February 22, 2024 • 40 mins
JIM RYAN. SALARIES ARE RISING. ARE YOU KEEPING UP?
KAREN TRAVERS. BIDEN CANCELS FEDERAL LOANS FOR 153,000 / ADMINISTRATION LOOKING AT TOUGHER ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS
NURIT SMITH. MUSIC FORWARD FOUNDATION INTERVIEW
KAREN TRAVERS. BIDEN CANCELS FEDERAL LOANS FOR 153,000 / ADMINISTRATION LOOKING AT TOUGHER ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS
NURIT SMITH. MUSIC FORWARD FOUNDATION INTERVIEW
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You're listening to KFI AM six fortywake Up Call with me Amy King on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. Boy, what a difference of day makes?
Huh? Yesterday driving in it wastorrential downpours, and this morning it was
smooth sailing and I saw the moon. So I was like, oh nice,
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And it looks like the rain thatwe're expected to get again at the
end of the weekend being pushed backa little bit more, might not even
get it, but they're expecting rainagain on Monday. Hey, if you
were listening earlier this week, Iinterviewed the author of the Dream Dictionary,
a disease. She has this wholebook on how to decipher your dreams and
what they mean. So I've beenpaying attention or trying to. So here's
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my dream from last night. Andif you guys, you know, right
when you wake up, write downyour dreams and then go back and look
at them later. You go go, God, that was weird. And
if you don't write it down,you're probably gonna forget it. But we
were flying in a plane and itwas flying really low and I was asking
the pilot, I'm like, don'tyou think we need to get some more
altitude. Like we were literally justlike skimming the ocean, like one hundred
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feet or less over waters. Andthen the pilot was taking us over waterfalls
and she'd go, oh, look, isn't that cool? And I kept
saying, shouldn't we gain a littlealtitude? Don't you think that's a good
idea. At some point the tailhit something, but we were fine.
Weird, weird dream And then therewas a crazy lady who was screaming,
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but we took care of her.Maybe that's because of all the weird stuff
that's been going on on planes.I don't know anyway, dreams, weird
stuff. But here's what we're findingin the wake up world on wake Up
Call Seale service is out to thousandsof customers across the US. It's mostly
affecting AT and T, but we'realso getting reports at Cricket, Wireless,
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Verizon and T Mobile or having outit. Just almost seventy five thousand are
affected. Service went down early thismorning in cities including LA Chicago, Houston,
and Honolulu, and there are reportsthat some nine one one service has
been interrupted as well. The LaMetro Board of Directors is going to consider
approving the Environmental Impact Report for thecontroversial Dodger Stadium Gondola project. The three
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hundred million dollar private project was proposedby ex Dodgers owner Frank McCort. The
one point two mile aerial tram wouldtake people from Union Station downtown to the
Dodger Stadium parking lot, which McCourtstill owns. Beyonce has become the first
black woman to score a number onehit on the Billboard Country charts. Her
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hit Texas Hold'em, debuted at numberone on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart yesterday.
She's now the first woman to havetopped both the country and the R
and B hip Hop charts. PresidentBiden's considering an executive order for the US
Mexico border. Let's get started withsome of the stories coming out of the
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KFI twenty four hour news room.A civil engineer says LA's infrastructure handled the
recent heavy rains pretty well, butmaintaining the infrastructure before and during the storm
is key. We really need tobe on our game, so to speak,
all hours of the night while it'sraining to make sure that none of
these outlets, none of these catchbasins get clage. On Abelson's with Stantech
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in Pasadena and says while the entiresystem did handle the massive amounts of wastewater,
the system is still antiquated. Abelsonsays he'd like to see a more
green and eco friendly approach to drainage. Steve Gregory, King of Fine News,
a man for Minnesota has been arrestedfor the murder of a model in
downtown LA. Police say Melissa Mooneywas beaten, bound and stuffed inside her
refrigerator back in September. They saythe accused killers on probation for federal drug
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offenses. He was taken into custodyat his home on an unrelated federal warrant
and has agreed to be returned toLA. A two year old girl allegedly
kidnapped by her mother in Garden Grovehas been found safe at a bus station
in Palm's It Brings. Polie saythe girl was taken yesterday during a supervised
visit with a social worker. Theysay a man pepper sprayed the social worker
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at the Chuck E Cheese, thenhe and the mom took off with the
girl. That triggered an Amber alert. The three were found about three hours
later. La Kenny Sheriff's investigators inLancaster trying to figure out what caused the
death of a three year old boy. The child was found bleeding and not
breathing Tuesday night. There are reportshe had cuts and abrasions. Investigators say
the mother's live in boyfriend was alsotaken to the hospital because he tried to
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kill himself. He is considered aperson of interest, but no arrests have
been made. House Republicans have movedforward with their impeachment investigation into President Biden
by interviewing his brother, James Old, despite the fact Alexander Smirnoff, the
man who made claims key to theirprobe, has been charged with lying to
the FBI when he said President Bidenwas connected to his son's overseas business dealings.
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Biden aby C's j O'Brien says.Democrats argue they haven't heard anything indicating
Biden had anything to do with thebusiness ventures of brother or his son Hunter.
James Biden says the President was neverinvolved in any of his financial deals.
Bed Bugs have been found crawling aroundin some big name hotels in Las
Vegas, gross at least four peoplestaying at the Encore, the Venetian,
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the Excalibur and The Mirage have reportedfinding the bugs in their rooms between September
and January. The Nevada Resort Associationsays four rooms out of about one hundred
and fifty five thousand and the cityshows it is still very rare. The
group says when hotels encounter bed bugs, guests are relocated and exterminators are called,
that's reassuring. Let's say good morningnow to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim
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tell us how much are we makingin the US on average? We're doing
okay, We're doing better than theywere a couple of years ago. National
average income in the last quart oflast year was fifty nine three hundred and
eighty four dollars. That's across everybody, all in levels, all races,
genders, every state, it allballs up together. And the Census Bureau
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says we're making fifty nine three hundredand eighty four dollars on average amien.
That's up in the last year,and in fact the rate of increase.
The average salary grew by nearly fiveand a half percent, a gain of
three point two percent though in theConsumer Price Index, so salaries at least
in the fourth quarter of last year, we're outpacing inflation. Oh so technically
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we're making five percent, but it'sonly two percent because inflation is at three
percent. Yeah, but still Idid the math there. That's pretty impressive,
right, pretty good, bitter andmost radio folks could manage it better
if I could do. But yeah, so, I mean the key takeaway
though, is that, yeah,well you might as well reduce it by
that much, by three point twopercent, it's still keeping up in a
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little ahead of inflation. When youget the other direction, when you get
to the opposite, with inflation outpacingsalaries, then you see an economy and
major problems. Well that's not happynews. Who's doing the best, Jim
who? Yeah, Well, let'ssee, folks in Massachusetts are doing the
best. I guess if you hadto categorize, put the person, it's
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a cardiologist living in Massachusetts. Cardiologistswho live in Massachusetts are doing the best.
White males are oh, white malecardiologists in Massachusetts. Okay, And
I mean if you look across allthe categories, all the occupations, medical
occupations do the best. Cardiologists dothe best out of all you know,
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on the average doctor living in Massachusetts, you make the more most of any
state in the country. And ifyou're a man, you're making about ten
thousand bucks a year more than thecpparable woman in terms of education. You
know, is that getting any betterthan the gender gap? It is.
It's not obviously that it's not aone for one kind of thing. Still
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isn't. But and it has shrunkby about one percent over the last ten
years years. That sounds very muchnot much, no, but still the
average male earning or the average malegets sixty three, nine hundred and sixty
dollars. That's about ten thousand dollarsper more per year more than his female
counterpart with a similar, similar occupationand similar education level. Okay, and
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then according to all these numbers,because I'm sure they broke it down every
which way, what when's your primeearning time age wise? Yeah, well,
when you are kind of a middleaged earner thirty five to forty four,
When you're between thirty five and fortyfour years old, you're making on
average about thirteen point eight percent morethan the national average. The lowest paid
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group, as you can imagine,are the youngest workers, the sixteen to
twenty four year olds. But surprisingly, once you hit forty five, your
income on average starts to drop offsomewhat average forty five. Really yeah,
oh see, I thought it.I thought like the prime earning years were
up until you were about fifty five. No. Not. According to Census
Bureau, thirty five to forty fourare your prime earning years, and then
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between forty five and sixty five youstart to see a decline about eight percent
less than the national average. Okay, and does do all these studies predict
that incomes are expected to continue toincrease as the salary or as the job
market stays tight or are they justreporting numbers and now they just look at
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the numbers for the for Q fourof last year. So no predictions,
no estimates, no expectations or acrystal ball about what might happen next.
