August 28, 2025 • 39 mins
Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett opens the show talking about the mass shooting in Minneapolis that claimed the lives of children. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers speaks on CDC Director not resigning nor has received notification from the White House that she has been fired. Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest regarding business and Wall Street. The show closes with Amy talking with Ford Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan about Mustang, an American Icon.
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Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Good morning. It's five o'clock. This is your wake up
call for Thursday, August twenty eighth. I'm Amy King. We're
live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, and of course right
here at AM six forty. Here's what's ahead on wake
Up Call. Minneapolis is mourning the deaths of an eight
and a ten year old boy who were shot during
mass at a Catholic school yesterday. Seventeen others were hurt
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in the shooting, fourteen of them were children. They are
all expected to survive. The shooter, twenty three year old
Robin Westman, killed himself. ABC's Crime and Terror analyst Brad
Garrett's going to join us in just a couple of
minutes with more in the shooting and also trying to
figure out a motive for that shooting. I FBI director
has called it a hate crime and an act of
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domestic terrorism. The man accused of killing his seven month
old son says his wife is innocent. Jake Harrow gave
an interview to the OC Register yesterday from jail in Banning.
He says his wife did not kill Immanuel. He also
said God is with us. Both he and his wife
are charged with murdering the little boy who Rebecca Harrow
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claimed was kidnapped. The La City Council's passed a plan
to block disaster tours in the Pacific Palisades. It bans
large vehicles from roughly sixteen square miles of hillside neighborhoods
that burned in the wildfire in January. The LAPD will
be responsible for enforcing those restrictions. The handpicked head of
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the CDC is out or is she. ABC's Karen Travers
is going to join us in a few minutes at
five point twenty with more on the shakeup that apparently
hasn't really happened yet. She'll explain. And we're doing a
bit of a pre out and about this week. The
Mustang has been one of the most iconic cars in America.
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I remember growing up everybody wanted one. We're going to
put you in the driver's seat for a new immersive
exhibit that's coming to LA and that is coming up
before the top of this hour. Let's get started with
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The District Attorney in Riverside County says
the seven month old boy falsely reporting reported kidnapped in
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u Kaipa was abused over time until it killed him.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
We have a pretty strong indication of where the remains
of baby Manual are, so that's that investigation is ongoing
at this time.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
The baby's parents have been charged with murder and filing
a false police report. DA Mike Hestern says the father,
j Carrow, should have been in prison and for a
child cruelty case that ended with him getting a suspended
sentence and work release.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
I will say that.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
It was an outrageous an outrageous error in judgment by
this judge.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
He says. The judge should have done his job. The
owners of Marilyn Monroe's last home are still pushing to
have it demolished. Brina Milstein and her husband TV producer
Roy Bank are headed to court today to try to
get approval to tear the home down. It's in Brentwood.
Speaker 6 (03:31):
The couple bought the Spanish style house for more than
eight million dollars in twenty three and planned to combine
it with their own property, but the City of la
blocked a demolition after designating it with a historic landmark.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Kay if I sayther Broker says. The couple alleges city
officials unconstitutionally approved the designation even though it fails to
meet the standards of an historic cultural monument. Preservationists argue
that Monroe's only personally owned home is a crucial piece
of women's history and Hollywood heritage. Okay, we're closing in
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on a billion. No tickets matching all six winning Powerball
numbers were sold for last night's drawing. That pushes the
jackpot up for the next drawing on Saturday to nine
hundred and fifty million dollars. Yep, I'll be getting in
my ticket. I'm going to use my lottery winnings as
retirement planning. M All right, let's say good morning to
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ABC's crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett. Brad, we've had
another horrific school shooting, this one in Minneapolis. Can you
bring us up to speed and then let's talk about
the shooter.
Speaker 7 (04:37):
Okay, so you know you have signs. I think early
on about a very troubled kid. He goes to a school.
He's twenty three. He goes to a school that he
used to attend. Shouldn't surprise anybody, his mother used to
work there. He shoots through the paine glass windows outside
the church. Now, unfortunately, the church was full of young children.
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It's a school that goes I think from kindergarten to
eighth grade, and they were there for mass. And so
he ended up killing two in Juring seventeen. I think
everybody else has survived.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Which is a miracle in and of itself, because several
of them were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
But yeah, it looks like they're all going to make it.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
Yeah, And I think, not knowing this, I'm going to guess.
I mean, it's kind of interesting how he chose to
do this. If he would have gone inside the school,
I mean, we'd be talking much bigger numbers. But because
he's shooting, you know, blindly through a window, I mean,
people started getting down to the floor under the pews.
(05:45):
And to your point that, I think that saved a
lot of people.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
You know, why did he do that?
Speaker 7 (05:53):
Maybe he couldn't face what he was doing, and that
way he didn't actually see what was going on. Who knows,
but see you have that he had three weapons, he
left behind a YouTube rambling, he's got all sorts of writings,
a lot of it, from my perspective, are just totally predictable.
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Worshiping other mass shooters, in particular Adam Lanza at Sandy
Hook because this is an interesting parallel Lenza's shot kids,
about the age of the kids that this shooter shot at,
killed two, et cetera. So there's there's some relevance. Well,
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I think that tells me a lot of his anger
and raised is something that happened in that school eight
years ago, obviously, but you know, you can draw a
picture of him, I think, based to a certain extent
on the YouTube channel and the writings and another sad
example of could he have been stopped. I'm not really
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sure that he could have been. I'd have to know
more about who had interactions with them, what dark signs
they were seeing, because this kid is like, you know,
off the charts, troubled, but you know he was able
to pull it off. And sadly, here we are talking
about another mass shooting.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Now, Brad, you mentioned that he idolized other mass shooters
in that kind of stuff. I mean, like from your
analysis of these kinds of things, and unfortunately you get
to dig into a lot of these like why or
how are these people becoming so obsessed with school shootings?
I mean, have we been able to dig into that.
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I would imagine that there have been some shootings that
have been averted and they've been able to talk to
the people, like do they know what sparks this?
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Well?
Speaker 7 (07:45):
I think I generally know what sparks it. What happens
is that this anger, rage, disappointment, and revenge sort of
all pulled together. If you add to that isolation, maybe
being bullied in school. I'll be surprised if we don't
learn later then he got bullied in school, maybe at
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this school. All those things play into revenge. You start
spending time alone, you start sort of dabbling in sort
of extremist views from anti semitic white supremacy. You know,
you know, probably a follow of Hitler based on what
some kids said that he said back when he was
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at school there. All of these things play into just
going further and further down a dark tunnel until you
get to the point where you feel so powerless and
so mad that you go and commit these shootings. It's
a glory. Here's where I'm getting to. They feel it's
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a glorification to do this. They feel like empowered, they
feel like they are actually taking control of their lives,
as weird as that sounds, and then they do exact.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Yeah, and then they don't around though for that quote glory,
because then no, they end up killing themselves.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
But clearly they want the rest of us to think
that because I mean, he apparently time to release of
I think the YouTube stuff until after the shooting, knowing
he would be dead. So you are right, But the
whole idea is sort of like, if you're in that
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much pain and in that much rage and anger, just
having the release score, my guess it's three to five
minutes is enough for you. I Mean, let's face it,
if you're going to do this, your entire identity is
tired of in doing it, and that it's a suicide
mission because almost every one of these, with few exceptions,
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that's what they are.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
That's just so sad, and I wish like maybe one
day we'll sort of figure it out and say these
are the warning signs to look for, you know, something
that we might be able to prevent some of these.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
Well, I mean yes, but the problem with that, of course,
is unless people are being explicit and you know, the
other characteristic and I don't know it about this shooter,
but I think it may play into it is isolation
where they just basically dig a deeper hole, create more
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justification and rationalization because it's these shootings. Well, did people
see that in him? What we'll have to see might
guess it's the police and the FBI knows some version
of that already. But what do you do about that?
Is that against the law to become a hermit and
talk in very dark ways? No, if you threaten somebody
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and we know about it, yes, But this is another
I mean, could this happen again today, tomorrow, the next day, Well, probably,
because they do keep happening every other day, it seems
like so, so we'll see. But another sad thing that
we have limitations based on what we're willing to do
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to reduce these mass shootings, and so that in and
of self, in and of itself create issues for us
as far as stopping the next mass shooting.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
All right, well, we're gonna have to leave it there.
