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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call
with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
App k f I and kost HD two Los Angeles,
Orange County. Your host, Amy Kay.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
It's five o'clock.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
This is your wake up call for Tuesday, October seventh.
Good morning. I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app. Super excited that you're starting your day right
here with us. We got so much to get to,
of course, including baseball. We'll talk about the Dodgers, just
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one win away from advancing to the Championship Series.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
WHOA, that was a great game last night. So much fun.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Hey it's National Taco Day and it's Taco Tuesday and
we don't have tacos.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
We should have brought tacos. I should have planned better.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Oh well, anyway, and did you know that they just
they announced a list of the best taco places. Yelp
rated them, and the number one taco place in America
is Verria Famia Castro. I'm probably saying that wrong. It's
in North Hollywood, number one best tacos. Kno's laughing at me.
(01:34):
I did say it wrong, but you're clothes media is
it's hard to tell.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
But it's not Bria.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
It's Berrieria b I R R I E R I A.
Because yeah, it's not just Beria, it's Berrieria.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I know right. Anyway, best tacos in America.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
I would imagine since that a list came out that
their business has spiked just a bit.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Here's what's ahead on wake up call. Well, the lights
were on, but no one was home.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
For about six hours last night, there were no air
traffic controllers operating out of the Hollywood Burbank Airport. Traffic
was being handled out of San Diego. Some flights were canceled,
others delayed. Official say air traffic controllers are expected to
return to the job today.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
It's all tied to the government shutdown.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez has been released from the
hospital and released on bail after getting into a fight
with a delivery driver in Indianapolis, in which both men
ended up being stabbed. Police say the man had parked
his truck, Sanchez got upset when he wouldn't move it,
and the fight ensued. Sanchez is facing a felony charge
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and two misdemeanors. The Dodgers one went away from the
National League Championship Series. LA held off a ninth inning
rally by the Phillies to beat Philadelphia four to three.
Action shifts back to LA for Game three tomorrow at
Dodger Stadium. LA leads the best of five series two
games to none, and of course you can listen to
all the action on our sister station, AM five seventy KISLAC.
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Today is the two year anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel.
Can you believe it's been two years. We're gonna be
talking with ABC sture Donna Miller in Jerusalem to talk
about the prospects for peace between Israel and Hamas. Amazon
Prime days are here, and as you take advantage of deals,
there are scammers trying to take advantage of you. Kfi's
(03:22):
national correspondent Rory O'Neil joins us to tell us what
to look for and how to protect yourself. Tired of
swapping out cars every few years? Well, the host of
How to Money on KFI, Joel Larsgard, is going to
tell us which cars are best if you're in it
for the long haul, and also why a contract gig
may be a good way to go when it comes
to your next job. Okay, I'm getting I'm getting tips
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on how to say it from editor Carla Bdaia bdi
A Rhea.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
There you go. Is that right? You don't roll the R.
I thought you did roll the R. That's what I know.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Let's get started with some of the story coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The FAA says
the control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport was empty last
night because of staffing issues during the ongoing government shutdown.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Flights could still take off in land, but pilots had
to use procedures typically followed at small airports without control towers.
Air Traffic controllers have to work during the shutdown, but
they're not being paid and some have started calling in sick.
A dozen FAA facilities experienced staffing issues Monday, including Phoenix
and Denver. The controllers union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association,
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said it's normal for people to call in sick on
any given day, but that what happened Monday shows how
fragile the nation's aviation system is. Tammy Triheo KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Former LA Deputy Mayor Brian Williams has been sentenced to
a year probation for calling in a fake bomb threat
to city Hall during a virtual meeting. He admitted he
falsely told police last October that he got a call
on his city issued cell phone from a man who
said he had placed a bomb in city Hall. His
lawyer cited undiagnosed mental health challenges. Williams was Mayor Bass's
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Deputy Mayor of Public Safety at the time. Three people
are in critical condition following a Metavac helicopter crashing onto
a highway in Sacramento. Officials say the helicopter took off
from the roof of UC Davis Medical Center just minutes
before the crash last night. A pilot, a nurse, and
paramedic were aboard the helicopter at the time. One of
them was trapped under the helicopter. A helicopter but by
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standards helped cruise get them out. A guy well known
in LA in the sneaker community has been arrested. ABC's
Alex Stone says cool Kicks founder Adil Schams is accused
of stealing a half million dollars worth of train cargo.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Popular shop went on Instagram saying it had no way
of knowing that a quote small allotment of Nike sneakers
it received were stolen, but the lapd now indicating it
was no small allotment.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
More than two thousand pairs of stolen Nikes and one
hundred cartons of Nike clothing were allegedly found in the shop.
Lakerstar Lebron James has posted a mysterious message on x
A short video clip shows him walking to what looks
like an interview seat on a basketball court. The caption
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reads the Decision of All Decisions. October seventh, twelve pm
Eastern Standard Time, hashtag the Second Decision. James turns forty
one in December. Some say the announcement could possibly be
about his retirement. Let's say good morning to Michael Morrison.
