September 21, 2025 • 31 mins
Governor Newsom signs legislation requiring federal agents to take off their masks; Popular singer's relationship with teen girl found dead in his car has derailed his tour as police investigate; LA Metro's tap-to-enter program is halted because of a fire code; Ontario's new baseball mascot is revealed.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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We've got another hour together on this Saturday night. Don't
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place some of your comments very soon. Governor Newsom was
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in Los Angeles today to sign a slew of legislation
that came out of Sacramento this cycle related to immigration.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Most immigration raids in recent months, federal agents have covered
their faces and shielded their identities. Federal agencies say it's
necessary to protect the agents, but now California will require
most police, including federal immigration agents, to show their faces.
Governor Gavin Newsom signing a bill prohibiting neck gators, sche masks,
and other facial coverings for most police.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
First in the nation, saying enough ice on my what
are you afraid of?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
It remains unclear if California can enforce a face covering
ban for federal agents in the state, and if federal
agents break the law how it would be enforced, Flanked
by fellow Democrats, Governor Gavin Newsom signing a bill banning
most law enforcement, including federal immigration agents, from covering their
faces while they're on duty. Newsom saying the state is
pushing back against a Trump administration.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Unmarked cars, people in masks, people quite literally disappearing. No
due process, no rights, no rights in a democracy where
we have rights.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
That's ABC's Alex Stone. You heard that the governor was
in La flanked by fellow Democrats. Those included LA Mayor
Carring Bass, La County Supervisor Hilde Salase, and some state lawmakers.
These states superint excuse me, The LA USD Superintendent Alberto
Carvaljo was also there, alongside the state Superintendent of Public Instruction,
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Tony Thurman. That's because some of these bills are also
related to schools. One of them requires higher education institutions
to notify parents, students, and staff. Also K through twelve
schools and higher education parents, students, and staff need to
be notified now when immigration enforcement is confirmed on campus.
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Another one requires enforcement officers to obtain a valid judicial
warrant and meet other requirements before they can even enter
a school. Or educational facility. It also prevents school officials
from collecting immigration information, and it prohibits them from disclosing
pupil or family information to immigration authorities without a warrant
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or court order. A fifth bill restricts health care facilities
from sharing patient information or granting access to immigration enforcement. Now,
those education related bills and the hospital related bills, they
are all in effect immediately. This masking law does not
go into effect until January, so we should still see
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some activity that gets contentious all around California in the
coming months. Here is more from what Governor Newsom had
to say today while in Los Angeles.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Immigrants have rights, and we have the right to stand
up and push back, and that's what we're doing here today.
Have the decency not to threaten people as they go
to school, To go out the parking lots proximate to
these schools. To create chill, he sent the United States
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Marines active duty Marines to the city of Los Angeles.
He federalized four thousand of our National Guard. These mass
men had no identification.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
These mass men did not provide any information, name, badge, number,
hidden from accountability, any transparency, any oversight.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Saying enough ice unmasked, afraid of What are you afraid of?
This is a disgrace, This is an outrage what we
have allowed to happen in this country.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
It's Governor Kevin Newsom speaking today in LA while signing
those pieces of legislation. Hundreds of people gathered at MacArthur
Park today alongside LA Mayor Bass for the launch of
a community initiative to monitor federal enforcement of suspected illegal immigration.
The Save America movement calls itself a rapid response and
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civic empowerment initiative to ensure the American people have a
clear understanding of the actions and impact of immigration and
customs enforcement operation in communities while providing support to those
impacted communities. These organizers announced today that they plan to
have trained camera crews and volunteers help capture immigration operations
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as they're happening. They've got three specially outfitted vans that
they showed off for the first time the day at
MacArthur Park. One is Calledberty Van one, the other Liberty
Van two, and you guess the other one Liberty Van three.
They'll be staffed by trained volunteers including lawyers, clergy, military veterans,
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and of course videographers. Mayor Bass was there. She says
Los Angeles will always stand with families under threat, and
Jelino's are showing the country that when our communities are targeted,
we respond with solidarity, with resources, and with an unbreakable
commitment to justice. These organizers say in the coming weeks
they'll be recruiting and training volunteers to staff the vehicles
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and they will be out on the road early next
month October. So that is the immigration update for today's
some pretty significant movement. You've got new legislation. We don't
know if it can be enforced, but the state of
California has now made it law that federal immigration agents
have to show their badges and their faces. And this
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activist group says we will have rolling Liberty vans out
on the streets following immigration operations so that we can
stream them live for folks. We do have an election
coming up in November related to California's congressional districts. You
probably know by now that Governor Newsom has called for
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this because President Trump and the governor of Texas have
been pushing to get more Republican Congress members out of
from that state into Congress, the very narrow Republican majority
in the House, and there's congressional elections next year. So
Texas has redrawn its maps more favorably for Republicans. Governor
Newsom here says we should do the same to counteract
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that by sending more Democrats to Washington, d C. A
new poll from Emerson College soho's fifty one percent of
California voters say they're in favor of it prop fifty
fifty one percent Yes, thirty four percent No, fifteen percent undecided.
I've already gotten some mailers personally, maybe you have too.
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A lot of opposite position is out there, not just
from Republican groups but non partisan civic groups who are
opposed to this. But fifty one percent of voters, according
to this poll, will vote in favor of redrawing the
California congressional districts for the twenty twenty six mid term elections.
