Debates, Proposition 13, and DHS Funding in Limbo – Hour 3

Saturday, July 25th. I know I will be the best walk away in the world. An undefeated phenom. Bad man is a rising star. And a frightening force. What a win for Shemil Musayyat. Ascend on the nation's capital to fight for gold. Thad, the silverback gene. Silverback Nation makes them noise. Versus Shemil Musayev. All it's over! for the PFL welterweight world title. On Real! Saturday, July 25th and 10 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. This is the race fans wait for all year. EMSA returns to Virginia International Raceway, August 21 through 23rd, as the world's top GT teams and drivers battle for championship points on VIR's iconic road course. See Porsche, BMW, Corvette, Mercedes-AmG, Ford, and more competing wheel-to-wheel. Three days of racing, paddock access, and non-stop action. Secure your tickets now at racevIR.com. That's R-A-C-V-I-R.com. California law aimed at federal immigration agents is now on hold after a federal appeals court stepped in. KFBK's Matt Puccini with more. A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has blocked California's No Vigilantees Act, agreeing with the Trump administration, that the law requiring visible identification for law enforcement, including ICE agents, is likely unconstitutional. The court ruled that the statute violates the Constitution's supremacy clause by directly regulating federal sovereign conduct. The decision pauses enforcement while the full case proceeds, which could take months. While California officials defend the law as essential for transparency and public safety, the state must now decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court or request to review by the full 9th Circuit. Matt Puccini, KFVK, Sacramento's News Radio. Our top national story, it took after 3.30 this morning, but Senate passed, the Senate, passed new funding for ICE and Border Patrol, Republicans beating back Democrat objections. CBS's Michael Toscano reports. DHS isn't quite funded yet. The resolution instructs the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees to each create three-year, $70 billion budgets for the DHS agencies and House action will be needed. Using the budget reconciliation process, Republicans rolled over Democratic objections. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. We gave Republicans a chance to vote for an amendment to lower out-of-pocket health care costs. They said no. We gave Republicans a chance to lower child care costs. They said no. Michael Tuscano, CBS News, Washington. Now, for more of what matters this morning, here's Mark Dembsky. Good morning, Christina. In California's closely watched governor's race, six candidates, buying for the state's top seat sparred on Wednesday evening in San Francisco. Homelessness and affordability taking center stage during the debate last night. When asked what he would do to immediately make life more affordable, former...

Attorney General Xavier Becerra saying, well, he'd start day one by freezing certain costs. I will freeze utility rates and I will freeze home insurance policy premiums. It is time that Californians had an understanding of why so many of them are paying so much for both of those charges that they have. It is time for us to get behind the curtain and understand why these industries are charging Californians so much and in some cases dropping Californians from their insurance policy without explanation. Now, the debate, rather, featured six of the leading candidates for governor, two Republicans, four Democrats, with no clear leader, though, in the race to replace Gavin Newsom, the wide-open contest has left nearly a quarter of voters undecided ahead of the June 2nd primary. We will be hearing more on this as we break down the debate with our very own Gary Dietrich coming up at about 715 this morning. Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom's explaining why he has not... endorsed a candidate to replace him and ignoring a former candidate altogether. Campi Gays Jason Campidonia with that story. Gavin Newsom says he wants to let the voters decide. I had an opportunity to work with every single person that is running for that office, and I've had the privilege of working and partnering with them, and I'm looking forward to where the voters ultimately land. He says all of the candidates are qualified, but he fails to mention one former candidate by name. I can name seven of them, though I think there were nine, with Betty Yee now. Not only did he not mention Eric Swalwell, he didn't even hold a place for him as a top polling candidate when he dropped out. Jason Campedonia, KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. California Attorney General Rob Bonta saying the state made big progress in reducing gun violence in 2024 with the fewest gun deaths since 1968 and a record low homicide rate. Banta saying, though, the progress is fragile. It was driven in significant part by investments that are now declining or disappearing. And without continued and increased investment, we risk... losing it. Banta is urging lawmakers to keep supporting efforts to prevent gun violence and educate the public. According to Banta, the data and data from the CDC, California is showing much more progress than the rest of the country. Major League Baseball is in Sacramento. Complete A's coverage on KFBK News Radio. Well, the A's doing all they could Wednesday in Seattle to try to keep their seven-game road winning streak alive. Two-two pitch with one out and it's a far ball deep center. Julio going back. He's at the track. He's right to the wall. He will watch it fly. And Kurtz has done it again. That is Nick Kurtz of the solo home run in the top of the ninth inning. It tied the game at four, but the Mariners a run in the bottom of the night to win it yesterday afternoon. Five to four, the final score. The division leading A's, though, do have the day off today before playing a weekend set in Texas. Also Wednesday, the Giants beat the Dodgers for the second straight night at Oracle Park. Three-nothing the final. Last night, they will play the final game of that series later on this afternoon. And the NFL draft, it is tonight from Pittsburgh.

