Good Day LA Monday, 10/12/2026

Happy Monday. A wet start to the day and a wet start to the week here. Welcome to Good Day LA. I'm Bob DeCastro. And I'm Jen Lommers. Yeah, we have some coastal flood advisories in effect for the next 24 hours, but let's get to the professionals for more on that. Maria, good morning. Good morning, Jen. Welcome back. Thank you. There we go. Now my microphone is on. I can give you a proper welcome back, Jen. Bob, good morning. We have, yes, indeed, the wet start to our week. And we did have a wet and wild weekend, especially with the waves. And it started on Friday. And it was going to continue. We've got some scattered showers right now. This is related to an area of low pressure that has been forming up from the Gulf of Alaska. It's sagging south. And then you can see where most of the heavier downpours are the heavier darker green colored areas we'll we'll pinpoint exactly where some of those heavier cells are near the south bay in just a few moments but right now we're waking up to some chilly temperatures i definitely had to grab my sweater walking out the door this morning we're talking about 53 in pasadena 55 in san bernardino 50 in oxnard 42 and big bear to palm springs in the low 60s this morning this is all part of that area of low pressure bringing in that cooler air mass. And that will bring us some instability today by way of a chance for some thunderstorms. So I'm not going to rule that out, but that shower chance will continue throughout the high desert, the mountains, the Coachella Valley today, just 74 degrees with that 20 to 30% chance for some moisture. 65 for downtown LA, well below average. So this is a big swing from way hot temperatures earlier last week to now well below normal. 67 for the Valleys and the Inland Empire to that 70 along our coast. I'll go over all the weather alerts that are in place and then let you know about the next warm-up because there is another big warm-up in store for us in just a few moments. In the meantime, grab that umbrella. Stu's up in Skybox watching our wet freeways down below. Stu, good morning to you. Hey, good morning, Maria. Good morning, everybody. Yeah, take a look at that 605. We're making our way out to Irwindale. Heard something about an overturned big rig. Maybe it's been cleared. Maybe we just don't see it as of yet. So in the meantime, we'll talk about that 605 drive. That 605 drive looking fantastic. Headlights, that's coming away from the 210. And you're staying a pretty good ride all the way down to about Whittier. Good spacing is what you're looking for. The roadway as you're making your way south this morning is definitely going to get wet. The closer you get to Long Beach, we just left a big cell out there. So just keep that in mind on that 605 drive. Sending it back to you all in the studio. Good morning. Thank you, Stu. Thanks, Stu. The storm has left its mark along our coasts, and more dangerous conditions could be ahead. Mario is live on the Long Beach Peninsula now. Look at all the damage there. Good morning, Mario. Yeah, that's right. We're along 64th place, and I want to show you, as the waves are crashing here, what they've been able to do over the weekend. They put in these massive beams here. They've screwed them in, and they are really in place. And this is the scene here for a few blocks here, down to 66th place here along Seaside Walk. You can see the waves crashing, doing some more damage here. This is an area that's already been hit pretty hard, and you can see why some of the homes have been evacuated, boarded up. Some of the fences here have been taken out, and the thick sand here that these constant waves have brought onto this part of the peninsula. So let's show you some video here, because crews have been working around the clock to reinforce these sand berms. The challenge is keeping them intact as these waves and high tides continue to batter the shoreline. And parts of the beach already badly eroded. And firefighters have been using drones to monitor homes that are cracking and shifting. Some of them appear to be near collapsing. Powerful waves from Tropical Storm Rachel battering the stretch of coastline here, tearing apart sections of this historic boardwalk. Some homes have been left exposed, damaged foundations, debris scattered along the waterfront. And now nine buildings in all, representing 13 addresses, have been red-tagged, meaning they're too dangerous to enter. Now, evacuation warnings and those mandatory orders, they're expected to remain in place until at least noon tomorrow. Dozens of residents remain under warnings while some of the broader evacuation advisories were lifted yesterday. Officials say flooding is still possible around high tide and they're warning this may only be the beginning. Take a listen. This is the beginning. And so we want people to make sure that they're prepared and braced for what's to come. And unfortunately, people are suffering and people are experiencing catastrophic loss. and that's not lost on us. If your home or residence has been red tagged, don't go in. Because if there is a collapse, our first and foremost responsibility is to go do the rescue. It puts everyone at risk. I know it's hard. I know there's a lot of emotion behind that. That is not lost on us. And we don't take those decisions lightly. But please pay attention to those warnings. And this is what we saw in Newport Beach on Friday. Ocean water flooding streets along the Balboa Peninsula, stranding vehicles, threatening homes. That's why