WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:07.440 You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from kf I AM six forty KFI 2 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:13.960 had KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for your 3 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:25.120 morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. This is your wake up call 4 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 for Wednesday, August sixteenth. Good morning, I'm Amy King. Also good 5 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:36.960 morning to Kono and to Anne. They're helping us out this morning getting your 6 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:42.119 day started. I'd tell you a little tired today. I think I said 7 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:45.359 that yesterday too. I'll get over it. But I got to go out 8 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.920 to Dodgers Stadium yesterday and we did a little behind the scenes thing. So 9 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.520 if you know me and if you don't know me, I am a big 10 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:59.840 fan of the D and D not Dungeons and Dragons, Dodgers and Disneylands. 11 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.599 So I got to do the Dodger thing yesterday and we found out some secrets 12 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:07.840 about Dodgers Stadium. I was like a kid in a candy store, totally 13 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:11.599 geeking out, a little bit embarrassing, but that's okay. So that's going 14 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:15.239 to be coming up. At five fifty. We talked to a couple of 15 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:19.799 people that you might not know, you actually know, and you might learn 16 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:25.280 something about Chavez ravine Again, that's at five fifty and you're gonna want to 17 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.400 stick around for it. Here's what's ahead on the wake up Call. Hawaii 18 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:32.719 Governor Josh Green says the death toll from wildfires in his state is now at 19 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:37.879 one hundred and six. Only a handful of those known dead have been identified. 20 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:42.040 A student in South LA has been stabbed and is in the hospital. 21 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:47.000 The stabbing happened at JP Whitney High School yesterday on just the second day of 22 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.079 school. The suspected stabber, another student, has been detained. An LA 23 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:56.760 Dodgers fan is keeping his end of the bet with Mookie Bets and has named 24 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.719 his daughter after the Dodgers outfielder. It's her middle Let's start with some of 25 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:05.519 the stories coming out of the Kfight twenty four Hour Newsroom. More than one 26 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.759 hundred deaths have now been confirmed on Maui from the wildfire that destroyed the historic 27 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:13.840 town of Lahinah. The Department of Health and Human Services has sent a team 28 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.680 of corners, pathologists and technicians to the island, along with equipment to help 29 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:22.919 identify the dead and process the remains. Again, so far, only five 30 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:27.919 of the one hundred six people killed have been identified. Officials in Hawaii say 31 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:31.560 twenty more cadaver dogs are headed to Maui. The specialty dogs are trained only 32 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:37.599 to sniff out human remains. I had the chance yesterday to visit the town 33 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.319 of Lahinah, ground zero for the deadliest fire in the US in the last 34 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:50.520 one hundred years. Just the worst thing I've ever seen. It's is apocalyptic, 35 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.080 It's it's terrible. Frank Taylor's a task force leader for one of the 36 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:57.639 urban search and rescue teams out of Nevada, which oversees one of the cadaver 37 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:00.520 dog teams. We're depending on the dogs. There's who It's gone fast since 38 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:05.960 we've gotten more. You know. However, you don't want to just let 39 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.960 the dogs run through and not find whatever we need to find. I watched 40 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:14.120 one of the dogs searching through cars and houses. They bark when they've detected 41 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:16.120 a human sense. They can do an ac or if they need to. 42 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:20.759 Usually they'll put a couple on that. But these are residential homes, so 43 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.719 the size of the yard and they'll take care of that yard. Back and 44 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:28.120 forth trying to pick up sense. And how long do you let them search 45 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:32.560 before you move on? You get a sense the dog handers get a sense 46 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:37.919 of there's nothing there. Officials have said they expect hundreds of bodies to be 47 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:44.000 found in Lahinah. Steve Gregory k if I News. Negotiations have restarted between 48 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.639 the Writer's Guild of America and the Hollywood Studios. Variety says the WGA has 49 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:53.159 softened its stance on some items, like reducing demand on minimum writing staff size 50 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:58.680 for TV productions, but says the two sides are still a far apart on 51 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.599 other key areas. Governor Newsom's expected to respond to the Chino Valley and Marietta 52 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:09.719 school Board's recent policies on transgender students. Trans advocate Ashley Murray Preston says it's 53 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:14.000 hard enough for students to find themselves, but now it sends the message that 54 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:19.439 who you are is called for alert. Teachers would have to notify parents within 55 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:25.720 three days if a student starts identifying as a transgender or uses different pronouns. 56 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:30.720 Newsom said Monday he couldn't comment on what the response will include, but has 57 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.959 confirmed it's being prepared. A law enforcement officer has been shot by police on 58 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:40.480 a golf course in Fontana. Police say they responded to a domestic violence call 59 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:44.759 at a home yesterday and heard shots fired from inside the house. The shooter 60 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.800 took off carrying two guns and ran to nearby Sierra Lakes Golf Club. Police 61 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:54.160 say he was firing at golfers, officers and into the air before they shot 62 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:58.839 him. Students from Palm Desert High School have created a video to combat human 63 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:02.600 trafficking. Officials Riverside County say the video, called Waiting by the Phone, 64 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:08.000 was written, directed, and edited by students. The filmmakers say it was 65 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:14.000 to raise awareness by identifying warning signed students might not recognize. Riverside County Superintendent 66 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.959 of Schools has encouraged all educators in the county to share the video with students. 