That same poll also showed former Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter
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leading the field of gubernatorial candidates for next year's election
that primary in June of twenty twenty six, but she's
only got sixteen percent of the vote. Republican former Fox
host Steve Hilton is at ten percent and in second place,
and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is in third place
with eight percent, So a long way to go there
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maybe some candidates who have not thrown their hat in
the ring yet, but as of now, according to that
Emerson poll, voters in California by a simple majority do
support Prop fifty and Democratic maps that will send more
Democrats likely to the US Congress. A popular singer who
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shot the fame with music that when viral on TikTok
has canceled tonight's concert at the Greek Police are investigating
the dead teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in
a Tasla registered to him. We'll have that story next.
And crime on La Metro has spiked a bit this
year after officials overlooked a fire code policy when implementing
safety measures. Well, have that story coming up as well
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here on Michael Monks Reports.
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This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
Thanks for being with us on this Saturday night. The
Dodgers have taken the lead over the Giants right now.
It is seven to four in the top of the seventh.
Of course, you can hear that game if you'll like,
on our sister station, La Sports AM five seventy. The
Angels one at the Rockies tonight three to nothing. And
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in football action the Trojans and the Spartans. I've kicked
off here in la USC twenty fifth ranked up three
to nothing right now in the first quarter. They're going
to play at ninth ranked Illinois next week, and that
might have earlier today seemed like a daunting task. But
Illinois got their butts kicked by Indiana, absolutely blown out
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in Bloomington. So we'll see what the Big ten looks
like as the season progresses. USC off to a good start.
Can't say the same for our friends in Westwood. You
see La bruins and absolute dire straits so far this season.
There has been a very disturbing story developing over the
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past couple of weeks involving a dead teenage girl and
her dismembered body being found inside a tesla. This tesla
had been parked apparently illegally in the Hollywood Hills. It
was towed away and then workers at this tow yard
smelled something bad and that's when the body was discovered.
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Then we later learned that this car was registered to
a singer named David. He spells his name stylistically D
number four VD so D four VD David. His real
name is David Burke, and he was on tour. Says
I'm cooperating with police. We don't know anything about this situation,
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but the plot is thickened. And if you're wondering if
you know who D four VD David is, I didn't.
I didn't until until I played one of his hit songs.
Because this is something. If you use TikTok and I
love TikTok. If you use TikTok, you've seen many videos
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with this song on it.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
You know that song.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
I mean it was.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Ubiquitous. Ubiquitous song on TikTok attached to a lot of videos.
But that's not his only song. And apparently he has
songs that reference a relationship with this young girl, Celeste Reevas.
She's on his social media. He's twenty. By the way,
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she was thirteen when she was reported missing from Riverside
County last year. She likely died at age fourteen. We've
been reporting her as fifteen, but depending on how long
she was in that trunk. She may have been killed
before even turning fifteen years old. Here's some news on
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the case.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
David's last US tour dates were said to be in
San Francisco tonight and Los Angeles at the Greek Theater
on Saturday night. Now both are canceled, as is an
event at the Grammy Museum in La It comes as
the lapd as trying to answer what happened to a
fifteen year old girl who was found dead in the
trunk of a Tesla registered to David. She had been
reported missing a year and a half ago. At this point,
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nobody has been a rested and no charges have been filed.
Speaker 7 (12:02):
The La County Medical Examiner identifying the body as fifteen
year old Celeste Revas. She had been reported missing more
than a year ago. Her neighbors reacting to the gruesome discovery, I.
Speaker 6 (12:14):
Just hope that the truth comes out and she gets
justice for what happened to her.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
According to the medical examiner, Revas had a tattoo on
her index finger reading sh While that tattoo is not
uncommon with several performers, David has the same tattoo in
the same location. Los Angeles police seen outside this Hollywood
Hills home executing a search warrant and carrying out a
computer and evidence bags. Police say the singer David has
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been living there, and it's the same neighborhood where a
tesla registered in the singer's name was towed after being abandoned.
Speaker 8 (12:50):
The singer's not been charged with any crime and has
not made any comments so far. David's scheduled performance at
the Grammy Museum next week has been removed from the site.
It comes hours after a Seattle concert was also abruptly canceled.
The medical examiner is now trying to determine the cause
and timing of that teenager's death. That tesla, her remains
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were founded, was not reported stolen. The singer David has
still not commented on the case.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
This singer has a song called Romantic Homicide. He's selling
merch of like a bloody shirt, and apparently it plays
into some of the themes in his music, but right
now overshadowing this death investigation. It's all very creepy matching
tattoos with this young girl. She's on videos with him,
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and now he's canceled tonight's show at the Greek. This
is somebody who was really at the beginning of an
otherwise blossoming career, viral songs on TikTok top ten singles
on the alternative charts. But as soon as this investigation
started it was clear that the tour was not going
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to go well well. The brands Crocs and Hollister removed
promotional content that he was featured in while they're waiting
for the results of this investigation, and now all of
his remaining tour dates in the US canceled, the release
of a deluxe version of his album Withered canceled. He's
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still slated to tour in Europe, but does that seem
likely at this point? Very very strange, tragic case involving
this young girl. It's the type of case that I'm
not trying to be flippant, but you know that there
are Netflix documentarians salivating because when this whole thing comes together,
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what a story that's going to be. Will of course
continue to monitor. I'm bringing the latest as this continues.
