March 26, 2025 • 44 mins
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News. ABC News analyst John Cohen speaks on why the Signal leak really is a big deal. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Apple setting a date for WWDC, TikTok ban being back in the spotlight, and Amazon’s Spring sale is LIVE! Courtney Donohoe from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. Amy takes us ‘Out and About’ to a prop store movie auction from _____.
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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 app.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Already really time to get up? Are you kidding me? Yes?
It is time. This is your wake up call for Wednesday,
March twenty sixth. Good morning, I'm Amy King, very excited
one day away from Dodgers Opening Day. I'll be at
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the game, so I'm extra extra excited. My best friend
is taking a train down from Pasa Robles, coming down.
She's gonna hang out. It's gonna be a good time.
Looking forward to it, and I'm going to be telling
me about this during wake up call. But did you
know that the Dodgers of the odds on favorite to
win the World Series again? What he paid the most
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money for it? Bitter much?
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Maybe?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Morning cono, Good morning, here's what's the head on wake
up call. The LA City Council's voted to explore whether
the city can contract directly with homeless service providers rather
than go through the LA Homeless Services Authority. The joint
City County agency has been accused of misusing billions of
dollars in funding. The Pasadena School District has sued Southern
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California Edison, asking it to pay for school buildings burned
in the Eton fire. An attorney representing the district says
the lawsuit seeks fair compensation to recover the taxpayer resources
and property lost in the wildfire. In January, National Security
Advisor Mike Walts has taken responsibility for the editor in
chief of The Atlantic getting access to a group chat
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with defense and other top and administration officials about US
air strikes in Yemen. During an interview, Waltz implied, though
Jeffrey Goldberg somehow deliberately appeared in the group, called the
journalist a loser. The acting former Acting Undersecretary for Intelligence
and counter Terrorism Coordinator at the US Department of Homeland
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Security is going to tell us why the signal app
incident is really a big deal. ABC's John Cohen's going
to join us in just a couple of minutes. Now's
the time to get deals on Amazon. Who knew? And
it's not even Cyber Monday, and our tiktok'd days really numbered.
We're going to find out with the host of rich
on Tech right here on KFI. It's rich Demro that's
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coming up at five point twenty and wake Up Call
went out and about to take a look at some
pieces of Hollywood history and guess what they could be yours.
That's coming up at the bottom of the hour. And
I hope you'll stick around for that because I was
so geeking out seeing all these really cool things that
are going to be auctioned off. I got to see
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props from some of my favorite movies. We're going to
tell you all about it, including Ghostbusters and Superman and
Back to the Future and Star Wars. Really cool stuff
that it's going up for auction. Not auction starts today.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA has taken
a step toward keeping its homeless program spending exclusively at
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City Hall.
Speaker 6 (03:23):
The city Council's unanimous vote ask city staff to figure
out how city Hall can bypass the LA Homeless Services
Authority and contract with homeless service providers directly. City Councilwoman
Monica Rodriguez says LASA hasn't handled its billions of dollars
in funding properly.
Speaker 7 (03:38):
And there's a point where we just have to call
an end to funding the failure.
Speaker 6 (03:44):
Recent audits have blasted LASA over its accounting practices and
its contract policies, which often lack detailed expectations and metrics.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is told county supervisors that
state law is stopping ICE from being told about people
being released from prison. Barnes says there were more than
seven hundred ICE detainees requests last year, and some of
the inmates ended up back on the streets committing crimes
because of the law.
Speaker 8 (04:12):
The man from Mexico was arrested in the San La
campastronic and possession of Meathan fata mean presenting a false
idea to police on August twenty seven. He was re
arrested again in San Ua Campistroana October twenty eighth for
assault with a deadly weapon.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Barnes said during his annual report on immigration enforcement that
his department will not impede federal law enforcement officials from
carrying out their responsibilities. Immigrant advocates have criticized the OC
Sheriff's department for coordinating with ice at a higher rate
than other counties. A Republican assemblyman from the Inland Empire
says his bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in
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girls and women's sports is about putting things back to
the way they used to be.
Speaker 9 (04:50):
Corona assembly Member Bill A. Saley's proposed legislation is due
to be heard in the state Assembly on April first.
He told kfi's John Cobel. Yes, before the law was
changed ten years ago, boys and men did not compete
against girls and women.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
There's an opportunity to have a real conversation here whether
we have a co ed team, or we have a
third category, or you know, give them some private facilities
that they can use to change out in.
Speaker 9 (05:15):
The hearing will mark the first public debate on the
issue since Governor Newsom said having trans athletes and girls'
sports is unfair.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Deborah Mark Ki five News. Let's say good morning now
to ABC's John Cohen. John, the Trump administration has admitted
that the editor in chief of the Atlantic was included
on a group chat about upcoming attacks on the Hoothy Rebels.
They are downplaying it, but you're saying this is this
really is a big deal.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, I mean it's a very big deal, and particularly
it's a big deal for the families of the sailors
and pilots that were involved in this operation. Look, military
operations and intelligence operations are dangerous, and the person who
are involved in the conduct of these operations put themselves
at risk into in service to this country, and we
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owe it to the families and spouses to safeguard the
information that can provide advanced warning of this operation. So,
in this case, sensitive information regarding these planning efforts or
was communicated amongst Cabinet officials on a commercial application, a
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commercial application that has been targeted for compromise by foreign
intelligence services, and a commercial application that works on a
cell phone, which quite frankly are easily compromised by foreign
intelligence services. So we owe it to these personnel not
to or to safeguard this information. So that means you
don't discuss details of these observations in a bar, a restaurant,
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in front of your Alexa, on your cell phone, by
text or via commercial apps. You do it over secured
communication channels which the government maintains.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So the question I have for you, John, is about
those secured communications. So what other options do they have
because we've heard that this signal app is used and
was approved to be used, and was used by the
previous administration too, to communicate.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That's yeah, I heard that as well, and it's a
little bit misleading. The use of commercial applications like Signal
are allowed by some agencies under certain situations. Signal is
an encrypted application, which is good for you or me,
or the members of the public, journalists, private sector companies
to use because they don't, unlike the government, maintain a
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massive communications infrastructure that provides for secured communications. You know,
I used to be the under Secretary of Intelligence for
the Department of Homeland Security. When I traveled on official
travel or on vacation, I was you know, I carried
with me secured communications device. If there was a very
sensitive issue, like the planning of a counter terrorism operation,
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I would leave vacation and go to a secure facility.
Their secure facilities all around the country, all over the
world that government officials can go to. So while signal
may be appropriate for some limited usage by government personnel,
it certainly is not appropriate to be used to discuss
sensitive operational information, which is why the Department of Defense
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in twenty twenty three, the Chief Information Officers forbid the
utilization on government on phones and computers of signal in
order to be used to convey sensitive, unclassified and classified information.
So there are communication capabilities that are maintained by the government,
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that are secured, that are especially established to safeguard this
type of information. And that's the only those are the
only capabilities that should be used to convey this type
of information.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Okay, and then just another question, So I don't think
this isn't the first time this kind of thing has
probably happened. Why do they why do they use it
if they really shouldn't.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Be Well, that's a really good question. And I think
as members of Congress and others are asking questions, that'll
be one of the questions they ask. There are several
theories that folks have promoted ease of use, distrust of
the government bureaucracy, you know, the concerns that their private
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conversations would be would be listened to by other government
personnel and leak to the media, or it provides an
opportunity to bypath data retention policies that control how government
records are maintained. So that'll be one of the questions
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The other big question that's going to be asked is,
you know, putting aside a moment the appropriateness of using
a commercial application. The other question that's going to be
asked is how the heck did a journalist get added
to a signal group. Those people who know who you
signal know that that requires a very deliberate process. You
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can't sneak into a signal group. You have to you know,
people that are participating on it have to specifically be
added by the administrator of the group. So someone added
and provided access to these highly sensitive communications to a
journalist who quite frankly exercised good restraint by limiting the
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information that he had access to because he was on
this group and he didn't publish all of it.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
And in this case, it's sort of like they leaked
at themselves, whether they meant to or not.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
But yeah, okay, right, you know, we always talk about
we always talk about the concern about, you know, something
practice could lead to an unauthorized disclosure. We don't have.
This isn't hypothetical.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
This happened.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Yeah, they use this commercial channel, they use it in
a way that they provided access to a member of
the media. The member of the media was able to
publish portions of what he saw, so the information was
in fact compromised.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Yeah, okay. ABC's John Cohen, thank you so much for
your information and insight. We certainly appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Good talking to you, all right, take care.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Amtrak is warning
customers about a confirmed case of measles on a passenger
train from New York City to Washington, d C.
Speaker 10 (11:38):
The person with measles was on the Amtrak Northeast Regional
train southbound last Wednesday. Amtrak says it is reaching out
to all passengers on that impacted train to alert them
of their possible exposure.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
Yeay if I.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Scott Pringles's doctors are urging people to keep their vaccinations
up to date. Boeing is about to change it's plea
entered last year ye over problems with its seven thirty
seven Max jets, including two deadly crashes. ABC's Alex Stone
says Boeing wants to withdraw the guilty plea agreement with
the Department of Justice.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
The agreement blamed Boeing for misleading the FAA before the
crashes killed three hundred and fifty six people, but Boeing
is now seeking more lenient treatment from President Trump's administration.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Those two crashes happened in Indonesia in twenty eighteen and
Ethiopia in twenty nineteen. Vice President Van says he'll be
going with Second Lady Usha Vance when she travels to
Greenland on Friday. The Vice President posted a video on
x yesterday about his plans.
Speaker 11 (12:36):
Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security
of the people of Greenland because we think it's important
to protecting the security of the entire world.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Is Commons followed President Trump's repeated statements that the US
should own and control the semi autonomous Danish territory. Officials
in Greenland and Denmark have denounced the visit. An executive
order from as and Trump would stop the federal government
from using paper checks.
