NIL Reform Questions and a High Stakes Governor’s Debate – Hour 4

The KFBK morning news. With Christina Mendonza. 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. Lawmakers hit the brakes on a bill that would have changed how elderly inmates are considered for release. KFCK's Kevin Tripp reports. The legislation was designed to block people from release if they were sexually violent predators. There are similar bills still making their way through the legislature, and it's possible the issue will eventually go to voters as a ballot measure. It all comes after two convicted child molesters were nearly released under the elder parole program. One stayed behind bars after he was charged with a new crime. In the other case, parole officials decided to reconsider the man's release. Kevin Trip, KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. Our top national story this hour, a major shakeup in Hollywood is moving forward after shareholders of Warner Brothers Discovery approved a massive merger with Paramount backed by Skydance. Here's Emily Lotz with more. The deal, valued at more than $80 billion, would combine two of the biggest studios in the industry, creating what executives call a next-generation media powerhouse. But the merger is far from done. Regulators in the U.S., Europe, and the UK are now reviewing the deal amid concerns about consolidation, job losses, and the impact on competition. Critics warn it could reshape Hollywood in ways that limit choice and creativity, while supporters argue it will strengthen the industry in a rapidly changing media landscape. If approved, the deal could close as early as next year. Emily Lotz, KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. Now, for more of what matters this morning, here's Mark Dempsey. Good morning, Christina. Affordability and Housing, certainly two big topics in last night's governor's debate in San Francisco. Candidates clashed over how to tackle the state's high cost of living with San Jose Mayor Matt Mayhan pointing to his local track record as a model for the state, especially when it comes to affordable housing. We've sped up permitting. We've used new technology to make it easy. to apply and most importantly we reduced one-time fees that look good on paper but we're blocking the very thing we need housing and opportunity for people Now, Republican Steve Hilton did shoot back with a study showing San Jose is still the most expensive place in the country to live. With no clear leader 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, of course, be hearing more from each candidate throughout the KFPK Morning News. In other news this morning, the Sacramento City Unified School District is considering shutting down some of...

its campuses. Campy K's Lawrence Shannon with that story. The school district is facing a budget deficit that could grow to more than $300 million by 2028. In an effort to cut costs, school leaders will reassess the district's facilities plan at a special board meeting later this evening. Sacramento City Unified has seen a 10% decrease in students in the past nine years, which is slightly higher than the state average. The student population across California fell 8% in the last decade. Lauren Shannon, KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. A California bill to protect people, pets, and livestock from Mountain Lion attacks. Moving forward, we get the latest from Camp BK's Matt Pissini. Senate Bill 1397 has passed the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee to strengthen protections against mountain lion conflicts across California. The bill mandates the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to expand its human mountain lion conflict program with a focus on non-lethal deterrence, research, and public education aiming to protect families, livestock, and pets while maintaining conservation values. supported by a coalition of law enforcement, ranchers, and conservationists. The legislation now moves to the Appropriations Committee for further review. Matt Pissini, KFBK, Sacrobatos News Radio. Major League Baseball is in Sacramento. Complete A's coverage on KFBK News Radio. Well, one of the strangest plays you'll hear about taking place in the A's Mariners game Wednesday afternoon. And here's the pitch. Carlos hits a shot. Gilbert and he caught it somehow. He did catch it, I guess. Or it caught him. Hang on. Now, the umpires are going to get together. Let's wait and see. Well, you can call it a close call. The A's Carlos Cortez. a 108-mile-per-hour liner that actually got stuck in the jersey of Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert, who recorded the out and kept the A's from scoring on the play. The athletics could have used that run as well as they came up a run short, losing to the Mariners 5 to 4 that snapped their seven-game road winning streak. Also Wednesday, the Giants beat the Dodgers, 3-0, the final, and the NFL draft tonight from Pittsburgh. The Niners start with the number 27th. Pick overall late in the first round. The Raiders own the top overall pick. The draft starts at 5 o'clock this evening. 8.06, the time here on your Thursday morning. I'm Mark Dempski. Grab a News Alert anytime. When he set a preset on the free IHeart Radio app to KFBK News Radio. Wake up to What Matters. The KFBK Morning News with Christina Mendonza. Time now for our talkback clip of the hour. Nick Kahn now runs WWE. But earlier in his career. He was a powerful media agent where he negotiated major TV and media deals, including representing the SEC. And he testified in support of the College Athlete Economic Freedom Act as part of a broader push to regulate name, image, and likeness deals, stabilize finances, and address growing concerns that massive football revenue is squeezing out other college sports.

