WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:12.080 demand on the iHeartRadio app Tuesday, March nineteenth. Good morning, I'm Amy 3 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:17.760 King. It's the vernal equinox today. Spring officially arrives eight o'clock tonight, 4 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:23.039 So happy first day of Spring. And in celebration, here's something kind of 5 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:28.839 sweet. Dairy Queen is welcoming in spring by offering a free ice cream cone 6 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:35.359 all participating locations while supplies last. I think that's a nice gesture. Here's 7 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:39.640 what's ahead on wake Up Call. Former President Trump's lawyers say Trump is not 8 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:43.200 able to secure a bond for the four hundred and sixty four million dollar judgment 9 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:48.039 against him in his New York civil fraud trial. Trump needs to post bond 10 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:52.320 by next week or New York Attorney General Letitia James says she's going to start 11 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:58.039 seizing his assets during the appeals process. Rebecca Grossman, who was recently convicted 12 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:02.719 of hitting and killing two young brothers with her SUV in Westlake Village, is 13 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:07.400 being accused of a legal conduct in jail. The only County daa's office is 14 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.200 also accusing her legal team of tampering with jurors. After the trial, she's 15 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:15.239 said to be sentenced up to thirty four years to life in prison. On 16 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:23.319 April tenth, a dazzling streak across the twilight sky was a Falcon SpaceX nine 17 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:29.200 rocket. Actually was a SpaceX Falcon nine rocket which launched last night from Vandenberg 18 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.920 Space for Space along the California coast. The streak could be seen as far 19 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:37.680 as one hundred five hundred miles away in Phoenix, Arizona. The Falcon nine 20 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:42.359 dropped off another twenty two Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit at six oh five. 21 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:46.280 It's handled on the news. Have you noticed prices at the gas pumps 22 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.359 are up over five bucks a gallon again, Well, Bill's going to tell 23 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.000 you why and if we can expect them to come down or keep going up. 24 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.599 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 25 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.120 four hour newsroom. A new Department of Homelessness has been propose for Los Angeles 26 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:04.879 Council Member Monica Rodriguez, who represents part of the San Fernando Valley set on 27 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:07.319 Friday, when filing the motion, the work by the city and other agencies 28 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:13.080 is too siloed with not enough communication and too much overlap. She says a 29 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.439 new Department of Homelessness, which would report to the mayor and council, would 30 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:20.800 streamline those efforts. The issue will be taken up first by the Council's Homelessness 31 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.680 Committee. The motion follows various questions from city and county leaders over where and 32 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:30.360 how money is being spent to address homelessness. Michael Monks KFI News. Presidential 33 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:36.080 primary elections are being held today in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, 34 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:40.800 and Ohio. President Biden and former President Trump already have secured enough delegates to 35 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:46.199 become their party's presumptive nominees. Biden's going to be in Arizona and Nevada today. 36 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:50.960 Trump was in Ohio over the weekend. Also, there's a special election 37 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:57.080 today to decide who's going to fill former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's seat in the Bakersfield 38 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:01.400 area. Two new school board members in Orange County who pushed conservative policies appear 39 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:05.960 to have been recalled. All of the culture war issues are not what the 40 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:09.759 recall was about. Recall organizer Michelle Weisenberg says the board members were pushing solutions 41 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:15.400 to politically exaggerated problems that don't exist. Our main issue was the chaos, 42 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:19.199 the loss of staff, the bleeding of money. Orange School Board member Rick 43 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:23.039 Ledesma says the policies were about protecting parental rights and improving education. I'd rather 44 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.759 talk about a child's pronoun at six years old than how are we going to 45 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.840 raise these test scores that are so low. New board members can be appointed 46 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:35.479 once election results are final. In Orange, Cobin Carson KFI News, congressional 47 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:39.479 leaders have reached a tentative spending deal that'll keep the government funded and keep the 48 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:44.919 lights on. Current funding is said to expire on Saturday morning for the Departments 49 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:49.280 of Homeland Security, State, Defense, Labor, and Health in Human Services. 50 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.960 ABC's Chuck Sievertson says the agreement reached last night is said to fund the 51 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.039 Department of Homeland Security. Negotiators are still working out the details. Funding for 52 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:02.479 DHS was a final sticking point. The other five funding bills were effectively settled 53 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:08.000 over the weekend. Long Beach has kicked off its annual Walk to School week. 54 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:12.400 City health officials say yesterday marked the beginning of a week meant to highlight 55 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:17.720 the benefits of physical activity, while also emphasizing pedestrian safety and easing traffic congestion 56 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:23.240 near schools. The theme this year is walking with Sunshine, and students are 57 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:27.480 asked to wear bright colored or reflective clothing so they can be more visible to 58 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:31.439 drivers. Now, let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers at the White 59 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:35.519 House. So, Karen, Israel says it's going into Rafa to weed out 60 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:40.839 Hamas, the US says, don't do it. So what's happening now, 61 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.160 Yeah, I mean, the latest is that the White House has invited senior 62 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:49.000 Israeli officials to come to Washington and have a conversation about what they say is 63 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:54.000 a better way forward. Jakes Olivan, the National Security Advisor, came to 64 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:57.920 the briefing yesterday and said, send your team to Washington. Let's talk about 65 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:00.480 it. We'll lay out what we believe is a better way. He said 66 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.959 that the key goals that Israel wants to achieve in Rafa can be done by 67 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:10.560 other means. And this was the strongest public opposition to a potential Israeli military 68 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.879 operation in Rafa that we have seen and heard from the administration so far. 69 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.480 Jake Sullivant was very blunt. He said a major ground operation. There would 70 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:23.240 be a mistake. He said, it would lead to more innocent civilian deaths, 71 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:28.319 it would worsen the already dire humanitarian crisis and deepen what he called the 