Speaker 12 (13:03):
The order, assigned Tuesday would block the Treasury Department from
issuing checks for benefits, tax refunds, vendor payments, and intragovernmental
payments effective September thirtieth. At that time, the federal government
would be required to switch to electronic transfer methods like
direct deposit and prepaid card accounts.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Kfi's Tammy Truchio says, according to the order, paper checks
impose unnecessary costs, delays, risks of fraud, theft, and inefficiencies.
It is time for world champion Dodger Baseball where just
one day away from the home opener this season. Tomorrow,
the Dodgers take on the Detroit Tigers. Opening Day action
(13:42):
is happening at Dodger Stadium. First pitch goes out at
four to ten. You can listen to every game on
the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports brought
to you in part by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Now at the Hollywood Pantagious Theater. You can visit Broadway Inhollywood,
dot com and go blue. USC officials have called for
(14:03):
budget cutbats and a hiring freeze over what it calls
federal funding uncertainty. USC is facing an already one hundred
and fifty eight million dollar budget deficit and could also
lose federal funding for not complying with some Trump administration mandates.
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem will tour the prison in
El Salvador that took in hundreds of US deportees believed
(14:27):
to be Trendea Ragua and MS thirteen gang members. El
Salvador is the first stop of Noam's trip that also
includes stops in Columbia and Mexico. The Dodgers will be
visiting President Trump at the White House. They'll be honored
for their twenty twenty four World Series win. The visits
scheduled for April seventh, when the Dodgers will be in
town to play the Washington Nationals. At six oh five,
(14:50):
it's Handle on the News with our friend Chris Merril
filling in today. Mike Walls has claimed responsibility for that
Signal check group lead to a journalist. We'll find out
more about that, but right now, let's say good morning
to our host of Rich on Tech KTLA's tech reporter
Rich Demiro.
Speaker 11 (15:10):
Morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you.
Speaker 8 (15:12):
Amy.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
We're not going to dive into what happened with Signal
because you're our tech guy, because we heard you talking
with it about Chris with Chris Merril yesterday about how
we've all added the wrong people onto chats, so it
can happen, but it's also a pretty serious thing.
Speaker 11 (15:28):
Well yeah, I mean I'm not a government official, so
my chat is like, yeah, I'll see you in ten minutes,
not hey, we're bombing this place in ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
But we've all sent that one that like you sent
it like would you just leave me alone? I'm like,
oh my god, that went to the wrong person.
Speaker 11 (15:45):
Oh always, and I get it and look and Signal
is a very secure app. I understand a lot of
people use it, a lot of executives use it anyone
that wants to remain private because it is very much
encrypted and it doesn't collect a lot of information. So
I understand all that part, but also, yeah, this is
a human mistake and there's some things to unpack here
as well.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Yeah, interesting as we dive into this, well, I'm going
to share something that we just found out from John
going with ABC that he was saying, you need to
get to secure places, and he goes, there's secure places,
like secure facilities all over the country. It's not as
it's not as easy to get to as your phone.
But I'm like, you knew there were locations all over
the place.
Speaker 11 (16:26):
Oh, I'm sure there are there's you know, I mean,
but look, at the end of the day, again, we're
all human and we take you know, these paths of
least resistance and we and we're so used to texting
and these are all new people and you know, new positions,
and I'm not defending them, but it's like, you know,
they've got to follow the rules that that are established
and if that's not using signal, then they got to
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figure that out.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Okay, Now, speaking of following rules, the rule for TikTok
is you got to sell or you're going to be banned.
That was pushed back. But is that back on the
table or the deadlines approaching? What's going on with TikTok?
Speaker 11 (16:59):
Yeah, I've forgot about this. April fifth is that deadline?
It's already here, already. I can't believe it. It's like
we've been talking about this for I'm not kidding over
four years now, how many years it's been, It's been
many years. And so TikTok has faced an uncertain future
here in the US. The current thing is that it
needs to be sold to a non Chinese owner or
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risk being banned. Is that happening? Has there been any
progress whatsoever?
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Not? Really.
Speaker 11 (17:27):
We've seen a couple of companies like Oracle have some interest.
We've seen a couple of investor groups pop up here
and there, but nothing solid. So with that in mind,
TikTok has been ramping up a massive ad campaign. I
was watching TV the other day and I was like, wait,
what is this an ad for TikTok?
Speaker 8 (17:42):
What?
Speaker 11 (17:43):
And it was so you know, it was so heartfelt
and warm and it made me want to scroll all
day long until my eyes fall out. But they're saying,
look where a kind, gentle social media service, and you
should keep us here in the US.
Speaker 10 (17:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I've seen those ads too, And TikTok is not really
interested in selling either, is it.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
No.
Speaker 11 (18:03):
I mean, the Chinese company that owns it does not
want to sell it because A it's a cash cow
and B there's a lot of secret sauce in that
algorithm and they don't want to give that up.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Yeah. Okay, well we'll be watching and it'll be interesting
to see because it was supposed to go into effect
earlier and then Trump pushed it back.
Speaker 11 (18:20):
Right, And this doesn't seem like it's the most pressing
issue in America right now, But hey, what do I
know exactly?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Well, you do know that we can get some stuff
on sale on Amazon right now?
Speaker 11 (18:32):
Well, I didn't actually know this. I didn't even know
there was a spring sale until I was doing some
research yesterday and I was like, wait, why are these
people posting? Why am I getting so many emails about
Amazon discounts? And sure enough, this is Amazon Amazon's big
Spring sale. It's running through March thirty first, kind of
a mini Prime day, so they're not calling this a
Prime day. You know you typically they do two of
those a year, but I think these sales must do
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pretty well for Amazon. So what happens is all these
manufacturers discount stuff. Why I started getting the email. So
if you're looking for something, if there's something in your
shopping car, maybe your wish list, maybe you're saved for later,
now is the time to check for discounts. A couple
of notables AirPods pro down to one hundred and seventy bucks,
Apple Watch the latest model down to two ninety nine,
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the latest Google Pixel smartphone seven forty nine, the Ring
indoor cam forty bucks, and the crowd favorite, the Brother
laser printer, which I personally had for about ten years
ninety nine bucks.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Oh so some good deals when they do these sales,
do I mean do they They don't take usually a
ton off, but there are some like I don't know
if they're lost leaders, but they usually pick a few.
Speaker 11 (19:43):
Well, it's every company. So basically, you know, like the
the companies sort of go through and say like hey,
you know, like we'll discount this stuff. And so Amazon
just says, hey, we're having this big day, and then
it's up to the companies to sort of like discount
their products because most of the stuffs sold on Amazon
now is like third part. But I went through my
saved stuff and sure enough, there's a lot of stuff
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on there on sales. So definitely take a look at
your cart or your wish list or you know, if
you need something like a battery, portable battery or something,
you know, this is the time to get it.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Yeah. What's interesting to me on this rich is that
there aren't like traditional ads saying hey, we're doing a sale.
It's all, but you're finding out about it because of
social media, like because everybody's talking about it.
Speaker 11 (20:25):
Well that's because of affiliate marketing. So basically Amazon's not
you know, they're advertising in certain ways, probably online, but
you know, the real benefit here is to affiliates who
basically share a link to Amazon stuff and they get
a little cut.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
So that's why you see.
Speaker 11 (20:42):
So many of those articles from every publication out there
that says ten items I can't live without on Amazon
because they are doing affiliate sales and they make a
small cut, okay for absolutely brilliant.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Yeah really, no kidding. For more great tech information, you
can listen to rich Demiro right here from eleven to
two on Saturday on KFI. You can also see him
on KTLA, follow him on Instagram, rich on Tech his
website rich on Tech dot tv. He posts all the
stuff that he talks about there so you can get
the latest information there too. Rich Demiro, thanks so much.
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Amy, all right, take care. Jury in Riverside Counties recommended
the death penalty for a convicted felon who killed his
one year old daughter and stabbed his pregnant wife during
a child custody exchange. The same jury convicted Adam Slater
early this month of first degree murder, attempted murder, assault
on a child, and other charges. The crimes happened in
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twenty twenty, and RV Company's storage lot in the city
of Industry has reportedly been overrun by squatters who've taken
up residents in the vehicles. Arado Torres works nearby tells
KTLA it's dangerous.
Speaker 13 (21:51):
It's a very gootic scene. Like I said, all the
trailers are like damage, broke in, flipped over. A couple
of videos I have where they've missed on fire. So
there's been big fires. You know, we have to go
look make sure it's not our cars that Arcano fire.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Black Series RV has been using the site to store
some RVs and attempts to evict the unsanctioned residents that's
a good word for him, have been unsuccessful. Katla says
the property managers now received a new eviction order and
hopes to clear the lot soon. Veteran entertainment industry lawyer
Greg Hessinger has been named the new president of the
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Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Hill head up
the powerful trade group that leads labor negotiations on behalf
of Hollywood's major studios and streaming companies. The La County
DA's office has reversed course on the death penalty.
Speaker 6 (22:41):
DA Nathan Hawkman says he's rescinded a moratorium on seeking
the death penalty previously enacted by his predecessor, George Gascon
Hakman says it would only be sought in exceedingly rare
cases after a thorough review to again.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Make sure that all the aggravating and mitigating considerations are
on the table when you make a final decision.
Speaker 6 (22:59):
That review would also so include defense attorneys who would
have the opportunity to make arguments on behalf of their clients.
Hakman says the death penalty would be used in the
most egregious of criminal circumstances. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
You'll soon be screaming inside at Legoland, California. The owner
of the theme park says a new indoor roller coaster
is being built should be up and running by next year.
