July 8, 2025 • 41 mins
Heather Brooker fills in for Amy King on this Tuesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan opens the show talking about the latest regarding the flash floods in Central Texas. ABC News journalist Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to discuss Netanyahu returning to Washington. Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe updates us on the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Heather talking about the state of Hollywood and film.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI
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Orange County. It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
This is your wake up call for Tuesday, July eighth.
It is five am, straight up. I'm Heather Brooker in
for Amy King. I hope your morning is off to
a good start so far. When I say good morning
really quickly to the wake up Call crew, good morning Will.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Good morning Will.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
And I were just doing a whole like clear your
throat like it means we're old. Good morning, speaking of
not old, young and hip Kono, good morning, good morning.
Do you like how extra nice I am to you
this morning because I want you to play Cools music,
which you always do.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, I don't know how young I am though, Oh
come on, you are.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Okay fair also young and hib producer Anne.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
That's Ray, Good morning, Heather. Let's all pitch in and
give Anna raise.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
This lady is the hardest working woman in radio. Bless
We love you so much. Okay, I'm happy to be here,
as you can tell. I've had a little coffee, I'm awake,
and we've actually I went to the Superman premiere last night.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You guys, I've seen it. I saw it.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
I love it, and I'm going to tell you guys
a little bit more later on in the show. But first,
we got a lot of news to cover today, so
let's just get right into it.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Here's what's ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
On a wake up call, it was a chaotic scene
at MacArthur Park yesterday. Is over one hundred armed federal agents,
some of them on horseback, descended in armored vehicles. Mayor
Karen Bash showed up and told reporters they will be
leaving soon. And President Trump sent letters to fourteen countries,
including Japan, South Korea, and Thailand, warning of new tariffs
(02:03):
up to forty percent if trade deficits aren't addressed and now.
While most of the tariffs were delayed to August first
to allow more negotiations, China remains excluded from the extension,
and Trump has urged leaders to manufacture in the US
to avoid penalties. And an ozone advisory has been issued
for parts of Riverside County as a heat wave affects
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the Inland Empire. That advisory started yesterday afternoon and will
stay in effect until eight o'clock on Thursday. Here's what's
ahead on wake Up Call at five five, the search
continues in Texas after that deadly Independence Day flash flood
left behind devastation and a lot of heartache.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
We're going to get the latest from Texas.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
And if I point twenty, is Raeli Prime Minister Netan
Yahoo heads to Washington with bold praise for Trump and
hopes for progress. He says on a Gaza ceasefire, could
this visit to move the needle?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
We'll see.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
At five point thirty five, star Bucks is removing a
common ingredient from its menu. Were going to tell you
what it is and if you're going to even miss it.
And a five point fifty California just supercharged its film
tax credit now with a whopping seven hundred and fifty
million dollars annual cap aims to keep Hollywood rolling, but
will its stop production from leaving for states? It's like
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Georgia and New York. We'll talk about it.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Six oh five. It's handled on the news.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Immigration agents, as we said, surrounding MacArthur Park yesterday with
horses and armored vehicles. We're going to tell you what
they were doing and why they were carrying tactical gear.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LAPD officers have
been attacked during a vigil in La. Police were called
last night about the crowd blocking traffic at Hyde Park
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and Crenshaw Boulevard. There was a street takeover at the
intersection and the crowd grew. A call for a backup
was sent out as officers were attacked and forced to
form a skirmish line. LA City Hall has rebuked the
federal agents who descended on MacArthur Park.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Nearly a hundred immigration agents with National Guard troops in
tow showed up at the park, some on horseback, some
in military vehicles. City Council President Marquis Harris Dawson says
the federal immigration actions across the area are costing the
city every day they are here.
Speaker 6 (04:14):
They disrupt the economy, and they cost this state, in
this city and county millions and millions of dollars.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
Mayor Bass showed up to the park to confront the agents.
They left soon after without detaining anyone or conducting any
enforcement action. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Joining us now is ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan, who's
been covering the unfolding disaster in the Texas Hill Country.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Good morning, Jim, Morning Heather.
Speaker 7 (04:38):
Yes, one hundred and four people have died that we
know of that depth. Toll will certainly rise when we
get an update here in a couple of hours, But
one hundred and four scattered across the Hill Country, not
just the Hill Country, but also to the east of here, Austin.
The Austin area in central Texas has had several fatalities
related to flooding of the Colorado River there. So this
isn't just a localized event, it's a regional of that,
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stretching across about one hundred miles worth of Texas.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
So can you give us a sense of what the
search and recovery efforts are looking like on the ground
right now?
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Well, it's primarily a recovery effort at this point. Nobody's
been found alive for a couple of days out in
the rubble left by the flooding, and the expectation is
that more bodies will be found. But it's just a
matter of getting out there, getting people four hundred rescuers
or so search and rescue people out into the areas
alongside these rivers, the Guadalupe. I'm looking. I'm standing alongside
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the Guadalupe and can see easily though one hundred and
fifty seventy five yards on either side where the water
went out of its banks. It's now back within its banks.
It's still running fast and high. But the search efforts
are continuing along the twenty twenty five miles of this
river on either side. So it's not a terribly huge
wide footprint, but it is a long footprint, and it
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extends across several rivers.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Now, there's been some commons and some concern that people
weren't properly warned ahead of time about this flash flood.
Do we know about the emergency alerts or is it
you know, any possible gaps in the system there?
Speaker 7 (06:09):
Yeah, well, alerts were issued, but in twenty twenty five,
people rely on their phones. They get their alerts, notifications,
advisories and warnings from their smartphones. Sell coverage out here
in the Hill country is spotty at bet you get
from communities like this when Currville the worse it is.
What's more, it happened this flooding did in the middle
of the night, three thirty in the morning, so people
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were asleep they didn't get those warnings on their phones. Finally,
and maybe most tragically, Camp Mystic, the large girls camp
where some seven hundred and fifty girls were doesn't allow
cell phones. The girls check their phones in when they
arrived there at camp. They want them to have a
screen free experience, so they didn't have their phones. The
camp counselors did and did their best to shepherd away
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the girls when the flooding came. But you know, the
talk now, Heather, is of setting up a siren system,
old school sirens throughout the hill country to let people
know whether they have cell coverage or not the danger
is coming.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
You know, that's interesting you bring that up because, as
I mentioned yesterday, my daughter, she's twelve, she goes to
a sleep away camp. They also do not allow them
to have phones, and that has been something that is
a concern for me whenever I send her because the
only people that are allowed to have phones when she
goes to this camp are the counselors.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
So that is a really interesting point.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
You understand the concept. You want them to enjoy disconnecting
personal for sure others, but at the same time, yeah,
there's a safety.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Factor, absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
And growing up in Oklahoma, we had sirens, tornado sirens,
and flood sirens going off all the time. I mean,
you're in Texas there, you know they've got it. I'm
sure they've got them there as well. Oh yes, you've
spoken with families and other residents in the area. What
are they telling you about what happened in that morning
and how how are they coping with this? Now?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
That's just so heartbreaking to hear the stories.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
Well, I talked to there's several people I've talked with
about plans maybe to leave. You know, this is a
continuing risk. This is flash flood alley as some people
call it. And to a person, they all say, all
it is a danger. It is a risk that you
face when you live close to or over like this
in a hilly area that's subject to flooding. But none
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of them said they want to leave. They love it here.
It's picturesque, it's beautiful, other than they damage done by
the flooding the Guadalupe River where I'm standing right now
is absolutely stunning.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
You know, a lot of people here in California are
watching this story unfold and wondering is what can we do?
Speaker 2 (08:41):
How can we help.
Speaker 7 (08:43):
You know, I just looked at that a short time ago.
GoFundMe has kind of a clearing house page of different
relief efforts related to Texas and related to the Carolina's
where some flooding has happened. That may be the most
reliable place to go. Go fund me or the American
Red Cross has areas where you can donate with the
funds dedicated to Texas flood relief.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Okay, Jim Bryan, thank you so much for your coverage
of this, and please let everyone out there know that
we are.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Thinking of them here.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
Thanks Heather, thank you.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. California
Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration again.
The latest lawsuit against President Trump is in response to
the federal immigration enforcement in La Bonta has sued the
Trump administration around two dozen times so far in Trump's
second term. During President Trump's first term, California sue the
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administration over one hundred and twenty times on everything from
the environment, to education, to immigration, to medical care and
ozone advisory has been issued for parts of Riverside County
as a heat wave affects the Inland Empire. The advisory
started yesterday afternoon and will stay in effect until eight
o'clock Thursday. The South Coast Air Quality Management District says
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high temperatures are likely to cause a multi day extreme
smog event. President Trump has announced new tariffs.
