September 7, 2025 • 33 mins
Hour 2: A historic loss for the Dodgers as their no-hitter is broken up in the 9th inning and it goes from bad to worse; LA's convention center expansion project just got even more expensive and is now estimated at $2.7 billion; Some health workers in Santa Barbara lose their jobs after posting a viral video on TikTok.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Michael Monks reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
We've got another hour together.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I guess the Powerball is being drawn as we speak.
We can't broadcast the drawing. That is a very strictly
regulated and so I don't know where it is. But
I'll tell you this. If you're trying to find the
numbers on the Powerball website, good luck. The website has
been down. I'm reloading it. I'm trying to see okay,
(00:27):
it just loaded the winning numbers for the Powerball Saturday,
September sixth, twenty twenty five. One point eight billion dollar
estimated jackpot a cash value of eight hundred and twenty
six point four million, eleven twenty three, forty four, sixty one,
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sixty two, and the powerball is seventeen.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
I'm not going to bore you by looking over the
eight games I'm holding in my hand. I'll look at
them at the commercial break. If it's not me, I
hope it's you. I'll see you later. Did you win, Eric, No? Yeah, yeah,
you know you've got your Dodgers cap on. They didn't
win tonight either. I'm just sitting there, still disbelief over
the ending of that Dodgers game. If you missed, the
(01:25):
Dodgers had a no hitter going into the bottom of
the ninth to out, still a no hitter, leading three
to zero and lost the game. Didn't just end the
no hitter lost the game. So some bad juju out there.
I hope that this lottery drawing changes things for somebody.
(01:50):
Last drawing on Wednesday, and I mentioned this last hour,
I for the first time ever, I got three numbers
and I was really excited. So you win seven dollars
for that, and it made me curious, like, what are
all of the different ways to win?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What are the amounts of money that you can win.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Obviously, the Big Jackpot requires you to match all five
numbers and the powerball. That's that's the Big Time Jackpot,
but they also give you some money if if you
match just the power ball, you win four bucks. You
can get match three with the powerball and you win
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like a hundred bucks. Match four in the power ball
it's two hundred bucks. If you get the five numbers
without the powerball, that's still a million, and that's not
chump change. And that's one of the things I've been
talking about all night, really is we contemplate what it
means to have one point eight billion dollars. That is
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so much money. It just seems so crazy to me.
I don't even know what I would do with it. Listen,
I wouldn't turn it down. I'd figure out something to
do with it. But I've always thought like the right
sweet spot for fame and fortune is like five to
ten million dollars, because that to me means comfort and security.
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Maybe I could invest that correctly to have some for
the next generation, and then they can build it on
generational wealth, if you will. I'd have a modest manner
in Hancock Park. I might have a little cabin in
Travers City, Michigan, and maybe a real estate interest in
Kentucky back home. So I've asked you, what is the
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right amount of wealth?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Am I right? Am I wrong?
Speaker 1 (03:47):
What do you think? What's the right amount of money
just to have without really, you know, losing your mind?
And you can join the conversation by opening up the
iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button and let us know.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Let's hear from Richard.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
How much money one would need to live luxuriously in
Los Angeles and have generational wealth would be twenty million dollars.
That way, you can generate about a million a year
and income off of that and not have to erode
away the twenty million good points.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Good points.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
You definitely want to make the money last, no question
about that. So that's the challenge. I think a lot
of people who win these jackpots they've never had any
type of wealth, so you know, you get a little
trigger happy and you blow it.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The same is true for like professional athletes. I mean,
that's like winning the lottery.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
They've worked for this their whole lives and suddenly they
get a big check and they don't know what to
do with it.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Here's another caller.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
The appropriate amount of money is one hundred million dollars.
You guys, With one hundred million, you should be able
to invest and whatever you feel is appropriate to give
you some compounding interest and keep it going to the
point where you'd be able to get generational wealthy and
still be able to get in and out of trouble.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That is key.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Money can get you out of trouble. I just rewatched
Succession on HBO, and they're a filthy, rich media family
and they do some bad things and then they're able
to avoid many of the consequences.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Such a good show. It's a great show.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
I just finished the last episode again last night. I'd
already seen it all, of course, but I wanted to
rewatch it. It's so good. But as I'm watching that,
and in the context of the Powerball craze is going on,
it's what made me think, like.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I don't want to be like those people.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
They're so mean and disgusting, and they're so wealthy, and
they don't seem happy at all.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
You know, well, he doesn't make you happy, but money
would make me happy. But that much.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Things that make you happy, Yeah, I guess.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Here's what I said at the top of the last
hour when we started the show, was to think about
how much money you make right now, and if it's
an amount of money that allows you to live a
decent life. You can buy the groceries you want, you
don't have to have to stick to your list, you
go on vacation.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Once or twice a year.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
You like your home, you're not struggling, right, And let's
just just for easy math, Let's say's one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
That's what your household has now.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Double that just in your mind, right, now and think
about what that would mean to you. Probably it would
mean a lot. And it's only three hundred thousand dollars.
And if you double that again to six hundred thousand dollars,
what would that mean to you. It's a lot more
than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, and
it's still only quotation arcs six hundred thousand dollars. So
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what on earth would anyone need with one point eight billion?
It just it's it's mind boggling. I could probably be
persuaded that twenty million is really nice.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Can I add to what I said I would buy
with if I had my desired amount of money, which
is fifty million dollars? You say, yeah, go ahead? Season
tickets for the Lakers, Dodgers and Rams. Would you have
prime seats? Do you think, oh, feet on the hardwood?
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah? At the basketball game?
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Yeah, dugout club access at Dodger Stadium, field level on
for the Rams.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
All of that, I think the one thing I would
like to do that I see wealthy people be able
to do, and I would try not to do it.