67 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:24.600 Let's say, good morning now to Tom rivers Tom, we've finally got 68 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:29.959 some information about that US soldier who crossed the DMZ from South into North Korea 69 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:31.879 a couple of weeks ago. Very much so. Yeah, this comes from 70 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:39.480 the North Korean Official Newswire KCNA, and they basically speak for the government. 71 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.920 So if you want to know what the government thinks, you listen to these 72 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.079 guys, and they basically say that Travis King, according to them, says 73 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:51.800 he was disillusioned with America cited racial discrimination in the army, hence he jumped 74 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:57.639 over the DMZ into the North, where he is now a quote unquote guest 75 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:01.240 if you will until this is resolved, and past experience shows this could take 76 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.160 many, many months, indeed, until he gets back home. So watch 77 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:11.000 his space. What's gonna happen probably pretty slowly. Indeed, is there any 78 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:15.120 indication he wants to come home? No indication. I mean, you know, 79 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.959 all we have to work on is this particular statement from from the news 80 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:25.480 agency, and we can't you know, interrogate officials or or interview him, 81 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:28.399 et cetera, et cetera. So you know, it is what it is, 82 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:30.600 and you take it with a grain of salt. Ye had to be 83 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.519 a pretty disillusioned to think that life was going to be better in North Korea 84 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:39.439 than the US. Well well exactly, but again, you know, he 85 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:43.680 might have had some some issues, mental issues, We don't know, but 86 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:48.279 you're right. Before he hopped over, he I guess within jail for a 87 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:53.920 number of weeks with some violent episode in the South, he was going to 88 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:59.920 be shipped back to to the US and could face more UH disciplinary action in 89 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.160 the army for that, and then he for whatever it's snapped. He said, 90 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.720 no, I'm jumping over to the North Okay, and he was in 91 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:09.439 jail. We knew he was in jail for a couple of weeks, like 92 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:12.439 you just mentioned. Then it was scheduled to be heading back to the Oarth. 93 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:16.519 Do we know what happened you said violent, a violent episode. Yeah, 94 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:17.920 oh, we know it was. I think it was a fight, 95 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:24.480 probably in a bar, something of that nature, which which is something we've 96 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:29.040 heard of in the past. But to then jump across the border into North 97 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:31.920 Korea, that's a new one. That's a curveball. And American hasn't been 98 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:38.399 held there for what five years something like that. And do we have any 99 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:44.920 indication that what he has said through the Korean official news agency is what he 100 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.240 really believes or if he may have been coerced into saying it. No idea. 101 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:53.800 This is only information we have to deal with at this stage. So 102 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:58.439 basically that's it. ABC interviewed I think his mother a week or two ago, 103 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:01.800 and she's said she just wants her her son home. Seems like out 104 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.079 of character for him to do this. But other than that, that's where 105 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:09.079 we are. You know, we can't just knock on their doors. That 106 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.560 can I do a phone interview with you? It doesn't work like that there. 107 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:16.240 So we are we deal with the with the information we have at hand, 108 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:20.639 and that's it, okay. And do we have any pictures or communications 109 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:26.600 with him or it's just the statement from the from the cana. Yeah, 110 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:30.399 that's all we have at this stage. And and again this thing is long 111 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:35.360 and protracted. Yes, we may well see pictures in in in the coming 112 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:39.320 weeks, maybe months, something of that nature. Basically, the North Koreans 113 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.399 in a position like right now, say look, we've got this guy here. 114 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.600 He is a quote unquote guest. If you want him back, though, 115 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.919 we want something in compensation, maybe financial, maybe lifting up some sanctions, 116 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.159 maybe a reduction in some of the military drills with the US and South 117 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.200 Korea which happened like so, you know, something might have to be given 118 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:09.759 up to get to get this individual back home. And based on previous people 119 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.879 being held, do we have any kind of insight into what kind of treatment 120 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:18.440 he may be getting? Not really, I mean, and and this one 121 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.240 is a very interesting case in that if we take it on face value, 122 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:28.320 he went there voluntarily, so they might they may well treat him with kid 123 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:33.440 gloves and saying, uh, you know, we're gonna get something out of 124 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.399 you, but we're going to take take care of you until that day happens 125 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:41.799 where we can release you. So again, watch for whatever little nuggets of 126 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.320 information come to the four certainly the coming coming days and weeks. Okay. 127 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:50.840 In the US says it's still trying to get him back right exactly exactly, 128 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.919 but again, you're kind of driving down a dead end. You can only 129 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.200 go so far. You can tap on the shoulder of say Beijing saying you 130 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:03.200 have some sway in that part of the world, Can you do something to 131 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:07.440 get our individual released, et cetera. Okay, And so he is a 132 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:13.600 private so could he have information that would be damaging or dangerous to the US 133 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.799 or is it sort of a low level kind of guy. No, you 134 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:22.879 wouldn't have thought, so pretty pretty low level. He's not gonna have strategic 135 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.240 information on his