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 --> 00:00:14.039 App k f I and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, 4 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:22.120 Orange County. 5 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:38.119 Yours, Amy Kay. 6 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:39.159 Thank you Todd light Pa announcer Extraordinary at Dodger Stadium. 7 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.240 This is your wake up call for Tuesday, August thirteenth. 8 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:46.079 Good morning, I'm Amy King. So happy to have you 9 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:50.079 with us. As always, so much going on. I want 10 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.159 to start the show one day ago. Well, guys, there's 11 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:59.159 nothing happening, but today's not that day. Yesterday a little 12 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:01.439 shaking going on in the Southland. Did you feel it? 13 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:05.840 I don't know why. I'm not afraid of big quakes. 14 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:10.719 Something's wrong with me. That one was a pretty solid jolt. 15 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:11.599 Did you feel a cono? 16 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:12.200 We did? 17 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.079 We did a little roller where I live. Yeah, it 18 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.799 was pretty shaky. I had just gone I had just 19 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:23.239 gone down for my nice winter's nap actually a summer nap, 20 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.959 but I had the cats with me and I was 21 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:30.480 out because like noon, nish's nappy time for me. And 22 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.439 then it just started shaking, and the cats got up 23 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.239 and one of them kind of ran off, and yeah, 24 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:37.959 and then it stopped and I was like, well, I'm 25 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.400 awake now, I guess I'll have a snack. Glad there 26 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:46.159 wasn't much damage four point four, but anyway, here's what's 27 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:49.560 ahead on wake up call. That magnitude four point four 28 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.040 earthquake rumbled under Highland Park yesterday shortly afternoon, hit about 29 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:56.840 twelve twenty. A waterline at Pasadena City Hall was ruptured 30 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:58.879 in the quake, and apparently somebody got stuck at an 31 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:01.200 elevator for a little while, but there are no reports 32 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.519 of any major damage or injuries. The quake was felt 33 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:07.719 across much of La Orange and Riverside Counties. A judge 34 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.879 has rejected a lawsuit by opponents of the proposed gondola 35 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:15.680 from Dodger Stadium to Union Station. Opponents question the environmental 36 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.800 impact of the gondola, which would travel right over neighborhoods. 37 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.639 Backers say the aerial tram will provide the first permanent 38 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:26.560 mass transit connection, linking Dodger Stadium to the broader La 39 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:31.560 Transit system. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says Iran 40 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:35.479 and its proxies could attack Israel anytime, as soon as 41 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:39.159 this week. Iran has threatened to retaliate against Israel for 42 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:43.280 the recent assassinations of Hamas and Hesbola leaders. We're going 43 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.840 to be talking about going back to school and how 44 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.280 that is stressing out a lot of kids. We've got 45 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:50.599 ABC's Jim Ryan coming up in just a couple of minutes. 46 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:52.879 Nick Pauli o'chini is back. He's going to give you 47 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:54.680 all the traffic of course this morning, so you can 48 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.199 get where you need to go. But he's also going 49 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:58.680 to give us some more juicy details about the D 50 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:00.960 twenty three of them in Annah and some of the 51 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.560 really cool new attractions coming to the Disney parks. And 52 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.680 later this hour, Joel Larsgard joins us to talk about 53 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.080 how more of us are putting more stuff on plastic 54 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:12.159 not good, and whether people can expect that they really 55 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:14.319 are not going to have to pay back their student loans, 56 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.719 and where you can tap into some cash, but should 57 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.319 you Again, that's coming up before the top of the hour. 58 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:23.080 At six oh five, it's handle on the news. It 59 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.319 took a while because of some technical issues, but Elon 60 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.080 Musk and former President Trump have had a two hour 61 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:31.240 sit down live on x Let's get started with some 62 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:33.039 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 63 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:36.360 hour newsroom. Caltech says a magnitude four point four quake 64 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:40.039 that rattled South Pasadena might be a sign that bigger 65 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:41.159 earthquakes could follow. 