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You're listening to KFI AM sixty wake Up Call with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good Morning, this is your wake up call for Monday, October twenty third. I'm Amy King. It's five o'clock. Time to get up, get at it. We do have a chance of rain, more fall like temperatures. Finally, I want to get out of sweater. I'm really anxious to wear a sweater, haven't. I don't think I've

worn sweaters or a jacket for like six months. Hey. So, seeing that I was losing a ton of games yesterday watching NFL and not doing well in my football pool, I decided to go run some errands. So I went on a Costco run. My advice to you do not go to Costco on Sunday. It was like busier than Disneyland, and people were mean and they're armed with you know, big shopping carts. There wasn't even like then. The people were vultures around the food samples. But I did get to

try a Huggindaws bar that was good. But that was about the only thing because men people were just hovering and I was like, I think I'm gonna restrict my Costco runs to Tuesday or maybe even Wednesday. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Israel's military says it is intensifying attacks as it gets ready for an expected ground invasion. It has warned Palestinian civilians again to leave Northern

Gaza, saying you are risking your lives if you do not leave. SAG after IT and Hollywood Studios are going to be sitting down again for some more talks. Producers asked for the talks to resume about two weeks after they broke down. Actors have been on picket lines for more than one hundred days. The next round of talks is expected tomorrow. About twenty three thousand people turned out at the Pomona Drag Strip, not for drag racing necessarily, but to

celebrate In and Out seventy fifth anniversary. The twelve hour festival had a car show, did have some racing, live bands, and In and Out Museum and lots of burghers. The first In and Out opened in Baldwin Park in nineteen forty eight. At six oh five. It's handle on the news. Another co defendant in the election interference case in Georgia has pleaded guilty. Why

that could be really bad news for co defendant and former President Trump. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Israeli military warplanes have hit more targets across Gaza as Israeli tanks and troops have been moved to the Gaza border. Israel says it's stepped up air strikes in order to reduce the risk to troops in the next stages. ABC's Andrew Dimbert says Israeli forces have also been fighting off attacks in the West Bank.

On Sunday, Israeli fighter jets struck a mosque in the West Bank. At least two people were killed. Israel also struck targets in Syria today and along the border with Lebanon. A barrage of missiles, artillery and tank fire between Israel and has bilat. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natagnanhu told troops in northern Israel yesterday that if Hezbolo launches a war, it will make the mistake of its life. Doctors in the Gaza Strip say dwindling fuel supplies are putting dozens

of premature babies in incubators at risk of imminent death. The UN Health Agency estimates there are about one hundred and thirty premature babies at grave risk. Some hospitals say they're hours away from running out of generator fuel. The UN agency responsible for Palestinians says it only had three days of fuel stocks left to meet critical need. A memorial service has been held for the four Pepperdine University students

killed in that nasty car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway. The universities also offering support for students and staff through its counseling center. The young women killed last week were all seniors at Pepperdine's sever College of Liberal Arts. Sheriff's officials say the driver was apparently speeding, lost control and slammed into three parked cars, which hit the women. A man's been killed in a crash involving two

motorcycles in Palmdale. The crash happened around six thirty line last night on Bouquet Canyon Road. One of the writers died at the hospital. The condition of the second biker is not clear. Nine Republicans are now running for Speaker of the House since Congressman Jim Jordan failed in several votes to get enough support among the contenders Byron Donalds of Florida, retired Marine Corps Lieutenant General Jack Bergman of Michigan, a majority web Tom Emmer of Minnesota, who's backed by Alsted.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Abc'sm WIN says House Republicans will hear from each candidate in a closed door forum tonight. The internal secret ballot vote will be held tomorrow morning. The floor vote for speaker could happen after the secret ballot. High school, varsity and JV football teams on Maui have played their first home games since the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century destroyed the Heina. It was homecoming, many of the fans, coaches, and players tell the Associated