Check a crash in South LA on the one ten.
This one's been around four quite a while this morning, thanks.
Speaker 6 (06:32):
Gaming, Good morning to you. One ten southbound past Florence Avenue.
All lanes are taken away. They're all blocked because of
a fatality accident investigation. One person was killed in the
multi vehicle wreck, first reported about one thirty this morning. Now,
if you're on the one ten southbound, you can take Slawson,
then go south on Vermont Avenue and then go to
Century Boulevard and that will lead you right back to
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the south one ten. Now at that same location on
the one ten southbound before Florence Avenue, it's a two
vehicle accident and is blocking the left and lane. We
have count Trans project for another hour. On the East
sixty two, left hand lanes are shut down for bridge
repairs from the fifty seven to Diamond Bar Boulevard up
ahead and Gino. On the East sixty past Phillips Ranch
Road is an accident involving a moped. A moped on
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the freeway. That's interesting anyway. This has cleared from lanes
over to the right hand shoulder. A count Trans project
wrapping up in Garden Grove twenty two westbound. This was
a concrete poor project that had the carpool and left
hand lanes closed between Harbor Boulevard and Magnolia. That project
is all over with West Southern California. It's most now
accurate traffic reports. I'm Mike Morris.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Thank you, Mike.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
It's five h seven on your wake up call this
Tuesday morning. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jordonna
Miller in Jerusalem, So Jordana, it's been two years to
the day since Samos crossed the border and massacred more
than twelve hundred israe lease and took two hundred.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
And fifty hostages. Are we on the precipice of peace? Yet?
Speaker 7 (07:55):
You know, I think everyone is scraying that we are
and raising their voices and you know, doing anything they can.
Speaker 8 (08:06):
To positively impact the Gaza sease fire talks that have.
Speaker 7 (08:13):
Just started in Charmel Shak They began last night.
Speaker 8 (08:16):
There'll be more today.
Speaker 7 (08:18):
We see, for example, that Idan Alexander, the American hostage,
who is the last hostage to be released.
Speaker 8 (08:26):
He'll be meeting with President Trump today at the White House.
You know, here in.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
Israel, it's a somber day. There are thousands across the
country holding all kinds of vigils down in the in
the very communities that were pillarred and burned and where
people were you know, shot and killed at close range,
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those communities of near all zinksar Aza, you know, missus.
Another site, of course is the Nova Music festival, where
over three hundred Israelis were gunned down, and there many
people are gathering. It's a bit of a strange anniversary
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here because it's also falling on the Jewish holiday of Sukkote,
which is according to Jewish Chris and a holiday that's
supposed to be about happiness, and today is the first
day of that holiday, and it's a day that is
like the Sabbath, right where people don't work and don't drive,
and those who are religiously observant don't get in their cars.
Speaker 8 (09:36):
So there are sections of.
Speaker 7 (09:41):
Portions of families affected by October seventh in one way
or another that are simply not taking part in the
in what's happening today because they're not you know, they're
not getting in cars and they're not driving, and they're
not turning on their television. So I think tonight, when
the holiday ends, we'll see more, you know, some of
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those families will come out. But it is I have
to say, it's two years, but it feels like yesterday
in a sense that you know, there isn't there's not
a lot of closure here because the war is ongoing.
And I'm sure you know, people in Gaza would say
the same.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Okay, we know that Hamas has said it will release hostages.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Is that still on the table I mean, or does
that pause during these negotiations or is that moving forward, I.
Speaker 7 (10:34):
Mean, the sides are supposed to be tackling that very
issue of releasing all the all the Israeli hostages twenty living,
twenty eight bodies in one foul swoop, in exchange for
the release of about twenty two hundred jailed Palestinians, including
two hundred and fifty that are serving life sentences for
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very deadly attacks on Israelis, you know, bus bombings, et cetera.
That is the that is the heart of the negotiation
right now, what everybody's calling phase one. I think it's
going to take a few more days. If we get
through that first phase, I think it'll be a really
good sign that the war is actually on the precipice
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of ending, and that we will see phased Israeli withdrawal
and these a new governing council being put in place,
and the International Security Force continuing to be trained, and
more countries will add.
Speaker 8 (11:32):
To it, you know.
Speaker 7 (11:34):
I think the next few days are critical. If Hamas
tries to stall or pay for you know, play for time,
or ask that uh, the hostages only be released now,
you know, half and in a month or two the
other half, then I think we're going to run into.
Speaker 8 (11:50):
Real trouble and all thing could could fall apart.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
All right, well, we will be watching at ABC's Jordana
Miller in Jerusalem, thank you for the update.
Speaker 8 (11:57):
To appreciate it, Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
It's interesting, she said, it feels like it was yesterday.