person. So, uh, yeah, I think he's just 136 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.960 a young man who made this decision. And now it becomes a global if 137 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.240 you will incident. Yeah, must see could, like you said, it 138 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.480 could kind of string out for for years. It reminds me a little bit 139 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:46.360 of remember bo Bergdahl. Sure, yes, so he was held captive by 140 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.759 the Taliban, but didn't he walk away from his unit and then kind of 141 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:54.799 got caught exactly that that's a that's a case a long long time ago. 142 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.320 But yeah, he walked away. It was held for a number of years 143 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.480 and eventually got home. And again there was questions about, you know, 144 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:09.200 did he leave of his own volition, how was he treated, etc. 145 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:15.519 Etc. Kind Of a different situation in Afghanistan, but yeah, there are 146 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.799 some parallels certainly there. Okay, well we'll be watching it and hopefully, 147 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.360 hopefully you'll change his mind in North Greale. Let's just let him come home. 148 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:28.200 Okay, all right, thanks so much. Tom Rivers with ABC, 149 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.720 appreciate your insights this morning. To take care, let's get back to some 150 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.600 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The California 151 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:39.639 Department of Public Health is approving a controversial syringe exchange program in Owned County, 152 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:43.120 despite objections from several leaders. In Santa Anna, drug users will now be 153 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:48.799 able to register for a needle delivery service. Following the decision yesterday, The 154 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:54.159 nonprofit Harm Reduction Institute will be able to deliver new syringes and pick up used 155 00:11:54.320 --> 00:12:01.320 syringes at homes, tents, RVs and other forms of housing. Syringe deliveries 156 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:07.480 to homeless people will apparently not be allowed near playgrounds or schools. Okay, 157 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:11.159 at least we got that. A high speed police chases started and Silmar's ended 158 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:15.600 with the arrests of three suspected burglars in San Bernardino County of black mercedes. 159 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:20.120 The black mercedes police were after yesterday was stopped with one of the infamous pit 160 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:26.840 maneuvers. Prosecutors say an alleged drug dealer from Riverside County sold a fatal dose 161 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:30.519 of fentanyl to a teenage boy. Kyle Overby is also accused of having two 162 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.039 hundred and one grams of fentanyl on him he was planning to sell, as 163 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:37.799 well as other drugs including cocaine and MDMA. Prosecutors say the seventeen year old 164 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.759 boy was killed when he used fentanyl he bought from Overbe in May. Overby 165 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.440 has been charged with gun crimes on top of the drug charges. He allegedly 166 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:50.759 owned three ghost guns. Overbye was arrested last month. He's facing life in 167 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:54.679 prison. His trial is set for October. Blake Trolley, k if I 168 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.879 News and Pickwick Bowl and Burbank is permanently closed after sixty years of serving the 169 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.399 community. The lanes have been a favorite local spot since the nineteen fifties, 170 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.320 but are set to be demolished to make way for town homes. Jesse Hoddig 171 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.679 is a customer who has been visiting the alley for thirty years, which is 172 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:13.879 really sad because it was a really wonderful institution where you get to meet a 173 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.919 lot of people that you wouldn't otherwise meet. You know. That's where all 174 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.159 my octogenarian friends are from. The Bowling Alley had its last day yesterday, 175 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.039 with many locals saying they're sad to see it go. The manager says the 176 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:31.960 Pickwick La King's Ice Rink will remain open. Chris Adler KFI News The La 177 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:37.000 City Council's considering a ban on cashless retail businesses. Dodger Stadium Crypto dot Com 178 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:43.360 Arena both went cashless after the pandemic began. The councilwoman Heather Hutt says that 179 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:48.759 excludes people without bank accounts or access to credit. Starbucks is testing one percent 180 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:52.240 reusable cups at a handful of stores since Innoma County. The goal is to 181 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:56.039 reduce at least half the waste at Starbucks stores. Customers can also bring in 182 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:01.600 their own cups or even borrow one, and return it to the store's smart 183 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:05.039 return bin. At five fifty, we're going out and about. We're gonna 184 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.799 be behind the scenes at Dodgers Stadium. I think you'll get a kick out 185 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:11.759 of that. At six o five, it's handled on the news. LA's 186 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:16.240 Police Union has blamed zero cash bail policies on the rash of smash and grab 187 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:20.840 flash mob robberies in the Southland. Right now, let's say good morning to 188 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:24.759 KTLA tech reporter Rich Demiro, host of rich on Tech here on KF five 189 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:30.519 Saturdays from eleven to two. Good morning, Rich, Hey, good morning 190 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:33.759 to you. Amy. Okay, so I think that Google has come out 191 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.399 with something that's going to make me really happy, and I would imagine several 192 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:43.080 other people because they're gonna cut down on review perusing. I guess yeah. 193 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.360 I mean, look, the reality of all this AI stuff is that it's 194 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:52.240 making life a little bit easier, a little bit faster. It's using less 195 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:54.559 of our brain so we can freed up to do more important things, like 196 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:58.799 I don't know, pick what we're gonna watch on Netflix next. Oh gosh. 197 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.000 Well, this is a new feature coming to Chrome. So if you're 198 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.519 on a long web page and you don't feel like reading it, you can 199 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.240 literally tap a little It looks like an eye with a like a star on 200 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:16.960 it, and it just summarizes the page for you. So it's called SGE 201 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:22.759 while browsing. SGE while browsing is uh, oh gosh, I'm trying to 202 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:28.039 think of what SGE s search generative. Oh gosh, I don't know. 203 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:31.360 Anyway, you have to enable this and once you do, you can see 204 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:37.480 a summary of any web page that you are on while you're in Chrome on 205 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:41.159 your mobile phone. Okay, so it's on any web page. I thought 206 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:45.840 it was just like good reviews and stuff that you see on Welder Nights. 