Brad Garrett, ABC News Crime and Terrorism Analyst, Thanks so
much for the information and insight. Has always take.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
Care see ya, Amy.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The
immigration detention center in Florida, known as Alligator Alcatraz is
being emptied out. ABC's Nicole d Antonio says a federal
judge yesterday denied a request to keep the site open.
Speaker 8 (11:40):
Those being held there are now being transferred, and state
officials requested more time from the judge, arguing that other
detention centers are overcrowded, but the judge last night refused
to delay her order.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
The judge said the government couldn't prove the facility was
necessary to ease overcrowding, and its claims that closing it
would be costly were spative. Officials in Ukraine say a
mass Russian drone and missile attack on the country's capital
has killed at least fifteen people and injured forty eight.
The attack on Kiev early today was the first major
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Russian combined attack on the city in weeks. As US
led peace efforts continue, a Ukrainian official says Russia launched
decoy drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and hit at
least twenty locations across seven districts of the city. In
Vidia had a better than expected quarter. The chip maker
reports earnings of nearly forty seven billion dollars. In Vidia
(12:35):
expects fifty four billion in sales in the current quarter
versus estimates of fifty three point one four billion dollars,
and Vidia's data center business remains at the center of
the unprecedented buildout of infrastructure for artificial intelligence. A helpful
little paper clip is making a return to protest against
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big TEP.
Speaker 9 (12:57):
Clippy was the Google eyed page clip that popped up
to offer help in Microsoft Office from the late nineteen
nineties to early two thousands. YouTuber Lewis Rossman posted a
video this month titled change your profile picture to Clippy.
I'm serious, the consumer rights activist as Clippy was from
a time when AI and software companies didn't use your
personal data or info to try to sell you more stuff.
(13:18):
Clippy just wanted to help. Rossman says using Clippy isn't
a protest so much as a silent but clear message
to tech companies that people are not happy about what
they're doing Michael Krozer KFI News.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I remember Clippy. It was so cute. I don't remember this, Okay.
Security has been stepped up around local Catholic schools and
churches following the deadly shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis.
Archbishop Jose Gomez offered prayers. Supervisor Janis Hahn urged Congress
to take action on gun violence. A judge has ordered
(13:50):
Kilmar Abrego Garcia not be deported until after a hearing
in October. Abrego Garcia is expected to remain in ice
custody until that hearing. He's also separately seeking to renew
his bid for asylum. In the US Dodgers Superstar Show,
Heyotani picked up his first win pitching for the Dodgers,
striking out a season high nine batters in five innings.
(14:12):
LA beat the Reds five to one. On the hitting side,
he went one for five and scored a run. It
all happened on show Hey Otani fifty to fifty Bobblehead Night.
There's one more Otani Bibblehead Night this season. By the way,
it's September tenth. Let's say good morning now to ABC's
Karen Travers. So Karen, the White House says the CDC
director has been fired, but right now she's kind of
(14:33):
still there.
Speaker 10 (14:35):
Yeah, you know, this is kind of complicated. The White
House says that the CDC director was fired. She's only
been on the job for a month. She was the
President's pick for this. She is not a Biden administration holdover.
She was confirmed by the Senate. But her lawyers are
pushing back, saying that they reject the firing because she
was appointed by the president and only the president has
the power to remove her, and that she was notified
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just by a White House staffer about this.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So say she.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Remains a CDC director, she won't remain in that for long.
The President will ultimately come out and do something about this.
But I think the bigger thing, too, though, is what
this has set off at the CDC. Four top CDC
officials have quit because of some of the chaos related
to her being targeted and what is at the root
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of all of this. Sources tell us that Secretary Kennedy
at HHS pressured the CDC director to fire senior CDC
staffers to commit to his changes in vaccine policy, or
she had to resign, and she refused to do all
of those things, and that's why we are where we
are right now. She is refusing to leave. She's saying
she didn't get fired, and other CDC staffers are leaving
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because of what's happening.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Okay, And did RFK Was he in support of this
appointment initially?
Speaker 10 (15:53):
You know, she is underneath him. She is confirmed by
the Senate, but he is her boss.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
But she is appointed by the President's notable.
Speaker 10 (16:02):
That she is the first CDC director to be confirmed
by the Senate, which makes it a distinction from all
of her predecessors before that. So yes, you know he'd
have to be on board with this because she reports
to him. But she made it very clear during her
Senate confirmation process that she was supportive of vaccines. She said,
just back in June, I think vaccines saved lives. I
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think that we need to continue to support the promotion
of utilization of vaccines. Kennedy, of course, has made big
changes to vaccine policy in just the last couple of months,
including yesterday the FDA narrowing the scope of who's going
to be approved for updated COVID vaccines that will be
available this fall and winter, just people who are older
than sixty five, and younger people if they have an
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underlying condition that puts them at higher risk for severe illness.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Okay, ABC's Karen Travers, thanks so much for the update.
We'll be watching and see how long she's still there.
Speaker 7 (16:57):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
All right, Le's go back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Elie Kenny.
Sheriff's investigators say it's going to take months to return
an accused killer to the US from Peru, but they
say the man from Lancaster is going to be kept
in Peruvian custody until his extradition. Hosimar Cabrera surrendered this week.
He's accused of killing his wife earlier this month, dumping
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her body in the forest, then taking their three children
to Peru. Cabrera was seen on video dragging something in
what looked like a sheet through an apartment complex. A
fifty three year old woman with fraud convictions that date
back nearly thirty years has been sentenced in downtown, LA
to three years in prison for identity theft. Maria Hendrix
(17:41):
pleaded guilty in more than one hundred and fifty pieces
of or to stealing more than one hundred and fifty
pieces of stolen mail. She also had several fake identities
and credit cards. Prosecutor say she used those fake identities
to live a lavish lifestyle. A sixty three year old
man and already serving time, has been convicted in a
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decade old murder in La. Teddy Young was found guilty
of killing single mom Alice Chapman in nineteen eighty three
after prosecutors said DNA linked him to the crime. He's
now facing life in prison without parole when he sentenced
in October. The La City councils considering a resolution to
support a ban on federal agencies using drones for surveillance.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
City Councilwoman Unicus Hernandez introduced the resolution on Wednesday. It
would ban the FEDS from using drones to surveil people
exercising their constitutional rights in the city. If the resolution
is passed, it would formerly establish LA's support for the bill,
known as the Banned Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act.
It comes after the Department of Homeland Security deployed a
drone over the city during anti immigration enforcement protests back
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in June. Daniel Martindale CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is taking some heat over
low crime clearance rates under his watch.
Speaker 11 (18:53):
Figures from the San Francisco based Center on Juvenile and
Criminal Justice showed the department cleared just over nine percent
of violent and property crimes in his first six years,
the lowest rate among fifty seven California sheriff's offices from
twenty nineteen to twenty twenty four. Other southern California counties
fared better San Bernardino at twenty six percent, Los Angeles
just under twenty two percent, and Ora Engineer twenty percent.
(19:15):
The report used FBI and state data mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Lawmakers and Sacramento of scheduled to vote on a proposal
to ban ultra processed foods from school lunches. Democratic State
Senator Sasha Perez of Alhambra says the foods could lead
to disease in children.
Speaker 8 (19:33):
Including cancer, type two, diabetes, and neurow behavioral issues in children.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
The Senate Appropriations Committee will take up the legislation tomorrow.
If approved by the entire legislature, schools would have to
phase out ultra processed foods in twenty twenty eight. How
could not be a bad thing. Who's going to vote
against this? We shall see, of course. So now if
you look at anything and they talk about ultra process
looking at my Lean cuisine, I'm like, yep, ultra processed,
(20:03):
even my Wheedi's ultra processed. Yeah, they taste so good though, Wheedy's.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
I love them.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Really put some bananas on there. Okay, everybody else in
this building is shaking their head. Okay. The La City
Council is taking a closer look at my LA three
to one one.
Speaker 12 (20:20):
The platform which lets residents report graffiti, potholes, illegal dumping,
and more via phone or website, has been experiencing problems.
Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez says the request for a review was
sparked by an increase in complaints from both residents and
city workers after a system upgrade.
Speaker 13 (20:38):
It's about ensuring that the modernization truly delivers on its promise.
