November 3, 2025 • 38 mins
Heather Brooker hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. Host of "Dodger Talk" on AM 570 LA Sports David Vassegh opens the show recapping the epic World Series ending crowning the Dodgers back-to-back champions. Co-host of Roggin and Rodney on AM 570 LA Sports Fred Roggin talks about the historic finish to the Dodgers’ 2025 season. Bloomberg Media’s Denise Pellegrini shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Heather talking with ABC News national correspondent Jim Ryan about time spent commuting hitting a record high.
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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 KOSPHD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time
for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
This is your wake up call for Monday, November three.
I'm Heather Brooker in for Amy King. What a day
to be here, everybody. We are celebrating big time over
here in the KFI newsroom. Of course, we the Dodgers
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one big time on Saturday. You guys, do we think
Amy King is punching the air right now and she's
mad because she's not here to talk about her beloved Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Maybe a little bit.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yeah, I think you may be right, just a little bit.
I think my heart actually is a little sad for
her that she's not here today to celebrate with us.
I know she's celebrating in her own way, but my
heart is actually a little bit sad that she's not
here with us. I mean, she's here with us, but
she's just not here with us.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
It is.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
We have a lot of Dodgers coverage today. We are
going to have some live interviews for you. We are
going to be covering everything that we can give you
all the details for the Dodgers celebrations today, and you
guys don't want to miss a second of wake Up Call,
So let's just jump right in, shall we. Here's what's
ahead on wake up Call. The Dodgers are world champs again.
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We're going to have details on how you can join
the celebrations today. And it's day thirty four of the
government's shutdown. Lawmakers got their paychecks on Friday and went home,
while millions of people stopped getting food assistance through the
SNAP program, and flights into LAX had major delays Sunday
after the FAA issued a ground delay due to staffing
(02:06):
shortages in this SoCal airspace. The delays had an average
weight time of over an hour. Passengers are being encouraged
to check with their airlines for updates before heading to
the airport. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. At
five oh five, big day for LA. We're gonna talk
with AM five to seventy LA Sports Dodgers reporter Dave Vasse,
who was at the game Saturday night. He's gonna share
(02:27):
details on the game. It would happened in the locker
room right after the win. Then the government shut down
is about to become the longest in US history. New
polls show Americans are losing patients, and what's next for
the Dodgers. We're gonna have details on the big parade
and what decisions the Dodgers need to make in the
off season. And if you feel like LA traffic is
worse than ever, well you're not imagining it. A new
(02:48):
report says Americans are spending record time stuck behind the wheel.
We're going to talk with ABC's Jim Ryant about what's
driving the gridlock. Today's talkback question. I want to hear
from you. It's all about the Dodgers, as you can imagine.
Hit that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and let
me hear what you think about the Dodgers big win.
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Are you going to the parade? Are you wearing your
blue to work today? Let me know. Hit the talkback
button and we're going to hear from you later on
in the show. Then a six oh five, it's handle
on the news. Dodger fans took over the streets of
LA after the big win, and we're going to tell
you how the lapd responded. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. As many as two hundred thousand people are
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expected to pack downtown LA today for the Dodgers World
Series victory parade. It starts at eleven am at Temple
and Broadway and should last about forty five minutes. Streets
will begin closing at seven am, and police are urging
fans to take public transit or park far from the
route for an easier exit. Mayor bas says security measures
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are in place.
Speaker 6 (03:56):
Our Emergency Operations Center has been activated in staff with
representatives from over twenty city departments, and of course LAPD
is working closely with local law enforcement.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
A separate ticketed event at Dodger Stadium starts around twelve fifteen.
Fans won't be able to attend both, but the parade
will be shown on Dodger Vision inside the stadium. Hef
i's Michael Monks will bring you live coverage of the
parade starting at seven o'clock this morning. And because of
the large crowd, city officials say you gotta use metro
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to get down there. There's multiple rail stations along the
route and Dodger Stadium Express shuttles are available for ticketed guests.
You can visit our website KFIAM six forty dot com
for more details on getting to the parade. We're joined
now by AM five to seventy, LA sports reporter and
host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. Fresh off covering the
dodgers thrilling Game seven victory over the Blue Jays that
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sealed their ninth World Series championship. David's here to break
down how the boys in Blue pulled it off and
what fans can expect as LA gets ready to celebrate
big today. David, how did it feel to be there
as the Dodgers won?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Well?
Speaker 7 (05:05):
Heather obviously very thrilled for the Dodgers to be able
to pull off what many believe, including the players that
were involved in that game yesterday, the greatest Game seven
and certainly the most entertaining World Series we have had
in quite some time. Obviously sweeter with the Dodgers becoming
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the first team since the Yankees twenty five years ago
to repeat as champions and look the city is ready
to celebrate. When we arrived at the airport yesterday, the
players were greeted by the fire department with a water
hose celebrating them. Fans somehow realized where they were landing
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and were there to greet them as they were leaving
the airport. So everybody in Los Angeles we could feel
the energy. The team felt the energy as soon as
they touched down at LAX yesterday.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I was in my living room jumping up and down.
I would get I was getting up every five seconds,
wringing my hands together. I can only imagine the energy
that you felt there in the stadium.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
From the Toronto fans heather before the game, there was
a nervous energy. And then once the Blue Jays took
the four to two lead, obviously they could smell it.
Two outs in the ninth inning, they really got loud.
Maybe the loudest environment I have ever experienced in my
fourteen years traveling with the Dodgers at Rogers Center last
night or in Game seven, and the Dodgers after the game,
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just I mean, there's so much elation that they were
able to not play their best but still find a
way to get veteran contributions from an unlikely hero in
Miguel Rojas, who has been a team leader and maybe
the quietest assassins in baseball. Will Smith their catcher who
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did a great job catching every single inning of the
World Series and coming up with the biggest home run
of his life and extra innings. So everybody was you know,
everybody talks about the salaries, the talent being around these guys,
nobody talks about their heart, how much they played through
pain and did it for every did it for each other,
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and played through a lot of injuries to be able
to get to the championships. So very very happy to
be able to document just what a team this is.
And we'll go down in Dodger history as the greatest team,
considering they're the only Dodger team ever to win back
to back World Series championships.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
So how would you describe then the moments right after
the game in the clubhouse as the champagne is spraying everywhere.
What was that moment?
Speaker 8 (07:48):
Like?
Speaker 7 (07:48):
Yeah, so I was in there and Dave Roberts gave
a speech, saluted some of the guys, and everybody knew
it was Clayton Kershaw's last game in his major league
career and what a way to go out. So Dave
Roberts gave him the floor and Kershaw's not a guy
that likes to show his feelings or get too emotional.
But he started to get choked up when he was
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addressing the team and how much they meant to him.
And I mean everybody was singing the praises of Yoshinobu Yamamoto,
who did something unprecedented to pitch six innings in Game
six and come back and pitch three innings and extra
innings the very next day. I mean that that really
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was a microcosm of the team, how everybody would go
to great lengths to win this World Series championship.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
If you think we're done talking about the Dodgers, oh boy,
you would be wrong. It is a Dodgers' day here
at KFI. We have a lot more Dodgers coverage for you.
In fact, we are going to talk about what's next
for the World Championship Dodgers team and the big decisions
they have to make in the off season. So don't
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go anywhere, but for now, we are going to get
back to some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The man who's pleaded guilty
to killing his seven month old son is due to
be sentenced today in Riverside. Jake Harrow pleaded guilty last
month to second degree murder, child assault, and filing a
false police report. His wife, Rebecca Harrow, did not join
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in the plea. The parents were arrested in August after
the baby boy, Emmanuel, was reported missing in Ukaipa. His
body still hasn't been found. Governor Newsom is out promoting
Prop fifty ahead of tomorrow's vote. The measure is aimed
at redrawing California's congressional district maps, handing more power to
the Democrats. It's an effort aimed at similar moves by
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Republican led states like Texas. Speaking over the weekend in
La Newsom brought up the no King's rallies that were
held across the country last month.
Speaker 9 (09:55):
No Crowns, no Thrones, No Kings, yea show it up
the biggest protests since the late nineteen sixties.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Two recent polls suggest Californian's overwhelmingly support Prop fifty. Police
and firefighters are investigating a shooting in Winnetka Sunday night
that reportedly left up to four people hurt near Santaquoi
Street and Osso Avenue. More Americans are expected to start
feeling the pain with the government's shutdown on the brink
of becoming the longest ever. ABC's Nicole D'Antonio says President
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Trump has drawn criticism for throwing a Great Gatsby themed
Halloween party at mar A Lago over the weekend.
