WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:04.000 You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:06.000 AM six forty. 3 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:09.439 KFI and KOST. 4 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.240 HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 5 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:18.160 It's time for your morning wake up call. 6 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:21.839 Good morning, it's five o'clock on your wake up Call 7 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:26.600 for Friday, May nineteen. I'm Heather Brooker in for Amy King. 8 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:31.760 This week. You did it, Ann, you didn akay, So 9 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:34.880 we are short a crew member today. A welcome wake 10 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:37.640 up call. Crew member Kono is on his way in. 11 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:41.799 He is rushing in, and guys, Producer An stepped in 12 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:46.079 and stepped up and she I dare say, learn something 13 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:50.560 new today, whether she wanted to or not. She's running 14 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.840 the board right now. So Producer Ann deserves a huge raise. 15 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.719 And of course Cono will be here in very shortly, 16 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.840 so we're all excited to uh to see him when 17 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:02.039 he in and welcome into work. We speaking of welcoming, 18 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:04.319 Hi Will, Hello, good morning, good morning. 19 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.239 I bet this is not Anne's first time touching aboard 20 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:07.879 and it is. 21 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:09.000 She's probably been around. 22 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.159 It's not your first time on the board, Oh, she 23 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:15.719 said absolutely not. No, all right, I got it. Well, 24 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.319 I still give Anne lots of shut up. Yes, well, 25 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:21.599 we have a lot of stuff happening today, A lot 26 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.840 of news that we want to get to. But I 27 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.959 want to ask people really quickly, how beautiful was the 28 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:29.120 moon when we were coming in today? And it made 29 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:31.799 me think, I wonder how many people listen to Wake 30 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.920 Up Call Live, Like, are you also looking at the 31 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:38.359 same moon that I'm seeing? Or do people listen? More 32 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.840 people listen to it later on the app, Theheartradio app. 33 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:44.200 If you want send us a message, we'd love to 34 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.519 hear from you on the talkback button there. Let me know. 35 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.959 Are you listening live in your car while you're getting 36 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:52.000 ready for work, or you listen on the app. We 37 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.599 want to hear from you right now. Here's what's ahead 38 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:57.079 on wake Up Call. The new Pope has a hometown 39 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.879 connection with LA Archbishop Jose Gomez. He is celebrating the 40 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.439 historic rise of Pope Leo the fourteenth, and we're going 41 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:06.439 to tell you why. He says, this American pontiff brings 42 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.039 hope to immigrant communities, and tough choices are ahead at 43 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.840 LA City Hall. Job cuts are coming and not everyone 44 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:15.719 will be spared what some on the council are saying 45 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:20.199 about the city's billion dollar budget shortfall. Newport Beach Police 46 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:22.719 have released dash cam video of a deadly shooting evolving. 47 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:26.280 Forty five year old Jeffrey Sterling, the brother of former 48 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:30.719 Real Housewives star Polise Sterling, grabbed an officer's taser during 49 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:33.560 a struggle before he was shot and then later died 50 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:38.319 at the hospital. Ahead on wake up Call at five 51 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.360 oh five, we're going to get the latest news on 52 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.439 Pope Leo's first day as pontiff. We'll have more details 53 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:47.199 on the two hundred and sixty seventh Pope and tell 54 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:50.800 you what significance this pope has for Americans. At five 55 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:54.800 point twenty, a new housing development promises to be wildfire proof. 56 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:56.520 We're going to get a closer look at how they 57 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:58.960 created this neighborhood and how it could change the landscape 58 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.319 of housing in Califul, Wornia. Then at five point thirty five, 59 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.759 Dean Sharp, the House Whisper, joins us we are going 60 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:08.159 to be talking about one of the trickiest parts of 61 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:12.039 home design color. From why your brain is to blame 62 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.439 for that weird green wall or how to pick the 63 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:17.319 right white Dean is going to explain the science and 64 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:21.400 psychology behind every shade and if I point fifty, controversy, 65 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:25.759 politics and a familiar face from primetime TV. President Trump 66 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:29.800 has tapped Fox News host Jeanine Pirot to serve as 67 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.439 the interim US attorney for DC, replacing a Trump loyalist 68 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:36.039 linked to January six. We're going to break it all 69 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.400 down and what it means for justice in the Capitol 70 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.759 with