October 23, 2025 • 39 mins
Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to discuss Marco Rubio planning to travel to Israel. Amy takes up ‘Out and about’ for another Boo Preview to Dogtoberfest, combining a beer festival and dog parade at the South Coast Botanic Garden. We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Denise Pellagrini discussing how the markets are looking today. The show closes with Amy talking with ABC News crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett about the Louvre Museum robbery and why we love a good heist story.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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It's time for your morning wake up call.
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Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
It is five o'clock. This is your wake up call
for Thursday, October twenty third. I'm Amy King. We're live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Who knew? Well, now you know?
Thanks for getting your day started with us. Just one
day to go, guys. The Dodgers have now arrived in Toronto.
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The World Series between the Boys in Blue and the
Blue Jays. It's underway tomorrow evening five oh eight. Game time.
Can here all the action, of course on our sister
station AM five seventy k LA. So excited, although I
got to tell you I'm a little concerned because you're
hearing the odds makers are saying, oh, the Dodgers are
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going to take it, They're going to run away with it,
and then you hear people saying, oh, yeah, we got it,
we got it, and I'm like, don't go in their
cocky guys, because any team can win on any given day.
So hopefully they just play their hearts out. Who knows,
maybe O'tani'll have another three dinger gang. Yeah, that'd be nice.
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Here's what's ahead on wake Up Called. Dozens of federal
immigration agents expected to arrive in the Bay Area today.
Nearly one hundred Border Patrol agents are scheduled to stage
at Coast Guard Base Alameda. President Trump's been threatening for
days to send the troops into San Francisco, saying that
an operation would help enforce immigration laws. Mayor Daniel Lurie
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says the agents won't make the city safer or help
solve its massive drug problem. The mother of a nine
year old girl who was reported missing earlier this month
apparently to her daughter on a road trip but then
returned home without her Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office is
Melody Buzzard was last seen in August. Official say Melody's mother, Ashley,
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has been uncooperative in the investigation. A man from Southgates
been sentenced to twelve years in prison for smuggling drugs
into the US for Mexico. Prosecutors say the defendant was
the leader of a drug ring and had drug runners
by modified BMW's from him that had hidden compartments to
hide cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and hash oil. The drugs were
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then distributed around the country. President Trump's ending is heavy
hitters to Israel to try to shore up the fragile
ceasefire between Israel and Hamasers. Some worry that the White
House is trying to dictate what Israel does. ABC's j
Donald Miller as the latest from Jerusalem. She'll join us
in just a couple of minutes. The louver has reopened
and the thieves who made off with like one hundred
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million dollars worth of France's Crown jewels are still on
the loose. ABC's Crime and Her analyst Brad Garrett, will
join us to tell us how they pulled it off,
whether the thieves will get caught, and why we are
so obsessed with high stake heists like this one. High
stakes Heists, High Stakes Heists. Our book preview this week
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takes us out in about to South Coast botanic Garden
wake up calls going for going to the dogs for
this one that's coming up at five twenty. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Federal agents said to be
making their way to the Bay Area to carry out
the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. The San Francisco Chronicle
says at least one hundred will start gathering at the
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Alameda Coast Guard Base today. Governor Newsom has accused the
president of militarizing cities to rig the midterm election. He
says there's a reason Trump extended the federalization of the
National Guard through election day.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Why do you dial Greg Abbott to find five seats
and say you're entitled to five seats unless you know
you're going to lose the.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Midtermy Newsom has vowed to sue the administration of the
National Guard is deployed to the Bay Area. News brought
to you by ruterhroo dot com. A home invasion robbery
has targeted a home in Arcadia. Four men forced their
way in yesterday afternoon. They were all wearing black clothes.
One man had a reflective safety vest on. Police Lieutenant
(04:23):
Ryan Molehall says it's important for people to stay alert,
be vigilant in your community.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
If you see something, say something, Join a neighborhood watch
program and get to know your neighbors.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
The robbers tied up two people in the home and
stole jewelry in a car. The vehicle was later found
just off the one ten in the Peico Union District.
A hearing being held in downtown LA is expected to
focus on whether the federal government is violating illegal immigrants'
Fifth Amendment rights to access attorneys and whether an existing
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order requiring access to legal counsel should be extended. A
temporary restraining order was is shoot in July, requiring that
detainees held in an area known as B eighteen in
Downtown's Royball Federal Building be given access to lawyers. The
judge also issued an order barring federal agents for making
immigration arrests during roving patrols, but the Supreme Court lifted
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those restrictions. As Dodgers fans get ready for Game one
of the World's Series tomorrow, new report says LA is
the second best baseball city in the US. They're report
by the personal finance company wallet Hub compared three hundred
and thirty cities with at least one college or professional
team on things like performance of the team, to average
ticket prices to stadium accessibility. The report shows fans are
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willing to pay top dollar to see a game, and
in the case of Dodger Stadium, it'll cost at least
nine hundred and fifty dollars for a seat to a
World Series game. And that's probably in the nosebleeds. You
can catch all the action on our sister station, AM
five to seventy LA Sports and the number one city
for baseball. Anybody, any guesses? Any, I guess it? No? No,
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New York.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Oh that makes sense.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
It's considered the best baseball city, partly because it has
two Major League teams, the Yankees and the Mets. Of course,
I don't know. I don't know. All right, let's say
good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller. In Jerusalem, Jordana,
Vice President jd Vance visited Israel's Special ENVOYE. Steve Whitcoff
was there. White House Advisor Jared Kushner was there. There's
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been some concern that the White House is basically ordering
Israel around. What's the response to that, right?
Speaker 4 (06:33):
And I think that's why you heard the Vice President say,
you know, Israel's not a vassal state, you know of
the US right, trying to say we're not running the
show Israel as our partner. We're making decisions together, and
I think that is largely true. But the United States
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is certainly taking a lead and an aggressive role in
what it wants postwar Gaza. And you know, we can
see by the series of leaders that Trump has sent
to the region in just the first week of this
deal that the President is very serious about making sure
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Israel and Hamas keep their commitments to the deal. Right,
some concerns after last weekend's flare up, and that both
sides work in good faith to implement the next part
of the deal, right, which is really going to be
a monumental task on many fronts.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Right.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
I mean, it's essentially nation building, if you will. For
the Gaza strip, a new government, a new security, a
security apparatus force. Hamas is being asked to step out
of any control of civilian life and turn over their weapons. Critically,
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how's that going to happen? What's the timetable? And so
I think Vance, the Vice President came to really meet
with the new US and COOM hub, right, a kind
of base if you will, that's now in southern Israel
that will help really facilitate and coordinate between the parties
and just make sure everyone is on the same page.
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And there are already Amy, some disputes that are going
to have to be resolved. You know, who's on that
international security force. The Israelis don't want the Palestinian police there.
They don't feel they've done anywhere near an adequate job
here in Israel, in the West Bank, for example.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
So there with me, Amy, so were.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
Oh good, okay, sorry. So essentially, you know, there's going
to be some fights about who's going to be on
that security force. And I think the President's making it
clear that he, you know, he wants to be at
the table and making sure things actually move forward. And
so advance flies out and he just left Israel in
a few hours. Sector of State, right, Marco Rubio is landing.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Ah, shoot, yeah, we lost your second mar We just
heard that. Rubio just is arriving in a couple of hours.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
RUSS. He's arriving in a few hours. And he will
also go down and meet the new US the new
Sencom Hub. He'll also meet Israel's leaders, right from the
Prime Minister to the Defense Minister. And I think this
is Trump's way of saying we're serious about Phase two
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and everybody needs to really get on board and work
towards phase two and and there's going to have to
be compromises on phase two.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
But the goal is to.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Really push Hamas out of any power in the Gauzas Strip.
And that's a huge, huge, that's a huge, huge challenge.
It's going to take some time, Amy.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Okay, so we're not expecting any breakthroughs any day soon.
But they're still talking and they're still working on it,
and that's a good thing. ABC's jordonah Miller and Michreese.
Fire is holding, and that's the best thing that the
ceasefire is holding. Okay, thanks so much for the update, Jerdona.
We'll talk to you again soon. All right, let's get
back to some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. President Trump reportedly intends to
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tear down the entire east wing of the White House
by this weekend to start construction of his new ballroom.
