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Happy Labor Day · Wake Up Call with Amy King

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM 640 Wake Up Call with me,
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  Speaker 1: Amy King, on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
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  Speaker 2: KFI and KOST HD2, Los Angeles, Orange County.
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  Speaker 3: It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy.
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  Speaker 2: King.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning. Happy Labor Day. It's 5 o'clock straight up.
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  Speaker 1: This is your wake-up call for Monday, September 7th. Kind
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  Speaker 1: of the last unofficial day of summer, even though we've
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  Speaker 1: got a couple weeks left. And it's the last day
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  Speaker 1: that you're supposed to wear white.
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  Speaker 4: See?
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  Speaker 1: So I'm wearing white pants. I'm actually wearing red, white,
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  Speaker 1: and blue today because, you know, it's Labor Day. And
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  Speaker 1: for me growing up, it was always, you know, those
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  Speaker 1: were patriotic days.
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  Speaker 5: Memorial Day, Labor Day.
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  Speaker 1: Memorial Day, Labor Day.
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  Speaker 6: Of course.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 7: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm sticking with that tradition and wearing my white
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  Speaker 1: one last time. Although I like to break the rules,
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  Speaker 1: especially in Southern California.
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  Speaker 5: Just dressed like a slob today because I figured there'd
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  Speaker 5: be no bosses.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you're wearing red, though, and blue jeans. So you're
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  Speaker 1: sticking with the theme, Will Kohlschreiber. I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, sure.
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  Speaker 1: How'd you like the rain? Okay, so if you were
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  Speaker 1: in Long Beach and the streets were flooded out, not
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  Speaker 1: so much. Not so much. But man, yesterday was so great.
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  Speaker 1: I got awakened by rain yesterday morning at about 3.30,
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  Speaker 1: which freaked me out because it just was this downpour deluge.
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  Speaker 1: And then it was just kind of raining on and
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  Speaker 1: off all day yesterday. And then last night it had
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  Speaker 1: stopped raining. It started again this morning, but it had stopped.
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  Speaker 1: And I was like, Southern California is so stunningly beautiful
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  Speaker 1: right after a rain. All the skies are clear and
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  Speaker 1: everything looks so crisp and it's refreshing.
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  Speaker 5: I drove a lot in it yesterday. That part of
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  Speaker 5: it was kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Not so fun. And if you're driving this morning, the
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  Speaker 1: roads are still pretty wet. So if you do have
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  Speaker 1: to work, first of all, we're very sorry. But if
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  Speaker 1: you do have to work, you might want to just
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  Speaker 1: take a couple extra minutes, a little breathing time, because
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  Speaker 1: those braking distances are a little bit longer because of
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  Speaker 1: the slick roads.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: We got so much great stuff coming for you today, so...
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  Speaker 1: If you are working or if you're just up early
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  Speaker 1: because that's your deal on a national holiday, we're happy
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  Speaker 1: that you're here and we've got some good stuff for
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  Speaker 1: you today. Here's what's ahead on Wake Up Call. Southern California,
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  Speaker 1: as I just mentioned, recovering from what Hurricane Marie has left.
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  Speaker 1: Remnants of the storm hit the area, bringing rain, waves,
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  Speaker 1: and coastal flooding. Several streets in Long Beach flooded. Drivers
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  Speaker 1: on PCH in Malibu got hit by waves that crashed
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  Speaker 1: up over a break. Some beaches in the area were
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  Speaker 1: shut down completely because of the flooding as well as
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  Speaker 1: lightning concerns. High surf advisories are in effect until tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 1: Cleanup work at a burned out cold storage warehouse in
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  Speaker 1: Boyle Heights is done. Regulators confirmed this weekend that Lineage
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  Speaker 1: Logistics had cleared away all of the food and debris
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  Speaker 1: and power washed and disinfected the interior of that massive
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  Speaker 1: warehouse fire yesterday. In time for the new deadline, which
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  Speaker 1: was Saturday, officials say the number of odor complaints has
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  Speaker 1: drastically decreased since all the rotting food was removed. Julie
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  Speaker 1: Andrews and the late Rob Reiner are among the winners
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  Speaker 1: as the early Emmys were awarded last night at the
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  Speaker 1: Peacock Theater in downtown LA at LA Live. Reiner won
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  Speaker 1: for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for The Bear.
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  Speaker 1: Andrews for Outstanding Character Voice Over on Bridgerton. I love
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  Speaker 1: her on Bridgerton. Widows Bay ran away with eight early
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  Speaker 1: Emmys for its debut season. The main awards show and
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  Speaker 1: telecast are a week from today. Okay, so when you're
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  Speaker 1: buying a car for your kid, especially if it's their
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  Speaker 1: first one, you want good value and you want safety.
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  Speaker 1: So we've got a specialist, Ray Sheffer, joining us to
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  Speaker 1: tell us what you should look for, how you can
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  Speaker 1: get both. That's coming up in about 15 minutes or so.
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  Speaker 1: I am going over the edge for the Union Rescue
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  Speaker 1: Mission and my buddy Neil... the vader will be joining
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  Speaker 1: me uh i'm asking you to join too whether it's
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  Speaker 1: with a donation or jumping over the side of the
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  Speaker 1: 26 story building either way we'll tell you why we're
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  Speaker 1: supporting this event and this organization that's coming up a
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  Speaker 1: little bit later on wake up call and in just
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  Speaker 1: a couple of minutes one of my favorite characters from
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  Speaker 1: ted lasso danny rojas actor cristo fernandez is going to
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  Speaker 1: join wake up call to tell us about his new
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  Speaker 1: book appropriately titled football is life Love.