A lot I've never experienced. I'd love to get on
a private plane. Ooh that's a great one. Yeah, go
through the FBO, not have to deal with TSA, have
a car, drop you off at the plane on the tarmac. Yes, yes, at.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Lax of all places, right, Oh no, nice? Is that where? Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Man, it would be nice to walk down to the
garage here and get picked up and just dropped off
at Burbank and there's a plane there, and like there's
a lady working on the plane and she's got drinks
for you em.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
And M's candy cookies. Yeah, I would splurge on that.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
I would not want to own a plane, but the
idea of getting on a private plane sounds really nice.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, owning it and spending the money on gas every month,
that doesn't sound fun.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Not at all.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Well, I'll tell you who could really use this one
point eight billion dollars in the power ball and I
hope they bought a ticket.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
It's Los Angeles City Hall.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
If you listen to my reporting here on KFI, you
know that city is broke, very broke, and some of
the conversations that our elected leaders have at city Hall
about them being broke are often discouraging if you are
just a tax paying resident, but one of the major
projects that La City Hall is hoping to accomplish in
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spite of its empty pockets is a massive expansion of
the Convention Center in downtown LA. And we're not talking
about just new wallpaper, new carpet painting. It massive, definitely
a multi billion dollar price tag. And so the price
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tag this week just went up hundreds of millions of dollars.
We're going to talk about that next on Michael Monks Reports.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News with you till nine
o'clock tonight. The powerball drawing has happened. The numbers are
in eleven, twenty three, forty four, sixty one, sixty two,
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but the powerball seventeen. Now, the powerball folks have not
yet confirmed if there are any winners for this one.
The results are still pending. I think that takes about
ninety minutes to a couple of hours after the drawing.
It just happened eight o'clock. Our time will be on
the lookout for that. Of course, no jackpot winners and
quite some time. One point eight billion dollars. Last drawing
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on Wednesday night, there were a handful of folks who
matched those five numbers, which gets you one million dollars,
including two here in California. One of them I believe
in Riverside, the other one in Bakersfield, So that's not
jump change. We've asked tonight, what is the right amount
of wealth? One point eight billion dollars seems like a lot.
(10:36):
Is one million enough for you? Five million, ten million,
twenty fifty million dollars?
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Let us know.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button.
You can also do that if you want to weigh
in on anything else that we've been talking about today.
We talked a little bit last hour about San Bernardino
finding itself on some unflattering list the dirtiest city in
the entire country, ahead of La the worst city in
the country out of one one hundred and eighty two
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for retirees. And I was wondering if any San Bernardino
folks would defend the city. Here's one of our callers.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Well, I just wanted to say how important it is
to state where this study comes from, because there are
many others that contradict it. But I happen to be
fond of this one. It's by a lawn starter. This
is the one that's been quoted by John Coppelt and
now you and I think they're pretty spot on.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Anyway, have a good night, brother.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
That's the survey by lawn Starter that says San Bernardino
is the dirtiest city in the entire country. Los Angeles
was number two. Let's hear from Lester.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
Hey, this is a message from Michael Monks. As far
as I know, San Bernardino is the county that most
of the cities out there, and personally, I've never heard
of a city called Bernardino. Might want to double check
that one. Just the heads up. Thanks, keep up the
good work.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Thank you. I appreciate that, Lester, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
You know what's interesting about southern California counties, and really
counties up and down California, there is typically a city
that shares the same name with the county. It is
true for San Bernardino, which I think is the largest
county in America geographically It's got a ton of people
in it, of course, but it is physically huge, and
the county is called San Bernardino. There is a city
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called San Bernardino. There's a county river side a city
river sign Orange Orange, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, San Diego,
San Diego, San Francisco, San Francisco cities and counties sharing
the same name. Maybe another time will debate whether you
can say you're from LA if you're from outside the
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city limits. I'm sure Eric Sclark would have something to
say about that conversation if he's still working over time
on a Saturday night, Valley boy that he is. Maybe
I'm sure a lot of you will have something to
say about this thing. We know the Olympics are coming
in twenty twenty eight, and keep in mind LA was
not far behind San Bernardino in that Dirty City list
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number two dirtiest city in the country. And we've got
the world coming some for twenty twenty six in the
World Cup. But of course twenty twenty eight, we are
hosting the Olympics for the third time, and the city
is not in great shape as compared to when it
was nineteen thirty two and nineteen eighty four last time around.
One of the venues for the Olympic Games, including for gymnastics,
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one of the great events of the Olympics, is the
Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. And as you know,
I cover Los Angeles City Hall pretty aggressively and it's
my favorite beat.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
I love watching these meetings and reporting on them.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
And the city administrator has pitched maybe we should renovate
this this massive building, not just because the Olympics are coming,
but conventions are a big business and they're good for cities,
and LA despite being the second largest city in the country,
is apparently losing out to much smaller cities in the
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middle of the country because folks don't like the convention center. Now,
as I observe this, I think maybe folks might also
not like the surroundings of the convention center that it
is happened to be in downtown LA. It's not in
the best of shape right now. It can be a
little scary. No plan to fix that. But the idea
is that they could invest significant funds into the convention
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center and attract more conventions. But one, it's pricey, and
two there's a time crunch. It takes a long time
to build anything in the city, even if you are
the city and the Olympics are right around the corner
and there will be events there.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
So originally the plan.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Was to hustle and do the whole project and guarantee
that it would be finished in time for the Olympics,
but people got cold feet about the that and said
maybe we should just put this into phases because we
don't want to find ourselves in a construction zone when
gymnastics are supposed to be taking place here. So now
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they've divided the work up, they're still thinking of ways
to move forward. A City council committee this week heard
an update on this thing. They're hoping to make some
cash with digital billboards that they think would bring in
tens of millions of dollars in ad revenue. The city
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has already spent tens of millions of dollars on consultants
like the one that came back and said you could
put digital billboards and earn some money. The City Council
committee were told that the price tag for this thing
has gone up again, another four hundred and eighty three
million dollars from the price they were told six months ago.
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So how much will it cost at this point estimated
to repair and renovate the Los Angeles Convention Center, it's
two point seven billion dollars. They could win the power
ball today and not have enough money to do that.
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And some at city Hall have already stated before that
they don't think that this will be done in time
for the twenty twenty eight Olympics, so delays are coming,
the price tag is growing, and LA just barely avoided
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laying off more than sixteen hundred workers because it doesn't
have any money to begin with. And that is why
I love covering Los Angeles City Hall, because you can't
help but shake your head at nearly every single meeting
about the priorities and the outcomes. And I love talking
about it all with you. And we're going to continue
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talking about more stuff. There was a pretty disturbing viral
video that came out of Santa Barbara, this medical clinic
up there, that led to several of these workers who
appeared in this video being fired. We'll talk about why
that was coming up next on Michael Monks Reports. This
is Michael Monk's Reports. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News.