ABC as Shannon Kingston. Then at six 'zh five, 71 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:45.680 it's handle on the news. The US has agreed to 72 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.360 cut tariffs on some UK goods, and the UK has 73 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.080 agreed to buy more American beef and ethan all. We're 74 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.000 going to tell you about the deal and tell you 75 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.879 what it means for consumers. But let's get started with 76 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:57.719 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 77 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:01.039 four hour newsroom. The election of Pope Leo has been 78 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:03.759 well received at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 79 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.879 Archbishop Jose Gomez says it's a great day for America 80 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.080 and the world. He says he looks forward to Pope 81 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:12.039 Leo leading the Catholic Church. Gomez talked yesterday at the 82 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.599 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown LA 83 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:15.919 shortly after the announcement. 84 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:21.000 I'm delighted to welcome Leo, the fourteenth an honor to placementphilia, love, 85 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:23.439 and obedience to our new Holy Father. 86 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.360 The archbishop says, the new Pope's experience as an American 87 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:29.360 who served in Latin America gives him keen insight into 88 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.920 issues facing immigrants. A Mass of Thanksgiving has been scheduled 89 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.759 for noon at the cathedral downtown. Michael Monks KFI News. 90 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:38.480 A judge, we'll hear a motion today to remove the 91 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.720 La County DA's office from the Menendez brother's case. The 92 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.959 defense wants new prosecutors, but DA Nathan Hoffman and Attorney 93 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.000 General Rob Bonta pose the move. Eric and Lyle Menendez 94 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:51.199 are serving life or killing their parents in nineteen eighty nine. 95 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:54.439 Yesterday we spoke with ABC's Brian Clark as the world 96 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.120 watched and waited for that white smoke from the Vatican, 97 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.720 and then just a few hours later, history was made 98 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:03.879 as American Cardinal Robert Prevost has elected as the two 99 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.439 hundred and sixty seventh Pope of the Catholic Church. Brian 100 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:08.759 joins us again now with a recap of this extraordinary 101 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.240 moment in church history and a look at what's next. 102 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.920 Good morning, Brian, good morning, thanks for having me again. 103 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.720 All right, So walk us through those moments after the 104 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.319 pope was elected and we got this new pope leadership. 105 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:23.279 Well, we were all watching the chimney. 106 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.319 We saw the seagulls flopping around, and then all of 107 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:26.639 a sudden, we saw the white smoke. 108 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:27.800 So there's the excitement. 109 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.639 Okay, there's a pope, but there's a more than an 110 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.439 hour wait from the time we see the white smoke, 111 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.240 knowing that the cardinals have made their selection to seeing 112 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:39.800 the pope for the first time. So the drama, the pageantry, 113 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:43.319 the suspense, it all builds. And then on the low 114 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:47.240 show overlooking Saint Peter Square, the hobbais popham announcement and 115 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:50.639 everybody is straining to try to understand the Latin that's 116 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:52.720 being read, and you have to go back and watch 117 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:56.199 it a few times. But nobody realized at first, at 118 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:00.920 least immediately, that he was saying, you know, Cardinal Prevost, 119 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.519 who was going to take the name Pope Leo. And 120 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.560 then we became aware that it was Robert Prevost of 121 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:09.399 the United States was going to be Pope Leo the fourteenth. 122 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.199 And then we saw him for the first time, and 123 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.959 I think we could just see on his face the 124 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:19.800 emotion and the magnitude of that moment, it was really extraordinary. 125 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:22.720 All right. So the conclave wrapped up kind of quickly. 126 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:24.399 I think some people thought it might go a little 127 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.360 bit longer. So what do we know about how the 128 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.879 cardinals came to this decision so fast. 129 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.279 Well, it maybe seemed a little bit quicker than we 130 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:34.759 might have thought, but it was in line with what 131 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:38.160 we've seen over the last few conclaves. It only lasted 132 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:40.240 two days, so that's a little bit shorter. But in 133 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:43.319 terms of the number of votes they took, remember, three 134 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.480 votes came and went with no pope before they convened 135 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:50.120 for that afternoon session yesterday, So that was about in 136 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.160 line with what's been averaged for really about one hundred 137 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.040 and fifty years or so for the most