March 19, 2024 • 43 mins
KAREN TRAVERS. AT THE WHITE HOUSE: : BIDEN GETS NETANYAHU TO SEND DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON TO RESOLVE STANDOFF OVER RAFAH INVASION
JOEL LARSGAARD. Host of “How To Money” Sunday 12pm-2pm @HowToMoneyJoel TOPIC: Subscription-ification of everything /// The 32-hour workweek legislation ///We need more skilled laborers in this country! ///More folks are underwater on their car loans.
JIM MURPHY - Director of Legal Advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation. WORLD WATER DAY
KRIS ADLER FEATURE. CHEF BRUNO SERVES HIS 10 MILLIONTH MEAL
JOEL LARSGAARD. Host of “How To Money” Sunday 12pm-2pm @HowToMoneyJoel TOPIC: Subscription-ification of everything /// The 32-hour workweek legislation ///We need more skilled laborers in this country! ///More folks are underwater on their car loans.
JIM MURPHY - Director of Legal Advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation. WORLD WATER DAY
KRIS ADLER FEATURE. CHEF BRUNO SERVES HIS 10 MILLIONTH MEAL
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You're listening to KFI AM six fortywake Up Call with me Amy King on
demand on the iHeartRadio app Tuesday,March nineteenth. Good morning, I'm Amy
King. It's the vernal equinox today. Spring officially arrives eight o'clock tonight,
So happy first day of Spring.And in celebration, here's something kind of
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sweet. Dairy Queen is welcoming inspring by offering a free ice cream cone
all participating locations while supplies last.I think that's a nice gesture. Here's
what's ahead on wake Up Call.Former President Trump's lawyers say Trump is not
able to secure a bond for thefour hundred and sixty four million dollar judgment
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against him in his New York civilfraud trial. Trump needs to post bond
by next week or New York AttorneyGeneral Letitia James says she's going to start
seizing his assets during the appeals process. Rebecca Grossman, who was recently convicted
of hitting and killing two young brotherswith her SUV in Westlake Village, is
being accused of a legal conduct injail. The only County daa's office is
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also accusing her legal team of tamperingwith jurors. After the trial, she's
said to be sentenced up to thirtyfour years to life in prison. On
April tenth, a dazzling streak acrossthe twilight sky was a Falcon SpaceX nine
rocket. Actually was a SpaceX Falconnine rocket which launched last night from Vandenberg
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Space for Space along the California coast. The streak could be seen as far
as one hundred five hundred miles awayin Phoenix, Arizona. The Falcon nine
dropped off another twenty two Starlink satellitesinto low Earth orbit at six oh five.
It's handled on the news. Haveyou noticed prices at the gas pumps
are up over five bucks a gallonagain, Well, Bill's going to tell
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you why and if we can expectthem to come down or keep going up.
Let's get started with some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. A new Departmentof Homelessness has been propose for Los Angeles
Council Member Monica Rodriguez, who representspart of the San Fernando Valley set on
Friday, when filing the motion,the work by the city and other agencies
is too siloed with not enough communicationand too much overlap. She says a
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new Department of Homelessness, which wouldreport to the mayor and council, would
streamline those efforts. The issue willbe taken up first by the Council's Homelessness
Committee. The motion follows various questionsfrom city and county leaders over where and
how money is being spent to addresshomelessness. Michael Monks KFI News. Presidential
primary elections are being held today inArizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas,
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and Ohio. President Biden and formerPresident Trump already have secured enough delegates to
become their party's presumptive nominees. Biden'sgoing to be in Arizona and Nevada today.
Trump was in Ohio over the weekend. Also, there's a special election
today to decide who's going to fillformer Speaker Kevin McCarthy's seat in the Bakersfield
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area. Two new school board membersin Orange County who pushed conservative policies appear
to have been recalled. All ofthe culture war issues are not what the
recall was about. Recall organizer MichelleWeisenberg says the board members were pushing solutions
to politically exaggerated problems that don't exist. Our main issue was the chaos,
the loss of staff, the bleedingof money. Orange School Board member Rick
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Ledesma says the policies were about protectingparental rights and improving education. I'd rather
talk about a child's pronoun at sixyears old than how are we going to
raise these test scores that are solow. New board members can be appointed
once election results are final. InOrange, Cobin Carson KFI News, congressional
leaders have reached a tentative spending dealthat'll keep the government funded and keep the
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lights on. Current funding is saidto expire on Saturday morning for the Departments
of Homeland Security, State, Defense, Labor, and Health in Human Services.
ABC's Chuck Sievertson says the agreement reachedlast night is said to fund the
Department of Homeland Security. Negotiators arestill working out the details. Funding for
DHS was a final sticking point.The other five funding bills were effectively settled
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over the weekend. Long Beach haskicked off its annual Walk to School week.
City health officials say yesterday marked thebeginning of a week meant to highlight
the benefits of physical activity, whilealso emphasizing pedestrian safety and easing traffic congestion
near schools. The theme this yearis walking with Sunshine, and students are
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asked to wear bright colored or reflectiveclothing so they can be more visible to
drivers. Now, let's say goodmorning to ABC's Karen Travers at the White
House. So, Karen, Israelsays it's going into Rafa to weed out
Hamas, the US says, don'tdo it. So what's happening now,
Yeah, I mean, the latestis that the White House has invited senior
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Israeli officials to come to Washington andhave a conversation about what they say is
a better way forward. Jakes Olivan, the National Security Advisor, came to
the briefing yesterday and said, sendyour team to Washington. Let's talk about
it. We'll lay out what webelieve is a better way. He said
that the key goals that Israel wantsto achieve in Rafa can be done by
other means. And this was thestrongest public opposition to a potential Israeli military
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operation in Rafa that we have seenand heard from the administration so far.
Jake Sullivant was very blunt. Hesaid a major ground operation. There would
be a mistake. He said,it would lead to more innocent civilian deaths,
it would worsen the already dire humanitariancrisis and deepen what he called the
anarchy in Gaza, and further isolateIsrael internationally. That was the strongest thing
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we have heard from the administration aboutwhat this type of operation could do.
He said that the President didn't threatenor issue any threats to Benjamin net and
Yahoo, but they have made itvery clear they want them to hold off.
He said, they have every expectationthat Israel would not proceed with this
operation until that conversation in Washington isheld between senior officials. Okay, So
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when is the Israeli delegation supposed toget here. It's not clear the invitation
was come in the coming days,not clear if they're even going to happen,
But that is what the administration wouldlike to see, and they don't
want to see any military action untilthat conversation takes place. Okay, And
Jake Sullivan said that there are betterways to handle this situation. Did he
tip his hat at all or hedid not tip his hand? Actually he
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did not. Better way, hesaid will lay out for you what we
believe is a better way, andalso said that the goals could be achieved
by other means, but did notget specific about what those other means could
be and what the administration is preparedto lay out for the Israeli officials.
But you know, he said,it's an alternative approach to target Jamas without
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a major ground invasion. And hepushed back very strongly on you know,
some kind of questioning your criticism thatif you question Israel doing an operation like
this, that you don't share thegoal of defeating Hamas. He was very
clear that you know, they wantto know that the Israelis have a coherent
and sustainable strategy, as he putit, to defeat the group. Okay,
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now, and Israel has said thatit's going to go into Rafa,
it's going to do what it needsto do to weed out Hamas, and
that it's basically not up to theUS. So does the White House or
the US do we actually have anypower over them? Well, there's certainly
military aid that has been going overthere for an aid and that was a
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question that came up yesterday about whetherthere was a threat to withhold that aid.
If there was a you know,if they do move forward in a
way that the United States administration doesnot like. Jake Sullivan said that there
were no threats issued during this phonecall, but that the President made it
very clear where they stand and whatthey want to see and not see the
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Israelis do with this military operation.Okay, And I know the White House
isn't going to say it, butis there any indication that it's talking tough
to appease that large chunk of voterswho say they're not going to support Biden
because of the White House's stance onsupporting Israel. Jake Sullivan is certainly not
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going to talk about that. Yesterdayin terms of politics, everything was from
the policy and foreign policy perspective,Okay. And then they're also saying,
so the White House is saying,hey, bring a delegation over, don't
do anything until after you talk tous, don't go and make any big
moves in Rafa. I wonder ifIsrael will go, Okay, We'll send
a delegation over and then go intoRafa. Anyway sort of is a surprise.
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It's possible. I mean, Icouldn't tell you that. That's a
question for them, but you knowthat is always possible. The administration,
though, was very clear yesterday theydon't want to see anything happen until there's
the chance to lay out for theIsraelis what the White House believes is a
better way of doing this. Yeah, and then has the White House indicated
any possible reperca repercussions if Israel justignores what they have to say, They're
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not laying that out publicly either.Probably best to keep those things quiet,
all right, Karen Travers, thankyou so much for the information. We'll
be watching what happens. I havea great day, all right, you
too. Let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. The SupremeCourt has blocked a bill in Texas that
would allow local cops to arrest peoplebelieved to be in the country illegally.