Speaker 12 (20:42):
Council members voted unanimously to revisit system glitches, GPS errors,
and cases where service requests were marked closed but not completed.
Eileen Gonzalez KFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Recent sexual assault allegations against Smokey Robinson are under review
by the La County DA's office.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
For former employees, including housekeepers and an assistant, accused Robinson
of repeated assaults and harassment. The senior has denied the
claims and counter suit for defamation and extortion seeking five
hundred million dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Okay if I said. The Briger says prosecutors will determine what,
if any charges to file. Security is going to remain
heightened in Southland Catholic schools and churches in LA following
the deadly shooting at a school and church in Minneapolis
that left two people dead and seventeen others hurt. The
Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of La says
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they're working to help students and staff process the impact
of the shooting and also working with police to make
sure the campuses are safe. California could lose thirty three
million dollars in federal funding for failing to enforce English
proficiency rules for truck drivers. This follows the deadly crash
in Florida involving an illegal immigrant from India who got
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his CDL license in California. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said
California has made compliance issues. YouTube and Fox have reached
a short term extension to prevent a disruption to YouTube
TV subscribers. YouTube tv says it'll offer subscribers to ten
dollar credit if content becomes unavailable for an extended period
(22:16):
of time. A lot of subscribers apparently upset about potentially
not having access to Fox channels. As college football and
the NFL seasons are getting ready to kick off at
six oh five, we kick off handle on the news.
Of course, we've got the community mourning as they look
for motivation for the Minneapolis shooting. Bill's kind of talk
(22:39):
about that. Here's what's coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The man charged in Riverside County with
killing his seven month old baby says his wife is innocent.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
On Wednesday, Jake Harrow gave an interview to the Orange
County Register from a jail in Banning. He says his wife, Rebecca,
did not kill Emmanuel Horrow. He also says, quote God
is with us end quote. You'll see Register of reports.
Horrow went against his attorney's instructions and agreeing to the interview.
Jake and Rebecca Harrow remained behind bars on suspicion of murder.
The seven month old's remains have not been found. Daniel
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Martindale Caffie News.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
ICE agents have taken any legal immigrant, sex offender and
gang member into custody. The forty seven year old was
found living in a daycare center in San Diego. The
Little Hans Academy is operated by his partner. This will
be the third time the guy's being deported. I says
he has convictions for leude, acts with the child under fourteen,
domestic violence, robbery, DUI, and gun offenses. Cal Poly Pomona
(23:36):
is canceling its annual job fare after it was reported
that US Customs and Border Protection would be there. A
report spread quickly on social media that ICE and other
law enforcement agencies would have recruiting booths at the fair.
Cal Poly has denied that report, but two federal agencies
did register for the event that was supposed to happen
next month. A Republican lawmakers proposed splitting California into two
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different states. Assemblyman James Gallagher says his idea wouldn't necessarily
create a new red state.
Speaker 14 (24:06):
It's actually very demographically diverse and would be, as I understand,
the seventh largest state in the nation, So you know, look,
I think that's actually a pretty exciting prospect.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Gallagher's proposal would take the eastern part of California, including
the Inland Empire, and create a new state with a
population of about ten million people. He said it would
be an economic powerhouse with better representation for its residents.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID nineteen
vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter seasons, but.
Speaker 15 (24:37):
It could be weeks before many Americans know whether they
will be able to get one under new restrictions from
the Trump administration. The new shots from Pfizer, Maderna, and
Nova Vax target newer versions of the coronavirus. They are
approved for all seniors, but only for younger adults and
children with at least one underlying health problem like obesity. Additionally,
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officials revoked you Affisor's vaccine in young children depro Mark
koff I News.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Valley fever is spiking in Riverside County. County health officials
say there have been three hundred and twenty two cases
so far this year, which is almost two thirds above
the level recorded by this time last year. Symptoms can
look like the flu or other respiratory illnesses. You can
get it by inhaling fungal spores while working outdoors, particularly
in dry, windy environments. Google has warned its two and
(25:27):
a half billion Gmail users to change their passwords because
of hackers.
Speaker 16 (25:33):
The tech giant put out a warning this week advising
Gmail users to be on high alert for suspicious activity
and to add extra security measures like two factor authentication.
Google says that the hackers often access Gmail passwords by
sending emails with links to fake sign in pages, and
have been targeting people by posing as IT support staff
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Mark Mayfield, Kofi News.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
That makes me so grumpy. I mean, how do you
keep up with this? I already can can't remember most
of my passwords because I've had to switch them so
many times. Time to get in your business now with
Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Good morning, Courtney, good morning. Okay, uh,
I need to get your topics. Look at me, I'm
doing my show planning right here on the radio. Well,
(26:19):
we could talk about coffee first, Okay, let's wake us
all up this morning.
Speaker 13 (26:23):
Yeah, because coffee drinkers seem to be shelling out a
little bit more than they did last year for their
morning cup of fuel. And it's about to get even
more expensive. The company behind Folgers and Cafe Bostello says
it plans to hike coffee prices in early winter to
keep up with tariffs. James Mucker is the company behind this.
They already raised prices twice this year because coffee sellers,
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these roasters have been facing a shrinking crop out of Brazil,
which is the top grower in the world, but also
shipments out of that country now are facing tariffs of
fifty percent.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Okay, you know what, I've noticed that too, that like
the coffee that used to buy it, Pavilions, you could
get their signature brand for like three ninety nine if
you about four of them. I haven't seen that sale
in months.
Speaker 13 (27:08):
No, No, everybody across the board has been raising prices
because and it's not only Brazil that had a really
rough crop. Vietnam's a big, big provider of coffee beans
and they also had a rough year too. So it's
like you have this twofold issue coming up of first
of all this shrinking crop that we have, but also
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secondly the other issue of tariffs on all these countries.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Okay, we've got the K pop demon Hunters, which is
all the rage on Netflix and then recently just this
last weekend was released as a singalong in theaters. And
who else has taken advantage of the.
Speaker 13 (27:46):
Success of this Yeah five below cashing in on America's obsessions.
The budget friendly retailer. They say that Choppers continue to
buy its pop culture focused products despite the higher prices.
Ass they're raising their profit outlook for the year, so
they say things are going to be good going forward.
But they say that they're looking to make some money
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from the popularity of Asian pop culture in the US especially.
They even mentioned this in the earnings conference called K
Pop Demon Hunters, so it's interesting that that ends up
on company conference calls. They're even surprised, and they said
that they even think that Netflix was surprised by the
massive successive K Pop Demon Hunters.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
I think I might have to break down and watch it. Okay.
Another retailer is benefiting from high tech, and this one's
the Nintendo Switch too.
Speaker 13 (28:37):
Yes, Best Buy, so they're seeing strong demand from gaming equipment. Also,
computer equipment sales rose one point six last quarter, but
this snaps a streak of fourteen straight quarters of declines,
so this is good news for them. They're also slowly
recovering from a drop in spending on items such as
home theater equipment, which of course boomed during the pandemic,
(28:59):
but slowed down in the years following.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Yeah, okay, Whole Foods a whole lot of pain for
some people there.
Speaker 13 (29:06):
Yes, so Amazon is looking to bring the Whole Foods
corporate staff, not the in store staff, under its pay
and benefits umbrella. So the Wall Street Journal says Whole
Foods employees will gain access to Amazon discounts and healthcare benefits. However,
they're going to lose certain Whole Foods perks, and some
of those are pretty nice. They're in store discount and
four weeks of remote work a year. So Amazon says
(29:29):
they want to move their grocery teams closer together.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Okay. And then yesterday, after the closing bell, as you said,
in Nvidia put out its earnings, which were really good
except it's not all really good news.
Speaker 13 (29:42):
Yes, I mean, it was more fizzle than sizzle when
you kind of come to think about it. So, we've
had the staggering boom in AI spending over the past
two years, and in Vidia's earnings forecast pointed to a slowdown.