(17:24):
Hope you enjoy our show every weekend. If you miss
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Speaker 2 (17:43):
You'll find Michael Monk's reports there.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Mark Karen Bass has returned to LA after visiting New
York City. She says she was there in the Big
Apple to study its success in providing interim housing for
people who had been living on the street. She told
City News Service and untele phone interview yesterday, one of
the things that I knew about New York and I
wanted to come here and see what they had developed,
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is that they started years and years ago developing a
system of interim housing. She says, approximately ninety seven percent
of homeless people in New York City are sheltered, saying
that that's according to the New York Department of Social Services.
She hopes to emulate that success in LA. She says,
my whole thing coming into office was to deal with
street homelessness. I wanted to come here to New York
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to see how they were able to do that. She
met with the city officials in New York and said
that when she visited New York twenty years ago, the
New York City projects had begun that shelter effort, and
she says I had never been back to see what
they had accomplished. I knew they didn't have the same
level of street homelessness that we do, and I wanted
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to understand why and how they went about it.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
She says.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
New York incorporates hotels into its shelter system, just like
here in LA. Now she had questions about their contracts
and how they worked with the community based organizations and
what types of services they provide. She says she expects
New York City officials to visit LA before the end
of the year, and then she hopes to go back
to New York again with members of city Council, so
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we'll see if there are even more initiatives related to
homelessness in Los Angeles to come. I don't know if
you're active on social media. If you are, you can
You can follow me on all the socials. I'm Mike
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m I c mnks LA. My favorite social that I
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don't actually post on, but I do love scrolling is TikTok.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
I find that the algorithm is the best.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
It does seem to gather what you truly like and
feeds you that, and my feed is pretty free of
like hot takes and politics.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
That's where like Twitter is for me x.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I can get on there and I can roll my
eyes at what everybody's saying about politics. But TikTok to me,
in spite of all of its flaws and the controversy
surrounding it and whether the president will ultimately pull the
plug on it, it's the most entertaining to me. I laugh,
I'm moved. It truly gets my interest. But I do
see on occasion some people making some pretty massive mistakes publicly.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
It's pretty shocking the way people.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Allow themselves to be presented, choosing to put themselves out
into the world, and the way that they do. Here
is a report from KTLA about this very topic, involving
a health clinic in Santa Barbara. Excuse me, that is
(20:45):
the wrong sound bite. Let's try this.
Speaker 8 (20:47):
One clinic is investigating a controversial social media post that
has been called disturbing on many levels. The now viral
TikTok video show staff at Sutterhelt's Pasetta's Urgent Care clinic
standing around exam rooms showing off used paper sheets after
patient exams. We have blurred those images the video jokingly
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referred to the soiled items as quotes gifts from patients.
TikTok user called Ruby with News cover the story on
her page, calling out the employees for their unprofessional, dehumanizing,
and unethical behavior. Now many people on social media agree
with her, and they have been blasting the company, urging
them to fire everyone involved, and a Sutter Helped spokesperson
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released a statement to KTLA saying, in part, we are
deeply concerned about a disrespectful social media post made on
a personal account by a former employee, and we are
conducting a full review in line with our policies. Now,
the individual who posted it is a former employee and
was not employed with us at the time of the posts.
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Any other staff shown or associated with that content are
part of the investigation and are on administrative leave pending
the outcome.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
So think about those sheets of paper that are put
on the little chairs or the bed things that are
in the physician's office when you go in. That's what
was highlighted in this video, and there were I guess
bodily fluids left behind on some of them. And these
eight workers were kind of having fun in this video,
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pointing at it and asking whether anybody leaves gifts for
you at work. And so the name of that clinic
is Sansum. It's owned by Sutter Health. And things did
not go well for the folks who were featured in
that video. They've been fired. And I happened to come
across that just in my own feed. I didn't see
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the original posts. I saw somebody what they call a
stitching it, so you can play a little bit of
the original video and then it cuts to you and
you comment on it as a video. And I immediately
had to go find the news about this, because I
knew it was going to be on the news, this
was going to be picked up from social media, and
people were going to be in trouble.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
You gotta be careful.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Somebody who would know better is this young man named
Carlo Acutis. And how do I know? Because he's a
saint or he will be. And there were some young
people here in Los Angeles just today celebrating the joint
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canonization of Carlo Acutis, as well as another young man
who died one hundred years ago. This Carlo Acutis guy
is much more recent. In fact, he could become the
first millennial saint.
Speaker 9 (23:53):
His name is Carlo Acutis. He was a British born
Italian computer prodigy. Nicknamed God's Influenza, he used technology to
spread the faith. One of his most renowned works as
a website he designed to include some of the Eucharist
miracles in twenty different languages. Now, it was Pope Francis
who approved the second miracle needed for him to be
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made a saint, and he was supposed to do that
in April, but it was postponed because of Pope Francis's death.
Two miracles have been attributed to Acutus.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
The first a.
Speaker 9 (24:24):
Brazilian boy with a rare and genital disease. He was
cured after touching Acutus's relic, and the second a student
in Florence with leading on her brain, making a full
recovery after her mother prayed at his tomb.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
I love Catholicism as someone who is Catholic, because it's
so weird, it's so mystical and strange. But this is
an interesting story that you know, this is somebody to
whom miracles have been attributed, and you need that if
you're vying to become a saint. Now, this was someone
who died at age fifteen, and here in La some
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some kids got together at Saint Agnes Catholic Church and
celebrated Carlo Acutis, as well as peer Giorgio Frassanti, who
will also become a saint. Pope Leo the fourteenth will
preside over his first canonization ceremony tomorrow, creating this first
millennial Saint. Saint Carlo Acutis. He died when he was
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fifteen years old of acute leukemia back in two thousand
and six. His admirers call him the Saint next door.
He was an ordinary kid, they say, who did extraordinary things.
