March 31, 2025 • 42 mins
Amy King hosts your Monday Wake Up Call. ABC News investigative reporter Peter Charalambous opens the show talking about the Trump administration asking SSCOTUS to weigh in on deportations. KFI News White House correspondent speaks on Trump getting angry at Putin. ABC News national journalist Jim Ryan reports there is finally a break on egg prices. Amy talks with Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe about the latest news in business and a stock market forecast. The show closes with California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation Beth Pratt sharing the latest on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, the world's largest vegetated bridge over the US-101 freeway in Agoura Hills, CA.
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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 (00:09):
KFI and kost E HD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Will good morning. This is your wake up call for Monday,
March thirty first. Okay, another month down gone, God, it's
almost Christmas, guys. And look who's back Neil Neil Savedra
heart attack. Yes, I did you know what Will is?
He scares easily and comes in right before the end
(00:47):
of the show usually and because she turns on electronics
and stuff that I don't know how to do, and
it scares Will almost every day. It's hysterical.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Look, thank you Adams driver KFI and is paid.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Hi don't need paid.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Welcome back, Nil Savedra, Welcome back, Neil nails back from
a trip to Italy. Fancy. Yeah, we're gonna hear lots
about that coming up on the Bill Handle show because
handles out for one more week. But we got we
got half the guys back, so that's exciting.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Yay.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Here's something else exciting. The eaglets are getting their feathers
you've been watching the Big Bear Eagle cam. We have
our two babies, and they're growing fast. The biggest ones
about the size of a chicken, of course, according to
Sandy Steers, and they're zooming up during the day. If
you go and check out the camera, like you know,
fifty sixty seventy eighty thousand other people are doing the
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Big Bear Eagle camp, you can see they zoom in
and you can see their little feathers. They're starting to sprout.
I thought, that's gotta be that's gotta feel weird. How
are an eagle? How long does it take for them
to become an adult? Like when's adulthood? It's it's a
ways off. But they're fully grown at like I have
to go and look at my notes, but they're they're
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to their full size in about three months, I think.
And they don't get their white heads for years. Oh yeah, yeah, okay. Also,
I'm very proud of myself. I got a ring doorbell
because my brother harassed me because I don't have a
working doorbell. Actually, he gave me a ring doorbell for
Christmas and I just finally put it up and so
three months later, but I put it up and so now,
(02:27):
like when I left the house this morning, the chimes
went off on my phone, and I'm getting all these
weird things. Oh there's a coyote in the neighborhood, like
all these it's sort of like a neighborhood, oh like
next door, like next door app, but it's ring and
I'm like, I gotta go figure out how to turn
those off because it's driving me crazy already. And it's
only been twenty four hours. So porch pirates beware, Amy's
armed exactly. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. A
(02:50):
pedestrian has been killed on the five Freeway in Anaheim.
It happened early this morning north of Lincoln Avenue. C
HP shut down all southbound lanes and the Euclid Street
on Rampill's gonna get the latest done that in just
a couple of minutes, So when we take our first
look at traffic. Comedian Paul Rodriguez is doing court next
month after he and a friend were arrested in Burbank
for drug possession. The arrest happened Friday night during a
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traffic stop. Rodriguez told TMZ after he was released on
Saturday that he was sleeping in the passenger seat and
was slapped awake by what he said was a Caucasian
officer on a power trip. He says he's considering filing
a formal complaint. A three point two earthquake has rattled
residents of Rancho Palace, Verde. Is a small quake hit
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at eight twenty seven last night. It was centered twenty
two miles off the coast. The rumbling was felt from
Santa Monica to Lamorada. Apparently President Trump is not happy
with Russia's President Putin. Kfi's White House correspondent John Decker
is going to join us to tell us what that
could mean for US Russia relations and the possibility of
a ceasefire with Russia and Ukraine. That's coming up at
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five twenty. Also, we may soon be able to start
making omelets without breaking the bank again. ABC's Chim Ryan's
going to tell us why. And it's a big day
for the big cats and it all has to do
with dirt. We're going to be talking with bet Beth
Pratt with the National Wildlife Federation about the latest on
the Wallace Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. I love that thing. I
can't wait for it to opin. Let's get started with
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some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. A fast moving wildfire east of Fresno,
known as the Silver Fires, forced evacuations in Inyo and
Mono Counties.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Flames broke out Sunday afternoon near Bishop, threatening homes and
power lines as strong winds pushed the fire.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
North.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Cal Fire says by early Sunday evening it had already
burned over one thousand acres with zero containment. The National
Weather Service says wind gusts up to thirty five miles
per hour are fueling the flames. Strong winds and dry
conditions are also hindering the firefight. From the air, Several
aircraft had to be grounded due to extreme turbulence. Bushita
de Gastino, KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
So Cal Edison customers are paying more for fire prevention
than ever before the number of wildfires has increased at
LA times.
Speaker 7 (04:57):
Report shows there were one hundred and seventy eight wildfires
sparked by so Cal Edison equipment last year, up from
one hundred and seven in twenty fifteen. Edison customers are
paying more than three hundred dollars on their bill every
year to support wildfire related costs totaling billions of dollars
for prevention efforts get state. Utility officials say so cal
Edison equipment continues to spark wildfires in its territory. Edison
says it's spending the money on insulated wires, tree trimming.
(05:20):
Weather station's an increased equipment inspection. Officials say the utility
is shifting the cost of wildfires to customers, even when
the fires are their mistake. Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
And somebody in Anaheim has bought a Powerball lottery ticket
worth more than five hundred million dollars. Kfi's Mark Mayfield
said it was sold at a seven eleven on North
Euclid Street.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
The story gets a bonus of one million dollars forth
selling the winning ticket. Saturday mark the first time someone
has won the Powerball Jackbot since January. The winning numbers
were twenty one, seven, eleven, sixty one and fifty three.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
The powerball was two. Another person got five numbers but
didn't match the power ball. They'll get almost two hundred
eyousand dollars. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Peter
Haralambu's Good morning, Peter.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Good morning Amy, Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Always a pleasure to talk to you because you've got
such great information for us. And this time the Trump
administration's battle with US District Judge James Bosberg continues. What's
the latest development on that.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yes, this fight is now heading all the way up
to the Supreme Court. As of Friday, the Trump administration
asked the highest Court to intervene in the matter. They
want this High court to sure stay. Basically, it allowed
the Trump administration to continue those deportations under the Alien
Enemies Act.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Okay, but the did the request to the Supreme Court
come before or after the judge made his ruling, because
he extended as restraining order or something.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Right, that's right, So that came shortly before the judge
actually decided to extend that order, So that order was
set to actually expire on Friday. Temper restraining orders only
typically lost for about two weeks, and it's been about
two weeks since this battle begun, since James Boseberg issued
that first order blocking those deportation flights. So he extended
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those as kind of a matter of a technicality. And
at the same time, this fight continues on about whether
or not whether or not those those deportation flights are lawful?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Okay? And did the Supreme Court agree to hear arguments?
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Yeah, the Supreme Court has set a briefing schedule. It's
rather quick on the matter. We should be expecting some
filings this week and they could decide as early as
this week about whether or not this this this this
unprecedented use of the Alien Enemies Act, which allows deportations
with a little to no do process in so far
as someone falls within this category of a member of
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this Venezuelan gang can be removed.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Okay. And then with the restraining order extension in place,
there is still another r coming. What was a court
here on April eighth, which is a week from tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Yeah, So this judge is also hearing whether or not
to issue a preliminary injunction, which is kind of like
a longer term version of that same order from earlier.
In order to determine that this judge is hearing arguments
from both sides, he wants to see new evidence. So
over the weekend we actually saw filing from the ACLU
and Democracy Forward Foundation, the two groups that brought this lawsuit,
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alleging that there were you know, majority of these people
had really nothing to do with trend Aarragua. There were
individualized stories where, you know, these people were mistaken because
of their tattoos. Apparently one person who had a tattoo
devoted to his mother apparently had that mixed up as
a tattoo that associated him with trend Aragua. Some pretty
terrifying and concerning stuff allegedly about what actually got these
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people mixed up in this and what got them sent
to an El Salvador in prison despite having, according to
their lawyers now affiliation with this gang.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Okay, so we don't know if that's the case. That's
what their lawyers are saying, that's right, okay, all right.
And then so if the judges, if the if the
High Court hears it and said, you know what, this
judge can do this, then what happens next.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
At that point the matter is slightly settled for a while.
The Trump administration doesn't really have that much of an option.
And you know this is coming though, as the Trump
administration is railing against the courts as a whole. In
this application to the Supreme Court, they didn't just mention
those birds order. They mentioned the fact that they've dealt
with I believe over forty temporary restraining orders and preliminary
injunctions across the country, blocking you know, every aspect really
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of their policies that they've enacted since Trump was inaugurated.