66 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:44.800 The quake was felt throughout LA in parts of Orange County, 67 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.280 trapping one person in an elevator and causing pipes to 68 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:51.479 burst outside city hall. Seismologist doctor Lucy Jones says getting 69 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:54.199 forced couldn't mean seeing fives on the Richter scale, and 70 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:56.439 maybe hard to tell which fault line the quakes are 71 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:57.159 coming from. 72 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:58.960 And we need to remember this is only a four 73 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.280 and a half, or associating it with a particular fault 74 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.080 is always going to be problematic. 75 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:07.479 She says having smaller earthquakes does not prevent bigger earthquakes, 76 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:10.319 and there's no way to predict them. Yesterday's quake rolled 77 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:12.840 in almost a week after a magnitude five point two 78 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.800 hit Bakersfield. Chris Adler ka FI News. 79 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.639 Social media experts say an upcoming ban on cell phones 80 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:22.639 at schools in the LA district can help prevent depression 81 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:27.920 and suicide in teens. Cybersecurity cop Clay Cranford says giving 82 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:31.480 kids phones out of fear of emergencies could create mental 83 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:33.759 health issues because of harmful social media. 84 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:37.319 The chances of your child being involved in a school 85 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:42.160 shooting are incredibly low. Schools are by far the safest 86 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.360 place for your child to be and has ever always 87 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:46.920 been that way, it remains to be that way. 88 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:49.839 He says. More than a decade of data shows major 89 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:51.959 depression in teens has gone up by one hundred and 90 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:54.800 forty five percent for girls and one hundred and sixty 91 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:58.040 one percent for boys since twenty ten. The LA School 92 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:01.360 District approve the band in June to reduce learning disruptions 93 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:04.879 and to improve its students' health. Takes effect in January. 94 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:07.560 Minnesota Governor Tim Walls is set to make his first 95 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:12.199 solo appearance as Vice President Harris's running mate. It'll happen 96 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:15.000 at a public service convention at the LA Convention Center. 97 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:17.600 Walls is also set to speak later today at a 98 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.879 fundraiser in Newport Beach. Tickets are arranging from one thousand 99 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.839 to one hundred thousand dollars. The fundraiser is the first 100 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:26.839 in a series of five in five states in three 101 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:31.000 days for Walls. Let's say good morning now to ABC's 102 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:35.160 Jim Ryan. Gym four hundred thousand, LA school district. Students 103 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.680 went back to class yesterday, others are going back soon, 104 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:43.079 and apparently it's stressing a lot of kids out well. 105 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.079 Yeah, not too surprisingly. You can almost hear the butterflies 106 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.639 and the stomachs out there. Is the kids go back 107 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:51.720 to class, and that's normal, right, and the kids are 108 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.519 are bound to feel a little bit too anxious as 109 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:57.839 they returned to school after a summer off. But at 110 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:00.759 what point does it become a problem aiming well, the 111 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.319 experts say that if it does continue into the school year, 112 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.160 if it goes a couple of months, then maybe it's 113 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.399 time to check in with your kid. And in fact, 114 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:11.000 it's a good idea to check again with them anyway, 115 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:13.800 see what is happening at school, and then how they're 116 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.839 getting along, because I was surprised at some of the statistics. 117 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:19.759 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that nine 118 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:22.759 point four percent of kids as young as three at 119 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:27.079 up to seventeen, kids three to seventeen had diagnosed anxiety, 120 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:32.639 four point four percent have diagnosed depression. So kids do 121 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:36.319 feel those things that parents may dismiss as simple back 122 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:37.319 to school butterflies. 123 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.439 Yeah, I remember being a little bit nervous to go 124 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:44.120 back to class, but also we were always really excited 125 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:48.079 about the you know, the prospect of seeing friends and 126 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:50.680 sure going back to school and stuff. So what has change? 127 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:52.519 Why are kids more apprehensive now? 128 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.720 Well maybe they are. Maybe maybe they've always been this way, 129 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:57.720 but people just didn't notice, you know, they just brushed 130 00:06:57.720 --> 00:06:58.680 it off and our. 131 00:06:58.600 --> 00:06:59.959 Parents did just deal with it. 132 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:04.519 Get in there, get some grades, would you. And at 133 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.439 the same time, you've got, as you were talking about, 134 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:09.839 a moment, a moment ago, new things out there that 135 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.560 kids in previous generations didn't have to worry about, including 136 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:17.879 social media devices, those sorts of things that they have 137 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:19.759 been dealing with all summer long and now are dealing 138 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:24.560 with in school online bullying and a lot of that happens. 