We'll do extraordinary things next. As we wrap up this
Saturday night edition of kfi's Michael Monks Reports, I'm glad
that you're with us. We'll see if they certify these
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powerball numbers and whether there is a jackpot winner of
that one point eight billion dollars, and we'll take a
look at what's going on entertainment wise.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Across the area. That's coming up next.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News,
wrapping up this Saturday Night with you. The powerball numbers
are in no word yet if anybody hit that one
point eight billion dollar jackpot.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
It it wasn't me. I said on Wednesday, I had
a ticket that got three numbers. I was pumped. I
knew I was only gonna build on that momentum. I
was wrong.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
I did worse, just one number in three different three
different lines. Nothing, nothing, I get nothing. I hope you
did better. There are many ways to win, but I
kind of hope the big jackpot carries on a little
bit longer. Let's make it the biggest one ever. It's
already the second biggest one. The numbers eleven, twenty three,
forty four, sixty one, sixty two with the powerball seventeen.
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They say the results are pending, so we don't know
yet whether that big jackpot has been hit. One guy
didn't have a lucky day to day. Well, I guess
it depends on how you look at it. But this
thirty year old guy fell into a manhole and Boil
Heights this afternoon just after one o'clock on South Boyle
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Avenue near the ten and the five and the one
to one freeway junction there apparently because he was in
this underground space. This rescue mission that the LAFD responded
to had to turn into a confined space operation, so
the LAFD Hazardous Material Specialist for Air Monitoring team had
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to come down, The Urban Search and Rescue team had
to come down, the LEDWP had to come down to
make sure all of the power lines in the underground
space were deenergized, and within an hour and a half
they had this guy out. He was taken to the
hospital for unspecified injuries. They don't tell us exactly how
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the man fell fifteen feet into a manhole, but what
a nightmare, What an absolute nightmare.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
That is.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Former Major League manager Davey Johnson has passed away. He
led the New York Mets to a World Series championship.
He was also a manager for the Dodgers, so I'm
sure you may remember him. He'll also remember this day
in Dodgers' history. I'm sure our technical director for the night,
Eric Sclar, will certainly remember this day in Dodgers' history,
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as they became the first ever team in Major League
Baseball to have a no hitter, not just in the
ninth inning, but with two outs in the ninth inning.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
To lose the game.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
No hits from the Orioles through eight and two thirds
of an inning, and then a home run, and then more,
and the Dodgers lost four to three.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Some people are calling it the worst loss in Dodgers'
franchise history.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Is that right? Yes? Are you some people? I'm one
of some people.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Yeah, I know, because the games are broadcast on our
sister station, LA Sports Am five seventy. Their operation studio
is next to this very studio. Yes, And I could
feel the pain emanating from the door. I walked in
and I said to Colin, what the f just happened? Yeah,
I mean, obviously the broadcasters are at the stadium, but
Colin's in there.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I don't know what he does. He pushes buttons or something. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
So he's the technical director for the Dodger games, and
so he's making sure the signal gets sent from Baltimore
to here and then out to LA.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
He's such a happy fella when he's High Hall, He's
always saying hello. One of the nicest people of the
work with. I happened to be walking past that window
when the home run was hit in the bottom of
the ninth by the Orioles to in the no hitter,
and I could just see his soul leave his body. Yeah,
I kind of wish the sadist in me wishes I
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could have seen what happened to him as it got worse.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
You might want to go give him a hug after
the show.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I bet he would let me. He's that nice he is. Yeah,
good kid. Sorry for the Dodgers. It's not going any
better for the Angels. Tonight, bottom of the seventh and Anaheim,
the A's are up nine to one. USC Trojans had
no trouble with Georgia Southern tonight on the college Gridiron,
winning fifty nine to twenty. So so far, USC has
(30:31):
soundly defeated Georgia Southern and Missouri State. The Big Ten
schedule starts next week as they visit West Lafayette for
a date with the boiler Makers of Purdue, and then
they got Michigan State and Illinois, so it's going to
get tougher. Meanwhile, the UCLA Bruins, who got blown out
last week by Utah forty three to ten.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
We're getting blown out pretty bad by.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
The running rebels of unl V tonight in Vegas. But
they have closed the gap here in the game's final moments.
There's just a minute left. UNLV leads UCLA thirty to
twenty three, and the Bruins have the ball first and
ten on the UNLV thirty seven. So an exciting finish
possible there in Vegas for UCLA, who really need to
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get on the winning side of things. I want to
note there's some pretty interesting programs coming through the air
Waiams this weekend.
Speaker 10 (31:26):
ABC Entertainment News It's weekend watch less time with some
big new releases like Wednesday season two. Netflix dropping another
batch of episodes for the second season, alongside a new
single from Lady Gagat, who stars on the show.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Have you read this paper?
Speaker 7 (31:43):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (31:43):
How do you think it compares to any other paper?
It sucks, but we are going to make it better.
Speaker 10 (31:49):
Over on Peacock you can watch The Paper, a new
mockumentary sitcom set in the world of the Office. Most
fans of the hit crime drama Mayor of Easttown are
in luck. It's creators are back with a new mini
series called Task starring Mark Ruffalo. The world of the
Walking Dead is expanding yet again. Season three of the
Daryl Dixon spinoff series premieres on AMC this weekend and
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in theaters. The latest film in the Conjuring Cinematic Universe debuts.
The Conjuring Last Rites picks up with the Warrens in
the mid nineteen eighties Mike Debuski, ABC News.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
And next week the Dowton Abbey movie comes out. I'm
pumped for that.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I know that's weird, but I am very excited about
the Downton abby movie.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
And I'm gonna moin.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I might not come in and do the show next
week because I might just go right back in and
see the Downton Abbey movie again and again. Eric, what
about you? Am you excited about the Downton Abbey movie.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
I didn't even know it was coming out. Yeah, well
it is all right.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Big thanks to Eric Sclar for being our technical director tonight.
Progina Dagostino in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Thanks
to all of you for participating in our conversation tonight.
Hope you learned a little bit, Hope you had a
little bit of fun. We'll be back again next week
for another edition of Michael Monks Reports, and as always,
I'll be here Monday through Friday bringing you the news
in the headlines and hopping on all of your favorite
shows to offer analysis. About what's going on in La
(33:08):
and the god forsaken areas around us. Thanks for tuning
in right here on KFI AM six forty
This is Michael Monks reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
We've got another hour together.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I guess the Powerball is being drawn as we speak.
