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Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM 640 Wake Up Call with me, Amy King, on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning. Very happy camper today. How about them Dodgers? Of course, I'm also a sad camper because there is no game five, which means I don't get to go to a playoff game this season. I had tickets for Friday night.
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Speaker 2: That's okay.
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Speaker 1: The boys in blue advanced to the National League Championship Series. Unfortunately, you know, the The Padres Brewers series was so good, and I was so hoping that they were going to come back and make it to the next round, but they lost 3-1 last night, so they're knocked out.
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Speaker 3: I don't see Ann anywhere.
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Speaker 1: She's in mourning.
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Speaker 4: Oh, dear.
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Speaker 1: She'll be back tomorrow.
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Speaker 5: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Okay, here's what's ahead on Wake Up Call. Four additional sandbag distribution sites are opening up today in Long Beach. as residents are being urged to get ready for possible coastal flooding, high surf, and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Rachel. Residents in low-lying areas, particularly the Alamitos Peninsula and Alamitos Bay, are being urged to take precautions against potential flooding this weekend. Of course, the Dodgers headed back to the National League Championship Series. The Boys in Blue beat Atlanta 3-1 in Game 4 to win the best-of-five series three games to one. They'll face the Brewers, who knocked out San Diego last night in Milwaukee for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday. President Trump says Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton is possibly the best attorney general in the history of Texas. Appearing alongside Paxton in San Antonio last night, Trump urged his supporters to get out to vote in the midterms and pretend he's on the ballot. Trump went on to warn that Texas will be destroyed if Democratic candidate James Tallarico wins. We're going to find out more about why Trump is backing Paxton in spite of some negative comments that have come to light. ABC's Karen Travers is going to join us in about 15 minutes or so. An 18-year-old has been arrested for planning a terrorist attack on the Mall of America. ABC's crime and terror analyst Brad Garrett is going to join us to tell us how he was caught and how bad it could have been. That's coming up in just a couple of minutes. And we were supposed to connect yesterday with author Jasmine Guillory, but there was a scheduling mix-up. So we're going to try it again today because I think you're going to love hearing about her new book. It's called It's Only Dancing. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego. It's expected to arrive around noon after being at sea since November. The carrier left port as part of normal naval operations with the original plan to return in May, but then the war in Iran started. War Secretary Pete Hegseth flew out to the ship yesterday to visit with sailors and Marines deployed to the Middle East.
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Speaker 2: I would like to award to you. The presidential unit citation.
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Speaker 1: The award is the highest honor a unit can receive that is typically reserved for significant achievement in combat. Four firefighters and a civilian have been hurt in a house fire near the Silver Lake Reservoir.
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Speaker 6: It started around 1045 in the morning on North Lakewood Avenue. Of the five people sent to the hospital, two of the firefighters were released later in the day. Arson investigators were sent to the scene, but so far the cause of the fire has not been determined. Mark Mayfield, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: The head of an L.A. community action group says he agrees with Councilwoman Nithya Raman's plan to fire LAPD Chief Jim McDonald if she wins the race to be mayor. Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Afari Hutchison says the LAPD has the worst track record in the U.S. for overuse of deadly force. Hutchinson says that's McDonald's fault. So Rahman's plan to fire him is a long-needed step to overhauling the LAPD's use of deadly force.
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Speaker 7: L.A.
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Speaker 1: Mayor Bass and City Council Member Nithya Rahman are set to answer questions from members of the city's Hispanic community in the race for mayor. They're taking part in a televised forum focusing on homelessness, housing affordability, public safety, and other issues. It airs tonight. At 7 on Univision, each candidate participating will be separately interviewed for 30 minutes. It's 5.07 on your wake-up call this Thursday morning. Let's say good morning now to ABC's crime and terror analyst, Brad Garrett. So, Brad, I want to find out details on this. It's a Mall of America planned mass shooting, and the feds have arrested an 18-year-old person who apparently had been planning this for quite some time.
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Speaker 8: So according to the complaint, Amy, the FBI in an undercover capacity started interacting with this 18-year-old in December of 2024. Now, that's almost two years ago. Some would say, why did it take this long to arrest him? Well, when you look at these undercover cases, you kind of are driven by the speed of the person who wants to commit the crime. And obviously, you have to have certain elements to be able to charge them. So eventually what happened in the last few days is that he said, I need an AK-47, I need ammunition, and I'm going to go to the Mall of America in Minneapolis and kill 30 to 60 people.
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 8: They, in an undercover capacity, sold him an AK-47. Obviously, it wouldn't be functional, but be that what it may, with 200 rounds of ammunition, he paid them, and then they arrested him. So it's another example of getting in front of somebody that wants to do mass harm. You know, the big question, as you well know, is how many people like this kid are out there that are sort of at the crossroads of of committing some potentially committing some super violent act. It's, I think the number is higher than you might think, but obviously I don't know what that number is.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I think it's, I was just going to ask you how, I wonder how many of these cases are out there. I think it's interesting because we've talked before, uh, you and I about, you know, when do they jump in? When does law enforcement put a stop to it? Because You have to give evidence, but you also have to allow them to get pretty close to acting on those threats and then hope that you can stop them before they actually carry it out.
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Speaker 8: Right. Well, you know, and that's all clearly a judgment call. And the people who do these type of cases, generally speaking, sort of know that they go at a certain pace and you need certain elements because you I mean every day they're talking to the U.S. attorney's office about this is how we got– this is how far we got last night or whatever it might be until you get up to the certain elements. And you are correct. You ideally want them to walk up to the line, but you also have to feel comfortable enough that this is not going to occur with him going to anybody else. to help him along because, you know, they build a relationship with these kids who then trust the person they're talking to. But, yeah, I mean, could this have gone sideways? Did he get another way of getting a weapon? Sure. But these are things that you have to do to catch kids that are about to go do a really violent, awful act.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so let's talk a little bit about who this guy is. He's 18 years old. Who is he?
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Speaker 8: Okay, so his parents are from Somalia, but he was born here.
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Speaker 6: All right.
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Speaker 8: There's some information out that in months past, the FBI actually went to his parents to talk to them, presumably, about what he was doing online. That apparently didn't have any effect. And, you know, since I don't know what occurred in that conversation, I will just tell you There are certain immigrant populations that are very leery of the police and law enforcement because of where they grew up. So did they not trust the FBI? Did they not do anything? I have no idea, of course. All I'm suggesting is it's another challenge in these cases because clearly you need a community's help. You need parents' help. to come forward and say, you know, somebody needs to take a look at what my kid's doing.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and he wanted to go into the Mall of America and shoot a lot of people. Did he have particular targets?
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Speaker 8: No, I mean, his comment was that the Mall of America is owned by folks of the Jewish faith. And that was his motivator, apparently. And that, you know, killing anybody there would have been in his mind, sort of a Jewish sympathizer.
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Speaker 9: All right.
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Speaker 1: So interesting. I'm 18 years old and his goal in life is to go and do a mass killing.
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Speaker 8: It's amazing how far down the rabbit hole of darkness some of these kids will go.
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Speaker 1: Well, thank goodness we caught this one and hopefully we'll catch the next one as well. ABC's Brad Garrett, thank you so much for your information this morning.
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Speaker 10: You're welcome.
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Speaker 8: Take care, Amy.
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Speaker 1: Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. President Trump has clarified his comments about Iran possibly striking L.A. or San Diego. He brought it up again yesterday during a political rally in Texas.
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Speaker 9: You want to see a horror show? You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles and you want to see some bad things happen. You want to see a country that would be in free fall. We're not going to let that happen. We protect our cities. We protect our country. We're not letting that happen.
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Speaker 1: Critics argued earlier this week that Trump was calling on Iran to strike the West Coast cities. The president was talking about higher gas prices at the time. which he said was a small price to pay to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. A review of voting records shows two-thirds of Republican candidates in competitive U.S. House and Senate races have either broken with President Trump on policy or played down ties with him. The review by Reuters finds candidates in 41 of 62 competitive congressional races are distancing themselves from Trump ahead of the midterms. The candidates have criticized him or widened the gap on certain issues. President Trump's golf club in Florida could be used as a Camp David-style presidential retreat.
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Speaker 11: The president says the military and Secret Service presented him with this idea. The Palm Beach Post reported Trump International Golf Course's lawyer sent a letter to Palm Beach County commissioners about the offer. He said the golf course would be designated as a U.S. presidential golf course and be made available to all past, current, and future presidents, as well as foreign heads of state to use. The letter went on to say the golf course would pay for the presidential lodging facility to be built and would be a gift to Trump's successors since it would not be done until he's out of office. Debra Mark, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: A judge in Tennessee has ordered the state's Department of Correction to preserve evidence related to Krista Pike's botched execution. ABC's Faith Abubay says Pike's attorney says she is conscious and getting critical medical care.
