Good Day LA Wednesday, 11/11/2026

All right, almost 7 o'clock on this Wednesday, Veterans Day. Happy Veterans Day to all you veterans out there and those who are still serving. I'm Bob DeCastro. And I'm Jen Lombers. Yes, thank you for your service as we take a live look right here at the Covina Field of Valor. Some 2,000 flags set up there. Just one of many ways that you'll see us honoring our veterans today. Let's go over to Maria for a check on our forecast. Good morning to you. Happy Veterans Day. Good morning and a happy Veterans Day. I know, Bob, you've been getting this, but thank you. I know Saul is here somewhere. We have our veterans here. We're in our building, and my brother, who is also a veteran, Jenner, I'm just sending you a shout-out and a thank you. We've got the offshore flow still with us today. Good morning. So that means another pretty warm day today. Pleasant summer-like conditions in the afternoon with these temperatures getting to well above average. Right now it is mild, 67 in Granada Hills, 66 downtown L.A. Victorville, a little chilly, 46, 26 below freezing in Big Bear. To that 61 in Palm Springs, Corona. It's actually kind of chilly. You'll need that light jacket or sweatshirt, 46 degrees. But this afternoon, it will warm up, much like the last several days. 88 degrees in the low desert in Palm Springs, 77 in the high desert to that 63 up in the mountains. A lot of events going on today, honoring and celebrating our veterans. 87, it'll be a warm one near downtown L.A. 90 for the valleys on the Inland Empire to around 81 along our coast. We have a beach hazard statement. Some of the hazards along the coast continue with the high surf. I'll go over the details. I'll let you know when the rain is arriving coming up my complete forecast. But first, let's go up to Stu on SkyFox, get an update on our traffic. It should be holiday light, hopefully, Stu. Hey, good morning, Maria. Holiday light, indeed. It's Veterans Day, and thank you all for your service. And if you're serving right now, thank you for that service as well. Take a look at that. That's the 405 drive in Long Beach. Oh, my goodness. Between the 605, the 110, 710, the ride is looking amazing. Pretty much all the freeways we've seen this morning are going to be holiday light. Get out there. Get to where you need to be on time. Be careful, everybody. Just because your roads are open doesn't mean you should open it up on your car. Just be slow and go and keep those speeds safe. We don't want to see anybody get hurt. Sending it back to y'all in the studio. Good morning. All right, good morning to you, Stu. We have some breaking news out of North Hollywood this morning. Three people are dead and two others injured after a suspected drunk driver crashed into pedestrians and vendors outside of a metro station. Gigi Gracia is live where this all happened, and she has an update this morning. Gigi. That's right, the LAPD confirming they have arrested the driver of that minivan that plowed into a crowd of people outside the metro. Last night, he has been identified as 61-year-old Igor Demyanenko. He's behind bars this morning. His bail set at over $6 million. Now, take a look at what happened. It was just before 6 p.m. on Lankershim and Chandler, right outside the metro station, extremely busy, when police say they believe Demyanenko was under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. When he was speeding down Lankershim, tried to pass a car, lost control and ended up on the sidewalk plowing into a group of street vendors and pedestrians that were outside the metro. Three women, their ages ranging from their late 30s to their late 50s. were killed instantly two other women were also injured. One of them remains hospitalized in critical condition. The other is also in the hospital with less serious injuries. Now, Demyanenko, who was also injured, was taken to the hospital, but later was booked on suspicion of DUI. This all happened again during rush hour and there were a lot of witnesses who saw it all happen Loud thunderous boom and like it was just like More things, it sounded like things falling, he struck the pole to the street light. And from the trajectory of it, it looks like he kinda clipped the ladies going sideways and then impacted somewhere. It was very shocking, I thought the lady was hurt, but once I realized she was unalive, it was not good. It was an extremely chaotic scene and as word spread of what had happened, loved ones from several of the vendors here rushed to the scene fearing it was their family member who had been killed. The identities of the three victims will come from the medical examiner once they're notified and once they're identified rather and their families notified. Reporting live in North Hollywood this morning, I'm Gigi Gracia, back to you. Tragic story. Gigi, thank you. All right, Veterans Day. Is it time to give back to those who've given so much for our country? Mario Ramirez, live in Sylmar with more on today's Veterans Day observances. Good morning. Yeah, that's right. There's a lot happening across Southern California, including right here in the San Fernando Valley. We're just outside of a Denny's here in Sylmar, and veterans here taking advantage of what they're offering, a free Grand Slam breakfast with... That military ID and this is just one of the ways that the community here is saying thank you to the men and women who served and are currently serving. So take