So the fire department has forced La Metro to remove
one of its key safety measures, and now crime is
going up. Some of the big stations. We'll talk about
what that is and why that happened.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Next, you're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
This is Michael Monks reports on Michael Monks from KFI
News got another half hour together on this Saturday night.
In southern California, we've seen a significant change on the
La Metro train system and on its buses. After last
year's spike in violent crime, including high profound killings, the
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agency made sure that all of its bus drivers had
a very strong shield protecting them from unruly or dangerous passengers.
The security in the metro train stations was really ramped up,
and they also implemented something called tap to entry. They
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looked at this as a way of keeping folks off
the trains who were not paying, not just be because
they want to make sure that they get the two bucks,
but because almost all of the crime that was committed
on the system was committed by people who evaded the fare.
So this tap to entry program was instituted at Union
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Station and North Hollywood Busy stations, and the plan was
to put it in other stations as well. There was
a report that this program was working, but fire officials
raised concerns because apparently requiring people to use their tap
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cards to exit. I think I said tap to entry
at the top of this tap to exit, which means
you have to tap your fare card again to get out.
They said that this could be problematic, especially if a
fire is happening. You don't want people delayed when they're
trying to exit a dangerous situation. So the policy was paused,
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and according to a report by Fox eleven, there's been
a one hundred and sixteen percent rise in crime at
Union Station and a sixty seven percent increase at the
North Hollywood station. I'm told that, look, I mean, you
hear that and you think I get it. First of all,
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why wasn't the fire department included in these conversations If
there's some fire code that needed to be evaluated, who
dropped the ball on bringing all of the agencies together?
But do you think it was the fire department sitting
around and thinking how can we stick it to Metro?
I'm told that the fire department had to act after
being tipped off to this ball being dropped because of
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some activists here in the city. There are people in
this city who think all of the buses and all
the train should be free, no fare at all, even
though the statistics show that the crime is committed almost
entirely by people who do not pay to get on,
and even though the system needs revenue in order to
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operate the expensive agency. I'm told that some of these
activists who push for freefares are the ones that got
this tap to exit program dismantled for now out a
spite so with crime on the rise potentially across the
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Metro system that deters people from wanting to get back
on the system also suffered another rare derailment this week.
A Metro train derailed at the Seventh Street Metro Center station,
calls major disruption of the light rail lines that converge there.
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The Seventh Street Metro Center is not as large as
Union Station, of course, but it is probably the second
largest station they have. There are four different train lines
that converge there, including the heavy rail, Subway B and
D lines, and the light rail A and E lines.
They don't know what caused this problem yet. It happened
just before rush hour and folks were not able to
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get on their trains. They had to take buses. It
was a mess. But in spite of the crime situation,
in spite of that derailment this week, Metro did have
reason to party by the end of the week, and
it was yesterday. Metro has celebrated the opening of its
A Line extension. There are four new stations in the
San Gabriel Valley. There are stations now in Glendora, San Dimas, Laverne,
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and Pomona. Now, if you don't know the A Line,
this is already a very long and busy light rail line.
It goes all the way from Long Beach to Asuza,
goes right through U Station as well, So you can
take this thing from Long Beach to downtown to ASUSA,
and now you can take it all the way to Pomona.
Nine point one miles added to this line, four new stations,
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one and a half billion dollars, very very significant expansion. Now,
while I cover the agency and we have to scrutinize
it and be fair in our reporting, I'm a writer
of Metro. I much prefer to be on the train system,
so I'm excited to check out the new stations. But
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I completely understand why folks are hesitant. The problem that
I often say about Metro is that when you look
at it on paper, it's alluring, it's inviting. It's interesting,
and I'm talking specifically about the rail system. I'm not
good at the buses. I don't know where they're going.
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I don't know which side of the street I'm supposed
to be on, and never been good at that. But
I love the trains. If you look at the train map,
there are a lot of places you can go. And
if you are a regular commuter in Los Angeles, you
know how much of your life is being wasted staring
at break lights. I know that I can get from
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downtown Los Angeles where I live, to this station in
Burbank and forty five minutes flat by using the train.
I take the B Line train to the Studio City
station and then hop on the Burbank bus. It drops
us off right here out front of KFI. And I
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know that if I'm driving, the length of the commute
is up in the air, but the headache is guaranteed.
I'm going to choose the train every time that I can,
but I can't always encourage you to do the same,
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because I understand where your fears come from. Many of
the trains stink or they are filthy. And the other
issue is that a lot of things that don't show
up in crime statistics will also scare you away. You
don't have to be punched in the face to feel
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uncomfortable on the train. There may be somebody having some
mental health episode. There may be somebody doing drugs. This
system is adding its own police force that is welcome,
but that's not going to be completely operational until twenty
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twenty nine after the Olympics, So in the meantime they're
still using LAPD long of Age police and the LA
County Sheriff's Department. And as frequently as I'm on the trains,
very rarely see an actual police officer or sheriff's deputy,
very very rarely occasionally say security guards. More frequently see
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the ambassadors, the people who point to the maps and
tell you wish train to take. I don't know, give
it a try, Let us know how it goes for you,
because it is on paper and in practice in many
ways a good system. And now there are more stations
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to get to, and I'm excited to check them out.
But the system needs more good luck, not just more
stations opening. It needs more cleanliness and more It needs
better vibes. It needs better vibes. Go check it out.