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  Speaker 2: Life.
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  Speaker 1: Not love.
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  Speaker 9: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 1: It's love, too, but it's life.
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  Speaker 6: Life.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's get started with some of the stories coming
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  Speaker 1: out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Southern California still feeling
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  Speaker 1: what's left of Hurricane Marie, which has been downgraded to
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  Speaker 1: a tropical storm.
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  Speaker 7: The remnants of Marie hit the region Sunday, bringing massive
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  Speaker 7: waves and coastal flooding. Huge waves flooded numerous streets in
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  Speaker 7: Long Beach Sunday, sending residents scrambling in an attempt to
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  Speaker 7: keep floodwaters.
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  Speaker 1: Out of their homes.
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  Speaker 7: Further north, drivers on Pacific Coast Highway were hit by
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  Speaker 7: waves that crashed up over the break. Some Malibu beaches
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  Speaker 7: were shut down completely due to flooding, as well as
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  Speaker 7: concerns about lightning. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
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  Speaker 2: L.A.
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  Speaker 1: City officials vowing that this weekend's massive crackdown during a
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  Speaker 1: street takeover in the Harbor Gateway area is just the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: An LAPD task force swarmed the intersection of Figueroa and
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  Speaker 1: Alondra early Saturday, issuing hundreds of citations, making more than
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  Speaker 1: five dozen arrests and impounding hundreds of vehicles. Some of
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  Speaker 1: them had been stolen. Police Chief Jim McDonald says they
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  Speaker 1: had intelligence and drones to accurately predict locations for four
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  Speaker 1: separate street takeover locations.
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  Speaker 10: More than 150 officers were deployed. Working with precision, they
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  Speaker 10: covertly and simultaneously surrounded a gathering of over 700 people
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  Speaker 10: who were participating in an illegal street takeover.
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  Speaker 1: The chief and Mayor Bass both promised that these kinds
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  Speaker 1: of operations would be done more often as needed. Wheel
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  Speaker 1: of Fortune needs a new announcer.
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  Speaker 11: Sony Pictures Television has fired longtime announcer Jim Thornton after
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  Speaker 11: TMZ published photos, it says, show him viewing a chat
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  Speaker 11: room containing images of children on a laptop during a
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  Speaker 11: flight in May. The circumstances surrounding the photos have not
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  Speaker 11: been independently verified. Thornton's replacement will serve as interim announcer
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  Speaker 11: when the show returns September the 14th. Mark Mayfield, KOFI News.
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  Speaker 1: Time to say good morning to one of my favorite
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  Speaker 1: characters on Ted Lasso. It's actor Cristo Fernandez, Danny Rojas.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you very much for having me.
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 5: Doing great.
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  Speaker 1: So Cristo, we know and love you as Danny Rojas
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  Speaker 1: on Ted Lasso, but you're a soccer player in real
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  Speaker 1: life and now you're also an author. So please tell
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  Speaker 1: us about, uh, your beautiful new children's book.
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  Speaker 6: Muchas gracias.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: I appreciate you.
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  Speaker 5: Um, yes.
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  Speaker 6: Um, Very excited. My children's book is out now, 7th July, 2026.
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  Speaker 6: It's been lots of hard work the last couple of
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  Speaker 6: years to make this happen. And I'm grateful with my family,
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  Speaker 6: my sister Paloma, my mom, my dad, my grandma, my aunt,
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  Speaker 6: and my friends. It's a book that I've put so
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  Speaker 6: much effort and thought and real life experiences of my
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  Speaker 6: own Photographies of me as a kid. This is me, Cristobalito.
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  Speaker 6: Little Cristobal from Guadalajara. And yeah, it's based also on
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  Speaker 6: our drawer illustrator, James Ray Sanchez. He's so talented, and
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  Speaker 6: I hope people love it.
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  Speaker 1: It's a very sweet book, Cristo. And tell us how
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  Speaker 1: it's a children's book, but it really kind of mirrors
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  Speaker 1: what happened to you in your life because... It talks
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  Speaker 1: about a young boy who loves soccer and his whole
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  Speaker 1: life is soccer and then he gets injured. And that
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  Speaker 1: really happened to you in real life, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 6: And yeah, little Cristobalito, like his mother used to say,
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  Speaker 6: always thought, played, ate, spoke about football soccer. That's the
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  Speaker 6: only thing he ever wanted to do. But injuries made
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  Speaker 6: him realize that in life there's other stuff outside of
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  Speaker 6: football soccer. And those other things in life helped him
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  Speaker 6: become even a better football soccer player, a better person,
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  Speaker 6: a better brother, a better everything. And that's why it's
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  Speaker 6: based on real-life experiences. I went through existential crisis, sad moments,
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  Speaker 6: bad times, but with the support of my loved ones
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  Speaker 6: and hard work and discipline, I ended up realizing that
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  Speaker 6: those bad things ended up being the best things that
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  Speaker 6: ever happened to me because it's football soccer that gave
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  Speaker 6: me the biggest opportunities and my first professional acting job
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  Speaker 6: in Ted Lasso, Danny Rosa's Football is Life. And yeah,
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  Speaker 6: later with time, you realize about that. So that's why
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  Speaker 6: one of the lessons from this book is that everything
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  Speaker 6: happens for a reason. And, and, and, As you said,
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  Speaker 6: it's a children's book, but I will love and hope
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  Speaker 6: that grown-ups really embrace and understand this book, that it's
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  Speaker 6: for them, too, because children have this quality that they
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  Speaker 6: don't care. They dream big. They play. They mind crazy things,
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  Speaker 6: and they don't care. And that's great. And we grown-ups
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  Speaker 6: should still have that. Regardless of how old you are,
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  Speaker 6: you might be 80, 90, 70, 60. You want to travel,
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  Speaker 6: you want to learn, you want to study, you want
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  Speaker 6: to start. It's never too late, and that's something I
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  Speaker 6: also did after the injuries. I started completely new. Even
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  Speaker 6: now that I'm coming back to play football soccer, for
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  Speaker 6: some people it might be that it's too late, but
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  Speaker 6: who cares?