Maybe squeezing out Olympic or non-revenue sports. Everyone in this room knows college football is a number two most popular sport in the United States, yet it generates the fifth most amount of media rights dollars. That's because it's a bifurcated system. The product's great. I used to say boxing is the most difficult of all the businesses because of the chaos. Now I say boxing and college sports. If college sports is not cleaned up, we're going to see the result of it being what many of you already know. Programs will eliminate their football. football teams, which thereby affects Title IX, which thereby eliminates women's sports, which thereby affects the less revenue-generating Olympic sports. And instead of only boxing, having had one Olympic gold medalist since male gold medalist since 1996, you will have many, if not all, Olympic sports facing the same consequence. Having had the privilege in my prior career of representing the Southeastern Conference and many other entities like that, it needs to be passed for the health of the athlete and the sports. Okay. Do you think it's time for federal regulation of college sports and name image likeness money? Or should schools and athletes be free to let the market decide, even if it means smaller sports disappear? 5181 is the number to text. Start with KFPK. 5181. 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 our top national stories on KFPK News Radio 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. The 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. Time now is 810. Let's get a check on traffic with Roy Lamella. And things have improved on westbound 80s are coming in from Roseville. No delays right now. Nine minutes at the Camp City Freeway split. Traveling on the Camp City Freeway, and it's starting to lighten up just a little bit. But your driving time is still going to be 16 minutes, which happened beginning to get a little crowded right at Watt Avenue, and that continues all the way down to the American River. Northbound 5 still got this crash in the Elk Grove area with the one car in the center of Vine and the other on the right shoulder. This is right. After Hood, Franklin Road with CHP and tow trucks on the scene right now. Traffic is top of a go as you're approaching the area. After that, it looks good. It's making it up towards Highway 50. But right now, you're looking at a 14-minute ride starting in Oak Grove on the way up into the downtown area. On North Mountain, 99, you're going to see it a little crowded between Mack Road, and that continues up towards Fruit Ridge. And that's going to be a 15-minute ride just coming up from Elk Grove. Westbound 50, we've got a two-car crash right near Howe Avenue, and traffic is building up, starting at Watt Avenue.

After that, no delays to the 99 merge and split. On the WX, it looks a little sluggish between the Cap City Freeway and I-5. Altogether, you're looking at a 21-minute right in from Bullsum. Soundbound 5, now 20 minutes as you're making way down from Woodland. And right now, across the Yolo Causeway, an earlier stalled vehicle near the middle of the Yolo Causeway. East Mount 80's been cleared and traffic just a little sluggish between Mace Boulevard and East Childs. Traffic on the 10s every 10 minutes. Mornings and afternoons, we're in the middle. KBK News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. Sunny with the high near 73 today, partly cloudy tonight, a low around 50, and then tomorrow, partly Sunday with the high in 71, currently 50 degrees in Sacramento. News from your neighborhood brought to you by Kitchen Mart, Kitchen and Bath Remodeling, celebrating 50 years of craftsmanship. Placer Harold, Gold Country Media is where we picked this one up from in a major trail running festival. It's kicking off today in Placer County. The Canyon's endurance runs. Festival begins, as we said today, runs through Sunday up in Auburn, featuring multiple races, anywhere from a 25K to 100 miles. Man, that's a long race. Organizers say the 40-day event draws elite runners and visitors from around the world to the Sierra foothills. Typically, this event generating a meaningful tourism bump for the region. I've actually covered this several times myself, Christina. It's a neat, it's extreme, but it's neat. All right, coming up are some workers sabotaging their company's AI rollout? Lisa Martin, our tech specialist, with more on where that's happening. So many devices. I use the I heart radio app. So much information. I listen on my phone all the time. Find us everywhere you are. The free Iheart radio app. The one stop to hear local news, breaking news, traffic, and weather. Download the Iheart radio app. KFBK News Radio can be heard everywhere on your smartphone. presented by