Press. It was the closest thing to feeling at home since the fire. On August eighth, classes have also resumed at Lehina Luna High and two other public schools that survived the fire. Both teams won their games. Heather Broker KFI News. Okay, Nick, don't go away, because I know that you went out this weekend too, that anniversary festival for In and out Burger that I mentioned just a couple of minutes ago. Can you tell us a

little bit about about twenty five thousand people out there. It was amazing and it was really unique and special because not only was it recently the drag strip, the Pomona Drag Strip was rededicated in the In and Out Burger name, but also you were catching a lot of people that had registered for that event that weren't just complete competing on the nhr A national circuit, but also we're

competing locally. So it was really kind of fun to see a lot of different, you know, almost family organizations that were coming in and being able to compete there. Okay, but oh wait, wait, wait, I want to find out about the burgers. Though, Oh the burgers. The burgers are fine, But I mean, that was not really what it was. It was more celebration of family and music and community for the last seventy five years of In and Out because yes, you could totally get it there,

but then it was like a regular food food festival. You had many different people outside of In and Out that were available there, but you could get your double double animal style with you know, whatever you want to hold

girl onion, whatever you wanted was definitely there available for you. And then they had a special charity concert later on in the day that was headlined by Zezy top Oh, and you also had forty eight Special, which is Lindsay Snyder, who is the co owner or the rather not co owner, but the owner and a president of In and Out Burger. She headlines that band, so she actually opened up the concert last night. And then yeah, I was a pretty good three eleven was there? It was easy top headline.

It was a lot of fun. So it was a busy, busy, busy weekend. A little bit warm at the Pomona drag Race, but not too bad. And I've never been Have you ever been to a drag race? Yes? I have? I have? Okay, yeah, because I was gonna say this is my first time in NHRA is no joke and watching even speaking of Lindsay Snyder, she took on La Sheriff Department and actually she went out there and is in race Chabell. She race in her Chabelle. And I've got some video for us on KFI AM six forty on Instagram

as well as Nick Poliochini and this weekend with Nick. See you knew Nick would be there, right, Okay, Thanks Nick, We'll check it with you in just a couple of minutes. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Tom Rivers in London. Good morning Tom. With all the attention focused on Israel, it's like we're not even hearing about what's going on in Ukraine. But there is a lot exactly, there's a heck of a lot going on there. But you're right, Networks wire services, we've all been

focused for the last two weeks on Israel and Gaza. That will continue, but the fighting continues in eastern Ukraine. Let's bring us up to speed. Over the weekend, late Saturday, Karkiev up in the north, it was a hit by a thought to be an S three hundred missile, a ground to air missile that has been reconfigured by the Russians, hit a postal sorting building. We don't know why it was hit, but at least at least civilians known to have died there. Other parts of the country, Russians have

been using a variety of different missiles and drones. Now we don't know if that reflects logistics stocks of certain models are dwindling, etc. Or if they're testing defenses to see what works what doesn't work. But we're seeing up spike in that and a new town to get used to av Divka is the name of the place, and Russian forces surrounding that but taking very very strong casualties by Ukrainian sources trying to get that, and again it harkens back to World

War One. Literally there are mine fields, you can't get through them, There are cluster munitions there from the US side can't get through there. So yes, very very nasty, nasty fighting there. If you look at the calendar, all this fighting is going on right now because in about a month winter will set in and everything will grind to a halt, just as we had last winter. Okay, and you mentioned a divcap that we need to get used to that. So where in Ukraine is that one? What part

of kin of south central? And uh you know again it's it's it's an area that the Russians would like to control, like today or tomorrow, get hold of it before the winter sets in, because otherwise it's going to be a thorn in the side come come the spring. So yes, we're kind of into like it or not. We're into the long haul there and no, no, uh no, looking at at at at the horizon and saying when this thing might end. It looks like this is going to grind on