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Speaker 6: Pike's lawyers say doctors believed she was brain dead and were making final preparations to take her off life support Tuesday when she regained consciousness.
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Speaker 1: The lawyers say Pike is still shackled to her bed in the hospital. A tropical storm off the coast of Mexico is expected to create hazardous weather in Southern California.
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Speaker 7: The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday extended the forecast cone for Rachel, which now shows the system hitting the American Southwest. Rachel's been a Category 1 hurricane, but forecasters predict it will be a tropical cyclone by the time it reaches the U.S., although still producing heavy rain, strong winds and other hazards. The remnants of Rachel are expected to make landfall in Southern California by early Sunday. and could create some rainy conditions across the southwest through next Tuesday. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: A tortoise born before the Civil War may hold clues to slowing human aging. Vanderbilt Health researchers have been studying Jonathan, the world's oldest known living land animal. He's 194 years old, believed to have hatched in 1832. He lives on an island in the South Pacific. He's blind. He weighs 450 pounds. But researchers say they've tested his DNA and it shows that his cellular energy production is remarkably youthful, behaving much like that of a five-year-old tortoise. What they don't know exactly is why, but they say they hope this discovery of the young DNA will eventually lead to treatments that bring people closer to the so-called eternal spring.
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Speaker 12: He's cool.
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Speaker 2: Have you seen videos of Jonathan?
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Speaker 1: I have not seen Jonathan, but when we went to the Galapagos, we got to see a lot of tortoises.
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Speaker 5: They're old, too.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're very cool. When we come back, President Trump doing some modern day barnstorming. His latest stop ahead of the midterms is Texas, trying to drum up support for Senate candidate Ken Paxton. ABC's Karen Travers has the latest on that coming up next. The remnants of Hurricane Rachel expected move across Southern California this weekend. Forecasters say the storm will bring downpours and strong winds. Flash flood watches and warnings along with wind watches could be issued by the end of the weekend. Drivers in L.A. could soon face fines for parking within 20 feet of marked or unmarked crosswalks. A city council committee has approved a draft ordinance to Established fines of $ 63 is part of efforts to bolster compliance with a state law that prohibits stopping, standing or parking vehicles within 20 feet of the approach to the side of a crosswalk or within 15 feet of the approach side of any crosswalk with a curb extension. Don't have to dream on anymore. Aerosmith is going to be performing again. And it's the Hollywood Bowl. The band announced that Aerosmith and Friends will be at the Bowl October 29th and November 2nd. The Friends include the Black Crows, Run DMC, Alice in Chains, Sammy Hagar, Slash and others. Pre-sale tickets for CityCard members start today and then the general on sale is Saturday at 10 a.m. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers. So Karen, President Trump basically barnstorming ahead of the midterms to try to rally support for Republican candidates. His latest stop is in Texas to support Ken Paxton, who's kind of a tough sell for a lot of folks, but could be a make or break on whether the Republicans retain control of the Senate. So what's he saying about Paxton? Because Paxton has said some things that don't quite line up with the president recently.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, Paxton's making it a little difficult for the president, but the president is still standing by him. There have been audio recordings that have come out through media outlets of Paxton at a fundraiser where he has heard distancing himself from the president, indicating that he thought that the midterm convention that the president held in Texas last month actually hurt Republican candidates. He said you can hear him on the audio saying that numbers went down for him and others after that. And then in another one this week that was released, Paxton is heard saying that the war in Iran causing gas prices and food prices to go up is the biggest problem for his campaign right now. The president yesterday was asked if he regrets endorsing Paxton. He says, no, no, he was a great attorney general. He'll be a good senator. And he was asked if he agrees with Paxton's assessment that the war with Iran and the spike in prices is the biggest hurdle right now for Republicans and He didn't answer that part of the question, but again, kind of talked about what he's doing to end the war with Iran and bring gas prices down. But it is a challenging race for Republicans right now. The polls show that the Democrat, James Palo Rico, is leading at this point. The fact that the president's been there twice in a week, three times in a month, certainly indicates that Republicans are concerned with how Paxton is doing at this point.
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Speaker 13: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And so it's really.
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Speaker 1: It's out of character for Trump to support somebody who's openly criticizing him.
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Speaker 12: Yeah.
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Speaker 10: I mean, you know, there's always a way to like support, but also make some jabs, which we've heard him do talking about Paxton's clothes and things like that. But I think there's a recognition that this is a very important race. This is a state that's reliably red. The president has won there all three times. I mean, this is not supposed to be in play. As you noted, Paxton has had his issues. You know, many Republicans would say he's a flawed candidate. They are pouring money into this race to try to keep it in the red column.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And isn't the money that's being poured in, isn't that sort of recent where Tallarico has had strong financial support for a very long time? And it's sort of like the Republicans didn't start pumping money in until they realized that Paxman was really in trouble.
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Speaker 8: Yeah.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, like, you know, a bit of a five alarm fire and saying we need to put money in here. And then that shifts it from other races, too. And it's always like the line in politics, especially in the final four weeks, you know, where the money is going and where the big surrogates are going, whether that's President Trump, J.D. Vance on the other side, President Obama out on the campaign trail, where those people are going indicates where they think the support is needed, where they're concerned about, especially the money when they start shifting it around.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 8: OK.
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Speaker 1: And then where's he headed to next? Do we know?
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Speaker 10: Going to upstate New York tomorrow, the Syracuse area, then Tennessee and Alabama on Saturday. But of course, Alabama is going to be getting that hurricane spreading into Saturday. So some questions about what will happen with that trip.
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Speaker 1: All right. ABC's Karen Travers. Thanks so much for the info.
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Speaker 2: Thanks.
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Speaker 8: All right.
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Speaker 1: So if you hate the heat. You're going to like this.
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Speaker 5: We are on our last day of extreme heat warning.
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Speaker 6: The extreme heat warning ends at 8 tonight, says National Weather Service meteorologist Kristen Lund.
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Speaker 3: And rain is coming.
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Speaker 5: We might see some rain as early as Saturday morning, but we could see it continuing until as late as Tuesday, 10 p.m.
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Speaker 3: It won't be a lot of rain, but she says all of SoCal should get a taste.
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Speaker 5: Literally anywhere, we'll be seeing several hours of light to moderate rain through these four days.
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Speaker 3: And some strong surf could do more damage to already eroded beaches. Jason Aithenson, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Well, I certainly hope there's no flooding. I know that they're warning about that, but I'm really looking forward to some rain showers.
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Speaker 5: So happy.
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Speaker 1: I know, right? It's been so hot. And yesterday I walked home. And I thought, oh, it's supposed to be cooler. But like when that sun is just pounding down on you right around noon, you're like, oh, my gosh.
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Speaker 8: All right.
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Speaker 1: Well, it's going away. It's going away.
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Speaker 12: It's all right. This is an absolute scandal.
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Speaker 1: Sentencing has been pushed back to December for a former aide to Governor Newsom and campaign manager to Javier Becerra, who was convicted of stealing $ 225, 000 from Becerra's inactivity. political campaign account. Republican candidate for governor Steve Hilton says it's outrageous that sentencing isn't going to happen until after the election.
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Speaker 12: It's the Javier Becerra corruption scandal, where he took money from his California campaign account, breaking federal and state law in order to top up the salary of his former chief of staff, Sean McCluskey. so that he could go with him to Washington.
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Speaker 1: McCluskey pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. The LAPD says the investigation so far into the fatal fall of a 17-year-old at Franklin High School in Highland Park has not found evidence linking allegations of bullying to the student's death, but officials say the investigation is ongoing. Video shows the boy going over a railing last week after a fight with another boy.
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Speaker 8: The L.A.
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Speaker 1: County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a suicide. California may soon become the first state to ban most man-made quartz countertops.
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Speaker 7: Officials want to ban countertops with high levels of crystalline silica, which can be dangerous to workers. The main concern is silicosis, a deadly lung disease caused by silica dust. Since 2019, over 650 cases and 35 deaths from silicosis have been reported in California. Manufacturers say the countertops are safe if proper safety steps are taken. Officials, though, say current safety rules aren't enough. Australia has already banned quartz countertops. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News. Home foreclosures have jumped dramatically.