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This comes after a back and forthcourt fight, with opponents claiming only the
federal government has the right to enforceimmigration laws. The justices were asked to
provide a ruling by yesterday. Atfirst, no action was taken, but
then moments later they extended the staypending further order of the court. The
Director of the FBI has warned Congressthat fake Mexicans are trying to cross the
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border. Christopher Ray told a committeeon Intelligence that men from terrorist countries have
been settling in Mexico, Central andSouth America, learning the language, shaving
their beards, and assimilating into theculture. Then they try to enter California
as Mexican nationals, complete with fakeIDs. Last year, people from one
hundred and seventy countries were stopped atthe California Mexico border, and border agents
say because of lax immigration policy,the odds of these people successfully entering California
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and putting down roots are pretty high. Steve Gregory, King of Fine News,
the owner of a food truck inLong Beaches, recovering from several stab
wounds after chasing a man who robbedan attacked an elderly woman. Brian Tacoon
says he saw the attack on themorning of March tenth and pulled over to
try to help the woman. Iasked her she was okay what happened,
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and she said that her belongs hadbeen spoiled by a gentleman running down the
streets. Takun got into a fightwith the robber, but managed to get
the woman's cell phone back then,as he was driving home, he says
he started to feel sick, sohe called nine to one one. At
the hospital, doctors found he hadbeen stabbed several times and had a punctured
lung and internal bleeding. The policelater found and arrested the suspected attacker.
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The man accused of killing two peoplethat you see Colorado Springs is going to
be evaluated as see if he ismentally competent to stand trial. A judge
granted the competency request yesterday. NicholasJordan is accused of killing his roommate and
a woman inside a dorm room lastmonth, just hours he asked after he
asked to withdraw from school. DefenseSecretary Lloyd Austin says the US is going
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to continue to support Ukraine's war effortagainst Russia, even as Congress remains stalled
on getting additional aid for Ukraine.Austin told more than fifty defense leaders from
Europe and around the world who arein Germany that the US will not let
Ukraine fail. Russia has squandered upto two hundred and eleven billion dollars to
equip, deploy, maintain and sustainits imperial aggression against Ukraine. The meeting
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comes the week after US defense officialsmanaged to find and use three hundred million
dollars in contract savings to send moreweapons to Ukraine. Spring Break is shaking
shaping up to be the busiest travelperiod ever ABC Derek Dennis's two point seven
million people screened at airport checkpoints acrossthe country just on Sunday. The last
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time the nation's airport saw that manypeople fly was back on the Friday before
Christmas and on the Wednesday before Thanksgivingin twenty twenty two. The TSA says
the travel season started March seventh andcontinues through March twenty fifth. I think
LAUSD students around spring Break next week. It says it expects to screen more
than forty seven point seven million travelersduring that time period. That would break
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records. Thinking about breaking records earninga lot of money as a real estate
agent, it might be tougher nowthe six percent commission, which is kind
of standard for home purchases no more. The National Association of Realtors announced late
last week that they had come toa settlement with groups of home sellers and
agreed to end a bunch of antitrustlawsuits. They're going to pay four hundred
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eighteen million dollars in damages and eliminaterules on commissions. The agreement effectively gets
rid of the current home buying andselling business model, in which sellers pay
both their broker and the buyer's broker. So it could be good news for
homeowners, could be bad news forrealtors, or who knows how it's all
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going to shake shake out. Butyeah, that's six percent commission. Go
on the way of the Dodo.It's time for Opening Day Dodger Baseball.
The Dodgers are going to take onthe San Diego Padres from South Korea tomorrow
morning at three am. You canlisten live or you can listen to the
replay at noon on AM five toseventy LA Sports and HD on the iHeartRadio
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app brought to you in part byLA Care for all of LA. When
we come back, we're going tobe talking about what Joel Larsgard calls the
subscriptionification of everything. Yeah, it'sa word, and how to avoid getting
underwater with your car Loan. You'relistening to Wake Up Call on demand from
KFI AM six forty Good morning,I'm Amy King. Happy first day of
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spring. It officially arrives at eighto'clock, but what the heck, let's
start celebrating early. Here's what we'refollowing in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
A federal judge in La could soonmandate a court ordered independent audit of
LA's spending on homeless services. Thejudge heard from La Mayor Bass yesterday promised
to be more transparent about what thecity spends on homeless issues. The judge
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says six hundred million dollars was spentin the years before Bass was mayor without
proper accounting. A Texas law allowingpolice to arrest anyone they believe is in
the country illegally is back on hold. The Supreme Court allowed the temporary stay
of the law to expire, butthen moments later put a news stay in
or extended the stay, citing anew filing challenging the law. Opponents say
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only the federal government can enforce immigrationlaw. The NBA championship ring Kobe Bryant
gave to his father is up forauction. The fourteen carrot gold ring is
a copy of the ring Bryant Bryantreceived for the Lakers two thousand NBA championship.
That was his first championship. Thering has forty diamonds, the Lakers
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logo, Bryan's name, and hisnumber at the time. Eight. The
high bid as of this morning ninetyfour thousand dollars. The auction ends on
March thirtieth at six oh five.It's handle on the news. Former President
Trump can't come up with the nearlyfour hundred and sixty four million dollars.
What that means as he appeals hiscivil fraud trial punishment. I guess.
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But right now, let's say goodmorning too. The host of Money on
KFI. It's Joel Larsgard. Joel, we saw this come out yesterday,
and I'm giving you credit for thisword the subscriptionification of everything. Yeah,
so I like making up new wordson occasion, and I'm hoping, I'm
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hoping Websters gets in on the actionand subscription ification. I deserve credit for
this right now. Absolutely, it'sso true though. It's so true.
And there's an article I didn't realizethis well. Target recently mentioned, Hey,
we're we're following suit. Amazon hasdone so well with Amazon Prime.
Walmart's doing pretty well with Walmart Plus, why don't we kind of come up
with our own ninety nine dollars fortynine dollars for the time being until May
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kind of service to you know,get for target shoppers who want their stuff
delivered in a timely fashion. Andthen Chuck E Cheese now has a potentially
thirty dollars a month subscription. Thirtydollars a month. Can you imagine paying
Chuck E Cheese three hundred and sixtydollars a year for like discounted pizza and
extra tickets and stuff like this.Everybody, everybody, every model, from
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almost you know, every every companythese days, once a recurring, guaranteed
dollars being spent from your account tothem every single month. And this is
we know this right, We've seenthis trend. It continues to get more
and more pervasive. And I thinkyou and I talked about this recently too,
Like there was an article on theWall Street Journal about one of the
writers said, I canceled a bunchof subscriptions and I was able to afford
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a tesla. And that is maybea little extra, but there's a lot
of people in a boat similar tothat, where hey, we're maybe spending
two hundred, two hundred and fiftybucks more than we thought on subscriptions every
month. It is so wise,so smart to dig in and see where
your money is going, because youin all likelihood and this is true for
almost everyone. It was true forme recently. I was like, why
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are we paying for Paramount? PlusI don't even remember signing up for that,
and so I had to ditch it. So but if you're not looking
and seeing where your money's going,you don't realize that maybe it's going to
a subscription that you forgot about.Yeah, I'm dealing with similar issues right
now. So to track your subscription, like, just go look at your
credit card statement because it's all onauto pay, that's right. And they're
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actually apps too that can help withthis. There's one called Rocket Money and
then there's another one called Subscription Stopper. And so if you're trying to figure
out, well, how do Iactually like identify which subscriptions? And I
don't really love pouring over my creditcard bill, although I would say it's
a really good idea to do thatbecause so many people don't know where their
money's going. Hook it up toone of the to one of those subscriptions
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stopper apps and let it identify andsometimes it'll help cancel on your behalf.
That's maybe like the easy new kindof like essentially digital way to do it.
But whatever it takes to get ridof some of those subscriptions that you're
not using any There are subscriptions thatI use, like I like my Mac
subscription. That's probably where I watchmost of my TV shows. But like,
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cancel it if you're not using it, you can always sign back up
again. We just have so manyongoing subscriptions. It's cost and it's death
by a thousand cuts, right,because it's five bucks here, it's ten
bucks here, it's twenty bucks there. And that stuff really does add up.
I mean my mom used to tellme that when I was a kid,
right, just that even those smallthings really do add up. And
it's one hundred percent true. Wethink just ten bucks, who cares?
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But ten bucks times a dozen,man, that becomes real money. Yeah.
And as far as like the targetsubscription is it really is it just
shipping or is it special deals oris it free money or do we know
yet? Because it's brand new,it's brand new, it's brand new,
and so I'm not sure exactly howrobust it's going to get. I mean,
think about Amazon Prime when it launched, and it was all about shipping,
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and then they had to come upwith a bunch of other things to
give you to make it kind ofsticky. And now people think, well,
I got the music and I gotthe shows, and so what Target's
going to turn this into remains tobe seen. But it's particularly good if
you like shopping on Target and youwant that stuff delivered within a couple of
hours. That's their main selling point. So Target or for Amazon it's two
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days, and for Target it's goingto be two hours. And so if
you're like I love shopping Target andI want that stuff immediately and I don't
want it to go to the store, this is going to be for the
hyper loyal Target person. Yeah,but part of the fun of shopping at
Target is wandering around in Target anddiscovering what my wife says, Yeah,
so there is one, Joel thatI do have a subscription to aside from
Costco, but CBS has one andit's like you pay five dollars a month,
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but you get ten dollars a month. Oh, it's interesting. Yeah,
no, I like, well,it makes me. That just makes
me think of annual fees for creditcards. Some people have this knee jerk.