Remember after nine to eleven. Now it feels far away,
but for years after, it felt like yesterday. Let's get
back to some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The federal government is still
shut down and there doesn't seem to be any end
in sight. James Jones with the National Park Service says
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he's now on furlough for the second time in seven years.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
We had to pinch every penn in my family, you know.
We had to buckle down and only span all the necessities.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
He says.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
A lot of furloughed federal employees have been told that
they could lose their jobs altogether. Science educator Bill Nye,
the Science Guy, is making a case to keep NASA's
funding intact. The Trump administration wants to cut it by
about a quarter next year, but nica's cuts will cause
people to leave NASA and let China overtake the US
in a new space race.
Speaker 9 (12:52):
There's going to be a spot Nick moment when taikanats
China National Space Administration space travelers are on the Moon
in the next five years.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
He says, Mission for mission, the China National Space Administration
is going to outcompete the US. Lawmakers in Utah passed
a new congressional map that shores up the state's all
Republican delegation in the US House. The vote yesterday came
after a court ordered state after a court ordered the
state legislator legislature to draw a new map that split
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Salt Lake County into two districts instead of the current four.
A district court that called for the new line still
needs to approve it. A law banning transgender women from
playing on female sports teams in New York has been
upheld by a state judge. ABC's Chuck Sievertson says a
roller derby league had sued, saying the ban violated the
state's anti discrimination laws.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
New York Judge R.
Speaker 10 (13:45):
Bruce Cousins writes that Nassau County's ban is designed to
protect women and girls, and that transgender athletes can still
play in co ed sports leagues.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
At the County's facilities.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
The New York Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit
on the league's behalf, says it'llchallenge the ruling. Cracker Barrel
is cutting ties with the consulting firm behind its disastrous rebrand.
Speaker 11 (14:06):
The company announced its ending its partnership with Profit, apparently
unconvinced of the name's aptnes. The group was hired last
March to design a new brand marketing campaign, and the
new logo drew a swift backlash from Cracker Barrel customers
when it dropped its familiar picture of an elderly man
called Uncle Herschel leaning on a barrel. Customers also called
the new instore de course soulless. Cracker Barrel quickly reversed
(14:27):
course and returned the original logo and in store old
fashioned feel.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Mark Ronner KFI news.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Governor Newsom says Bourbank Airport had zero air traffic controllers
on duty four hours he posted on except from four
fifteen to ten yesterday. There was no one to direct
air traffic because of the federal government's shutdown. Several controllers
called in sick. Air traffic controllers are considered essential, so
they work, but they're not paid until after the shutdown,
(14:54):
air traffic was handled out of San Diego. The truck driver,
who police say was attacked by four i'mer USC and
NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, is suing Sanchez was stabbed in
a fight with the driver early Saturday in Indianapolis. The
sixty nine year old delivery truck driver is suing Sanchez
and Fox for permanent disfigurement. Sanchez has been charged with
(15:14):
at least one felony, along with unlawful entry of a
motor vehicle and public intoxication. Gas prices of ticked up
following last week's explosion at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.
The average price for a gallon of regular gas in
La County is up to just under four to seventy two.
An Orange County gas is averaging four to seventy a gallon.
Experts say bigger increases could be coming soon because of
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the explosion and the fire.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
At six oh five, it's handle on the news.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
President Trump says if he needs to declare an insurrection,
he will, but he hasn't had to so far.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Bill'll tell you about that.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Let's say good morning now to kfi's national correspondent Rory O'Neil, So.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Rory Prime Days are here.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
That means good deals, and it could mean that scammers
are out to get you.
Speaker 12 (16:02):
Too well, right, So you got to pay attention because remember,
a lot of the stuff on Amazon is not sold
by Amazon. There are these third party vendors that get
in there, and some of them are better than others.
Amazon does a great job of actually policing those vendors
to make sure that they have good return policies and
the like. But what's been happening more and more is
(16:24):
that these third party vendors jack up the prices of
products last week and then they're cut down today, so
it looks like it's, oh, it's thirty five percent off.
You're like, no, it's not. You just jacked up the
price thirty five percent last week and you're just making
it look like a deal. So the advice is, especially
on more expensive items, use some of the price tracking
(16:44):
tools that are out there websites like keep Up k
EEPA or Camel Camel Camel. You copy the URL of
the item you want on the Amazon page, copy that url,
paste it into kipa or camel Camel Camel, and it
will give you the full price history of that item,
so you know if you actually are getting a good
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deal for these prime days.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Kind of like at a furniture store when they go, oh,
half off, I'm like, yeah, that's not really half off.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
That's like the mattress store. I mean, come on, mattress
stores are okay.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
So that so this is a different kind of scam
because it's not necessarily like they're hacking into your accounts
and stealing stuff from you. They're just like messing with
the prices.