for a long, long period of time. That is just I was just I was wondering, like, is anybody really gaining ground? I know you you said that that one town they're going after that one. Is Ukraine gaining any ground back? Or is Russia taking any ground or is it just sort of the stalemate where they're just fighting and firing. Yeah, well, you know, how long is a piece of piece of strength? You know? That was we had all summer long, the Ukrainian counter offense offensive, which

you didn't do anything. And at this stage the Russian forces and certain locations along this long, long, if you will, confrontation line are trying to do what they can to grab what they can strategically before the winter. So it is it is nasty in some places, other places it's it's fairly quiet, but that's the nature of this part of the world and the confrontation. As you say, we haven't really looked at very closely for at least two

weeks. Yeah, it's just so amazing that everybody's attention just focused in and like you don't even think about Ukraine on a daily basis. Anymore, which I'm sure that they're worried about as far as funding and that kind of thing. From the US. Well, yeah, but I mean the Europeans are worried about funding too. You know, you can go thirty three trillion in debt, but the European countries are not going to follow suit. Yeah, and we've had in the past. Poland says, no, we're not going

to supply any more weapons. There's a change of government there. We had a recent election that may change a little bit. Hungary says no more weapons. Slovakia, no more weapons. France says, look, we've shipped everything we can. But I'll tell you what, We'll keep supplying ammunition for some of our weapons systems. The UK kind of the strongest country after the US. They basically said, we've shipped out everything we could afford to ship out.

That's it. So yeah, it's going to be a different dynamic going forward. As I say, we get through this month, we get the lull of the winter. What's going to happen in the spring. Anybody's guests, All right, Tom Rivers, thank you again if you want to follow Tom, because he's got all the goods on all of this is at Tom Rivers ABC. Thanks again, Tom. Take care. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room.

Thousands of workers at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank or walking off the job for five days starting today over what their union calls unfair labor practices. They've accused the hospital of bad faith bargaining and other illegal tactics meant to silence workers. The hospital says it has engaged in meaningful dialogue at the bargaining table and offered significant wage increases. The statement says the union has offered unrealistic counter

proposals and has chosen to strike instead of continuing with good faith negotiations. The Capistrano School District has become the first in Orange County to reject a proposed parental notification policy. Several variations of the policy in other districts have claimed to just be about keeping parents in the loop. The Capistrano School District's policy focused on mental health, but trustees admitted the policy included a student's gender identity. This

student told the district last week, it's just an outing policy. Identity is personal and no one has a right to intimate details of one's identity without their permission. Tender identity and sexual orientation is not a mental health illness, but others asked why parents are being kept out of such an important issue in their child's life. In Orange County Corbin Carson k if I News, Taylor Swift has made history with a movie. Taylor Swift is number one in the box

office for the second week in a row. That means Swift now has the first concert film to stay at number one for two consecutive weeks. The film took in around thirty one million dollars, bringing the total to about one hundred and thirty million. Domestically. The new Martin Scorsese flick Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio finished second with just under twenty four million. The Exorcist Believer came in third, followed by Pap Patrol, The Mighty Movie, and

fourth. Rounding out the top five was a thirtieth anniversary rerelease of the nineteen ninety three Tim Burden film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Andrew Caravella KFI News, speaking of Taylor Swift, NFL has to be loving Taylor Swift right now. She was at Arrowhead Stadium yesterday to cheer on Kansas City against the Chargers. Of course, she was there to cheer on her rumored boyfriend Travis Kelce. She even wore a bracelet featuring Kelsey's team number eighty seven for her game day

attire. And while I was on the phone to my friend Debbie, she was watching the game and I was getting ready to head out, and she was like, oh my god, they went to Taylor again. And they just kept going back to Taylor Swift because she's all the rage. And apparently it's working because the game was the most watched matchup of the week. It had twenty four point three million viewers and ranked first among women twelve to forty nine. When we come back, we're going to hear from KFI reporter Chris

