July 31, 2025 • 41 mins
Amy Kinh hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC White House correspondent Karen Travers speaks on Trump saying 'it's going to work out very well' regarding the tariff deadline. Amy takes us ‘Out and About’ to the National History Museum of LA County for ‘Fierce!’ The story of cats. Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest regarding business and Wall Street. The show closes with ABC News national reporter Jim Ryan talking about extreme heat waves causing hot-car deaths.
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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 app.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 5 (00:30):
Well look at that.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Just like that, it's five o'clock on a Thursday, the
very last day of July, July thirty first, good morning,
Thanks for getting your day started with us. Got a
lot going on, as we always do, and we still
might manage to have a little bit of fun too. Reminder,
Doo doo newsflash starting on July twenty ninth. Actually missed this.
(00:56):
On the twenty ninth, Southway Stairline started booking flights that
had assigned seats. Oh yeah, so I went and checked
it out just to see it starts on January twenty seventh,
I think, is when they actually will have the assigned seats,
but you can book six months out and you have
(01:16):
to do the premium seats though to get to pick it.
Otherwise they'll assign him to you when you get to
the airport, kind of like the low cost carriers that
tick me off so much. Yeah, So, I don't know
if it's going to be a great deal or a
crappy deal. And I don't know that I'm gonna fly
southwest anymore. I'm seriously take a little break. I liked
lining up and going, hey, are you be twenty two
(01:39):
or you beat twenty three?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
D I loved being able to just walk in and
sit next to the exit, you know, like you've got
there early enough, you've.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Got in the line.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, not anymore, Not anymore. Here's what's ahead on wake
up Call. Following some lobbying from local officials in La,
Governor Newsom assigned an order that exempts La County from
a state law that would allow high density housing in
Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Under Senate Bill nine, property owners
(02:08):
can build up to four units on land that had
been designated for single family homes. Former Vice President Kamala
Harris will not be the next governor of California. She
announced yesterday that while she thought seriously about it, she
will not be running for governor in twenty twenty six. Instead,
she says she's looking forward to helping get Democrats elected
across the country. Governor Newsom terms out in twenty twenty six.
(02:30):
He'll leave office in January twenty seventh, the US and
South Korea have struck a trade deal ahead of President
Trump's August first deadline. In the deal, South Korea will
pay fifteen percent tariffs and invest three hundred and fifty
billion dollars in the US. We're going to be talking
more about tariffs and the deadline that happens tomorrow. Who's
going to pay the tariffs, who's going to escape them,
(02:50):
and how big will they be. ABC's Karen Travers joins
us in just a couple of minutes. So we're having
a pretty mild summer so far in southern California. It's
actually been kind of nice. The clouds in the morning
are keeping a little bit cooler because last year at
this time, I think it was over one hundred every day. Anyway,
it is a scorcher though in much of the country,
and that has unfortunately turned deadly. ABC's Jim Ryan is
(03:13):
going to have some reminders for us that could save
lives in hot weather. That's coming up before the top
of the hour. Also, we're going out and about to
the Natural History Museum to share with you the perfect exhibit.
Oh uh oh, yeah, that's a five twenty out and
about at the Natural History Museum, a lot of fun.
(03:34):
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news room. Former Vice
President Kamala Harris says she will not run in next
year's governor's race in California. ABC News political director Avery
Harpersus Harris has been spending most of her time out
of the public eye.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
Speaking to issues that pertain to this current political climate,
speaking to issues that pretend to this current administration, and
therefore she is finding opportunity is to continue to be
involved and relevant to the current political conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Eris says, for now, her leadership will not be an
elected office. The democratic field for next year's race is crowded.
It includes former La Mayor Antonio via Ragosa, former Congresswoman
Katie Porter, and former US Health Secretary Javier Bessera. LA
City Council's officially banned the N word and the C
(04:25):
word during public hearings.
Speaker 8 (04:27):
After years of rants targeting officials wait gender, and race,
the council voted to give speakers one warning, keep it
clean or you're out. Council President Marquise Harris Dawson says
the slurs scare people away from speaking and would quote
get you hurt anywhere outside city hall. Critics call the
band an attack on free speech and are threatening multimillion
(04:47):
dollar lawsuits. One frequent offender even vowed to quote Tupac
lyrics until he's kicked out. So for now, if you've
got something to say at a council meeting, keep your
slurs to yourself. Heatherbrooker KFI News.
Speaker 6 (04:59):
Give it a.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Newsome signed up bill requiring the state's high speed rail
project to create a funding plan.
Speaker 9 (05:04):
On Wednesday, Newsom approved Assembly Bill three seventy seven mandating
the High Speed Rail Authority release risk assessments and cost
estimates for a segment of rail that's yet to be completed.
The signing comes as the rail authority is suing the
Trump administration over its efforts to withhold federal funding from
the project. President Trump has criticized the project, saying it's overpriced,
over regulated, and has failed to deliver on its goals.
(05:26):
Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Getting deliveries may become more difficult in some parts of La.
La City Council's exploring the creation of so called exclusion zones.
Councilman Hugo's Hugo Soto Martinez says he gets complaints every
day from residents in his district, which includes Hollywood, about
hundreds of delivery vehicles clogging neighborhood streets, backing up traffic
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and creating unsafe conditions for both people walking and driving
in the area. Deliveries would apparently be restricted in those
areas well. Let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen,
Tomorrow's the big day, the deadline that Trump has put
in place to impose those tariffs on countries that haven't
made a trade deal with the US. Are negotiations continuing,
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they are.
Speaker 10 (06:10):
With some countries, and the President has said there will
be no extensions, that tomorrow is the day that the
teriffs go into effect if there aren't agreements reached with
countries that are trade partners, and so he's putting some
pressure on countries to kind of speed things up. But
this is also the same president who a couple of
weeks ago said the time for negotiations was over and
(06:31):
that the tariff rate that he had already set was
going to be it. A couple things happening since yesterday
the President announced a preliminary trade deal with South Korea.
Fifteen percent tariff on most goods coming into the US
from South Korea, that includes cars and electronics. Now that's
down from the twenty five percent that the President had
been threatening. He also announced a twenty five percent tariff
(06:54):
on India products coming into the US from India, And
that's notable because they're one of the world are just
producers and exporters of generic drugs, so we get a
lot of medicine from there. Four out of every ten
prescriptions filled in the US back in twenty twenty two
were filled by supplied by Indian companies, So that could
potentially have a big impact on prices on that particular sector.
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But the President that he was doing it because they
need to open their markets to American goods, and also
said because they have such a strong economic relationship with Russia,
citing the energy purchases that they do, and that this
is a reason why he thinks they should be hit
with such a steep tariff on their goods.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Okay, And I think it's interesting that he said negotiations
are over. Oh, by the way, we just made a
deal with South Korea.
Speaker 11 (07:39):
Yeah, so.
Speaker 10 (07:42):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah, I think those negotiations are probably going to continue
right up until the last minute behind closed doors, don't you.
Speaker 10 (07:50):
Yeah, I do, I mean, and I think it's also
you know, you could potentially see a flurry of things
that are like called deals, but again it's preliminary. There's
a lot of information that we still don't know about,
even the EU trade deal over the weekend. The Commerce
Secretary earlier this week said that there was still horse
trading to be done about the details of the EU
trade deal. So I think there's certainly an interest in
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getting things out before the deadline and announcing that there
was an agreement reached, but the fill in the blank
is still to be done on some of these the
particulars of it, okay.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
And then for China a bit of a reprieve. The
negotiations are continuing. I think Trump said that they were productive,
but there's no deal. But so they're going to push
back that deadline, right yeah.
Speaker 10 (08:33):
And they weren't even looking for a deal, and they
had these conversations in Sweden earlier this week. All sides
were downplaying the potential for any breakthrough. It's really about
just extending the truth that's in place right now. The
tariffs have been at one hundred and forty five percent
back into May, the President dropped them to thirty percent
as part of this truth that is set to expire
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on August twelfth. But we'll see if that gets extended
in about two weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Right, ABC's Karen Travers at the White House. Thanks so
much for the info.
Speaker 11 (09:04):
Have a great day.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The
NYPD officer who was working as a security guard when
he was shot and killed in an office tower in Manhattan.
He's being laid to rest today. Officer diet Rule Islam's
funeral is being held at a mosque in the Bronx.
Islam's wife is expecting their third child. He was killed
(09:26):
by a man from Las Vegas, who killed himself after
killing Islam and three others. On Monday. A city councilman
in Virginia has been set on fire while at the
office of a local publisher. He's now in the hospital.
Showcase magazine owner and publisher Andrew Brooks says a man
known to councilman j Lee Vogler walked into the office
(09:47):
yesterday and doused the Danville City councilman. He ran to
the front of the building was but was followed and
set on fire.
Speaker 12 (09:54):
This type of senseless act of violence has to stop.
You cannot have the right as a human being to
get upset with someone enough to lash out and attempt
to harm them in any way.
