April 2, 2025 • 43 mins
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News national reporter Steven Portnoy talks about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election results serving as a litmus test for President Trump. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about new Prime perks, travel tech tips, and some good news for parents. Amy talks with Owner/Founder of Corgi Beach Day & Corgi Nationals Kelly McLemore about So. Cal’s Corgi Beach Day happening April 5th in Huntington Beach. Courtney Donohoe from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. The show closes with Amy talking with the CEO of Arbor Day Foundation Dan Lambe about Arbor Day Friday April 25thand giving away trees.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call
with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
App k f I and kost HD two, Los Angeles,
Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
That a good call, your host, Amy Kay.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Good morning. It's five o'clock. Straight up. This is your
wake up call for Wednesday, April second. I'm Amy King.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and glad you're
starting your day with us. I have to say, woke
up to sad news. Val Kilmer has died. I know, right.
I don't know why it's you know they it's bothering me.
(00:53):
Maybe because he was sixty five. Maybe it's because he
was iceman. But what an incredible actor? What he really
He hasn't done a lot lately. His last movie was
Top Gun two Maverick. So yeah. On a happier note,
I came outside today to drive to work and a
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street light that had been out for about three weeks
is back on. I know it sounds so silly, but
you know how you hear that, like there's streets and
sidewalks need repair, and street lights are out and stuff.
I heard John Colebelt talking about how street lights are
out all over the city, and I was like, that
light's never coming back on. And when you come outside
and it's for me, it's like three fifteen in the morning,
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and it's this eerie darkness when you don't have that
light on your street. So I felt I felt comforted
this morning. So I mean, like, yay, the city is
making repairs. I'm happy. Okay, got lots ahead on wake
up call, so let's get right to it. It's back
to square one when it comes to fighting homelessness in
La County. The county Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to
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pull funding from the joint City Councy City County La
Homeless Services Authority and will transfer the money to its
own department for Regional Homeless Services. The new agency should
be in placed by New Year's Day. A mall in
the Pacific Palisades could reopen by early next year. Developer
Rick Caruso, who owns the Palisades Village Complex, says the
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mall is still standing after the wildfires, but it's surrounded
by destruction. Gruso says he's hoping to reopen the mall
in its forty two businesses once the area around it
is cleaned up. And safe. One of the four soldiers
killed in a military training accident in Lithuania was from Glendale.
Sergeant EDVN. Franco was one of four out on a
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technical training mission for the first Armored Brigade Combat Team.
The team and its vehicle had been missing almost a
week when the armored vehicle was pulled from a swampy
area on the training grounds. A new prime benefit that's
going to save you some money at the gas station.
We're going to tell you about that. And if you're
planning to travel this summer, Rich Demiro is going to
(03:01):
tell us how to avoid massive roaming charges on your
cell phone. Also coming up this hour on wake Up Call,
trees glorious trees in celebration of Earth Month and Arbor Day,
you can get free trees in LA. We'll tell you
how when we talk with the CEO of the Arbor
Day Foundation. And Huntington Beach is going to the dogs.
Corgis specifically, thousands of them are going to hit the
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beach this weekend. We're going to tell you all about that.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA County has
approved the creation of its own homeless department.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
The county's funding to the La Homeless Services Authority will
end in July of next year. Its own homeless department
should be opened by January. Supervisor Lindsay Horbath says losses,
financial mismanagement issues prompted the need for a change.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
This moment is about the county taking the dollars that
taxpayers have entrusted to us and investing them.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
In what works.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The vote essentially defunds LASSO, which is co managed with
the City of La Multiple La City Council members showed
up at the county meeting begging the supervisors not to
break up. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
He was brought to you by Sempercellaris. The La County
Board of Supervisors has approved the use of vacant lots
clear to fire debris Altadena to be used for pop
up commercial and retail shops, including restaurants. The county will
consider applications for up to five years. Supervisors also approved
post wildfire economic plans to hire hundreds of young people
through the Youth at Work program, establish a Shop Local
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awareness program, and create a small business loan program. A
Marine vet wants to be the next La County Sheriff.
Oscar Martinez is a Sheriff's lieutenant assigned to the Palmdale station.
He's expected to announce this afternoon that he's running for
sheriff in twenty twenty six. His campaign says he is
running to restore the office to its true and rightful purpose,
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serving the people with integrity, independence, and a relentless focus
on public safety, not political agendas. Two bills to ban
transgender athletes from girls and women's sports in California been
voted down by a state Assembly committee.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
Orange County assembly Woman Kate Sanchez's bill was written to
ensure only females can play on female sports teams. Sanchez
tells kfi's John Cobelt. Despite the opposition to her bill,
what she's trying to do makes sense.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
It is an eighty percent issue. No one asked for exposure.
They're protecting is the right thing to do.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
The second bill was authored by Corona Assemblyman Bill Saley.
It was to amend the California Education Code. Deborah mark
koffi News Time.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
To say good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Stephen,
there were a couple of state elections yesterday that a
lot of people around the country were keeping their eyes on.
First there were the two House seats up for grabs
in Florida, and then there was Wisconsin. So tell us
what happened in Wisconsin.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
Well, Wisconsin race involved an open seat on the state
Supreme Court, and this was a race that attracted national
attention and big money. Elon Musk personally poured more than
twenty million dollars into the state to support the GOP
backed candidate, Judge Brad Shimmel against Democratic backed candidate Judge
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Susan Crawford. Last night, Crawford decisively beat Shimmel, so the
four to three liberal balance on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
will stay in place. What's interesting is Elon Musk said
that the fate of Western civilization was at stake in
this election, and he gave out million dollar checks to
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entice voters to attend his events as he supported Shimmel.
Now overnight, he said he always expected to lose, expected
Shimmel to lose, which may be, you know, a way
to cover his position here, but he says that nothing's
worth Essentially, I'm paraphrasing, you know, nothing's worth losing without
putting your own personal stake in it. I think that
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ultimately it's being viewed as a harbinger or perhaps you know,
a canary in a coal mine in terms of, you know,
the MAGA movement and how much support it truly has
in the Trump era without Trump on the ballot. And
that's an open question. But we'll see as the year
drags on. The open gubernatorial races in Virginia and New
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Jersey will be tell it because those off year elections
right after a presidential election are viewed by political reporters
because we have little else to talk about as a
sign of where things are in the country.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Okay, so, Stephen, why it was a state Supreme court spot,
It wasn't a national spot. Why was it such a
big deal?
Speaker 7 (07:38):
The way that things have worked in the state of
Wisconsin when it comes to congressional districts being drawn, the
court has had outsized involvement in that over the decades,
and not just the state Supreme Court but also the
federal courts. And both sides believe that a continued four
to three ideological balance tilted to the left on the
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Wisconsin Supreme Court will advantage the Democrats if they bring
another court challenge to the way the district lines have
been drawn in the state of Wisconsin. And if that
happens and in the next let's just say twenty twenty
six congressional elections, the balance of you know, the lines
are drawn to favor the Democrats, and let's just say
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a couple of swing districts go from red to blue. Nationally,
the balance of power in the House of Representatives could
be affected. And so the Democrats are eager to have
that fight and to have that fight land at the
feet of a liberally inclined Supreme Court. Republicans fear that,
and that's why they wanted Brad Shimmel on the court.
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But they lost yesterday.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Now you can see why both sides are pretty what's
the passionate about this, Because, like you were saying, the
balance of power is so close that two seats could
change the power.
Speaker 7 (08:59):
Well, I mean, look, and that's why we should very
briefly talk about the results in Florida yesterday, because in
the two districts to succeed Matt Gates and Mike Waltz,
you had Republicans winning holding those seats, but the margin
of victory for the Republicans is about fifteen points in
each of the districts, in both of the districts, and
those were places that Donald Trump won by like thirty
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points or more. And so if the Democrats can make
that kind of headway in those deep red districts, what
could it mean nationally in the midterm elections next year
about a year and a half from now. The Democrats
are excited about the idea that there's this disappointment in
the country about what President Trump is doing, and today
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could be a flashpoint in that as he announces the
tariffs from the Rose Garden this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Okay, Stephen Portno with ABC, thank you so much for
your information. As always, talk too soon, you bet. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Speaking of those tariffs.
More of President Trump's tariffs are a taking effect today.
Companies importing goods will pay the costs, and businesses they say,
we'll likely have to pass on those costs to consumers.
(10:11):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the tariffs will
be effective immediately. You should trust what this president did
for you in his first term.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
He effectively utilized tariffs while driving down in Fleetion.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
It was a record low one point four percent when
he left office.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Trump is scheduled to announce the plans later today at
the Rose Garden. Though White House has admitted it wrongly
deported a man to the notorious prison in El Salvador,
calling in an administrative error, ABC's Pore Thomas says the
man had been living in Maryland with his wife and
five year old son.
Speaker 9 (10:42):
Lawyers for the Salvadorian man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, are
petitioning for his immediate return. They say at Bregor Garcia
was removed against a twenty nineteen judges order preventing him
from being sent back to his home country, but.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
That judge in twenty nineteen also found the man was
likely a member of the MS thirteen gang. The Justice
Department says there's little it can do to get the
man back from El Salvador. Israel's defense minister says his
country plans to seize large areas of Gaza, Trent Murray,
and Tel Aviv. Reports Israel's expanding its military operation in
the region.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Saying that troops will move to clear areas of quote,
terrorists and infrastructure, as well as capture extensive territory that
will be added to the state of Israel's security areas.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Israel's defense ministers called on the people of Gaza to
expel Jimas and return all hostages. The terror group is
still holding fifty nine hostages, but only twenty four are
believed to still be alive. Palestinian media reported a large
wave of air strikes overnight and an advancement of Israeli
troops in the South. The rescue teams in the capital
(11:49):
of me and Mar say they have pulled a survivor
from the rubble of a hotel that collapsed in last
week's seven point seven magnitude earthquake. The man is the
second person found alive in the rubble in recent days.
