WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:07.400 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from kf I AM six forty kf 2 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:14.119 hand KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for your 3 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:24.440 morning wake up Call. Here's Jason Middleton. Good morning everybody, Thanks for 4 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:29.600 joining us. It is wake Up Call. It's July the twentieth. It's 5 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:34.399 Thursday, and we have a winner. They're talking about it all week. 6 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.200 Finally got a winner where we get to the lottery thing though. This morning, 7 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:43.240 let's look at the scores BEFA Women's World Cup. Australia looks like they're 8 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.119 gonna beat the Republic of Ireland one nil. New Zealand already one today. 9 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:53.840 The United States team plays tomorrow at six o'clock Pacific time six pm Pacific tomorrow. 10 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.320 The award for the winning team this year is the players get a hundred 11 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.879 and ten million dollars to split among them. The minimum is thirty thousand per 12 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:08.640 that's about a five x increase over the last time. So some equity happening 13 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.400 on that side of FIFA. It's got a few headlines. Then we'll get 14 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:17.000 into the rest of this morning show. A single winning ticket in the billion 15 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:22.159 dollar Powerball lottery sold in downtown La yesterday. In November, a powerball ticket 16 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.239 worth more than two billion dollars was sold to the gas station in Altadena, 17 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:29.519 Go La County. If you didn't win the jackpot, don't throw that ticket 18 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:33.959 away, though, because more than thirty people did match at least five numbers 19 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.599 to win at least a million dollars. Record heat in Phoenix continues. The 20 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:44.000 low never dipped below ninety seven degrees overnight, and the high in Phoenix hit 21 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.719 one hundred and nineteen. Highs have been at least one hundred and ten since 22 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:51.439 the end of June. The wife of the suspected Long Island at New York 23 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:56.599 serial killer is filing for divorce. Let's start with some of the other stories 24 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.959 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. US officials say North Korea 25 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:04.599 has not responded to attempts to discuss the American soldier who ran across the heavily 26 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.319 armed border from South Korea. Private Travis King was being returned to Fort Bliss, 27 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:13.560 Texas this week after finishing a prison sentence for assault when he crossed into 28 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:17.759 North Korea. The country has no diplomatic ties to the US. Ups drivers 29 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:23.960 have rallied in LA ahead of a possible strike over pay and ac in delivery 30 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.759 trucks. Team STAIRS, representing about three hundred and forty thousand members, are 31 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.080 demanding pay increases for part time workers and increases in the number of full time 32 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:37.520 positions. The Anderson Economic Groups Patrick Anderson says striking drivers would lose about one 33 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:43.639 point one billion in wages. The biggest number over four billion dollars losses to 34 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.439 businesses and consumers that rely on UPS. The union gathered yesterday, saying many 35 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:52.639 workers are living at the poverty line. UPS says it will continue talks next 36 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:57.280 week before contracts expire at the end of the month. Chris Adler KFI News. 37 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:01.039 A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling the grant four LAPD officers immunity 38 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.599 in a wrongful death lawsuit. The pseudolledges the officers used excessive force on an 39 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:12.159 unarmed burglar who had already surrendered. Court papers obtained yesterday show the officers repeatedly 40 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.840 shocked the man with a taser in twenty twenty and held him down until he 41 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:20.599 had a heart attack and died. A four legged firefighter has become the newest 42 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.439 member of the LA County Fire Department. Her name is Julia and she's half 43 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:28.280 Golden Retriever and half Labrador. She just had a birthday on July seventh, 44 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.120 so she's two years old now. Julia is part of the arson unit and 45 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:36.560 especially trained as an accelerant sniffing canine. Captain Casey Flanders is Julia's handblo. 46 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:38.800 She comes home with me every off duty day. She's great with the kids, 47 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.680 great with the family. The other thing about these dogs is they're part 48 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:46.960 of that sporting group. They have the hunting drive that excelerant dogs need to 49 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.800 have, Flanders says. He and Julia are called out to a scene after 50 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:53.919 it's been safe to enter, and Julia quickly goes to work checking for anything 51 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:57.240 that might have contributed to the cause of a fire. It's everything spanning the 52 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.400 spectrum of knightable liquids from light, medium to heavy discs, gasoline. We're 53 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:06.039 talking about diesel, kerosene, lamp oil, lighter fluid, nail polished removal. 54 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:11.800 Girl. That's a good girl. Good girl. The cost of training, 55 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:15.960 acquiring, and maintaining Julio was covered by a grant from State Farm Insurance, 56 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.879 and if this experiment works, the department may add another dog or even 57 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:23.519 two. Steve Gregory, King of five News, in a couple of minutes. 