Speaker 10 (10:34):
Some calling it tone deaf.
Speaker 11 (10:35):
With forty two Milligan Americans now going without food assistants,
a White House spokesperson dismissed the critics, arguing quotes these
Democrats are full of it.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to start
making food stamp payments today or partial payments by Wednesday.
SNAP food assistants' benefits are running drive for millions of
Americans because of the shutdown. It's creating a crisis for
many family who depend on monthly benefits. Javier Sanchez, who
owns a restaurant in the Bay Area, says he's doing
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what he can to help families.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
I mean, this has come over and they chose their
car and we just give him the corrido.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
Kill doesn't matter if it's three or tan kids.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
SNAP benefits We're supposed to go out on Saturday, but
didn't despite a judge's order for the Trump administration to
use emergency funding and President Trump says he won't attend
this week's hearing inside the Supreme Court on a case
involving his tariffs, but says it's an important decision.
Speaker 8 (11:32):
Without tariffs, without are being able to use tariffs really
openly and in every way we are, really would suffer
tremendously from a national security standpoint.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Trump went on to say he thinks this is the
most important decision in the history of the United States.
Artificial intelligence ship maker in Vidia has a massive milestone.
Speaker 11 (11:56):
And Vidia is now the first company ever valued at
five trillion. That makes the California tech giant worth more
than the entire GDP of every country on Earth except
the US and China. Brigida Digastino k if I.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
Is a hunter has been found alive after being lost
in the woods in northern California for nearly three weeks.
ABC Sophie Flay says Ron Daily took a wrong turn
and ended up in unfamiliar country.
Speaker 11 (12:21):
He says his truck eventually broke down, leaving him with
no choice but to walk and find help.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Along the way.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
He lost his phone and had no way to call
for help.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
On Saturday, a group of hunters spotted him in Fresno County.
A barricade situation in Hyde Park ended Sunday after a
man broke into a fumigated home filled with toxic chemicals
lped negotiation negotiators spent hours urging him to surrender, warning
he was endangering his life. The scene was cleared by
the afternoon and there was no injuries. Two people were
(12:50):
killed and five others were hurt after a late night
house fire and Sunland firefighters found the home engulfed in
flames in heavy smoke, and several people were rescued and
the fire was put out after about half an hour.
And hundreds of Carl's Junior locations across Soakal are offering
one dollar kids meals to families impacted by the federal
government's shutdown. The deal includes a burger, fries and drink
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for those showing a federal or military ID or an
EBT card. We're taking your talkbacks this morning. They're already
coming through. I want to hear from you. Just hit
that button on the iHeartRadio app and show show your
Dodger pride. Share your Dodger pride with me. Are you
going to the parade today? Are you wearing your blue
and White or your LA Dodger hat to work today.
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I want to hear from you. Hit the talkback button
and we'll play some of your responses later on in
the show. It takes O five a Tanle on the
news the government shut down at day thirty four, air
traffic controllers are feeling the worst shortage in history. We're
going to tell you it's being done to fix it.
But right now, we are joined by veterans sports voice
Fred Rogan of AM five to seventy LA Sports Rogan
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and Rodney as the LA Dodgers just wrap up this
historic back to back world series. When Fred, good.
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Morning, Heather, Good morning to you. How are you?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
I'm good, I'm good. So all right, this has been
obviously very exciting a couple of days for LA and
giving the Dodgers back to back titles. What do you
think was the single biggest factor that pushed them over
the top this season.
Speaker 12 (14:21):
Gotta be honest with you, as I'm getting ready for
our show this morning, and Rodney and I usually worked
from noon to three, so we're doing the mornings because
we'll be walled wall on KLAC today, So for me,
this is a little early.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
I was gonna say this is early for you, it's
early for me too. I'm not usually here either, so I'm.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Just you're my wake up call this morning.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
So thank you anytime.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
Here's the thing.
Speaker 12 (14:44):
I started thinking about it yesterday as I was getting
ready for the show, and I thought, my god, what
were the moments if you really go through the entire
run of the series, and I'm talking about let's go
back to the wildcard round when they played the Reds,
and they played the Phillies, then they played the Brewers,
then they played the Blue Jays, and I started looking
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at everything again and I had to watch a recap
of everything. I thought, my god, so much happened in
this playoff run, and so many players had made enormous
impacts in this playoff run against the Blue Jays, and
he didn't.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Win the MVP.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
And if Yamamoto hadn't pitched as he did, maybe Micky
Rojas would have been the MVP. In that sixth game,
to end the game, key Ky Hernandez makes a running
grab in the outfield, fires it on a hop, Micky
catches a ball, they double up Barger on second base
and the game is over.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
That was huge. And then in game seven, the home run,
the home run.
Speaker 12 (15:47):
Wow, that saved them and kept their season alive so
they would have a chance to go on and win.
So many, so many great moments in this playoff run.
And there were moments into Spike as well as the
Dodgers did Heather.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
There were moments where you thought they could be in trouble.
Speaker 12 (16:07):
Yeah, but when you really look back at everything, they
pretty much had it.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
And when Rojas hit that hit, that solo home run,
everybody in l you could almost feel the earth shake.
Everybody was up on their feet. We were I know,
I jumped them out of my chair when we were watching.
It was so exciting and we were like, finally we're
We're doing it. We're doing it. So I want to
talk about, you know, how this championship compares emotionally and
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culturally to the past wins from from the Dodgers.
Speaker 12 (16:39):
Okay, well two in a row, I mean first time
in like twenty five years that's happened, So that all
into itself is incredible. Second, the team has captured most
of Japan in marketing because of their players, So that's
an enormous step on the global stage.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Winning back to back like that.
Speaker 12 (17:01):
Also, I think it cements itself without question as the
best run sports franchise certainly Los Angeles, and all due
respect to my friend Kevin Demoff of the Rams, and
they are perfect over there. Everybody works very hard, but
I think the Dodgers are probably the best run organization
top to bottom.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
I'd say the Rams are close second.
Speaker 12 (17:20):
And by the way, once Mark Walter in the Dodger
group gets in there with the Lakers, then things will
change dramatically there. But I think it does cement the
Dodgers right now as one of the great, one of
the great organizations globally in sports. I also think that
by far the Dodgers dominate the market, not even close.
I don't know what somebody would have to do in
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this market to gain the kind of attention the Dodgers do.
The Dodgers are part of the fabric of Los Angeles.
They are woven through all of the communities, and we
know LA is a bunch of cities looking for one
all together, and they are just woven through Latino community. Enormous,
for the Asian community, enormous. So I think from a
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cultural standpoint, this is huge. And the funny thing is
next year they'll be a year older, but I don't
think they'll be a year worse.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
If their pitching holds up, they can win it again.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
You know, one thing I think is really special too
about this team because they started in New York, right
as the Dodgers in New York. There's something about it
too that ties us with New York because there's so
many people who are fans from New York that it
truly is a I don't want to say America's team
is that dramatic? Are there people like going Lady? That's
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a bit of an overreach, but it certainly does feel
like it's a team that ties a lot of people
together and brings people together. I have to ask you,
are you going to be able to go to the
parade today or do any of the in person celebrations.
Speaker 12 (18:56):
No, and I don't want to. Are you kidding me?
Did you see what happen and last year?
Speaker 8 (19:00):
No?
Speaker 4 (19:01):
I don't want to go anywhere near that thing.
Speaker 12 (19:04):
You know, for a lot of years, I did a
lot of stuff on television here and was at everything.
Going to that is insanity if you remember last year.
With all due respect to Jack Flaherty, who was an
integral part of the title last year and was with
the Tigers this year.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
He got so drunk I thought he was going to
fall out of his chair.
Speaker 12 (19:27):
Right, I mean, do we need to remember those moments?
Speaker 8 (19:30):
No?
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Maybe not, maybe not.
Speaker 12 (19:33):
It's going to be great fun, though, I mean if
you can, and here's the thing about going to the event.