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All right, we got one more thing to do. What's
in a name? People in Ontario have found out now
that we know the name of its minor league baseball team,
and as with any brand reveal, it's kind of going
both ways. Talk about that next on Michael Monks's Report.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
This is Michael Monks Reports. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News.
We were just talking about the metro train system, the
uptick in criminal activity a couple of the stations because
of the removal of the tap to exit program over
fire code concerns. Let's hear from our friend Steve Krieger,
who knows a thing or two about fire code.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Here's a novel idea. How about tap to enter to
get on the metro link, so you pay to get on.
I think that would eliminate a lot of the criminal
activity on the on the metrolink. I just thought thought
maybe it would work.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Hey, you're not wrong. I mean, look, if you're invested
a little bit, if you're throwing a few coins in
the till, then you think a little more highly of
the system. There are lots of things that are challenging
for that metro system. In fact, you know some of
the stations, it's almost an honor system to pay. I
think about the Old Town station in past. You know
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there is no turnstyle, there's nothing to stop you from
just walking through and getting on the train. But your
tap machine is there, and so do you have honor?
Do you tap or do you catch a free ride.
It's a challenge system. I hope it succeeds because it
is technically good, it is on paper good. Starbucks workers
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in three states, including California, have taken legal action against
the coffee chain. They say it's violated the law when
it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees
who had to buy new clothes. These employees are backed
by the union organizing Starbucks workers. They filed a class
action lawsuit in state court in Illinois and Colorado. Workers
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also filed complaints with California's Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
If the agency decides not to seek penalties, according to
the ap against Starbucks, the workers intend to file a
class action lawsuit in California as well. So starbucks new
dress code went into effect back in May, requiring all
of its workers across the continent to wear a solid
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black shirt with short or long sleeves under their green aprons.
Shirts may or may not have collars, but they must
cover the midriff and armpits. Starbucks gave each employee two
free T shirts that comply with the new guidance. Employees
have to wear khaki, black, or blue denim bottoms without
patterns or frayed hems, or solid black dresses that are
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not more than four inches above the knee. The dress
code also requires workers to wear black, gray, dark blue, brown, tan,
or white shoes made from a waterproof material. Socks and
hosiery must be subdued. I like uniforms. I wish we
had a uniform here a KFI. Other Starbucks news LA
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twenty eight to our Olympic Organizing Committee has named Starbucks
the official coffee partner of the twenty twenty eight Olympics
Organizing Committee. That means Starbucks will open a specially designed
coffee house in the Olympic and Paralympic Village to create
a gathering space for athletes. I think that is one
thing that is lacking in Los Angeles is another Starbucks location.
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Are you a fan of minor League Baseball. I think
it's durable. You know a lot of people living their dream,
working up to the big dream of making it to
the majors. But I love the names. I especially love
the trend that these teams are taking and creating wackier names.
I grew up as a child until I was twelve
in Louisville, Kentucky, and triple a affility of the Saint
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Louis Cardinals. At the time, they were the Louisville Redbirds. Nice.
Now they are a triple affility of the Cincinnati Reds
and the Louisville Bats as in baseball bats although they
use the you know, the flying mammal the symbol as
well because that's where bats are made. It's a great,
great reference to Louisville. After I was twel we moved
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to northern Kentucky Cincinnati area, and there's a city there
called Florence, and we got a minor league team and
Florence that was called the Freedom. It was two thousand
and three. Everything was star spangled at that time, but
they rebranded several years ago. There's a water tower there
on the interstate. Great story. Won't get into too much
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of it, but it used to say. Florence mab was
our first mall in the region back in the seventies.
But state law does not allow you to advertise on
a water tower, so they changed the m in mall
to a Y and it says Florence y'all. Very Kentucky
and an iconic symbol in that region. So now the
baseball team is called the Florence Yaws. Great name, controversial
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because it's weird. Traverse City, Michigan, my favorite city to
vacation in. They used to have a minor league team
that played the Florence y'alls. They were the beach Bums.
Love it, but now it's in a different league, mostly
like college oriented students playing Jerverse City is known for
its cherry Festival and cherry farms. They're the pit spitters,
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as in cherry pitt spitting them out, the pit Spitterers.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
While Ontario has a baseball team coming to a single
a affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and they released
their new branding this week. They are the Ontario Tower Buzzers.
What do you think? They say it's a salute to
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the city's aviation legacy. It was inspired by a line
from Top Gun. In that nineteen eighty six film, there's
a line that says, sorry, Goose, but it's time to
buzz the tower. And in another nod to that movie
Top Gun, the team's b mascot will be known as Maverick,
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the code name for the character by Tom Cruise. That
new team will play its first game in April of
next year, with the home game against the Lake elsinor Storm.
They're an affiliate of the San Diego Padres Go Tower Buzzers,
Go Storm. Support your local minor league baseball team, and
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thank you for supporting us here tonight and listening to
another edition of Michael Monks Reports. I'm Michael Monks from
KFI News with you all week long next week, bring
you the news, appearing on your favorite shows, talking about
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Forty KF i AM six forty on demand
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This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
We've got another hour together on this Saturday night. Don't
forget to join our conversation. If you've got anything to
say about what we covered so far, what we're gonna
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iHeartRadio app. Click on the talkback button and we will
place some of your comments very soon. Governor Newsom was
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in Los Angeles today to sign a slew of legislation
that came out of Sacramento this cycle related to immigration.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Most immigration raids in recent months, federal agents have covered
their faces and shielded their identities. Federal agencies say it's
necessary to protect the agents, but now California will require
most police, including federal immigration agents, to show their faces.