So they're earnings for this past quarter they were very,
very good, beyond expectation, but looking ahead, Wallstreet was a
little disappointed. They're concerned that this booming pace of investment
(30:05):
in AI is unsustainable. They also saw within the report
difficulties in China that have cloud in Nvidia's business, and
that is a big market obviously, But traders are shaking
off the underwhelming report. This morning, we're looking at stock
index futures that are a little changed, and yesterday it
was a relatively quiet trading session on Wall Street. I
guess everybody's clearing now for the three day weekend, and
(30:29):
the Dow was one hundred and forty seven points.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
To finish out the day, all right, getting in your
business like we do every day with Courtney Donaho. We'll
do it again tomorrow at five point forty. Thanks Courtney,
definitely see you later. City Councilwoman at Unices Hernandez has
introduced a resolution supporting a proposed ban on the FEDS
using drones to watch over people. The legislation was introduced
(30:52):
after the Department of Homeland Security deployed a drone over
LA during the anti ice protests in June. Hernandez as
buying on people engaged in peaceful protest is unconstitutional. Olympic
diving events could be moved to Pasadena for the twenty
twenty eight Summer Olympic Games. An LA City Council committee
(31:12):
has approved a plan, which now heads to the full
council for approval. Organizers say the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center
is safer and more cost effective than Exposition Park, which
would require a full reconstruction to meet Olympic standards. San
Bernardino's the dirtiest city in the US, LA ranks second
in a study by lawn care company Lon Starter. Cities
(31:34):
are ranked according to pollution, cleanliness, living conditions, waste infrastructure,
and resident dissatisfaction. Ontario is fifth on the list and
Corona ranks tenth. Just a couple minutes away from Handle
on the news that starts at six ZHO five. Right now, though,
let's say good morning to Ford's Heritage brand manager Ted Ryan.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Good morning, Tedo morning, Thanks for having me on today.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Well thanks for coming on. You know, there's a bunch
of really great immersive exhibits that pop up all over
LA all the time, and one that's coming to the
LA Arts District is going to rev your engine. Yeah,
it's called a great Intro. It's called Mustang American Icon.
So Ted tell us about what this is and what
(32:23):
people are going to be experiencing.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
We're so excited to give the Mustang, America's best selling
sports car for the past sixty years, the immersive treatment
and Imagine Entertainment and the Peterson Museum, one of the
best automotive museums in the world, have partnered with us
and Imagine. You may know that, and they did the
Jurassic World Immersive exhibit as well as a Titanic exhibit,
(32:47):
So just really quality partners on this, and so the
Mustang gets the treatment. We're going to feature some famous
movie Mustangs, including Eleanor from Gone in Sixty Seconds and
my personal favorite, the Mary Tower Moore Mustang for those
that remember the show when she gets out and throws
her hat in near she's got out of a Mustang,
and we're going to have that on display. So there
(33:10):
are the components as well. There's a huge interactive section
where you will get a thrill ride and get to
feel like you're actually riding in a Mustang GTD. And then,
as with the Vango and all these other merss, giant
projection mapping system that will show mustangs rolling down the
Pacific Coast Sideway.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Very cool, and so you're walking through the exhibit, but
then you're also, as you mentioned, you get to do
a little bit of riding around and then what other
things are they going to see?
Speaker 7 (33:38):
And do you do?
Speaker 2 (33:40):
There's three different parts when you walk in. There's the
obligatory opening film, but then there's just a giant immersive
screen mapping system that the technology is amazing, and there's
two Mustangs on platforms in that room and they will
look like they're actually traveling in time and space. So
one of them is a vintage nineteen sixty four and
(34:01):
a half baby blue Mustang and the other is a
very modern GTD, and you'll get the thrill of the
open road, then of the more typical exhibition style with
five movie Mustangs, as well as the icons that you're
going to expect like Steve McQueen's bullet and all the
other type of movie and pulp culture moments. And then
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there's actually a thrill ride where you get in these
seats and you feel like you're in a Mustang and
it's all immersive. You get the sound, you get the
wind in your hair. You actually get the smell of
gasoline and burnt rubber. Last week and I recorded one
of each of the seven generations of Mustang to give
you that the authentic rumble of the Fox body five liter,
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just like the Nolla ice would drive.
Speaker 10 (34:47):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
I love it, okay, And so Ted tell us you said,
Mustang's been around for sixty years.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I know.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
I mentioned my roommate had one of those nineteen sixty
four and a half baby Blues and was just it
was always did you treat to get to ride in it?
Why are people so passionate about the Mustang?
Speaker 2 (35:04):
The Mustang defined the generation, but then has molded itself
and shaped itself to follow each generation. So introduced them
sixty four in April, and the baby Boomers were coming
of age and it was a perfect car for them.
It was only two three hundred and sixty eight dollars.
I loved that preciseness. But an inflation calculate, it's a
twenty two thousand dollars card. So the recent college graduates
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male and female could afford to buy a Mustang. It
got the Tiffany Design Award of the Excellence. And you know,
that forty seven percent of all the Mustang sold and
the first million were sold to women. So Mary Toomin
Moore getting out of that car that would have fit society,
and it's molded itself to match what's going on around it.
I like to say it was born in the Motor City,
(35:47):
but it was raised in California, because when you think
of the Mustang, you think of the Pacific Coast Highway,
you think of the beach boys, you think of surfboards
in Santa Monica, and that baby blue one would have
been the perfect car for that time in place. And
then but go forward a couple of generations and you
got Vanilla ice and as fire leaders. So each time
Mustang has had a new iteration, it's matched what's going
(36:10):
on around it, and it's reflected the youth of the
people that are buying it.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Okay, Ted, So when does this exhibit gate here? We
have a little bit of time, but tickets are going
on sale.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
You do so November eighth, and it's going to be
in the Arts District. And your website is an American icon.
The Mustang Immersive. If you just put that on the
Google machine and you're gonna it'll take you to where
you can raise your hand and get your tickets now.
Mustang Immersive dot com is the more precise web address.
But November eighth is going to open. It will be
open through February. So if you've got in laws family
(36:44):
coming for Christmas, you have something fun that you can
do with them instead of sitting and looking at the
Christmas tree. Again.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Yeah, I'm guessing that there's a lot of car people
drilling right now.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
There's a lot of car people and the Mustang. It
went out over the week, just yesterday to the Mustang
fan clubs. Oh my god, tickets are going to ask
on the early one. So get in there now Mustang
immersa dot com and get your tickets from November eighth.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
Okay, Mustang American Icon it's coming to the LA Arts
District in November. Ted Ryan, the Ford Heritage brand manager,
thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
Thanks for having me on today.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
All right, I think that sounds like a fun exhibit.
I think we're going to have to go out and
about to that. Yeah, it does sound cool, and I
love Mary Tyler Moore had that car. Totally forgot about.
Speaker 11 (37:27):
That, I know.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
Right. All right, let's get back to some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Police in Minneapolis say the man who shot more than
a dozen children at a Catholic school, killing two of them,
was a former student at the school. ABC's PR Thomas's
Robin Westman posted video and a manifesto online before the
shooting yesterday.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
The video depicts somewhat obsessed with violence. In one chilling moment,
a suspect is seen driving a knife into a sketch
of church pews. You also see a suspect handling bullets, magazines,
and an arsenal of guns.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Plise ay Westman kills himself outside the church. The FBI
is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism
and as a hate crime targeting Catholics. A man who
used to live in Sherman Oaks who worked as a
producer and accountant in the movie business, has been arrested
for fraud. David Brown's facing federal charges alleging he defrauded
victims out of more than twelve million dollars, in part
(38:19):
by having them pay for COVID nineteen testing that wasn't done,
and also misappropriating funds from film projects for his own use,
LA has banned bus tours and disaster areas.
Speaker 5 (38:30):
The La City Council unanimously approved the resolution on Wednesday.
It comes after busloads of people were being driven around
the Pacific Palisades fire zone to look at the devastation
up close. The council is authorizing the Department of Transportation
to restrict tour bus operations across a roughly sixteen square
mile area around Pacific Palisades. Signs will be posted at
entry points to the fire affected area, banning vehicles weighing
(38:53):
more than six thousand pounds. Most tour buses weigh more
than that. Daniel Martindale CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Sales of Travis Kelsey jerseys have spiked since he and
Taylor Swift announced they're getting hitched. Sales are up two
hundred percent since the engagement news. Yesterday was the tight
End's best day for selling jerseys since the Chiefs won
the Super Bowl, Number fifty nine that was. This is
(39:22):
KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County Live from
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. This
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Speaker 1 (00:16):
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Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Good morning. It's five o'clock. This is your wake up
call for Thursday, August twenty eighth. I'm Amy King. We're
live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, and of course right
here at AM six forty. Here's what's ahead on wake
Up Call. Minneapolis is mourning the deaths of an eight
and a ten year old boy who were shot during
mass at a Catholic school yesterday. Seventeen others were hurt
(00:51):
in the shooting, fourteen of them were children. They are
all expected to survive. The shooter, twenty three year old
Robin Westman, killed himself. ABC's Crime and Terror analyst Brad
Garrett's going to join us in just a couple of
minutes with more in the shooting and also trying to
figure out a motive for that shooting. I FBI director
has called it a hate crime and an act of
(01:14):
domestic terrorism. The man accused of killing his seven month
old son says his wife is innocent. Jake Harrow gave
an interview to the OC Register yesterday from jail in Banning.