Speaker 12 (17:25):
Right, I would say it's also part of it in
terms of some of those third party resellers. You know
they some of them are are pretty rotten and have
worse than just that pricing strategy. But so you have
to be more mindful of exactly who you're buying the
product from. A lot of people don't understand that these
are third party vendors, so just make sure look see
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what the reviews are, if people have had issues returning items,
or whether or not they're many times they're getting used
items that are being billed as new. So you've got
to be careful with some of those operators.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Okay, And is there a way to tell if you're
going through a third party seller, and it's not really
say it yeah.
Speaker 12 (18:02):
It'll say sold by, and then that's what you should
look for on some of these items. And again especially
for look if it socks and underwear, whatever, but if
it's something that you're buying, you're buying a new laptop,
you might want to do a little bit of homework
to make sure that you're getting something that's new and
that people who've also used the same seller are happy
with the products that they've received. And again, Amazon very good,
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very vigilant about trying to maintain these but the scammers
are out there, and we got to report this week
that found Americans get approached to be conned more than
any other nationality on Earth. We get about one hundred
different scam attempts every single month, so that's about three
a day that we got to be looking out for, you.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Know, and I see it all the time, Like I
got something yesterday that looks very legitimate, but I'm like,
there's no way that they're because I'm a United Healthcare customer,
They're going to give me this great oralb toothcare or
you know, you care kit.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
I'm like, no, that's not real.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
But everything about it looks legitimate, So you've got to
be really careful these days.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Yeah, and it's so hard.
Speaker 12 (19:09):
And then you just say, you know what, maybe they
were offering it legitimately, like you know what, it's not
worth exposing whatever. Again, if they're soliciting information from you,
red flag.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
That's a hard pass.
Speaker 12 (19:21):
Anytime they want your social Security number, a credit card number,
anything like that. If they're soliciting it from you, if
you're trying to find them and you track them down,
different story. But if it's an unsolicited that's a big
red flag.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
All Right, you're getting any deals this prime.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
That's a good thing. Yeah, that's cheap, But do I
need it?
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I know it's a want need thing. But you can
be thinking about Christmas because Christmas is only two months away.
Speaker 12 (19:44):
What does Amy want? That's really been my obsession all
morning long. It's trying to figure out what does Amy
want for this?
Speaker 3 (19:50):
I want to rumba. So if you're thinking, yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
But you're noisy, they are loud?
Speaker 12 (19:56):
Are they?
Speaker 1 (19:57):
I don't know. I don't have one, but my friend
just got one and she's like, I love it. I'm like,
I'm gonna have to wait for Christmas for that one.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
Hi right er, all right?
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Gay If i's a national correspondent, Rory O'Neil, thanks for
the advice, Thanks Aby, all right. Seawn Combs wants to
serve his time at a low security federal prison in
New Jersey.
Speaker 13 (20:13):
Seehn didty Coombe specifically wants to go to Fort Dix,
a low security lock up with four thousand inmates. Not
only is the closed family in New York, but it
has a residential drug abuse program said to be the
most intensive in the federal prison system. Diddy's lawyers have
written a letter making the Fort Dick's request. Combs has
been sentenced to fifty months behind bars for transportation to
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engage in prostitution. He'll get credit for the twelve months
he's spent at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. I'm
Sarah Lee Kessler.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
State lawmakers, a member of the LA City Council, and
law enforcement leaders have called on Governor Newsom to sign
Assembly Bill four seventy six. It would strengthen penalties for
copper theft. LA County Sheriff Luna says it would also
target businesses that trade install and copper.
Speaker 14 (21:00):
So the next time somebody comes into your place of
business and they're trying to sell this, there's a very
good chance it may be an undercover deputy shriff from
the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Local leaders say copper theft is to blame for widespread
street light and utility outages. They made their plead a
newsom near the sixth Street Bridge in downtown LA, which
has also been darkened by copper theft from its lights.
The Supreme Court's going to hear a high profile case
today on conversion therapy.
Speaker 15 (21:28):
The case is a challenge to the Colorado law that
bans therapy aimed at changing a miner's sexual orientation. Backers
of the law say it's harmful to gay and transgender children.
A Christian therapist says the law is an infringement on
her free speech. Nearly half of all US states banned
the practice, and the High Court's eventual ruling could have
sweeping impacts. Jim rope Kfi News Pope Leo.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Is making some changes.
Speaker 16 (21:55):
He has started correcting some of Pope Francis's financial reforms
and decisions. Yesterday, Pope Leo canceled a law that had
concentrated financial power in the Vatican Bank, known by its
acronym Ior, the pope's first ever executive decrease, as the
Holy See generally does use the Vatican Bank, but it
can turn to non Vatican banks in other countries if
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the Vatican's Investment Committee deems it more efficient or convenient.
Deborah mark KOFFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Some of President Trump's biggest podcast allies might be turning
on him.
Speaker 17 (22:28):
Major podcast influencers like Joe Rogan, Theo Vaughn, Andrew Schulz,
and Sean Ryan, who once gave Trump massive access to
young male audiences, are now condemning his immigration policies, support
for Israel, and what they call broken campaign promises. Rogan
called recent deportations quote e fing crazy, while Schulz accused
Trump of doing quote the exact opposite of what he promised.