If you could not afford tickets to a Dodger game
this year and you want to see the players up close,
you got a pretty good shot going to this And
that's why a lot of people went last year. It
was fun, Heather, it was great fun. But yeah, for me,
I'll I'll just kind of keep an eye on it
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from here.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Well, they're expecting about two hundred thousand people, so we're
encouraging everybody as well take public transportation if they head
down there, so that's probably good advice, or they can
just hang out and listen in their cars to your
coverage with Rogan and Rodney that starts at six o'clock
this morning. So I know you've got to start prepping
for your show. And I'm so grateful you took the
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time to pomp in and talk with us today.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Oh please, my pleasure. You guys have fun.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Thank you Okay, wow, what is such an exciting day
in LA Like I just I can't imagine anybody is
going to be talking about much else. I know, we
do have some other stories we are going to get
to today, So don't you worry. We got you covered
with all the news that you need. We also want
to remind you that Michael Monks gfi's Michael Monks will
be live downtown. He is going to be braving the parade,
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although to be fair, he does live downtown, so he
probably will just walk over to where the parade is
going to be. And we are going to be bringing
you live coverage from Michael Monks starting at seven o'clock
this morning. An explosion at Harvard University's Goldenson Building prompted
a search for two mass suspects this weekend. Officials say
the device wasn't a bomb and no other explosives were found.
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A new ABC News Washington Post poll shows most Americans
disapprove of President Trump's job performance. Two thirds believe the
country is on the wrong track, and a majority give
him poor marks on the economy. A Toronto father and
son made baseball history during Game seven of the World Series,
catching both of the game's pivotal home run balls. John
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Bains snagged Miguel Rojas's ninth inning blast, and then two
innings later, his son Matthew caught Will Smith's go ahead homer.
What a game that was. We are taking your talkbacks
this morning. Hit the talkback button on the iHeartRadio app.
Tell me what did you think of the game? Did
you watch it? Were you cheering and screaming in your
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living room like I was and with my family? Are
you going to be wearing your Dodger blue to work today?
Let me know. I want to hear from you. Share
your love for our world championship team. Then at six
oh five at tandle on the news, President Trump posted
a great gas themed Halloween party over the weekend, and
many believe this was tone duff as millions of people
lose food asystems across the country. We're going to talk
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about the fallout if there is any from this event. Now,
the Dodgers have won the World Series and today they'll
be celebrating in only the way LA can celebrate, with
a big parade and party. Joining me now is Am
five to seventy LA Sports Dodgers reporter and host of
Dodger Talk David Vase, So let's talk about the big
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parade today. I wish I could go down there. I
wish I was going to be there. Are you going
to be there?
Speaker 4 (22:33):
I am.
Speaker 7 (22:33):
I'm going to be on one of the buses. I'll
be interviewing players from the bus. I'm on for Sports
at LA and of course AM five to seventy LA
Sports and at nine am I'll be co hosting with
Tim Kats Dodger Talk preview show from one of the
buses from nine am to eleven AM until my connection
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goes out in downtown. So it's pretty spectacular. We did
this last year and very very fortunate that the Dodgers
can bring back another championship in consecutive years to do
it again after.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
This historic run. Are there any early signs of what
the offseason could bring.
Speaker 7 (23:11):
Yeah, so there are some decisions to be made. Keith
a Hernandez and Miguel Rojas are both free agents. The
Dodgers have to, you know, consider reconstructing their bullpen. It
was a bullpen that had one of the highest eras
in the last fifty years for a team to win
the World Series, So they do have to reconstruct that
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bullpen and decide whether or not they want to get
aggressive and add an outfielder to a group that maybe
needed a little bit more contact. So, yeah, there are
things to do. And you know, this is a veteran group.
Andrew Friedman, the president of Baseball Operations, is that has
to take into account how to get younger to keep
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this thing going because they have a lot of aging
veteran This.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Has been an incredible season to watch them play. It's
been full of like heartbreaking losses, but also incredible wins.
Let's talk about you personally. What are you looking forward
to in the off season. Here are you going on vacation,
You're going to kick your feet up? What are you
going to be doing.
Speaker 7 (24:13):
I'm just looking forward to spending time with my kids again.
They've been troopers throughout the postseason and the entire year.
Remember the Dodgers started the year in Tokyo and finished
it in Toronto. They had the longest season last two
years of any baseball team. And I've been with them
every step of the way and certainly blessed to have
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that opportunity. But obviously I missed my family and can't
wait to just regroup with them. During the off season.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
Well, it has been well earned and we have enjoyed
listening to your coverage all season long. And if everybody
head on over to AM five to seventy LA Sports
for all of your Dodgers coverage. David, thank you so much.
Enjoy the parade today and enjoy spending time with your family.
Speaker 7 (25:00):
Great talking to you, Heather, Thank you.
Speaker 6 (25:03):
So.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
The parade is prompting the closure of several court rooms
and other government offices in the downtown area. The Stanley
Moss Courthouse on Hill Street, the Clara Shortridge Criminal Justice
Center on Temple, Superior Court departments at the Spring Street Courthouse,
and the Archives and Record Center on Hill Street will
all be closed today. Also, the LA County's Assessor's Office,
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Auditor Controller's Office, Treasure tax Collector's Office, Board of Supervisors
will be closed. It's almost like it's a holiday. And
of course we will have all of your live coverage
of the parade and celebrations with kfi's Michael Monks starting
at seven o'clock today. You don't want to miss it, alrighty,
now it is time to get in your business with
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Bloomberg's Denise Pellngreny, Good morning, Hey, good morning.
Speaker 10 (25:49):
To you, Heather. How are you doing this morning? Do
I even need to ask?
Speaker 8 (25:52):
You?
Speaker 5 (25:52):
Do not?
Speaker 3 (25:53):
You can ask? We are all we are all really
excited over here. Such a big day for LA and
can't wait to keep celebrating.
Speaker 10 (26:02):
And what a great series, I mean, what a great
way to win.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
I just oh, that was awesome.
Speaker 10 (26:07):
And the amount of spending that you saw, I mean
you think about all the spending in La, right, yeah,
you know, with all the festivities, all the bars, all
the time.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Oh yeah, for sure. And I saw a line of
people outside of a store who are waiting to get
World Series merch and it wrapped around the building. So
people are ready to support their teams for sure.
Speaker 10 (26:29):
And then the secondary businesses from that too, because a
lot of people are going to go and sell those
on eBay and make a book and then go out
and spend that buck celebrated and in Toronto too, even
though you know, things didn't go quite the way they hoped.
I mean, for Game six, people were spending thousands of
dollars for hotel rooms you know that could see the field.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
So definitely good globe, this is global boost. Yeah. Well,
let's talk about what's happening in the in the world
of business and for your money and that sort of thing.
Forget about the support group for women or racial minorities.
Men's group are the new thing, is that right?
Speaker 10 (27:05):
Yeah, these are groups that companies are sponsoring and encouraging,
focusing on men's physical, emotional, and financial health things like
you know, they talk about things like, you know, interest rates,
buying a house, having a child, testicular cancer, becoming a
new father, even andropause, helping men talk about all these things.
(27:26):
Some companies say the groups they're also help prevent what
they call toxic masculinity. Some of the groups also welcome women,
and I thought it was interesting. There was this study
that said American men age eighteen to thirty spend an
average of almost seven non sleeping hours alone each day.
That's more than an hour longer than women spend alone.
(27:48):
And about fifteen percent of men say they have no
close friends. So companies are just kind of thinking, you know,
it's good to encourage people to talk.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
I totally agree with that. I think that is a
very helpful thing for men to do. Amazon changing whole
foods in some shocking ways.
Speaker 10 (28:06):
Yeah, this is a weird one and you might call
it the Amazonification of Whole Foods. They bought it eight
years ago, right, and everybody wondered, you know, what was
going to happen. Well, it is finally happening. Now. Whole
Foods is introducing robots called shop bots. It'll fetch you
things like tide pods or pepsi, you know, kind of
things you don't normally see in Whole Foods. And for
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people who aren't necessarily in the thrall of all the
organic kale, what prebiotic soda, craft beer. This isn't test
phase right now, it's some Whole Foods. You might see
that at yours. And in Chicago they're taking it a
step further. They've cleared out the coffee shop and seating
area and they put in a massive grocery kiosk called
(28:49):
Amazon Grocery, and it's filled with brands like Craft, Mac
and Cheese and Chips Away, So that'll hit you right
when you walk in. They're trying to, you know, diversify
a little bit, I guess, and get some other customers.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Nothing says Whole Foods like pepsi and mac and cheese, right,
and tide cuds and tie bots don't eat those though,
and really quickly before I let you go. Krispy Cream
has nine new flavors. Oh do say tell me more?