58 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:27.160 The first topic on wake Up Call is ABC's Karen Travers joining us to 59 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.160 discuss border and biden Omics, and maybe some student loan repayments. But first 60 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:33.839 from the Southern California Toyota Dealers Traffic Center, Let's go places. Let's check 61 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:40.720 the five. This is in Downey on the five northbound, right before Paramount 62 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:43.720 Boulevard. We have cleanup proofs from an earlier crash. You're taking up the 63 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.639 two bright lanes. Your drive is stacking up right around Florence Avenue and in 64 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:50.120 Boil Heights. This is all the five northbound at Seventh Street. We have 65 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:54.879 a crash and emerges the crews blocking the off ramp right there. Your drive 66 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.560 is bunching up as you approach. And Glenn Helen This is on the fifteenth 67 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.000 southbound before Glen Helen Park. We have a crash there taking up the two 68 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.279 left lanes. Your drive is stop and go from ken Wood. K if 69 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:08.639 I in the sky hopes get you there faster. From Brian Vance. Before 70 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.759 we talk to ABC's Karen Travers, Let's get back to some of the stories 71 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:14.839 coming out of the KFY twenty four hour newsroom. A girl's basketball coach in 72 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:20.279 Orange County is facing one hundred and fifty years in prison for sexually molesting players 73 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:24.680 seventeen years old. Orange County DA spokeswoman Kimberly Ed says, in all, 74 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:30.319 six girls testified against Carlos Francisco Warez, he would have players run around the 75 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:34.000 basketball jim topless. He would french kiss these young girls, who had never 76 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:39.120 been kissed before. The girls testified this week, Warres told them such acts 77 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:43.199 would make them better players. He gave an eleven year old girl an envelop 78 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:46.319 full of cash after sexually assaulting her in a parking lot, knowing that her 79 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:49.720 family needed the money. Sentencing is set for next month in Orange County. 80 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:54.199 Corbin Carson, k if I News. Right now, ABC's Karen Travers is 81 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:57.079 on the line with us. She's the White House correspondent for ABC. Good 82 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:01.360 morning, Karen, A, good morning. Let's start with biden Omics because 83 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:05.519 later this hour we're going to have an interview about junk fees. I know 84 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:11.199 that the Bidenomics is the new nomenclature coming out of the administration. Any updates 85 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:15.600 are yeah, yeah, So Yesterday, the President was talking about his economic 86 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.839 agenda, saying that his policy is his strategy or working. He pointed to 87 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:24.800 easing inflation and strong jobs numbers. He was meeting with his competition counsel and 88 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:29.959 he's highlighted the work that they're doing to help consumers get greater transparency on things 89 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.439 like apartment rentals. That was the focus yesterday, but also on buying plane 90 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:38.079 tickets, hotel rooms, concert tickets, or even signing up for short term 91 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:42.439 healthcare plans. Yesterday, they were talking about how when you go onto zulo 92 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:46.920 dot com or apartments dot com, if you can go on there now and 93 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.600 get a better sense of what your final price tag is going to be, 94 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:54.959 whether it's security deposits, one time rental fees, things like that in addition 95 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.439 to the monthly cost of an apartment. And the President, in his blunt 96 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.079 way, said folks are tired of being played for suckers. He said, 97 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:05.399 it's all about basic fairness, and these are all these kind of you know, 98 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:10.920 small announcements that they say add up to big things for consumers. Again, 99 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:14.920 doesn't necessarily bring down the cost of it, but it does give you 100 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:17.399 more transparency, so you know what you're paying for right from the start. 101 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:21.519 Yeah, that does help. He he is branded as the middle class President, 102 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:26.360 so it makes sense that this would be part of his political campaign as 103 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.720 well. Right, So, yeah, this is going to be a message 104 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:33.959 theme that we hear a lot about over the next year. Plus bidynomics. 105 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:39.040 It feels like he is a little hesitant to use it sometimes, but his 106 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:43.759 team certainly is. And he's going to be up in Philadelphia today again pushing 107 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:47.800 this, talking about clean energy and union jobs. He's going to be at 108 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:51.360 what they call a steel cutting ceremony for the Acadias, the vessel that's going 109 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:56.720 to be sent offshore to help build offshore wind farms, which the White House 110 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:01.800 says will then support hundreds of new union jobs. So again, bidonomics for 111 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:05.720 day two this week for the President. Right on, and we're alliterative today, 112 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.319 let's go from bidonomics to the border. Seems like there's been some more 113 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:13.800 news coming out this week, especially on the Rio Grande. Yeah, Mexico 114 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:20.160 is very upset about these floating barrels and razor wire that Texas has put into 115 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.959 the river under the guidance of Governor Greg Abbott. They say that this violates 116 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.560 several international water treaties and they want them removed immediately. It's a lot of 117 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:35.639 questions. Yesterday the briefing about this reaction to this request by Mexico and Parne 118 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:41.000 Jumpierre was referring to the Justice Department for the specifics on the authority about the 119 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:45.240 barriers being removed on any legal action. She said, the Justice Department is 120 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.600 looking into this, but in terms of the actual situation there and what was 121 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:54.960 done. Parne condemned Governor Abbott, saying that this was an inhumane and atrocious 122 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.519 move. I guess our final b in the last minute we have with you 123 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:03.480 would bionomics, we on the border, Let's go to borrowers. Any movement 124 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.080 on the student loan front. Yeah, so obviously, you know, the 125 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.919 big thing will be in the fall when the repayment process begins for those people 126 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.360 who have been on pause for three plus years because of the pandemic. The 127 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:18.799 repayments for federal borrowers starts up again. But the Winehouse had put in place 128 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:22.720 this twelve months on ramp transition, where if you do miss a payment, 129 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:24.799 you are not going to default