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Speaker 14: New data says filings for foreclosures, including default notices, scheduled auctions, or bank repossessions, were up 13% in August from the year before. Property data provider Adams says South Carolina had the worst foreclosure rate in August, followed by Florida and Texas. Properties that have finished the foreclosure process are up 42% from last year. Texas led the way there in August with more than 1,800 completed foreclosures, way ahead of California at number two with just under 600. The report says overall foreclosure activity is still below pre-COVID times, but it's catching up quickly. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: A group of researchers and patient advocates in California is working to better understand the most extreme cases of autism.
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Speaker 3: Profound autism refers to those that have very limited to no verbal communication, often have an IQ below 50 and need 24-7 care. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is now funding research to study it. Allison Berent is a researcher with the institute and has a child with autism. She tells KFI she's very optimistic.
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Speaker 12: I couldn't be these individuals because I'm living it and I'm seeing it.
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Speaker 3: The study is funding basic research to link genetic research and disease biology to better understand the cause of profound autism and to create better therapies for the future. Eileen Gonzalez, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: I'm a happy camper today. Hope you are too. Dodgers advancing to the championship series.
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Speaker 8: I don't know.
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Speaker 1: Do we have a three-peat coming? I certainly hope so. Of course, I'm very happy, but I'm also very sad because I had tickets to game five. And since the Dodgers won it in four, There is no game five.
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Speaker 13: Good morning, Amy.
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Speaker 2: This is Scott from Play Adele Carmen.
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Speaker 1: Hi, Scott.
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Speaker 2: It's go blue. Yeah. But sad for you. Maybe you can get another game later.
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Speaker 1: I don't know.
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Speaker 5: For the playoffs.
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Speaker 8: No.
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Speaker 2: Have a wonderful day listening to you now.
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Speaker 1: Oh, thank you, Scott. Yeah, actually, no, because we have a group that has season tickets. There's no way we can afford them on our own. And so we do like a little mini draft to see who gets which playoff tickets. And that was the one we had tickets to for this season. So I'll be watching from home or maybe a nice sports bar. Here's what we're following in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Almost home. The USS Abraham Lincoln is motoring towards San Diego after a near-record deployment in support of Operation Epic Fury. The carrier with more than 5,000 sailors on board is expected to arrive at Naval Air Station North Island around noon. The big ship was at sea without a port of call for 286 days, the second longest deployment since the Vietnam War. Long Beach has activated its new automated speed enforcement system. Cameras will identify vehicles going at least 11 miles over the posted speed limit. And for the first 60 days, we'll just send out warnings. And then after that, Citations will be issued. Signs will be posted to warn drivers about the speed cams. The Powerball jackpot has grown to more than a half billion dollars. No one matched all six numbers drawn last night. The next drawing on Saturday will be worth an estimated $ 516 million. And tomorrow night's Mega Millions jackpot, also growing, the pot will be worth $ 364 million. Here's what's coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. California is giving tax credits to another 35 film and TV projects as part of the state's expanded push to retain local production. Among the projects being awarded are the long-awaited fourth film in Ice Cube's Friday franchise, the reboots of Clueless. Ooh, that'll be fun. And the 1970s TV series The Rockford Files. I would be interested in both of those.
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Speaker 4: The L.A.
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Speaker 1: Convention Center expansion project is apparently going to do some good things for the local economy. L.A.
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Speaker 11: Mayor Bass and city officials say the project could bring in an estimated 186,000 visitors and more than $ 400 million to the economy. They say since construction on the project started a year ago, 18 major conferences have chosen to hold their annual events in L.A., The expansion project is being built through a phased delivery with construction leading up to the 2028 Olympic Games, pausing for that event, then continuing through completion as soon as 2029.
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Speaker 1: Debra Mark, KFI News. The FBI in LA has announced charges against nine people over an alleged Mexican mafia-linked murder conspiracy and extortion scheme in Pomona. The charges are tied to a shooting in July over a perceived debt. The feds say eight of those charged are alleged associates of the Mexican mafia prison gang. The ninth is accused of removing bullet casings after the shooting to prevent investigators from collecting evidence. Six of the defendants were arrested yesterday. One was already in jail. Governor Newsom has joined the fight against voter ID in California.
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Speaker 2: Newsom joined the No on 39 campaign as an honorary co-chair. We had a dog vote in the last two elections in Orange County, and that's unacceptable. Co-author of the bill, State Senator Tony Strickland from Huntington Beach is hopeful.
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Speaker 5: It's going to be incredibly close.
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Speaker 8: We're the outlier here in California.
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Speaker 2: We're only one of 14 states that doesn't use it. The other side is trying to confuse everybody. It may seem like it's complicated. It's not. If Prop 39 passes, voters would need to show an ID before casting a ballot or give ID numbers on mail-in ballots so the votes can be counted. Jason Campadonia, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Time to get in your business as we do each weekday morning at this time. Say good morning to Bloomberg's Erica Herskovitz.
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Speaker 2: Morning, Erica. Good morning, Amy.
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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk Pepsi. Apparently, it's a hard sell these days.
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Speaker 13: Yeah, Pepsi's having a tough time getting American shoppers to bite. The beverage and snack giant cutting its profit forecast this year. The maker of Doritos, Lay's, and Gatorade now expects earnings growth of just 1% to 2%, down from as much as 6% previously. Price cuts on snacks haven't done enough to lift sales, and Pepsi now plans to raise some prices. The company will continue to offer more products with protein and fiber. as well as those with simpler ingredients.
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Speaker 1: I wonder if it has to do with GLP-1. That's affecting so many items in the marketplace. And I just want to say that last night I was watching baseball and I saw a Pepsi ad and it had polar bears drinking Pepsi. Everyone knows that polar bears drink Coke. I don't know what they're trying to do. All right, Levi's.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a ripoff, pretty much.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're stealing from Coke. Okay, Levi's may have picked the wrong jeans for back to school. What happened?
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Speaker 13: The company's fall campaign focused on baggy jeans, which missed the mark with shoppers who've been favoring those low-rise styles. Sales through its own store and website rose just 2% last quarter, which was the slowest growth in nearly three years.
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Speaker 1: That's not good. Okay, so Uniqlo... Is moving up the global fashion ranks. And I'm glad that we're talking about this because it is now Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium. And we were just talking about it last time we were at a game where we're like, what is Uniqlo? I don't even know.
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Speaker 3: It's that store in the mall.
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Speaker 1: Well, it's a store in the mall.
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Speaker 3: It's that store in the mall. You never kind of go in.
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Speaker 4: You never go in.
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Speaker 1: Is it for young kids?
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Speaker 4: I think it is.
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Speaker 3: And it's a lot of basics.
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Speaker 1: It's not like.
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Speaker 13: Any high fashion you know what i mean so parent company fast retailing says annual sales jumped at uniclo 17 to a record 25 billion dollars putting it on track to overtake h & m as the world's number two apparel retailer behind the company that owns zara the uh this shows that uh uniclo has come pretty far and has come from its origins as a low price japanese casual air chain to become an international brand built around functional all-season apparel, which may also, you know, as a Japanese brand, may also explain why it sponsors Dodger Stadium.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that makes sense, right? H & M, Zara, that all makes sense. Okay, good to know. Flag football is having a big moment, especially with girls.
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Speaker 13: Yeah, participation soaring, fueled by the NFL's push to grow the sport. More than 100,000 high school girls played flag football last year, up 48% in just one year. The NFL has pledged to million dollars toward flag football since the end of 2025 with much of it earmarked for the development of men's and women's pro.
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Speaker 1: Leagues all right i think that's great flag football is a blast erica herskovitz getting in your business as we do each weekday morning with bloomberg thank you so much Thank you, Amy. All right. When we come back, the author of The Proposal and The Wedding Date. You know those. They were both made into big Hollywood hit movies and they started as books. Well, the author is Jasmine Guillory and she is going to join us with her next book. It's called It's Just Dancing. And I will tell you, I read it in one sitting. Always love to hear from you on the Talkback. It's that little microphone in the upper right-hand corner if you're listening on the iHeartRadio app. We were talking about Uniqlo, which is a huge sponsor of the Dodgers now, and I don't know who they are.
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Speaker 6: Amy, I can't believe you don't know what Uniqlo is.
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Speaker 3: You must go and discover the magic of Uniqlo.
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Speaker 12: Ooh, I must go.
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Speaker 8: You must.
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Speaker 7: All right.
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Speaker 1: I'll go discover the magic. And then speaking of magic, the Dodgers could be headed to a three-peat. And I was actually thinking about this, and somebody weighed in on the talkback about it, you know, because the Dodgers spend so much money. I mean, shouldn't they win?