207 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:50.559 There's a couple of things happening. So there is a story about Amazon using 208 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:56.799 AI to summarize reviews on their website, and so basically, amy the reality 209 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:02.279 is AI is here to just kind of sort through tons of information and make 210 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:07.240 it simpler to digest because it's doing the heavy lifting of you know, like 211 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.600 yesterday I put in the entire book someone sent me and I said, give 212 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.440 me the main points of this book and sure enough it spits it out. 213 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.840 Oh it's like plash notes. Yeah, I mean, except you could do 214 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:18.279 it for anything in this world. Now here's the thing. You have to 215 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:22.960 realize. There's you know search. You know, when it comes to AI, 216 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:25.919 it is making some stuff up, so you have to be careful about 217 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:30.879 that. But at the same time it can be pretty useful. Okay. 218 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:34.399 It actually concerns me a little bit that you said it doesn't tax our brains 219 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:37.440 as much. I'm like, you know what, our brains are already in 220 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:41.559 some regards not taxed enough. Like remember with all the pictures that people are 221 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:48.919 taking, people are I read something where they said that we're remembering like experiences 222 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.320 less because we know that we have the pictures to back it up. Like, 223 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.120 so we're not engaging our brains as much. Interesting, Well, I 224 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:00.120 believe that. But here's the deal. People have been debating the merits of 225 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.559 using our brain less for many, many years, ever since sort of the 226 00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:08.599 address book came out on the phone. So my theory is that the less 227 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:12.319 you're using your brain for kind of everyday tasks like remembering a phone number, 228 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:17.559 the more you have brain power for other things that actually are more important like 229 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:22.279 deeper thinking, and you know, well that's it basically. Yeah, I 230 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:23.640 don't know what else to use your brain for. But look, there's a 231 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:27.279 lot of people that kind of approach this. That's my theory. Okay, 232 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.359 Well I think this sounds like a really cool thing because yeah, a lot 233 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.680 of times you see the big long web page and I'm like, oh, 234 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.319 I don't want to read that whole thing, right, And it can be 235 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:38.079 really just helping, like if you're researching, like for travel or something. 236 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:42.279 I mean it's just like why not have search or AI just kind of like 237 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.319 figure things out for you and then if you want to take that deeper dive, 238 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:51.400 you can. Okay. So then moving along back over to arm Amazon, 239 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.759 they have a pharmacy that's helping save you money. Yeah, this is 240 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.880 a kind of a big deal. Remember this whole thing about diabetes medications like 241 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:02.839 insulin and how spensive they are, and then the insulin company said, you 242 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.640 know what, We're going to make this twenty five dollars. But the reality 243 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:10.519 is it's tough for patients to find how to pay just twenty five dollars. 244 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:14.240 Like the pharmacies don't make it that easy. They have to find coupons to 245 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:18.359 apply to their refills. So Amazon says, you know what in our Amazon 246 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.559 Pharmacy, which you're like, wait a second, Amazon has a pharmacy, 247 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.960 Like yeah, this is what they're trying to do to get people to use 248 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:30.720 them. They're going to automatically apply coupons for things like insulin and so the 249 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.519 goal is to lower the price for as little as thirty five dollars for a 250 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.400 month's supply. They're also going to do this for other medications, including that 251 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:42.240 Superstar medications. What's it called, Like, we'll go vi Oh yeah, 252 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.359 the weight loss one. Yeah, I was supposed to be a diabetes medication, 253 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.240 but now it's being used for weight loss. Yes, exactly so. 254 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:52.519 But the reality here is that Amazon is trying to make a name for themselves 255 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:56.200 with their pharmacy, trying to get people to switch over. They've done a 256 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:00.799 lot of different pricing things. They're trying to work on convenience. But you 257 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:03.759 know, if people know that they can easily get the price that they want 258 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:07.920 without a lot of work, then I think this is a smart move and 259 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:11.960 smart that Amazon's getting into the pharmacy business because there it's a big, big 260 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:15.599 bucks there. I know, but do you really want Amazon to know more 261 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:19.839 about you? No, CVS is my pharmacy. Its yeah, alright, 262 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:22.200 they already know enough and they don't really do anything with it. Like I 263 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:26.480 feel like CVS is not really like trying to sell me anything else except like 264 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.319 a three dollar like extra care coupon every once in a while exactly. But 265 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:32.799 I save a lot of money at CVS with their coupons. I don't know 266 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:36.200 about you. Oh yeah, sometimes I get like the thirty percent off. 267 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:40.000 I'm like, yeah, kind to go in and shop. Okay, Uh, 268 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:44.519 not gonna get thirty percent off streaming services anytime soon. No, they're 269 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:47.720 going up by an average of twenty five percent in a year. Great, 270 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:51.359 I'm sure. Yeah, I'm