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  Speaker 2: We all live.
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  Speaker 6: We all run our own marathon, and I hope people
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  Speaker 6: understand that.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. And, Christo, did you say that your
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  Speaker 1: part on Ted Lasso was your first professional acting job?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, because before that, I only did short films. I
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  Speaker 6: always gave myself a role, because nobody gave me a role.
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  Speaker 6: And for over 10 years, I always gave myself roles
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  Speaker 6: in studying communication. After studying my master in acting, I.
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  Speaker 6: I only gave myself roles. And that's why I said
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  Speaker 6: that I was an actor, because I only acted in
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  Speaker 6: my own short films until Ted Lasso happened.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. OK, now then we want to talk
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  Speaker 1: to you also about Football is Life, which, of course,
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  Speaker 1: is the name of the book. But it's also what
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  Speaker 1: you are just internationally known for because it's your catchphrase
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  Speaker 1: as Danny Rojas. And that was not part of the
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  Speaker 1: Ted Lasso story until you walked into the room.
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  Speaker 6: Well, yeah, the phrase, it's a long story, but I'll
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  Speaker 6: try and make it brief. It comes from my very
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  Speaker 6: first audition, and in my very, very, very, our very
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  Speaker 6: first auditions, we had to not show, and we had
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  Speaker 6: to express our experience in football soccer. So in acting,
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  Speaker 6: you always introduce yourself in your slate and go like, Hi, hola,
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  Speaker 6: my name is Cristo Fernandez. Give you provas, and then
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  Speaker 6: I said... For me, football is life because apparently, because
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  Speaker 6: ever since I was a kid, I played and blah, blah, blah,
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  Speaker 6: and they saw that passion in my slate, and they
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  Speaker 6: put that phrase and vibe into a character from Iceland
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  Speaker 6: named Gunnar, but apparently they kept me in their heads,
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  Speaker 6: and they deleted the character Gunnar, and they made Danny
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  Speaker 6: Rojas from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, which is me.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. And Christo, Danny Rojas, that character is
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  Speaker 1: such a joyful person, except when he kills the dog,
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  Speaker 1: but that's a whole other story. In life and in soccer,
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  Speaker 1: he's joyous. And are you that way too? Did you
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  Speaker 1: bring that aspect of the character to Ted Lasso?
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  Speaker 6: Well, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: I think something the writers did right and something I've
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  Speaker 6: learned from them, from my own projects and storytelling that
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  Speaker 6: I'm developing with my sister Paloma in our film company
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  Speaker 6: Spectrum X Films write characters around the actors because then
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  Speaker 6: they become more believable I will be lying if I
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  Speaker 6: tell you that I completely transformed myself to play Danny
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  Speaker 6: Rojas because it's it's who I am it's I also
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  Speaker 6: love football soccer it's the sport that gave me so
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  Speaker 6: many great lessons in my life I will be lying
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  Speaker 6: because season one season two you need a Danny Rojas
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  Speaker 6: that is charismatic and joyful, and that's it. But in
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  Speaker 6: season three, you realize that he's very competitive and he
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  Speaker 6: can be aggressive when it comes to the sport, and
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  Speaker 6: that's when he becomes more of a real person, and
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  Speaker 6: that's when I can tell you that it's also me.
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  Speaker 6: I like to compete. I get angry on the field sometimes.
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  Speaker 6: I get passionate. So, yeah, we're the same guy, both
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  Speaker 6: from Guadalajara.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. So for me, as a huge fan
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  Speaker 1: of the show, it is a joy to watch you
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  Speaker 1: on and off the pitch. And we're so excited about
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  Speaker 1: your new book for you. I agree. I was going
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  Speaker 1: to ask you whether you think that this book has
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  Speaker 1: lessons for adults as well as children. And you already
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  Speaker 1: answered that. So hopefully people will go pick it up.
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  Speaker 1: Christo Fernandez, thank you so much for your time. The
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  Speaker 1: book is called Football is Life, Football es Vida, because
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  Speaker 1: as he mentioned, it's bilingual. It's both in Spanish and English.
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  Speaker 1: We wish you so much success, and we can't wait
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  Speaker 1: to see you on the pitch again. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: your time this morning, Christo.
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  Speaker 6: Gracias, Amy, and gracias to everyone listening. Muchas gracias.