72 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:33.560 anarchy in Gaza, and further isolate Israel internationally. That was the strongest thing 73 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:38.519 we have heard from the administration about what this type of operation could do. 74 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:43.160 He said that the President didn't threaten or issue any threats to Benjamin net and 75 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.199 Yahoo, but they have made it very clear they want them to hold off. 76 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:50.160 He said, they have every expectation that Israel would not proceed with this 77 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:56.639 operation until that conversation in Washington is held between senior officials. Okay, So 78 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:00.879 when is the Israeli delegation supposed to get here. It's not clear the invitation 79 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.959 was come in the coming days, not clear if they're even going to happen, 80 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:06.560 But that is what the administration would like to see, and they don't 81 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:11.720 want to see any military action until that conversation takes place. Okay, And 82 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:15.720 Jake Sullivan said that there are better ways to handle this situation. Did he 83 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.759 tip his hat at all or he did not tip his hand? Actually he 84 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.839 did not. Better way, he said will lay out for you what we 85 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:28.399 believe is a better way, and also said that the goals could be achieved 86 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:32.720 by other means, but did not get specific about what those other means could 87 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:39.480 be and what the administration is prepared to lay out for the Israeli officials. 88 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:42.839 But you know, he said, it's an alternative approach to target Jamas without 89 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.279 a major ground invasion. And he pushed back very strongly on you know, 90 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:53.399 some kind of questioning your criticism that if you question Israel doing an operation like 91 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:58.040 this, that you don't share the goal of defeating Hamas. He was very 92 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.040 clear that you know, they want to know that the Israelis have a coherent 93 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:05.319 and sustainable strategy, as he put it, to defeat the group. Okay, 94 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:09.959 now, and Israel has said that it's going to go into Rafa, 95 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:13.519 it's going to do what it needs to do to weed out Hamas, and 96 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.879 that it's basically not up to the US. So does the White House or 97 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:23.360 the US do we actually have any power over them? Well, there's certainly 98 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.480 military aid that has been going over there for an aid and that was a 99 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:30.800 question that came up yesterday about whether there was a threat to withhold that aid. 100 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:35.079 If there was a you know, if they do move forward in a 101 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:40.560 way that the United States administration does not like. Jake Sullivan said that there 102 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:44.560 were no threats issued during this phone call, but that the President made it 103 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:47.680 very clear where they stand and what they want to see and not see the 104 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:51.800 Israelis do with this military operation. Okay, And I know the White House 105 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:58.439 isn't going to say it, but is there any indication that it's talking tough 106 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:03.160 to appease that large chunk of voters who say they're not going to support Biden 107 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:09.519 because of the White House's stance on supporting Israel. Jake Sullivan is certainly not 108 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.879 going to talk about that. Yesterday in terms of politics, everything was from 109 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:18.759 the policy and foreign policy perspective, Okay. And then they're also saying, 110 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.720 so the White House is saying, hey, bring a delegation over, don't 111 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:24.920 do anything until after you talk to us, don't go and make any big 112 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.800 moves in Rafa. I wonder if Israel will go, Okay, We'll send 113 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:33.200 a delegation over and then go into Rafa. Anyway sort of is a surprise. 114 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.320 It's possible. I mean, I couldn't tell you that. That's a 115 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.440 question for them, but you know that is always possible. The administration, 116 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.960 though, was very clear yesterday they don't want to see anything happen until there's 117 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.960 the chance to lay out for the Israelis what the White House believes is a 118 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.440 better way of doing this. Yeah, and then has the White House indicated 119 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:58.799 any possible reperca repercussions if Israel just ignores what they have to say, They're 120 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:03.919 not laying that out publicly either. Probably best to keep those things quiet, 121 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:07.200 all right, Karen Travers, thank you so much for the information. We'll 122 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:09.519 be watching what happens. I have a great day, all right, you 123 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:11.320 too. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 124 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:16.720 twenty four hour newsroom. The Supreme Court has blocked a bill in Texas that 125 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.120 would allow local cops to arrest people believed to be in the country illegally. 126 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.600 This comes after a back and forth court fight, with opponents claiming only the 127 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:30.080 federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws. The justices were asked to 128 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:33.399 provide a ruling by yesterday. At first, no action was taken, but 129 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:39.120 then moments later they extended the stay pending further order of the court. The 130 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:43.600 Director of the FBI has warned Congress that fake Mexicans are trying to cross the 131 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:48.720 border. Christopher Ray told a committee on Intelligence that men from terrorist countries have 132 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.879 been settling in Mexico, Central and South America, learning the language, shaving 133 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.679 their beards, and assimilating into the culture. Then they try to enter California 134 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:00.480 as Mexican nationals, complete with fake IDs. Last year, people from one 135 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.360 hundred and seventy countries were stopped at the California Mexico border, and border agents 136 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:09.159 say because of lax immigration policy, the odds of these people successfully entering California 137 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:13.440 and putting down roots are pretty high. Steve Gregory, King of Fine News, 138 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:16.720 the owner of a food truck in Long Beaches, recovering from several stab 139 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:22.679 wounds after chasing a man who robbed an attacked an elderly woman. Brian Tacoon 140 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:26.399 says he saw the attack on the morning of March tenth and pulled over to 141 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:31.039 try to help the woman. I asked her she was okay what happened, 142 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:35.159 and she said that her belongs had been spoiled by a gentleman running down the 143 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:39.120 streets. Takun got into a fight with the robber, but managed to get 144 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.679 the woman's cell phone back then, as he was driving home, he says 145 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:45.759 he started to feel sick, so he called nine to one one. At 146 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:50.120 the hospital, doctors found he had been stabbed several times and had a punctured 147 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:54.840 lung and internal bleeding. The police later found and arrested the suspected attacker. 