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Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to the CEO and co

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Speaker 1: founder of the Hit Living Foundation, Heather Crow.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Heather, Good morning Amy.

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Speaker 1: So we've got something really fun for you to do

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Speaker 1: with your pup this weekend to get them into the

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Speaker 1: mood for the holidays and maybe get you in the

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Speaker 1: mood too. So please tell us about the second annual

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Speaker 1: Winter Holiday Market.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I would be delighted to It's going to be

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Speaker 2: so much fun. There are so many markets, not just

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Speaker 2: in LA but nationwide that are specifically curated for people,

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Speaker 2: and unfortunately, dogs aren't even allowed to most of them.

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Speaker 2: This is an event incredibly special because it is a

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Speaker 2: dog forward, dog centric market for dog lovers and those

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Speaker 2: who believe in and want to support our mission. It's

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Speaker 2: about dogs for the dogs and through and through. It's

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Speaker 2: really a community event to help kick off the holiday season.

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Speaker 1: Okay, and where is it happening.

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Speaker 2: It is happening this Sunday, November twenty third at Santa

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Speaker 2: Monica Brewerks from twelve to three pm.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so brewworks.

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Speaker 3: So it's at a brewery.

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Speaker 2: It is, yep, the Santa Monica Brewerks.

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Speaker 1: Okay, great, Yeah, So tell us about this winter wonderland

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Speaker 1: for dogs and their humans.

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Speaker 2: This might be my favorite question of the whole interview.

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Speaker 2: My team and I have been incredibly thoughtful about the

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Speaker 2: curation of this holiday market since our first holiday market

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Speaker 2: back in twenty twenty four. Guests can expect a holiday

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Speaker 2: centric market where activities are for the dogs and our

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Speaker 2: vendors are for the dogs and their families. It's going

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Speaker 2: to be fun for all ages and guests can expect

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Speaker 2: to see a variety of local La vendors retailing every

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Speaker 2: thing from high quality pet accessories and grooming products, organic

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Speaker 2: dog treats. We'll have an award winning pet portrait studio.

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Speaker 2: There will actually have a local La coffee roaster, Unbound Bruce,

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Speaker 2: who we partnered with to launch our own coffee label

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Speaker 2: called Coffee, which is a one hundred percent organic blend. Yes,

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Speaker 2: we love a good dog ton plus much more and

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Speaker 2: of course our hit holiday market activities. Guests can expect

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Speaker 2: to see Santa. Of course there will be photos with Santa.

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Speaker 2: We'll have a tree covered in cookies from Cookie Goods

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Speaker 2: of Santa Monica, a ball pit just for the dogs,

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Speaker 2: toys and more all for the dogs.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so can the dogs go in one at a

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Speaker 1: time to the ballpit or is it like a is

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Speaker 1: it like a dog park and they all just go

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Speaker 1: and jump in.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's one at a time. We will actually have

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Speaker 2: extra volunteers stationed at the dog pit, so our volunteer

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Speaker 2: can either photograph your dog while you're throwing the balls

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Speaker 2: and playing with your dog, or our volunteer can toss

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Speaker 2: the balls while you're taking all the photographs to get

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Speaker 2: those perfect ballpit shops.

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Speaker 3: Okay, and then.

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Speaker 1: That sounds like so much fun. Heather Now tell us

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Speaker 1: that this is not only for fun for you and

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Speaker 1: your pet, it's also to help out your organization, the

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Speaker 1: Hit Living Foundation. Tell us what you guys do to

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Speaker 1: save animals?

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Speaker 2: Of course, Yeah. We are a rescue started back in

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Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, and we work with local shelters. We pull

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Speaker 2: at risk dogs from euthanasia. We pull a lot of

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Speaker 2: extreme medical cases and we provide them some of LA's

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Speaker 2: best medical care possible. So it's for us, it's really

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Speaker 2: about ask you rehabilitation and being very thoughtful about our

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Speaker 2: adoption applicants and making sure that we're matchmaking our dogs

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Speaker 2: with the right homes and of course vice versa.

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Speaker 1: And being an animal lover. I know that it's so

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Speaker 1: important that we get these animals out of shelters. Bill Handle,

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Speaker 1: I can see him right now, he's holding his new DOXI.

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Speaker 3: So we love the pets.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we love the pets here, and we love that

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Speaker 1: what you're doing is not only going to be fun,

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Speaker 1: but it's also for a good cause. Heather, Is there

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Speaker 1: somewhere they can go to get more information about the

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Speaker 1: Winter Holiday Market?

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Speaker 2: Of course, Yes, they can go directly to our website

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Speaker 2: Hit Livingfoundation dot org.

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Speaker 1: Hit Living Foundation, We'll see go ahead dot org.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and they'll see a link to OURSVP to our

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Speaker 2: market this weekend for free.

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Speaker 1: Okay, perfect. I love it. Heather, Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for sharing your information about the second annual Winter Holiday Market,

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Speaker 1: happening this Sunday noon to three at Santa Monica Work.

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Speaker 2: Sounds like a lot of fun. Have a great day, Heather,

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Speaker 2: it will be thank you you as well.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get back to some of the stories

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Speaker 1: coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. New

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Speaker 1: allegations of surfaced over the Palisades fire.

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Speaker 4: A legal complaint has been filed against the state, alleging

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Speaker 4: that a state park official may have hindered lafd's operations

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Speaker 4: to mop up the Lochman burnscar area that reignited into

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Speaker 4: the deadly Palisades fire. The La Times reports an attorney

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Speaker 4: claims LAFD could not bring a bulldozer to the area

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Speaker 4: to cut a line around the fire and could not

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Speaker 4: dig up around native plant species. Lawyers representing victims of

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Speaker 4: the Palisades fire are working to depose LA firefighters who

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Speaker 4: address the allegations, and have yet to provide direct evidence

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Speaker 4: that park officials interfered with firefighting efforts. Ailing Gonzalez, k

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Speaker 1: The La County DA's offices it's investigating potentially fraudulent claims

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Speaker 1: of sex abuse.

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Speaker 3: Thousands of claims have been filed against La County, which

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Speaker 3: settled for four billion dollars. LA County DA Nathan Hofkman

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Speaker 3: says he'll prosecute anyone who filed a fake claim.

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Speaker 2: We're going to go after that. We're going to go

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Speaker 2: after them aggressively.

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Speaker 3: We're going to go after them to put them behind bars.

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Speaker 3: An investigation by The La Times found some claimants admitting

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Speaker 3: that they were paid by a law firm to say

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Speaker 3: they were abused by county employees. The claims in the

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Speaker 3: case stretch over decades. Michael Monks KFI News.

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Speaker 1: The passage of a state law has been celebrated by

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Speaker 1: officials in LA for expanding protections for victims and witnesses

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Speaker 1: to crimes. Assembly Woman Pivar sorry Chavo says the victim