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The Great California Shake Out

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Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent live from Jerusalem Jordana Miller shares the latest regarding the Israel-Hamas War. ABC News crime and Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett talks about the misinformation campaign in Israel-Hamas War fueling attacks in the U.S. and around the world. He also discusses the infamous Natalee Holloway murder finally being solved. Amy highlights Carved at Descanso Gardens in her ‘Boo Preview’. The show wraps with the Deputy Director from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Lori Nezhura to talk about the Great California Shake Out.

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You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. This is your wake up call for Thursday, October nineteenth. I'm Amy King. Good morning, It's five o'clock. Straight up, out of bed, Get up, get that coffee, Time to get ready. I'm going to tell you as you're starting to get dressed for the day, it feels like summer

out there, so I dressed like summer for a tank top. I thought about wearing shorts, but thought that's pushing it a little too hot. We've got heat advisories up for several areas this afternoon, going to top them one hundred degrees in the Inland Empire, maybe even in the valley. We've got a lot ahead for you on wake up call. Of course, we'll let you know what happened while you were sleeping, but also we've got our boob

preview for the week. We're going out and about to different places to share some of the Halloween events, and the Great Shakeout is happening later this morning. We're gonna be talking with somebody from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. Let you know all about what you're supposed to do and why. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. The US has vetoed a UN resolution they called

for a pause in the Israeli Hamas conflict. US Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield says the US was disappointed the resolution made no mention of Israel's right to defend itself, and she also blamed Hamas for the crisis. Another vote for Speaker the House is expected today, This after Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan fell short of the two hundred and seventeen votes needed to be elected for the second time in just two days. In fact, on yesterday's vote, he lost a couple more

vote Twenty two people did not vote for him. Former LATV News anchor Christina Pascucci has joined the race to take the Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein for thirty years. Pascucci has never held or ran for a public office before. She says she's running as an independent Democrat at six oho five. It's handle on the news. President Biden says the US is going to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza, but there are conditions. Let's get started with some of the

stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Israeli airstrikes have hit southern parts of the Gaza strip that Israel had declared safe zones. Palestinian news officials say it killed at least thirty people. The attacks came after Israel agreed yesterday to let Egypt deliver limited humanitarian aid to Gaza for the first time in the eleven day siege. Ap is saying many of the two point three million people in Gaza have been cutting back to like a meal a day and have

been left to drink water as supplies dwindle. More than three hundred people protesting against the Israel hop Israel Hamas war have been arrested by Capitol police. Thousands gathered in the rotunda of the Cannon House building in DC yesterday demanding a ceasefire. Many wore shirts that said Jews say ceasefire now and not in our name. The protests came as President Biden visited Israel and after the bombing of a hospital in Gaza earlier this week. A person has been killed in a hit

and run in Pasadena. The two car crash happened last night near the intersection of North Raymond Avenue and East Penn Street. One person died at the scene, another was taken to the hospital. Policeaid the driver of the second car ran away on foot. The Aly County Sheriff's Department is pushing for speed cameras on pH after a deadly crash in Malibu. Captain Jennifer Ceo says too many

people have been killed because of speeding cars along the Coast Highway. We've got to change with the times when technology is an option, and these speed cameras will be. They're going to be in six cities starting in twenty twenty four. Four Pepperdine students were hit and killed Tuesday night when a twenty two year old driver lost control of his car on PCH and slammed into them. Police say the crash is being investigated. Governor Newsom is veto to bill that would

have banned forever chemicals in synthetic lawns. Forever chemicals are found in plenty of plastic products and used to make things like water stain and grease resistant. Newsom said last week he strongly supports the intent of the legislation, but was concerned the state wasn't ready to enforce the bill. Then Governor Jerry Brown signed a law prohibiting cities and counties from banning synthetic glass get grass less than a decade

ago. Easy for me to say, huh okay. So, some disabled dogs known as the unstud Pppable Dogs, are being featured in a calendar that raises money to provide wheelchairs for disabled and injured pets. The twenty twenty four Walk in Pets calendar will have pd pop Zeke and Little Eddie. They all use wheelchairs. Walking Pets is based out of Huntington Beach. It has helped