sure. If you have a subscription to one 271 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:53.640 or any of these, you've seen the prices go up. So Wall Street 272 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:57.480 Journal did, like what I've from what I've seen, the best graphic out 273 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:03.279 of any of the coverage of these streaming services. They did a little graphic 274 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.079 of from twenty eleven to now and how the prices have gone up. And 275 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:14.319 so Hulu seventeen ninety nine, Max fifteen ninety nine, Netflix fifteen forty nine, 276 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:18.799 Disney thirteen ninety nine, Peacock eleven ninety nine, Paramount Plus has stayed 277 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:22.799 the same, by the Way eleven ninety nine, and Apple TV plus six 278 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.880 ninety nine a month. The arrow that has shot up the at the you 279 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.400 know, biggest angle, I guess is Disney Plus. They have raised prices 280 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:33.960 twice in a year. On my radio show, I say the free ride 281 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:37.519 is over. These companies know they need to make money. They're sick of 282 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:42.319 providing you know, billions of dollars of entertainment at a price that's unsustainable. 283 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:48.680 The question is will people cancel because they're feeling like they're under pressure and it's 284 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.640 just they're not getting their money's worth, or will they like say, I, 285 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.000 instead of having six streaming services, I'm going to have three, I'm 286 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.079 gonna binge watch everything, then cancel them and then go over to the X 287 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:02.720 the next three. Or will we just be lazy and keep them all and 288 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:04.920 owning up the cash. Probably a little bit of both. But the other 289 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:11.200 thing. The biggest growth area here is the ad supported streaming services. So 290 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:15.160 what's happening is people are seeing Disney price go up to thirteen ninety nine, 291 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:18.480 and then they say, wait a second, what's this other AD supported one 292 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:22.039 I can get for nine ninety nine. And so all of the ADS supported 293 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:26.359 services are between five and ten dollars a month. So a lot of people 294 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:30.079 switch over to that and deal with the ads instead of canceling all together. 295 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:34.319 And the companies know this. They say that the ad supported streaming services are 296 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:40.599 way more profitable than the people that are not paying for ads, like the 297 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:42.880 AD free services. Yeah, I like the AD free but I don't mind 298 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:47.799 a thirty second AD here and there, So I don't know. Maybe it 299 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.920 depends how many yep, depends on these how many ads? Yeah? All 300 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:55.680 right. KTLA tech reporter Rich Demiro and host of Rich on Tech right here 301 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:59.960 on KFI Saturdays from eleven to two. You can also follow Rich on Instagram. 302 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:03.039 I'm at rich on Tech. His website is rich on Tech dot TV. 303 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:17.559 Thanks so much, Rich, thanks for having me this morning. Oh 304 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:37.359 my god, or Jane, it is five thirty six on your wake up 305 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:40.960 call, I'm am king, and yep, we got Jane Wells coming up 306 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:44.079 in just one second. Here's what you're waking up to. Negotiators for the 307 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:48.079 Writers Guild of America and the Hollywood Studios. They've resumed negotiations, but it's 308 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:52.880 not clear how much progress was made. Yesterday, a student in South LA 309 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:56.519 has been stabbed and is in the hospital. A stabbing happened at JP Whidby 310 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:00.559 High School yesterday on just a second day of school. And in l Dodgers 311 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:03.799 fan is keeping his end of the bet with Mookie Bets by naming his daughter 312 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:07.519 after the Dodgers slugger. At six oh five, it's handle on the news. 313 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.440 President Trump says he plans to release a one hundred page report about the 314 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:15.440 Georgia election that he says it should lead to all charges against him being dropped. 315 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:19.079 At five fifty, We're gonna be talking with a couple of people giving 316 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:23.400 you a sneak peek at some behind the scenes action at Dodgers Stadium. Super 317 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:27.559 fun. But right now, speaking of super fun, it's time for biz 318 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:36.960 Buzz. Good Morning, CBC. CNBC Special correspondent Jane Wells funky echo Echo, 319 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.160 do we have you back? Yep, I'm here. I'm still talking 320 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.720 into the microphone while I talk. I don't know if it was bad habits, 321 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:47.680 but yes, I'm here. How yea much better because we don't have 322 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:52.240 that funky little echo. Fabulous, fabulous, Jane tell Us. First, 323 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:56.960 let's start with a little bit of bad biz buzz that the economic cost of 324 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.920 Maui, the Maui fires is looks like it's going to go up. Yeah, 325 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.440 you know, I heard you mentioned before that the governor is saying it's 326 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:08.680 going to be seven billion dollars. Acueather, which apparently does more than forecast 327 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:15.319 weather but forecast economic impact, is now saying the total economic impact will be 328 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:19.279 fourteen to sixteen billion dollars, so more than twice the figure you quoted. 