A matching coaster is being built at Legoland Florida. The
total costs for both coasters ninety million dollars, the biggest
attraction investment in the park's histories and the first new
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coaster at Lego Line, California in twenty years. President Trump
assigned an executive order requiring people to prove their citizenship
when registering to vote. The order also includes changes to
mail in ballot deadlines and election equipment. It is expected
to be challenged in court. California Assembly members will discuss
two bills next week affecting transgender athletes. One would stop
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transgender girls from competing in women's sports. The other seeks
to overturn in a twenty thirteen law that allows students
to join teams and use facilities that match their gender identity.
The DOUBLEG is coming to USC. Snoop Dogg is going
to deliver the commencement address this year to the graduating
class from the USC Marshall School of Business Snoops released
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twenty one studio albums, won sixteen Grammys and has behind
several businesses successful ones too, including his beverage company Gin
and Juice. At six o five's handle on the news,
Trump says his National Security advisor has learned a lesson
and he's standing by it.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
So Wake Up Call.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Got to go out and about this week to the
Peterson Automotive Museum in LA. We didn't go to check
out cars, though, we went to see pieces of Hollywood history.
So there's an auction that starts today. It's got props
and costumes from some of your favorite movies. And we
got to catch up with the chief operating officer of
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prop store Brandon Allinger, who's going to walk us through
some of the items being auctioned off, tell us about
some of the big things that we're going to see,
because you guys have assembled an amazing array of movie
props that I have to tell you, I'm totally geeking
out just looking around the room and.
Speaker 5 (25:16):
You know, right behind me, Hello Superman.
Speaker 14 (25:18):
Yeah, that is one of the star lots in the sale.
This auction is something that we do twice a year
in the US and once over in the UK, and
it's really our ten pole project. It's where we put
out some of the absolute best material that has surfaced
through the year.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Okay, so this costume.
Speaker 14 (25:31):
Here, this is a genuine Christopher Reeves Superman outfit that
he wore in Superman three, which was the one that
also had Richard Pryor in it. Oh right, right, And
this is actually evil Superman's if you recall in the film,
there's a sequence where Superman he starts drinking and he
actually turns evil, and to represent that in the film,
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they change his costume out of his core primary colors
that we always see in the very bright blue, red,
and yellow into this much darker, sort of less saturated
version of the outfit. So it's wonderful and its completeness
because you do have the entire ensemble head to tell
You've got the boots, you've got the belt, you've got
the cape with the big s.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
On the back. All of it is labeled.
Speaker 14 (26:15):
Maybe the inside there's little fabric identifying tags that are
from the costume house that made the outfit in the UK,
which is a famous costumer called Burmans and Nathan's that
say in a little typescript font Christopher Reeves Superman three.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
And is that How do you check for authenticity because
I mean, anybody could make a knockoff of this.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Yeah, no, it's a very good question.
Speaker 14 (26:35):
It's actually especially pertinent with Superman costumes because fraudulent examples
are a real problem with those. You know, it really
comes down to our expertise. So we've been doing this
a long long time. PROPST was founded in nineteen ninety
eight in the UK. We've had the US office here
since two thousand and seven. We have encountered a lot
of examples of different props and costumes in the past,
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both good and bad. And with the Superman costumes, the
fabric is actually a very specific thick weave that they
made specifically for the films. It's not just like an
athletic spandex that you.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Would go out and buy. It's literally something that they made.
Speaker 14 (27:07):
You won't see that fabric anywhere else except on a
genuine Superman costume. And we've been able to compare, for example,
this example to versions that came directly out of the
studio archive, the Warner Brothers studio archive, and you know,
all the little tells, all the witness marks are exactly
consistent between them. So we are one hundred percent confident
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that this is a genuine example. It does come with
the prop Store Certificate of Authenticity, which gives buyers a
lifetime guarantee, a money back guarantee, so that if there
ever is a problem with that piece or any other piece,
they can come back to us and we'll.
Speaker 4 (27:40):
Make it right.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Let's go, because there's so much to look at and
so much to see. Share with us a few of
the other big ticket items that are going to be
auctioned off.
Speaker 14 (27:50):
Sure, yeah, there's a couple of wonderful Star Wars pieces
this auction.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
So we could see just in the.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Camber to the Star Wars piece right now, I remember
this so well. So this is from the final scene
of the original Star Wars A New Hope exactly.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
I mean, this piece is just unforgettable.
Speaker 14 (28:05):
This is the ceremonial metal that was bestowed upon Mark
Hamill by Kerrie Fisher in the final scene of the movie.
It's actually the very last thing you see on screen
before they fade out and go to George Lucas's director's
title card.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
And this is one of only two that they had
for the film. So there was this one, there was
one other.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
That Harrison Ford wore, and it has been with the
family of a prop man for almost fifty years, someone
who worked on the original Star Wars film, and.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
It's coming to light for the very first time.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
So that's what I was.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
This is really special.
Speaker 5 (28:33):
Where do you acquire these items?
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Coming up? Brandon's going to tell us where they get them,
who buys them, where you can see them, where you
can watch and participate, and how you could even get
one for yourself. Right now, it's time to get in
your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahogue mourning, Courtney, good morning,
we got a deal in discount. Dollar Tree sold its business.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
Yes, it is official Dollar Tree checking out a Family
Dollar selling the struggling business for about a billion dollars.
Now the buyer is a group of private equity firms,
but the price tag is steep.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
It's a big discount.
Speaker 7 (29:07):
Actually to the nearly nine billion dollars that paid for
Family Dollar back in twenty fifteen. So look at that
eight billion dollars less Dollar Tree.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
They bought it for nine and they sold it for
one or one.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 7 (29:20):
Family Dollar has definitely struggled to grow over the past
couple of years. Low income shoppers have been under pressure
high inflation and interest rates. Now, when you think of
Dollar Tree versus Family Dollar, Dollar Tree is mostly in
the suburbs. They cater to middle income households, kids who
people who want crafts, party supplies. That's who they're looking toward. Okay,
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Family Dollar, however, are people who want more essentials they
go there. It's concentrated mostly in urban areas, so it
hasn't been as successful. So that's one of the reasons
why Dollar Tree said, you know what, Originally we had
a plan of becoming this big, big company just covering
all aspects of the discount space, and it didn't quite
(30:04):
work out that way. Because Dollar Tree has excuse me,
family dollar. There's so many dollars.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
I have to.
Speaker 7 (30:10):
Say a family dollar has.
Speaker 5 (30:12):
Been struggling so much.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Okay, are they going to close yes.
Speaker 7 (30:17):
A couple of the stores. Well, they're most likely going
to be relabeled again. Private Equity didn't say what they're
going to do with the business, but Dollar Tree is
actually going to be closing some businesses. So they're looking
to boost their business. They're going to shut down a
bunch of underperforming stores. They're going to expand a lot
of the products that they have, and they're going to
(30:38):
have more pricey items, things that cost as much as
seventy eight dollars. That's what they're looking at. So Dollar
Tree as a whole is making some changes. Private Equity
probably has to take a good assessment of the business
and then make the changes that they need to make,
most likely closing some of the stores though.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Okay. Under Armour is scoring big.
Speaker 7 (30:57):
Why, Yes, they're stepping up and locking in a deal
with the NFL to be the official provider of footwear
and gloves. Under Armour had a previous licensing agreement with
the NFL that ended in twenty twenty because at the time,
they were undergoing a restructuring and a cost cutting push.
So the company has rebounded a lot since then. One
of the reasons is founder Kevin Plank. He came back
(31:20):
as CEO about a year ago to lead this turnaround
for the company. But financial terms of the deal with
the NFL wasn't disclosed.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Okay, you said footwear, but not shoes like y sock shoes, shoes, shoes.
I didn't know under Armour had shoes.
Speaker 7 (31:34):
Okay, And they're going to be able with this deal
to be able to label the shoes too, so where
instead of just being able to wear it and being
being allowed on the field, they're going to be allowed
to label it.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Okay, and then really quick because we're almost out of time.
But I want to talk about the Kroger and Albertson's.
The deal is off, but the fight isn't.
Speaker 7 (31:54):
Yes, the dispute continues to heat up. A Kroger is
fighting back against a lawsuit brought on by Albertson's over
their failed merger. Albertson claims that Kroger didn't do enough
to win the regulatory approval for the deal. That twenty
five billion dollar deal now Kroger is accusing Albertsons of
trying to extract billions of dollars with these baseless claims
(32:15):
that Kroger tried to undermine the tie up. So Albertsons
is now responding to the suit saying that Kroger's just
trying to avoid paying all the money that it owes them.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Okay, that's getting in your business today with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho.
Thanks so much. We'll do it again tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (32:29):
Yes see you later.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
Ride share drivers will rally in front of La City Hall,
also in San Francisco and San Diego. The rallies are
happening ahead of a mediation session for settlement discussions over
a lawsuit in which drivers claim they've been robbed of
tens of billions of dollars in wages. Vice President Vance
is going to make the trip to Greenland with his
wife and other US officials. Usha Vance was set to
(32:53):
headline or head up the delegation, but Vance sent out
a video tweet saying he's going to join her. He
didn't want her to have all the fun. President Trump
says he wants to take control of Greenland. Officials in
Greenland say the delegation was not invited. The summer movie
season is just around the corner. Fans say they are
most excited to see dinosaurs. Jurassic World Rebirth tops the
(33:15):
list of most anticipated releases, according to a Fandango survey.
Most are franchise movies. The Fantastic Four, First Steps, Mission Impossible,
The Final Reckoning, Superman, Thunderbolts, and From the World of
John Wick. Ballerina round out the top five. We're gonna
tell you more about some cool movie stuff in just
one second. In fact, let's talk about it now. Wake
(33:38):
Up Call went out and about to the Peterson Automotive
Museum for a sneak peek at the prop stores auction
of some amazing movie props and from some of your
favorite superhero and sci fi shows, including Top Gun. We're
talking to the COO, Brandon Allinger. There are more than
thirteen hundred items being off off over the next couple
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of days. So, Brandon, where do you get all these
pieces of Hollywood history?