Speaker 8 (10:05):
Starting August first, to twenty five percent tariff on goods
from Japan and South Korea will kick in. President Trump
yesterday cited persistent trade imbalances with the two crucial.
Speaker 9 (10:16):
US allies in Asia.
Speaker 8 (10:17):
Trump gave notice of the tariffs by posting letters on
truth social that were addressed to the leaders of both countries.
Speaker 9 (10:23):
Deborah mark KFFI News.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
And biological males can continue to compete in girls' sports
in California.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
The Trump administration wants to ban transgender athletes from competing
in girls' sports, and last month told California education officials
to restore any prize won by a transgender athlete to
the next placing biological female athlete or face legal action.
The administration says California is in violation of Title nine,
but in a two line response issued this week, the
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California Department of Education's lawyers said they don't agree. Jason
Campedonia KFI News.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Biologists at UC San Diego say that their latest research
shows non native honeybees are so effective at pollinating that
they are a threat to native California bees and other pollinators.
They say feral European honeybees brought to North America because
of their effectiveness, have proliferated in the American Southwest. Biologists
(11:18):
say honeybees remove about eighty percent of pollen during the
first day of flower opens. The Dodgers take on the
Brewers in Milwaukee with the first pitch at four forty.
Listen to all Dodgers games on AM five seventy LA
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Speaker 2 (11:57):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was not vincing at all.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Sure whatever floats here wrote you know, it's so fun
watching KTLA with you in the morning.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
When Gingers on did I tell you I texted her
yesterday Ginger Chan Ginger Chain, I.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Know, I text her and she goes, when you're on kiss,
I'm doing like the news or whatever.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
She's like, It's like we're working together again. I love that.
Ginger Chain on KTLA so shout out to Ginger.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
LAPD officers were attacked during a vigil and street takeover
in Hyde Park. Police say rocks and bottles were thrown,
tires on patrol cars were slashed, and a skirmish line
had to be formed. There's no word yet on any arrest.
Governor Newsom joined La County leaders to unveil a four
month wildfire recovery plan, streamlining building efforts and suspending permit rules.
(12:51):
Over two point five billion dollars in aid has been
approved so far, with more than sixteen thousand personnel involved
in the response. And Cole's French Dip, that historic La
eatery and French Dip originator will permanently close on August third.
The owners site COVID rising cost, crime and legal issues
(13:12):
as the reason for closing. It has been in downtown
LA since nineteen oh eight. That is such a shame.
At at six oh five, it's handled on the news.
RFK Junior is getting sued. We're going to tell you
who's suing him and how this could affect the way
you get your vaccines. Right now, let's say good morning
to Giordana Miller. Good morning, are you here?
Speaker 10 (13:34):
Good morning?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Here we go?
Speaker 10 (13:36):
Hi?
Speaker 9 (13:37):
Yes, I ken?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (13:38):
What's going on with a prime Minister net and Yahoo
in Washington for his third meeting with President Trump?
Speaker 10 (13:46):
That's right, he held a dinner and meetings not only
with President Trump, but with his maybe somboy Steve Woodcoff,
with the Secretary of State Mark Rubio, and we hurt
from their very brief comment that they are working, as
we knew before this meeting on advancing and closing a
(14:09):
Gaza cease fire deal, and from what we understand, everything
is moving in the right direction. A senior Israeli official
told us that eighty to ninety percent of the Gaza
cease fire deal has been agreed upon between Israel and Hamas,
and that there's still some outstanding disputes. There will be
(14:31):
negotiations for the next several days, which I think was
a way of saying we might not hear a major
announcement Thursday, it might take through the weekend early next week.
Not only is the Prime Minister working on this with
President Trump and his team, but in Doha. Here in
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the region, there is a high level Israeli delegation engaged
in indirect talks with Hamas in Doha and Cutter also,
you know, obviously in tandem with the Israeli Prime Minister
trying to get progress. This would be a sixty day
sea fire. It would see ten living Israeli hostages come
(15:16):
out of captivity and about fifteen bodies would be returned.
Among those are two American young Americans who were killed
on October seventh by Hamas and their bodies were taken
into Gaza. We would also see you know, Gaza flooded
with AID, which of course the people of Gaza desperately need.
(15:38):
The status of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that's been running
a few distribution sites for AID. It's unclear if that
operation will continue or be shut down. Hamas wants it
to shut down. As you know, there have been dozens
of Palestinians killed every single day making their way to
these distribution sites as they come through combat zones, and
(16:02):
it has been really plagued with problems and fatalities, over
two thousand people injured, so that whole system may not
survive if the seafire is announced, and I don't think
many people will be upset about that.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
So he also mentioned something called a great victory over
Iran and what did he mean by that and how
is Iran responding?
Speaker 10 (16:27):
Well, I think not only the Israeli Prime Minister but
President Trump see the twelve day war as a clear
victory for Israel. You know, Israel carried a surprise attack
that really kept Iran in a kind of shock and
a mode for the entirety of the war. Israel was
able to establish air superiority, hit a lot of the
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nuclear sites and their ballistic missile capabilities. And then President
Trump joins the operation and carried out a very heavy
strikes on the four down nuclear facility is Sahan and
the tans Uh, you know, creating severe damage at those sites.
And so President Trump and the Prime Minister field this
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was a real victory. And we heard the President say
that you know, Iran wants to talk uh and that
you know there may be talks assumes next week. That
was what his envoy said. Steve Whitcoff, you know. So
you know, there is a sense here that Iran has
been you know, ironisance at Delta, serious blow and that
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they may now be up for negotiations on an Iran
nuclear deal.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
So what do we know about Netanyahu's other scheduled meetings,
like with Secretary of State Rubio and wit Coff.
Speaker 10 (17:46):
Seve whit Coff, Well, he already had a first round
of talks with Witcoff and Rubio. Today he'll be meeting
with the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and several lawmakers from
both parts these and this is where I think the
discussions about bringing Theoria into the Abraham Accords. Those are
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the accords that normalize ties between Israel and some of
the Arab Gulf states like Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
There's been a lot of talk and sources telling us
directly that this a new non aggression pact between Jerusalem
and Damascus is being worked on and there is a
US role in that right. The US is brokering this deal,
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and there may be a defense incentives for Syria and
economic incentives for Syria. So you know that's being worked on,
and I think the Prime Minister will also be talking
with the Secretary of Defense Pete Haig set about Iran
and you know, battle damage assessments, and you know what
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comes next if Israel and Iran see that Iran is
trying to recal, celebrate, or rebuild their nuclear facilities or capabilities.
What happens if Ran starts to move some of the
enriched material that Israel admits is still there. They weren't,
They didn't destroy at all. So these are key meetings.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Yeah, it seems to be that a lot could come
out of these meetings over the next couple of days,
and so we'll be watching closely. I'm sure we'll be
talking with you again over the next few days and
keeping a close eye on everything.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Jordana, thank you so much.
Speaker 10 (19:30):
Thanks Tucson.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
All right, let's get back to some.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
Of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The Trump administration is stepping up action against
cities that protect illegal immigrants orders.
Speaker 11 (19:41):
Our Tom Holman told reporters there are plans to flood
agents and do sanctuary cities like Los Angeles, not because.
Speaker 6 (19:47):
You're a blue city or boost tape, because we know
that's where the problem is.
Speaker 11 (19:51):
He says, there are plans to ramp up work site raids.
The Justice Department previously announced a lawsuit against Los Angeles
over at sanctuary city policies. Attorney General Pambondi sent in
a statement, the city is flouting federal law by prioritizing
illegal aliens over American citizens.
Speaker 9 (20:07):
Tammy Triho KFI News.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
The eighty thousand acre wildfire in San Luis Obispo County
is now thirty five percent surrounded. Evacuation orders and warnings
remain in place, though warnings in Kerrent County have been lifted.
The fire has been burning for almost a week. Governor
Newsom and local officials have recognized the six month mark
since the wildfires in January. Newsom says it's been the
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fastest recovery in modern history when it comes to debris removal,
but there is still work to be done.
Speaker 12 (20:38):
It's about getting those childcare facilities and making sure the
healthcare facilities are secure. We're focused on parks, We're focused
on playgrounds, sense of community.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
The governor says he's signing an executive order to speed
up building permits. He says that was requested by local officials.
Elite memo shows former President Biden's advisors push for an
early debate date.
Speaker 8 (21:02):
The six page memo obtained by Politico was dated April fifteenth,
twenty twenty four, and shows that advisors wanted debates held
as early as possible to reach the widest audience possible.
Biden's team suggested that holding debates in the fall would
have been too late, since early voting processes would already
be underway in battleground states. Biden's performance during the now
(21:23):
infamous June twenty seventh debate eventually led to his decision
to end his re election campaign weeks later.