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Speaker 6: I'd just like to know, who gets fired if the Dodgers don't win? I mean, you spend all that money on all those players and you don't win.
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Speaker 4: Somebody effed up.
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Speaker 6: So somebody should get fired if you guys don't win the World Series.
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Speaker 1: Well, we shall see. Of course, I'm hoping for a three-peat. We'll have to wait and see. And, of course, the Dodgers start playing the championship series against Milwaukee on Sunday. Here's what we're following in the KFI 24-Hour Newsroom.
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Speaker 4: L.A.
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Speaker 1: County health officials say they will investigate a home in the Fairfax District where trash and debris have once again spread. piled up despite years of complaints and cleanup efforts. Piles of trash now cover the property on North Martel Avenue near Melrose. The property drew widespread attention in April of 2024 when L.A. Mayor Bass visited the site. She declared it a public health emergency and directed city crews to remove the massive piles of trash.
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Speaker 9: L.A.
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Speaker 1: City Councils voted in favor of banning the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide by tobacco and cannabis retailers. The city attorney's office will now prepare a draft ordinance to expand the types of businesses that could be subject to criminal charges for selling nitrous oxide products. Southland drivers might not notice it yet, but gas prices are starting to come down just a little bit from last year's near record highs. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in L.A. County is down another penny to about 640. Its seventh day of decreases following more than 40 straight days of increases. Orange County prices tick down to $ 6.
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Speaker 1: It's $ 6. 26 in the IE. 5.53 and time for us to say good morning to the author of a new book called It's Only Dancing, Jasmine Guillory. Good morning, Jasmine.
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Speaker 4: Good morning.
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Speaker 1: So tell us about, well, first of all, I'm going to say that you have written a several other books, and some of them were made into hit movies, like The Proposal with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds and The Wedding Day with Deborah Messing and Dermot Mulroney. So you obviously have.
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Speaker 4: A- I just have to say, actually, my books, The Wedding Day and The Proposal were not related to those movies. They weren't? I wrote them after the movies came out. Yes, yes.
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Speaker 5: I didn't know that.
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Speaker 6: There are lots of books.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, sorry about that.
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Speaker 1: Oh, no, that's okay.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: So the book that you wrote now is a reboot. of a movie that we know from our childhood, and that's Dirty Dancing. So tell us about It's Just Dancing.
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Speaker 4: Well, so this book is a young adult book. It's about Catherine, who likes to be referred to as Cat. Her parents call her Kitty, which she hates. She goes to a month-long family camp with her parents and her younger sister. She's 17, so you can imagine how much she hates going to a family camp with her parents and her younger sister. But while she's at the camp, she... Stumbles upon the staff party the first night and she sees Jordan, who is the hip hop dance instructor at the camp, and she sees him dancing and is mesmerized. And she, of course, and she later kind of accidentally volunteers to dance with him for his big dance of the year. Kat used to dance ballet, but hasn't danced in a while. And so kind of has to relearn how to dance and has to learn how to dance hip hop with Jordan. And then she learns a lot of other things with Jordan as well.
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Speaker 2: Of course.
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Speaker 1: And she has to, of course, keep the dance secret. So it was interesting because I sat down and I read the book, Jasmine, and I was like, okay, I'll read the first few chapters. And then four hours later, I was done and read the whole book.
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Speaker 4: So Oh, that's so lovely.
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Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun. And it's so familiar because it really is a reboot of Dirty Dancing. But Dirty Dancing was like from 1980-ish. So it's like, you know, almost 50 years later. And so this has a fun 21st century twist to it. But as you're reading it, I loved it because I was like, oh, yeah, they're the families driving to the camp. Oh, yeah. One of the daughters doesn't want to. Oh, the younger daughter's more public. I mean, so there's so many of the storylines that are very, very similar. But there's also differences because it's in a different time.
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Speaker 4: Yes. Yeah, I wanted it to be very much a story, you know, in 2026.
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Speaker 5: Right.
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Speaker 4: And what what are you know, both Kat and Jordan are 17. What are teenagers going through right now? What are the what are the same things that, you know, we all felt as teenagers? And then what's different about life as a teenager now than when it was, you know, when I was a teenager or younger? you know, in 1987 when the movie came out or 1960s when the movie was set.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Was it 87 that it came out? I thought it was earlier than that. But yeah.
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Speaker 5: It was somewhere there.
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Speaker 1: So and one of the big things that happened in the movie was that she got involved because there were One of the dancers had to have or didn't have to have an abortion, but was going to have an abortion because she wasn't ready to be a mom and all of that stuff. So that's not one of the themes of this particular book. But you have other issues, current issues that kids are dealing with.
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Speaker 4: Yeah. You know, I think kids deal with a lot of important societal issues today. I think people kind of pretend that kids don't understand what's going on. They understand. They pay attention. And it's part of their lives. And so I wanted that to be a part of the book as well. Like they understand. um, it is part of what they're going through. And also they want to get involved in what's going on. They know that this is, you know, that many of the issues that we deal with and talk about are going to affect their future. And that's what kids want to be involved with. That's what they care about. Yeah. Okay.
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Speaker 1: So now I have a question for you, not about the book, well about the book, but so you're obviously, you're a good writer. You've written several books. Um, But why choose to basically rewrite this book, which is not book, but this movie that is already such a part of our culture and our history?
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Speaker 4: You know, I loved the movie so much. And I also was really excited by the idea of writing a contemporary version of it and one with Black teenagers at its core. I felt like the story of dancing hip hop would be really fun to add to it. And, you know, thinking about this is the first book that I've written for teenagers. And so thinking about that different audience perspective What appeals to them? What is upsetting them? What are they excited by? That was all kind of really exciting for me to think about and to write about.
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Speaker 1: OK, Jasmine Guillory, author of It's Only Dancing. And like I said, I read this in one sitting. It's a it's a fun read. Like I said, it's familiar, but it's got new themes and new twists on it. Maybe I mean, it's good for adults, but maybe if you have a daughter or even a granddaughter. I mean, I think it's it's relevant for so many different age groups. So thank you so much, Jasmine. Where can we get your book?
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Speaker 4: You can get that get the book anywhere books are sold. I'm doing an event in L.A. next week, actually, at Reparations Club. But the book should be out everywhere now. And you can find me on my website, Jasmine Guillory dot com or on my Instagram, Jasmine Picks.
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Speaker 12: Awesome.
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Jasmine Guillory, author of It's Only Dancing. It's a fun read. Have a great day.
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Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me.
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Speaker 8: All right.
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Speaker 1: I'm glad we got to connect with her. And I thought it was based, they had books the same name as the movies.
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Speaker 6: Who knew?
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Speaker 7: Who knew?
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Speaker 1: But I will tell you, it doesn't matter if her books were made in movies or not. It really was a fun read and it was an easy read. So if you're looking for something kind of light and fun, and I will tell you that her parents in the book were much, more communicative than the parents and also understanding than the parents in Dirty Dancing. So it's kind of fun to see the differences over the different generations. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Officials in Long Beach say four more sandbag distribution sites are being opened as residents are being urged to get ready for possible clashes. flooding, high surf and rain tied to the remnants of Hurricane Rachel. Sand and sandbags will be available at designated fire stations from 10 this morning. They'll be available until Tuesday. Officials say the materials are available to Long Beach residents only and you do have to show ID and are limited to 10 bags per person. California is taking on the state's lack of affordable student housing with new legislation.
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Speaker 7: The laws remove delays from local rules, lawsuits, and some environmental reviews and offer rewards to developers for building affordable options. In the past, many student housing projects have been delayed by red tape and lawsuits. Former foster youth and homeless students will get first choice for student housing and can pay after receiving financial aid. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: And the European Parliament has put up a statue of... President Trump.
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Speaker 14: The eight and a half foot tall sculpture features Trump naked and sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man while holding a golf club in the scales of justice. Danish artist Jens Gelschut says Trump likes gold, so he covered him in gold leaf. Members of parliament can host displays on the grounds in Strasbourg, France, but they must be approved and cannot be offensive, inflammatory or against its values. Gelschut says he wanted to raise discussion about making politics in Europe not dependent on Trump. Miniatures of the sculpture are also there for people to take as protest tokens. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Okay. This is KFI and KOST HD2 Los Angeles, Orange County. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me, Amy King. You can always hear Wake Up Call 5 to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday on KFI AM 640 and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM 640 Wake Up Call with me, Amy King, on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning. Very happy camper today. How about them Dodgers? Of course, I'm also a sad camper because there is no game five, which means I don't get to go to a playoff game this season. I had tickets for Friday night.