Adler about a ghost who's working to keep creeps away from kids. Has nothing to do with Halloween, but boy, are we happy he's out there. And if you think you're stressed out wait till you hear where you're most likely to be the most stressed. We're going to check in with ABC's Jim Ryan on that you're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty. In a sudden shift to more traditional fall weather, Thank goodness, wind

and light rain are expected in the mountains and foothills through this morning. Forecasters say the storm system should clear out by this afternoon. Temps are going to be about twenty degrees cooler than just a few days ago. I'm ready for it. It's back to square one for the House. Nine Republicans have put their names into run for Speaker of the House. Now that Jim Jordan is out. Republicans will meet tonight and have an internal vote on a new choice

er speaker tomorrow. A new study suggests the more lly fat you have, the less brain volume you have. Researchers at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica say overactive and inflamed fat cells send signals to the brain to downsize, which results in a higher risk for dimension later in life. Oh great, At six oh five, it's handled. On the news, the US is sending more big guns to the Middle East's tensions and attacks increase. Right

now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, we're all stressed out, yeah, but we're not as stressed as another state. No. In fact, you guys are probably better than well, not better than most, but better than a lot of them. You look down into the Deep South, into Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, those states are the most stressed places in the whole country. Occurring crazy Yeah, wallet help

has found this. I love New Orleans and Louisiana. I'd love to live over there, but it comes in at number two in terms of the most stressed. Number one Mississippi. The wallet hub survey looked to all sorts of different criteria mony related stress, family stress, the availability of recreation in a community. I mean, it went into lots and lots of different metrics to come up with this and found that indeed, Mississippi comes out on top in

terms of stress. That's so weird because you think of the states in the South as more chill and relax and laid back, and like they'd be just less stressed and more happy. Maybe not, or maybe that's just how they react to the stress that's filed on them. But if you look at California, you're at number twenty two, So that's to most stressed twenty You know, what would that be forty six least stress something like that, thirty eighth. My math is not good. But yeah, you guys are doing better.

A lot of petits early, Jim, you get a pass on mass Yeah. Besides that, we're at number nine in terms of stress in Texas. So yeah, a little edgey today, but no, no, wait, Texas is more stressed than California. It is. Yeah, by kind of a long shot. Here. Texas at number nine, comes in with a total score. They scored these things, they weighted them, they turned

them into digits, and they came up with scores. So Mississippi has a fifty eight point eight score for stress, which puts a top of the list Texas at fifty three point three four. You come into California and you're down at forty five point twenty six. We got sunshine. We're ay, We're a happy bunch. You guys have sunshine too. Okay, So who's the least stressed state? Head up to the opposite end of the country. Minnesota

comes in at least stressed. They have the highest, you know, among the highest employment rates, healthcare availability is there more people graduate from high school and then go on to college in Minnesota than they do down to the Deep South. Utah came in right up close to that as well in Utah and

then New Hampshire. So yeah, it's kind of interesting. So you look at the Deep South or the Upper Midwest, that Minnesota part of the country and then over to Utah, and you'll find some of the most stress free living anywhere. I mean, Okay, Utah, I'm sure, and Minnesota and Minnesota. No too freaking cold in Minnesota. Okay. Jim, thank you. You know Jim always digs up such fun stories. You can follow him at Jim Ryan TX. Thanks Jim. See you. News brought to

you by American Vision Windows. We're going to check it out with our very own Chris Adler. She's telling us about a ghost, but not the kind you see at Halloween. This is a private group in southern California that traps child sexual predators, does it online, says it has caught hundreds of people

planning to have sex with kids. The creep catching unit started in San Diego, but when the group's founder, who refers to himself as Ghost, realized how prevalent online predators were in his own county, he expanded the sting operation outward. I started going to Orange County in La and Riverside and San Bernardino and other counties, even to other states as well, such as Arizona,