Speaker 9 (21:31):
Deborah mark Ki five News.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
City officials in La have spoken against immigration agents who
showed up in fors at MacArthur Park. City Council President
Marquis Harris Dawson says the nearly one hundred agents and
National Guard troops with military vehicles and horses made it
look like a TikTok video was being filmed.
Speaker 6 (21:52):
And what we say to Border Patrol is the council.
If you want to film in LA, you should apply
for a film permit like everybody else and stop trying
to scare the Bejesus out of everybody.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
La Mayor Bath showed up and confronted agents on the ground.
Dozens of protesters also quickly showed up. The federal agents
left the scene soon after without taking any action or
detaining anyone. Governor Newsom has also spoken out against those
federal immigration activities in MacArthur Park.
Speaker 12 (22:21):
I want folks to know we have you back, and
we'll continue to come back and do what we can
to protect our diverse communities, to protect the spirit that
defines the best of this city and our state.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Newsom says the immigration efforts in la are representative of
what he calls the polluted heart of the president. He
says state officials will continue to do what they can
to fight the enforcement efforts. The death toll from the
catastrophic flooding in Texas over the weekend is now at
least one hundred and four as efforts continued to find
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missing people. Officials say searchers in Kerr County have found
the bodies of eighty four people, including twenty eight children.
There are several summer camps in the area. United Cajun
Navy volunteer Ryan log says rescuers are racing against the
clock to find any more survivors.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
We have a ton of area to be searching in
the middle of the river. We've got aisles of debris
that are the size of multiple eighteen wheelers in some places,
and you can't see in it at all, so the
possibility of victims being then in there.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
More rain is expected in Texas, and more flooding is
still a threat. The TSA is now allowing shoes through
security checkpoints at some airports.
Speaker 14 (23:39):
After nearly two decades, taking off shoes is finally a
thing of the past at some US airports. Multiple news
sources say the TSA has sent an internal memo to
security officers about testing the new policy in as soft
launched security checkpoints. Several locations where you won't have to
take off your shoes anymore include Baltimore Washington International Airport,
New York's LaGuardia, Philadelphia's International air For, Lauderdale's International Airport,
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and lax Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Reports of tick bites are up across the US.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
ABC's Michelle Fronzen says ticks can spread bacteria, viruses, and
parasites that cause human disease.
Speaker 11 (24:16):
May is typically the peak for tick bites each year,
but July so far is also up, surpassing levels not
seen since twenty seventeen.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
The CDC says kids under ten and adults over seventy
have visited the er the most.
Speaker 12 (24:31):
Well.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
The Big Bang will lead to the Big Crunch, but
there's no need to put it on your calendar.
Speaker 15 (24:36):
A new study from Cornell says the universe will expand
until it snaps back and wipes us all out. Scientists
say dark energy makes up about seventy percent of the
known universe and can only expand so much before it
shrinks back to a single point. Complex Life on Earth
has only been around for about six hundred million years,
and when the shrinkage begins at about seven billion, it'll
take another twenty billion years before the Big Crunch. During
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that time, the Sun will die in our little gal
LEXI will collide with our next door neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.
Several major space projects are expected in the next few
years that could confirm or rule out a big Crunch scenario.
Michael Krozer KFI News, oh I.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Love a good Space Story.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Historic restaurant in downtown LA has announced it's closing after
one hundred and seventeen years in business. Coles has operated
on sixth Streets since nineteen oh eight. Wow It has
long claim to have been the originator of the French
dip sandwich, but that fact is disputed by its rival Philipps.
The owner tells KFI the restaurant and bar have struggled
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in recent years because of the pandemic entertainment industry strikes,
high costs of business, and crime downtown. The last day
Coals will be open will be August third. Well, better
get down there. Well, we got to get our sandwiches
before we do that, though, we are going to get
in your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Good morning, Courtney, Good morning.
Speaker 16 (25:58):
Get ready for the day today another busines day here
on Wall Street.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Yeah, so I mean I imagine with all the tariffs
and everything flying around and Amazon Prime Day, lots of
good stuff happening today. Yes, So we can't do anything
in our day without a cup of coffee. So we
got to talk about Starbucks. What are they removing? What
ingredient I'm dying to know.
Speaker 16 (26:18):
Yeah, so they're stirring up their menu because they're trying
to appeal to a more health conscious consumer. And this
report is sponsored by Fidelity. The coffee chain is exploring
how to remove canola oil from its food lineup. So
they're considering making its egg white and roasted red pepper bites,
which are quite delicious. I know it's my brother's favorite thing.
They're trying to do it without canola oil. Starbucks is
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also adding a new egg bite to the menu that's
made with avocado oil. So this help push that we're
seeing from them. It's showing up in a lot of
places on Starbucks menu. For example, they remove sugar from
the macha powder. They also nixed an up charge for
non dairy milk, and there was a recent pilot at
Starbucks and that involves unsweetened protein powder which can be
added to any cold phone flavor.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Okay, I also love the egg bites. I get the
bacon and cheese once. Those they are so good, if
you know, you.
Speaker 9 (27:08):
Know exactly exactly.
Speaker 16 (27:11):
That's the one thing that my brother every single time
with my parents. Don't live that far from a Starbucks,
just a you know, one block away my brothers, and
that's like pick up. Yeah, I'm walking over there to
go get myself some meg bites.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
All right.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
So more companies and organizations are pledging their support for
the victims in Texas tell us about that.
Speaker 9 (27:33):
Yes, thank goodness, Home Depot.
Speaker 16 (27:35):
They're committing two hundred fifty thousand dollars to support disaster
relief efforts, and they're also coordinating with vendors to deliver
essential supplies to the stores and the disaster zone. Walmart's
giving five hundred thousand dollars in grants and donation. Dell
founder Michael Dell, he's out there offering a million dollars
through his family foundation and Apple CEO Tim Cook. He
(27:55):
said the tech Giant's going to support relief and recovery
efforts on the ground, but he actually didn't specify what
that entails.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
Okay, so this next one is a is a problem
I've never had. I've never had a shop in the
petite section. I'm very tall, so I am name with me.
I have never had a shop at the petite section.
But I guess apparently petite shoppers are now finding their
fits in the kids section.
Speaker 16 (28:19):
Yes, because America has gotten heavier, So the fashion industry
has responded to that by making the clothes larger, but
keeping the.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Size is the same.
Speaker 16 (28:27):
So a size two is not a size two anymore,
a size eight not a size eight anymore, and they
say the smaller sizes the number actually makes people feel
better and it leads them to buy more. So what
do you do if you're a petit person and you're
swimming in today's size two? Well, many slender shoppers. They're
now heading to the children's racks. They say the clothes
fit a little bit better without tailoring. There's also a
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downsized a downside for adults.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
They say.
Speaker 16 (28:54):
They are actually telling the Wall Street Journal there may
be a little too much glitter and flowers on tops,
like butterfly bedazzling.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
And it's exactly. Some of the kids.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Styles are really cheesy. My daughter got to the age
where she was like, I am not wearing this.
Speaker 16 (29:12):
Oh I my daughter is. My daughter is eleven, and
she's the same thing.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
So she's like, no, they want. Then she want. She
wants to buy from Lululemon.
Speaker 9 (29:21):
Oh, like that doesn't fit you either.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Wait you got Lululemon money. I'm gonna come work at Bloomberg.
Speaker 9 (29:27):
Oh no, no, no, she wants it, doesn't it?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Okay, it happens, No, not so much. That's fair. That's
fair working radio.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Come on, okay, I hear you, I hear you, I'm
the same boat. Are you speaking of medial lecture cash
Amazon Prime Day he's getting started.
Speaker 9 (29:44):
Yes, yeah, so maybe I'll send.
Speaker 16 (29:46):
My daughter there to get some discounts.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
So it's kicking off today.
Speaker 16 (29:50):
They're hoping the events going to entice millions of shoppers
to spend billions of dollars online.
Speaker 9 (29:56):
In a time when we're usually distracted with vacation.
Speaker 16 (29:59):
So there expanding the extravaganza from two to four days,
and according to estimates from Adobe Analytics, Prime Day sales
is expected to reach twenty three point eight billion dollars.
But we may end up seeing submissious We may not
see the discounts that we used to see because a
lot of online merchants they said they're unable to offer
the discounts because of the increasing costs of tariffs. Actually,
(30:21):
sixty percent in a survey that I found said that
they're trying to boost prices to offset tariffs instead of
offering discounts.
Speaker 3 (30:30):
Okay, and really quickly, before we go, there was a
quiet day.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Will are you shaking your leg.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Or is there an earthquake? Oh my gosh, Will just
scared the heck out of me?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Oh my gosh. Oh all right before we go.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
It was a quiet day on Wall Street today after
the losses yesterday.