148 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.080 The man accused of killing two people that you see Colorado Springs is going to 149 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:03.240 be evaluated as see if he is mentally competent to stand trial. A judge 150 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.039 granted the competency request yesterday. Nicholas Jordan is accused of killing his roommate and 151 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:11.679 a woman inside a dorm room last month, just hours he asked after he 152 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:16.320 asked to withdraw from school. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the US is going 153 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:22.360 to continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as Congress remains stalled 154 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:28.519 on getting additional aid for Ukraine. Austin told more than fifty defense leaders from 155 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:31.039 Europe and around the world who are in Germany that the US will not let 156 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:35.799 Ukraine fail. Russia has squandered up to two hundred and eleven billion dollars to 157 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:43.039 equip, deploy, maintain and sustain its imperial aggression against Ukraine. The meeting 158 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:48.240 comes the week after US defense officials managed to find and use three hundred million 159 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.360 dollars in contract savings to send more weapons to Ukraine. Spring Break is shaking 160 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:58.279 shaping up to be the busiest travel period ever ABC Derek Dennis's two point seven 161 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.799 million people screened at airport checkpoints across the country just on Sunday. The last 162 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:07.639 time the nation's airport saw that many people fly was back on the Friday before 163 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:11.519 Christmas and on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in twenty twenty two. The TSA says 164 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:16.080 the travel season started March seventh and continues through March twenty fifth. I think 165 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:20.759 LAUSD students around spring Break next week. It says it expects to screen more 166 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:26.720 than forty seven point seven million travelers during that time period. That would break 167 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:31.799 records. Thinking about breaking records earning a lot of money as a real estate 168 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:35.639 agent, it might be tougher now the six percent commission, which is kind 169 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:43.720 of standard for home purchases no more. The National Association of Realtors announced late 170 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.720 last week that they had come to a settlement with groups of home sellers and 171 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:52.799 agreed to end a bunch of antitrust lawsuits. They're going to pay four hundred 172 00:12:52.840 --> 00:13:00.360 eighteen million dollars in damages and eliminate rules on commissions. The agreement effectively gets 173 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:03.480 rid of the current home buying and selling business model, in which sellers pay 174 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.480 both their broker and the buyer's broker. So it could be good news for 175 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:13.519 homeowners, could be bad news for realtors, or who knows how it's all 176 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.519 going to shake shake out. But yeah, that's six percent commission. Go 177 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:22.879 on the way of the Dodo. It's time for Opening Day Dodger Baseball. 178 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.159 The Dodgers are going to take on the San Diego Padres from South Korea tomorrow 179 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:31.039 morning at three am. You can listen live or you can listen to the 180 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.840 replay at noon on AM five to seventy LA Sports and HD on the iHeartRadio 181 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.120 app brought to you in part by LA Care for all of LA. When 182 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:43.480 we come back, we're going to be talking about what Joel Larsgard calls the 183 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.279 subscriptionification of everything. Yeah, it's a word, and how to avoid getting 184 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:52.679 underwater with your car Loan. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from 185 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.879 KFI AM six forty Good morning, I'm Amy King. Happy first day of 186 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.559 spring. It officially arrives at eight o'clock, but what the heck, let's 187 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.840 start celebrating early. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 188 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:09.320 A federal judge in La could soon mandate a court ordered independent audit of 189 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:13.799 LA's spending on homeless services. The judge heard from La Mayor Bass yesterday promised 190 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:18.559 to be more transparent about what the city spends on homeless issues. The judge 191 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.840 says six hundred million dollars was spent in the years before Bass was mayor without 192 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:26.519 proper accounting. A Texas law allowing police to arrest anyone they believe is in 193 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:31.600 the country illegally is back on hold. The Supreme Court allowed the temporary stay 194 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:33.720 of the law to expire, but then moments later put a news stay in 195 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:39.360 or extended the stay, citing a new filing challenging the law. Opponents say 196 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:45.200 only the federal government can enforce immigration law. The NBA championship ring Kobe Bryant 197 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.879 gave to his father is up for auction. The fourteen carrot gold ring is 198 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:56.000 a copy of the ring Bryant Bryant received for the Lakers two thousand NBA championship. 199 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:01.120 That was his first championship. The ring has forty diamonds, the Lakers 200 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.279 logo, Bryan's name, and his number at the time. Eight. The 201 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.200 high bid as of this morning ninety four thousand dollars. The auction ends on 202 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:13.399 March thirtieth at six oh five. It's handle on the news. Former President 203 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:16.200 Trump can't come up with the nearly four hundred and sixty four million dollars. 204 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:24.960 What that means as he appeals his civil fraud trial punishment. I guess. 205 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.000 But right now, let's say good morning too. The host of Money on 206 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:35.080 KFI. It's Joel Larsgard. Joel, we saw this come out yesterday, 207 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:41.919 and I'm giving you credit for this word the subscriptionification of everything. Yeah, 208 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:45.320 so I like making up new words on occasion, and I'm hoping, I'm 209 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.919 hoping Websters gets in on the action and subscription ification. I deserve credit for 210 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:52.960 this right now. Absolutely, it's so true though. It's so true. 211 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:58.320 And there's an article I didn't realize this well. Target recently mentioned, Hey, 212 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.639 we're we're following suit. Amazon has done so well with Amazon Prime. 