He said yesterday. The construction, which is being paid for
by Trump and owners, would cost about three hundred million dollars.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
We are using little sections of footings and various other things,
but that's sort of irrelevant. In order to do it properly,
we had to take down the existing strupture.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants the administration to
pause demolition until the ballroom can go through a public
review process. Governor Newsim has been taking shots at President
Trump lately over the so called White House, Big Beautiful Ballroom,
but he's neglected to talk about the massive California Capital
Annex project. It was not approved by taxpayers, but lawmakers
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are using taxpayer dollars to build one of the most
expensive buildings in the country in Sacramento. Some reports say
the price tag is between one point one and one
point six billion dollars. Newsom had said the Capital Annex
project was not his idea and says it won't be
completed until he's out of office. The Trump administration has
defended expanded airstrikes on alleged drug smuggling boats off the
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coast of Venezuela. ABC's Matt Gutman says the US has
hit a boat in the Eastern Pacific for the first time,
killing two people.
Speaker 7 (11:42):
The administration has been cracking down on suspected drug smugglers
in the Caribbean, bombing seven vessels there since September second
at flying three B fifty two bombers off the coast
of Venezuela.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Late last week, President Trump says he has also authorized
coverts CIA missions inside Venezuela. The final face to face
debate has been held in the race for the New
York City mayor. ABC's Andrew Whitman says Democratic socialists Zoran
mam Donnie, Independent Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa were
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all on stage last night.
Speaker 8 (12:14):
Mom Donnie and Sliwa intact Cuomo on his record as governor,
including the sexual misconduct allegations against him. Mom Donnie defended
his policy proposals, including free buses and a thirty dollars
per hour minimum wage within the next five years, after
critics called them unrealistic.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Mom Donnie has a big lead in the race. Early
voting begins Saturday. The European Union has imposed more economic
sanctions on Russia on top of those imposed by President
Trump on two big oil companies. Trump said yesterday he
felt it was time to hit Russia with tougher sanctions.
The EU measures focus on Russian oil, gas, and financial
sectors and limit Russian diplomat's movements within the EU. The
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move is aimed at cutting off revenue that's paying for
Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's president praised the sanction and
is urging more countries to join in. La City councilwoman
Tracy Park has questioned the findings of the Palisades fire
after action report just released recently. Park represents Pacific Palisades.
(13:16):
She says she wants to know why more resources weren't
deployed to the area. She also says more precautions should
have been taken after a fire was set on New
Year's that a week later erupted into the Palisades fire
during a major Santa Ana wind event. A TikTok streamer
shot during a federal immigration raid in South La remains
(13:37):
in the hospital. He was supposed to be in court yesterday,
but his appearance was postponed indefinitely. Forty five year old
Carlitos Parias faces charges of assault on a federal officer
for allegedly ramming ice vehicles during a raid. The man
regularly posts ice raids on TikTok. He could get eight
years in prison if convicted. A former CHP captain from
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the San Gabriel Valleys expected to plead guilty today charges
that he slapped a flight attendants behind on an LA
bound flight on Jet Blue, declared his love for the
man and exposed himself. It's felony charge could carry a
two year prison sentence. At six oh five, it's handle
on the news. Bill's going to weigh in because President
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Trump said, oh, we're not going to do anything to
the West Wing. We're going to build our new ballroom
close to it. Well now they're tearing actually not the
West wing, the East wing. Now they're apparently doing major
renovations to the East wing. We're checking out fun things
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to do this Halloween season, and this one is not spooky.
We've been doing a lot of scary things. This one
is just a rough way to spend a sunny fall day.
Our boob preview this week takes us out to Palace
at Verdice Estates. We caught up with the Chief Impact
Officer and Deputy Director at South Coast Botanic Garden, Danielle Brown.
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I love this event. Please tell us about dog Toberfest.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 9 (15:04):
First of all, thanks for being here. We're very excited
at Dogtoberfest as well. This is our celebration of dogs,
celebration of botanicals, celebration of beer in Octoberfest fun. We've
got every Saturday and Sunday the month of October, we've
got this activity going on all over our eighty seven acres.
Folks are enjoying beers on our upper meadow, folks are
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taking the Bark Walk, which takes dogs out on a
walk throughout our property, and also doing activities for both
the people and the dogs, like an agility course, items
and splash pads, so all.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Kinds of fun stuff for the dogs and tell us.
So when you walk around the Botanic Garden, if you
want to do the loop, because you're not only beer
tasting and listening to fun music, you're also getting a
little exercise with you and your pups. So how long
is that loop?
Speaker 9 (15:50):
Definitely it's a little under a mile, not too bad.
And there's lots of benches along the way, lots of
shady spots to hang out in and just take a
load off.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Okay, And if you're going to come out and just
spend the afternoon, it's open on Saturdays and Sundays through
this month.
Speaker 9 (16:04):
Yes, And is this the first year you've done this?
This is our second annual doug Toberfest. People had such
a good time last year that we brought it back
for more. Okay, And what kind of dogs are we getting?
Speaker 1 (16:12):
All kinds?
Speaker 9 (16:13):
Oh my gosh, it's like a dog parade here. You're
gonna get like real hybrid dogs. You're going to get
famous influencer dogs. The other day I walked up to
a dog and said, what a beautiful dog you have,
and the person said, oh, well, she's famous. Didn't you
know she's the target dog?
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Elevatur didn't know that. How amazing. Okay, So let's talk
about the music for a little bit because we can
hear that a little bit in the background, and that
goes on throughout the day.
Speaker 9 (16:36):
Yeah, throughout the day. It's an oompapa band. Unintended pop
Pa d Sour Krauts is playing in and out throughout
the day. It's m papa music. So it's a lot
of fun. It's a little bit of sort of Disneyland
vibe to the background and nice background music. The band
leader is leading contests with our participants, so steinholding contests.
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And my favorite is the pretzel toss.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I saw the pretzel toss. Can anybody participate in that?
Speaker 9 (17:01):
Anyone can participate. It's really ridiculous. You're going to put
a plunger on your head and your partner is going
to try and toss the pretzel onto your head.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
That's pretty cute. Okay, we might have to try that. Okay,
Then it wouldn't be a dog Toberfest, which sort of is,
you know, a hybrid between October Fists and dogtober fests
if we didn't have some lovely beers to sample. Oh
my gosh.
Speaker 9 (17:20):
So Smog City Brewing Company is our sponsor. We've got
about five different Smog City Bruise to taste. Okay, and
then we have a variety of other things as well,
some German bruise, a pilsner, cider, and non alcoholic drinks
as well, including root beer exactly.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Okay, great, and tell me then also about the food,
because you mentioned pretzels, So I'm guessing that there's giant
pretzels here.
Speaker 9 (17:42):
There is a pretzel bigger than my head. Yeah, it's delicious.
That comes to this pizza box. It's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
We've got to eat that one, not tossed them.
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Well, we've got brought worst. We've got hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
There's a German burger with a broughtworst on top of
the burger. If you want to go over the top.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's delicious, Okay, And you can come in and just
get a basic ticket. You can upgrade to a VIP
if you do the VIP experience with's out and kid. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:06):
So admission is free for members. So membership is a
good deal. Everyone can participate in the VIP pass. It's
twenty dollars and with that you get a free beer
tasting or root beer tasting. It's a suite of four
different beers to try. You get a free koozy take
away to take home with you, and you get to
skip any line here.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Who sounds like a deal? Okay, remind us again when
it is and how we get more information. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:29):
So every weekend, every Saturday and Sunday the month of October,
you can visit our website at South Coastpotanicgarden dot org
and get your tickets.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Okay, we're out and about. It's our VOOP preview for
a wake up call at Dougtoberfest at South Coast Botanic Gardener.
I love South Coast Botanic Garden. I don't know if
you've been there. It was one of those places that
I didn't know was there, and then our buddy Nick said, hey,
let's go here, and we've been there several times. In fact,
they've got another exhibit coming up. But it's like, like
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she said, you can just walk around the gardens and
the gardens are spectacularly beautiful and it's just a gorgeous
way to spend the day. And I'm putting up the
video of the interview on my Instagram so you can
kind of get a look at some of the dogs
and kind of what it looks like out there. It's
absolutely beautiful and like I said, it's a non scary
way to celebrate October. Nice and see and did you
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hear kono? They had German music, not Irish music. Beer
Polka polka. It was bad beer beer. Yes, they definitely
have beer. You can check it out on my Instagram
at Amy K King And of course I would love
it if you would follow me. It's also going to
be up at KFI AM six forty l Like Kenny
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Sheriff's deputies have shot and killed a man in Rosemead.