Speaker 16 (30:49):
Yeah, so at least we don't have an earthquake here.
I'm lost three. We had it yesterday. I don't want
to scare you either. So S and B futures, they're a.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Little what we have to remember.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
The economy seems to be holding up.
Speaker 16 (31:03):
Bunder of the global trade war. Hiring's healthy. The S
and P five hundred hit a record high last week.
So still stocks are holding on. They're holding steady today,
and no earthquakes inside.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Thank goodness.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
All right, Corney, thank you so much. We'll talk with
you tomorrow. Definitely see you later, all right. LA native
and retired Navy corman David Dugan will compete in the
twenty twenty five Warrior Games Challenge next month in Colorado.
He'll join over two hundred and fifty wounded and injured
veterans in adaptive sports like archery and powerlifting. Bank of
(31:37):
America is adding a million dollars to support wildfire recovery
in the LA area, bringing its total aid to over
three and a half million dollars. The funds will help
small businesses, legal services, and health programs. Kelly Clarkson has
postponed the opening of her Las Vegas residency due to
vocal strain from NonStop rehearsals. She told fans she needs
(31:59):
time to rest to promising the show will return next
weekend stronger than ever. And we are just minutes away
from handle on the news this morning. Fireworks could be
the cause of a fire in Laguna Beach, and we're
going to tell you the latest on the investigation there.
Governor Newsom has now signed the film and TV tax
credit bills, saying in a statement from his office that
(32:20):
it would further strengthen the state's commitment to film and
television production. I spoke with our own Michael Monks on
his show Michael Monk's Reports to talk about what this
new tax credit really means for people in the industry
and people watching their favorite movies and shows at home.
Speaker 5 (32:37):
Governor Newsom, state lawmakers, local officials, and entertainment workers all
pushed through legislation they hope save a troubled industry.
Speaker 12 (32:47):
That's the investment we're making today to create the conditions
where your passion could be met with action. Your creativity,
your daring, your innovation can be brought to light. And
that's a point of pride for me as a Californian
and someone who grew up mindful that the world we
(33:07):
invented eighteen seventy eight in Palo Alto, California, the first
cinematic images, that the world we invented is now competing
against us, and then we've got to step up our game.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Governor Newsom says, other states and other countries picked up
the slack offering lucrative incentives as California grew complacent.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
I think we put our feet up. We took things
for granted.
Speaker 12 (33:31):
Success leaves clues, after all, and we saw that recognition
all across the globe, not just across the United States.
It was first up there in Vancouver and Toronto, and
then we started reading about New Zealand, Australia, and then
quietly the UK emerges as a dominant force. We started
to compete with Louisiana and New Mexico. We saw new
(33:51):
tax incentives in New York, but we never saw what
was coming in places like Georgia that invested in a
sustainable mindset, situational mindset to commit to the long haul,
to the long term to do more of this.
Speaker 5 (34:06):
But now the film tax credit program in California has
more than doubled, and here to talk about it is
kfi's Heather Brooker. Heather Brooker, nice to spend some time
with you.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 5 (34:16):
I know you've been filling in on wake up call.
You'll be filling in on wake up call all next
week while Amy King is away, so we don't get
to play in the newsroom.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
I know I miss our newsroom time.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
I have to pick on Will Cole Schreiper all by
myself because you're not there to tag team.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
I know he loves it, though he loves the attention.
Speaker 5 (34:32):
He does love the attention. I'll tell you else loves attention.
Actors Hollywood and they got some from the California Assembly.
Governor Newsom. Newsom flies into Burbank. He's joined by Ella
mare Bass, Hollywood officials, and actor Noah Wiley at this
press conference in Burbank touting the expansion of the film
tax credits. It has gone up bigly, from three hundred
(34:56):
and thirty million dollars every year to seven hundred and
fifty million dollars. What is does this mean for an
industry that has been in trouble?
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Well, this is.
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Huge news for the industry we're talking about they're saying
sixty seven hundred new jobs for cast and crew could
come out of this development and out of this new
tax credit increase. And what I'm hearing and seeing from
people in the industry, they're thrilled with this, and some
of them are saying, we hope it's not too late.
You know, this has been something that's been ongoing and
(35:25):
been talked about and moving through the you know, the
legislature for quite a long time. They're hopeful it's not
too late. But mostly they're hopeful, that's what I'm hearing.
They're hoping that this approves more jobs, more productions to
be coming back here, not just in Los Angeles, but
all of California.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
I mean right where we're sitting right now. We're surrounded
by Warner Brothers, Disney, I mean, big classic Hollywood iconic brands.
But stuff's not been getting made here in Los Angeles
and in California, not at the rate that it used to.
And what you heard from the industry is, look, we've
been hit by a triple dose of things. We had
the COVID pandemic that hit every industry. Then we had
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the writers and actors strikes, and then the Palisades fire.
The Eaten fire impacted people who were living here and
working in the industry. But this situation seems to be
also heavily impacted by the fact that other states and
other countries got wise to what producers want, and that
is to spend less money on big budget things, and
(36:26):
so there's a huge competition out there. So tell us
a bit about what California was facing as the home
of Hollywood when places like Georgia or even Europe started
to lure productions away.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
I mean, yeah, that's basically the bottom line.
Speaker 3 (36:39):
Other states and other countries caught on early on years ago,
even before the COVID and you know, all the strikes
and things. Years ago, they started saying, oh, we've got
to start luring these producers out here.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
So they raised their tax credit.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
Georgia doesn't even have a cap, so you could go
and get infinite or apply for infinite amount of credits
back there in Georgia, which is very appealing. So California
has been behind this curve for quite some time, so
this is a long time coming, but it is such
a good step in the right direction, and hopefully these
(37:16):
producers and people making movies and TV shows and now
this what's great about this too, is it expands the
kinds of projects that can be made and can apply
for this tax credit. Short form projects, short films, more
digital projects can now apply. It's a modernization of the
bill as well as the tax incentive increase, so hopefully
(37:38):
it will bring more jobs back. I love talking about
old things entertainment, especially with my friend Michael Monks, and
you can hear the rest of our conversation on KFIAM
six forty dot com and listen to Michael Monks Reports
every Saturday at seven o'clock right here on KFI.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
Thank you to Michael for having me on your show.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Southern California is
heating up again. The National Weather Service has warned of
big changes coming starting today and for the rest of
the week. Eyes are expected to be five to ten
degrees above normal in our area. The heat spell is
forecast to peak tomorrow and Thursday and cool down by
(38:21):
the weekend. Then more above average temperatures are expected early
next week. The CDC is warning of a spike in
a tick related emergency room visits across the US, especially
in the Northeast. Doctor Walid Haved with the Mount Sinai
Health System says where people live may play a role.
Speaker 14 (38:40):
If you're building more houses in more wooded areas, which
I've seen more of a trend that could result in
more ticks ability to In fact.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
The CDC reports tick related er visits so far this
month are at their highest level since twenty seventeen. A
new study shows kids health has deteriorated over the last
seventeen years.
Speaker 8 (39:01):
The studies as kids are more likely to experience obesity,
chronic diseases, and other problems. The research was published yesterday
in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Speaker 9 (39:11):
Health Secretary Robert F.
Speaker 8 (39:12):
Kennedy Junior has brought kids health to the forefront of
the national policy conversation. His agencies report and may describe
kids as undernourished and overmedicated. But outside experts who reviewed
the new study say the Trump administration's decision to make
cuts to federal health agencies, medicaid, and scientific research are
not likely to reverse the trend.
Speaker 17 (39:31):
Depormark Kafi News online spending is about to hit twenty
four billion dollars across US retailers during this week, as
a ninety six hour Amazon Prime Day event kicks off,
and Adobe Analytics forecast project projects sales from today through
Friday will go up twenty eight percent as shoppers look
(39:52):
for discounts on back to school here, ranging from apparel
to electronics and NASA has discovered an interstellar comment that's
wandered into our backyard.
Speaker 14 (40:01):
The Space Agency spotted the object with the Atlas telescope
in Chile earlier this week and has confirmed it was
a comment from another star system. It's only the third
known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. This
one's four hundred and sixteen million miles from the Sun,
out near Jupiter. The quick moving comment will make its
closest approach to the Sun in late October, getting no
closer than Mars and posing no threat to Earth. Astronomers
(40:23):
around the world are monitoring the comet to determine its
size and shape. Mark Ronner, KFI News.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
Oh again, I love a good space story. I will
never skip a space story. Thank you guys so much
for listening this morning. Thank you to the wake Up
Call crew. Kono producer An and Will You guys are
the best team. Thank you so much and Handle is
coming up next, so don't go anywhere. This is KFI
and KOSC HG two, Los Angeles, Orange County, live from
(40:50):
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer and technical
producer Cono and traffic specialist Will.