I hate annual fees. I'll neverpay one. I say, well,
look at the fine print. Whatsort of return are you going to
get on your money. There area lot of credit cards that have annual
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fees of ninety five dollars. Mylittle sister has one that's like a six
hundred dollars annual fee, but sheand her husband travel. So it's an
Amex, isn't it. Yeah,it's the Amex. Yeah, and it
comes with lounge access and all theseother perks that it's so worth it.
They get way more value than sixhundred bucks in a given year. So
much of it depends on, youknow, what your spending looks like,
what your life looks like. Anduh so, yeah, I wouldn't just
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dismiss it out of hand. AndI wouldn't dismiss a subscription out of hand.
There's a lot of value you canget from some of those things.
It's just that we're over subscribed andthat everybody wants you to subscribe to something.
Now, yeah, I would liketo subscribe to this. I just
don't see it ever happening. Butit's a thirty two hour work week.
I think Bernie Sanders is the onewho put that up ed. But he's
saying he wants to implement a thirtytwo hour work week but have people make
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the same amount of money, sothey'd be working eight hours less at least,
but making the same amount of money. Sounds nice, right, Utopia
coming to our shores. I meanI talk about this regularly, like I
am more than okay with people tradingoff hours worked for time back in their
life. And the way to makethat happen is typically by living a more
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frugal existence. It's by kind ofreducing our wants and being comfortable maybe living
in a smaller home or not eatingout as much. Like, there are
all sorts of ways that we canclaw back money into our lives so that
we don't have to not so thatwe can invest more necessarily or consume more,
but so that we can get backthe most precious resource, which is
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time. I think that's actually areally worthy endeavor. I just don't know
that this is going to work,because when it becomes like a government mandate
that employers have to pay everybody thesame amount for less work. In some
ways, Actually there's some there's somebrilliance to shorter work weeks. I think
when you look at some of thestudies that people end up being just as
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productive working fewer hours. It's almostlike we're we're online, we're there,
we're at the water cooler or whatever, and we just end up feeling like
the work we need to do canfill into smaller, smaller time in many
cases. But the other thing isin this country, like the best things
happen by people who are completely unconstrained. It makes me think of building rockets
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or something like that. I justread a book about four different you know,
startup rocket makers. The only waythose things take off and those things,
trust me, you're going to revolutionizeour lives. You literally take off.
Yeah, the way that that's goingto change, it's going to change
our lives. But the only wayit happens is by people working eighty plus
hour work weeks. And so it'sI get why this proposal is made.
I think it needs to be apersonal choice and a choice that businesses make,
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and in that personal choice, youhave more free to make that choice
as you get better handling your money. And you have a higher savings rate.
I think the idea of that passingis just not it. No,
it's not gonna happen. No,Okay, we're out of time as always,
but more people are underwater on theircar loans, and so just real
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quick, what are some ways youcan avoid that? Okay, so super
super duper sad that people are tradingin a car that they owe more money
on than it's worth. And likesomething like one in five people are getting
a new car and guess what,They're trading in an old car that they
still owe a bunch of money on. And so now the terms are worse.
They owe even more money than theirnew car is worth, and it
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becomes this negative equity cycle that alot of people get into. It's incredibly
expensive to do that, and it'sit's a scary thing financially. So the
way to avoid it is to driveyour car longer. I literally forked over
a thousand bucks yesterday to repair ourtwenty thirteen hond Odyssey. It's not fun
to pay the repair bill. Butguess what I actually think of it as
like this hashtag blessing, because thedownside to not having to pay that repair
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bill is having a massive monthly newcar payment, especially if you owe money
on an older car and you're trainingit in. It's just it's a really
bad idea, and so just holdonto that car longer. Even if that
car needs repairs. It's better topay the mechanic than it is to go
to the dealership and trade in acar of the your upside down on Okay,
something to think about it is.It is Joel Larsgard, the host
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of How to Money right here onKFI. You can listen to him give
you lots and lots of smart moneyadvice every Sunday from noon to two,
and you can also follow him athow to Money. Joel. Thank you,
Joel. Thanks Amy. All Right, when we come back, we
are going to be talking to somebodyfrom the National Wildlife Federation because it's World
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Water Day. We're going to tapinto that. You're listening to a wake
up call on demand from KFI AMCA. Here's what we're following in the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. Rebecca Grossman, who was recently convicted of hitting and
killing two young brothers with a SUVin Westlake Village, is being accused of
illegal conduct in jail. The CountyDA's office is accusing her legal team of
(25:17):
tampering with jurors. After the trials, she apparently has been trying to have
her daughter's husband and legal team gether a new trial. She's supposed to
be sentenced on April tenth. Lawyerlawmakers in Hong Kong have passed a new
national security law that grants the governmentmore power to quash dissent. The law
means anything deemed a threat to nationalsecurity could be punishable by life in prison.
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Government officials say the laws needed toprevent a recurrence of pro democracy protests
like in twenty nineteen, and willonly affect an extremely small minority of disloyal
citizens. March Madness is here.The NCAA tournament begins with two matchups in
the first four, tipping off fromDayton, Ohio later today. The first
round of the tournament tips off onThursday, was sixteen games at six oh
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five. It's handle on the news. Sports Illustrated isn't going away after all.
Bill's going to tell you about thatfive point fifty Chef Bruno Serrato of
the Anaheim White House and Pastathon andKaterina's Club has just hit a monumental milestone.
Our own Chris Adler is going totell us all about that. But
right now, let's say good morningto the director of legal advocacy for the
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National Wildlife Federation. Hello, JimMurphy, good morning, How are you
doing great? Today is World WaterDay, first day spring and World Water
Day, two big days. Sotell us, Jim, what is the
status of our drinking water and ourwaterways in the US? Well, right
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now, our waters, unfortunately,are in trouble. People broadly support clean
water, but unfortunately, last yearthe Supreme Court issued a decision that effectively
rolled back pollution and destruction protections formore than half of America's wetlands and millions
of miles of streams. Okay,and that was with the Clean Water Act.
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They just decided that part of thepart of it didn't need to be
enforced anymore. Yeah. No,they decided that the historic scope of Clean
Water Act protections we've enjoyed since theearly seventies that have kept our wetlands from
being destroyed, and wetlands are reallythe brit of filters of nature that ensure
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that what comes out of our tapis clean and safe. That those protections
don't apply to those waters anymore.The Brita Filters of Nature haven't thought of
it that way. That's really kindof interesting. So this might be the
obvious question, Jim, But whatis the biggest threat to our waterways?
Our waterways are threatened by a varietyof things. Climate change is putting a
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lot of stress on our waters.Development has always been a threat, you
know, obviously, unregulated pollution fromfrom industry dumping chemicals we have, uh,
you know, we have new chemicalslike so called forever chemicals that are
impacting a lot of waters and threateningyou know, the basic health and safety
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of many communities. Okay, Unlikeso many problems, there are some things
that can be done to protect waterand water ways. So what are some
things that we can do? Uh? Well, obviously, you know,
restoring the protections of the Supreme Courtrolled back are key to ensuring that we
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protect our waterways. There's a lotthat can be done on the state and
local level, uh to ensure thatwe uh preserve the waters we have,
uh, and don't uh, youknow, don't just roy the waters.
We need those involved. Things likemaking sure we have state level protections for
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waters. California has done a goodjob, but with the Supreme Court decision,
they're going to have a lot moreThe state is going to have a
lot more work to do. Italso means, you know, things like
giving incentives to developers to make surethat they restore and protect waters rather than
pave them over. Okay, andyou are with the legal the director of
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Legal Advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation. Is the Wildlife Federation working to try
to go back and get those CleanWater Act protections restored. We absolutely are.
With the support of the Walton FamilyFoundation, we are working hard to
make sure that Americans know about thethreat to water. A recent poll has
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shown that over ninety percent of Americansvalue clean water and that four of five
Americans are very upset to learn andthat that these long standing protections have been
rolled back. So we are workinghard to get the word out and to
make sure that both Congress and statesstep up and protect the waters we need
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to to ensure that what comes outof our tap is clean, to ensure
that wildlife has the water it needsto survive, and to ensure that you
know, the other functions that thingslike wetlands play, like keeping us safe
from droughts and floods are also preservedand our wetlands. I was when I
was reading through the information about WorldWater Day, I came across the natural
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infrastructure is that wetlands. Wetlands aretype of natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure is
really using the the services that natureprovides that that protects us. You know,
nature is one of the best investmentswe can make h to ensure that
that flooding is reduced, to ensurethat we have adequate water supply. So
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natural infrastructure is basically doing things thatallow nature to do its job to protect
us. It's affordable, and it'sa great way to ensure that our communities
are protected. Okay, and peoplewant to find out more about this,
learn what that natural infrastructure is,how they can help or get involved or
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just follow along and learn what's goingon. Where would they go to find
out more information? They can goto National Wildlife Federation's website NWF dot dot
org. The Walton Family Foundation alsohas a lot of information on its website,
and there's many other organizations out therethat are also dedicated to the protection
of clean water. Okay, well, thank you so much for your time.
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Jim Murphy appreciate it, and Ithink you're right. We agree we
need safe drinking water, and Idon't think that's anything anyone is going to
go now. We don't need that, So yeah, absolutely, let's pay
attention and keep those waterways safe,especially today Worldwater Days. Thank you,
Jim Murphy. Great, thanks forhaving me. All Right, you got
it. Let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
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twenty four hour newsroom. The Onlysaid Council has adopted a plan to address
costs associated with childcare. Child CareEquity Plan was unanimously adopted by the council.