(22:49):
Political analysts say their criticism highlights growing frustration among young
voters who wants back Trump and could weaken the GOP's
hold on this influential online community heading into next year's midterm.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Heather Brooker, Okay, if I News, well, the.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Dodgers one went away from advancing to the National League Championships.
Did you catch the game last night? It was a
nail bier. The Phillies scored three in the bottom of
the ninth and we're knocking on the Dodgers door.
Speaker 10 (23:13):
The hockey honkers down on the mound, kicks in fires
Turner swings crown ball.
Speaker 18 (23:18):
A second scooped up by him and he throws first
dug out by Freddy Freeman. He picks it and saves
the game. That's a win for LA.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
The Dodgers delivered a one two punch to the Phillies.
Speaker 10 (23:32):
The Dodgers came into one of the toughest road atmospheres
that there is to offer in Major League Baseball, and
they win two games.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Game three is tomorrow back in LA at Dodgers Stadium.
First pitch goes out at six eight pm. That's gonna
make it a late night for mama.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Not looking forward to that, but looking forward to the game.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
If they win tomorrow, the advance and if they don't
win tomorrow night, then there's a game four on Thursday afternoon.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Either way, go Blue, still to come on wake up call.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Governor Newsim says Burbank Airport had zero air traffic controllers
on duty four hours last night. He says it was
because of the federal government shutdown, several controllers called in sick.
Air traffic was handled through San Diego. Traffic controllers are
considered essential, so they do work during a shutdown, but
they don't get paid until after it's over. The owner
(24:28):
of cool Kicks, which specializes in the resale of limited
edition shoes and apparel, has been arrested for the theft
of merchandise worth about a half million dollars. Law enforcement
recovered more than twenty one hundred pairs of Nike shoes
and Nike apparel and footwear during a raid in Santa Monica.
Laped says the investigations ongoing and more arrests are expected.
Lakers star Lebron James plans to make an announcement today
(24:50):
that he calls the Second Decision. It's a reference to
his announcement back in twenty ten that he was leaving
Cleveland to sign with the Heat. There is speculations it's
about his retirement plan. He's entering his twenty third season
with the NBA at the age of forty at six
oh five.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
It is handle on the news.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
The government shutdown now affecting air traffic and hit close
to home at the Burbank Airport. Bill's gonna have something
to say about that. Here's what's coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Three people aboard a Metavac
helicopter have been critically heard in a crash on a
highway in Sacramento.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
Another medical helicopter overhead reporting in the Reach helicopter was down.
Speaker 17 (25:33):
One five down in the middle of every way forgets
medical toolm.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
Immediately, the audio from liveatc dot net bystanders came to
their aid. Those inside reported to be alive.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Alex Stone says the pilot, a nurse, and a paramedic
were the only ones on board last night. There were
no patients. The helicopter had lifted off from UC Davis
Medical Center just before it crashed. The CDC's accepted an
advisory panel's recommendation on COVID nineteen ten vaccination.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
The CDC's approval comes after the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices unanimously recommended people speak with their doctors about getting
the COVID nineteen shot, regardless of age or health conditions.
The panel's recommendation added another hurdle for those seeking the vaccine,
and it marks a shift from the universal recommendation that
made shots widely available to anyone who wanted one. Once
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the panel's recommendations are approved, they immediately become the policy
for Medicare and Medicaid patients. Tammy Triheo KFI News.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Fox NFL analyst Mark Sanchez is out of the Hospit
out of the hospital on bond, so he's out of
the hospital and out of jail facing a felony battery
charge in connection with a fight with a truck driver
in Indianapolis. ABC's Matt Rivers's The fight was over parking.
Speaker 19 (26:46):
Prosecutors choosing to upgrade that battery charge after reviewing surveillance video,
witness statements, and the extent of the victim's medical condition.
As for that felony charge, if convicted, it carries a
sentence of one to six years.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Sanchez is set for a preliminary hearing November fourth. Homeland
Security Secretary Christy Noms says drug cartels and gangs have
put bounties on ICE agents. She says the bounties are
two thousand dollars for kidnapping and ten thousand dollars for
killing the agents. Huntington Beach Republican Senator Tony Strickland tells
kfi's John Cobalt at sanctuary city laws in California make
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things worse for ICE agents.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
It's not only them that have a bounty on them.
Speaker 14 (27:25):
I'm also concerned about their families and social media and
everything else.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Nom says, it's a very dangerous and unprecedented situation.
Speaker 18 (27:36):
And how is gonna come bus down in dorm trying
to build a house on bill?