Officials say he was trapped for one hundred and eight hours.
Rescuers used a jackhammer to make a hole in a
floor and pulled him out. Federal lawmakers are pushing to
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get whole milk back in school.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
A requirement was instituted during the Obama administration for skim
and low fat milk in schools to cut kids consuming
saturated fat, which can increase risk of heart disease and obesity.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior called the low fat
milk guideline antiquated.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Kyf's Brian Shook says one of the lawmakers helped to
lead the milk legislation is Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman.
He says kids need wholesome, nourishing food to grow strong
and grow healthy. I don't know about you. Whole milk
to me tastes like drinking cream yep. But I grew
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up with it, and then we switched to non fat,
so we shall see. I want to invite you to
join us this Sunday it's Wiggle Waggle walked down. We're
just like a few days away now, Sunday, April sixth,
We're going to do the Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run
for Pasadena Humane. It's happening at Brookside Park at the
Rose Bowl and we would love for you to grab
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your pup and come join us and walk around the
Rose Bowl. The weather's going to be absolutely perfect and
we need to help need your help, quite honestly, to
raise money for Pasadena Humane who not only all the time,
does great work to keep animals and treat animals and
get them ready to get into their forever homes. But
the need is especially great because of the Eating fire,
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where they took in like more than fifteen hundred animals
and treated them and housed them and treated their burns
and just took care of them and did such great
work and also provided supplies to people who lost their
homes and needed food to feed their animals. I mean,
they're just doing fantastic work. So we're so proud to
partner up with them for this. We have a team,
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it's called the Wake Up Call Wigglers, and we've just
I've noticed that there's some more people joining and I'm
so excited. We're going to do all kinds of fun
stuff along with the walk. There's a vendor area, there's
food trucks, there's training demonstrations, and there's also the dog
costume contest, which is very popular and we get some
really cute costumes every year. So if you can join us,
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we would love to have you do so. If you
can't join us and just want to make a donation,
our goal is ten thousand dollars and we're getting there.
We're not there yet, but if you could spare five bucks,
ten bucks, fifty bucks, one thousand bucks. Whatever you can donate,
we would love it. Very easy to do join the
team or donate at KFIAM six forty dot com, slash wiggle,
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KFI AM six forty dot com slash wiggle. There's also
links up. I just posted it on my Instagram and
the KFI Instagram. So easy to find, easy to donate,
and easy for you to join us on Sunday, April
sixth for the Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run for Pasadena Humane.
I'll thank you in advance. In the Lacity Council's passed
a right to Council ordinate for renters, finalizing a two
(15:02):
year effort to provide tenants facing eviction with legal representation.
A one two punch for the Republicans in Florida's Jimmy
Patrona SA has won a special election to phil former
Republican Congressman Matt Gates's seat. State Senator Randy Fine won
the other seat in the US House. It was left
vacant when Mike Waltz was appointed as President Trump's National
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security advisor. Want to be impressed? How about this? An
eighteen year old woman has been sworn in as a
deputy District attorney Sophia Park's been working in the Tulare
County DA's office since last year, after she became the
youngest person ever to pass the California Bar exam. Park
got her law degree at Northwestern California University the School
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of Law. She's been assigned to the Visalia Prosecution Division. Yeah,
I feel like an underachiever of big time at six
oh five at TENDL on the news. It is liberation dailiest.
That's what President Trump is calling it. Right now, let's
say good morning to the host of Rich on Tech
on KFA are very own Rich DeMuro. Good morning, Rich.
Speaker 10 (16:04):
I thought you were going to say, speaking of underachievers,
welcome Rich.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
No, No, I don't think you are. I mean, look
at you. You've got a syndicated radio show, you're right
here on KFI, You're on KTLA all the time, and
you give us great advice.
Speaker 10 (16:20):
Well, let's hope we can do some of that today.
We want to talk about first.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
I want to talk about Amazon Primes new perk.
Speaker 10 (16:26):
Yeah, so this is they announced this. I think it
was like last year perhaps, but now it's available to
sign up for. You can now if you're a Prime member,
save ten cents a gallon at about seven thousand BP,
which I don't think we have around here Amaco, which
I don't think we have around here, but we do
have AMPM stations. So basically, if you're a Prime member,
you go to AMPM, you can now save ten cents
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a gallon. This is an ongoing perk from Amazon part
of your Prime account. Amazon says that members, if they
drive the average national average, they can save up to
seventy dollars a year, which is half the cost of
a Prime membership. The thing you have to do is
go to Amazon dot com slash Fuel Savings and you
basically just link up your your Prime account to this
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new system and there you go.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Okay, So here's my question. If I have a credit
card on my Prime account and AMPM gives you that,
you know you pay less if you use a debit card,
Are you using a credit card or can you link
your debit card to it?
Speaker 10 (17:31):
It looks like you can link any card so you
can pay. You can. Actually you have to sign up
through this app. I've not done it myself, so I
don't know, but I would guess that whatever card you
want to use, you can use. Remember when ampm R
Cooe didn't take credit cards like you had to like
use that weird machine in the middle like anyway. But yeah,
so a lot of people have been debating the merits
(17:53):
of this program on my social media saying, you know,
maybe Costco is still a better deal. You know, Ralph's
has their rewards. So I think the bottom line is like,
do what's best for you. So I use that upside
app when i'm you know, when I fill out my
wife's car at the pump, and it does save some
money cost Go. You know, if you don't mind waiting
in line, you can save money there. So you know,
it's just another option available.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I love options. I love options. Okay, so I am
going to be traveling myself. So I was particularly interested
in this one that you had you had offered up,
and that was that a lot of people are planning
their vacations for the summer, and some people are going
to go overseas, and you know, we were just talking
(18:34):
about this last week. How are we going to avoid
massive fees on our phones?
Speaker 10 (18:39):
Yes, and it's a lot easier than it used to be.
This is my popular demand. I guess a lot of
people are traveling asking me, rich, how do I use
my phone but not pay you know, astronomical roaming charges?
And so here's the deal. My first, uh, my first
item of tip is call your carrier. You may have
what's called travel days banked on your plan. If you're
paying like the highest plan, the ninety dollars a month plan,
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whatever it is for unlimited for your carrier, A lot
of times you get a travel day every month included
in your plan. So last time I went to Europe,
I had like twelve days banked. I was there for
a couple of days, didn't have to you know, it
all was free basically, So that's my number one tip. Then,
if you just want to keep your current plan and
roam over there, EIGHTE and T charges twelve dollars a day,
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Verizon twelve dollars a day, T Mobile. Most plans include
roaming that can add up fast. So I only recommend
that if you're there for like, you know, three four
days whatever. If you're there longer. I like what's called
an e sim and this is basically a temporary plan
you buy from an app. You don't need a physical
SIM card. I like the app called Aerlow. You can
activate that right from your phone. You can get like
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thirty days of usage with thirty gigabytes for like thirty dollars,
So that's a very cost effective way to do it.
The problem is your phone has to be unlocked usually
for that to happen. For you'd be able to do that,
So check that and then if you don't want to
do any of that stuff, just turn off your cellular,
turn on Wi Fi, and just look for Wi Fi hotspots.
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You can use WhatsApp to stay connected. I message. Just
make sure that you're calling and texting over Wi Fi
is activated before you leave the US.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
I think that's what I did last time. It was
so long. I haven't traveled since before the pandemic. I
think our last trip to Africa, I think we just
turned off cellular and just texted.
Speaker 10 (20:23):
Yeah. And for most people, look, there's so much Wi
Fi everywhere, as long as you don't, you know. And
the other thing I would say is download the maps.
I'm gonna put this in my blog post at richontech
dot tv. Download the maps for the location you're going to.
So both Apple Maps and Google Maps let you download
the entire map for the area you're going to. So
even if you didn't have cellular, you could still navigate
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around using the offline maps. So that's a good idea too.
And my other tip, one more tip because this burned
me many years ago. I went to China and I
left my dropbox on and all my pictures uploaded. And
I'm not kidding. I came back to like a thousand
dollar bill. I had to, like, I have to negotiate
with AT and T to like get that down. But yeah,
turn off automatic backups or make sure they're just on
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Wi Fi.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Okay, that's great. Great, that's going to be so helpful
and helpful to lots of you guys who are going
to be traveling hopefully this summer. One last thing, and
that is good news for parents regarding Roadblocks.
Speaker 10 (21:23):
Yeah, well I don't think there's any good news at
all ever with Roadblocks. I'm not a fan, but I will.
I will report on this impartially.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Okay.
Speaker 10 (21:32):
Basically, Roadblocks is working with Google to do these video
ads that you can watch instead of buying stuff. So
let's say your kid, you know, if your kid is
playing Robox, are always bugging you for something, right, some
sort of in app purchase. Well, now they can watch
these ads. For thirty seconds and instead of buying the item,
they will get it gifted for free. So it's kind
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of a cool idea because most parents will be like, hey,
I'm fine with that, you know, as long as the
ads are okay, it's going to cost them less.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
But I you know what, when I play games, I
have to watch ads. So kids should have to learn
to do that too, unless they want to pay for
it with their own money.