part. So 138 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:00.680 it seems like there was a pretty quick decision from 139 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.680 these cardinals. One of our correspondents was in Saint Peters 140 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:08.160 Square actually able to speak with Cardinal Bow and archbishop 141 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:12.199 from Asia. The cardinals obviously can't talk about their actual 142 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:14.759 decisions or their actual votes, but he said that he 143 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.639 kept saying very happy, and he said trump and put 144 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:21.079 his hands together to signal a bridge and saying dialogue 145 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.319 just about what perhaps a new pope can do in 146 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.639 terms of relations with the United States government and relations 147 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:29.079 with the global sphere. 148 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:32.040 Yeah, I think that will definitely be something to watch. 149 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:34.720 And one thing we thought was really interesting too is 150 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:38.800 in his first message, Pope Leo emphasized peace and unity 151 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.439 and continuity with Pope Francis. Now, how is that being 152 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.160 received both inside the Vatican and around the world. 153 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:48.040 That's going to be the big question. 154 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:51.959 Is this a continuation of what Pope Francis was doing, 155 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:56.079 Is this a sharp departure from what Pope Francis was doing, 156 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:58.560 or is it somewhere in the middle, which is probably 157 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:02.279 the most likely answer. We were looking for clues from 158 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.879 everything to what he was wearing this morning. Is he 159 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.560 celebrated Mass for the first time. He was wearing the 160 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:10.800 plain black shoes, the same kind that Pope Francis wore, 161 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:14.079 not those flashy red slippers made by Gucci that we 162 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:18.560 saw Pope Benedict wear, the more traditional footwear for a pope. 163 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:20.879 So from those little clues he could try to get 164 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:23.199 some crumbs, but it's really going to be in terms 165 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:25.959 of deeds and what he does, what kind of priorities 166 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:29.079 he sets. This is somebody who has done a you know, 167 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:30.720 he's experienced living in Peru. 168 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:32.200 He's actually a dual citizen. 169 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:37.000 So that missionary work and that service work that Pope 170 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:39.840 France has made such a high priority for the church, 171 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.159 you would think that continues under Pope Leo. 172 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.879 And quickly, before we let you go, what has the 173 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.480 response been like in the US Catholic community to the 174 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:49.879 first American Pope. 175 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.000 Incredible excitement, especially you look in the Chicago area where 176 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.200 the pope grew up. We're hearing from his brothers and 177 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:58.320 they were saying that he was always interested. You know, 178 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.120 when they were little, they would play the average child 179 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.480 will play cops and robbers, but he would always be 180 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:05.879 giving out Neco wafers'. 181 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.000 Communion as the Eucharist. 182 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.399 So there's a lot of excitement that it's an American 183 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.000 and now I think everybody just wants to wait and see. 184 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:14.879 People were hearing people who maybe went to school with him, 185 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:17.919 studied with him. They're excited for him, and they're saying 186 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:21.080 that the world will be excited as. 187 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:22.679 They get to know this new pope more and more. 188 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:25.320 I think even non Catholics at this point are just 189 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:28.600 feeling a little bit of American pride in this situation, like, 190 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:30.399 yay an American. 191 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:34.200 That's absolutely right. You heard it from President Trump yesterday. 192 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.679 I think he spoke for everybody. He said, we were 193 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:39.399 a little surprised, but what an honor and how exciting 194 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:40.799 this is for the United States. 195 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:42.960 Yeah, it really is. Well, Brian, thank you so much 196 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:43.519 for your time. 197 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:44.159 Thank you. 198 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:45.960 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 199 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:48.919 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 200 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.759 chair of the La City Council Budget Committee has said 201 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:54.240 that there is no way to save all the city 202 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.639 jobs slated for layoffs. Councilwoman Katie or Aslovsky says, the 203 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:01.679 council has to adopt a budget and there will be cuts. 204 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:05.000 We will put together a balanced budget, one that restores 205 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.080 key services to the extent possible and minimizes our structural 206 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:12.480 deficit heading