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Speaker 2: That's okay.
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Speaker 1: The boys in blue advanced to the National League Championship Series. Unfortunately, you know, the The Padres Brewers series was so good, and I was so hoping that they were going to come back and make it to the next round, but they lost 3-1 last night, so they're knocked out.
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Speaker 3: I don't see Ann anywhere.
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Speaker 1: She's in mourning.
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Speaker 4: Oh, dear.
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Speaker 1: She'll be back tomorrow.
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Speaker 5: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Okay, here's what's ahead on Wake Up Call. Four additional sandbag distribution sites are opening up today in Long Beach. as residents are being urged to get ready for possible coastal flooding, high surf, and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Rachel. Residents in low-lying areas, particularly the Alamitos Peninsula and Alamitos Bay, are being urged to take precautions against potential flooding this weekend. Of course, the Dodgers headed back to the National League Championship Series. The Boys in Blue beat Atlanta 3-1 in Game 4 to win the best-of-five series three games to one. They'll face the Brewers, who knocked out San Diego last night in Milwaukee for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday. President Trump says Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton is possibly the best attorney general in the history of Texas. Appearing alongside Paxton in San Antonio last night, Trump urged his supporters to get out to vote in the midterms and pretend he's on the ballot. Trump went on to warn that Texas will be destroyed if Democratic candidate James Tallarico wins. We're going to find out more about why Trump is backing Paxton in spite of some negative comments that have come to light. ABC's Karen Travers is going to join us in about 15 minutes or so. An 18-year-old has been arrested for planning a terrorist attack on the Mall of America. ABC's crime and terror analyst Brad Garrett is going to join us to tell us how he was caught and how bad it could have been. That's coming up in just a couple of minutes. And we were supposed to connect yesterday with author Jasmine Guillory, but there was a scheduling mix-up. So we're going to try it again today because I think you're going to love hearing about her new book. It's called It's Only Dancing. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego. It's expected to arrive around noon after being at sea since November. The carrier left port as part of normal naval operations with the original plan to return in May, but then the war in Iran started. War Secretary Pete Hegseth flew out to the ship yesterday to visit with sailors and Marines deployed to the Middle East.
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Speaker 2: I would like to award to you. The presidential unit citation.
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Speaker 1: The award is the highest honor a unit can receive that is typically reserved for significant achievement in combat. Four firefighters and a civilian have been hurt in a house fire near the Silver Lake Reservoir.
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Speaker 6: It started around 1045 in the morning on North Lakewood Avenue. Of the five people sent to the hospital, two of the firefighters were released later in the day. Arson investigators were sent to the scene, but so far the cause of the fire has not been determined. Mark Mayfield, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: The head of an L.A. community action group says he agrees with Councilwoman Nithya Raman's plan to fire LAPD Chief Jim McDonald if she wins the race to be mayor. Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Afari Hutchison says the LAPD has the worst track record in the U.S. for overuse of deadly force. Hutchinson says that's McDonald's fault. So Rahman's plan to fire him is a long-needed step to overhauling the LAPD's use of deadly force.
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Speaker 1: Mayor Bass and City Council Member Nithya Rahman are set to answer questions from members of the city's Hispanic community in the race for mayor. They're taking part in a televised forum focusing on homelessness, housing affordability, public safety, and other issues. It airs tonight. At 7 on Univision, each candidate participating will be separately interviewed for 30 minutes. It's 5.07 on your wake-up call this Thursday morning. Let's say good morning now to ABC's crime and terror analyst, Brad Garrett. So, Brad, I want to find out details on this. It's a Mall of America planned mass shooting, and the feds have arrested an 18-year-old person who apparently had been planning this for quite some time.
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Speaker 8: So according to the complaint, Amy, the FBI in an undercover capacity started interacting with this 18-year-old in December of 2024. Now, that's almost two years ago. Some would say, why did it take this long to arrest him? Well, when you look at these undercover cases, you kind of are driven by the speed of the person who wants to commit the crime. And obviously, you have to have certain elements to be able to charge them. So eventually what happened in the last few days is that he said, I need an AK-47, I need ammunition, and I'm going to go to the Mall of America in Minneapolis and kill 30 to 60 people.
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 8: They, in an undercover capacity, sold him an AK-47. Obviously, it wouldn't be functional, but be that what it may, with 200 rounds of ammunition, he paid them, and then they arrested him. So it's another example of getting in front of somebody that wants to do mass harm. You know, the big question, as you well know, is how many people like this kid are out there that are sort of at the crossroads of of committing some potentially committing some super violent act. It's, I think the number is higher than you might think, but obviously I don't know what that number is.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I think it's, I was just going to ask you how, I wonder how many of these cases are out there. I think it's interesting because we've talked before, uh, you and I about, you know, when do they jump in? When does law enforcement put a stop to it? Because You have to give evidence, but you also have to allow them to get pretty close to acting on those threats and then hope that you can stop them before they actually carry it out.
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Speaker 8: Right. Well, you know, and that's all clearly a judgment call. And the people who do these type of cases, generally speaking, sort of know that they go at a certain pace and you need certain elements because you I mean every day they're talking to the U.S. attorney's office about this is how we got– this is how far we got last night or whatever it might be until you get up to the certain elements. And you are correct. You ideally want them to walk up to the line, but you also have to feel comfortable enough that this is not going to occur with him going to anybody else. to help him along because, you know, they build a relationship with these kids who then trust the person they're talking to. But, yeah, I mean, could this have gone sideways? Did he get another way of getting a weapon? Sure. But these are things that you have to do to catch kids that are about to go do a really violent, awful act.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so let's talk a little bit about who this guy is. He's 18 years old. Who is he?
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Speaker 8: Okay, so his parents are from Somalia, but he was born here.
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Speaker 6: All right.
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Speaker 8: There's some information out that in months past, the FBI actually went to his parents to talk to them, presumably, about what he was doing online. That apparently didn't have any effect. And, you know, since I don't know what occurred in that conversation, I will just tell you There are certain immigrant populations that are very leery of the police and law enforcement because of where they grew up. So did they not trust the FBI? Did they not do anything? I have no idea, of course. All I'm suggesting is it's another challenge in these cases because clearly you need a community's help. You need parents' help. to come forward and say, you know, somebody needs to take a look at what my kid's doing.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and he wanted to go into the Mall of America and shoot a lot of people. Did he have particular targets?
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Speaker 8: No, I mean, his comment was that the Mall of America is owned by folks of the Jewish faith. And that was his motivator, apparently. And that, you know, killing anybody there would have been in his mind, sort of a Jewish sympathizer.
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Speaker 9: All right.
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Speaker 1: So interesting. I'm 18 years old and his goal in life is to go and do a mass killing.
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Speaker 8: It's amazing how far down the rabbit hole of darkness some of these kids will go.
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Speaker 1: Well, thank goodness we caught this one and hopefully we'll catch the next one as well. ABC's Brad Garrett, thank you so much for your information this morning.
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Speaker 10: You're welcome.
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Speaker 8: Take care, Amy.
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Speaker 1: Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. President Trump has clarified his comments about Iran possibly striking L.A. or San Diego. He brought it up again yesterday during a political rally in Texas.
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Speaker 9: You want to see a horror show? You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles and you want to see some bad things happen. You want to see a country that would be in free fall. We're not going to let that happen. We protect our cities. We protect our country. We're not letting that happen.
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Speaker 1: Critics argued earlier this week that Trump was calling on Iran to strike the West Coast cities. The president was talking about higher gas prices at the time. which he said was a small price to pay to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. A review of voting records shows two-thirds of Republican candidates in competitive U.S. House and Senate races have either broken with President Trump on policy or played down ties with him. The review by Reuters finds candidates in 41 of 62 competitive congressional races are distancing themselves from Trump ahead of the midterms. The candidates have criticized him or widened the gap on certain issues. President Trump's golf club in Florida could be used as a Camp David-style presidential retreat.
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Speaker 11: The president says the military and Secret Service presented him with this idea. The Palm Beach Post reported Trump International Golf Course's lawyer sent a letter to Palm Beach County commissioners about the offer. He said the golf course would be designated as a U.S. presidential golf course and be made available to all past, current, and future presidents, as well as foreign heads of state to use. The letter went on to say the golf course would pay for the presidential lodging facility to be built and would be a gift to Trump's successors since it would not be done until he's out of office. Debra Mark, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: A judge in Tennessee has ordered the state's Department of Correction to preserve evidence related to Krista Pike's botched execution. ABC's Faith Abubay says Pike's attorney says she is conscious and getting critical medical care.