The 49ers, 11 overall picks, starting with number 27 late in the first round. Of course, the Raiders own the top overall pick, the draft starting at 5 o'clock later on this evening. It is 706 on your Thursday morning. I'm Mark Dembski. Grab a News Alert anytime when you set a preset on the free IHeart Radio app to KFPK News Radio. Local news, breaking news, traffic and weather. The KFBK Morning News with Christina Mendonso. Time now for our talkback clip of the hour. It's still fluid, but right now you're looking at roughly a dozen proposals on your November ballot that are tax-related. Consultant Matt Klink says you better read the fine print because some of these are sold as one thing but end up impacting many other things. He says one lesson came from an L.A. real estate transfer tax passed in 2022. which has impacted the real estate and rental market. Real estate transfer taxes are largely taxes that few people understand. The people that push them, they're usually like affordable housing advocates and people that want to give extra money to the homeless. And they say these fancy arguments, for example, like it's a tiny tax paid by the super rich. Fewer property sales equal fewer transfer taxes. The proponents of the measure said that it would make a billion dollars a year. It made less than a third of that. So when other cities like San Diego or Sacramento consider these, They have to realize that the promises don't meet up with the reality of what's happening. You're a renter. The taxes go into effect. As an owner, you're going to raise your rent to accommodate the threat of that tax. So when you hear temporary or targeted taxes, do you trust who they will actually impact? 5181 is the number to text. Start with KFBK. That's 5181.81. Start with KFBK. Or hit us up on the talkback line. Well, listening to KFBK on the IHeart Radio app, hit that microphone. Let us know your thoughts. Time now for your national news on KFBK News Radio. We're live everywhere on the IHeart Radio app. ABC News. I'm Sherry Preston. President Trump says he has ordered the U.S. military to shoot and kill small boats that deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The post on social media comes as the U.S. military seizes other tankers believed to have been smuggled Iranian oil. So far, no talks have been planned, but the White House says the ceasefire will remain open-ended. ABC's Ian Panel with more from the region. I think what we're seeing from their regime, it feels emboldened by this indefinite extension. It feels it can just wait out. President Trump, while the damage ramps up to the world economy. And if you look historically, it's managed to sustain the economic impacts, a severe sanctions for many years.