The plan aims to lower cost andto increase access to high quality childcare.
Council member Hugo Soto Martinez says,families making the median salary in LA
are spending roughly a quarter of iton childcare. But if we do not
improve this system, we're going tosee many more Angelinos being affected by this,
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including many folks who simply won't beable to work because they have to
take care of their children. Theplan also wants to find more workers for
childcare facilities. Michael Monks KFI NewsNews brought to you by American Vision windows.
A metro bus and a motorcycle havecollided in Valley Glenn, killing the
man on the motorcycle and critically injuringhis twelve year old niece. The crash
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late last week was caught on securityvideo. The motorcycle was crossing the intersection
at Hazeltein Avenue and Bessemer Street whenit was hit by the bus. It's
not clear who is at fault.Attorneys for rest armorer Hannah Gutier's read have
asked that she be released from prisonand granted a new trial. Gutiers was
sentenced to eighteen months for negligence relatedto the onset shooting death of cinematographer Helena
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Hutchins in twenty twenty one. Herlawyers say a state Supreme Court opinion issued
last week will lead to her convictionbeing overturned. They say jurors being asked
and or that she failed to properlycheck the mo means they could convict even
if not unanimous. Two studies ledby the National Institutes of Health have shown
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Havana syndrome doesn't harm the brain.ABC's j O'Brien says the mysterious health condition
is affected US government employees stationed incountries at Cuba, China, and the
US. The study doesn't mean somethingdidn't happen to the eighty government employees it
monitored, but it found whatever happenedlikely wasn't caused by something that can lead
to brain damage detectable on an MRIor other similar tests. Symptoms include hearing
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noises and experiencing head pressure, followedby headache, dizziness, and cognitive dysfunction.
And the filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey, Yeah Yeah,
are creating a horror Avengers like crossoverevent featuring other characters. Oh Goodie,
can't wait. The name of themovie is Poonaverse. Monsters assemble.
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Pooh teams up with murderous versions ofBambi, Tinkerbell, Pinocchio, Peter,
Pen, Tigger, Piglet, andthe Mad Hatter. Also Sleeping Beauty.
It's going to be released next year. Blood and Honey two hits theaters on
March twenty six. You're listening toWake Up Call on demand from KFI AM
six forty This first day of Spring. I always thought spring was March twenty
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first, but the vernal equinox thisyear is on March nineteenth, here's what
we're following in the KFI twenty fourhour newsroom. The final count is still
not in on Proposition one. Twoweeks after the election. The race remains
too close to More than two hundredthousand ballots are left to be counted,
and at last check, the Yesvote still has a slight lead by about
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twenty thousand votes. If Prop onepasses, it would add eleven thousand beds
to help homeless people with mental healthissues and addiction. A federal judge in
LA could soon mandate a court orderedindependent audit of LA's spending on homeless services.
The judge heard from La Mayor Bassyesterday, who promised to be more
transparent about what the city spends onhomeless issues. The judge says six hundred
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million dollars was spent in the yearsbefore Bass took office without proper accounting.
The FBI has returned a pair ofruby slippers stolen from the Judy Garland Museum
in Minnesota. They're back at theiroriginal owner now. It happened in a
secret ceremony back on February first,but it was kept secret because of the
ongoing investigation into the theft. Theslippers were stolen from the museum in two
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thousand and five. We're just minutesaway from handle on the news this morning,
Paris is getting ready for the twentytwenty four Summer Olympics with three hundred
thousand condoms. Uh huh. Asyou know, every year we do Pastathon
to raise money for Katerina's Club,which is Chef Bruno Serrato's passion project feeding
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children. And while we do Pastathonone day a year, Bruno's been feeding
kids every single day for years,and our Chris Adler says, Chef Bruno
has served his ten millionth meal tothe kids. Thousands of pounds of pasta
have been served to needy children sincetwo thousand and five, many who have
had to sleep in cars and motelrooms with their struggling families. Chef Bruno
says hitting the ten millionth meal milestonecould never have been achieved without his Mama,
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Katerina, who started the mission.Mama, that's at and also never
forget that the peoples are Solan theyneeded us. Twenty years Chef Bruno's mother
asked him to make pasta for alittle boy who was eating a bag of
potato chips for dinner. Nearly twentyyears ago. Mama Katerina passed away in
twenty fourteen, so I asked ChefBruno what he would say to her,
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if he could say anything at all. Do you make me cry? Know
all the world better than thank you. The highlight of the celebration was a
special visit from Billy Saldonna, thevery first child to have ever been fed
by Chef Bruno. Saldana jumped outof a pink, three tiered cake to
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surprise all the kids who had justfinished their pasta, the same pasta Chef
Bruno made Saldana when he was alittle boy two decades ago. Bruno's been
a great mentor a really influencer.But for me, I just coming back
and see he's still doing it issomething that I'm really proud of him.
For more than one hundred and fiftykids from Anaheim were treated like VIPs and
served elbow pasta with chicken breast drizzledwith lemon butter sauce, and for dessert,
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chocolate covered strawberries. One of thetalented people behind that Neil is executive
chef Eddie Mesa, who says hisheart is full if the kid's bellies are
full, I guess, so I'mmotion a like excited because we stuffrom the
you know one local club and afterwe stand in and stand and now is
out so many, so many beats. It was Mesa's birthday, and he
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says he hopes he can spend manymore birthdays making hot meals for hungry kids
in the community. So now Ihave twenty four you, I can hand
twenty four you more right if Brunowants me. I watched carefully as dozens
of children completely finished their plates,knowing for many of them, hot meals
aren't always available. Many of thesechildren would never have been able to enjoy
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a hearty meal like the one Katerina'sclub has blessed them with. We don't
have food, we don't smile.We have food and a good plate of
pasta, we smile for twenty fourhours. Chef Bruno was honored with the
twenty twenty four US President's Lifetime AchievementAward yesterday in recognition of his humanitarian service
to the community. He's also beennominated for the Gentlemen of Hearts Award in
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London for years of dedication to feedingand housing families in need. But he
says he would never have made itthis far without a solid team standing behind
him. We thought, your best, Coop, you don't do what you
do today. You needed to havean amazing coup. Behind the scene is
sometime the most important people. ChefBruno says ten million meals is great,
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twenty million will be better and sayshe hopes to continue inspiring the rest of
the world. So no child goesto bed hungry again for wake up call.
I'm Chris Adler. Thank you,Chris boy, that's amazing. Ten
million meals and I'll just say nowthanks to you. If you have donated
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to Katerina's Club and we're looking forward. We've got another bostathon coming, but
right now you can always donate andby doing to do that, just visit
Katerinasclub dot org Katerinasclub dot org becausetheir feeding kids every day. They need
the donations every day. Let's getback to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroomor three one Ignition and lift the Falcon
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nine Go Starlink Go SpaceX, aFalcon nine SpaceX rocket carrying twenty two Starlink
satellites to low Earth orbit has launchedfrom Vandenberg Space four Space. The launch
last night lit up the night skyover southern California. It was the tenth
launch for the Falcon nine first stagebooster, which has launched seven other Starlink
missions and two missions for the USSpace Development Agency. Apparently, that streak
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across the night sky could be seenas far away as Phoenix, Arizona.
Researchers that you see Irvine say allcars will have to account for harmful tire,
road and break pollution before being consideredzero emission. Think of it as
sort of under the radar, butreally they've been here quite a long time.
We just haven't recognized it. Yousee. Irvine chemistry professor Jims Smith
(40:51):
says their first study looked at breakssimilar to what happens if you take a
balloon, say, and you justrub it on your sweater or your hair.
The particles that emit from breaks areactually carrying static electricity. Smith says
the particles are harmful to humans,just like exhaust particles. He says eighty
percent of particles admitted during light breakingare charged, but can be removed by
adding a simple device to brakes.In Orange County, Corbin Carson, kf
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I News Israel's prime ministers agreed tosend a team to Washington, d C.
To talk about an operation in Rafawith President Biden. Biden has warned
the US would not support an operationin Rafa without a credible plan to make
sure that innocent Palestinians aren't caught inthe crossfire. The US says more innocent
civilians have been killed in this warthan in all the wars in Gaza combined.
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Joe Anne Fabric and Craft Stores havefiled for bankruptcy and Delaware ABC's Daria
Albinger says the company will become privateagain just two years after it went public.
One thing that is not expected tochange the company's eight hundred stores,
which are expected to operate normally duringthe reorganization. Albinger says. The filing
yesterday comes amid ongoing financial troubles andmajor layoffs late last year. Joanne says
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as part of the bankruptcy process,it expects to receive one hundred and thirty
two million dollars in new financing.It says it'll also slice it's funded debt
by about five hundred five million dollars. Having so it's a good time.