Speaker 10 (22:08):
Yeah, exactly. Most of the time it's mom and dad paying.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Yeah, I'm such a hard ass. All right. Rich DeMuro
the host of Rich on Tech right here on KFI
Saturdays from eleven to two. You can follow him at
rich on Tech. You can watch him on KTLA, and
you can also check out his website where he puts
all this stuff that we talk about. It's rich on
(22:31):
Tech dot TV. Thank you so much, Rich, jamiro.
Speaker 10 (22:34):
All right, Amy, talk to you soon.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
All right, good advice. I love good advice. I love
love and I like that new Prime perk. But I'm
wondering again, you get like a five percent or a
five cent a gallon discount if you use your debit card,
or maybe it's a five five cent penalty if you
use a credit card at AMPMS, so I wonder if
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that ten ten cents off really becomes five cents because
of the credit card, or if you can use a
debit PANDIMIC card and get the full ten cents. I'm
gonna check it out though, because you know, five cents
is five cents, especially because gas is now approaching five
dollars a gallon and it's probably a shorter line than Costco. H. Yes,
it moves fast, though, it moves fast. So yesterday I
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said it was Otani Bobblehead night. I was so wrong.
Tonight is Otani Bubblehead Night at the Dodgers game. And
tonight the Dodgers are taking on the Braves. The game
is at five thirty. And you know what, if you
don't feel like going and waiting in line to get in,
because last year when they did the bobblehead the line
was hours long to get it, you could listen to
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the game and listen to all the action on AM
five to seventy LA Sports Live from the Galpin Motors
Broadcast booth, and you can stream the game in HD
on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five to seventy LA
Sports and the Lacy Council's passed a right to Council
ordinance for renters, finalizing a two year effort to provide
tenants facing eviction with legal representation. The Lacit Council plans
(24:03):
to consider a motion today to provide fast food workers
with more stable scheduling and paid time off. If approved,
the motion would also give workers more power to report
workplace violations. New York, Seattle, and Oregon have similar ordinances
in place. Big Bear Lake, the lake itself is open
for business again. Visit Big Bear. CEO Travis Scott says
(24:25):
boats can now go in the water and water activities
can resume. Scott says the mountain resort is transitioning away
from the winter season, even though Bear Mountain, Snow Summit,
and Snow Valley are still open for skiing. At six
oh five, it's handle on the news. The Republicans win
a couple big races in Florida and the Democrats win
a big one in Wisconsin. Let's say good morning now
(24:47):
to Corgy Beach Day organizer Kelly maclamore. Good morning, Kelly,
good morning. How are you doing great? So we've got
two big dog events this weekend. Are Wiggle Waggle Walk
for Pasadena humaneis on Sunday and the day before, on Saturday,
thousands of corkis are descending on Huntington Beach. Tell us
(25:10):
about so Cal Corgy Beach Day.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Yes, that's right. So Socao Corky Beach Day comes to
Huntington Beach on Saturday. We have thousands of corgis. We
have over forty pet venders, we have Corgi contests all
day long, food trucks and everything gorky and it's all
dog friendly, so anybody can come. You don't have to
have a corky to attend.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
I hear that if you don't have a Corgi, your
dog becomes an honorary Corgi for the day.
Speaker 5 (25:39):
That's right, That's right, And we have a lot of
honorary corkis that come, and even people that just don't
have a corky and they just love to see all
those little fluffy butts walking around the beach.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Okay, so where do all the corkis come from?
Speaker 5 (25:53):
You know, most of them come from obviously so Cal,
but we have a ton of people that come from
all over the US. They make road trips to come
with their dogs and come to corgy each day. We
even have people that come from overseas Europe. We've had
people come from Dubai. I mean, they come from everywhere,
and I'm we're always surprised that they keep coming. There's
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just there's a ton of corky people everywhere.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Okay, and so what are some of the activities that
are going on? You mentioned that there's going to be
food vendors at food trucks and there's going to be
vendors and that kind of thing. But what are some
of the things that corkys do. Is it just to
come and show your you know, share your corgi or
do you have actual activities for them?
Speaker 5 (26:30):
Yeah, we have a whole itinerary planned all day. So
the main arena area is the hub of all the
action and that's where we have all of our contests.
So we have most popular one, of course, costume contests,
and our theme of corgiybch is Corgabunga, USA, kind of
a shout out to Huntington Beach Stark City, USA. We
also have Corky Limbo because it's perfect for the little
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short legs. Best corky but Fluffius Corgy loudest Barking Corky Contest,
which is a new one, and that's a hit already.
And what else do we have? We have tons of
contests all day long, and it's it's all at the
main arena, so okay, that's the heat of the action.
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And then other than that, there's tons of other stuff
to do as well.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Okay, and then the Corky races. So the Corky's race,
and I'm do they race on the sand?
Speaker 5 (27:24):
They do? We we have done that before and we've
timed them to so we do another event called Corky
national So the winner of that event goes to compete
in Corky Nationals.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
They win a spot. Okay, I bet it's really fun
to watch them on the sand because as their little
legs sink in, you probably just see them skimming along
the beach.
Speaker 5 (27:44):
Yes, it's pretty funny, all right.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
And so what why do people love Corky's so much, Kelly?
Speaker 5 (27:50):
I think, I mean, I love Corky's because it feels
like they're just big dogs and little bodies. They're loyal,
they're active, very smart, sometimes too smart, but there's just
a great companion. I'm a Corky lover for life. I'll
always have a corky I love that.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Okay, So if you want to participate, when do things
get started on Saturday?
Speaker 5 (28:11):
So ten am to three pm on Saturday, come to
Huntington Beach the two blocks south of the pier. The
event is free to the public excuse and there's a
huge parking lot which is new for us this time.
We've moved locations, so we have thousands of parking spots
with crime.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Great great great. And where can people get more information.
Speaker 5 (28:30):
Kelly, They can go to so Calcorgybeach Day dot com
or also on Instagram, so Cal Corky Beach Day.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Okay, thank you so much, Kelly macklamore. Good luck with
so Cal Corgy Beach Day. Sounds like a lot a
lot of fun.
Speaker 5 (28:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
All right, take care. Time to get in your business
now with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Courtney, let's talk good morning,
good morning. Let's talk about luxury cars and why the
expensive cars are going to get more expensive in the
less expensive cars are going to go away.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Well, here's an interesting angle to all of this. Mercedes
is thinking about not selling its entry level models now
in the US. So yeah, so it's a big change
for these guys. Executives believe the auto tariffs are going
to make these cars economically unfeasible, so duties could turn
already thin margins into losses if they're not passed on
(29:26):
to customers. So the small GLASUV is one of the
models that they're thinking about pulling. But sources tell us
executives at the German automaker are frustrated from the lack
of clear guidance from Washington and they're really unsure how
to respond right now. But overall, when you're looking at cars,
tariffs are driving a lot of people to the showrooms.
(29:47):
For example, in the first quarter, GMS deliveries sorts seventeen
percent as people rushed out there to get a new car,
and Hyundai so record sales too.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
And Hynday's generally more affordable cars, so that one could
hit a lot of people hard.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
But they saw double digitkanes for some of their best
selling models. But you have to keep in mind that
cars assembled overseas account for half of US auto sales,
so this is going to be a big game changer
when these twenty five percent tariffs take effect coming up
this week.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
Okay, and then you mentioned tariffs And here's something that
we might not have thought about that is going to
be affected by those tariffs, and it has to do
with your face. Yeah, duties could hit botox. So this
is when we're going to get a lot of people's
attention about what tariffs can really warn you.
Speaker 8 (30:35):
Oh my gosh, so true here in New York too.
But potential tariffs on Ireland's can be bad news for
drug maker Avvy, which makes the anti wrinkle treatment in
that country on the west coast of the country. Moving
production to the US would likely be a huge headache
for Avvy. So for a drug like Botox, a lot
of increases and prices that's going to hit patients because
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it isn't covered by insurance.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
You know that there's going to be people calling their
estheticians today. Can you get me in today? Can you
get me a today? Exactly? Present me up. President Trump
is also going to be meeting today because we have
another deadline approaching for TikTok. They're supposed to sell by
April fifth or be banned. Yeah, this is Saturday. It's
every day it's a new headline over something. But President Yeah, President.
Speaker 8 (31:22):
Trump is meeting to consider proposing the proposal for divesting
TikTok's US operations from its Chinese parent company. So sources
are telling us here at Bloomberg that the administration is
considering a deal that would include Oracle financial firm, Blackstone
and other investors in a joint venture. So, as you
were saying, they have the deadline this Saturday to find
(31:43):
a buyer or see the app band though the President
has said that he would be willing to extend the
deadline it's necessary.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Okay, And what are we expecting stocks wise, because we've
got Liberation Day the announcements this afternoon.
Speaker 8 (31:58):
But you know what, it's interesting that they moved it
from three o'clock to four o'clock Eastern time, after the
close of trading. So, but the countdown is on and
everybody is watching.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
And what Wall.
Speaker 8 (32:08):
Street doesn't really like, what we're certain about is that
they don't like uncertainty here. So stocks are heading for
a pretty tough hit today. S and P futures are
down one percent. That means we're going to get a
significant hit at the open. Dow futures are looking at
a loss of three hundred and fifteen points. Yesterday it
was a mixed close, so it's looking a little more
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rough today where the S and P five hundred rows
four tenths of a percent. However, the Dow closed the
session little changed.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
All right, Courtney Donaho, with Bloomberg getting in your business
just like we do every day on wake up call.