Speaker 9 (10:09):
Much less this way.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Vogler suffered serious burn injuries. Is The alleged attacker was
arrested a short time later. Police said the attack was
not related to Vogler's position as a city councilman. Senate
Democrats are trying to compel the Trump administration to release
its files on Jeffrey Epstein's Stephen Portnoy says they're invoking
(10:31):
a rare legal right held by two congressional committees and
have sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asking
for the full and complete Epstein files.
Speaker 13 (10:40):
And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Justice Department
must comply.
Speaker 14 (10:44):
If not, there's recourse in the courts.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
This is the law.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
The law enacted in nineteen twenty eight says that on
the demand of five members of what is now the
Senate Homeland Security Committee, an executive agency must turn over
any inf from requested of it. Schumer says they expect
the Trump administration to provide the files by August fifteenth.
Top advisor to former President Biden says his former boss was,
(11:12):
in his words, fully capable of exercising his presidential duties.
Steve Roshette was the latest in Biden's circle to be
questioned about his cognitive decline and possible misuse of the
presidential auto. Pen Rashetti told lawmakers there was no conspiracy
to hide the president's mental condition from the American people.
(11:33):
Former President Biden's senior advisor, Mike Donnellan is set to
be interviewed today. Guess what today is. It's Wednesday at Wendy's. Yeah,
I know it's Thursday, but.
Speaker 15 (11:51):
Wendy's has teamed up with Netflix to do special Wednesday
themed menu items so created by Wednesday Adams herself. The
meal includes rest in ten piece nuggets, Get it Cursed,
and crispy fries, dips of bread, oh no, not dips
(12:15):
of bread, dips of dread which are mystery sauces, and
a raven's blood frosty.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
I wonder what flavor that is. It's probably delicious, According
to Wendy's in true Adams fashion, there's nothing happy about
this meal. Okay, so it's going to be let's see Wednesday.
Season two launches on Netflix August sixth, so next week.
The meal is going to be available starting August fourth
(12:45):
in the US for a limited time. But there's going
to be a special Wednesday themed drive through experience in
Norwalk today. It's at the Wendy's on Imperial Highway from
ten am to ten pm. You can get the special
Wednesday Wendy menu items. Easy for me to say, I
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love this. Nothing happy about this meal. More than two
dozen people have been hurt by serious turbulence during a
Delta Airlines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam. It
was so bad the flight had to divert yesterday to
Minneapolis Saint Paul International. The airline says first responders met
the plane. Twenty five passengers were taken to hospitals to
be evaluated and treated. One passenger said people who weren't
(13:31):
wearing seatbelts were thrown about the cabin. The Federal Reserve
is leaving interest rates unchanged in spite of heavy pressure
from President Trump to lower rates. Trump said chair Jerome
Pal's decision is costing the economy hundreds of billions of dollars.
The Fed's going to look at the possibility of lowering
interest rates again in September. Residents of Long Beach have
(13:53):
been told there's going to be fighter jets dighting darting
around this weekend. Military says the fighter jets will arrive
at Long Beach Airport tomorrow. The notification made because FA
eighteen fighter jets are a lot louder than passenger jets.
They're going to be doing military operations on Saturday and
then they'll leave the area on Sunday at six oh five.
(14:14):
It's handle on the news. Kamala doesn't want the job,
at least not that job, and at least not for now.
Bill's going to tell you about that.
Speaker 13 (14:23):
Today.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
We are going out and about to the Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County. They've got their normal amazing exhibits.
If you want to see dinosaurs, good place to go,
of course, we've been there several times. We went to
the butterfly Pavilion, the spider pavilion, that's one of their
special exhibits. The special exhibits run for limited times, and
we went to check out their latest it's called Fierce
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the Story of Cats. We got to catch up with paleontologist,
cat afficionado and self proclaimed crazy cat lady Laura Tewksbury.
I'm really excited about so I'm happy to share. Yeah, well,
we're starting today in front of my favorite cat, P
twenty two, the most famous cat in La County and
probably all of southern California. Tell us about what we're
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going to see when we come to see Fierce the
Story of Cats.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
So Fierce kind of takes you on a journey around
the world and back through time, because not only do
we talk about a lot of the cats that are
still alive today, we also feature some of the fossil cats,
specifically the ones that lived right here in Los Angeles.
And we also talk about modern cat culture, specifically things
like Hollywood and that sort of thing, because cat stories
(15:32):
are still being told.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Absolutely. And I mentioned that you were a palaeontologist. Do
you work at the libre A tar Pits right here?
And you brought something very special to show us today.
I'd have to check this out because she talked about
that we go back in time when you come to
see this exhibit. So this one is a cast a copy.
You're welcome to hold it.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
This one is a single canine tooth of a saber
toothed cat.
Speaker 7 (15:54):
So this is a copy of.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Something that lived right here in Los Angeles geologically last weekend.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
That's so crazy. And in the exhibit we have different
skulls of different cats that how they've kind of progressed
through time.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Specifically some of the cats that lived alongside each other
here in I sage Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Okay, and check this out. The tooth is serrated like
a knife. It's serrated like I would not want to
run into a saber tooth tiger. And tell us about
some of the other cats that we're going to see.
You said that we see cats from all different continents
and their taxidermy many of them. So they are actual
real cats, and some of them are ggnormous.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Yes, absolutely, And we have both some of the smaller
cats that are more closely related to our house cats
that we have at home, some of those wildcats. But
then we also have you know, the big spectacular lions
and jaguars and tigers, that kind of thing. And being
able to tell a more holistic story of cats and
what makes them special.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Okay, and I thought it was really cool when we're
going through the exhibit that you see different things about
like how their teeth are so you know, integral in
their hunting and that deadly bite, and how their tongues
are different. So it's really not only the history of cats,
but why cats are how they are and why they're
so successful at hunting.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Absolutely and including interactive so there's a lot of places
where you know, you get to have a chance to
kind of experience better how they see, which is different
than how we see because of the way that their
eye works, and kind of explaining that but in a
really accessible way.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Okay, and then as you mentioned, there's also a little
part of the exhibit is about Hollywood because cats have
always played a big role in Hollywood and so tell
us about that.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
So we have, you know, the part of the exhibit
that came with us that talks about cats and culture
around the world. But then because we're Los Angeles and
we like to tell our stories as well, we have
things all the way from the MGM Lion to Pluschene
and really just talking about the role that cats have
in our lives today, both you know, as symbols, as
friends and as merchandise that we love to buy.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Yeah, okay, and then also maybe not pre as story.
Well there's prehistoric, but then there's also cats, like dating
back to Egyptian times and you have a very special
little cat.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yes, we have an Egyptian cat mummy that's actually on
display and it's relatively small because it's package shop like
Bubbius too. Yeah, but I really love just getting to
see that long history of humans loving cats.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Yeah, and if you love cats, come down and see
Fierce the Story of Cats. It's at the Natural History
Museum of La County. When is the exhibit going through.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It's through Imbrary eighteenth, And if they want more information,
they can look at NHM dot org slash cats.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
All right, Laura, thank you so much for your time today.
That is out and about. We're checking out cats. It
was very very cool and they had so many cats,
like it was a much larger exhibit than I expected.
I'm going to be posting the interview on my Instagram.
There's also a teas because they had a gift shop
and well yeah, anyway, that's at Amy K.
Speaker 16 (18:56):
King.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
It's also going to be up on the CAFI Instagram
at KFI am six forty in just a little while.
But again it's called fierce. The story of cats at
the Natural History Museum of La County. Very cool. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor Newsom has signed
an executive order limiting Senate Bill nine development in high
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fire hazard areas in La County. People in those community
needy communities affected by the wildfires had been worried about
the danger of dense housing being put into areas with
limited access. Jessica Rodgers is the president of the Palisades
Resident Association.
Speaker 6 (19:34):
This is about safety, keeping us safe from being caught
in a fire, which is what happened to people who
were running out of their vehicles to save their lives.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
SB nine, initially signed four years ago, allows more housing
to be built on lots that used to have just
one home. An attempted break in has been reported at
the home of Dodgers pitcher Yashinobu Yamamoto in the Hollywood
Hills while the team was in Cincinna. Police say three
people jumped defence yesterday and shattered a rear glass door,
(20:05):
but they didn't get inside. Staff turned on lights and
apparently scared the guys off. The three were caught on
security video, but no arrests have been made. A local
elected official is running for statewide office.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner has announced his candidacy for
California's Secretary of State. The Republican says a top priority
if he wins, would be to address what he and
some others see is an erosion of trust in the
state's voting processes.
Speaker 11 (20:29):
There's a lack of confidence in our system and that
is debilitating for democracy.
Speaker 16 (20:35):
It shouldn't be this way, and I want to fix it.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
Wagner is no stranger to Sacramento. He represented part of
Orange County in the State Assembly. He's also served as
mayor of Irvine. He's the first Republican to enter the field.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
The man accused of killing a couple hiking with their
children at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas has been arrested.