In a way, yes, this this Supreme Court fight is
important because the alien enemies act as a big deal
and it's a big part of Trump's immigration agenda. But
the way this case is being framed is more about
of this unchecked power district judges that the Trump administration
believes is unlawful.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Okay, all right, then I want to play the what
if game because I always like doing that.
Speaker 8 (10:10):
So if the.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Judge is ruling held, and of course we won't know
until the Supreme Court decides it, could the judge then
order the people being held in the President's El Salvador
to be brought back to the US to get their
due process.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
This is a great question, and I asked a bunch
of legal experts and trying to figure out an answer.
It's a bit tricky because on one hand, you know,
these people are in Now Salvador in custody, and the
United States doesn't have that much authority to bring them back.
But it's not like Salvador is doing this out of
the kindness of their heart. The United States is paying
them six million dollars to house these people for a year.
(10:49):
So with that in mind, some of the folks I've
spoken to have suggested that because this is still a
contractual relationship, because at the end of the day, the
United States is still paying for these people to to
be housed in this jail. The Unitey still has the
power to bring them back to the United States. Of course,
the Trump administration has argued these people are terrorists and
the Starch has no authority to do this. But just
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yet another complicated thing here, because these people, if their
lawyers are true, many of them have no association in
reality with this group, and they're riding away in what
is arguably one of the harshest prisons in the entire world.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
All right, well, we will be watching and as always,
we appreciate all the information. Peter Haralambo's with ABC News
investigative reporter. We appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Alle herey, all right, take care. Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The number of people killed in the
magnitude seven point seven earthquake that hit me and mar
has topped seventeen hundred as more bodies are being pulled
from the rubble. The earthquake on Friday was centered near
the country's second largest city. It also hit Thailand. Tord
(11:56):
ABC's Britt Cline says crews in Bangkok have been desperately
so through what's left of a collapsed skyscraper.
Speaker 9 (12:02):
There's a hive of activity here at the site where
a thirty four story building which was still under construction,
was reduced to rubble in less than five seconds.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
She says. The rubble is about seven stories high. President
Trump says he won't be firing anyone over administration officials
discussing sensitive military attack plans in a group chat on
the messaging app Signal. That chat inadvertently included a journalist.
Former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio Republican Congressman
Mike Turner says signals safety is questionable.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
People when they get into that platform have an assumption
of privacy that it just does not provide.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
A reporter with The Atlantic was included in the group
chat that covered US military strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The workforce at the Department of Health and Human Services
is about to be slashed by twenty five percent. Dean
of the Brown University School of Public Health, doctor Ashishchah,
who served as White House COVID nineteen response coordinator and
(13:02):
the Biden administration, says he's worried about that.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
You're going to get rid of.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
People who do inspections of nursing homes to make sure
nursing homes are safe. They're going to get rid of
people who go into factories to make sure our drug
supply is safe. He says he's not worried so much
about the cuts themselves, but where the cuts are going
to be. President Trump says he is not joking when
he talks about serving a third term as president. He
(13:26):
told NBC News there are ways to make it happen,
but he says there's a long way to go, and
it is very early in his administration. The Constitution's twenty
second Amendment limits presidents to two terms in office. Hundreds
of people have gathered at Fair Oaksburger to send the
message Alta Dina not for sale. Residents say they've been
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getting calls from their mortgage companies asking them to sell
their property following the eat and fire. A fire that
broke out yesterday afternoon just north of Bishop has burned
a thousand acres. Homes and power lines are threatened. Evacuation
orders are in place in parts of Ino and Mono Counties.
Fighting the fire has been made more challenging because of
twenty five to thirty five miles per hour winds and
(14:10):
low humidity. Six Flags Magic Mountain has permanently closed Superman.
The roller coaster, which was once the tallest and fastest
in the world, has been closed since September. The in
park president Jeff Harris says they decided that the Superman
Escape from Krypton's Shuttle coaster, which opened in nineteen ninety seven,
(14:31):
had reached the end of its life cycle and they're
not going to reopen it. Let's say good morning now
to kfi's White House correspondent John Dagger.
Speaker 6 (14:41):
John.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
President Trump had said several times that he has a
good relationship with Russia's President Putin, but that relationship may
have hit a snag.
Speaker 8 (14:49):
What happened, well, the reason is is because, as the
President said just last week, Russia is dragging its feet.
Those are his own words. Related to a thirty day ceasefire.
That's something Amy that Ukraine has already agreed to. Russia
has not. In fact, Russia continues attacking civilian areas in
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Ukraine with missile strikes, with drone strikes, and the President
now threatening to do to Russia what he's already done
to Venezuela, the President saying any country that purchases oil
from Venezuela will be hit with twenty five percent tariffs.
The President saying essentially that if Russia keeps it up
and does not agree to this thirty day seasefire, he
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will oppose twenty five percent tariffs on any country that
continues purchasing oil from Russia.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Ooh, that could get very, very expensive. And then aside
from tariffs, has Trump pinted at other sanctions that might
become against Russia.
Speaker 8 (15:51):
Well, what Russian President Putin Amy said through his national
security team over a month ago in Saudi is that
we won't even discuss the idea of peace in Ukraine
until the US removes all of the economic and banking
sanctions that have been placed upon Russia. That is going
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to be a non starter. The US it says, no,
they will remain in place until you agree to a
thirty day ceasefire. So there's a standoff in terms of that.
In the meantime, President Putin criticizing Vladimir Zelensky over the weekend,
That too drew the ire of President Trump realizing it's
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going to be so difficult to reach an agreement if
Putin continues to attack Zolensky in terms of the rhetoric
that he's putting out there in various interviews.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
That's interesting, even though you know, Trump has also kind
of gotten into it with Zolenski and said some things
I agree about that, So it's interesting that it's kind
of coming from both sides, but now Trump's kind of
coming to Zelensky's defense, it sounds like.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
So, yeah, it is interesting because, as you point out,
Trump has also said some unflattering things about Zelensky over
the course of the past month and a half, even
calling him a dictator and suggesting that it was Ukraine
that was the country that started the war three years ago,
when of course, it was Russia's invasion of Ukraine's sovereign
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territory in February of twenty twenty two that started off
this war.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Yeah, so John can you tell, like, who holds the
cards in this because you said, basically, now Trump and
Putin are sort of at an impasse, and we know
that they're both pretty strong, pretty stubborn. Does anyone hold
the advantage here?
Speaker 8 (17:43):
Well, it's a very good question. You know, the President
believes that the US has the upper hand.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
You know, he uses this term.
Speaker 8 (17:50):
Who holds the cards. He's made it clear that the
US holds all the cards as it relates to Ukraine.
I don't think you can necessarily say the same thing
holding all the cards as it relates to Russia. Russia
continues its attacks on Ukraine. Russia continues to get help
in terms of military assistance from China. It's got troops, support,
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assistance coming from North Korea. So the war continues, no
end in sight. The President has expressed optimism since he's
been sworn in amy about bringing about an aimed end
to this war. But I think that realism is now
setting in for President Trump.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Yeah, all right, kafi's White House correspondent John Decker, thanks
so much for the information. As always, Thanks Amy, All right,
talk soon. Cal Trend's workers have discovered a woman's body
in LA's Mid City area. They made the discovery yesterday
morning near the ten freeway at Librea. Neither the cause
of death or details regarding how the body ended up there,
(18:49):
we're clear a person's been killed in a collision involving
an LA City fire truck in Pacoima.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
The collision happened shortly before eleven o'clock Sunday morning at
the intersection of sand for New into a road in
Tara Bella Street. Authority say a car pulled out in
front of a fire engine that was responding to an
emergency call with its lights and sirens.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
On kfi's Mark Mayfield says the driver of the car
was killed. No one else was in that car. Two
firefighters were treated at the hospital. A man shot by
an LA Sheriff's deputy in West Hollywood is recovering an
LA County Sheriff's deputy rather. The shooting happened late Saturday
afternoon during what authorities are calling a physical altercation between
the man and a deputy. The guy allegedly resisted when
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he was detained. He was taken to the hospital in
stable condition. No deputies were hurt. As if there weren't
enough issues with eggs, more than two hundred thousand pounds
of liquid egg products are being recalled because they may
be contaminated with cleaning solution. The USDA Food Safety and
Inspection Service says the egg products were produced by Cargill
Kitchen Solutions and distributed to several states, including California. Thousands
(19:56):
of people have turned out in Pacoima, where the annual
Caesar Chavez mar March for justice. The two mile march
yesterday was preceded by a rally highlighting what supporters call
the invaluable contributions of immigrants. Caesar Chavez would have been
ninety eight today. President Obama declared this day a holiday
in twenty fourteen. California is one of a handful of
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states that observes it. Kindergarteners in California are ahead of
the curve when it comes to vaccinations.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
The state's new report shows over ninety five percent of
students are up to date on their measles, mumps, and
rubella shots, well above the national average and a rate
California has maintained for nearly a decade. Health officials are
urging families to stay current, especially with the recent measles
outbreaks reported in Texas, New Mexico. And Oklahoma Brigida de
Agastino KAFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Guess what tonight is what It's time for the Dodgers
to play baseball again. And if you're going to the game,
it's World Champion Hoodie Giveaway Day. I'm bummed that I'm
missing that one. But you can listen to the action
on AM five to seventy LA Sports Live from the
Galpin Motors Broadcast booth, and you can stream the game
in HD on the iHeart Radio app Keyword AM five
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seventy LA Sports Go. Boys in Blue protesters in Pasadena
have joined protests around the US to demonstrate against Tesla's CEO,
Elon Musk. Crowds gathered outside the Tesla dealership Saturday to
criticize cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE,
which is overseen by Musk. Protesters are urging people to
boycott Tesla, sell their cars, and dump their stock. Attorney
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General Pam Bondi has launched an investigation into whether UCLA
and UC Irvine used DEI initiatives and in selecting students.