Johnny Jennings made for more realty. Now trending on the KFBK Morning News with Christina Mendanza. An $81 billion Warner Paramount Mega merger has received shareholders stamp of approval this morning, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line. As businesses double down on AI, a new trend is raising some eyebrows across corporate America. A report from Fortune finds a growing number of employees, especially Gen Z, are actively resisting and even sabotaging AI tools at work. Joining us now, tech expert, Lisa Martin, this all sounds pretty dramatic. What's happening here, are employees really sabotaging AI rollouts? They actually are guys, and the numbers are actually... pretty striking. According to this Fortune report, about 29% of workers overall admit to sabotaging their company's AI strategy. But when we look at Gen Z, that number actually jumps to about 44%. So sabotage, it's a strong word. It doesn't always mean something extreme. I mean, it can look like refusing to use AI tools or using tools that aren't approved by the company or even intentionally producing lower quality work to make sure that the AI Tech seems like subpar. But I think what that really signals is friction because we know every company is moving so fast on AI, but the Fortune report really shows that a pretty significant portion of the workforce is actually pushing back.

Yeah, Lisa, I tell you what, I don't know if you heard us right off the top, but I've had several friends that work in the industry that are pushing back. And some of these are younger workers who are usually seen as very tech savvy. Tell me more about this resistance to AI. Yeah, that's the thing, is that there's very tech savvy. So what it comes down to, we think, is fear. And it's specifically what's being called FOBO. We all know FOMO, right? We get that sometimes. Well, Fogo, that's the fear of becoming obsolete. It's very real. So, and as you say, a lot of Gen Z workers are entering the workforce at a time when they're super tech savvy. They grew up with it. But AI is really quickly automating tasks in many fields like finance and law, business, and more. So this. A lot of Jersey doesn't see AI as a helpful tool. They see this competition. So when people fear job security is at risk, resistance is a pretty normal reaction. Okay. Is this resistance working, though? It seems like this could be a big backfire. Absolutely, Christian. It could backfire. So 77% of executives say resisting AI hurts your chances of promotion. A lot of companies, and that's because they're prioritizing AI super users. So we are, we're living, we're working through this real-time workforce shift where the executives are saying winners won't reject AI, they'll work alongside and embrace it. And I hear this all the time, pretty much from every company I talk to, but we're hearing it from leaders like Jensen Wong, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, they all agree. They say you won't lose your job to AI, but. to someone who knows how to use it. So upskilling now, that's survival. All right. Thank you so much. We appreciate it. That is tech expert Lisa Martin out of Silicon Valley. Let's get a... Check on traffic now with Roy Lamella. This support sponsor my mother's against drunk driving in. You updated on this accident in Lodi, southbound 99, right near Cherokee Lane. It's an overturned a vehicle crash with the traffic being blocked at the right lane at Cherokee Road. Traffic is slow, starting into Campo Road. Once you get past that, it looks good, into Stockton. Coming up into the El Grove area on northbound 5, still got this crash right near Hood Franklin Road. It's actually after Hood Franklin Road. Traffic is backed up now, starting at the Lambert Road overcrossing. Right now, this crash is one car in the center divide, one in the right lane. They're trying to get that one in the center divide over to the right lane, so that's why you have that slow and go traffic there. Once you get past that, it looks good, it's making the way up towards the Elk Grove and Sacramento areas. Right now, drive times, looking good on westbound, 89 minutes from Rozo to the Camp City Freeway split. Cap City Freeway split to downtown, 15 minutes still running a little sluggish between the split with 80. to the American River. As you're coming up, northbound 5, expect the 15-minute ride. No delays after that crash at Hood, Franklin, all the way up towards Highway 50. Northbound 99, that's going to run a little crowded just after Mack Road, all the way up towards Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and right now it's going to be a 14-minute ride. Westbound 50 reports of a two-car crash right near Howell Avenue. It's partially blocked the right lane, has you slow.

