WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.679 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:13.640 App k f I and kost HD two, Los Angeles, 4 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:14.439 Orange County. 5 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:27.719 That a good call, your host, Amy Kay. 6 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:34.840 Good morning. It's five o'clock. Straight up. This is your 7 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:38.600 wake up call for Wednesday, April second. I'm Amy King. 8 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:41.079 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and glad you're 9 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:44.159 starting your day with us. I have to say, woke 10 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:49.320 up to sad news. Val Kilmer has died. I know, right. 11 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:53.039 I don't know why it's you know they it's bothering me. 12 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.640 Maybe because he was sixty five. Maybe it's because he 13 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:00.000 was iceman. But what an incredible actor? What he really 14 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.880 He hasn't done a lot lately. His last movie was 15 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:08.079 Top Gun two Maverick. So yeah. On a happier note, 16 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.560 I came outside today to drive to work and a 17 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:16.519 street light that had been out for about three weeks 18 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:20.319 is back on. I know it sounds so silly, but 19 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.200 you know how you hear that, like there's streets and 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.400 sidewalks need repair, and street lights are out and stuff. 21 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:28.480 I heard John Colebelt talking about how street lights are 22 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:30.120 out all over the city, and I was like, that 23 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:33.000 light's never coming back on. And when you come outside 24 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:36.439 and it's for me, it's like three fifteen in the morning, 25 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:39.920 and it's this eerie darkness when you don't have that 26 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:43.799 light on your street. So I felt I felt comforted 27 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.640 this morning. So I mean, like, yay, the city is 28 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:50.719 making repairs. I'm happy. Okay, got lots ahead on wake 29 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.079 up call, so let's get right to it. It's back 30 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:55.599 to square one when it comes to fighting homelessness in 31 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:58.760 La County. The county Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to 32 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:03.079 pull funding from the joint City Councy City County La 33 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:06.439 Homeless Services Authority and will transfer the money to its 34 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.560 own department for Regional Homeless Services. The new agency should 35 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.719 be in placed by New Year's Day. A mall in 36 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:16.360 the Pacific Palisades could reopen by early next year. Developer 37 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:20.919 Rick Caruso, who owns the Palisades Village Complex, says the 38 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.800 mall is still standing after the wildfires, but it's surrounded 39 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:28.879 by destruction. Gruso says he's hoping to reopen the mall 40 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.199 in its forty two businesses once the area around it 41 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.840 is cleaned up. And safe. One of the four soldiers 42 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:37.599 killed in a military training accident in Lithuania was from Glendale. 43 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.400 Sergeant EDVN. Franco was one of four out on a 44 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:45.719 technical training mission for the first Armored Brigade Combat Team. 45 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.120 The team and its vehicle had been missing almost a 46 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:52.280 week when the armored vehicle was pulled from a swampy 47 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:56.120 area on the training grounds. A new prime benefit that's 48 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:58.039 going to save you some money at the gas station. 49 00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:59.599 We're going to tell you about that. And if you're 50 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:01.759 planning to travel this summer, Rich Demiro is going to 51 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:04.759 tell us how to avoid massive roaming charges on your 52 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:08.000 cell phone. Also coming up this hour on wake Up Call, 53 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:12.280 trees glorious trees in celebration of Earth Month and Arbor Day, 54 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:14.680 you can get free trees in LA. We'll tell you 55 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.280 how when we talk with the CEO of the Arbor 56 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:21.159 Day Foundation. And Huntington Beach is going to the dogs. 57 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:25.080 Corgis specifically, thousands of them are going to hit the 58 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:27.680 beach this weekend. We're going to tell you all about that. 59 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.000 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 60 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.719 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA County has 61 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.719 approved the creation of its own homeless department. 62 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.719 The county's funding to the La Homeless Services Authority will 63 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:41.520 end in July of next year. Its own homeless department 64 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:45.400 should be opened by January. Supervisor Lindsay Horbath says losses, 65 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:48.520 financial mismanagement issues prompted the need for a change. 66 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:51.439 This moment is about the county taking the dollars that 67 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:55.000 taxpayers have entrusted to us and investing them. 68 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:55.960 In what works. 