Speaker 10 (29:15):
Yeah, okay, So New York Cheesecake, Oreo Cookies and Cream,
Original glaze cake, cinnamon apple filled, original glazed cream filled
with bisca flavor, chocolate fudge, brownie, donut, Heather, And of
course you know you got to have a pumpkin flavor.
So they've got organic original, not organic original glazed pumpkin,
(29:37):
spice cake, doughnut. There they are doing away though, Heather,
with glazed blueberry cake, glazed lemon filled and cake batter.
They say this all came after you know, they asked
fans what they wanted and brought back some things that
they had temporarily on the menu. They're putting on there
permanently now. So I mean you could go every day
(29:57):
for nine days in a row and just yeah, well,
now I know where I'm going after work. Thank you, Denise.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
Have a great rest of you today. More than half
a million New Yorkers have already voted in the city's
mayoral race, about four times the turnout from the last election.
Polling places have been packed as voters show strong engagement
ahead of what's being called the most consequential election before
next year's midterms. President Trump is starting military action in Nigeria,
(30:24):
and Justin Baldoni's four hundred million dollar countersuit against Blake Lively,
Ryan Reynolds and The New York Times has been dismissed
after he missed the appeal deadline. We're taking your talk
backs this morning. Hit the talkback button on the iHeartRadio
app and share your love for the Dodgers. We want
to hear from you. We're just minutes away from Handle.
On the news this morning, a woman in Mississippi says
she shot and killed one of the escaped monkeys in Mississippi.
(30:47):
We're going to tell you why she says she did it.
And after a brief pandemic break, America's traffic jams are
back and worse than ever. We're going to talk to
ABC's Jim Ryan, who's going to break it all down
for us and what is behind this surge and how
cities are trying to respond.
Speaker 9 (31:03):
Good morning, Jim, Hi, Heather, Yeah, you folks know what
it's like.
Speaker 5 (31:07):
Then you did.
Speaker 9 (31:08):
Los Angeles has historically bad traffic jams, and you leave
the nation one hundred and thirty seven hours per year
spent by commuters in LA stuck in traffic, compared to
one hundred and nineteen just six years ago. So yeah,
things are rough all over. So you better have an
entertaining show, Heather, because you've got people in a captive
audience listening to you.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
I hope, so, I hope so well. All right, so
I understand that this report that came out says Americans
lost an average of sixty three hours in traffic, and
I have to say that feels pretty accurate. What is
fueling this jump here?
Speaker 9 (31:43):
A lot of things. Yeah, so the return to the
office orders are in place that companies around the country,
so you don't have the pandemic light traffic anymore. But
it's also being spread out across the day. It's not
just a morning and an afternoon phenomenon anymore. I mean,
it's in the middle of the day, it's in the evening,
it's in the middle of the night, and it's on
(32:03):
the weekends too, So traffic is just getting worse throughout
the entire week. And that's a big part of it.
And what's more, I mean, when was the last time
you ordered something through Amazon? Or through Walmart or whatever.
And when was the last time. They're probably within the
last day.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Its probably a couple of days ago, yep, okay, And that.
Speaker 9 (32:19):
Thing is going to get to your house on our
truck right first in eighteen wheeler and fifty three foot
trailer and then into a smaller delivery truck, a box truck.
It'll come to your place. So yeah, truck traffic has
risen dramatically in the last six years six years as well.
In fact, truck traffic accounts for a bigger percentage of
the overall traffic than cars and trucks, you know, pickup
(32:42):
trucks did a few years ago a ninety eighteen percent
increase in truck traffic.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
You know, I like what you said and can completely
relate to what you said about there being no more
like true rush hour, Like it just seems like there's
traffic all the time now, no matter what time of day,
and that seems especially true here in La. So where
does La sort of rank on this list of worst congestion?
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Well, as usual, La has the worst congestion in the
whole country.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
Are we have the top of the list, Yes, afraid so.
Speaker 9 (33:13):
One hundred and thirty seven hours per year Riverside is
right if there as well. In San Francisco, it's almost there,
two one hundred and thirty four hours compared to your
one hundred and thirty seven. So California really has the
worst of all. A few places have actually seen their
traffic their commute times stay steady, and a couple have
seen them decline. Boston, for example, has seen its traffic
(33:36):
congestion drop off somewhat. Officials there say the part of
the reason is that they've been managing the traffic control devices,
the traffic lights in downtown to try to manage traffic
that way. It seems to be helping someone.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
So aside from managing the traffic lights, is there anything
that city planners can do to help ease this gridlock?
Speaker 9 (33:57):
Well, I mean it takes a long time, a big
commitment and a lot of money, you know, trying to
increase awareness of public transit, getting more people and buses
and trains, encouraging folks to leave the car in the
garage and find a different way to get to work.
But it takes a lot of It's like that battleship again,
trying to turn it around. It takes time.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Well, I have to say, when I've been to other cities,
who are you know, around the world and the US
who have better public transportation infrastructure than we do here
in LA, I get a little jealous because I would
welcome a better option, I guess for public transit. So
maybe we'll get it sorted out eventually, and hopefully this
isn't the new normal. So thank you so much, Jim Ryan.
(34:39):
We appreciate your time.
Speaker 9 (34:40):
Thanks Hether.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
All right, let's get back some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Dodger fans
are gearing up to celebrate the back to back World
Series titles with a championship parade today through downtown LA.
It's going to be followed by a special event at
Dodger Stadium. The parade begins at eleven at Temple and Broadway.
City officials are urging fans too metro, which we were
just talking about, with multiple rail stations along the route
(35:04):
and Dodgers Stadium express shuttles are going to be available
for ticketed guests. He if i's Michael Monks will be
covering the festivities live for us starting at seven am,
so you don't want to miss that. We got a
couple of talkbacks I want to get to today before
we sign off of wake Up Call.
Speaker 13 (35:22):
Good morning, wake up call, Flying fish on my way
to the airport. And it's not so much the Dodgers winning,
because I knew they was going to do that, and
I felt very.
Speaker 4 (35:32):
Happy that they won, even though it took seven games.
Speaker 14 (35:35):
It was the reaction of the Canadian fans and Guerrero
with all that pump it up and then just getting
the real rude awaken and reality la number one.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
Go Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
Look, that's right, Go Dodgers.
Speaker 5 (35:54):
Hello morning, wake up call, Go Dodger Blue. Yes, I
will be watching the parade. A high school teacher. I'll
have that thing on in my classroom and I'll be
sharing about what it means to be a good community
member and teamwork and humbleness giving credit to others.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
Go Dodgers, Go Dodgers. That's right.
Speaker 7 (36:20):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
I wish we had time to get some more take
a wake up call callbacks today, but we've got to
get on with our day. We've got a lot of
news to cover today. As I mentioned, we will be
covering it live, covering the parade live starting at seven
o'clock this morning, Michael Monks is going to be down there,
and you know what, he's got a pretty easy commute,
(36:40):
right will he can just walk from his apartment right
over his probably parade bumble over there. Yes, that's a
fun assignment for him. Though he doesn't have to worry
about parking, he doesn't have to worry about trafficking, and
just walk right on over to the events. Although it's funny.
Fred Rogan saying earlier that he does not want to go,
and he's glad he doesn't have to go. And I've
(37:02):
been so grateful and had such a great time filling
in for Amy this week, and I'm so sad that
she's not here today because she is truly a Dodgers
fan through and through. I wouldn't be surprised if she
herself actually went to the Breed today just to watch
it and enjoy it. So, you know, do you think so?
Do you think she will go down there?
Speaker 4 (37:21):
And we can actually text her.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
We should don't wake her up on her day off,
Do not do that. I'm sure she's actually back in town.
She might be on her way back. Well, Amy, we'll
be back with you guys tomorrow. Thank you so much,
everybody and the wake Up Call crew and KNO and
producer Ann and of course Will for helping me out
and being with me on these past few days. This
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is KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County
live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer
and technical producer Cono and traffic specialist Will. I'm Heather Brooker.
This has been your wake up Call. If you missed
any of wake Up Call, you can listen anytime on
the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
You've been listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King.
You can always hear wake Up Call five to six
am Monday through Friday on kf I AM six forty
and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
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 KOSPHD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time
for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
This is your wake up call for Monday, November three.