Thank you so much, See you later, talk to you tomorrow.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Gas prices in
LA County arr inching toward the five dollars per gallon
mark again. Prices are up another two cents today to
four eighty nine a gallon. On average, prices are up
(32:57):
eleven of the last twelve days gas in Orange County
averaging four eighty six a gallons for seventy seven in
the ie. Some renters facing eviction in LA could soon
have access to free legal health.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
The city council voted in favor of a right to
Council program funded through LA's mansion tax. Attorney Shane Henson
says too many tenants show up in court without representation
against a landlord who has a lawyer. People that have
an attorney face the judge and landlord's attorney alone.
Speaker 11 (33:23):
They were often confused about the allegations in their case
and the rules of the court.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
The program is expected to cost around thirty five million
dollars a year, and some supporters have argued that money
would come back and then some through additional revenues and
saved expenses. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Former NYPD Blue actress Kim Delaney and her partner will
not be charged following their arrests in Marina del Rey.
They were arrested on Saturday after deputies responded to a
domestic disturbance call. LA County District Attorney's Office cites insufficient
evidence in declining to pursue the case. It's Sho Heeo
Tani bobblehead nighted Dodger Stadium. Dodgers are going to hand
(33:58):
out forty thousand bobblehead heads that commemorate Otani's first season,
in which he became the first and only member of
the fifty to fifty club fifty home runs, fifty stolen
bases in one season. Sports memorabilia collector cruz Achoa says
people can make big bucks on popular collectibles.
Speaker 12 (34:15):
Anything to do with Otani really has a pretty petty
attached to it.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
I mean his popularity, his stuff, especially since coming to
the Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
Team Otani bobbleheads from last season selling on eBay for
about two hundred bucks, or you could keep them, keep
the commemorative. The Dodgers are encouraging fans to arrive early
to the game. Lines last year were hours long. The
game starts at five thirty eight. You can hear live
on a five seventy. California lawmakers have rejected two bills
that would have banned transgender athletes from competing in girls
(34:43):
and women's sports. One would stop biological males from joining
sports teams. The other would reverse a law that allows
transgender athletes to participate in female sports. The votes yesterday
were along party lines. More than one thousand replica guns
have been seized from LAX in the past six months.
US Customs and Border Protection says most have been destroyed.
(35:04):
Customs officials say the replica weapons came from China most likely,
and arrived at the airport labeled as misdeclared alloy miniature toys.
They may have included BB guns, toy guns, and pelicans.
We're just minutes away from Handle on the news this
morning with our guest host Nili savedra Corey Booker talked
and talked and talked and talked and set a record.
(35:26):
Did he accomplish anything. Let's say good morning now to
the CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation. It's Dan Lamb.
Speaker 12 (35:33):
Good morning, Dan, good morning.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
Okay, so we're talking trees. We want to get a
refresher course. What is so great about trees and why
do we need them?
Speaker 12 (35:44):
Well, look, the Arbor Day Foundation, of course we love trees,
but what we're realizing more and more is that trees
are no longer seen as a nice to have. They
are a must have because they do so much for us,
especially in our cities and towns. From those be natural
air filters, helping to create cleaner, safer communities, shading our homes,
(36:06):
helping to stop and slow storm water runoff and flooding.
If ever there was a time to be planting trees,
now is that time?
Speaker 5 (36:14):
Well?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
And even I've heard talking about in La where there
are areas that just don't have a lot of trees,
and they're like, we need to plant trees because as
they grow up, like you mentioned, they do the shade,
they literally cool off neighborhoods.
Speaker 12 (36:28):
No doubt, trees can reduce daytime temperatures by it to
ten degrees fahrenheit. And it hasn't just been hot in
La It's hot everywhere. And trees are more important than
they've ever been. But also more and more research just
tells us people are happier and healthier when they're near
trees and green space.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
I love that. And so what is the mission, then,
Dan of the Arbor Day Foundation.
Speaker 12 (36:53):
The Arbor Day Foundation is actually the largest nonprofit organization
in the world dedicated to planting trees. And our simple
mission is that we inspire people to plant, nurture, and
celebrate trees. And we do that by planting in front
yards and backyards, in cities and parks and in critical
forest lands all around the world.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Okay, and you want us to plant trees, so for
Arbor Day that comes up April twenty fifth, right, and
also right of course Earth Month and that kind of stuff.
You've partnered up with a pretty large company and you're
going to help people get those trees.
Speaker 12 (37:33):
To plant, right. We want everybody to be planting trees.
But we're very excited this year to be partnering with
Subaru as a part of their Subru loves the Earth Initiative.
Super has a long legacy of working on environmental causes
and we're excited to be partnering with Subaru and more
than six hundred retailers across the country to distribute and
(37:55):
plant one hundred thousand trees this year, helping people plant
in their front yards and backyards, making a difference in
cities and towns all across the country.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Okay, so where are you going to be giving away trees?
Do people come buy trees? Where do we get them?
Speaker 12 (38:12):
So it's a great question. Retailers all across the country
are participating. You can go and find more information about
our partnership and find your local retailer and reserve a
tree by going to subru dot com slash Earth. And
what's happening is we're distributing regionally appropriate trees and they're
one gallon trees and they're going to grow up to
(38:34):
be critically important parts of the urban forest, the community
forest in our cities and towns all around the country.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
Okay, so like here we might get a palm tree
or a nice jacaranda tree or something like that. In Oregon,
they're going to get different trees.
Speaker 12 (38:50):
Exactly. We're going to make sure the right trees are
being sent to the right place to make sure they
have the best chance for survival.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
I love it, and Dan Lamb again, we're wre do
people go to find out and when they can get
the trees and where?
Speaker 12 (39:06):
So that we're more than six hundred subero retailers we're
working with across the country. You can go to subreu
dot com slash earth to find your local retailer and
reserve a tree. And if you also just want to
learn more information about how to plant trees, how to
care for trees, you can go to the Arbor Day
Foundation website at arbor day dot org.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Okay, great, and then Dan, when are these being given
aways at all month or is it a particular time
of the.
Speaker 12 (39:30):
Month throughout We're distributing this throughout the month of April,
but each retailer has a specific date that works for
them the best.
Speaker 1 (39:38):
Okay, so go check out the website. Dan Lamb, the
CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, thank you so much
for your time. We love trees.
Speaker 12 (39:48):
You're great, have a great Arbor Day all right, you too.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
And you guys, they have this list of all the
cities where they're doing the tree giveaways. I mean it's
like all over southern California. There's Riverside and Carlsbaden. Let's see,
that's north of a thousand Oaks and Lake Forest and Temecula, Valencia.
I'm just looking through this huge list and trying to
pick out the ones that are close to us. A
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city of Industry, Glendale, Ontario, San Bernardino, all over the place.
So do go check that out and you could get
a free tree. I love planting trees. Let's get back
to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A federal judge in California has
ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to
unaccompanied illegal immigrant children in the US. The administration terminated
(40:35):
a federal contract last month that provides legal aid for
those under eighteen. Groups whose funding was cut filed a lawsuit.
They want the government to make sure children do not
face court proceedings without legal aid. The body of a
fourth American soldier missing in Lithuania has been found. The
soldiers were with the third Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia.
(40:55):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Lovett told reporters yesterday. The
soldiers were in an armored vehicle accident last month. One
of the soldiers killed, Sergeant edvon Franco from Glendale. His wife,
Georgia Franco, says he was a great father to their son.
He loved him.
Speaker 5 (41:11):
I mean, I couldn't have handpicked somebody else to be
a father.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
From the moment, I mean we had him, he was
in love. The four soldiers were reported missing March twenty fifth.
Their vehicle was discovered the next day about fifteen feet
deep in a peat bog. Democrats have won a special
election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, despite
Elon Musk spending millions on the conservative candidate. ABC's Andrew
(41:36):
Dimbert says the election could have nationwide implications.
Speaker 10 (41:39):
The Wisconsin Supreme Court could rule on the issue of redistricting,
which would impact the balance of power in Washington.
Speaker 4 (41:45):
But Republicans did have reason to celebrate overnight, he.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
Says, they won special elections in Florida to fill two
vacant congressional seats. They had been held by former Congressman
Matt Gates and Mike Walls, who became President Trump's National
security advisor. The Pasadena School District has fired a security
guard for making a child duc tape her mouth shut.
Speaker 11 (42:07):
The eleven year old girl's father, Ricardo Hurtado, says his
daughter was told she was talking too loud and giggling
too much during a lunch break when the officer forced
her to tape her mouth shut. The incident happened at
Blair Middle School in Pasadena. District officials say the female
guard has been fired and they're cooperating with police during
the investigation. The security guard has not been identified by
the district and the girl has since returned to school.
Speaker 1 (42:27):
How the Brooker, KFI News and Tinder is starting an
in app game that allows users to flirt with artificially
intelligent chatbots. It says the idea is to boost user engagement.
Tender says it's the game. Game uses open AI's GPT
mini models to generate romantic comedy scenarios. Other dating apps
(42:50):
like Grinder have also been testing AI powered features. What
could go wrong? This is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles,
Orange County Southland weather from KFI sunny with highs in
the low to mid sixties at the coast, Metro LA
and Inland o c mid sixties in the valleys. In
Inland Empire, fifty with strong or fifties with strong gusty
(43:10):
winds in the Antelope Valley. Party cloudy with a chance
of showers tomorrow afternoon. Then we're back to sunny sky's
Friday with highs in the mid sixties. Could see mid
seventies for some inland areas, warming into the seventies with
sunny skies on Saturday, near eighty for inland areas. On Sunday,
it's forty nine in Brea, forty eight Lake Forest, fifty
one in Marina del Rey, and forty eight in Burbank.