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  Speaker 1: Love, Christo Fernandez. And the book is very cute, very sweet,
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  Speaker 1: and good lessons. We like it. It's available in bookstores now.
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  Speaker 1: LAPD Chief Jim McDonald says a massive crackdown on a
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  Speaker 1: street takeover in the Harbor Gateway area is just the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Police took over the takeover early Saturday morning at Figueroa
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  Speaker 1: and Alondra. Sixty-six people were arrested. Hundreds of citations were issued,
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  Speaker 1: including to children as young as 11, and about 200
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  Speaker 1: cars were impounded. Gas prices have hit a record high
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  Speaker 1: for Labor Day weekend. The average price for a gallon
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  Speaker 1: of regular unleaded in L.A. County is up again this morning.
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  Speaker 1: $ 5. 91 a gallon. $ 5. 89 in Orange County, $ 5. 79 in the IE.
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  Speaker 1: The national average for gas, $ 4. 15, which is still stupid high,
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  Speaker 1: but not nearly as stupid high as it is here.
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  Speaker 1: Hawaii is bracing for heavy rain and coastal flooding as
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  Speaker 1: a major hurricane moves closer to the islands. Hurricane Lowell
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  Speaker 1: is packing maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour.
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  Speaker 1: It's churning about 600 miles southwest of Honolulu. The National
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  Speaker 1: Hurricane Center says Lowell's expected to turn northeast before it
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  Speaker 1: passes west of the Hawaiian Islands tonight. Let's say good
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  Speaker 1: morning now to the automotive retail analyst and car consumer advocate,
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  Speaker 1: Car Edge co-founder Ray Shefska.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning. How are you doing this morning?
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  Speaker 1: Doing great. We thought we wanted to talk to you
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  Speaker 1: because this is such a this can be a very
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  Speaker 1: stressful thing. And that is buying a car for your kids.
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  Speaker 1: And making sure that you get a safe car, an
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  Speaker 1: economical car, a fun car. I mean, like there's so
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  Speaker 1: many factors. And of course, then there's price. So first off,
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  Speaker 1: Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety just
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  Speaker 1: released their rankings for the safest used car for teen drivers.
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  Speaker 1: Can you share with us some of those cars? And
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  Speaker 1: then we'll dig a little deeper into how we should
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  Speaker 1: find a car.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely. In the under $ 10, 000 category, the cars that
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  Speaker 2: they're recommending are Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra, Mazda 3. When
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  Speaker 2: it comes to midsize cars, Honda Accord, Honda Accord Hybrid,
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  Speaker 2: Mazda 6, small SUVs, the Mazda CX-5. Do you see
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  Speaker 2: a trend here? They seem to be mostly Asian cars.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Midsize SUV, a GMC Terrain. And then when you look
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  Speaker 2: at cars for best under $ 20, 000, the Mazda 3 again,
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  Speaker 2: the Nissan Altima, Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry Hybrid, and the
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  Speaker 2: Nissan Murano.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. So, yes. And all of those cars, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I've driven most of those cars, and you
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  Speaker 1: think that's a good car. But now when you're looking to.
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  Speaker 1: Buy a car with the prices of cars absolutely skyrocketing.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, are there any deals out there to be
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  Speaker 1: had or are you just going to have to suck
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  Speaker 1: it up?
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  Speaker 2: You really are going to have to do a lot
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  Speaker 2: of legwork and homework to find decent cars under $ 10, 000
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  Speaker 2: and even today under $ 20, 000. The most important thing you
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  Speaker 2: can do is, if you're looking to buy a car
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  Speaker 2: for your teenager, you must get a pre-purchase inspection done
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  Speaker 2: on whatever used cars you're considering them. And what that
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  Speaker 2: is is to get an independent mechanic to take a
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  Speaker 2: look at the vehicle and see if there were any
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  Speaker 2: reconditioning items that the dealership might have missed or give
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  Speaker 2: you some ideas of the things that are going to
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  Speaker 2: need to be handled in the near term.
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  Speaker 1: So are dealerships pretty cool about that, Ray? Like if
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  Speaker 1: you say, hey, I'm not sure yet. I want my
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  Speaker 1: mechanic to check it out. Do they generally go, oh, okay?
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  Speaker 1: Or do they push back and say, oh, no, it's fine.
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  Speaker 1: It's fine. Just buy it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if the dealership says, oh, no, it's fine, just
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  Speaker 2: buy it, you're at the wrong dealership. It's just that simple.
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  Speaker 2: If a dealership won't let you get an independent set
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  Speaker 2: of eyes to look at that vehicle, then they're trying
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  Speaker 2: to hide something from you. If there's nothing to hide,
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: then they would be more than happy to help you
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: make the arrangements to get that pre-purchase inspection done.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: Okay. So, Ray, what are some of the things that
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: You can do or parents can do to make sure
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: that you don't pay too much, but you still get
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: a safe car aside from the having the mechanic check
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: it out. What are some things that you should be
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: looking for?
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: Well, you need to, with the advent of the Internet today,
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: there's just a plethora of information that's available. And you
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: need to get on the Internet and shop the vehicles
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: that you're thinking about and find out what the market
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: condition is in the area in which you live. Vehicle
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: sales can be really regionalized as far as prices are concerned.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: So you need to drill down and see what others
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: are paying for like cars in your area. So that
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: you have a better understanding as to what the prices
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: are going to be. And if I may, I do
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: have one tip for people. Oh, we love that. And
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: this might save people some money. But believe it or not,
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: sometimes the best places to find cars are through the obituaries.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: Because if there's cars involved in the estate, the estate
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: usually has to... has to get rid of them. And
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: typically they sell them at lower than market value pricing.