They were called out yesterday about shots fired near Sullivan
Avenue and Garvey Avenue. It's not clear what caused the
deputies to fire. The man died at the scene. Scientists
from UC Riverside have found dust from the salt and
sea doesn't just smell bad breathe, It can cause significant
health effects, especially in the lungs. The study, published in
(20:04):
the journal m Sphere says it's like breathing in dead
bacteria that sounds nice. The researchers say their study also
raises questions about smoke exhaust or vaping aerosols, and they
plan to test whether other exposures have similar effects. Governor
Newsom's using immigration enforcement efforts in the Bay Area to
defend Proposition fifty. That's the measure that would let lawmakers,
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not an independent commission, change California's congressional voting maps. Newsom
says it's necessary to restore checks and balances against what
he calls an unprecedented federal effort to force mid decade redistricting.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
So I would say to those that are opposed to it,
wake up to these new realities. Spare me the moral
high ground at this particular moment in American history.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Critics like former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger say Prop fifty is
just partisan. Jerry mandering California's taking action against businesses that
don't pay their workers.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Governor Newsom has signed SB two sixty one, which will
make it much more costly for employers who ignore court
orders to pay their employees. Starting January first, if a
company doesn't pay a wage theft ruling within one hundred
and eighty days, they could face hefty fines of up
to three times the amount they oo plus interest. Half
the penalty money will laid affected workers, and the other
half supports enforcement. The law also ensures courts cover reasonable
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attorney fees and prevents companies from shutting down to evade debts.
Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Millions of people will celebrate after school programs as the
twenty sixth annual Lights On after School event kicks off
across the country today.
Speaker 10 (21:37):
More than eight thousand lights On after School events. We'll
showcase how these programs keep kids safe, help them learn,
and support working families.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
Very engaging. Kids can participate in sports leagues, they can
do stem, they can do art.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
Amandon of ar with Boys and Girls Club of Foothills
says they have five elementary schools and a teen center
participating in the Lights On event. She says getting community
support for after school programs is critical for the kid's future.
Speaker 6 (22:03):
Especially right now where there's a lot of uncertainty around
where funding streams are coming from.
Speaker 10 (22:08):
Afterschool Alliance dot org has a list of participating schools
and info on how you can help.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
How the Brooker caf I news a would be robber
pick the wrong guy to go after. In West Hollywood,
police say a man with a gun jumped out of
a car yesterday and tried to grab a rolex from
a man walking down the street. Well the man he
was trying to rob is a retired professional fighter. The
fighter knocked the guide to the ground and held him
down until a La County Sheriff's deputies arrived and arrested him.
(22:35):
A bat found on a sidewalk in Orange has tested
positive for rabies. Health officials are warning people to avoid
contact with wild animals. Officials say anyone who may have
touched the bat should seek medical attention, and if a
pet comes in contact with a bat, they should call
their vet. The bat was found on South Main Street
last Thursday afternoon. The La City Council's approved a plan
(22:56):
to add nearly eight and a half million dollars to
the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. It'll go to
providing free legal council to tenants facing eviction. At six
o five is Handle on the news. The White House
is facing a new East Wing because Trump's tearing down
the current one to make his big, beautiful ballroom. President
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Trump says the government shutdown is not affecting his administration's priorities,
but he says it is costing others, and he blames Democrats.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
It's too bad for a lot of people. We have
a lot of good people that are working right now
that should be and it's because the Democrats want to
try and renegotiate a deal that they had negotiated.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
The shutdown started October first. How Speaker Mike Johnson has
said Republicans want to pass a clean bill to reopen
the government. A twelfth vote in the Senate failed yesterday.
The Agriculture Department is reopening about twenty one hundred county
offices across the country despite the shutdown.
Speaker 11 (23:52):
The reopening today will help farmers and ranchers get access
to three billion dollars of aid from existing programs. The
USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two
workers who will be paid even though the government remained
shut down. These offices help farmers apply for farm loans,
crop insurance, disaster aid, and other programs. A USDA spokesperson
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said this move reflects President Trump's commitment to helping farmers
and ranchers.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Deborah mark Kifi News The head of NATO and President
Trump our meeting today at the White House or met
at the White House That happened yesterday, just twenty four
hours after Trump announced that the summit between the President
and Russia's President Putin was off. NATO Secretary General Mark
Ruta told the President that NATO is ready to help
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him bring an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Extreme weather and global trade impacts or driving up coffee
prices again. ABC's Michelle Fransen says, there are some ways
to save so you can still enjoy that morning our
afternoon cupa joe.
Speaker 12 (24:53):
Experts say coffee clubs so offfer free drinks or discounts
if you buy in bulk, and many are turning freeze,
dried or instant.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Espresso says the price of coffee has gone up more
than twenty percent in just the last year. I've certainly
noticed it because they don't have super sales on my
coffee at Pavilions anymore. The La Angels have hired former
catcher Kurt Suzuki as their next manager. Suzuki has been
a special assistant to the Angels GM for the past
three seasons. Suzuki played fifteen seasons in the Majors. He
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was an All Star for Minnesota in twenty fourteen and
won a World Series with Washington in twenty nineteen. Suzuki
is the Angel's fifth the manager in the past eight seasons.
Time to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Good morning, Denise.
Speaker 12 (25:42):
Hey, the good morning to you.
Speaker 10 (25:43):
Amy.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
We were just talking about coffee, and yeah, you said
that it's time to watch for Starbucks worker rallies says
union action ramps up.
Speaker 12 (25:52):
And also you were talking about all the people trying
to save money. There's this report out today saying that
Hamburger Helper sales are surging. They're up about fourteen percent
right now compared to a year ago.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
I grew up on it. We didn't have a lot
of money, and I loved it.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Yeah, I know.
Speaker 12 (26:07):
And they have all these great new flavors to like
cheesy macaroni bean blah blah blah blah, and the packaging
is really colorful too, so I'm not surprised that they're
seeing a resurgence. Starbucks, on the other hand, we already
know that that is not a bargain, and now you
should watch for possibly some labor strife or at least
some crowds outside Starbucks. CNBC says Starbucks Workers United looking
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at a strike authorization vote starting tomorrow, and the union
is planning a whole bunch of rallies. They're talking about
maybe sixty of these rallies over the next few weeks
or so.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Okay, here's a potential side effect of the COVID mRNA vaccine, right, I.
Speaker 12 (26:50):
Mean people talk about these negative side effects and I
get it right, But there can also be unexpected positive
side effects.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
This is good one.
Speaker 12 (27:01):
COVID mRNA shots may supercharge cancer therapies, meaning improve patients
outlook if they're struggling with advanced lung or skin cancer
because study shows those who received a COVID nineteen mrina
mixing with it one hundred days of starting immunotherapy drugs
lived way longer than those who didn't. Ten Researchers now
(27:22):
plan to test this effect in a large, randomized trial,
with some saying the implications are extraordinary and could revolutionize
the entire field of cancer immunotherapy.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
That's crazy, Okay. Apparently, if you're gonna go on Tinder,
you gotta go. You gotta to prove who you are.
I mean, I yeah. And here's the thing.
Speaker 12 (27:43):
This is the world's most popular dating platform, right It's
going to soon require all new users in the US
to verify identity through a biometric video face scan. It's
called face check. Amy requires daters to take a short
video selfie sort of like I me that the IRS
requires to confirm your physically present and that your face
(28:04):
matches what's shown on your profile. Then you get a
photo verified badge Match says. The new security measure will
roll out in the coming month's Bumble. Rival has already
rolled out its ID verification to prioritize its platform and
get rid of the bad actors who you know, not
just people who pretend they're like thirty years younger than
(28:26):
they are. Not that that's a bad thing to be
older than you look, but I'm just saying I think
it's a good things for that it's for scammers.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Yeah, I think it's a good thing. GM is looking
at self driving cars. They are.
Speaker 12 (28:38):
You remember they had that horrible dragging incident with the
Cruise Robotaxi in California and all the lawsuit and everything,
and they withdrew from this effort. But now they're targeting
a twenty twenty eight launch of a car that can
operate without driver engagement. Plans to release a Cadillac Escalade
IQ electric suv that allows hands and eyes free driving
(28:59):
on the Huh Highway. GM is hired Stirling Anderson is
its head of product Development, who believes company is a
future in selling autonomous cars and is pledging to make
self driving technology a top priority. GM is really a
high tech firm. If you invest in that firm, you're
not just getting the automaker, you're getting all the tech
that comes with it.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Okay, I'm seeing them more and more. I've got Waym's
buzzing all over my neighborhood. I still haven't done. It
still makes me a little bit scared, but you know,
I think it's coming. It's coming, lookman, no HANSI Yeah.