69 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:59.479 The vote essentially defunds LASSO, which is co managed with 70 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:02.520 the City of La Multiple La City Council members showed 71 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.080 up at the county meeting begging the supervisors not to 72 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.840 break up. Michael Monks KFI News. 73 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:09.719 He was brought to you by Sempercellaris. The La County 74 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:12.800 Board of Supervisors has approved the use of vacant lots 75 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.719 clear to fire debris Altadena to be used for pop 76 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.240 up commercial and retail shops, including restaurants. The county will 77 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:22.959 consider applications for up to five years. Supervisors also approved 78 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.600 post wildfire economic plans to hire hundreds of young people 79 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.879 through the Youth at Work program, establish a Shop Local 80 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:33.759 awareness program, and create a small business loan program. A 81 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.360 Marine vet wants to be the next La County Sheriff. 82 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:40.319 Oscar Martinez is a Sheriff's lieutenant assigned to the Palmdale station. 83 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:43.160 He's expected to announce this afternoon that he's running for 84 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:46.079 sheriff in twenty twenty six. His campaign says he is 85 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.639 running to restore the office to its true and rightful purpose, 86 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.800 serving the people with integrity, independence, and a relentless focus 87 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:59.120 on public safety, not political agendas. Two bills to ban 88 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.120 transgender athletes from girls and women's sports in California been 89 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:04.399 voted down by a state Assembly committee. 90 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:07.959 Orange County assembly Woman Kate Sanchez's bill was written to 91 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:12.240 ensure only females can play on female sports teams. Sanchez 92 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:16.279 tells kfi's John Cobelt. Despite the opposition to her bill, 93 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:18.680 what she's trying to do makes sense. 94 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:22.120 It is an eighty percent issue. No one asked for exposure. 95 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:25.120 They're protecting is the right thing to do. 96 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:28.800 The second bill was authored by Corona Assemblyman Bill Saley. 97 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.399 It was to amend the California Education Code. Deborah mark 98 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:34.160 koffi News Time. 99 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:37.800 To say good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Stephen, 100 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.240 there were a couple of state elections yesterday that a 101 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.519 lot of people around the country were keeping their eyes on. 102 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.920 First there were the two House seats up for grabs 103 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:49.759 in Florida, and then there was Wisconsin. So tell us 104 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:50.680 what happened in Wisconsin. 105 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:54.560 Well, Wisconsin race involved an open seat on the state 106 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.519 Supreme Court, and this was a race that attracted national 107 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:02.000 attention and big money. Elon Musk personally poured more than 108 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:05.319 twenty million dollars into the state to support the GOP 109 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:11.319 backed candidate, Judge Brad Shimmel against Democratic backed candidate Judge 110 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:17.040 Susan Crawford. Last night, Crawford decisively beat Shimmel, so the 111 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:21.600 four to three liberal balance on the Wisconsin Supreme Court 112 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:26.199 will stay in place. What's interesting is Elon Musk said 113 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.639 that the fate of Western civilization was at stake in 114 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:32.040 this election, and he gave out million dollar checks to 115 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:36.160 entice voters to attend his events as he supported Shimmel. 116 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:40.399 Now overnight, he said he always expected to lose, expected 117 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.759 Shimmel to lose, which may be, you know, a way 118 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:47.519 to cover his position here, but he says that nothing's 119 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.600 worth Essentially, I'm paraphrasing, you know, nothing's worth losing without 120 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:52.800 putting your own personal stake in it. I think that 121 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:58.079 ultimately it's being viewed as a harbinger or perhaps you know, 122 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:00.720 a canary in a coal mine in terms of, you know, 123 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:02.920 the MAGA movement and how much support it truly has 124 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.920 in the Trump era without Trump on the ballot. And 125 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:09.160 that's an open question. But we'll see as the year 126 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:13.439 drags on. The open gubernatorial races in Virginia and New 127 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:17.600 Jersey will be tell it because those off year elections 128 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:21.720 right after a presidential election are viewed by political reporters 129 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:25.560 because we have little else to talk about as a 130 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.160 sign of where things are in the country. 