He says his wife did not kill Immanuel. He also
said God is with us. Both he and his wife
are charged with murdering the little boy who Rebecca Harrow
(01:35):
claimed was kidnapped. The La City Council's passed a plan
to block disaster tours in the Pacific Palisades. It bans
large vehicles from roughly sixteen square miles of hillside neighborhoods
that burned in the wildfire in January. The LAPD will
be responsible for enforcing those restrictions. The handpicked head of
(01:56):
the CDC is out or is she. ABC's Karen Travers
is going to join us in a few minutes at
five point twenty with more on the shakeup that apparently
hasn't really happened yet. She'll explain. And we're doing a
bit of a pre out and about this week. The
Mustang has been one of the most iconic cars in America.
(02:18):
I remember growing up everybody wanted one. We're going to
put you in the driver's seat for a new immersive
exhibit that's coming to LA and that is coming up
before the top of this hour. Let's get started with
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The District Attorney in Riverside County says
the seven month old boy falsely reporting reported kidnapped in
(02:38):
u Kaipa was abused over time until it killed him.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
We have a pretty strong indication of where the remains
of baby Manual are, so that's that investigation is ongoing
at this time.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
The baby's parents have been charged with murder and filing
a false police report. DA Mike Hestern says the father,
j Carrow, should have been in prison and for a
child cruelty case that ended with him getting a suspended
sentence and work release.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
I will say that.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
It was an outrageous an outrageous error in judgment by
this judge.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
He says. The judge should have done his job. The
owners of Marilyn Monroe's last home are still pushing to
have it demolished. Brina Milstein and her husband TV producer
Roy Bank are headed to court today to try to
get approval to tear the home down. It's in Brentwood.
Speaker 6 (03:31):
The couple bought the Spanish style house for more than
eight million dollars in twenty three and planned to combine
it with their own property, but the City of la
blocked a demolition after designating it with a historic landmark.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Kay if I sayther Broker says. The couple alleges city
officials unconstitutionally approved the designation even though it fails to
meet the standards of an historic cultural monument. Preservationists argue
that Monroe's only personally owned home is a crucial piece
of women's history and Hollywood heritage. Okay, we're closing in
(04:02):
on a billion. No tickets matching all six winning Powerball
numbers were sold for last night's drawing. That pushes the
jackpot up for the next drawing on Saturday to nine
hundred and fifty million dollars. Yep, I'll be getting in
my ticket. I'm going to use my lottery winnings as
retirement planning. M All right, let's say good morning to
(04:24):
ABC's crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett. Brad, we've had
another horrific school shooting, this one in Minneapolis. Can you
bring us up to speed and then let's talk about
the shooter.
Speaker 7 (04:37):
Okay, so you know you have signs. I think early
on about a very troubled kid. He goes to a school.
He's twenty three. He goes to a school that he
used to attend. Shouldn't surprise anybody, his mother used to
work there. He shoots through the paine glass windows outside
the church. Now, unfortunately, the church was full of young children.
(05:01):
It's a school that goes I think from kindergarten to
eighth grade, and they were there for mass. And so
he ended up killing two in Juring seventeen. I think
everybody else has survived.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Which is a miracle in and of itself, because several
of them were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
But yeah, it looks like they're all going to make it.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
Yeah, And I think, not knowing this, I'm going to guess.
I mean, it's kind of interesting how he chose to
do this. If he would have gone inside the school,
I mean, we'd be talking much bigger numbers. But because
he's shooting, you know, blindly through a window, I mean,
people started getting down to the floor under the pews.
(05:45):
And to your point that, I think that saved a
lot of people.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
You know, why did he do that?
Speaker 7 (05:53):
Maybe he couldn't face what he was doing, and that
way he didn't actually see what was going on. Who knows,
but see you have that he had three weapons, he
left behind a YouTube rambling, he's got all sorts of writings,
a lot of it, from my perspective, are just totally predictable.
(06:14):
Worshiping other mass shooters, in particular Adam Lanza at Sandy
Hook because this is an interesting parallel Lenza's shot kids,
about the age of the kids that this shooter shot at,
killed two, et cetera. So there's there's some relevance. Well,
(06:34):
I think that tells me a lot of his anger
and raised is something that happened in that school eight
years ago, obviously, but you know, you can draw a
picture of him, I think, based to a certain extent
on the YouTube channel and the writings and another sad
example of could he have been stopped. I'm not really
(06:55):
sure that he could have been. I'd have to know
more about who had interactions with them, what dark signs
they were seeing, because this kid is like, you know,
off the charts, troubled, but you know he was able
to pull it off. And sadly, here we are talking
about another mass shooting.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Now, Brad, you mentioned that he idolized other mass shooters
in that kind of stuff. I mean, like from your
analysis of these kinds of things, and unfortunately you get
to dig into a lot of these like why or
how are these people becoming so obsessed with school shootings?
I mean, have we been able to dig into that.
(07:33):
I would imagine that there have been some shootings that
have been averted and they've been able to talk to
the people, like do they know what sparks this?
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Well?
Speaker 7 (07:45):
I think I generally know what sparks it. What happens
is that this anger, rage, disappointment, and revenge sort of
all pulled together. If you add to that isolation, maybe
being bullied in school. I'll be surprised if we don't
learn later then he got bullied in school, maybe at
(08:06):
this school. All those things play into revenge. You start
spending time alone, you start sort of dabbling in sort
of extremist views from anti semitic white supremacy. You know,
you know, probably a follow of Hitler based on what
some kids said that he said back when he was
(08:26):
at school there. All of these things play into just
going further and further down a dark tunnel until you
get to the point where you feel so powerless and
so mad that you go and commit these shootings. It's
a glory. Here's where I'm getting to. They feel it's
(08:47):
a glorification to do this. They feel like empowered, they
feel like they are actually taking control of their lives,
as weird as that sounds, and then they do exact.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Yeah, and then they don't around though for that quote glory,
because then no, they end up killing themselves.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
But clearly they want the rest of us to think
that because I mean, he apparently time to release of
I think the YouTube stuff until after the shooting, knowing
he would be dead. So you are right, But the
whole idea is sort of like, if you're in that
(09:26):
much pain and in that much rage and anger, just
having the release score, my guess it's three to five
minutes is enough for you. I Mean, let's face it,
if you're going to do this, your entire identity is
tired of in doing it, and that it's a suicide
mission because almost every one of these, with few exceptions,
(09:48):
that's what they are.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
That's just so sad, and I wish like maybe one
day we'll sort of figure it out and say these
are the warning signs to look for, you know, something
that we might be able to prevent some of these.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
Well, I mean yes, but the problem with that, of course,
is unless people are being explicit and you know, the
other characteristic and I don't know it about this shooter,
but I think it may play into it is isolation
where they just basically dig a deeper hole, create more
(10:24):
justification and rationalization because it's these shootings. Well, did people
see that in him? What we'll have to see might
guess it's the police and the FBI knows some version
of that already. But what do you do about that?
Is that against the law to become a hermit and
talk in very dark ways? No, if you threaten somebody
(10:45):
and we know about it, yes, But this is another
I mean, could this happen again today, tomorrow, the next day, Well, probably,
because they do keep happening every other day, it seems
like so, so we'll see. But another sad thing that
we have limitations based on what we're willing to do
(11:06):
to reduce these mass shootings, and so that in and
of self, in and of itself create issues for us
as far as stopping the next mass shooting.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
All right, well, we're gonna have to leave it there.