on your loans. They're trying to give people 130 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:28.519 a little bit of a grace period, But there were Democratic senators who reached 131 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:33.639 out to some of the providers saying they're worried that these loan providers are not 132 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.320 prepared for this restart, that because they have not been dealing with the processing 133 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:41.240 over the last three months, three years, this is going to be a 134 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:45.440 really big tax on their systems. They said they have been layoffs at these 135 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.320 companies, they've been shifts of borrowers, like getting bounced from one company to 136 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:52.360 another, and that they don't have a good handle on what is coming in 137 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.080 the fall. I asked the White Hearts yesterday if they share those concerns, 138 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:01.559 and Kareem wouldn't say, but said that the the Department of Education is in 139 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.919 contact with the blown providers to provide whatever help they can to make this a 140 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.960 smooge transition. Thanks a lot, Karen, We went all the way around 141 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:13.840 the infield this morning. Appreciated absolutely thanks ABC's White House correspondent Karen Travers. 142 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.200 There. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 143 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.480 twenty four hour newsroom. Let's go back to we having a winner. Someone 144 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:24.879 in California has won the one billion dollar powerball jackpot. The ticket was sold 145 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:28.039 in downtown La at Las Palmata's mini market. The numbers drawn last night ready 146 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:35.279 ten, eleven, thirteen, twenty four and that important powerball number was twenty 147 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:39.720 four. A man in Auckland, New Zealand, has killed two people in 148 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:43.600 a shooting before the first game of the FIFA Women's World Cup tournament. The 149 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.639 man was then killed in a shootout with police. An officer was hurt in 150 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:50.559 the shooting. New Zealand's Prime Minister said the tournament would go on as planned. 151 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:52.879 The opening match is between New Zealand and Norway, and New Zealand has 152 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:58.279 already won that one. A tornado has damaged a Fiser pharmaceutical plant in North 153 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.759 Carolina. The company says they were serious injuries yesterday, but medicine was damaged. 154 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:07.080 Police in Alabama say there's some mystery surrounding the disappearance of a woman who 155 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:11.960 says she was kidnapped and held captive for almost two days. Police Chief Nick 156 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:16.039 Durses says the woman had searched for things online like do you have to pay 157 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:20.799 for an amber alert? And movies about abductions. I do think it's highly, 158 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:26.320 highly unusual to the day that someone gets kidnapped that several seven hours or 159 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:30.879 eight hours before that, that they're searching the internet, googling the movie taken. 160 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:35.759 He says investigators have been unable to verify most of the woman's statement, 161 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:39.639 including claims she tried to rescue a toddler walking on the side of the highway 162 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:43.480 before being taken by a man with orange hair. Santa Anna is building what 163 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:48.960 could be a first edition outdoor library in Jerome Park, complete with self serve 164 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:52.879 kiosk. You can check out a book a movie using your library card. 165 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.720 Santa and A Library services director Brian Sternberg says there will be an area for 166 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:01.039 reading, joining programs, and free WiFi. People want spaces, people want 167 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:07.080 places to go on weekends. People want community destinations, and things are expensive 168 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:09.919 these days. The city's investing forty six million dollars in grant funding to also 169 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.840 buy a new bookmobile, build a new library inside a community center, and 170 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:18.840 upgrade its two branch libraries with the latest tech. And they're all free. 171 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:22.759 In Santa Anna. Corbin Carson k FI news a pilot program in California will 172 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:26.840 provide free legal services to migrant farm workers who are in the country illegally. 173 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:31.840 Governor Newsom announced the four and a half million dollar program Yesterday, which includes 174 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:37.120 case review services in labor investigations, legal advice, and representation. Newsom says 175 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.320 more than fifty percent of farm workers in California are undocumented, and many don't 176 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:46.159 speak up out of fear of retaliation and deportation. He says the program aims 177 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.919 to prevent the exploitation of the workers. A beer maker is using the scent 178 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:54.320 of the SuDS so salmon can swim to their spawning spot. The Oregon Hatchery 179 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:58.080 Research Center has been working for years on helping samon find their way back to 180 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:03.559 their birthplace to lay their own eggs. Hatchery raised salmon use their noses to 181 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.039 get back home, but often mistakenly end up in areas with the wild salmon. 182 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:09.600 So finding the right smell for them to latch onto is key. Turns 183 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.159 out, the director for the OHRC is also a homebrewer, and he realized 184 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:18.480 the grossest part of home brewing or hop culture contains an amino acid that is 185 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:20.960 to the salmon's liking. Tests have been positive so far, with the OHRC 186 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.080 getting a grant for the next two years to continue with their beer fueled research. 