131 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:32.360 Okay, so, Stephen, why it was a state Supreme court spot, 132 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.399 It wasn't a national spot. Why was it such a 133 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:36.879 big deal? 134 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:40.879 The way that things have worked in the state of 135 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:46.240 Wisconsin when it comes to congressional districts being drawn, the 136 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:50.240 court has had outsized involvement in that over the decades, 137 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.040 and not just the state Supreme Court but also the 138 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:57.399 federal courts. And both sides believe that a continued four 139 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.240 to three ideological balance tilted to the left on the 140 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:04.639 Wisconsin Supreme Court will advantage the Democrats if they bring 141 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:08.160 another court challenge to the way the district lines have 142 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.360 been drawn in the state of Wisconsin. And if that 143 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:13.680 happens and in the next let's just say twenty twenty 144 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.600 six congressional elections, the balance of you know, the lines 145 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:20.879 are drawn to favor the Democrats, and let's just say 146 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:26.360 a couple of swing districts go from red to blue. Nationally, 147 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:28.879 the balance of power in the House of Representatives could 148 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:32.759 be affected. And so the Democrats are eager to have 149 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:34.720 that fight and to have that fight land at the 150 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:39.399 feet of a liberally inclined Supreme Court. Republicans fear that, 151 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:43.159 and that's why they wanted Brad Shimmel on the court. 152 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:44.360 But they lost yesterday. 153 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:49.720 Now you can see why both sides are pretty what's 154 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.879 the passionate about this, Because, like you were saying, the 155 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:57.159 balance of power is so close that two seats could 156 00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:59.039 change the power. 157 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:02.200 Well, I mean, look, and that's why we should very 158 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:05.039 briefly talk about the results in Florida yesterday, because in 159 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.399 the two districts to succeed Matt Gates and Mike Waltz, 160 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.440 you had Republicans winning holding those seats, but the margin 161 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:15.679 of victory for the Republicans is about fifteen points in 162 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:17.919 each of the districts, in both of the districts, and 163 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:20.960 those were places that Donald Trump won by like thirty 164 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:25.000 points or more. And so if the Democrats can make 165 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:28.720 that kind of headway in those deep red districts, what 166 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:32.480 could it mean nationally in the midterm elections next year 167 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.039 about a year and a half from now. The Democrats 168 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:40.000 are excited about the idea that there's this disappointment in 169 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:43.960 the country about what President Trump is doing, and today 170 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:47.559 could be a flashpoint in that as he announces the 171 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:49.399 tariffs from the Rose Garden this afternoon. 172 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:51.960 Okay, Stephen Portno with ABC, thank you so much for 173 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.240 your information. As always, talk too soon, you bet. Let's 174 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:56.879 get back to some of the stories coming out of 175 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.679 the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Speaking of those tariffs. 176 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:03.320 More of President Trump's tariffs are a taking effect today. 177 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.759 Companies importing goods will pay the costs, and businesses they say, 178 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:11.360 we'll likely have to pass on those costs to consumers. 179 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.840 White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the tariffs will 180 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:18.159 be effective immediately. You should trust what this president did 181 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:19.279 for you in his first term. 182 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.440 He effectively utilized tariffs while driving down in Fleetion. 183 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:24.559 It was a record low one point four percent when 184 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:25.320 he left office. 185 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.120 Trump is scheduled to announce the plans later today at 186 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.879 the Rose Garden. Though White House has admitted it wrongly 187 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.039 deported a man to the notorious prison in El Salvador, 188 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:38.840 calling in an administrative error, ABC's Pore Thomas says the 189 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.600 man had been living in Maryland with his wife and 190 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:42.639 five year old son. 191 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:46.960 Lawyers for the Salvadorian man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, are 192 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.600 petitioning for his immediate return. They say at Bregor Garcia 193 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:54.080 was removed against a twenty nineteen judges order preventing him 194 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:57.320 from being sent back to his home country, but. 195 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.639 That judge in twenty nineteen also found the man was 196 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:02.879 likely a member of the MS thirteen gang. The Justice 197 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.159 Department says there's little it can do to get the 198 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.720 man back from El Salvador. Israel's defense minister says his 199 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:12.720 country plans to seize large areas of Gaza, Trent Murray, 200 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:16.039 and Tel Aviv. Reports Israel's expanding its military operation in 201 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:16.720 the region. 