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Speaker 1 (00:30):
Good morning. It's five o'clock. Straight up. This is your
wake up call for Wednesday, April second. I'm Amy King.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and glad you're
starting your day with us. I have to say, woke
up to sad news. Val Kilmer has died. I know, right.
I don't know why it's you know they it's bothering me.
(00:53):
Maybe because he was sixty five. Maybe it's because he
was iceman. But what an incredible actor? What he really
He hasn't done a lot lately. His last movie was
Top Gun two Maverick. So yeah. On a happier note,
I came outside today to drive to work and a
(01:13):
street light that had been out for about three weeks
is back on. I know it sounds so silly, but
you know how you hear that, like there's streets and
sidewalks need repair, and street lights are out and stuff.
I heard John Colebelt talking about how street lights are
out all over the city, and I was like, that
light's never coming back on. And when you come outside
and it's for me, it's like three fifteen in the morning,
(01:36):
and it's this eerie darkness when you don't have that
light on your street. So I felt I felt comforted
this morning. So I mean, like, yay, the city is
making repairs. I'm happy. Okay, got lots ahead on wake
up call, so let's get right to it. It's back
to square one when it comes to fighting homelessness in
La County. The county Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to
(01:58):
pull funding from the joint City Councy City County La
Homeless Services Authority and will transfer the money to its
own department for Regional Homeless Services. The new agency should
be in placed by New Year's Day. A mall in
the Pacific Palisades could reopen by early next year. Developer
Rick Caruso, who owns the Palisades Village Complex, says the
(02:21):
mall is still standing after the wildfires, but it's surrounded
by destruction. Gruso says he's hoping to reopen the mall
in its forty two businesses once the area around it
is cleaned up. And safe. One of the four soldiers
killed in a military training accident in Lithuania was from Glendale.
Sergeant EDVN. Franco was one of four out on a
(02:41):
technical training mission for the first Armored Brigade Combat Team.
The team and its vehicle had been missing almost a
week when the armored vehicle was pulled from a swampy
area on the training grounds. A new prime benefit that's
going to save you some money at the gas station.
We're going to tell you about that. And if you're
planning to travel this summer, Rich Demiro is going to
(03:01):
tell us how to avoid massive roaming charges on your
cell phone. Also coming up this hour on wake Up Call,
trees glorious trees in celebration of Earth Month and Arbor Day,
you can get free trees in LA. We'll tell you
how when we talk with the CEO of the Arbor
Day Foundation. And Huntington Beach is going to the dogs.
Corgis specifically, thousands of them are going to hit the
(03:25):
beach this weekend. We're going to tell you all about that.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA County has
approved the creation of its own homeless department.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
The county's funding to the La Homeless Services Authority will
end in July of next year. Its own homeless department
should be opened by January. Supervisor Lindsay Horbath says losses,
financial mismanagement issues prompted the need for a change.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
This moment is about the county taking the dollars that
taxpayers have entrusted to us and investing them.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
In what works.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The vote essentially defunds LASSO, which is co managed with
the City of La Multiple La City Council members showed
up at the county meeting begging the supervisors not to
break up. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
He was brought to you by Sempercellaris. The La County
Board of Supervisors has approved the use of vacant lots
clear to fire debris Altadena to be used for pop
up commercial and retail shops, including restaurants. The county will
consider applications for up to five years. Supervisors also approved
post wildfire economic plans to hire hundreds of young people
through the Youth at Work program, establish a Shop Local
(04:29):
awareness program, and create a small business loan program. A
Marine vet wants to be the next La County Sheriff.
Oscar Martinez is a Sheriff's lieutenant assigned to the Palmdale station.
He's expected to announce this afternoon that he's running for
sheriff in twenty twenty six. His campaign says he is
running to restore the office to its true and rightful purpose,
(04:50):
serving the people with integrity, independence, and a relentless focus
on public safety, not political agendas. Two bills to ban
transgender athletes from girls and women's sports in California been
voted down by a state Assembly committee.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
Orange County assembly Woman Kate Sanchez's bill was written to
ensure only females can play on female sports teams. Sanchez
tells kfi's John Cobelt. Despite the opposition to her bill,
what she's trying to do makes sense.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
It is an eighty percent issue. No one asked for exposure.
They're protecting is the right thing to do.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
The second bill was authored by Corona Assemblyman Bill Saley.
It was to amend the California Education Code. Deborah mark
koffi News Time.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
To say good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Stephen,
there were a couple of state elections yesterday that a
lot of people around the country were keeping their eyes on.
First there were the two House seats up for grabs
in Florida, and then there was Wisconsin. So tell us
what happened in Wisconsin.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
Well, Wisconsin race involved an open seat on the state
Supreme Court, and this was a race that attracted national
attention and big money. Elon Musk personally poured more than
twenty million dollars into the state to support the GOP
backed candidate, Judge Brad Shimmel against Democratic backed candidate Judge
(06:11):
Susan Crawford. Last night, Crawford decisively beat Shimmel, so the
four to three liberal balance on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
will stay in place. What's interesting is Elon Musk said
that the fate of Western civilization was at stake in
this election, and he gave out million dollar checks to
(06:32):
entice voters to attend his events as he supported Shimmel.
Now overnight, he said he always expected to lose, expected
Shimmel to lose, which may be, you know, a way
to cover his position here, but he says that nothing's
worth Essentially, I'm paraphrasing, you know, nothing's worth losing without
putting your own personal stake in it. I think that
(06:52):
ultimately it's being viewed as a harbinger or perhaps you know,
a canary in a coal mine in terms of, you know,
the MAGA movement and how much support it truly has
in the Trump era without Trump on the ballot. And
that's an open question. But we'll see as the year
drags on. The open gubernatorial races in Virginia and New
(07:13):
Jersey will be tell it because those off year elections
right after a presidential election are viewed by political reporters
because we have little else to talk about as a
sign of where things are in the country.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Okay, so, Stephen, why it was a state Supreme court spot,
It wasn't a national spot. Why was it such a
big deal?
Speaker 7 (07:38):
The way that things have worked in the state of
Wisconsin when it comes to congressional districts being drawn, the
court has had outsized involvement in that over the decades,
and not just the state Supreme Court but also the
federal courts. And both sides believe that a continued four
to three ideological balance tilted to the left on the
(08:00):
Wisconsin Supreme Court will advantage the Democrats if they bring
another court challenge to the way the district lines have
been drawn in the state of Wisconsin. And if that
happens and in the next let's just say twenty twenty
six congressional elections, the balance of you know, the lines
are drawn to favor the Democrats, and let's just say
(08:20):
a couple of swing districts go from red to blue. Nationally,
the balance of power in the House of Representatives could
be affected. And so the Democrats are eager to have
that fight and to have that fight land at the
feet of a liberally inclined Supreme Court. Republicans fear that,
and that's why they wanted Brad Shimmel on the court.
(08:43):
But they lost yesterday.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Now you can see why both sides are pretty what's
the passionate about this, Because, like you were saying, the
balance of power is so close that two seats could
change the power.
Speaker 7 (08:59):
Well, I mean, look, and that's why we should very
briefly talk about the results in Florida yesterday, because in
the two districts to succeed Matt Gates and Mike Waltz,
you had Republicans winning holding those seats, but the margin
of victory for the Republicans is about fifteen points in
each of the districts, in both of the districts, and
those were places that Donald Trump won by like thirty
(09:21):
points or more. And so if the Democrats can make
that kind of headway in those deep red districts, what
could it mean nationally in the midterm elections next year
about a year and a half from now. The Democrats
are excited about the idea that there's this disappointment in
the country about what President Trump is doing, and today
(09:44):
could be a flashpoint in that as he announces the
tariffs from the Rose Garden this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Okay, Stephen Portno with ABC, thank you so much for
your information. As always, talk too soon, you bet. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Speaking of those tariffs.
More of President Trump's tariffs are a taking effect today.
Companies importing goods will pay the costs, and businesses they say,
we'll likely have to pass on those costs to consumers.
(10:11):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the tariffs will
be effective immediately. You should trust what this president did
for you in his first term.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
He effectively utilized tariffs while driving down in Fleetion.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
It was a record low one point four percent when
he left office.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Trump is scheduled to announce the plans later today at
the Rose Garden. Though White House has admitted it wrongly
deported a man to the notorious prison in El Salvador,
calling in an administrative error, ABC's Pore Thomas says the
man had been living in Maryland with his wife and
five year old son.
Speaker 9 (10:42):
Lawyers for the Salvadorian man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, are
petitioning for his immediate return. They say at Bregor Garcia
was removed against a twenty nineteen judges order preventing him
from being sent back to his home country, but.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
That judge in twenty nineteen also found the man was
likely a member of the MS thirteen gang. The Justice
Department says there's little it can do to get the
man back from El Salvador. Israel's defense minister says his
country plans to seize large areas of Gaza, Trent Murray,
and Tel Aviv. Reports Israel's expanding its military operation in
the region.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Saying that troops will move to clear areas of quote,
terrorists and infrastructure, as well as capture extensive territory that
will be added to the state of Israel's security areas.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Israel's defense ministers called on the people of Gaza to
expel Jimas and return all hostages. The terror group is
still holding fifty nine hostages, but only twenty four are
believed to still be alive. Palestinian media reported a large
wave of air strikes overnight and an advancement of Israeli
troops in the South. The rescue teams in the capital
(11:49):
of me and Mar say they have pulled a survivor
from the rubble of a hotel that collapsed in last
week's seven point seven magnitude earthquake. The man is the
second person found alive in the rubble in recent days.