a look. We're also talking about free gas, an event happening just down the street here in Sylmar where we are. Gas prices we know still hovering near $6 a gallon across the L. A area. So this really couldn't come at a better time today. The helpful SoCal Honda dealers are giving away free gas. They're actually handing out more than $15,000 in fuel over two days starting at eight o'clock this This morning they'll be at the Food for Less Fuel Center on Glen Oaks Boulevard in Sylmar. The first 75 drivers can receive up to $70 in free gas. Then at noon they'll be at the Ralph's on Louise Avenue in Van Nuys. So it's first come, first served. Don't wait too long because I'm sure there are a lot of people who are interested in that deal. And there are some great events happening today to honor our veterans. Let's go to Santa Clarita, a two-decade tradition. Continues at Veterans Historical Plaza in Old Town Newhall, an annual ceremony that begins at 11 o'clock this morning, a formal changing of the flags, musical performances, and resources for military families. Over in West Hollywood, another special celebration at the Veterans Memorial Park. It marks the park's It's the 23rd anniversary, and the community's invited starting at 11 o'clock this morning. And over in the San Gabriel Valley, Baldwin Park celebrating its 35th annual Veterans Day ceremony. That gets underway at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The Morgan Park Amphitheater, they'll be at a Veterans Resource Fair, military memorabilia, even live big band music from the 1940s. And something that really puts it into perspective is there are around... Fifteen, sixteen hundred active or past who have served in the military here in the San Fernando Valley. Are we going to try to get someone here, Howard? Okay, let's see if we can get someone here who has served. They have a sticker on the back of their car. Which one, Howard? Which one? This one here? Okay, let's see if they're... Hey, hey! Hey, sir, we see you all dressed up in the gear. We just wanted to say happy Veterans Day. Is that all right? That's all right. Yeah, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for your service. What can you tell us about where you serve? Well, I serve active duty for the United States Navy. You know, so I did a couple tours. You know, I did the golf and I did, you know, just served in San Diego, Point Mugu. You know, and I also, you know, just like I said, active duty, civil service. So let me ask, what have you learned in your service? What have I learned? Discipline. I've learned a lot of discipline. I've learned to take care of my fellow servicemen, you know, men and women. You know, I'm proud of what they did and, you know, what they're doing right now. And I just, I did, actually, I joined when I was 17 and a half. Wow. My mom had to sign, you know, we called it, you know, the delayed entry program. So, long story short, I joined in 86. And after 39 years, I just retired last year. Oh, my God. So I'm just trying to be a civilian again, you know, just enjoying my time off, you know, enjoying time. I usually come and get a cup of coffee, you know, and run around, run around. Are you feeling the love? Are you feeling the benefits? Is the community giving back? Oh, no, no. You know, I like what they do. I like the community, you know, everything they do for the veterans. I wish we could do more. Yeah, yeah, I know. What's your name? Walter Guerrero. Walter Guerrero. All right, we found somebody here. A great interview. Thank you, Walter. Thanks for your service. Walter, thank you for your service. Walter, thank you for your service. Wow, what a guy. He brings up a good point for veterans who are just leaving and transitioning into civilian life. You know, often they find it difficult finding those jobs out there because people don't see that they can take their skills and use them in the civilian world. But he spoke there just about discipline. Attention to detail, about teamwork, and your ability to work with others. So if there's one message out there today, it's hire a veteran. That's right. They will strengthen your ranks. Absolutely. I'll tell you that much. Well said. Okay, so news from Capitol Hill. The House has blocked an effort to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Doug Zader has the very latest from Washington this morning. Doug, good morning. Good morning, guys. This was a measure that was introduced by a Republican. Democratic votes, though, were really what was needed to get this across the finish line, and those numbers just weren't there. The motion is adopted. With the fall of the gavel, the House voted to essentially table the resolution to impeach Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth. What What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting. Is not oversight. Hegseth had gone after Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie, the Republican who introduced the impeachment resolution and the only member of his caucus to support it. America needs a serious Secretary of Defense, not a wannabe warlord. Democrats though may try again next year when they control both chambers of Congress and the leadership for that new Congress is taking shape. Over the next two years, House Republicans will fight for American families. A combative Ohio Congressman, Jim Jordan, was selected to lead the Republican minority in the House next year, and South Dakota's John Thune will