202 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.679 Saying that troops will move to clear areas of quote, 203 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:24.279 terrorists and infrastructure, as well as capture extensive territory that 204 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:27.120 will be added to the state of Israel's security areas. 205 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.840 Israel's defense ministers called on the people of Gaza to 206 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.799 expel Jimas and return all hostages. The terror group is 207 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.879 still holding fifty nine hostages, but only twenty four are 208 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:40.919 believed to still be alive. Palestinian media reported a large 209 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.879 wave of air strikes overnight and an advancement of Israeli 210 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:49.519 troops in the South. The rescue teams in the capital 211 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.879 of me and Mar say they have pulled a survivor 212 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.440 from the rubble of a hotel that collapsed in last 213 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.039 week's seven point seven magnitude earthquake. The man is the 214 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:00.639 second person found alive in the rubble in recent days. 215 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.720 Officials say he was trapped for one hundred and eight hours. 216 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:06.799 Rescuers used a jackhammer to make a hole in a 217 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:10.120 floor and pulled him out. Federal lawmakers are pushing to 218 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:12.440 get whole milk back in school. 219 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:17.039 A requirement was instituted during the Obama administration for skim 220 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:20.240 and low fat milk in schools to cut kids consuming 221 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:25.120 saturated fat, which can increase risk of heart disease and obesity. 222 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:28.679 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior called the low fat 223 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:30.480 milk guideline antiquated. 224 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:33.879 Kyf's Brian Shook says one of the lawmakers helped to 225 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:39.039 lead the milk legislation is Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman. 226 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:43.240 He says kids need wholesome, nourishing food to grow strong 227 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:47.000 and grow healthy. I don't know about you. Whole milk 228 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:51.279 to me tastes like drinking cream yep. But I grew 229 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:53.240 up with it, and then we switched to non fat, 230 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:57.559 so we shall see. I want to invite you to 231 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.480 join us this Sunday it's Wiggle Waggle walked down. We're 232 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:03.600 just like a few days away now, Sunday, April sixth, 233 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.320 We're going to do the Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run 234 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.039 for Pasadena Humane. It's happening at Brookside Park at the 235 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:12.320 Rose Bowl and we would love for you to grab 236 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.440 your pup and come join us and walk around the 237 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.320 Rose Bowl. The weather's going to be absolutely perfect and 238 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.240 we need to help need your help, quite honestly, to 239 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.960 raise money for Pasadena Humane who not only all the time, 240 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:27.559 does great work to keep animals and treat animals and 241 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.679 get them ready to get into their forever homes. But 242 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.759 the need is especially great because of the Eating fire, 243 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.720 where they took in like more than fifteen hundred animals 244 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:40.519 and treated them and housed them and treated their burns 245 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.320 and just took care of them and did such great 246 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:47.480 work and also provided supplies to people who lost their 247 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:49.919 homes and needed food to feed their animals. I mean, 248 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:53.039 they're just doing fantastic work. So we're so proud to 249 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:55.159 partner up with them for this. We have a team, 250 00:13:55.200 --> 00:14:00.000 it's called the Wake Up Call Wigglers, and we've just 251 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:02.159 I've noticed that there's some more people joining and I'm 252 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.519 so excited. We're going to do all kinds of fun 253 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:07.679 stuff along with the walk. There's a vendor area, there's 254 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:11.720 food trucks, there's training demonstrations, and there's also the dog 255 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.480 costume contest, which is very popular and we get some 256 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:17.879 really cute costumes every year. So if you can join us, 257 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:19.879 we would love to have you do so. If you 258 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:21.759 can't join us and just want to make a donation, 259 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.799 our goal is ten thousand dollars and we're getting there. 260 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.919 We're not there yet, but if you could spare five bucks, 261 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:31.360 ten bucks, fifty bucks, one thousand bucks. Whatever you can donate, 262 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:34.799 we would love it. Very easy to do join the 263 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:39.120 team or donate at KFIAM six forty dot com, slash wiggle, 264 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:43.120 KFI AM six forty dot com slash wiggle. There's also 265 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:46.240 links up. I just posted it on my Instagram and 266 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:49.200 the KFI Instagram. So easy to find, easy to donate, 267 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:51.639 and easy for you to join us on Sunday, April 268 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.360 sixth for the Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run for Pasadena Humane. 