Speaker 14 (34:05):
Yeah, they come from all over the place, and so
in some cases things are coming out of film studios
or production companies directly. In other instances, they're coming from
people who worked on the movies, which.
Speaker 4 (34:13):
Is the situation with this Luke Skywalker Medal.
Speaker 14 (34:16):
You know, at this time in the nineteen sixties, seventies
and eighties, people weren't necessarily tracking and saving these things
in the same way they are today. The golden was
to make the movie, not necessarily to save the props.
So things like this they did get thrown away. They
were given to people, and you know that's why some
of these are out there today.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
Okay, we've got another cool one for you too. Then
we have spanglers. Yes, yes, so fit from the original Ghostbus.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (34:41):
So, I'm a big Ghostbuster fan. I love seeing this
costume here. You know, this is a jumpsuit that was
worn in the second film. You can see the arm
patch here. Ye, it's got the ghost holding up the
two fingers. That's the design from the second movie. The
belt is his from the first movie, and the boots
are also his from the first movie, and they're actually
marked inside HR for hald Ramis. I think this is
the only belt that I've ever seen in a private collection,
(35:03):
So that's a really special piece. And then in addition
to the costume over here in the showcase, this is
one of the absolute highlights of the sale. This is
a hero functional electronic ghost trap prop, so it's a
special effects version. You can see the nineteen eighties remote
control there that actually drives the whole unit. If we
power it up, the doors open and close, the lights
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on the top work, the little red light at the backflashes,
the whole thing comes to life, and it is made
out of metal. It's just a beautiful example of a
hero prop, something intended to be using close up.
Speaker 4 (35:34):
In the film.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
Okay, so what's that going to go for?
Speaker 14 (35:38):
The estimate on this one, you can see here on
the card. Pre sale estimate is one hundred and fifty
to three hundred thousand. Well, so we don't know exactly
what it's going to sell for. You know, that's going
to be determined by the bidders on the day. I
can tell you there's been a lot of questions on
this one, a lot of inquiries.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
We'll we'll see tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (35:53):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
So you've got the big ticket items, you've got some
smaller things. So maybe if I don't have an extra
hundred thousand dollars or other things, technically I could bid on absolutely.
Speaker 15 (36:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (36:01):
I mean, we try to have something for everyone.
Speaker 14 (36:03):
So there's gonna be items, especially on days two and three,
starting as low as maybe three or four hundred dollars.
So really the prices run the full spectrum. Day one
tends to be more of the higher end, more expensive
items like the ghost trap, like the Spangler costume.
Speaker 4 (36:19):
But on days two and three you're going to see
some great.
Speaker 14 (36:20):
Pieces which are also all from the making of people's
favorite films and shows, just you know, small or less
recognizable pieces that are at much more accessible price.
Speaker 5 (36:29):
Who baited on these kinds of things.
Speaker 14 (36:30):
Just fans, people that love movies. You know, our clientele
comes from all different kinds of backgrounds. And look, we
have people that work in the entertainment industry, we have
high net worth individuals. We also have just very you know,
regular people who love films, who are from all walks
of life, from all over the country. You know, international buyers,
people buying from Europe, people buying from Asia, people buying
(36:53):
from all corners of the globe. And just the common
trend that we see is they're passionate about it. They
love the movie, they love the show. They want a
little piece of it they can put in their office
or put in their home. Theater and you know that's
what we're providing here.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Okay, So the auction starts today Wednesday, goes through Friday,
and if people want to come see it, they'd have
to come see it today because it's items will be
all display today.
Speaker 4 (37:13):
Yes.
Speaker 14 (37:13):
Yeah, so day one Wednesday is live with in person bidding,
meaning you can show up here at the Petersautomoti Museum
and bid in the room. You can also bid online
or buy a telephone. Days two and three Thursday Friday,
they are online and buy phone only, so there's no
in person element to those.
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Just at our website propstore dot com.
Speaker 5 (37:31):
Okay, so propstore dot com.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
That's where you can go and you can register and
get all set up and then you can dip in
and out when you see different things. And are there
lists of the different items here?
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Yeah, there's a full online catalog.
Speaker 14 (37:41):
It's about thirteen hundred lots in total. You can search it,
you can filter it, you can put in your favorite
movie title and see what we have from it. You'll
have a comprehensive photo gallery of all the different lots.
You'll have a written description tells you exactly what the
piece is. So there's a lot there. If you're a fan,
there's a lot there to digest and dive into.
Speaker 5 (37:57):
Okay, being a total fangirl. Before we go, I go
to show.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
You one more thing, Danny Zuko's jacket from Grease.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
Come on, this is a big one. Yeah.
Speaker 14 (38:06):
This is maybe the only Grease jacket that has come
to auction in several decades. This actually sold for the
first time in a Christie's auction back in nineteen ninety five,
so we're thirty years past that now, and this is
specifically you know, a lot of people are surprised that
it's not leather, right, And the story is in the
film there's a famous dance number, the Grease Lightning sequence,
and if you go watch the film again, you'll see
(38:28):
it's this much shiny or sort of nylon like jacket
that he's wearing in that specific number.
Speaker 4 (38:33):
So he did have right.
Speaker 14 (38:35):
He had a leather version of the t Verge jacket
as well, but this non leather version was used specifically
for that sequence. He also wore it or possibly won't
exactly like it at the film premiere. So the photo
down there, that's Travolta and Olivin John at the premiere
of the movie and he's wearing this jacket.
Speaker 1 (38:50):
There are so many cool things to see and so
if you want to see them, need to come down
today to.
Speaker 5 (38:56):
The Peterson Automotive Museum.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
You can also go to propstore dot com you watch
the auction, maybe even take home a treasure of your own. CEO,
Brandon Allinger, thank you so much for your time today.
Speaker 4 (39:06):
Please for coming here.
Speaker 5 (39:07):
This is great.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
I'm going to put the interview up on Instagram so
you can see some of the things you were talking about.
I mean, and I really was just geeking out because
it was it was just cool. I mean, like these
are pieces of you know, your childhood or your early adulthood,
and they bring back fun memories like the Ghostbusters stuff
was really cool. And they had Tom Cruise's jacket from
(39:28):
from Top Gun, and they had mister Fusion from Back
to the Future too, little thing that they put on
the Dolorean, and just like really cool pieces of movie history.
And and like you said, they're gonna do the auction.
It starts today, goes tomorrow on the next day. The
big ticket things are going to be today and you
can watch it if you want to dip into it.
(39:49):
It is it's pretty interesting, but it's at the propstore.
Dot com is the website for that. And again I'm
going to put the interview up on the Instagram so
you can take a look at it. I would if
you would follow me. It's at Amy k King and
also we'll post it on the KFI Instagram at KFI
AM six forty. Very cool stuff. Let's get back to
(40:11):
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. A new lawsuit against the LEDWP by
residents of Pacific Palisades sites evidence of the Santa Inez
Reservoir being empty at the time of the Palisades fire.
Lead attorney Roger Bailey told kfi's John Cobalt yesterday the
reservoir was built in the late nineteen sixties specifically for
(40:33):
firefighting purposes.
Speaker 15 (40:34):
With it empty, we had not only the water and
the hydrants, and we had no ability for those helicopters
to go draw water either out of Saninez or Chautauqua.
You're basically both hands tied behind your back.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
Bailey said. The suit also highlights the fact the LEDWP
had not de energized the Palisades power grid during the
first hours of the wildfire. In January, LA may be
asking voters whether more firehouses are needed around the city.
Speaker 6 (41:00):
Next year's ballot could include a bond measure or even
a sales tax to support the construction of firehouses. Counciloman
Tracy Park says there's not been a firehouse added to
the Palisades in decades.
Speaker 7 (41:10):
Simply put, we need a twenty first century fire department
that can tackle twenty first century problems.
Speaker 6 (41:16):
The city council voted to have city staff start to
evaluate how many firehouses they may need, what the cost
might be, and what the best way to pay for
it all would be. After that, they'll decide on whether
to go to voters for the funding. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
Debris from a train crash has critically hurt a taco
vendor in Oxnard. A big rig was on the tracks
last night when the trailer was hit by the train.
The woman was hit by debris and suffered head injuries.
The big rig driver was and hurt. Two people on
the train complained of some pain. Clippers Guard James Harden
has been ordered to pay more than a million dollars
in a lawsuit over a Beverly Hills mansion. He rented
(41:52):
in twenty nineteen. Harden rented the house for a week
in twenty nineteen. He wasn't supposed to have more than
seven guests at the house, but the lawsuit claims he
hosted more than fifteen people and did significant damage to
the property like hundreds of millions, or not hundreds of millions,
but hundreds of thousands. A flight from la to China
had to be diverted to San Francisco because the pilot
(42:15):
forgot the passport. United Airlines confirms the plane left lax
for Shanghai on Saturday afternoon. It was diverted to San
Francisco and then delayed for more than three hours. A
new crew flew the plane and it's two hundred and
fifty seven passengers overseas. Passengers were given meal vouchers and
compensation for dealing with the delay. Want to remind you
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(43:02):
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(43:44):
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going to see some sunny skies, cooler than we've seen
for the last couple of days. I was in the
sixties at the beaches around seventy for Metro LA and
Inland Orange County, low to upper seventies in the valleys
and Inland Empire seventies to low eighties and windy in
the Antelope Valley, and then low clouds again overnight and
Tomorrow morning, sunny after that, cooler Tomorrow and Friday. Hi's
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It's time for your morning wake up call.
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Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Already really time to get up? Are you kidding me? Yes?
It is time. This is your wake up call for Wednesday,
March twenty sixth. Good morning, I'm Amy King, very excited
one day away from Dodgers Opening Day. I'll be at
(00:45):
the game, so I'm extra extra excited. My best friend
is taking a train down from Pasa Robles, coming down.
She's gonna hang out. It's gonna be a good time.