139 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.560 You know, you've got the online component, the social media 140 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.480 bullying that kids are facing, and then they're walking into 141 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:35.560 a classroom to physically face that person who might have 142 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.639 been picking on them. That certainly adds to that anxiety. 143 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:42.120 So really, the best advice I think that child psychologists 144 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:46.240 have is to keep tabs on the content and the 145 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:49.399 contacts that your kids have online. Who are they reaching 146 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:51.560 out to, who are they conversing with and what are 147 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:55.160 the conversations, what's the nature of that. Are they being 148 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.959 picked on and of course whether they're being picked on 149 00:07:58.079 --> 00:07:59.920 at school as well. 150 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:04.240 Does any of the information that you're digging through say 151 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:07.079 that parents maybe should work to kind of toughen up 152 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.879 their kids a little bit, or how do they because 153 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:11.240 you know, when I grew up too, it was a 154 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:12.720 lot of sticks and stones stuff. 155 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.839 Oh yeah, yeah, well, you know, if not the opposite, 156 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.160 then at least being a little more in tune with 157 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:21.160 what your kids are going through, feeling that, you know, 158 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:25.399 being empathetic with them and opening keeping that line of 159 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.360 communication open. Parents know their kids better than anybody else, 160 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:30.959 better than the school psychologist. 161 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:32.120 A teacher or anyway. 162 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.279 Right, So if you can stay in tune with what 163 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.000 your kids are doing, join in their excitement you talk 164 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.159 about the excitement of going back to school, join in 165 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:45.360 that excitement, celebrated with them. But also try not to 166 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.240 set an expectation that says, you need to get straight 167 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:51.120 age this year in order to go to college. Yeah, 168 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:53.960 you're only in third grade now, but we got to 169 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:58.120 look ahead. So yeah, try not to put those expectations 170 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:01.840 on kids, especially younger kids, but do help them to 171 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:03.039 enjoy the environment. 172 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:03.320 Yeah. 173 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.840 I remember going back in and you know, the smell 174 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:10.559 of the chalkboard and wearing new clothes and all that. 175 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:11.399 It was exciting. 176 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:13.639 Did they even have chalkboards anymore? 177 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:13.759 No? 178 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:19.039 Boy, did I just dig myself chokboard with a chalkboard. 179 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:22.879 Right, So as parents just kind of watch out support them. 180 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:26.960 Yeah, there are resources out there too. Stop Bullying dot 181 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:32.919 gov a government website that's devoted to addressing this issue. 182 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:35.919 It talks about federal laws, it talks about cyber bullying. 183 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:41.600 It offers advice to teachers, to principles to parents and kids. 184 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.080 There are resources out there that can help you to 185 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:46.240 confront these issues. 186 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.759 But that's really a good one because. 187 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:49.840 Stop Bullying dot gov. 188 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:51.480 You know, when when I was growing up, I was 189 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:55.639 kind of an ugly kid and no serious and so 190 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.399 you kind of you take some of that bullying but 191 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.600 whatever you call it, but it wasn't to the same 192 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:04.679 magnitude because there was you know, it was there was 193 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:05.559 no social media. 194 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.960 Well true, I mean that's true. And then kids find 195 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:11.639 that little weakness. I was always really tall, right, and 196 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:13.799 they do you think, well, that's probably a good thing. 197 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.919 Nobody isn't. It makes it easy target people. Well he's tall, 198 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:18.399 let's pick on him. 199 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.879 Yeah. Well tall wasn't my problem. But all right, so 200 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:24.679 take care of your kids, watch out and then I 201 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:26.879 like that, stop bullying dot gov. If you need to 202 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:28.320 find some resources. 