I'm Heather Brooker in for Amy King. What a day
to be here, everybody. We are celebrating big time over
here in the KFI newsroom. Of course, we the Dodgers
(00:50):
one big time on Saturday. You guys, do we think
Amy King is punching the air right now and she's
mad because she's not here to talk about her beloved Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Maybe a little bit.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yeah, I think you may be right, just a little bit.
I think my heart actually is a little sad for
her that she's not here today to celebrate with us.
I know she's celebrating in her own way, but my
heart is actually a little bit sad that she's not
here with us. I mean, she's here with us, but
she's just not here with us.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
It is.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
We have a lot of Dodgers coverage today. We are
going to have some live interviews for you. We are
going to be covering everything that we can give you
all the details for the Dodgers celebrations today, and you
guys don't want to miss a second of wake Up Call,
So let's just jump right in, shall we. Here's what's
ahead on wake up Call. The Dodgers are world champs again.
(01:45):
We're going to have details on how you can join
the celebrations today. And it's day thirty four of the
government's shutdown. Lawmakers got their paychecks on Friday and went home,
while millions of people stopped getting food assistance through the
SNAP program, and flights into LAX had major delays Sunday
after the FAA issued a ground delay due to staffing
(02:06):
shortages in this SoCal airspace. The delays had an average
weight time of over an hour. Passengers are being encouraged
to check with their airlines for updates before heading to
the airport. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. At
five oh five, big day for LA. We're gonna talk
with AM five to seventy LA Sports Dodgers reporter Dave Vasse,
who was at the game Saturday night. He's gonna share
(02:27):
details on the game. It would happened in the locker
room right after the win. Then the government shut down
is about to become the longest in US history. New
polls show Americans are losing patients, and what's next for
the Dodgers. We're gonna have details on the big parade
and what decisions the Dodgers need to make in the
off season. And if you feel like LA traffic is
worse than ever, well you're not imagining it. A new
(02:48):
report says Americans are spending record time stuck behind the wheel.
We're going to talk with ABC's Jim Ryant about what's
driving the gridlock. Today's talkback question. I want to hear
from you. It's all about the Dodgers, as you can imagine.
Hit that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and let
me hear what you think about the Dodgers big win.
(03:09):
Are you going to the parade? Are you wearing your
blue to work today? Let me know. Hit the talkback
button and we're going to hear from you later on
in the show. Then a six oh five, it's handle
on the news. Dodger fans took over the streets of
LA after the big win, and we're going to tell
you how the lapd responded. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. As many as two hundred thousand people are
(03:33):
expected to pack downtown LA today for the Dodgers World
Series victory parade. It starts at eleven am at Temple
and Broadway and should last about forty five minutes. Streets
will begin closing at seven am, and police are urging
fans to take public transit or park far from the
route for an easier exit. Mayor bas says security measures
(03:54):
are in place.
Speaker 6 (03:56):
Our Emergency Operations Center has been activated in staff with
representatives from over twenty city departments, and of course LAPD
is working closely with local law enforcement.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
A separate ticketed event at Dodger Stadium starts around twelve fifteen.
Fans won't be able to attend both, but the parade
will be shown on Dodger Vision inside the stadium. Hef
i's Michael Monks will bring you live coverage of the
parade starting at seven o'clock this morning. And because of
the large crowd, city officials say you gotta use metro
(04:28):
to get down there. There's multiple rail stations along the
route and Dodger Stadium Express shuttles are available for ticketed guests.
You can visit our website KFIAM six forty dot com
for more details on getting to the parade. We're joined
now by AM five to seventy, LA sports reporter and
host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. Fresh off covering the
dodgers thrilling Game seven victory over the Blue Jays that
(04:50):
sealed their ninth World Series championship. David's here to break
down how the boys in Blue pulled it off and
what fans can expect as LA gets ready to celebrate
big today. David, how did it feel to be there
as the Dodgers won?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Well?
Speaker 7 (05:05):
Heather obviously very thrilled for the Dodgers to be able
to pull off what many believe, including the players that
were involved in that game yesterday, the greatest Game seven
and certainly the most entertaining World Series we have had
in quite some time. Obviously sweeter with the Dodgers becoming
(05:27):
the first team since the Yankees twenty five years ago
to repeat as champions and look the city is ready
to celebrate. When we arrived at the airport yesterday, the
players were greeted by the fire department with a water
hose celebrating them. Fans somehow realized where they were landing
(05:47):
and were there to greet them as they were leaving
the airport. So everybody in Los Angeles we could feel
the energy. The team felt the energy as soon as
they touched down at LAX yesterday.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I was in my living room jumping up and down.
I would get I was getting up every five seconds,
wringing my hands together. I can only imagine the energy
that you felt there in the stadium.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
From the Toronto fans heather before the game, there was
a nervous energy. And then once the Blue Jays took
the four to two lead, obviously they could smell it.
Two outs in the ninth inning, they really got loud.
Maybe the loudest environment I have ever experienced in my
fourteen years traveling with the Dodgers at Rogers Center last
night or in Game seven, and the Dodgers after the game,
(06:35):
just I mean, there's so much elation that they were
able to not play their best but still find a
way to get veteran contributions from an unlikely hero in
Miguel Rojas, who has been a team leader and maybe
the quietest assassins in baseball. Will Smith their catcher who
(06:57):
did a great job catching every single inning of the
World Series and coming up with the biggest home run
of his life and extra innings. So everybody was you know,
everybody talks about the salaries, the talent being around these guys,
nobody talks about their heart, how much they played through
pain and did it for every did it for each other,
(07:21):
and played through a lot of injuries to be able
to get to the championships. So very very happy to
be able to document just what a team this is.
And we'll go down in Dodger history as the greatest team,
considering they're the only Dodger team ever to win back
to back World Series championships.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
So how would you describe then the moments right after
the game in the clubhouse as the champagne is spraying everywhere.
What was that moment?
Speaker 8 (07:48):
Like?
Speaker 7 (07:48):
Yeah, so I was in there and Dave Roberts gave
a speech, saluted some of the guys, and everybody knew
it was Clayton Kershaw's last game in his major league
career and what a way to go out. So Dave
Roberts gave him the floor and Kershaw's not a guy
that likes to show his feelings or get too emotional.
But he started to get choked up when he was
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addressing the team and how much they meant to him.
And I mean everybody was singing the praises of Yoshinobu Yamamoto,
who did something unprecedented to pitch six innings in Game
six and come back and pitch three innings and extra
innings the very next day. I mean that that really
(08:33):
was a microcosm of the team, how everybody would go
to great lengths to win this World Series championship.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
If you think we're done talking about the Dodgers, oh boy,
you would be wrong. It is a Dodgers' day here
at KFI. We have a lot more Dodgers coverage for you.
In fact, we are going to talk about what's next
for the World Championship Dodgers team and the big decisions
they have to make in the off season. So don't
(09:02):
go anywhere, but for now, we are going to get
back to some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The man who's pleaded guilty
to killing his seven month old son is due to
be sentenced today in Riverside. Jake Harrow pleaded guilty last
month to second degree murder, child assault, and filing a
false police report. His wife, Rebecca Harrow, did not join
(09:22):
in the plea. The parents were arrested in August after
the baby boy, Emmanuel, was reported missing in Ukaipa. His
body still hasn't been found. Governor Newsom is out promoting
Prop fifty ahead of tomorrow's vote. The measure is aimed
at redrawing California's congressional district maps, handing more power to
the Democrats. It's an effort aimed at similar moves by
(09:46):
Republican led states like Texas. Speaking over the weekend in
La Newsom brought up the no King's rallies that were
held across the country last month.
Speaker 9 (09:55):
No Crowns, no Thrones, No Kings, yea show it up
the biggest protests since the late nineteen sixties.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Two recent polls suggest Californian's overwhelmingly support Prop fifty. Police
and firefighters are investigating a shooting in Winnetka Sunday night
that reportedly left up to four people hurt near Santaquoi
Street and Osso Avenue. More Americans are expected to start
feeling the pain with the government's shutdown on the brink
of becoming the longest ever. ABC's Nicole D'Antonio says President
(10:27):
Trump has drawn criticism for throwing a Great Gatsby themed
Halloween party at mar A Lago over the weekend.
Speaker 10 (10:34):
Some calling it tone deaf.