Looking forward to it, and I'm going to be telling
me about this during wake up call. But did you
know that the Dodgers of the odds on favorite to
win the World Series again? What he paid the most
(01:07):
money for it? Bitter much?
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Maybe?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Morning cono, Good morning, here's what's the head on wake
up call. The LA City Council's voted to explore whether
the city can contract directly with homeless service providers rather
than go through the LA Homeless Services Authority. The joint
City County agency has been accused of misusing billions of
dollars in funding. The Pasadena School District has sued Southern
(01:36):
California Edison, asking it to pay for school buildings burned
in the Eton fire. An attorney representing the district says
the lawsuit seeks fair compensation to recover the taxpayer resources
and property lost in the wildfire. In January, National Security
Advisor Mike Walts has taken responsibility for the editor in
chief of The Atlantic getting access to a group chat
(01:58):
with defense and other top and administration officials about US
air strikes in Yemen. During an interview, Waltz implied, though
Jeffrey Goldberg somehow deliberately appeared in the group, called the
journalist a loser. The acting former Acting Undersecretary for Intelligence
and counter Terrorism Coordinator at the US Department of Homeland
(02:18):
Security is going to tell us why the signal app
incident is really a big deal. ABC's John Cohen's going
to join us in just a couple of minutes. Now's
the time to get deals on Amazon. Who knew? And
it's not even Cyber Monday, and our tiktok'd days really numbered.
We're going to find out with the host of rich
on Tech right here on KFI. It's rich Demro that's
(02:40):
coming up at five point twenty and wake Up Call
went out and about to take a look at some
pieces of Hollywood history and guess what they could be yours.
That's coming up at the bottom of the hour. And
I hope you'll stick around for that because I was
so geeking out seeing all these really cool things that
are going to be auctioned off. I got to see
(03:01):
props from some of my favorite movies. We're going to
tell you all about it, including Ghostbusters and Superman and
Back to the Future and Star Wars. Really cool stuff
that it's going up for auction. Not auction starts today.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA has taken
a step toward keeping its homeless program spending exclusively at
(03:23):
City Hall.
Speaker 6 (03:23):
The city Council's unanimous vote ask city staff to figure
out how city Hall can bypass the LA Homeless Services
Authority and contract with homeless service providers directly. City Councilwoman
Monica Rodriguez says LASA hasn't handled its billions of dollars
in funding properly.
Speaker 7 (03:38):
And there's a point where we just have to call
an end to funding the failure.
Speaker 6 (03:44):
Recent audits have blasted LASA over its accounting practices and
its contract policies, which often lack detailed expectations and metrics.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is told county supervisors that
state law is stopping ICE from being told about people
being released from prison. Barnes says there were more than
seven hundred ICE detainees requests last year, and some of
the inmates ended up back on the streets committing crimes
because of the law.
Speaker 8 (04:12):
The man from Mexico was arrested in the San La
campastronic and possession of Meathan fata mean presenting a false
idea to police on August twenty seven. He was re
arrested again in San Ua Campistroana October twenty eighth for
assault with a deadly weapon.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Barnes said during his annual report on immigration enforcement that
his department will not impede federal law enforcement officials from
carrying out their responsibilities. Immigrant advocates have criticized the OC
Sheriff's department for coordinating with ice at a higher rate
than other counties. A Republican assemblyman from the Inland Empire
says his bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in
(04:46):
girls and women's sports is about putting things back to
the way they used to be.
Speaker 9 (04:50):
Corona assembly Member Bill A. Saley's proposed legislation is due
to be heard in the state Assembly on April first.
He told kfi's John Cobel. Yes, before the law was
changed ten years ago, boys and men did not compete
against girls and women.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
There's an opportunity to have a real conversation here whether
we have a co ed team, or we have a
third category, or you know, give them some private facilities
that they can use to change out in.
Speaker 9 (05:15):
The hearing will mark the first public debate on the
issue since Governor Newsom said having trans athletes and girls'
sports is unfair.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Deborah Mark Ki five News. Let's say good morning now
to ABC's John Cohen. John, the Trump administration has admitted
that the editor in chief of the Atlantic was included
on a group chat about upcoming attacks on the Hoothy Rebels.
They are downplaying it, but you're saying this is this
really is a big deal.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, I mean it's a very big deal, and particularly
it's a big deal for the families of the sailors
and pilots that were involved in this operation. Look, military
operations and intelligence operations are dangerous, and the person who
are involved in the conduct of these operations put themselves
at risk into in service to this country, and we
(06:08):
owe it to the families and spouses to safeguard the
information that can provide advanced warning of this operation. So,
in this case, sensitive information regarding these planning efforts or
was communicated amongst Cabinet officials on a commercial application, a
(06:29):
commercial application that has been targeted for compromise by foreign
intelligence services, and a commercial application that works on a
cell phone, which quite frankly are easily compromised by foreign
intelligence services. So we owe it to these personnel not
to or to safeguard this information. So that means you
don't discuss details of these observations in a bar, a restaurant,
(06:53):
in front of your Alexa, on your cell phone, by
text or via commercial apps. You do it over secured
communication channels which the government maintains.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So the question I have for you, John, is about
those secured communications. So what other options do they have
because we've heard that this signal app is used and
was approved to be used, and was used by the
previous administration too, to communicate.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That's yeah, I heard that as well, and it's a
little bit misleading. The use of commercial applications like Signal
are allowed by some agencies under certain situations. Signal is
an encrypted application, which is good for you or me,
or the members of the public, journalists, private sector companies
to use because they don't, unlike the government, maintain a
(07:45):
massive communications infrastructure that provides for secured communications. You know,
I used to be the under Secretary of Intelligence for
the Department of Homeland Security. When I traveled on official
travel or on vacation, I was you know, I carried
with me secured communications device. If there was a very
sensitive issue, like the planning of a counter terrorism operation,
(08:05):
I would leave vacation and go to a secure facility.
Their secure facilities all around the country, all over the
world that government officials can go to. So while signal
may be appropriate for some limited usage by government personnel,
it certainly is not appropriate to be used to discuss
sensitive operational information, which is why the Department of Defense
(08:28):
in twenty twenty three, the Chief Information Officers forbid the
utilization on government on phones and computers of signal in
order to be used to convey sensitive, unclassified and classified information.
So there are communication capabilities that are maintained by the government,
(08:49):
that are secured, that are especially established to safeguard this
type of information. And that's the only those are the
only capabilities that should be used to convey this type
of information.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Okay, and then just another question, So I don't think
this isn't the first time this kind of thing has
probably happened. Why do they why do they use it
if they really shouldn't.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Be Well, that's a really good question. And I think
as members of Congress and others are asking questions, that'll
be one of the questions they ask. There are several
theories that folks have promoted ease of use, distrust of
the government bureaucracy, you know, the concerns that their private
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conversations would be would be listened to by other government
personnel and leak to the media, or it provides an
opportunity to bypath data retention policies that control how government
records are maintained. So that'll be one of the questions
(09:59):
The other big question that's going to be asked is,
you know, putting aside a moment the appropriateness of using
a commercial application. The other question that's going to be
asked is how the heck did a journalist get added
to a signal group. Those people who know who you
signal know that that requires a very deliberate process. You
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can't sneak into a signal group. You have to you know,
people that are participating on it have to specifically be
added by the administrator of the group. So someone added
and provided access to these highly sensitive communications to a
journalist who quite frankly exercised good restraint by limiting the
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information that he had access to because he was on
this group and he didn't publish all of it.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
And in this case, it's sort of like they leaked
at themselves, whether they meant to or not.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
But yeah, okay, right, you know, we always talk about
we always talk about the concern about, you know, something
practice could lead to an unauthorized disclosure. We don't have.
This isn't hypothetical.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
This happened.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Yeah, they use this commercial channel, they use it in
a way that they provided access to a member of
the media. The member of the media was able to
publish portions of what he saw, so the information was
in fact compromised.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Yeah, okay. ABC's John Cohen, thank you so much for
your information and insight. We certainly appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Good talking to you, all right, take care.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Amtrak is warning
customers about a confirmed case of measles on a passenger
train from New York City to Washington, d C.
Speaker 10 (11:38):
The person with measles was on the Amtrak Northeast Regional
train southbound last Wednesday. Amtrak says it is reaching out
to all passengers on that impacted train to alert them
of their possible exposure.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
Yeay if I.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Scott Pringles's doctors are urging people to keep their vaccinations
up to date. Boeing is about to change it's plea
entered last year ye over problems with its seven thirty
seven Max jets, including two deadly crashes. ABC's Alex Stone
says Boeing wants to withdraw the guilty plea agreement with
the Department of Justice.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
The agreement blamed Boeing for misleading the FAA before the
crashes killed three hundred and fifty six people, but Boeing
is now seeking more lenient treatment from President Trump's administration.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Those two crashes happened in Indonesia in twenty eighteen and
Ethiopia in twenty nineteen. Vice President Van says he'll be
going with Second Lady Usha Vance when she travels to
Greenland on Friday. The Vice President posted a video on
x yesterday about his plans.
Speaker 11 (12:36):
Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security
of the people of Greenland because we think it's important
to protecting the security of the entire world.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Is Commons followed President Trump's repeated statements that the US
should own and control the semi autonomous Danish territory. Officials
in Greenland and Denmark have denounced the visit. An executive
order from as and Trump would stop the federal government
from using paper checks.
Speaker 12 (13:03):
The order, assigned Tuesday would block the Treasury Department from
issuing checks for benefits, tax refunds, vendor payments, and intragovernmental
payments effective September thirtieth. At that time, the federal government
would be required to switch to electronic transfer methods like
direct deposit and prepaid card accounts.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Kfi's Tammy Truchio says, according to the order, paper checks
impose unnecessary costs, delays, risks of fraud, theft, and inefficiencies.