But folks in California should be prettyhappy. I mean, yes, the
cost of most things is higher thanin the rest of the country, but
yeah, rich, salary high.Yeah, my brother lives in San Francisco
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and oh gosh, that's even higherthan here. Right. Eighty four four
hundred and forty eight dollars is theaverage salary in California. Surprisingly, Washington
State has a slightly higher. Course, it's kind of weighted up by a
lot of all the tech firms upthere in the Pacific Northwest. But eighty
five thousand, seven forty eight inWashington State, and where Massachusetts has the
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highest average income, right, Massachusetts, Yeah, what's it there? That's
consistently about what you can expect.Eighty six thousand, eight hundred and forty
So there are a couple of thousanddollars per year higher than you folks in
California, okay. And who makesthe least minutes rather Mississippi. Mississippi's average
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is forty eight thousand and forty eight. That's way below the national average.
And that that whole southern strip therein the Deep South there see some of
the lowest incomes in the whole country. Alabama's is down there. Georgia does
a bit better, and then Floridadoes. Okay, but yeah, that
whole the Mississippi, the Arkansas,Louisiana, they're all consistently near the bottom.
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The cost of living is so muchlower, so probably that compensates for
it too well. Yeah, still, okay, so we want to be
a eight male cardiologist in Massachusetts.Ill, Yeah, that in mind,
if you can arrange that, ifyou can make that possible. Good luck.
All right, thank you, Jim, I appreciate it. Jem.
All right, let's get back tosome of the stories coming out of the
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KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Jurorsin Van Nuys can choose manslaughter or murder
if they reach a verdict to convictRebecca Grossman. Prosecutor cited a speeding ticket
as proof Grossman knew speeding could killseven years before she allegedly killed two children
in a crosswalk in Westlake Village intwenty twenty. The prosecution said during closing
arguments yesterday that ticket and some textmessages from Grossman are proof of the implied
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malice necessary for a murder conviction.The defense asked jurors, where is the
other driver who Grossman's lawyers alleged hitthe kids first? And why was his
car never investigated? The defense saysthat should be all jurors need for reasonable
doubt. At Vanni's Courthouse, CorbinCarson KFI News jury deliberations are expected to
start today when closing arguments are complete. Lawyers for former president and Trump have
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asked for a delay of enforcement.In New York on the three hundred and
fifty five million dollar judgment in hiscivil fraud trial. The verdict this week
gives Trump a month to pay thepenalty. His team asked for a thirty
day extension yesterday, saying New YorkAttorney General Letitia James is in a rush
to enforce the verdict. James saysshe'll go after Trump's assets if he doesn't
pay up. A hospital in Alabama'spaused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care
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providers weigh the impact of a statecourt ruling that frozen embryos are legally children.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham HealthSystem says it has to evaluate whether
its patients or doctors could face criminalcharges or punitive damages for undergoing IVF treatments.
And James Hong will place his handprints and footprints in the cement on
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the court of the TCL Chinese TheaterImax in Hollywood today. It's to celebrate
Hong's ninety fifth birthday. In hisseven decade long acting career, Hongs appeared
in more than six hundred movies andTV shows, including the award winning Everything
Everywhere, All At Once, He'salso the voice of mister Ping in the
Kung Fu Panda movies. Kung FuPanda four premieres March eighth. When we
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come back, we're going to checkin with ABC's Karen Travers. We're talking
student loan debt, forgiveness, anda possible executive order for the border.
You're listening to Wake Up Call ondemand from KFI AM six forty. President
Biden has one more fundraising event beforehe leaves California. His appearance today in
San Francisco following fundraisers and a speechin southern California Tuesday and yesterday. The
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boyfriend of the mother of a threeyear old boy who was found unresponsive in
a home in Lancaster and later diedhas been named a person of interest in
the boy's death. The boy hada cut on him when he was found.
Officials say the boyfriend tried to killhimself. He's in the hospital.
No arrests have been made. Luckythe Horse is a very lucky horse.
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He was rexecued yesterday after falling intoa sinkhole in the backyard in Lakeview Terrace.
Gala. Firefighters a couple hours todig him out of the mud.
And then hoist him up. Yesterdayafternoon, Lucky was not injured. At
six oh five, it's handle onthe news. The head of the seven
thirty seven Max program is out.Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen
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Travers. So, Karen, onehundred and fifty three thousand people got an
email from the President. What didit say. Yeah, yesterday, one
hundred and fifty three thousand Americans gotword that all or a portion of their
student debt has been relieved. Theadministration says the total number of Americans approved
for some kind of student debt reliefis now nearly three point nine million people.
Now, the people who got thatword yesterday hand have been enrolled in
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the President's student loan payment man calledthe Save Plan. This is something they
rolled out last summer. There's aboutseven and a half million people enrolled in
that. There are many more whoqualify, so look it up and see
if you can get into that.And those people who got that relief yesterday
started with an original balance of lessthan twelve thousand dollars in their student debt,
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and they've been paying down their loansfor a debt decade or longer.
So the White House says that thisis just the first round of borrowers to
benefit from this aspect of the SavePlan, and moving forward, anyone else
who enrolls in that plan and meetsthe criteria can also get debt relief.
Don't have a timeline on when thatnext round will come and how many people
it'll apply to, but they sayit will be coming. And Karen the
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Supreme Court said that he couldn't justdo this blanket student loan debt forgiveness.
So how are they doing it?Yeah, you know, he couldn't do
that big sweeping student debt relief formillions of Americans ten to twenty thousand for
most people, even more for otherswho were pelgrant recipients. That was struck
down last year by the Supreme Court. So they've been doing this in a
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piecemeal approach through different methods, andthis so far has been working for them.
Again, this is part of apayment plan. So you enroll as
a federal student debt holder, youhad federal student loans, you enroll in
the payment plan called the Safe Plan. Can go online and look it up,
and then when the administration goes throughand sees how you started with your
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original balance how many payments you've beenmaking over the course of a decade consistently.
Then they're determining if you're eligible forsome relief. Now, the balances
on a lot of these accounts areprobably pretty low, given that you started
with less than twelve thousand and you'vebeen paying them for a decade or more.
But still it's clearing it out forso many people, which the President
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said yesterday is significant. It's notjust helping these individuals and their families,
he says, it's helping the broadereconomy because these people then can now make
different financial decisions, buy a house, maybe start a business, make other
choices for their community that can helpthe broader economy. Okay, and then
I know that you have to run, but real quick. When it comes
to immigration, Yeah, he saidjust last week or a week before,
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I can't do anything. Congress hasto do it. And now he's saying,
maybe I'm going to do an executiveorder. They're going to try.
That's what we're told that he's lookingat a wide range of options. No
final decision has been made, butconsidering taking executive action that could possibly bar
migrants from seeking asylum if they crossillegally between US ports of entry. Now,
the White House still says to ustoday they want Congress to act that
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that's the best way to do it, the best way to have policy reforms
and resources at the border. Butthey're looking to take potential action where they
can. This will likely face legalchallenges, as anything and a president does
with executive action when it comes toborder and immigration policy. But this shows
that they're trying to do something onan issue that Americans say is a big
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priority for them. Okay, avc'sKaren Travers, thank you so much,
have a great day. Thanks.All right, let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of theKFI twenty four hour newsroom. A man
from Santa Anna has been charged withattacking a man in his late sixties in
Newport Beach. Police say it happenedMonday near Crystal Cove, but it's not
clear what provoked the assault. Thealleged attackers facing several felony charges, including
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assault, was forced likely to causegreat bodily injured, resisting arrest, and
assaulting an officer. The guy pleadednot guilty yesterday. Lawyers for the eighteen
year old accused of plotting to shootup a school in Ontario. Says he
has cognitive issues and never planned anattack. Lise Sebastian Villa, senor was
obsessed with the Columbine school shooting andplotted to kill classmates at Ontario Christian High.
