 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:30.120 Israel and Hamas have agreed to a two day extension to the ceasefire, which 32 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.560 should mean twenty more hostages are going to be released as part of a fourth 33 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:38.599 swap under the original deal. Amas released eleven Israelis last night, and Israel 34 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:44.360 released thirty three Palestinians. LA fire crews have been fighting a massive fire burning 35 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.520 at a construction site in South LA. They say buildings under construction caught fire 36 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:53.000 early this morning and spread to at least four other buildings in the neighborhood. 37 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.560 Google says it's going to start purging inactive Google accounts. The company says it's 38 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.439 going to delete the accounts starting in December for security reasons. You can keep 39 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:06.080 your account active by logging in in at least once every two years. At 40 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.639 six oh five, we're doing handle on the news live from the Anaheim White 41 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:13.800 House, and it is official. More people flew on Sunday than any other 42 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.840 day ever. Let's start with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 43 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.680 twenty four hour newsroom. As I mentioned the La City fire crews fighting that 44 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:23.560 massive fire. We're headed out to the scene and we'll bring you the latest 45 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:29.719 on that burning in South LA. Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their 46 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:35.240 ceasefire for another day. ABC's Matt Gutman says eleven hostages were released by Hamas 47 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:38.000 yesterday, which marked the fourth day of the truce. We don't know much 48 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:42.759 about the health of the remaining hostage and that is a huge bone of contention 49 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.800 for Israel. They are demanding that the Red Cross be given access to the 50 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.840 remaining hostages. We believe it's around one hundred and fifty at this point. 51 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:53.639 Gutman says a lot of the remaining hostages are men who have seen their families 52 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:58.360 released. Over the past several days. Israel has said it would extend the 53 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:04.439 ceasefire by one day for every ten hostages released. A man accused of shooting 54 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:09.360 three Palestinian College students in Vermont has pleaded not guilty and is being held without 55 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.520 bail. The mother of one of the students says her son has a bullet 56 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.479 in his spine. I don't know what he'll be like. He may have 57 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:18.000 to be in a wheelchair. I believe that he won't be I believe that 58 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:21.079 he'll be able to walk, but his life has been taken away from him 59 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:24.800 as it is, and he's going to have to recreate this new life. 60 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:30.560 She says, she's shaken, hollow inside and aching to be with her son, 61 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:32.879 who is lying immobilized in a hospital bed. One of the students who 62 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:38.519 suffered a less severe injury was sent home from the hospital yesterday. Investigators are 63 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:42.759 looking into whether the shooting Sunday was a hate crime. Ten commemorative plaques have 64 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:46.519 been ripped off the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument at Olvera Street, 65 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:51.879 polis A. Thieves used sledgehammers to knock the bronze plaques commemorating LA's history off 66 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:55.959 walls and out of the ground in the last couple of weeks. Replacing the 67 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.199 plaques is expected to cost more than one hundred thousand dollars. It is is 68 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.600 Pastathon twenty twenty three. We are broadcasting live at the Anaheim White House and 69 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.480 invite you to come down. Oh look who's in the house. It's Neil 70 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:15.160 Sevader, the Fork Reporter. Thanks Neil. And you know we couldn't do 71 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:18.000 any of this if it wasn't for Chef Bruno. So let's get the day 72 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:23.639 started right and say good morning to the man the myth, the legend Bruno 73 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:30.040 Sorato Bon bon Jo two K five listener all around the world. Yeah, 74 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:33.600 and today I'm going to tell you we kind of snuck away to get away 75 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.839 from the craziness that is Pastathon. So we're down in the wine cellar, 76 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.279 my favorite place. We're not gonna imvibe quite this early in the morning. 77 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:45.160 But tell us what we expect today because it's a big day. It's Pastathon. 78 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.680 It's here, Oh, the busiest day of the year for Katerina's Club. 79 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:54.199 We started this early. We gold went on to tonight and people call, 80 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:58.000 people come over. They live in pasta Tomato, give it donation. 81 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:05.639 It's a amazing the response of all the K five listener it's really overwhelming. 82 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:11.040 People love what we do. They love K five obviously is without K five, 83 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.399 we won't be what we do today for Caterina's Club, and we will 84 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.600 not be where we are without Brunos Serrato. Thank you, thank you. 85 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:25.240 Yeah, so's There's so many fabulous things about this organization and what you do. 86 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:29.560 One is that you feed how many kids a week? We are twenty 87 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:33.480 five thousand meals weekly, over a million a year, which is basic. 