• 19:48
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: So read the obituaries.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: I'm afraid so.
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: You know what?
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: That reminds me of a scene from a movie. I
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: think it's Billy Crystal. They're talking about how they peruse the,
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: the obituaries to find a great deal on like renting
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: an apartment or something. Is it better to go through
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: a private seller or a dealer?
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Well, if you go through a dealer, at least you
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: have some hope that if there are issues that the
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: dealer can help you resolve them. If you go through
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: a private party, you are entirely on your own. And
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't suggest to you that there's private parties out
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: there that would try to scam you. But I've heard
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: of that happening.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: Okay. And then, Ray, where is somewhere that people can
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: go to get more tips, find out more information about this?
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: steps that should be taken before you head out to
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: actually make that car buying purchase.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Uh they can go to caredge.com that's our company that's
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: c-a-r-e-d-g-e.com you'll find the blogs Gosh, I just lost my
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: train of thought this early in the morning.
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: That's okay.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: It happens all the time to me.
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Well, when you're my age, it happens more frequently. But
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: we have videos. We have blogs. We have guides that
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: are available. And we have a free community forum of
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: like-minded people that will help you navigate the car buying experience.
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: I think it's cool. It just sounds like, you know,
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: do your research. Look out there. Don't just go by
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: on a whim because then that's, I think, when you
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: get yourself in trouble.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: Car Edge co-founder Ray Sheska, thanks so much for the information.
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: If you want more information, do a little digging yourself. CarEdge.com.
• 21:31
  Speaker 4: Thanks, Ray.
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: Thank you. Good morning to you.
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Good information. And so scary that you might
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: not be able to buy a car for under $ 20, 000.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: Crazy in the used car category. Federal investigators trying to
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: figure out what caused an Amazon cargo jet crash in
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: Miami that killed at least five people.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board leading the
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: investigation into this deadly crash. An Amazon cargo jet crashing
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: off the end of a runway at Miami's airport, plowing
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: across the road into vehicles, bursting into flames.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: ABC's Perry Russom says the pilot and co-pilot were trapped.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: The plane was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico yesterday.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: The National Transportation Safety Board plans to hold a news
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: conference with more details later today. Two cars have crashed
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: down an embankment in Whittier minutes apart. Three people were hurt.
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: The first crash happened yesterday morning near Durfee Avenue and
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: Rosemead Boulevard. The car hit a food stand before going
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: down the embankment. About 10 minutes later, a second driver
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: lost control and ended up in the same area. Witnesses
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: reported seeing both cars in the riverbed within steps of
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: each other. Nepal is holding a day of mourning to
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: remember those killed in the catastrophic flash flooding late last month.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: Flags have been lowered at government offices and families held
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: mourning rituals. The floods have killed more than 1300 people
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: in Nepal and Tibet. On August 26th, about 5000 people
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: still missing. Search efforts continue, but some have protested that
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: not enough is being done. Search and rescue teams have
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: been combing through debris of a collapsed building in New Delhi.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: The five-story building, which housed a boys' hostel, collapsed yesterday,
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: killing at least six. Police, firefighters and crews from India's
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: Disaster Response Agency were searching for a second day as
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: earthmovers cleared debris and sniffer dogs worked the site to
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: help rescuers reach those still trapped. Locals say the building
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: was at least 55 years old and had been under
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: renovation for months. And the Internet is going crazy over
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: President Trump's new hairstyle.
• 23:36
  Speaker 12: Is the golden blonde era officially over? President Donald Trump
• 23:40
  Speaker 12: has the Internet doing a massive double take after debuting
• 23:43
  Speaker 12: a shocking new brunette hairstyle. Tarmac photos show the 80-year-old's
• 23:48
  Speaker 12: signature lighter locks swapped out for a deep chestnut brown shade.
• 23:53
  Speaker 12: The sudden dramatic dye job has social media absolutely buzzing
• 23:57
  Speaker 12: over the look. Natalie Rodriguez, Miami.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: I got to look this up. I guess I haven't
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: seen him for a couple weeks. Oh, there he is.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: Darker hair. Okay. It's so funny. It's just, did President
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Trump dye his hair? Of course he dyed his hair.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: He's 80 years old, for goodness sakes. But yeah, darker
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: than it was. If you're headed to the beach, don't
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: go in the water. That's the word from L.A. County
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: health officials. They say the rainfall and the runoff from
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: it has bacterial levels and unhealthy levels. They're advising you
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: to stay out of the water until at least Wednesday afternoon.