the city declared a local emergency and as of this morning the Newport and Balboa Piers, the Wedge and the parking lot, the Balboa Pier parking lot are all closed now back out here live you can see more of the action here all those sandbags here and again those wooden beams that were put into place this weekend and the waves have really already been crashing into the boardwalk here and again we have high tide coming up at about 10:13 this morning so just after 10 o'clock we've had a residents here who are not under this evacuation zone, make their way down, excuse me, sorry about that, make their way down here to the area. So we'll keep an eye on the coastline for now. That's the latest here in Long Beach. I'm Mario Ramirez. We'll send it back to you. I mean, it's completely changed the topography of that neighborhood. You have to wonder, are neighbors there gonna ever feel safe again? Because with more incoming storms, are they just holding their breath with these new tides that keep coming in and the shoreline just keeps getting eroded? Yeah, there's one resident right out here. I didn't get his name. He didn't want to talk to us, give us an interview. But he said he's concerned about what's forecasted over the next week or two. He says what we're seeing now is, like you heard that official say, just the beginning. So as these residents here, dozens of residents in this stretch here along the boardwalk have been evacuated, You have to wonder how long it'll be before they can actually feel safe, like you said, in their homes that are now boarded up and continuously being damaged with the surface. We head into the winter storm season as conditions just keep building. That's just this week and this season, to be honest. Looking at years and years of this, how long are they going to keep up? All right, Mario, thank you. It's breaking news right now. In the meantime, out of South L.A. this morning, a huge fire broke out again in a vacant church. Gigi Graciette has been live at the scene throughout the morning. She has the very latest. Gigi. That's right. And take a look at the building that has now been red-tagged and most certainly was a beautiful building once upon a time. You can still see a lot of smoke. There's areas that are smoldering because the roof has collapsed. Most of the interior has come down. And what we're waiting for now, L.A. City Fire is calling in their heavy equipment because the building is so precarious and in danger of further collapse. They're going to start knocking parts of it down, not a full tear down cuz that's not what they do. But they are gonna knock down some of the parts that are in danger of collapsing and could trigger yet another fire, could damage somebody that's walking by. This is a residential neighborhood, very densely packed, a lot of folks on the street. So that's what's happening now. Let me show you though what was happening at 3:30 this morning. That's when the first 911 calls started coming in of an abandoned church on fire on the corner of 27th and Paloma here in historic South Central. When firefighters arrived, the building was absolutely raging. And because it's such a densely packed area, again, houses are built up right next to each other. There was a threat to all the surrounding buildings, so extra firefighters were called in for a total of about 180. This is people rushed to get out with their pets, their belongings. also making sure that folks were evacuated just in case the fire spread. One woman was injured, we believe she suffered from smoke inhalation, she was treated here. And it turns out that this building is no stranger to firefighters because this abandoned church is the scene of at least two previous fires, according to the fire department and neighbors who say they've called the city multiple times because people continue to break in and set up encampments inside. And where there are encampments that are often warming fires, those fires get out of control. And this is what happens and arson investigators are looking into the cause of this fire. But we did speak to Battalion Chief Cody Wire-Eater this morning about the previous fires that have happened here, one that seriously injured several LA City firefighters. I can't believe it's 2014. We did have a previous fire here. It happened so I was actually here as well. We did have firefighters that were trapped inside after a roof collapsed inside. But fortunately, all those firefighters were able to be extracted out safely and all returned back to duty. But at this point, it was more of a defensive fire for this fire tonight. How frustrating is it to have had firefighters injured and then have more burns? Neighbors saying this is a nuisance property that people are continuously breaking in and living inside that shouldn't be in there. That's a difficult question to answer because the fact that it is frustrating anytime one of our members does get injured. But like I was mentioning, that's a forethought down the road. Our biggest concern obviously is protecting the exposures nearby those homes and ensuring that we don't have anybody actually inside or trapped. And thankfully, no one else was injured just that lady who suffered from smoke inhalation and the buildings surrounding this property were saved. Some of them have smoke damage, heavy smoke that smell inside. A lot of folks still standing outside of their homes, but take a look at what once was, once upon a time, a church now turned into absolutely nothing, LA City Fire again calling in their heavy