and service needs at the same time. So that's a tough call. I mean, six firefighters in Tualamy County. So that's, you know, like you said, that's a tough one. It is a tough one. All right. Coming up, nonpartisan political analyst, Gary Dietrich, we're going to spend a lot of our time on the governor's debate. But we also want to ask him a bit about Eric Swalwell. The possibility that he may be disbarred now after more charges are coming forward. And then Proposition 13, will we have a taxpayer revolt as there is a measure to preserve Proposition 13 on the ballot. So more on those stories straight ahead with Gary. Everywhere you are. I got it on my phone all day. I can listen whenever I want. It's KFBK News Radio. I downloads the app on my phone. The free I heart radio app. The one stop to hear local news, breaking news, traffic, and weather. I'm now always informed. Stay connected with KFBK News Radio. Presented by Johnny Jennings made for more realty. Now trending on the KFBK Morning News with Christina Mantanza. The Trump administration considering a $500 billion bailout for Spirit Airlines that could give up to 90% ownership after the company exits bankruptcy. Joining us now, nonpartisan political analyst Gary Dietrich. We want to start, of course, with the big debate last night. In your opinion, did anyone change the trajectory of this race after that debate, or are we still looking at kind of a wide open field with no clear front runner? Now, I think the second is more likely, Christina. However, you know, in this race, given how, you know, remarkably close it is, and with the leader of the race, currently polling still less than 20%, and a full 20% almost still undecided, the thing is still wide open. Now, I do think, you know, from your perspective, wherever people were, there's going to be folks that feel like one or other candidate did well or scored points the other last night. But we have two more big ones coming up. One CBS debate next Tuesday. One CNN in the week after. So these are going to be very closely watched. We have to remember, Christina, one thing I think is really significant. We have not had a primetime gubernatorial debate in California for many, many years. So I'm just glad to finally see people have the opportunity to see the contrast, and there were definitely contrast last night. Gary, affordability and homelessness that certainly took center stage last night as expected, but were there any maybe surprising moments or comments that stood out to you in regard to possibly any way impacting the race moving forward? Well, I think the thing that became clear right off the bat is that there's not going to be any holds barred in the next six weeks, Mark. I mean, ballots are going to hit people's mailboxes in less than two weeks. And it was clear from the beginning that, as we like to say in the political business, there was a lot of comparing and contrasting going on up there on stage, not just between the two Republicans and the four Democrats, which was to be expected, not just Democrats often citing and blaming Trump for issues, but between the Democrats themselves.

I mean, you know, lots of billionaire references lob towards Tom Steyer, inexperienced towards others. I mean, I think this race is now really getting to the stage where voters are paying attention and the candidates, you're going to see fierce competition in the next six weeks. I thought, if you would just go through the candidates for me, tell me who you thought did better than expected and worse than expected. I want to kind of compare it to the list in my mind. Well, I'd be more interested in yours, Christina, than is. I thought Katie Porter did better than I expected. I thought Tom Steyer did worse than I expected. I thought I expected more from Matt Mann, frankly, and Xavier Becerra as well. I thought Chad Bianco did better than expected. I thought Steve Hilton was kind of a push. Yeah, you know, Hill was an interesting one that hit me right off the bat because as an experienced TV communicators, you know, for a long time, I felt like he wasn't quite as sharp as I expect him to be right off the bat. You know, some of the other words, Mayhand took an interesting kind of lane, Christine, I thought, trying to, you know, he wants to steer that moderate lane, sort of appeal to people on both sides, notably in his intro, he did not blame Trump for anything, and so tried to put himself out there as a pragmatist. You know, I think that works from a policy perspective. The problem in campaigns is you're really trying to get a certain amount of loyalty and passion in people who, remember, this is going to be one of the challenges for all these candidates, getting people to actually go to the polls or in this case to fill out a ballot. Having somebody who inspires you enough to do that, that's a challenge in and of itself. Gary, I know we heard a lot, as we mentioned, about affordability and homelessness. Looking ahead to the next couple of debates, on top of that, what are some of the other issues that you think that are really going to be head here? Well, I think you're going to hear, obviously the affordability question, Mark, continues to be one that is being talked about nationally and certainly even more so here in California. So with gas prices remaining high, that was asked last night, but I think that's going to be hammered home again. What do we do about practicalities like that? What can you do? And there was a lot of talk also last night about the vehicle tax for electric cars. You know, those are the kinds of things that I think we're going to hear a lot more of. And, you know, there's widely contrasting views on that stage about that. But then how do you pay for those things? What do you actually cut back if you're not going to, for example, continue to have a gas tax? Those are questions yet to be fully answered. All right, Gary, thank you so much. We're going to get back to you on a couple of items in just a moment. But first, let's get a check on traffic with Roy Lamella. This support sponsored by WeatherTech Raceway, Laguna Sica, had reports of an air compressor in the lanes westbound 80. This is right near Reed Avenue to West Sacramento. It was blocking the left lane, but looks like CHPs managed to clear that off the roadway. And traffic actually moves well through West Sacramento until you get to Highway. Then you're going to see brake lights from that merge with 50 to the beginning of the yellow causeway. Up in Auburn, again reports of a hoseoff.