Washington. Literally anywhere you go. This problem is, you know, existing ghost sets up decoy counts on social media platforms, posing as underage girls and boys, exchanging sexual messages and planning meetups. Once the predators take de bait, he and his team show up with cameras and broadcast the catches online. We're going to get you reported. Go ahead, you owe me too? How about what about what you're doing? I have all your pictures and chats,

ghost says. Cc unit has caught nearly four hundred online predators since the group started in twenty eighteen, and has baited creeps ranging from marines to Hollywood actors and ministers to school cafeteria workers. How do you think the parents at the school would feel if they found out about Ramsey, the chef of the elementary school talking to fourteen year old boys like this? How do you think they would feel disgusted? Right? Cc unit baited a staff member at Pepperdine

University in August who was arrested for soliciting a minor. That worker was terminated and committed suicide in September. Newport Beach attorney Rick no Horres as any type of legal action taken against CC unit would likely not be successful, and the question is will does that is that actionable? Or if that guy left kids behind, right, can the children sue the vigilante unit the CC unit equivalent?

And the question the answer is, of course they can sue them, but I don't see a California jury being all that sympathetic to a child. Veteran Ghost says the group does not advocate violence and doesn't want anyone harming themselves, But he says if they do the crime and don't want to pay the time, the burden isn't CC units to bear. I mean, it's not our fault that he did that. He shouldn't have been going after a thirteen

year old. Not every creep baited as a creep arrested, as many police departments say they have to do it by the numbers and hold their own investigations. CC Unit says on camera, police will discourage the catches, but behind the scenes, cops appreciate their works and they say thank you for what you do. We respect what you do because we have kids of our own. We have a family of our own. Ghosts says. People know CC unit is out there, but just like other criminals, pedophiles and child molesters,

won't stop just because the law lies in waiting. And for those thinking of bout abusing children, he wants them to know we're watching. We're watching. Yay, don't try to touch kids in California because we're gonna get you. This is not a safe place for you to, you know, pray on kids because we're out there and we're gonna get you. For wake up call, I'm Chris Adler. Thanks Chris. That's a good ghost. Hey. October is Breast cancer Awareness month. iHeartRadio Los Angeles is teaming up with ABY

seven and would love to get closer to a world without breast cancer. Amazing how many people it affects, for our mothers, for our sisters, daughters, friends, neighbors. I'm sure you know somebody. I know people who are battling it right now. You can join the walk this Sunday, October twenty ninth for LA's Susan g coma more than Pink Walk and Race for the Cure, brought to you by Jacoby and Myers for all the information about the

walk. To donate or to sign up to walk alongside patients, survivors, neighbors and families, go to Koman dot org. Again. That's this Sunday. When we come back, we're going to be talking with ABC's Stephen Portnoy as the Republicans go back to square one and they're search for a new speaker of the House. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI Am six forty. I love that it's Kroc Day. My mom loves Crocs. I don't get them, but did you see they're coming out with new crowd

cowboy boots. They're really funny looking anyway, and as also slap your annoying coworker, day Tony, stay in your room. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Israel's military says it is intensifying attacks as it gets ready for an expected ground invasion. It has warned Palestinians civilians again to leave northern Gaza, saying they're risking their lives if they don't get out.

We're gonna be talking with ABC stor Dana Miller in Israel at five point fifty with the latest from Israel. Sag AFTRA and the Hollywood Studios are going to be sitting down for talks tomorrow. Producers asked for the talks to rezoom about two weeks after they broke down. Actors have been on the picket lines for more than one hundred days. Taylor Swift's On a Roll Her Era's Tour concert movie earned another thirty one million dollars at the box office to hold onto

the number one spot for a second week. It's the first concert movie to be number one two weeks in a row. Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon debuted in second with twenty four million dollars in ticket sales three and a half hours. That's commitment. Are Killers of the Flower Moon? At six oh five, it's handle on the news. Some eight is getting into Gaza as Israel steps up attacks on Hamas. Okay, So Jim Jordan came to

a grim reality on Friday. It was something that we learned from Hamilton. You don't have the boats, you don't have the vote. Let's say good morning now to ABC's national correspondent Steven Portnoy. Good morning, Steve. So Jim Jordan is out, Yeah, he's out. He's out by a vote of his colleagues a secret ballot on Friday to strip Jim Jordan of the nomination of the three failed attempts on the House floor, three successive attempts that saw