Speaker 2 (40:56):
I'm Heather Brooker. This has been your wake up Call.
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You've been listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King.
You can always hear wake Up Call five to six
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You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
This is your wake up call for Tuesday, July eighth.
It is five am, straight up. I'm Heather Brooker in
for Amy King. I hope your morning is off to
a good start so far. When I say good morning
really quickly to the wake up Call crew, good morning Will.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Good morning Will.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
And I were just doing a whole like clear your
throat like it means we're old. Good morning, speaking of
not old, young and hip Kono, good morning, good morning.
Do you like how extra nice I am to you
this morning because I want you to play Cools music,
which you always do.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, I don't know how young I am though, Oh
come on, you are.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Okay fair also young and hib producer Anne.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
That's Ray, Good morning, Heather. Let's all pitch in and
give Anna raise.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
This lady is the hardest working woman in radio. Bless
We love you so much. Okay, I'm happy to be here,
as you can tell. I've had a little coffee, I'm awake,
and we've actually I went to the Superman premiere last night.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You guys, I've seen it. I saw it.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
I love it, and I'm going to tell you guys
a little bit more later on in the show. But first,
we got a lot of news to cover today, so
let's just get right into it.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Here's what's ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
On a wake up call, it was a chaotic scene
at MacArthur Park yesterday. Is over one hundred armed federal agents,
some of them on horseback, descended in armored vehicles. Mayor
Karen Bash showed up and told reporters they will be
leaving soon. And President Trump sent letters to fourteen countries,
including Japan, South Korea, and Thailand, warning of new tariffs
(02:03):
up to forty percent if trade deficits aren't addressed and now.
While most of the tariffs were delayed to August first
to allow more negotiations, China remains excluded from the extension,
and Trump has urged leaders to manufacture in the US
to avoid penalties. And an ozone advisory has been issued
for parts of Riverside County as a heat wave affects
(02:25):
the Inland Empire. That advisory started yesterday afternoon and will
stay in effect until eight o'clock on Thursday. Here's what's
ahead on wake Up Call at five five, the search
continues in Texas after that deadly Independence Day flash flood
left behind devastation and a lot of heartache.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
We're going to get the latest from Texas.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
And if I point twenty, is Raeli Prime Minister Netan
Yahoo heads to Washington with bold praise for Trump and
hopes for progress. He says on a Gaza ceasefire, could
this visit to move the needle?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
We'll see.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
At five point thirty five, star Bucks is removing a
common ingredient from its menu. Were going to tell you
what it is and if you're going to even miss it.
And a five point fifty California just supercharged its film
tax credit now with a whopping seven hundred and fifty
million dollars annual cap aims to keep Hollywood rolling, but
will its stop production from leaving for states? It's like
(03:19):
Georgia and New York. We'll talk about it.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Six oh five. It's handled on the news.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Immigration agents, as we said, surrounding MacArthur Park yesterday with
horses and armored vehicles. We're going to tell you what
they were doing and why they were carrying tactical gear.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LAPD officers have
been attacked during a vigil in La. Police were called
last night about the crowd blocking traffic at Hyde Park
(03:43):
and Crenshaw Boulevard. There was a street takeover at the
intersection and the crowd grew. A call for a backup
was sent out as officers were attacked and forced to
form a skirmish line. LA City Hall has rebuked the
federal agents who descended on MacArthur Park.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Nearly a hundred immigration agents with National Guard troops in
tow showed up at the park, some on horseback, some
in military vehicles. City Council President Marquis Harris Dawson says
the federal immigration actions across the area are costing the
city every day they are here.
Speaker 6 (04:14):
They disrupt the economy, and they cost this state, in
this city and county millions and millions of dollars.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
Mayor Bass showed up to the park to confront the agents.
They left soon after without detaining anyone or conducting any
enforcement action. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Joining us now is ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan, who's
been covering the unfolding disaster in the Texas Hill Country.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Good morning, Jim, Morning Heather.
Speaker 7 (04:38):
Yes, one hundred and four people have died that we
know of that depth. Toll will certainly rise when we
get an update here in a couple of hours, But
one hundred and four scattered across the Hill Country, not
just the Hill Country, but also to the east of here, Austin.
The Austin area in central Texas has had several fatalities
related to flooding of the Colorado River there. So this
isn't just a localized event, it's a regional of that,
(05:00):
stretching across about one hundred miles worth of Texas.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
So can you give us a sense of what the
search and recovery efforts are looking like on the ground
right now?
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Well, it's primarily a recovery effort at this point. Nobody's
been found alive for a couple of days out in
the rubble left by the flooding, and the expectation is
that more bodies will be found. But it's just a
matter of getting out there, getting people four hundred rescuers
or so search and rescue people out into the areas
alongside these rivers, the Guadalupe. I'm looking. I'm standing alongside
(05:31):
the Guadalupe and can see easily though one hundred and
fifty seventy five yards on either side where the water
went out of its banks. It's now back within its banks.
It's still running fast and high. But the search efforts
are continuing along the twenty twenty five miles of this
river on either side. So it's not a terribly huge
wide footprint, but it is a long footprint, and it
(05:54):
extends across several rivers.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Now, there's been some commons and some concern that people
weren't properly warned ahead of time about this flash flood.
Do we know about the emergency alerts or is it
you know, any possible gaps in the system there?
Speaker 7 (06:09):
Yeah, well, alerts were issued, but in twenty twenty five,
people rely on their phones. They get their alerts, notifications,
advisories and warnings from their smartphones. Sell coverage out here
in the Hill country is spotty at bet you get
from communities like this when Currville the worse it is.
What's more, it happened this flooding did in the middle
of the night, three thirty in the morning, so people
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were asleep they didn't get those warnings on their phones. Finally,
and maybe most tragically, Camp Mystic, the large girls camp
where some seven hundred and fifty girls were doesn't allow
cell phones. The girls check their phones in when they
arrived there at camp. They want them to have a
screen free experience, so they didn't have their phones. The
camp counselors did and did their best to shepherd away
(06:52):
the girls when the flooding came. But you know, the
talk now, Heather, is of setting up a siren system,
old school sirens throughout the hill country to let people
know whether they have cell coverage or not the danger
is coming.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
You know, that's interesting you bring that up because, as
I mentioned yesterday, my daughter, she's twelve, she goes to
a sleep away camp. They also do not allow them
to have phones, and that has been something that is
a concern for me whenever I send her because the
only people that are allowed to have phones when she
goes to this camp are the counselors.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
So that is a really interesting point.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
You understand the concept. You want them to enjoy disconnecting
personal for sure others, but at the same time, yeah,
there's a safety.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Factor, absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
And growing up in Oklahoma, we had sirens, tornado sirens,
and flood sirens going off all the time. I mean,
you're in Texas there, you know they've got it. I'm
sure they've got them there as well. Oh yes, you've
spoken with families and other residents in the area. What
are they telling you about what happened in that morning
and how how are they coping with this? Now?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
That's just so heartbreaking to hear the stories.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
Well, I talked to there's several people I've talked with
about plans maybe to leave. You know, this is a
continuing risk. This is flash flood alley as some people
call it. And to a person, they all say, all
it is a danger. It is a risk that you
face when you live close to or over like this
in a hilly area that's subject to flooding. But none
(08:22):
of them said they want to leave. They love it here.
It's picturesque, it's beautiful, other than they damage done by
the flooding the Guadalupe River where I'm standing right now
is absolutely stunning.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
You know, a lot of people here in California are
watching this story unfold and wondering is what can we do?
Speaker 2 (08:41):
How can we help.
Speaker 7 (08:43):
You know, I just looked at that a short time ago.
GoFundMe has kind of a clearing house page of different
relief efforts related to Texas and related to the Carolina's
where some flooding has happened. That may be the most
reliable place to go. Go fund me or the American
Red Cross has areas where you can donate with the
funds dedicated to Texas flood relief.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Okay, Jim Bryan, thank you so much for your coverage
of this, and please let everyone out there know that
we are.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Thinking of them here.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
Thanks Heather, thank you.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. California
Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration again.
The latest lawsuit against President Trump is in response to
the federal immigration enforcement in La Bonta has sued the
Trump administration around two dozen times so far in Trump's
second term. During President Trump's first term, California sue the
(09:35):
administration over one hundred and twenty times on everything from
the environment, to education, to immigration, to medical care and
ozone advisory has been issued for parts of Riverside County
as a heat wave affects the Inland Empire. The advisory
started yesterday afternoon and will stay in effect until eight
o'clock Thursday. The South Coast Air Quality Management District says
(09:57):
high temperatures are likely to cause a multi day extreme
smog event. President Trump has announced new tariffs.