Speaker 11 (10:35):
With forty two Milligan Americans now going without food assistants,
a White House spokesperson dismissed the critics, arguing quotes these
Democrats are full of it.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to start
making food stamp payments today or partial payments by Wednesday.
SNAP food assistants' benefits are running drive for millions of
Americans because of the shutdown. It's creating a crisis for
many family who depend on monthly benefits. Javier Sanchez, who
owns a restaurant in the Bay Area, says he's doing
(11:05):
what he can to help families.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
I mean, this has come over and they chose their
car and we just give him the corrido.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
Kill doesn't matter if it's three or tan kids.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
SNAP benefits We're supposed to go out on Saturday, but
didn't despite a judge's order for the Trump administration to
use emergency funding and President Trump says he won't attend
this week's hearing inside the Supreme Court on a case
involving his tariffs, but says it's an important decision.
Speaker 8 (11:32):
Without tariffs, without are being able to use tariffs really
openly and in every way we are, really would suffer
tremendously from a national security standpoint.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Trump went on to say he thinks this is the
most important decision in the history of the United States.
Artificial intelligence ship maker in Vidia has a massive milestone.
Speaker 11 (11:56):
And Vidia is now the first company ever valued at
five trillion. That makes the California tech giant worth more
than the entire GDP of every country on Earth except
the US and China. Brigida Digastino k if I.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
Is a hunter has been found alive after being lost
in the woods in northern California for nearly three weeks.
ABC Sophie Flay says Ron Daily took a wrong turn
and ended up in unfamiliar country.
Speaker 11 (12:21):
He says his truck eventually broke down, leaving him with
no choice but to walk and find help.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Along the way.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
He lost his phone and had no way to call
for help.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
On Saturday, a group of hunters spotted him in Fresno County.
A barricade situation in Hyde Park ended Sunday after a
man broke into a fumigated home filled with toxic chemicals
lped negotiation negotiators spent hours urging him to surrender, warning
he was endangering his life. The scene was cleared by
the afternoon and there was no injuries. Two people were
(12:50):
killed and five others were hurt after a late night
house fire and Sunland firefighters found the home engulfed in
flames in heavy smoke, and several people were rescued and
the fire was put out after about half an hour.
And hundreds of Carl's Junior locations across Soakal are offering
one dollar kids meals to families impacted by the federal
government's shutdown. The deal includes a burger, fries and drink
(13:12):
for those showing a federal or military ID or an
EBT card. We're taking your talkbacks this morning. They're already
coming through. I want to hear from you. Just hit
that button on the iHeartRadio app and show show your
Dodger pride. Share your Dodger pride with me. Are you
going to the parade today? Are you wearing your blue
and White or your LA Dodger hat to work today.
(13:35):
I want to hear from you. Hit the talkback button
and we'll play some of your responses later on in
the show. It takes O five a Tanle on the
news the government shut down at day thirty four, air
traffic controllers are feeling the worst shortage in history. We're
going to tell you it's being done to fix it.
But right now, we are joined by veterans sports voice
Fred Rogan of AM five to seventy LA Sports Rogan
(13:56):
and Rodney as the LA Dodgers just wrap up this
historic back to back world series. When Fred, good.
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Morning, Heather, Good morning to you. How are you?
Speaker 3 (14:07):
I'm good, I'm good. So all right, this has been
obviously very exciting a couple of days for LA and
giving the Dodgers back to back titles. What do you
think was the single biggest factor that pushed them over
the top this season.
Speaker 12 (14:21):
Gotta be honest with you, as I'm getting ready for
our show this morning, and Rodney and I usually worked
from noon to three, so we're doing the mornings because
we'll be walled wall on KLAC today, So for me,
this is a little early.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
I was gonna say this is early for you, it's
early for me too. I'm not usually here either, so I'm.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Just you're my wake up call this morning.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
So thank you anytime.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
Here's the thing.
Speaker 12 (14:44):
I started thinking about it yesterday as I was getting
ready for the show, and I thought, my god, what
were the moments if you really go through the entire
run of the series, and I'm talking about let's go
back to the wildcard round when they played the Reds,
and they played the Phillies, then they played the Brewers,
then they played the Blue Jays, and I started looking
(15:05):
at everything again and I had to watch a recap
of everything. I thought, my god, so much happened in
this playoff run, and so many players had made enormous
impacts in this playoff run against the Blue Jays, and
he didn't.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Win the MVP.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
And if Yamamoto hadn't pitched as he did, maybe Micky
Rojas would have been the MVP. In that sixth game,
to end the game, key Ky Hernandez makes a running
grab in the outfield, fires it on a hop, Micky
catches a ball, they double up Barger on second base
and the game is over.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
That was huge. And then in game seven, the home run,
the home run.
Speaker 12 (15:47):
Wow, that saved them and kept their season alive so
they would have a chance to go on and win.
So many, so many great moments in this playoff run.
And there were moments into Spike as well as the
Dodgers did Heather.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
There were moments where you thought they could be in trouble.
Speaker 12 (16:07):
Yeah, but when you really look back at everything, they
pretty much had it.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
And when Rojas hit that hit, that solo home run,
everybody in l you could almost feel the earth shake.
Everybody was up on their feet. We were I know,
I jumped them out of my chair when we were watching.
It was so exciting and we were like, finally we're
We're doing it. We're doing it. So I want to
talk about, you know, how this championship compares emotionally and
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culturally to the past wins from from the Dodgers.
Speaker 12 (16:39):
Okay, well two in a row, I mean first time
in like twenty five years that's happened, So that all
into itself is incredible. Second, the team has captured most
of Japan in marketing because of their players, So that's
an enormous step on the global stage.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Winning back to back like that.
Speaker 12 (17:01):
Also, I think it cements itself without question as the
best run sports franchise certainly Los Angeles, and all due
respect to my friend Kevin Demoff of the Rams, and
they are perfect over there. Everybody works very hard, but
I think the Dodgers are probably the best run organization
top to bottom.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
I'd say the Rams are close second.
Speaker 12 (17:20):
And by the way, once Mark Walter in the Dodger
group gets in there with the Lakers, then things will
change dramatically there. But I think it does cement the
Dodgers right now as one of the great, one of
the great organizations globally in sports. I also think that
by far the Dodgers dominate the market, not even close.
I don't know what somebody would have to do in
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this market to gain the kind of attention the Dodgers do.
The Dodgers are part of the fabric of Los Angeles.
They are woven through all of the communities, and we
know LA is a bunch of cities looking for one
all together, and they are just woven through Latino community. Enormous,
for the Asian community, enormous. So I think from a
(18:05):
cultural standpoint, this is huge. And the funny thing is
next year they'll be a year older, but I don't
think they'll be a year worse.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
If their pitching holds up, they can win it again.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
You know, one thing I think is really special too
about this team because they started in New York, right
as the Dodgers in New York. There's something about it
too that ties us with New York because there's so
many people who are fans from New York that it
truly is a I don't want to say America's team
is that dramatic? Are there people like going Lady? That's
(18:42):
a bit of an overreach, but it certainly does feel
like it's a team that ties a lot of people
together and brings people together. I have to ask you,
are you going to be able to go to the
parade today or do any of the in person celebrations.
Speaker 12 (18:56):
No, and I don't want to. Are you kidding me?
Did you see what happen and last year?
Speaker 8 (19:00):
No?
Speaker 4 (19:01):
I don't want to go anywhere near that thing.
Speaker 12 (19:04):
You know, for a lot of years, I did a
lot of stuff on television here and was at everything.
Going to that is insanity if you remember last year.
With all due respect to Jack Flaherty, who was an
integral part of the title last year and was with
the Tigers this year.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
He got so drunk I thought he was going to
fall out of his chair.
Speaker 12 (19:27):
Right, I mean, do we need to remember those moments?
Speaker 8 (19:30):
No?
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Maybe not, maybe not.
Speaker 12 (19:33):
It's going to be great fun, though, I mean if
you can, and here's the thing about going to the event.