remain the Republican leader in the Senate. We got a lot of work to be done to- Get back into the majority. Democrats are expected to support Hakeem Jeffries as the new Speaker of the House, but there will be at least some opposition to Chuck Schumer's return as Senate Majority Leader. The time is now for change, and I will not be supporting Chuck to be reelected as the Democratic leader. And there are some incoming Senate Democrats who promised through their campaigns to change over leadership among Democrats, so they will not support Schumer likely either. The threshold is not high. You just need a majority of Democrats in the Senate to get Schumer across the finish line on this. And frankly, there's so much euphoria among Democrats right now that Schumer could probably ride that wave to return to this as a Senate majority. It's like he was the coach that won the Super Bowl. Do you know what I mean? And it's hard to get rid of that. Are there any other names, since people are talking about the possibility of replacing Schumer, are there names being floated about? Or is this sort of still the... Orientation waiting period when things start percolating up. Yeah, as they say, you can't beat someone with no one, but, you know, Chris Van Hollen is a name that's come up as a possibility here. We'll see. It would be surprising if Schumer was not back in that job, but, you know, a lot of things can happen. He sat down with the New York Times daily podcast, and he seemed pretty confident that there would be no challengers and that he would be kind of skating into this next time. Yeah, I think his prospects are better now than they were, you know, before the election, even assuming the Democrats were going to win because they, and the thing is, is that he supported some Democrats. Who indicated that they would not support him, knowing that it was necessary to get some of these folks kind of, you know, through that election and knowing that that was just going to have to be kind of a tacit agreement to make it happen. Well, maybe, you know, party loyalty stands for, means a lot. Well, we'll see. We'll see if that pays off for him. All right. Doug Lizato, live for us in Washington. Doug, thank you so much. Have a great day. Thank you. All right, 7-12. We'll take a short break. We'll be right back. Everybody has secrets, right? Right? But apparently, a lot of you are keeping some pretty big ones from people closest to you, and we're talking about money. A new survey finds 59% of Americans admit to hiding financial secrets. Here's what they're keeping under wraps. All right, 21% are hiding bad credit scores. But guess what? That's all going to come out if you decide to forge a life together. It'll come out, 16% are keeping quiet about credit card debt, 14% they have a secret gambling habit, 11% have a separate bank account their partner doesn't even know about. Wow. And 9% are hiding unpaid student loans. Those secrets can cost you more than money. Nearly half of people in that survey said someone's debt or money problems could make a deal breaker when it comes to dating. Not just dating, but... I will say, I mean, there's... Nothing will break up a marriage quite like financial issues, right? Yeah, and I'm sure there's a lot of people who are in this situation, right? Yeah. It's very embarrassing. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing to know that you're holding on to debt. It's painful, too, right? It can hurt you in all ways. You're holding on to this, and you're hiding something. That's right. You feel like you're ashamed about it. You try to, like, you rationalize yourself, like, I can get out of it myself, and then I don't have to say anything, but... It's tough, especially now, right, with everything so expensive, and you're trying to do your best to juggle so many things. It's a lot. And then student loans, I mean, that's a problem, right? Student loans primarily for the 20-year-olds, like 30-year-olds, that's a huge, huge, heavy. People are still paying off their loans, like deep in their 30s. Yeah, a really heavy thing on your back. Yes, yes. Do the credit check. Do the credit check if you're dating someone and you're starting to get together. Oh! You could get it really cheap. It's like $35. Are you going to start credit checking your son's significant others? Yes. You bet you. Before you bring her home. What's her credit check? I've had this talk with him. I said, you've got to do your due diligence, dude. If you want to just play around and have fun, okay, fine. But if you want to get married, definitely the credit check. Oh, my God. Hey, it's important. Yeah. Prenup. Yeah, I'm all about that. All right. High pressure. Let's talk about that. It's high pressure system is in control. We've got one more day of really warm temperatures, dry conditions today. And then we are looking at this door opening this storm door and it looks like we're going to see a series of storms headed our way. Look at the Pacific really getting active now. First one moving in late tomorrow night into Friday. We'll get some light showers. I think it'll be more like a beneficial rain for that late Friday or rather late Friday into Thursday into Friday storm. And then the next one Saturday. Moving in, this would be Friday night into Saturday. That will be a little bit more vigorous, bringing some snow up into the Sierra Nevada, maybe even some snow for us here locally with snow levels potentially staying up