Having all the mansion in London,where Freddie Mercury lived the final decade of
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his life, is up for salefor the first time in nearly forty five
years. The Neo Georgian brick home, dubbed Garden Lodge, is in the
upscale Kensington neighborhood. It's selling formore than thirty eight million dollars US,
but it's not publicly listed. Mercurybought the home in nineteen eighty, saying
he wanted to leave the Victorian lifesurrounded by exquisite clutter. As he put
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it, this is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
You've been listening to Wake Up Callwith me Amy King. You can always
hear Wake Up Call five to sixam Monday through Friday on KFI AM's and
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You're listening to KFI AM six fortywake Up Call with me Amy King on
demand on the iHeartRadio app Tuesday,March nineteenth. Good morning, I'm Amy
King. It's the vernal equinox today. Spring officially arrives eight o'clock tonight,
So happy first day of Spring.And in celebration, here's something kind of
(00:23):
sweet. Dairy Queen is welcoming inspring by offering a free ice cream cone
all participating locations while supplies last.I think that's a nice gesture. Here's
what's ahead on wake Up Call.Former President Trump's lawyers say Trump is not
able to secure a bond for thefour hundred and sixty four million dollar judgment
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against him in his New York civilfraud trial. Trump needs to post bond
by next week or New York AttorneyGeneral Letitia James says she's going to start
seizing his assets during the appeals process. Rebecca Grossman, who was recently convicted
of hitting and killing two young brotherswith her SUV in Westlake Village, is
being accused of a legal conduct injail. The only County daa's office is
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also accusing her legal team of tamperingwith jurors. After the trial, she's
said to be sentenced up to thirtyfour years to life in prison. On
April tenth, a dazzling streak acrossthe twilight sky was a Falcon SpaceX nine
rocket. Actually was a SpaceX Falconnine rocket which launched last night from Vandenberg
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Space for Space along the California coast. The streak could be seen as far
as one hundred five hundred miles awayin Phoenix, Arizona. The Falcon nine
dropped off another twenty two Starlink satellitesinto low Earth orbit at six oh five.
It's handled on the news. Haveyou noticed prices at the gas pumps
are up over five bucks a gallonagain, Well, Bill's going to tell
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you why and if we can expectthem to come down or keep going up.
Let's get started with some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. A new Departmentof Homelessness has been propose for Los Angeles
Council Member Monica Rodriguez, who representspart of the San Fernando Valley set on
Friday, when filing the motion,the work by the city and other agencies
is too siloed with not enough communicationand too much overlap. She says a
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new Department of Homelessness, which wouldreport to the mayor and council, would
streamline those efforts. The issue willbe taken up first by the Council's Homelessness
Committee. The motion follows various questionsfrom city and county leaders over where and
how money is being spent to addresshomelessness. Michael Monks KFI News. Presidential
primary elections are being held today inArizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas,
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and Ohio. President Biden and formerPresident Trump already have secured enough delegates to
become their party's presumptive nominees. Biden'sgoing to be in Arizona and Nevada today.
Trump was in Ohio over the weekend. Also, there's a special election
today to decide who's going to fillformer Speaker Kevin McCarthy's seat in the Bakersfield
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area. Two new school board membersin Orange County who pushed conservative policies appear
to have been recalled. All ofthe culture war issues are not what the
recall was about. Recall organizer MichelleWeisenberg says the board members were pushing solutions
to politically exaggerated problems that don't exist. Our main issue was the chaos,
the loss of staff, the bleedingof money. Orange School Board member Rick
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Ledesma says the policies were about protectingparental rights and improving education. I'd rather
talk about a child's pronoun at sixyears old than how are we going to
raise these test scores that are solow. New board members can be appointed
once election results are final. InOrange, Cobin Carson KFI News, congressional
leaders have reached a tentative spending dealthat'll keep the government funded and keep the
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lights on. Current funding is saidto expire on Saturday morning for the Departments
of Homeland Security, State, Defense, Labor, and Health in Human Services.
ABC's Chuck Sievertson says the agreement reachedlast night is said to fund the
Department of Homeland Security. Negotiators arestill working out the details. Funding for
DHS was a final sticking point.The other five funding bills were effectively settled
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over the weekend. Long Beach haskicked off its annual Walk to School week.
City health officials say yesterday marked thebeginning of a week meant to highlight
the benefits of physical activity, whilealso emphasizing pedestrian safety and easing traffic congestion
near schools. The theme this yearis walking with Sunshine, and students are
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asked to wear bright colored or reflectiveclothing so they can be more visible to
drivers. Now, let's say goodmorning to ABC's Karen Travers at the White
House. So, Karen, Israelsays it's going into Rafa to weed out
Hamas, the US says, don'tdo it. So what's happening now,
Yeah, I mean, the latestis that the White House has invited senior
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Israeli officials to come to Washington andhave a conversation about what they say is
a better way forward. Jakes Olivan, the National Security Advisor, came to
the briefing yesterday and said, sendyour team to Washington. Let's talk about
it. We'll lay out what webelieve is a better way. He said
that the key goals that Israel wantsto achieve in Rafa can be done by
other means. And this was thestrongest public opposition to a potential Israeli military
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operation in Rafa that we have seenand heard from the administration so far.
Jake Sullivant was very blunt. Hesaid a major ground operation. There would
be a mistake. He said,it would lead to more innocent civilian deaths,
it would worsen the already dire humanitariancrisis and deepen what he called the
anarchy in Gaza, and further isolateIsrael internationally. That was the strongest thing
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we have heard from the administration aboutwhat this type of operation could do.
He said that the President didn't threatenor issue any threats to Benjamin net and
Yahoo, but they have made itvery clear they want them to hold off.
He said, they have every expectationthat Israel would not proceed with this
operation until that conversation in Washington isheld between senior officials. Okay, So
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when is the Israeli delegation supposed toget here. It's not clear the invitation
was come in the coming days,not clear if they're even going to happen,
But that is what the administration wouldlike to see, and they don't
want to see any military action untilthat conversation takes place. Okay, And
Jake Sullivan said that there are betterways to handle this situation. Did he
tip his hat at all or hedid not tip his hand? Actually he
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did not. Better way, hesaid will lay out for you what we
believe is a better way, andalso said that the goals could be achieved
by other means, but did notget specific about what those other means could
be and what the administration is preparedto lay out for the Israeli officials.
But you know, he said,it's an alternative approach to target Jamas without
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a major ground invasion. And hepushed back very strongly on you know,
some kind of questioning your criticism thatif you question Israel doing an operation like
this, that you don't share thegoal of defeating Hamas. He was very
clear that you know, they wantto know that the Israelis have a coherent
and sustainable strategy, as he putit, to defeat the group. Okay,
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now, and Israel has said thatit's going to go into Rafa,
it's going to do what it needsto do to weed out Hamas, and
that it's basically not up to theUS. So does the White House or
the US do we actually have anypower over them? Well, there's certainly
military aid that has been going overthere for an aid and that was a
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question that came up yesterday about whetherthere was a threat to withhold that aid.
If there was a you know,if they do move forward in a
way that the United States administration doesnot like. Jake Sullivan said that there
were no threats issued during this phonecall, but that the President made it
very clear where they stand and whatthey want to see and not see the
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Israelis do with this military operation.Okay, And I know the White House
isn't going to say it, butis there any indication that it's talking tough
to appease that large chunk of voterswho say they're not going to support Biden
because of the White House's stance onsupporting Israel. Jake Sullivan is certainly not
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going to talk about that. Yesterdayin terms of politics, everything was from
the policy and foreign policy perspective,Okay. And then they're also saying,
so the White House is saying,hey, bring a delegation over, don't
do anything until after you talk tous, don't go and make any big
moves in Rafa. I wonder ifIsrael will go, Okay, We'll send
a delegation over and then go intoRafa. Anyway sort of is a surprise.
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It's possible. I mean, Icouldn't tell you that. That's a
question for them, but you knowthat is always possible. The administration,
though, was very clear yesterday theydon't want to see anything happen until there's
the chance to lay out for theIsraelis what the White House believes is a
better way of doing this. Yeah, and then has the White House indicated
any possible reperca repercussions if Israel justignores what they have to say, They're
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not laying that out publicly either.Probably best to keep those things quiet,
all right, Karen Travers, thankyou so much for the information. We'll
be watching what happens. I havea great day, all right, you
too. Let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. The SupremeCourt has blocked a bill in Texas that
would allow local cops to arrest peoplebelieved to be in the country illegally.
(09:20):
This comes after a back and forthcourt fight, with opponents claiming only the
federal government has the right to enforceimmigration laws. The justices were asked to
provide a ruling by yesterday. Atfirst, no action was taken, but
then moments later they extended the staypending further order of the court. The
Director of the FBI has warned Congressthat fake Mexicans are trying to cross the
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border. Christopher Ray told a committeeon Intelligence that men from terrorist countries have
been settling in Mexico, Central andSouth America, learning the language, shaving
their beards, and assimilating into theculture. Then they try to enter California
as Mexican nationals, complete with fakeIDs. Last year, people from one
hundred and seventy countries were stopped atthe California Mexico border, and border agents
say because of lax immigration policy,the odds of these people successfully entering California
(10:09):
and putting down roots are pretty high. Steve Gregory, King of Fine News,
the owner of a food truck inLong Beaches, recovering from several stab
wounds after chasing a man who robbedan attacked an elderly woman. Brian Tacoon
says he saw the attack on themorning of March tenth and pulled over to
try to help the woman. Iasked her she was okay what happened,
(10:31):
and she said that her belongs hadbeen spoiled by a gentleman running down the
streets. Takun got into a fightwith the robber, but managed to get
the woman's cell phone back then,as he was driving home, he says
he started to feel sick, sohe called nine to one one. At
the hospital, doctors found he hadbeen stabbed several times and had a punctured
lung and internal bleeding. The policelater found and arrested the suspected attacker.