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: Takes a couple of days to kind of clear things out.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: Temperatures at the beaches could hit the high 80s this week.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: Police in Huntington Beach have arrested two parents for allegedly
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: letting their children ride pocket bikes. Pocket bikes are kind
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: of like a mini motorcycle, generally illegal to ride on
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: the streets. The mother was arrested for child endangerment. The
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: father of another child was arrested for contributing to the
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: delinquency of a minor. Police say the actions were taken
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: after a large group of pocket bike riders prompted several
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: calls for service on Saturday. Snoop Dogg is looking to
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: hire someone to travel the world and taste ice cream
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: for him. The three-month gig pays $ 30, 000. It's part of
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: his Dr. Bombay ice cream brand. The lucky applicant will
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: be sampling ice cream trends, exploring desserts in different cities,
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: and will also create social media content, of course. Snoop
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: is taking applications from around the world. The job is
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: posted on LinkedIn, in case you have a sweet tooth. Okay,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: so we've been talking about Tim Curry movies, because as
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: you know, Tim Curry passed away, Dolly Parton also, and
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: so I watch 9 to 5, and I did watch
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: Clue because Tim Curry was in it. He was the butler.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: And somebody said, oh, it's so great. It's one of
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: producer Michelle's favorite movies from, like, the 80s. I found
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: it to be not so great. Wasn't my favorite. I mean,
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: it was a campy kind of fun movie. Of course,
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: Tim Curry is known for... Dr. Frankenfurter.
• 26:11
  Speaker 5: Right?
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but... He's been in so many things. And I
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: know that, you know, he's one of those actors that
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: you see him pop up in a show and you're like, oh, hey,
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: he's in that, too. You know, but if you look
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: at some of the other movies that he has been in,
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: he was in Home Alone, too.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: He had some smaller parts.
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: The snooty hotel clerk.
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: He was in Muppets Treasure Island.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: Didn't see that one.
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: I haven't seen that one, but I I got a
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: somebody DM me and said it was really a lot
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: of fun. He was Carol Burnett's brother in the movie Annie.
• 26:46
  Speaker 4: And really good at it.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: And really good at it. He was in Three Musketeers.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: He was Pennywise. It, Stephen King. He played the clown.
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: Right?
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: And I almost rented this movie this weekend because I
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: was like, oh, my gosh, I need to see this.
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: He was in Hunt for Red Up October.
• 27:08
  Speaker 4: Yeah, good part for him.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he was the doctor, right?
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: The doctor, the Russian doctor, trying to talk Sean Connery
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: out of, you know, taking over the boat.
• 27:17
  Speaker 6: Defecting?
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: Basically, yeah.
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: Anyway, so I've... In fact, I might rent that today.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: That's such a spectacular movie. And then, of course, we
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: got a hit up on the Talkback because we welcome
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: that if you'd like to make suggestions.
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: Good morning, Amy, from Reno Valley, California. This is Harold.
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: And the one... movie that I really love Tim Curry and, and,
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: and all the ones that you mentioned are fantastic, but
• 27:44
  Speaker 4: legend is one of the best fantasy movies I have
• 27:49
  Speaker 4: watched in a really long time. And the makeup that
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: Tim Curry did for that movie is just fantastic.
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: I might have to check that out. I did not
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: see that.
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, me either.
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: Okay.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: So it's, well, is this him? Oh, okay. So it
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: looks like a very devilish movie. Is Tom Cruise in that?
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Tom Cruise, Tim and Tim Curry. I did not see that.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: I think it's probably because on the movie poster, there's
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: this big horned devil looking character. From 1986, so I
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: might have to go check it out. The makeup does
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: look spectacular. But anyway, just reminding you of some of
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: the movies that these people are in that you forget about,
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: you know, so rest in peace, Tim Curry. Here's what's
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. The USS Lincoln
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: has left Thailand. It's on its way to its home
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: port of San Diego.
• 28:43
  Speaker 9: After a five-day docking in Thailand, the U.S. Navy says
• 28:46
  Speaker 9: the USS Abraham Lincoln is on the move. It left
• 28:49
  Speaker 9: Thailand Sunday with about 5,000 sailors and Marines on board.
• 28:53
  Speaker 9: According to Cruising Earth website, the ship is underway with
• 28:55
  Speaker 9: a reported destination of Naval Air Station San Diego. It's
• 28:59
  Speaker 9: expected to arrive in late September or early October. The
• 29:03
  Speaker 9: Navy says the planned stop in Guam will no longer happen.
• 29:06
  Speaker 9: Bree Tennis, KFI News.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: They just want to get home. A wrong-way driver's been
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: killed in a head-on crash on the 91 freeway in Riverside.
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: The driver hit two other cars in eastbound lanes yesterday morning,
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: sending one into the center divider. The drivers of those
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: two cars were treated at the hospital for injuries described
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: by the CHP as minor to major injuries. It's not
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: clear if drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: I'm always just shocked when somebody ends up on the
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: freeway going the wrong way. Like, how does that happen?
• 29:35
  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's hard to do because if you go the
• 29:38
  Speaker 5: wrong way, everything's red.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 29:40
  Speaker 5: Reflectors and everything.
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 29:41
  Speaker 5: OK.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: ICE arrests surged to nearly 50,000 in July. It's the
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: highest monthly total of President Trump's second term. Government data
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: shows more than half of those arrested had no criminal
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: convictions or pending criminal charges. The increase comes as ICE
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: expands arrests in communities, including during traffic stops, and relies
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: more heavily on state and local law enforcement. The administration
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: says it is enforcing immigration law, while critics question the
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: growing number of arrests involving people without a criminal record.
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: What if you held a protest and no one showed up? Well,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: that's pretty much what happened as California Governor Newsom made
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: the rounds in the South.