close to two million pets stay active over the last twenty years. You can see the Unstoppable Dogs on Instagram. They have one hundred and thirty thousand followers. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Geordana Miller in Jerusalem. You know, geor Dana is this is becoming routine, unfortunately, but we are very happy that we get to talk to you so you can give us the latest

of what's going on. Israel has denied it targeted at a hospital. It's released video and audio to prove that but Hamas is dismissing that are there any new developments with that. Well, we're now approaching forty eight hours since that hospital. That explosion went off in the parking lot. By the way, the als not a direct hit, and it seems now very clear that the Israelis did not psych it was not an Israeli missile, and that it was

an errant fire from a Palestinian rocket. You know, there's been more and more evidence coming coming to the surface over the last day or so, and some of it coming from very non official channels. For example, a farmer

who had his camera on he was filming some of the rocket fire. You know, he captured this huge salvage salvo of Palestinian rockets and just you know, thirty seconds later, a minute later, a huge explosion next to you know where it looked like the origin of those the rockets came Channel twelve news, not connected to the government, not connected to the army. Also its cameras capture similar images with the same time stamp about six fifty nine local time.

And even if you look at the impact site, the crater, there's no crater that usually companies an Israeli strike, no massive damage to the buildings around there. It's all says it was not firing at the time. And when the President was here and he was pressed on why he believed the Israeli claims, he said, you know, our own defense department, so that maybe you know, that's a reference to me. There's other American intel as

well. So it seems clear that this was a misfire and really shame on some of the international media organizations that took right away for truth the claims by hamas a Paris organization and has Blah in the hour after the strike, without waiting, without checking. Thank god, ABC was not one of those news organizations, but places like the BBC, even the New York Times had to readjust and re rewrite their story, you know. So this it has to

be said. Miss fires are a very common feature of these of the conflict between a Israel and come off every round of it. There are misfires, and sometimes there are hundreds of them. This time there have been over seven thousand rockets fired in the Israeli army estimates about four hundred missfires. In the last round there were three thousand rockets and about you know, three hundred or

two hundred and fifty miss fires. It happens all the time. This is not some you know, you know, random theory that you know what happened here. It happens a lot. Now does it matter If you asked someone today on the streets of Cairo or Beirut or Damascus, you know what happened at the Baptist hospital in Gaza, they would tell you the Israeli's bombed it.

Because the Palestinian street. You know, you can present a lot of evidence, but it doesn't sway, it doesn't sway or impact the very strong misinformation and propaganda campaign that's carried out by the militant groups who have some of the hearts and minds of Palestinians in the Arab world. Yeah, Jordana, I, it's just it's like they can't win for losing on this, and it's so hard because Israel's trying to get the word out saying we didn't do

it, and people aren't listening. So it'll be interesting to see if they if they do, and maybe that quells tensions a little bit, but we'll keep watching it. Jordana, thank you so much again for your time and your insight. We appreciated a ton. Stay safe. Thanks, good to be with you. Thanks all right, thank you. Let's get back to

some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Funeral services have been held for a Manhattan Beach police officer killed in a crash on the four or five in Carson. The life of thirty five year old Chad Swanson was celebrated by friends, family, and fellow officers from near and far. Swanson's wife, Haley reminisced on how her husband ran towards the chaos during a mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas. He handed me his drink

and I watched him run off into the gunfire. He was so grateful to have been there that night. Swanson's casket was escorted by motorcade to and from a church in Orange County yesterday, where hundreds of police officers paid their respects to a comrade whose watch ended October fourth, Chris Adler. KFI News. Dozens of parents have asked to judge in LA to allow their lawsuit against Snapchat to move forward. This parent claims Snapchat is liable for the drug overdose death

of his and other children. You have a social media app like Snapchat, which he's propagating these drug dests by facilitating and allowing drug dealers to sell illicit, counterfeit drugs to our children. The parents also claim Snapchat makes it difficult for law enforcement to track evidence of illegal activity. A one of the children died after buying pills that they thought were drugs like oxycodone, but they turned

out to be laced with fentanel. A Riverside County Sheriff's deputy's been shot in Thousand Palms. The department says he was taken to the hospital last night. Is condition not known. They asked people to avoid the area of Ramon and Robert Rhodes for several hours until someone was taken into custody. A thirteen year veteran firefighter has been indicted on hit and run charges, alleging he killed a man crossing pch in Dana Point. The entire incident was capched on video.