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Speaker 6: Pike's lawyers say doctors believed she was brain dead and were making final preparations to take her off life support Tuesday when she regained consciousness.
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Speaker 1: The lawyers say Pike is still shackled to her bed in the hospital. A tropical storm off the coast of Mexico is expected to create hazardous weather in Southern California.
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Speaker 7: The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday extended the forecast cone for Rachel, which now shows the system hitting the American Southwest. Rachel's been a Category 1 hurricane, but forecasters predict it will be a tropical cyclone by the time it reaches the U.S., although still producing heavy rain, strong winds and other hazards. The remnants of Rachel are expected to make landfall in Southern California by early Sunday. and could create some rainy conditions across the southwest through next Tuesday. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: A tortoise born before the Civil War may hold clues to slowing human aging. Vanderbilt Health researchers have been studying Jonathan, the world's oldest known living land animal. He's 194 years old, believed to have hatched in 1832. He lives on an island in the South Pacific. He's blind. He weighs 450 pounds. But researchers say they've tested his DNA and it shows that his cellular energy production is remarkably youthful, behaving much like that of a five-year-old tortoise. What they don't know exactly is why, but they say they hope this discovery of the young DNA will eventually lead to treatments that bring people closer to the so-called eternal spring.
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Speaker 12: He's cool.
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Speaker 2: Have you seen videos of Jonathan?
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Speaker 1: I have not seen Jonathan, but when we went to the Galapagos, we got to see a lot of tortoises.
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Speaker 5: They're old, too.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're very cool. When we come back, President Trump doing some modern day barnstorming. His latest stop ahead of the midterms is Texas, trying to drum up support for Senate candidate Ken Paxton. ABC's Karen Travers has the latest on that coming up next. The remnants of Hurricane Rachel expected move across Southern California this weekend. Forecasters say the storm will bring downpours and strong winds. Flash flood watches and warnings along with wind watches could be issued by the end of the weekend. Drivers in L.A. could soon face fines for parking within 20 feet of marked or unmarked crosswalks. A city council committee has approved a draft ordinance to Established fines of $ 63 is part of efforts to bolster compliance with a state law that prohibits stopping, standing or parking vehicles within 20 feet of the approach to the side of a crosswalk or within 15 feet of the approach side of any crosswalk with a curb extension. Don't have to dream on anymore. Aerosmith is going to be performing again. And it's the Hollywood Bowl. The band announced that Aerosmith and Friends will be at the Bowl October 29th and November 2nd. The Friends include the Black Crows, Run DMC, Alice in Chains, Sammy Hagar, Slash and others. Pre-sale tickets for CityCard members start today and then the general on sale is Saturday at 10 a.m. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers. So Karen, President Trump basically barnstorming ahead of the midterms to try to rally support for Republican candidates. His latest stop is in Texas to support Ken Paxton, who's kind of a tough sell for a lot of folks, but could be a make or break on whether the Republicans retain control of the Senate. So what's he saying about Paxton? Because Paxton has said some things that don't quite line up with the president recently.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, Paxton's making it a little difficult for the president, but the president is still standing by him. There have been audio recordings that have come out through media outlets of Paxton at a fundraiser where he has heard distancing himself from the president, indicating that he thought that the midterm convention that the president held in Texas last month actually hurt Republican candidates. He said you can hear him on the audio saying that numbers went down for him and others after that. And then in another one this week that was released, Paxton is heard saying that the war in Iran causing gas prices and food prices to go up is the biggest problem for his campaign right now. The president yesterday was asked if he regrets endorsing Paxton. He says, no, no, he was a great attorney general. He'll be a good senator. And he was asked if he agrees with Paxton's assessment that the war with Iran and the spike in prices is the biggest hurdle right now for Republicans and He didn't answer that part of the question, but again, kind of talked about what he's doing to end the war with Iran and bring gas prices down. But it is a challenging race for Republicans right now. The polls show that the Democrat, James Palo Rico, is leading at this point. The fact that the president's been there twice in a week, three times in a month, certainly indicates that Republicans are concerned with how Paxton is doing at this point.
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Speaker 13: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And so it's really.
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Speaker 1: It's out of character for Trump to support somebody who's openly criticizing him.
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Speaker 12: Yeah.
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Speaker 10: I mean, you know, there's always a way to like support, but also make some jabs, which we've heard him do talking about Paxton's clothes and things like that. But I think there's a recognition that this is a very important race. This is a state that's reliably red. The president has won there all three times. I mean, this is not supposed to be in play. As you noted, Paxton has had his issues. You know, many Republicans would say he's a flawed candidate. They are pouring money into this race to try to keep it in the red column.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And isn't the money that's being poured in, isn't that sort of recent where Tallarico has had strong financial support for a very long time? And it's sort of like the Republicans didn't start pumping money in until they realized that Paxman was really in trouble.
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Speaker 8: Yeah.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, like, you know, a bit of a five alarm fire and saying we need to put money in here. And then that shifts it from other races, too. And it's always like the line in politics, especially in the final four weeks, you know, where the money is going and where the big surrogates are going, whether that's President Trump, J.D. Vance on the other side, President Obama out on the campaign trail, where those people are going indicates where they think the support is needed, where they're concerned about, especially the money when they start shifting it around.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 8: OK.
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Speaker 1: And then where's he headed to next? Do we know?
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Speaker 10: Going to upstate New York tomorrow, the Syracuse area, then Tennessee and Alabama on Saturday. But of course, Alabama is going to be getting that hurricane spreading into Saturday. So some questions about what will happen with that trip.
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Speaker 1: All right. ABC's Karen Travers. Thanks so much for the info.
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Speaker 2: Thanks.
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Speaker 8: All right.
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Speaker 1: So if you hate the heat. You're going to like this.
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Speaker 5: We are on our last day of extreme heat warning.
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Speaker 6: The extreme heat warning ends at 8 tonight, says National Weather Service meteorologist Kristen Lund.
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Speaker 3: And rain is coming.
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Speaker 5: We might see some rain as early as Saturday morning, but we could see it continuing until as late as Tuesday, 10 p.m.
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Speaker 3: It won't be a lot of rain, but she says all of SoCal should get a taste.
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Speaker 5: Literally anywhere, we'll be seeing several hours of light to moderate rain through these four days.
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Speaker 3: And some strong surf could do more damage to already eroded beaches. Jason Aithenson, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Well, I certainly hope there's no flooding. I know that they're warning about that, but I'm really looking forward to some rain showers.
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Speaker 5: So happy.
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Speaker 1: I know, right? It's been so hot. And yesterday I walked home. And I thought, oh, it's supposed to be cooler. But like when that sun is just pounding down on you right around noon, you're like, oh, my gosh.
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Speaker 8: All right.
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Speaker 1: Well, it's going away. It's going away.
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Speaker 12: It's all right. This is an absolute scandal.
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Speaker 1: Sentencing has been pushed back to December for a former aide to Governor Newsom and campaign manager to Javier Becerra, who was convicted of stealing $ 225, 000 from Becerra's inactivity. political campaign account. Republican candidate for governor Steve Hilton says it's outrageous that sentencing isn't going to happen until after the election.
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Speaker 12: It's the Javier Becerra corruption scandal, where he took money from his California campaign account, breaking federal and state law in order to top up the salary of his former chief of staff, Sean McCluskey. so that he could go with him to Washington.
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Speaker 1: McCluskey pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. The LAPD says the investigation so far into the fatal fall of a 17-year-old at Franklin High School in Highland Park has not found evidence linking allegations of bullying to the student's death, but officials say the investigation is ongoing. Video shows the boy going over a railing last week after a fight with another boy.
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Speaker 8: The L.A.
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Speaker 1: County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a suicide. California may soon become the first state to ban most man-made quartz countertops.
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Speaker 7: Officials want to ban countertops with high levels of crystalline silica, which can be dangerous to workers. The main concern is silicosis, a deadly lung disease caused by silica dust. Since 2019, over 650 cases and 35 deaths from silicosis have been reported in California. Manufacturers say the countertops are safe if proper safety steps are taken. Officials, though, say current safety rules aren't enough. Australia has already banned quartz countertops. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News. Home foreclosures have jumped dramatically.