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He's being held without bail on fivecounts of attempted murder and one count
of attempted criminal threat. City officialstrying to relocate homeless people living in the
La Grand Hotel. The la HomelessServices Authority wants to move at least three
hundred people as part of Mayor Bass'sInside Safe program. LASA director Miguel Fernandez
says on February seventh, there werefour hundred thirty three participants at the La
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Grand, and as of February fourteenth, there were four hundred forty. The
discrepancy in number stems from the Mayor'soffice request to continue rolling individuals at the
La Grant with the stated intent thatthe Mayor's office would be responsible for connecting
additional people to other resources. LASSAsays the remaining homeless will be moved starting
May first. Chris Adler k INews, the man accused of killing an
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eleven year old girl in Texas isfacing capital murder charges. Polk County DA
Shelley Sitton says that could mean thedeath penalty. Until we get all of
the evidence and all the autopsy reports, we're going to have to hold and
work with law enforcement to determine whatis the best solution to this case.
Audrey Cunningham was reported missing last weekwhen she didn't show up at her school
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bus stop. Her body was foundin a river six days later. The
man arrested, Don McDougall, livedbehind the family's home and would sometimes drive
the girl to school if she missedthe bus. The IRS is offering tax
help this weekend for people in LaCounty. Walk ins are welcome. Phil
Filers can get help resolving issues withreturns, understanding tax obligations, and finding
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other IRS resources. Extended hours arefrom nine am to four pm at tex
Centers in downtown La and also Elmonte. When we come back, we're going
to be talking with the executive directorof the Music Forward Foundation and about how
a passion for music could pay offten thousand dollars worth. I'll tell you
about that next. You're listening toa wake Up Call on demand from KFI
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AM six forty. Glad you're wakingup with us. Here's what we're following
in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Sale services out to thousands of customers
across the US, and the carriersseven said why. It's mainly affecting AT
and T, but also Cricket,Wireless, Verizon and T Mobile. About
seventy five thousand were affected at lastcount. Service went down early this morning
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in cities including LA Chicago, Houston, and Honolulu. Some nine one one
service has apparently been interrupted as well. A United flight bound for Lax from
New Jersey had to be diverted toChicago when a bomb threat was found in
the bathroom. Two hundred passengers onboard were taken off the plane. In
Chicago, a bomb sniffing dog foundwhat's been called a specific a what a
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suspicious bag on board the plane.Getting Panda's back so excited. China is
going to loan to pandas to theSan Diego Zoo, about five years after
the last two pandas were returned toChina. It's part of the Panda Diplomacy
program. Zoo official say if everythinggoes as planned, the pandas will arrive
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at the Zoo as early as theend of this summer. At six oh
five, it's handle on the newsPresident Biden's considering an executive order to deal
with the border. See how Irhyme that. At five point fifty,
we're going to get an update onKing Charles the Third from ABC's Tom Rivers,
who is in London right now.You know, I like to talk
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to people who give away money,and that's why we're talking to the executive
director of the Music Forward Foundation,Narite Smith. Good morning, Narite,
Thank you so much for having me. And I think this is a perfect
match because I love giving away money. Oh that's perfect, and so tell
us Narit what you have and whothe money is going to and how they
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get it right. So we're theMusic Forward Foundation celebrating thirty one years of
empowering the next generation and making themusic industry and live entertainment available and accessible
to all. And we do thisa number of ways, including through these
scholarships. We're looking for college studentswho have a passion for music and lives
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and need that extra help to pullthem through their education. This is for
existing college students who are saying,you know what the music industries that's where
I want to go and I needa helping hand exactly. We give them
to juniors and seniors rising juniors andseniors. So this is not to enter
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college, but this is to helpyou continue and drive you through to that
completion point. Okay, and NariI thought this was really fascinating as I
was looking at what the scholarships arebecause there's five ten thousand dollars all the
ships. But they're not just forlike a person who plays music and wants
to be an artist, because themusic industry is so much bigger than that.
So can you tell me really quicklyabout the Stephen J. Finkel Service
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Excellent Scholarship and who's that one isfor? So the Stephen J. Finkel
is named after someone who has wasreally instrumental in the concerts world, right,
and so we're really looking for someonewho is interested in that customer service
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experience, that understands that fan experience. So the hundreds of thousands of audience
members that come into venues, howdo we make that experience more accessible,
easier for them and engaging? Andso that is someone who wants to go
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into live and really excite about thataudience fan experience. Okay. And then
you have another one that's designed specificallyto support women who want to get into
a career in live entertainment exactly.You know, this is a very young
industry, and it's a lot ofguys that just learned on the job and
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has been driving and building this spectacular, multi billion dollar industry. We want
to make sure that this industry isalso available to young women, okaight.
And so this is dedicated specifically fora young woman who is looking at operations
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production and music engineering and other relatedfields that align with music and lives.
Okay. And then there's another one, and I love this one because this
one is specifically for someone who hasalready overcome some just huge obstacles because they've
either had been homeless or been inthe foster care system. So think about
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how much they've already had to overcometo get into college. Exactly. This
is a partnership with an amazing nonprofitcalled Inherit the Music, and we've been
running this scholarship for the last fiveyears. And you know, with college
costs continuing to increase, a lotof young people are often forced to cut
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basic needs expenses food and housing,and so this not only reaches some of
our most vulnerable young people who aretrying to achieve more in their lives,
but it really helps to cut thecost of education down. And you know,
I mean when you look at mostscholarships range around twenty five hundred.
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With these ten thousand dollars scholarships,we're really saying we believe in you.
Yeah. I love it, andI love that. This is like it's
not a handout, it's a handup and I like that. Yeah.
Okay, And you know, thesescholarships that we've been telling you about are
just kind of the tip of theiceberg. For the Music Forward Foundation,
who I was just reading this narateto date has provided more than forty two
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million dollars in scholarships. That's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. We want to
continuously transform young wives, inspire careers, and chapion a much more inclusive music
industry, and with these scholarships,we hope to make that a reality.
Okay, So if this sounds likesomething that is interesting to you or to
your kids and you want to takeadvantage of it, you have until March
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thirty first, and Nouri where canthey find out all the information and applications
and all that stuff. Music ForwardFoundation dot org. Okay, music affects
all of our lives in such awonderful way, So I love that you're
looking to the next generation. NariSmith, thank you so much for your
time. Thank you, and that'sthe love to all the applicants. Yes,
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yes, why thanks Narita, appreciateit. The Musicforward Foundation dot org
five ten thousand scholarships are available ifyou're interested in have a passion for music.
Love that. Let's get back tosome of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.Metro's Board of directors is set to consider
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the environmental impact report for a gondolaproject that would take baseball fans to Dodger
Stadium. The board's also expected toconsider emotion today, establishing an agreement that's
intended to address the concerns of thecommunities that would be impacted before any construction
starts. The three hundred million dollarsprivate project would create a one point two
mile system to connect Union Station andthe stadium. The project also needs approval
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from the city and several state agencies. A former LAPED officers facing several charges
for allegedly stealing credit and debit cardsfrom people who were visiting inmates at a
detention center in downtown La Qa.DA's office has the officers charged with three
felonies and a misdemeanor count of unlawfuluse of credit cards. He's facing up
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to five years and four months inprison if convicted. Officials say California should
make cuts to temporary and one timespending to close the state's growing budget deficits.