the roadway. This is southbound 49 on the connector ramp to westbound 80, a large hose, and also a tarp reported on the ramp itself, causing some minor delays in the area. Starting to build up right now as you're coming in from Roseville on westbound 80. It looks like it gets crowded right around Greenback Lane all the way down to the cap city freeway split, and you're looking at a 10-minute ride through that stretch. 10 minutes also on the cap-city freeway southbound from the split to downtown. Northbound 5, still no major delays coming up from Melgrove. 12 minutes, however, a little slower on northbound 99. this time around a 14-minute ride from Elk Grove. Westbound 50 now 18 minutes from Folsom. Southbound 5, some delays between I-80 down towards Highway 50. That's resulting in a 17-minute ride from one end. Across the Yellow Causeway, eastbound 80 from Davis, looking good. 16 minutes into Sacramento. The IMSA Weather Tech Sports Car Championship is back at Monterey's iconic weather tech raceways, Laguna Sica, May 1st through 3rd. See International Drivers and Cunning Edge prototypes, and this year it comes with a 70s throwback. 5. Get your tickets at WeatherTech Raceway.com. Traffic on the 10s every 10 minutes. Mornings and afternoons, Roy LaMille. Keepa-K News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. Mostly sunny, nice day today with highs in the mid and upper 70s. Partly cloudy, comfortable tonight, the low down to a degree or two, either side of 50. Pleasant Forest Friday with plants and sun, highs in the low to mid-70s. I'm Acumen meteorologist Jason Catarina on KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. 45 degrees in Sacramento and time now to get over to Cap Trust, where we check in with Kelly Brothers and where would you like to start, Kelly. Oh, boy, we go a lot of places. We'll start with Tesla. They reported earnings yesterday. They made some money in Q1, but they're going to spend a lot of money this year, $25 billion as they build out their autonomous cyber cab cars and also their optimist robots. Remember, they have already announced. They're going to stop producing cars in Fremont and only build robots at that plant. in the very near future. So that was Tesla's earnings call yesterday. A lot going, oh, American Airlines CEO, saying the proposed merger with United would be bad for customers, and that's been the fear all along in terms of regulatory. Would that reduce choice? Would that increase prices for customers? If so, it probably would not be allowed to go through anyway because it would create such a huge airline. But it's still being talked about, but the American Airlines CEO says, uh-uh, they're not on board, at least not at this time. And, of course, we still have the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, unsettled, to put it lightly. But yesterday, the NASDAQ and the S&P still hit all-time record highs. Dowdown 65, 49,000, 425, NASDAQ down 120, the S&P down 10 points. Gold down 12, 4740 an ounce, oil up 1%. senior bond yield 4.29. Thank you so much, Kelly. Back to Gary Dietrich, our nonpartisan political analyst for a couple more topics. And, of course, not there yesterday at the governor's debate. Eric Swalwell, who not only dropped out, it's been a rough couple of weeks. He's resigned from Congress. There's word that he may even be disbarred. What are you hearing on the latest there, Gary?

Well, I think the biggest challenge facing Mr. Eric Swalwell now, and of course, the plummet in his career and standing has just been nothing short or remarkable, Mark. But right now, its investigations are already underway in New York. Now, of course, being proposed in Los Angeles as well, dealing with the assault and rape allegations. And those are serious. I mean, he's not going to get a pass on those. And I think right now that has to be the biggest concern. Okay, I want to hit Prop 13 too. There's a proposal aimed at saving Prop 13, very likely heading for the November ballot. I do believe they have the signatures to qualify. Do you think people are paying attention to this and we are indeed going to have a taxpayer revolt as some are suggesting? Well, people have been talking about property taxes in California forever, as you know, Christina, and the so-called loopholes to Prop 13. That's what this attempts to deal with, particularly local governments who have themselves, for example, Los Angeles, up their anti on transfer taxes for the so-called larger houses. The word uses mansions. That is something that is squarely. in the sites of this proposition i think there's generalized concern as an older generation of californians continues to move their property onto the next generation what's going to happen with that and property taxes have been something that in california people have said this is you know that Prop 13 is often called the third rail of California politics. Sackler saying, don't touch it. And so I think this, you know, this proposition along with the voter ID, which also looks