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Speaker 14: New data says filings for foreclosures, including default notices, scheduled auctions, or bank repossessions, were up 13% in August from the year before. Property data provider Adams says South Carolina had the worst foreclosure rate in August, followed by Florida and Texas. Properties that have finished the foreclosure process are up 42% from last year. Texas led the way there in August with more than 1,800 completed foreclosures, way ahead of California at number two with just under 600. The report says overall foreclosure activity is still below pre-COVID times, but it's catching up quickly. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: A group of researchers and patient advocates in California is working to better understand the most extreme cases of autism.
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Speaker 3: Profound autism refers to those that have very limited to no verbal communication, often have an IQ below 50 and need 24-7 care. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is now funding research to study it. Allison Berent is a researcher with the institute and has a child with autism. She tells KFI she's very optimistic.
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Speaker 12: I couldn't be these individuals because I'm living it and I'm seeing it.
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Speaker 3: The study is funding basic research to link genetic research and disease biology to better understand the cause of profound autism and to create better therapies for the future. Eileen Gonzalez, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: I'm a happy camper today. Hope you are too. Dodgers advancing to the championship series.
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Speaker 8: I don't know.
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Speaker 1: Do we have a three-peat coming? I certainly hope so. Of course, I'm very happy, but I'm also very sad because I had tickets to game five. And since the Dodgers won it in four, There is no game five.
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Speaker 13: Good morning, Amy.
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Speaker 2: This is Scott from Play Adele Carmen.
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Speaker 1: Hi, Scott.
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Speaker 2: It's go blue. Yeah. But sad for you. Maybe you can get another game later.
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Speaker 1: I don't know.
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Speaker 5: For the playoffs.
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Speaker 8: No.
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Speaker 2: Have a wonderful day listening to you now.
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Speaker 1: Oh, thank you, Scott. Yeah, actually, no, because we have a group that has season tickets. There's no way we can afford them on our own. And so we do like a little mini draft to see who gets which playoff tickets. And that was the one we had tickets to for this season. So I'll be watching from home or maybe a nice sports bar. Here's what we're following in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Almost home. The USS Abraham Lincoln is motoring towards San Diego after a near-record deployment in support of Operation Epic Fury. The carrier with more than 5,000 sailors on board is expected to arrive at Naval Air Station North Island around noon. The big ship was at sea without a port of call for 286 days, the second longest deployment since the Vietnam War. Long Beach has activated its new automated speed enforcement system. Cameras will identify vehicles going at least 11 miles over the posted speed limit. And for the first 60 days, we'll just send out warnings. And then after that, Citations will be issued. Signs will be posted to warn drivers about the speed cams. The Powerball jackpot has grown to more than a half billion dollars. No one matched all six numbers drawn last night. The next drawing on Saturday will be worth an estimated $ 516 million. And tomorrow night's Mega Millions jackpot, also growing, the pot will be worth $ 364 million. Here's what's coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. California is giving tax credits to another 35 film and TV projects as part of the state's expanded push to retain local production. Among the projects being awarded are the long-awaited fourth film in Ice Cube's Friday franchise, the reboots of Clueless. Ooh, that'll be fun. And the 1970s TV series The Rockford Files. I would be interested in both of those.
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Speaker 4: The L.A.
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Speaker 1: Convention Center expansion project is apparently going to do some good things for the local economy. L.A.
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Speaker 11: Mayor Bass and city officials say the project could bring in an estimated 186,000 visitors and more than $ 400 million to the economy. They say since construction on the project started a year ago, 18 major conferences have chosen to hold their annual events in L.A., The expansion project is being built through a phased delivery with construction leading up to the 2028 Olympic Games, pausing for that event, then continuing through completion as soon as 2029.
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Speaker 1: Debra Mark, KFI News. The FBI in LA has announced charges against nine people over an alleged Mexican mafia-linked murder conspiracy and extortion scheme in Pomona. The charges are tied to a shooting in July over a perceived debt. The feds say eight of those charged are alleged associates of the Mexican mafia prison gang. The ninth is accused of removing bullet casings after the shooting to prevent investigators from collecting evidence. Six of the defendants were arrested yesterday. One was already in jail. Governor Newsom has joined the fight against voter ID in California.
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Speaker 2: Newsom joined the No on 39 campaign as an honorary co-chair. We had a dog vote in the last two elections in Orange County, and that's unacceptable. Co-author of the bill, State Senator Tony Strickland from Huntington Beach is hopeful.
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Speaker 5: It's going to be incredibly close.
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Speaker 8: We're the outlier here in California.
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Speaker 2: We're only one of 14 states that doesn't use it. The other side is trying to confuse everybody. It may seem like it's complicated. It's not. If Prop 39 passes, voters would need to show an ID before casting a ballot or give ID numbers on mail-in ballots so the votes can be counted. Jason Campadonia, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Time to get in your business as we do each weekday morning at this time. Say good morning to Bloomberg's Erica Herskovitz.
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Speaker 2: Morning, Erica. Good morning, Amy.
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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk Pepsi. Apparently, it's a hard sell these days.
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Speaker 13: Yeah, Pepsi's having a tough time getting American shoppers to bite. The beverage and snack giant cutting its profit forecast this year. The maker of Doritos, Lay's, and Gatorade now expects earnings growth of just 1% to 2%, down from as much as 6% previously. Price cuts on snacks haven't done enough to lift sales, and Pepsi now plans to raise some prices. The company will continue to offer more products with protein and fiber. as well as those with simpler ingredients.
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Speaker 1: I wonder if it has to do with GLP-1. That's affecting so many items in the marketplace. And I just want to say that last night I was watching baseball and I saw a Pepsi ad and it had polar bears drinking Pepsi. Everyone knows that polar bears drink Coke. I don't know what they're trying to do. All right, Levi's.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a ripoff, pretty much.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're stealing from Coke. Okay, Levi's may have picked the wrong jeans for back to school. What happened?
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Speaker 13: The company's fall campaign focused on baggy jeans, which missed the mark with shoppers who've been favoring those low-rise styles. Sales through its own store and website rose just 2% last quarter, which was the slowest growth in nearly three years.
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Speaker 1: That's not good. Okay, so Uniqlo... Is moving up the global fashion ranks. And I'm glad that we're talking about this because it is now Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium. And we were just talking about it last time we were at a game where we're like, what is Uniqlo? I don't even know.
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Speaker 3: It's that store in the mall.
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Speaker 1: Well, it's a store in the mall.
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Speaker 3: It's that store in the mall. You never kind of go in.
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Speaker 4: You never go in.
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Speaker 1: Is it for young kids?
00:28:44
Speaker 4: I think it is.
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Speaker 3: And it's a lot of basics.
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Speaker 1: It's not like.
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Speaker 13: Any high fashion you know what i mean so parent company fast retailing says annual sales jumped at uniclo 17 to a record 25 billion dollars putting it on track to overtake h & m as the world's number two apparel retailer behind the company that owns zara the uh this shows that uh uniclo has come pretty far and has come from its origins as a low price japanese casual air chain to become an international brand built around functional all-season apparel, which may also, you know, as a Japanese brand, may also explain why it sponsors Dodger Stadium.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that makes sense, right? H & M, Zara, that all makes sense. Okay, good to know. Flag football is having a big moment, especially with girls.
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Speaker 13: Yeah, participation soaring, fueled by the NFL's push to grow the sport. More than 100,000 high school girls played flag football last year, up 48% in just one year. The NFL has pledged to million dollars toward flag football since the end of 2025 with much of it earmarked for the development of men's and women's pro.
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Speaker 1: Leagues all right i think that's great flag football is a blast erica herskovitz getting in your business as we do each weekday morning with bloomberg thank you so much Thank you, Amy. All right. When we come back, the author of The Proposal and The Wedding Date. You know those. They were both made into big Hollywood hit movies and they started as books. Well, the author is Jasmine Guillory and she is going to join us with her next book. It's called It's Just Dancing. And I will tell you, I read it in one sitting. Always love to hear from you on the Talkback. It's that little microphone in the upper right-hand corner if you're listening on the iHeartRadio app. We were talking about Uniqlo, which is a huge sponsor of the Dodgers now, and I don't know who they are.
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Speaker 6: Amy, I can't believe you don't know what Uniqlo is.
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Speaker 3: You must go and discover the magic of Uniqlo.
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Speaker 12: Ooh, I must go.
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Speaker 8: You must.
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Speaker 7: All right.
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Speaker 1: I'll go discover the magic. And then speaking of magic, the Dodgers could be headed to a three-peat. And I was actually thinking about this, and somebody weighed in on the talkback about it, you know, because the Dodgers spend so much money. I mean, shouldn't they win?