203 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:29.000 Stop bullying dot gov. 204 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.600 All right, thank you, ABC's Jim Ryan, appreciate it. You. 205 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:33.279 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 206 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:36.000 of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The Olympic flag 207 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:39.000 has left Paris and arrived in Los Angeles. 208 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.600 Sol A Mayor Bass, team USA members and other local 209 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:44.440 officials returned to lax and wave the flag as the 210 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:46.559 world now turns its eyes here for the twenty twenty 211 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:49.600 eight games at the airport. Bass emphasized again that she 212 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.600 wants to see a public transportation heavy Olympics in LA. 213 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:54.720 We know we need to have over thirty. 214 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.879 Thirty three hundred buses that come into town because we 215 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:01.080 don't want to have the congestion with people traveling to 216 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:01.480 the game. 217 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:03.679 So the mayor says, twenty twenty eight will be different 218 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:06.559 than nineteen eighty four, when LA last hosted the Olympics, 219 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:09.039 namely because the city has a subway system now. 220 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:11.480 Michael Monks KFI news. 221 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:14.519 Bill will soon be considered that would reduce and restrict 222 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:18.080 items that can be purchased at self checkout lanes. The 223 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:22.159 bill's sponsor says the self checkout bill will create more jobs. 224 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:25.399 It was seen as a way to drastically cut staffing 225 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.759 and too reduce labor costs. The industry itself is reporting 226 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.840 self checkout machines cost food and retailers more than ten 227 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.559 billion dollars in lost profits annually. 228 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:38.440 See Senator Lola Smallwood. Quavis says the bill is aimed 229 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:42.200 at reducing retail thefts, so the bill requires one employee 230 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:47.279 for every two self checkout stands. California Grocers Association President 231 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:49.559 and CEO Ron Fong says the bill would just drive 232 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:51.080 costs up for store owners. 233 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:53.639 What we're doing with this bill is going backwards. We're 234 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.559 antiquating people and say, ouh's something that has worked out 235 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:59.720 for us for fifteen years. We're now going backwards and 236 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.759 say we're limiting the use of this technology. 237 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:05.759 The bills expected to be debated in the State Assembly 238 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:09.120 in the next week. Elon Musk's interview with former President 239 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.639 Trump on X got off to a late start. Musk 240 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.200 says technical glitches delayed last night's event by more than 241 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:15.799 forty minutes. 242 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:18.679 Well pugs for the late start, we unfortunately had a 243 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:23.679 massive distributed mail service attack against our servers. 244 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:26.000 Thousands of users who went on x to watch the 245 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.000 interview got error messages and couldn't log on when it 246 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.960 finally started. It ran for about two hours, covering a 247 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:35.799 range of issues including immigration, inflation, crime, and Trump's attempted 248 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:39.519 assassination in Pennsylvania. More than a million people tuned into 249 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:43.240 the live stream. A new study suggests there's water on Mars, 250 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.720 and tons of it. The findings are based on computer 251 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:51.000 modeling and seismic measurements sent back from NASA's Insight Lander, 252 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.639 which shut down on Mars a couple years ago. Sean 253 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:57.480 Wright from U SEE San Diego's Script's Institute of Oceanography 254 00:12:57.519 --> 00:13:01.320 sas researchers think water seeped underground billions of years ago. 255 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:05.240 Ours once looked like Earth three billion years ago, and 256 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:05.960 now it doesn't. 257 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.440 It's dry and it's desolate, and so a big question 258 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:09.360 is where's the water? 259 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:10.200 Where did it go? 260 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:13.559 He says. The water is roughly twelve miles below the surface, 261 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.679 and there's enough of it to form an ocean. The 262 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:18.919 Dodgers are in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers tonight. 263 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:21.600 First pitch goes out at five ten. You can listen 264 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:24.159 to every play of every Dodger's game on AM five 265 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.639 seventy LA Sports and stream all games in HD on 266 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:31.120 the iHeartRadio app. The keyword AM five seventy LA Sports 267 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.039 powered by LA Care for all of LA so then, 268 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.200 California has been rattled by a four point four magnitude quake. 269 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:39.919 The quake hit at twelve twenty yesterday afternoon. It was 270 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:42.960 centered near Highland Park. Shaking was felt around much of 271 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.960 the Southland, but no major damage or injuries were reported. 