Bloomberg's Denise Pellegreene getting in your business as we do
every day. At five point forty. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Talk to you tomorrow, all right. Thanks. The Senate has
rejected a measure that would end the government shutdown. It
(29:39):
was the twelfth time they rejected the measure. The government
shutdown is into its fourth week. Federal workers will not
be getting a full paycheck on Friday. Senate Democrats refuse
to vote for the House Past funding resolution unless it
extends health insurance subsidies and restores Medicaid funding. Sean Combs
may have survived a murder attempt in prison. A long
time front of com told The Daily Mail that an
(30:01):
inmate with a shive snuck into the hip hop Moguls
cell and Combs woke up with a knife to his throat.
The guard stepped in and stopped anything from happening. A
lifelong Lakers fan has dropped his lawsuit against Lebron James.
Andrew Garcia filed the lawsuit earlier this month after James
posted about his second decision, which prompted Garcia to spend
(30:22):
eight hundred and fifty dollars for the March thirty first,
twenty twenty six game, apparently thinking that that might have
been his final game in the NBA. Well, it turns
out that second decision Tease was for an alcohol endorsement.
We're just minutes away from a handle on the news
this morning, it's tougher to become a US citizen because
apparently the test is tougher. Now, let's say good morning
(30:43):
now to ABC's Crime and Terror analyst Brad Garrett. Brad,
the robbery at the louver is stuff that movies are
made of, tell us about how they got in and
how they got away.
Speaker 13 (30:56):
So this robbery occurred while the louver was open, and
I believe there's a clear reason for that. We'll get
to that in a minute. They use what they call
an elevator truck. They're very common in Paris and other
parts of France, where literally there's an electric ladder that's
built in the bed of the truck so you can
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go up to the second third floor of the building.
That's how to be Typically, people in Paris, for example,
move because old buildings narrow stairwells, so they have to
take furniture out through windows. So you start with that, Okay,
So the reason you do it at nine point thirty
in the morning is the following is that a truck
to get into the wing where they committed this burglary,
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if you wouldn't have gone through the loop, would take
you a period of time to get there. You'd have
to go through a lot of alarmed areas, so forth
and so on. They knew where they were going, they
knew exactly what items. I think they were going to steal,
and they also probably knew that the camera that would
shoot down on the window that they cut through and
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their elevator truck was turned the opposite direction a centriguing right,
how did that happen? So I think they knew from
the beginning that A, they're just like construction workers. B
they're during the nine thirty in the morning, So construction
workers nine thirty, you got traffic outside moving around, wouldn't
think twice. If they were there at nine thirty at night,
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it would capture that. So I think they also knew
that once they cut through the window, an alarm would
go off. Once they break the glass or cut the glass,
and alarm would go off, and there would be security
on the other side, which there was amy But I'm
pretty sure they weren't armed, and they are trained, and
I think these guys would have known this. They are
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trained to the security are trained to get the patrons
away from harm's way. So no matter what the bad
guys are doing, their job is to hurt everybody out
of that wing of the loop, which they did. Now
they're confronting these guys, and I think that the bad
guys are threatening them. They commit that, they commit the
the robbery, they go down their ladder. Everything's going fine
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until they get to the bottom, and I think security
now is where they are down by their truck. They
desperately tried to set the truck on fire obvious reasons,
DNA fingerprints, you fill in the blank. They didn't get
the truck set on fire, and they knew they were
at a time, so they hop onto Yamaha motor scooters
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and the four of them on two bikes leave. So
do I think this was well planned? Yes? Do I
think it's high risk? Of course? Do I think they
had inside information in the answers? Yes, whether that's an
employee or whatever it might be. They had intel from somebody.
Do I think this was planned maybe by somebody above
them the answers?
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Yes?
Speaker 13 (33:45):
Do I think the jewelry, you know, the items that
were stolen. Was it already tagged to what expert jeweler
they were going to, maybe not even in France, to
break it down, to melt the precious metals, to remove
all the stones and put make them into new joy.
Basically that would sell for high end prices that you
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wouldn't be able to by most people's eye, be able
to identify that it may have come from the Loop.
So all of that was in place, and that's all
well and good, but every step that I missed just mentioned,
Amy is a potential chance for you to get caught
because somebody's going to flip. There's going to be a
weak link in that. It was a big deal. They
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didn't get that truck burned because now they've got DNA
probably of at least one or more of the bad guys,
and people who pull these kind of robberies off Amy
tend to have a history in pulling off hes.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Okay, so maybe these guys weren't from the Loover, but
like you said, there's really a probably good chance that
there's somebody from the Loover who may have been involved
or had extensive knowledge of the museum, just because of
all the factors that you play. You know what Brad,
I'm sitting here is you're telling and explaining what happened.
(35:02):
I've got the screenplay going in my brain. I mean,
it's a perfect.
Speaker 13 (35:06):
Movie, right, I mean, why do we watch movies like
Heat or Ocean's Eleven or The Italian Job or root
for them on the blank? You're root for them. You
become part of the characters and the whole. I you know,
this mega, super risky, potentially violent thing. I mean people,
I mean it jacks up our own adrenaline, right, and
(35:28):
we're watching it, so so will the Sweet a movie.
It's probably to your point, it's already been halfway written.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Yeah, it kind of writs itself. It's fascinating. But you said, Brad,
because of all the DNA left behind and that kind
of stuff, there's a really good chance that they could
catch these guys. They'll know, they'll figure out how the right.
Speaker 13 (35:45):
And one of the quickly. One of the things you
look for these cases is who's out on parole that
committed these type of heights, heights in the past, and
you know who in the world of can break this down.
You know, the friss are pretty good at these because
they have a lot of the Zaum robbers. I mean
they had two in September of this year before the loop,
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and so their ability to figure these things out, and
like I said earlier, it's a huge liability for the
bad guys. They didn't get that truck set on fire
and that may well get them caught.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Okay, well we shall watch anxiously and then we will
watch for the movie. ABC's Crime and Terry Analyst Brad Garrett,
thanks so much for the information.
Speaker 13 (36:28):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
They care Amy all right, it is fascinating. I seriously,
I've got in my brain. I'm like that they run off,
they jump on the motor scooters and then get the
music exactly. Here's my final scene though, right, because he's
saying that they're probably taking the crowns apart and salvaging
them and then selling them off, is that they put
one of the crowns in some hyper heated something or
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other and melt it down. And that would be the
final scene, because even if they catch the guys, they're
probably not going to get the stuff back. Least that's
how it happens. It's very sad. I'm not saying that's
how it's going to happen, that's happened, how it happens
in my movie. Okay, all right, let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The Yes on Prop fifty campaign has
(37:12):
raised more than double the amount of money than the
No On fifty campaign. California Republican Party chairperson and chair
of No On fifty, Jessica Milan says the fundraising disparity matters.
We look at last year's ballad initiatives.
Speaker 6 (37:25):
California voters were with the California Republican Parties position eighty
nine percent of the time.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Yes on fifty has raised about one hundred and fifteen million.
The No campaign has raised forty two million. The La
City Council's approved a warehouse and distribution centering in the
Harbor Gateway despite opposition by residents. People who live in
the area say the project will impact their health and
worsen congestion, but the Council's denied an appeal filed by
the residents and approved the project by pro Logists, a
(37:53):
company specializing in supply chain and logistics real estate. If
you've got problem I'm sleeping, You've got problems with your brain.
Speaker 14 (38:02):
New data says tossing and turning through the night isn't
just making you groggy in the morning, it's physically aging
your brain. A study of brain scans and sleep pattern
shows the ones with the worst sleep had brains that
appeared a year older than their actual age, which is
an early sign that something could be wrong with the brain.
Researchers even accountered for stuff including physical activities, smoking and drinking.
They say the next step is looking at whether better habits,
(38:24):
like getting enough sleep or dealing with insomnia, can slow
or prevent brain aging. Michael Krozer KFI News, I'm in
trouble boy.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
This is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County
live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King.
This has been your wake up calling. If you missed
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
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Speaker 1 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
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Speaker 1 (00:27):
It is five o'clock. This is your wake up call
for Thursday, October twenty third. I'm Amy King. We're live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Who knew? Well, now you know?