Brad Garrett, ABC News Crime and Terrorism Analyst, Thanks so
much for the information and insight. Has always take.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
Care see ya, Amy.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The
immigration detention center in Florida, known as Alligator Alcatraz is
being emptied out. ABC's Nicole d Antonio says a federal
judge yesterday denied a request to keep the site open.
Speaker 8 (11:40):
Those being held there are now being transferred, and state
officials requested more time from the judge, arguing that other
detention centers are overcrowded, but the judge last night refused
to delay her order.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
The judge said the government couldn't prove the facility was
necessary to ease overcrowding, and its claims that closing it
would be costly were spative. Officials in Ukraine say a
mass Russian drone and missile attack on the country's capital
has killed at least fifteen people and injured forty eight.
The attack on Kiev early today was the first major
(12:12):
Russian combined attack on the city in weeks. As US
led peace efforts continue, a Ukrainian official says Russia launched
decoy drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and hit at
least twenty locations across seven districts of the city. In
Vidia had a better than expected quarter. The chip maker
reports earnings of nearly forty seven billion dollars. In Vidia
(12:35):
expects fifty four billion in sales in the current quarter
versus estimates of fifty three point one four billion dollars,
and Vidia's data center business remains at the center of
the unprecedented buildout of infrastructure for artificial intelligence. A helpful
little paper clip is making a return to protest against
(12:56):
big TEP.
Speaker 9 (12:57):
Clippy was the Google eyed page clip that popped up
to offer help in Microsoft Office from the late nineteen
nineties to early two thousands. YouTuber Lewis Rossman posted a
video this month titled change your profile picture to Clippy.
I'm serious, the consumer rights activist as Clippy was from
a time when AI and software companies didn't use your
personal data or info to try to sell you more stuff.
(13:18):
Clippy just wanted to help. Rossman says using Clippy isn't
a protest so much as a silent but clear message
to tech companies that people are not happy about what
they're doing Michael Krozer KFI News.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I remember Clippy. It was so cute. I don't remember this, Okay.
Security has been stepped up around local Catholic schools and
churches following the deadly shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis.
Archbishop Jose Gomez offered prayers. Supervisor Janis Hahn urged Congress
to take action on gun violence. A judge has ordered
(13:50):
Kilmar Abrego Garcia not be deported until after a hearing
in October. Abrego Garcia is expected to remain in ice
custody until that hearing. He's also separately seeking to renew
his bid for asylum. In the US Dodgers Superstar Show,
Heyotani picked up his first win pitching for the Dodgers,
striking out a season high nine batters in five innings.
(14:12):
LA beat the Reds five to one. On the hitting side,
he went one for five and scored a run. It
all happened on show Hey Otani fifty to fifty Bobblehead Night.
There's one more Otani Bibblehead Night this season. By the way,
it's September tenth. Let's say good morning now to ABC's
Karen Travers. So Karen, the White House says the CDC
director has been fired, but right now she's kind of
(14:33):
still there.
Speaker 10 (14:35):
Yeah, you know, this is kind of complicated. The White
House says that the CDC director was fired. She's only
been on the job for a month. She was the
President's pick for this. She is not a Biden administration holdover.
She was confirmed by the Senate. But her lawyers are
pushing back, saying that they reject the firing because she
was appointed by the president and only the president has
the power to remove her, and that she was notified
(14:57):
just by a White House staffer about this.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So say she.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Remains a CDC director, she won't remain in that for long.
The President will ultimately come out and do something about this.
But I think the bigger thing, too, though, is what
this has set off at the CDC. Four top CDC
officials have quit because of some of the chaos related
to her being targeted and what is at the root
(15:21):
of all of this. Sources tell us that Secretary Kennedy
at HHS pressured the CDC director to fire senior CDC
staffers to commit to his changes in vaccine policy, or
she had to resign, and she refused to do all
of those things, and that's why we are where we
are right now. She is refusing to leave. She's saying
she didn't get fired, and other CDC staffers are leaving
(15:44):
because of what's happening.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Okay, And did RFK Was he in support of this
appointment initially?
Speaker 10 (15:53):
You know, she is underneath him. She is confirmed by
the Senate, but he is her boss.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
But she is appointed by the President's notable.
Speaker 10 (16:02):
That she is the first CDC director to be confirmed
by the Senate, which makes it a distinction from all
of her predecessors before that. So yes, you know he'd
have to be on board with this because she reports
to him. But she made it very clear during her
Senate confirmation process that she was supportive of vaccines. She said,
just back in June, I think vaccines saved lives. I
(16:23):
think that we need to continue to support the promotion
of utilization of vaccines. Kennedy, of course, has made big
changes to vaccine policy in just the last couple of months,
including yesterday the FDA narrowing the scope of who's going
to be approved for updated COVID vaccines that will be
available this fall and winter, just people who are older
than sixty five, and younger people if they have an
(16:45):
underlying condition that puts them at higher risk for severe illness.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Okay, ABC's Karen Travers, thanks so much for the update.
We'll be watching and see how long she's still there.
Speaker 7 (16:57):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
All right, Le's go back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Elie Kenny.
Sheriff's investigators say it's going to take months to return
an accused killer to the US from Peru, but they
say the man from Lancaster is going to be kept
in Peruvian custody until his extradition. Hosimar Cabrera surrendered this week.
He's accused of killing his wife earlier this month, dumping
(17:21):
her body in the forest, then taking their three children
to Peru. Cabrera was seen on video dragging something in
what looked like a sheet through an apartment complex. A
fifty three year old woman with fraud convictions that date
back nearly thirty years has been sentenced in downtown, LA
to three years in prison for identity theft. Maria Hendrix
(17:41):
pleaded guilty in more than one hundred and fifty pieces
of or to stealing more than one hundred and fifty
pieces of stolen mail. She also had several fake identities
and credit cards. Prosecutor say she used those fake identities
to live a lavish lifestyle. A sixty three year old
man and already serving time, has been convicted in a
(18:01):
decade old murder in La. Teddy Young was found guilty
of killing single mom Alice Chapman in nineteen eighty three
after prosecutors said DNA linked him to the crime. He's
now facing life in prison without parole when he sentenced
in October. The La City councils considering a resolution to
support a ban on federal agencies using drones for surveillance.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
City Councilwoman Unicus Hernandez introduced the resolution on Wednesday. It
would ban the FEDS from using drones to surveil people
exercising their constitutional rights in the city. If the resolution
is passed, it would formerly establish LA's support for the bill,
known as the Banned Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act.
It comes after the Department of Homeland Security deployed a
drone over the city during anti immigration enforcement protests back
(18:44):
in June. Daniel Martindale CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is taking some heat over
low crime clearance rates under his watch.
Speaker 11 (18:53):
Figures from the San Francisco based Center on Juvenile and
Criminal Justice showed the department cleared just over nine percent
of violent and property crimes in his first six years,
the lowest rate among fifty seven California sheriff's offices from
twenty nineteen to twenty twenty four. Other southern California counties
fared better San Bernardino at twenty six percent, Los Angeles
just under twenty two percent, and Ora Engineer twenty percent.
(19:15):
The report used FBI and state data mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Lawmakers and Sacramento of scheduled to vote on a proposal
to ban ultra processed foods from school lunches. Democratic State
Senator Sasha Perez of Alhambra says the foods could lead
to disease in children.
Speaker 8 (19:33):
Including cancer, type two, diabetes, and neurow behavioral issues in children.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
The Senate Appropriations Committee will take up the legislation tomorrow.
If approved by the entire legislature, schools would have to
phase out ultra processed foods in twenty twenty eight. How
could not be a bad thing. Who's going to vote
against this? We shall see, of course. So now if
you look at anything and they talk about ultra process
looking at my Lean cuisine, I'm like, yep, ultra processed,
(20:03):
even my Wheedi's ultra processed. Yeah, they taste so good though, Wheedy's.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
I love them.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Really put some bananas on there. Okay, everybody else in
this building is shaking their head. Okay. The La City
Council is taking a closer look at my LA three
to one one.
Speaker 12 (20:20):
The platform which lets residents report graffiti, potholes, illegal dumping,
and more via phone or website, has been experiencing problems.
Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez says the request for a review was
sparked by an increase in complaints from both residents and
city workers after a system upgrade.
Speaker 13 (20:38):
It's about ensuring that the modernization truly delivers on its promise.
Speaker 12 (20:42):
Council members voted unanimously to revisit system glitches, GPS errors,
and cases where service requests were marked closed but not completed.