If you could not afford tickets to a Dodger game
this year and you want to see the players up close,
you got a pretty good shot going to this And
that's why a lot of people went last year. It
was fun, Heather, it was great fun. But yeah, for me,
I'll I'll just kind of keep an eye on it
(19:53):
from here.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Well, they're expecting about two hundred thousand people, so we're
encouraging everybody as well take public transportation if they head
down there, so that's probably good advice, or they can
just hang out and listen in their cars to your
coverage with Rogan and Rodney that starts at six o'clock
this morning. So I know you've got to start prepping
for your show. And I'm so grateful you took the
(20:15):
time to pomp in and talk with us today.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Oh please, my pleasure. You guys have fun.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Thank you Okay, wow, what is such an exciting day
in LA Like I just I can't imagine anybody is
going to be talking about much else. I know, we
do have some other stories we are going to get
to today, So don't you worry. We got you covered
with all the news that you need. We also want
to remind you that Michael Monks gfi's Michael Monks will
be live downtown. He is going to be braving the parade,
(20:40):
although to be fair, he does live downtown, so he
probably will just walk over to where the parade is
going to be. And we are going to be bringing
you live coverage from Michael Monks starting at seven o'clock
this morning. An explosion at Harvard University's Goldenson Building prompted
a search for two mass suspects this weekend. Officials say
the device wasn't a bomb and no other explosives were found.
(21:03):
A new ABC News Washington Post poll shows most Americans
disapprove of President Trump's job performance. Two thirds believe the
country is on the wrong track, and a majority give
him poor marks on the economy. A Toronto father and
son made baseball history during Game seven of the World Series,
catching both of the game's pivotal home run balls. John
(21:25):
Bains snagged Miguel Rojas's ninth inning blast, and then two
innings later, his son Matthew caught Will Smith's go ahead homer.
What a game that was. We are taking your talkbacks
this morning. Hit the talkback button on the iHeartRadio app.
Tell me what did you think of the game? Did
you watch it? Were you cheering and screaming in your
(21:45):
living room like I was and with my family? Are
you going to be wearing your Dodger blue to work today?
Let me know. I want to hear from you. Share
your love for our world championship team. Then at six
oh five at tandle on the news, President Trump posted
a great gas themed Halloween party over the weekend, and
many believe this was tone duff as millions of people
lose food asystems across the country. We're going to talk
(22:06):
about the fallout if there is any from this event. Now,
the Dodgers have won the World Series and today they'll
be celebrating in only the way LA can celebrate, with
a big parade and party. Joining me now is Am
five to seventy LA Sports Dodgers reporter and host of
Dodger Talk David Vase, So let's talk about the big
(22:27):
parade today. I wish I could go down there. I
wish I was going to be there. Are you going
to be there?
Speaker 4 (22:33):
I am.
Speaker 7 (22:33):
I'm going to be on one of the buses. I'll
be interviewing players from the bus. I'm on for Sports
at LA and of course AM five to seventy LA
Sports and at nine am I'll be co hosting with
Tim Kats Dodger Talk preview show from one of the
buses from nine am to eleven AM until my connection
(22:53):
goes out in downtown. So it's pretty spectacular. We did
this last year and very very fortunate that the Dodgers
can bring back another championship in consecutive years to do
it again after.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
This historic run. Are there any early signs of what
the offseason could bring.
Speaker 7 (23:11):
Yeah, so there are some decisions to be made. Keith
a Hernandez and Miguel Rojas are both free agents. The
Dodgers have to, you know, consider reconstructing their bullpen. It
was a bullpen that had one of the highest eras
in the last fifty years for a team to win
the World Series, So they do have to reconstruct that
(23:33):
bullpen and decide whether or not they want to get
aggressive and add an outfielder to a group that maybe
needed a little bit more contact. So, yeah, there are
things to do. And you know, this is a veteran group.
Andrew Friedman, the president of Baseball Operations, is that has
to take into account how to get younger to keep
(23:54):
this thing going because they have a lot of aging
veteran This.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Has been an incredible season to watch them play. It's
been full of like heartbreaking losses, but also incredible wins.
Let's talk about you personally. What are you looking forward
to in the off season. Here are you going on vacation,
You're going to kick your feet up? What are you
going to be doing.
Speaker 7 (24:13):
I'm just looking forward to spending time with my kids again.
They've been troopers throughout the postseason and the entire year.
Remember the Dodgers started the year in Tokyo and finished
it in Toronto. They had the longest season last two
years of any baseball team. And I've been with them
every step of the way and certainly blessed to have
(24:35):
that opportunity. But obviously I missed my family and can't
wait to just regroup with them. During the off season.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
Well, it has been well earned and we have enjoyed
listening to your coverage all season long. And if everybody
head on over to AM five to seventy LA Sports
for all of your Dodgers coverage. David, thank you so much.
Enjoy the parade today and enjoy spending time with your family.
Speaker 7 (25:00):
Great talking to you, Heather, Thank you.
Speaker 6 (25:03):
So.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
The parade is prompting the closure of several court rooms
and other government offices in the downtown area. The Stanley
Moss Courthouse on Hill Street, the Clara Shortridge Criminal Justice
Center on Temple, Superior Court departments at the Spring Street Courthouse,
and the Archives and Record Center on Hill Street will
all be closed today. Also, the LA County's Assessor's Office,
(25:23):
Auditor Controller's Office, Treasure tax Collector's Office, Board of Supervisors
will be closed. It's almost like it's a holiday. And
of course we will have all of your live coverage
of the parade and celebrations with kfi's Michael Monks starting
at seven o'clock today. You don't want to miss it, alrighty,
now it is time to get in your business with
(25:44):
Bloomberg's Denise Pellngreny, Good morning, Hey, good morning.
Speaker 10 (25:49):
To you, Heather. How are you doing this morning? Do
I even need to ask?
Speaker 8 (25:52):
You?
Speaker 5 (25:52):
Do not?
Speaker 3 (25:53):
You can ask? We are all we are all really
excited over here. Such a big day for LA and
can't wait to keep celebrating.
Speaker 10 (26:02):
And what a great series, I mean, what a great
way to win.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
I just oh, that was awesome.
Speaker 10 (26:07):
And the amount of spending that you saw, I mean
you think about all the spending in La, right, yeah,
you know, with all the festivities, all the bars, all
the time.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Oh yeah, for sure. And I saw a line of
people outside of a store who are waiting to get
World Series merch and it wrapped around the building. So
people are ready to support their teams for sure.
Speaker 10 (26:29):
And then the secondary businesses from that too, because a
lot of people are going to go and sell those
on eBay and make a book and then go out
and spend that buck celebrated and in Toronto too, even
though you know, things didn't go quite the way they hoped.
I mean, for Game six, people were spending thousands of
dollars for hotel rooms you know that could see the field.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
So definitely good globe, this is global boost. Yeah. Well,
let's talk about what's happening in the in the world
of business and for your money and that sort of thing.
Forget about the support group for women or racial minorities.
Men's group are the new thing, is that right?
Speaker 10 (27:05):
Yeah, these are groups that companies are sponsoring and encouraging,
focusing on men's physical, emotional, and financial health things like
you know, they talk about things like, you know, interest rates,
buying a house, having a child, testicular cancer, becoming a
new father, even andropause, helping men talk about all these things.
(27:26):
Some companies say the groups they're also help prevent what
they call toxic masculinity. Some of the groups also welcome women,
and I thought it was interesting. There was this study
that said American men age eighteen to thirty spend an
average of almost seven non sleeping hours alone each day.
That's more than an hour longer than women spend alone.
(27:48):
And about fifteen percent of men say they have no
close friends. So companies are just kind of thinking, you know,
it's good to encourage people to talk.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
I totally agree with that. I think that is a
very helpful thing for men to do. Amazon changing whole
foods in some shocking ways.
Speaker 10 (28:06):
Yeah, this is a weird one and you might call
it the Amazonification of Whole Foods. They bought it eight
years ago, right, and everybody wondered, you know, what was
going to happen. Well, it is finally happening. Now. Whole
Foods is introducing robots called shop bots. It'll fetch you
things like tide pods or pepsi, you know, kind of
things you don't normally see in Whole Foods. And for
(28:28):
people who aren't necessarily in the thrall of all the
organic kale, what prebiotic soda, craft beer. This isn't test
phase right now, it's some Whole Foods. You might see
that at yours. And in Chicago they're taking it a
step further. They've cleared out the coffee shop and seating
area and they put in a massive grocery kiosk called
(28:49):
Amazon Grocery, and it's filled with brands like Craft, Mac
and Cheese and Chips Away, So that'll hit you right
when you walk in. They're trying to, you know, diversify
a little bit, I guess, and get some other customers.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Nothing says Whole Foods like pepsi and mac and cheese, right,
and tide cuds and tie bots don't eat those though,
and really quickly before I let you go. Krispy Cream
has nine new flavors. Oh do say tell me more?