Governor Gavin Newsom signing a bill prohibiting neck gators, sche masks,
and other facial coverings for most police.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
First in the nation, saying enough ice on my what
are you afraid of?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
It remains unclear if California can enforce a face covering
ban for federal agents in the state, and if federal
agents break the law how it would be enforced, Flanked
by fellow Democrats, Governor Gavin Newsom signing a bill banning
most law enforcement, including federal immigration agents, from covering their
faces while they're on duty. Newsom saying the state is
pushing back against a Trump administration.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Unmarked cars, people in masks, people quite literally disappearing. No
due process, no rights, no rights in a democracy where
we have rights.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
That's ABC's Alex Stone. You heard that the governor was
in La flanked by fellow Democrats. Those included LA Mayor
Carring Bass, La County Supervisor Hilde Salase, and some state lawmakers.
These states superint excuse me, The LA USD Superintendent Alberto
Carvaljo was also there, alongside the state Superintendent of Public Instruction,
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Tony Thurman. That's because some of these bills are also
related to schools. One of them requires higher education institutions
to notify parents, students, and staff. Also K through twelve
schools and higher education parents, students, and staff need to
be notified now when immigration enforcement is confirmed on campus.
(02:15):
Another one requires enforcement officers to obtain a valid judicial
warrant and meet other requirements before they can even enter
a school. Or educational facility. It also prevents school officials
from collecting immigration information, and it prohibits them from disclosing
pupil or family information to immigration authorities without a warrant
(02:35):
or court order. A fifth bill restricts health care facilities
from sharing patient information or granting access to immigration enforcement. Now,
those education related bills and the hospital related bills, they
are all in effect immediately. This masking law does not
go into effect until January, so we should still see
(02:56):
some activity that gets contentious all around California in the
coming months. Here is more from what Governor Newsom had
to say today while in Los Angeles.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Immigrants have rights, and we have the right to stand
up and push back, and that's what we're doing here today.
Have the decency not to threaten people as they go
to school, To go out the parking lots proximate to
these schools. To create chill, he sent the United States
(03:29):
Marines active duty Marines to the city of Los Angeles.
He federalized four thousand of our National Guard. These mass
men had no identification.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
These mass men did not provide any information, name, badge, number,
hidden from accountability, any transparency, any oversight.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Saying enough ice unmasked, afraid of What are you afraid of?
This is a disgrace, This is an outrage what we
have allowed to happen in this country.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
It's Governor Kevin Newsom speaking today in LA while signing
those pieces of legislation. Hundreds of people gathered at MacArthur
Park today alongside LA Mayor Bass for the launch of
a community initiative to monitor federal enforcement of suspected illegal immigration.
The Save America movement calls itself a rapid response and
(04:31):
civic empowerment initiative to ensure the American people have a
clear understanding of the actions and impact of immigration and
customs enforcement operation in communities while providing support to those
impacted communities. These organizers announced today that they plan to
have trained camera crews and volunteers help capture immigration operations
(04:51):
as they're happening. They've got three specially outfitted vans that
they showed off for the first time the day at
MacArthur Park. One is Calledberty Van one, the other Liberty
Van two, and you guess the other one Liberty Van three.
They'll be staffed by trained volunteers including lawyers, clergy, military veterans,
(05:14):
and of course videographers. Mayor Bass was there. She says
Los Angeles will always stand with families under threat, and
Jelino's are showing the country that when our communities are targeted,
we respond with solidarity, with resources, and with an unbreakable
commitment to justice. These organizers say in the coming weeks
they'll be recruiting and training volunteers to staff the vehicles
(05:37):
and they will be out on the road early next
month October. So that is the immigration update for today's
some pretty significant movement. You've got new legislation. We don't
know if it can be enforced, but the state of
California has now made it law that federal immigration agents
have to show their badges and their faces. And this
(05:58):
activist group says we will have rolling Liberty vans out
on the streets following immigration operations so that we can
stream them live for folks. We do have an election
coming up in November related to California's congressional districts. You
probably know by now that Governor Newsom has called for
(06:18):
this because President Trump and the governor of Texas have
been pushing to get more Republican Congress members out of
from that state into Congress, the very narrow Republican majority
in the House, and there's congressional elections next year. So
Texas has redrawn its maps more favorably for Republicans. Governor
Newsom here says we should do the same to counteract
(06:38):
that by sending more Democrats to Washington, d C. A
new poll from Emerson College soho's fifty one percent of
California voters say they're in favor of it prop fifty
fifty one percent Yes, thirty four percent No, fifteen percent undecided.
I've already gotten some mailers personally, maybe you have too.
(06:59):
A lot of opposite position is out there, not just
from Republican groups but non partisan civic groups who are
opposed to this. But fifty one percent of voters, according
to this poll, will vote in favor of redrawing the
California congressional districts for the twenty twenty six mid term elections.
That same poll also showed former Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter
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leading the field of gubernatorial candidates for next year's election
that primary in June of twenty twenty six, but she's
only got sixteen percent of the vote. Republican former Fox
host Steve Hilton is at ten percent and in second place,
and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is in third place
with eight percent, So a long way to go there
(07:41):
maybe some candidates who have not thrown their hat in
the ring yet, but as of now, according to that
Emerson poll, voters in California by a simple majority do
support Prop fifty and Democratic maps that will send more
Democrats likely to the US Congress. A popular singer who
(08:03):
shot the fame with music that when viral on TikTok
has canceled tonight's concert at the Greek Police are investigating
the dead teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in
a Tasla registered to him. We'll have that story next.