272 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:49.600 Firefighters have gained ground on the fourth largest fire ever 273 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.399 in California. It's grown to over four hundred and twenty 274 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:56.039 nine thousand acres. CalFire says the fire is still threatening 275 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.759 the Mill Creek area and the town of Mineral in 276 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:02.279 Tehama County, near the edge of Lassen Volcanic Park. The 277 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:06.840 fire is thirty eight percent surrounded. Governor Newsom's official photographer 278 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:10.399 costs California two hundred thousand dollars a year the state 279 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:13.759 Controller's office, as the money goes to celebrity photographer Charles 280 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:18.320 o'manny to document the governor. He's also worked with Mark Zuckerberg, 281 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.919 Barack Obama, and George W. Bush. O'manny is one of 282 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.639 the highest paid employees in the administration, making just thirty 283 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:29.200 four thousand dollars less a year than the governor himself 284 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:31.679 at six o five. It's handl on the news. Olympic 285 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.080 gymnast Jordan Childs appears to have lost her fight to 286 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.159 hold onto her bronze medal. Let's say good morning now 287 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:41.360 to Nick pollo'chini, who's back with us after taking a 288 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:44.840 couple days off for the D twenty three super Fan Convention. 289 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.000 And since there's so much Disney stuff coming out, who 290 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:52.759 better to talk about than a superfan himself. Nick, before 291 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.960 we dig in, tell us what D twenty three is. 292 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.559 We know it's a convention, and who is it for? 293 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.279 Who goes to it? 294 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.440 So it's specifically four you're the ultimate fan, as you 295 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:04.000 already described, and Hello, it's gonna be back again, Amy. 296 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.440 But it is for people and started back in two 297 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.039 thousand and nine, and it is where fans have turned 298 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:13.000 for all the major announcements in all the new films 299 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:15.200 and television shows and the new theme park attractions that 300 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:15.600 are coming. 301 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.799 But D twenty three is that. 302 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.919 Special additional fan base for those who love things out 303 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.399 of the Walt Disney Company. But it's really expanded now 304 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.320 because you've got Star Wars involved with Lucas Limited. You've 305 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:29.039 also got Marble Entertainment, and then even you've got the 306 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:31.559 twentieth Century Fox buyout, so you've got the Simpsons and 307 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:34.480 everything to that effect, all of those fandoms are coming together. 308 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:36.600 So if you think about Comic Con in San Diego, 309 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:39.360 which we talked about every year, D twenty three is 310 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:43.120 that for everything under the Walt Disney Company umbrella, okay. 311 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:46.759 And who goes to it. It's not industry people necessarily, 312 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:49.519 though industry people do go, but it's really it's for 313 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:51.840 the fans. So it's like Comic Con in that rega. 314 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:52.879 Yeah, it's just like Comic Con. 315 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:55.559 And so the home base is always every other year 316 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:58.480 at the Anaheim Convention Center just south of Disneyland, and 317 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:01.440 folks get tickets and just like you and I talked about, regularly, 318 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:04.600 tickets go on sale and they are gone instantaneously because 319 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:08.559 you get the most immersive experience possible by meeting you know, 320 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:11.320 the voice actors behind some of our favorite characters or 321 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.679 favorite TV show personalities. They just celebrated Gray's Anatomy and 322 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:16.840 had the entire cast of Gray's Anatomy there. You were 323 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:18.480 able to do a meet and greet and assigning with them, 324 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.159 which is very very unusual, especially some cast members who 325 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.080 haven't been on the show in years. 