State police say the man had recently been hired to
work as a school teacher. He's now facing two counts
of capital murder. The couple killed was found dead Saturday
on a walking trail at Devil's den. Former NBA All
(21:10):
Star Gilbert Arenas has pleaded not guilty in LA to
federal charges of operating an illegal gambling business out of
a homie rented out in Encino. ABC's Alex Stone says
Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five others.
Speaker 13 (21:23):
Prosecutors say, including a high level member of an Israeli
transnational crime group. They're accused of running an illegal gambling
business out of Arenas's mansion. Here in La, high stakes
illegal poker games were allegedly being played in an organized operation.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
The FED say chefs, ballets, and armed security guards were
hired to staff the illegal poker games, and young women
were hired to serve drinks, provide massages, and as prosecutors alleged,
offer companionship to the players. The case against Arenas may
be tied to the disappearance of a woman from West La.
Speaker 17 (21:56):
Heighty plague venished in October of twenty twenty one. Citing
law enforce horsement sources can be. CTV reports the associates
of some of the people indicted in connection with the
gambling case were previously suspected of being involved with an
illegal poker room in a downtown La high rise that
high rises the same building where Plank was last seen.
The report also says Plank may have met up with
at least one of the people attending the poker game
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on the day of her disappearance. Daniel Martindale CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Doctors have warned parents to make sure kids get the
flu vaccine because of a rare but deadly flu related
brain disease.
Speaker 8 (22:29):
It's called acute necrotizing encephalopathy or ANE. The condition can
strike suddenly, causing brain swelling that leads to seizures, coma,
or even death within days, often in otherwise healthy kids.
A new study in jama found forty one US cases
over the last two flu seasons, with eleven children dying
within three days. Most of the children were unvaccinated. Neurologists
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say the spike highlights the importance of annual flu shots,
which can reduce the risk of severe complications like ANE.
The CDC has now begun tracking nationwide. Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Doctors in San Francisco have developed AI assistance to help
with their research.
Speaker 18 (23:07):
Using AI to generate ideas to see experiments in the
lab is just a very natural in my mind, a
no brainer.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Doctor John Pack with the chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network in
San Francisco, says AI won't replace human researchers, but will
help with tasks like coding, modeling, and attending meetings. Doctors
at Stanford University and the chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network says
say that the AI researcher will allow them to focus
(23:40):
on new treatments. Governor Newsom assigned a bill into law
requiring the state's high speed rail project to create a
funding planned. The signing comes as the rail authority sues
the Trump administration for cutting four billion dollars in federal
funding for the project. President Trump says the project is overpriced, overregulated,
and has not delivered. Governor Newsom has weighed in on
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the EPA's plans to revoke its recognition that greenhouse gases
are harmful. He says ignoring research won't change the facts
about the health risks of greenhouse gas. Pollution Administrator Lee
Zelden contents the EPA lacked the authority to label greenhouse
gases as harmful in the first place. Ted Danson and
Mary stein Bergen one of my favorite couples. They're going
(24:25):
to be getting the TV Academy's Bob Hope Humanitarian Ward
this year at the Emmys. The couple, who's been married
since nineteen ninety five, have supported numerous charities over the years.
They're going to be honored during the seventy seventh Emmys
Awards that's coming up in September. Love them and Hey,
if you haven't seen Ted Danson's newer shows, not brand
(24:46):
new anymore. I think it's called Man on the Inside.
It's fabulous, really really good. At six oh five, it's
handle on the news. Democrats trying to force the release
of Epstein's files. Do they have the support they need
to do it? The Dodgers wrapped up their series in
Cincinnati with a five to two loss to the Reds.
But not to worry, your world cheer champion Dodgers are
(25:07):
still in first place in the National League West. They're
going to regroup, head on to the next city, and
then tomorrow they'll take on the Rays in Tampa Bay.
First pitch goes out at four point thirty. You can
listen to all the Dodger games on AM five to
seventy LA Sports Live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast Booth
and stream all Dodgers games in HD on the iHeartRadio
app Keyword Am five to seventy LA Sports. All right,
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here's some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. LA City is looking to crack
down on traffic around ghost kitchens and residential neighborhoods.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Food entrepreneurs often turn to ghost kitchens before they can
open up their own shops. They share a space and
sell through delivery apps, Council and Hugo Soda. Martinez says
those delivery drivers are causing problems and the city needs
to address it.
Speaker 14 (25:48):
So that maybe folks can wait a few blocks away
and not cause that congestion, and other ideas to see
how we can try to find the balance between those
small businesses and also our neighborhoods.
Speaker 3 (25:59):
He says some drive steak out ghost kitchens even before
orders are received. The city is asked for a report
on a possible ordinance to address the situation. Michael Monks
KFI News.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
A judge in New Mexico's dismissed a malicious prosecution lawsuit
filed by Alec Baldwin. He sued this year alleging he
had become a celebrity scapegoat for the twenty twenty one
death of cinematographer Helena Hutchins during the film of his
movie Rest. He fired the gun that killed Hutchins, which
was not supposed to have live AMMO. A weapons handler
for the movie, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Police in
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San Diego say they have the authority now to confiscate
some vehicles involved in crimes and destroy them. Lieutenant Travis
Easter says that includes street racing, reckless driving, stunts, side shows,
and running from law enforcement.
Speaker 11 (26:47):
Both vehicles being involved in that type of activity, they
are no longer going to go back on the road.
We want people to know that they will be held
accountable even if they flee from us. And they flee
from us, the pursuit happens and we stop at the suit,
it doesn't mean the investigation stop.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Police are reminding the public about the possible consequences. Just
days after a teenager died in a street race into
La Vista. That can of Celsius may not be an
energy drink, and the mix up has led to a
vodka seltzer drink being recalled.
Speaker 13 (27:16):
Hi Noon is recalling its twelve pack of popular vodka
Seltzer drinks because some of the cans were found to
be mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks, and consumption may result
in unintentional alcohol intake. According to the FDA, if somebody
thinks they're drinking an energy drink but they're actually having
a Vodkast Seltzer drink.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
ABC's Alex stonesays, according to the company, no one has
gotten sick or suffered any adverse effects because of the
miss mislabeling. Cole's French Dip in downtown Los Angeles is
keeping its doors open a little bit longer. The owner
of the one hundred and seventeen year old restaurant announced
on July seventh that they were closing, but said Moses
says since that announcement, people have been lining up for
(27:57):
hours every day to get one of its famous French
Dip sandwiches. Moses says Coles is now going to stay
open for at least another forty five days until mid September.
Goles is credited with creating the French Dip sandwich. Now
Philip's in Chinatown also claims it created the French Dip.
Both restaurants opened in nineteen oh eight. I haven't tried coals,
(28:18):
but Philip's dulicious. Time to get in your business now
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe. Morning, Courtney, cracking up here because
I thought when you were talking about Coles, you were
talking about the department store.
Speaker 6 (28:29):
I'm like, if they're serving French dip sandwiches, that might
a lot.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Of the problems to day that. Okay, let's get right
into it. We've got Wall Street. Was a little disappointed
in the announcement yesterday from Federal Reserve Chair j Powell.
Speaker 6 (28:44):
Yeah, and it's weird because it's for a good reason.
Chair Jake Powell said interest rates are in the right
place to manage all the uncertainty that we're seeing around tariffs.
But that made people a little upset. They were disappointed.
They were hoping for a rate cut in September. I'm
sure the President's hoping for that too, He's but it
seems that Jay Powell is definitely shrugging off a lot
of that pressure from the White House.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Okay, I guess yeah, in spite of a lot of
pressure from President Trump, I think it takes a strong
person to just kind of say nope, not doing it.
Speaker 6 (29:14):
Yeah, Yeah, And well, he said, given the uncertainty around tariffs,
the FED has to be patient in the face of
the labor market, which is still going strong, but inflation
is still above their target where they feel comfortable. Basically,
what he doesn't want to do is he doesn't want
to cut only to see inflation get worse from here
and then force it about face. All right, that's what
(29:35):
they definitely don't want to do. So that's why we
saw pressure on stocks yesterday. The doubt fell one hundred
and seventy one points. Okay, and what are we expecting
for today? Well, today a lot better. We had a
couple of good earnings reports, actually very good earnings reports.
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta. They reported quarterly earnings
the top to Wall Street expectations.
Speaker 11 (29:54):
Pretty much.
Speaker 6 (29:55):
Meta crushed it. It seems they're heavy spending on AI
is paying off. But Microsoft is set to come the
second company in the world to be valued at four
trillion dollars. They report a quarter learnings that beat estimates.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Okay, not all the reports were that rosy, though Ford
apparently had a bumpy one.
Speaker 6 (30:10):
Yeah, the automaker is warning of a sharp dropped to
profits and that's due in large part because they got
a big tarif hit of two billion dollars and they're
facing a lot of growing tariff expenses even though the
company makes more cars in the US than any other automaker.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Entry level workers have always faced a lot of competition
once they, you know, get out of college and all that,
but now it's even tougher.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Yes, and it's because of artificial intelligence platforms like chat ept.
They can summarize documents colaid data like those entry level
new college graduates, but they don't need a paycheck like
we do. So it seems that the struggle is real.