329 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:23.480 ACUA originally thought it might be as much as ten billion, but they're saying 330 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:29.680 that the overall damage, which will include everything not just what we know of, 331 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:33.400 but airline cancelations, lost, tourism, crop losses, could be greater 332 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:40.960 than Mauie's entire economic annual output, and tourism accounts for seventy five percent of 333 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.480 Maui's economy. I actually thought it was higher. And you know, imagine 334 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:47.559 you had a wedding plan. There are all those all that's off the table 335 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.799 right now. Although some of the resorts are still open, I should say, 336 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:53.200 and other islands are hoping to capture some of that tourism and those tax 337 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:57.119 dollars will help the state, which will help Mauie. Right. And from 338 00:24:57.279 --> 00:25:02.759 the conversations that we've had with people who are on the island, they're saying 339 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:06.039 that there are some areas of the island where you don't even know there was 340 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:12.480 a fire. Yeah, yeah, we see that here in wildfires or even 341 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:17.680 during earthquakes where on the news just like the entire states destroyed and people are 342 00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:21.799 like, oh my my neighborhood's okay. Yeah, so you might be canceling 343 00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:26.039 that Maui vacation pivoting over to Europe. But there's some issues with that as 344 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:32.119 well. Well. It's it's this thing called a golden visa, which people 345 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:37.640 have been gobbling up Americans in particular for about a dozen years, especially during 346 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:41.400 COVID. It's like, if you could invest five hundred thousand euros, which 347 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.720 is about five hundred thousand dollars in a company like Portugal or Greece, you 348 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:48.960 could become a citizen. And now the EU started pushing back saying, hey, 349 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:52.319 all these foreigners are driving up real estate prices. It's like when Californians 350 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:56.200 have been moving to Texas, Tennessee. Shocking. And also it might be 351 00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.920 a way for Russian oligarchs to sneak in and become europe And citizens. So 352 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:04.079 Portugal said it was going to stop it, and it hasn't. Greece is 353 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:11.039 raising it to a million euros and still handing out visas. Spain is thinking 354 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:15.400 of canceling it, but it hasn't. Bottom line, nothing's changed. And 355 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:18.960 in fact, the Golden visa that being handed out in Spain and Italy have 356 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:23.119 reacheding all time high and they're up in Portugal. So it's all, I 357 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:26.480 hate to say, a typical European style. Where are you going to do 358 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:29.759 something about this? And then nothing happens? Okay, So this is for 359 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:34.839 rich people who basically want to buy their way in to open access to European 360 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:41.039 country. Say you know, five hundred thousand dollars if you're Californian and you 361 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:45.640 sell your house and buy a house in Portugal, which it used to be 362 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:48.400 is that investment could be real estate. It would count. Now they're changing 363 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:52.880 that. That's not that big a thing. And why do you think they're 364 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:56.599 really not changing anything, even though they say they arc because they need the 365 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:03.160 money. It's they need people coming over there to put five hundred thousand or 366 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:07.880 a million dollars into real estate or investments. They need it, so they're 367 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.200 like, we're gonna do something about it, but let's keep coming. Okay, 368 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:15.359 So it's been a super hot year. You would think maybe people would 369 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:18.960 want to put in a swimming pool to deal with the heat, but apparently 370 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:22.119 that's not the case. Is this so incredible? The weather may be hot, 371 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:26.960 but the pool industry is cold. According to Bloomberg, all four companies 372 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:32.039 in the industry which trade on the stock market, have slashed their forecast this 373 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:36.119 year. New pool construction it's expected to drop thirty percent, and when it 374 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:41.279 comes to pool chemicals like Leslie's, they believe earnings will drop sixty four percent 375 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:45.960 this year, so by almost two thirds. Its higher interest rates are making 376 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:49.319 an impact, and a lot of people already got their starter pools during the 377 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:53.920 pandemic, partly with their stimulus checks. But I would think if you're a 378 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.000 chemical company, I mean, if you have a pool, you still need 379 00:27:57.039 --> 00:28:00.839 the chemicals. Right. Why is Leslie supposed to drop sixty four percent this 380 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:03.519 year? I don't know, you think, especially as a weather it's hot, 381 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:07.319 you need more of that chlorine. Baby. Well, except that a 382 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:11.519 friend of mine just put a pool in and they have something that they don't. 383 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.160 I don't know what the filters are or whatever, but they don't need 384 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:19.960 chlorine anymore. It's some that is amazing. Yeah, because I'll tell you 385 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:25.079 we moved in February this year up the Central Coast. Our house had a 386 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:27.160 pool. Now we don't have a pool. It's kind of like a boat. 387 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:30.559 The happiest day you have a pool is the day you get it and 388 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.759 the day you move out. Yeah. I wonder if, plus with all 389 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:38.440 of the you know, the drought talk and everybody talking about excessively using water, 390 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:42.240 if people are just shying away from pools because you know, they're kind 391 00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:47.039 of being looked at. Water evaporates. Yeah. And I did a story 392 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:51.240 on a great little business called swim Ley, which is like the AIRBNBA pools. 393 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:56.759 People rent someone else's pool for like an afternoon. Oh yeah, no, 394 00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:59.359 it's a thriving, thriving business. A friend of mine does it. 395 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:03.240 She makes money hand over bit really and they just opens it up to a 396 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.359 group of people and they can do whatever they want for the afternoon. Well, 397 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:10.519 they come in the gate. You know, there's like a code and 398 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:14.400 you know there are rules, but there maybe you'll have access to a bathroom 399 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:17.599 in the house, but you're not coming through the house. Oh you think 400 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:19.480 you think this is a stupid idea. Nobody could do it. Oh no, 401 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:23.039 it And if you think about it, as hot as it's been and 402 00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:26.119 you live in some god awful hot places, if you could rint somebody's pool 403 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.119 for two hours for like, you know, sixty bucks, Yeah, I 404 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:34.720 love it. Okay. Well, I think I'm gonna go look into renting 405 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:37.599 