Orange County DA spokeswoman Kimberly Ed says video shows a car allegedly tied to OC Fire Authority firefighter Jeffrey Grassinger hit the brakes before the collision last October then just take off. The collision caused the victim to go airborne, spin through the air, and fall head first into the pavement. She says it's not just disturbing that a trained medical professional would leave a person who needed medical attention,

it's criminal. Grassinger's lawyer says this is a veteran firefighter who saves lives and is not guilty. The man is doing court next month in Orange County. Corbin Carfi News. San Diego has been named the most expensive place to live in the country. US News and World Reports says f twenty twenty three to twenty four, San Diego's the most unaffordable metro area based on median gross rent

and annual housing costs for people paying mortgages. The report also noted added fees people in San Diego pay, like homeowners' association dues or apartment complex maintenance costs. LA was a close second Yeay on the list, followed by Honolulu and Miami. Passengers flying on United are about to experience some changes. ABC's Michelle Fransen says it's to help speat up the boarding process. United says it will allow those assigned to window seats to board first, followed by middle and then

asle. The airline says that change will shave off two minutes for boarding. Wow. The update comes as airlines head into the busy holiday traveling season and our pressured to keep departure and arrivals on time. The new process will start next Thursday. I think some of the airlines are already doing that doesn't matter. It's still always just sort of a big cluster getting on and off planes.

President Biden's going to address the nation tonight from the Oval Office about the conflict in the Gaza Strip and the US response to Hamas's attack on Israel. The Press secretary says the President will also be talking about Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. The speeches at five PM. The Great Shakeout happens later this morning

at ten nineteen am. On this ten nineteen, emergency officials are asking Californians to participate in the state wide earthquake drill to drop cover and hold on Netflix. Yay raising prices. Didn't they just do this? The company is coming off of boost and earnings in the third quarter and a nine percent increase in the number of subscriptions. The premium ad free plan is going to go up

three bucks a month to twenty two to ninety nine starting this week. Netflix says the growth is because of strong programming, but others say it's because of the company's crack down on password sharing, so more people have to actually get their own accounts. At six oh five, it's handled on the news, Jim Jordan is hoping the third times the charm in his bid to become the

next Speaker of the House. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's crime and Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett. Brad, as Israel heads toward week three of its war against Hamas, things are just heating up more and more, and one of the big problems is the fog of war, and the bigger question obviously is what do you have at the end of it, because you know Israel is going to go in and do some big time fighting with a moss that's going to cause a lot of casualties, which is also going to

heat up other parts of the world and maybe other Arab countries that feel like it's too much and then attempt to are actually come to the aid of the Palestinian you know, I'm talking about Iran, Syria and maybe some other countries. Iran obviously could use Hezbal all their terrorist organization which my guess is we're in the middle of this anyway. But the point being, I just don't see how this can ever sort of end in any positive way. Is Israel

going to occupy Gaza. I mean they've taught sort of talked about that. Well, that certainly worked out well for us in Afghanistan, right, So, I mean there's just there's just so many things that it's like this has nowhere to go but someplace bad. I guess the question is how bad? Well that's that I was just going to ask you, though, is there any way to cool things down, like asid from Israel just calling it off,

which they're not going to do. They're not going to do. My guess is that they are going to take their time, and it's going to take them a lot of weeks. If you think about the number of buildings, the number of tunnels, I mean, apparently there's just an extensive tunnel system, in particular in Gaza City, but probably in other parts of the Gaza strip where you're gonna have people hiding. I mean, I've cleared some

pretty scary buildings and secluded areas. I don't know if I want to go into a tunnel and start fighting somebody just because you know, close quarter drill is an understatement there. So all of that is really tough stuff. Yeah, and so we've talked about how other players may get involved, and you hear the rhetoric coming out of Iran saying time is out or has run out. I can't remember what the exact words were, but there was a tweet

saying, you know, watch out Israel because we're kind of coming. And there's talk of like Hesba laws you mentioned, getting involved and they're already trading rockets and that kind of thing from southern Lebanon. But it also affects the ua US. So how is what's going on there become a problem for here? Well, you have literally millions of people or at least hundreds of thousands of people that align themselves either with the Palestinians or with Israel. And will