Thanks for getting your day started with us. Just one
day to go, guys. The Dodgers have now arrived in Toronto.
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The World Series between the Boys in Blue and the
Blue Jays. It's underway tomorrow evening five oh eight. Game time.
Can here all the action, of course on our sister
station AM five seventy k LA. So excited, although I
got to tell you I'm a little concerned because you're
hearing the odds makers are saying, oh, the Dodgers are
(01:08):
going to take it, They're going to run away with it,
and then you hear people saying, oh, yeah, we got it,
we got it, and I'm like, don't go in their
cocky guys, because any team can win on any given day.
So hopefully they just play their hearts out. Who knows,
maybe O'tani'll have another three dinger gang. Yeah, that'd be nice.
(01:29):
Here's what's ahead on wake Up Called. Dozens of federal
immigration agents expected to arrive in the Bay Area today.
Nearly one hundred Border Patrol agents are scheduled to stage
at Coast Guard Base Alameda. President Trump's been threatening for
days to send the troops into San Francisco, saying that
an operation would help enforce immigration laws. Mayor Daniel Lurie
(01:51):
says the agents won't make the city safer or help
solve its massive drug problem. The mother of a nine
year old girl who was reported missing earlier this month
apparently to her daughter on a road trip but then
returned home without her Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office is
Melody Buzzard was last seen in August. Official say Melody's mother, Ashley,
(02:11):
has been uncooperative in the investigation. A man from Southgates
been sentenced to twelve years in prison for smuggling drugs
into the US for Mexico. Prosecutors say the defendant was
the leader of a drug ring and had drug runners
by modified BMW's from him that had hidden compartments to
hide cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and hash oil. The drugs were
(02:34):
then distributed around the country. President Trump's ending is heavy
hitters to Israel to try to shore up the fragile
ceasefire between Israel and Hamasers. Some worry that the White
House is trying to dictate what Israel does. ABC's j
Donald Miller as the latest from Jerusalem. She'll join us
in just a couple of minutes. The louver has reopened
and the thieves who made off with like one hundred
(02:55):
million dollars worth of France's Crown jewels are still on
the loose. ABC's Crime and Her analyst Brad Garrett, will
join us to tell us how they pulled it off,
whether the thieves will get caught, and why we are
so obsessed with high stake heists like this one. High
stakes Heists, High Stakes Heists. Our book preview this week
(03:18):
takes us out in about to South Coast botanic Garden
wake up calls going for going to the dogs for
this one that's coming up at five twenty. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Federal agents said to be
making their way to the Bay Area to carry out
the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. The San Francisco Chronicle
says at least one hundred will start gathering at the
(03:41):
Alameda Coast Guard Base today. Governor Newsom has accused the
president of militarizing cities to rig the midterm election. He
says there's a reason Trump extended the federalization of the
National Guard through election day.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Why do you dial Greg Abbott to find five seats
and say you're entitled to five seats unless you know
you're going to lose the.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Midtermy Newsom has vowed to sue the administration of the
National Guard is deployed to the Bay Area. News brought
to you by ruterhroo dot com. A home invasion robbery
has targeted a home in Arcadia. Four men forced their
way in yesterday afternoon. They were all wearing black clothes.
One man had a reflective safety vest on. Police Lieutenant
(04:23):
Ryan Molehall says it's important for people to stay alert,
be vigilant in your community.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
If you see something, say something, Join a neighborhood watch
program and get to know your neighbors.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
The robbers tied up two people in the home and
stole jewelry in a car. The vehicle was later found
just off the one ten in the Peico Union District.
A hearing being held in downtown LA is expected to
focus on whether the federal government is violating illegal immigrants'
Fifth Amendment rights to access attorneys and whether an existing
(04:54):
order requiring access to legal counsel should be extended. A
temporary restraining order was is shoot in July, requiring that
detainees held in an area known as B eighteen in
Downtown's Royball Federal Building be given access to lawyers. The
judge also issued an order barring federal agents for making
immigration arrests during roving patrols, but the Supreme Court lifted
(05:18):
those restrictions. As Dodgers fans get ready for Game one
of the World's Series tomorrow, new report says LA is
the second best baseball city in the US. They're report
by the personal finance company wallet Hub compared three hundred
and thirty cities with at least one college or professional
team on things like performance of the team, to average
ticket prices to stadium accessibility. The report shows fans are
(05:41):
willing to pay top dollar to see a game, and
in the case of Dodger Stadium, it'll cost at least
nine hundred and fifty dollars for a seat to a
World Series game. And that's probably in the nosebleeds. You
can catch all the action on our sister station, AM
five to seventy LA Sports and the number one city
for baseball. Anybody, any guesses? Any, I guess it? No? No,
(06:01):
New York.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Oh that makes sense.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
It's considered the best baseball city, partly because it has
two Major League teams, the Yankees and the Mets. Of course,
I don't know. I don't know. All right, let's say
good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller. In Jerusalem, Jordana,
Vice President jd Vance visited Israel's Special ENVOYE. Steve Whitcoff
was there. White House Advisor Jared Kushner was there. There's
(06:25):
been some concern that the White House is basically ordering
Israel around. What's the response to that, right?
Speaker 4 (06:33):
And I think that's why you heard the Vice President say,
you know, Israel's not a vassal state, you know of
the US right, trying to say we're not running the
show Israel as our partner. We're making decisions together, and
I think that is largely true. But the United States
(06:54):
is certainly taking a lead and an aggressive role in
what it wants postwar Gaza. And you know, we can
see by the series of leaders that Trump has sent
to the region in just the first week of this
deal that the President is very serious about making sure
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Israel and Hamas keep their commitments to the deal. Right,
some concerns after last weekend's flare up, and that both
sides work in good faith to implement the next part
of the deal, right, which is really going to be
a monumental task on many fronts.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Right.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
I mean, it's essentially nation building, if you will. For
the Gaza strip, a new government, a new security, a
security apparatus force. Hamas is being asked to step out
of any control of civilian life and turn over their weapons. Critically,
(07:59):
how's that going to happen? What's the timetable? And so
I think Vance, the Vice President came to really meet
with the new US and COOM hub, right, a kind
of base if you will, that's now in southern Israel
that will help really facilitate and coordinate between the parties
and just make sure everyone is on the same page.
(08:21):
And there are already Amy, some disputes that are going
to have to be resolved. You know, who's on that
international security force. The Israelis don't want the Palestinian police there.
They don't feel they've done anywhere near an adequate job
here in Israel, in the West Bank, for example.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
So there with me, Amy, so were.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
Oh good, okay, sorry. So essentially, you know, there's going
to be some fights about who's going to be on
that security force. And I think the President's making it
clear that he, you know, he wants to be at
the table and making sure things actually move forward. And
so advance flies out and he just left Israel in
a few hours. Sector of State, right, Marco Rubio is landing.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Ah, shoot, yeah, we lost your second mar We just
heard that. Rubio just is arriving in a couple of hours.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
RUSS. He's arriving in a few hours. And he will
also go down and meet the new US the new
Sencom Hub. He'll also meet Israel's leaders, right from the
Prime Minister to the Defense Minister. And I think this
is Trump's way of saying we're serious about Phase two
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and everybody needs to really get on board and work
towards phase two and and there's going to have to
be compromises on phase two.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
But the goal is to.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Really push Hamas out of any power in the Gauzas Strip.
And that's a huge, huge, that's a huge, huge challenge.
It's going to take some time, Amy.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Okay, so we're not expecting any breakthroughs any day soon.
But they're still talking and they're still working on it,
and that's a good thing. ABC's jordonah Miller and Michreese.
Fire is holding, and that's the best thing that the
ceasefire is holding. Okay, thanks so much for the update, Jerdona.
We'll talk to you again soon. All right, let's get
back to some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. President Trump reportedly intends to
(10:31):
tear down the entire east wing of the White House
by this weekend to start construction of his new ballroom.