somebody's full because I don't have one right now, and I sure miss that. 406 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:44.599 So thank you. Jane. Well it's called what swim lely swim with 407 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:47.720 an l y swim ley swim ley Okay. And you can find out the 408 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:52.359 latest from Jane on substack at Jane Wells dot sub stack dot com. As 409 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:56.000 always, it's a pleasure. Love talking to you, Jane. We'll talk 410 00:29:56.000 --> 00:30:00.359 to you next week. Take care, okay. I love Jane's little that 411 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:03.759 she does. At the end, Hawaii Governor Josh Green says he'll work out 412 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:07.960 a time for President Biden to come survey the damage once the tough work is 413 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:12.559 done on Maui. The number of confirmed dead from the wildfires is up to 414 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:18.079 one hundred and six. Former President Trump and eighteen others indicted Monday by a 415 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:22.039 Georgia grand jury in alleged attempts to overturn the twenty twenty election, will reportedly 416 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:27.200 be booked at the Fulton County Jail. Starbucks is testing one hundred percent reusable 417 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:30.640 cups at a handful of stores in Sonoma County. Customers can also bring their 418 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:36.160 own cups, or even borrow one and return it to the store's smart return 419 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:38.079 bin. We're just minutes away from handle. On the news this morning, 420 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:42.039 the two Weis are talking after former NFL star Michael Orr came out saying they 421 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:47.119 did not adopt him and didn't share profits from the movie The blind Side with 422 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:49.920 him. So wake Up Call was out and about, and I got to 423 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.720 go to Dodger Stadium for a little behind the scenes or maybe we'll call it 424 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:59.039 behind the foul line tour of the stadium to see what everyone's up to. 425 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:02.319 Is the team gets ready for another big win and they're on a big win 426 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:04.559 streak. So I got to go out onto the field yesterday, you guys. 427 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:08.400 I got to see Dave Roberts doing his pregame interviews from the Dodgers. 428 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:14.720 Dugout, got to meet Dodger legend oral Hirsheiser. He was so nice. 429 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:18.240 I'm gonna be posting that on my Instagram at Amy K King. We'll also 430 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:21.640 put some pictures up on the KFI wake Up Page wake Up Call page at 431 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:25.920 KFI AM six forty dot com. And I got to see the broadcast booth 432 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:29.960 where Vince Scully did his broadcasts. I got to meet Dodgers announcers Rick Monday 433 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:33.920 and Charlie Steiner, and got the opportunity to sit down with David Vessey, 434 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:37.279 the host of Dodger Talk. Thanks so much for taking some time to talk 435 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:40.599 to us today. Oh my pleasure, Amy, great to be with you. 436 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.880 So, David, you host a show on our sister station, AM 437 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:47.640 five seventy. But I happen to know that you are here a lot, 438 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.759 So you know a lot about Dodgers Stadium, and we're kind of doing a 439 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:53.599 behind the scene sneak kake today, So I wanted to find out, like, 440 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:59.799 what is something that people wouldn't know is even here at Dodgers Stadium that 441 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.720 they can come and see aside from the action on the field. Yeah, 442 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:07.599 well, the best part about Dodger Stadium and the renovations is they've kept the 443 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:12.559 integrity of the vision that Walter O'Malley had when he broke this in nineteen sixty 444 00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:15.839 two, but they've incorporated a lot of fun things. And one of the 445 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:21.480 places that you may not know about is the gold Glove bars down the left 446 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:25.920 field line, and it's right. It's so hidden you can't even see it 447 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:31.799 because you can see into the Dodger bullpen from those windows, but they cannot 448 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:36.920 see into the bar. So before a game, one of the cool things 449 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:39.880 that I like to do is go down to the gold Glove bar and watch 450 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:45.000 a starting pitcher, maybe Clayton Pershaw warm up, god get it ready for 451 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:49.960 the game. Or you can see Mariachi Joe Kelly now warm up before he 452 00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:52.519 comes into the game. So you can see into the bullpen, they can't 453 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:57.160 see you, and it's a great bar, spacious, a great place to 454 00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:00.799 hang out during the game. I love that. See great places. Okay, 455 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.519 here's another place that during the renovations, they opened up that club level 456 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:08.000 where you can go and see lots of old Dodger memorabilia, the old club 457 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:13.279 car, they've got the old trunks that the team used to travel around with. 458 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.160 So if you have some time before the game or during the game, 459 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:17.519 you want to get up and stretch your life and head up there and you 460 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:22.160 can see some really cool stuff. What are some misconceptions about Zaner Stadium. 461 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:28.440 Wow, it's dilapidated and old, but honestly, I feel like here in 462 00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:31.200 Los Angeles, Amy, we may take for granted the fact that it's the 463 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:37.519 third oldest stadium in Major League Baseball, only behind Wrigley Field and Fenway Park. 464 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:43.039 This stadium is the third oldest and it still looks like it's brand new. 465 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.920 Plus, it's hard to come here and be on this level, the 466 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:51.720 reserve level, top deck and not look out and see those gorgeous San Fernardino 467 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:55.079 mountains that Vince Scully always used to describe. That's when I look at those 468 00:33:55.119 --> 00:34:00.480 mountains, I hear Vin's voice. That's so funny because I have who've been 469 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:04.160 listening to then for so many years, and they say the same thing when 470 00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.440 they think of Dodgers, they hear his voice because he was so iconic to 471 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:13.199 this game. So are the Dodgers gonna make it the playoffs? Yes, 472 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:16.960 no doubt about it. They are winning the Nlsnamy. The only question is 473 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:21.760 how far are the Dodgers going, and we hope it's all the way through 474 00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:25.280 October. That was a treat. And now I also got to sit down 475 00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:30.119 with a man behind the voice that booms through Dodger Stadium every home game. 476 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:35.960 Say hello to Todd Lights. Hello, Todd, Lights too, D D 477 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:40.280 L E I t Z pronounced lights horror facts. So Todd is the PA 478 00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:45.360 announcer. So when the batters come up to the batting box, Todd's going 479 00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:52.159 to say something like leading off the bottom of the first duty for the Dodgers, 480 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:59.519 number fifty ookie bets. Oh my god. So what we're trying to 481 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:01.400 do today, Todd is just kind of give people a little bit of a 482 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:04.880 behind the scenes look. So we got to go down on the field. 