that play out in my estimate in lone actors. I mean, what's been reported so far of that horrible stabbing death of a six year old upside Chicago. I mean, that seventy one year old defendant is just you know, seem to be motivated by what is happening in Israel. I mean, the six year older mother who apparently survived the attack, are both Muslim. And can we have versions of that? Of course we can, you know, so, yes, I do see it playing out here more individuals than perhaps

as groups. And how do we find these guys? You're you're the terrorism expert. What are they looking for? Well, first of all, if you if you let's keep it a loan actress for a second. I mean they could they be active Hamas people, Well maybe, but the odds are

greater. It's going to be sympathizers, just like we've had Isis sympathizers over the years that have attacked individuals or small groups, and you only know about them because a they do something that tips off law enforcement who they contact, something they buy, whatever that might be, or they start posting stuff on social media, or they just get a tip from a relative or somebody else. They start checking the person out and they end up stopping them before they

commit an act. But that's all. There's too many ifs in what I just said, right, And it's it's like chasing school shooters. Right. Kids say a lot of horrible things, but some start a massing weapons or they take weapons from home. Well, who knows that if you don't know what it's going to happen, you maybe can stop it before they get through the door, and maybe you won't. It's the same thing you have going on here. And so as this war escalates, sort of expect more people

to act out. Okay, So being practical, I can't believe I'm even having to ask this in the US, But what can we do and watch for as just as we're living our everyday lives, you just have to be visualant. I mean, if you are of the you know, Jewish faith, I mean they're already under alert, just even prior to this war starting. You know, different cars, different movements, different activities, things that

you see that aren't part of the routine. You just have to be visulant where you go, but not to in my view as state being paranoid about it. In the same way for the rest of us, just in our everyday lives. Do we see things, do we hear things, do we see actions by people that concern us? And so the best thing to do is report it. Many times it ends up being nothing, but sometimes there's

nothings turn into something. Okay, So be alert, don't be alarmed, but watch your back all right, thank you so much for your time and your insight, Brad Garrett. We look forward to our next conversation. Hopefully it'll be on something more positive. Good luck on that one, I know. Thanks Brad. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A suspected robbery in LA. It has

been accused of being involved in other robberies in southern California Portland. Thornton has been leaked to at least seven other robberies. The LAPED is now asking other people who may have been targeted by Thornton to come forward. Based on our investigation, we believe he may be involved in similar robberies where he has not yet been identified. Detective we knew when, says Thornton was arrested in Hawthorne earlier this month. Thornton is accused of punching a woman at a shop in

Chinatown in the face while he's still expensive sculptures. The woman says she needed more than twenty stitches in Chinatown Blake Trolley kaf I news. A woman's been arrested for allegedly setting fires in Sherman Oaks, LA. Fire says One of the fires was set outside a flower shop late Tuesday night. Another was started at about two hours later at a home. A family inside the home wasn't

injured. The woman was arrested on suspicion of vandalism last Saturday for different crime after allegedly driving a car into a building, but she was released from jail just six hours later because of La County's new zero bail policy. Two earthquakes have hit northern California this week. The US Geological Survey says a four point one magnitude quake hit yesterday near Isleton that's about forty miles outside of Sacramento.

That followed a four point seven quake that hit Monday along the coast. Learning cursive is now going to be required for kids across California in first through sixth grades. The bill was introduced by an assembly woman who was a former public elementary school teacher. Governor Newsom signed the bill into law last week. It requires cursive be taught every year, rather than requiring educators to teach it for just one grade. I think I've seen penmanship of kids these days, and

I think that's going to be a really good thing. Hey, yesterday we were talking about how people were leaving California and where they're going, and they ranked a bunch of factors and turns out that New Hampshire was the best place for Californians to move to. And we were saying, why, what would make that place a great state to be because I'm not familiar with New Hampshire. Well, I got a message on Facebook yesterday from a listener who lives

in New Hampshire. She says she was born spent most of her life in New Hampshire. She says, I've lived in other states, including California, but came back to New Hampshire and settled in so she said New Hampshire is a real nice place to live. She says they are the live free or die state. That means no sales tax, no state income tax. She says, we don't have to wear seat belts unless you're under eighteen, don't have to have don't have to have insurance on your car, and don't have

to wear helmets riding a motorcycle. She said, we also have the tallest mountain on the East coast, Mount Washington, and she just wanted to share that New Hampshire is a nice place to live, good to know. The US has vetoed a UN resolution that called for a pause in the Israel Hamas conflict. US Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield says the US was disappointed the resolution made no mention of Israel's right to defend itself and blame Hamas for the crisis.