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The man accused of killing two peoplethat you see Colorado Springs is going to
be evaluated as see if he ismentally competent to stand trial. A judge
granted the competency request yesterday. NicholasJordan is accused of killing his roommate and
a woman inside a dorm room lastmonth, just hours he asked after he
asked to withdraw from school. DefenseSecretary Lloyd Austin says the US is going
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to continue to support Ukraine's war effortagainst Russia, even as Congress remains stalled
on getting additional aid for Ukraine.Austin told more than fifty defense leaders from
Europe and around the world who arein Germany that the US will not let
Ukraine fail. Russia has squandered upto two hundred and eleven billion dollars to
equip, deploy, maintain and sustainits imperial aggression against Ukraine. The meeting
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comes the week after US defense officialsmanaged to find and use three hundred million
dollars in contract savings to send moreweapons to Ukraine. Spring Break is shaking
shaping up to be the busiest travelperiod ever ABC Derek Dennis's two point seven
million people screened at airport checkpoints acrossthe country just on Sunday. The last
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time the nation's airport saw that manypeople fly was back on the Friday before
Christmas and on the Wednesday before Thanksgivingin twenty twenty two. The TSA says
the travel season started March seventh andcontinues through March twenty fifth. I think
LAUSD students around spring Break next week. It says it expects to screen more
than forty seven point seven million travelersduring that time period. That would break
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records. Thinking about breaking records earninga lot of money as a real estate
agent, it might be tougher nowthe six percent commission, which is kind
of standard for home purchases no more. The National Association of Realtors announced late
last week that they had come toa settlement with groups of home sellers and
agreed to end a bunch of antitrustlawsuits. They're going to pay four hundred
(12:52):
eighteen million dollars in damages and eliminaterules on commissions. The agreement effectively gets
rid of the current home buying andselling business model, in which sellers pay
both their broker and the buyer's broker. So it could be good news for
homeowners, could be bad news forrealtors, or who knows how it's all
(13:13):
going to shake shake out. Butyeah, that's six percent commission. Go
on the way of the Dodo.It's time for Opening Day Dodger Baseball.
The Dodgers are going to take onthe San Diego Padres from South Korea tomorrow
morning at three am. You canlisten live or you can listen to the
replay at noon on AM five toseventy LA Sports and HD on the iHeartRadio
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app brought to you in part byLA Care for all of LA. When
we come back, we're going tobe talking about what Joel Larsgard calls the
subscriptionification of everything. Yeah, it'sa word, and how to avoid getting
underwater with your car Loan. You'relistening to Wake Up Call on demand from
KFI AM six forty Good morning,I'm Amy King. Happy first day of
(13:56):
spring. It officially arrives at eighto'clock, but what the heck, let's
start celebrating early. Here's what we'refollowing in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
A federal judge in La could soonmandate a court ordered independent audit of
LA's spending on homeless services. Thejudge heard from La Mayor Bass yesterday promised
to be more transparent about what thecity spends on homeless issues. The judge
(14:18):
says six hundred million dollars was spentin the years before Bass was mayor without
proper accounting. A Texas law allowingpolice to arrest anyone they believe is in
the country illegally is back on hold. The Supreme Court allowed the temporary stay
of the law to expire, butthen moments later put a news stay in
or extended the stay, citing anew filing challenging the law. Opponents say
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only the federal government can enforce immigrationlaw. The NBA championship ring Kobe Bryant
gave to his father is up forauction. The fourteen carrot gold ring is
a copy of the ring Bryant Bryantreceived for the Lakers two thousand NBA championship.
That was his first championship. Thering has forty diamonds, the Lakers
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logo, Bryan's name, and hisnumber at the time. Eight. The
high bid as of this morning ninetyfour thousand dollars. The auction ends on
March thirtieth at six oh five.It's handle on the news. Former President
Trump can't come up with the nearlyfour hundred and sixty four million dollars.
What that means as he appeals hiscivil fraud trial punishment. I guess.
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But right now, let's say goodmorning too. The host of Money on
KFI. It's Joel Larsgard. Joel, we saw this come out yesterday,
and I'm giving you credit for thisword the subscriptionification of everything. Yeah,
so I like making up new wordson occasion, and I'm hoping, I'm
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hoping Websters gets in on the actionand subscription ification. I deserve credit for
this right now. Absolutely, it'sso true though. It's so true.
And there's an article I didn't realizethis well. Target recently mentioned, Hey,
we're we're following suit. Amazon hasdone so well with Amazon Prime.
Walmart's doing pretty well with Walmart Plus, why don't we kind of come up
with our own ninety nine dollars fortynine dollars for the time being until May
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kind of service to you know,get for target shoppers who want their stuff
delivered in a timely fashion. Andthen Chuck E Cheese now has a potentially
thirty dollars a month subscription. Thirtydollars a month. Can you imagine paying
Chuck E Cheese three hundred and sixtydollars a year for like discounted pizza and
extra tickets and stuff like this.Everybody, everybody, every model, from
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almost you know, every every companythese days, once a recurring, guaranteed
dollars being spent from your account tothem every single month. And this is
we know this right, We've seenthis trend. It continues to get more
and more pervasive. And I thinkyou and I talked about this recently too,
Like there was an article on theWall Street Journal about one of the
writers said, I canceled a bunchof subscriptions and I was able to afford
(16:56):
a tesla. And that is maybea little extra, but there's a lot
of people in a boat similar tothat, where hey, we're maybe spending
two hundred, two hundred and fiftybucks more than we thought on subscriptions every
month. It is so wise,so smart to dig in and see where
your money is going, because youin all likelihood and this is true for
almost everyone. It was true forme recently. I was like, why
(17:18):
are we paying for Paramount? PlusI don't even remember signing up for that,
and so I had to ditch it. So but if you're not looking
and seeing where your money's going,you don't realize that maybe it's going to
a subscription that you forgot about.Yeah, I'm dealing with similar issues right
now. So to track your subscription, like, just go look at your
credit card statement because it's all onauto pay, that's right. And they're
(17:38):
actually apps too that can help withthis. There's one called Rocket Money and
then there's another one called Subscription Stopper. And so if you're trying to figure
out, well, how do Iactually like identify which subscriptions? And I
don't really love pouring over my creditcard bill, although I would say it's
a really good idea to do thatbecause so many people don't know where their
money's going. Hook it up toone of the to one of those subscriptions
(18:02):
stopper apps and let it identify andsometimes it'll help cancel on your behalf.
That's maybe like the easy new kindof like essentially digital way to do it.
But whatever it takes to get ridof some of those subscriptions that you're
not using any There are subscriptions thatI use, like I like my Mac
subscription. That's probably where I watchmost of my TV shows. But like,
(18:22):
cancel it if you're not using it, you can always sign back up
again. We just have so manyongoing subscriptions. It's cost and it's death
by a thousand cuts, right,because it's five bucks here, it's ten
bucks here, it's twenty bucks there. And that stuff really does add up.
I mean my mom used to tellme that when I was a kid,
right, just that even those smallthings really do add up. And
it's one hundred percent true. Wethink just ten bucks, who cares?
(18:45):
But ten bucks times a dozen,man, that becomes real money. Yeah.
And as far as like the targetsubscription is it really is it just
shipping or is it special deals oris it free money or do we know
yet? Because it's brand new,it's brand new, it's brand new,
and so I'm not sure exactly howrobust it's going to get. I mean,
think about Amazon Prime when it launched, and it was all about shipping,
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and then they had to come upwith a bunch of other things to
give you to make it kind ofsticky. And now people think, well,
I got the music and I gotthe shows, and so what Target's
going to turn this into remains tobe seen. But it's particularly good if
you like shopping on Target and youwant that stuff delivered within a couple of
hours. That's their main selling point. So Target or for Amazon it's two
(19:29):
days, and for Target it's goingto be two hours. And so if
you're like I love shopping Target andI want that stuff immediately and I don't
want it to go to the store, this is going to be for the
hyper loyal Target person. Yeah,but part of the fun of shopping at
Target is wandering around in Target anddiscovering what my wife says, Yeah,
so there is one, Joel thatI do have a subscription to aside from
Costco, but CBS has one andit's like you pay five dollars a month,
(19:56):
but you get ten dollars a month. Oh, it's interesting. Yeah,
no, I like, well,it makes me. That just makes
me think of annual fees for creditcards. Some people have this knee jerk.
I hate annual fees. I'll neverpay one. I say, well,
look at the fine print. Whatsort of return are you going to
get on your money. There area lot of credit cards that have annual
(20:17):
fees of ninety five dollars. Mylittle sister has one that's like a six
hundred dollars annual fee, but sheand her husband travel. So it's an
Amex, isn't it. Yeah,it's the Amex. Yeah, and it
comes with lounge access and all theseother perks that it's so worth it.
They get way more value than sixhundred bucks in a given year. So
much of it depends on, youknow, what your spending looks like,
what your life looks like. Anduh so, yeah, I wouldn't just
(20:40):
dismiss it out of hand. AndI wouldn't dismiss a subscription out of hand.
There's a lot of value you canget from some of those things.
It's just that we're over subscribed andthat everybody wants you to subscribe to something.