into next year, which will almost certainly be 207 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:13.720 a tough one as well. 208 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.159 The committee has worked to protect some of the sixteen 209 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.879 hundred positions proposed for layoffs by Mayor bas It'll finish 210 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.559 its work next week and then the full council will 211 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.000 weigh in on the one billion dollar budget shortfall. Officials 212 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.519 with the Eli County Public Health departments say new soil 213 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:31.480 testing has found high levels of lead and other toxic 214 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:34.639 materials at homes burned down in the wildfires and cleared 215 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:38.080 by federal cleanup crews. The company doing the test say 216 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.679 in areas of the Eaton Fire burn scar, about twenty 217 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:44.720 seven percent of soil samples still have lead levels above 218 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:48.519 California's safety standards. In the Palisades fire zone, it's not 219 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:52.279 as bad, with three percent of samples from scraped areas 220 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.679 and twelve percent of areas not yet scraped having elevated levels. 221 00:10:57.879 --> 00:11:01.120 A proposal by the Trump administration to cut federal rental 222 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:06.080 assistance programs could affect thousands of people in californiakfi's Deanna 223 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:08.840 Kodiak says the proposal would push for a forty three 224 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:12.440 percent reduction for programs like public housing and Section eight. 225 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.360 The plan aims to give states more control and proposes 226 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.679 limiting rental assistance to two years for able bodied adults, 227 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.879 focusing support on the elderly and disabled. Advocates argue this 228 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:26.399 could worsen the housing crisis and increase homelessness, especially for 229 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:27.720 minimum wage workers. 230 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.000 Some studies have suggested minimum wage workers can't afford a 231 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:34.120 one bedroom apartment in just six percent of counties in 232 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:38.440 the US. The man accused of stalking Jennifer Aniston and 233 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:41.919 crashing through her bel air gate appeared in court shirtless 234 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.679 and wrapped in what they called a suicide prevention blanket. 235 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:49.440 Jimmy Carwile faces felony charges, but proceedings are pause pending 236 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.440 a mental health evaluation. He's ordered to stay one hundred 237 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:56.799 yards away from Aniston Deny. The Dodgers are taking on 238 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:59.879 the Diamondbacks in Arizona, with the first pitch at six forty. 239 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:02.960 Listen to all Dodgers games on AM five seventy LA 240 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:06.519 Sports Live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast Booth, and stream 241 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:10.320 all Dodgers games NHD on the iHeartRadio app keyword AM 242 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:15.960 five seventy LA. Sports. Authorities are investigating a disturbing discovery 243 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:18.679 near a SoCal hiking trail where the remains of a 244 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.440 man and a woman were found with gunshot wounds. The 245 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.320 bodies were located near a popular trail in the San 246 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.000 Bordino Mountains. Sambordino County Sheriff's Department is treating the case 247 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:30.519 as a double homicide and is asking for information for 248 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.200 the public. Animal of details is asked to contact the 249 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:36.639 Sheriff's department. A Sacramento man has been sent to twelve 250 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:40.039 years in federal prison for leading a catalytic converter theft 251 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:44.440 ring that generated thirty eight million dollars to Souvang, along 252 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.759 with his brother and mother, purchased stolen converters from local 253 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:51.240 thieves and ship them to a New Jersey refinery. The 254 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:54.759 operation was part of a larger six hundred million dollar scheme. 255 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:59.200 Vang used the illicit proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle, 256 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:04.360 including perchaeeing, luxury homes and vehicles. Twenty four Hour Fitness 257 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:08.000 is offering discounted summer memberships for high school students. They 258 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:12.120 say this initiative aims to promote health and wellness among 259 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:15.600 teens during the summer break. Interested students can sign up 260 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:18.039 at their local twenty four Hour Fitness club. What about 261 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.480 interested moms? I would like to also sign up for 262 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.679 that and at six zh five it's handle on the news. 263 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.759 A federal lawsuit alleges UCLA Medical School is using race 264 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:32.200 as a factor in admissions. We'll check in with Neil 265 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.480 Savadra and we'll explain all about it coming up right now, 266 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.759 we're going to learn more about Dixon Trail in Escondido. 267 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:41.919 It is the first neighborhood in the US purpose built 268 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:47.159 to resist wildfire, from ember resistant vents to noncombustible fences. 