Eileen Gonzalez KFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Recent sexual assault allegations against Smokey Robinson are under review
by the La County DA's office.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
For former employees, including housekeepers and an assistant, accused Robinson
of repeated assaults and harassment. The senior has denied the
claims and counter suit for defamation and extortion seeking five
hundred million dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Okay if I said. The Briger says prosecutors will determine what,
if any charges to file. Security is going to remain
heightened in Southland Catholic schools and churches in LA following
the deadly shooting at a school and church in Minneapolis
that left two people dead and seventeen others hurt. The
Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of La says
(21:34):
they're working to help students and staff process the impact
of the shooting and also working with police to make
sure the campuses are safe. California could lose thirty three
million dollars in federal funding for failing to enforce English
proficiency rules for truck drivers. This follows the deadly crash
in Florida involving an illegal immigrant from India who got
(21:55):
his CDL license in California. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said
California has made compliance issues. YouTube and Fox have reached
a short term extension to prevent a disruption to YouTube
TV subscribers. YouTube tv says it'll offer subscribers to ten
dollar credit if content becomes unavailable for an extended period
(22:16):
of time. A lot of subscribers apparently upset about potentially
not having access to Fox channels. As college football and
the NFL seasons are getting ready to kick off at
six oh five, we kick off handle on the news.
Of course, we've got the community mourning as they look
for motivation for the Minneapolis shooting. Bill's kind of talk
(22:39):
about that. Here's what's coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The man charged in Riverside County with
killing his seven month old baby says his wife is innocent.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
On Wednesday, Jake Harrow gave an interview to the Orange
County Register from a jail in Banning. He says his wife, Rebecca,
did not kill Emmanuel Horrow. He also says, quote God
is with us end quote. You'll see Register of reports.
Horrow went against his attorney's instructions and agreeing to the interview.
Jake and Rebecca Harrow remained behind bars on suspicion of murder.
The seven month old's remains have not been found. Daniel
(23:11):
Martindale Caffie News.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
ICE agents have taken any legal immigrant, sex offender and
gang member into custody. The forty seven year old was
found living in a daycare center in San Diego. The
Little Hans Academy is operated by his partner. This will
be the third time the guy's being deported. I says
he has convictions for leude, acts with the child under fourteen,
domestic violence, robbery, DUI, and gun offenses. Cal Poly Pomona
(23:36):
is canceling its annual job fare after it was reported
that US Customs and Border Protection would be there. A
report spread quickly on social media that ICE and other
law enforcement agencies would have recruiting booths at the fair.
Cal Poly has denied that report, but two federal agencies
did register for the event that was supposed to happen
next month. A Republican lawmakers proposed splitting California into two
(24:00):
different states. Assemblyman James Gallagher says his idea wouldn't necessarily
create a new red state.
Speaker 14 (24:06):
It's actually very demographically diverse and would be, as I understand,
the seventh largest state in the nation, So you know, look,
I think that's actually a pretty exciting prospect.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Gallagher's proposal would take the eastern part of California, including
the Inland Empire, and create a new state with a
population of about ten million people. He said it would
be an economic powerhouse with better representation for its residents.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID nineteen
vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter seasons, but.
Speaker 15 (24:37):
It could be weeks before many Americans know whether they
will be able to get one under new restrictions from
the Trump administration. The new shots from Pfizer, Maderna, and
Nova Vax target newer versions of the coronavirus. They are
approved for all seniors, but only for younger adults and
children with at least one underlying health problem like obesity. Additionally,
(24:58):
officials revoked you Affisor's vaccine in young children depro Mark
koff I News.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Valley fever is spiking in Riverside County. County health officials
say there have been three hundred and twenty two cases
so far this year, which is almost two thirds above
the level recorded by this time last year. Symptoms can
look like the flu or other respiratory illnesses. You can
get it by inhaling fungal spores while working outdoors, particularly
in dry, windy environments. Google has warned its two and
(25:27):
a half billion Gmail users to change their passwords because
of hackers.
Speaker 16 (25:33):
The tech giant put out a warning this week advising
Gmail users to be on high alert for suspicious activity
and to add extra security measures like two factor authentication.
Google says that the hackers often access Gmail passwords by
sending emails with links to fake sign in pages, and
have been targeting people by posing as IT support staff
(25:53):
Mark Mayfield, Kofi News.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
That makes me so grumpy. I mean, how do you
keep up with this? I already can can't remember most
of my passwords because I've had to switch them so
many times. Time to get in your business now with
Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Good morning, Courtney, good morning. Okay, uh,
I need to get your topics. Look at me, I'm
doing my show planning right here on the radio. Well,
(26:19):
we could talk about coffee first, Okay, let's wake us
all up this morning.
Speaker 13 (26:23):
Yeah, because coffee drinkers seem to be shelling out a
little bit more than they did last year for their
morning cup of fuel. And it's about to get even
more expensive. The company behind Folgers and Cafe Bostello says
it plans to hike coffee prices in early winter to
keep up with tariffs. James Mucker is the company behind this.
They already raised prices twice this year because coffee sellers,
(26:45):
these roasters have been facing a shrinking crop out of Brazil,
which is the top grower in the world, but also
shipments out of that country now are facing tariffs of
fifty percent.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Okay, you know what, I've noticed that too, that like
the coffee that used to buy it, Pavilions, you could
get their signature brand for like three ninety nine if
you about four of them. I haven't seen that sale
in months.
Speaker 13 (27:08):
No, No, everybody across the board has been raising prices
because and it's not only Brazil that had a really
rough crop. Vietnam's a big, big provider of coffee beans
and they also had a rough year too. So it's
like you have this twofold issue coming up of first
of all this shrinking crop that we have, but also
(27:30):
secondly the other issue of tariffs on all these countries.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Okay, we've got the K pop demon Hunters, which is
all the rage on Netflix and then recently just this
last weekend was released as a singalong in theaters. And
who else has taken advantage of the.
Speaker 13 (27:46):
Success of this Yeah five below cashing in on America's obsessions.
The budget friendly retailer. They say that Choppers continue to
buy its pop culture focused products despite the higher prices.
Ass they're raising their profit outlook for the year, so
they say things are going to be good going forward.
But they say that they're looking to make some money
(28:07):
from the popularity of Asian pop culture in the US especially.
They even mentioned this in the earnings conference called K
Pop Demon Hunters, so it's interesting that that ends up
on company conference calls. They're even surprised, and they said
that they even think that Netflix was surprised by the
massive successive K Pop Demon Hunters.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
I think I might have to break down and watch it. Okay.
Another retailer is benefiting from high tech, and this one's
the Nintendo Switch too.
Speaker 13 (28:37):
Yes, Best Buy, so they're seeing strong demand from gaming equipment. Also,
computer equipment sales rose one point six last quarter, but
this snaps a streak of fourteen straight quarters of declines,
so this is good news for them. They're also slowly
recovering from a drop in spending on items such as
home theater equipment, which of course boomed during the pandemic,
(28:59):
but slowed down in the years following.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Yeah, okay, Whole Foods a whole lot of pain for
some people there.
Speaker 13 (29:06):
Yes, so Amazon is looking to bring the Whole Foods
corporate staff, not the in store staff, under its pay
and benefits umbrella. So the Wall Street Journal says Whole
Foods employees will gain access to Amazon discounts and healthcare benefits. However,
they're going to lose certain Whole Foods perks, and some
of those are pretty nice. They're in store discount and
four weeks of remote work a year. So Amazon says
(29:29):
they want to move their grocery teams closer together.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Okay. And then yesterday, after the closing bell, as you said,
in Nvidia put out its earnings, which were really good
except it's not all really good news.
Speaker 13 (29:42):
Yes, I mean, it was more fizzle than sizzle when
you kind of come to think about it. So, we've
had the staggering boom in AI spending over the past
two years, and in Vidia's earnings forecast pointed to a slowdown.