• 30:20
  Speaker 8: Newsom spent last week traveling to the Carolinas and Alabama
• 30:23
  Speaker 8: to help get Democrats elected and to help boost fundraising
• 30:26
  Speaker 8: efforts in those states. The South Carolina Republican Party urged
• 30:30
  Speaker 8: followers on social media to attend those speeches. The local
• 30:33
  Speaker 8: newspapers say there were no protesters to speak of, and
• 30:36
  Speaker 8: people who attended Newsom's speeches walked away saying that they
• 30:39
  Speaker 8: were impressed with the probable presidential hopeful. Jason Campadonia, KFI News.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Your official home for Dodger baseball is AM 570 LA Sports.
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: And this afternoon, your back-to-back world champion Dodgers are taking
• 30:53
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• 30:57
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• 30:59
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• 30:59
  Speaker 1: Listen on AM 570 LA Sports. And you can stream
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: all the action on the iHeartRadio app live from the
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Galpin Ford broadcast booth. A street vendor and some pedestrians
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: in Montebello have been hurt when two cars crashed. sending
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: one of them careening into the people. It happened yesterday
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: morning on Rosemead Avenue. The driver of the other car
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: ended up in a riverbed and had to be cut
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: out of the car. The injuries to the vendor and
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: the others were minor. Five people have been killed, three
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: others critically hurt when an Amazon cargo plane overshot the
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: runway at Miami International Airport. The Boeing 767 went past
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: the runway, crashed into several cars, a fire erupted. The
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: plane was on its way to Miami from San Juan,
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: Puerto Rico. Movie lovers continue their love affair with this
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: summer's blockbusters. Spider-Man Brand New Day took in another $ 18
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: million this weekend, finishing in first place for its sixth
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: straight week. I think its overall tally is now at
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: like $ 2. 4 billion or something crazy. The Odyssey was second
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: with $ 13 million. It's been in theaters for like two
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: months now. The new live-action Coyote vs. Acme was third
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: with $ 11. 3 million in its second weekend of release. Hearing
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: good things about that. Haven't seen it yet, but I've
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: heard that it's very cute. So I might have to
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: head down to the movie theaters or over to the
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: movie theaters or up. And it might be a good
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: time to do it because it's going to be hot
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: again this week. T-minus 18 days till we go over
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: the edge for Union Rescue Mission. What is it? Why
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: do we support it? Let's find out. This morning, we're
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: going out and about to the rooftop of the Universal
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: City Hilton. Why are we here? Because we've partnered up
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: again with the Union Rescue Mission to go over the edge.
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: I have the CEO of Union Rescue Mission, Mark Hood,
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: here again. We're going to jump over the edge of
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: this building. Go down 26 stories, and it's all to
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: raise money and raise awareness for a very important cause.
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: Tell us about it.
• 32:57
  Speaker 5: Well, first of all, Amy, thank you that you're here again.
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: I'm so excited that you are joining us.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: I'm terrified to be here again.
• 33:02
  Speaker 5: It's a wonderful event.
• 33:05
  Speaker 13: But it is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year,
• 33:07
  Speaker 13: and it really is the thing that supports the mission
• 33:10
  Speaker 13: until we get into the holiday season. And so for
• 33:13
  Speaker 13: every dollar you donate right now, up to $ 500, 000, it's doubled.
• 33:17
  Speaker 5: And 87 cents.
• 33:18
  Speaker 13: Of every one of those dollars goes back to helping
• 33:21
  Speaker 13: the men and women and children we serve.
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: And Amy, why are we doing it?
• 33:25
  Speaker 13: Because our vision isn't just to house people.
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: At the mission. It's not just to shelter people.
• 33:30
  Speaker 13: It's to end homelessness in their life forever, and that's
• 33:33
  Speaker 13: what the mission does.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: Okay, so that's what I want to talk to you, Mark,
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: because we know that homelessness is out of control. We
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: know the numbers are up. There's all kinds of problems
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: with how the city is dealing with this problem. And
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: part of what we love about the Union Rescue Mission
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: is that you guys are going to the people who
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: actually want help, and who you can get help because
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: we can't help all 70,000, but we can get some
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: of these people into housing, into education, off drugs, and
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: back into a normal life.
• 34:05
  Speaker 5: Well, we absolutely can.
• 34:06
  Speaker 13: And, you know, we serve almost 1,000 people a day,
• 34:10
  Speaker 13: every single day.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: It's amazing.
• 34:11
  Speaker 13: And last year, we put almost 1,000 families into permanent housing.
• 34:16
  Speaker 13: We're now helping people find better jobs. We had our
• 34:18
  Speaker 13: first graduating class from College of the Canyons with their
• 34:21
  Speaker 13: CNC machine certificates.
• 34:23
  Speaker 5: Half of those graduates already have Living Ways jobs.
• 34:25
  Speaker 13: We have an aerospace company in the community that's now
• 34:28
  Speaker 13: hiring our graduates.
• 34:29
  Speaker 5: And so we're successfully breaking those addictions. We're dealing with
• 34:32
  Speaker 5: domestic violence.
• 34:33
  Speaker 13: We're managing the trauma that caused homelessness to begin with
• 34:37
  Speaker 13: and helping people ultimately find their way home. There are
• 34:40
  Speaker 13: solutions out there. We just have to be patient and
• 34:42
  Speaker 13: caring enough to walk that journey with the people that
• 34:44
  Speaker 13: come through our doors.