equipment. We spoke to neighbors on camera and off camera, and they told us the same story. They've reached out to the city multiple times about this property they consider dangerous. Again, there had been two previous fires here. They didn't want to see a third and we're seeing one this morning. They say the city sent some representatives out but never did anything about it to secure the property. Now it's red tagged and now most of it will be torn down by the city fire department because it is in danger of collapse. And that is the latest from Historic South Central. I'm Gigi Gracia, I'll send it back to you. All right, Gigi, thank you. Breaking this morning, federal agents searched the Washington area home of Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar this morning. The Justice Department says Homeland Security investigations agents executed a court-authorized search warrant. This is all part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation. So you're looking live right now from the D.C. area where we've seen DHS agents on the street outside of the home. Officials have not released any details about the case, and it's unclear whether Omar is a target of this investigation. Although Vice President J.D. Vance has previously signaled that the Trump administration could investigate her for alleged immigration fraud, which she has denied. There is a new escalation of tension between Washington and Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is criticizing President Trump's diesel deal with Russia, and Trump is calling for a new president of Ukraine. We have Alex Hogan joining us live now from Washington to break this all down for us. Good morning. Good morning, Jen and Bob. So President Trump announced what he is calling an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Moscow today claims that there is contact about this, although Kyiv says that it is still waiting on details from Washington and argues that Russia is unwilling to accept a ceasefire given that Russia hit six Ukrainian energy facilities today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kyiv would support an energy ceasefire if Moscow does the same. We are ready for a ceasefire. We are ready to begin from any kind of steps of de-escalation. As Russia targets Ukraine's power grid, Ukraine has hit Russia's refineries. President Trump this weekend accusing Kyiv of driving up fuel prices. We told them, do whatever you want, but don't hit the diesel fuel, cuz there's a big problem, a big shortage. Pointed words follow President Trump's new deal with Moscow, allowing Russian diesel exports, a reversal from years of U.S. pressure. The president says the move could help lower fuel costs, but even some Republicans are pushing back. This agreement with purchasing Russian oil is essentially, I think, tarnishing Lindsey Graham's efforts to try and get those sanctions bill through. Zelensky also pushing back on Trump's calls for new leadership in Ukraine, saying that's exactly what Russian President Vladimir Putin would want, although holding an election at a time of war under Ukrainian law is unconstitutional. And as Washington weighs its next move on Russia, another crisis is testing the president. So there are questions over how Washington will respond to the latest attack at the airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after this attack by Iranian-backed Houthis. At least a dozen people were killed, including an American, and President Trump this weekend says the US might consider joining the fight. We also heard from the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, condemning this latest attack. Back to you. All right, Alex Hogan live for us in Washington. Alex, thank you so much. Thank you. 714 is your time. We'll have more news after the break. Welcome back. We've got a little wildlife awe moment for you this morning. have found three adorable mountain lion kittens tucked away in the Simi Hills near the 101. Look at this. National Park Service biologists say the blue eyed kitties are about three weeks old. Look how beautiful. They were discovered in a den after scientists tracked signals from their mom. A mountain lion known as P 113. The one boy and two girls are absolutely adorable now, but they're also a big deal for our local wildlife. So experts say they They could eventually help save our local cougar population once the new 101 freeway wildlife crossing opens. It's heartwarming to see that they're breeding, right? Those eyes and those claws. Yeah, yeah. So gorgeous. We just wish them the best. From our local wildlife kittens to some feathered friends across the country who found a unique way to weather a hurricane. So check out the unusual storm shelter. This is a restroom. ZooWorld in Panama City Beach shared video of their flamingos huddled inside one of the facility's public bathrooms as Hurricane Isaias moved through. Zoo officials say the birds need space and water to stay calm during severe weather so the floor was perfect, this tile floor. Other animals got special treatment too, a zookeeper is working to make sure every animal had what it needed to stay safe this worked all the animals weathered the storm and now staff are cleaning up i bet there's a lot of cleanup to do right getting the zoo ready for visitors i mean is that it's a public restroom so yeah i i can well the first thing i think about is the smell right right all those birds and such a tight cramped space right you gotta go you gotta go that's right you know as they say it