Now, yeah, I would liketo subscribe to this. I just
don't see it ever happening. Butit's a thirty two hour work week.
I think Bernie Sanders is the onewho put that up ed. But he's
saying he wants to implement a thirtytwo hour work week but have people make
(21:04):
the same amount of money, sothey'd be working eight hours less at least,
but making the same amount of money. Sounds nice, right, Utopia
coming to our shores. I meanI talk about this regularly, like I
am more than okay with people tradingoff hours worked for time back in their
life. And the way to makethat happen is typically by living a more
(21:26):
frugal existence. It's by kind ofreducing our wants and being comfortable maybe living
in a smaller home or not eatingout as much. Like, there are
all sorts of ways that we canclaw back money into our lives so that
we don't have to not so thatwe can invest more necessarily or consume more,
but so that we can get backthe most precious resource, which is
(21:48):
time. I think that's actually areally worthy endeavor. I just don't know
that this is going to work,because when it becomes like a government mandate
that employers have to pay everybody thesame amount for less work. In some
ways, Actually there's some there's somebrilliance to shorter work weeks. I think
when you look at some of thestudies that people end up being just as
(22:11):
productive working fewer hours. It's almostlike we're we're online, we're there,
we're at the water cooler or whatever, and we just end up feeling like
the work we need to do canfill into smaller, smaller time in many
cases. But the other thing isin this country, like the best things
happen by people who are completely unconstrained. It makes me think of building rockets
(22:33):
or something like that. I justread a book about four different you know,
startup rocket makers. The only waythose things take off and those things,
trust me, you're going to revolutionizeour lives. You literally take off.
Yeah, the way that that's goingto change, it's going to change
our lives. But the only wayit happens is by people working eighty plus
hour work weeks. And so it'sI get why this proposal is made.
I think it needs to be apersonal choice and a choice that businesses make,
(22:56):
and in that personal choice, youhave more free to make that choice
as you get better handling your money. And you have a higher savings rate.
I think the idea of that passingis just not it. No,
it's not gonna happen. No,Okay, we're out of time as always,
but more people are underwater on theircar loans, and so just real
(23:18):
quick, what are some ways youcan avoid that? Okay, so super
super duper sad that people are tradingin a car that they owe more money
on than it's worth. And likesomething like one in five people are getting
a new car and guess what,They're trading in an old car that they
still owe a bunch of money on. And so now the terms are worse.
They owe even more money than theirnew car is worth, and it
(23:41):
becomes this negative equity cycle that alot of people get into. It's incredibly
expensive to do that, and it'sit's a scary thing financially. So the
way to avoid it is to driveyour car longer. I literally forked over
a thousand bucks yesterday to repair ourtwenty thirteen hond Odyssey. It's not fun
to pay the repair bill. Butguess what I actually think of it as
like this hashtag blessing, because thedownside to not having to pay that repair
(24:07):
bill is having a massive monthly newcar payment, especially if you owe money
on an older car and you're trainingit in. It's just it's a really
bad idea, and so just holdonto that car longer. Even if that
car needs repairs. It's better topay the mechanic than it is to go
to the dealership and trade in acar of the your upside down on Okay,
something to think about it is.It is Joel Larsgard, the host
(24:30):
of How to Money right here onKFI. You can listen to him give
you lots and lots of smart moneyadvice every Sunday from noon to two,
and you can also follow him athow to Money. Joel. Thank you,
Joel. Thanks Amy. All Right, when we come back, we
are going to be talking to somebodyfrom the National Wildlife Federation because it's World
(24:52):
Water Day. We're going to tapinto that. You're listening to a wake
up call on demand from KFI AMCA. Here's what we're following in the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. Rebecca Grossman, who was recently convicted of hitting and
killing two young brothers with a SUVin Westlake Village, is being accused of
illegal conduct in jail. The CountyDA's office is accusing her legal team of
(25:17):
tampering with jurors. After the trials, she apparently has been trying to have
her daughter's husband and legal team gether a new trial. She's supposed to
be sentenced on April tenth. Lawyerlawmakers in Hong Kong have passed a new
national security law that grants the governmentmore power to quash dissent. The law
means anything deemed a threat to nationalsecurity could be punishable by life in prison.
(25:41):
Government officials say the laws needed toprevent a recurrence of pro democracy protests
like in twenty nineteen, and willonly affect an extremely small minority of disloyal
citizens. March Madness is here.The NCAA tournament begins with two matchups in
the first four, tipping off fromDayton, Ohio later today. The first
round of the tournament tips off onThursday, was sixteen games at six oh
(26:06):
five. It's handle on the news. Sports Illustrated isn't going away after all.
Bill's going to tell you about thatfive point fifty Chef Bruno Serrato of
the Anaheim White House and Pastathon andKaterina's Club has just hit a monumental milestone.
Our own Chris Adler is going totell us all about that. But
right now, let's say good morningto the director of legal advocacy for the
(26:26):
National Wildlife Federation. Hello, JimMurphy, good morning, How are you
doing great? Today is World WaterDay, first day spring and World Water
Day, two big days. Sotell us, Jim, what is the
status of our drinking water and ourwaterways in the US? Well, right
(26:48):
now, our waters, unfortunately,are in trouble. People broadly support clean
water, but unfortunately, last yearthe Supreme Court issued a decision that effectively
rolled back pollution and destruction protections formore than half of America's wetlands and millions
of miles of streams. Okay,and that was with the Clean Water Act.
(27:12):
They just decided that part of thepart of it didn't need to be
enforced anymore. Yeah. No,they decided that the historic scope of Clean
Water Act protections we've enjoyed since theearly seventies that have kept our wetlands from
being destroyed, and wetlands are reallythe brit of filters of nature that ensure
(27:33):
that what comes out of our tapis clean and safe. That those protections
don't apply to those waters anymore.The Brita Filters of Nature haven't thought of
it that way. That's really kindof interesting. So this might be the
obvious question, Jim, But whatis the biggest threat to our waterways?
Our waterways are threatened by a varietyof things. Climate change is putting a
(27:59):
lot of stress on our waters.Development has always been a threat, you
know, obviously, unregulated pollution fromfrom industry dumping chemicals we have, uh,
you know, we have new chemicalslike so called forever chemicals that are
impacting a lot of waters and threateningyou know, the basic health and safety
(28:22):
of many communities. Okay, Unlikeso many problems, there are some things
that can be done to protect waterand water ways. So what are some
things that we can do? Uh? Well, obviously, you know,
restoring the protections of the Supreme Courtrolled back are key to ensuring that we
(28:45):
protect our waterways. There's a lotthat can be done on the state and
local level, uh to ensure thatwe uh preserve the waters we have,
uh, and don't uh, youknow, don't just roy the waters.
We need those involved. Things likemaking sure we have state level protections for
(29:07):
waters. California has done a goodjob, but with the Supreme Court decision,
they're going to have a lot moreThe state is going to have a
lot more work to do. Italso means, you know, things like
giving incentives to developers to make surethat they restore and protect waters rather than
pave them over. Okay, andyou are with the legal the director of
(29:27):
Legal Advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation. Is the Wildlife Federation working to try
to go back and get those CleanWater Act protections restored. We absolutely are.
With the support of the Walton FamilyFoundation, we are working hard to
make sure that Americans know about thethreat to water. A recent poll has
(29:49):
shown that over ninety percent of Americansvalue clean water and that four of five
Americans are very upset to learn andthat that these long standing protections have been
rolled back. So we are workinghard to get the word out and to
make sure that both Congress and statesstep up and protect the waters we need
(30:11):
to to ensure that what comes outof our tap is clean, to ensure
that wildlife has the water it needsto survive, and to ensure that you
know, the other functions that thingslike wetlands play, like keeping us safe
from droughts and floods are also preservedand our wetlands. I was when I
was reading through the information about WorldWater Day, I came across the natural
(30:34):
infrastructure is that wetlands. Wetlands aretype of natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure is
really using the the services that natureprovides that that protects us. You know,
nature is one of the best investmentswe can make h to ensure that
that flooding is reduced, to ensurethat we have adequate water supply. So
(31:00):
natural infrastructure is basically doing things thatallow nature to do its job to protect
us. It's affordable, and it'sa great way to ensure that our communities
are protected. Okay, and peoplewant to find out more about this,
learn what that natural infrastructure is,how they can help or get involved or
(31:22):
just follow along and learn what's goingon. Where would they go to find
out more information? They can goto National Wildlife Federation's website NWF dot dot
org. The Walton Family Foundation alsohas a lot of information on its website,
and there's many other organizations out therethat are also dedicated to the protection
of clean water. Okay, well, thank you so much for your time.
(31:44):
Jim Murphy appreciate it, and Ithink you're right. We agree we
need safe drinking water, and Idon't think that's anything anyone is going to
go now. We don't need that, So yeah, absolutely, let's pay
attention and keep those waterways safe,especially today Worldwater Days. Thank you,
Jim Murphy. Great, thanks forhaving me. All Right, you got
it. Let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
(32:05):
twenty four hour newsroom. The Onlysaid Council has adopted a plan to address
costs associated with childcare. Child CareEquity Plan was unanimously adopted by the council.
The plan aims to lower cost andto increase access to high quality childcare.