The Department of Justice, as Stanford and UC Berkeley are
also being investigated. The Trump administration has banned the use
of DEI policies nationwide. Construction crews will start placing the
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first layers of dirt over the surface of the Wallace
Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agora Hills today. It will eventually
provide safe passage for wildlife over the one on one
freeway and will be the largest bridge of its kind
in the world. We're going to find out more with
the National Wildlife Federation's Beth Pratt in just a couple
of minutes. Find out as they enter their next phase.
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Very exciting stuff. Handle on the news coming up at
six oh five. Handles still on vacation. But we have, Neil,
sayed Savader. I forgot how to say your name. Neil,
you were gone for like two weeks. Neil Savader is
filling in. We've got the death toll going up in
me and mar from that seven point seven earthquake. Just
so scary. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's
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Jim Ryan. So, Jim, are we going to be able
to start afford to make omelets again?
Speaker 4 (22:38):
No?
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Oh, I thought we were, well.
Speaker 10 (22:41):
Maybe at some point. Retail egg prices are still pretty high,
but wholesale prices have been coming down. Amy, that's good news.
They're down at three dollars for the first time in
several months of dramatic decline in just the last few
weeks in the wholesale price. But the retail prices tend
to lag behind. So you might still be paying four
dollars more, four to fifty, even five dollars in some places.
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And it's a very localized thing. One grocery store in
one city might have eggs for three fifty a dozen.
I know, I'm not here, you're in Texas. Yeah, that
are that low. In others than may have them for
six fifty or seven dozen, you know, seven dollars. It
all depends really on one thing, on proximity to the
egg production facility. That has a lot to do with it.
(23:25):
The general inflation, right, I know in California is higher
than it is in Kansas, and so Kansas eggs are
probably cheaper than California. But yeah, to suffice it to
say that doll around the country, prices have become to
come started to come back down somewhat.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
Well, that's at least a good mundication. So you said
that wholesale prices are at like three dollars, So how
high did the wholesale prices go.
Speaker 10 (23:48):
Do we know eight dollars fifteen cents for wholesale. Yes,
that's sixty three percent higher than it is right now.
And that was February twenty first. So just in that
little over a month, you saw the prices drop back
down for a lot of reasons. Now, you know, you
had the avian flu, which took out millions, tens of
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millions of birds, and the US flock right the laying hens,
the poultry farms, all the rest of it. They had
to call out millions and millions of birds because of
individual cases of avian flu. Well, bird flu has subsided
quite dramatically. You also have a lot more imports coming
into the United States from elsewhere, you know where. We're
getting a lot of our eggs right now. No, South Korea.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
It seems like an awful long way to send eggs.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
Let's just open a refrigeration on the plane, doesn't Okay,
Let's make this a really soft land and we've got
a cargo of eggs back there. So yeah, South Korea.
We're getting a lot of imported eggs from South Korea.
The Trump administration has been negotiating with other countries to
try to bring in eggs to offset what we're seeing
with these dramatic increases. So yeah, those things are helping
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out egg imports, the decline an avian flu, and you know,
of course this all comes right before passover in East
or Amy, and that means that demand will be going
up again and that could pull us up.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
That could raise prices again if they do start coming down.
So I have a question for you about when egg
prices do start coming down, Like you said that the
wholesale prices are getting down there, but then the retail
is going to lag. What about like the increases or
the search charges for restaurants are Is there any indication
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that they're going to remove those searcharges or are they
just going to leave them now? I mean it's there now,
why pull them off?
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (25:39):
I think that may be the mentality. You know, once
you impose something like that, people get used to it.
Customers see those prices, they're like, all right, well we'll
just keep paying it. And you know, you saw restaurant
prices rise dramatically during the pandemic. Right the pandemic has gone,
have egg prices or restaurant price has gone down. No,
they're still quite high and I think it's it's that
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supply and demand again. If people are willing to pay it,
if they're willing to pay that inflated price for eggs
or for restaurant food or for anything, then the proprietors
are inclined to just keep those prices elevated.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
All right. ABC's Jim Ryan. Yeah, thanks for I was
going to try to do a quick, little fun egg
thing like you made this very exciting today. Oh no, no, no, no, no, yeah,
but I kind of came up short. So it's Monday.
It's Monday. Yeah, Jim Ryan, thank you so much. We'll
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talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (26:35):
See.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
All right, it's time to get in your business now
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donah morning.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Courtney, good morning, Happy Monday, Happy Monday.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
So we were talking with Jim about how eggs are
not really affordable, but we're going to go more big ticket.
Let's talk about houses.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Well, this has been the most difficult housing market in decades,
and right now you have to have a six figure
income buy to pull home in the majority of the country.
That's unbelievable when you think how expansive the country is
and all of the different income levels throughout the different
country throughout the different states. According to bank Rate, home
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buyers need to have a household income up close to
one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars to buy an average house.
Keep this in mind, that's a fifty percent increase from
twenty twenty fifty percent. So in California, of course, you
need to have a lot more two hundred and thirteen
thousand dollars, and when it comes to acquiring the most income,
it ranks third in the nation.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Yeah. Okay, well that's a fun way to start our Monday,
isn't it. Let's let's move on.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
I know, well, if you want cheaper, you could go
to West Virginia for that one. But another thing to
keep in mind is five years ago, folks in just
six states in DC needed a six figure income to
afford a house. Now that's expanded to thirty states.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
Okay, so I wouldn't imagine that those prices are going
to take it anytime soon. It's amazing that the house
prices still keep going up, even though, like you know,
the house sales are down and the interest rates are
up and stuff, but the price is just keep going up.
It's crazy.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Well, a lot of people don't and can't sit on
the sidelines anymore. They've sat for a while in rentals,
or their families are growing. They need more space. They
can't just sit here and wait anymore. So that's why
we're seeing more people. Early indication for the spring selling
season is that a lot more people are out there
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taking tours, which they haven't done in a very long time.
People are saying, all right, well, it is expensive, but
what can we do about it? We just got to
keep moving on with our lives.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Okay. Sounds like maybe there might be a couple people
who are moving on, and that might be the film
studio heads at Warner Brothers Discovery.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
Yeah, they may be on their way out. Sources are
telling us here at Bloomberg that the media giant has
been talking with potential successors to Mike de Luca and
Pam Abdy. Warner Brothers has continued to struggle. They released
a bunch of different pictures, including the Joker sequel and
Mickey seventeen that have disappointed at the box office. A
Minecraft movie that opens up this week. My son is
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very excited. If that's not had, and this can potentially
deliver the company a much needed hint. However, Warner Brothers,
they came out and they said any imminent change they
did put in imminent change at the studio is not true.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Okay. And speaking of disappointing things, that might be another
disappointing day on the markets.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Oh yeah, another day, another day in the red for
the markets, mainly because investors have been freaking out over
President Trump's plan for tariffs coming on Wednesday, these new tariffs,
so the risk that these tariffs are going to hurt
the economy that has driven the S and P five
hundred to a more than five percent drop in the
first quarter. You have to remember this is the end
(29:56):
of first quarter trading. It's unbelievable what has happened. How
the trajectory of the markets have changed. So DAL futures
right now they're down about two hundred and fifty points.
When you look at SMP futures, they're going to take
a pretty big hit at the open. It's expected to
be down about one percent and keep them on. Stocks
cut slammed on Friday, the S and P five hundred
(30:17):
sel two percent, so this would build on the losses
that we saw on Friday.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Okay, and then Liberation Day is Wednesday, so it'll be
an interesting ride on Wednesday as well. All right, getting
in your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe. Thank you so much, Courtney.
We'll talk to you again tomorrow same time.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Enjoy your day, all right, you too.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom of pedestrian's been
hit and killed by two vehicles on the five Freeway
in Anaheim. HP says the person was hit by a
white truck in the middle lanes of the southbound Five
just after two am. HP says the pedestrian was also
hit by a black Honda Civic. The freeway has been
shut down during the investigation. LGBTQ organizations in SoCal are
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upset over potential cuts to HIV and AIDS prevention programs.
Speaker 7 (31:00):
Leaders of the LGBT Center in LA and DApp Health
in the Coachella Valley say a cut in the CDC's
HIV prevention programs could endanger many lives and drive up
cost to taxpayers if the number of AIDS cases increases.