He said yesterday. The construction, which is being paid for
by Trump and owners, would cost about three hundred million dollars.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
We are using little sections of footings and various other things,
but that's sort of irrelevant. In order to do it properly,
we had to take down the existing strupture.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants the administration to
pause demolition until the ballroom can go through a public
review process. Governor Newsim has been taking shots at President
Trump lately over the so called White House, Big Beautiful Ballroom,
but he's neglected to talk about the massive California Capital
Annex project. It was not approved by taxpayers, but lawmakers
(11:11):
are using taxpayer dollars to build one of the most
expensive buildings in the country in Sacramento. Some reports say
the price tag is between one point one and one
point six billion dollars. Newsom had said the Capital Annex
project was not his idea and says it won't be
completed until he's out of office. The Trump administration has
defended expanded airstrikes on alleged drug smuggling boats off the
(11:35):
coast of Venezuela. ABC's Matt Gutman says the US has
hit a boat in the Eastern Pacific for the first time,
killing two people.
Speaker 7 (11:42):
The administration has been cracking down on suspected drug smugglers
in the Caribbean, bombing seven vessels there since September second
at flying three B fifty two bombers off the coast
of Venezuela.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Late last week, President Trump says he has also authorized
coverts CIA missions inside Venezuela. The final face to face
debate has been held in the race for the New
York City mayor. ABC's Andrew Whitman says Democratic socialists Zoran
mam Donnie, Independent Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa were
(12:12):
all on stage last night.
Speaker 8 (12:14):
Mom Donnie and Sliwa intact Cuomo on his record as governor,
including the sexual misconduct allegations against him. Mom Donnie defended
his policy proposals, including free buses and a thirty dollars
per hour minimum wage within the next five years, after
critics called them unrealistic.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Mom Donnie has a big lead in the race. Early
voting begins Saturday. The European Union has imposed more economic
sanctions on Russia on top of those imposed by President
Trump on two big oil companies. Trump said yesterday he
felt it was time to hit Russia with tougher sanctions.
The EU measures focus on Russian oil, gas, and financial
sectors and limit Russian diplomat's movements within the EU. The
(12:55):
move is aimed at cutting off revenue that's paying for
Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's president praised the sanction and
is urging more countries to join in. La City councilwoman
Tracy Park has questioned the findings of the Palisades fire
after action report just released recently. Park represents Pacific Palisades.
(13:16):
She says she wants to know why more resources weren't
deployed to the area. She also says more precautions should
have been taken after a fire was set on New
Year's that a week later erupted into the Palisades fire
during a major Santa Ana wind event. A TikTok streamer
shot during a federal immigration raid in South La remains
(13:37):
in the hospital. He was supposed to be in court yesterday,
but his appearance was postponed indefinitely. Forty five year old
Carlitos Parias faces charges of assault on a federal officer
for allegedly ramming ice vehicles during a raid. The man
regularly posts ice raids on TikTok. He could get eight
years in prison if convicted. A former CHP captain from
(13:58):
the San Gabriel Valleys expected to plead guilty today charges
that he slapped a flight attendants behind on an LA
bound flight on Jet Blue, declared his love for the
man and exposed himself. It's felony charge could carry a
two year prison sentence. At six oh five, it's handle
on the news. Bill's going to weigh in because President
(14:18):
Trump said, oh, we're not going to do anything to
the West Wing. We're going to build our new ballroom
close to it. Well now they're tearing actually not the
West wing, the East wing. Now they're apparently doing major
renovations to the East wing. We're checking out fun things
(14:40):
to do this Halloween season, and this one is not spooky.
We've been doing a lot of scary things. This one
is just a rough way to spend a sunny fall day.
Our boob preview this week takes us out to Palace
at Verdice Estates. We caught up with the Chief Impact
Officer and Deputy Director at South Coast Botanic Garden, Danielle Brown.
(15:00):
I love this event. Please tell us about dog Toberfest.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 9 (15:04):
First of all, thanks for being here. We're very excited
at Dogtoberfest as well. This is our celebration of dogs,
celebration of botanicals, celebration of beer in Octoberfest fun. We've
got every Saturday and Sunday the month of October, we've
got this activity going on all over our eighty seven acres.
Folks are enjoying beers on our upper meadow, folks are
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taking the Bark Walk, which takes dogs out on a
walk throughout our property, and also doing activities for both
the people and the dogs, like an agility course, items
and splash pads, so all.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Kinds of fun stuff for the dogs and tell us.
So when you walk around the Botanic Garden, if you
want to do the loop, because you're not only beer
tasting and listening to fun music, you're also getting a
little exercise with you and your pups. So how long
is that loop?
Speaker 9 (15:50):
Definitely it's a little under a mile, not too bad.
And there's lots of benches along the way, lots of
shady spots to hang out in and just take a
load off.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Okay, And if you're going to come out and just
spend the afternoon, it's open on Saturdays and Sundays through
this month.
Speaker 9 (16:04):
Yes, And is this the first year you've done this?
This is our second annual doug Toberfest. People had such
a good time last year that we brought it back
for more. Okay, And what kind of dogs are we getting?
Speaker 1 (16:12):
All kinds?
Speaker 9 (16:13):
Oh my gosh, it's like a dog parade here. You're
gonna get like real hybrid dogs. You're going to get
famous influencer dogs. The other day I walked up to
a dog and said, what a beautiful dog you have,
and the person said, oh, well, she's famous. Didn't you
know she's the target dog?
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Elevatur didn't know that. How amazing. Okay, So let's talk
about the music for a little bit because we can
hear that a little bit in the background, and that
goes on throughout the day.
Speaker 9 (16:36):
Yeah, throughout the day. It's an oompapa band. Unintended pop
Pa d Sour Krauts is playing in and out throughout
the day. It's m papa music. So it's a lot
of fun. It's a little bit of sort of Disneyland
vibe to the background and nice background music. The band
leader is leading contests with our participants, so steinholding contests.
(16:56):
And my favorite is the pretzel toss.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I saw the pretzel toss. Can anybody participate in that?
Speaker 9 (17:01):
Anyone can participate. It's really ridiculous. You're going to put
a plunger on your head and your partner is going
to try and toss the pretzel onto your head.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
That's pretty cute. Okay, we might have to try that. Okay,
Then it wouldn't be a dog Toberfest, which sort of is,
you know, a hybrid between October Fists and dogtober fests
if we didn't have some lovely beers to sample. Oh
my gosh.
Speaker 9 (17:20):
So Smog City Brewing Company is our sponsor. We've got
about five different Smog City Bruise to taste. Okay, and
then we have a variety of other things as well,
some German bruise, a pilsner, cider, and non alcoholic drinks
as well, including root beer exactly.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Okay, great, and tell me then also about the food,
because you mentioned pretzels, So I'm guessing that there's giant
pretzels here.
Speaker 9 (17:42):
There is a pretzel bigger than my head. Yeah, it's delicious.
That comes to this pizza box. It's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
We've got to eat that one, not tossed them.
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Well, we've got brought worst. We've got hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
There's a German burger with a broughtworst on top of
the burger. If you want to go over the top.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's delicious, Okay, And you can come in and just
get a basic ticket. You can upgrade to a VIP
if you do the VIP experience with's out and kid. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:06):
So admission is free for members. So membership is a
good deal. Everyone can participate in the VIP pass. It's
twenty dollars and with that you get a free beer
tasting or root beer tasting. It's a suite of four
different beers to try. You get a free koozy take
away to take home with you, and you get to
skip any line here.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Who sounds like a deal? Okay, remind us again when
it is and how we get more information. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:29):
So every weekend, every Saturday and Sunday the month of October,
you can visit our website at South Coastpotanicgarden dot org
and get your tickets.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Okay, we're out and about. It's our VOOP preview for
a wake up call at Dougtoberfest at South Coast Botanic Gardener.
I love South Coast Botanic Garden. I don't know if
you've been there. It was one of those places that
I didn't know was there, and then our buddy Nick said, hey,
let's go here, and we've been there several times. In fact,
they've got another exhibit coming up. But it's like, like
(18:59):
she said, you can just walk around the gardens and
the gardens are spectacularly beautiful and it's just a gorgeous
way to spend the day. And I'm putting up the
video of the interview on my Instagram so you can
kind of get a look at some of the dogs
and kind of what it looks like out there. It's
absolutely beautiful and like I said, it's a non scary
way to celebrate October. Nice and see and did you
(19:20):
hear kono? They had German music, not Irish music. Beer
Polka polka. It was bad beer beer. Yes, they definitely
have beer. You can check it out on my Instagram
at Amy K King And of course I would love
it if you would follow me. It's also going to
be up at KFI AM six forty l Like Kenny
(19:42):
Sheriff's deputies have shot and killed a man in Rosemead.