We can't broadcast the drawing. That is a very strictly
regulated and so I don't know where it is. But
I'll tell you this. If you're trying to find the
numbers on the Powerball website, good luck. The website has
been down. I'm reloading it. I'm trying to see okay,
(00:27):
it just loaded the winning numbers for the Powerball Saturday,
September sixth, twenty twenty five. One point eight billion dollar
estimated jackpot a cash value of eight hundred and twenty
six point four million, eleven twenty three, forty four, sixty one,
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sixty two, and the powerball is seventeen.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
I'm not going to bore you by looking over the
eight games I'm holding in my hand. I'll look at
them at the commercial break. If it's not me, I
hope it's you. I'll see you later. Did you win, Eric, No? Yeah, yeah,
you know you've got your Dodgers cap on. They didn't
win tonight either. I'm just sitting there, still disbelief over
the ending of that Dodgers game. If you missed, the
(01:25):
Dodgers had a no hitter going into the bottom of
the ninth to out, still a no hitter, leading three
to zero and lost the game. Didn't just end the
no hitter lost the game. So some bad juju out there.
I hope that this lottery drawing changes things for somebody.
(01:50):
Last drawing on Wednesday, and I mentioned this last hour,
I for the first time ever, I got three numbers
and I was really excited. So you win seven dollars
for that, and it made me curious, like, what are
all of the different ways to win?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What are the amounts of money that you can win.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Obviously, the Big Jackpot requires you to match all five
numbers and the powerball. That's that's the Big Time Jackpot,
but they also give you some money if if you
match just the power ball, you win four bucks. You
can get match three with the powerball and you win
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like a hundred bucks. Match four in the power ball
it's two hundred bucks. If you get the five numbers
without the powerball, that's still a million, and that's not
chump change. And that's one of the things I've been
talking about all night, really is we contemplate what it
means to have one point eight billion dollars. That is
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so much money. It just seems so crazy to me.
I don't even know what I would do with it. Listen,
I wouldn't turn it down. I'd figure out something to
do with it. But I've always thought like the right
sweet spot for fame and fortune is like five to
ten million dollars, because that to me means comfort and security.
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Maybe I could invest that correctly to have some for
the next generation, and then they can build it on
generational wealth, if you will. I'd have a modest manner
in Hancock Park. I might have a little cabin in
Travers City, Michigan, and maybe a real estate interest in
Kentucky back home. So I've asked you, what is the
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right amount of wealth?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Am I right? Am I wrong?
Speaker 1 (03:47):
What do you think? What's the right amount of money
just to have without really, you know, losing your mind?
And you can join the conversation by opening up the
iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button and let us know.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Let's hear from Richard.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
How much money one would need to live luxuriously in
Los Angeles and have generational wealth would be twenty million dollars.
That way, you can generate about a million a year
and income off of that and not have to erode
away the twenty million good points.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Good points.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
You definitely want to make the money last, no question
about that. So that's the challenge. I think a lot
of people who win these jackpots they've never had any
type of wealth, so you know, you get a little
trigger happy and you blow it.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The same is true for like professional athletes. I mean,
that's like winning the lottery.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
They've worked for this their whole lives and suddenly they
get a big check and they don't know what to
do with it.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Here's another caller.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
The appropriate amount of money is one hundred million dollars.
You guys, With one hundred million, you should be able
to invest and whatever you feel is appropriate to give
you some compounding interest and keep it going to the
point where you'd be able to get generational wealthy and
still be able to get in and out of trouble.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That is key.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Money can get you out of trouble. I just rewatched
Succession on HBO, and they're a filthy, rich media family
and they do some bad things and then they're able
to avoid many of the consequences.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Such a good show. It's a great show.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
I just finished the last episode again last night. I'd
already seen it all, of course, but I wanted to
rewatch it. It's so good. But as I'm watching that,
and in the context of the Powerball craze is going on,
it's what made me think, like.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I don't want to be like those people.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
They're so mean and disgusting, and they're so wealthy, and
they don't seem happy at all.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
You know, well, he doesn't make you happy, but money
would make me happy. But that much.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Things that make you happy, Yeah, I guess.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Here's what I said at the top of the last
hour when we started the show, was to think about
how much money you make right now, and if it's
an amount of money that allows you to live a
decent life. You can buy the groceries you want, you
don't have to have to stick to your list, you
go on vacation.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Once or twice a year.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
You like your home, you're not struggling, right, And let's
just just for easy math, Let's say's one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
That's what your household has now.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Double that just in your mind, right, now and think
about what that would mean to you. Probably it would
mean a lot. And it's only three hundred thousand dollars.
And if you double that again to six hundred thousand dollars,
what would that mean to you. It's a lot more
than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, and
it's still only quotation arcs six hundred thousand dollars. So
(07:04):
what on earth would anyone need with one point eight billion?
It just it's it's mind boggling. I could probably be
persuaded that twenty million is really nice.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Can I add to what I said I would buy
with if I had my desired amount of money, which
is fifty million dollars? You say, yeah, go ahead? Season
tickets for the Lakers, Dodgers and Rams. Would you have
prime seats? Do you think, oh, feet on the hardwood?
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah? At the basketball game?
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Yeah, dugout club access at Dodger Stadium, field level on
for the Rams.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
All of that, I think the one thing I would
like to do that I see wealthy people be able
to do, and I would try not to do it.
A lot I've never experienced. I'd love to get on
a private plane. Ooh that's a great one. Yeah, go
through the FBO, not have to deal with TSA, have
a car, drop you off at the plane on the tarmac. Yes, yes, at.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Lax of all places, right, Oh no, nice? Is that where? Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Man, it would be nice to walk down to the
garage here and get picked up and just dropped off
at Burbank and there's a plane there, and like there's
a lady working on the plane and she's got drinks
for you em.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
And M's candy cookies. Yeah, I would splurge on that.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
I would not want to own a plane, but the
idea of getting on a private plane sounds really nice.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, owning it and spending the money on gas every month,
that doesn't sound fun.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Not at all.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Well, I'll tell you who could really use this one
point eight billion dollars in the power ball and I
hope they bought a ticket.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
It's Los Angeles City Hall.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
If you listen to my reporting here on KFI, you
know that city is broke, very broke, and some of
the conversations that our elected leaders have at city Hall
about them being broke are often discouraging if you are
just a tax paying resident, but one of the major
projects that La City Hall is hoping to accomplish in
(09:11):
spite of its empty pockets is a massive expansion of
the Convention Center in downtown LA. And we're not talking
about just new wallpaper, new carpet painting. It massive, definitely
a multi billion dollar price tag. And so the price
(09:31):
tag this week just went up hundreds of millions of dollars.