88 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:39.199 Ob five thousand meals a day. We are in one another in ten location, 89 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:44.720 tourist city in Orange County, and uh, there's all the projects then 90 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.120 follow us, but I'm not responsible for them. I'm only response for Orange 91 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:50.839 County in a long beach, which is that the count but it is our 92 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:57.800 enahblehood. And you know four years we are with the server. I was 93 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:00.720 countributed the girls a couple of weeks ago. Nine point four million meals so 94 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.399 far. That is just crazy. And the other thing that is so beautiful 95 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:10.560 about Katerina's Club is that all the money that's donated, all of it goes 96 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:14.519 to feed the kids. It's not going there aren't administrative costs and all that. 97 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:16.879 It's right to the kids. Yeah, because we have other grant and 98 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:21.560 for administration costs like everybody else have it. But gave our money go to 99 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:27.600 the kids direct for what we do for the children of Ashcany Okay, and 100 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.759 when you how long ago did you start this? A forty tea two thousand 101 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:34.800 and five, one kid, one pasta, one city, one location, 102 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:39.319 Okay, And you've told me this story before, but because it's pasta tom, 103 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:44.759 we have to we have to reiterate how this got started with you feeding 104 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.680 someone and what inspired you to keep on going? Well, I went to 105 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:51.879 Boys Girls Club of Anaheim and the director Tom is the kid eating potato chips. 106 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.160 There would be is only dinner to nine because they live in a motear 107 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:00.399 room. I asked, what's the mote room? So well, you have 108 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:03.839 a family live in a hotel in nineteen fifty five when this they opened, 109 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:11.480 they were the tourist hotel. Now as Forllow income citizens and also Dorug adding 110 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:18.639 dog Dialo and IVTLS residents of those hotels and the kids feel as good mom, 111 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.879 mom can not be good because the kitchen in there. I trans it 112 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.360 to my mom, which was your for methadi Mama caterina as a detaillan mom? 113 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.680 What you said? We no what dot you feed in Pascal? It 114 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.039 was the first kid, first location, first city, and you fed in 115 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:39.840 Pasta and then you did it again and did it again and did it again 116 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:45.080 and you started out small and now you're feeding thousands of children a week. 117 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:50.120 And what tell me how you feel about the response that you get because so 118 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.120 many people come forward and donate. What does that mean to you? Well, 119 00:08:54.279 --> 00:09:01.320 it's a respect to what I do. I mean, uh always says 120 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:05.360 a lot of good people out there. If you can't find one, b 121 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:11.159 one as what a mother is a teation, Oh yeah, as an open 122 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:18.600 us everywhere left and the right is bend us war kidding shoty sick or tired 123 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.559 to read of this. But when people read, then some chef and a 124 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:30.240 white towels feeding children all over the county. I want to help. They 125 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:33.600 say, that is a huge respect to me, to my organization, to 126 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.600 the people walk with me. It's like, I have a huge respect for 127 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:43.120 the people donated. Yesterday, somebody came here, just give me five thousand 128 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:48.279 dolls. The other day, somebody came one thousand dollars. Four days ago, 129 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:52.879 somebody came for dinner. Giving one hundred dollars doesn't matter much to give 130 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:58.120 me. It's just like your respect of what they do and you doned it. 131 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.879 I mean that makes me feel very good. Yeah, well, you 132 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.679 make us all feel very good for what you're doing. And we're going to 133 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:09.200 be hearing so much more from Bruno today and from all of the people who 134 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:13.960 make this happen, because it's truly, truly in just an on inspiring, 135 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.519 inspiring organization, and we're so thrilled to be part of it. And we 136 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.399 want to encourage everybody now to come down and they can come by because we 137 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.799 haven't we haven't broadcasted live the whole day since the pandemic. So this is 138 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:28.799 this is a time which we're all excited. Lot of people love this yep, 139 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:31.559 and a lot of people's got to come to see it as they go 140 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.720 back to the Lutz and very excited. This is a fun day to be 141 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.200 here, yep. So I'm here right now, and then Handle's going to 142 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:45.240 be here, then Gary and Shannon and of course Johnny can Tim Conway Jr. 143 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:46.320 And we're going to wrap up the day because we're going right until ten 144 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:50.120 o'clock with later with Mo Kelly. So we invite you to come down donate. 145 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.480 If you can't come down and donate, there are other ways you can 146 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.960 donate. Yeah, you can go online, which is Caterinasclub dot org. 147 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.240 If you can't remember called a restaurant, we will help you to find out. 148 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:07.240 If you put my name anywhere on the Google you will see the website 149 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.600 somewhere that I mean. You can donate a different way. You can send 150 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:13.799 checks to the club if you don't have the other top club sent to the 151 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:18.519 restaurant but make sure you put the checks to Katerina's Club dot all to Katerina's 152 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:22.759 the password for every tier around here. Okay, and plus you can go 153 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:26.399 to Wendy's. All the Wendy's in southern California are taking donations, as are 154 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:31.080 Smart and Finals in like three or four states. So but we want you 155 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.080 to come here today. So come by, stop by, make a donation, 156 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.480 say hi and thank you so much. Bruno, thank you Cha. 157 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:41.480 So many ways to help, and it all starts with you, ends with 158 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:46.559 twenty five thousand kids a week getting a meal. It's Giving Tuesday. It's 159 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:52.799 the thirteenth annual KFI Pastathon happening right now. We are the Anaheim White House. 