like it's going to qualify, I think it's going to turn a lot of people out to the polls. All right. Thank you so much. Gary Dietrich, our nonpartisan political analysts, we always appreciate you. And time for our talkback responses, which has to do with all the tax proposals you're going to see on your ballot. When you hear temporary or targeted taxes, do you trust? that they will impact only the people that the provision says they will impact. Whenever I see anything dealing with taxes on a ballot in California, I automatically say no. That's just the way it is because whatever that tax increase is going to do, it's going to be harmful to California. So I just say no, put the checkmark in the no box, period. All right, and from the text line. Several. I'll start with this one. This is going to be terrible. The bait and switch wording should be illegal. I am frantically trying to get those I can't know, which is good for real. So another one says this morning tax burdens always get passed down to be paid by those who can least afford to pay or fight them. So we thank you for your responses this morning. You're going to see a lot of that on your ballot. Local government, state government, they all. need more money and they're coming to get it. All right. Coming up, we're going to talk about the debate. Even more, we're going to get a few more clips from other candidates that you haven't yet heard from us next. KFBK News Radio. Relief is coming. With a grand in your hand. I work from home. Listen to KFBK News Radio at the bottom of the hour. And I look for the KIPK while I'm doing that. Coming up, the bottom line at the bottom of the hour is winning free money. Thank you. For the keyword to cash.com.

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The approved projects are expected to add new housing units across Stockton as the city continues to address its ongoing housing shortage. Kevin Tripp, KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. Well, the Trump administration considering now stopping the removal of two Northern California dams on the Eel River. A Southern California water agency wants to buy and keep them running going against PG&E's plan to remove them as it shuts down an aging power project. Supporters of removal, including tribes, environmental groups, and Gavin Newsom say it would restore the river and salmon. Others want to keep the dams for water supply, and federal officials say they are exploring an alternative. California will again be, well, will gain, I should say, a few new parks in the coming years. We get more on that story from KFPK's Lawrence Shannon. California's park system is gaining three new parks. Governor Gavin Newsom calls parks the lungs of the Golden State. It's about stories. It's about memories. It's about moments. It's about... Taking a deep breath. One will span almost 2,000 acres along the Feather River in Yuba County. Another park will run along the San Joaquin River near Fresno. The third will serve as a reminder of California's Dust Bowl history at a former labor camp near Bakersfield. The parks are being transferred over to the state, meaning they come at no cost to taxpayers. In addition to the new parks, conservation groups are also transferring 30,000 acres of land to the park system. Lauren Shannon, KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. Time now, 735. on your Thursday morning. Time to get you caught up on this hour's top national and global stories on KFPK News Radio. We're live everywhere on the IHeart Radio app.

ABC News, I'm Sherry Preston. Warner Brothers Discovery shareholders have just approved the $81 billion sale to Paramount at a mega merger that could vastly reshape Hollywood. President Trump is posting that he has ordered the military to shoot and kill small Iranian boats that have deployed mines in the Strait of Hormuz. A ship believed to have been smuggling sanctioned Iranian oil seized in the strait and the U.S. blockade continues. It's unclear how long the ceasefire will be extended. Iran is refusing to negotiate until the U.S. U.S. ends its blockade of Iranian ports. But the president says he won't do that. So far, the U.S. Navy turning around 28 ships and cracking down on Iran's so-called dark fleet of illicit shipping vessels. U.S. forces boarding an oil tanker in Asia. ABC's Rachel Scott. Michael Tilson Thomas, the renowned American composer and conductor, has died at the age of 81. Tulson Thomas received 39 Grammy Award nominations, winning a dozen. This is ABC News. With the explosion of AI, sometimes it's hard to tell what's a hallucination from a chatbot, and what's the real deal? That's something you never have to worry about with KFBK News Radio. We give you the real story from real people. KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. Guaranteed human. Start your day with the KFBK Morning News. With Christina Mendanza. I like that it's local. It just gives me all the news updates. On KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio.