Officials say he was trapped for one hundred and eight hours.
Rescuers used a jackhammer to make a hole in a
floor and pulled him out. Federal lawmakers are pushing to
(12:10):
get whole milk back in school.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
A requirement was instituted during the Obama administration for skim
and low fat milk in schools to cut kids consuming
saturated fat, which can increase risk of heart disease and obesity.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior called the low fat
milk guideline antiquated.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Kyf's Brian Shook says one of the lawmakers helped to
lead the milk legislation is Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman.
He says kids need wholesome, nourishing food to grow strong
and grow healthy. I don't know about you. Whole milk
to me tastes like drinking cream yep. But I grew
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up with it, and then we switched to non fat,
so we shall see. I want to invite you to
join us this Sunday it's Wiggle Waggle walked down. We're
just like a few days away now, Sunday, April sixth,
We're going to do the Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run
for Pasadena Humane. It's happening at Brookside Park at the
Rose Bowl and we would love for you to grab
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your pup and come join us and walk around the
Rose Bowl. The weather's going to be absolutely perfect and
we need to help need your help, quite honestly, to
raise money for Pasadena Humane who not only all the time,
does great work to keep animals and treat animals and
get them ready to get into their forever homes. But
the need is especially great because of the Eating fire,
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where they took in like more than fifteen hundred animals
and treated them and housed them and treated their burns
and just took care of them and did such great
work and also provided supplies to people who lost their
homes and needed food to feed their animals. I mean,
they're just doing fantastic work. So we're so proud to
partner up with them for this. We have a team,
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it's called the Wake Up Call Wigglers, and we've just
I've noticed that there's some more people joining and I'm
so excited. We're going to do all kinds of fun
stuff along with the walk. There's a vendor area, there's
food trucks, there's training demonstrations, and there's also the dog
costume contest, which is very popular and we get some
really cute costumes every year. So if you can join us,
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we would love to have you do so. If you
can't join us and just want to make a donation,
our goal is ten thousand dollars and we're getting there.
We're not there yet, but if you could spare five bucks,
ten bucks, fifty bucks, one thousand bucks. Whatever you can donate,
we would love it. Very easy to do join the
team or donate at KFIAM six forty dot com, slash wiggle,
(14:39):
KFI AM six forty dot com slash wiggle. There's also
links up. I just posted it on my Instagram and
the KFI Instagram. So easy to find, easy to donate,
and easy for you to join us on Sunday, April
sixth for the Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run for Pasadena Humane.
I'll thank you in advance. In the Lacity Council's passed
a right to Council ordinate for renters, finalizing a two
(15:02):
year effort to provide tenants facing eviction with legal representation.
A one two punch for the Republicans in Florida's Jimmy
Patrona SA has won a special election to phil former
Republican Congressman Matt Gates's seat. State Senator Randy Fine won
the other seat in the US House. It was left
vacant when Mike Waltz was appointed as President Trump's National
(15:23):
security advisor. Want to be impressed? How about this? An
eighteen year old woman has been sworn in as a
deputy District attorney Sophia Park's been working in the Tulare
County DA's office since last year, after she became the
youngest person ever to pass the California Bar exam. Park
got her law degree at Northwestern California University the School
(15:44):
of Law. She's been assigned to the Visalia Prosecution Division. Yeah,
I feel like an underachiever of big time at six
oh five at TENDL on the news. It is liberation dailiest.
That's what President Trump is calling it. Right now, let's
say good morning to the host of Rich on Tech
on KFA are very own Rich DeMuro. Good morning, Rich.
Speaker 10 (16:04):
I thought you were going to say, speaking of underachievers,
welcome Rich.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
No, No, I don't think you are. I mean, look
at you. You've got a syndicated radio show, you're right
here on KFI, You're on KTLA all the time, and
you give us great advice.
Speaker 10 (16:20):
Well, let's hope we can do some of that today.
We want to talk about first.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
I want to talk about Amazon Primes new perk.
Speaker 10 (16:26):
Yeah, so this is they announced this. I think it
was like last year perhaps, but now it's available to
sign up for. You can now if you're a Prime member,
save ten cents a gallon at about seven thousand BP,
which I don't think we have around here Amaco, which
I don't think we have around here, but we do
have AMPM stations. So basically, if you're a Prime member,
you go to AMPM, you can now save ten cents
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a gallon. This is an ongoing perk from Amazon part
of your Prime account. Amazon says that members, if they
drive the average national average, they can save up to
seventy dollars a year, which is half the cost of
a Prime membership. The thing you have to do is
go to Amazon dot com slash Fuel Savings and you
basically just link up your your Prime account to this
(17:11):
new system and there you go.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Okay, So here's my question. If I have a credit
card on my Prime account and AMPM gives you that,
you know you pay less if you use a debit card,
Are you using a credit card or can you link
your debit card to it?
Speaker 10 (17:31):
It looks like you can link any card so you
can pay. You can. Actually you have to sign up
through this app. I've not done it myself, so I
don't know, but I would guess that whatever card you
want to use, you can use. Remember when ampm R
Cooe didn't take credit cards like you had to like
use that weird machine in the middle like anyway. But yeah,
so a lot of people have been debating the merits
(17:53):
of this program on my social media saying, you know,
maybe Costco is still a better deal. You know, Ralph's
has their rewards. So I think the bottom line is like,
do what's best for you. So I use that upside
app when i'm you know, when I fill out my
wife's car at the pump, and it does save some
money cost Go. You know, if you don't mind waiting
in line, you can save money there. So you know,
it's just another option available.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I love options. I love options. Okay, so I am
going to be traveling myself. So I was particularly interested
in this one that you had you had offered up,
and that was that a lot of people are planning
their vacations for the summer, and some people are going
to go overseas, and you know, we were just talking
(18:34):
about this last week. How are we going to avoid
massive fees on our phones?
Speaker 10 (18:39):
Yes, and it's a lot easier than it used to be.
This is my popular demand. I guess a lot of
people are traveling asking me, rich, how do I use
my phone but not pay you know, astronomical roaming charges?
And so here's the deal. My first, uh, my first
item of tip is call your carrier. You may have
what's called travel days banked on your plan. If you're
paying like the highest plan, the ninety dollars a month plan,
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whatever it is for unlimited for your carrier, A lot
of times you get a travel day every month included
in your plan. So last time I went to Europe,
I had like twelve days banked. I was there for
a couple of days, didn't have to you know, it
all was free basically, So that's my number one tip. Then,
if you just want to keep your current plan and
roam over there, EIGHTE and T charges twelve dollars a day,
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Verizon twelve dollars a day, T Mobile. Most plans include
roaming that can add up fast. So I only recommend
that if you're there for like, you know, three four
days whatever. If you're there longer. I like what's called
an e sim and this is basically a temporary plan
you buy from an app. You don't need a physical
SIM card. I like the app called Aerlow. You can
activate that right from your phone. You can get like
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thirty days of usage with thirty gigabytes for like thirty dollars,
So that's a very cost effective way to do it.
The problem is your phone has to be unlocked usually
for that to happen. For you'd be able to do that,
So check that and then if you don't want to
do any of that stuff, just turn off your cellular,
turn on Wi Fi, and just look for Wi Fi hotspots.
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You can use WhatsApp to stay connected. I message. Just
make sure that you're calling and texting over Wi Fi
is activated before you leave the US.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
I think that's what I did last time. It was
so long. I haven't traveled since before the pandemic. I
think our last trip to Africa, I think we just
turned off cellular and just texted.
Speaker 10 (20:23):
Yeah. And for most people, look, there's so much Wi
Fi everywhere, as long as you don't, you know. And
the other thing I would say is download the maps.
I'm gonna put this in my blog post at richontech
dot tv. Download the maps for the location you're going to.
So both Apple Maps and Google Maps let you download
the entire map for the area you're going to. So
even if you didn't have cellular, you could still navigate
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around using the offline maps. So that's a good idea too.
And my other tip, one more tip because this burned
me many years ago. I went to China and I
left my dropbox on and all my pictures uploaded. And
I'm not kidding. I came back to like a thousand
dollar bill. I had to, like, I have to negotiate
with AT and T to like get that down. But yeah,
turn off automatic backups or make sure they're just on
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Wi Fi.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Okay, that's great. Great, that's going to be so helpful
and helpful to lots of you guys who are going
to be traveling hopefully this summer. One last thing, and
that is good news for parents regarding Roadblocks.
Speaker 10 (21:23):
Yeah, well I don't think there's any good news at
all ever with Roadblocks. I'm not a fan, but I will.
I will report on this impartially.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Okay.
Speaker 10 (21:32):
Basically, Roadblocks is working with Google to do these video
ads that you can watch instead of buying stuff. So
let's say your kid, you know, if your kid is
playing Robox, are always bugging you for something, right, some
sort of in app purchase. Well, now they can watch
these ads. For thirty seconds and instead of buying the item,
they will get it gifted for free. So it's kind
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of a cool idea because most parents will be like, hey,
I'm fine with that, you know, as long as the
ads are okay, it's going to cost them less.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
But I you know what, when I play games, I
have to watch ads. So kids should have to learn
to do that too, unless they want to pay for
it with their own money.