160 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:54.759 Would love for you to stop by, hang out for a while, 161 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:58.399 or just stop buy and drop off some pasta. Either way it works for 162 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.039 us. Let's get back to some of the story coming out of the KFI 163 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:05.000 twenty four hour newsroom. A water main break has caused a mud slide in 164 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.080 Hacienda Heights. This guy, who lives in the area says the slide isn't 165 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:11.519 really a surprise. We had water leaks that started all over a week ago 166 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:16.480 that were recorded by several neighbors and they said it was fine that they deal 167 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:20.320 with it, but we knew it eventually it was all going to wash down. 168 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:24.240 La Kenny Fire says the slide happened last night. Four homes have been 169 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:28.240 damaged, one has mud inside. Seven homes don't have water. A woman 170 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:31.240 who tried to fight off a purse snatcher outside of Costco in Industry is in 171 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:35.639 critical condition. She was dragged by the thieves car Sunday night for about half 172 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.519 the length of a football field as she tried to hold onto her bag. 173 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:41.519 She hit her head when she fell off. The two robbers were in a 174 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:48.360 dark colored Infinity QX sixty. The La Kenny Sheriff's Cybercrimes Bureau says when it 175 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:52.440 comes to buying stuff online, be aware of some red flags. Sergeant Pete 176 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.799 Hisch says, be suspicious of unsolicited emails and text messages. You get an 177 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:01.799 email from a company selling something, don't click on the link, don't click 178 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.879 on the document or anything like that. Those a lot of times are I 179 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.559 say more times than not. On Nefariahish says, never use a debit card 180 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.120 to purchase items online because if you're hacked, you could lose all your cash 181 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.759 and getting it back might be next to impossible. And if you'd like to 182 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.840 use apps to buy stuff, only download retailers apps directly from the Apple Store 183 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.840 or Google Play. Steve Gregory kf I News. When we come back, 184 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:30.679 we're going to be talking giving this Giving Tuesday and how to make sure your 185 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.000 money goes to the people who need it most with the host of How to 186 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:39.720 Money with Joel Larsgard. Want to say thank you so much to the beautiful 187 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:45.159 Hilton Anaheim. They provided accommodations for the KFI Pastathon Crewe. I was one 188 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.720 of them and had a really RESTful night's sleep. Hilton Anaheim located steps away 189 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:54.360 from the Anaheim Convention Center and the Disneyland Resort, making it the ideal destination 190 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.799 to explore the city of Anaheim and all it has to offer. Hilton Anaheim 191 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:03.399 hootel dot com thanks again, Hilton had a great night's stay there. A 192 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:07.679 seventy eight year old Israeli woman held hostage by Hamas for more than fifty days, 193 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.120 says conditions got worse as time went on. The hostages didn't have enough 194 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:15.799 food. She was kept in what she calls a suffocating room and slept on 195 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:20.519 plastic chairs with a sheet before she was released. More hostages are expected to 196 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:24.240 be released today thanks to a two day extension of the ceasefire agreed upon yesterday. 197 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:28.960 Rescue crews are on the verge of rescuing the forty one construction workers who've 198 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.480 been trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for the last two weeks. Officials in 199 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:39.240 India say rescuers have drilled their way through debris to reach them. California's Attorney 200 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.799 General Rob Monte is warning consumers about charity scams this Giving Tuesday. He says 201 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:48.320 you should check the charity's registration status, be careful when making electronic donations, 202 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:52.440 watch out for deceptive tactics, protect your identity, and only give to trusted 203 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:58.759 organizations like Katerina's Club. At six oh five at Tandle on the news, 204 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.559 the US is producing more more crude oil than ever, thirteen point two million 205 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.759 barrels a day. Right now, let's say good morning to the host of 206 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:09.200 How to Money on KFI, Joel lars Guard. Joel, we want to 207 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:11.480 talk to you today about charities because a lot of people are going to be 208 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:16.759 donating this holiday season, and specifically on this Giving Tuesday. And we got 209 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.840 to be smart about it. Oh yeah, I mean there's so many made 210 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.720 up days in our calendar now, Amy, it feels like there's like National 211 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.000 IPA Day, which is actually what I can get behind because I like a 212 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:30.039 good beer. Yeah, but Giving Tuesday is one of my absolute favorites, 213 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:33.320 and it's really it's been around for like ten years, but the fact that 214 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:37.200 it's become kind of a force for good in this country is a wonderful thing. 