It is time for world champion Dodger Baseball where just
one day away from the home opener this season. Tomorrow,
the Dodgers take on the Detroit Tigers. Opening Day action
(13:42):
is happening at Dodger Stadium. First pitch goes out at
four to ten. You can listen to every game on
the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports brought
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Now at the Hollywood Pantagious Theater. You can visit Broadway Inhollywood,
dot com and go blue. USC officials have called for
(14:03):
budget cutbats and a hiring freeze over what it calls
federal funding uncertainty. USC is facing an already one hundred
and fifty eight million dollar budget deficit and could also
lose federal funding for not complying with some Trump administration mandates.
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem will tour the prison in
El Salvador that took in hundreds of US deportees believed
(14:27):
to be Trendea Ragua and MS thirteen gang members. El
Salvador is the first stop of Noam's trip that also
includes stops in Columbia and Mexico. The Dodgers will be
visiting President Trump at the White House. They'll be honored
for their twenty twenty four World Series win. The visits
scheduled for April seventh, when the Dodgers will be in
town to play the Washington Nationals. At six oh five,
(14:50):
it's Handle on the News with our friend Chris Merril
filling in today. Mike Walls has claimed responsibility for that
Signal check group lead to a journalist. We'll find out
more about that, but right now, let's say good morning
to our host of Rich on Tech KTLA's tech reporter
Rich Demiro.
Speaker 11 (15:10):
Morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you.
Speaker 8 (15:12):
Amy.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
We're not going to dive into what happened with Signal
because you're our tech guy, because we heard you talking
with it about Chris with Chris Merril yesterday about how
we've all added the wrong people onto chats, so it
can happen, but it's also a pretty serious thing.
Speaker 11 (15:28):
Well yeah, I mean I'm not a government official, so
my chat is like, yeah, I'll see you in ten minutes,
not hey, we're bombing this place in ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
But we've all sent that one that like you sent
it like would you just leave me alone? I'm like,
oh my god, that went to the wrong person.
Speaker 11 (15:45):
Oh always, and I get it and look and Signal
is a very secure app. I understand a lot of
people use it, a lot of executives use it anyone
that wants to remain private because it is very much
encrypted and it doesn't collect a lot of information. So
I understand all that part, but also, yeah, this is
a human mistake and there's some things to unpack here
as well.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Yeah, interesting as we dive into this, well, I'm going
to share something that we just found out from John
going with ABC that he was saying, you need to
get to secure places, and he goes, there's secure places,
like secure facilities all over the country. It's not as
it's not as easy to get to as your phone.
But I'm like, you knew there were locations all over
the place.
Speaker 11 (16:26):
Oh, I'm sure there are there's you know, I mean,
but look, at the end of the day, again, we're
all human and we take you know, these paths of
least resistance and we and we're so used to texting
and these are all new people and you know, new positions,
and I'm not defending them, but it's like, you know,
they've got to follow the rules that that are established
and if that's not using signal, then they got to
(16:46):
figure that out.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Okay, Now, speaking of following rules, the rule for TikTok
is you got to sell or you're going to be banned.
That was pushed back. But is that back on the
table or the deadlines approaching? What's going on with TikTok?
Speaker 11 (16:59):
Yeah, I've forgot about this. April fifth is that deadline?
It's already here, already. I can't believe it. It's like
we've been talking about this for I'm not kidding over
four years now, how many years it's been, It's been
many years. And so TikTok has faced an uncertain future
here in the US. The current thing is that it
needs to be sold to a non Chinese owner or
(17:21):
risk being banned. Is that happening? Has there been any
progress whatsoever?
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Not? Really.
Speaker 11 (17:27):
We've seen a couple of companies like Oracle have some interest.
We've seen a couple of investor groups pop up here
and there, but nothing solid. So with that in mind,
TikTok has been ramping up a massive ad campaign. I
was watching TV the other day and I was like, wait,
what is this an ad for TikTok?
Speaker 8 (17:42):
What?
Speaker 11 (17:43):
And it was so you know, it was so heartfelt
and warm and it made me want to scroll all
day long until my eyes fall out. But they're saying,
look where a kind, gentle social media service, and you
should keep us here in the US.
Speaker 10 (17:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I've seen those ads too, And TikTok is not really
interested in selling either, is it.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
No.
Speaker 11 (18:03):
I mean, the Chinese company that owns it does not
want to sell it because A it's a cash cow
and B there's a lot of secret sauce in that
algorithm and they don't want to give that up.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Yeah. Okay, well we'll be watching and it'll be interesting
to see because it was supposed to go into effect
earlier and then Trump pushed it back.
Speaker 11 (18:20):
Right, And this doesn't seem like it's the most pressing
issue in America right now, But hey, what do I
know exactly?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Well, you do know that we can get some stuff
on sale on Amazon right now?
Speaker 11 (18:32):
Well, I didn't actually know this. I didn't even know
there was a spring sale until I was doing some
research yesterday and I was like, wait, why are these
people posting? Why am I getting so many emails about
Amazon discounts? And sure enough, this is Amazon Amazon's big
Spring sale. It's running through March thirty first, kind of
a mini Prime day, so they're not calling this a
Prime day. You know you typically they do two of
those a year, but I think these sales must do
(18:54):
pretty well for Amazon. So what happens is all these
manufacturers discount stuff. Why I started getting the email. So
if you're looking for something, if there's something in your
shopping car, maybe your wish list, maybe you're saved for later,
now is the time to check for discounts. A couple
of notables AirPods pro down to one hundred and seventy bucks,
Apple Watch the latest model down to two ninety nine,
(19:17):
the latest Google Pixel smartphone seven forty nine, the Ring
indoor cam forty bucks, and the crowd favorite, the Brother
laser printer, which I personally had for about ten years
ninety nine bucks.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Oh so some good deals when they do these sales,
do I mean do they They don't take usually a
ton off, but there are some like I don't know
if they're lost leaders, but they usually pick a few.
Speaker 11 (19:43):
Well, it's every company. So basically, you know, like the
the companies sort of go through and say like hey,
you know, like we'll discount this stuff. And so Amazon
just says, hey, we're having this big day, and then
it's up to the companies to sort of like discount
their products because most of the stuffs sold on Amazon
now is like third part. But I went through my
saved stuff and sure enough, there's a lot of stuff
(20:04):
on there on sales. So definitely take a look at
your cart or your wish list or you know, if
you need something like a battery, portable battery or something,
you know, this is the time to get it.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Yeah. What's interesting to me on this rich is that
there aren't like traditional ads saying hey, we're doing a sale.
It's all, but you're finding out about it because of
social media, like because everybody's talking about it.
Speaker 11 (20:25):
Well that's because of affiliate marketing. So basically Amazon's not
you know, they're advertising in certain ways, probably online, but
you know, the real benefit here is to affiliates who
basically share a link to Amazon stuff and they get
a little cut.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
So that's why you see.
Speaker 11 (20:42):
So many of those articles from every publication out there
that says ten items I can't live without on Amazon
because they are doing affiliate sales and they make a
small cut, okay for absolutely brilliant.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Yeah really, no kidding. For more great tech information, you
can listen to rich Demiro right here from eleven to
two on Saturday on KFI. You can also see him
on KTLA, follow him on Instagram, rich on Tech his
website rich on Tech dot tv. He posts all the
stuff that he talks about there so you can get
the latest information there too. Rich Demiro, thanks so much.
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Amy, all right, take care. Jury in Riverside Counties recommended
the death penalty for a convicted felon who killed his
one year old daughter and stabbed his pregnant wife during
a child custody exchange. The same jury convicted Adam Slater
early this month of first degree murder, attempted murder, assault
on a child, and other charges. The crimes happened in
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twenty twenty, and RV Company's storage lot in the city
of Industry has reportedly been overrun by squatters who've taken
up residents in the vehicles. Arado Torres works nearby tells
KTLA it's dangerous.
Speaker 13 (21:51):
It's a very gootic scene. Like I said, all the
trailers are like damage, broke in, flipped over. A couple
of videos I have where they've missed on fire. So
there's been big fires. You know, we have to go
look make sure it's not our cars that Arcano fire.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Black Series RV has been using the site to store
some RVs and attempts to evict the unsanctioned residents that's
a good word for him, have been unsuccessful. Katla says
the property managers now received a new eviction order and
hopes to clear the lot soon. Veteran entertainment industry lawyer
Greg Hessinger has been named the new president of the
(22:27):
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Hill head up
the powerful trade group that leads labor negotiations on behalf
of Hollywood's major studios and streaming companies. The La County
DA's office has reversed course on the death penalty.
Speaker 6 (22:41):
DA Nathan Hawkman says he's rescinded a moratorium on seeking
the death penalty previously enacted by his predecessor, George Gascon
Hakman says it would only be sought in exceedingly rare
cases after a thorough review to again.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Make sure that all the aggravating and mitigating considerations are
on the table when you make a final decision.
Speaker 6 (22:59):
That review would also so include defense attorneys who would
have the opportunity to make arguments on behalf of their clients.
Hakman says the death penalty would be used in the
most egregious of criminal circumstances. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
You'll soon be screaming inside at Legoland, California. The owner
of the theme park says a new indoor roller coaster
is being built should be up and running by next year.
A matching coaster is being built at Legoland Florida. The
total costs for both coasters ninety million dollars, the biggest
attraction investment in the park's histories and the first new
(23:33):
coaster at Lego Line, California in twenty years. President Trump
assigned an executive order requiring people to prove their citizenship
when registering to vote. The order also includes changes to
mail in ballot deadlines and election equipment. It is expected
to be challenged in court. California Assembly members will discuss
two bills next week affecting transgender athletes. One would stop
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transgender girls from competing in women's sports. The other seeks
to overturn in a twenty thirteen law that allows students
to join teams and use facilities that match their gender identity.