starting at Watton Avenue and continue sluggish after this in stretches through the WX to I-5. And coming in from Folsom, it's going to be a 22-minute ride on westbound 50. The drive from Woodland Southbound 5, 21 minutes, eastbound 80 across to causeway, an earlier stalled vehicle right at the middle of the causeway has been cleared, and you're looking at an 18-minute ride from Davis to downtown. For victims of drunk and drug driving, your grief is unique, but you are not alone. You always have a place, said Matt. Call the 24-hour victim help or visit mad.org. Traffic on the 10 to be 10 minutes. Mornings and afternoons, Rayleigh, McKee News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. Mostly sunny, beautiful day today with highs in the minute in upper 70s, partly cloudy, comfortable tonight, lows into the upper 40s to low 50s, pleasant with a mix of clouds and sun Friday, highs in the low to mid-70s, Saturday, mostly cloudy, cooler, highs in the minute, upper 60s. I'm accurate by the meteorologist Jason Catarina on KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. Okay, now that the sun is up. The temperatures are rising quickly 52 degrees now in Sacramento. And time to get over to Cap Trust where we can check in once again with Kelly Brothers. Our talkback clip is about the whole name, image, likeness, college sports thing. What do you think? A good idea that players are able to make money, or do you think that maybe the scholarship should be enough? You know, in general, no, some of these programs make so much money. It should be shared or it should go into a trust fund that pays for their health care for the rest of their lives or something. They should get something. But, you know, right now it's still the Wild Wild West. And they've got to. They've got to put some rules in place. They need a commissioner. They need a benevolent dictator to walk in and say, here are the rules. Abide by them for the good of the sport as opposed for the good of your school. And they haven't done that yet, and they need to do it. You know, tonight you've got the NFL draft in Pittsburgh, and it's easy to see when you look at, you know, if you're drafted in the second round, it's very... possible that you could make more money in NIL in college than going to the NFL in the second round and signing a four-year deal for $12 or $13 million, which ain't bad, but it's, I understand now, and maybe that's a good thing. Maybe it keeps kids in colleges a little bit longer. But the whole idea of one kid going to three or four different colleges, I kind of, I don't know, it just really, I'm not, I'm not, whose school does he belong to or her? It's kind of a mess, and I think the president's involved and wants to get it fixed. We'll see. Oh, by the way, Microsoft. planning the first voluntary employee buyout in their 51 year history. It's a one-time retirement program. If you're in age and numbers of years of employment add up to 70 or more that you'll be able to take advantage of. They know they're going to need fewer people in the future, and so they're going to reward some folks who might be able to retire maybe a little bit early.