The Legislative Analysts Office says California cansave around sixteen billion dollars with the
cutbacks. California Senate Budget Committee ViceChair Roger Nilo says he thinks the state
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should pause on offering health care toillegal immigrants. The Governor's not going to
remove it. I'm a realist,but to delay it to our years when
revenues start to recover, I thinkwould make good fiscal sense. The Legislative
Analyst Office is projecting a seventy threebillion dollars shortfall through June of twenty twenty
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five. Blake Trolly k if INews. Police in China have opened an
investigation into an unauthorized dump of documentsfrom a private security contractor linked to the
country's top policing Agency and other partsof its government. The documents from i
SOON reveal apparent hacking activity and toolsdespite both the Chinese and foreigners. Targets
include ethnicities and dissidents in parts ofChina that have been have seen significant anti
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government protests. I SOON has tiesto the Ministry of Public Security. Vandals
have damaged a monument to doctor MartinLuther King Junior in Denver. Doctor Vern
Howard, who helped create the monumentin two thousand and one, saw the
damage yesterday in Denver's City Park andsaid, it's sad out of the project
manager and this was like attacking oneof my children. A three pound bronze
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panel that depicted Black War heroes wasremoved from the monument, so were two
decorative emblems on the side. Howardsays it had to be a coordinated effort
and it's obvious that tools were used. Florida Governor Ronda Santis is he supports
term limits for members of Congress.This is something that the people in the
states have the ability. The proposedchanges to discipline Washington, the founding father
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structure of the constitution like that fora reason. DeSantis was in Indiana and
South Carolina this week pushing for thechange. He says term limits are supported
by most Americans, and it's timeto make it happen. It rained so
much in Death Valley. How muchdid it rain? Well? It rains
so much that the bad Water Basinand Death Valley now has enough rain water
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in it that visitors can go kayakingon a temporary lake. It's called Lake
Manly. It's about six miles long, three miles wide, and just one
foot deep. Visitors must be toka bring their own kayak now once the
water dries up. Are we goingto get another super bloom from all of
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this rain that we've received? Parkofficials say the potential for the wildfire wildfire
the wildflower super bloom is uncertain.I guess we're just going to have to
wait and see. But man,they're spectacular. Listening to Wake Up Call
on demand from KFI AM six forty, good Thursday morning to you, I'm
Amy King Boy. The hour justwent by so fast. Again. If
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you missed any of wake Up Call, you can always go back and listen
on an iHeartRadio app any old timeyou want. Here's what we're following in
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom thehead of Boeing's seven thirty seven Max program,
is out ed. Clark had beenwith Boeing for nearly two decades.
The seven thirty seven to nine Maxfleet was grounded last month after a door
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plug blew out on an Alaska flight. Several other issues have been found since
then, including loose and missing boltson several planes. The boyfriend of the
mother of a three year old boywho was found unresponsive in a homean Landcaster
and later died, has been nameda person of interest in the boy's death.
The boyfriend apparently tried to kill himself. He's in the hospital. No
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arrests have yet been made. California'snut industry is under attack by invasive almond
by the Beatles, apparently bore holesinto developing nuts and then eat the kernels
out inside. In a letter tothe Department of Agriculture, Central Valley Congressman
Josh Harder requested emergency funding to fightthe little bugs, which he says are
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a major economic threat. California's almondand pistachio crop worth six point three billion
dollars in twenty twenty two. We'rejust minutes away from handle. On the
news this morning, cell phone serviceis out to about seventy five thousand AT
and T Cricket, wireless, Verizonand T Mobile customers across the US.
(32:37):
The carriers have not said why.Let's get back to some of the stories
coming from the KFI twenty four hournewsroom. Ballots in La County will be
counted and processed at a single locationthis March. The one hundred and forty
four thousand square foot warehouse in thecity of Industry has eliminated the need to
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transport ballots to several different sites.Officials say the warehouse as live streaming capabilities
to increase election integrity. When mailin voting was first expanded during the pandemic,
ballots were processed at the Pomona CountyFairgrounds, counted at an office in
Downey, and then stored at acenter in Santa Fe Springs. The La
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Kenny Sheriff's Department says it would likeaccess to people's home security cameras. The
request is part of a new programwhere homeowners would register their cameras through the
department's website. Doing so would allowinvestigators to see where cameras are located to
help solve crimes or assess the situationin real time. The department would not
have live access, but if youwanted to go the extra mile, you
could buy an adapter for around threehundred and fifty dollars from a private company
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that would allow investigators to see yourcamera's live feed. Officials say they're interested
in areas like Calabasas at Goura Hillsand Malibu. Steve Gregory KAA FINOS.
Closing arguments have ramped up in themurder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who's charged
with killing two kids in a crosswalkin Westlake Village. The fence lawyers told
jurors investigators never bothered to investigate thesix other cars that went through the intersection
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with Grossman that night in twenty twenty, including the suv they say hit the
boys first. Grossman's lawyers say that'senough reasonable doubt for a not guilty verdict.
Prosecutors say eight witnesses a boy's bodyimprinted by Grossman's SUV, only pieces
of that SUV at the scene,SUV data alleging she hit eighty one miles
an hour, and a prior speedingticket where Grossman was warned speeding could kill.
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Prosecutor say that's plenty of evidence tofind Grossman guilty of murder. At
van I's Courthouse, Corbin Carson kafI News, jury deliberations are expected to
start today when closing arguments are complete. A civil engineer based in Pasadena s's
the water drainage infrastructure in the LAarea did what it was designed to do
during recent storms. The overall floodcontrol system is in relatively good capacity.
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It's working well. John Abelson withStantec says while the system is pretty robust,
it's still pretty old. He says, when it's time to upgrade the
infrastructure, he'd like to see amore eco friendly approach to drainage. A
plan to move the homeless from theLa Grand Hotel to the Mayfair is moving
forward. Miguel Fernandez with the LaHomeless Services Authority says LASA will continue to
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submit bi weekly reports to the cityCouncil to make sure the public can track
its progress. The report will includeremaining participants, housing resources offered, planned
exit exit outcomes, and pertinent data. He says they're trying to move about
three hundred people starting May first.The city has extended the lease through July
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thirty first, Hey have you everbeen to Colorado, and well, if
you've been to Colorado, you haven'tgotten a Bucki's. But apparently BUCkies is
a huge station convenience store combo,and it's in other areas of the country.
I don't think we have them here, but Colorado is getting their first
one. It's at the twenty fiveand County Road forty. It's going to
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have a grand opening next month.Operations District manager Michael Buie says it's going
to be the premier destination stop inJohnstown. You go down the highway,
you see this big old Bucky's logoand it feels like it's an oasis.
You families appreciated, clean facility,an you know, we've added on to
that. We've added some amazing foodofferings. We have a cult following.
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It's like a modern day rest stop. Right. Bucky's stores are known for
their size. The Colorado location isgoing to be the biggest one yet,
seventy five thousand square feet. They'rehiring more than two hundred workers. China
has plans to send a new pairof giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo,
renewing its long standing gesture of friendshiptowards the US. Nearly all of
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the pandas on loan to US zoo'swere returned years ago as tensions grew between
the two countries. San Diego Zooofficials say if all the permits and other
requirements are approved, the bears couldarrive at the San Diego Zoo as early
as the end of this summer.Hey, remember two dollar bills. I
haven't seen one in years, Butif you have one lying around and you're
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probably not going to spend it,it could be worth five thousand dollars to
you. So US currency auctions saythat uncirculated two dollar bills from back in
eighteen ninety could sell up for twoabout forty five hundred, and then other
old uncirculated bills are worth like onethousand dollars. But newer bills have a
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lot of value. And remember whenthey started reprinting them again, I think
the early two thousands. A twodollars bill printed in two thousand and three
recently sold at auction for twenty fourhundred dollars. Interesting, I don't have
any two dollar bills. Did youknow your coworkers can help you lose weight?
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It's true. They can also hinder. You have you ever worked at
a place. We go in spurtshere at the radio station, but you
go and you know, everybody's eatinghealthy food, and then somebody starts bringing
in stuff, and then there's likedonuts, and then there's cupcakes another day,
and somebody else brings something else sweet. Not helping, but apparently it
turns out workers are more likely toeat fruit and vegetables and then exercise when
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their colleagues encourage them to do so. Coworkers have the potential to contribute to
creating a culture of health within theworkplace. Instead of opting for pizza every
Friday, I still prefer pizza everyFriday, but I think that's true.
It's the people around you. It'slike at home, if your a boyfriend
or girlfriend or husband or wife ishitting the ice cream every night and you're
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trying to have salad, it makesit harder. But studies show that creating
a healthy lifestyle has a lot todo with the influence of family and friends
and neighbors and even co workers.Good to know and speaking of food and
going out, I hate this,but we're going to be seeing higher menu
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prices because of a new law thattakes effect, and here's why. Under
a law that was signed by GavinNewsom in October of last year, it
goes into effect in July. Thelaw prohibits junk fees across different businesses including
restaurants, bars, and delivery apps. So what that means is you're going
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to know how much you're going tobe charged at the outset as opposed to
having something tacked on at the end. And the practical result of this law
is that instead of like putting onfees at the end, that diners are
going to get charged upfront. Soyou can expect basically menu prices to go
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up. Something to look forward toas you head out and about and go
out to dinner. You've been listeningto Wake Up Call with me Amy King.