Speaker 10 (22:08):
Yeah, exactly. Most of the time it's mom and dad paying.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Yeah, I'm such a hard ass. All right. Rich DeMuro
the host of Rich on Tech right here on KFI
Saturdays from eleven to two. You can follow him at
rich on Tech. You can watch him on KTLA, and
you can also check out his website where he puts
all this stuff that we talk about. It's rich on
(22:31):
Tech dot TV. Thank you so much, Rich, jamiro.
Speaker 10 (22:34):
All right, Amy, talk to you soon.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
All right, good advice. I love good advice. I love
love and I like that new Prime perk. But I'm
wondering again, you get like a five percent or a
five cent a gallon discount if you use your debit card,
or maybe it's a five five cent penalty if you
use a credit card at AMPMS, so I wonder if
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that ten ten cents off really becomes five cents because
of the credit card, or if you can use a
debit PANDIMIC card and get the full ten cents. I'm
gonna check it out though, because you know, five cents
is five cents, especially because gas is now approaching five
dollars a gallon and it's probably a shorter line than Costco. H. Yes,
it moves fast, though, it moves fast. So yesterday I
(23:19):
said it was Otani Bobblehead night. I was so wrong.
Tonight is Otani Bubblehead Night at the Dodgers game. And
tonight the Dodgers are taking on the Braves. The game
is at five thirty. And you know what, if you
don't feel like going and waiting in line to get in,
because last year when they did the bobblehead the line
was hours long to get it, you could listen to
(23:39):
the game and listen to all the action on AM
five to seventy LA Sports Live from the Galpin Motors
Broadcast booth, and you can stream the game in HD
on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five to seventy LA
Sports and the Lacy Council's passed a right to Council
ordinance for renters, finalizing a two year effort to provide
tenants facing eviction with legal representation. The Lacit Council plans
(24:03):
to consider a motion today to provide fast food workers
with more stable scheduling and paid time off. If approved,
the motion would also give workers more power to report
workplace violations. New York, Seattle, and Oregon have similar ordinances
in place. Big Bear Lake, the lake itself is open
for business again. Visit Big Bear. CEO Travis Scott says
(24:25):
boats can now go in the water and water activities
can resume. Scott says the mountain resort is transitioning away
from the winter season, even though Bear Mountain, Snow Summit,
and Snow Valley are still open for skiing. At six
oh five, it's handle on the news. The Republicans win
a couple big races in Florida and the Democrats win
a big one in Wisconsin. Let's say good morning now
(24:47):
to Corgy Beach Day organizer Kelly maclamore. Good morning, Kelly,
good morning. How are you doing great? So we've got
two big dog events this weekend. Are Wiggle Waggle Walk
for Pasadena humaneis on Sunday and the day before, on Saturday,
thousands of corkis are descending on Huntington Beach. Tell us
(25:10):
about so Cal Corgy Beach Day.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Yes, that's right. So Socao Corky Beach Day comes to
Huntington Beach on Saturday. We have thousands of corgis. We
have over forty pet venders, we have Corgi contests all
day long, food trucks and everything gorky and it's all
dog friendly, so anybody can come. You don't have to
have a corky to attend.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
I hear that if you don't have a Corgi, your
dog becomes an honorary Corgi for the day.
Speaker 5 (25:39):
That's right, That's right, And we have a lot of
honorary corkis that come, and even people that just don't
have a corky and they just love to see all
those little fluffy butts walking around the beach.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Okay, so where do all the corkis come from?
Speaker 5 (25:53):
You know, most of them come from obviously so Cal,
but we have a ton of people that come from
all over the US. They make road trips to come
with their dogs and come to corgy each day. We
even have people that come from overseas Europe. We've had
people come from Dubai. I mean, they come from everywhere,
and I'm we're always surprised that they keep coming. There's
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just there's a ton of corky people everywhere.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Okay, and so what are some of the activities that
are going on? You mentioned that there's going to be
food vendors at food trucks and there's going to be
vendors and that kind of thing. But what are some
of the things that corkys do. Is it just to
come and show your you know, share your corgi or
do you have actual activities for them?
Speaker 5 (26:30):
Yeah, we have a whole itinerary planned all day. So
the main arena area is the hub of all the
action and that's where we have all of our contests.
So we have most popular one, of course, costume contests,
and our theme of corgiybch is Corgabunga, USA, kind of
a shout out to Huntington Beach Stark City, USA. We
also have Corky Limbo because it's perfect for the little
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short legs. Best corky but Fluffius Corgy loudest Barking Corky Contest,
which is a new one, and that's a hit already.
And what else do we have? We have tons of
contests all day long, and it's it's all at the
main arena, so okay, that's the heat of the action.
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And then other than that, there's tons of other stuff
to do as well.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Okay, and then the Corky races. So the Corky's race,
and I'm do they race on the sand?
Speaker 5 (27:24):
They do? We we have done that before and we've
timed them to so we do another event called Corky
national So the winner of that event goes to compete
in Corky Nationals.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
They win a spot. Okay, I bet it's really fun
to watch them on the sand because as their little
legs sink in, you probably just see them skimming along
the beach.
Speaker 5 (27:44):
Yes, it's pretty funny, all right.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
And so what why do people love Corky's so much, Kelly?
Speaker 5 (27:50):
I think, I mean, I love Corky's because it feels
like they're just big dogs and little bodies. They're loyal,
they're active, very smart, sometimes too smart, but there's just
a great companion. I'm a Corky lover for life. I'll
always have a corky I love that.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Okay, So if you want to participate, when do things
get started on Saturday?
Speaker 5 (28:11):
So ten am to three pm on Saturday, come to
Huntington Beach the two blocks south of the pier. The
event is free to the public excuse and there's a
huge parking lot which is new for us this time.
We've moved locations, so we have thousands of parking spots
with crime.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Great great great. And where can people get more information.
Speaker 5 (28:30):
Kelly, They can go to so Calcorgybeach Day dot com
or also on Instagram, so Cal Corky Beach Day.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Okay, thank you so much, Kelly macklamore. Good luck with
so Cal Corgy Beach Day. Sounds like a lot a
lot of fun.
Speaker 5 (28:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
All right, take care. Time to get in your business
now with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Courtney, let's talk good morning,
good morning. Let's talk about luxury cars and why the
expensive cars are going to get more expensive in the
less expensive cars are going to go away.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Well, here's an interesting angle to all of this. Mercedes
is thinking about not selling its entry level models now
in the US. So yeah, so it's a big change
for these guys. Executives believe the auto tariffs are going
to make these cars economically unfeasible, so duties could turn
already thin margins into losses if they're not passed on
(29:26):
to customers. So the small GLASUV is one of the
models that they're thinking about pulling. But sources tell us
executives at the German automaker are frustrated from the lack
of clear guidance from Washington and they're really unsure how
to respond right now. But overall, when you're looking at cars,
tariffs are driving a lot of people to the showrooms.
(29:47):
For example, in the first quarter, GMS deliveries sorts seventeen
percent as people rushed out there to get a new car,
and Hyundai so record sales too.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
And Hynday's generally more affordable cars, so that one could
hit a lot of people hard.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
But they saw double digitkanes for some of their best
selling models. But you have to keep in mind that
cars assembled overseas account for half of US auto sales,
so this is going to be a big game changer
when these twenty five percent tariffs take effect coming up
this week.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
Okay, and then you mentioned tariffs And here's something that
we might not have thought about that is going to
be affected by those tariffs, and it has to do
with your face. Yeah, duties could hit botox. So this
is when we're going to get a lot of people's
attention about what tariffs can really warn you.
Speaker 8 (30:35):
Oh my gosh, so true here in New York too.
But potential tariffs on Ireland's can be bad news for
drug maker Avvy, which makes the anti wrinkle treatment in
that country on the west coast of the country. Moving
production to the US would likely be a huge headache
for Avvy. So for a drug like Botox, a lot
of increases and prices that's going to hit patients because
(30:57):
it isn't covered by insurance.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
You know that there's going to be people calling their
estheticians today. Can you get me in today? Can you
get me a today? Exactly? Present me up. President Trump
is also going to be meeting today because we have
another deadline approaching for TikTok. They're supposed to sell by
April fifth or be banned. Yeah, this is Saturday. It's
every day it's a new headline over something. But President Yeah, President.
Speaker 8 (31:22):
Trump is meeting to consider proposing the proposal for divesting
TikTok's US operations from its Chinese parent company. So sources
are telling us here at Bloomberg that the administration is
considering a deal that would include Oracle financial firm, Blackstone
and other investors in a joint venture. So, as you
were saying, they have the deadline this Saturday to find
(31:43):
a buyer or see the app band though the President
has said that he would be willing to extend the
deadline it's necessary.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Okay, And what are we expecting stocks wise, because we've
got Liberation Day the announcements this afternoon.
Speaker 8 (31:58):
But you know what, it's interesting that they moved it
from three o'clock to four o'clock Eastern time, after the
close of trading. So, but the countdown is on and
everybody is watching.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
And what Wall.
Speaker 8 (32:08):
Street doesn't really like, what we're certain about is that
they don't like uncertainty here. So stocks are heading for
a pretty tough hit today. S and P futures are
down one percent. That means we're going to get a
significant hit at the open. Dow futures are looking at
a loss of three hundred and fifteen points. Yesterday it
was a mixed close, so it's looking a little more
(32:30):
rough today where the S and P five hundred rows
four tenths of a percent. However, the Dow closed the
session little changed.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
All right, Courtney Donaho, with Bloomberg getting in your business
just like we do every day on wake up call.
