WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.200 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 --> 00:00:14.359 App k f I M kost HT two, Los Angeles. 4 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:21.160 Orange County and. 5 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:25.519 You Amy. 6 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:36.560 Okay, good morning. It's five o'clock straight up this Friday morning. 7 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:41.719 This is your wake up call for September sixth I'm 8 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.719 Amy King. So excited to have you with us this morning. 9 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.759 Got a lot of stuff going on. As always, I 10 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.159 got to share with you as we get Our Friday started. 11 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.880 That Thursday was a little bit wonky, kind of turned 12 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:59.719 into a fire drill. So I went to see Beetlejuice 13 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.760 yesterday afternoon at CityWalk and it was let me just 14 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:07.359 tell you, it's like one of my favorite movies I've 15 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.120 seen in a really, really long time. We're gonna be 16 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.599 talking with Jason Nathanson and see what he thinks about it, 17 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:16.079 but I think it's going to have a big weekend 18 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:21.519 and I loved it. Then after the movie got out, 19 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.640 I went to pick up a friend at the airport 20 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.439 who's coming into town this weekend because the Disney's doing 21 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:29.959 their half marathon, which we're doing, and then we're going 22 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:32.120 to go play at the park and you know, just 23 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:35.159 she's one of my best friends from Northern California, and 24 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:39.200 so she is flying in. So I leave the movie 25 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:42.439 theater and I rush over to the Burbank Airport and 26 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:45.640 she texts me. She says, I'm landing, and I'm like, yay, 27 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:49.200 I'm circling. And then about five minutes later she sends 28 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:52.359 me another text and it says, Okay, I'm outside at 29 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:59.599 baggage claim twelve. And I'm thinking to myself. Bourbank Airport 30 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:04.200 doesn't have a baggage claimed twelve. So I went back 31 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.000 and I look at her ticket and then I call 32 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:08.840 her and I go, hey, where are you. She goes, 33 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:12.719 I'm outside, and I go at Santa Anna Airport she 34 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.400 said yep. So she was an hour and a half away, 35 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:19.520 and because it was already like six point thirty, she 36 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:22.599 ended up taking an uber ride up from Santa Anna 37 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:25.280 Airport to where I am in Los Angeles. So that 38 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.360 was one hundred dollars uber ride later. But she said 39 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.120 she had a great time and her driver was great. 40 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:32.360 Oh my god, but what a crazy start to the weekend. 41 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.080 So everything last night was all discombobulated, and I had 42 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.479 a friend in town and all that stuff. So if 43 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:41.000 I'm a little discombobulated, I have an excuse for it today. 44 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:42.759 Most days I don't have an excuse. Today I do, 45 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:45.360 but looking forward to a really fun weekend and looking 46 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.240 forward to a really great wake up call. We got 47 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.280 a lot going on. Here's what's ahead. Hunter Biden has 48 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.240 pleaded guilty to all nine tax charges against him in 49 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:56.080 court in la He could face seventeen years in prison 50 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.960 when he sentenced. Now how the plea came together and 51 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.919 more from the courtroom with ABC's Peter Haralumbus is coming 52 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:05.439 up in less than five minutes. The fourteen year old 53 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.639 accused of shooting and killing two students and two teachers 54 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.960 and wounding nine others at his high school in winder Georgia, 55 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.199 is due in court this morning. His father has been 56 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:18.800 arrested and charged in connection with the killings. Students at 57 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.400 more than a dozen schools in Long Beach are not 58 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.080 getting a break from this heat. They don't have air conditioning, 59 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.199 the Long Beach Unified School District says, While eighty four 60 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:29.960 percent do have ac the ones that don't have been 61 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.800 opening windows and doors and using fans to cool off 62 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:35.719 during the heat wave. Some teachers and parents say the 63 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.800 heat makes concentrating hard for the kids at six oh five. 64 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:42.840 It's handled on the news, former President Trump is trying 65 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:45.400 once again to get his sentencing for his thirty four 66 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:48.680 felony convictions delayed. Let's get started with some of the 67 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:51.360 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 68 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:55.680 So Cowgas is shutting off service to additional fifty four 69 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:59.080 homes in Rancho Palace thirties because of the worsening land movements. 