You can always hear Wake Up Callfive to six am Monday through Friday
on KFI AM six forty and anytimeon demand on the iHeartRadio app.
You're listening to KFI AM six fortywake Up Call with me Amy King on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. Boy, what a difference of day makes?
Huh? Yesterday driving in it wastorrential downpours, and this morning it was
smooth sailing and I saw the moon. So I was like, oh nice,
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And it looks like the rain thatwe're expected to get again at the
end of the weekend being pushed backa little bit more, might not even
get it, but they're expecting rainagain on Monday. Hey, if you
were listening earlier this week, Iinterviewed the author of the Dream Dictionary,
a disease. She has this wholebook on how to decipher your dreams and
what they mean. So I've beenpaying attention or trying to. So here's
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my dream from last night. Andif you guys, you know, right
when you wake up, write downyour dreams and then go back and look
at them later. You go go, God, that was weird. And
if you don't write it down,you're probably gonna forget it. But we
were flying in a plane and itwas flying really low and I was asking
the pilot, I'm like, don'tyou think we need to get some more
altitude. Like we were literally justlike skimming the ocean, like one hundred
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feet or less over waters. Andthen the pilot was taking us over waterfalls
and she'd go, oh, look, isn't that cool? And I kept
saying, shouldn't we gain a littlealtitude? Don't you think that's a good
idea. At some point the tailhit something, but we were fine.
Weird, weird dream And then therewas a crazy lady who was screaming,
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but we took care of her.Maybe that's because of all the weird stuff
that's been going on on planes.I don't know anyway, dreams, weird
stuff. But here's what we're findingin the wake up world on wake Up
Call Seale service is out to thousandsof customers across the US. It's mostly
affecting AT and T, but we'realso getting reports at Cricket, Wireless,
(01:53):
Verizon and T Mobile or having outit. Just almost seventy five thousand are
affected. Service went down early thismorning in cities including LA Chicago, Houston,
and Honolulu, and there are reportsthat some nine one one service has
been interrupted as well. The LaMetro Board of Directors is going to consider
approving the Environmental Impact Report for thecontroversial Dodger Stadium Gondola project. The three
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hundred million dollar private project was proposedby ex Dodgers owner Frank McCort. The
one point two mile aerial tram wouldtake people from Union Station downtown to the
Dodger Stadium parking lot, which McCourtstill owns. Beyonce has become the first
black woman to score a number onehit on the Billboard Country charts. Her
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hit Texas Hold'em, debuted at numberone on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart yesterday.
She's now the first woman to havetopped both the country and the R
and B hip Hop charts. PresidentBiden's considering an executive order for the US
Mexico border. Let's get started withsome of the stories coming out of the
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KFI twenty four hour news room.A civil engineer says LA's infrastructure handled the
recent heavy rains pretty well, butmaintaining the infrastructure before and during the storm
is key. We really need tobe on our game, so to speak,
all hours of the night while it'sraining to make sure that none of
these outlets, none of these catchbasins get clage. On Abelson's with Stantech
(03:20):
in Pasadena and says while the entiresystem did handle the massive amounts of wastewater,
the system is still antiquated. Abelsonsays he'd like to see a more
green and eco friendly approach to drainage. Steve Gregory, King of Fine News,
a man for Minnesota has been arrestedfor the murder of a model in
downtown LA. Police say Melissa Mooneywas beaten, bound and stuffed inside her
refrigerator back in September. They saythe accused killers on probation for federal drug
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offenses. He was taken into custodyat his home on an unrelated federal warrant
and has agreed to be returned toLA. A two year old girl allegedly
kidnapped by her mother in Garden Grovehas been found safe at a bus station
in Palm's It Brings. Polie saythe girl was taken yesterday during a supervised
visit with a social worker. Theysay a man pepper sprayed the social worker
(04:08):
at the Chuck E Cheese, thenhe and the mom took off with the
girl. That triggered an Amber alert. The three were found about three hours
later. La Kenny Sheriff's investigators inLancaster trying to figure out what caused the
death of a three year old boy. The child was found bleeding and not
breathing Tuesday night. There are reportshe had cuts and abrasions. Investigators say
the mother's live in boyfriend was alsotaken to the hospital because he tried to
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kill himself. He is considered aperson of interest, but no arrests have
been made. House Republicans have movedforward with their impeachment investigation into President Biden
by interviewing his brother, James Old, despite the fact Alexander Smirnoff, the
man who made claims key to theirprobe, has been charged with lying to
the FBI when he said President Bidenwas connected to his son's overseas business dealings.
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Biden aby C's j O'Brien says.Democrats argue they haven't heard anything indicating
Biden had anything to do with thebusiness ventures of brother or his son Hunter.
James Biden says the President was neverinvolved in any of his financial deals.
Bed Bugs have been found crawling aroundin some big name hotels in Las
Vegas, gross at least four peoplestaying at the Encore, the Venetian,
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the Excalibur and The Mirage have reportedfinding the bugs in their rooms between September
and January. The Nevada Resort Associationsays four rooms out of about one hundred
and fifty five thousand and the cityshows it is still very rare. The
group says when hotels encounter bed bugs, guests are relocated and exterminators are called,
that's reassuring. Let's say good morningnow to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim
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tell us how much are we makingin the US on average? We're doing
okay, We're doing better than theywere a couple of years ago. National
average income in the last quart oflast year was fifty nine three hundred and
eighty four dollars. That's across everybody, all in levels, all races,
genders, every state, it allballs up together. And the Census Bureau
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says we're making fifty nine three hundredand eighty four dollars on average amien.
That's up in the last year,and in fact the rate of increase.
The average salary grew by nearly fiveand a half percent, a gain of
three point two percent though in theConsumer Price Index, so salaries at least
in the fourth quarter of last year, we're outpacing inflation. Oh so technically
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we're making five percent, but it'sonly two percent because inflation is at three
percent. Yeah, but still Idid the math there. That's pretty impressive,
right, pretty good, bitter andmost radio folks could manage it better
if I could do. But yeah, so, I mean the key takeaway
though, is that, yeah,well you might as well reduce it by
that much, by three point twopercent, it's still keeping up in a
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little ahead of inflation. When youget the other direction, when you get
to the opposite, with inflation outpacingsalaries, then you see an economy and
major problems. Well that's not happynews. Who's doing the best, Jim
who? Yeah, Well, let'ssee, folks in Massachusetts are doing the
best. I guess if you hadto categorize, put the person, it's
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a cardiologist living in Massachusetts. Cardiologistswho live in Massachusetts are doing the best.
White males are oh, white malecardiologists in Massachusetts. Okay, And
I mean if you look across allthe categories, all the occupations, medical
occupations do the best. Cardiologists dothe best out of all you know,
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on the average doctor living in Massachusetts, you make the more most of any
state in the country. And ifyou're a man, you're making about ten
thousand bucks a year more than thecpparable woman in terms of education. You
know, is that getting any betterthan the gender gap? It is.
It's not obviously that it's not aone for one kind of thing. Still
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isn't. But and it has shrunkby about one percent over the last ten
years years. That sounds very muchnot much, no, but still the
average male earning or the average malegets sixty three, nine hundred and sixty
dollars. That's about ten thousand dollarsper more per year more than his female
counterpart with a similar, similar occupationand similar education level. Okay, and
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then according to all these numbers,because I'm sure they broke it down every
which way, what when's your primeearning time age wise? Yeah, well,
when you are kind of a middleaged earner thirty five to forty four,
When you're between thirty five and fortyfour years old, you're making on
average about thirteen point eight percent morethan the national average. The lowest paid
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group, as you can imagine,are the youngest workers, the sixteen to
twenty four year olds. But surprisingly, once you hit forty five, your
income on average starts to drop offsomewhat average forty five. Really yeah,
oh see, I thought it.I thought like the prime earning years were
up until you were about fifty five. No. Not. According to Census
Bureau, thirty five to forty fourare your prime earning years, and then
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between forty five and sixty five youstart to see a decline about eight percent
less than the national average. Okay, and does do all these studies predict
that incomes are expected to continue toincrease as the salary or as the job
market stays tight or are they justreporting numbers and now they just look at
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the numbers for the for Q fourof last year. So no predictions,
no estimates, no expectations or acrystal ball about what might happen next.