213 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:04.159 Walmart's doing pretty well with Walmart Plus, why don't we kind of come up 214 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:08.600 with our own ninety nine dollars forty nine dollars for the time being until May 215 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:14.279 kind of service to you know, get for target shoppers who want their stuff 216 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:18.720 delivered in a timely fashion. And then Chuck E Cheese now has a potentially 217 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.679 thirty dollars a month subscription. Thirty dollars a month. Can you imagine paying 218 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:27.320 Chuck E Cheese three hundred and sixty dollars a year for like discounted pizza and 219 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:33.200 extra tickets and stuff like this. Everybody, everybody, every model, from 220 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:38.120 almost you know, every every company these days, once a recurring, guaranteed 221 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:42.919 dollars being spent from your account to them every single month. And this is 222 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.639 we know this right, We've seen this trend. It continues to get more 223 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:51.120 and more pervasive. And I think you and I talked about this recently too, 224 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.679 Like there was an article on the Wall Street Journal about one of the 225 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.840 writers said, I canceled a bunch of subscriptions and I was able to afford 226 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.840 a tesla. And that is maybe a little extra, but there's a lot 227 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.400 of people in a boat similar to that, where hey, we're maybe spending 228 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:07.039 two hundred, two hundred and fifty bucks more than we thought on subscriptions every 229 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:11.519 month. It is so wise, so smart to dig in and see where 230 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:15.839 your money is going, because you in all likelihood and this is true for 231 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:18.359 almost everyone. It was true for me recently. I was like, why 232 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.839 are we paying for Paramount? Plus I don't even remember signing up for that, 233 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:22.680 and so I had to ditch it. So but if you're not looking 234 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.759 and seeing where your money's going, you don't realize that maybe it's going to 235 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:32.960 a subscription that you forgot about. Yeah, I'm dealing with similar issues right 236 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.960 now. So to track your subscription, like, just go look at your 237 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.359 credit card statement because it's all on auto pay, that's right. And they're 238 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.920 actually apps too that can help with this. There's one called Rocket Money and 239 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:47.440 then there's another one called Subscription Stopper. And so if you're trying to figure 240 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:52.440 out, well, how do I actually like identify which subscriptions? And I 241 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:55.319 don't really love pouring over my credit card bill, although I would say it's 242 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:57.599 a really good idea to do that because so many people don't know where their 243 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:02.160 money's going. Hook it up to one of the to one of those subscriptions 244 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:06.279 stopper apps and let it identify and sometimes it'll help cancel on your behalf. 245 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:11.720 That's maybe like the easy new kind of like essentially digital way to do it. 246 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:15.839 But whatever it takes to get rid of some of those subscriptions that you're 247 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.400 not using any There are subscriptions that I use, like I like my Mac 248 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:22.319 subscription. That's probably where I watch most of my TV shows. But like, 249 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.440 cancel it if you're not using it, you can always sign back up 250 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:30.319 again. We just have so many ongoing subscriptions. It's cost and it's death 251 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.279 by a thousand cuts, right, because it's five bucks here, it's ten 252 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:37.119 bucks here, it's twenty bucks there. And that stuff really does add up. 253 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.359 I mean my mom used to tell me that when I was a kid, 254 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.960 right, just that even those small things really do add up. And 255 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:45.119 it's one hundred percent true. We think just ten bucks, who cares? 256 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.200 But ten bucks times a dozen, man, that becomes real money. Yeah. 257 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.680 And as far as like the target subscription is it really is it just 258 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:56.839 shipping or is it special deals or is it free money or do we know 259 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:00.680 yet? Because it's brand new, it's brand new, it's brand new, 260 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:03.920 and so I'm not sure exactly how robust it's going to get. I mean, 261 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:06.440 think about Amazon Prime when it launched, and it was all about shipping, 262 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.680 and then they had to come up with a bunch of other things to 263 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:12.000 give you to make it kind of sticky. And now people think, well, 264 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:17.559 I got the music and I got the shows, and so what Target's 265 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:22.079 going to turn this into remains to be seen. But it's particularly good if 266 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:25.079 you like shopping on Target and you want that stuff delivered within a couple of 267 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:29.279 hours. That's their main selling point. So Target or for Amazon it's two 268 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.960 days, and for Target it's going to be two hours. And so if 269 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:33.759 you're like I love shopping Target and I want that stuff immediately and I don't 270 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:36.640 want it to go to the store, this is going to be for the 271 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:40.799 hyper loyal Target person. Yeah, but part of the fun of shopping at 272 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:45.039 Target is wandering around in Target and discovering what my wife says, Yeah, 273 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.759 so there is one, Joel that I do have a subscription to aside from 274 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:56.480 Costco, but CBS has one and it's like you pay five dollars a month, 275 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:02.319 but you get ten dollars a month. Oh, it's interesting. Yeah, 276 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.640 no, I like, well, it makes me. That just makes 277 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:07.279 me think of annual fees for credit cards. Some people have this knee jerk. 278 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:11.519 I hate annual fees. I'll never pay one. I say, well, 279 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:14.079 look at the fine print. What sort of return are you going to 280 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:17.720 get on your money. There are a lot of credit cards that have annual 281 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:21.359 fees of ninety five dollars. My little sister has one that's like a six 282 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:23.799 hundred dollars annual fee, but she and her husband travel. So it's an 283 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:26.039 Amex, isn't it. Yeah, it's the Amex. Yeah, and it 284 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.640 comes with lounge access and all these other perks that it's so worth it. 285 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.279 They get way more value than six hundred bucks in a given year. So 286 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:36.240 much of it depends on, you know, what your spending looks like, 287 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:40.079 what your life looks like. And uh so, yeah, I wouldn't just 288 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.960 dismiss it out of hand. And I wouldn't dismiss a subscription out of hand. 289 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:44.880 There's a lot of value you can get from some of those things. 290 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:48.880 It's just that we're over subscribed and that everybody wants you to subscribe to something. 