70 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:00.199 Service will be cut. 71 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.560 For twenty nine homes in the Seaview neighborhood and twenty 72 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.560 five homes along Portuguese Bend. This woman says she was 73 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:09.159 using gas powered generators when her electricity was cut Monday, 74 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:10.360 but now that's out. 75 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:16.959 We have headlamps and we have battery operated little lanterns. 76 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.519 Governor knew Some declared a state of emergency after so 77 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.160 Cal Edison shut off power to two hundred and forty 78 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.480 five homes because of the shifting ground. So Cal gasas 79 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.800 service will be cut indefinitely to the additional homes. 80 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:32.519 By three pm today. Chris Adler kf I news Remains 81 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:35.360 found under a home at a nudist resort in Redlands 82 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:38.319 have been identified as those of a missing elderly couple. 83 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.279 Their neighbor, Michael Sparks, is charged with their murders. Dan 84 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:45.199 and Stephanie Minard were reported missing on August twenty fourth 85 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.040 when they didn't show up at church. Sparks was arrested 86 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.399 after a standoff with police in which part of his 87 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.399 home was torn down. He was found in a concrete 88 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.519 bunker below the home. The remains were found in plastic bags. 89 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.120 Former President Trump says if he's real elected in November, 90 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.920 he'll create a government efficiency commission headed by tech billionaire 91 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:08.720 Elon Musk. Trump says the government commission would crack down 92 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.000 on fraud and waste. 93 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:14.000 Elon, because he's not very busy, has agreed to have 94 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:17.680 that task course be interesting if he has the time. 95 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:21.279 Trump says Musk would be charged with finding trillions of 96 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:25.120 dollars in federal waste and fraud. Let's say good morning 97 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:30.160 now to ABC's Peter Harralumbus. Crazy days in court. Peter, first, 98 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.920 in New York, there's Trump's trial for payments made to 99 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:35.759 Stormy Daniels. And now on the other side of the country, 100 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:37.920 you were in the courtroom for what was supposed to 101 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.480 be just the first day of hunter Biden's tax trial, 102 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:42.839 but thinks things quickly went sideways. 103 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.839 Yeah, good morning, Amy. Really a twist yesterday in court. 104 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:48.639 We were expecting that to be the first day of 105 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:52.120 jury selection. One hundred and twenty Sanelinas had shown up 106 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.639 that were ready to begin the process of being possibly 107 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:58.519 selected as jurors. When hunter Biden's attorney declared to the 108 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:01.920 judge and the prosecutor that they actually wanted to change 109 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:06.079 their plea during this entire trial into question. It then 110 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.480 became kind of an hour's long or deal with it, 111 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.240 tried to figure out the details of the plea. Ultimately, 112 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.040 hunter Biden pleaded guilty to all nine counts of the indictment, 113 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.000 including three felonies. He faces up to seventeen years in 114 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.040 prison and over a million dollars in fines. 115 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.199 Okay, so Peter, let's back up a little bit, because 116 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:27.600 there was some again an hour's long conversation about what 117 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.600 the plea was going to be. So initially he was 118 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:32.519 going to change his plea, but then they were going 119 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:35.360 to use something called the Alford plea, And so can 120 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:37.240 you explain to us what that is and what was 121 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:37.839 said about it? 122 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.360 Sure, so they initially came out and said that Hunter 123 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:44.720 Biden wanted to do what's called an Alford plea, which 124 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:48.120 is kind of a rare thing where the defendant, like Hunter, 125 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:52.079 would plead guilty to the actual crimes but not necessarily 126 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.680 admit his innocence. Basically, Hunter was willing to say, you know, 127 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:57.920 if this was a trial, i admit that I would 128 00:06:57.959 --> 00:06:59.920 be found guilty, but I'm not going to say that 129 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.519 I did every single thing as alleged in the indictment. 