Speaker 8 (10:05):
Starting August first, to twenty five percent tariff on goods
from Japan and South Korea will kick in. President Trump
yesterday cited persistent trade imbalances with the two crucial.
Speaker 9 (10:16):
US allies in Asia.
Speaker 8 (10:17):
Trump gave notice of the tariffs by posting letters on
truth social that were addressed to the leaders of both countries.
Speaker 9 (10:23):
Deborah mark KFFI News.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
And biological males can continue to compete in girls' sports
in California.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
The Trump administration wants to ban transgender athletes from competing
in girls' sports, and last month told California education officials
to restore any prize won by a transgender athlete to
the next placing biological female athlete or face legal action.
The administration says California is in violation of Title nine,
but in a two line response issued this week, the
(10:51):
California Department of Education's lawyers said they don't agree. Jason
Campedonia KFI News.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Biologists at UC San Diego say that their latest research
shows non native honeybees are so effective at pollinating that
they are a threat to native California bees and other pollinators.
They say feral European honeybees brought to North America because
of their effectiveness, have proliferated in the American Southwest. Biologists
(11:18):
say honeybees remove about eighty percent of pollen during the
first day of flower opens. The Dodgers take on the
Brewers in Milwaukee with the first pitch at four forty.
Listen to all Dodgers games on AM five seventy LA
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Speaker 2 (11:57):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was not vincing at all.
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Sure whatever floats here wrote you know, it's so fun
watching KTLA with you in the morning.
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yesterday Ginger Chan Ginger Chain, I.
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Know, I text her and she goes, when you're on kiss,
I'm doing like the news or whatever.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
She's like, It's like we're working together again. I love that.
Ginger Chain on KTLA so shout out to Ginger.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
LAPD officers were attacked during a vigil and street takeover
in Hyde Park. Police say rocks and bottles were thrown,
tires on patrol cars were slashed, and a skirmish line
had to be formed. There's no word yet on any arrest.
Governor Newsom joined La County leaders to unveil a four
month wildfire recovery plan, streamlining building efforts and suspending permit rules.
(12:51):
Over two point five billion dollars in aid has been
approved so far, with more than sixteen thousand personnel involved
in the response. And Cole's French Dip, that historic La
eatery and French Dip originator will permanently close on August third.
The owners site COVID rising cost, crime and legal issues
(13:12):
as the reason for closing. It has been in downtown
LA since nineteen oh eight. That is such a shame.
At at six oh five, it's handled on the news.
RFK Junior is getting sued. We're going to tell you
who's suing him and how this could affect the way
you get your vaccines. Right now, let's say good morning
to Giordana Miller. Good morning, are you here?
Speaker 10 (13:34):
Good morning?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Here we go?
Speaker 10 (13:36):
Hi?
Speaker 9 (13:37):
Yes, I ken?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (13:38):
What's going on with a prime Minister net and Yahoo
in Washington for his third meeting with President Trump?
Speaker 10 (13:46):
That's right, he held a dinner and meetings not only
with President Trump, but with his maybe somboy Steve Woodcoff,
with the Secretary of State Mark Rubio, and we hurt
from their very brief comment that they are working, as
we knew before this meeting on advancing and closing a
(14:09):
Gaza cease fire deal, and from what we understand, everything
is moving in the right direction. A senior Israeli official
told us that eighty to ninety percent of the Gaza
cease fire deal has been agreed upon between Israel and Hamas,
and that there's still some outstanding disputes. There will be
(14:31):
negotiations for the next several days, which I think was
a way of saying we might not hear a major
announcement Thursday, it might take through the weekend early next week.
Not only is the Prime Minister working on this with
President Trump and his team, but in Doha. Here in
(14:51):
the region, there is a high level Israeli delegation engaged
in indirect talks with Hamas in Doha and Cutter also,
you know, obviously in tandem with the Israeli Prime Minister
trying to get progress. This would be a sixty day
sea fire. It would see ten living Israeli hostages come
(15:16):
out of captivity and about fifteen bodies would be returned.
Among those are two American young Americans who were killed
on October seventh by Hamas and their bodies were taken
into Gaza. We would also see you know, Gaza flooded
with AID, which of course the people of Gaza desperately need.
(15:38):
The status of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that's been running
a few distribution sites for AID. It's unclear if that
operation will continue or be shut down. Hamas wants it
to shut down. As you know, there have been dozens
of Palestinians killed every single day making their way to
these distribution sites as they come through combat zones, and
(16:02):
it has been really plagued with problems and fatalities, over
two thousand people injured, so that whole system may not
survive if the seafire is announced, and I don't think
many people will be upset about that.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
So he also mentioned something called a great victory over
Iran and what did he mean by that and how
is Iran responding?
Speaker 10 (16:27):
Well, I think not only the Israeli Prime Minister but
President Trump see the twelve day war as a clear
victory for Israel. You know, Israel carried a surprise attack
that really kept Iran in a kind of shock and
a mode for the entirety of the war. Israel was
able to establish air superiority, hit a lot of the
(16:50):
nuclear sites and their ballistic missile capabilities. And then President
Trump joins the operation and carried out a very heavy
strikes on the four down nuclear facility is Sahan and
the tans Uh, you know, creating severe damage at those sites.
And so President Trump and the Prime Minister field this
(17:12):
was a real victory. And we heard the President say
that you know, Iran wants to talk uh and that
you know there may be talks assumes next week. That
was what his envoy said. Steve Whitcoff, you know. So
you know, there is a sense here that Iran has
been you know, ironisance at Delta, serious blow and that
(17:35):
they may now be up for negotiations on an Iran
nuclear deal.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
So what do we know about Netanyahu's other scheduled meetings,
like with Secretary of State Rubio and wit Coff.
Speaker 10 (17:46):
Seve whit Coff, Well, he already had a first round
of talks with Witcoff and Rubio. Today he'll be meeting
with the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and several lawmakers from
both parts these and this is where I think the
discussions about bringing Theoria into the Abraham Accords. Those are
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the accords that normalize ties between Israel and some of
the Arab Gulf states like Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
There's been a lot of talk and sources telling us
directly that this a new non aggression pact between Jerusalem
and Damascus is being worked on and there is a
US role in that right. The US is brokering this deal,
(18:31):
and there may be a defense incentives for Syria and
economic incentives for Syria. So you know that's being worked on,
and I think the Prime Minister will also be talking
with the Secretary of Defense Pete Haig set about Iran
and you know, battle damage assessments, and you know what
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comes next if Israel and Iran see that Iran is
trying to recal, celebrate, or rebuild their nuclear facilities or capabilities.
What happens if Ran starts to move some of the
enriched material that Israel admits is still there. They weren't,
They didn't destroy at all. So these are key meetings.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Yeah, it seems to be that a lot could come
out of these meetings over the next couple of days,
and so we'll be watching closely. I'm sure we'll be
talking with you again over the next few days and
keeping a close eye on everything.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Jordana, thank you so much.
Speaker 10 (19:30):
Thanks Tucson.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
All right, let's get back to some.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
Of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The Trump administration is stepping up action against
cities that protect illegal immigrants orders.
Speaker 11 (19:41):
Our Tom Holman told reporters there are plans to flood
agents and do sanctuary cities like Los Angeles, not because.
Speaker 6 (19:47):
You're a blue city or boost tape, because we know
that's where the problem is.
Speaker 11 (19:51):
He says, there are plans to ramp up work site raids.
The Justice Department previously announced a lawsuit against Los Angeles
over at sanctuary city policies. Attorney General Pambondi sent in
a statement, the city is flouting federal law by prioritizing
illegal aliens over American citizens.
Speaker 9 (20:07):
Tammy Triho KFI News.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
The eighty thousand acre wildfire in San Luis Obispo County
is now thirty five percent surrounded. Evacuation orders and warnings
remain in place, though warnings in Kerrent County have been lifted.
The fire has been burning for almost a week. Governor
Newsom and local officials have recognized the six month mark
since the wildfires in January. Newsom says it's been the
(20:32):
fastest recovery in modern history when it comes to debris removal,
but there is still work to be done.
Speaker 12 (20:38):
It's about getting those childcare facilities and making sure the
healthcare facilities are secure. We're focused on parks, We're focused
on playgrounds, sense of community.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
The governor says he's signing an executive order to speed
up building permits. He says that was requested by local officials.
Elite memo shows former President Biden's advisors push for an
early debate date.
Speaker 8 (21:02):
The six page memo obtained by Politico was dated April fifteenth,
twenty twenty four, and shows that advisors wanted debates held
as early as possible to reach the widest audience possible.