Another vote for Speaker of the House expected today, this after Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan fell short of the two hundred and seventeen votes needed to be elected for the second time in two days. For the first time ever, the median single family home price in La County has topped nine hundred thousand dollars. The California Association of Rilter says the current median home price is nine hundred fourteen thousand, six hundred forty dollars, about thirty thousand dollars higher than a year ago.

The big increase largely blamed on rising mortgage rates. At six zho five, it's handle on the news, X is testing out a plan to charge a one dollar annual fee for users to help fight spam. At five point fifty, We're going to be talking about the Great shakeout. It's happening today we'll tell you what it is, why we do it, and what you're supposed to do. At ten nineteen this morning. Right now, it's time for this week's Boo Preview. We're going around to different places around southern California

checking them out for you as we head towards Halloween. There's so many things going on and people get so into Halloween. There's a lot of places that I keep I'm seeing on social media. I'm like, oh, I wish we had time to get to that one. But here's one of the ones that we did get to. We've gone to a lot of scary places. We've gone to horrifying places that are supposed to scare your pants off. Well this is not that. This one is called Carved. It's at Disconso Gardens.

It's an enchanting, fun Halloween event. We got to catch up with Chris Medvitz, the creative director at Disconso Gardens. So Chris tell us about the experience we're going to have when we come out to Carved. So. Carved is a walking experience through a number of areas at Disconso Gardens. It's a nighttime, immersive and interactive experience that is designed to be family friendly and spooky but not scary, So anybody that doesn't want zombies and monsters coming after

you, this is a great way to spend a Southern California evening. And you know what I was thinking just walking around too. I'm like, if you want a date night, this is a cool place to come because you're strolling through these fantastic gardens that without any decoration, are really really beautiful. But for the Halloween time event, what kinds of things are they going to

be seeing? Everything is very much halloween or autumn feeling. There's a there's a d de List wartoes a frienda where people can pay respects to those that have passed. There's a lawn with a hay maisee and a pumpkin house for kids. There's a forest with twelve hundred illuminated jack lanterns. We have a what we call a ghost ship and oh wait, wait, wait, I

want to hear about the ghost ship. Okay, well we call it a ghost ship, but there's not really a ghost on it, but it's like a There's a dark installation area with a sort of a shipwreck that's been taken over by some sort of sea monster. That's really kind of fun. Okay. And there's fallen trees that are lit up and illuminating. Well, there's a lot of trees that, unfortunately during the storms last year, fell on the property and rather than just taking them away, the disconso has been recycling

them up, cycling them. They're using them for benches and some furniture and some of the renovations. And then we also use them as part of the sculptures here in the at carved Okay and everything at night. We got here when it was still light out, and now that it's dark, it is so cool. It's like like like Chris was saying, it's not spooky at all. It's just enchanting is the word that I keep coming back to because it's so cool looking. And about how long does it take to wander through

the gardens? It probably takes about an hour to wander through the pathway. It's a little under a mile walking. It's all very even and you're not going up hills or having a climb rocks or anything like that. But a lot of people if you stop to take pictures and enjoy the displays, they should take about an hour to walk through, Okay, and I should probably mention too, there's food and drink out here, plenty of food and drink.

There's also these amazing art pumpkins that are carved behind us. Over here, there's a whole gallery of these amazing art pumpkins, huge oversized pumpkins that artists have designed really elaborate Halloween characters and images, and then they carve that out of the pumpkin, carve the pumpkin out on the inside and they're illuminated. It's really a great a display. And then when you come toward the

end of carve, you're going to run into this incredible installation. And it's done by and I'm not going to say your name, right Tom, so go ahead and tell me your last name. My name is Tom, and last name the Quiver. He's from Belgium. That's why I can't pronounce it.