We're going to talk about that next on Michael Monks Reports.
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News with you till nine
o'clock tonight. The powerball drawing has happened. The numbers are
in eleven, twenty three, forty four, sixty one, sixty two,
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but the powerball seventeen. Now, the powerball folks have not
yet confirmed if there are any winners for this one.
The results are still pending. I think that takes about
ninety minutes to a couple of hours after the drawing.
It just happened eight o'clock. Our time will be on
the lookout for that. Of course, no jackpot winners and
quite some time. One point eight billion dollars. Last drawing
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on Wednesday night, there were a handful of folks who
matched those five numbers, which gets you one million dollars,
including two here in California. One of them I believe
in Riverside, the other one in Bakersfield, So that's not
jump change. We've asked tonight, what is the right amount
of wealth? One point eight billion dollars seems like a lot.
(10:36):
Is one million enough for you? Five million, ten million,
twenty fifty million dollars?
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Let us know.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button.
You can also do that if you want to weigh
in on anything else that we've been talking about today.
We talked a little bit last hour about San Bernardino
finding itself on some unflattering list the dirtiest city in
the entire country, ahead of La the worst city in
the country out of one one hundred and eighty two
(11:01):
for retirees. And I was wondering if any San Bernardino
folks would defend the city. Here's one of our callers.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Well, I just wanted to say how important it is
to state where this study comes from, because there are
many others that contradict it. But I happen to be
fond of this one. It's by a lawn starter. This
is the one that's been quoted by John Coppelt and
now you and I think they're pretty spot on.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Anyway, have a good night, brother.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
That's the survey by lawn Starter that says San Bernardino
is the dirtiest city in the entire country. Los Angeles
was number two. Let's hear from Lester.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
Hey, this is a message from Michael Monks. As far
as I know, San Bernardino is the county that most
of the cities out there, and personally, I've never heard
of a city called Bernardino. Might want to double check
that one. Just the heads up. Thanks, keep up the
good work.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Thank you. I appreciate that, Lester, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
You know what's interesting about southern California counties, and really
counties up and down California, there is typically a city
that shares the same name with the county. It is
true for San Bernardino, which I think is the largest
county in America geographically It's got a ton of people
in it, of course, but it is physically huge, and
the county is called San Bernardino. There is a city
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called San Bernardino. There's a county river side a city
river sign Orange Orange, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, San Diego,
San Diego, San Francisco, San Francisco cities and counties sharing
the same name. Maybe another time will debate whether you
can say you're from LA if you're from outside the
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city limits. I'm sure Eric Sclark would have something to
say about that conversation if he's still working over time
on a Saturday night, Valley boy that he is. Maybe
I'm sure a lot of you will have something to
say about this thing. We know the Olympics are coming
in twenty twenty eight, and keep in mind LA was
not far behind San Bernardino in that Dirty City list
(13:08):
number two dirtiest city in the country. And we've got
the world coming some for twenty twenty six in the
World Cup. But of course twenty twenty eight, we are
hosting the Olympics for the third time, and the city
is not in great shape as compared to when it
was nineteen thirty two and nineteen eighty four last time around.
One of the venues for the Olympic Games, including for gymnastics,
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one of the great events of the Olympics, is the
Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. And as you know,
I cover Los Angeles City Hall pretty aggressively and it's
my favorite beat.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
I love watching these meetings and reporting on them.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
And the city administrator has pitched maybe we should renovate
this this massive building, not just because the Olympics are coming,
but conventions are a big business and they're good for cities,
and LA despite being the second largest city in the country,
is apparently losing out to much smaller cities in the
(14:07):
middle of the country because folks don't like the convention center. Now,
as I observe this, I think maybe folks might also
not like the surroundings of the convention center that it
is happened to be in downtown LA. It's not in
the best of shape right now. It can be a
little scary. No plan to fix that. But the idea
is that they could invest significant funds into the convention
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center and attract more conventions. But one, it's pricey, and
two there's a time crunch. It takes a long time
to build anything in the city, even if you are
the city and the Olympics are right around the corner
and there will be events there.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
So originally the plan.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Was to hustle and do the whole project and guarantee
that it would be finished in time for the Olympics,
but people got cold feet about the that and said
maybe we should just put this into phases because we
don't want to find ourselves in a construction zone when
gymnastics are supposed to be taking place here. So now
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they've divided the work up, they're still thinking of ways
to move forward. A City council committee this week heard
an update on this thing. They're hoping to make some
cash with digital billboards that they think would bring in
tens of millions of dollars in ad revenue. The city
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has already spent tens of millions of dollars on consultants
like the one that came back and said you could
put digital billboards and earn some money. The City Council
committee were told that the price tag for this thing
has gone up again, another four hundred and eighty three
million dollars from the price they were told six months ago.
(15:57):
So how much will it cost at this point estimated
to repair and renovate the Los Angeles Convention Center, it's
two point seven billion dollars. They could win the power
ball today and not have enough money to do that.
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And some at city Hall have already stated before that
they don't think that this will be done in time
for the twenty twenty eight Olympics, so delays are coming,
the price tag is growing, and LA just barely avoided
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laying off more than sixteen hundred workers because it doesn't
have any money to begin with. And that is why
I love covering Los Angeles City Hall, because you can't
help but shake your head at nearly every single meeting
about the priorities and the outcomes. And I love talking
about it all with you. And we're going to continue
(17:02):
talking about more stuff. There was a pretty disturbing viral
video that came out of Santa Barbara, this medical clinic
up there, that led to several of these workers who
appeared in this video being fired. We'll talk about why
that was coming up next on Michael Monks Reports. This
is Michael Monk's Reports. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News.