326 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.279 Now. 327 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:24.320 Oh you also have. 328 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:26.759 I got to pop in on that, but I had 329 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.200 to take off to a different panel, so I didn't 330 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.000 get to stick around for the meet and greet portion, 331 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.559 but I got to see it. And it's funny to 332 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.559 think that, you know, we what on our twentieth season 333 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:35.679 or more of Gray's Anatomy right now. I mean, it's 334 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:37.440 been over twenty years that the show has been around, 335 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:39.919 and there have been so many incredible actors that I 336 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:42.799 didn't even remember had you know, short stints or had 337 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:44.799 you know, these special cameo parts over the year, and 338 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:46.759 they all were brought in for the special event. So 339 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.639 it's really unique and special because things that you don't 340 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:52.080 even remember from some of your favorite TV shows, or 341 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:54.480 maybe if you're a fan of Disney Channel or if 342 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:57.519 you're a fan of ABC Television, you don't even remember 343 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:59.240 that it was there and you get to meet these 344 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.879 folks in and their talent Talent Central area and be 345 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:05.920 able to get a couple of minutes to talk to celebrities, musicians, 346 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:09.359 and my favorite thing is always the Disney imagineers who 347 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:12.440 are really the heart and soul of what is behind 348 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.880 these projects that we're going to talk about, especially the 349 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:17.400 attractions that come to the theme parks around the world. 350 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.319 Okay, so let's talk about the attractions and then also 351 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:23.759 just for the fan experience as we're trying to describe 352 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:25.880 this to you. So there's panels, sure, and then I've 353 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:27.599 seen a couple of the videos that you had. There's 354 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:32.000 like big auditorium Disney Productions. They had a full orchestra 355 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.680 and a giant big screen in the background. And was 356 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:36.720 that one of the imagineer events when they were announcing 357 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.880 some of the new things coming? 358 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.759 Right, So this is the first year that every year, 359 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.720 if you think of Comic Con, we always hear about 360 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:45.680 Hall H and that is the biggest presentation all the 361 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.359 major panels down there, and up until this year, Hall 362 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.799 D at the Anaheim Convention Center was that location. This 363 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:54.440 year they took it off site to the Honda Center 364 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:58.400 and twelve thousand Disney fans. So that just that's not 365 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.759 even the attendees because there I don't know the final numbers, 366 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.240 but we were in the tens of thousands of attendees 367 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.599 to D twenty three, but twelve thousand of those fans 368 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:10.160 got to see very first hand all the things that 369 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:14.519 are happening in two special showcases, the Disney Entertainment Showcases, 370 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.599 which focus on music, television, and film, and then the 371 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:22.319 Disney Experiences Showcase, which happened to focus on the cruise lines, 372 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.279 on the theme parks, and then other Disney regional entertainment 373 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.039 around the globe. 374 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:28.319 Okay, so let's dig into some of the things that 375 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:30.319 you learn now that we know all about is the convention. 376 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.640 What are some of the coolest things that have that 377 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.960 are coming out or that we're going to be seeing 378 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.079 that you learned about at the expo. 379 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:40.440 I think the most exciting thing that we've got locally 380 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:43.000 here is Tiana's is we got a finally opening date. 381 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:47.599 So even though right exactly so anticipate you and I 382 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:50.200 will definitely be going to this, but November twelve, field 383 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.359 when it will be coming. 384 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:53.920 November twelfth, Okay, Yeah, it's the old Splash Mountain they've 385 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.640 closed it down. The ride essentially the same or the 386 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:58.680 path of the ride, as I understand it, it is the same, 387 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:02.240 but it's completely re imagine and now it's Tiana's By 388 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:05.240 You Adventure based on the Princess and the Frog, right. 389 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:07.359 And I've heard so many things from the folks that 390 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:11.039 have been able to experience the rebranding Magic Kingdom in 391 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:14.359 Walt Disney World in Orlando and say that we're really 392 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:16.519 in for a special treat. Also because even though the 393 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:20.960 attractions are almost identical, Disneyland has its own special accouterment 394 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:22.960 that there's going to be a few special things that 395 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:25.680 are just exclusive to our park, which is very exciting. 396 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.279 So that comes up in the pretty soon. 397 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:31.799 Would be probably the most unique thing is the very 398 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:35.240 first Walt Disney audioonomatronic that'll be coming to Disneyland Park 399 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.079 in the near future. 400 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.839 Okay, it would be familiar with Yeah, oh. 401 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.960