483 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.519 And of course it wouldn't be complete if we didn't come up and see you 484 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:12.079 because you're such an integral part of the game. So how long have you 485 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:15.159 been doing? How long have you been the Dodgers PA guy. This is 486 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.079 my ninth season as Dodgers PAS. Started in twenty fifteen, and it's been 487 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:22.159 quite a ride. We've been very, very successful ever since I got here. 488 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.159 So coincidence, I'm not sure. Oh, I think it's tied to 489 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:30.000 it. And actually it's funny that you mentioned that that the Dodgers have done 490 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.840 well since you got here, because my best friend is also Amy, and 491 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:36.480 we come to games a lot, we have season tickets, and we tend 492 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:38.920 to lose more when we're at the games. So we thought we were cursed. 493 00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:42.639 But the last two games, including last Saturday night, we won, 494 00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:45.840 and so we think maybe we've broken the curse. I hope so to turning 495 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:47.800 it around. Also, gonna have to ask you to leave, but now 496 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:51.239 it's okay. Oh, if you were going to eject me from the stadium, 497 00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:55.440 what would you say. Anybody who's cursed cannot be sitting in the stands 498 00:35:55.480 --> 00:36:00.119 of this time, So please make your exit, eat a hasty retreat so 499 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:02.039 that the Dodgers can continue their winning waste. We're on an a game winning 500 00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:06.320 street, so we can't have anything mess that up right now? Absolutely, 501 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.400 Like, so, is this the most fun job ever? Well, it 502 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:12.800 is a job. It is working. It requires me to be away from 503 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:16.840 home a lot, working weekends and nights and so forth. But I mean 504 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:21.440 to have this as your office, and the view from your from your little 505 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:25.800 catbird seed over there in the PA booth is fantastic. I love it When 506 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:30.480 I walk through the gates here Dodgers Stadium, I just feel happy. It's 507 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:34.239 a happy place. People are happy to be here. The people that I 508 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:37.440 work with are happy to work here. And I work with some of the 509 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:42.039 best best professionals in this type of job that you can that you can have. 510 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:45.960 Plus I get to see people like Fernando and Oral Hershiser every day. 511 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:49.920 I used to get to see Vince Scully every day. Rick Monday and Charlie 512 00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:53.079 Stein are our radio guys at AM five seventy. It's just it's just a 513 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:58.280 wonderful place to be. And as I as I gain more traction here, 514 00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.599 more time behind them, like at Dodgers Stadium, I feel like I'm becoming 515 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:06.880 more part of the fabric of the family of the Dodgers. And and you 516 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:08.599 know, the people that I work with know whoy I am at what I 517 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:12.960 do, and that feels nice to be a part of something bigger than myself. 518 00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:15.840 And now we know who you are too, And I can't know you 519 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:20.400 know why they put me behind a mic and get out of town. I 520 00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:22.679 tell you it is such like you said, It's just an integral part of 521 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:27.599 the game. There's so many different elements and so many things that have to 522 00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:31.920 come together to make this spectacle that is a game at Dodgers Stadium. It's 523 00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:36.239 a small it takes a small city. Yeah, I mean, there's thousands 524 00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:38.559 of people who work here, and even late into the night they're they're cleaning 525 00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:43.159 the steep seats and the rows and everything of the peanuts and spilled beer and 526 00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:45.559 stuff. You know. It's it's just amazing how they're able to do it. 527 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:50.039 And I remember watching it after a double header or in the middle of 528 00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:52.599 a double header. They came in and within an hour they had this place 529 00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:54.840 cleaned up and ready to go for the next the next crowd to come in. 530 00:37:54.920 --> 00:38:00.159 It's it's it's simply amazing the type of logistics that go in to making 531 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:02.280 this place work. Yeah, and for the fans, you know, one 532 00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:06.079 of the cool things about it. Of course, there's there's expensive seats, 533 00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:07.639 there's mid level seats. But you can come to a Dodger game for you 534 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:12.039 know, twenty five thirty bucks, you know, and like it's not everywhere 535 00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:15.400 that you can do that. You can come and hang out for the afternoon 536 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:21.800 and you just never know how somebody might give you a fabulous introduction. Could 537 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:24.559 you do that for me? Yes? You hope you can edit this so 538 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:29.639 you got give me, give me where you want exactly. How batting or 539 00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:34.960 a wake up Call? Amy King now batting for a wake up call? 540 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:42.599 Your host, Amy King tod likes. Thank you so much, Thank you, 541 00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:46.719 Amy Pleasure. Yeah, that just made my day. Any day Dodger 542 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:50.159 Stadium is a good day again. 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