above 8,000, 9,000 feet. And then another weather system moving in, it looks like, Monday into Tuesday of next week and potentially another one behind that. So, yes, I think this is the beginning of some real pattern changes here as we look at this coming weekend into next week. We still have the high surf that's out there. We've got the dangerous rip currents in the water still have some sets coming in there three to five plus six feet. These storms in the Pacific now. West, northwesterly swells, so a little bit different in terms of where you are along the coast of Ventura County, probably a bit more impacted by that up towards portions of L.A. County. There's also an air quality alert, by the way, for just a higher level of pollution, so just try to stay indoors if you can and not do too much in the way of exercise if you've got any upper respiratory issues. 80 degrees in Bakersfield today. Look at that, 83 in Inglewood to that 89 in Indio. I'll show you the rest of the forecast in just a few moments, but first, let's go back up to Stew. And Sky Fox, Stu, a happy Veterans Day, and I think you would agree that you need to do your due diligence with your partner, right? That's Stu, you know. Yeah, due diligence. You know what? I'm more of a... I don't know how to word it. I don't think I would do a credit check on somebody. You wouldn't? Honestly, I don't. I don't. No, I think love is blind. I am. I am trusting. Happy Veterans Day, everybody. That is for sure. You know, thank you guys for your service. Taking a look at that American flag out here in Compton. Could use a little more of a breeze. But we also found some traffic. Take a look at that. Did this just happen? Just now. Just now. What's going on there? It literally just happened right now. We definitely found the traffic. Somebody actually got a stall in those middle lanes. That's going to be the westbound 91 right before Central. Now you've got somebody stalled out there in the center lanes as well. Also, there's a lot of traffic as you're making your way over to the 110. Keep that all in mind this morning. Most of the freeway is wide open. Westbound 91 through Compton. Give yourself a little extra time. Looks like it's starting to back up. And now you also have a stall right before Central. Let's take a look at some other 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, no obligation, as-is cash offer. Go to MyHomeSold.com. Again. Welcome back on this Veterans Day. We're putting out the call for photos. We want to show our veterans some love. Veterans, send a photo in uniform. List your name and your branch of service. Scan that QR code that you see right there on your screen, and you might see yourself or your loved one on TV. Thanks for sending all these in. These are awesome. Yeah, you've got family members, friends, loved ones. Uh, you know, You know, we want to see them all. That's right, and here's a look. It's some of our Fox 11 veterans, two of whom are in the studio right now. Bob, U.S. Navy lieutenant right there. Look at how handsome. Yeah, I couldn't fit into those uniforms anymore. Stop it. Still the same smile, though. And then, look, Saul. Look at Saul. U.S. Army specialist. Looking so sharp. Looking sharp. How old were you in this picture? Well, yeah. 20 years old. 20 years old. You look like you're 12. That's right. There he is. There are veterans. Thank you. Thank you so much. We appreciate your service. Here we've got another one. This is Sam Butita. Oh my gosh. U.S. Marine Sergeant. The son of our Tony Butita. Photographer here. So continuing his father's legacy of service. His father a volunteer with the Sheriff's Department I'm in the Department in L.A. County. And he served as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps, and now continues to serve at the U.S. Marshals as a deputy at the U.S. Marshals down in Texas. So Sam, great to see you. Francisco. Oh, wow. Cisco, as we love to call him here. He looks the same. He's got those eyes. I know, that's right. Don't mess with me. Yeah. Cisco, thank you for your service. We appreciate you too. Fox 11 is partnering with U.S. vets to make camo our cause to help prevent an end and put an end to veteran homelessness. So there are three ways to help. First of all, if you grab that link through that QR code, you can purchase gear. In the U.S. Vets online store, lots of it camo gear, so you can shop for it at go.fox.usvets. Again, you can grab that QR code right there. We have some of that schwag right here. Wear that camo proudly and show that you honor U.S. veterans, or you can just find some camo on your own, post some pics of you or someone you know wearing camo on Veterans Day. Use the hashtag HonorUSVets. Again, this is all about honoring our veterans and solving that homelessness crisis. Here's some of the gear right here that you can get from that website. You're wearing your tie, right? Am I right? Yeah. Also that you can get from there. I like it. It's neat, right? Yeah. It's very subtle, too. Mario's got it on, too. I know he does. Wear your camo today. All right. We're going to take a short break, and we will be right back. 7.30 coming up. All right. Good morning. It's 730 on this Wednesday, Veterans Day. Thank you to all of our veterans out there. Yeah. Thank you for everyone who's worn the uniform or many of you still wearing the uniform. So thanks for. All of your service. We appreciate it. Let's get to Mary with a look at the forecast. Lots