291 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.839 Now, yeah, I would like to subscribe to this. I just 292 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:55.039 don't see it ever happening. But it's a thirty two hour work week. 293 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:57.920 I think Bernie Sanders is the one who put that up ed. But he's 294 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:04.359 saying he wants to implement a thirty two hour work week but have people make 295 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:07.359 the same amount of money, so they'd be working eight hours less at least, 296 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:12.480 but making the same amount of money. Sounds nice, right, Utopia 297 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:18.480 coming to our shores. I mean I talk about this regularly, like I 298 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.759 am more than okay with people trading off hours worked for time back in their 299 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:26.319 life. And the way to make that happen is typically by living a more 300 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:33.319 frugal existence. It's by kind of reducing our wants and being comfortable maybe living 301 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.119 in a smaller home or not eating out as much. Like, there are 302 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:40.759 all sorts of ways that we can claw back money into our lives so that 303 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:45.119 we don't have to not so that we can invest more necessarily or consume more, 304 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:48.640 but so that we can get back the most precious resource, which is 305 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.640 time. I think that's actually a really worthy endeavor. I just don't know 306 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:56.799 that this is going to work, because when it becomes like a government mandate 307 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:02.880 that employers have to pay everybody the same amount for less work. In some 308 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:07.519 ways, Actually there's some there's some brilliance to shorter work weeks. I think 309 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.839 when you look at some of the studies that people end up being just as 310 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:17.519 productive working fewer hours. It's almost like we're we're online, we're there, 311 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.559 we're at the water cooler or whatever, and we just end up feeling like 312 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:26.119 the work we need to do can fill into smaller, smaller time in many 313 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:30.039 cases. But the other thing is in this country, like the best things 314 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:33.519 happen by people who are completely unconstrained. It makes me think of building rockets 315 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:37.400 or something like that. I just read a book about four different you know, 316 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:40.960 startup rocket makers. The only way those things take off and those things, 317 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:44.200 trust me, you're going to revolutionize our lives. You literally take off. 318 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.839 Yeah, the way that that's going to change, it's going to change 319 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.160 our lives. But the only way it happens is by people working eighty plus 320 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:52.599 hour work weeks. And so it's I get why this proposal is made. 321 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.960 I think it needs to be a personal choice and a choice that businesses make, 322 00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:00.839 and in that personal choice, you have more free to make that choice 323 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:04.119 as you get better handling your money. And you have a higher savings rate. 324 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.799 I think the idea of that passing is just not it. No, 325 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:14.039 it's not gonna happen. No, Okay, we're out of time as always, 326 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:18.039 but more people are underwater on their car loans, and so just real 327 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:23.079 quick, what are some ways you can avoid that? Okay, so super 328 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:27.839 super duper sad that people are trading in a car that they owe more money 329 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:32.200 on than it's worth. And like something like one in five people are getting 330 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:34.359 a new car and guess what, They're trading in an old car that they 331 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:37.279 still owe a bunch of money on. And so now the terms are worse. 332 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:41.359 They owe even more money than their new car is worth, and it 333 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:45.400 becomes this negative equity cycle that a lot of people get into. It's incredibly 334 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:49.960 expensive to do that, and it's it's a scary thing financially. So the 335 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:53.519 way to avoid it is to drive your car longer. I literally forked over 336 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:57.680 a thousand bucks yesterday to repair our twenty thirteen hond Odyssey. It's not fun 337 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:00.480 to pay the repair bill. But guess what I actually think of it as 338 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:07.160 like this hashtag blessing, because the downside to not having to pay that repair 339 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:11.079 bill is having a massive monthly new car payment, especially if you owe money 340 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:15.359 on an older car and you're training it in. It's just it's a really 341 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:19.279 bad idea, and so just hold onto that car longer. Even if that 342 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:23.160 car needs repairs. It's better to pay the mechanic than it is to go 343 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:26.200 to the dealership and trade in a car of the your upside down on Okay, 344 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.720 something to think about it is. It is Joel Larsgard, the host 345 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:33.519 of How to Money right here on KFI. You can listen to him give 346 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:37.200 you lots and lots of smart money advice every Sunday from noon to two, 347 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:41.039 and you can also follow him at how to Money. Joel. Thank you, 348 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.920 Joel. Thanks Amy. All Right, when we come back, we 349 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:52.039 are going to be talking to somebody from the National Wildlife Federation because it's World 350 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:56.279 Water Day. We're going to tap into that. You're listening to a wake 351 00:24:56.359 --> 00:25:02.599 up call on demand from KFI AMCA. Here's what we're following in the KFI 352 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:07.480 twenty four hour newsroom. Rebecca Grossman, who was recently convicted of hitting and 353 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:11.160 killing two young brothers with a SUV in Westlake Village, is being accused of 354 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:17.440 illegal conduct in jail. The County DA's office is accusing her legal team of 355 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:19.319 tampering with jurors. After the trials, she apparently has been trying to have 356 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:22.680 her daughter's husband and legal team get her a new trial. She's supposed to 357 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:29.799 be sentenced on April tenth. Lawyer lawmakers in Hong Kong have passed a new 358 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:34.559 national security law that grants the government more power to quash dissent. The law 359 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:41.480 means anything deemed a threat to national security could be punishable by life in prison. 360 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:45.599 Government officials say the laws needed to prevent a recurrence of pro democracy protests 361 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:51.880 like in twenty nineteen, and will only affect an extremely small minority of disloyal 362 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:56.400 citizens. March Madness is here. The NCAA tournament begins with two matchups in 363 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:00.839 the first four, tipping off from Dayton, Ohio later today. The first 364 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:06.000 round of the tournament tips off on Thursday, was sixteen games at six oh 365 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:10.559 five. It's handle on the news. Sports Illustrated isn't going away after all. 366 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:14.119 Bill's going to tell you about that five point fifty Chef Bruno Serrato of 367 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:19.359 the Anaheim White House and Pastathon and Katerina's Club has just hit a monumental milestone. 