269 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:58.320 I'll thank you in advance. In the Lacity Council's passed 270 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:02.279 a right to Council ordinate for renters, finalizing a two 271 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:06.799 year effort to provide tenants facing eviction with legal representation. 272 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:09.879 A one two punch for the Republicans in Florida's Jimmy 273 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.840 Patrona SA has won a special election to phil former 274 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:17.159 Republican Congressman Matt Gates's seat. State Senator Randy Fine won 275 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:19.440 the other seat in the US House. It was left 276 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:23.120 vacant when Mike Waltz was appointed as President Trump's National 277 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:27.399 security advisor. Want to be impressed? How about this? An 278 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:30.279 eighteen year old woman has been sworn in as a 279 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:34.159 deputy District attorney Sophia Park's been working in the Tulare 280 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.320 County DA's office since last year, after she became the 281 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.000 youngest person ever to pass the California Bar exam. Park 282 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:44.240 got her law degree at Northwestern California University the School 283 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:48.879 of Law. She's been assigned to the Visalia Prosecution Division. Yeah, 284 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:52.320 I feel like an underachiever of big time at six 285 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:54.879 oh five at TENDL on the news. It is liberation dailiest. 286 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.679 That's what President Trump is calling it. Right now, let's 287 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.480 say good morning to the host of Rich on Tech 288 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.159 on KFA are very own Rich DeMuro. Good morning, Rich. 289 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:07.039 I thought you were going to say, speaking of underachievers, 290 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.799 welcome Rich. 291 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.240 No, No, I don't think you are. I mean, look 292 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:15.159 at you. You've got a syndicated radio show, you're right 293 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.159 here on KFI, You're on KTLA all the time, and 294 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:19.200 you give us great advice. 295 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:22.000 Well, let's hope we can do some of that today. 296 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.399 We want to talk about first. 297 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.720 I want to talk about Amazon Primes new perk. 298 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:29.399 Yeah, so this is they announced this. I think it 299 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.399 was like last year perhaps, but now it's available to 300 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:34.840 sign up for. You can now if you're a Prime member, 301 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.720 save ten cents a gallon at about seven thousand BP, 302 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.000 which I don't think we have around here Amaco, which 303 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.360 I don't think we have around here, but we do 304 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.639 have AMPM stations. So basically, if you're a Prime member, 305 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:49.519 you go to AMPM, you can now save ten cents 306 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:52.480 a gallon. This is an ongoing perk from Amazon part 307 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.279 of your Prime account. Amazon says that members, if they 308 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:58.120 drive the average national average, they can save up to 309 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:00.720 seventy dollars a year, which is half the cost of 310 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.360 a Prime membership. The thing you have to do is 311 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:08.279 go to Amazon dot com slash Fuel Savings and you 312 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:11.319 basically just link up your your Prime account to this 313 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.640 new system and there you go. 314 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:18.720 Okay, So here's my question. If I have a credit 315 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:23.000 card on my Prime account and AMPM gives you that, 316 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:26.119 you know you pay less if you use a debit card, 317 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.000 Are you using a credit card or can you link 318 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:31.440 your debit card to it? 319 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:33.480 It looks like you can link any card so you 320 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.920 can pay. You can. Actually you have to sign up 321 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.000 through this app. I've not done it myself, so I 322 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:40.119 don't know, but I would guess that whatever card you 323 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:43.839 want to use, you can use. Remember when ampm R 324 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:46.799 Cooe didn't take credit cards like you had to like 325 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.960 use that weird machine in the middle like anyway. But yeah, 326 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:53.240 so a lot of people have been debating the merits 327 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:55.799 of this program on my social media saying, you know, 328 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:58.519 maybe Costco is still a better deal. You know, Ralph's 329 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:01.039 has their rewards. So I think the bottom line is like, 330 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.680 do what's best for you. So I use that upside 331 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.160 app when i'm you know, when I fill out my 332 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.880 wife's car at the pump, and it does save some 333 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.079 money cost Go. You know, if you don't mind waiting 334 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:12.039 in line, you can save money there. So you know, 335 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:13.440 it's just another option available. 