(17:24):
Hope you enjoy our show every weekend. If you miss
any of it, be sure to open up the KFI
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Speaker 2 (17:43):
You'll find Michael Monk's reports there.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Mark Karen Bass has returned to LA after visiting New
York City. She says she was there in the Big
Apple to study its success in providing interim housing for
people who had been living on the street. She told
City News Service and untele phone interview yesterday, one of
the things that I knew about New York and I
wanted to come here and see what they had developed,
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is that they started years and years ago developing a
system of interim housing. She says, approximately ninety seven percent
of homeless people in New York City are sheltered, saying
that that's according to the New York Department of Social Services.
She hopes to emulate that success in LA. She says,
my whole thing coming into office was to deal with
street homelessness. I wanted to come here to New York
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to see how they were able to do that. She
met with the city officials in New York and said
that when she visited New York twenty years ago, the
New York City projects had begun that shelter effort, and
she says I had never been back to see what
they had accomplished. I knew they didn't have the same
level of street homelessness that we do, and I wanted
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to understand why and how they went about it.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
She says.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
New York incorporates hotels into its shelter system, just like
here in LA. Now she had questions about their contracts
and how they worked with the community based organizations and
what types of services they provide. She says she expects
New York City officials to visit LA before the end
of the year, and then she hopes to go back
to New York again with members of city Council, so
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we'll see if there are even more initiatives related to
homelessness in Los Angeles to come. I don't know if
you're active on social media. If you are, you can
You can follow me on all the socials. I'm Mike
Monk's La, m I c mnks LA, Shoot me a message,
call me something terrible, It's fine at Mike Monk's La,
m I c mnks LA. My favorite social that I
(19:39):
don't actually post on, but I do love scrolling is TikTok.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
I find that the algorithm is the best.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
It does seem to gather what you truly like and
feeds you that, and my feed is pretty free of
like hot takes and politics.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
That's where like Twitter is for me x.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I can get on there and I can roll my
eyes at what everybody's saying about politics. But TikTok to me,
in spite of all of its flaws and the controversy
surrounding it and whether the president will ultimately pull the
plug on it, it's the most entertaining to me. I laugh,
I'm moved. It truly gets my interest. But I do
see on occasion some people making some pretty massive mistakes publicly.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
It's pretty shocking the way people.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Allow themselves to be presented, choosing to put themselves out
into the world, and the way that they do. Here
is a report from KTLA about this very topic, involving
a health clinic in Santa Barbara. Excuse me, that is
(20:45):
the wrong sound bite. Let's try this.
Speaker 8 (20:47):
One clinic is investigating a controversial social media post that
has been called disturbing on many levels. The now viral
TikTok video show staff at Sutterhelt's Pasetta's Urgent Care clinic
standing around exam rooms showing off used paper sheets after
patient exams. We have blurred those images the video jokingly
(21:10):
referred to the soiled items as quotes gifts from patients.
TikTok user called Ruby with News cover the story on
her page, calling out the employees for their unprofessional, dehumanizing,
and unethical behavior. Now many people on social media agree
with her, and they have been blasting the company, urging
them to fire everyone involved, and a Sutter Helped spokesperson
(21:35):
released a statement to KTLA saying, in part, we are
deeply concerned about a disrespectful social media post made on
a personal account by a former employee, and we are
conducting a full review in line with our policies. Now,
the individual who posted it is a former employee and
was not employed with us at the time of the posts.
(21:57):
Any other staff shown or associated with that content are
part of the investigation and are on administrative leave pending
the outcome.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
So think about those sheets of paper that are put
on the little chairs or the bed things that are
in the physician's office when you go in. That's what
was highlighted in this video, and there were I guess
bodily fluids left behind on some of them. And these
eight workers were kind of having fun in this video,
(22:27):
pointing at it and asking whether anybody leaves gifts for
you at work. And so the name of that clinic
is Sansum. It's owned by Sutter Health. And things did
not go well for the folks who were featured in
that video. They've been fired. And I happened to come
across that just in my own feed. I didn't see
(22:48):
the original posts. I saw somebody what they call a
stitching it, so you can play a little bit of
the original video and then it cuts to you and
you comment on it as a video. And I immediately
had to go find the news about this, because I
knew it was going to be on the news, this
was going to be picked up from social media, and
people were going to be in trouble.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
You gotta be careful.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Somebody who would know better is this young man named
Carlo Acutis. And how do I know? Because he's a
saint or he will be. And there were some young
people here in Los Angeles just today celebrating the joint
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canonization of Carlo Acutis, as well as another young man
who died one hundred years ago. This Carlo Acutis guy
is much more recent. In fact, he could become the
first millennial saint.
Speaker 9 (23:53):
His name is Carlo Acutis. He was a British born
Italian computer prodigy. Nicknamed God's Influenza, he used technology to
spread the faith. One of his most renowned works as
a website he designed to include some of the Eucharist
miracles in twenty different languages. Now, it was Pope Francis
who approved the second miracle needed for him to be
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made a saint, and he was supposed to do that
in April, but it was postponed because of Pope Francis's death.
Two miracles have been attributed to Acutus.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
The first a.
Speaker 9 (24:24):
Brazilian boy with a rare and genital disease. He was
cured after touching Acutus's relic, and the second a student
in Florence with leading on her brain, making a full
recovery after her mother prayed at his tomb.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
I love Catholicism as someone who is Catholic, because it's
so weird, it's so mystical and strange. But this is
an interesting story that you know, this is somebody to
whom miracles have been attributed, and you need that if
you're vying to become a saint. Now, this was someone
who died at age fifteen, and here in La some
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some kids got together at Saint Agnes Catholic Church and
celebrated Carlo Acutis, as well as peer Giorgio Frassanti, who
will also become a saint. Pope Leo the fourteenth will
preside over his first canonization ceremony tomorrow, creating this first
millennial Saint. Saint Carlo Acutis. He died when he was
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fifteen years old of acute leukemia back in two thousand
and six. His admirers call him the Saint next door.
He was an ordinary kid, they say, who did extraordinary things.