The unemployment rate for college educated folks between the ages
of twenty two and twenty seven hit five point eight
(30:56):
percent in March. That's a high level in four years.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
It's going to be really interesting, seemed to see Courtney,
because AI's doing all the grunt work, and what are
those people going to do, Especially, like Uster said, coming
out of college, they're like, I'm ready to work, and
they're exactly, grunt jobs are going away, and it's changed
the perspective of what people and what jobs are available.
Speaker 6 (31:18):
It seems that they're offering more positions to more senior
level workers and people who are training AI models. So
the type of job has changed. So it's a whole
reconsideration if you're coming out of college or about to
come out of college in the next two three years
getting in your.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho, as we do every day.
Let's do it again tomorrow, shall we? Definitely we will
thank you, Courtney Dodger's pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has become the
latest athlete to have his home targeted by thieves. When
he was on the road, three people jumped the fence
into Yamamoto's yard in the Hollywood Hills and smashed a
glass black back door. They apparently got scared off when
(31:55):
security staff turned on lights at the home early yesterday morning.
No one's been a rest but please say the would
be burglars were caught on surveillance video. Lightning is expected
to strike more than twice in northern California, increasing the
risk of wildfires. Sunday and Monday, nearly seventeen hundred lightning
strikes were recorded, sparking almost two dozen wildfires. CalFire says
(32:17):
none of those fires became serious, but a fire sparked
by lightning in Shasta County on July first, has burned
more than nineteen thousand acres. The NFL preseason kicks off tonight.
The LA Chargers face off against the Detroit Lions in
the Hall of Fame game. You can hear that that
game and our very own Shannon Farren from the sidelines
(32:38):
starting with pregame four o'clock right here on KFI, and
then kickoff in Canton, Ohio is at five o'clock hour time.
We're just minutes away from handle. On the news this morning,
it's official. You can't say the N word or the
C word at city council meetings anymore. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, we've had like.
Speaker 16 (33:00):
When would you say those words this?
Speaker 1 (33:02):
I didn't say them, and you can't say them at
city council meetings anymore. Apparently a lot of people during
the public comments, Jim, if you're not familiar with this,
they get up and they just start name calling and
throwing out all kinds of slurs and everything at the
council members because they're upset. And so the council said,
you know what, let's just not do that anymore. Good
it's about time.
Speaker 10 (33:22):
Really.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Yeah, Okay, we've had an amazing summer here. It's been
you know, like highs in the eighties, low nineties, but
nothing scorching. A lot of the country is really really hot,
and that's proven to be more than an inconvenience. It's
turned deadly.
Speaker 11 (33:37):
Well.
Speaker 16 (33:38):
Yeah, absolutely, and even you know, with milder weather in
some parts of the country, you've seen hot car death
California has had two so far this year. There's one
in Baker's Field that happened on July first. There was
another one that happened on May tenth in Possi Rodlete.
So it does happen. But yeah, it's primarily a southern
(34:00):
state kind of thing because it gets so hot down here.
We've had five hot car deaths here in Texas of
the eighteen that have been reported so far in twenty
twenty five. So it's a regional issue, but it's also
a national issue. Is the temperatures rise all over the country.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
Yeah, And so Jim, do they figure out like are
the people forgetting that they have children there, or are
they leaving the kids in and saying I'm just running
into the store for a minute, or what's the cause
I mean, we know what they.
Speaker 16 (34:29):
Reaecch is, and yeah, sometimes the parents think that okay.
And you hear these cases of just out and out negligence,
people leaving the kid in the car to go into
a casino. I saw that happen here not too long ago.
Somebody spotted the child, luckily in police games, smashed the
window and got the kid out. But it's also changes
in routine. Psychologists have looked at this for a long time.
(34:50):
You know, you do your normal routine. You head to
the McDonald's, you grab some coffee, something for the kid,
go to the school, drop the kid off, and go
to work or go home. And but any break in
that routine and something might be left off the checklist,
and unfortunately, maybe it's not dropping by McDonald's but dropping
off the child. Right, So, yeah, you've got to maintain
(35:12):
some kind of routine like that and building into that
routine turning around and looking in the back seat before
you get out of the car.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
And it seems like such a no brainer kind of thing,
but apparently we need to be reminded. And then something
else that we should be reminded of is how fast
the cars can heat up.
Speaker 16 (35:34):
I got into a black car the other day that
had been sitting in front of my place for twenty
minutes maybe, and the temperature was in the mid nineties.
Get that black car with the black leather interior. You
couldn't even touch the steering wheel it it had just
exploded in temperature. You couldn't sit in there. It was unbearable.
You'd sweat through your clothes after a couple of minutes.
(35:56):
And so it is fast and it is extreme that
temperatures that can be reached. And I was surprised that
in these statistics we're talking about how hot weather states
versus cooler states. The first one of the year, the
first hot car death of the year was in April
in Lakewood, New Jersey. Then there was one in Maryland
in May. After that. One of the most recent happened
(36:17):
in Hastings, Nebraska, where a child was left in a
car and died. Now the father there is facing charges.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
And how just absolutely traumatic because like you said, there
might be the cases where somebody says I'm going into
a casino and leaves a kid, But I think, like
you said, a lot of times, if they just forget,
and then you're not only dealing with leaving your child
in the car, realizing that they're dead, and then you
have to possibly face charges for it when it really
was just an accident. I mean, I just can't even imagine.
Speaker 16 (36:46):
Yeah, I mean, it's heartbreaking any way you look at it,
and so anything that and you know, the people who
have in advocates, child safety advocates have been pushing for
a long time for devices or systems in cars to
alert you that a child is still in the backyard
a back seat, and Congress passed a law in twenty
twenty one, but it has to go through the NHTSA,
(37:09):
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for rule making process
that hasn't been done yet. The last deadline for that
was April twenty April of this year and it passed
without being done.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
Well, hopefully they will get that done. It makes sense though,
Like my car beeps at me when I leave the
key in the ignition, same kind of thing.
Speaker 16 (37:27):
Right, Yeah, kids in the back seat, you seatbelt isn't on?
Speaker 11 (37:30):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (37:31):
All right, ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks for the information. Hopefully
we'll get to talk about a happier topic next time.
Speaker 16 (37:36):
Thanks Sam.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories.
Coming out of the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. A
new study shows turnout for California's twenty twenty four general
election was lower than the record level in twenty twenty.
The USC Center for Inclusive Democracy found statewide turnout dropped
five percent, with only sixty two percent of eligible voters
casting a ballot. The number of people voting was even
(37:59):
lower in the Inland Empire. Turnout was fifty six percent
in Riverside County and fifty three percent in San Bernardino County.
Former Vice President Harris has put all the speculation to
bed about whether she's going to run for governor of California.
She says she's not. Republican Party of LA chairperson Roxanne
Hoague tells KFI that most Democrats are probably happy Harris
(38:21):
isn't running, as a lot of surveys had her as
the Democratic front runner.
Speaker 19 (38:25):
They may have thought she was the front runner, but
they also understood that she was a terrible millstone around
their necks. So they may have thought she was the
front runner, but they sure were praying that she didn't run.
Speaker 1 (38:37):
Governor. Newsom terms out in twenty twenty six. The man
accused of driving into a crowd of people outside a
club and East Hollywood has appeared in court.
Speaker 4 (38:44):
Fernando Ramirez, a San Clementi resident, was given an arraignment
date of September the fourth. Ramirez faces thirty seven counts
each of attempted murder an assault with the deadly weapon
following the incident on July nineteenth. Prosecutors say he was
upset after being thrown out of Themont Hollywood nightclub. Ramirez,
who remains behind bars, could spend the rest of his
(39:04):
life in prison if convicted as charged. Mark Mayfield, Kofi News.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Some criminals serving life sentences could get a chance at
freedom under a new bill introduced in the state legislature.
The bill would allow some prisoners who were under twenty
five when they committed their crime to become eligible for
parole after serving twenty five years of their sentence. Eligibility
for parole would not guarantee a release. The bill is
going to be looked at closer sometime next year. President
(39:31):
Trump's reportedly thinking about a pardon for music mogul Sean Combe.
Speaker 5 (39:36):
Deadline is reporting that Trump is considering issuing a get
out of jail free card to Ditty ahead of his
sentencing in October, teasing the possibility to news reporters On Wednesday.
Combs was convicted by a Manhattan jury earlier this month
on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but
acquitted prosecutors want a sentence of fifty one to sixty
(39:59):
three three months, while Comb's lawyers are seeking twenty one
to twenty seven. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler and.
Speaker 1 (40:06):
The Hollywood Premier Motel is now officially historic, even if
guests don't love it.
Speaker 8 (40:12):
The LA City Council has added the nineteen sixties era
Hollywood Premier Motel, which stands at Hollywood Boulevard and Serrano Avenue,
to the city's Historic Cultural Monument list, calling it a
quote rare and highly intact example of mid century roadside architecture.