Speaker 2 (27:41):
No more, but I got it, skill of fun.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Kids are all skinning all entry.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Singer Zach Bryan has a new song criticizing the actions
of immigration and Customs enforcement. Brian released a one minute
snippet of the song bad News on Instagram yesterday. He
sings about ICE busting down doors and the fate of
the Red, White, and Blue. Time to get in your
business with Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Morning Dan, Good morning Amy, How are you.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
I'm good.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
So, if you're thinking about a Tesla and you want
a Tesla but you're not going to get a Tesla
because they're so darn expensive, this could be good.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
News, absolutely, Amy.
Speaker 20 (28:20):
We now know what Tesla is teasing on social media
over the week and had like an image just headlights
and things. Well, sources telling Bloomberg that the company plans
and La cheaper version of the model Why today. The
car is going to give Tesla a more affordable vehicle
to count to the loss of electric vehicle incentives that
ended last week. We're told that Tesla managed to engineer
cost out of the model Why in part by focusing
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on the battery pack and motor, but amy no word
yet on how much the new car will be costing us.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
Well, that's not helpful. I thought it was.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
So we just know it's going to be less expensive,
but we don't know if it's going to be fifty
dollars less or five thousand.
Speaker 20 (28:54):
Dollars less or it could it be like instead of
thirty grand, it's twenty nine nine nine nine.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Who knows, right, Okay, well, we'll be watching. We'll be watching.
Let's see what's next. Beer distributor did well last quarter.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
I may have helped in that.
Speaker 20 (29:08):
Constellation Brands, the company behind Corona Medello beer in the US,
brewed up better than expected earnings in its latest quarter
despite beer and alcohol alcoholic beverages in general struggling. As
we know, younger consumers are drinking less now analysts point
a mix of health conscious trends more cannabis use and
weight loss drugs that may be curbing alcohol cravings. Constellations
(29:30):
sold off most of its wine business not too long ago, though,
So people are drinking beer apparently, and why not.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Who doesn't like a good beer.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I'll be having one at Dodger Stadium on Thursday if
there's a game on Thursday.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Why one.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Exactly, exactly, that's what those beer distributors want.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
To hear too, Okay, exactly.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
A company in California, Oh, this is I'm interested in
this one. How to keep solar panels operating when there's no.
Speaker 20 (29:56):
Solar Yeah, this is a really interesting story. California based
startup reflect Orbital. They're based in Hawthorn. They aim to
keep solar farms running at night by reflecting sunlight from space. That,
though has sparked controversy amongst astronomers, whose work, of course
relies on dark skies. They say reflect Orbital's goals will
come at the expense of their research. Reflecting sunlight to
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the dark side of Earth may have other pitfalls. Scientists
have documented how artificial light at night can disrupt the
behavior of nocturnal species and as we know, Amy and
with your work schedule, light pollution can also have adverse
impacts on human health. So while it could be a
good thing obviously for a renewable energy, it could be
bad in terms of what it means for humans and animals.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Okay, So they'd set up these mirrors and reflect it,
so we'd have like beams of light shining into Hawthorn
in the middle of the night.
Speaker 20 (30:45):
Apparently, So yes, we'll be buying in Hawthorn yet, I guess.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Okay, be interesting to see that. Okay, And what are
we expecting in the markets today?
Speaker 20 (30:55):
Right now? It is not doing a lot at least,
we're all in the green. The S ANDP is up
to two points, so let's call that essentially flat. The
nazac's up twenty seven points, which is up a tenth
of one percent. The down that's up only twenty four points.
That's nearing a gain of a tenth of one percent.
So kind of cautious right now with markets opening in
about fifty minutes.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Okay, And then I have a question for you, Dan, like,
because of the shutdown, we know we didn't get a
jobs report on Friday. Yes, are there more reports that
are supposed to come out this week that we're not
going to get because of the shutdown.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
We really don't know right now.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
It's just a wait and sea game.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
Yeah, it's a wait and sea game.
Speaker 20 (31:33):
And I mean, I think some people might tell you
things seem to be running more smoothly right now, you know, okay,
but you know it's crazy right now. But there's a shutdown,
nothing seems to be going on, and what economic data
we get and don't.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
Get that's going to be weak tweak. I guess at
this point.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
We'll just have to wait and see. Bloomberg.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
Dan Schwartzman, get in your business. We do it every
morning at five forty.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
Thanks Dan, talk tomorrow, all right.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
A funeral has been held for the girl from Lake
elsin Or whose remains were found in the trunk of
an impounded tesla in Hollywood. Celestreevas had been reported missing
last year when she was thirteen. The tesla her remains
were in is registered to a singer named David Burke.
He's moved out of a rented home in the Hollywood
Hills and his US and European tours have been canceled.