130 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.480 So that was what they first proposed. The judge called 131 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.399 a break so that the parties could describe this. Prosecutors 132 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:10.360 said that this was the first time they ever heard 133 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.920 of this in the context of the case, so it 134 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:17.000 completely caught them by surprise. By the afternoon, though, the 135 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.879 government was pretty unified in their opposition to this idea, 136 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:23.120 saying they're absolutely opposed to this idea. They were planning 137 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.920 on an arguing White should not be accepted, and kind 138 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:29.000 of in a surprise move, after a shortbreak, Hunter Biden's 139 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.639 team just decided to throw in the towel and forget 140 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:34.120 about all that stuff about the Alfred police and just 141 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:37.519 enter a standard plea guilty to every single one to 142 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:41.240 counts to the indictment and notable because this is, you know, 143 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:43.920 entering a guilty plea outside of the context of a 144 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.360 plea deal in which you know, he could have negotiated, 145 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:50.360 for example, leniency or you know, a lighter sentence. Instead, 146 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.720 Hunter Biden's opening himself up to the worst of the 147 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:55.720 worst when it comes to sentencing up to seventeen years 148 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.439 as he accepted, you know, guilt in front of the 149 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:01.360 judge yesterday for every single one. 150 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:02.120 Of these counts. 151 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:05.240 So Peter had there had there been some talk of 152 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:07.319 a plea deal that maybe we just didn't know about. 153 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.759 You know, it seemed like this case was going very 154 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.040 much to trial. You know, if you go back a year, 155 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:18.120 Hunter Biden was willing to plead guilty to this case, 156 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:22.000 to the tax crimes in conjunction with a plea deal 157 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:25.240 that basically also covered his gun case that fell apart 158 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:27.759 in a Delaware courtroom last year, which really led to 159 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:31.480 both indictments in Delaware and Los Angeles. So you know, 160 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:33.559 at the end of the day, you know, Hunter Biden 161 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:36.840 was willing to plead guilty to these offenses, but when 162 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:39.679 it came to this trial, it seems full it seemed 163 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.279 full steam ahead. And prosecutors themselves were dumbfounded by the 164 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:44.000 change in court. 165 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.000 Okay, do you think that it was just a hail 166 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.240 mary to try the Alfred thing? That they went in 167 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:50.799 and saying, you know what, we're just going to plead guilty. 168 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.000 Don't want to deal with this, but let's try this 169 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:54.279 just in case it works. 170 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:57.720 Yeah, in a way, it was a bit surprising how 171 00:08:57.799 --> 00:08:59.960 quickly they threw in the towel with the Alfred play 172 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:04.759 despite the judge entertaining it. Judge Mark Scarzy was willing 173 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:08.879 to kind of hear extended arguments on Friday and sends 174 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:13.200 home the jury to seriously consider whether to accept this plea. 175 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.039 Sources close to Hunter Biden suggested that he saw the 176 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.840 Alfred plea as a way to end this part of 177 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:22.200 his life without having to kind of accept all that 178 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:26.120 he thinks it was alleged in the case. But you know, 179 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.919 they just gave up after about thirty minutes and wanted 180 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:31.840 to get it over. They clearly didn't want to face 181 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.240 another likely trial. In a statement after court, Hunter Biden 182 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.440 said that he wanted to prevent his family from going 183 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:40.840 through the trauma and pain of get another trial, especially 184 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.120 after that gun trial in Delaware a few months ago. 185 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:47.120 Okay, so the plea has been entered and he's got 186 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.480 sentencings set in December, so we'll wait to see if 187 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.120 he gets that seventeen years, and there's no indication yet 188 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.000 on whether he will actually get jail time. 189 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:00.200 You know, he's also at this point have as a 190 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:02.840 criminal record because of that case in Delaware, so that 191 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:05.600 doesn't help this case when it comes to sentencing. Seventeen 192 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.759 might be a little bit steep, but these are very 193 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.440 severe penalties, and he also faces twenty five years technically 194 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.360 in the gun case out in Delaware. So these are 195 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:17.720 serious penalties and they raise the specter of a presidential 196 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.879 pardoner commutation once again, though the White House is continuing 197 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:23.080 to deny that that's something that's being discussed. 198 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:27.399 We shall see, we shall see. I have some thoughts 199 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.519 on that, but I'll keep them to myself for right now. 200 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:32.039 And for you, Peter, you are going to be in 201 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:34.000 the court for days. Now, do you get to go 202 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:35.320 and hang out on the beach or something. 