So they're earnings for this past quarter they were very,
very good, beyond expectation, but looking ahead, Wallstreet was a
little disappointed. They're concerned that this booming pace of investment
(30:05):
in AI is unsustainable. They also saw within the report
difficulties in China that have cloud in Nvidia's business, and
that is a big market obviously, But traders are shaking
off the underwhelming report. This morning, we're looking at stock
index futures that are a little changed, and yesterday it
was a relatively quiet trading session on Wall Street. I
guess everybody's clearing now for the three day weekend, and
(30:29):
the Dow was one hundred and forty seven points.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
To finish out the day, all right, getting in your
business like we do every day with Courtney Donaho. We'll
do it again tomorrow at five point forty. Thanks Courtney,
definitely see you later. City Councilwoman at Unices Hernandez has
introduced a resolution supporting a proposed ban on the FEDS
using drones to watch over people. The legislation was introduced
(30:52):
after the Department of Homeland Security deployed a drone over
LA during the anti ice protests in June. Hernandez as
buying on people engaged in peaceful protest is unconstitutional. Olympic
diving events could be moved to Pasadena for the twenty
twenty eight Summer Olympic Games. An LA City Council committee
(31:12):
has approved a plan, which now heads to the full
council for approval. Organizers say the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center
is safer and more cost effective than Exposition Park, which
would require a full reconstruction to meet Olympic standards. San
Bernardino's the dirtiest city in the US, LA ranks second
in a study by lawn care company Lon Starter. Cities
(31:34):
are ranked according to pollution, cleanliness, living conditions, waste infrastructure,
and resident dissatisfaction. Ontario is fifth on the list and
Corona ranks tenth. Just a couple minutes away from Handle
on the news that starts at six ZHO five. Right now, though,
let's say good morning to Ford's Heritage brand manager Ted Ryan.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Good morning, Tedo morning, Thanks for having me on today.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Well thanks for coming on. You know, there's a bunch
of really great immersive exhibits that pop up all over
LA all the time, and one that's coming to the
LA Arts District is going to rev your engine. Yeah,
it's called a great Intro. It's called Mustang American Icon.
So Ted tell us about what this is and what
(32:23):
people are going to be experiencing.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
We're so excited to give the Mustang, America's best selling
sports car for the past sixty years, the immersive treatment
and Imagine Entertainment and the Peterson Museum, one of the
best automotive museums in the world, have partnered with us
and Imagine. You may know that, and they did the
Jurassic World Immersive exhibit as well as a Titanic exhibit,
(32:47):
So just really quality partners on this, and so the
Mustang gets the treatment. We're going to feature some famous
movie Mustangs, including Eleanor from Gone in Sixty Seconds and
my personal favorite, the Mary Tower Moore Mustang for those
that remember the show when she gets out and throws
her hat in near she's got out of a Mustang,
and we're going to have that on display. So there
(33:10):
are the components as well. There's a huge interactive section
where you will get a thrill ride and get to
feel like you're actually riding in a Mustang GTD. And then,
as with the Vango and all these other merss, giant
projection mapping system that will show mustangs rolling down the
Pacific Coast Sideway.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Very cool, and so you're walking through the exhibit, but
then you're also, as you mentioned, you get to do
a little bit of riding around and then what other
things are they going to see?
Speaker 7 (33:38):
And do you do?
Speaker 2 (33:40):
There's three different parts when you walk in. There's the
obligatory opening film, but then there's just a giant immersive
screen mapping system that the technology is amazing, and there's
two Mustangs on platforms in that room and they will
look like they're actually traveling in time and space. So
one of them is a vintage nineteen sixty four and
(34:01):
a half baby blue Mustang and the other is a
very modern GTD, and you'll get the thrill of the
open road, then of the more typical exhibition style with
five movie Mustangs, as well as the icons that you're
going to expect like Steve McQueen's bullet and all the
other type of movie and pulp culture moments. And then
(34:22):
there's actually a thrill ride where you get in these
seats and you feel like you're in a Mustang and
it's all immersive. You get the sound, you get the
wind in your hair. You actually get the smell of
gasoline and burnt rubber. Last week and I recorded one
of each of the seven generations of Mustang to give
you that the authentic rumble of the Fox body five liter,
(34:45):
just like the Nolla ice would drive.
Speaker 10 (34:47):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
I love it, okay, And so Ted tell us you said,
Mustang's been around for sixty years.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I know.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
I mentioned my roommate had one of those nineteen sixty
four and a half baby Blues and was just it
was always did you treat to get to ride in it?
Why are people so passionate about the Mustang?
Speaker 2 (35:04):
The Mustang defined the generation, but then has molded itself
and shaped itself to follow each generation. So introduced them
sixty four in April, and the baby Boomers were coming
of age and it was a perfect car for them.
It was only two three hundred and sixty eight dollars.
I loved that preciseness. But an inflation calculate, it's a
twenty two thousand dollars card. So the recent college graduates
(35:27):
male and female could afford to buy a Mustang. It
got the Tiffany Design Award of the Excellence. And you know,
that forty seven percent of all the Mustang sold and
the first million were sold to women. So Mary Toomin
Moore getting out of that car that would have fit society,
and it's molded itself to match what's going on around it.
I like to say it was born in the Motor City,
(35:47):
but it was raised in California, because when you think
of the Mustang, you think of the Pacific Coast Highway,
you think of the beach boys, you think of surfboards
in Santa Monica, and that baby blue one would have
been the perfect car for that time in place. And
then but go forward a couple of generations and you
got Vanilla ice and as fire leaders. So each time
Mustang has had a new iteration, it's matched what's going
(36:10):
on around it, and it's reflected the youth of the
people that are buying it.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Okay, Ted, So when does this exhibit gate here? We
have a little bit of time, but tickets are going
on sale.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
You do so November eighth, and it's going to be
in the Arts District. And your website is an American icon.
The Mustang Immersive. If you just put that on the
Google machine and you're gonna it'll take you to where
you can raise your hand and get your tickets now.
Mustang Immersive dot com is the more precise web address.
But November eighth is going to open. It will be
open through February. So if you've got in laws family
(36:44):
coming for Christmas, you have something fun that you can
do with them instead of sitting and looking at the
Christmas tree. Again.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Yeah, I'm guessing that there's a lot of car people
drilling right now.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
There's a lot of car people and the Mustang. It
went out over the week, just yesterday to the Mustang
fan clubs. Oh my god, tickets are going to ask
on the early one. So get in there now Mustang
immersa dot com and get your tickets from November eighth.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
Okay, Mustang American Icon it's coming to the LA Arts
District in November. Ted Ryan, the Ford Heritage brand manager,
thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
Thanks for having me on today.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
All right, I think that sounds like a fun exhibit.
I think we're going to have to go out and
about to that. Yeah, it does sound cool, and I
love Mary Tyler Moore had that car. Totally forgot about.
Speaker 11 (37:27):
That, I know.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
Right. All right, let's get back to some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Police in Minneapolis say the man who shot more than
a dozen children at a Catholic school, killing two of them,
was a former student at the school. ABC's PR Thomas's
Robin Westman posted video and a manifesto online before the
shooting yesterday.
Speaker 3 (37:45):
The video depicts somewhat obsessed with violence. In one chilling moment,
a suspect is seen driving a knife into a sketch
of church pews. You also see a suspect handling bullets, magazines,
and an arsenal of guns.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Plise ay Westman kills himself outside the church. The FBI
is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism
and as a hate crime targeting Catholics. A man who
used to live in Sherman Oaks who worked as a
producer and accountant in the movie business, has been arrested
for fraud. David Brown's facing federal charges alleging he defrauded
victims out of more than twelve million dollars, in part
(38:19):
by having them pay for COVID nineteen testing that wasn't done,
and also misappropriating funds from film projects for his own use,
LA has banned bus tours and disaster areas.
Speaker 5 (38:30):
The La City Council unanimously approved the resolution on Wednesday.
It comes after busloads of people were being driven around
the Pacific Palisades fire zone to look at the devastation
up close. The council is authorizing the Department of Transportation
to restrict tour bus operations across a roughly sixteen square
mile area around Pacific Palisades. Signs will be posted at
entry points to the fire affected area, banning vehicles weighing
(38:53):
more than six thousand pounds. Most tour buses weigh more
than that. Daniel Martindale CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Sales of Travis Kelsey jerseys have spiked since he and
Taylor Swift announced they're getting hitched. Sales are up two
hundred percent since the engagement news. Yesterday was the tight
End's best day for selling jerseys since the Chiefs won
the Super Bowl, Number fifty nine that was. This is
(39:22):
KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County Live from
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. This
has been your wake up call. Thanks so much for
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