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: We know that a lot of funding goes to homeless programs.
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: Maybe not always money so well spent. One of the
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: reasons that you guys, again, are different, there's so many
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: great things about Union Rescue Mission, which is why we
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: support it, is because you are privately funded because you
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: don't get federal money.
• 35:03
  Speaker 13: We get no federal money at all.
• 35:05
  Speaker 9: Why?
• 35:05
  Speaker 13: Well, it's been a conscious decision over the years because.
• 35:09
  Speaker 5: Traditionally federal funding... It made it more difficult for us
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  Speaker 5: to be a faith-based organization. It made it more difficult
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  Speaker 5: for us to run our organization the way we want
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  Speaker 5: to run it. That's not as true anymore.
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  Speaker 13: Federal funding has loosened up those requirements, but we still
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  Speaker 13: receive no federal funding. We get a little funding from
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  Speaker 13: the city, but 98% of our funding is.
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  Speaker 5: From private individuals that believe in what we do. And again,
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  Speaker 5: we want to end homelessness for people. We don't want
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  Speaker 5: to just be a shelter. We have a strong belief.
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  Speaker 13: If you take someone that has been experiencing homelessness in
• 35:41
  Speaker 13: their life and all you do is move them to
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  Speaker 13: a hotel room, you haven't done anything to address the
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  Speaker 13: issues and concerns that calls.
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  Speaker 5: That homelessness begin with.
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  Speaker 13: And we want to walk that journey with people. And
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  Speaker 13: we're also very proud of the fact that we can
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  Speaker 13: account for every dollar we spend. We know where the
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  Speaker 13: money goes. And 87 cents of every dollar goes back
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  Speaker 13: to the people we serve. And, you know, if I
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  Speaker 13: could just make a deal and people ask, well, then
• 36:04
  Speaker 13: why aren't you helping more people?
• 36:06
  Speaker 5: It's just funding.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 13: As we receive more funding, we're able to help more people.
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  Speaker 13: And again, we serve about 1,000 people a night. We'd
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  Speaker 13: love for that.
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  Speaker 5: Number to be 2,000, 3,000.
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  Speaker 13: So with people's donations and partnering with us, hopefully we'll
• 36:19
  Speaker 13: continue to help more and more people.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: And the way that we're going to help is we're
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: going to raise money. So what are we going to
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: do on September 25th and 26th?
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  Speaker 5: Well, we're not going to actually jump off the building.
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  Speaker 5: I know.
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  Speaker 1: So I was being dramatic.
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  Speaker 5: We're going to rappel off the building.
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  Speaker 13: We've been doing this event for seven years now.
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  Speaker 5: It's a wonderful bucket list event. It's super safe. Everybody's
• 36:42
  Speaker 5: always made it to the bottom.
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  Speaker 1: Not one miss.
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  Speaker 5: Not one single miss. All these years, not one single miss.
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  Speaker 5: And it is truly, truly a fun event.
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: It's a fun and terrifying event. And we would love
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  Speaker 1: it if you would join us. Oh, going over the edge.
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  Speaker 1: You can join us in a couple of different ways. One,
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: you can donate money, which we would love for you
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  Speaker 1: to do. And you just go to URM.org. And right there,
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: you'll see the Over the Edge event on the homepage.
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  Speaker 1: And there's even a Team KFI link. So you just
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: click on that and make your donation, whatever you can afford.
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: If it's $ 5, if it's 50, if it's 500, we would.
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  Speaker 1: Just really appreciate your support because, again, these guys are
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: actually doing things to help get people off the streets permanently.
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: It's such a big difference, and they are privately funded.
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  Speaker 1: They need our support. Okay, here's the other way you
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: can do it. You can actually go over the edge
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  Speaker 1: with us. Neil Saavedra is going over the edge. I'm
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: going over the edge. And if you make a donation
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: of $ 1, 000, you too can go over the edge. Yes,
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: it's scary. But yes, it is a bucket list item
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: for a lot of people. And yes, it is extremely exhilarating.
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: And it's terrifyingly fun. It's sort of like a good
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: roller coaster.
• 38:04
  Speaker 5: And the ropes usually hold pretty well, right?
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: He said everybody's made it down. Well, yeah, some faster
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: than others. Of course, somebody then sent me a note
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: on Instagram because they looked at, I have a little
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: preview video on Instagram. It's at Amy K. King if
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: you want to go check it out. And he said,
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: you know, the gentleman you talked to said that everybody
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: has gone, has come down. Well, of course they've come down.
• 38:28
  Speaker 5: What goes up must come down.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: Anyway, we're going over the edge September 25th and 26th.
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  Speaker 1: Hope you'll join us. Again, it's URM.org. And we would
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: love to accept your donation. We'd love it if you
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: go over the edge with us, too. And just like that,
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: our time on Wake Up Call this Labor Day is done.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: We're done. But we're going to be back tomorrow. It's
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: going to be a regular work day. Summer is over.
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: We're heading to the holidays.
• 38:57
  Speaker 5: No, then that countdown begins. I know.
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: Actually, no. Tomorrow, the next holiday is Halloween. So we'll
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: start looking forward to Halloween. Don't go anywhere. Handle on
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: the news is next. Handle isn't here, but Neil Saavedra
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: is sitting in the main chair. So stick around. This
• 39:13
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• 39:18
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• 39:22
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