368 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:22.759 Our own Chris Adler is going to tell us all about that. But 369 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.519 right now, let's say good morning to the director of legal advocacy for the 370 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:32.039 National Wildlife Federation. Hello, Jim Murphy, good morning, How are you 371 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:37.759 doing great? Today is World Water Day, first day spring and World Water 372 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:41.759 Day, two big days. So tell us, Jim, what is the 373 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:48.279 status of our drinking water and our waterways in the US? Well, right 374 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:55.000 now, our waters, unfortunately, are in trouble. People broadly support clean 375 00:26:55.079 --> 00:27:00.000 water, but unfortunately, last year the Supreme Court issued a decision that effectively 376 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:07.480 rolled back pollution and destruction protections for more than half of America's wetlands and millions 377 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:12.359 of miles of streams. Okay, and that was with the Clean Water Act. 378 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:17.839 They just decided that part of the part of it didn't need to be 379 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:22.880 enforced anymore. Yeah. No, they decided that the historic scope of Clean 380 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:30.680 Water Act protections we've enjoyed since the early seventies that have kept our wetlands from 381 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:33.960 being destroyed, and wetlands are really the brit of filters of nature that ensure 382 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:40.160 that what comes out of our tap is clean and safe. That those protections 383 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:44.720 don't apply to those waters anymore. The Brita Filters of Nature haven't thought of 384 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:48.400 it that way. That's really kind of interesting. So this might be the 385 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:52.559 obvious question, Jim, But what is the biggest threat to our waterways? 386 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:59.000 Our waterways are threatened by a variety of things. Climate change is putting a 387 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:03.319 lot of stress on our waters. Development has always been a threat, you 388 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:11.440 know, obviously, unregulated pollution from from industry dumping chemicals we have, uh, 389 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:18.200 you know, we have new chemicals like so called forever chemicals that are 390 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:22.359 impacting a lot of waters and threatening you know, the basic health and safety 391 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:29.920 of many communities. Okay, Unlike so many problems, there are some things 392 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:33.319 that can be done to protect water and water ways. So what are some 393 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:38.000 things that we can do? Uh? Well, obviously, you know, 394 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:45.240 restoring the protections of the Supreme Court rolled back are key to ensuring that we 395 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:48.960 protect our waterways. There's a lot that can be done on the state and 396 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:53.200 local level, uh to ensure that we uh preserve the waters we have, 397 00:28:53.880 --> 00:29:00.319 uh, and don't uh, you know, don't just roy the waters. 398 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:07.960 We need those involved. Things like making sure we have state level protections for 399 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:11.799 waters. California has done a good job, but with the Supreme Court decision, 400 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:14.839 they're going to have a lot more The state is going to have a 401 00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:18.160 lot more work to do. It also means, you know, things like 402 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:22.839 giving incentives to developers to make sure that they restore and protect waters rather than 403 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:27.839 pave them over. Okay, and you are with the legal the director of 404 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:33.880 Legal Advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation. Is the Wildlife Federation working to try 405 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:41.160 to go back and get those Clean Water Act protections restored. We absolutely are. 406 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:45.920 With the support of the Walton Family Foundation, we are working hard to 407 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:49.640 make sure that Americans know about the threat to water. A recent poll has 408 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:56.200 shown that over ninety percent of Americans value clean water and that four of five 409 00:29:56.279 --> 00:30:02.880 Americans are very upset to learn and that that these long standing protections have been 410 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:07.079 rolled back. So we are working hard to get the word out and to 411 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:11.759 make sure that both Congress and states step up and protect the waters we need 412 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:15.240 to to ensure that what comes out of our tap is clean, to ensure 413 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:21.839 that wildlife has the water it needs to survive, and to ensure that you 414 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:25.279 know, the other functions that things like wetlands play, like keeping us safe 415 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:30.319 from droughts and floods are also preserved and our wetlands. I was when I 416 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:34.759 was reading through the information about World Water Day, I came across the natural 417 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:42.039 infrastructure is that wetlands. Wetlands are type of natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure is 418 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:48.799 really using the the services that nature provides that that protects us. You know, 419 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:53.319 nature is one of the best investments we can make h to ensure that 420 00:30:53.319 --> 00:31:00.000 that flooding is reduced, to ensure that we have adequate water supply. So 421 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:07.839 natural infrastructure is basically doing things that allow nature to do its job to protect 422 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:14.160 us. It's affordable, and it's a great way to ensure that our communities 423 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:17.279 are protected. Okay, and people want to find out more about this, 424 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:22.839 learn what that natural infrastructure is, how they can help or get involved or 425 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:26.240 just follow along and learn what's going on. Where would they go to find 426 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:32.119 out more information? They can go to National Wildlife Federation's website NWF dot dot 427 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:37.480 org. The Walton Family Foundation also has a lot of information on its website, 428 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:41.240 and there's many other organizations out there that are also dedicated to the protection 429 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:44.559 of clean water. Okay, well, thank you so much for your time. 430 00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:48.880 Jim Murphy appreciate it, and I think you're right. We agree we 431 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:52.079 need safe drinking water, and I don't think that's anything anyone is going to 432 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:56.200 go now. We don't need that, So yeah, absolutely, let's pay 433 00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.160 attention and keep those waterways safe, especially today Worldwater Days. Thank you, 434 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:02.079 Jim Murphy. Great, thanks for having me. All Right, you got 435 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:05.200 it. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 436 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:08.319 twenty four hour newsroom. The Only said Council has adopted a plan to address 437 00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:14.359 costs associated with childcare. Child Care Equity Plan was unanimously adopted by the council. 