203 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.320 I get one day in Los Angeles and then I'm 204 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:40.480 back in New York. So I'm enjoying my day here, 205 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:40.919 all right. 206 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:42.480 Well, thank you so much. I'm sorry you don't get 207 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:44.159 to spend some more time in our beautiful city, but 208 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:47.279 appreciate the insight and I was always the information. We'll 209 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:47.799 talk to you. 210 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:49.639 Soon, Thanks so much. 211 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:50.200 Having take care. 212 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.799 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 213 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:54.120 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 214 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:56.639 father of the fourteen year old accused of killing four 215 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.960 people at his high school in Georgia has also been arrested. 216 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:04.559 Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey says Colin Gray 217 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:07.559 was taken into custody yesterday for second degree murder and 218 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.080 involuntary manslaughter. 219 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:13.519 He's charge of stem from mister Gray knowingly allowing his 220 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.600 son Coke to possess a weapon. 221 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:19.960 Two students and two teachers were killed Wednesday at Appalachi 222 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.759 High School. The alleged shooter is due in court this morning. 223 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.600 He is charged with four counts of felony murder and 224 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:29.080 will be tried as an adult. Two people have been 225 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.799 critically hurt in the crash of a single engine plane 226 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.399 in Hawthorne, La Kenny. Firefighters were called to the area 227 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:37.799 of Hawthorne Boulevard and one hundred and twenty sixth Street overnight. 228 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:40.679 The injured were taken to the hospital. Officials say no 229 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:43.399 one on the ground was hurt and no property was damaged. 230 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:46.440 News brought to you by ruderhro dot com. A woman 231 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:48.799 has turned herself in in connection with a hit and 232 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.200 run crash in Anaheim that killed an eighty four year 233 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.320 old man. He was knocked down and killed early Monday 234 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:57.960 morning by someone driving an SUV while crossing Anaheim Boulevard. 235 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:00.799 Police say the woman arrested was booked on on suspicion 236 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:04.399 of felony hit and run. Supporters of a sales tax 237 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:07.240 in LA to fight homelessness have started campaigning. 238 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.080 Measure A would raise the current point twenty five cent 239 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:13.120 sales tax to half a cent for housing and other services. 240 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:17.320 LA Family Housing CEO Stephanie Klaski Gamer says the measure 241 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:20.639 will improve the ratio of people becoming homeless versus people 242 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:21.679 coming off the streets. 243 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:27.000 In twenty twenty three, for every one hundred individuals who 244 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:31.000 transitioned out of homelessness, one hundred and twenty five new 245 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.120 people fell into homelessness. 246 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.080 The measures projected to raise about one point two billion 247 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:39.080 dollars every year in La. Blake Trolly K if I. 248 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.919 News evacuation warnings have been issued in Highland for homes 249 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:44.320 near a brushfire that's burned more than one hundred and 250 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:47.320 seventy acres. The fire started last night near Baseline and 251 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:50.759 Alpine and was burning into the San Bernardino National Forest. 252 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:54.320 The evacuation warnings are for neighborhoods east of Church Street 253 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.039 and north of Highland Avenue, and also for the neighborhood 254 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:00.840 east of Weaver north of Greenspot to the Iron Bridge. 255 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.919 So then, California's Quick Reaction Force has dropped more than 256 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:06.919 a million gallons of water and fire retardant on eighty 257 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:08.080 five fires this year. 258 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.480 The fleet includes three forty seven Shinoks and an S 259 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:14.919 seventy six intelligence copter. OC Fire Authority Chief Brian Finnisi 260 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:17.559 says there's also a mobile fire retarded mixing station. 261 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.679 Twenty twenty four is turning into one of the busiest 262 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:21.279 fire seasons. 263 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:22.799 I think we've experienced it in. 264 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:25.240 A long time, and that's saying something when you look 265 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:27.399 at the fires we've had over the last decade. 266 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:30.200 Vntur County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner says each coptor can 267 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:31.120 drop thousands of. 268 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:34.759 Gallons when all three combined, they continually dropped three thousand 269 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.559 gallons by three thousand gallons by three thousand gallons followed 270 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.039 in unisons, creating a true synergy in our firefighting effort. 