is the restroom so i wonder if they use their feet to flush the toilet. Jen, you need to go and, you know, check. I did that for the first time today, by the way. You did? I did. You know what? Only because I know that people around here are flushing the toilet with their feet, so I'm going to do the same thing. And look. You got to do that elsewhere. It's like herd mentality, right? Yeah, in this case, it's really good. It's good to do that, follow along with that trend. But I can hear it a little tiny, tiny bit in your voice. A little bit, a little bit of a, yeah. So I want you to pace yourself, okay? I'm trying. I'm going to not get all riled up. The rest of the week. All right. Bobby, you behave. Don't get her riled up. So far, I've been on my best behavior. Okay, very good. Very good. Well, listen, we had some impressive rain totals up until this morning. Really, we got Yucaipa here with over two and a half inches of rain. It's been forecast last week about the range of rain totals through the weekend. Mount Baldy, over two inches. Anaheim Hills, a little over an inch. Claremont, about a half an inch. Long Beach a little less a little over a quarter of an inch of rain so uh good thing in Long Beach because we did have the what the Long Beach Marathon uh this weekend and so it went off pretty good with just some light light showers we have some scattered showers right now in our satellite radar pictures you can see as we zoom in some of the heavier cells here right now across Running Springs also got some impressive rain totals here up into the mountains Crestline big Bear Lake, also seeing a mix of freezing rain and some snow up at the high, high elevation. And then we've got some showers here in Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Huntington Beach, some light rain. Irvine's got a little bit of shower activity there. And here out towards Oxnard, a little quieter at this hour, but off of Camarillo, off of the 118, we've got some showers heading into parts of Moorpark. So just be careful. Your windshield wipers will go off. Just slow it down on the roads. It is actually a holiday for a lot of kids for Indigenous Peoples Day today. So please be extra careful out there on the roadways. We still have another day or two, a day and a half or so of the coastal flood advisory that stays in effect through tomorrow. We have a combination of a high tide again, especially in the morning, getting up to 7.3 to even 7.5 feet. Coastal flooding, beach erosion still in those vulnerable areas with the high surf coming in at 3 to 5 plus, occasionally 7 foot sets. So we still have that high surf advisory in effect. This is all related to not just rainfall that has really passed off to our northeast now, kind of mingling with this area of low pressure and the moisture associated with it. But we're getting these swells generated by storms down in the southern hemisphere. So this is going to be the pattern with the big waves, and then it kind of wanes a little bit, and we'll get another round of swells related to those storms down to well to our south, thousands of miles away generating these swells. 68 today in Bakersfield, 69 in Inglewood, 76 in Indio, 78 in Lake Havasu City. Here's our temperature trend. We talked about that warm-up, 64 today in Ontario. My goodness, that's a sweater weather, right? And then look at this, 89, 90 degrees by the time we get to the end of the week and this upcoming weekend with some strong winds out of the northeast. Let's go back up to Stu in SkyFox, get a look at the view from above. And I see some raindrops. You got a windshield wiper up there, Stu? You know, Maria, we don't. We have no windshield wipers at all. But you know what? SkyFox is cool like that. Let's talk about a little bit of traffic. Skyfox traffic brought to us by My Home Sold. Take a look at that five northbound Elysian Park is where we are. Let's get some drive time, shall we? From Elysian Park northbound on that five to the 134. It's going to take you about six minutes. And if you're going out to the 118, apparently you're going to be there in 20 minutes. That's a pretty long drive and not a lot of time to get there. So that means it's a pretty good drive indeed. Keep that in mind. Wet roads. Let's keep those speeds in check. Let's stay safe, everybody. Southbound, that was southbound 5 through the Los Feliz area. Looking fantastic. From the 134 out to the 110 and actually a little bit beyond. Let's take a look at some traffic hotspots. Hello, I'm Adrian Hernandez with MyHomeSold.com and we want to buy your house cash. We save you money with no commissions, no fees, no repairs for free. 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It's a beautiful program. Sometimes you just got to move on. Sometimes you do. Don't say that. Check. Check. Sometimes you just got to go to break. Check. All right. Welcome back to Good Day LA. It is 7.32 on this Monday. October the 12th. Thanks for being with us. And yeah, we had quite the weekend there with this weather. Yeah, we did. It finally felt like fall yesterday. Yeah. But even on Saturday, it was hot, it was humid. I don't know if you guys were out and about, but even at night on Saturday, it was just, it was sticky. Yes, we did. We did. We had it all this past weekend. It is going to be kind of chilly today. So I got my jacket on. Grab that sweater if you're just heading out this morning. It is kind of chilly. Temperatures are going to stay on the cooler side today, below average. But hold on, because it is going to get hot again as we move into the latter part of this week, into the weekend. We're talking about well above average high temperatures once again. So cool and scattered showers today, occasionally moderate in the heaviness of that rain activity. Otherwise, we still have some of these waves rolling in, coastal flood advisory, high surf still continuing through tomorrow. So if you live in and around the shoreline, you know what I'm talking about. Developing gusty Santa Ana winds, though, with the windy conditions Thursday, Friday particularly, that's going to produce some very hot, dry conditions, especially as we get into Wednesday and this upcoming weekend. So that will increase our fire danger a bit. So it's good. We got a little bit of moisture and shower activity here this weekend and today. 