They were called out yesterday about shots fired near Sullivan
Avenue and Garvey Avenue. It's not clear what caused the
deputies to fire. The man died at the scene. Scientists
from UC Riverside have found dust from the salt and
sea doesn't just smell bad breathe, It can cause significant
health effects, especially in the lungs. The study, published in
(20:04):
the journal m Sphere says it's like breathing in dead
bacteria that sounds nice. The researchers say their study also
raises questions about smoke exhaust or vaping aerosols, and they
plan to test whether other exposures have similar effects. Governor
Newsom's using immigration enforcement efforts in the Bay Area to
defend Proposition fifty. That's the measure that would let lawmakers,
(20:27):
not an independent commission, change California's congressional voting maps. Newsom
says it's necessary to restore checks and balances against what
he calls an unprecedented federal effort to force mid decade redistricting.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
So I would say to those that are opposed to it,
wake up to these new realities. Spare me the moral
high ground at this particular moment in American history.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Critics like former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger say Prop fifty is
just partisan. Jerry mandering California's taking action against businesses that
don't pay their workers.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Governor Newsom has signed SB two sixty one, which will
make it much more costly for employers who ignore court
orders to pay their employees. Starting January first, if a
company doesn't pay a wage theft ruling within one hundred
and eighty days, they could face hefty fines of up
to three times the amount they oo plus interest. Half
the penalty money will laid affected workers, and the other
half supports enforcement. The law also ensures courts cover reasonable
(21:22):
attorney fees and prevents companies from shutting down to evade debts.
Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Millions of people will celebrate after school programs as the
twenty sixth annual Lights On after School event kicks off
across the country today.
Speaker 10 (21:37):
More than eight thousand lights On after School events. We'll
showcase how these programs keep kids safe, help them learn,
and support working families.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
Very engaging. Kids can participate in sports leagues, they can
do stem, they can do art.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
Amandon of ar with Boys and Girls Club of Foothills
says they have five elementary schools and a teen center
participating in the Lights On event. She says getting community
support for after school programs is critical for the kid's future.
Speaker 6 (22:03):
Especially right now where there's a lot of uncertainty around
where funding streams are coming from.
Speaker 10 (22:08):
Afterschool Alliance dot org has a list of participating schools
and info on how you can help.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
How the Brooker caf I news a would be robber
pick the wrong guy to go after. In West Hollywood,
police say a man with a gun jumped out of
a car yesterday and tried to grab a rolex from
a man walking down the street. Well the man he
was trying to rob is a retired professional fighter. The
fighter knocked the guide to the ground and held him
down until a La County Sheriff's deputies arrived and arrested him.
(22:35):
A bat found on a sidewalk in Orange has tested
positive for rabies. Health officials are warning people to avoid
contact with wild animals. Officials say anyone who may have
touched the bat should seek medical attention, and if a
pet comes in contact with a bat, they should call
their vet. The bat was found on South Main Street
last Thursday afternoon. The La City Council's approved a plan
(22:56):
to add nearly eight and a half million dollars to
the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. It'll go to
providing free legal council to tenants facing eviction. At six
o five is Handle on the news. The White House
is facing a new East Wing because Trump's tearing down
the current one to make his big, beautiful ballroom. President
(23:18):
Trump says the government shutdown is not affecting his administration's priorities,
but he says it is costing others, and he blames Democrats.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
It's too bad for a lot of people. We have
a lot of good people that are working right now
that should be and it's because the Democrats want to
try and renegotiate a deal that they had negotiated.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
The shutdown started October first. How Speaker Mike Johnson has
said Republicans want to pass a clean bill to reopen
the government. A twelfth vote in the Senate failed yesterday.
The Agriculture Department is reopening about twenty one hundred county
offices across the country despite the shutdown.
Speaker 11 (23:52):
The reopening today will help farmers and ranchers get access
to three billion dollars of aid from existing programs. The
USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two
workers who will be paid even though the government remained
shut down. These offices help farmers apply for farm loans,
crop insurance, disaster aid, and other programs. A USDA spokesperson
(24:12):
said this move reflects President Trump's commitment to helping farmers
and ranchers.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Deborah mark Kifi News The head of NATO and President
Trump our meeting today at the White House or met
at the White House That happened yesterday, just twenty four
hours after Trump announced that the summit between the President
and Russia's President Putin was off. NATO Secretary General Mark
Ruta told the President that NATO is ready to help
(24:39):
him bring an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Extreme weather and global trade impacts or driving up coffee
prices again. ABC's Michelle Fransen says, there are some ways
to save so you can still enjoy that morning our
afternoon cupa joe.
Speaker 12 (24:53):
Experts say coffee clubs so offfer free drinks or discounts
if you buy in bulk, and many are turning freeze,
dried or instant.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Espresso says the price of coffee has gone up more
than twenty percent in just the last year. I've certainly
noticed it because they don't have super sales on my
coffee at Pavilions anymore. The La Angels have hired former
catcher Kurt Suzuki as their next manager. Suzuki has been
a special assistant to the Angels GM for the past
three seasons. Suzuki played fifteen seasons in the Majors. He
(25:26):
was an All Star for Minnesota in twenty fourteen and
won a World Series with Washington in twenty nineteen. Suzuki
is the Angel's fifth the manager in the past eight seasons.
Time to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Good morning, Denise.
Speaker 12 (25:42):
Hey, the good morning to you.
Speaker 10 (25:43):
Amy.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
We were just talking about coffee, and yeah, you said
that it's time to watch for Starbucks worker rallies says
union action ramps up.
Speaker 12 (25:52):
And also you were talking about all the people trying
to save money. There's this report out today saying that
Hamburger Helper sales are surging. They're up about fourteen percent
right now compared to a year ago.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
I grew up on it. We didn't have a lot
of money, and I loved it.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Yeah, I know.
Speaker 12 (26:07):
And they have all these great new flavors to like
cheesy macaroni bean blah blah blah blah, and the packaging
is really colorful too, so I'm not surprised that they're
seeing a resurgence. Starbucks, on the other hand, we already
know that that is not a bargain, and now you
should watch for possibly some labor strife or at least
some crowds outside Starbucks. CNBC says Starbucks Workers United looking
(26:33):
at a strike authorization vote starting tomorrow, and the union
is planning a whole bunch of rallies. They're talking about
maybe sixty of these rallies over the next few weeks
or so.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Okay, here's a potential side effect of the COVID mRNA vaccine, right, I.
Speaker 12 (26:50):
Mean people talk about these negative side effects and I
get it right, But there can also be unexpected positive
side effects.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
This is good one.
Speaker 12 (27:01):
COVID mRNA shots may supercharge cancer therapies, meaning improve patients
outlook if they're struggling with advanced lung or skin cancer
because study shows those who received a COVID nineteen mrina
mixing with it one hundred days of starting immunotherapy drugs
lived way longer than those who didn't. Ten Researchers now
(27:22):
plan to test this effect in a large, randomized trial,
with some saying the implications are extraordinary and could revolutionize
the entire field of cancer immunotherapy.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
That's crazy, Okay. Apparently, if you're gonna go on Tinder,
you gotta go. You gotta to prove who you are.
I mean, I yeah. And here's the thing.
Speaker 12 (27:43):
This is the world's most popular dating platform, right It's
going to soon require all new users in the US
to verify identity through a biometric video face scan. It's
called face check. Amy requires daters to take a short
video selfie sort of like I me that the IRS
requires to confirm your physically present and that your face
(28:04):
matches what's shown on your profile. Then you get a
photo verified badge Match says. The new security measure will
roll out in the coming month's Bumble. Rival has already
rolled out its ID verification to prioritize its platform and
get rid of the bad actors who you know, not
just people who pretend they're like thirty years younger than
(28:26):
they are. Not that that's a bad thing to be
older than you look, but I'm just saying I think
it's a good things for that it's for scammers.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Yeah, I think it's a good thing. GM is looking
at self driving cars. They are.
Speaker 12 (28:38):
You remember they had that horrible dragging incident with the
Cruise Robotaxi in California and all the lawsuit and everything,
and they withdrew from this effort. But now they're targeting
a twenty twenty eight launch of a car that can
operate without driver engagement. Plans to release a Cadillac Escalade
IQ electric suv that allows hands and eyes free driving
(28:59):
on the Huh Highway. GM is hired Stirling Anderson is
its head of product Development, who believes company is a
future in selling autonomous cars and is pledging to make
self driving technology a top priority. GM is really a
high tech firm. If you invest in that firm, you're
not just getting the automaker, you're getting all the tech
that comes with it.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Okay, I'm seeing them more and more. I've got Waym's
buzzing all over my neighborhood. I still haven't done. It
still makes me a little bit scared, but you know,
I think it's coming. It's coming, lookman, no HANSI Yeah.