The two story motel, known for its googie style neon sign,
has a one point seven star trip Advisor rating. The
(40:34):
city leaders say landmarks aren't judged by guest reviews. The
motel has appeared in TV shows like Twin Peaks and
NCIS Los Angeles, and is now the first motel in
LA to receive this historic designation. Heatherbrooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (40:48):
This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County,
Live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King.
This has been your wake up call, and remember if
you missed any wake up Call, you can listen any
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can always hear wake Up Call five to six am
(41:09):
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You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call
with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 5 (00:30):
Well look at that.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Just like that, it's five o'clock on a Thursday, the
very last day of July, July thirty first, good morning,
Thanks for getting your day started with us. Got a
lot going on, as we always do, and we still
might manage to have a little bit of fun too. Reminder,
Doo doo newsflash starting on July twenty ninth. Actually missed this.
(00:56):
On the twenty ninth, Southway Stairline started booking flights that
had assigned seats. Oh yeah, so I went and checked
it out just to see it starts on January twenty seventh,
I think, is when they actually will have the assigned seats,
but you can book six months out and you have
(01:16):
to do the premium seats though to get to pick it.
Otherwise they'll assign him to you when you get to
the airport, kind of like the low cost carriers that
tick me off so much. Yeah, So, I don't know
if it's going to be a great deal or a
crappy deal. And I don't know that I'm gonna fly
southwest anymore. I'm seriously take a little break. I liked
lining up and going, hey, are you be twenty two
(01:39):
or you beat twenty three?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
D I loved being able to just walk in and
sit next to the exit, you know, like you've got
there early enough, you've.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Got in the line.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, not anymore, Not anymore. Here's what's ahead on wake
up Call. Following some lobbying from local officials in La,
Governor Newsom assigned an order that exempts La County from
a state law that would allow high density housing in
Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Under Senate Bill nine, property owners
(02:08):
can build up to four units on land that had
been designated for single family homes. Former Vice President Kamala
Harris will not be the next governor of California. She
announced yesterday that while she thought seriously about it, she
will not be running for governor in twenty twenty six. Instead,
she says she's looking forward to helping get Democrats elected
across the country. Governor Newsom terms out in twenty twenty six.
(02:30):
He'll leave office in January twenty seventh, the US and
South Korea have struck a trade deal ahead of President
Trump's August first deadline. In the deal, South Korea will
pay fifteen percent tariffs and invest three hundred and fifty
billion dollars in the US. We're going to be talking
more about tariffs and the deadline that happens tomorrow. Who's
going to pay the tariffs, who's going to escape them,
(02:50):
and how big will they be. ABC's Karen Travers joins
us in just a couple of minutes. So we're having
a pretty mild summer so far in southern California. It's
actually been kind of nice. The clouds in the morning
are keeping a little bit cooler because last year at
this time, I think it was over one hundred every day. Anyway,
it is a scorcher though in much of the country,
and that has unfortunately turned deadly. ABC's Jim Ryan is
(03:13):
going to have some reminders for us that could save
lives in hot weather. That's coming up before the top
of the hour. Also, we're going out and about to
the Natural History Museum to share with you the perfect exhibit.
Oh uh oh, yeah, that's a five twenty out and
about at the Natural History Museum, a lot of fun.
(03:34):
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news room. Former Vice
President Kamala Harris says she will not run in next
year's governor's race in California. ABC News political director Avery
Harpersus Harris has been spending most of her time out
of the public eye.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
Speaking to issues that pertain to this current political climate,
speaking to issues that pretend to this current administration, and
therefore she is finding opportunity is to continue to be
involved and relevant to the current political conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Eris says, for now, her leadership will not be an
elected office. The democratic field for next year's race is crowded.
It includes former La Mayor Antonio via Ragosa, former Congresswoman
Katie Porter, and former US Health Secretary Javier Bessera. LA
City Council's officially banned the N word and the C
(04:25):
word during public hearings.
Speaker 8 (04:27):
After years of rants targeting officials wait gender, and race,
the council voted to give speakers one warning, keep it
clean or you're out. Council President Marquise Harris Dawson says
the slurs scare people away from speaking and would quote
get you hurt anywhere outside city hall. Critics call the
band an attack on free speech and are threatening multimillion
(04:47):
dollar lawsuits. One frequent offender even vowed to quote Tupac
lyrics until he's kicked out. So for now, if you've
got something to say at a council meeting, keep your
slurs to yourself. Heatherbrooker KFI News.
Speaker 6 (04:59):
Give it a.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Newsome signed up bill requiring the state's high speed rail
project to create a funding plan.
Speaker 9 (05:04):
On Wednesday, Newsom approved Assembly Bill three seventy seven mandating
the High Speed Rail Authority release risk assessments and cost
estimates for a segment of rail that's yet to be completed.
The signing comes as the rail authority is suing the
Trump administration over its efforts to withhold federal funding from
the project. President Trump has criticized the project, saying it's overpriced,
over regulated, and has failed to deliver on its goals.
(05:26):
Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Getting deliveries may become more difficult in some parts of La.
La City Council's exploring the creation of so called exclusion zones.
Councilman Hugo's Hugo Soto Martinez says he gets complaints every
day from residents in his district, which includes Hollywood, about
hundreds of delivery vehicles clogging neighborhood streets, backing up traffic
(05:47):
and creating unsafe conditions for both people walking and driving
in the area. Deliveries would apparently be restricted in those
areas well. Let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen,
Tomorrow's the big day, the deadline that Trump has put
in place to impose those tariffs on countries that haven't
made a trade deal with the US. Are negotiations continuing,
(06:09):
they are.
Speaker 10 (06:10):
With some countries, and the President has said there will
be no extensions, that tomorrow is the day that the
teriffs go into effect if there aren't agreements reached with
countries that are trade partners, and so he's putting some
pressure on countries to kind of speed things up. But
this is also the same president who a couple of
weeks ago said the time for negotiations was over and
(06:31):
that the tariff rate that he had already set was
going to be it. A couple things happening since yesterday
the President announced a preliminary trade deal with South Korea.
Fifteen percent tariff on most goods coming into the US
from South Korea, that includes cars and electronics. Now that's
down from the twenty five percent that the President had
been threatening. He also announced a twenty five percent tariff
(06:54):
on India products coming into the US from India, And
that's notable because they're one of the world are just
producers and exporters of generic drugs, so we get a
lot of medicine from there. Four out of every ten
prescriptions filled in the US back in twenty twenty two
were filled by supplied by Indian companies, So that could
potentially have a big impact on prices on that particular sector.
(07:17):
But the President that he was doing it because they
need to open their markets to American goods, and also
said because they have such a strong economic relationship with Russia,
citing the energy purchases that they do, and that this
is a reason why he thinks they should be hit
with such a steep tariff on their goods.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Okay, And I think it's interesting that he said negotiations
are over. Oh, by the way, we just made a
deal with South Korea.
Speaker 11 (07:39):
Yeah, so.
Speaker 10 (07:42):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah, I think those negotiations are probably going to continue
right up until the last minute behind closed doors, don't you.
Speaker 10 (07:50):
Yeah, I do, I mean, and I think it's also
you know, you could potentially see a flurry of things
that are like called deals, but again it's preliminary. There's
a lot of information that we still don't know about,
even the EU trade deal over the weekend. The Commerce
Secretary earlier this week said that there was still horse
trading to be done about the details of the EU
trade deal. So I think there's certainly an interest in
(08:12):
getting things out before the deadline and announcing that there
was an agreement reached, but the fill in the blank
is still to be done on some of these the
particulars of it, okay.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
And then for China a bit of a reprieve. The
negotiations are continuing. I think Trump said that they were productive,
but there's no deal. But so they're going to push
back that deadline, right yeah.
Speaker 10 (08:33):
And they weren't even looking for a deal, and they
had these conversations in Sweden earlier this week. All sides
were downplaying the potential for any breakthrough. It's really about
just extending the truth that's in place right now. The
tariffs have been at one hundred and forty five percent
back into May, the President dropped them to thirty percent
as part of this truth that is set to expire
(08:55):
on August twelfth. But we'll see if that gets extended
in about two weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Right, ABC's Karen Travers at the White House. Thanks so
much for the info.
Speaker 11 (09:04):
Have a great day.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The
NYPD officer who was working as a security guard when
he was shot and killed in an office tower in Manhattan.
He's being laid to rest today. Officer diet Rule Islam's
funeral is being held at a mosque in the Bronx.
Islam's wife is expecting their third child. He was killed
(09:26):
by a man from Las Vegas, who killed himself after
killing Islam and three others. On Monday. A city councilman
in Virginia has been set on fire while at the
office of a local publisher. He's now in the hospital.
Showcase magazine owner and publisher Andrew Brooks says a man
known to councilman j Lee Vogler walked into the office
(09:47):
yesterday and doused the Danville City councilman. He ran to
the front of the building was but was followed and
set on fire.
Speaker 12 (09:54):
This type of senseless act of violence has to stop.
You cannot have the right as a human being to
get upset with someone enough to lash out and attempt
to harm them in any way.