215 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.799 There's things you just need to be be careful of that you need to 216 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:41.759 pay attention to when you're donating your money, and there's ways to kind of 217 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:46.240 stretch that dollar, make that giving dollar go even further. But this year, 218 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:50.039 this is one of my favorite days of the year. Okay, So 219 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.080 tell us about some of the things that we need to look out for, 220 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:56.519 because you know, you can make a donation to a charity and you have 221 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:02.240 this great feeling inside because you've donated some money, and then you find out 222 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:06.240 that the charity is either not spending the money for the people who are supposed 223 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.960 to be getting it, or it's just not a real charity at all. 224 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.960 Yeah. Yeah, that's one hundred percent true. So there definitely anytime there's 225 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.639 money floating around, scammers get involved and they want a piece of the pie. 226 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:19.679 And much to your chagrin, you might have or you might be, 227 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:23.519 you know, bring donating to a charity that's not actually real. They often 228 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.279 do use like plays on words. For for instance, instead of the American 229 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.720 Cancer Society, is like the Cancer Society of America, and that one's actually 230 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:33.600 fraudulent. So you got to pay attention. You got to you gotta like 231 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.080 look up the charity itself. And there's ways to do this. There are 232 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.639 I actually have a post on how to money dot Com on how to vet 233 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:42.320 a charity effectively, there's a bunch of steps you can go through just to 234 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:45.240 make sure, okay, this is actually a registered charity and wait a second, 235 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:48.519 they're actually having the impact that they say. There's like, for instance, 236 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:52.559 when we're talking about Caterina's Club, you can look them up on Charity 237 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:55.120 Navigator and you can see, well, what is this, what is this 238 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:59.480 third party website who vets charities? What do they say about this nonprofit? 239 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.640 Turns out Katterina's Club passes with flying with Flying colors, and so of course 240 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.759 it does, I know. So it's good to know a wait a second, 241 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.920 my money's actually going largely to support the mission that this nonprofit claims. 242 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:15.839 Because the truth is, and I hate that this is true, there are 243 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.839 a lot of nonprofits where there's too much overhead. Even if it's not an 244 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:22.279 outright scam, there are charities where a lot of money goes to fund people 245 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.559 at the top, and it's not Fewer and fewer of those dollars are actually 246 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.319 going to have the impact on the ground that you're hoping they would have. 247 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.079 That's not true fortunately with Katerina's Club. And so when you look at that 248 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:37.160 rating on charity Navigator, it's a four star rating, and you might say, 249 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.720 why not five star, Well, they're on a four star basis at 250 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:42.400 charity Navigator, so they're getting top ratings and so it's definitely Yeah. But 251 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:47.279 if there's other places you're interested in giving, look them up on a site 252 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:49.200 like charity Navigator. You can kind of see get a look a peek behind 253 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.799 the curtain to see how effective this charity is in the mission that they purport 254 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:57.319 to be, you know, embarking on okay and tell us too about tax 255 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:03.920 deductions because some charity donations are tax deductible. Yes, that's true. So 256 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.359 and that is a part at least partly a reason that people give right is 257 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.720 to say, okay, cool, well maybe I can lure my tax bill. 258 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:14.519 At the same time, I will say, far fewer people qualify for 259 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:18.440 a tax deduction for giving these days because of the higher standard deduction. So 260 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.960 because of that higher standard deduction, which this year for single folks is thirteen 261 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:27.400 eight hundred and fifty dollars, for married folks is twenty seven seven hundred dollars. 262 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:33.240 So if you're not itemizing deductions, and something like ninety percent of Americans 263 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:37.160 are not itemizing deductions, you will not get a tax benefit for this charitable 264 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:41.599 contribution. It's important to mention, though, that there are ways to kind 265 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.759 of game that system. And it's called like batching or bunching. And so 266 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.480 let's saying you're saying, well, you know, I plan to donate roughly 267 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:52.000 like thirty thousand dollars over the next two years. That'd be a lot of 268 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:56.000 money. You'd be very generous. Well, you could maybe say instead, 269 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.519 you know what, I'm going to give all of that money now, so 270 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:00.839 I can get a tax deduction for at least some of the money I'm giving. 271 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:03.880 Away, and then I'm going to give none next year. So that's 272 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:07.960 a way to kind of ensure that you get some of a tax deduction for 273 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:12.480 your donations by kind of clumping them into a single tax year as opposed to 274 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:18.799 spreading them out equally over multiple years. Okay, and then let's move over 275 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.839 to one other thing that you mentioned to me that I think, Oh, 276 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.559 that's not something we hear every day, And that's good news from the irs. 277 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.480 That's true. Yeah, usually not the payer of good news. Usually 278 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.599 it's a letter in your mailbox and you're like, oh, gosh, I 279 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.079 don't want to open this, but no, this is good news. And 280 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:40.359 so basically, there was this rule that was supposed to be implemented. It 281 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:44.119 was delayed last year, and it looks like it's being delayed again this year. 282 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.319 And what it is is anybody who uses these payment apps like PayPal, 283 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:52.359 Venmo or cash App, which is like a massive percentage of Americans, they 284 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:56.359 were going to receive a ten ninety nine K for their activity on the app 285 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:00.079 if they exchanged, if they're more than like six hundred bucks, essentially was 286 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.039 paid, and that could be just like paying your friend to split the check 287 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.960 at dinner. Or something like that, which is what a lot of people 288 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.519 use these apps