That's all, folks. A lot of us remember that from Saturday morning. Oh, my gosh. Looney Tunes. Does that bring back memories or what, you know? Would you sit through a whole movie about Looney Tunes? Okay, all right. Yeah. That's good because it's returning to the big screen. Oh, here we come. Here we come. The first trailer for the animated live action hybrid movie, Coyote versus Acme, is out now. The film sees Wiley Coyote taking the Acme Corporation to court. Over injuries, he suffered while chasing the roadrunner. Wiley Coyote. Yes. It stars John Sina and Will Forte. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, it's going to hit theaters. Well, at least it's coming up. I mean, a lot of times we talk about these things that it'll be in two years from now. Right, right. So Coyote versus Acme. You can see it as soon as August. Let's get outside and check traffic. Roy Lamello is standing by. We're sponsored by Blankster.com right now. Traffic is running just a little sluggish coming through the Roseville area. actually begins to get a little crowded between Antelope all the way down towards Madison and a 13-minute ride from Rosal to the split. Also 13 minutes on the Camp City freeway as traffic is crowded, starting at the split with 80, continues down towards the American River, and it clears out really nicely through the Midtown area. Coming up from El Grohl, Northbound 5 reports of a crash right before Elk Grove Boulevard involving one car in the center to bond, the other on the right shoulder, and traffic is backed up starting at Hood Franklin Road. This is actually closer to Hood Franklin Road, so that crashed just after. that exits. So you're seeing some minor delays around the Hood, Franklin Road area. But after that, just some minor slowing at Centerville all the way up towards Highway 50. Coming up from Oak Grove on northbound 99, you're looking at an 18-minute ride with brake lights beginning before Mack Road to Florida Road. Westbound 50, a two-car crash just after Zinfidel Drive, partially block in the right lane. The goodness is no delays in that area. However, you're going to come across a small patch of sluggish traffic between Watt Avenue and Howe Avenue. It's going to take you 20 minutes to get from Folsom to downtown. Well, within the downtown on Southbound 5, that's going to be 19 minutes and an 18 minute right across the yellow causeway on eastbound 80 from Davis. If you're priced custom blinds at a retail store, you know how expensive they can be. At Blyster, they do things differently. You measure at home, install yourself, and save big on custom blinds, plus they guarantee they'll fit. Blister.com. Traffic on the 10 every 10 minutes. Mornings and afternoon. Roy LaMilla. KBelle News Radio on 93.m. Sunny, today with a high in your 73 and then tomorrow, partly sunny with the high of 71, currently 47 in Sacramento. Mark. News from your neighborhood right now brought to you by Kitchen Mart, Kitchen and Bath Remodeling, celebrating 50 years of craftsmanship. Stockton Record is where we get this story. A special farmer's market highlighting Stockton's special education students. It's happening later on today.

Today, the Workability Farmers Market runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the San Joaquin County Office of Education's Wentworth Education Center that's on Trans World Drive. Students will sell plants, produce, and handmade goods while also building job skills at the same time. All right. How the conflict with Iran will impact your summer travel plans. That's next. How about some news? Stay in touch. I like to keep in touch with what's going on locally. Find us everywhere you are. Available on your smart devices. All you have to do is ask. Tell your smart device to play. It's easy. KFBK News Radio. Presented by Johnny Jennings made for more realty. Now trending on the KFBK Morning News with Christina Mendanza. The Justice Department today announced that it was moving to ease restrictions on state licensed medical marijuana, opening the door for more research and treatment options. All right, we're starting to hear some of the airlines change their tactics due to... the conflict with Iran and maybe it's fuel cost, maybe it's rerouting. And Rory O'Neill joins us now with how this could impact your summer travel plans. United Airlines is making some changes, right? Oh, do we have Rory? Okay. Don't hear Rory O'Neill. Oh, he's me. Okay. All right. Well, we do know that at least one of the airlines is making some changes in terms of flights from Sacramento to the Detroit area. That was announced out of Sacramento this morning. United Airlines is going to be raising some fares. And they have to do this because they just have to get fuel costs in a reasonable range. And so far they aren't. Leptanza also, we understand, is cutting thousands of flights overseas this summer. And this all is because of what? what's happening with the major jet fuel shortages that we're seeing this summer. And Rory, I think we have Rory now. What can we expect for things as we try to book for the summer, Rory? Yeah, we're getting a lot of this news now because the airlines are releasing their quarterly reports. So they're talking about how they performed in the first quarter, but also predicting the summer travel and maybe even the holiday travel season. Domestically, United Airlines raising fares 15 to 20 percent to offset the higher jet fuel costs. It's interesting that it's not some sort of a temporary fuel surcharge. This is an actual fair increase, which... It's significant because when things go up like that, they don't tend to come down. And the U.S. may be losing one of its biggest discount carriers, Spirit Airlines, which may be going out of business, maybe getting a bailout from the Trump administration today. We might get some news on that story in just a couple of hours. And then in Europe, Lufthansa cancelling 20,000 flights, yes, jet fuel is more expensive there, but they've got a real concern about jet fuel supply.