(32:18):
Former Deputy Mayor of La Brian Williams has been sentenced
to a year of probation and fifty hours community service
for reporting a fake bomb threat to city Hall. Williams
called police and sent texts a text to several high
ranking city officials, including the mayor, saying he'd received a
bomb threat. Williams resigned in April. The Dodgers are headed
(32:41):
back to LA with the two nothing lead in the
National League Division Series. The Boys in Blue held off
a ninth inning rally by the Phillies to win their
second straight in Philadelphia, final score four to three. Game
three tomorrow evening at Dodgers Stadium. With a win, the
Dodgers would sweep the best of five series. If the
Dodgers lose tomorrow, Game fourth, Thursday afternoon in LA. We're
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just minutes away from Handle. On the news this morning,
I would watch this one. Hakeem Jeffries wants to debate
Mike Johnson over the government shutdown. Let's say good morning
now to the host of How to Money on KFI.
It's Joel lars Guard Morning.
Speaker 21 (33:15):
Joel morning, Amy.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
Okay, so you're saying when when you're looking for your
next gig instead of a regular employees setup, maybe contractor
freelance is a way to.
Speaker 21 (33:27):
Go at least consider it, right, So we are I
just I have feels for the people for three years
ago when the job market was robust and it was like, actually,
I'm gonna leave my employer and go down the street
and make twenty five percent more. And I was regularly
hearing from listeners who are making that happen. And the
(33:47):
job market is clearly not in that place right now,
and we've reached more of an equilibrium state because the
unemployment rate overall is still reasonably low from a historic perspective,
but we're also it's there's kind of a frozenness to
the job market. And it's not that you can't go
down the street and potentially make more, it's just that
it's much much harder to pull off. And so one
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of the tactics that I've seen people employing right now
in order to maybe get their foot in the door
for an employer they're interested in working for, or even
a way to potentially make a higher hourly rate. But
it just doesn't come without it just doesn't come with
the benefits is opting for like a freelance or a
contract position. And so employers are saying, we're just kind
(34:30):
of uncertain about what's going to happen with the economy
where things are headed. They're saying these tariffs, like how
much are they going to impact our bottom line? And so, yeah,
we'd like to expand we'd like to hire some more folks,
but it's easier for us to potentially hire someone in
a contract position right now because it's easier to ask
you if the time comes that we actually can't afford
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to keep you on, And so you might be able to,
as an individual, find one of these contract or freelance
positions and maybe that's what gets your foot in the
door at an employer. As a way to move if
you're if you're looking to move jobs or you need
a new job, this could be the perfect way to
get started. Even if you're like, man, I want that
(35:13):
at full time posisue with benefits, This could be a
good option for a lot of folks.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
There's certain there's certain companies who basically operate that way,
like Nike used to. I don't know if they still do,
but when I was up in Oregon, Nike hired people
on a contract basis pretty regularly, and then after a
period of time they decide if they were going to
offer you full time.
Speaker 21 (35:34):
Yeah, And I think it's understandable from an employer perspective,
where you're like, let's let's test the goods out. Let's
let's go like three six months and see how this
person fits from a culture perspective and what sort of
work they're churning out. And then for you too, when
you think about the right now, trying to go through
the hiring process and get your it can be a real,
(35:57):
a real pain. And so you're like, I've submitted my resis,
I've reached out multiple times, I feel like I'm not
hearing back. Trying to get hired can be tough, but
trying to get hired for a contract position can be
much easier because the stakes are lower and so uh.
But then once you're once you're in the door, and
you're in, you're churning out good work, and you're valuable
to that employer, it's so much easier for them to say,
six months down the road, all right, let's bring you
(36:18):
on full time now, benefits included.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
But I will say this too.
Speaker 21 (36:22):
One of my friends, like he got laid off recently
and he's doing contract work for the employer that laid
him off, and he's making a much higher hourly rate
now and he's able to his his spouse is still working,
so he's able to get benefits there, and so it's
actually been in some ways a better situation for him.
So I think some people are maybe just reticent to
(36:43):
even consider freelance and contract positions, and I just think
it's something that should be on the table.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
Okay, here's something that I am very interested in. You
can put more in your retirement accounts.
Speaker 11 (36:54):
Now.
Speaker 21 (36:55):
Yeah, so this is fun. And it happens every year
or two where the contribution limits for retirement accounts goes up,
and they all go up at different rates, depending on
different things, partly based on the rate of inflation. But
your next year in twenty twenty six, you're gonna be
able to contribute more to your four one K to
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your four or three B if you are the kind
of person and if you if you're the kind of
person who wants to max out your retirement accounts, you're
my kind of person. And not many people can do this. Obviously,
it's really hard to contribute twenty four five hundred dollars
a year to your workplace retirement account. In addition to that,
you can contribute instead of seven thousand dollars, you can
(37:37):
contribute seventy five hundred to your traditional or roth ira.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
And so it's just.
Speaker 21 (37:43):
Important to mention I think these are good goals for
people to have good benchmarks to strive after. And in particular,
I love the roth Ira bump up. I want people
that's one of my favorite accounts, and so seeing that
you can put more money in that is a really
good thing. And I just divided soventy five hundred dollars
by twelve twelve months. And if you're seeking to max
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out your roth iray and you want to do it
in equal contribution amounts every single month, six hundred and
twenty five dollars a month is what you would need
to allocate into that roth Ira. And so whether you
have it through Vanguard or Fidelity or Schwab, just make
sure that you have that recurring contribution set up and
that you're investing the money that goes inside of that account.