of commemorations, observances happening today throughout Southern California. Yes, that's right. And it is a perfect day for such things. We've got lots of sunshine, many kids out of school today. Maybe you're out of work because, you know, it's a holiday. You're hitting the beach. Look at these guys, the surfers and the dawn patrollers here, enjoying some of the waves that are coming in. We've got a nice swell coming out of the west, northwest, and a slight offshore flow keeping those waves. And those sets nice and peaky. Right? Good shape to them as they're coming in. Changes in our weather pattern, though, is coming after today. Tomorrow, we're going to start to get the cooling. And then we'll get rounds of rain starting as early as late tomorrow night, Friday morning. Another one Friday into Saturday. And then Storm 3 that we could see Monday into Tuesday. And then maybe more after that. So the storm door is opening for us as we get into the season. 87 is the high we're expecting today. That's certainly warmer than yesterday's 79. 79, sixth day in a row we had an above average high. We'll wait and see if we actually reach 87, but I am expecting an above average kind of high day today. Sunset is at 4:52 later this afternoon. These are the highs. Around 90 in Woodland Hills, 86 in Burbank, 83 in Pasadena, 82 in Santa Ana, 63 in Big Bear to that 88 in Palm Springs. When I come back, I'll show you the 70 forecast plus your pictures and today's TV shout outs, birthday shout outs in just a few moments. In the meantime, I'll send it back to you. Maria, thank you. This Veterans Day, we're sharing the remarkable story of a San Fernando man whose life reads like an adventure novel. From signing up for the Air Force to serving in Vietnam to becoming a senior intelligence advisor, Ed Reynolds did it all with a disability. Gigi Graciette has his story. His name is Ed, Ed Reynolds, humble, unassuming, yet larger than life. A Vietnam War veteran who dedicated his life to serving his country, a path that didn't start with a dream or a calling. It began with a choice. The head of the draft in my little town said, we give you until June, and if you don't get... A deferment, you're gonna get drafted. And so I ran down with my buddy and enlisted in aviation cadets. It was 1957 and Ed knew it was a matter of when, not if he would be called to serve. But beneath that certainty about service lived a private fear. Ed is dyslexic and back then was convinced he was a dummy as he puts it. But the Air Force saw something else. Logic, instinct, and a mind that navigated the world like a compass. No map needed. I can't spell, and I can't read more than a page at a time without getting a headache. How did you become a navigator? Oh, well, that's easy. You don't read. You know, logic, logic, math, logic. Navigating, it's easy. His career would take him everywhere, England, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia. But it was Vietnam, the war, the country, and most importantly, it's people that changed him. You gotta be tolerant of other people's religion. If you wanna believe what you wanna believe, but don't try to force it down other people's People's throats, and that's the problem. And that was the problem in Vietnam. What he saw, what he lived through in Vietnam would change his life, and eventually promoting to senior intelligence advisor to the chief of intelligence for the South Vietnamese Air Force would define his career. He flew constantly across Vietnam during the war, to Hong Kong, to Bangkok, and he was There was one of only three navigators trusted for night or over water missions. The only time we got shot up, we didn't know at the time that we got shot up. We saw flashes, holes. Right around in here. Wow. We didn't know until we landed, actually got hit. But he also saw the war's cruelty and its casualties. He remembers entire villages and their people wiped off the map. So many lives lost and so many families who paid the highest price. There are some things you saw in Vietnam. That live with you until this day. Those images you cannot get out of your head. Oh, body bags lined up. That has always stuck in my mind. But along the way, lifetime friendships were forged. Ed would eventually be called on to help his Vietnamese counterpart escape in the final hours before Saigon fell. They stayed close for decades. And through it all, he survived more close calls than most people see in a lifetime. I had a mid-air collision in the Gulf of Tonkin, Where I got my head Cut open, yeah, I had that hit by lightning, yeah, that was kind of interesting. You were shot at? Yeah, yeah, coming out of a play coup, yeah. So either you're the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest man. Which is it? Well, I don't know. I don't know. I'm lucky that I'm at this age and I'm not bedridden. Today, Ed is a leader in Wings Over Wendy's, a veterans group that began with only a handful of men gathering to share stories that only they could really understand. From just a few, the meetings quickly grew into a weekly gathering of dozens. It's a band of brothers. You start the week by getting up and getting to do something. At 89, Ed still lectures on Vietnam, still navigates the world by instinct, still shares stories of traveling around the world and seeing the front lines and the true cost of war. But through thick and thin. He strongly believes the United States is the greatest country he's ever lived