Dow down 38, 49,451, NASDAQ down 2. The S&P hit a record high yesterday, and it's up six points at 7144 today. Gold down four. Oil is up almost 1%. Tenure bond yield 4.29. All right. Thank you so much, Kelly. Appreciate it. We're going to continue that conversation about NIL and about college sports with our talkback responses of the hour. Do you think it's time for federal regulation of college sports and name image likeness money? Or should schools and athletes be free to let the market decide even? if it means smaller sports disappear. And from the iHeart radio app this morning, we have this talkback response to share. Keep the government out of college. As much as I want the student athletes to be protected and reimburse for all their shenanigans and athleticism at the same time, minimal government, man. We the people need to manage ourselves a little bit better here, bud. You know, Name, image, and likeness has really changed the game because I was, you know, when I went to college, you could get a scholarship and pay for your education. And like you said earlier, your housing. And that was enough. And I felt like that should be enough. You're trading your education or you're trading your talents on the field to get an education. And it helps the school. Well, and you're talking about, you know, some of these schools, $100,000 just in like tuition. I mean, if you're getting tuition, plus you're getting housing, plus you're getting food, because you're basically a, you know, I'm using my air quotes here, employee of the university, although there are some athletes that don't get scholarships in play and they have to work too. Right. And so this creates, you know, to Kelly's point. I do believe that it does need a lot more regulation out there. It's not that I want NIL to go away entirely, but you've got athletes that are getting millions of dollars. And like Kelly said, too, that it's more beneficial to them financially. to stay in school. Now, at the end of the day, I mean, that's helped out, like, college basketball, where you had a lot of players jumping early after their freshman year or foregoing college altogether, and he had all these young players that weren't ready for the NBA, so to speak. But, again, I think more regulation is a good thing. We've already gone down this path. We can't go back. You really can't take it away at this point. But I'm in favor of more regulation for sure. The model is breaking. Yeah, the model is definitely breaking. Okay, coming up, we're going to get your top stories at the bottom of the hour, including more from various candidates. We're trying to give everyone their time. So various candidates in last night's debate, governor's debate in San Francisco. That's next. KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio.

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the ecosystem. It also needs to examine potential impacts on Sacramento County's harvest water recycling project, which aims to supply 50,000 acre feed of recycled water annually to farms and habitats. The council was also calling for yearly updates on outreach to tribes and government agencies. Elsewhere this morning, a defendant in the Deadliest Sparta illegal fireworks case is appearing at a Yolo County courthouse today. following his arrest at Disney World. Owner of devastating pyrotechnics, Kenneth Chee, is being arraigned in court later today. Chi is facing multiple charges, including seven counts of second-degree murder. More this morning from KFPK's Kevin Tripp. Kenneth Chee was arrested earlier this month at Disney World and he remains locked up in Florida. Prosecutors say the owner of devastating pyrotechnics kept working in the fireworks business, even after seven people died last summer. Chi is facing a second-degree murder charge and many other counts. Investigators say he has a, quote, callous disregard for life. Kevin Trep. KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. A total of eight people have been arrested in connection with that deadly warehouse explosion that killed seven people last July. in Esparto. Nationally, Senate Republicans are moving forward now with a budget resolution that would fund ICE. The GOP lawmakers used a process called a budget reconciliation, which requires only a simple majority vote to fund immigration agencies with no need for Democratic support. They kicked off a marathon voterrama session yesterday where Senate Democrats could add an unlimited number of amendments to be voted on. The resolution was... eventually adopted 50 to 48 in the middle of the night. Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the only Republicans to vote no. And one candidate for governor of California is happy. A couple of other candidates dropped out. We get that story from KFPK's Jason Campidonia. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is surging in the poll since the candidates called it quits. Well, I'm glad the voters are beginning to pay attention. thing. They're no longer looking for the pizzazz. They want results. He says he doesn't care if he gets the endorsement of Governor Gavin Newsom or any other lawmaker. They have earned a right to do whatever they wish to do. I'm not going to worry about that. We're going to keep building. A recent poll has Xavier Becerra and billionaire Tom Steyer as the top two Democrat candidates behind the top two Republicans. Jason Campedonia, KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. Well, the White House saying gas prices will come down once the conflict with Iran ends. More from Mark Mayfield. That's what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday. I think the conflict will end. I think gasoline prices will come back to where they were or perhaps lower, lowered prices. But Energy Secretary Chris Wright said last weekend, gas prices may not fall below three bucks a gallon until 2027, a statement that President Trump was quick to refute the very next day. AAA says the national average price on Wednesday was $4.2 a gallon. It has come down, but it's still...