Jim Jordan's support in the House eroding with each round. So the process starts a new square one and it's a wide open field. Nine candidates are running for the speaker. Now. It's like the presidential race in a way. Yes, and none of these people are bold faced names. No, you've probably never heard of any of them. The front runners a man named Tom Emmer, who does not have a national profile to speak of, but he was, in the last cycle the head of the Republican campaign committee to elect

Republicans to the House, so he's established a fundraising prowess. He's the House majority whip, which puts him in the leadership, so he's well known to his colleagues, to us exactly, that's right, and so he is presumed to be the frontrunner in this effort. There are other candidates Byron Donald's of Florida, Pete Sessions of Texas, one of the longest serving Republicans in the House, Mike Johnson of Louisiana who's been on television a bit, Kevin Hearn,

who is is the head of the Republican Study Committee. But on the whole look, these, as I say, are not bold face names. The candidates will speak to their colleagues tonight in a closed door candidates forum, and then tomorrow successive rounds of secret ballots. The rules say that a nominee has to achieve a majority, So the presumption is with nine candidates, whoever's the number one vote getter will will be in the lead with a plurality,

so the bottom vote getter will drop out of the running. As the rounds continue until a single candidate achieves a majority and that person becomes the nominee, and then we'll move to the House floor. Is that dictated by anything like in the Constitution or did they Is that just how they do it? That's the Those are the written rules of the House Republican Conference, So those are

their own internal rules. Oh okay, so is there? It just seems like they're throwing spitballs up against the wall to see if anything's going to stick. At this point, how did those nine come forward? Like when Jordan said I'm out, then they just raise their hands. Especially became a free

for all. And look, they'll give it a try. If the three best known Republicans in the House, Kevin McCarthy, Steves Scalise and Jim Jordan, can't achieve the near unanimity that's required for a Republican to win the gabble, let's see if someone lesser known can do it. What's a liability for Tom Emmer. Well, he voted to certify the results of the twenty twenty election, Okay, and that gives pause to a number of the MAGA Republicans.

And it's already believed that if he were to become the nominee, though some of those MAGA Republicans might not want to be on board for Tom Emmer. Let's see what happens. Okay. So they're meeting tonight and they're gonna then they'll start their voting process. You said tomorrow. That's right, all right, We'll be watching Stephen Portnoy. Thank you so much. You bet. All right, Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of

the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor Newsom is starting his week visit to China. He's expected to be focusing on climate change and what the US in China can do to help slow the effects of it. Newsom made a stop in Israel on his way to China. It was a last second addition to

his travel plans. He met with survivors, impacted families, and others affected by the ongoing war with Hamas. Israeli warplanes have hit more targets in Gaza, days after allowing convoys of food, water, and medicine into the territory. The military says it has hit three hundred and twenty targets in the last twenty four hours. It says they were all militant targets. The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have fired over seven thousand rockets at Israel since the start of

the war just over two weeks ago. Israel says it has stepped up air strikes to reduce the risk to troops in the next stages of the war, which are believed to include a ground operation. News brought to you by American Vision Windows. The US has renewed its warning that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack. The warning comes in response to Chinese ships

blocking and colliding with two Filipino ships in the South China Sea. China blames the Philippines for the collisions, saying the ships were carrying construction materials to strengthen the Philippine outpost at the Second Thomas Shoal, which is claimed by China. A funeral service has been held in Michigan for the president of a local synagogue murdered outside her home in Detroit. Aaron Katirsky says Samantha Wol was found early