Thank you so much, See you later, talk to you tomorrow.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Gas prices in
LA County arr inching toward the five dollars per gallon
mark again. Prices are up another two cents today to
four eighty nine a gallon. On average, prices are up
(32:57):
eleven of the last twelve days gas in Orange County
averaging four eighty six a gallons for seventy seven in
the ie. Some renters facing eviction in LA could soon
have access to free legal health.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
The city council voted in favor of a right to
Council program funded through LA's mansion tax. Attorney Shane Henson
says too many tenants show up in court without representation
against a landlord who has a lawyer. People that have
an attorney face the judge and landlord's attorney alone.
Speaker 11 (33:23):
They were often confused about the allegations in their case
and the rules of the court.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
The program is expected to cost around thirty five million
dollars a year, and some supporters have argued that money
would come back and then some through additional revenues and
saved expenses. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Former NYPD Blue actress Kim Delaney and her partner will
not be charged following their arrests in Marina del Rey.
They were arrested on Saturday after deputies responded to a
domestic disturbance call. LA County District Attorney's Office cites insufficient
evidence in declining to pursue the case. It's Sho Heeo
Tani bobblehead nighted Dodger Stadium. Dodgers are going to hand
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out forty thousand bobblehead heads that commemorate Otani's first season,
in which he became the first and only member of
the fifty to fifty club fifty home runs, fifty stolen
bases in one season. Sports memorabilia collector cruz Achoa says
people can make big bucks on popular collectibles.
Speaker 12 (34:15):
Anything to do with Otani really has a pretty petty
attached to it.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
I mean his popularity, his stuff, especially since coming to
the Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
Team Otani bobbleheads from last season selling on eBay for
about two hundred bucks, or you could keep them, keep
the commemorative. The Dodgers are encouraging fans to arrive early
to the game. Lines last year were hours long. The
game starts at five thirty eight. You can hear live
on a five seventy. California lawmakers have rejected two bills
that would have banned transgender athletes from competing in girls
(34:43):
and women's sports. One would stop biological males from joining
sports teams. The other would reverse a law that allows
transgender athletes to participate in female sports. The votes yesterday
were along party lines. More than one thousand replica guns
have been seized from LAX in the past six months.
US Customs and Border Protection says most have been destroyed.
(35:04):
Customs officials say the replica weapons came from China most likely,
and arrived at the airport labeled as misdeclared alloy miniature toys.
They may have included BB guns, toy guns, and pelicans.
We're just minutes away from Handle on the news this
morning with our guest host Nili savedra Corey Booker talked
and talked and talked and talked and set a record.
(35:26):
Did he accomplish anything. Let's say good morning now to
the CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation. It's Dan Lamb.
Speaker 12 (35:33):
Good morning, Dan, good morning.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
Okay, so we're talking trees. We want to get a
refresher course. What is so great about trees and why
do we need them?
Speaker 12 (35:44):
Well, look, the Arbor Day Foundation, of course we love trees,
but what we're realizing more and more is that trees
are no longer seen as a nice to have. They
are a must have because they do so much for us,
especially in our cities and towns. From those be natural
air filters, helping to create cleaner, safer communities, shading our homes,
(36:06):
helping to stop and slow storm water runoff and flooding.
If ever there was a time to be planting trees,
now is that time?
Speaker 5 (36:14):
Well?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
And even I've heard talking about in La where there
are areas that just don't have a lot of trees,
and they're like, we need to plant trees because as
they grow up, like you mentioned, they do the shade,
they literally cool off neighborhoods.
Speaker 12 (36:28):
No doubt, trees can reduce daytime temperatures by it to
ten degrees fahrenheit. And it hasn't just been hot in
La It's hot everywhere. And trees are more important than
they've ever been. But also more and more research just
tells us people are happier and healthier when they're near
trees and green space.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
I love that. And so what is the mission, then,
Dan of the Arbor Day Foundation.
Speaker 12 (36:53):
The Arbor Day Foundation is actually the largest nonprofit organization
in the world dedicated to planting trees. And our simple
mission is that we inspire people to plant, nurture, and
celebrate trees. And we do that by planting in front
yards and backyards, in cities and parks and in critical
forest lands all around the world.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Okay, and you want us to plant trees, so for
Arbor Day that comes up April twenty fifth, right, and
also right of course Earth Month and that kind of stuff.
You've partnered up with a pretty large company and you're
going to help people get those trees.
Speaker 12 (37:33):
To plant, right. We want everybody to be planting trees.
But we're very excited this year to be partnering with
Subaru as a part of their Subru loves the Earth Initiative.
Super has a long legacy of working on environmental causes
and we're excited to be partnering with Subaru and more
than six hundred retailers across the country to distribute and
(37:55):
plant one hundred thousand trees this year, helping people plant
in their front yards and backyards, making a difference in
cities and towns all across the country.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Okay, so where are you going to be giving away trees?
Do people come buy trees? Where do we get them?
Speaker 12 (38:12):
So it's a great question. Retailers all across the country
are participating. You can go and find more information about
our partnership and find your local retailer and reserve a
tree by going to subru dot com slash Earth. And
what's happening is we're distributing regionally appropriate trees and they're
one gallon trees and they're going to grow up to
(38:34):
be critically important parts of the urban forest, the community
forest in our cities and towns all around the country.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
Okay, so like here we might get a palm tree
or a nice jacaranda tree or something like that. In Oregon,
they're going to get different trees.
Speaker 12 (38:50):
Exactly. We're going to make sure the right trees are
being sent to the right place to make sure they
have the best chance for survival.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
I love it, and Dan Lamb again, we're wre do
people go to find out and when they can get
the trees and where?
Speaker 12 (39:06):
So that we're more than six hundred subero retailers we're
working with across the country. You can go to subreu
dot com slash earth to find your local retailer and
reserve a tree. And if you also just want to
learn more information about how to plant trees, how to
care for trees, you can go to the Arbor Day
Foundation website at arbor day dot org.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Okay, great, and then Dan, when are these being given
aways at all month or is it a particular time
of the.
Speaker 12 (39:30):
Month throughout We're distributing this throughout the month of April,
but each retailer has a specific date that works for
them the best.
Speaker 1 (39:38):
Okay, so go check out the website. Dan Lamb, the
CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, thank you so much
for your time. We love trees.
Speaker 12 (39:48):
You're great, have a great Arbor Day all right, you too.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
And you guys, they have this list of all the
cities where they're doing the tree giveaways. I mean it's
like all over southern California. There's Riverside and Carlsbaden. Let's see,
that's north of a thousand Oaks and Lake Forest and Temecula, Valencia.
I'm just looking through this huge list and trying to
pick out the ones that are close to us. A
(40:11):
city of Industry, Glendale, Ontario, San Bernardino, all over the place.
So do go check that out and you could get
a free tree. I love planting trees. Let's get back
to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A federal judge in California has
ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to
unaccompanied illegal immigrant children in the US. The administration terminated
(40:35):
a federal contract last month that provides legal aid for
those under eighteen. Groups whose funding was cut filed a lawsuit.
They want the government to make sure children do not
face court proceedings without legal aid. The body of a
fourth American soldier missing in Lithuania has been found. The
soldiers were with the third Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia.
(40:55):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Lovett told reporters yesterday. The
soldiers were in an armored vehicle accident last month. One
of the soldiers killed, Sergeant edvon Franco from Glendale. His wife,
Georgia Franco, says he was a great father to their son.
He loved him.
Speaker 5 (41:11):
I mean, I couldn't have handpicked somebody else to be
a father.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
From the moment, I mean we had him, he was
in love. The four soldiers were reported missing March twenty fifth.
Their vehicle was discovered the next day about fifteen feet
deep in a peat bog. Democrats have won a special
election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, despite
Elon Musk spending millions on the conservative candidate. ABC's Andrew
(41:36):
Dimbert says the election could have nationwide implications.
Speaker 10 (41:39):
The Wisconsin Supreme Court could rule on the issue of redistricting,
which would impact the balance of power in Washington.
Speaker 4 (41:45):
But Republicans did have reason to celebrate overnight, he.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
Says, they won special elections in Florida to fill two
vacant congressional seats. They had been held by former Congressman
Matt Gates and Mike Walls, who became President Trump's National
security advisor. The Pasadena School District has fired a security
guard for making a child duc tape her mouth shut.
Speaker 11 (42:07):
The eleven year old girl's father, Ricardo Hurtado, says his
daughter was told she was talking too loud and giggling
too much during a lunch break when the officer forced
her to tape her mouth shut. The incident happened at
Blair Middle School in Pasadena. District officials say the female
guard has been fired and they're cooperating with police during
the investigation. The security guard has not been identified by
the district and the girl has since returned to school.
Speaker 1 (42:27):
How the Brooker, KFI News and Tinder is starting an
in app game that allows users to flirt with artificially
intelligent chatbots. It says the idea is to boost user engagement.
Tender says it's the game. Game uses open AI's GPT
mini models to generate romantic comedy scenarios. Other dating apps
(42:50):
like Grinder have also been testing AI powered features. What
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Orange County Southland weather from KFI sunny with highs in
the low to mid sixties at the coast, Metro LA
and Inland o c mid sixties in the valleys. In
Inland Empire, fifty with strong or fifties with strong gusty
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winds in the Antelope Valley. Party cloudy with a chance
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Friday with highs in the mid sixties. Could see mid
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sunny skies on Saturday, near eighty for inland areas. On Sunday,
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one in Marina del Rey, and forty eight in Burbank.
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