But folks in California should be prettyhappy. I mean, yes, the
cost of most things is higher thanin the rest of the country, but
yeah, rich, salary high.Yeah, my brother lives in San Francisco
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and oh gosh, that's even higherthan here. Right. Eighty four four
hundred and forty eight dollars is theaverage salary in California. Surprisingly, Washington
State has a slightly higher. Course, it's kind of weighted up by a
lot of all the tech firms upthere in the Pacific Northwest. But eighty
five thousand, seven forty eight inWashington State, and where Massachusetts has the
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highest average income, right, Massachusetts, Yeah, what's it there? That's
consistently about what you can expect.Eighty six thousand, eight hundred and forty
So there are a couple of thousanddollars per year higher than you folks in
California, okay. And who makesthe least minutes rather Mississippi. Mississippi's average
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is forty eight thousand and forty eight. That's way below the national average.
And that that whole southern strip therein the Deep South there see some of
the lowest incomes in the whole country. Alabama's is down there. Georgia does
a bit better, and then Floridadoes. Okay, but yeah, that
whole the Mississippi, the Arkansas,Louisiana, they're all consistently near the bottom.
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The cost of living is so muchlower, so probably that compensates for
it too well. Yeah, still, okay, so we want to be
a eight male cardiologist in Massachusetts.Ill, Yeah, that in mind,
if you can arrange that, ifyou can make that possible. Good luck.
All right, thank you, Jim, I appreciate it. Jem.
All right, let's get back tosome of the stories coming out of the
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KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Jurorsin Van Nuys can choose manslaughter or murder
if they reach a verdict to convictRebecca Grossman. Prosecutor cited a speeding ticket
as proof Grossman knew speeding could killseven years before she allegedly killed two children
in a crosswalk in Westlake Village intwenty twenty. The prosecution said during closing
arguments yesterday that ticket and some textmessages from Grossman are proof of the implied
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malice necessary for a murder conviction.The defense asked jurors, where is the
other driver who Grossman's lawyers alleged hitthe kids first? And why was his
car never investigated? The defense saysthat should be all jurors need for reasonable
doubt. At Vanni's Courthouse, CorbinCarson KFI News jury deliberations are expected to
start today when closing arguments are complete. Lawyers for former president and Trump have
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asked for a delay of enforcement.In New York on the three hundred and
fifty five million dollar judgment in hiscivil fraud trial. The verdict this week
gives Trump a month to pay thepenalty. His team asked for a thirty
day extension yesterday, saying New YorkAttorney General Letitia James is in a rush
to enforce the verdict. James saysshe'll go after Trump's assets if he doesn't
pay up. A hospital in Alabama'spaused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care
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providers weigh the impact of a statecourt ruling that frozen embryos are legally children.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham HealthSystem says it has to evaluate whether
its patients or doctors could face criminalcharges or punitive damages for undergoing IVF treatments.
And James Hong will place his handprints and footprints in the cement on
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the court of the TCL Chinese TheaterImax in Hollywood today. It's to celebrate
Hong's ninety fifth birthday. In hisseven decade long acting career, Hongs appeared
in more than six hundred movies andTV shows, including the award winning Everything
Everywhere, All At Once, He'salso the voice of mister Ping in the
Kung Fu Panda movies. Kung FuPanda four premieres March eighth. When we
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come back, we're going to checkin with ABC's Karen Travers. We're talking
student loan debt, forgiveness, anda possible executive order for the border.
You're listening to Wake Up Call ondemand from KFI AM six forty. President
Biden has one more fundraising event beforehe leaves California. His appearance today in
San Francisco following fundraisers and a speechin southern California Tuesday and yesterday. The
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boyfriend of the mother of a threeyear old boy who was found unresponsive in
a home in Lancaster and later diedhas been named a person of interest in
the boy's death. The boy hada cut on him when he was found.
Officials say the boyfriend tried to killhimself. He's in the hospital.
No arrests have been made. Luckythe Horse is a very lucky horse.
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He was rexecued yesterday after falling intoa sinkhole in the backyard in Lakeview Terrace.
Gala. Firefighters a couple hours todig him out of the mud.
And then hoist him up. Yesterdayafternoon, Lucky was not injured. At
six oh five, it's handle onthe news. The head of the seven
thirty seven Max program is out.Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen
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Travers. So, Karen, onehundred and fifty three thousand people got an
email from the President. What didit say. Yeah, yesterday, one
hundred and fifty three thousand Americans gotword that all or a portion of their
student debt has been relieved. Theadministration says the total number of Americans approved
for some kind of student debt reliefis now nearly three point nine million people.
Now, the people who got thatword yesterday hand have been enrolled in
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the President's student loan payment man calledthe Save Plan. This is something they
rolled out last summer. There's aboutseven and a half million people enrolled in
that. There are many more whoqualify, so look it up and see
if you can get into that.And those people who got that relief yesterday
started with an original balance of lessthan twelve thousand dollars in their student debt,
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and they've been paying down their loansfor a debt decade or longer.
So the White House says that thisis just the first round of borrowers to
benefit from this aspect of the SavePlan, and moving forward, anyone else
who enrolls in that plan and meetsthe criteria can also get debt relief.
Don't have a timeline on when thatnext round will come and how many people
it'll apply to, but they sayit will be coming. And Karen the
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Supreme Court said that he couldn't justdo this blanket student loan debt forgiveness.
So how are they doing it?Yeah, you know, he couldn't do
that big sweeping student debt relief formillions of Americans ten to twenty thousand for
most people, even more for otherswho were pelgrant recipients. That was struck
down last year by the Supreme Court. So they've been doing this in a
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piecemeal approach through different methods, andthis so far has been working for them.
Again, this is part of apayment plan. So you enroll as
a federal student debt holder, youhad federal student loans, you enroll in
the payment plan called the Safe Plan. Can go online and look it up,
and then when the administration goes throughand sees how you started with your
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original balance how many payments you've beenmaking over the course of a decade consistently.
Then they're determining if you're eligible forsome relief. Now, the balances
on a lot of these accounts areprobably pretty low, given that you started
with less than twelve thousand and you'vebeen paying them for a decade or more.
But still it's clearing it out forso many people, which the President
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said yesterday is significant. It's notjust helping these individuals and their families,
he says, it's helping the broadereconomy because these people then can now make
different financial decisions, buy a house, maybe start a business, make other
choices for their community that can helpthe broader economy. Okay, and then
I know that you have to run, but real quick. When it comes
to immigration, Yeah, he saidjust last week or a week before,
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I can't do anything. Congress hasto do it. And now he's saying,
maybe I'm going to do an executiveorder. They're going to try.
That's what we're told that he's lookingat a wide range of options. No
final decision has been made, butconsidering taking executive action that could possibly bar
migrants from seeking asylum if they crossillegally between US ports of entry. Now,
the White House still says to ustoday they want Congress to act that
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that's the best way to do it, the best way to have policy reforms
and resources at the border. Butthey're looking to take potential action where they
can. This will likely face legalchallenges, as anything and a president does
with executive action when it comes toborder and immigration policy. But this shows
that they're trying to do something onan issue that Americans say is a big
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priority for them. Okay, avc'sKaren Travers, thank you so much,
have a great day. Thanks.All right, let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of theKFI twenty four hour newsroom. A man
from Santa Anna has been charged withattacking a man in his late sixties in
Newport Beach. Police say it happenedMonday near Crystal Cove, but it's not
clear what provoked the assault. Thealleged attackers facing several felony charges, including
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assault, was forced likely to causegreat bodily injured, resisting arrest, and
assaulting an officer. The guy pleadednot guilty yesterday. Lawyers for the eighteen
year old accused of plotting to shootup a school in Ontario. Says he
has cognitive issues and never planned anattack. Lise Sebastian Villa, senor was
obsessed with the Columbine school shooting andplotted to kill classmates at Ontario Christian High.
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He's being held without bail on fivecounts of attempted murder and one count
of attempted criminal threat. City officialstrying to relocate homeless people living in the
La Grand Hotel. The la HomelessServices Authority wants to move at least three
hundred people as part of Mayor Bass'sInside Safe program. LASA director Miguel Fernandez
says on February seventh, there werefour hundred thirty three participants at the La
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Grand, and as of February fourteenth, there were four hundred forty. The
discrepancy in number stems from the Mayor'soffice request to continue rolling individuals at the
La Grant with the stated intent thatthe Mayor's office would be responsible for connecting
additional people to other resources. LASSAsays the remaining homeless will be moved starting
May first. Chris Adler k INews, the man accused of killing an
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eleven year old girl in Texas isfacing capital murder charges. Polk County DA
Shelley Sitton says that could mean thedeath penalty. Until we get all of
the evidence and all the autopsy reports, we're going to have to hold and
work with law enforcement to determine whatis the best solution to this case.