438 00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:17.400 The plan aims to lower cost and to increase access to high quality childcare. 439 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:22.680 Council member Hugo Soto Martinez says, families making the median salary in LA 440 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:24.880 are spending roughly a quarter of it on childcare. But if we do not 441 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:29.960 improve this system, we're going to see many more Angelinos being affected by this, 442 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:34.039 including many folks who simply won't be able to work because they have to 443 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:37.279 take care of their children. The plan also wants to find more workers for 444 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:42.440 childcare facilities. Michael Monks KFI News News brought to you by American Vision windows. 445 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.759 A metro bus and a motorcycle have collided in Valley Glenn, killing the 446 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:51.319 man on the motorcycle and critically injuring his twelve year old niece. The crash 447 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:54.160 late last week was caught on security video. The motorcycle was crossing the intersection 448 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:59.079 at Hazeltein Avenue and Bessemer Street when it was hit by the bus. It's 449 00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:04.279 not clear who is at fault. Attorneys for rest armorer Hannah Gutier's read have 450 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.960 asked that she be released from prison and granted a new trial. Gutiers was 451 00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:14.200 sentenced to eighteen months for negligence related to the onset shooting death of cinematographer Helena 452 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:19.319 Hutchins in twenty twenty one. Her lawyers say a state Supreme Court opinion issued 453 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:23.319 last week will lead to her conviction being overturned. They say jurors being asked 454 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:29.960 and or that she failed to properly check the mo means they could convict even 455 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:34.799 if not unanimous. Two studies led by the National Institutes of Health have shown 456 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:39.279 Havana syndrome doesn't harm the brain. ABC's j O'Brien says the mysterious health condition 457 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:45.880 is affected US government employees stationed in countries at Cuba, China, and the 458 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:49.759 US. The study doesn't mean something didn't happen to the eighty government employees it 459 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:52.880 monitored, but it found whatever happened likely wasn't caused by something that can lead 460 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:59.519 to brain damage detectable on an MRI or other similar tests. Symptoms include hearing 461 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:05.319 noises and experiencing head pressure, followed by headache, dizziness, and cognitive dysfunction. 462 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:08.960 And the filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey, Yeah Yeah, 463 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:15.840 are creating a horror Avengers like crossover event featuring other characters. Oh Goodie, 464 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:21.519 can't wait. The name of the movie is Poonaverse. Monsters assemble. 465 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:25.079 Pooh teams up with murderous versions of Bambi, Tinkerbell, Pinocchio, Peter, 466 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:30.880 Pen, Tigger, Piglet, and the Mad Hatter. Also Sleeping Beauty. 467 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:35.599 It's going to be released next year. Blood and Honey two hits theaters on 468 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:40.239 March twenty six. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM 469 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:45.119 six forty This first day of Spring. I always thought spring was March twenty 470 00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:50.840 first, but the vernal equinox this year is on March nineteenth, here's what 471 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:53.880 we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The final count is still 472 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:59.199 not in on Proposition one. Two weeks after the election. The race remains 473 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:02.320 too close to More than two hundred thousand ballots are left to be counted, 474 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:06.960 and at last check, the Yes vote still has a slight lead by about 475 00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:10.639 twenty thousand votes. If Prop one passes, it would add eleven thousand beds 476 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:15.719 to help homeless people with mental health issues and addiction. A federal judge in 477 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:21.400 LA could soon mandate a court ordered independent audit of LA's spending on homeless services. 478 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:24.400 The judge heard from La Mayor Bass yesterday, who promised to be more 479 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:29.639 transparent about what the city spends on homeless issues. The judge says six hundred 480 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:34.079 million dollars was spent in the years before Bass took office without proper accounting. 481 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:38.800 The FBI has returned a pair of ruby slippers stolen from the Judy Garland Museum 482 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:44.559 in Minnesota. They're back at their original owner now. It happened in a 483 00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:49.559 secret ceremony back on February first, but it was kept secret because of the 484 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:52.880 ongoing investigation into the theft. The slippers were stolen from the museum in two 485 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:58.239 thousand and five. We're just minutes away from handle on the news this morning, 486 00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:01.920 Paris is getting ready for the twenty twenty four Summer Olympics with three hundred 487 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:07.880 thousand condoms. Uh huh. As you know, every year we do Pastathon 488 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:13.519 to raise money for Katerina's Club, which is Chef Bruno Serrato's passion project feeding 489 00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:16.280 children. And while we do Pastathon one day a year, Bruno's been feeding 490 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:21.559 kids every single day for years, and our Chris Adler says, Chef Bruno 491 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:25.639 has served his ten millionth meal to the kids. Thousands of pounds of pasta 492 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:29.760 have been served to needy children since two thousand and five, many who have 493 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:32.880 had to sleep in cars and motel rooms with their struggling families. Chef Bruno 494 00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:37.840 says hitting the ten millionth meal milestone could never have been achieved without his Mama, 495 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:45.119 Katerina, who started the mission. Mama, that's at and also never 496 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:49.159 forget that the peoples are Solan they needed us. Twenty years Chef Bruno's mother 497 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:51.840 asked him to make pasta for a little boy who was eating a bag of 498 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:55.280 potato chips for dinner. Nearly twenty years ago. Mama Katerina passed away in 499 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:59.519 twenty fourteen, so I asked Chef Bruno what he would say to her, 500 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:02.400 if he could say anything at all. Do you make me cry? Know 501 00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:14.199 all the world better than thank you. The highlight of the celebration was a 502 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:17.119 special visit from Billy Saldonna, the very first child to have ever been fed 503 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:21.639 by Chef Bruno. Saldana jumped out of a pink, three tiered cake to 504 00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:24.679 surprise all the kids who had just finished their pasta, the same pasta Chef 505 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:29.960 Bruno made Saldana when he was a little boy two decades ago. Bruno's been 506 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:32.800 a great mentor a really influencer. But for me, I just coming back 507 