Last week, the National Institutes of Health eliminated funding for
dozens of HIV related research grants. Officials say the spread
of the disease is down twelve percent nationally thanks to
(31:21):
prevention efforts. The center in LA provides outreach testing and
HIV preventative medications. Officials there say they've been in limbo
about what become of their four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars CDC grant to support their work. Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
A man from Riverside County is expected to plead guilty
in LA to federal charges of running illegal cock fights.
Prosecutors say the fights were held at a home in
San Bernardino last year and included seating, a taco bar
and drinks. They say bird owners paid one thousand dollars
to register roosters expected to fight to the death while
spectators gambled. People watching the fights also had to pay
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twenty bucks to park off site and forty dollars dollars
to get in the door. Someone who bought a powerball
ticket in Anaheim is holding a five hundred and fifteen
million dollar ticket. It was purchased at the seven eleven
on Euclid Street. The ticket holder will have the option
of getting the full jackpot in thirty installments or the
lump SUMB payment of nearly two hundred forty four million dollars.
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Of course, that's before taxes. Immunization rates for kindergarteners in
California is higher than the national average. California Department of
Public Health says more than ninety five percent of kids
in the state are vaccinated against measles, MOMPS, and rebella.
The vaccination rates have held pretty steady for close to
a decade. Snow White took in just over fourteen million
dollars in its second weekend of release. Since it was released,
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it's earned about forty three million dollars in the US
just over eighty seven million worldwide. The cost to make
the movie was between two hundred and forty and two
hundred and seventy million dollars. A Working Man with Jason
Statham finished first in the weekend box office. We're just
minutes away from handle on the news this morning with
our buddy Neil Sevadra back in the driver's seat. The
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tariffs are coming. The tariffs are coming. Neil's going to
tell you all about that right now. Let's say good
morning too. California's regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation.
Best Pratt, Good morning, Beth. Thanks for getting us up
early with us today.
Speaker 4 (33:19):
Oh, no problem, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
So we're excited because construction for the wildlife crossing over
the one oh one freeway in a Gore Hills is
progressing and entering a new phase today.
Speaker 11 (33:31):
Yeah, we're really excited. I'm up early, not just for you,
but we are about to put the first soil on
the top of the one oh one structure, which to
me is a really actually emotional milestone because so far
it's been concrete, twenty six million pounds of concrete for
that one oh one structure. But this is the first
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kind of natural lair. You know, I can now envision
a mountalined pop print in it. So getting my hand
in that soil and being able to toss it on
the bridge and know that next coming is plant and habitat,
that's a pretty amazing milestone.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Yeah. So now, Beth, is how much dirt are you
going to be throwing onto the bridge? Eventually? You said
twenty six million tons of concrete. How much dirt's going
on there?
Speaker 11 (34:17):
You know, that's a really good question I don't know
the answer to, but it's a lot.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
This is a this, yeah, a lot. How's that for scientific?
Speaker 11 (34:25):
It is a full acre of habitat on top of
that bridge, and that we are actually creating, right, there
was nothing there. I do know that the top soil
is about nine inches in height, and then the subsoil,
which actually is what we'll be tossing on would they
start today, it's about nine inches.
Speaker 4 (34:46):
So you're talking about you know.
Speaker 11 (34:47):
About across the entire habitat, you're talking about eighteen inches
of soil, which is a lot.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
From below that.
Speaker 4 (34:54):
We have aggregate, we have drainage layers.
Speaker 11 (34:56):
It's it's you know, people ask, you know sometimes why
this is taking so long. Well, it's not just a
bridge for cars. To create an ecosystem on top took
a lot of engineering, you know, such as the waterproofing
and drainage layers, so that you could pretty much create
a habitat.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Okay, and then once you get all the dirt on there,
then you're going to be planting things, right.
Speaker 8 (35:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (35:20):
I think this is the most fascinating part of the
whole project. Even though I have a black thumb and
you wouldn't want me in charge of this, but we
have a whole native plant nursery operation that literally we
started like five or six years ago with just people
coming out gathering samples of like the microbi you know,
microbiology of the soil of the fungus, and started gathering
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over a million hyperlocal seeds that now if you look,
are now full fledged plants, and those will be starting to.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Go on in May, okay, And then we're still looking
at an opening data when it's going to be completed
still early next year, is that right?
Speaker 11 (36:01):
Sometime in twenty twenty six, the weather did delay us
a little bit. We had two record rainy springs, which
unfortunately hit at bad times. When you're pouring concrete, you
can't have soupy soil doesn't work real well. But we're
looking at twenty twenty six, and what is next is
we have to relocate there or bury There is a
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utility line in between the freeway and a Gora road
and those utility lines will be buried, which will actually
help with fire resiliency. And then we start extending the
structure over a Goa road and then put the soil
on that plants on that and we are open for
business and probably mid to late twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Okay, how exciting. Okay, So I want to ask you
a question because we've talked about this before, but just
you're building this massive crossing. It's an acre in size
over the freeway, and you and I have talked before
about if you build it, they will come, meaning that
if you build this car, the wildlife will find it.
How do they find it because in the grand scope
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of things along the whole freeway, it's a very narrow passage.
Speaker 11 (37:09):
Yeah, and that's actually why they will find it or
have already found it. We know from the National Park
Service research, you know, over twenty years of collaring mountain
lines and bobcats and coyotes and other animals that they're
trying to cross here. If you look on a map
like a Google map, you can see that the green
space funnels right to this location, kind of an hour
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glass shape. It's the last sixteen hundred feet in that
entire region on the one oh one where there's protected
open space on both sides. So they're already trying to
cross here. They just get to the freeway and are
like uh huh and turn around, because I'll tell you
I've stood there at two am and I wouldn't even
try it.
Speaker 4 (37:48):
You know, the one on one just never slows.
Speaker 11 (37:51):
But what we what we also do, and we know
from decades of wildlife crossing science, is we put up
what we call exclusionary fencing so they'll sensing on about
two miles on either side of the freeway. That actually
cuts off their options and leads them to it as well.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Okay, oh, I love that. Okay, Well, I hope that
we get to talk to you again soon, Beth. A
very exciting day. We're a step closer to giving animals
safe passage. And that's that's big stuff, you.
Speaker 4 (38:20):
Know, it's hopeful stuff.
Speaker 11 (38:21):
I think we all need hope these days, and to me,
this is a hopeful project.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Thanks for having me, all right, thank you.
Speaker 1 (38:25):
Bet. That's California Regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation,
Beth Pratt. Let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Several
top universities in California are under federal investigation for their
use of diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Speaker 6 (38:41):
The DOJ under the Trump administration is probing UCLA, UC Irvine, Stanford,
and UC Berkeley to see if DEI criteria played a
role in student admissions. Supporters of the investigation say admissions
should be merit based, while critics argue these policies help
level the playing field and reflect the diversity of the country.
Regita Degastino kay if I Knew.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
An award winning actress, has been arrested in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (39:03):
And Delaney from NYPD Blue was arrested on suspicion of
felony assault at her home in Marina del Rey on
Saturday morning. Allie County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report
of a domestic disturbance. Delaney's partner, James Morgan, was also
arrested on suspicion of spousal battery. He later posted a
twenty thousand dollars bond, but Delaney remained in jail as
of Sunday. Both have a court appearance on Tuesday. Andrew
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Caravella KYFI News country.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Singer Morgan Wallin has made an early exit from the
Saturday Night Live stage. Host Mikey Madison said good night,
and then Walin just kind of walked off stage. Normally
everyone stands around and hugs. The show on Saturday Night
started with a sketch depicting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally
sharing war plans in a group chat with high school girls.
(39:48):
Wallin later posted on social media. Get Me to God's Country. Okay,
we are less than a week away from the Wiggle
Waggle Walk and we're going to be wiggling waggling to
help raise money from Pasadena Humane. The event is this
Sunday at Brookside Park at the Rose Bowl on April sixth.
(40:10):
The event starts at eight The walk and run starts
at nine am, and we would love for you to
join us. It's a beautiful way to start a sunny Sunday,
and it looks like the weather's going to hold for us.
It's gonna be a beautiful day. We've got vendors and
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So get your pup, get registered, and please come join us.
(40:31):
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helping Pasadena Humane help thousands of pets, especially critical this
year because how many pets were affected by the Eton fire,
and in fact, Pasadena Humane is still housing some of
the animals who were displaced in the fire. So we
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(41:58):
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Speaker 1 (00:25):
Will good morning. This is your wake up call for Monday,
March thirty first. Okay, another month down gone, God, it's
almost Christmas, guys. And look who's back Neil Neil Savedra
heart attack. Yes, I did you know what Will is?
He scares easily and comes in right before the end
(00:47):
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and stuff that I don't know how to do, and
it scares Will almost every day. It's hysterical.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Look, thank you Adams driver KFI and is paid.