in. The United States. Good old USA? Yeah, because it's got everything. It's got great mountains and great seashores and great... Sights and great, great people. A life of service, a life of survival, a life shaped by war, but never defined by fear. And maybe that's what makes Ed's story extraordinary. Not the danger he lived through, but the grace with which he remembers it. Gigi Graciette, Good Day LA. Gosh, what a beautiful story. What a great story. It just goes to show you that... That generation, especially, but the ones that are veterans as a whole, and then especially the veterans who saw active combat the way Ed did, are just built differently. Right. With that story, you realize that there's a lot that we can learn from that generation and from our veterans, right? Like, despite everything that he's been through, the optimism that he has for life. The compassion that he has for other people, the pride that he has for the country. I mean, just an amazing individual. And each year that goes on is going to become more and more important for us to preserve those kinds of stories. Yeah, you think right now, you know, he's a Vietnam veteran, but World War II veteran. There's only, I think, 30-something thousand that still are alive today. And they're, you know, it's very soon, you know, they won't be with us. So it's important to just remember and learn. From all the lessons that they have learned from, right? That's right. Yeah. Great story. Great story, Gigi. Thank you so much. Let's get to entertainment sponsored by Yaamava Resort and Casino. Okay, so we are getting our first look at a wild comedy starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti. Sue! No, no, Mona. Just let me think. Marty, take five, but don't leave. Copy that. Sue! Friends, Sue! Friends, Sue! The day off, except for Mona, to work with me on the main stage. Oh my gosh, first of all, love Julianne Moore, love Paul Giamatti. Incredible cast. So good. Yeah, couldn't get any better than that. Yeah, the debut was written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. It's about a shy, unassuming housewife who completely transforms after getting a bit part in community theater. The movie has been playing in film festivals. It's already generating some Oscar buzz. It debuts in theaters on December 11th. Jesse Eisenberg also, who's been directing a lot of things lately. It's just good stuff. He's fantastic. A new holiday special from Apple TV is a real 80s throwback. It's like a little dip in the holiday spirit or something. Have you seen my snow globe? Where did it go? Maybe the more we share the spirit, the stronger it is. Smarts, they're just tapping into our millennial senses and then introducing kids to a whole new world. So it's Fraggle Rock, a holiday gift. It premieres Friday, December the 4th. It features a musical performance by Nicole Scherzinger. Of course, I'm a big fan of hers. She's making her first Fraggle Rock appearance one year after winning that Tony for Best Actress in Sunset Boulevard. Down at Fraggle Rock. It leads to our poll question of the day. Who's the best classic Christmas character? Oh boy, choose your fighter. Charlie Brown. Why is Scrooge not in here? Charlie Brown, Buddy the Elf, Ralphie or the Grinch? Well, there have been many iterations of the Grinch. There have been. If we're talking Jim Carrey the Grinch, then that would be my favorite. A close second is Buddy the Elf. The cartoon Grinch is pretty good. Chris already weighing in here saying, I love the Peanuts Gang, Snoopy the OG. Right? Harold from San Bernardino, gotta love Charlie Brown Christmas. I grew up as a 60s kid watching the program each year, followed by How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Great classics. Great classics. Scotty and Wesley, good morning. Sorry, no Rudolph? Scotty, I'm so sorry. He only saved Christmas. Yeah, right? He did save Christmas. He did. I used to watch those Rudolph ones. The, what's it, stop motion animation? Yeah. That's one of my favorite Christmas movies. And then the mom puts the, makes his nose black. I know. So that he would fit in. Yeah, and the Island of Misfit Toys. Was that also, that was Rudolph, right? Was it the island? Yeah, that was Rudolph also. Yes. Yeah. I grew up on those movies. Stu, what's your favorite? You know what? Really tough. And you know what? As far as the, all four, it's tough. But I'm going to go with Old School Grinch and Charlie Brown. But talking about the Isle of Misfit Toys, always wanted to go visit that. That's still on my vacation bucket list. Let's talk about a little traffic. It's going to be, this one's going to be from Jacoby & Myers Injury Lawyers. What's better than Friday night? Holiday night. It's Veterans Day. Happy Veterans Day. Thank you guys for your service. And as far as the ride goes, that's the 10. Oh, yeah, that's the 10. Those taillights, that's going to be the westbound 10, usually all backed up from the 110 over to the 405 this morning. Freeway speeds, east and westbound. It's going to be a great ride. It's going to be a great day. Let's take a look at some traffic hotspots. Insurance offer for a bike accident, $5,000. Jacoby and Meyers result, $500,000. Call to see what your case is worth. 