for, or buying something on Facebook marketplace. So if you 289 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.279 had done just even a minimal amount of activity, you were supposed to be 290 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.359 getting one of these ten ninety nine k's, and then you'd have to fight 291 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.480 it out with the irs about what you were using that app for in order 292 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:21.599 to ensure you weren't paying taxes for the money that went through those apps. 293 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:26.079 And so basically the threshold used to be twenty thousand dollars in order to get 294 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:29.359 one of those. It was reduced to six hundred, which means almost everyone 295 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:33.839 would have been implemented implicated. But they are holding off on this. They 296 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:37.240 knew this was going to be a nightmare for folks, and so they're not 297 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:41.799 actually going to follow through on this rule yet. It sounds like next year 298 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.160 they're going to lower the threshold into a medium sort of spot of five thousand 299 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:48.440 dollars in transactions are going to get you a ten ninety nine K that you 300 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:52.880 have to then you have to pay taxes on money that goes through those accounts 301 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:57.519 unless you can prove essentially that they were not purchases. But so this is 302 00:20:57.559 --> 00:21:00.720 good news anybody using those apps should not worry. They're not It's not going 303 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:07.240 to mess up your tax season. See I love good news and Joel Larsgard. 304 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:11.240 You can hear Joel and all his smart money advice Sundays from noon to 305 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:15.519 two here on KFI. You can also follow him on Instagram at how to 306 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:18.559 Money. Joel, thanks so much for talking to us this Giving Tuesday, 307 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:25.440 and thanks for reinforcing to us that Katerina's Club is a great charity to give 308 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:29.680 to. Oh it's so great like listeners should be confident that their dollar is 309 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:33.359 going to a great a great organization and that their dollars are being used for 310 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:37.319 good. I love that. Thank you so much, Joel. Thanks Amy. 311 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.799 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 312 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:42.200 four hour news room. Police in Burbank are trying to find a homeless man 313 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:48.240 they say vandalized a synagogue and other locations with anti Semitic graffiti. The damage 314 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:51.799 was done Friday. Investigators say the man is known to be in Burbank, 315 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.039 Glendale, Pasadena, Temple City, El Segundo and LA. Ridership across LA's 316 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.640 metro system has grown by nearly twelve percent. In October compared to the same 317 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:03.920 month last year. Official say it marks the eleventh straight month of year over 318 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:07.960 year growth. They say ridership is now seventy nine percent of its pre pandemic 319 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:14.440 level. Metro recently increased its focus on safety and navigation help for passengers. 320 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:19.079 A food pantry for dogs is now available on skid Row. The pantry has 321 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:22.519 given out twenty eight bags of dog food in its first week. It was 322 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.480 started by doctor Kwan Stewart, a veterinarian who treats dogs on skid Row. 323 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.880 Doctor Stewart says, despite being short on resources, homeless people tend to do 324 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:37.960 a great job caring for their pets, nearing probably eighteen hundred nineteen hundred dogs. 325 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:41.039 In my time twelve years doing this, I've had to remove one dog 326 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:45.799 from one owner. Stuart says if the pantry on skid Row is successful, 327 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:49.440 he hopes to expand the concept into San Diego and other areas on skid Row. 328 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:53.119 Bake Trolley kf I News. When we come back, we're going to 329 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:57.720 be heading into the kitchen so you can see what's cooking every single day at 330 00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:03.000 the Anaheim White House and how it benefits the kids from Canna Reita's Club on 331 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:08.319 this Pastathon twenty twenty three, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a two day 332 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:14.119 extension to the ceasefire, which should mean twenty more hostages are being released as 333 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:18.519 part of a fourth swap under the original deal. Hamas released eleven Israelis last 334 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.640 night, and Israel released thirty three Palestinians. A water main break has caused 335 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:25.839 a mud slide in Hassi Into Heights, LA County. Fire says four homes 336 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:29.559 have been damaged. The slide happened last night. Mud got into one of 337 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:33.599 the homes. Google says it's going to start purging inactive Google accounts. Company 338 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:37.880 says it will delete the account starting in December for security reasons. You can 339 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:42.680 keep your account active by logging in at least once every two years. At 340 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:45.839 six oh five, it's handle on the news. President Biden is skipping the 341 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:49.599 UN Climate Summit. Bill's going to tell you why. At five point fifty, 342 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:52.279 we're going to be checking in with our very own Chris Adler. She's 343 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:56.359 going to show us what else Bruno does. Aside from feeding those twenty five 344 00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:00.160 thousand kids a week, there's a lot more, and your donation helps make 345 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:02.920 it happen. Right now, it's time for us to head to the kitchen 346 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:07.920 to see how Katerina's Club feeds those kids every week with your generous donations. 