Audrey Cunningham was reported missing last weekwhen she didn't show up at her school
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bus stop. Her body was foundin a river six days later. The
man arrested, Don McDougall, livedbehind the family's home and would sometimes drive
the girl to school if she missedthe bus. The IRS is offering tax
help this weekend for people in LaCounty. Walk ins are welcome. Phil
Filers can get help resolving issues withreturns, understanding tax obligations, and finding
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other IRS resources. Extended hours arefrom nine am to four pm at tex
Centers in downtown La and also Elmonte. When we come back, we're going
to be talking with the executive directorof the Music Forward Foundation and about how
a passion for music could pay offten thousand dollars worth. I'll tell you
about that next. You're listening toa wake Up Call on demand from KFI
(20:12):
AM six forty. Glad you're wakingup with us. Here's what we're following
in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Sale services out to thousands of customers
across the US, and the carriersseven said why. It's mainly affecting AT
and T, but also Cricket,Wireless, Verizon and T Mobile. About
seventy five thousand were affected at lastcount. Service went down early this morning
(20:33):
in cities including LA Chicago, Houston, and Honolulu. Some nine one one
service has apparently been interrupted as well. A United flight bound for Lax from
New Jersey had to be diverted toChicago when a bomb threat was found in
the bathroom. Two hundred passengers onboard were taken off the plane. In
Chicago, a bomb sniffing dog foundwhat's been called a specific a what a
(20:56):
suspicious bag on board the plane.Getting Panda's back so excited. China is
going to loan to pandas to theSan Diego Zoo, about five years after
the last two pandas were returned toChina. It's part of the Panda Diplomacy
program. Zoo official say if everythinggoes as planned, the pandas will arrive
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at the Zoo as early as theend of this summer. At six oh
five, it's handle on the newsPresident Biden's considering an executive order to deal
with the border. See how Irhyme that. At five point fifty,
we're going to get an update onKing Charles the Third from ABC's Tom Rivers,
who is in London right now.You know, I like to talk
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to people who give away money,and that's why we're talking to the executive
director of the Music Forward Foundation,Narite Smith. Good morning, Narite,
Thank you so much for having me. And I think this is a perfect
match because I love giving away money. Oh that's perfect, and so tell
us Narit what you have and whothe money is going to and how they
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get it right. So we're theMusic Forward Foundation celebrating thirty one years of
empowering the next generation and making themusic industry and live entertainment available and accessible
to all. And we do thisa number of ways, including through these
scholarships. We're looking for college studentswho have a passion for music and lives
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and need that extra help to pullthem through their education. This is for
existing college students who are saying,you know what the music industries that's where
I want to go and I needa helping hand exactly. We give them
to juniors and seniors rising juniors andseniors. So this is not to enter
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college, but this is to helpyou continue and drive you through to that
completion point. Okay, and NariI thought this was really fascinating as I
was looking at what the scholarships arebecause there's five ten thousand dollars all the
ships. But they're not just forlike a person who plays music and wants
to be an artist, because themusic industry is so much bigger than that.
So can you tell me really quicklyabout the Stephen J. Finkel Service
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Excellent Scholarship and who's that one isfor? So the Stephen J. Finkel
is named after someone who has wasreally instrumental in the concerts world, right,
and so we're really looking for someonewho is interested in that customer service
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experience, that understands that fan experience. So the hundreds of thousands of audience
members that come into venues, howdo we make that experience more accessible,
easier for them and engaging? Andso that is someone who wants to go
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into live and really excite about thataudience fan experience. Okay. And then
you have another one that's designed specificallyto support women who want to get into
a career in live entertainment exactly.You know, this is a very young
industry, and it's a lot ofguys that just learned on the job and
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has been driving and building this spectacular, multi billion dollar industry. We want
to make sure that this industry isalso available to young women, okaight.
And so this is dedicated specifically fora young woman who is looking at operations
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production and music engineering and other relatedfields that align with music and lives.
Okay. And then there's another one, and I love this one because this
one is specifically for someone who hasalready overcome some just huge obstacles because they've
either had been homeless or been inthe foster care system. So think about
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how much they've already had to overcometo get into college. Exactly. This
is a partnership with an amazing nonprofitcalled Inherit the Music, and we've been
running this scholarship for the last fiveyears. And you know, with college
costs continuing to increase, a lotof young people are often forced to cut
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basic needs expenses food and housing,and so this not only reaches some of
our most vulnerable young people who aretrying to achieve more in their lives,
but it really helps to cut thecost of education down. And you know,
I mean when you look at mostscholarships range around twenty five hundred.
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With these ten thousand dollars scholarships,we're really saying we believe in you.
Yeah. I love it, andI love that. This is like it's
not a handout, it's a handup and I like that. Yeah.
Okay, And you know, thesescholarships that we've been telling you about are
just kind of the tip of theiceberg. For the Music Forward Foundation,
who I was just reading this narateto date has provided more than forty two
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million dollars in scholarships. That's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. We want to
continuously transform young wives, inspire careers, and chapion a much more inclusive music
industry, and with these scholarships,we hope to make that a reality.
Okay, So if this sounds likesomething that is interesting to you or to
your kids and you want to takeadvantage of it, you have until March
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thirty first, and Nouri where canthey find out all the information and applications
and all that stuff. Music ForwardFoundation dot org. Okay, music affects
all of our lives in such awonderful way, So I love that you're
looking to the next generation. NariSmith, thank you so much for your
time. Thank you, and that'sthe love to all the applicants. Yes,
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yes, why thanks Narita, appreciateit. The Musicforward Foundation dot org
five ten thousand scholarships are available ifyou're interested in have a passion for music.
Love that. Let's get back tosome of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.Metro's Board of directors is set to consider
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the environmental impact report for a gondolaproject that would take baseball fans to Dodger
Stadium. The board's also expected toconsider emotion today, establishing an agreement that's
intended to address the concerns of thecommunities that would be impacted before any construction
starts. The three hundred million dollarsprivate project would create a one point two
mile system to connect Union Station andthe stadium. The project also needs approval
(27:45):
from the city and several state agencies. A former LAPED officers facing several charges
for allegedly stealing credit and debit cardsfrom people who were visiting inmates at a
detention center in downtown La Qa.DA's office has the officers charged with three
felonies and a misdemeanor count of unlawfuluse of credit cards. He's facing up
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to five years and four months inprison if convicted. Officials say California should
make cuts to temporary and one timespending to close the state's growing budget deficits.
The Legislative Analysts Office says California cansave around sixteen billion dollars with the
cutbacks. California Senate Budget Committee ViceChair Roger Nilo says he thinks the state
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should pause on offering health care toillegal immigrants. The Governor's not going to
remove it. I'm a realist,but to delay it to our years when
revenues start to recover, I thinkwould make good fiscal sense. The Legislative
Analyst Office is projecting a seventy threebillion dollars shortfall through June of twenty twenty
(28:47):
five. Blake Trolly k if INews. Police in China have opened an
investigation into an unauthorized dump of documentsfrom a private security contractor linked to the
country's top policing Agency and other partsof its government. The documents from i
SOON reveal apparent hacking activity and toolsdespite both the Chinese and foreigners. Targets
include ethnicities and dissidents in parts ofChina that have been have seen significant anti
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government protests. I SOON has tiesto the Ministry of Public Security. Vandals
have damaged a monument to doctor MartinLuther King Junior in Denver. Doctor Vern
Howard, who helped create the monumentin two thousand and one, saw the
damage yesterday in Denver's City Park andsaid, it's sad out of the project
manager and this was like attacking oneof my children. A three pound bronze
(29:38):
panel that depicted Black War heroes wasremoved from the monument, so were two
decorative emblems on the side. Howardsays it had to be a coordinated effort
and it's obvious that tools were used. Florida Governor Ronda Santis is he supports
term limits for members of Congress.This is something that the people in the
states have the ability. The proposedchanges to discipline Washington, the founding father
(30:03):
structure of the constitution like that fora reason. DeSantis was in Indiana and
South Carolina this week pushing for thechange. He says term limits are supported
by most Americans, and it's timeto make it happen. It rained so
much in Death Valley. How muchdid it rain? Well? It rains
so much that the bad Water Basinand Death Valley now has enough rain water
(30:25):
in it that visitors can go kayakingon a temporary lake. It's called Lake
Manly. It's about six miles long, three miles wide, and just one
foot deep. Visitors must be toka bring their own kayak now once the
water dries up. Are we goingto get another super bloom from all of
(30:45):
this rain that we've received? Parkofficials say the potential for the wildfire wildfire
the wildflower super bloom is uncertain.I guess we're just going to have to
wait and see. But man,they're spectacular. Listening to Wake Up Call
on demand from KFI AM six forty, good Thursday morning to you, I'm
Amy King Boy. The hour justwent by so fast. Again. If
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you missed any of wake Up Call, you can always go back and listen
on an iHeartRadio app any old timeyou want. Here's what we're following in
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom thehead of Boeing's seven thirty seven Max program,
is out ed. Clark had beenwith Boeing for nearly two decades.