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Speaker 6: I'd just like to know, who gets fired if the Dodgers don't win? I mean, you spend all that money on all those players and you don't win.
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Speaker 4: Somebody effed up.
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Speaker 6: So somebody should get fired if you guys don't win the World Series.
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Speaker 1: Well, we shall see. Of course, I'm hoping for a three-peat. We'll have to wait and see. And, of course, the Dodgers start playing the championship series against Milwaukee on Sunday. Here's what we're following in the KFI 24-Hour Newsroom.
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Speaker 4: L.A.
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Speaker 1: County health officials say they will investigate a home in the Fairfax District where trash and debris have once again spread. piled up despite years of complaints and cleanup efforts. Piles of trash now cover the property on North Martel Avenue near Melrose. The property drew widespread attention in April of 2024 when L.A. Mayor Bass visited the site. She declared it a public health emergency and directed city crews to remove the massive piles of trash.
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Speaker 9: L.A.
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Speaker 1: City Councils voted in favor of banning the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide by tobacco and cannabis retailers. The city attorney's office will now prepare a draft ordinance to expand the types of businesses that could be subject to criminal charges for selling nitrous oxide products. Southland drivers might not notice it yet, but gas prices are starting to come down just a little bit from last year's near record highs. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in L.A. County is down another penny to about 640. Its seventh day of decreases following more than 40 straight days of increases. Orange County prices tick down to $ 6.
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Speaker 2: 32.
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Speaker 1: It's $ 6. 26 in the IE. 5.53 and time for us to say good morning to the author of a new book called It's Only Dancing, Jasmine Guillory. Good morning, Jasmine.
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Speaker 4: Good morning.
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Speaker 1: So tell us about, well, first of all, I'm going to say that you have written a several other books, and some of them were made into hit movies, like The Proposal with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds and The Wedding Day with Deborah Messing and Dermot Mulroney. So you obviously have.
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Speaker 4: A- I just have to say, actually, my books, The Wedding Day and The Proposal were not related to those movies. They weren't? I wrote them after the movies came out. Yes, yes.
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Speaker 5: I didn't know that.
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Speaker 6: There are lots of books.
00:33:17
Speaker 10: Yeah, sorry about that.
00:33:19
Speaker 1: Oh, no, that's okay.
00:33:20
Speaker 2: All right.
00:33:20
Speaker 1: So the book that you wrote now is a reboot. of a movie that we know from our childhood, and that's Dirty Dancing. So tell us about It's Just Dancing.
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Speaker 4: Well, so this book is a young adult book. It's about Catherine, who likes to be referred to as Cat. Her parents call her Kitty, which she hates. She goes to a month-long family camp with her parents and her younger sister. She's 17, so you can imagine how much she hates going to a family camp with her parents and her younger sister. But while she's at the camp, she... Stumbles upon the staff party the first night and she sees Jordan, who is the hip hop dance instructor at the camp, and she sees him dancing and is mesmerized. And she, of course, and she later kind of accidentally volunteers to dance with him for his big dance of the year. Kat used to dance ballet, but hasn't danced in a while. And so kind of has to relearn how to dance and has to learn how to dance hip hop with Jordan. And then she learns a lot of other things with Jordan as well.
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Speaker 2: Of course.
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Speaker 1: And she has to, of course, keep the dance secret. So it was interesting because I sat down and I read the book, Jasmine, and I was like, okay, I'll read the first few chapters. And then four hours later, I was done and read the whole book.
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Speaker 4: So Oh, that's so lovely.
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Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun. And it's so familiar because it really is a reboot of Dirty Dancing. But Dirty Dancing was like from 1980-ish. So it's like, you know, almost 50 years later. And so this has a fun 21st century twist to it. But as you're reading it, I loved it because I was like, oh, yeah, they're the families driving to the camp. Oh, yeah. One of the daughters doesn't want to. Oh, the younger daughter's more public. I mean, so there's so many of the storylines that are very, very similar. But there's also differences because it's in a different time.
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Speaker 4: Yes. Yeah, I wanted it to be very much a story, you know, in 2026.
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Speaker 5: Right.
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Speaker 4: And what what are you know, both Kat and Jordan are 17. What are teenagers going through right now? What are the what are the same things that, you know, we all felt as teenagers? And then what's different about life as a teenager now than when it was, you know, when I was a teenager or younger? you know, in 1987 when the movie came out or 1960s when the movie was set.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Was it 87 that it came out? I thought it was earlier than that. But yeah.
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Speaker 5: It was somewhere there.
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Speaker 1: So and one of the big things that happened in the movie was that she got involved because there were One of the dancers had to have or didn't have to have an abortion, but was going to have an abortion because she wasn't ready to be a mom and all of that stuff. So that's not one of the themes of this particular book. But you have other issues, current issues that kids are dealing with.
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Speaker 4: Yeah. You know, I think kids deal with a lot of important societal issues today. I think people kind of pretend that kids don't understand what's going on. They understand. They pay attention. And it's part of their lives. And so I wanted that to be a part of the book as well. Like they understand. um, it is part of what they're going through. And also they want to get involved in what's going on. They know that this is, you know, that many of the issues that we deal with and talk about are going to affect their future. And that's what kids want to be involved with. That's what they care about. Yeah. Okay.
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Speaker 1: So now I have a question for you, not about the book, well about the book, but so you're obviously, you're a good writer. You've written several books. Um, But why choose to basically rewrite this book, which is not book, but this movie that is already such a part of our culture and our history?
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Speaker 4: You know, I loved the movie so much. And I also was really excited by the idea of writing a contemporary version of it and one with Black teenagers at its core. I felt like the story of dancing hip hop would be really fun to add to it. And, you know, thinking about this is the first book that I've written for teenagers. And so thinking about that different audience perspective What appeals to them? What is upsetting them? What are they excited by? That was all kind of really exciting for me to think about and to write about.
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Speaker 1: OK, Jasmine Guillory, author of It's Only Dancing. And like I said, I read this in one sitting. It's a it's a fun read. Like I said, it's familiar, but it's got new themes and new twists on it. Maybe I mean, it's good for adults, but maybe if you have a daughter or even a granddaughter. I mean, I think it's it's relevant for so many different age groups. So thank you so much, Jasmine. Where can we get your book?
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Speaker 4: You can get that get the book anywhere books are sold. I'm doing an event in L.A. next week, actually, at Reparations Club. But the book should be out everywhere now. And you can find me on my website, Jasmine Guillory dot com or on my Instagram, Jasmine Picks.
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Speaker 12: Awesome.
00:38:40
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Jasmine Guillory, author of It's Only Dancing. It's a fun read. Have a great day.
00:38:45
Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me.
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Speaker 8: All right.
00:38:47
Speaker 1: I'm glad we got to connect with her. And I thought it was based, they had books the same name as the movies.
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Speaker 6: Who knew?
00:38:54
Speaker 7: Who knew?
00:38:55
Speaker 1: But I will tell you, it doesn't matter if her books were made in movies or not. It really was a fun read and it was an easy read. So if you're looking for something kind of light and fun, and I will tell you that her parents in the book were much, more communicative than the parents and also understanding than the parents in Dirty Dancing. So it's kind of fun to see the differences over the different generations. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Officials in Long Beach say four more sandbag distribution sites are being opened as residents are being urged to get ready for possible clashes. flooding, high surf and rain tied to the remnants of Hurricane Rachel. Sand and sandbags will be available at designated fire stations from 10 this morning. They'll be available until Tuesday. Officials say the materials are available to Long Beach residents only and you do have to show ID and are limited to 10 bags per person. California is taking on the state's lack of affordable student housing with new legislation.
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Speaker 7: The laws remove delays from local rules, lawsuits, and some environmental reviews and offer rewards to developers for building affordable options. In the past, many student housing projects have been delayed by red tape and lawsuits. Former foster youth and homeless students will get first choice for student housing and can pay after receiving financial aid. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: And the European Parliament has put up a statue of... President Trump.
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Speaker 14: The eight and a half foot tall sculpture features Trump naked and sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man while holding a golf club in the scales of justice. Danish artist Jens Gelschut says Trump likes gold, so he covered him in gold leaf. Members of parliament can host displays on the grounds in Strasbourg, France, but they must be approved and cannot be offensive, inflammatory or against its values. Gelschut says he wanted to raise discussion about making politics in Europe not dependent on Trump. Miniatures of the sculpture are also there for people to take as protest tokens. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Okay. This is KFI and KOST HD2 Los Angeles, Orange County. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me, Amy King. You can always hear Wake Up Call 5 to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday on KFI AM 640 and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