347 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:11.720 So let's find out what's cooking with Chris Lewis. Thanks for joining us this 348 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:15.839 morning, Chris, thank you so pleasure. So Chris, tell us when 349 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.920 you guys are cooking up this pasta for all these kids. You do it 350 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:22.440 every day? Yeah, every day, Monday or Friday. And when do 351 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:26.400 you start in the morning. We have people that start up four thirty in 352 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:30.000 the morning, a couple more like coming at five thirty, and the pasta 353 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:34.000 folks come in at e okay. And then you're cooking until about when each 354 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:40.480 day one thirty two o'clock okay. And then after you've made all this pasta, 355 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:44.480 and you make mountains of pasta every day, you're like a guestimate of 356 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:47.920 how much you make every day on a normal day, it's like five hundred 357 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:51.880 and twenty pounds of pasta put on a busy day to be warm, okay, 358 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:56.039 and you're feeding twenty five thousand kids a week. And what kind of 359 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:59.319 like we're looking at pasta here, and that's like a mix of pastas you 360 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:03.559 do you do one kind of pasta? Do you do all kinds of pasta? 361 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:07.640 All kinds of pastas? What's donated? Sometimes they get it, have 362 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:11.680 to buy it. We try to use all the donated pasta. Okay, 363 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:17.759 you've got storage storages nearby that have better, like bold storages or dry storages 364 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.839 that have just palettes and palets of pasta, because there's no way you could 365 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:22.319 store here at the restaurant. Correct. Yeah, so you have guys that 366 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:26.640 have red yeah okay. And then you also, along with over five hundred 367 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:30.960 pounds of pasta, there's a bunch of sauce. Yeah, lots of mare 368 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:33.480 and rara like, so do you know how much sauce do you go through 369 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.000 it? This would be considered a small pot, and it's ten gallons. 370 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:41.160 We have pots that are fifty and seventy gallons that we use, and we 371 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:44.559 have this whole entire stowfield though, so it's like six or seven of them. 372 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:48.119 Wow, okay. And then when you guys are done cooking at all, 373 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:51.839 then it's got to get to where it's going. So how does it 374 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:55.240 get packaged? Done? Sometimes we put it in hotel pens. They're just 375 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:59.880 different sizes, two hundreds, four hundreds, six hundreds, and we'll wrap 376 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.079 from sometimes in that, we'll put them in hot boxes and then our drivers 377 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:06.519 will drive them there and then they'll serve there. But then we also have 378 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:10.759 we do to go containers. Okay, so they let us know how many 379 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.880 to go containers they want. We will put them on to go containers, 380 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:17.000 stack them up in a nice bag or warmer bag, and then our drivers 381 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.319 with them drive. That's cool. So now how long how long did you 382 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:26.599 cook for Katerina's club? I cooked from twenty seventeen to twenty nineteen. And 383 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:29.480 now you've been promoted. Oh yes, and what do you do now? 384 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:33.599 I'm the sousshot at the household? So next time I come to visit the 385 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:36.920 ANAHEIMRK. White House, You're going to be helping prepare my meal. I'm 386 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.839 here almost every day. Well, congratulations on your promotion. Thanks so much 387 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:45.319 for the information. Chris, appreciate it. Thank you. I'm you know, 388 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.559 people like Chris are helping to change lives every day, and you can 389 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:51.920 too with your donation. Go to pastathon dot com. Shop at any Smart 390 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:55.160 and Final and you can donate at the checkout. You can also make a 391 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:59.920 donation at any Wendy's in southern California, just five bucks to the KFI Pastathon. 392 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:03.039 We'll get you a coupon book worth fourteen dollars. And of course we 393 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:07.359 invite you to stop stop by here at the Anaheim White House eight eight seven 394 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:10.599 South Anaheim Boulevard. We're here now, We're going to be here all day 395 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:15.240 for Pastathon twenty twenty three benefiting Katerina's Club. Hey, that interview I just 396 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:18.799 did with Chris, you can check that out on my social media at amy 397 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.119 Kking. Also, we talked to Chef Bruno a little bit ago, and 398 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.920 if you want to check that interview out, you can also find that on 399 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:30.240 my Instagram at amy Kking. Also at KFI AM six forty dot com. 400 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.359 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 401 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:36.799 hour newsroom. La City fire crews to put out a massive fire burning at 402 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:41.640 a construction site in South LA. Buildings under construction caught fire this morning and 403 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:47.759 spread to at least four other buildings in the neighborhood. A large apartment building 404 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:52.559 also burned, and some homes having exterior damage. Residents will be allowed back 405 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.720 into the area later this morning. News brought to you by Ruter Hero. 406 00:27:56.960 --> 00:28:00.240 Two people have been taken into custody for the death of a nineteen year old 407 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:06.559 woman in central California. Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue says the ex boyfriend of 408 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:11.559 Melanie Camacho was arrested for her murder yesterday after he led deputies on a high 409 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:15.720 speed chase. Meldie's mother reported her as a missing person about six forty five 410 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.880 this morning. About eight forty five Saturday morning, a witness saw vehicle partially 411 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:23.240 on fire. That vehicle was later determined to be Melanie's twenty fourteen white niece 412 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:30.039 on Ultima. Pogue says Vicente Jasso through several of Camacho's belongings out of his 413 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:34.000 van during the chase. He says Josso's friend was also arrested for being an 414 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:40.640 accessory to murder. The couple reportedly broke up three days before Thanksgiving. A 415 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:44.160 man from Strumanoakes has been sentenced to nearly seven and a half years in federal 416 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:48.759 prison for scamming Orthodox Jews out of more than seven million dollars. Prosecutors say 417 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:52.319 the theft happened through an investment company. The man and his brother ran out 418 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:56.440 of their parents' home. The brother pleaded guilty in January. He'll be sentenced 419 00:28:56.599 --> 00:29:03.480 next month. A new survey us the economy is affecting the holiday shopping season. 