The DOUBLEG is coming to USC. Snoop Dogg is going
to deliver the commencement address this year to the graduating
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(24:19):
twenty one studio albums, won sixteen Grammys and has behind
several businesses successful ones too, including his beverage company Gin
and Juice. At six o five's handle on the news,
Trump says his National Security advisor has learned a lesson
and he's standing by it.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
So Wake Up Call.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Got to go out and about this week to the
Peterson Automotive Museum in LA. We didn't go to check
out cars, though, we went to see pieces of Hollywood history.
So there's an auction that starts today. It's got props
and costumes from some of your favorite movies. And we
got to catch up with the chief operating officer of
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prop store Brandon Allinger, who's going to walk us through
some of the items being auctioned off, tell us about
some of the big things that we're going to see,
because you guys have assembled an amazing array of movie
props that I have to tell you, I'm totally geeking
out just looking around the room and.
Speaker 5 (25:16):
You know, right behind me, Hello Superman.
Speaker 14 (25:18):
Yeah, that is one of the star lots in the sale.
This auction is something that we do twice a year
in the US and once over in the UK, and
it's really our ten pole project. It's where we put
out some of the absolute best material that has surfaced
through the year.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Okay, so this costume.
Speaker 14 (25:31):
Here, this is a genuine Christopher Reeves Superman outfit that
he wore in Superman three, which was the one that
also had Richard Pryor in it. Oh right, right, And
this is actually evil Superman's if you recall in the film,
there's a sequence where Superman he starts drinking and he
actually turns evil, and to represent that in the film,
(25:53):
they change his costume out of his core primary colors
that we always see in the very bright blue, red,
and yellow into this much darker, sort of less saturated
version of the outfit. So it's wonderful and its completeness
because you do have the entire ensemble head to tell
You've got the boots, you've got the belt, you've got
the cape with the big s.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
On the back. All of it is labeled.
Speaker 14 (26:15):
Maybe the inside there's little fabric identifying tags that are
from the costume house that made the outfit in the UK,
which is a famous costumer called Burmans and Nathan's that
say in a little typescript font Christopher Reeves Superman three.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
And is that How do you check for authenticity because
I mean, anybody could make a knockoff of this.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Yeah, no, it's a very good question.
Speaker 14 (26:35):
It's actually especially pertinent with Superman costumes because fraudulent examples
are a real problem with those. You know, it really
comes down to our expertise. So we've been doing this
a long long time. PROPST was founded in nineteen ninety
eight in the UK. We've had the US office here
since two thousand and seven. We have encountered a lot
of examples of different props and costumes in the past,
(26:55):
both good and bad. And with the Superman costumes, the
fabric is actually a very specific thick weave that they
made specifically for the films. It's not just like an
athletic spandex that you.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Would go out and buy. It's literally something that they made.
Speaker 14 (27:07):
You won't see that fabric anywhere else except on a
genuine Superman costume. And we've been able to compare, for example,
this example to versions that came directly out of the
studio archive, the Warner Brothers studio archive, and you know,
all the little tells, all the witness marks are exactly
consistent between them. So we are one hundred percent confident
(27:27):
that this is a genuine example. It does come with
the prop Store Certificate of Authenticity, which gives buyers a
lifetime guarantee, a money back guarantee, so that if there
ever is a problem with that piece or any other piece,
they can come back to us and we'll.
Speaker 4 (27:40):
Make it right.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Let's go, because there's so much to look at and
so much to see. Share with us a few of
the other big ticket items that are going to be
auctioned off.
Speaker 14 (27:50):
Sure, yeah, there's a couple of wonderful Star Wars pieces
this auction.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
So we could see just in the.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Camber to the Star Wars piece right now, I remember
this so well. So this is from the final scene
of the original Star Wars A New Hope exactly.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
I mean, this piece is just unforgettable.
Speaker 14 (28:05):
This is the ceremonial metal that was bestowed upon Mark
Hamill by Kerrie Fisher in the final scene of the movie.
It's actually the very last thing you see on screen
before they fade out and go to George Lucas's director's
title card.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
And this is one of only two that they had
for the film. So there was this one, there was
one other.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
That Harrison Ford wore, and it has been with the
family of a prop man for almost fifty years, someone
who worked on the original Star Wars film, and.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
It's coming to light for the very first time.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
So that's what I was.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
This is really special.
Speaker 5 (28:33):
Where do you acquire these items?
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Coming up? Brandon's going to tell us where they get them,
who buys them, where you can see them, where you
can watch and participate, and how you could even get
one for yourself. Right now, it's time to get in
your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahogue mourning, Courtney, good morning,
we got a deal in discount. Dollar Tree sold its business.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
Yes, it is official Dollar Tree checking out a Family
Dollar selling the struggling business for about a billion dollars.
Now the buyer is a group of private equity firms,
but the price tag is steep.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
It's a big discount.
Speaker 7 (29:07):
Actually to the nearly nine billion dollars that paid for
Family Dollar back in twenty fifteen. So look at that
eight billion dollars less Dollar Tree.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
They bought it for nine and they sold it for
one or one.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 7 (29:20):
Family Dollar has definitely struggled to grow over the past
couple of years. Low income shoppers have been under pressure
high inflation and interest rates. Now, when you think of
Dollar Tree versus Family Dollar, Dollar Tree is mostly in
the suburbs. They cater to middle income households, kids who
people who want crafts, party supplies. That's who they're looking toward. Okay,
(29:43):
Family Dollar, however, are people who want more essentials they
go there. It's concentrated mostly in urban areas, so it
hasn't been as successful. So that's one of the reasons
why Dollar Tree said, you know what, Originally we had
a plan of becoming this big, big company just covering
all aspects of the discount space, and it didn't quite
(30:04):
work out that way. Because Dollar Tree has excuse me,
family dollar. There's so many dollars.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
I have to.
Speaker 7 (30:10):
Say a family dollar has.
Speaker 5 (30:12):
Been struggling so much.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Okay, are they going to close yes.
Speaker 7 (30:17):
A couple of the stores. Well, they're most likely going
to be relabeled again. Private Equity didn't say what they're
going to do with the business, but Dollar Tree is
actually going to be closing some businesses. So they're looking
to boost their business. They're going to shut down a
bunch of underperforming stores. They're going to expand a lot
of the products that they have, and they're going to
(30:38):
have more pricey items, things that cost as much as
seventy eight dollars. That's what they're looking at. So Dollar
Tree as a whole is making some changes. Private Equity
probably has to take a good assessment of the business
and then make the changes that they need to make,
most likely closing some of the stores though.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Okay. Under Armour is scoring big.
Speaker 7 (30:57):
Why, Yes, they're stepping up and locking in a deal
with the NFL to be the official provider of footwear
and gloves. Under Armour had a previous licensing agreement with
the NFL that ended in twenty twenty because at the time,
they were undergoing a restructuring and a cost cutting push.
So the company has rebounded a lot since then. One
of the reasons is founder Kevin Plank. He came back
(31:20):
as CEO about a year ago to lead this turnaround
for the company. But financial terms of the deal with
the NFL wasn't disclosed.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Okay, you said footwear, but not shoes like y sock shoes, shoes, shoes.
I didn't know under Armour had shoes.
Speaker 7 (31:34):
Okay, And they're going to be able with this deal
to be able to label the shoes too, so where
instead of just being able to wear it and being
being allowed on the field, they're going to be allowed
to label it.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Okay, and then really quick because we're almost out of time.
But I want to talk about the Kroger and Albertson's.
The deal is off, but the fight isn't.
Speaker 7 (31:54):
Yes, the dispute continues to heat up. A Kroger is
fighting back against a lawsuit brought on by Albertson's over
their failed merger. Albertson claims that Kroger didn't do enough
to win the regulatory approval for the deal. That twenty
five billion dollar deal now Kroger is accusing Albertsons of
trying to extract billions of dollars with these baseless claims
(32:15):
that Kroger tried to undermine the tie up. So Albertsons
is now responding to the suit saying that Kroger's just
trying to avoid paying all the money that it owes them.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Okay, that's getting in your business today with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho.
Thanks so much. We'll do it again tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (32:29):
Yes see you later.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
Ride share drivers will rally in front of La City Hall,
also in San Francisco and San Diego. The rallies are
happening ahead of a mediation session for settlement discussions over
a lawsuit in which drivers claim they've been robbed of
tens of billions of dollars in wages. Vice President Vance
is going to make the trip to Greenland with his
wife and other US officials. Usha Vance was set to
(32:53):
headline or head up the delegation, but Vance sent out
a video tweet saying he's going to join her. He
didn't want her to have all the fun. President Trump
says he wants to take control of Greenland. Officials in
Greenland say the delegation was not invited. The summer movie
season is just around the corner. Fans say they are
most excited to see dinosaurs. Jurassic World Rebirth tops the
(33:15):
list of most anticipated releases, according to a Fandango survey.
Most are franchise movies. The Fantastic Four, First Steps, Mission Impossible,
The Final Reckoning, Superman, Thunderbolts, and From the World of
John Wick. Ballerina round out the top five. We're gonna
tell you more about some cool movie stuff in just
one second. In fact, let's talk about it now. Wake
(33:38):
Up Call went out and about to the Peterson Automotive
Museum for a sneak peek at the prop stores auction
of some amazing movie props and from some of your
favorite superhero and sci fi shows, including Top Gun. We're
talking to the COO, Brandon Allinger. There are more than
thirteen hundred items being off off over the next couple
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of days. So, Brandon, where do you get all these
pieces of Hollywood history?
Speaker 14 (34:05):
Yeah, they come from all over the place, and so
in some cases things are coming out of film studios
or production companies directly. In other instances, they're coming from
people who worked on the movies, which.
Speaker 4 (34:13):
Is the situation with this Luke Skywalker Medal.
Speaker 14 (34:16):
You know, at this time in the nineteen sixties, seventies
and eighties, people weren't necessarily tracking and saving these things
in the same way they are today. The golden was
to make the movie, not necessarily to save the props.