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What? 30. Okay, so this is the deal. Live Nation is going to give music fans the chance to catch concerts. This summer at a discount starting April 29th. Live Nation will offer tickets to select shows for just 30 bucks. So some of the artists included include Guns and Roses, Willie Nelson, Little Wayne, Evan Essence, and Dirk Spentley. More than 40,000 shows are included in the sale. So the summer of live sale will run through May 5th. Wow, and we just had that big ruling, right, last week with the United Nation. Right, I don't know if this is, I don't think this is part of it. Like, you got a, you got an office and $30 tickets. They were part of the marketing department was probably thinking ahead, though. All right, let's get a check on traffic with Roy Lamella. The support sponsored by the Crohn's and Collitis Foundation. Just a few spots of sluggish traffic around the Sacramento area, but not on Westbound 80. It's actually running at the limit from Roseville to the Cap City Freeway on Westbound 80 looking at a 10-minute ride. A small patch of sluggish. traffic on the Camp City Freeway from the split with 80 to Fulton Avenue, then again from Arden Way down towards the American River, and that's going to be 13 minutes from the split to downtown. Northbound 5 looking pretty good, at least from Elk Grove, and an earlier accident down in the Franklin area. It looks like things are starting to thin out just before Hurt Franklin Road due to an accident involving a couple of cars on the right shoulder. Once you get past, that looks good, through Elgrove all the way up into Sacramento and a 14-minute ride there. Northbound 99, 15 minutes. Looks like we do have a small patch of crowded traffic. between Bond and Sheldon, then again from Mack Road all the way up towards Fruit Ridge Road. Westbound 50 and earlier crash near Howe Avenue cleared to the right shoulder, but some residual delays remain from Watt Avenue to 65th Street. You're looking at a 22-minute ride in from Folsom. Southbound 5 now 21 minutes as the starts as slow just before I-80 continues to Richards Boulevard. And coming in from the Davis area, it looks like there's no delays on the YOLO causeway. Eastbound 80, 18 minutes, which have it moving well through West Sacramento and a little slow between I-5. and 99. The Crohn's and Collitis Foundation has been at the forefront of inflammatory bowel disease research and care for over 50 years. Learn more at Crohn's Collitis Foundation.org. Traffic on the tens every 10 minutes, mornings and afternoons, Roy LaMla, KBK News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. Sunny today with a high near 73 and partly cloudy overnight with a low around 50. Tomorrow, partly sunny with the high near 71. Currently, we have 54 degrees in Sacramento. News from your neighborhood right now brought to you by Kitchen Mart Kitchen and Bath Remodeling, celebrating 50 years of craftsmanship. Folsom Times is where we get this. The Dragon Bolt Festival returning to Lake Natoma for its third year. This Saturday, the 25th of April, it kicks off at 9 a.m. at Black Miner's Barb. The high-energy event brings teams and spectators together for a full day of racing, community spirit, and fundraising for a local nonprofit. All right. Peter Harrow-Lombus is next. He's our ABC News investigative reporter, talking about three congressional candidates kicked off a prediction market betting site. We'll tell you why. Next. up. A smart way to spend your day. Sam Shane. The Shane reaction. Noon to three. Hey, Sam. Hi, Sam. I would just like to say. Have your say. Hey there, Shane or Sam, Shane or Shane Sam or whatever your name is. The Shane reaction. On KFBK News Radio. And by Johnny Jennings made for more realty.