And crime on La Metro has spiked a bit this
year after officials overlooked a fire code policy when implementing
safety measures. Well, have that story coming up as well
(08:25):
here on Michael Monks Reports.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
Thanks for being with us on this Saturday night. The
Dodgers have taken the lead over the Giants right now.
It is seven to four in the top of the seventh.
Of course, you can hear that game if you'll like,
on our sister station, La Sports AM five seventy. The
Angels one at the Rockies tonight three to nothing. And
(08:52):
in football action the Trojans and the Spartans. I've kicked
off here in la USC twenty fifth ranked up three
to nothing right now in the first quarter. They're going
to play at ninth ranked Illinois next week, and that
might have earlier today seemed like a daunting task. But
Illinois got their butts kicked by Indiana, absolutely blown out
(09:15):
in Bloomington. So we'll see what the Big ten looks
like as the season progresses. USC off to a good start.
Can't say the same for our friends in Westwood. You
see La bruins and absolute dire straits so far this season.
There has been a very disturbing story developing over the
(09:36):
past couple of weeks involving a dead teenage girl and
her dismembered body being found inside a tesla. This tesla
had been parked apparently illegally in the Hollywood Hills. It
was towed away and then workers at this tow yard
smelled something bad and that's when the body was discovered.
(09:57):
Then we later learned that this car was registered to
a singer named David. He spells his name stylistically D
number four VD so D four VD David. His real
name is David Burke, and he was on tour. Says
I'm cooperating with police. We don't know anything about this situation,
(10:18):
but the plot is thickened. And if you're wondering if
you know who D four VD David is, I didn't.
I didn't until until I played one of his hit songs.
Because this is something. If you use TikTok and I
love TikTok. If you use TikTok, you've seen many videos
(10:38):
with this song on it.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
You know that song.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
I mean it was.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Ubiquitous. Ubiquitous song on TikTok attached to a lot of videos.
But that's not his only song. And apparently he has
songs that reference a relationship with this young girl, Celeste Reevas.
She's on his social media. He's twenty. By the way,
(11:16):
she was thirteen when she was reported missing from Riverside
County last year. She likely died at age fourteen. We've
been reporting her as fifteen, but depending on how long
she was in that trunk. She may have been killed
before even turning fifteen years old. Here's some news on
(11:37):
the case.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
David's last US tour dates were said to be in
San Francisco tonight and Los Angeles at the Greek Theater
on Saturday night. Now both are canceled, as is an
event at the Grammy Museum in La It comes as
the lapd as trying to answer what happened to a
fifteen year old girl who was found dead in the
trunk of a Tesla registered to David. She had been
reported missing a year and a half ago. At this point,
(11:59):
nobody has been a rested and no charges have been filed.
Speaker 7 (12:02):
The La County Medical Examiner identifying the body as fifteen
year old Celeste Revas. She had been reported missing more
than a year ago. Her neighbors reacting to the gruesome discovery, I.
Speaker 6 (12:14):
Just hope that the truth comes out and she gets
justice for what happened to her.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
According to the medical examiner, Revas had a tattoo on
her index finger reading sh While that tattoo is not
uncommon with several performers, David has the same tattoo in
the same location. Los Angeles police seen outside this Hollywood
Hills home executing a search warrant and carrying out a
computer and evidence bags. Police say the singer David has
(12:43):
been living there, and it's the same neighborhood where a
tesla registered in the singer's name was towed after being abandoned.
Speaker 8 (12:50):
The singer's not been charged with any crime and has
not made any comments so far. David's scheduled performance at
the Grammy Museum next week has been removed from the site.
It comes hours after a Seattle concert was also abruptly canceled.
The medical examiner is now trying to determine the cause
and timing of that teenager's death. That tesla, her remains
(13:11):
were founded, was not reported stolen. The singer David has
still not commented on the case.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
This singer has a song called Romantic Homicide. He's selling
merch of like a bloody shirt, and apparently it plays
into some of the themes in his music, but right
now overshadowing this death investigation. It's all very creepy matching
tattoos with this young girl. She's on videos with him,
(13:39):
and now he's canceled tonight's show at the Greek. This
is somebody who was really at the beginning of an
otherwise blossoming career, viral songs on TikTok top ten singles
on the alternative charts. But as soon as this investigation
started it was clear that the tour was not going
(13:59):
to go well well. The brands Crocs and Hollister removed
promotional content that he was featured in while they're waiting
for the results of this investigation, and now all of
his remaining tour dates in the US canceled, the release
of a deluxe version of his album Withered canceled. He's
(14:19):
still slated to tour in Europe, but does that seem
likely at this point? Very very strange, tragic case involving
this young girl. It's the type of case that I'm
not trying to be flippant, but you know that there
are Netflix documentarians salivating because when this whole thing comes together,
(14:45):
what a story that's going to be. Will of course
continue to monitor. I'm bringing the latest as this continues.
So the fire department has forced La Metro to remove
one of its key safety measures, and now crime is
going up. Some of the big stations. We'll talk about
what that is and why that happened.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Next, you're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
This is Michael Monks reports on Michael Monks from KFI
News got another half hour together on this Saturday night.