The tanks may be running dry because they're not getting the imports that normally travel to the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz. What about routes, Rory? I mean, are people trying to reroute around some of these areas that are kind of hot right now? Well, what they're going to do is cut off the least profitable routes, right? Those will be the flights they ground first. Or they may be reassigning aircraft, say, rather than have 10 flights to the same destination on small planes, why not have five flights on bigger planes? So the advice is make sure you have your airline's app downloaded on your phone, that the airline knows how to contact you if things are getting changed. Make sure that when you book these things, you have a travel insurance policy either on your credit card and know what the options and coverage is. Or let's say it's that big trip you're taking for the European River Cruise. Change the schedule. Give yourself some pad time. Get there a couple of days early just in case. And do look into getting travel insurance to cover all kinds of possibilities that could pop up this summer. Okay, a little more planning needed. Thank you so much. We appreciate it. That is Rory O'Neill, our national correspondent. Let's get a check on traffic now with Roy Lamella. The support sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Right now, got an accident down to the El Grove area, northbound 5 just before Hood Franklin Road. An accident involving a car in the center to find the other on the right shoulder, and traffic is backed up behind the scene with C.HP and tow trucks right now at the area trying to clear this off the roadway. Also, reports of a chain on the roadway. This is southbound 5, right at Pocket Road. It's in the red lanes, but not seeing any delays there. On the Captain City Freeway going northbound, it looks like we got some brake light. It's beginning at N Street, continues to the East Street on-ramp. Coming down from the Roseville area, actually slightly improving right now to a 12-minute ride, just in pockets of crowded traffic between Antelope and Madison Avenue. 15 minutes on the Cap City Freeway from the split to downtown. Northbound 5, 14 minutes coming up from Elk Grove, a little slower on northbound 99 with brake lights beginning at Mack Road, this time up towards 47th Avenue and a 19-minute ride as you're making way to town. Westbound 50 now, 22 minutes from Folsom. 5 is going to be slower just after the Natomas area into downtown and looks like a 20-minute ride in from Wooden. Across the yellow causeway, we have a car blocking the right lane eastbound 80. This is right at the middle of the causeway blocking the right lane. They ran out of gas waiting for a tow truck to help, clear it out. But now a 23-minute ride in from Davis. For victims of junk and drug driving, your grief is unique, but you're not alone. You always have a place at Matt. Call the 24-hour victim helpline at 877, M-A-D help or visit mad.org. Traffic on the tens every 10 minutes, mornings and afternoons. Roy LaM. Key Paine News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. Mostly sunny, beautiful day today with highs in the minute upper 70s. Partly cloudy, comfortable tonight, lows into the upper 40s to load 50s. Pleasant with a mix of clouds and sun Friday, highs in the load of mid-70s. Saturday, mostly cloudy, cooler, highs in the minute, upper 60s.