But six hundred twenty five bucks a month is the
(38:27):
goal to shoot for if you want to max out
that account next year.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
All right, And then I thought this was interesting too,
because you know, there are so many people who just
got to have a new car. I used to be
one of them, got to have a new car all
the time, and I don't do that anymore. But if
you're looking to have a car for the long haul,
there are some cars to get and some to steer
away from.
Speaker 21 (38:49):
Yeah, and this is one of the Yeah, nice, nice,
I too love dad jokes. Yeah, this was a great
list for my c cars and it honestly it was
completely not shocking, just reinforcing of something we already know
from other data elsewhere. But Toyota's are more likely to
reach two hundred and fifty thousand miles something like three
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point seven times more likely to last that long than
any other maker model. And so if you're like and
I think this is a really important thing to consider,
especially with what we've discussed about people being underwater on
their cars taking out longer car loans. Well, if one
of the potential solves to that problem is driving a
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make and model that's going to last you a lot longer,
and so that's going to ease some of the pain
of maybe some of those other mistakes that people are making.
I love the idea of looking at specific makes and
models on a site like Consumer Reports to see well,
because from year to year the reliability ratings can vary,
so Consumer Reports is a great place to turn for that.
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But Toyota specifically Lexis also was there, Honda right afterwards,
and Accura.
Speaker 2 (39:58):
So the top four car that.
Speaker 21 (40:00):
Last the longest, that are most likely to make it
to turner fifty thousand miles are Toyotas and Hondas because
Honda makes Acura, Toyota makes Lexus. So if you're like,
if you're stumped about what kind of car to get,
that's at least one knee jerk reaction. That might make
some sense. And I love the idea. I don't know
if you'll actually most of us will actually drive cars
to two hundred fifty thousand miles. Both of mine are
getting close to two hundred thousand miles. I'd love to
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get to that point. And if you can, that's a
massive financial win for you, because the longer you keep
your car on the road, the longer you avoid having
a car payment. You're just gonna save so much money.
I know it gets tiresome to go to the mechanic
once your car passes two hundred thousand miles. But just
think of and actually and actually document what am I
spending to repair this car, because I would venture to
(40:44):
guess that it's a heck of a lot less than
what those monthly car payments would be if you were
to sign up for a new loan.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
All Right, The host of How to Money on KFI
is Joel Larsgard, and you can listen to him every
Sunday from noon to too. You can follow him on
how to Money Joel and get lots of great financial
advice like you just heard right here.
Speaker 3 (41:05):
Thank you, Joel.
Speaker 2 (41:06):
Thanks Abe.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Several
large airports in the US trying to get back on
schedule after a shortage of air traffic controllers.
Speaker 3 (41:15):
Yesterday, Biggy Davis.
Speaker 4 (41:16):
Tells KTLA the effects of the federal government shut down
made flying into Hollywood Burbank Airport or real pain.
Speaker 17 (41:22):
We get here, no luggage and we couldn't talk to anybody.
Speaker 1 (41:26):
It's been heck trying to get in touch with somebody
with the luggage.
Speaker 4 (41:29):
Hollywood Burbank Airport had zero air traffic controllers for about
six hours on Monday night, and Air Traffic Control Center
in San Diego took over those duties. Everyone landed safely,
but flights were delayed by an average of two and
a half hours. It was a similar story in Phoenix,
Las Vegas, Denver, and Newark. Tammy Trio Kfi news.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
Hey, if it happened in Vegas, that would be okay,
because then you could sit and you know, play the
machines while you waited. The owner of a jewelry store
in downtown La says he was robbed in Woodland Hills.
He told police last night that he had a dinner
at a Mexican restaurant on Ventura Boulevard and noticed that
he had a flat tire. As he was leaving, he
says when he pulled over, two men in dark clothes
and ski masks pulled up in a black minivan and
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robbed him of two hundred thousand dollars worth of jewelry
he had in a bag.
Speaker 3 (42:14):
He says.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
One guy had a knife. California's Attorney General wants people
to rat out bad landlords. He'll be in downtown La
later this morning to ask people to help the state
Department of Justice go after landlords who we exploit tenants,
mainly those from Spanish speaking communities. La Metro's unveiled plans
to make things go a little smoother for some big
events coming up.
Speaker 16 (42:35):
Metro set Go program, a national workshop series conducted with
the American Public Transportation Association, developed the playbook. It will
guide transportation planning for the twenty twenty six World Cup,
twenty twenty eight Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the twenty
thirty four Winter Games. The agency bills this as a
living document that will evolve as agencies test and refined
(42:57):
approaches through future events. Deborah Mark, KFI News.
Speaker 3 (43:02):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (43:02):
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Speaker 3 (43:11):
I'm Amy King.
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