In southern California, we've seen a significant change on the
La Metro train system and on its buses. After last
year's spike in violent crime, including high profound killings, the
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agency made sure that all of its bus drivers had
a very strong shield protecting them from unruly or dangerous passengers.
The security in the metro train stations was really ramped up,
and they also implemented something called tap to entry. They
(15:54):
looked at this as a way of keeping folks off
the trains who were not paying, not just be because
they want to make sure that they get the two bucks,
but because almost all of the crime that was committed
on the system was committed by people who evaded the fare.
So this tap to entry program was instituted at Union
(16:17):
Station and North Hollywood Busy stations, and the plan was
to put it in other stations as well. There was
a report that this program was working, but fire officials
raised concerns because apparently requiring people to use their tap
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cards to exit. I think I said tap to entry
at the top of this tap to exit, which means
you have to tap your fare card again to get out.
They said that this could be problematic, especially if a
fire is happening. You don't want people delayed when they're
trying to exit a dangerous situation. So the policy was paused,
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and according to a report by Fox eleven, there's been
a one hundred and sixteen percent rise in crime at
Union Station and a sixty seven percent increase at the
North Hollywood station. I'm told that, look, I mean, you
hear that and you think I get it. First of all,
(17:32):
why wasn't the fire department included in these conversations If
there's some fire code that needed to be evaluated, who
dropped the ball on bringing all of the agencies together?
But do you think it was the fire department sitting
around and thinking how can we stick it to Metro?
I'm told that the fire department had to act after
being tipped off to this ball being dropped because of
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some activists here in the city. There are people in
this city who think all of the buses and all
the train should be free, no fare at all, even
though the statistics show that the crime is committed almost
entirely by people who do not pay to get on,
and even though the system needs revenue in order to
(18:18):
operate the expensive agency. I'm told that some of these
activists who push for freefares are the ones that got
this tap to exit program dismantled for now out a
spite so with crime on the rise potentially across the
(18:40):
Metro system that deters people from wanting to get back
on the system also suffered another rare derailment this week.
A Metro train derailed at the Seventh Street Metro Center station,
calls major disruption of the light rail lines that converge there.
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The Seventh Street Metro Center is not as large as
Union Station, of course, but it is probably the second
largest station they have. There are four different train lines
that converge there, including the heavy rail, Subway B and
D lines, and the light rail A and E lines.
They don't know what caused this problem yet. It happened
just before rush hour and folks were not able to
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get on their trains. They had to take buses. It
was a mess. But in spite of the crime situation,
in spite of that derailment this week, Metro did have
reason to party by the end of the week, and
it was yesterday. Metro has celebrated the opening of its
A Line extension. There are four new stations in the
San Gabriel Valley. There are stations now in Glendora, San Dimas, Laverne,
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and Pomona. Now, if you don't know the A Line,
this is already a very long and busy light rail line.
It goes all the way from Long Beach to Asuza,
goes right through U Station as well, So you can
take this thing from Long Beach to downtown to ASUSA,
and now you can take it all the way to Pomona.
Nine point one miles added to this line, four new stations,
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one and a half billion dollars, very very significant expansion. Now,
while I cover the agency and we have to scrutinize
it and be fair in our reporting, I'm a writer
of Metro. I much prefer to be on the train system,
so I'm excited to check out the new stations. But
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I completely understand why folks are hesitant. The problem that
I often say about Metro is that when you look
at it on paper, it's alluring, it's inviting. It's interesting,
and I'm talking specifically about the rail system. I'm not
good at the buses. I don't know where they're going.
(20:57):
I don't know which side of the street I'm supposed
to be on, and never been good at that. But
I love the trains. If you look at the train map,
there are a lot of places you can go. And
if you are a regular commuter in Los Angeles, you
know how much of your life is being wasted staring
at break lights. I know that I can get from
(21:19):
downtown Los Angeles where I live, to this station in
Burbank and forty five minutes flat by using the train.
I take the B Line train to the Studio City
station and then hop on the Burbank bus. It drops
us off right here out front of KFI. And I
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know that if I'm driving, the length of the commute
is up in the air, but the headache is guaranteed.
I'm going to choose the train every time that I can,
but I can't always encourage you to do the same,
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because I understand where your fears come from. Many of
the trains stink or they are filthy. And the other
issue is that a lot of things that don't show
up in crime statistics will also scare you away. You
don't have to be punched in the face to feel
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uncomfortable on the train. There may be somebody having some
mental health episode. There may be somebody doing drugs. This
system is adding its own police force that is welcome,
but that's not going to be completely operational until twenty
(22:42):
twenty nine after the Olympics, So in the meantime they're
still using LAPD long of Age police and the LA
County Sheriff's Department. And as frequently as I'm on the trains,
very rarely see an actual police officer or sheriff's deputy,
very very rarely occasionally say security guards. More frequently see
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the ambassadors, the people who point to the maps and
tell you wish train to take. I don't know, give
it a try, Let us know how it goes for you,
because it is on paper and in practice in many
ways a good system. And now there are more stations
(23:23):
to get to, and I'm excited to check them out.
But the system needs more good luck, not just more
stations opening. It needs more cleanliness and more It needs
better vibes. It needs better vibes. Go check it out.