271 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:44.080 LA County Fire Chief Anthony Moroni says the resource is critical. 272 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:47.360 In the past couple of years, our department has dispatched 273 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:49.720 the QRF on numerous wildfires. 274 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.480 Local leaders want permanent county and state funding to follow, 275 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.559 so cal Edison's one hundred million dollar investment to start 276 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:58.600 the program in twenty twenty one in Orange County, Corbin 277 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.799 Carson kf I News. 278 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.519 An excessive heat warning for most of southern California has 279 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:06.519 been extended until Monday night the National Weather Services. Today 280 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:08.240 is going to be the hottest day of this heat 281 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:11.120 wave and of the year, with woodland hills expected to 282 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:15.240 hit one hundred and eighteen. Overnight temperatures will only get 283 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.600 to about eighty It's eighty three in Burbank right now. 284 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:20.279 It was eighty three when I came in at three 285 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:23.279 thirty this morning. Firefighters in northern California have a new 286 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:27.080 AI powered tool to help quickly detect and locate fires. 287 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:30.200 Fifty new N five sensors have been installed that can 288 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:34.360 detect gas, chemicals and smoke particles. If there's unusual activity, 289 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:37.519 the sensor calls the fire department out. Officials say the 290 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:40.240 sensors can also tell the difference between smoke from a 291 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:44.480 wildfire and smoke from a barbecue. A SpaceX rocket has 292 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.559 lit up the California sky. The Falcon nine rocket launched 293 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:50.399 from Vandenberg Space Force Space around eight twenty last night, 294 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:54.960 carrying spy satellites at the government's request. The live video 295 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:59.679 feed was cut off before the satellites were deployed. Six 296 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:01.840 its handle on the news, JD Vance is calling for 297 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:03.840 schools to beef up security in the wake of the 298 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.320 latest deadly school shooting. Let's say, now, good morning to 299 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.919 ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, we don't have any money. 300 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.879 Inflation's killing us, but that's not getting in the way Halloween. 301 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:16.080 Huh No, not at all. Last year, we shelled out 302 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:19.960 twelve point two billion dollars, not million, twelve point two 303 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:27.320 billion dollars on Halloween candy and costumes, decorations, food, party favors, 304 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:29.879 all the stuff that comes with Halloween. Twelve point two billion, 305 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:33.840 big record, and that was the most ever and the expectation. 306 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.440 According to the National Retail Federation. Amy is that that 307 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.679 will be exceeded this year. You know why because the 308 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.240 stuff is already out there in the stores. Home, Deep, Lows, 309 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.720 cost Co all have their Halloween decorations and merchandise on 310 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:51.000 the shelves and standing in displays. And now Target also 311 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:53.919 they're the last one to join in the in the fray. 312 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:56.919 I suppose they're sending up their stuff, setting up the 313 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:01.000 decorations and offering all sorts of new items. Thirteen hundred 314 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.720 new items just for Halloween at Target. 315 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:07.039 That's crazy. And it's not only in the big box stores. 316 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:10.720 Because we were out doing some shopping over Labor Day weekend, 317 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.440 and every single little store that we went, until we 318 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:15.639 were going into boutiqui stores because we were in a 319 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.960 small town, all of them had Halloween stuff out already. 320 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.320 Sure, yeah, I was at a home depot the other day, 321 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.480 and and and it's fun to look at that stuff 322 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:26.600 at the front store with all the but and if 323 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:29.720 you're right about places that people are choosing, and if 324 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:32.679 you look at candy, specifically the candy sales, that's going 325 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.039 to be the number one expense this year. And what 326 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:39.200 kind of candy chocolate despite the rising costs of cocoa 327 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:41.159 and all that. You know, eighty one percent of people 328 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:44.279 who buy candy will be buying chocolate and candy. 329 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:45.919 Prices are way. 330 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:48.919 They are, and yet most shoppers will be making their 331 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:54.799 candy purchases at mass retailers, grocery stores, club stores. Online 332 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:57.320 retailers only get about a third of that business. So 333 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:00.559 while people are buying their clothes and and you know, 334 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:03.799 their bottle parts and whether they're detergent, whatever they want, 335 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.119 they're buying it online, not their candy. They still like 336 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:09.559 to go to the store and purchase candy that they 337 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.799 physically pulled off the shelf. 