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Hi don't need paid.
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Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Welcome back, Nil Savedra, Welcome back, Neil nails back from
a trip to Italy. Fancy. Yeah, we're gonna hear lots
about that coming up on the Bill Handle show because
handles out for one more week. But we got we
got half the guys back, so that's exciting.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Yay.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Here's something else exciting. The eaglets are getting their feathers
you've been watching the Big Bear Eagle cam. We have
our two babies, and they're growing fast. The biggest ones
about the size of a chicken, of course, according to
Sandy Steers, and they're zooming up during the day. If
you go and check out the camera, like you know,
fifty sixty seventy eighty thousand other people are doing the
(01:41):
Big Bear Eagle camp, you can see they zoom in
and you can see their little feathers. They're starting to sprout.
I thought, that's gotta be that's gotta feel weird. How
are an eagle? How long does it take for them
to become an adult? Like when's adulthood? It's it's a
ways off. But they're fully grown at like I have
to go and look at my notes, but they're they're
(02:03):
to their full size in about three months, I think.
And they don't get their white heads for years. Oh yeah, yeah, okay. Also,
I'm very proud of myself. I got a ring doorbell
because my brother harassed me because I don't have a
working doorbell. Actually, he gave me a ring doorbell for
Christmas and I just finally put it up and so
three months later, but I put it up and so now,
(02:27):
like when I left the house this morning, the chimes
went off on my phone, and I'm getting all these
weird things. Oh there's a coyote in the neighborhood, like
all these it's sort of like a neighborhood, oh like
next door, like next door app, but it's ring and
I'm like, I gotta go figure out how to turn
those off because it's driving me crazy already. And it's
only been twenty four hours. So porch pirates beware, Amy's
armed exactly. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. A
(02:50):
pedestrian has been killed on the five Freeway in Anaheim.
It happened early this morning north of Lincoln Avenue. C
HP shut down all southbound lanes and the Euclid Street
on Rampill's gonna get the latest done that in just
a couple of minutes, So when we take our first
look at traffic. Comedian Paul Rodriguez is doing court next
month after he and a friend were arrested in Burbank
for drug possession. The arrest happened Friday night during a
(03:11):
traffic stop. Rodriguez told TMZ after he was released on
Saturday that he was sleeping in the passenger seat and
was slapped awake by what he said was a Caucasian
officer on a power trip. He says he's considering filing
a formal complaint. A three point two earthquake has rattled
residents of Rancho Palace, Verde. Is a small quake hit
(03:32):
at eight twenty seven last night. It was centered twenty
two miles off the coast. The rumbling was felt from
Santa Monica to Lamorada. Apparently President Trump is not happy
with Russia's President Putin. Kfi's White House correspondent John Decker
is going to join us to tell us what that
could mean for US Russia relations and the possibility of
a ceasefire with Russia and Ukraine. That's coming up at
(03:54):
five twenty. Also, we may soon be able to start
making omelets without breaking the bank again. ABC's Chim Ryan's
going to tell us why. And it's a big day
for the big cats and it all has to do
with dirt. We're going to be talking with bet Beth
Pratt with the National Wildlife Federation about the latest on
the Wallace Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. I love that thing. I
can't wait for it to opin. Let's get started with
(04:15):
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. A fast moving wildfire east of Fresno,
known as the Silver Fires, forced evacuations in Inyo and
Mono Counties.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Flames broke out Sunday afternoon near Bishop, threatening homes and
power lines as strong winds pushed the fire.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
North.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Cal Fire says by early Sunday evening it had already
burned over one thousand acres with zero containment. The National
Weather Service says wind gusts up to thirty five miles
per hour are fueling the flames. Strong winds and dry
conditions are also hindering the firefight. From the air, Several
aircraft had to be grounded due to extreme turbulence. Bushita
de Gastino, KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
So Cal Edison customers are paying more for fire prevention
than ever before the number of wildfires has increased at
LA times.
Speaker 7 (04:57):
Report shows there were one hundred and seventy eight wildfires
sparked by so Cal Edison equipment last year, up from
one hundred and seven in twenty fifteen. Edison customers are
paying more than three hundred dollars on their bill every
year to support wildfire related costs totaling billions of dollars
for prevention efforts get state. Utility officials say so cal
Edison equipment continues to spark wildfires in its territory. Edison
says it's spending the money on insulated wires, tree trimming.
(05:20):
Weather station's an increased equipment inspection. Officials say the utility
is shifting the cost of wildfires to customers, even when
the fires are their mistake. Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
And somebody in Anaheim has bought a Powerball lottery ticket
worth more than five hundred million dollars. Kfi's Mark Mayfield
said it was sold at a seven eleven on North
Euclid Street.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
The story gets a bonus of one million dollars forth
selling the winning ticket. Saturday mark the first time someone
has won the Powerball Jackbot since January. The winning numbers
were twenty one, seven, eleven, sixty one and fifty three.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
The powerball was two. Another person got five numbers but
didn't match the power ball. They'll get almost two hundred
eyousand dollars. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Peter
Haralambu's Good morning, Peter.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Good morning Amy, Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Always a pleasure to talk to you because you've got
such great information for us. And this time the Trump
administration's battle with US District Judge James Bosberg continues. What's
the latest development on that.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yes, this fight is now heading all the way up
to the Supreme Court. As of Friday, the Trump administration
asked the highest Court to intervene in the matter. They
want this High court to sure stay. Basically, it allowed
the Trump administration to continue those deportations under the Alien
Enemies Act.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Okay, but the did the request to the Supreme Court
come before or after the judge made his ruling, because
he extended as restraining order or something.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Right, that's right, So that came shortly before the judge
actually decided to extend that order, So that order was
set to actually expire on Friday. Temper restraining orders only
typically lost for about two weeks, and it's been about
two weeks since this battle begun, since James Boseberg issued
that first order blocking those deportation flights. So he extended
(07:14):
those as kind of a matter of a technicality. And
at the same time, this fight continues on about whether
or not whether or not those those deportation flights are lawful?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Okay? And did the Supreme Court agree to hear arguments?
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Yeah, the Supreme Court has set a briefing schedule. It's
rather quick on the matter. We should be expecting some
filings this week and they could decide as early as
this week about whether or not this this this this
unprecedented use of the Alien Enemies Act, which allows deportations
with a little to no do process in so far
as someone falls within this category of a member of
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this Venezuelan gang can be removed.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Okay. And then with the restraining order extension in place,
there is still another r coming. What was a court
here on April eighth, which is a week from tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Yeah, So this judge is also hearing whether or not
to issue a preliminary injunction, which is kind of like
a longer term version of that same order from earlier.
In order to determine that this judge is hearing arguments
from both sides, he wants to see new evidence. So
over the weekend we actually saw filing from the ACLU
and Democracy Forward Foundation, the two groups that brought this lawsuit,
(08:29):
alleging that there were you know, majority of these people
had really nothing to do with trend Aarragua. There were
individualized stories where, you know, these people were mistaken because
of their tattoos. Apparently one person who had a tattoo
devoted to his mother apparently had that mixed up as
a tattoo that associated him with trend Aragua. Some pretty
terrifying and concerning stuff allegedly about what actually got these
(08:53):
people mixed up in this and what got them sent
to an El Salvador in prison despite having, according to
their lawyers now affiliation with this gang.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Okay, so we don't know if that's the case. That's
what their lawyers are saying, that's right, okay, all right.
And then so if the judges, if the if the
High Court hears it and said, you know what, this
judge can do this, then what happens next.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
At that point the matter is slightly settled for a while.
The Trump administration doesn't really have that much of an option.
And you know this is coming though, as the Trump
administration is railing against the courts as a whole. In
this application to the Supreme Court, they didn't just mention
those birds order. They mentioned the fact that they've dealt
with I believe over forty temporary restraining orders and preliminary
injunctions across the country, blocking you know, every aspect really
(09:46):
of their policies that they've enacted since Trump was inaugurated.
In a way, yes, this this Supreme Court fight is
important because the alien enemies act as a big deal
and it's a big part of Trump's immigration agenda. But
the way this case is being framed is more about
of this unchecked power district judges that the Trump administration
believes is unlawful.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Okay, all right, then I want to play the what
if game because I always like doing that.
Speaker 8 (10:10):
So if the.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Judge is ruling held, and of course we won't know
until the Supreme Court decides it, could the judge then
order the people being held in the President's El Salvador
to be brought back to the US to get their
due process.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
This is a great question, and I asked a bunch
of legal experts and trying to figure out an answer.
It's a bit tricky because on one hand, you know,
these people are in Now Salvador in custody, and the
United States doesn't have that much authority to bring them back.
But it's not like Salvador is doing this out of
the kindness of their heart. The United States is paying
them six million dollars to house these people for a year.