Saturday. Police followed a trail of blood that led to her body being discovered, and she was stabbed multiple times for no known reason. As of yet, police say there was no sign of forced entry. Investigators say so far, there's no evidence suggesting Wol was targeted because of her faith or events in the Middle East. A Vietnam a Vietnam War memorial is said to be unveiled

in Murrietta at the city's Veterans Memorial in town Square Park. The Vietnam War Memorial wall is in addition to the walls already in place for World War II ANDREE and War veterans. The unveiling will happen at noon on November eleventh, Veterans Day. After the city's annual Veterans Day parade, thousands of people have celebrated In and Out Burger seventy fifth anniversary at twelve hour long festival in Pomona. Festival at the Fair Plugs yesterday included a car show, racing, live

bands, and an In and Out museum. In and Out got the naming rights to the Pomona Drag Strip last year. So, okay, what are you doing here, mister rare northern right whale dolphin? So there was you know, the whale watching tours out and about the off the coast of southern California. Well, last Thursday, group was out and about five miles off the coast of Dana Point spotted a rare northern right well dolphin. The dolphin it looks kind of like a dolphin, but it has sort of coloring of

a killer whale. It doesn't have a dorsal fin. It's typically seen up in the northwest. They don't come down this far south, so it was really unusual to see him there. And they normally swim in groups of like one hundred to two hundred, but apparently this spotting that was a lone dolphin but it was swimming with some common dolphins. So wonder what he was doing so far away from home. Where's his group, where's his clan? But fun for the people who got to see him, because you don't get to

see him every day. Down here, you're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty. California's Governor Newsom is starting his week long visit to China today. He's reportedly focusing on climate change and what the US and China can do to help slow the effects of it. It comes after a stop in Israel to meet with survivors, impacted families, and others affected

by the ongoing war with It's back to square one for the House. Nine Republicans have put their names in to run for Speaker of the House now that Jim Jordan is out. Republicans will meet tonight and have an internal vote on a new choice for speaker tomorrow. A new study suggests that the more belly

fat you have, the less brain volume you have. Researchers at Providence Saint John's Hell Center in Santa Monica say overactive and inflamed fat cells start sending signals to the brain to downsize shrinks your brain and that results in a higher risk for dementia later in life. We're just minutes away from handle. On the news this morning, sag after a President, fran Drescher says actors are set

to strike for up to six months if they have to. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Israel's war against Tomas is intensifying. The Israeli military says it has hit three hundred and twenty military targets in Gaza over the last twenty four hours. The IDF stepping up its air strikes into Gaza over the weekend, and now more than three hundred thousand Israeli troops called up from the reserves, some moved closer

to the border, ready to invade the Gaza Strip. ABC's Andrew Dimbert says the Biden administration has urged Israel to delay the ground invasion to allow for the release of hostages and to provide a safe way out for US citizens and others in Gaza. The head of Mission for Doctors Without Borders and Gaza says the aid allowed in so far is not enough. Twenty trucks actually is almost nothing. It's a drop in the ocean and the only positive things to this is

just that the border have opened for very short time. Leo Kaines says the organization has two hundred and twenty three people in Gaza, but not all are able to work, either because they've lost family members or have been displaced themselves. Police and the US Marshals are trying to find the man believed to have

murdered a judge in Maryland. Deputies armed with long gun swarming a wooded area near Williamsport, Maryland, on Saturday morning, after Pedro Argot's silver Mercedes SUV was found by a resident just fifteen minutes from where police say are Goatee gun

down Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson outside of his home. ABC's Morgan Norwood says Judge Wilkinson was killed in his driveway last week, just hours after he awarded full legal custody of our Goatee's children to his ex wife and issued a protective order based on a history of domestic violence. High school football has returned to Lehina for the first time since a deadly wildfire on Maui. The varsity and JV teams at Lehina. Luna High won their homecoming games over the weekend.