187 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.480 Michael Crozier, KFI news a couple of quick headlines that we're going to 188 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:33.519 talk about the credit card perks. The state of California is finding the Temeculi 189 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:39.279 Valley Unified school Board one and a half million dollars for rejecting curriculum that features 190 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:43.559 LGBTQ studies. Governor Knewsom announced to find yesterday, one day after the school 191 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:48.720 board voted not to use the state endorsed curriculum. How Speaker McCarthy is coming 192 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:52.919 to the defense of former President Trump for his actions centered around the January sixth 193 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:58.919 capital attack. Air Quality is slowly improving for millions as smoke from Canadian wildfire 194 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.600 starts to thin out. Despite the improvements, air quality alerts are still in 195 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:07.919 place in more than a dozen states, ranging all the way from New Hampshire 196 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.240 to Wyoming. At five thirty ish, we're gonna get junkie with it. 197 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:15.440 We're gonna break talk Brett, We're gonna break down junk fees. I got 198 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.960 Kono's attention. These things land on everything from airfare to hotel rooms to concert 199 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.360 tickets, politics, bidonomics aside, these fees impact monthly budgets for the majority 200 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:30.440 of Americans Right now, though it's credit card perks, not necessarily the rewards 201 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.360 we use on the consumer side of things when we clickity clack that buy now 202 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.519 button. This is how small businesses can use credit card awards to bolster their 203 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.840 bottom lines. David Colado is a small business expert and president of Happy Howe's 204 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:46.080 welcome in, David, good morning, Thank you for having me. Absolutely. 205 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:48.440 Look, Wall Street is a running of the bulls right now. How 206 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:54.159 are the economics playing out from Main Street? Yeah, I totally empathize with 207 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.399 my small fellow small business owners out there that are coming into work and making 208 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:03.919 a go at their business. And these challenging economic times. And two of 209 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:09.080 the biggest challenges that we're dealing with our inflation and managing the competition. With 210 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:13.919 inflation, even though it's not as aggressive as it was last year, we're 211 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:20.840 still seeing rising costs of transportation, raw materials, labor, and that's really 212 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:24.720 impacting our business. So we're enlisting the help of our employees, our team 213 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:30.080 members to help us find ways to become more efficient at what we're doing and 214 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:35.559 help us find ways to save money. Another challenging aspect to the current economy 215 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.879 is managing competition. The last few years have made it very easy for anyone 216 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:45.320 to start a new business. And that's great, although that makes it very 217 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:50.480 difficult for a small business owner to acquire gain new customers. And what we 218 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:56.120 do there to help gain new customers is making sure that our customers new customers, 219 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.159 know they can pay us with a credit card. We find that when 220 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.799 they know they can use their credit cards to make a purchase from us, 221 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:07.440 they're much more likely to make a purchase from us the first time. And 222 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.399 they also get the added benefit of earning rewards for themselves as they make purchases 223 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:15.360 from us. So are you highlighting those perks because obviously if you get a 224 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:18.159 first time customer, you want to have a repeat customer built out of that. 225 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:22.240 Right, Yes, absolutely, we are highlighting those perkses Okay, great, 226 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:26.360 So a little bit of a headwind on main Street and we've talked a 227 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:29.720 little bit about the credit card rewards. How these programs going to stick around 228 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:33.679 overall? Are they working for both sides of the equation. I'm part of 229 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.639 a large group that believes that credit card rewards today are in jeopardy, and 230 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:44.279 they're in jeopardy because of a proposed piece of legislation called the credit card Competition 231 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:51.600 Act. This proposed legislation attempts to save businesses money by helping them by reducing 232 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:56.919 credit card fees, but it disregards the fact that those credit card fees are 233 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:02.200 what fun the credit card rewards program that small business owners like myself rely on. 234 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:08.440 So rather than targeting credit card fees, politicians are better off educating small 235 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:14.279 business owners on how to maximize the rewards on the credit cards that they're using. 236 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.400 When I think about credit card rewards, I think there's two types of 237 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.720 cards. And back in the day at least there was a business card, 238 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:23.640 a corporate card, a travel card that you could use, and then you'd 239 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:26.759 have your personal card too. It helped with expense accounts and whatnot. Those 240 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.160 are probably not as prevalent as they were, say twenty years ago. Right, 241 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.799 Well, I've only been running my business for the last ten years, 242 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:37.440 so I've only had my credit card, which I'm extremely happy with and I've 243 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:41.000 used really well for just the last ten years. David, thank you for 244 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:45.559 joining us this morning. You're welcome. Thank you. Where can we point 245 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:49.319 people online for more information? What do you suggest to go online and learn 246 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:55.680 more about this legislation? I recommend going to a website called hands off my 247 00:17:55.799 --> 00:18:00.480 Rewards dot Com. Again, that's hands off my Rewards dot com. The 248 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:04.440 website does a good job of educating visitors about what this proposed piece of legislation 249 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:08.039 is, this credit card competition hack, and the website also does a good 250 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:12.960 job of explaining how credit card processing fees work and how that network works. 251 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:18.839 You can also write to your congressman through that website as well. Very cool. 252 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:22.640 Thanks a lot again, David, Thank you. It's David Colodo, 253 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.400 a small business expert and president of Happy Howe's let's get back to some more 254 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.680 news coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. A two year 255 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.519 old boy and Granada Hills has been hurt in a shooting that killed a man 256 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:34.119 at a local park. The shooting happened just before eleven thirty last night. 