Speaker 9 (10:09):
Much less this way.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Vogler suffered serious burn injuries. Is The alleged attacker was
arrested a short time later. Police said the attack was
not related to Vogler's position as a city councilman. Senate
Democrats are trying to compel the Trump administration to release
its files on Jeffrey Epstein's Stephen Portnoy says they're invoking
(10:31):
a rare legal right held by two congressional committees and
have sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asking
for the full and complete Epstein files.
Speaker 13 (10:40):
And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Justice Department
must comply.
Speaker 14 (10:44):
If not, there's recourse in the courts.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
This is the law.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
The law enacted in nineteen twenty eight says that on
the demand of five members of what is now the
Senate Homeland Security Committee, an executive agency must turn over
any inf from requested of it. Schumer says they expect
the Trump administration to provide the files by August fifteenth.
Top advisor to former President Biden says his former boss was,
(11:12):
in his words, fully capable of exercising his presidential duties.
Steve Roshette was the latest in Biden's circle to be
questioned about his cognitive decline and possible misuse of the
presidential auto. Pen Rashetti told lawmakers there was no conspiracy
to hide the president's mental condition from the American people.
(11:33):
Former President Biden's senior advisor, Mike Donnellan is set to
be interviewed today. Guess what today is. It's Wednesday at Wendy's. Yeah,
I know it's Thursday, but.
Speaker 15 (11:51):
Wendy's has teamed up with Netflix to do special Wednesday
themed menu items so created by Wednesday Adams herself. The
meal includes rest in ten piece nuggets, Get it Cursed,
and crispy fries, dips of bread, oh no, not dips
(12:15):
of bread, dips of dread which are mystery sauces, and
a raven's blood frosty.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
I wonder what flavor that is. It's probably delicious, According
to Wendy's in true Adams fashion, there's nothing happy about
this meal. Okay, so it's going to be let's see Wednesday.
Season two launches on Netflix August sixth, so next week.
The meal is going to be available starting August fourth
(12:45):
in the US for a limited time. But there's going
to be a special Wednesday themed drive through experience in
Norwalk today. It's at the Wendy's on Imperial Highway from
ten am to ten pm. You can get the special
Wednesday Wendy menu items. Easy for me to say, I
(13:08):
love this. Nothing happy about this meal. More than two
dozen people have been hurt by serious turbulence during a
Delta Airlines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam. It
was so bad the flight had to divert yesterday to
Minneapolis Saint Paul International. The airline says first responders met
the plane. Twenty five passengers were taken to hospitals to
be evaluated and treated. One passenger said people who weren't
(13:31):
wearing seatbelts were thrown about the cabin. The Federal Reserve
is leaving interest rates unchanged in spite of heavy pressure
from President Trump to lower rates. Trump said chair Jerome
Pal's decision is costing the economy hundreds of billions of dollars.
The Fed's going to look at the possibility of lowering
interest rates again in September. Residents of Long Beach have
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been told there's going to be fighter jets dighting darting
around this weekend. Military says the fighter jets will arrive
at Long Beach Airport tomorrow. The notification made because FA
eighteen fighter jets are a lot louder than passenger jets.
They're going to be doing military operations on Saturday and
then they'll leave the area on Sunday at six oh five.
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It's handle on the news. Kamala doesn't want the job,
at least not that job, and at least not for now.
Bill's going to tell you about that.
Speaker 13 (14:23):
Today.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
We are going out and about to the Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County. They've got their normal amazing exhibits.
If you want to see dinosaurs, good place to go,
of course, we've been there several times. We went to
the butterfly Pavilion, the spider pavilion, that's one of their
special exhibits. The special exhibits run for limited times, and
we went to check out their latest it's called Fierce
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the Story of Cats. We got to catch up with paleontologist,
cat afficionado and self proclaimed crazy cat lady Laura Tewksbury.
I'm really excited about so I'm happy to share. Yeah, well,
we're starting today in front of my favorite cat, P
twenty two, the most famous cat in La County and
probably all of southern California. Tell us about what we're
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going to see when we come to see Fierce the
Story of Cats.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
So Fierce kind of takes you on a journey around
the world and back through time, because not only do
we talk about a lot of the cats that are
still alive today, we also feature some of the fossil cats,
specifically the ones that lived right here in Los Angeles.
And we also talk about modern cat culture, specifically things
like Hollywood and that sort of thing, because cat stories
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are still being told.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Absolutely. And I mentioned that you were a palaeontologist. Do
you work at the libre A tar Pits right here?
And you brought something very special to show us today.
I'd have to check this out because she talked about
that we go back in time when you come to
see this exhibit. So this one is a cast a copy.
You're welcome to hold it.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
This one is a single canine tooth of a saber
toothed cat.
Speaker 7 (15:54):
So this is a copy of.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Something that lived right here in Los Angeles geologically last weekend.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
That's so crazy. And in the exhibit we have different
skulls of different cats that how they've kind of progressed
through time.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Specifically some of the cats that lived alongside each other
here in I sage Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Okay, and check this out. The tooth is serrated like
a knife. It's serrated like I would not want to
run into a saber tooth tiger. And tell us about
some of the other cats that we're going to see.
You said that we see cats from all different continents
and their taxidermy many of them. So they are actual
real cats, and some of them are ggnormous.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Yes, absolutely, And we have both some of the smaller
cats that are more closely related to our house cats
that we have at home, some of those wildcats. But
then we also have you know, the big spectacular lions
and jaguars and tigers, that kind of thing. And being
able to tell a more holistic story of cats and
what makes them special.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Okay, and I thought it was really cool when we're
going through the exhibit that you see different things about
like how their teeth are so you know, integral in
their hunting and that deadly bite, and how their tongues
are different. So it's really not only the history of cats,
but why cats are how they are and why they're
so successful at hunting.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Absolutely and including interactive so there's a lot of places
where you know, you get to have a chance to
kind of experience better how they see, which is different
than how we see because of the way that their
eye works, and kind of explaining that but in a
really accessible way.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Okay, and then as you mentioned, there's also a little
part of the exhibit is about Hollywood because cats have
always played a big role in Hollywood and so tell
us about that.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
So we have, you know, the part of the exhibit
that came with us that talks about cats and culture
around the world. But then because we're Los Angeles and
we like to tell our stories as well, we have
things all the way from the MGM Lion to Pluschene
and really just talking about the role that cats have
in our lives today, both you know, as symbols, as
friends and as merchandise that we love to buy.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Yeah, okay, and then also maybe not pre as story.
Well there's prehistoric, but then there's also cats, like dating
back to Egyptian times and you have a very special
little cat.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yes, we have an Egyptian cat mummy that's actually on
display and it's relatively small because it's package shop like
Bubbius too. Yeah, but I really love just getting to
see that long history of humans loving cats.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Yeah, and if you love cats, come down and see
Fierce the Story of Cats. It's at the Natural History
Museum of La County. When is the exhibit going through.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It's through Imbrary eighteenth, And if they want more information,
they can look at NHM dot org slash cats.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
All right, Laura, thank you so much for your time today.
That is out and about. We're checking out cats. It
was very very cool and they had so many cats,
like it was a much larger exhibit than I expected.
I'm going to be posting the interview on my Instagram.
There's also a teas because they had a gift shop
and well yeah, anyway, that's at Amy K.
Speaker 16 (18:56):
King.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
It's also going to be up on the CAFI Instagram
at KFI am six forty in just a little while.
But again it's called fierce. The story of cats at
the Natural History Museum of La County. Very cool. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor Newsom has signed
an executive order limiting Senate Bill nine development in high
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fire hazard areas in La County. People in those community
needy communities affected by the wildfires had been worried about
the danger of dense housing being put into areas with
limited access. Jessica Rodgers is the president of the Palisades
Resident Association.
Speaker 6 (19:34):
This is about safety, keeping us safe from being caught
in a fire, which is what happened to people who
were running out of their vehicles to save their lives.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
SB nine, initially signed four years ago, allows more housing
to be built on lots that used to have just
one home. An attempted break in has been reported at
the home of Dodgers pitcher Yashinobu Yamamoto in the Hollywood
Hills while the team was in Cincinna. Police say three
people jumped defence yesterday and shattered a rear glass door,
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but they didn't get inside. Staff turned on lights and
apparently scared the guys off. The three were caught on
security video, but no arrests have been made. A local
elected official is running for statewide office.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner has announced his candidacy for
California's Secretary of State. The Republican says a top priority
if he wins, would be to address what he and
some others see is an erosion of trust in the
state's voting processes.
Speaker 11 (20:29):
There's a lack of confidence in our system and that
is debilitating for democracy.
Speaker 16 (20:35):
It shouldn't be this way, and I want to fix it.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
Wagner is no stranger to Sacramento. He represented part of
Orange County in the State Assembly. He's also served as
mayor of Irvine. He's the first Republican to enter the field.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
The man accused of killing a couple hiking with their
children at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas has been arrested.