420 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:08.119 Wallet Hub expert Cassandra hop Happy says one in three Americans are cutting back 421 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:14.440 on gifts this holiday season because of inflation and rising costs. Jesus Nearly twenty 422 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:18.240 five percent of people still have debt from last year's holiday season. So not 423 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:23.759 only are people struggling with having the money to be able to give as much 424 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:30.000 as they would like this year, they're still grappling with their spending from last 425 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:36.559 year if they haven't paid that off already. Happy says fifty percent of Americans 426 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:40.880 say they won't be able to pay off their holiday purchases in full by the 427 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:45.599 due date. It is pastath on twenty twenty three. We would love for 428 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.519 you to join us at the Anaheim White House where at eight eight to seven 429 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:51.839 South Anaheim Boulevard, of course in Anaheim. We're going to be here all 430 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.119 day long, got handle coming up in about fifteen minutes and would love to 431 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:59.680 have you join us here. Come by, say I make a donation pasta 432 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:04.480 cash sauce. It all goes to Katerina's club and helps feed kids. LA 433 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:08.200 City fire crews put out a massive fire at a construction site in South la 434 00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:11.759 It took more than an hour to do it. Officials say an apartment building 435 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:17.440 under construction caught fire this morning and damaged some neighboring homes. People who had 436 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:21.319 to leave their homes should be allowed back later this morning. A seventy eight 437 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:25.920 year old Israeli woman held hostage by Hamas for more than fifty days says conditions 438 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.680 got worse as time went on. The hostages didn't have enough food. She 439 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:33.680 was kept in what she called a suffocating room and slept on plastic chairs with 440 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.279 a sheet before she was released. More hostages expected to be released today thanks 441 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:42.440 to a two day extension of the ceasefire that was agreed upon yesterday. Stephen 442 00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:45.640 Colbert's taken some time off his late night TV show. He says it's not 443 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:51.599 because of a turkey overdose, but because of a ruptured appendix. This is 444 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:55.519 the second time health issues have sidelined Colbert this season. He missed a week 445 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:59.799 of his show in October after getting COVID nineteen. We're just minutes away from 446 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:03.799 Handle on the news this morning. It's official more people flew on Sunday than 447 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:10.880 any other holiday ever. The nonprofit organization Katerina's Club is hoping to raise more 448 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:15.000 money this Giving Tuesday to find homes for families in Orange County living out of 449 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:21.119 motels. Two hundred and sixty seven that's the number of families Katerinas Club has 450 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:25.599 helped house in the last twelve years through the organization's Welcome Home program. The 451 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:30.799 program is part of the organization's three pronged approach to feeding, housing and offering 452 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:34.279 job training to low income families. Owner of the Anaheim White House restaurant, 453 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:38.559 Chef Bruno Serrato, initially started the mission with his mother Katerina, with a 454 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:44.400 goal of feeding hungry children, but Chef Bruno quickly learned that an empty stomach 455 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:48.400 was only part of the battle. He realized that the kids couldn't thrive if 456 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:51.680 they were living out of motels. The reason is because they can out the 457 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:56.839 fall the firlth and last month deposit in a final and almost one percent of 458 00:31:56.920 --> 00:32:01.240 the family. Biggest problem is that Chef Bruno started offering a way for families 459 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:05.880 to get out of the motels and that includes covering their first and last month's 460 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:09.839 rent and a security deposit if necessary. Families are put through a screening process, 461 00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:14.680 including drug testing and proof of employment. A change of the life not 462 00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:17.880 only to the kids, but also give a diny tea back to the parents. 463 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.559 I got to join Chef Bruno at his restaurant for a Thanksgiving feast where 464 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:27.480 he hosted his annual snow Day, bringing in hundreds of underprivileged kids and treating 465 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:31.000 them to a full Turkey dinner, sledding, and a visit from Santa Holy. 466 00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:37.839 That's what I've been doing. So do you have a favorite cookie? 467 00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:44.160 What's your favorite cookie? Chocolate chip? Mind too. One of the people 468 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.640 visiting the snow Day was Jose, a working father who was living out of 469 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:51.240 a motel with his baby girl because he can't afford to get into an apartment 470 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:53.400 of his own. You know what, it's been extremely hard, not just 471 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:57.920 for myself, but more for my daughter because it's kind of like, as 472 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:00.440 a parent, it's my job, my duty to make sure she's fine, 473 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:04.440 you know, stable, having a place to stay. Jose's parents live in 474 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:07.240 Mexico, and he was living with his sister before she asked him to leave 475 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.799 and he says, every day has been a struggle. My credit isn't so 476 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:14.720 good, you know, so it's been pretty hard. People don't even want 477 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:16.920 to like take a look at my application because there's people online before me. 478 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:21.960 She just have bad credit, you know. It's just nobody ever taught me 479 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.799 that, you know, like my parents, they don't even know anything about 480 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:28.920 credit or anything like that. What Jose doesn't know is that Chef Bruno has 481 00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:31.759 approved him for an apartment and will be helping him move out of the motel. 