Biden's team suggested that holding debates in the fall would
have been too late, since early voting processes would already
be underway in battleground states. Biden's performance during the now
(21:23):
infamous June twenty seventh debate eventually led to his decision
to end his re election campaign weeks later.
Speaker 9 (21:31):
Deborah mark Ki five News.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
City officials in La have spoken against immigration agents who
showed up in fors at MacArthur Park. City Council President
Marquis Harris Dawson says the nearly one hundred agents and
National Guard troops with military vehicles and horses made it
look like a TikTok video was being filmed.
Speaker 6 (21:52):
And what we say to Border Patrol is the council.
If you want to film in LA, you should apply
for a film permit like everybody else and stop trying
to scare the Bejesus out of everybody.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
La Mayor Bath showed up and confronted agents on the ground.
Dozens of protesters also quickly showed up. The federal agents
left the scene soon after without taking any action or
detaining anyone. Governor Newsom has also spoken out against those
federal immigration activities in MacArthur Park.
Speaker 12 (22:21):
I want folks to know we have you back, and
we'll continue to come back and do what we can
to protect our diverse communities, to protect the spirit that
defines the best of this city and our state.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Newsom says the immigration efforts in la are representative of
what he calls the polluted heart of the president. He
says state officials will continue to do what they can
to fight the enforcement efforts. The death toll from the
catastrophic flooding in Texas over the weekend is now at
least one hundred and four as efforts continued to find
(22:55):
missing people. Officials say searchers in Kerr County have found
the bodies of eighty four people, including twenty eight children.
There are several summer camps in the area. United Cajun
Navy volunteer Ryan log says rescuers are racing against the
clock to find any more survivors.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
We have a ton of area to be searching in
the middle of the river. We've got aisles of debris
that are the size of multiple eighteen wheelers in some places,
and you can't see in it at all, so the
possibility of victims being then in there.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
More rain is expected in Texas, and more flooding is
still a threat. The TSA is now allowing shoes through
security checkpoints at some airports.
Speaker 14 (23:39):
After nearly two decades, taking off shoes is finally a
thing of the past at some US airports. Multiple news
sources say the TSA has sent an internal memo to
security officers about testing the new policy in as soft
launched security checkpoints. Several locations where you won't have to
take off your shoes anymore include Baltimore Washington International Airport,
New York's LaGuardia, Philadelphia's International air For, Lauderdale's International Airport,
(24:02):
and lax Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Reports of tick bites are up across the US.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
ABC's Michelle Fronzen says ticks can spread bacteria, viruses, and
parasites that cause human disease.
Speaker 11 (24:16):
May is typically the peak for tick bites each year,
but July so far is also up, surpassing levels not
seen since twenty seventeen.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
The CDC says kids under ten and adults over seventy
have visited the er the most.
Speaker 12 (24:31):
Well.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
The Big Bang will lead to the Big Crunch, but
there's no need to put it on your calendar.
Speaker 15 (24:36):
A new study from Cornell says the universe will expand
until it snaps back and wipes us all out. Scientists
say dark energy makes up about seventy percent of the
known universe and can only expand so much before it
shrinks back to a single point. Complex Life on Earth
has only been around for about six hundred million years,
and when the shrinkage begins at about seven billion, it'll
take another twenty billion years before the Big Crunch. During
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that time, the Sun will die in our little gal
LEXI will collide with our next door neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.
Several major space projects are expected in the next few
years that could confirm or rule out a big Crunch scenario.
Michael Krozer KFI News, oh I.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Love a good Space Story.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Historic restaurant in downtown LA has announced it's closing after
one hundred and seventeen years in business. Coles has operated
on sixth Streets since nineteen oh eight. Wow It has
long claim to have been the originator of the French
dip sandwich, but that fact is disputed by its rival Philipps.
The owner tells KFI the restaurant and bar have struggled
(25:35):
in recent years because of the pandemic entertainment industry strikes,
high costs of business, and crime downtown. The last day
Coals will be open will be August third. Well, better
get down there. Well, we got to get our sandwiches
before we do that, though, we are going to get
in your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Good morning, Courtney, Good morning.
Speaker 16 (25:58):
Get ready for the day today another busines day here
on Wall Street.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Yeah, so I mean I imagine with all the tariffs
and everything flying around and Amazon Prime Day, lots of
good stuff happening today. Yes, So we can't do anything
in our day without a cup of coffee. So we
got to talk about Starbucks. What are they removing? What
ingredient I'm dying to know.
Speaker 16 (26:18):
Yeah, so they're stirring up their menu because they're trying
to appeal to a more health conscious consumer. And this
report is sponsored by Fidelity. The coffee chain is exploring
how to remove canola oil from its food lineup. So
they're considering making its egg white and roasted red pepper bites,
which are quite delicious. I know it's my brother's favorite thing.
They're trying to do it without canola oil. Starbucks is
(26:39):
also adding a new egg bite to the menu that's
made with avocado oil. So this help push that we're
seeing from them. It's showing up in a lot of
places on Starbucks menu. For example, they remove sugar from
the macha powder. They also nixed an up charge for
non dairy milk, and there was a recent pilot at
Starbucks and that involves unsweetened protein powder which can be
added to any cold phone flavor.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Okay, I also love the egg bites. I get the
bacon and cheese once. Those they are so good, if
you know, you.
Speaker 9 (27:08):
Know exactly exactly.
Speaker 16 (27:11):
That's the one thing that my brother every single time
with my parents. Don't live that far from a Starbucks,
just a you know, one block away my brothers, and
that's like pick up. Yeah, I'm walking over there to
go get myself some meg bites.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
All right.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
So more companies and organizations are pledging their support for
the victims in Texas tell us about that.
Speaker 9 (27:33):
Yes, thank goodness, Home Depot.
Speaker 16 (27:35):
They're committing two hundred fifty thousand dollars to support disaster
relief efforts, and they're also coordinating with vendors to deliver
essential supplies to the stores and the disaster zone. Walmart's
giving five hundred thousand dollars in grants and donation. Dell
founder Michael Dell, he's out there offering a million dollars
through his family foundation and Apple CEO Tim Cook. He
(27:55):
said the tech Giant's going to support relief and recovery
efforts on the ground, but he actually didn't specify what
that entails.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
Okay, so this next one is a is a problem
I've never had. I've never had a shop in the
petite section. I'm very tall, so I am name with me.
I have never had a shop at the petite section.
But I guess apparently petite shoppers are now finding their
fits in the kids section.
Speaker 16 (28:19):
Yes, because America has gotten heavier, So the fashion industry
has responded to that by making the clothes larger, but
keeping the.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Size is the same.
Speaker 16 (28:27):
So a size two is not a size two anymore,
a size eight not a size eight anymore, and they
say the smaller sizes the number actually makes people feel
better and it leads them to buy more. So what
do you do if you're a petit person and you're
swimming in today's size two? Well, many slender shoppers. They're
now heading to the children's racks. They say the clothes
fit a little bit better without tailoring. There's also a
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downsized a downside for adults.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
They say.
Speaker 16 (28:54):
They are actually telling the Wall Street Journal there may
be a little too much glitter and flowers on tops,
like butterfly bedazzling.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
And it's exactly. Some of the kids.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Styles are really cheesy. My daughter got to the age
where she was like, I am not wearing this.
Speaker 16 (29:12):
Oh I my daughter is. My daughter is eleven, and
she's the same thing.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
So she's like, no, they want. Then she want. She
wants to buy from Lululemon.
Speaker 9 (29:21):
Oh, like that doesn't fit you either.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Wait you got Lululemon money. I'm gonna come work at Bloomberg.
Speaker 9 (29:27):
Oh no, no, no, she wants it, doesn't it?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Okay, it happens, No, not so much. That's fair. That's
fair working radio.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Come on, okay, I hear you, I hear you, I'm
the same boat. Are you speaking of medial lecture cash
Amazon Prime Day he's getting started.
Speaker 9 (29:44):
Yes, yeah, so maybe I'll send.
Speaker 16 (29:46):
My daughter there to get some discounts.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
So it's kicking off today.
Speaker 16 (29:50):
They're hoping the events going to entice millions of shoppers
to spend billions of dollars online.
Speaker 9 (29:56):
In a time when we're usually distracted with vacation.
Speaker 16 (29:59):
So there expanding the extravaganza from two to four days,
and according to estimates from Adobe Analytics, Prime Day sales
is expected to reach twenty three point eight billion dollars.
But we may end up seeing submissious We may not
see the discounts that we used to see because a
lot of online merchants they said they're unable to offer
the discounts because of the increasing costs of tariffs. Actually,
(30:21):
sixty percent in a survey that I found said that
they're trying to boost prices to offset tariffs instead of
offering discounts.