So things like this they did get thrown away. They
were given to people, and you know that's why some
of these are out there today.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
Okay, we've got another cool one for you too. Then
we have spanglers. Yes, yes, so fit from the original Ghostbus.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (34:41):
So, I'm a big Ghostbuster fan. I love seeing this
costume here. You know, this is a jumpsuit that was
worn in the second film. You can see the arm
patch here. Ye, it's got the ghost holding up the
two fingers. That's the design from the second movie. The
belt is his from the first movie, and the boots
are also his from the first movie, and they're actually
marked inside HR for hald Ramis. I think this is
the only belt that I've ever seen in a private collection,
(35:03):
So that's a really special piece. And then in addition
to the costume over here in the showcase, this is
one of the absolute highlights of the sale. This is
a hero functional electronic ghost trap prop, so it's a
special effects version. You can see the nineteen eighties remote
control there that actually drives the whole unit. If we
power it up, the doors open and close, the lights
(35:23):
on the top work, the little red light at the backflashes,
the whole thing comes to life, and it is made
out of metal. It's just a beautiful example of a
hero prop, something intended to be using close up.
Speaker 4 (35:34):
In the film.
Speaker 5 (35:35):
Okay, so what's that going to go for?
Speaker 14 (35:38):
The estimate on this one, you can see here on
the card. Pre sale estimate is one hundred and fifty
to three hundred thousand. Well, so we don't know exactly
what it's going to sell for. You know, that's going
to be determined by the bidders on the day. I
can tell you there's been a lot of questions on
this one, a lot of inquiries.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
We'll we'll see tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (35:53):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
So you've got the big ticket items, you've got some
smaller things. So maybe if I don't have an extra
hundred thousand dollars or other things, technically I could bid on absolutely.
Speaker 15 (36:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (36:01):
I mean, we try to have something for everyone.
Speaker 14 (36:03):
So there's gonna be items, especially on days two and three,
starting as low as maybe three or four hundred dollars.
So really the prices run the full spectrum. Day one
tends to be more of the higher end, more expensive
items like the ghost trap, like the Spangler costume.
Speaker 4 (36:19):
But on days two and three you're going to see
some great.
Speaker 14 (36:20):
Pieces which are also all from the making of people's
favorite films and shows, just you know, small or less
recognizable pieces that are at much more accessible price.
Speaker 5 (36:29):
Who baited on these kinds of things.
Speaker 14 (36:30):
Just fans, people that love movies. You know, our clientele
comes from all different kinds of backgrounds. And look, we
have people that work in the entertainment industry, we have
high net worth individuals. We also have just very you know,
regular people who love films, who are from all walks
of life, from all over the country. You know, international buyers,
people buying from Europe, people buying from Asia, people buying
(36:53):
from all corners of the globe. And just the common
trend that we see is they're passionate about it. They
love the movie, they love the show. They want a
little piece of it they can put in their office
or put in their home. Theater and you know that's
what we're providing here.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Okay, So the auction starts today Wednesday, goes through Friday,
and if people want to come see it, they'd have
to come see it today because it's items will be
all display today.
Speaker 4 (37:13):
Yes.
Speaker 14 (37:13):
Yeah, so day one Wednesday is live with in person bidding,
meaning you can show up here at the Petersautomoti Museum
and bid in the room. You can also bid online
or buy a telephone. Days two and three Thursday Friday,
they are online and buy phone only, so there's no
in person element to those.
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Just at our website propstore dot com.
Speaker 5 (37:31):
Okay, so propstore dot com.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
That's where you can go and you can register and
get all set up and then you can dip in
and out when you see different things. And are there
lists of the different items here?
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Yeah, there's a full online catalog.
Speaker 14 (37:41):
It's about thirteen hundred lots in total. You can search it,
you can filter it, you can put in your favorite
movie title and see what we have from it. You'll
have a comprehensive photo gallery of all the different lots.
You'll have a written description tells you exactly what the
piece is. So there's a lot there. If you're a fan,
there's a lot there to digest and dive into.
Speaker 5 (37:57):
Okay, being a total fangirl. Before we go, I go
to show.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
You one more thing, Danny Zuko's jacket from Grease.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
Come on, this is a big one. Yeah.
Speaker 14 (38:06):
This is maybe the only Grease jacket that has come
to auction in several decades. This actually sold for the
first time in a Christie's auction back in nineteen ninety five,
so we're thirty years past that now, and this is
specifically you know, a lot of people are surprised that
it's not leather, right, And the story is in the
film there's a famous dance number, the Grease Lightning sequence,
and if you go watch the film again, you'll see
(38:28):
it's this much shiny or sort of nylon like jacket
that he's wearing in that specific number.
Speaker 4 (38:33):
So he did have right.
Speaker 14 (38:35):
He had a leather version of the t Verge jacket
as well, but this non leather version was used specifically
for that sequence. He also wore it or possibly won't
exactly like it at the film premiere. So the photo
down there, that's Travolta and Olivin John at the premiere
of the movie and he's wearing this jacket.
Speaker 1 (38:50):
There are so many cool things to see and so
if you want to see them, need to come down
today to.
Speaker 5 (38:56):
The Peterson Automotive Museum.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
You can also go to propstore dot com you watch
the auction, maybe even take home a treasure of your own. CEO,
Brandon Allinger, thank you so much for your time today.
Speaker 4 (39:06):
Please for coming here.
Speaker 5 (39:07):
This is great.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
I'm going to put the interview up on Instagram so
you can see some of the things you were talking about.
I mean, and I really was just geeking out because
it was it was just cool. I mean, like these
are pieces of you know, your childhood or your early adulthood,
and they bring back fun memories like the Ghostbusters stuff
was really cool. And they had Tom Cruise's jacket from
(39:28):
from Top Gun, and they had mister Fusion from Back
to the Future too, little thing that they put on
the Dolorean, and just like really cool pieces of movie history.
And and like you said, they're gonna do the auction.
It starts today, goes tomorrow on the next day. The
big ticket things are going to be today and you
can watch it if you want to dip into it.
(39:49):
It is it's pretty interesting, but it's at the propstore.
Dot com is the website for that. And again I'm
going to put the interview up on the Instagram so
you can take a look at it. I would if
you would follow me. It's at Amy k King and
also we'll post it on the KFI Instagram at KFI
AM six forty. Very cool stuff. Let's get back to
(40:11):
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. A new lawsuit against the LEDWP by
residents of Pacific Palisades sites evidence of the Santa Inez
Reservoir being empty at the time of the Palisades fire.
Lead attorney Roger Bailey told kfi's John Cobalt yesterday the
reservoir was built in the late nineteen sixties specifically for
(40:33):
firefighting purposes.
Speaker 15 (40:34):
With it empty, we had not only the water and
the hydrants, and we had no ability for those helicopters
to go draw water either out of Saninez or Chautauqua.
You're basically both hands tied behind your back.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
Bailey said. The suit also highlights the fact the LEDWP
had not de energized the Palisades power grid during the
first hours of the wildfire. In January, LA may be
asking voters whether more firehouses are needed around the city.
Speaker 6 (41:00):
Next year's ballot could include a bond measure or even
a sales tax to support the construction of firehouses. Counciloman
Tracy Park says there's not been a firehouse added to
the Palisades in decades.
Speaker 7 (41:10):
Simply put, we need a twenty first century fire department
that can tackle twenty first century problems.
Speaker 6 (41:16):
The city council voted to have city staff start to
evaluate how many firehouses they may need, what the cost
might be, and what the best way to pay for
it all would be. After that, they'll decide on whether
to go to voters for the funding. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
Debris from a train crash has critically hurt a taco
vendor in Oxnard. A big rig was on the tracks
last night when the trailer was hit by the train.
The woman was hit by debris and suffered head injuries.
The big rig driver was and hurt. Two people on
the train complained of some pain. Clippers Guard James Harden
has been ordered to pay more than a million dollars
in a lawsuit over a Beverly Hills mansion. He rented
(41:52):
in twenty nineteen. Harden rented the house for a week
in twenty nineteen. He wasn't supposed to have more than
seven guests at the house, but the lawsuit claims he
hosted more than fifteen people and did significant damage to
the property like hundreds of millions, or not hundreds of millions,
but hundreds of thousands. A flight from la to China
had to be diverted to San Francisco because the pilot
(42:15):
forgot the passport. United Airlines confirms the plane left lax
for Shanghai on Saturday afternoon. It was diverted to San
Francisco and then delayed for more than three hours. A
new crew flew the plane and it's two hundred and
fifty seven passengers overseas. Passengers were given meal vouchers and
compensation for dealing with the delay. Want to remind you
(42:39):
the Wiggle Wagglewalk is less than two weeks away, about
a week and a half now. We would love to
have you join us. Come and walk around Brookside Park
at the Rose Bowl. It's happening on Sunday, April sixth,
and it's all to raise money for Pasadena Humane which
is doing such great work, not only every day in
helping thousands of animals, but so after the wildfires where
(43:02):
they took in like fifteen hundred animals and helped rescue
them and get them back reunited with their families. We
have a team. It's called the Wake Up called Wigglers.
You want to join us, please do come walk with us.
You can sign up at KFIAM six forty dot com
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two Los Angeles, Orange County Southland Weather from KFI are
gonna have some low clouds hanging around. It was a
little bit misty almost this morning as I headed into
(43:44):
the station. It's going to clear out though, and we're
going to see some sunny skies, cooler than we've seen
for the last couple of days. I was in the
sixties at the beaches around seventy for Metro LA and
Inland Orange County, low to upper seventies in the valleys
and Inland Empire seventies to low eighties and windy in
the Antelope Valley, and then low clouds again overnight and
Tomorrow morning, sunny after that, cooler Tomorrow and Friday. Hi's
(44:06):
stopping out in the sixties to low seventies. It's fifty
six in Irvine, fifty eight in Huntington Beach, fifty five
in Sherman Oaks, fifty six in Whittier. We lead local
live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King.
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