338 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.920 I have to wait till the last second to buy 339 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.559 the candy. Why because otherwise I eat it all? Ah. 340 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:20.279 You know what, that's a great point here in the 341 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:24.200 National Retail Federation says that seven to ten consumers like 342 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:27.200 you wait until the week of Halloween to buy candy. 343 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.160 And you know, my thinking was that, well, it's going 344 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:32.160 to be stale if you buy it before that. But 345 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.880 I think you're right. If you have it around the house, 346 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.079 you can eat it. Riche's peanut butter cups, Oh my favorite, 347 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.680 Nirvana love that stuff. 348 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.720 What about butterfingers. Those are my other favorite. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 349 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:45.240 is there are there some must have things for this year? 350 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:49.200 Well yeah, I mean if certainly the chocolate is going 351 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.359 to be one thing that everybody's looking for. This company 352 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.279 that helps retailers to stock their shelves with stuff people 353 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:01.200 will be interested in. Advantage Solutions says that that costumes, 354 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:05.000 they haven't decided which costumes will be popular this year, 355 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.839 which ones will be the top sellers, but the ones 356 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:11.359 that are being offered are from Frozen two el the 357 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:15.359 Elsa costume right, the Anna basic costume from I think 358 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:20.880 that's Frozen, right yep, bal And Rapunzel and Toddler Mickey 359 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:22.839 Mouse costume is now available too. 360 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:25.440 So Disney's always big, yeah. 361 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:27.559 And you know the bigger the better too. I mean, 362 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.240 if you look at the Home Depot skeleton that was 363 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.480 sold a few years ago, that was it twelve to 364 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.839 fifteen feet tall, and Target now is offering an eight 365 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.039 foot tall Bruce the skeleton goul And when I was 366 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:40.680 at Home Depot the other day, they've got some It 367 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.559 seems they're getting taller and bigger every year and more 368 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:49.480 dramatic and creative. So somebody is is really putting thought 369 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.119 into this stuff. 370 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:52.559 Yeah, are the big blow up things still kind of 371 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.279 all the rage. 372 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.240 Yeah, but that's mainly a Christmas thing. Halloween is its 373 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:59.079 own entity and people love it. You know, some of 374 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:01.400 these spirit store or that you see in the strip 375 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.640 shopping centers, some stores like that are staying open year 376 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:08.359 round because the business is there. People love their Halloween. 377 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:13.160 So despite inflation, people want to have that experience with 378 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:15.400 their kids, the experience they had as a child and 379 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:19.400 that they remember, and they're willing to pay for it. 380 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:21.640 And if you do need a bit of a bargain, 381 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:24.440 as you mentioned, Target is adding a bunch of stuff 382 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.920 that starts at fifteen dollars. 383 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:29.000 Yeah, costumes as little as fifteen dollars. And what was 384 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.119 your favorite costume when you were little? Oh gosh, come on, I. 385 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:38.240 Don't know. I can't you know which one? I remember 386 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:41.000 what was When I moved to a new town. I 387 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.119 was in eighth grade and my mom let me go 388 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:46.680 out as a hooker. Oh geez, I was adorable. I'd 389 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:52.319 fishnet stockings and red silk oh for heaven shorts. Yeah, 390 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:54.640 I met a lot of new class I bet you did. 391 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:57.240 I was like, mom, what were you thinking? Why did 392 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:58.480 you let me do that? You know what I think 393 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:02.440 is going to be popular this year is Beetlejuice because 394 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:05.480 that movie just hits theaters today technically week. 395 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:06.160 Give the coincidence? 396 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:09.920 Uh no, no, no. And I think that we're going 397 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.960 to see a lot of Bob if you haven't when 398 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.279 you probably haven't seen the movie yet, but look for Bob, 399 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.839 and I bet we're going to see a lot of Bobs. 400 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:19.319 I'll bet you're right. I had when I was a child, 401 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:23.240