(10:49):
So with that in mind, some of the folks I've
spoken to have suggested that because this is still a
contractual relationship, because at the end of the day, the
United States is still paying for these people to to
be housed in this jail. The Unitey still has the
power to bring them back to the United States. Of course,
the Trump administration has argued these people are terrorists and
the Starch has no authority to do this. But just
(11:11):
yet another complicated thing here, because these people, if their
lawyers are true, many of them have no association in
reality with this group, and they're riding away in what
is arguably one of the harshest prisons in the entire world.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
All right, well, we will be watching and as always,
we appreciate all the information. Peter Haralambo's with ABC News
investigative reporter. We appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Alle herey, all right, take care. Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The number of people killed in the
magnitude seven point seven earthquake that hit me and mar
has topped seventeen hundred as more bodies are being pulled
from the rubble. The earthquake on Friday was centered near
the country's second largest city. It also hit Thailand. Tord
(11:56):
ABC's Britt Cline says crews in Bangkok have been desperately
so through what's left of a collapsed skyscraper.
Speaker 9 (12:02):
There's a hive of activity here at the site where
a thirty four story building which was still under construction,
was reduced to rubble in less than five seconds.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
She says. The rubble is about seven stories high. President
Trump says he won't be firing anyone over administration officials
discussing sensitive military attack plans in a group chat on
the messaging app Signal. That chat inadvertently included a journalist.
Former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio Republican Congressman
Mike Turner says signals safety is questionable.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
People when they get into that platform have an assumption
of privacy that it just does not provide.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
A reporter with The Atlantic was included in the group
chat that covered US military strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The workforce at the Department of Health and Human Services
is about to be slashed by twenty five percent. Dean
of the Brown University School of Public Health, doctor Ashishchah,
who served as White House COVID nineteen response coordinator and
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the Biden administration, says he's worried about that.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
You're going to get rid of.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
People who do inspections of nursing homes to make sure
nursing homes are safe. They're going to get rid of
people who go into factories to make sure our drug
supply is safe. He says he's not worried so much
about the cuts themselves, but where the cuts are going
to be. President Trump says he is not joking when
he talks about serving a third term as president. He
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told NBC News there are ways to make it happen,
but he says there's a long way to go, and
it is very early in his administration. The Constitution's twenty
second Amendment limits presidents to two terms in office. Hundreds
of people have gathered at Fair Oaksburger to send the
message Alta Dina not for sale. Residents say they've been
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getting calls from their mortgage companies asking them to sell
their property following the eat and fire. A fire that
broke out yesterday afternoon just north of Bishop has burned
a thousand acres. Homes and power lines are threatened. Evacuation
orders are in place in parts of Ino and Mono Counties.
Fighting the fire has been made more challenging because of
twenty five to thirty five miles per hour winds and
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low humidity. Six Flags Magic Mountain has permanently closed Superman.
The roller coaster, which was once the tallest and fastest
in the world, has been closed since September. The in
park president Jeff Harris says they decided that the Superman
Escape from Krypton's Shuttle coaster, which opened in nineteen ninety seven,
(14:31):
had reached the end of its life cycle and they're
not going to reopen it. Let's say good morning now
to kfi's White House correspondent John Dagger.
Speaker 6 (14:41):
John.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
President Trump had said several times that he has a
good relationship with Russia's President Putin, but that relationship may
have hit a snag.
Speaker 8 (14:49):
What happened, well, the reason is is because, as the
President said just last week, Russia is dragging its feet.
Those are his own words. Related to a thirty day ceasefire.
That's something Amy that Ukraine has already agreed to. Russia
has not. In fact, Russia continues attacking civilian areas in
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Ukraine with missile strikes, with drone strikes, and the President
now threatening to do to Russia what he's already done
to Venezuela, the President saying any country that purchases oil
from Venezuela will be hit with twenty five percent tariffs.
The President saying essentially that if Russia keeps it up
and does not agree to this thirty day seasefire, he
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will oppose twenty five percent tariffs on any country that
continues purchasing oil from Russia.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Ooh, that could get very, very expensive. And then aside
from tariffs, has Trump pinted at other sanctions that might
become against Russia.
Speaker 8 (15:51):
Well, what Russian President Putin Amy said through his national
security team over a month ago in Saudi is that
we won't even discuss the idea of peace in Ukraine
until the US removes all of the economic and banking
sanctions that have been placed upon Russia. That is going
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to be a non starter. The US it says, no,
they will remain in place until you agree to a
thirty day ceasefire. So there's a standoff in terms of that.
In the meantime, President Putin criticizing Vladimir Zelensky over the weekend,
That too drew the ire of President Trump realizing it's
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going to be so difficult to reach an agreement if
Putin continues to attack Zolensky in terms of the rhetoric
that he's putting out there in various interviews.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
That's interesting, even though you know, Trump has also kind
of gotten into it with Zolenski and said some things
I agree about that, So it's interesting that it's kind
of coming from both sides, but now Trump's kind of
coming to Zelensky's defense, it sounds like.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
So, yeah, it is interesting because, as you point out,
Trump has also said some unflattering things about Zelensky over
the course of the past month and a half, even
calling him a dictator and suggesting that it was Ukraine
that was the country that started the war three years ago,
when of course, it was Russia's invasion of Ukraine's sovereign
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territory in February of twenty twenty two that started off
this war.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Yeah, so John can you tell, like, who holds the
cards in this because you said, basically, now Trump and
Putin are sort of at an impasse, and we know
that they're both pretty strong, pretty stubborn. Does anyone hold
the advantage here?
Speaker 8 (17:43):
Well, it's a very good question. You know, the President
believes that the US has the upper hand.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
You know, he uses this term.
Speaker 8 (17:50):
Who holds the cards. He's made it clear that the
US holds all the cards as it relates to Ukraine.
I don't think you can necessarily say the same thing
holding all the cards as it relates to Russia. Russia
continues its attacks on Ukraine. Russia continues to get help
in terms of military assistance from China. It's got troops, support,
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assistance coming from North Korea. So the war continues, no
end in sight. The President has expressed optimism since he's
been sworn in amy about bringing about an aimed end
to this war. But I think that realism is now
setting in for President Trump.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Yeah, all right, kafi's White House correspondent John Decker, thanks
so much for the information. As always, Thanks Amy, All right,
talk soon. Cal Trend's workers have discovered a woman's body
in LA's Mid City area. They made the discovery yesterday
morning near the ten freeway at Librea. Neither the cause
of death or details regarding how the body ended up there,
(18:49):
we're clear a person's been killed in a collision involving
an LA City fire truck in Pacoima.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
The collision happened shortly before eleven o'clock Sunday morning at
the intersection of sand for New into a road in
Tara Bella Street. Authority say a car pulled out in
front of a fire engine that was responding to an
emergency call with its lights and sirens.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
On kfi's Mark Mayfield says the driver of the car
was killed. No one else was in that car. Two
firefighters were treated at the hospital. A man shot by
an LA Sheriff's deputy in West Hollywood is recovering an
LA County Sheriff's deputy rather. The shooting happened late Saturday
afternoon during what authorities are calling a physical altercation between
the man and a deputy. The guy allegedly resisted when
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he was detained. He was taken to the hospital in
stable condition. No deputies were hurt. As if there weren't
enough issues with eggs, more than two hundred thousand pounds
of liquid egg products are being recalled because they may
be contaminated with cleaning solution. The USDA Food Safety and
Inspection Service says the egg products were produced by Cargill
Kitchen Solutions and distributed to several states, including California. Thousands
(19:56):
of people have turned out in Pacoima, where the annual
Caesar Chavez mar March for justice. The two mile march
yesterday was preceded by a rally highlighting what supporters call
the invaluable contributions of immigrants. Caesar Chavez would have been
ninety eight today. President Obama declared this day a holiday
in twenty fourteen. California is one of a handful of
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states that observes it. Kindergarteners in California are ahead of
the curve when it comes to vaccinations.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
The state's new report shows over ninety five percent of
students are up to date on their measles, mumps, and
rubella shots, well above the national average and a rate
California has maintained for nearly a decade. Health officials are
urging families to stay current, especially with the recent measles
outbreaks reported in Texas, New Mexico. And Oklahoma Brigida de
Agastino KAFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Guess what tonight is what It's time for the Dodgers
to play baseball again. And if you're going to the game,
it's World Champion Hoodie Giveaway Day. I'm bummed that I'm
missing that one. But you can listen to the action
on AM five to seventy LA Sports Live from the
Galpin Motors Broadcast booth, and you can stream the game
in HD on the iHeart Radio app Keyword AM five
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seventy LA Sports Go. Boys in Blue protesters in Pasadena
have joined protests around the US to demonstrate against Tesla's CEO,
Elon Musk. Crowds gathered outside the Tesla dealership Saturday to
criticize cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE,
which is overseen by Musk. Protesters are urging people to
boycott Tesla, sell their cars, and dump their stock. Attorney
(21:27):
General Pam Bondi has launched an investigation into whether UCLA
and UC Irvine used DEI initiatives and in selecting students.