We'll do extraordinary things next. As we wrap up this
Saturday night edition of kfi's Michael Monks Reports, I'm glad
that you're with us. We'll see if they certify these
(25:55):
powerball numbers and whether there is a jackpot winner of
that one point eight billion dollars, and we'll take a
look at what's going on entertainment wise.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Across the area. That's coming up next.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News,
wrapping up this Saturday Night with you. The powerball numbers
are in no word yet if anybody hit that one
point eight billion dollar jackpot.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
It it wasn't me. I said on Wednesday, I had
a ticket that got three numbers. I was pumped. I
knew I was only gonna build on that momentum. I
was wrong.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
I did worse, just one number in three different three
different lines. Nothing, nothing, I get nothing. I hope you
did better. There are many ways to win, but I
kind of hope the big jackpot carries on a little
bit longer. Let's make it the biggest one ever. It's
already the second biggest one. The numbers eleven, twenty three,
forty four, sixty one, sixty two with the powerball seventeen.
(26:53):
They say the results are pending, so we don't know
yet whether that big jackpot has been hit. One guy
didn't have a lucky day to day. Well, I guess
it depends on how you look at it. But this
thirty year old guy fell into a manhole and Boil
Heights this afternoon just after one o'clock on South Boyle
(27:14):
Avenue near the ten and the five and the one
to one freeway junction there apparently because he was in
this underground space. This rescue mission that the LAFD responded
to had to turn into a confined space operation, so
the LAFD Hazardous Material Specialist for Air Monitoring team had
(27:38):
to come down, The Urban Search and Rescue team had
to come down, the LEDWP had to come down to
make sure all of the power lines in the underground
space were deenergized, and within an hour and a half
they had this guy out. He was taken to the
hospital for unspecified injuries. They don't tell us exactly how
(28:00):
the man fell fifteen feet into a manhole, but what
a nightmare, What an absolute nightmare.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
That is.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Former Major League manager Davey Johnson has passed away. He
led the New York Mets to a World Series championship.
He was also a manager for the Dodgers, so I'm
sure you may remember him. He'll also remember this day
in Dodgers' history. I'm sure our technical director for the night,
Eric Sclar, will certainly remember this day in Dodgers' history,
(28:28):
as they became the first ever team in Major League
Baseball to have a no hitter, not just in the
ninth inning, but with two outs in the ninth inning.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
To lose the game.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
No hits from the Orioles through eight and two thirds
of an inning, and then a home run, and then more,
and the Dodgers lost four to three.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Some people are calling it the worst loss in Dodgers'
franchise history.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Is that right? Yes? Are you some people? I'm one
of some people.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Yeah, I know, because the games are broadcast on our
sister station, LA Sports Am five seventy. Their operation studio
is next to this very studio. Yes, And I could
feel the pain emanating from the door. I walked in
and I said to Colin, what the f just happened? Yeah,
I mean, obviously the broadcasters are at the stadium, but
Colin's in there.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I don't know what he does. He pushes buttons or something. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
So he's the technical director for the Dodger games, and
so he's making sure the signal gets sent from Baltimore
to here and then out to LA.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
He's such a happy fella when he's High Hall, He's
always saying hello. One of the nicest people of the
work with. I happened to be walking past that window
when the home run was hit in the bottom of
the ninth by the Orioles to in the no hitter,
and I could just see his soul leave his body. Yeah,
I kind of wish the sadist in me wishes I
(30:03):
could have seen what happened to him as it got worse.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
You might want to go give him a hug after
the show.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I bet he would let me. He's that nice he is. Yeah,
good kid. Sorry for the Dodgers. It's not going any
better for the Angels. Tonight, bottom of the seventh and Anaheim,
the A's are up nine to one. USC Trojans had
no trouble with Georgia Southern tonight on the college Gridiron,
winning fifty nine to twenty. So so far, USC has
(30:31):
soundly defeated Georgia Southern and Missouri State. The Big Ten
schedule starts next week as they visit West Lafayette for
a date with the boiler Makers of Purdue, and then
they got Michigan State and Illinois, so it's going to
get tougher. Meanwhile, the UCLA Bruins, who got blown out
last week by Utah forty three to ten.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
We're getting blown out pretty bad by.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
The running rebels of unl V tonight in Vegas. But
they have closed the gap here in the game's final moments.
There's just a minute left. UNLV leads UCLA thirty to
twenty three, and the Bruins have the ball first and
ten on the UNLV thirty seven. So an exciting finish
possible there in Vegas for UCLA, who really need to
(31:16):
get on the winning side of things. I want to
note there's some pretty interesting programs coming through the air
Waiams this weekend.
Speaker 10 (31:26):
ABC Entertainment News It's weekend watch less time with some
big new releases like Wednesday season two. Netflix dropping another
batch of episodes for the second season, alongside a new
single from Lady Gagat, who stars on the show.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Have you read this paper?
Speaker 7 (31:43):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (31:43):
How do you think it compares to any other paper?
It sucks, but we are going to make it better.
Speaker 10 (31:49):
Over on Peacock you can watch The Paper, a new
mockumentary sitcom set in the world of the Office. Most
fans of the hit crime drama Mayor of Easttown are
in luck. It's creators are back with a new mini
series called Task starring Mark Ruffalo. The world of the
Walking Dead is expanding yet again. Season three of the
Daryl Dixon spinoff series premieres on AMC this weekend and
(32:12):
in theaters. The latest film in the Conjuring Cinematic Universe debuts.
The Conjuring Last Rites picks up with the Warrens in
the mid nineteen eighties Mike Debuski, ABC News.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
And next week the Dowton Abbey movie comes out. I'm
pumped for that.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I know that's weird, but I am very excited about
the Downton abby movie.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
And I'm gonna moin.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I might not come in and do the show next
week because I might just go right back in and
see the Downton Abbey movie again and again. Eric, what
about you? Am you excited about the Downton Abbey movie.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
I didn't even know it was coming out. Yeah, well
it is all right.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Big thanks to Eric Sclar for being our technical director tonight.
Progina Dagostino in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Thanks
to all of you for participating in our conversation tonight.
Hope you learned a little bit, Hope you had a
little bit of fun. We'll be back again next week
for another edition of Michael Monks Reports, and as always,
I'll be here Monday through Friday bringing you the news
in the headlines and hopping on all of your favorite
shows to offer analysis. About what's going on in La
(33:08):
and the god forsaken areas around us. Thanks for tuning
in right here on KFI AM six forty
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