00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:37.199 and see he's still doing it is something that I'm really proud of him. 508 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:40.199 For more than one hundred and fifty kids from Anaheim were treated like VIPs and 509 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:45.960 served elbow pasta with chicken breast drizzled with lemon butter sauce, and for dessert, 510 00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:50.480 chocolate covered strawberries. One of the talented people behind that Neil is executive 511 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.360 chef Eddie Mesa, who says his heart is full if the kid's bellies are 512 00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:59.880 full, I guess, so I'm motion a like excited because we stuffrom the 513 00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:02.159 you know one local club and after we stand in and stand and now is 514 00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:06.880 out so many, so many beats. It was Mesa's birthday, and he 515 00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.960 says he hopes he can spend many more birthdays making hot meals for hungry kids 516 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:13.840 in the community. So now I have twenty four you, I can hand 517 00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:21.519 twenty four you more right if Bruno wants me. I watched carefully as dozens 518 00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:24.519 of children completely finished their plates, knowing for many of them, hot meals 519 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:29.480 aren't always available. Many of these children would never have been able to enjoy 520 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:32.519 a hearty meal like the one Katerina's club has blessed them with. We don't 521 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:37.599 have food, we don't smile. We have food and a good plate of 522 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:43.000 pasta, we smile for twenty four hours. Chef Bruno was honored with the 523 00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:47.440 twenty twenty four US President's Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday in recognition of his humanitarian service 524 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:52.239 to the community. He's also been nominated for the Gentlemen of Hearts Award in 525 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:57.119 London for years of dedication to feeding and housing families in need. But he 526 00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.960 says he would never have made it this far without a solid team standing behind 527 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:02.960 him. We thought, your best, Coop, you don't do what you 528 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:08.039 do today. You needed to have an amazing coup. Behind the scene is 529 00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:13.639 sometime the most important people. Chef Bruno says ten million meals is great, 530 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:17.000 twenty million will be better and says he hopes to continue inspiring the rest of 531 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:24.920 the world. So no child goes to bed hungry again for wake up call. 532 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:30.559 I'm Chris Adler. Thank you, Chris boy, that's amazing. Ten 533 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:36.559 million meals and I'll just say now thanks to you. If you have donated 534 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:39.320 to Katerina's Club and we're looking forward. We've got another bostathon coming, but 535 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:45.079 right now you can always donate and by doing to do that, just visit 536 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:52.079 Katerinasclub dot org Katerinasclub dot org because their feeding kids every day. They need 537 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:54.760 the donations every day. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 538 00:39:54.800 --> 00:40:04.639 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom or three one Ignition and lift the Falcon 539 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:09.880 nine Go Starlink Go SpaceX, a Falcon nine SpaceX rocket carrying twenty two Starlink 540 00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:15.920 satellites to low Earth orbit has launched from Vandenberg Space four Space. The launch 541 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:20.480 last night lit up the night sky over southern California. It was the tenth 542 00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:24.039 launch for the Falcon nine first stage booster, which has launched seven other Starlink 543 00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:30.559 missions and two missions for the US Space Development Agency. Apparently, that streak 544 00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:34.440 across the night sky could be seen as far away as Phoenix, Arizona. 545 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:39.280 Researchers that you see Irvine say all cars will have to account for harmful tire, 546 00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:44.760 road and break pollution before being considered zero emission. Think of it as 547 00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:46.559 sort of under the radar, but really they've been here quite a long time. 548 00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:51.000 We just haven't recognized it. You see. Irvine chemistry professor Jims Smith 549 00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.199 says their first study looked at breaks similar to what happens if you take a 550 00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:57.239 balloon, say, and you just rub it on your sweater or your hair. 551 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:01.679 The particles that emit from breaks are actually carrying static electricity. Smith says 552 00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:06.320 the particles are harmful to humans, just like exhaust particles. He says eighty 553 00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:09.440 percent of particles admitted during light breaking are charged, but can be removed by 554 00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:14.239 adding a simple device to brakes. In Orange County, Corbin Carson, kf 555 00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:16.480 I News Israel's prime ministers agreed to send a team to Washington, d C. 556 00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:22.480 To talk about an operation in Rafa with President Biden. Biden has warned 557 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:25.519 the US would not support an operation in Rafa without a credible plan to make 558 00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:32.119 sure that innocent Palestinians aren't caught in the crossfire. The US says more innocent 559 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:37.480 civilians have been killed in this war than in all the wars in Gaza combined. 560 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:42.360 Joe Anne Fabric and Craft Stores have filed for bankruptcy and Delaware ABC's Daria 561 00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:45.920 Albinger says the company will become private again just two years after it went public. 562 00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:50.880 One thing that is not expected to change the company's eight hundred stores, 563 00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:54.760 which are expected to operate normally during the reorganization. Albinger says. The filing 564 00:41:54.840 --> 00:42:00.159 yesterday comes amid ongoing financial troubles and major layoffs late last year. Joanne says 565 00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:05.400 as part of the bankruptcy process, it expects to receive one hundred and thirty 566 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:08.920 two million dollars in new financing. It says it'll also slice it's funded debt 567 00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:15.599 by about five hundred five million dollars. Having so it's a good time. 568 00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:23.440 Having all the mansion in London, where Freddie Mercury lived the final decade of 569 00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:27.360 his life, is up for sale for the first time in nearly forty five 570 00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:31.119 years. The Neo Georgian brick home, dubbed Garden Lodge, is in the 571 00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:36.960 upscale Kensington neighborhood. It's selling for more than thirty eight million dollars US, 572 00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:40.480 but it's not publicly listed. Mercury bought the home in nineteen eighty, saying 573 00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:45.159 he wanted to leave the Victorian life surrounded by exquisite clutter. As he put 574 00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:51.880 it, this is KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 575 00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:54.920 You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me Amy King. You can always 576 00:42:54.960 --> 00:43:00.719 hear Wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday on KFI AM's and 577 00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:04.039 any time on demand on the iHeartRadio app