The seven thirty seven to nine Maxfleet was grounded last month after a door
(31:30):
plug blew out on an Alaska flight. Several other issues have been found since
then, including loose and missing boltson several planes. The boyfriend of the
mother of a three year old boywho was found unresponsive in a homean Landcaster
and later died, has been nameda person of interest in the boy's death.
The boyfriend apparently tried to kill himself. He's in the hospital. No
(31:52):
arrests have yet been made. California'snut industry is under attack by invasive almond
by the Beatles, apparently bore holesinto developing nuts and then eat the kernels
out inside. In a letter tothe Department of Agriculture, Central Valley Congressman
Josh Harder requested emergency funding to fightthe little bugs, which he says are
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a major economic threat. California's almondand pistachio crop worth six point three billion
dollars in twenty twenty two. We'rejust minutes away from handle. On the
news this morning, cell phone serviceis out to about seventy five thousand AT
and T Cricket, wireless, Verizonand T Mobile customers across the US.
(32:37):
The carriers have not said why.Let's get back to some of the stories
coming from the KFI twenty four hournewsroom. Ballots in La County will be
counted and processed at a single locationthis March. The one hundred and forty
four thousand square foot warehouse in thecity of Industry has eliminated the need to
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transport ballots to several different sites.Officials say the warehouse as live streaming capabilities
to increase election integrity. When mailin voting was first expanded during the pandemic,
ballots were processed at the Pomona CountyFairgrounds, counted at an office in
Downey, and then stored at acenter in Santa Fe Springs. The La
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Kenny Sheriff's Department says it would likeaccess to people's home security cameras. The
request is part of a new programwhere homeowners would register their cameras through the
department's website. Doing so would allowinvestigators to see where cameras are located to
help solve crimes or assess the situationin real time. The department would not
have live access, but if youwanted to go the extra mile, you
could buy an adapter for around threehundred and fifty dollars from a private company
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that would allow investigators to see yourcamera's live feed. Officials say they're interested
in areas like Calabasas at Goura Hillsand Malibu. Steve Gregory KAA FINOS.
Closing arguments have ramped up in themurder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who's charged
with killing two kids in a crosswalkin Westlake Village. The fence lawyers told
jurors investigators never bothered to investigate thesix other cars that went through the intersection
(34:07):
with Grossman that night in twenty twenty, including the suv they say hit the
boys first. Grossman's lawyers say that'senough reasonable doubt for a not guilty verdict.
Prosecutors say eight witnesses a boy's bodyimprinted by Grossman's SUV, only pieces
of that SUV at the scene,SUV data alleging she hit eighty one miles
an hour, and a prior speedingticket where Grossman was warned speeding could kill.
(34:29):
Prosecutor say that's plenty of evidence tofind Grossman guilty of murder. At
van I's Courthouse, Corbin Carson kafI News, jury deliberations are expected to
start today when closing arguments are complete. A civil engineer based in Pasadena s's
the water drainage infrastructure in the LAarea did what it was designed to do
during recent storms. The overall floodcontrol system is in relatively good capacity.
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It's working well. John Abelson withStantec says while the system is pretty robust,
it's still pretty old. He says, when it's time to upgrade the
infrastructure, he'd like to see amore eco friendly approach to drainage. A
plan to move the homeless from theLa Grand Hotel to the Mayfair is moving
forward. Miguel Fernandez with the LaHomeless Services Authority says LASA will continue to
(35:17):
submit bi weekly reports to the cityCouncil to make sure the public can track
its progress. The report will includeremaining participants, housing resources offered, planned
exit exit outcomes, and pertinent data. He says they're trying to move about
three hundred people starting May first.The city has extended the lease through July
(35:37):
thirty first, Hey have you everbeen to Colorado, and well, if
you've been to Colorado, you haven'tgotten a Bucki's. But apparently BUCkies is
a huge station convenience store combo,and it's in other areas of the country.
I don't think we have them here, but Colorado is getting their first
one. It's at the twenty fiveand County Road forty. It's going to
(36:00):
have a grand opening next month.Operations District manager Michael Buie says it's going
to be the premier destination stop inJohnstown. You go down the highway,
you see this big old Bucky's logoand it feels like it's an oasis.
You families appreciated, clean facility,an you know, we've added on to
that. We've added some amazing foodofferings. We have a cult following.
(36:22):
It's like a modern day rest stop. Right. Bucky's stores are known for
their size. The Colorado location isgoing to be the biggest one yet,
seventy five thousand square feet. They'rehiring more than two hundred workers. China
has plans to send a new pairof giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo,
renewing its long standing gesture of friendshiptowards the US. Nearly all of
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the pandas on loan to US zoo'swere returned years ago as tensions grew between
the two countries. San Diego Zooofficials say if all the permits and other
requirements are approved, the bears couldarrive at the San Diego Zoo as early
as the end of this summer.Hey, remember two dollar bills. I
haven't seen one in years, Butif you have one lying around and you're
(37:07):
probably not going to spend it,it could be worth five thousand dollars to
you. So US currency auctions saythat uncirculated two dollar bills from back in
eighteen ninety could sell up for twoabout forty five hundred, and then other
old uncirculated bills are worth like onethousand dollars. But newer bills have a
(37:30):
lot of value. And remember whenthey started reprinting them again, I think
the early two thousands. A twodollars bill printed in two thousand and three
recently sold at auction for twenty fourhundred dollars. Interesting, I don't have
any two dollar bills. Did youknow your coworkers can help you lose weight?
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It's true. They can also hinder. You have you ever worked at
a place. We go in spurtshere at the radio station, but you
go and you know, everybody's eatinghealthy food, and then somebody starts bringing
in stuff, and then there's likedonuts, and then there's cupcakes another day,
and somebody else brings something else sweet. Not helping, but apparently it
turns out workers are more likely toeat fruit and vegetables and then exercise when
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their colleagues encourage them to do so. Coworkers have the potential to contribute to
creating a culture of health within theworkplace. Instead of opting for pizza every
Friday, I still prefer pizza everyFriday, but I think that's true.
It's the people around you. It'slike at home, if your a boyfriend
or girlfriend or husband or wife ishitting the ice cream every night and you're
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trying to have salad, it makesit harder. But studies show that creating
a healthy lifestyle has a lot todo with the influence of family and friends
and neighbors and even co workers.Good to know and speaking of food and
going out, I hate this,but we're going to be seeing higher menu
(38:59):
prices because of a new law thattakes effect, and here's why. Under
a law that was signed by GavinNewsom in October of last year, it
goes into effect in July. Thelaw prohibits junk fees across different businesses including
restaurants, bars, and delivery apps. So what that means is you're going
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to know how much you're going tobe charged at the outset as opposed to
having something tacked on at the end. And the practical result of this law
is that instead of like putting onfees at the end, that diners are
going to get charged upfront. Soyou can expect basically menu prices to go
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up. Something to look forward toas you head out and about and go
out to dinner. You've been listeningto Wake Up Call with me Amy King.
You can always hear Wake Up Callfive to six am Monday through Friday
on KFI AM six forty and anytimeon demand on the iHeartRadio app.
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