Bloomberg's Denise Pellegreene getting in your business as we do
every day. At five point forty. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Talk to you tomorrow, all right. Thanks. The Senate has
rejected a measure that would end the government shutdown. It
(29:39):
was the twelfth time they rejected the measure. The government
shutdown is into its fourth week. Federal workers will not
be getting a full paycheck on Friday. Senate Democrats refuse
to vote for the House Past funding resolution unless it
extends health insurance subsidies and restores Medicaid funding. Sean Combs
may have survived a murder attempt in prison. A long
time front of com told The Daily Mail that an
(30:01):
inmate with a shive snuck into the hip hop Moguls
cell and Combs woke up with a knife to his throat.
The guard stepped in and stopped anything from happening. A
lifelong Lakers fan has dropped his lawsuit against Lebron James.
Andrew Garcia filed the lawsuit earlier this month after James
posted about his second decision, which prompted Garcia to spend
(30:22):
eight hundred and fifty dollars for the March thirty first,
twenty twenty six game, apparently thinking that that might have
been his final game in the NBA. Well, it turns
out that second decision Tease was for an alcohol endorsement.
We're just minutes away from a handle on the news
this morning, it's tougher to become a US citizen because
apparently the test is tougher. Now, let's say good morning
(30:43):
now to ABC's Crime and Terror analyst Brad Garrett. Brad,
the robbery at the louver is stuff that movies are
made of, tell us about how they got in and
how they got away.
Speaker 13 (30:56):
So this robbery occurred while the louver was open, and
I believe there's a clear reason for that. We'll get
to that in a minute. They use what they call
an elevator truck. They're very common in Paris and other
parts of France, where literally there's an electric ladder that's
built in the bed of the truck so you can
(31:16):
go up to the second third floor of the building.
That's how to be Typically, people in Paris, for example,
move because old buildings narrow stairwells, so they have to
take furniture out through windows. So you start with that, Okay,
So the reason you do it at nine point thirty
in the morning is the following is that a truck
to get into the wing where they committed this burglary,
(31:39):
if you wouldn't have gone through the loop, would take
you a period of time to get there. You'd have
to go through a lot of alarmed areas, so forth
and so on. They knew where they were going, they
knew exactly what items. I think they were going to steal,
and they also probably knew that the camera that would
shoot down on the window that they cut through and
(32:00):
their elevator truck was turned the opposite direction a centriguing right,
how did that happen? So I think they knew from
the beginning that A, they're just like construction workers. B
they're during the nine thirty in the morning, So construction
workers nine thirty, you got traffic outside moving around, wouldn't
think twice. If they were there at nine thirty at night,
(32:22):
it would capture that. So I think they also knew
that once they cut through the window, an alarm would
go off. Once they break the glass or cut the glass,
and alarm would go off, and there would be security
on the other side, which there was amy But I'm
pretty sure they weren't armed, and they are trained, and
I think these guys would have known this. They are
(32:42):
trained to the security are trained to get the patrons
away from harm's way. So no matter what the bad
guys are doing, their job is to hurt everybody out
of that wing of the loop, which they did. Now
they're confronting these guys, and I think that the bad
guys are threatening them. They commit that, they commit the
the robbery, they go down their ladder. Everything's going fine
(33:04):
until they get to the bottom, and I think security
now is where they are down by their truck. They
desperately tried to set the truck on fire obvious reasons,
DNA fingerprints, you fill in the blank. They didn't get
the truck set on fire, and they knew they were
at a time, so they hop onto Yamaha motor scooters
(33:25):
and the four of them on two bikes leave. So
do I think this was well planned? Yes? Do I
think it's high risk? Of course? Do I think they
had inside information in the answers? Yes, whether that's an
employee or whatever it might be. They had intel from somebody.
Do I think this was planned maybe by somebody above
them the answers?
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Yes?
Speaker 13 (33:45):
Do I think the jewelry, you know, the items that
were stolen. Was it already tagged to what expert jeweler
they were going to, maybe not even in France, to
break it down, to melt the precious metals, to remove
all the stones and put make them into new joy.
Basically that would sell for high end prices that you
(34:06):
wouldn't be able to by most people's eye, be able
to identify that it may have come from the Loop.
So all of that was in place, and that's all
well and good, but every step that I missed just mentioned,
Amy is a potential chance for you to get caught
because somebody's going to flip. There's going to be a
weak link in that. It was a big deal. They
(34:28):
didn't get that truck burned because now they've got DNA
probably of at least one or more of the bad guys,
and people who pull these kind of robberies off Amy
tend to have a history in pulling off hes.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Okay, so maybe these guys weren't from the Loover, but
like you said, there's really a probably good chance that
there's somebody from the Loover who may have been involved
or had extensive knowledge of the museum, just because of
all the factors that you play. You know what Brad,
I'm sitting here is you're telling and explaining what happened.
(35:02):
I've got the screenplay going in my brain. I mean,
it's a perfect.
Speaker 13 (35:06):
Movie, right, I mean, why do we watch movies like
Heat or Ocean's Eleven or The Italian Job or root
for them on the blank? You're root for them. You
become part of the characters and the whole. I you know,
this mega, super risky, potentially violent thing. I mean people,
I mean it jacks up our own adrenaline, right, and
(35:28):
we're watching it, so so will the Sweet a movie.
It's probably to your point, it's already been halfway written.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Yeah, it kind of writs itself. It's fascinating. But you said, Brad,
because of all the DNA left behind and that kind
of stuff, there's a really good chance that they could
catch these guys. They'll know, they'll figure out how the right.
Speaker 13 (35:45):
And one of the quickly. One of the things you
look for these cases is who's out on parole that
committed these type of heights, heights in the past, and
you know who in the world of can break this down.
You know, the friss are pretty good at these because
they have a lot of the Zaum robbers. I mean
they had two in September of this year before the loop,
(36:09):
and so their ability to figure these things out, and
like I said earlier, it's a huge liability for the
bad guys. They didn't get that truck set on fire
and that may well get them caught.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Okay, well we shall watch anxiously and then we will
watch for the movie. ABC's Crime and Terry Analyst Brad Garrett,
thanks so much for the information.
Speaker 13 (36:28):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
They care Amy all right, it is fascinating. I seriously,
I've got in my brain. I'm like that they run off,
they jump on the motor scooters and then get the
music exactly. Here's my final scene though, right, because he's
saying that they're probably taking the crowns apart and salvaging
them and then selling them off, is that they put
one of the crowns in some hyper heated something or
(36:51):
other and melt it down. And that would be the
final scene, because even if they catch the guys, they're
probably not going to get the stuff back. Least that's
how it happens. It's very sad. I'm not saying that's
how it's going to happen, that's happened, how it happens
in my movie. Okay, all right, let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The Yes on Prop fifty campaign has
(37:12):
raised more than double the amount of money than the
No On fifty campaign. California Republican Party chairperson and chair
of No On fifty, Jessica Milan says the fundraising disparity matters.
We look at last year's ballad initiatives.
Speaker 6 (37:25):
California voters were with the California Republican Parties position eighty
nine percent of the time.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Yes on fifty has raised about one hundred and fifteen million.
The No campaign has raised forty two million. The La
City Council's approved a warehouse and distribution centering in the
Harbor Gateway despite opposition by residents. People who live in
the area say the project will impact their health and
worsen congestion, but the Council's denied an appeal filed by
the residents and approved the project by pro Logists, a
(37:53):
company specializing in supply chain and logistics real estate. If
you've got problem I'm sleeping, You've got problems with your brain.
Speaker 14 (38:02):
New data says tossing and turning through the night isn't
just making you groggy in the morning, it's physically aging
your brain. A study of brain scans and sleep pattern
shows the ones with the worst sleep had brains that
appeared a year older than their actual age, which is
an early sign that something could be wrong with the brain.
Researchers even accountered for stuff including physical activities, smoking and drinking.
They say the next step is looking at whether better habits,
(38:24):
like getting enough sleep or dealing with insomnia, can slow
or prevent brain aging. Michael Krozer KFI News, I'm in
trouble boy.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
This is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County
live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King.
This has been your wake up calling. If you missed
any wake up call, you can listen anytime on the
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