So Tom tell us about this fabulous installation behind us. Well. Chris, the creative director of the festival, selected our work as an integration of an art installation into the roots and the work is related to what you see here at dis Counsole Gardens, which is a lot of plants and trees that have roots underneath the surface. And all of these plants and trees they connect

with each other, just like we human beings do in real life. And I wanted to visualize that idea of constructions and make a big web of ropes into disconsole gardens. We have four miles of rope, okay, so that's a lot. And you can walk underneath the work but also look from a distance and when you come from the rout behind the corner, suddenly you experience what is that in the end of the street, You know, like in the end of the pathway, there's something glowing up there and it just attracts

you. And I hope it has an effect like a digital campfire where people walk underneath, talk to each other and then just relax, you know, and be here. It's really sort of mesmerizing, I would say, so for people to come out and experience this. When are you open and what dates and times? Car Friends Every night throughout October twenty ninth, it opens at six pm and runs till ten pm. But you have to go online and buy a ticket at a particular time frame because they have time ticket groups.

So you buy a ticket for a certain arrival time and then those times that's to limit the amount of people that are in the garden so it never gets crowded and it is always a good experience. That's so great because you don't want to have it just packed with tons and tons of people. In this way, you can wander and stroll and really just enjoy it. Yeah. Absolutely so so pretty. So again a totally different kind of Halloween experience. But the weather is so nice and it's warm and summary, so maybe

make your plans to head out to Disconzo Gardens and check out Carved. It's going on through Halloween. Tickets are at Desconzo Gardens dot org. President Biden is going to address the nation tonight from the Oval Office about the conflict in the Gaza Strip and the US response to Hamasa's attack on Israel. Biden's press secretary says he's also going to be talking about Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. The speech is at five. The La Kenny Sheriff's Department is pushing four speed

cameras on PCCh following a deadly crash in Malibu. Four Pepperdine students were hit and killed Tuesday night when a twenty two year old driver lost control of his car on pch and slammed into them. Netflix is raising prices. The company's coming off a boost in earnings in the third quarter and a nine percent increase

in subscriptions. So starting this week, the premium ad free plan goes up to three dollars or actually goes up by three dollars a month to twenty two ninety nine minutes away from handle on the news this morning, Jim Jordan hoping the third time is the charm in his bid to become the next Speaker of the House. So are you ready to drop cover and hold on? It is the Great Shakeout today and to tell us all about it, we brought

on Lori Nazura. She's the Deputy Director of Planning, Preparedness and Prevention. Easy for me to say in the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Lorii, good morning, thanks for coming on wake up call with us this morning. Good morning, thank you for having me bright and early. Yes, So tell us what is the Great Shakeout and what are we supposed to do well? The Great Shakeout is an opportunity for us to exercise drop cover and hold

on. That's what we are asking folks to do if there's an earthquake, there's more injuries that occur when people move around during earthquakes. So the safest thing you can do is drop. Hopefully you're near a desk or table, you can get under it. You cover your head, back of your head, and you hold on hold on to anything nearby. I heard that it's also good to be to drop next to like a couch. Yes, that way, if any bookshelves fall over, then the back of the couch will

will stop it before it hits you. Okay, so you're asking people not to just think about this and look around. You're saying, do it physically, do the exercise. That's right. We've got ten point one million Californians already registered on shakeout dot org. And that's a commitment saying that at ten nineteen today, they're going to drop cover and hold on, whether they're in their homes, their schools, or their businesses. Okay, we were talking

about this. We had a little shaker. I don't know it was a month or two ago, maybe it was longer than that. And I know that you're supposed to drop cover and hold on. But what I did when I felt the jolts was I rent and grabbed my cat. So So part of practicing is getting your you know, like muscle memory, getting your body used to it and looking around and saying where is a good place for me to drop or you know, like is that part of the idea behind this.

Yes, it's all about ensuring that we're consciously thinking about what we're going to do to prepare for an earthquake. So not only are we practicing those protective measures drop cover and hold on, but it's a really good time for homeowners, renters, folks to look at their homes and say, Okay, what do I need to do to prepare my home for shaking? Do I need to anchor bookcases, other large furniture, you know, and things like that, And also like the people around you, like what do you do?