Speaker 10 (29:15):
Yeah, okay, So New York Cheesecake, Oreo Cookies and Cream,
Original glaze cake, cinnamon apple filled, original glazed cream filled
with bisca flavor, chocolate fudge, brownie, donut, Heather, And of
course you know you got to have a pumpkin flavor.
So they've got organic original, not organic original glazed pumpkin,
(29:37):
spice cake, doughnut. There they are doing away though, Heather,
with glazed blueberry cake, glazed lemon filled and cake batter.
They say this all came after you know, they asked
fans what they wanted and brought back some things that
they had temporarily on the menu. They're putting on there
permanently now. So I mean you could go every day
(29:57):
for nine days in a row and just yeah, well,
now I know where I'm going after work. Thank you, Denise.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
Have a great rest of you today. More than half
a million New Yorkers have already voted in the city's
mayoral race, about four times the turnout from the last election.
Polling places have been packed as voters show strong engagement
ahead of what's being called the most consequential election before
next year's midterms. President Trump is starting military action in Nigeria,
(30:24):
and Justin Baldoni's four hundred million dollar countersuit against Blake Lively,
Ryan Reynolds and The New York Times has been dismissed
after he missed the appeal deadline. We're taking your talk
backs this morning. Hit the talkback button on the iHeartRadio
app and share your love for the Dodgers. We want
to hear from you. We're just minutes away from Handle.
On the news this morning, a woman in Mississippi says
she shot and killed one of the escaped monkeys in Mississippi.
(30:47):
We're going to tell you why she says she did it.
And after a brief pandemic break, America's traffic jams are
back and worse than ever. We're going to talk to
ABC's Jim Ryan, who's going to break it all down
for us and what is behind this surge and how
cities are trying to respond.
Speaker 9 (31:03):
Good morning, Jim, Hi, Heather, Yeah, you folks know what
it's like.
Speaker 5 (31:07):
Then you did.
Speaker 9 (31:08):
Los Angeles has historically bad traffic jams, and you leave
the nation one hundred and thirty seven hours per year
spent by commuters in LA stuck in traffic, compared to
one hundred and nineteen just six years ago. So yeah,
things are rough all over. So you better have an
entertaining show, Heather, because you've got people in a captive
audience listening to you.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
I hope, so, I hope so well. All right, so
I understand that this report that came out says Americans
lost an average of sixty three hours in traffic, and
I have to say that feels pretty accurate. What is
fueling this jump here?
Speaker 9 (31:43):
A lot of things. Yeah, so the return to the
office orders are in place that companies around the country,
so you don't have the pandemic light traffic anymore. But
it's also being spread out across the day. It's not
just a morning and an afternoon phenomenon anymore. I mean,
it's in the middle of the day, it's in the evening,
it's in the middle of the night, and it's on
(32:03):
the weekends too, So traffic is just getting worse throughout
the entire week. And that's a big part of it.
And what's more, I mean, when was the last time
you ordered something through Amazon? Or through Walmart or whatever.
And when was the last time. They're probably within the
last day.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Its probably a couple of days ago, yep, okay, And that.
Speaker 9 (32:19):
Thing is going to get to your house on our
truck right first in eighteen wheeler and fifty three foot
trailer and then into a smaller delivery truck, a box truck.
It'll come to your place. So yeah, truck traffic has
risen dramatically in the last six years six years as well.
In fact, truck traffic accounts for a bigger percentage of
the overall traffic than cars and trucks, you know, pickup
(32:42):
trucks did a few years ago a ninety eighteen percent
increase in truck traffic.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
You know, I like what you said and can completely
relate to what you said about there being no more
like true rush hour, Like it just seems like there's
traffic all the time now, no matter what time of day,
and that seems especially true here in La. So where
does La sort of rank on this list of worst congestion?
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Well, as usual, La has the worst congestion in the
whole country.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
Are we have the top of the list, Yes, afraid so.
Speaker 9 (33:13):
One hundred and thirty seven hours per year Riverside is
right if there as well. In San Francisco, it's almost there,
two one hundred and thirty four hours compared to your
one hundred and thirty seven. So California really has the
worst of all. A few places have actually seen their
traffic their commute times stay steady, and a couple have
seen them decline. Boston, for example, has seen its traffic
(33:36):
congestion drop off somewhat. Officials there say the part of
the reason is that they've been managing the traffic control devices,
the traffic lights in downtown to try to manage traffic
that way. It seems to be helping someone.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
So aside from managing the traffic lights, is there anything
that city planners can do to help ease this gridlock?
Speaker 9 (33:57):
Well, I mean it takes a long time, a big
commitment and a lot of money, you know, trying to
increase awareness of public transit, getting more people and buses
and trains, encouraging folks to leave the car in the
garage and find a different way to get to work.
But it takes a lot of It's like that battleship again,
trying to turn it around. It takes time.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Well, I have to say, when I've been to other cities,
who are you know, around the world and the US
who have better public transportation infrastructure than we do here
in LA, I get a little jealous because I would
welcome a better option, I guess for public transit. So
maybe we'll get it sorted out eventually, and hopefully this
isn't the new normal. So thank you so much, Jim Ryan.
(34:39):
We appreciate your time.
Speaker 9 (34:40):
Thanks Hether.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
All right, let's get back some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Dodger fans
are gearing up to celebrate the back to back World
Series titles with a championship parade today through downtown LA.
It's going to be followed by a special event at
Dodger Stadium. The parade begins at eleven at Temple and Broadway.
City officials are urging fans too metro, which we were
just talking about, with multiple rail stations along the route
(35:04):
and Dodgers Stadium express shuttles are going to be available
for ticketed guests. He if i's Michael Monks will be
covering the festivities live for us starting at seven am,
so you don't want to miss that. We got a
couple of talkbacks I want to get to today before
we sign off of wake Up Call.
Speaker 13 (35:22):
Good morning, wake up call, Flying fish on my way
to the airport. And it's not so much the Dodgers winning,
because I knew they was going to do that, and
I felt very.
Speaker 4 (35:32):
Happy that they won, even though it took seven games.
Speaker 14 (35:35):
It was the reaction of the Canadian fans and Guerrero
with all that pump it up and then just getting
the real rude awaken and reality la number one.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
Go Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
Look, that's right, Go Dodgers.
Speaker 5 (35:54):
Hello morning, wake up call, Go Dodger Blue. Yes, I
will be watching the parade. A high school teacher. I'll
have that thing on in my classroom and I'll be
sharing about what it means to be a good community
member and teamwork and humbleness giving credit to others.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
Go Dodgers, Go Dodgers. That's right.
Speaker 7 (36:20):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
I wish we had time to get some more take
a wake up call callbacks today, but we've got to
get on with our day. We've got a lot of
news to cover today. As I mentioned, we will be
covering it live, covering the parade live starting at seven
o'clock this morning, Michael Monks is going to be down there,
and you know what, he's got a pretty easy commute,
(36:40):
right will he can just walk from his apartment right
over his probably parade bumble over there. Yes, that's a
fun assignment for him. Though he doesn't have to worry
about parking, he doesn't have to worry about trafficking, and
just walk right on over to the events. Although it's funny.
Fred Rogan saying earlier that he does not want to go,
and he's glad he doesn't have to go. And I've
(37:02):
been so grateful and had such a great time filling
in for Amy this week, and I'm so sad that
she's not here today because she is truly a Dodgers
fan through and through. I wouldn't be surprised if she
herself actually went to the Breed today just to watch
it and enjoy it. So, you know, do you think so?
Do you think she will go down there?
Speaker 4 (37:21):
And we can actually text her.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
We should don't wake her up on her day off,
Do not do that. I'm sure she's actually back in town.
She might be on her way back. Well, Amy, we'll
be back with you guys tomorrow. Thank you so much,
everybody and the wake Up Call crew and KNO and
producer Ann and of course Will for helping me out
and being with me on these past few days. This
(37:46):
is KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County
live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer
and technical producer Cono and traffic specialist Will. I'm Heather Brooker.
This has been your wake up Call. If you missed
any of wake Up Call, you can listen anytime on
the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
You've been listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King.
You can always hear wake Up Call five to six
am Monday through Friday on kf I AM six forty
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