I'm Accom with the meteorologist Jason Catarina on KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. 48 degrees in Sacramento. And time now to get over to Cap Trust, where we check in with Kelly Brothers. So this deal, $80 billion, combining the two biggest studios in the industry, do you think regulators will let it go forward? Yeah, you know, that is the question, isn't it? And we'll see. I mean, we've, you know, there's a lot of big deals out there being talked about. And everyone's just trying to figure out which way the regulators are going to go. We heard today from the CEO of American Airlines. There have been talk of a United American merger. The American Airlines CEO saying it'd be bad for customers basically killing the deal because that's what regulators don't want to hear, that customers would lose choice. or lose some pricing power. Some of these companies can get very big. Is that good for the consumer? Not always. So it's going to be on a case-by-case basis. Also, you know, a huge change in the way cannabis is viewed from the federal government, Trump administration on the verge of downgrading the danger designation for marijuana. It would no longer be a Schedule 1 drug. It would be a Schedule 3 drug next to prescription painkillers, anabolic steroids, that sort of thing. And that would be a big change for cannabis at the federal level. We also have Tesla. Tesla's going to spend a lot of money this year on driverless cabs. And also robots. And as we've talked about before, the Fremont factory will soon not be making cars, but we'll be making only robots. Let's check the real-time numbers after the S&P and NASDAQ both hit record highs again yesterday. Dowdown 6,49,48, NASDAQ down 60. The S&P is flat at 7138. Gold down 5, oil is up and drop, 10-year bond yield 4.28%. All right. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Hey, Mark, are you going to be watching the NFL draft tonight? Yes, I will. Okay. I've kind of figured old habits die hard, right? It's a good time. It really is. But keep an eye on the second round selection. Okay. When the draft begins tonight, CBS's Deborah Rodriguez explains. Heinz is offering free ketchup for life for the number 57 overall NFL draft pick. Considering the drafts in Pittsburgh, it makes sense. That's where the ketchup company is based. Plus, there's that 57 connection, the number on the bottles. They were H.J. Jim Himes' lucky digits when he debuted his product in 1896. Tonight's 57th pick, who will go to the Chicago Bears, will also receive a custom Mr. 57 jacket. Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News. All right, so you get to go to Chicago, and you get all the ketchup you want. Well, courtesy of Pittsburgh, though, right? Yeah, yeah, exactly. So just technically, though, the draft starts tonight. Okay. Okay, but round one only. So round two is tomorrow night, and two and three are tomorrow night. Okay, just to clarify. So we'll know.

Mr. Jim Himes tomorrow. We're all hanging on the edge of our seat. All right. Coming up, we're going to get your top stories of the day. We'll go more into that deal between Warner Brothers and Paramount that just was approved this morning, not by regulators yet, but by everyone else involved. And what that means for Hollywood, what that means for entertainment just in general. So we'll have that. Also, the elder reform, elder parole reform bill. That is stalled out. We'll have a little bit more on why. And our talkback clip is also sports related. We're going to talk about college athletics. That's coming up in the 8 o'clock hour. Building a Better Sacramento, KFBK, News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. Iheart radio station. Make us the number one preset on your car radio and on the free new and improved IHeart Radio app. Free. He never sounded so good. Win. I heart radio station. I heart radio. Guaranteed human. 93.1 FM. 1530 a.m. And live everywhere on the I heart radio app. KFPK, Sacramento. KFBKFM, Pollock Pines. For local news, breaking news, traffic and weather. KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. The KFBK Morning News. With Christina Mendonso. It is Thursday, April 23rd, 8 a.m. An elder parole reform bill stalls in Sacramento. Candidates for governor take the stage to make their case to voters, and college sports is out of crossroads. Pay the players or protect the programs. It's our talkback clip this hour. Let's get outside and check traffic now with Roy the Mella. Going down to the Lodi area, southbound 99 at Cherokee Lane, we have an overturned vehicle crash blocking the right lane. Traffic is stop and go right now. starting it at Kempo Road. Traffic on the tens every 10 minutes. Mornings and afternoons, Roy LaMala, Cape Cain News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. Saturday, July 25th. I know I will be the best wall to weigh in the world. An undefeated phenom. Badman is a rising star. And a frightening force. What a win for Shabil Messiah! Ascend on the nation's capital to fight for gold. Thad, the silverback gene. The silverback nation makes them noise. versus Shamil Musayev. All it's over! For the PFL welterweight world title. On Real! Saturday, July 25th and 10 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. Got plans this summer? A brewery crawl? Another lake trip? The same festival you've been to three times already? Do something different. This August, Virginia International Raceway becomes the ultimate summer destination. Watch Inns' Michelin G.T. Challenge at VIR, August 21 through 23rd, bring some of the fastest sports cars to battle through VIR's legendary corners. Camp with friends. Enjoy live music and experience a weekend you'll actually be talking about afterward. Start planning now at govir.net.