482 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:37.160 I mean, what happened if we paid fills the last month to help 483 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:40.200 you out to move out, would accepted you? You got to ask her? 484 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:50.160 Would you accept him on me? Yeah? Oh moments all for real. 485 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:57.799 Appreciate you very good, but you and that's why you haven't here for 486 00:33:57.920 --> 00:34:02.680 it helping people like you, they need the little help to move forward in 487 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:07.519 their own life. Program director for Katerina's Club, Jennifer Oregon has worked closely 488 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:12.039 with Jose and his family, and she says there have been times where he's 489 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:15.079 had to sleep in the car with his one year old daughter. They had 490 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:19.920 no choice but to stay in their vehicle. They sat to shelters. They're 491 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:23.920 on waiting lists, whether there's you know, no room, no no housing 492 00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:28.519 bouchers, no motel vouchers, so it's very difficult for them to get any 493 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:31.239 further assistance. She says, knowing that Jose will have a warm bed for 494 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:36.760 his daughter on Christmas is the best outcomes she could have hoped for. Seeing 495 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:45.880 people, good people that due to unfortunate circumstances, have been put in this 496 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:54.840 position where their families are forced to you know, live on the streets or 497 00:34:55.039 --> 00:35:00.840 in motels, you know, small children. It's it's very heartbreaking and this 498 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:04.920 is just one of the families. Chef Bruno has been able to help with 499 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:08.639 generous donations from the public, and he says this Giving Tuesday he hopes to 500 00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:14.519 bring in more money to be able to keep supporting families. Wado one of 501 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:16.280 the member the most is when the mom takes me back, you say, 502 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:21.599 Chevlon, I never take for granted what you did for us. M Kiss 503 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:25.119 was the wolfs in the class. He came home today with the Student of 504 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:30.159 the month. Katerina's club has served over nine million meals to date and feeds 505 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:34.360 more than five thousand children each day. Over eight hundred and forty students have 506 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:39.559 participated in Chef Bruno's Hospitality Academy, and more than forty two thousand hospitality scholarship 507 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:45.000 donations have been awarded for Wake Up Call. I'm Chris Adler. Thank you 508 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:47.920 Chris. You know it was such a special moment to see Jose find out 509 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:52.239 that he's going to be able to get into a home with a hand up 510 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:55.840 from Chef Bruno's program. And you can help more people, you know, 511 00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:00.920 maybe get out of the break that cycle, get a good meal, get 512 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:05.320 a new home, get jobs. Bruno helps you do all of those things. 513 00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.559 And it's an amazing organization and we're going to be talking about it and 514 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:12.599 sharing that with you all day. It is giving to Tuesday. It's the 515 00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:17.159 thirteenth annual KFI Pastathon happening right now. And as we mentioned, there are 516 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:21.280 so many ways you can donate. The first The first one is to come 517 00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.519 by the Anaheim White House. We're going to be here all day and you 518 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:24.960 can drop off a donation. If you don't have time to come in, 519 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:28.519 just drop it off. If you do have time to come in, we 520 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:30.159 invite you to do that. Here's something else is super cool. You've heard 521 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:35.239 some of the KFI hosts talking about this. We've got all these great auction 522 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:39.800 items at pastathon dot com. The auctions are live now. You could have 523 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:44.880 your home whispered by Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. Wouldn't that be cool? 524 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:46.280 We'll come on, He'll come in, take a look at your home, 525 00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:52.280 give you some great design consultation advice. Don Francisco wants to give you 526 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:57.679 coffee for a year. There's a weekend in Rancho Palace, Verdes at the 527 00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:02.159 fabulous terran Aa Resort. There's an opportunity for you to co host an hour 528 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:07.599 of John coblt Show with him on KFI. Also, you go to a 529 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:13.239 Dodger game with Gary and Shannon and hang out in the swanky suits. Also, 530 00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:15.440 there's an in studio experience with Gary and Shannon. You can find out 531 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:21.559 all abouth those at pastathon dot com. You can bid on the auction items 532 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:24.880 through Saturday night and just go check them out see if there's something that you 533 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:30.360 might want to partake in. Well, that's it. That's it for wake 534 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.960 up call. We've got handle on the news coming up next. Where did 535 00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:37.320 the hour go? Thanks for tuning in with us this morning. This is 536 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:44.719 KFI and kost HD to Los Angeles, Orange County. We lead local live 537 00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:49.320 from the Anaheim White House for Pastathon twenty twenty three. I'm Amy King. 538 00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:52.320 This has been your wake up call. If you missed any wake up Call, 539 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.559 you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to wake 540 00:37:55.639 --> 00:38:00.280 Up Call with me, Amy King. You can always hear Wakeup Call five 541 00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:05.519 to six am Monday through Friday on KFI Am six forty and anytime on demand 542 00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:07.239 on the iHeartRadio app.