The Department of Justice, as Stanford and UC Berkeley are
also being investigated. The Trump administration has banned the use
of DEI policies nationwide. Construction crews will start placing the
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first layers of dirt over the surface of the Wallace
Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agora Hills today. It will eventually
provide safe passage for wildlife over the one on one
freeway and will be the largest bridge of its kind
in the world. We're going to find out more with
the National Wildlife Federation's Beth Pratt in just a couple
of minutes. Find out as they enter their next phase.
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Very exciting stuff. Handle on the news coming up at
six oh five. Handles still on vacation. But we have, Neil,
sayed Savader. I forgot how to say your name. Neil,
you were gone for like two weeks. Neil Savader is
filling in. We've got the death toll going up in
me and mar from that seven point seven earthquake. Just
so scary. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's
(22:33):
Jim Ryan. So, Jim, are we going to be able
to start afford to make omelets again?
Speaker 4 (22:38):
No?
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Oh, I thought we were, well.
Speaker 10 (22:41):
Maybe at some point. Retail egg prices are still pretty high,
but wholesale prices have been coming down. Amy, that's good news.
They're down at three dollars for the first time in
several months of dramatic decline in just the last few
weeks in the wholesale price. But the retail prices tend
to lag behind. So you might still be paying four
dollars more, four to fifty, even five dollars in some places.
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And it's a very localized thing. One grocery store in
one city might have eggs for three fifty a dozen.
I know, I'm not here, you're in Texas. Yeah, that
are that low. In others than may have them for
six fifty or seven dozen, you know, seven dollars. It
all depends really on one thing, on proximity to the
egg production facility. That has a lot to do with it.
(23:25):
The general inflation, right, I know in California is higher
than it is in Kansas, and so Kansas eggs are
probably cheaper than California. But yeah, to suffice it to
say that doll around the country, prices have become to
come started to come back down somewhat.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
Well, that's at least a good mundication. So you said
that wholesale prices are at like three dollars, So how
high did the wholesale prices go.
Speaker 10 (23:48):
Do we know eight dollars fifteen cents for wholesale. Yes,
that's sixty three percent higher than it is right now.
And that was February twenty first. So just in that
little over a month, you saw the prices drop back
down for a lot of reasons. Now, you know, you
had the avian flu, which took out millions, tens of
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millions of birds, and the US flock right the laying hens,
the poultry farms, all the rest of it. They had
to call out millions and millions of birds because of
individual cases of avian flu. Well, bird flu has subsided
quite dramatically. You also have a lot more imports coming
into the United States from elsewhere, you know where. We're
getting a lot of our eggs right now. No, South Korea.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
It seems like an awful long way to send eggs.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
Let's just open a refrigeration on the plane, doesn't Okay,
Let's make this a really soft land and we've got
a cargo of eggs back there. So yeah, South Korea.
We're getting a lot of imported eggs from South Korea.
The Trump administration has been negotiating with other countries to
try to bring in eggs to offset what we're seeing
with these dramatic increases. So yeah, those things are helping
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out egg imports, the decline an avian flu, and you know,
of course this all comes right before passover in East
or Amy, and that means that demand will be going
up again and that could pull us up.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
That could raise prices again if they do start coming down.
So I have a question for you about when egg
prices do start coming down, Like you said that the
wholesale prices are getting down there, but then the retail
is going to lag. What about like the increases or
the search charges for restaurants are Is there any indication
(25:31):
that they're going to remove those searcharges or are they
just going to leave them now? I mean it's there now,
why pull them off?
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (25:39):
I think that may be the mentality. You know, once
you impose something like that, people get used to it.
Customers see those prices, they're like, all right, well we'll
just keep paying it. And you know, you saw restaurant
prices rise dramatically during the pandemic. Right the pandemic has gone,
have egg prices or restaurant price has gone down. No,
they're still quite high and I think it's it's that
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supply and demand again. If people are willing to pay it,
if they're willing to pay that inflated price for eggs
or for restaurant food or for anything, then the proprietors
are inclined to just keep those prices elevated.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
All right. ABC's Jim Ryan. Yeah, thanks for I was
going to try to do a quick, little fun egg
thing like you made this very exciting today. Oh no, no, no, no, no, yeah,
but I kind of came up short. So it's Monday.
It's Monday. Yeah, Jim Ryan, thank you so much. We'll
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talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (26:35):
See.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
All right, it's time to get in your business now
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donah morning.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Courtney, good morning, Happy Monday, Happy Monday.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
So we were talking with Jim about how eggs are
not really affordable, but we're going to go more big ticket.
Let's talk about houses.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Well, this has been the most difficult housing market in decades,
and right now you have to have a six figure
income buy to pull home in the majority of the country.
That's unbelievable when you think how expansive the country is
and all of the different income levels throughout the different
country throughout the different states. According to bank Rate, home
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buyers need to have a household income up close to
one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars to buy an average house.
Keep this in mind, that's a fifty percent increase from
twenty twenty fifty percent. So in California, of course, you
need to have a lot more two hundred and thirteen
thousand dollars, and when it comes to acquiring the most income,
it ranks third in the nation.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Yeah. Okay, well that's a fun way to start our Monday,
isn't it. Let's let's move on.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
I know, well, if you want cheaper, you could go
to West Virginia for that one. But another thing to
keep in mind is five years ago, folks in just
six states in DC needed a six figure income to
afford a house. Now that's expanded to thirty states.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
Okay, so I wouldn't imagine that those prices are going
to take it anytime soon. It's amazing that the house
prices still keep going up, even though, like you know,
the house sales are down and the interest rates are
up and stuff, but the price is just keep going up.
It's crazy.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Well, a lot of people don't and can't sit on
the sidelines anymore. They've sat for a while in rentals,
or their families are growing. They need more space. They
can't just sit here and wait anymore. So that's why
we're seeing more people. Early indication for the spring selling
season is that a lot more people are out there
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taking tours, which they haven't done in a very long time.
People are saying, all right, well, it is expensive, but
what can we do about it? We just got to
keep moving on with our lives.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Okay. Sounds like maybe there might be a couple people
who are moving on, and that might be the film
studio heads at Warner Brothers Discovery.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
Yeah, they may be on their way out. Sources are
telling us here at Bloomberg that the media giant has
been talking with potential successors to Mike de Luca and
Pam Abdy. Warner Brothers has continued to struggle. They released
a bunch of different pictures, including the Joker sequel and
Mickey seventeen that have disappointed at the box office. A
Minecraft movie that opens up this week. My son is
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very excited. If that's not had, and this can potentially
deliver the company a much needed hint. However, Warner Brothers,
they came out and they said any imminent change they
did put in imminent change at the studio is not true.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Okay. And speaking of disappointing things, that might be another
disappointing day on the markets.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Oh yeah, another day, another day in the red for
the markets, mainly because investors have been freaking out over
President Trump's plan for tariffs coming on Wednesday, these new tariffs,
so the risk that these tariffs are going to hurt
the economy that has driven the S and P five
hundred to a more than five percent drop in the
first quarter. You have to remember this is the end
(29:56):
of first quarter trading. It's unbelievable what has happened. How
the trajectory of the markets have changed. So DAL futures
right now they're down about two hundred and fifty points.
When you look at SMP futures, they're going to take
a pretty big hit at the open. It's expected to
be down about one percent and keep them on. Stocks
cut slammed on Friday, the S and P five hundred
(30:17):
sel two percent, so this would build on the losses
that we saw on Friday.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Okay, and then Liberation Day is Wednesday, so it'll be
an interesting ride on Wednesday as well. All right, getting
in your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe. Thank you so much, Courtney.
We'll talk to you again tomorrow same time.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Enjoy your day, all right, you too.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom of pedestrian's been
hit and killed by two vehicles on the five Freeway
in Anaheim. HP says the person was hit by a
white truck in the middle lanes of the southbound Five
just after two am. HP says the pedestrian was also
hit by a black Honda Civic. The freeway has been
shut down during the investigation. LGBTQ organizations in SoCal are
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upset over potential cuts to HIV and AIDS prevention programs.
Speaker 7 (31:00):
Leaders of the LGBT Center in LA and DApp Health
in the Coachella Valley say a cut in the CDC's
HIV prevention programs could endanger many lives and drive up
cost to taxpayers if the number of AIDS cases increases.
Last week, the National Institutes of Health eliminated funding for
dozens of HIV related research grants. Officials say the spread
of the disease is down twelve percent nationally thanks to
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prevention efforts. The center in LA provides outreach testing and
HIV preventative medications. Officials there say they've been in limbo
about what become of their four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars CDC grant to support their work. Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
A man from Riverside County is expected to plead guilty
in LA to federal charges of running illegal cock fights.
Prosecutors say the fights were held at a home in
San Bernardino last year and included seating, a taco bar
and drinks. They say bird owners paid one thousand dollars
to register roosters expected to fight to the death while
spectators gambled. People watching the fights also had to pay
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twenty bucks to park off site and forty dollars dollars
to get in the door. Someone who bought a powerball
ticket in Anaheim is holding a five hundred and fifteen
million dollar ticket. It was purchased at the seven eleven
on Euclid Street. The ticket holder will have the option
of getting the full jackpot in thirty installments or the
lump SUMB payment of nearly two hundred forty four million dollars.