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All right, we got one more thing to do. What's
in a name? People in Ontario have found out now
that we know the name of its minor league baseball team,
and as with any brand reveal, it's kind of going
both ways. Talk about that next on Michael Monks's Report.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
This is Michael Monks Reports. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News.
We were just talking about the metro train system, the
uptick in criminal activity a couple of the stations because
of the removal of the tap to exit program over
fire code concerns. Let's hear from our friend Steve Krieger,
who knows a thing or two about fire code.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Here's a novel idea. How about tap to enter to
get on the metro link, so you pay to get on.
I think that would eliminate a lot of the criminal
activity on the on the metrolink. I just thought thought
maybe it would work.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Hey, you're not wrong. I mean, look, if you're invested
a little bit, if you're throwing a few coins in
the till, then you think a little more highly of
the system. There are lots of things that are challenging
for that metro system. In fact, you know some of
the stations, it's almost an honor system to pay. I
think about the Old Town station in past. You know
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there is no turnstyle, there's nothing to stop you from
just walking through and getting on the train. But your
tap machine is there, and so do you have honor?
Do you tap or do you catch a free ride.
It's a challenge system. I hope it succeeds because it
is technically good, it is on paper good. Starbucks workers
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in three states, including California, have taken legal action against
the coffee chain. They say it's violated the law when
it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees
who had to buy new clothes. These employees are backed
by the union organizing Starbucks workers. They filed a class
action lawsuit in state court in Illinois and Colorado. Workers
(25:47):
also filed complaints with California's Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
If the agency decides not to seek penalties, according to
the ap against Starbucks, the workers intend to file a
class action lawsuit in California as well. So starbucks new
dress code went into effect back in May, requiring all
of its workers across the continent to wear a solid
(26:08):
black shirt with short or long sleeves under their green aprons.
Shirts may or may not have collars, but they must
cover the midriff and armpits. Starbucks gave each employee two
free T shirts that comply with the new guidance. Employees
have to wear khaki, black, or blue denim bottoms without
patterns or frayed hems, or solid black dresses that are
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not more than four inches above the knee. The dress
code also requires workers to wear black, gray, dark blue, brown, tan,
or white shoes made from a waterproof material. Socks and
hosiery must be subdued. I like uniforms. I wish we
had a uniform here a KFI. Other Starbucks news LA
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twenty eight to our Olympic Organizing Committee has named Starbucks
the official coffee partner of the twenty twenty eight Olympics
Organizing Committee. That means Starbucks will open a specially designed
coffee house in the Olympic and Paralympic Village to create
a gathering space for athletes. I think that is one
thing that is lacking in Los Angeles is another Starbucks location.
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Are you a fan of minor League Baseball. I think
it's durable. You know a lot of people living their dream,
working up to the big dream of making it to
the majors. But I love the names. I especially love
the trend that these teams are taking and creating wackier names.
I grew up as a child until I was twelve
in Louisville, Kentucky, and triple a affility of the Saint
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Louis Cardinals. At the time, they were the Louisville Redbirds. Nice.
Now they are a triple affility of the Cincinnati Reds
and the Louisville Bats as in baseball bats although they
use the you know, the flying mammal the symbol as
well because that's where bats are made. It's a great,
great reference to Louisville. After I was twel we moved
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to northern Kentucky Cincinnati area, and there's a city there
called Florence, and we got a minor league team and
Florence that was called the Freedom. It was two thousand
and three. Everything was star spangled at that time, but
they rebranded several years ago. There's a water tower there
on the interstate. Great story. Won't get into too much
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of it, but it used to say. Florence mab was
our first mall in the region back in the seventies.
But state law does not allow you to advertise on
a water tower, so they changed the m in mall
to a Y and it says Florence y'all. Very Kentucky
and an iconic symbol in that region. So now the
baseball team is called the Florence Yaws. Great name, controversial
(28:48):
because it's weird. Traverse City, Michigan, my favorite city to
vacation in. They used to have a minor league team
that played the Florence y'alls. They were the beach Bums.
Love it, but now it's in a different league, mostly
like college oriented students playing Jerverse City is known for
its cherry Festival and cherry farms. They're the pit spitters,
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as in cherry pitt spitting them out, the pit Spitterers.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
While Ontario has a baseball team coming to a single
a affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and they released
their new branding this week. They are the Ontario Tower Buzzers.
What do you think? They say it's a salute to
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the city's aviation legacy. It was inspired by a line
from Top Gun. In that nineteen eighty six film, there's
a line that says, sorry, Goose, but it's time to
buzz the tower. And in another nod to that movie
Top Gun, the team's b mascot will be known as Maverick,
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the code name for the character by Tom Cruise. That
new team will play its first game in April of
next year, with the home game against the Lake elsinor Storm.
They're an affiliate of the San Diego Padres Go Tower Buzzers,
Go Storm. Support your local minor league baseball team, and
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thank you for supporting us here tonight and listening to
another edition of Michael Monks Reports. I'm Michael Monks from
KFI News with you all week long next week, bring
you the news, appearing on your favorite shows, talking about
the headlines. You can follow me online at Mike Monk's
La m I C M O NKS LA. If you
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missed any part of tonight's jam packed show Convention Center Stuff,
you gotta hear it, look us up on the iHeartRadio app,
listen to it at your leisure, or find it at
KFI AM sixty dot com. My thanks to Tony and
Mario in the control room. And Brigitta in the news
Booth for their help tonight, and thanks to all of
you for listening to another edition of Michael Monks Reports
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