73 degrees was that high yesterday. So we finally broke that long streak of 10 days in a row this month so far above average highs. Well, today will be 70s. We're going to swing it right back up, though, back up to near 90 as we get towards the end of the week. So, yeah, it's good. We got some rain, even downtown L.A., finally some measurable rain, three one hundredth of an inch yesterday. We'll get up to around 65 today. So that is well below the average of 79. Our sunset time later this evening at 622. and as we look at our forecast highs today only in the 60s so this is what i mean grab that sweatshirt you'll need it out in Ontario just 64 for that high temperature maybe even some showers 51 in Fraser Park 65 for downtown LA there's an isolated chance we could get some thunderstorms especially with the colder air that's moving in so just be prepared for that possibility 67 in Santa Monica 68 Long Beach to that 46 in Big Bear where the tip tops of the mountains getting a bit of a snow flurry i'll show you the 7-day forecast plus your pictures and today's TV shout outs in just a few moments back to you oh back to you Stu hey good morning Maria good morning everybody Skybox Traffic's brought to us by Jacobian Myers Injury Lawyers taking a look at that drive down there that's gonna be the five drive headlights southbound and you know what definitely gonna fall under holiday light indeed moving along very very well you can see it right there northbound looking good as well that five drive actually today bump you know what it's Indigenous People's Day so a lot of folks not on the road and that ride looking fantastic let's take a look some traffic hot spots oh we're sending it back to me i'll take it thank you Stu so a very direct approach to school fundraising is going viral check this out A Michigan man posted a photo of a fundraising form brought home by his middle school daughter It includes suggested donation amounts with messages like, I do not want to bake. So here's the money I would have spent on those cupcakes. And I do not want to walk, swim or run in any activity that has the word thon in it. Here's the money I would have spent on my child's free T-shirt. He says not having to buy chocolate, wrapping paper or free T-shirts is quote huge progress. Do you feel like it's kind of like gaslighting parents though, like are just shaming parents for not giving more money? I think there's a lot of shaming parents all the time, every day. You're not giving enough. Every day of our lives. We're not gonna bake the cookies, so you might as well just fork over some money. It is a, sorry, and I know the schools are struggling right now, but for a parent and for a lot of people who are themselves struggling, I do feel like you're always, someone's always got their hand out. Right. And they're always constantly asking these parents for money. Right. Times are tough for everybody. Yeah, for sure. Amanda's off today. We've got you covered in the entertainment department. Entertainment is sponsored by Yamaha Resort and Casino. Okay, so a new romantic drama called Love of Your Life arrives on Prime this week. And Ashley Dvorkin talked to the stars Margaret Qualley and Aaron Pierre. What's the love of your life? I used to say you can only have one. In the romantic drama Love of Your Life, Margaret Qualley plays Maya, A young woman who leaves everything behind after a devastating loss. It explores love in, you know, the romantic way. And then it explores love in this kind of bigger, more profound understanding of self-acceptance and learning to love your life. I can't. What do you mean? Co-star Aaron Pierre plays Felix, a man who enters Maya's life as she tries to start over. In equal measure, they provide a healing space for one another. Of course, they have obstacles, they have hurdles within their dynamic over the period of time that they're together. But I think they provide that space to heal and sort of take forward steps. Romance is just one part of Maya's story. The idea of platonic love and how important it is to have the friends that kind of hold us up, or familial love. The stars share their thoughts on finding more than one great love in a lifetime. I do feel like I have many soulmates. Like even, I feel like I have friends that are soulmates. My sister's my soulmate. There's no rules per se. You know, I think you could meet someone and fall in love and, you know, maybe it doesn't work out. And for whatever reason, and that's not to say it can't happen again. I think it's just about keeping your heart open and open to the possibility. Or if we'd acknowledge that there actually is something here. Love of your life arrives on Prime Video Wednesday, in Hollywood, Ashley DeBorkin, Fox News. You