1-800-5-MILLION. Because you deserve justice. Welcome back. On Veterans Day, we remember the men and women who served and the sacrifices they and their families have made. And sometimes the most meaningful reminders of that service are the things they left with us. So preserving those pieces helps keep their stories alive for the next generation. Joining us now is someone who has dedicated his life to doing just that, local framing expert and owner of Best Framing, Mehdi Bendana. Yes. Thanks for being with us Thank you for having us this morning. Thank you for having me. You brought some amazing... Amazing things. It's interesting because even as a veteran, when you leave the service, you have these uniforms, you have, I had a sword. I didn't know what to do with them and I ended up just kind of getting rid of it all but here you are people who've preserved these pieces and they can keep it on for generations. Yeah so when I got into custom framing I learned that there's presentation and preservation and one of my favorites is preserving the memories perfect intersection of that yeah so in this situation we went out and got some memorabilia from a local store that sells vintage pieces from the military and we got three pieces that are perfect for displaying and showing how Look at this frame. So let's start with the cap. You said this is from World War Two. Yes. So it's an army cap. And what we did here that's pretty special is instead of it just hanging on a wall, it's actually a table topper. And what we did was we set up a mirror underneath it. So when you're looking at this hat, I'm not sure if they could see it here, but there's a little bit there's a mirror on the inside. So you could see here that you can see the inside of the hat. So when you're going on certain angles like this, you'll see the inside of the hat without touching it. From where I'm standing right now, I can see the insignia and everything. Exactly. And I did one of these before there was a NYPD hat that had a Virgin Mary picture on the inside. So they really wanted to see the inside of it. And then a gold frame to it. Yeah, so people do stuff with the inside. Obviously, you put your identifier in there so people know it's your hat. It's not theirs. But you can see your loved one's inscription in it. Oh, look at that. And this is a way for you. It's almost like a museum piece if you're doing it this way. Exactly. Truly it is. Yeah. And then over here, you have a sword. And I want to help you out with this one because... This is, there's a cool component to this. Yes. So in preservation of memorabilia, it's important how you attach them to the frame. So in this situation, I didn't want to use any adhesives or anything that's going to damage the frame. So in this situation, I use the magnet to attach it. So it's, you can You can actually... Carefully show it to your friends. Right. It doesn't have to stay inside Lucite or glass or anything. Exactly. You can take it out and actually... Yeah. And just attach this back up like this. And then that's it. You could set it up vertically or horizontally. Wow. And it's very well attached. And where is the sword from? This is called a 1902 sword. It's a Marine sword. Were you in the Marines? Navy. Navy. But as an officer, we had swords as well. Yes. Yeah, so it's called a 1902, but it's a military sword Yeah. that was used up to World War I, World War II. Wow. And then, okay, so you have, this I'm amazed by, because you're talking, this is a World War II map? Yes. And how perfectly preserved it is. Yeah, so when we're preserving something like this, there's multiple elements. So even whether you're going to do this on your own by buying your own frames, it's important to know the different things that are going to protect the artwork or, in this situation, the map. So we have UV glass that protects it from... So tell us about this piece right here, because this truly is like a museum piece. Yeah. So in this one, I was speaking to the gentleman that got us the piece. It's a cloth map that pilots would use. We've seen it before where they put it inside their jackets in case something happens. They want a cloth map so it doesn't get wet if they fall in the water. They wanted a cloth map so it doesn't make noise if they're somewhere where they can't make noise. And then I talked to the gentleman and brought in some images from that era. So we can say Carrier Enterprise 6 here and some of the airplanes that were used in World War II. And what happens is these are the flow charts of what you do after that water, after somebody hits the water. And so where did this come from, a family? So I went to a military surplus store and there's a gentleman in there that was in the Navy in the 70s who's a big collector. And I bought these three pieces for our showroom, so when customers come in, they get inspiration. We all have objects like this in our home, whether it's a grandparent or a father or a brother. And this is ways for us to honor them and display them properly and preserve them. This is like frozen in time. This is beautiful. What has been the reaction of some of these families? I imagine because there are so many heirlooms and things that they have that they love to do something with them and no one can think of. Everyone has the flag, right, inside the flag case. You can buy that on Amazon. This is just a very different way. Yeah, so again, with custom framing and with your local framer, when you're working with them, you work on ideas on how you want to display them and how you want to preserve them. So a lot of times seeing the families after they come pick it up, whether it's a full suit or it's grandpa's jacket or a badge or a map or anything like that, it's always this amazing reaction. That's probably one of the most rewarding things I do that I have in my business is that reaction. Reaction every time a customer comes in to pick up. Wow. Yeah. Well, Mary Bendana, thank you so much for showing us these pieces. It truly is the intersection of preservation and, I mean, it's its own form of art there. You just can't put a price on that, on the memories. You really can't. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Appreciate you. So special. For more information on how to preserve those memories or to make an appointment with Mary, just go to framing.com or follow them on Instagram. Give them a follow at bestframing. Thank you. Thank you. All right, Maria, over to you. Well, I learned something about the cloth maps. I had no idea if that was part of it. All right, wonderful. Yes, on this Veterans Day holiday, good morning to you. Good Day LA weather is brought to you by My Home Sold, and we've got some really great temperatures here locally. And if you are traveling, maybe going to Dallas, you'll get an 80 degree high temperature there, 81 in Tampa. If you're headed to the east and northeast, 55 in Detroit, 62 in New York City, a little colder up in Bismarck, North Dakota today with that high of 49 degrees. Our weather is going to start to change Not so much today, but we're definitely seeing a pattern change as we get to the end of this week into the upcoming weekend and into next week as we've got some storms that are developing in the Pacific and it's going to be quite active. Right now we're watching an area of high pressure that's going to continue to stay in control of our weather and then by late tomorrow night into Friday, watch as we see basically round one of some light showers moving across Southern California, mostly light to moderate, not a whole lot in terms of rain. of accumulation. We'll get another system moving in late Friday into Saturday. I think the first A portion of Saturday, or at least the morning, we'll see some light, light showers, and then it'll kind of clear out. So I think the remainder of the weekend will be quite nice into Sunday. If you have outdoor plans, your best bet will be Saturday afternoon into Sunday. And then another system moving in. We're watching for Monday to Tuesday of next week with a little bit more intense rain expected, snow up into the Sierra Nevada, and maybe some snow for us here locally as well. So we're going to watch storm after storm getting close by. And another one upstream. That could bring us quite a bit of rain as we get into Thanksgiving week holidays. So keep that in mind as you are planning ahead to the rest of the month. As far as how much rain, again, through Saturday, mostly light showers. We're talking about a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain, depending on where you are, by Saturday as that second round moves in. Maybe equaling to a third of an inch in Burbank, a third of an inch in Woodland Hills is possible, maybe a quarter of an inch elsewhere. So that varying amount through Saturday with more expected by Monday, too. We do have the dangerous rip current still in the water. We've got some waves coming in. These storms are generating these swells out of the west-northwest. So we're getting those 3 to 5 foot sets. Occasionally bigger sets for those west-northwest facing beaches. We've got some high tides still out there today, but it's going down a little bit. Still an issue for some of those low-lying areas. It's really going to be the high tide coming up as we look ahead to Thanksgiving week, where the high tide is going to peak between 8.3 to 8.6 feet. That can mean big problems for our homeowners, our residents along the shore, our businesses, because that's a really high tide, and we are anticipating a storm system that's going to bring in more swell So please plan ahead, take the necessary precautions for that. In the meantime, we are enjoying this today. 87 degrees for our Veterans Day holiday for downtown L.A., Inland Orange County. And that chance for rain starting Friday, Saturday, a little bit of a break Saturday afternoon to Sunday with that next round coming in Monday. As we look at the valleys in Inland Empire, a high of 90 today. Really nice. We'll start the cooling trend tomorrow to 83 up into the mountains 63 today with an overnight low around 32. It's going to stay pretty cool. It might be that time where we can start making some snow for our local resorts. Not officially open yet, but Mammoth Mountain is open. 77 in the high desert today. 88 in the Coachella Valley, in Palm Springs even there. Slight chance for some showers as we get into late Friday and Saturday. All right, now let's do some TV shout-outs before you walk out the door. We want to wish this young man a happy second. It's my second birthday, Xavier. Aww, look at you! Glamma and Glampa love you so much. What a fun birthday party! Look at that! That is such a beautiful cake. And a happy birthday to Angela Harris. Your husband is so in love with you. He says he's looking forward to all of the wonderful things for these newlyweds. Gregory, thank you for sending us that photo of your wife. Give us the pictures. Email them to us, tvshoutouts at fox.com. Make sure you give us their name, a little tidbit of info I can share here on Good Day LA. All right, stay with us because we'll be right back after this quick break.