State police say the man had recently been hired to
work as a school teacher. He's now facing two counts
of capital murder. The couple killed was found dead Saturday
on a walking trail at Devil's den. Former NBA All
(21:10):
Star Gilbert Arenas has pleaded not guilty in LA to
federal charges of operating an illegal gambling business out of
a homie rented out in Encino. ABC's Alex Stone says
Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five others.
Speaker 13 (21:23):
Prosecutors say, including a high level member of an Israeli
transnational crime group. They're accused of running an illegal gambling
business out of Arenas's mansion. Here in La, high stakes
illegal poker games were allegedly being played in an organized operation.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
The FED say chefs, ballets, and armed security guards were
hired to staff the illegal poker games, and young women
were hired to serve drinks, provide massages, and as prosecutors alleged,
offer companionship to the players. The case against Arenas may
be tied to the disappearance of a woman from West La.
Speaker 17 (21:56):
Heighty plague venished in October of twenty twenty one. Citing
law enforce horsement sources can be. CTV reports the associates
of some of the people indicted in connection with the
gambling case were previously suspected of being involved with an
illegal poker room in a downtown La high rise that
high rises the same building where Plank was last seen.
The report also says Plank may have met up with
at least one of the people attending the poker game
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on the day of her disappearance. Daniel Martindale CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Doctors have warned parents to make sure kids get the
flu vaccine because of a rare but deadly flu related
brain disease.
Speaker 8 (22:29):
It's called acute necrotizing encephalopathy or ANE. The condition can
strike suddenly, causing brain swelling that leads to seizures, coma,
or even death within days, often in otherwise healthy kids.
A new study in jama found forty one US cases
over the last two flu seasons, with eleven children dying
within three days. Most of the children were unvaccinated. Neurologists
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say the spike highlights the importance of annual flu shots,
which can reduce the risk of severe complications like ANE.
The CDC has now begun tracking nationwide. Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Doctors in San Francisco have developed AI assistance to help
with their research.
Speaker 18 (23:07):
Using AI to generate ideas to see experiments in the
lab is just a very natural in my mind, a
no brainer.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Doctor John Pack with the chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network in
San Francisco, says AI won't replace human researchers, but will
help with tasks like coding, modeling, and attending meetings. Doctors
at Stanford University and the chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network says
say that the AI researcher will allow them to focus
(23:40):
on new treatments. Governor Newsom assigned a bill into law
requiring the state's high speed rail project to create a
funding planned. The signing comes as the rail authority sues
the Trump administration for cutting four billion dollars in federal
funding for the project. President Trump says the project is overpriced, overregulated,
and has not delivered. Governor Newsom has weighed in on
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the EPA's plans to revoke its recognition that greenhouse gases
are harmful. He says ignoring research won't change the facts
about the health risks of greenhouse gas. Pollution Administrator Lee
Zelden contents the EPA lacked the authority to label greenhouse
gases as harmful in the first place. Ted Danson and
Mary stein Bergen one of my favorite couples. They're going
(24:25):
to be getting the TV Academy's Bob Hope Humanitarian Ward
this year at the Emmys. The couple, who's been married
since nineteen ninety five, have supported numerous charities over the years.
They're going to be honored during the seventy seventh Emmys
Awards that's coming up in September. Love them and Hey,
if you haven't seen Ted Danson's newer shows, not brand
(24:46):
new anymore. I think it's called Man on the Inside.
It's fabulous, really really good. At six oh five, it's
handle on the news. Democrats trying to force the release
of Epstein's files. Do they have the support they need
to do it? The Dodgers wrapped up their series in
Cincinnati with a five to two loss to the Reds.
But not to worry, your world cheer champion Dodgers are
(25:07):
still in first place in the National League West. They're
going to regroup, head on to the next city, and
then tomorrow they'll take on the Rays in Tampa Bay.
First pitch goes out at four point thirty. You can
listen to all the Dodger games on AM five to
seventy LA Sports Live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast Booth
and stream all Dodgers games in HD on the iHeartRadio
app Keyword Am five to seventy LA Sports. All right,
(25:29):
here's some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. LA City is looking to crack
down on traffic around ghost kitchens and residential neighborhoods.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Food entrepreneurs often turn to ghost kitchens before they can
open up their own shops. They share a space and
sell through delivery apps, Council and Hugo Soda. Martinez says
those delivery drivers are causing problems and the city needs
to address it.
Speaker 14 (25:48):
So that maybe folks can wait a few blocks away
and not cause that congestion, and other ideas to see
how we can try to find the balance between those
small businesses and also our neighborhoods.
Speaker 3 (25:59):
He says some drive steak out ghost kitchens even before
orders are received. The city is asked for a report
on a possible ordinance to address the situation. Michael Monks
KFI News.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
A judge in New Mexico's dismissed a malicious prosecution lawsuit
filed by Alec Baldwin. He sued this year alleging he
had become a celebrity scapegoat for the twenty twenty one
death of cinematographer Helena Hutchins during the film of his
movie Rest. He fired the gun that killed Hutchins, which
was not supposed to have live AMMO. A weapons handler
for the movie, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Police in
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San Diego say they have the authority now to confiscate
some vehicles involved in crimes and destroy them. Lieutenant Travis
Easter says that includes street racing, reckless driving, stunts, side shows,
and running from law enforcement.
Speaker 11 (26:47):
Both vehicles being involved in that type of activity, they
are no longer going to go back on the road.
We want people to know that they will be held
accountable even if they flee from us. And they flee
from us, the pursuit happens and we stop at the suit,
it doesn't mean the investigation stop.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Police are reminding the public about the possible consequences. Just
days after a teenager died in a street race into
La Vista. That can of Celsius may not be an
energy drink, and the mix up has led to a
vodka seltzer drink being recalled.
Speaker 13 (27:16):
Hi Noon is recalling its twelve pack of popular vodka
Seltzer drinks because some of the cans were found to
be mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks, and consumption may result
in unintentional alcohol intake. According to the FDA, if somebody
thinks they're drinking an energy drink but they're actually having
a Vodkast Seltzer drink.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
ABC's Alex stonesays, according to the company, no one has
gotten sick or suffered any adverse effects because of the
miss mislabeling. Cole's French Dip in downtown Los Angeles is
keeping its doors open a little bit longer. The owner
of the one hundred and seventeen year old restaurant announced
on July seventh that they were closing, but said Moses
says since that announcement, people have been lining up for
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hours every day to get one of its famous French
Dip sandwiches. Moses says Coles is now going to stay
open for at least another forty five days until mid September.
Goles is credited with creating the French Dip sandwich. Now
Philip's in Chinatown also claims it created the French Dip.
Both restaurants opened in nineteen oh eight. I haven't tried coals,
(28:18):
but Philip's dulicious. Time to get in your business now
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe. Morning, Courtney, cracking up here because
I thought when you were talking about Coles, you were
talking about the department store.
Speaker 6 (28:29):
I'm like, if they're serving French dip sandwiches, that might
a lot.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Of the problems to day that. Okay, let's get right
into it. We've got Wall Street. Was a little disappointed
in the announcement yesterday from Federal Reserve Chair j Powell.
Speaker 6 (28:44):
Yeah, and it's weird because it's for a good reason.
Chair Jake Powell said interest rates are in the right
place to manage all the uncertainty that we're seeing around tariffs.
But that made people a little upset. They were disappointed.
They were hoping for a rate cut in September. I'm
sure the President's hoping for that too, He's but it
seems that Jay Powell is definitely shrugging off a lot
of that pressure from the White House.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Okay, I guess yeah, in spite of a lot of
pressure from President Trump, I think it takes a strong
person to just kind of say nope, not doing it.
Speaker 6 (29:14):
Yeah, Yeah, And well, he said, given the uncertainty around tariffs,
the FED has to be patient in the face of
the labor market, which is still going strong, but inflation
is still above their target where they feel comfortable. Basically,
what he doesn't want to do is he doesn't want
to cut only to see inflation get worse from here
and then force it about face. All right, that's what
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they definitely don't want to do. So that's why we
saw pressure on stocks yesterday. The doubt fell one hundred
and seventy one points. Okay, and what are we expecting
for today? Well, today a lot better. We had a
couple of good earnings reports, actually very good earnings reports.
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta. They reported quarterly earnings
the top to Wall Street expectations.
Speaker 11 (29:54):
Pretty much.
Speaker 6 (29:55):
Meta crushed it. It seems they're heavy spending on AI
is paying off. But Microsoft is set to come the
second company in the world to be valued at four
trillion dollars. They report a quarter learnings that beat estimates.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Okay, not all the reports were that rosy, though Ford
apparently had a bumpy one.
Speaker 6 (30:10):
Yeah, the automaker is warning of a sharp dropped to
profits and that's due in large part because they got
a big tarif hit of two billion dollars and they're
facing a lot of growing tariff expenses even though the
company makes more cars in the US than any other automaker.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Entry level workers have always faced a lot of competition
once they, you know, get out of college and all that,
but now it's even tougher.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Yes, and it's because of artificial intelligence platforms like chat ept.
They can summarize documents colaid data like those entry level
new college graduates, but they don't need a paycheck like
we do. So it seems that the struggle is real.