Many of the fans, coaches, and players said that being back at the stadium Saturday was the closest thing to feeling at home in my mind. Months, gas prices in southern California have continued to drop. They've fallen for twenty three straight days. In La County, the average for a gallon of regular is five point fifty eight. In Orange County it's five point thirty nine. Inland, the average is five forty two per gallon. That's still too way high Way, too high, Too Way high Way, too high. No

trick candy prices are up about thirteen percent this Halloween. That's according to the Bureau of Labor. A supply chain expert at UCLA says candy is so expansive because of inflation and the cost of ingredients, and because candy is mostly made in the US. He says workers need to be paid more because the higher cost of well about everything. So here's something we have to say goodbye to,

which makes me very sad because I've been to shows here. But the five point Amphitheater in Orange County. It opened in twenty seventeen has closed permanently. The last show the Zach Brown Band was Saturday, October twenty first, and then done so five point I didn't even know. This was supposed to be like a temporary bridge between Irvine Meadows Amphitheater and a permanent venue that was

going to be built at Irvine Great Park. It's a nice little amphitheater, like good seats, good size, but apparently it was a temporary thing, and that permanent thing that was supposed to be Live Nation had been in discussions

with the City of Irvine. They were going to build the permanent, like fourteen thousand seat venue, but then the city ended its partnership with the promoter back in July because residents and council members had said, you know that the venue is too big, the noise impact on surrounding areas is too great, and so Live Nation dropped out. So as of right now, no Amphitheater in Irvine. I'm guessing that you're getting ready for the holidays. I'm starting

to get ready for the holidays planning. I haven't gotten out Christmas yet, that doesn't come till after Halloween. But I was reading an article on when is the best time to book your flights because for me, going up to my hometown is always very expensive because it's a smaller airport, so there's only a couple of different options for us. So I always start to get nervous about this time of year because I'm like, Okay, it's five hundred dollars

already for a round trip flight. It'd be cheaper to fly to New York City across the country, but that's fine. So I was looking around to say, when is the best time, because you know how there's best days to fly. Well, apparently the head of Expedia, Christy Hudson, at least their PR department, says that Sunday is probably the best day to actually book your flights, and they're looking at billions of data points of booked flights

and floan flights and watching to see and Sunday is the day. So you missed it for this week. But booking on Sunday can save you around six percent on domestic flights and thirteen percent on international flights compared to like if you booked on a Friday, which is the most popular day for best domestic flights. The best deals are available about a month before departure fares are twenty four

percent cheaper than they are last minute. Again, this is why I get nervous, because I'm like, Okay, what's the holiday is going to look like? And when can I you know, what time am I going to have off? And that kind of stuff. If you're going international, you should book sixty days out. Prices for international flights peak about four months before departure and then they drop by about ten percent around the sixty day mark and

then they go back up. So if you're looking at going to home for the holidays, to grandmother's house, we go, and all that stuff, book on Sunday. Oh and also book on Sunday, but leave on Thursday according to Expedia, and make sure you lock your plans in at least twenty eight days out. Good advice. This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County Southland. Weather from KFI mostly cloudy with a slight chance

of rain. Could see some gusty winds, but most of that's going to end by the end of this morning, and we'll see partly cloudy skuys this afternoon. Heis will be in the low seventies at the coast. Low to mid seventies for Metro La and Inlando c mid upper seventies in the valleys and

Inland Empire sixties to low seventies for the Antelope Valley. We've got a mix of sun and clouds Tomorrow with hides in the seventies to low eighties, highs Wednesday and Thursday in the sixties to mid seventies under partly to mostly cloudy skuys, and then we'll warm back up for the weekend. It's sixty four in Brea, sixty two Lake Forests, sixty two in Marina del Rey, sixty four in Burbank. We leave local live from your KFI twenty four hour newsroom.

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