257 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:37.559 Police say the child was on the playground with his mom at the time. 258 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.799 LA police are trying to find a man who's assaulted several women in the Pico 259 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:48.039 Union District and downtown over six days. The crime spree started Monday of last 260 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.960 week, when a woman was attacked near Olympic Boulevard and Albany Street. On 261 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:56.079 Saturday, a woman was punched in the face multiple times and knocked unconscious as 262 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:59.920 she walked home from church. The guy police are looking for is twenty one 263 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.079 year old Sergio Garcia. He's Latino five feet six inches tall, about one 264 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:06.839 hundred and fifty pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, and a mustache. 265 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:10.640 He is known to carry a black statchel with red lettering that spells Gucci. 266 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.079 A seventy one year old man from La has collapsed and died at a 267 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:18.200 trailhead in Death Valley. The man is believed to have been hiking Tuesday, 268 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.359 when temperatures hit one hundred and twenty one degrees. Officials say it's even hotter 269 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:27.240 inside Golden Canyon because the canyon walls radiate the sun's heat. Earlier this month, 270 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:30.359 a sixty five year old man from San Diego was found dead in his 271 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:37.079 car in Death Valley. Universal has denied pruning trees to remove shade from striking 272 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:42.240 WGA and SAG members. The La City Controller is investigating the trees being cut 273 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:47.640 where picketing actors and writers have been gathering. The controller says the ficus trees 274 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:52.160 lining the street outside the studios are regulated by the city and need permits before 275 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.440 they can be cut. NBC Universal said yesterday it wasn't trying to make striking 276 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:00.640 more difficult, but that the trees are cut annually for safety. If found 277 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.720 in violation, the studios could be cited or face a hearing. Chris Adler 278 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:08.839 Ka Fine News. Russia has hit cities in southern Ukraine with drones and missiles 279 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:12.680 for a third consecutive night. The wave of strikes is destroyed some of the 280 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:17.680 country's critical grain export sites. At least two people in Odessa were killed. 281 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:22.400 Back to California, the Orange County Board of Supervisors has approved plans to apply 282 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:26.200 for a state grants so it can buy and refurbish a motel in Coasta Mesa. 283 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.640 The supervisors save the motel would provide low cost housing and shelter. The 284 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.799 county plans to use a six million dollar loan to rehab the one hundred and 285 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:40.480 twenty room travel lodge. Supervisor Doug Chaffee says he strongly supports the home key 286 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:45.480 program, but is concerned about the debt servicing of the project. Space Shuttle 287 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.839 Endeavor is going into a launch position at the California Science Center. The shuttle 288 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:53.440 has been on display horizontally for eleven years. The new vertical display will have 289 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:59.000 two rocket boosters and an external fuel tank. Construction on the shuttle's new home 290 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:03.599 began last year. New center is expected open in twenty twenty five. Hacker 291 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:08.359 and former KFI host Kevin Mitnick has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. 292 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:14.680 Mitnick served time in prison for computer and communications related crimes. He hacked into 293 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:19.319 companies like Motorola, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, and USC in the nineties before 294 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:23.279 going to prison for five years. He hosted The Dark Side of the Internet 295 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:27.039 on KFI in two thousand and two thousand and one, he was fifty nine. 296 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:32.440 Only one of the state's wealthiest counties is in southern California. The financial 297 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:36.000 website smart Assets as Orange County is the seventh wealthiest county in the state, 298 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.559 with a median household income of just over one hundred thousand dollars and a median 299 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:42.640 home value of one million and six thousand dollars. The other nine wealthiest counties 300 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:45.799 are up north, with Santa Clara coming in first. The median income there 301 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:51.079 is over one hundred forty thousand dollars. La County ranked twenty third wealthiest in 302 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:53.319 the state. The median income is just over seventy six thousand, and the 303 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:57.359 median home value is just over eight hundred and fifteen thousand. Angelinos who makes 304 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:03.279 seventy thousand dollars a year are considered low income. Any king Kfi news, 305 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:06.519 Oh Kenny got it up its game Right now on wake up Call, we're 306 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.240 going to talk about junk fees. Junk fees are back in the news again 307 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:12.720 as the Biden administration has made fighting them a top priority, at least for 308 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:18.440 the campaign. But what does the term junk fees include? And will eliminating 309 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:22.720 them help consumers save money or at least making them more transparent? Bank right, 310 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.079 Senior industry analyst Ted Rossman is going to help us get caught up on 311 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:30.279 what could be a money saver junk fees. Now, junk fees to me, 312 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:33.000 sounds a lot like one of those catch all phrases, kind of like 313 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:37.559 mistakes were made or results may vary. What exactly about junk fees are we 314 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:44.359 talking about? These are basically surprised fees. The Biden administration and the Consumer 315 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:49.240 Financial Protection Bureau have made fighting junk fees a priority. They talk about these 316 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:56.759 fees as being disproportionate to the value received. So some examples would be airline 317 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:02.920 seed selection fees, ticket fees, and you're buying concert tickets or sports tickets 318 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:07.079 and they have all those add ons. Credit Card lead fees have been in 319 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:11.759 the crosshairs bank over draft fees. These are all examples of fees that they 320 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:18.559 think are basically unfair and too high. Unfair and too high. This is 321 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:21.559 not news though, right, So why are we talking about junk fees now 322 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:25.279 or why are you guys over at bank right giving it some quantitative efforts. 