269 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:52.039 KB Homes says they've constructed houses designed to survive the 270 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:56.559 next big blaze. But with millions of Californians living in 271 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:00.279 high risk zones, can this model be scaled up up? 272 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.200 And who will pay for it? Joining me now is 273 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:07.240 Steve Ruffner, SVP of KB Homes. Hi, Steve, let's just 274 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.879 jump right in. Given that the homes in the Dixon 275 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.759 Trail started over at about a million dollars, what strategies 276 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:17.320 is KB Homes considering to make wildfire resistant housing more 277 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:22.200 accessible and affordable for more Californians, especially those in high 278 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:23.200 risk fire zones. 279 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:26.080 Yeah, so that's the reason we did this project was 280 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.960 a kind of a research and development project to understand 281 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:34.200 the costs associated with doing the IBHS program in a 282 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:37.639 high fire zone. These homes are actually even though they're 283 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:40.320 in the like a million to a million one fifty, 284 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.279 they're actually at the medium price for a home in 285 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:44.440 San Diego County. 286 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:48.320 And then does KB Homes have any plan to replicate 287 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:51.879 the wildfire resilient design there in Dixon Trail into other 288 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.360 developments in California. 289 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.960 That's what we're using this project to figure out how 290 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.759 we can do it. Obviously, we would only do this 291 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:02.159 in a high fire zone, and when you look at 292 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:04.679 the high fire zones in the state of California, those 293 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:06.159 have grown with a new map. 294 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.879 Are there any insurance benefits to living in a community 295 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:09.679 like Dixon Trail. 296 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.200 Yeah, So we're sharing this information with all the insurance 297 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:17.000 companies IBHS and ourselves have been meeting with them to 298 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.399 go over what the benefits of this program are. 299 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.639 And I'm sure it. 300 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:24.240 Will benefit the customers in the long term. Currently, all 301 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:27.159 of our customers that have closed are in s grow 302 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.279 do you have insurance? And that's a big plus a 303 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:32.519 high fire zone, so they are able to get insurance 304 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:33.600 at a reasonable price. 305 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:36.879 Only about half of the sixty four homes in this 306 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:39.960 Escondido neighborhood have been built, but they've already had their 307 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:42.679 grand opening. This is also the first time that the 308 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:46.600 Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has given their 309 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.879 stamp of approval to an entire neighborhood. Joining me now 310 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:52.000 to talk about why they give their seal of approval 311 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:56.039 on an entire neighborhood is Ian Giamonco from IBHS. 312 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.679 Yes, so the Dixon's Trail development from KB home is 313 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:04.639 the first that meets our newest construction standard, which is 314 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:08.519 our Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood standard. They have what's called the 315 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.960 provisional designation in that space as the neighborhood is still 316 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.080 being constructed, but the homes in that neighborhood have put 317 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:21.519 together the best system that science can offer to make 318 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:25.919 those homes more resistant to an approaching wildfire. So we 319 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.360 can start really at the roof system. They all have 320 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:30.360 what's called the Class A roof, which is the most 321 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:34.840 fire resistant material. They have non combustible wall covers, they 322 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:38.320 have double pain tempered glass, and then all the way 323 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:40.960 down to perhaps the kind of the piece that ties 324 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.120 a lot of this system of fire resistance together. In 325 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:47.159 the first five feet from their wall outward, they have 326 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.639 a non combustible area, which is that last chain of 327 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:53.679 where fire can get to our homes. So that not 328 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:57.799 only includes non combustible landscaping, but it also includes things 329 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:01.399 like metal fences, so there's no bustable material that can 330 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:05.480 ignite that directly touches the home in that five foot zone. 331 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.599 Would something like this make it easier for homeowners to 332 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:10.000 get fire insurance. 333 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:13.240 So this is absolutely you know, with the insurance pressures 334 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:16.960 we see in the California market, this is the path 335 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:21.880 toward making sure you have the best chance for not 336 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.599 only insurance accessibility, that you can get coverage. All the 337 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:29.160 features of these homes also fall under the state of 338 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:34.160 California is a Safer for Wildfire discount program, so there's 339 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.720 avid incentives out there for homeowners. 