The unemployment rate for college educated folks between the ages
of twenty two and twenty seven hit five point eight
(30:56):
percent in March. That's a high level in four years.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
It's going to be really interesting, seemed to see Courtney,
because AI's doing all the grunt work, and what are
those people going to do, Especially, like Uster said, coming
out of college, they're like, I'm ready to work, and
they're exactly, grunt jobs are going away, and it's changed
the perspective of what people and what jobs are available.
Speaker 6 (31:18):
It seems that they're offering more positions to more senior
level workers and people who are training AI models. So
the type of job has changed. So it's a whole
reconsideration if you're coming out of college or about to
come out of college in the next two three years
getting in your.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho, as we do every day.
Let's do it again tomorrow, shall we? Definitely we will
thank you, Courtney Dodger's pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has become the
latest athlete to have his home targeted by thieves. When
he was on the road, three people jumped the fence
into Yamamoto's yard in the Hollywood Hills and smashed a
glass black back door. They apparently got scared off when
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security staff turned on lights at the home early yesterday morning.
No one's been a rest but please say the would
be burglars were caught on surveillance video. Lightning is expected
to strike more than twice in northern California, increasing the
risk of wildfires. Sunday and Monday, nearly seventeen hundred lightning
strikes were recorded, sparking almost two dozen wildfires. CalFire says
(32:17):
none of those fires became serious, but a fire sparked
by lightning in Shasta County on July first, has burned
more than nineteen thousand acres. The NFL preseason kicks off tonight.
The LA Chargers face off against the Detroit Lions in
the Hall of Fame game. You can hear that that
game and our very own Shannon Farren from the sidelines
(32:38):
starting with pregame four o'clock right here on KFI, and
then kickoff in Canton, Ohio is at five o'clock hour time.
We're just minutes away from handle. On the news this morning,
it's official. You can't say the N word or the
C word at city council meetings anymore. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, we've had like.
Speaker 16 (33:00):
When would you say those words this?
Speaker 1 (33:02):
I didn't say them, and you can't say them at
city council meetings anymore. Apparently a lot of people during
the public comments, Jim, if you're not familiar with this,
they get up and they just start name calling and
throwing out all kinds of slurs and everything at the
council members because they're upset. And so the council said,
you know what, let's just not do that anymore. Good
it's about time.
Speaker 10 (33:22):
Really.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Yeah, Okay, we've had an amazing summer here. It's been
you know, like highs in the eighties, low nineties, but
nothing scorching. A lot of the country is really really hot,
and that's proven to be more than an inconvenience. It's
turned deadly.
Speaker 11 (33:37):
Well.
Speaker 16 (33:38):
Yeah, absolutely, and even you know, with milder weather in
some parts of the country, you've seen hot car death
California has had two so far this year. There's one
in Baker's Field that happened on July first. There was
another one that happened on May tenth in Possi Rodlete.
So it does happen. But yeah, it's primarily a southern
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state kind of thing because it gets so hot down here.
We've had five hot car deaths here in Texas of
the eighteen that have been reported so far in twenty
twenty five. So it's a regional issue, but it's also
a national issue. Is the temperatures rise all over the country.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
Yeah, And so Jim, do they figure out like are
the people forgetting that they have children there, or are
they leaving the kids in and saying I'm just running
into the store for a minute, or what's the cause
I mean, we know what they.
Speaker 16 (34:29):
Reaecch is, and yeah, sometimes the parents think that okay.
And you hear these cases of just out and out negligence,
people leaving the kid in the car to go into
a casino. I saw that happen here not too long ago.
Somebody spotted the child, luckily in police games, smashed the
window and got the kid out. But it's also changes
in routine. Psychologists have looked at this for a long time.
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You know, you do your normal routine. You head to
the McDonald's, you grab some coffee, something for the kid,
go to the school, drop the kid off, and go
to work or go home. And but any break in
that routine and something might be left off the checklist,
and unfortunately, maybe it's not dropping by McDonald's but dropping
off the child. Right, So, yeah, you've got to maintain
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some kind of routine like that and building into that
routine turning around and looking in the back seat before
you get out of the car.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
And it seems like such a no brainer kind of thing,
but apparently we need to be reminded. And then something
else that we should be reminded of is how fast
the cars can heat up.
Speaker 16 (35:34):
I got into a black car the other day that
had been sitting in front of my place for twenty
minutes maybe, and the temperature was in the mid nineties.
Get that black car with the black leather interior. You
couldn't even touch the steering wheel it it had just
exploded in temperature. You couldn't sit in there. It was unbearable.
You'd sweat through your clothes after a couple of minutes.
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And so it is fast and it is extreme that
temperatures that can be reached. And I was surprised that
in these statistics we're talking about how hot weather states
versus cooler states. The first one of the year, the
first hot car death of the year was in April
in Lakewood, New Jersey. Then there was one in Maryland
in May. After that. One of the most recent happened
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in Hastings, Nebraska, where a child was left in a
car and died. Now the father there is facing charges.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
And how just absolutely traumatic because like you said, there
might be the cases where somebody says I'm going into
a casino and leaves a kid, But I think, like
you said, a lot of times, if they just forget,
and then you're not only dealing with leaving your child
in the car, realizing that they're dead, and then you
have to possibly face charges for it when it really
was just an accident. I mean, I just can't even imagine.
Speaker 16 (36:46):
Yeah, I mean, it's heartbreaking any way you look at it,
and so anything that and you know, the people who
have in advocates, child safety advocates have been pushing for
a long time for devices or systems in cars to
alert you that a child is still in the backyard
a back seat, and Congress passed a law in twenty
twenty one, but it has to go through the NHTSA,
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the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for rule making process
that hasn't been done yet. The last deadline for that
was April twenty April of this year and it passed
without being done.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
Well, hopefully they will get that done. It makes sense though,
Like my car beeps at me when I leave the
key in the ignition, same kind of thing.
Speaker 16 (37:27):
Right, Yeah, kids in the back seat, you seatbelt isn't on?
Speaker 11 (37:30):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (37:31):
All right, ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks for the information. Hopefully
we'll get to talk about a happier topic next time.
Speaker 16 (37:36):
Thanks Sam.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories.
Coming out of the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. A
new study shows turnout for California's twenty twenty four general
election was lower than the record level in twenty twenty.
The USC Center for Inclusive Democracy found statewide turnout dropped
five percent, with only sixty two percent of eligible voters
casting a ballot. The number of people voting was even
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lower in the Inland Empire. Turnout was fifty six percent
in Riverside County and fifty three percent in San Bernardino County.
Former Vice President Harris has put all the speculation to
bed about whether she's going to run for governor of California.
She says she's not. Republican Party of LA chairperson Roxanne
Hoague tells KFI that most Democrats are probably happy Harris
(38:21):
isn't running, as a lot of surveys had her as
the Democratic front runner.
Speaker 19 (38:25):
They may have thought she was the front runner, but
they also understood that she was a terrible millstone around
their necks. So they may have thought she was the
front runner, but they sure were praying that she didn't run.
Speaker 1 (38:37):
Governor. Newsom terms out in twenty twenty six. The man
accused of driving into a crowd of people outside a
club and East Hollywood has appeared in court.
Speaker 4 (38:44):
Fernando Ramirez, a San Clementi resident, was given an arraignment
date of September the fourth. Ramirez faces thirty seven counts
each of attempted murder an assault with the deadly weapon
following the incident on July nineteenth. Prosecutors say he was
upset after being thrown out of Themont Hollywood nightclub. Ramirez,
who remains behind bars, could spend the rest of his
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life in prison if convicted as charged. Mark Mayfield, Kofi News.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Some criminals serving life sentences could get a chance at
freedom under a new bill introduced in the state legislature.
The bill would allow some prisoners who were under twenty
five when they committed their crime to become eligible for
parole after serving twenty five years of their sentence. Eligibility
for parole would not guarantee a release. The bill is
going to be looked at closer sometime next year. President
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Trump's reportedly thinking about a pardon for music mogul Sean Combe.
Speaker 5 (39:36):
Deadline is reporting that Trump is considering issuing a get
out of jail free card to Ditty ahead of his
sentencing in October, teasing the possibility to news reporters On Wednesday.
Combs was convicted by a Manhattan jury earlier this month
on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but
acquitted prosecutors want a sentence of fifty one to sixty
(39:59):
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Speaker 1 (40:06):
The Hollywood Premier Motel is now officially historic, even if
guests don't love it.
Speaker 8 (40:12):
The LA City Council has added the nineteen sixties era
Hollywood Premier Motel, which stands at Hollywood Boulevard and Serrano Avenue,
to the city's Historic Cultural Monument list, calling it a
quote rare and highly intact example of mid century roadside architecture.
The two story motel, known for its googie style neon sign,
has a one point seven star trip Advisor rating. The
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city leaders say landmarks aren't judged by guest reviews. The
motel has appeared in TV shows like Twin Peaks and
NCIS Los Angeles, and is now the first motel in
LA to receive this historic designation. Heatherbrooker KFI News.
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