323 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.119 There have been some recent movements. There was an event at the White House 324 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.359 a couple of weeks back with the CEOs of a lot of the big ticket 325 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:38.599 companies like live Nation and Ticketmaster and seed geek, and they've recently pledged much 326 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:45.759 more transparency on these issues. And Airbnb made a similar pledge late last year, 327 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:49.240 so we're starting to see some movement. There's a fight brewing on credit 328 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:55.599 card lead fees. The CFPB has proposed capping those at just eight dollars, 329 00:23:55.599 --> 00:24:00.319 a pop down from the current cap of thirty for a first offense that can 330 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:07.480 actually go higher for subsequent offenses. This would supposedly trim banks fee profits by 331 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:12.440 about three quarters in this area, so you know, maybe from twelve billion 332 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:18.000 down to just three billion. This I think is emblematic of the broader topic, 333 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:22.440 which is fees are like whack mole. One goes down, another one 334 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:29.079 pops up. I think something like this could happen with credit card lay fees 335 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:33.640 and other bank fees. I worry about the unintended consequences, even though I 336 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:37.799 applaud the transparency. Okay, real quick, let's do some housekeeping. CFPB 337 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:41.480 explain to us what that is again, please, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 338 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:48.640 So they're basically this consumer watchdog agency. It's interesting because in some respects they've 339 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:52.319 taken a more active stance during the current administration, which you would expect. 340 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:59.160 But what's kind of unexpected is they haven't had nearly as many enforcement actions. 341 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:03.559 And some of that is because there have been some tie ups in the courts 342 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:10.759 where some in Congress are kind of questioning the legality of their funding structure. 343 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:14.400 So kind of long story short, I think they're trying to sort of balance 344 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:18.440 this carrot and the stick approach. I think those credit card late fee one 345 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:22.920 is one that could really come to a head. I think consumers would love 346 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:29.359 to pay lower fees the unintended consequences. Does that lead another fee to go 347 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:33.000 up somewhere else, or does it become harder to get a credit card? 348 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.680 You know, these are some of the things that we worry about. Hey, 349 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:37.680 let's go back to your whackamole analogy, because I think it's dead on 350 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:44.839 its transparency. Is that more valuable here than just necessarily reducing fees, because 351 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:49.799 wouldn't transparency help with the whackamole problem? I think transparency is good in some 352 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:53.640 areas. I think it's a good thing for concert and sports tickets because you 353 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:57.079 know what you're getting into. I think it's great for those short term home 354 00:25:57.119 --> 00:26:03.039 rentals like Airbnb. Some other things I think we need more progress, like 355 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:08.880 hotel resort fees or a big gotcha that right now is still pretty hidden from 356 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:12.759 a lot of people, and these are very common in certain destinations like Las 357 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:17.359 Vegas would be a good example, where you think you're paying a certain amount 358 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:21.680 and then there's actually a fifty dollars add on for the gym or the pool 359 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:26.240 or whatever it is. That's one that we have not seen as much movement 360 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:30.359 on, and I think does snag a lot of people now Sometimes you can 361 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:33.359 negotiate your way out of it. That's actually a good tip where I think 362 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:37.279 your case is even better if you didn't use those amenities or they were under 363 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:41.240 construction. Maybe if you have a lead status or you're paid with points, 364 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:45.720 maybe you can get out of it. You can ask for a credit card 365 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.319 late fee waiver two. By the way, that actually works more than eighty 366 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:52.119 percent at a time. You can't do it every month, of course, 367 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:55.839 but once in a while it doesn't hurt to ask. Yeah, good call. 368 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:00.440 Let's do another piece of housekeeping, because in your report is something called 369 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:04.400 the Durban amendam Can you give us a working definition of that please? That 370 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:08.200 was a rule that went into place a little more than a decade ago that 371 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:14.480 capped debit card interchange. So interchange is the fee that merchants pay every time 372 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:18.640 somebody uses their card. And this was wrapped into the Broader Dodd Frank Act 373 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:25.000 back in twenty ten. And this is a perfect example I think of unintended 374 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:30.519 consequences because on the face of it, the proposal was, Okay, let's 375 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:33.680 bring down the fees that merchants are paying when customers use a debit card, 376 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:38.240 and then won't be great merchants a lower prices and everybody will be happy, 377 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:45.720 maybe the financial industry. But unfortunately it didn't work out for consumers because merchants 378 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:49.960 didn't lower fees. They just pocketed the difference. And that's something that the 379 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:56.039 FED reported on that only one percent of merchants lowered prices. Something similar is 380 00:27:56.200 --> 00:28:00.799 playing out now in the credit card world, where the so called Credit Card 381 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:04.000 Competition Act has been proposed. That's a little different, but I think he's 382 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:08.200 intended to solve the same kind of issue. But I think the point is 383 