Speaker 3 (30:30):
Okay, and really quickly, before we go, there was a
quiet day.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Will are you shaking your leg.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Or is there an earthquake? Oh my gosh, Will just
scared the heck out of me?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Oh my gosh. Oh all right before we go.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
It was a quiet day on Wall Street today after
the losses yesterday.
Speaker 16 (30:49):
Yeah, so at least we don't have an earthquake here.
I'm lost three. We had it yesterday. I don't want
to scare you either. So S and B futures, they're a.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Little what we have to remember.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
The economy seems to be holding up.
Speaker 16 (31:03):
Bunder of the global trade war. Hiring's healthy. The S
and P five hundred hit a record high last week.
So still stocks are holding on. They're holding steady today,
and no earthquakes inside.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Thank goodness.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
All right, Corney, thank you so much. We'll talk with
you tomorrow. Definitely see you later, all right. LA native
and retired Navy corman David Dugan will compete in the
twenty twenty five Warrior Games Challenge next month in Colorado.
He'll join over two hundred and fifty wounded and injured
veterans in adaptive sports like archery and powerlifting. Bank of
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America is adding a million dollars to support wildfire recovery
in the LA area, bringing its total aid to over
three and a half million dollars. The funds will help
small businesses, legal services, and health programs. Kelly Clarkson has
postponed the opening of her Las Vegas residency due to
vocal strain from NonStop rehearsals. She told fans she needs
(31:59):
time to rest to promising the show will return next
weekend stronger than ever. And we are just minutes away
from handle on the news this morning. Fireworks could be
the cause of a fire in Laguna Beach, and we're
going to tell you the latest on the investigation there.
Governor Newsom has now signed the film and TV tax
credit bills, saying in a statement from his office that
(32:20):
it would further strengthen the state's commitment to film and
television production. I spoke with our own Michael Monks on
his show Michael Monk's Reports to talk about what this
new tax credit really means for people in the industry
and people watching their favorite movies and shows at home.
Speaker 5 (32:37):
Governor Newsom, state lawmakers, local officials, and entertainment workers all
pushed through legislation they hope save a troubled industry.
Speaker 12 (32:47):
That's the investment we're making today to create the conditions
where your passion could be met with action. Your creativity,
your daring, your innovation can be brought to light. And
that's a point of pride for me as a Californian
and someone who grew up mindful that the world we
(33:07):
invented eighteen seventy eight in Palo Alto, California, the first
cinematic images, that the world we invented is now competing
against us, and then we've got to step up our game.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Governor Newsom says, other states and other countries picked up
the slack offering lucrative incentives as California grew complacent.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
I think we put our feet up. We took things
for granted.
Speaker 12 (33:31):
Success leaves clues, after all, and we saw that recognition
all across the globe, not just across the United States.
It was first up there in Vancouver and Toronto, and
then we started reading about New Zealand, Australia, and then
quietly the UK emerges as a dominant force. We started
to compete with Louisiana and New Mexico. We saw new
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tax incentives in New York, but we never saw what
was coming in places like Georgia that invested in a
sustainable mindset, situational mindset to commit to the long haul,
to the long term to do more of this.
Speaker 5 (34:06):
But now the film tax credit program in California has
more than doubled, and here to talk about it is
kfi's Heather Brooker. Heather Brooker, nice to spend some time
with you.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 5 (34:16):
I know you've been filling in on wake up call.
You'll be filling in on wake up call all next
week while Amy King is away, so we don't get
to play in the newsroom.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
I know I miss our newsroom time.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
I have to pick on Will Cole Schreiper all by
myself because you're not there to tag team.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
I know he loves it, though he loves the attention.
Speaker 5 (34:32):
He does love the attention. I'll tell you else loves attention.
Actors Hollywood and they got some from the California Assembly.
Governor Newsom. Newsom flies into Burbank. He's joined by Ella
mare Bass, Hollywood officials, and actor Noah Wiley at this
press conference in Burbank touting the expansion of the film
tax credits. It has gone up bigly, from three hundred
(34:56):
and thirty million dollars every year to seven hundred and
fifty million dollars. What is does this mean for an
industry that has been in trouble?
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Well, this is.
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Huge news for the industry we're talking about they're saying
sixty seven hundred new jobs for cast and crew could
come out of this development and out of this new
tax credit increase. And what I'm hearing and seeing from
people in the industry, they're thrilled with this, and some
of them are saying, we hope it's not too late.
You know, this has been something that's been ongoing and
(35:25):
been talked about and moving through the you know, the
legislature for quite a long time. They're hopeful it's not
too late. But mostly they're hopeful, that's what I'm hearing.
They're hoping that this approves more jobs, more productions to
be coming back here, not just in Los Angeles, but
all of California.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
I mean right where we're sitting right now. We're surrounded
by Warner Brothers, Disney, I mean, big classic Hollywood iconic brands.
But stuff's not been getting made here in Los Angeles
and in California, not at the rate that it used to.
And what you heard from the industry is, look, we've
been hit by a triple dose of things. We had
the COVID pandemic that hit every industry. Then we had
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the writers and actors strikes, and then the Palisades fire.
The Eaten fire impacted people who were living here and
working in the industry. But this situation seems to be
also heavily impacted by the fact that other states and
other countries got wise to what producers want, and that
is to spend less money on big budget things, and
(36:26):
so there's a huge competition out there. So tell us
a bit about what California was facing as the home
of Hollywood when places like Georgia or even Europe started
to lure productions away.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
I mean, yeah, that's basically the bottom line.
Speaker 3 (36:39):
Other states and other countries caught on early on years ago,
even before the COVID and you know, all the strikes
and things. Years ago, they started saying, oh, we've got
to start luring these producers out here.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
So they raised their tax credit.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
Georgia doesn't even have a cap, so you could go
and get infinite or apply for infinite amount of credits
back there in Georgia, which is very appealing. So California
has been behind this curve for quite some time, so
this is a long time coming, but it is such
a good step in the right direction, and hopefully these
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producers and people making movies and TV shows and now
this what's great about this too, is it expands the
kinds of projects that can be made and can apply
for this tax credit. Short form projects, short films, more
digital projects can now apply. It's a modernization of the
bill as well as the tax incentive increase, so hopefully
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it will bring more jobs back. I love talking about
old things entertainment, especially with my friend Michael Monks, and
you can hear the rest of our conversation on KFIAM
six forty dot com and listen to Michael Monks Reports
every Saturday at seven o'clock right here on KFI.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
Thank you to Michael for having me on your show.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Southern California is
heating up again. The National Weather Service has warned of
big changes coming starting today and for the rest of
the week. Eyes are expected to be five to ten
degrees above normal in our area. The heat spell is
forecast to peak tomorrow and Thursday and cool down by
(38:21):
the weekend. Then more above average temperatures are expected early
next week. The CDC is warning of a spike in
a tick related emergency room visits across the US, especially
in the Northeast. Doctor Walid Haved with the Mount Sinai
Health System says where people live may play a role.
Speaker 14 (38:40):
If you're building more houses in more wooded areas, which
I've seen more of a trend that could result in
more ticks ability to In fact.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
The CDC reports tick related er visits so far this
month are at their highest level since twenty seventeen. A
new study shows kids health has deteriorated over the last
seventeen years.
Speaker 8 (39:01):
The studies as kids are more likely to experience obesity,
chronic diseases, and other problems. The research was published yesterday
in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Speaker 9 (39:11):
Health Secretary Robert F.
Speaker 8 (39:12):
Kennedy Junior has brought kids health to the forefront of
the national policy conversation. His agencies report and may describe
kids as undernourished and overmedicated. But outside experts who reviewed
the new study say the Trump administration's decision to make
cuts to federal health agencies, medicaid, and scientific research are
not likely to reverse the trend.
Speaker 17 (39:31):
Depormark Kafi News online spending is about to hit twenty
four billion dollars across US retailers during this week, as
a ninety six hour Amazon Prime Day event kicks off,
and Adobe Analytics forecast project projects sales from today through
Friday will go up twenty eight percent as shoppers look
(39:52):
for discounts on back to school here, ranging from apparel
to electronics and NASA has discovered an interstellar comment that's
wandered into our backyard.
Speaker 14 (40:01):
The Space Agency spotted the object with the Atlas telescope
in Chile earlier this week and has confirmed it was
a comment from another star system. It's only the third
known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. This
one's four hundred and sixteen million miles from the Sun,
out near Jupiter. The quick moving comment will make its
closest approach to the Sun in late October, getting no
closer than Mars and posing no threat to Earth. Astronomers
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around the world are monitoring the comet to determine its
size and shape. Mark Ronner, KFI News.
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