Now trending on the KFBK Morning News with Christina Mendonso. A November ballot measure here in the state aims to establish a $25 billion loan program to assist the middle class in purchasing homes by providing down payment assistance. Joining us now is Peter Haralambus. He is our ABC News investigative reporter out of New York. We're talking about Kalshi, which is the predictive market and the three congressional candidates that were kicked off Kalshi. What exactly did these candidates do, Peter? Yeah, these were a candidate in Texas, Minnesota and Virginia, who actually placed bets on the outcomes of the races. And one of them, who was running as a Democrat in Virginia's primary for the U.S. Senate, also placed a bet on whether or not he would even enter the race. He placed the bed in October about whether he'd run for public office. announced in February, it was a pretty sure thing that he'd win that bet. At this point, they've all been suspended from the platform and signed, though it doesn't seem like there are going to be any kind of civil or criminal repercussions other than that suspension and fine. Okay. Are there any laws that explicitly prohibit political candidates from betting on their own elections, or is this more of like a rules violation than a legal one? At this point is more of a rules violation. Specifically, we're talking about Kashi's internal rules because this is a bit of a wild west when it comes to regulations. So, you know, The CFTC is kind of the organization that civilly is in charge of this. It is putting rules out there about what you can and cannot do. But we've yet to see, for example, a prosecution from the Department of Justice for any kind of instance of political insider trading on these platforms. And we're still seeing laws being made. For example, the Biden administration tried to ban bets on elections. Those were very quickly blocked by the courts. And since then, the Trump administration has signaled a much stronger willingness to cooperate with these platforms and let them thrive. At this point, we're talking about billions of... dollars of volume being traded on these platforms every week. You know, this question came in on our text line from one of our listeners. Were the candidates that were suspended, were they betting their personal money or were they betting campaign funds? I thought that was a good question. Oh, that's a great question. It appears it's personal funds. And they're relatively small bets. We're talking about $50, a few hundred bucks. And we're beginning to get responses from these candidates. For example, Minnesota State Representative Matthew Klein, who was running as a Democrat. He bet 50 bucks of his own money. He said he was, quote, curious how it all worked. And now he realized. is it's a mistake and he has since apologized. Virginia Independent Senate candidate, he bet in October that he would run. He said it was a, quote, stunt to draw attention to illegal gambling, though at this point it seems like that stunt is a little bit more than just, you know, him trying to draw attention to it, especially because he certainly won money on that bet that he would enter the race. Last there was this Texas Republican who lost his primary. He was a bit of a long-shot candidate. And I'll note that this is not the first instance. There was a previous instance last year of a candidate for California governor who's also suspended after he placed the bed on his own race. Ah, okay, with growing bipartisan concern, any movement in Congress or from regulators to crack down on platforms like Kalshi or Polymarket? It seems like at this point, there is a growing bipartisan consensus in the federal government, at least to impose stricter regulations here. I think basically everyone agrees that insider trading is not okay, and it seems like they're assuming if there is some kind of impetus over the next... few months, we could see regulation. And then on a state-by-state level, it really varies. Some attorneys general have been really aggressive and going after these companies. Some states, for example, like Arizona, have sought individual regulations, such as banning election debts. I think one thing that fundamentally is a problem is these platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, a part of their success. The reason why they're good predictors of outcomes is because in a way they rely on people who know what the outcome is going to be or have good knowledge about what the most likely outcome would.

would actually bet money. So if you speak to experts, a lot of them have raised concerns that in a way, insider trading is kind of baked in to these platforms because in order to be good predictors, new people with good knowledge of what's likely to happen. All right. Thank you. That is ABC News investigative reporter Peter Haralambus. Let's get a check on traffic now with Roy Lamella. This report sponsored by Positive Coaching Alliance right now. Traffic is built up right now in West Sacramento on Westbound 80. The breaklights begin at Reed Avenue and continues all the way out to the beginning of the yellow. Causeway. After that, just a little sluggish to the middle of the causeway. Also affecting westbound 50s are sluggish between Jefferson Boulevard all the way out to the merge with it. Even before this, we're seeing a little bit of crowded traffic on the WX going westbound between the Cap City Freeway and I-5. Eastbound, also slow through that same stretch. Northbound Cap City Freeway, you're going to see it a little below the limit between 8th Street and the American River. If you have questions about youth or high school sports, positive coaching alliance can help. BCA builds better athletes and better people through sports. Info. positivecoach.org. Traffic on the tens every 10 minutes, mornings and afternoons, Roy LaMlla. KBK News Radio, 93.1 FM, 1530 a.m. All right. 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. 55 degrees in Sacramento in time now to get over to Cap Trust, where we check in with Kelly Brothers. Hard to believe. Just down the road from Sacramento, they're going to be building robots, just robots. Yeah, and no more cars, which that was a big deal when Tesla bought that factory, and now they're going to be switching from cars to robots. And they will be putting a lot of money into robots and into driverless cabs as well. Tesla will over the next year or so. NFL draft tonight. That's a huge night for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They're talking about $200 million in economic impact. 700,000 people expected to attend the draft. Every year they move it around to a different city. Microsoft. playing their first voluntary employee buyout in the 51-year history of the company. Any senior director-level person whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or more will be eligible as they look to send the herd a little bit at Microsoft. Dowdown 91, 498, NASDAQ down 80, S&P down five points. Gold down 3.50 an ounce. Oil is up 1%. Ten-year bond yield. 4.3. All right. Thank you so much, Kelly. Appreciate it. Time now to get over to Sam Shane from the Shane reaction. Catch him every day at noon right here. On KFBK, I'm sure you watched the debate last night with interest. You know, Christina, I have to say I was listening to you earlier about Chad Bianco, and I agree with you. I think he had a good night last night of that debate. I think we were spot on there. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I thought so. I was kind of surprised. I thought Steve Hilton, while good, we've been hearing that a lot, all of his talking points online, and it was kind of a push for him.