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Of course, that's before taxes. Immunization rates for kindergarteners in
California is higher than the national average. California Department of
Public Health says more than ninety five percent of kids
in the state are vaccinated against measles, MOMPS, and rebella.
The vaccination rates have held pretty steady for close to
a decade. Snow White took in just over fourteen million
dollars in its second weekend of release. Since it was released,
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it's earned about forty three million dollars in the US
just over eighty seven million worldwide. The cost to make
the movie was between two hundred and forty and two
hundred and seventy million dollars. A Working Man with Jason
Statham finished first in the weekend box office. We're just
minutes away from handle on the news this morning with
our buddy Neil Sevadra back in the driver's seat. The
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tariffs are coming. The tariffs are coming. Neil's going to
tell you all about that right now. Let's say good
morning too. California's regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation.
Best Pratt, Good morning, Beth. Thanks for getting us up
early with us today.
Speaker 4 (33:19):
Oh, no problem, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
So we're excited because construction for the wildlife crossing over
the one oh one freeway in a Gore Hills is
progressing and entering a new phase today.
Speaker 11 (33:31):
Yeah, we're really excited. I'm up early, not just for you,
but we are about to put the first soil on
the top of the one oh one structure, which to
me is a really actually emotional milestone because so far
it's been concrete, twenty six million pounds of concrete for
that one oh one structure. But this is the first
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kind of natural lair. You know, I can now envision
a mountalined pop print in it. So getting my hand
in that soil and being able to toss it on
the bridge and know that next coming is plant and habitat,
that's a pretty amazing milestone.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Yeah. So now, Beth, is how much dirt are you
going to be throwing onto the bridge? Eventually? You said
twenty six million tons of concrete. How much dirt's going
on there?
Speaker 11 (34:17):
You know, that's a really good question I don't know
the answer to, but it's a lot.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
This is a this, yeah, a lot. How's that for scientific?
Speaker 11 (34:25):
It is a full acre of habitat on top of
that bridge, and that we are actually creating, right, there
was nothing there. I do know that the top soil
is about nine inches in height, and then the subsoil,
which actually is what we'll be tossing on would they
start today, it's about nine inches.
Speaker 4 (34:46):
So you're talking about you know.
Speaker 11 (34:47):
About across the entire habitat, you're talking about eighteen inches
of soil, which is a lot.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
From below that.
Speaker 4 (34:54):
We have aggregate, we have drainage layers.
Speaker 11 (34:56):
It's it's you know, people ask, you know sometimes why
this is taking so long. Well, it's not just a
bridge for cars. To create an ecosystem on top took
a lot of engineering, you know, such as the waterproofing
and drainage layers, so that you could pretty much create
a habitat.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Okay, and then once you get all the dirt on there,
then you're going to be planting things, right.
Speaker 8 (35:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (35:20):
I think this is the most fascinating part of the
whole project. Even though I have a black thumb and
you wouldn't want me in charge of this, but we
have a whole native plant nursery operation that literally we
started like five or six years ago with just people
coming out gathering samples of like the microbi you know,
microbiology of the soil of the fungus, and started gathering
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over a million hyperlocal seeds that now if you look,
are now full fledged plants, and those will be starting to.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Go on in May, okay, And then we're still looking
at an opening data when it's going to be completed
still early next year, is that right?
Speaker 11 (36:01):
Sometime in twenty twenty six, the weather did delay us
a little bit. We had two record rainy springs, which
unfortunately hit at bad times. When you're pouring concrete, you
can't have soupy soil doesn't work real well. But we're
looking at twenty twenty six, and what is next is
we have to relocate there or bury There is a
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utility line in between the freeway and a Gora road
and those utility lines will be buried, which will actually
help with fire resiliency. And then we start extending the
structure over a Goa road and then put the soil
on that plants on that and we are open for
business and probably mid to late twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Okay, how exciting. Okay, So I want to ask you
a question because we've talked about this before, but just
you're building this massive crossing. It's an acre in size
over the freeway, and you and I have talked before
about if you build it, they will come, meaning that
if you build this car, the wildlife will find it.
How do they find it because in the grand scope
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of things along the whole freeway, it's a very narrow passage.
Speaker 11 (37:09):
Yeah, and that's actually why they will find it or
have already found it. We know from the National Park
Service research, you know, over twenty years of collaring mountain
lines and bobcats and coyotes and other animals that they're
trying to cross here. If you look on a map
like a Google map, you can see that the green
space funnels right to this location, kind of an hour
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glass shape. It's the last sixteen hundred feet in that
entire region on the one oh one where there's protected
open space on both sides. So they're already trying to
cross here. They just get to the freeway and are
like uh huh and turn around, because I'll tell you
I've stood there at two am and I wouldn't even
try it.
Speaker 4 (37:48):
You know, the one on one just never slows.
Speaker 11 (37:51):
But what we what we also do, and we know
from decades of wildlife crossing science, is we put up
what we call exclusionary fencing so they'll sensing on about
two miles on either side of the freeway. That actually
cuts off their options and leads them to it as well.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Okay, oh, I love that. Okay, Well, I hope that
we get to talk to you again soon, Beth. A
very exciting day. We're a step closer to giving animals
safe passage. And that's that's big stuff, you.
Speaker 4 (38:20):
Know, it's hopeful stuff.
Speaker 11 (38:21):
I think we all need hope these days, and to me,
this is a hopeful project.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Thanks for having me, all right, thank you.
Speaker 1 (38:25):
Bet. That's California Regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation,
Beth Pratt. Let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Several
top universities in California are under federal investigation for their
use of diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Speaker 6 (38:41):
The DOJ under the Trump administration is probing UCLA, UC Irvine, Stanford,
and UC Berkeley to see if DEI criteria played a
role in student admissions. Supporters of the investigation say admissions
should be merit based, while critics argue these policies help
level the playing field and reflect the diversity of the country.
Regita Degastino kay if I Knew.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
An award winning actress, has been arrested in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (39:03):
And Delaney from NYPD Blue was arrested on suspicion of
felony assault at her home in Marina del Rey on
Saturday morning. Allie County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report
of a domestic disturbance. Delaney's partner, James Morgan, was also
arrested on suspicion of spousal battery. He later posted a
twenty thousand dollars bond, but Delaney remained in jail as
of Sunday. Both have a court appearance on Tuesday. Andrew
(39:24):
Caravella KYFI News country.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Singer Morgan Wallin has made an early exit from the
Saturday Night Live stage. Host Mikey Madison said good night,
and then Walin just kind of walked off stage. Normally
everyone stands around and hugs. The show on Saturday Night
started with a sketch depicting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally
sharing war plans in a group chat with high school girls.
(39:48):
Wallin later posted on social media. Get Me to God's Country. Okay,
we are less than a week away from the Wiggle
Waggle Walk and we're going to be wiggling waggling to
help raise money from Pasadena Humane. The event is this
Sunday at Brookside Park at the Rose Bowl on April sixth.
(40:10):
The event starts at eight The walk and run starts
at nine am, and we would love for you to
join us. It's a beautiful way to start a sunny Sunday,
and it looks like the weather's going to hold for us.
It's gonna be a beautiful day. We've got vendors and
food trucks and training demonstrations, and there's dog costume contests.
So get your pup, get registered, and please come join us.
(40:31):
We're trying to raise ten thousand dollars and that's just
the wake up call wigglers. We're on our way. We're
not there yet. We need your help. To donate or
to join the team, or to donate and join the team,
go to KFI AM six forty dot com. Slash wiggle
would love to have you join us. Like I said,
it's gonna be a great day, and we're doing We're
(40:53):
helping Pasadena Humane help thousands of pets, especially critical this
year because how many pets were affected by the Eton fire,
and in fact, Pasadena Humane is still housing some of
the animals who were displaced in the fire. So we
would love for you to join us again. Sunday, April
sixth Join the wake upcall wigglers. KFIAM six forty dot com,
(41:14):
slash wiggle. This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles,
Orange County, Southland. Weather from KFI. Rain at times this morning,
tapering off this afternoon. Ees in the low to mid
sixties at the beaches Metro La Inlando, c in the
Valley's mid number sixties in the ie fifties, with gusty
winds in the Antelope Valley. Becoming partly cloudy with highs
(41:37):
in the mid sixties Tomorrow, Sunny and cool on Wednesday
with highs in the sixties, slight chance of rain Thursday afternoon,
and then we'll be back to sunny sky's Friday and
into the weekend. It's fifty five and fuller ten fifty
five in San Clementy, fifty three in Pasadena, and fifty
five in Whittier. We lead local live from the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom for producer and and technical producer
(41:58):
Kno along with traffic specialist Will I'm Amy King. This
has been your wake up call. If you missed any
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