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:11.279 that, yeah, on the face of it, doesn't it sound great to 384 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:15.160 pay lower prices, But what if that doesn't happen, or what if in 385 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:18.640 the case of the Durban Amendment. You know, another thing we saw was 386 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:23.519 debit card rewards went away, and it became harder to get a free checking 387 00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:29.319 account, and overdraft and ATM fees went up. And I don't mean to 388 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:33.839 be cynical, but I do think that companies are going to look to make 389 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:37.680 up the shortfall. So I think probably transparency is a worthy goal, but 390 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:42.319 I do worry that prices won't come down. Thank you again for your time, 391 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:45.880 and hope we could talk again soon. Sounds good, me too, 392 00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:48.680 Thank you. It's Ted Rossman. He's a senior analyst and his newest data 393 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:52.920 and report on junk fees is at bankrate dot com. Some housing rental companies 394 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:57.319 are promising to show so called junk fees on their websites. This just happened. 395 00:28:57.519 --> 00:29:03.440 The Bid Administration announced yesterday that Zillo Apartments dot com and Affordable Housing dot 396 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:07.759 Com will be included. Abc'sjim Ryan is on the line to talk about solar 397 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:11.279 panels and the solar panel panel industry and rather large bankruptcy too. Welcome back, 398 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:15.640 Jim. Yeah. Pink Energy is a company that filed for bankruptcy this 399 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:19.319 past yere is Jason, and yeah, not before a lot of customers had 400 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:22.599 already signed on with that company, had solar panels put on their roofs. 401 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:26.680 It tried to get them wired up. In some cases they were wired. 402 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:33.960 Pink Energy says that one of its parts suppliers was giving it faulty and defective 403 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:36.720 parts, so when those were put into the panels they would break down. 404 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:41.960 But now it's been impossible, nearly impossible to get those things service because Pink 405 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:45.640 Energy went out of business or filed for bankruptcy. At least and thousands of 406 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:51.319 customers around the country now are looking at solar panels on the roofs that don't 407 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.400 work, work only part of the time. Whether they do or not, 408 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:59.519 those customers are still paying every month for loans that they took out to put 409 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:03.839 those up. I'm looking at a report out of Hampton Roads, Virginia about 410 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.160 a class action suit from some of the customers as well. Is this going 411 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.000 to be a rolling issue? Are they going to try to stick it to 412 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:14.440 their suppliers supplier? Yeah, first, the suppliers perhaps, but also I 413 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:18.160 think the state attorneys general in about a dozen states are going to the lending 414 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:22.720 companies instead of the solar panel company. They're going to the lending company that 415 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:26.799 lent the consumers the money to put the panels up, urging them to suspend 416 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:30.200 the payment requirements, to suspend bills to those customers until the whole thing has 417 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:33.920 worked out. Because you've got a lot of customers who are paying two hundred 418 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.960 and fifty three hundred, four hundred dollars a month sometimes more to a lending 419 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:42.599 company for solar panels that simply don't work. They're on the roof, but 420 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:47.599 it's supplying little or no electricity either to that house or into the grid. 421 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:52.279 Is this indicative of anything that we should be watching for industry wide, or 422 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:55.240 is this hopefully just a siloed event. Well, I think it alls. 423 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:59.599 It does point out the consumers need to be careful in any situation, whether 424 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:04.160 it's or panels or the purchasing home repair services, whatever it might be. 425 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:10.200 Keep careful records. That's what consumers specialists are saying now about those solar panel 426 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:15.200 installations and complaints you might have about them. Keep those records so that you 427 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:19.519 can either participate in a class action lawsuit or at least lay out your claim 428 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:22.799 precisely to the company. But right now, I mean, this was why 429 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:27.359 they call it bankruptcy protection, Jason, because Pink Energy is in bankruptcy and 430 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:33.000 it's protected from lawsuits filed by consumers like you and me. Right. Yeah, 431 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:36.279 When about twelve years ago or so, I was at NBC in the 432 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:41.079 Bay Area and Celindra went under, you might remember that one. And they 433 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:44.359 had just gotten a bunch of federal grants from the Obama administration as well, 434 00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:45.920 and that was one of the biggest stories we covered for that year. And 435 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.880 it's kind of sad that we have to go back to covering some more bankruptcies 436 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:53.319 within the solar industry after twelve years, right, and some of these cases 437 00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:56.839 just haven't been resolved at all. Some might date back that far. These 438 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:01.039 most recent cases are within just the last couple of years that Pink Energy was 439 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:06.480 marketing these systems, selling the systems, and then unfortunately filed for bankruptcy. 440 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:09.319 But Pink Energy again says that some of this has nothing to do with it, 441 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:15.920 that faulty systems may be the work of either installers or faulty equipment, 442 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:20.599 faulty parts that were brought in. Jim, I know you may not have 443 00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:22.559 anything on this, but you're based in Dallas and I was reading a headline 444 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:27.039 earlier in the show. A suspected serial killer is in custody in Dallas. 