I would agree with that as well. I think that that analysis was spot on. We're going to be rolling out a lot of audio from the debate last night, a number of audio clips coming up on the Shane reaction, which starts at noon today here on KFBK. Also in the news, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, they've made a very interesting ruling. They have ruled that California state lawmakers overstepped their authority by trying to regulate ICE agents with those laws. that were passed and signed by Gavin Newsom. So we're going to get into that a little bit. Also, interesting read from an oil industry expert, a guy that we have featured before on the Shane Reaction, he's come out with a new report, and it's quite trouble. He says that we are on the road for a major fuel shortage here in California, and we're talking about maybe even a matter of weeks. He says that there are now two to three weeks of fuel ships on their way to California in the Pacific. However, there's nothing backing them up. So that means that possibly the fuel that's been coming in from the Pacific Ocean may not be there in a matter of three to four weeks. So this could be a really big problem. We're going to get into some of the details of his reporting coming up. And that's on the chain reaction again, which starts today at noon right here on KFBK. Okay, always great conversation. We look forward to it. Thank you, Sam. We're going to take a break and be back with the debrief in a moment. Here's what's new tomorrow morning with Christina Mandanza. Can artificial intelligence replace your doctor? Our health expert, Joe Galati, weighs in at 715 on AI in medicine. And the A's are in first place. It's A's all access. We'll talk to you on Friday. The KFBK Morning News with Christina Mandanza. Tomorrow morning starting at 5 on KFBK News Radio. Goodcom. An I Heart Radio Station. I Heart Radio. Guaranteed Human. 93.1 FM. 1530 a.m. And live everywhere on the IHeart Radio app. KFPK, Sacramento. KFBK FM, Pollock Pines. For local news, breaking news, traffic and weather. KFBK, Sacramento's News Radio. The KFBK Morning News. with Christina Mendanza. It is Thursday, April 23rd, a couple of headlines for you, a federal appeals court blocking a new California law that would have required federal immigration agents to wear visible identification. The three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violates the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution. And President Trump's acting attorney general signed an order reclassifying state licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a major policy shift. The order signed by Todd. Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law, but it does change the way it's regulated. Let's get outside and check traffic now with Roy Lamella. Still seeing some breaklights in West Sacramento. The support sponsored by DTLA Law Group Accident and Injury Attorneys. Westbound 80 are going to find it stop and go after Reed Avenue continues to the beginning of the causeway.

Still affecting Westbound 50 as well through West Sacramento, starting after Jefferson Boulevard to the merge with 80. Have an injury, go downtown. DTLA Law Group is an accident and injury law firm. Get a free case review. Visit them at calldown.com. Downtown LA Law Group is in Los Angeles, Attorney for Reed, Eugittal. Previous results are not guaranteed. Visit them at calldown.com. That's called downtown.com. Traffic on the tens of you 10 minutes, mornings and afternoons, Roy LaM., K.P.K.K. News Radio, 93.m. 1530 a.m.