Do you go grab them? Do you like I did with my cat? Or are you supposed to just drop right then? Or do you grab them drop? You know? I mean it becomes something that we don't think about every day, but we probably should because a big earthquake could happen anytime.

That's right. I know, as parents, you probably want to grab your children, and that's because they may not readily drop cover and hold on, So you need to do that for them, but do practice ahead of time with your children in the home so that they do know what to do. So you kind of make it a little bit of a game to hopefully, you know, potentially save their life if we do get some major shaking. What are some other things that people can do to get ready for a

major earthquake. Well, if you are a homeowner or even a render with a landlord that is very conscientious, you want to make sure that your home is safe. If it's a pre nineteen eighty home, you might want to consider getting that retrofit, and we do that very so you just brace it the outer walls to the foundation to make sure that it doesn't get knocked off the foundation. Obviously looking around your home to see what needs to be braced

to the wall. We even have a curriculum at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services that meets California standards that can be caught in the classroom. So if you're a teacher, think about using our curriculum. It's all hazards, not just earthquakes. But we do have an earthquake unit, so all of this, if you're prepared for earthquakes, are going to be prepared for all disasters. Well, that's what I'm saying. During COVID they said, you know,

get ready in case you get cut off from things. And I got my emergency kit and I was like, hey, this would come in handy if there was an earthquake. Too good for you. I hope you maintain it. Oh I have to maintain it. Okay, I'll do. I'm going to put that on my list. Excuse you, water and food are perishable item. Okay. So we're going to hear the alert at ten nineteen, and I know we're doing it on radio, they're doing it on TV. And then also you said there's the shake ap Where can people get that?

So you can download the my Shake app free from for both iOS and for Android and it will alert you in if you are in an area that is going to experience intent shaking. So in a real earthquake, it also works. This is not just for a drill. Yes, that is correct. All right, So at ten nineteen this morning, on this ten nineteen, get ready because it's almost time to drop cover and hold on. All right, Thank you, thank you so much. Lorie Mazurou with the Governor's

Office of Emergence and see services. Appreciate it. It's coming up in a few hours. Get ready, Okay, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and National counter Terrorism Center have released an intelligence bulletin warning of the potential for violence in the US because of the conflict in the Middle East. There are stepped up patrols at synagogues in Los Angeles, more

crowd control in Washington, d C. And in New York. The nation's largest police force has called in reinforcements, instructing all officers to prepare to work twelve hour shifts. Aaron Katirski says yesterday's statement warns potential targets include people and places perceived as symbolic of, or tied to, the Israel Hamas war. The US is telling police to remain vigilant. The King of Jordan is sent to meet with Egypt's president in Cairo to talk about what Jordan's royal court called

the means of ending Israeli aggression on Gaza. The king had been set to welcome President Biden and the Palestinian authority in Jordan yesterday, but that plan was canceled last minute. It just as a reflection of quite how tensings are here and quite how deeply people feel the deaths and the casualties inside Gaza. ABC's Ian Panel says the canceled meeting is a huge snub because the Palestinian authority in

Egypt technically have pretty decent relationships with the US. Parents have filed a lawsuit against education officials and charter schools in the Sacramento and Maricopa areas. The lawsuit claims the schools discriminated against families who chose to homeschool their kids with religious teachings by not allowing them to use state money to buy materials or faith based classes. California Department of Education says the independent programs to offer parents several types of

educational opportunities and do not discriminate against religion. The Labor Department's weekly jobless claims reports can to be released this morning. ABC's Daria Albinger says, for the most part, the claims have remained deddy for months. That's despite continued economic pressure, especially when it comes to inflation. Economists view first time claims as

a proxy for layoffs, and the numbers indicate hiring is still strong. Albinger says the historically load jobless claims are assigned inflation and other pressures on the economy like hiring are still strong. It's you know what we got to say. Congratulations now, Thank you so much to Kiki and Ann, Doreen Blake and Lake elsinor A is the winner of those carved tickets at Desconso Gardens. We're gonna have another boop review for you next week and it's a very creepy Crawley

one. I'll tell you about that then. Right now. This is KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake up Call, and if you missed any of wake Up Call, you miss some good stuff today. You can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to

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