445 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:30.039 Can you update us on anything there? Yes, Oscar Sanchez Garcia is twenty 446 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:35.519 five years old. He was taken into custody yesterday, first in connection with 447 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:38.039 the slaying of a sixty year old woman, but her killing is one of 448 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:45.160 three that police have been investigating is possibly being connected potential motive. Investigators have 449 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:47.839 said that the women at least two of the women who were killed had connections 450 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:53.519 to prostitution and that this may have been some kind of vendetta sort of killing. 451 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:58.319 So yes, he is in custody looking at three cases or murder. 452 00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:01.799 Police are studying other potential cases to see if they may be connected to Thank 453 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:05.480 you for that, Jim. I appreciate you being able to pivot ABC's Jim 454 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:07.319 Ryan. They're always a pro great to hear from him. Again, let's 455 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:09.519 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 456 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:15.200 newsroom. One ticket sold at Las Palmatas Mini Market in downtown La as all 457 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:20.240 six winning numbers for the one billion dollar powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn last 458 00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:23.640 night are seven, ten, eleven, thirteen, twenty four and the powerball 459 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:28.039 twenty four. For those who did not win this one, there's another big 460 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:30.920 one on the line tomorrow. The Mega Millions drawing is worth an estimated seven 461 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:35.880 hundred and twenty million. I mean that's kind of like it's not a billion, 462 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:38.680 but whatever, seven hund twenty million dollars. Ups drivers have rallied in 463 00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:44.720 LA to demand higher pay and benefits for workers. The Anderson Economic Groups Patrick 464 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:49.759 Anderson says if workers strike August first, it would cost the economy billions and 465 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:55.759 quickly impact customers of the UPS. Shipments that are currently going out could be 466 00:33:57.039 --> 00:34:01.440 fulfilled by substitute for another carry or even driving things or walking them or biking 467 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:06.519 them to where they would otherwise go. The Teamsters rallied yesterday to demand air 468 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:10.880 conditioning in delivery trucks and pay increases for part timers. Their contract expires July 469 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:15.760 thirty first, a girls basketball coach in Orange County has been convicted of twenty 470 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:22.199 one felonies, including molesting an eleven year old girl. DA spokeswoman Kimberly Eds 471 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:27.360 says Carlos Francisco Uarez coached club teams in multiple cities in South oc. He 472 00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:32.079 spent many, many months grooming these young girls into sometimes believe in that they 473 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:37.880 were an actual relationship with him when they were just teenagers and he was in 474 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:42.719 his late thirties, says. Six girls testified this week to things like having 475 00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:46.400 their first kiss with Warez and being made to run topless during private practices. 476 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:52.920 Sentencing is set for next month. Pink Mania, not pink Energy. Pink 477 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:55.559 Mania, inspired by the New Barbie movie, has extended to the kitchen at 478 00:34:55.599 --> 00:35:01.039 Cafe Landewire in Landwar Landward, Yeah, Cafe Landward and said, oh, 479 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:04.920 it's in Century City. Of course. The restaurant has released a limited time 480 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:09.199 menu ahead of the release of Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie tomorrow. The cafe says 481 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:13.800 it's added a wide selection of pink drinks and food like the Strawberry Cream and 482 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:17.079 Glitz and Glitter cocktails, which can also be made as mocktails, or people 483 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:22.079 can get a hot pink latte or smoothie. The menu also features pink hummus 484 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:27.880 and pink waffles with pink whipped cream. A few business briefs before we get 485 00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:32.079 to the top of the hour. Artificial intelligence news briefly sent Apple's market cap 486 00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:36.679 up sixty seven billion dollars. Put a pin in that number for a second. 487 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.800 Bloomberg reported that Apple is developing its own version of Chat, GPT and 488 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:45.000 bard to compete with open Ai and others. Now that sixty seven billion dollars, 489 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.920 that's a one day build in market cap. Market Cap is how much 490 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:52.440 a company's worth, depending on how much it's trading for that day. Microsoft 491 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:55.320 and Activision gave themselves more time to close their sixty nine billion dollar deal, 492 00:35:55.400 --> 00:36:00.159 so this deal is huge. Sixty nine billion dollars between micro Soft and gaming 493 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:06.199 company Activision, basically one day's movement of Apple's market cap. That's just for 494 00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:09.639 context, but anyway, Microsoft and Activision are the two companies that have three 495 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:14.719 more months to clear their final hurdle to merge. The British government is the 496 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:20.400 last hurdle. Netflix added five point nine million subscribers in the last quarter. 497 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:23.760 That's the streamer's biggest challenge is to build up its ad business. Now it's 498 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:30.000 going to lower take away actually the lowest tier that you can have for no 499 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:34.480 ads. So when people come back to Netflix platform, they're expected to go 500 00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:37.599 ahead and get that ad tier. It's a little bit cheaper on the front 501 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:40.679 end, but for Netflix, they get to serve more ads. So that's 502 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:45.559 why that's enticing for them, and that's why the Netflix shares surged yesterday. 503 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:50.719 Miami is feeling that Messi fever. I know the FIFA Women's World Cup is 504 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:53.159 going on in New Zealand, but tickets for Inter Miami's first games since officially 505 00:36:53.199 --> 00:37:00.559 signing Lionel Messi schedule for July twenty first is tomorrow, is commanding three digit 506 00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:05.320 prices. Even if the Argentine Stars presence on the pitch is not yet guaranteed. 507 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:08.159 H Live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom, I'm Jason Middleton. 508 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:12.320 This has been your wake up call. You've been listening to wake up call? 509 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:15.239 You know you can always listen live on kf I Am six forty weekdays 510 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:20.800 from five to six am, and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app