think Bob, you think that there could be multiple loves of your life? Sure, I think people could fall in love more than once, don't you think? Why'd your voice get to that pitch? I've never heard your voice go up like that, sure, sure, sure, of course, it can happen. A couple of good looking people there, I'll tell you that. That's for sure. This story is ridiculous. It's everywhere now. It's everywhere and it's ridiculous. Kelly Clarkson just wanted a $15,000 singing bird and ignited a social media showdown over claims she was pretty womaned at a novelty toy store in Brooklyn. So over the weekend, here's what happened. Clarkson took to social media to claim that a salesperson at the Art of Play treated her like she couldn't afford to shop there. The store responded saying that she had her eye on a one of a kind singing and dancing bird automation named Molly, that's permanently attached to the wall and is not for sale. Well, she and the store went back and forth all day long yesterday with Clarkson posting proof that the bird was in fact for sale, which led to the store clarifying that no, it wasn't that exact bird, it was a replica of the bird for sale. The birds twin, but the store's bird was not for sale. Well, this morning, both sides are just digging in their heels and standing their ground. That bird is $15,000? That bird that you're looking at right there is $15,000. And Art of Play is saying it hopes to clear the air with her at some point. Well, we should have had their response. Because they said, we're going to keep our head down. And they felt like- Their first response was- She has a lot of fans, right? Millions and millions and millions. And they went after the Art of Play. They were like, imagine us. Little Old Us, Art of Play Us, going online one day and seeing 8 million people leaving nasty comments on our page. And then they said, as one very talented songwriter once said, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And they said they were going to keep their head down through all of this. And they thanked support from their fans and the customers. I mean, this just keeps on going. I want to see how far this can go. I think that both of them should just stand down right now. Bluey once said, sometimes it's time to move forward. Where's the winner in all of this? Where's the winner in all of this? And one employee doing something can take down a whole business. Maybe that employee was just having a bad day. This is what I tell my son, if anybody's ever nasty to you, maybe that person is just having a bad day, okay? Maybe that person, whoever was handling Kelly Clarkson, who by the way, is a doll, I've I've interviewed her multiple times, both at the beginning of her career and after she got mega famous. There is no ego there with her. I've interviewed her once too, the nicest person. Which I think is the reason why all of her very, very loyal fans were like, there's no way she was lying here, right? And you and I are also both well-versed in all things Brooklyn. And we know how it can be. Can get, I'm not saying that happened, but we know it can happen. But it is a small business, it's their own private business and okay, something happened. And then you have this megaphone, you have this huge platform. Right, right, big mistake, huge social- Huge, and that leads us to our poll question of the day. This is a good one, okay. How do you handle bad customer service? Do you match their attitude? Do you, I'm gonna call your manager, get the manager on the line. Do you blast them online? Do you yelp? Do you shame publicly, do you go on X, do you go on Instagram to vent your frustrations, or do you simply take your money elsewhere? Go to foxla.com slash vote. Also leave us a comment, maybe talk about your own experience and how you handled it. I don't think Kelly wants to take down this whole business though, you know what I mean? I don't think that was her mission. I know, but she will. I think she was just upset. Cuz her fans are just so loyal. This could be either the worst thing or the best thing that's ever happened to Art of Play. Because I'll tell you what, I never even knew they existed. But now you know a bunch of people in the neighborhood are going to come call into Art of Play to see what they're all about. It's a cool bird, I will say. I might be interested, but not for $15,000. $15,000. All right, Stu. Over to you. Hey, good morning, everybody. Why does the caged bird sing? Someday we'll find out. This traffic, this one, is brought to us by Jacoby and Myers. Injury lawyers. Taking a look at that 134 drive through the Burbank area. Actually looking fantastic. Definitely going to be Monday light because of the holiday. So keep that in mind. And if you're hitting some of those wet roads, just keep an eye on those speeds. We don't want to see anybody having any problems on their way to wherever they need to be. Traffic hotspots, let's check those out. In an accident, Jacoby and Myers will fight for the justice you deserve. And if we don't win, you won't pay a penny. We have earned the trust of tens of thousands of clients. Jacoby and Myers, because everyone deserves justice. Let's talk Dodgers, shall we? Our boys in blue chasing a third straight World Series title, but the Milwaukee Brewers are not going to make it easy. So they beat L.A., if you haven't heard, last night. This was game one of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers scored first. Milwaukee tied it up in the fourth with a home run. The Brewers scored again in the fifth, and that's all they would need. 2-1 was the final score. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will take the mound this afternoon for game two. You can see it right here on Fox 11, followed by Sports Wrap. So listen, should Dodger fans be worried today? Let's get the expert opinion on this from Arash Brokazi, founder and CEO of the Sporting Tribune. Thank you for being here this morning. Thanks for having me. I mean, it's game one, okay? It's game one. Listen, and it's going to be a long, very good series. And, again, I think a lot of Dodger fans got spoiled last year. This was a rematch of last year's championship series, and the Dodgers swept them. This is a very good Brewers team. The reason that game one was in Milwaukee is they have home field advantage. They won 104 games. They were a better team than the Dodgers this year. But the Dodgers are going for the three-peat. This is going to be a great series. So I'm not nervous today. If Mr. October on the mound, Yoshinobu Yamamoto loses tonight, Bob, then it's a different story. But I think it's a good series. I think the Dodgers come back home for game three, tied 1-1. So let's get into Yoshinobu Yamamoto because he was really great in the NLDS too, right? And obviously MVP last year. So here we go. At least we have someone on the mound tonight that, you know, we really need this win here to even it up before they take it back to Dodger Stadium. He loves these moments. And this is what you want from a pitcher like this. Like when he came over from Japan, there was this feeling of why are you giving him this big contract? He's never played in the major leagues before. Last year in the World Series, he did things that we've never seen before. So in October, something happens with him. And my favorite stat with Yoshinobu Yamamoto for you guys to watch tonight, when the Dodgers score at least three runs, Yoshinobu Yamamoto 34-0. If you give him some runs for it. So that was the thing that happened last night with Tarik Skubal. You're not going to win a lot of series when you score only one run. So if the Dodgers score three runs tonight, the Dodgers win the game. So we know, I mean, we know the Dodgers are deep, but how crucial is it for their star player for Shohei to play like his old self here? This is the most frustrating thing because this has been happening for quite some time. Yeah. And I think we're at a point where you're just hoping for the best. You cannot bench him, you go on social media. He is still, when he's right and he's not right, he's the best player in the world. So Dave Roberts is trying things, he's batting him fourth, he's batting him fifth, maybe he'll move him up. He's just not himself. And quite frankly, if the Dodgers do not three-peat, and you don't want to put it on one player, the reason that they've had success, the reason they are back-to-back champions, a big part of that is Shohei Ohtani. So if he's not himself, this is going to be a hard series. And by the way, this is why my prediction was Dodgers in seven. This is going to be a long series. So here they are. The Dodgers have the star power here. They have the star power here. But you look at a team like Milwaukee, and they've got great defense. So that's what it is. You're saying that the Dodgers really need to score. They need to get those bats hotter, right, and need at least three coming into this game when you've got a defense like Milwaukee has. You've got some hurdles there. And not only that, sometimes they say you've got to lose before you can win. And I think that experience that these guys went through a year ago, not only losing to the Dodgers, being swept by them, they're not afraid of this team. They're coming back with a vengeance right now. This is not a fluke. It is a little bit of a Cinderella story. But they've won their division four years in a row. They've finished with the best record in baseball back-to-back years. This would not be shocking, by the way. And I know folks in Los Angeles don't want to hear this. It wouldn't be shocking if Milwaukee won. But again, the Dodgers do have to figure out a way to score some runs. And it's not just Shohei, Will Smith has struggled. A lot of bats are struggling with the Dodgers. You've got to score runs. So, okay, if the Dodgers do make it past the Brewers in this series, who would be the tougher opponent? Would it be the, right, the Rays or the Guardians? Tampa Bay. I mean, the Cleveland story is amazing. You got the haves and haves now. We're going to have a little bit of a work stoppage. And the reason I say that is just like that's just a fact. Hopefully it doesn't bleed into the season. But you got the highest payroll in baseball with the Dodgers and the lowest payroll in the Cleveland Guardians. So this idea that we need a cap, I get it. But it's not preventing Cleveland from being four wins away. But Tampa Bay was a top three, top four team all year. So if it's Tampa, Los Angeles, obviously the Dodgers are the favorite. But the big thing is, people are saying this is the real World Series. Whoever wins this series is going to win the World Series. So we'll do it one game at a time. How critical is it that, what would history tell us that the Dodgers need to win tonight before taking a back here for this series? I'm not going out on a limb, but when you go down 0-2, it is significantly hard to lose. I will say this, go back to the last two postseasons. The Dodgers have found themselves in a position, go back to the World Series a year ago. That's right, I know. They had to win two straight. That's right. Go back to the DS of the year before that. They know how to make us sweat. They are in a position where they not only have to win two straight, but one of them on the road. It's sort of the moxie of being the back-to-back. You've been there before. So I'm not worried down 1-0, but, Bob, like, if they're down 2-0, and now you've got to win, what, four of five games? Like, that's tough. That's going to be rough. But they've been there before. Yeah. That's not to say it can't happen again, right? Exactly. Yeah. But, again, you have your best pitcher. This is Yoshinobu Yamamoto's moment. Right now, we sit here right now, I am fine. This is how I predicted it. They go down 0-2 and Yoshi loses. Now I'm very nervous. What's your prediction for tonight? Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. The Dodgers win 3-2. They got to get those three runs, though. They got to get those three runs. You're a lip to the sports gods here. Thank you, Arash. Thank you. Always good to see you. The Sporting Tribune, Arash Markazi. Check out his stuff. Always great stuff. Once again, you can see today's game right here on Fox 11, followed by sports rap. All right, Maria, over to you. Yeah, let's go to Milwaukee right now. Speaking of the Dodgers game, looking at some nice weather here. This is the American family field, of course, that important game tonight. So hopefully three to two, you're right with the Dodgers bringing it and bringing it home here on Wednesday with another win. Good day, LA. Weather is brought to you by My Home Sold. We've got some showers getting ready to move up into the way upper Midwest. Here in Minneapolis, it would be 81 degrees today. 81 in Detroit, looking at some cooler weather here in Bismarck, North Dakota, 46. We've got some showers, all related to what's left over of Rachel, kind of combining with this area of low pressure that is moving and bringing some showers across parts of the Rockies. Billings, 41 degrees. That's it for the high temperature, 63 in Seattle. And then down here across SoCal, we do have some below average highs as well. Because of the colder air that's moved in related to this area of low pressure, remnant moisture from Rachel getting caught up in that flow. But we are anticipating some big changes. We have some scattered showers again today. But as that low kind of moves off to the east and northeast, bringing some snow into the Sierra Nevada, great news. We're going to see a developing northeasterly wind. So by Wednesday, we're going to start to feel those Santa Ana winds. Cool at first, but it will help to warm us up. Thursday, Friday, really hot temperatures, windy conditions out of the northeast. That's going to dry things out, but also going to warm us way back up. So another big swing in our temperatures as we go from below average highs today to well above average as we get to the end of the week and this upcoming weekend, back up to near 90 degrees. Newport Beach, you do have some showers here expected today into tomorrow, 50% chance to 30% chance. Some of our beach cities like Long Beach also getting some sprinkles out there. Big Bear Lake, I've got another day here for you with some showers, 70% chance. Maybe even a little dusting of snow way up above 8,000, 9,000 feet. We'll see. We love seeing that. And then it should stay dry for the rest of the week. We have a coastal flood advisory that's still in effect, a beach hazard statement, and a high surf. We still have those surf heights coming in near 3 to 5 plus, maybe 7 foot sets. That combined with the high tide coming in this morning of more than 7.1 to even 7.5 feet. that's going to cause more beach erosion and problems along the coast. So you just want to keep that in mind, especially those homeowners already with those homes very vulnerable to these big waves. 70 degrees along the coast. We've got another day of some shower chances and then maybe some lingering 30% chance for showers early tomorrow morning, but then drying out. Look at how we get to 86 degrees by Friday. We're going to stay in the 80s, low 80s this weekend, but plenty of sunshine with that offshore flow. 65 for downtown L.A., Orange County, scattered showers. much drier tomorrow look at how we ramp it up to 86 on thursday 90 degrees on friday upper 80s to near 90 for the remainder of next weekend 67 for the valleys inland empire right back up to 85 on wednesday to 93 as we get to this weekend so that's that swing in temperatures i was talking about 46 scattered rain still up into the mountains maybe even some snow uh getting up to the low 60s on thursday still beautiful with sunshine up the mountains high desert 64 degrees those windy conditions, especially below the clouds and Pasadena Mountains and deserts as we get to Friday and Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 74 in the low desert in the Coachella Valley. Look how it jumps up to near 90 by Thursday. Perfect, actually, in Palm Springs. All right, let's do some TV shout-outs. We want to wish a happy 17th birthday to you, Eric. Hope your day is full of joy. Your mom, your dad, and Aaron give their love to you. And then a happy birthday to Princess Samia. I love your Dodger shirt. That is so cute. your mom, your dad, and the rest of the kids love you so much too. Keep those pictures coming. All you have to do is email them to us and put you on the list. TV shout outs at fox.com. TV shout out at fox.com. All right, stay with us. We will be right back after this quick break.