336 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:18.000 I love options. I love options. Okay, so I am 337 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:21.279 going to be traveling myself. So I was particularly interested 338 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.519 in this one that you had you had offered up, 339 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:27.079 and that was that a lot of people are planning 340 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:30.440 their vacations for the summer, and some people are going 341 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:34.160 to go overseas, and you know, we were just talking 342 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.480 about this last week. How are we going to avoid 343 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.039 massive fees on our phones? 344 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:40.720 Yes, and it's a lot easier than it used to be. 345 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:42.480 This is my popular demand. I guess a lot of 346 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:44.680 people are traveling asking me, rich, how do I use 347 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.880 my phone but not pay you know, astronomical roaming charges? 348 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:50.839 And so here's the deal. My first, uh, my first 349 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:55.720 item of tip is call your carrier. You may have 350 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:58.720 what's called travel days banked on your plan. If you're 351 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:01.359 paying like the highest plan, the ninety dollars a month plan, 352 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.279 whatever it is for unlimited for your carrier, A lot 353 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:07.119 of times you get a travel day every month included 354 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:09.200 in your plan. So last time I went to Europe, 355 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:11.319 I had like twelve days banked. I was there for 356 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:13.000 a couple of days, didn't have to you know, it 357 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:16.599 all was free basically, So that's my number one tip. Then, 358 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:18.799 if you just want to keep your current plan and 359 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:21.799 roam over there, EIGHTE and T charges twelve dollars a day, 360 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:25.319 Verizon twelve dollars a day, T Mobile. Most plans include 361 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:27.880 roaming that can add up fast. So I only recommend 362 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:29.759 that if you're there for like, you know, three four 363 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.079 days whatever. If you're there longer. I like what's called 364 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:35.839 an e sim and this is basically a temporary plan 365 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:38.119 you buy from an app. You don't need a physical 366 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:41.119 SIM card. I like the app called Aerlow. You can 367 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.440 activate that right from your phone. You can get like 368 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:48.039 thirty days of usage with thirty gigabytes for like thirty dollars, 369 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:50.559 So that's a very cost effective way to do it. 370 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:53.880 The problem is your phone has to be unlocked usually 371 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.960 for that to happen. For you'd be able to do that, 372 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:58.319 So check that and then if you don't want to 373 00:19:58.319 --> 00:20:01.920 do any of that stuff, just turn off your cellular, 374 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:05.039 turn on Wi Fi, and just look for Wi Fi hotspots. 375 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:07.799 You can use WhatsApp to stay connected. I message. Just 376 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:10.519 make sure that you're calling and texting over Wi Fi 377 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:12.799 is activated before you leave the US. 378 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.720 I think that's what I did last time. It was 379 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.880 so long. I haven't traveled since before the pandemic. I 380 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:18.839 think our last trip to Africa, I think we just 381 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.279 turned off cellular and just texted. 382 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.240 Yeah. And for most people, look, there's so much Wi 383 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:28.240 Fi everywhere, as long as you don't, you know. And 384 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:30.559 the other thing I would say is download the maps. 385 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:32.640 I'm gonna put this in my blog post at richontech 386 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:36.680 dot tv. Download the maps for the location you're going to. 387 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:41.160 So both Apple Maps and Google Maps let you download 388 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:43.680 the entire map for the area you're going to. So 389 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:46.559 even if you didn't have cellular, you could still navigate 390 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:49.720 around using the offline maps. So that's a good idea too. 391 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.720 And my other tip, one more tip because this burned 392 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:54.880 me many years ago. I went to China and I 393 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:58.119 left my dropbox on and all my pictures uploaded. And 394 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:00.000 I'm not kidding. I came back to like a thousand 395 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.599 dollar bill. I had to, like, I have to negotiate 396 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:05.440 with AT and T to like get that down. But yeah, 397 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.039 turn off automatic backups or make sure they're just on 398 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.559 Wi Fi. 399 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:11.440 Okay, that's great. Great, that's going to be so helpful 400 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:13.319 and helpful to lots of you guys who are going 401 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:17.440