340 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:39.720 Do these homes come with sort of a seal of approval, 341 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:43.440 some kind of certification showing that their homes are made 342 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:45.319 safer against wildfires. 343 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:49.839 So IBHS issues each homeowner, as their homes are constructed 344 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:54.119 and inspected, will get a Wildfire Prepared Home designation. All 345 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:56.880 these homes have our Plus level, which is the highest 346 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:00.720 level of protection, so each homeowner will get that designation. 347 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.119 All of those features that are associated with those homes 348 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:08.119 do fall under the state's program that has incentives built in, 349 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:13.000 and the neighborhood itself, once it is fully completed and inspected, 350 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:17.359 will get their full Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood designation. As I 351 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:21.279 mentioned right now, it's provisional. We've looked at the designs 352 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:25.440 with Katie Holmes and made sure all those provisions were met, 353 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:28.559 and so once that neighborhood's completed, each home owner not 354 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.680 only will have their own designation for their home through 355 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:35.319 the Wildfire Prepared Home Program, the entire community the Wildfire 356 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:39.240 Prepared Neighborhood designation will exist there for everybody. 357 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:41.480 Ian and Steve, thank you so much for your time. 358 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:43.319 I think it's fair to say that these types of 359 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:47.680 requirements may become standard in the future of home building 360 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:50.000 in California. All right, let's get back to some of 361 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:52.799 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 362 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.079 California and more than a dozen other states are suing 363 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:59.400 the Trump administration over blocking offshore wind leases. 364 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.640 Governor Gavin Newsome estimates offshore wind could produce up to 365 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.359 twenty five gigawatts by twenty forty five, significantly more than 366 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.359 the Diablo Kenyon nuclear plants output. In December twenty twenty two, 367 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:13.440 five companies were granted rights to develop wind farms over 368 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:16.559 more Obey and Humboldt Bay in northern California, at least 369 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:20.160 twenty miles from shore. Attorney General Rob Bonta criticized the 370 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:23.799 order for harming clean energy, progress and local economies. Dina 371 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:25.480 Kodiak KFI News. 372 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.920 The La City Council is scheduled to vote today on 373 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:31.799 two resolutions intended to demonstrate support for state legislation that, 374 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:36.440 if approved, would modernize California's film and TV tax credit program. 375 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:39.279 It's part of state and local efforts to support the 376 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.920 declining film industry as production has been affected by several challenges, 377 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:46.319 including the COVID pandemic and actors and writers' strikes, as 378 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:49.680 well as the recent wildfires. A new study on cracking 379 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.319 eggs may surprise some people. 380 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:55.599 Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the first American pope. 381 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:58.720 He has taken the name Pope Leo the fourteenth. So 382 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:02.079 Cal Edison has removed an electrical transmission tower thought to 383 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:05.119 be connected with the ignition of the Eton fire. The 384 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:08.160 twenty twenty eight Olympic opening ceremonies have been scheduled for 385 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:11.039 the Colisseum and Sofi Stadium. 386 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.319 All Right, well, that was a fun little recap of 387 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:18.880 news stories from Deborah Mark. Thanks dev all Right, let's 388 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.279 move along. Los Angeles is experience A brief heat wave, 389 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:25.400 with the Inland Empire temperature soaring into the nineties and 390 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:29.960 even reaching triple digits in some areas. On Friday and Saturday, 391 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.039 the beaches will see highs in the upper seventies and eighties, 392 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.279 and while the heat is expected to ease up by 393 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:39.920 Mother's Day, temperatures will still remain above normal. Kendrick Lamar 394 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:44.200 leads the twenty twenty five BET Awards with ten nominations, 395 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.440 including Album of the Year for gn X and Video 396 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:49.759 of the Year for his Grammy winning diss track Not 397 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:54.319 Like Us. Ceremony is going to air in LA on 398 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:57.960 June ninth. NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce made good 399 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:00.799 on a bet after the Boston Celtic lost Game two 400 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.119 to the New York Knicks. Pierce had vowed to walk 401 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:06.240