Council member Hugo Soto Martinez says,families making the median salary in LA
are spending roughly a quarter of iton childcare. But if we do not
improve this system, we're going tosee many more Angelinos being affected by this,
(32:30):
including many folks who simply won't beable to work because they have to
take care of their children. Theplan also wants to find more workers for
childcare facilities. Michael Monks KFI NewsNews brought to you by American Vision windows.
A metro bus and a motorcycle havecollided in Valley Glenn, killing the
man on the motorcycle and critically injuringhis twelve year old niece. The crash
(32:51):
late last week was caught on securityvideo. The motorcycle was crossing the intersection
at Hazeltein Avenue and Bessemer Street whenit was hit by the bus. It's
not clear who is at fault.Attorneys for rest armorer Hannah Gutier's read have
asked that she be released from prisonand granted a new trial. Gutiers was
sentenced to eighteen months for negligence relatedto the onset shooting death of cinematographer Helena
(33:14):
Hutchins in twenty twenty one. Herlawyers say a state Supreme Court opinion issued
last week will lead to her convictionbeing overturned. They say jurors being asked
and or that she failed to properlycheck the mo means they could convict even
if not unanimous. Two studies ledby the National Institutes of Health have shown
(33:34):
Havana syndrome doesn't harm the brain.ABC's j O'Brien says the mysterious health condition
is affected US government employees stationed incountries at Cuba, China, and the
US. The study doesn't mean somethingdidn't happen to the eighty government employees it
monitored, but it found whatever happenedlikely wasn't caused by something that can lead
to brain damage detectable on an MRIor other similar tests. Symptoms include hearing
(33:59):
noises and experiencing head pressure, followedby headache, dizziness, and cognitive dysfunction.
And the filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey, Yeah Yeah,
are creating a horror Avengers like crossoverevent featuring other characters. Oh Goodie,
can't wait. The name of themovie is Poonaverse. Monsters assemble.
(34:22):
Pooh teams up with murderous versions ofBambi, Tinkerbell, Pinocchio, Peter,
Pen, Tigger, Piglet, andthe Mad Hatter. Also Sleeping Beauty.
It's going to be released next year. Blood and Honey two hits theaters on
March twenty six. You're listening toWake Up Call on demand from KFI AM
six forty This first day of Spring. I always thought spring was March twenty
(34:45):
first, but the vernal equinox thisyear is on March nineteenth, here's what
we're following in the KFI twenty fourhour newsroom. The final count is still
not in on Proposition one. Twoweeks after the election. The race remains
too close to More than two hundredthousand ballots are left to be counted,
and at last check, the Yesvote still has a slight lead by about
(35:06):
twenty thousand votes. If Prop onepasses, it would add eleven thousand beds
to help homeless people with mental healthissues and addiction. A federal judge in
LA could soon mandate a court orderedindependent audit of LA's spending on homeless services.
The judge heard from La Mayor Bassyesterday, who promised to be more
transparent about what the city spends onhomeless issues. The judge says six hundred
(35:29):
million dollars was spent in the yearsbefore Bass took office without proper accounting.
The FBI has returned a pair ofruby slippers stolen from the Judy Garland Museum
in Minnesota. They're back at theiroriginal owner now. It happened in a
secret ceremony back on February first,but it was kept secret because of the
ongoing investigation into the theft. Theslippers were stolen from the museum in two
(35:52):
thousand and five. We're just minutesaway from handle on the news this morning,
Paris is getting ready for the twentytwenty four Summer Olympics with three hundred
thousand condoms. Uh huh. Asyou know, every year we do Pastathon
to raise money for Katerina's Club,which is Chef Bruno Serrato's passion project feeding
(36:13):
children. And while we do Pastathonone day a year, Bruno's been feeding
kids every single day for years,and our Chris Adler says, Chef Bruno
has served his ten millionth meal tothe kids. Thousands of pounds of pasta
have been served to needy children sincetwo thousand and five, many who have
had to sleep in cars and motelrooms with their struggling families. Chef Bruno
says hitting the ten millionth meal milestonecould never have been achieved without his Mama,
(36:37):
Katerina, who started the mission.Mama, that's at and also never
forget that the peoples are Solan theyneeded us. Twenty years Chef Bruno's mother
asked him to make pasta for alittle boy who was eating a bag of
potato chips for dinner. Nearly twentyyears ago. Mama Katerina passed away in
twenty fourteen, so I asked ChefBruno what he would say to her,
(36:59):
if he could say anything at all. Do you make me cry? Know
all the world better than thank you. The highlight of the celebration was a
special visit from Billy Saldonna, thevery first child to have ever been fed
by Chef Bruno. Saldana jumped outof a pink, three tiered cake to
(37:21):
surprise all the kids who had justfinished their pasta, the same pasta Chef
Bruno made Saldana when he was alittle boy two decades ago. Bruno's been
a great mentor a really influencer.But for me, I just coming back
and see he's still doing it issomething that I'm really proud of him.
For more than one hundred and fiftykids from Anaheim were treated like VIPs and
served elbow pasta with chicken breast drizzledwith lemon butter sauce, and for dessert,
(37:45):
chocolate covered strawberries. One of thetalented people behind that Neil is executive
chef Eddie Mesa, who says hisheart is full if the kid's bellies are
full, I guess, so I'mmotion a like excited because we stuffrom the
you know one local club and afterwe stand in and stand and now is
out so many, so many beats. It was Mesa's birthday, and he
(38:06):
says he hopes he can spend manymore birthdays making hot meals for hungry kids
in the community. So now Ihave twenty four you, I can hand
twenty four you more right if Brunowants me. I watched carefully as dozens
of children completely finished their plates,knowing for many of them, hot meals
aren't always available. Many of thesechildren would never have been able to enjoy
(38:29):
a hearty meal like the one Katerina'sclub has blessed them with. We don't
have food, we don't smile.We have food and a good plate of
pasta, we smile for twenty fourhours. Chef Bruno was honored with the
twenty twenty four US President's Lifetime AchievementAward yesterday in recognition of his humanitarian service
to the community. He's also beennominated for the Gentlemen of Hearts Award in
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London for years of dedication to feedingand housing families in need. But he
says he would never have made itthis far without a solid team standing behind
him. We thought, your best, Coop, you don't do what you
do today. You needed to havean amazing coup. Behind the scene is
sometime the most important people. ChefBruno says ten million meals is great,
(39:13):
twenty million will be better and sayshe hopes to continue inspiring the rest of
the world. So no child goesto bed hungry again for wake up call.
I'm Chris Adler. Thank you,Chris boy, that's amazing. Ten
million meals and I'll just say nowthanks to you. If you have donated
(39:36):
to Katerina's Club and we're looking forward. We've got another bostathon coming, but
right now you can always donate andby doing to do that, just visit
Katerinasclub dot org Katerinasclub dot org becausetheir feeding kids every day. They need
the donations every day. Let's getback to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroomor three one Ignition and lift the Falcon
(40:04):
nine Go Starlink Go SpaceX, aFalcon nine SpaceX rocket carrying twenty two Starlink
satellites to low Earth orbit has launchedfrom Vandenberg Space four Space. The launch
last night lit up the night skyover southern California. It was the tenth
launch for the Falcon nine first stagebooster, which has launched seven other Starlink
missions and two missions for the USSpace Development Agency. Apparently, that streak
(40:30):
across the night sky could be seenas far away as Phoenix, Arizona.
Researchers that you see Irvine say allcars will have to account for harmful tire,
road and break pollution before being consideredzero emission. Think of it as
sort of under the radar, butreally they've been here quite a long time.
We just haven't recognized it. Yousee. Irvine chemistry professor Jims Smith
(40:51):
says their first study looked at breakssimilar to what happens if you take a
balloon, say, and you justrub it on your sweater or your hair.
The particles that emit from breaks areactually carrying static electricity. Smith says
the particles are harmful to humans,just like exhaust particles. He says eighty
percent of particles admitted during light breakingare charged, but can be removed by
adding a simple device to brakes.In Orange County, Corbin Carson, kf
(41:14):
I News Israel's prime ministers agreed tosend a team to Washington, d C.
To talk about an operation in Rafawith President Biden. Biden has warned
the US would not support an operationin Rafa without a credible plan to make
sure that innocent Palestinians aren't caught inthe crossfire. The US says more innocent
civilians have been killed in this warthan in all the wars in Gaza combined.
(41:37):
Joe Anne Fabric and Craft Stores havefiled for bankruptcy and Delaware ABC's Daria
Albinger says the company will become privateagain just two years after it went public.
One thing that is not expected tochange the company's eight hundred stores,
which are expected to operate normally duringthe reorganization. Albinger says. The filing
yesterday comes amid ongoing financial troubles andmajor layoffs late last year. Joanne says
(42:00):
as part of the bankruptcy process,it expects to receive one hundred and thirty
two million dollars in new financing.It says it'll also slice it's funded debt
by about five hundred five million dollars. Having so it's a good time.
Having all the mansion in London,where Freddie Mercury lived the final decade of
(42:23):
his life, is up for salefor the first time in nearly forty five
years. The Neo Georgian brick home, dubbed Garden Lodge, is in the
upscale Kensington neighborhood. It's selling formore than thirty eight million dollars US,
but it's not publicly listed. Mercurybought the home in nineteen eighty, saying
he wanted to leave the Victorian lifesurrounded by exquisite clutter. As he put
(42:45):
it, this is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
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