Good Day LA Thursday, 10/22/2026

All right, welcome back to Good Day LA. I'm Jen Lammers. I'm Roxy Karabadian in for Bob. We got to talk about the weather. That's a beautiful shot though, I will say. It is so pretty. It's nice. Yeah, the clouds. Lots of cloud cover. A little bit of a wind. We had some nice rain yesterday. Actually, we had some downpours, yeah, yesterday. But we are still looking at rain this morning. Good morning to you on this Thursday. I'm meteorologist Maria Albano. Yes, we are going to zoom in to some of these cells that are following us. right now. Most of the heavy stuff is out towards the Inland Empire as we look at just off the 10 and otherwise just kind of some spotty showers. As we zoom out a little bit, this is all related to that big area of low pressure that is still spinning. The center cold core of that system is just offshore and it's still going to make its way inland. So that means more instability for us throughout the day today. Temperatures definitely on the chilly side. Grab that jacket. It's 57 currently in Santa Clarita, 55 in Granada Hills, 60 in Burbank, 56 out in Pasadena. Big Bear, 40 degrees, 61 in Riverside, out towards Long Beach at a 63. It should be around 78 in the Palm Springs area with that 20% chance for some showers today. We still have thunderstorms in the forecast, so don't be surprised if you do get caught in a heavy downpour or get some lightning there. 65 in the high desert to that 44 eventually in Big Bear. It's not going to warm up too much more up into the mountains. 68 degrees for downtown L.A. That is below the average. We're going to see a mixture of some clouds, some sunshine, and some pop-ups. Thunderstorms possible today. And, of course, we have a slew of those weather alerts still in place. So I will go over all of that in just a few moments. In the meantime, let's check in on the drive. I know Stu's been flying around, dodging some of those raindrops. But where are you, Stu? Good morning. Hey, good morning. Maria, good morning, everybody. Take a look at that 15 drive. Yes. The rain definitely made its way through here just a few moments ago. Harupa is where we are. Harupa area. I'm going to show you where the clouds may be right now. It does seem like it's moving off to the east like Maria was just talking about. Maybe some rain on that 215. But the 15 itself definitely still wet from that heavy downpour that just passed through here. Headlights, those are going to be northbound. And the ride does actually look like it's pretty good. When I say that on wet days, I always worry a little bit. You guys got to be careful out there. Watch those speeds, right and left sides of the lanes. You know, what used to be the fast lane should today be the let's be extra careful lane because that's where the puddling happens. But on that 15 through the Harupa area and also Ontario, looking really good. No crashes and moving along well. Be safe out there, everybody. Don't know when it's going to start raining where you're at. Send it back to you all in the studio. Good morning. All right, Stu. Thank you. So with all this incoming rain, let's check in on the Long Beach Peninsula. We have Mario Ramirez there live at the boardwalk with more. Mario. Yeah, this area fared pretty well with the storm overnight. I want to talk to Genevieve. She's a resident here, and she was actually at the community meeting last night. You live on the peninsula. The rain, it seems like it didn't cause any concerns here, but we are still in an area where there's lots of damage. There was some mild flooding in the streets. I was in the meeting, you know, for like two and a half hours, So I didn't see a lot of what was going on. But I walked down there, and on my walk back, there was quite a bit of rain. So you needed your boots. Yeah, yeah, we needed our boots every time we've been out here. Let's talk about this community meeting last night. As a resident here, what did you learn from that? I learned a lot about what they set up to do. I'm impressed. It was a lot more than I thought. So they are doing a lot of work that we don't hear about every little thing. but it's just a time fight you know this the raising of water is going to keep coming and i don't know if they can get it done in time you know so were there any questions that you still had after last night's meeting of course like we're seeing all this sand being pumped in from the Alamitos Bay Channel area and brought here to reinforce this barrier between the ocean and these homes but was there anything that you left with still wanting to know they covered they covered a lot of questions. There was some top guy from the fire department that covered a lot of safety issues and, you know, what we need to do to prepare. It did kind of get me going a little more to prepare more, but it was really good. They left a lot of questions. They left it open to answer a lot of questions. So as a resident here on the peninsula, what's the next step for you? What are you doing to prepare for this winter ahead? Just making sure I have a place to go if I need to make sure I have that go bag packed but making sure it's even better um you know having cash on hand uh i'm gonna raise up my sandbags a couple of levels stuff like that but you know i was on uh evacuation watch last time so if it's worse i figure i'll get evacuated so just making those plans yeah so you're on alert for the rest of the season here for the rest of Yeah, yeah, basically for months, you know. Well, thanks for talking to us, Genevieve. And she has a great point, you guys. If you, you know, live in this area, be prepared, like she's talking about. Have a place to go, have a backup plan, have cash on hand, and just watch for those alerts. Be prepared to evacuate because that is a possibility here in this area. For now, live here along the boardwalk, I'm Mario Ramirez. We'll send it back to you. I feel for all those neighbors. It's just been relentless. It's frustrating. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. This sounds like my white noise machine. It does. But look at that. Waves crashed into homes last night in the San Clemente area. Crews responded to reports of a small debris flow causing minor flooding. This was just south from the Norte Fire burn scar. This is what it looked like in the San Bernardino Mountains. Heavy rain, street flooding, mud flows there. The rain lasted several hours and caused street flooding on highways and main roads. A mudslide at the top of Live Oak Drive in Running Springs forced a closure just before Highway 18. Police are revealing more details now about two 15-year-old girls who were arrested for allegedly planning a mass shooting at Corona High School. Police say the girls had a hit list that included students and teachers. Over the past couple of months, they have made pretty extensive plans about coordinating an attack at Corona High School. that included maps of the campus, a list of targets, how to acquire weapons, ways to skirt the law to acquire weapons, and the specifics about how they would carry out the attack. Police say the girls sent each other messages on social media about the alleged plot. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, red-flagged the conversations and alerted authorities. Police say revenge appears to be the reason behind the plot. Students say at least one of the girls was bullied for years. In seventh grade, one of the girls was getting bullied like really bad. And then also there was a picture going around of her and like someone is playing tic-tac-toe on her forehead. One of the 15-year-old girls, a Corona High School student, the other a student at Norco High. Both were arrested October 6th for conspiracy to commit murder. The man accused of setting the deadly Palisades fire last year is due in court today. Jonathan Rinderknecht faces a revised indictment in which one charge was dropped and the two others were reworked. His first trial ended in June with a mistrial when the jurors split on the verdict after 13 hours of deliberations. This will be the last pretrial conference before his retrial gets underway. Also this morning, the California State University system among a growing number of schools nationwide offering a faster, cheaper path to a bachelor's degree. Fox News correspondent, business correspondent Lydia Hugh has more from Providence, Rhode Island. Roughly two-thirds of registered voters say they believe a four-year college degree isn't worth the price. That's according to polling by NBC News, and some colleges are listening. The theme that kept coming up and up was students wanted to complete faster. They wanted to be able to get out into the workforce. A growing number of universities in the U.S. are offering three-year bachelor programs. But these programs aren't squeezing four years of course load into three. Instead, they're cutting the amount of electives students need to complete for their degree. While critics argue the change erodes the quality of education, administrators at Johnson & Wales University stand by the shortened time frame. Whether you're a three-year degree computer science major or a four-year degree computer science major, you're taking the exact same sequence of computer science classes. As of this May, the research group RAND estimates there to be 119 reduced credit programs in the nation. I think it's actually making a difference in students who maybe didn't think about coming to college. Suddenly it's more affordable. The average cost to attend a four-year public college in-state is about $28,000, while students at private, non-profit universities spend about $61,000 per year. Advocates of the three-year degree program point out the reduced timeline cuts costs. Getting out of here in three years, it definitely saves money. That's a very important part of it. At Johnson and Wales University, the three-year degree programs include majors in hospitality management, criminal justice, graphic design, and computer science. Reporting from Providence, Rhode Island, Lydia Hu for Fox Business. Starting next fall, the CSU Board of Trustees has approved three reduced credit degree programs for a Bachelor's of Education, Professional Studies, and Applied Studies. The programs are being developed by individual CSU campuses. The University of California system, meanwhile, is maintaining the standard four-year degree tracks. A bit of good news to bring to you this morning. Pope Leo just got great health news of the Vatican saying he will not need further treatment for lung cancer. He did have surgery to remove a nodule earlier this month, and his personal doctor and surgeon have now confirmed that the cancer did not spread. Yesterday, Leo held his first general audience. Since the surgery in St. Peter's Square, he's set to visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru next month. Now, the White House trying for a new round of talks to end the war in Ukraine. Yeah, Doug Lizader joining us now from Washington with more on that. Good morning, Doug. Jen and Aroxia, good morning. The caveat here is that we have been at this juncture before, but there does seem to be a new willingness perhaps to have these trilateral talks involving the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine, but the attacks continue. No apparent slowdown of attacks on Ukraine overnight, despite what sounded like peace overtures on both sides. Right now we have to freeze, and I think this is real way to end this war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is open to freezing the battle lines where they are to pursue talks, with Russia in control of a good portion of eastern Ukraine. But for those who have been watching this war unfold, this is familiar. He's privately agreed to something like this previously. The problem is Vladimir Putin has steadfastly refused to do so. Russian President Vladimir Putin did meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff as part of an effort to win the release of U.S. hostage Stephen Hubbard. You are a humanitarian also, sir. Witkoff raised eyebrows when he called Putin a humanitarian. But Putin did agree to start a new round of talks with the U.S. and Ukraine. I called up Vladimir Putin and I said, you got to do me a favor. You got to give me back Stephen Hubbard. President Trump at a rally last night in South Carolina said his deal making was behind the release. But that came as he was campaigning for Darlene Graham, the sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, who had pressed for Russian sanctions that the president has now put on hold as the fighting in Ukraine rages on. It rages on and the timing of these talks, kind of interesting. They're talking about something after November 10th, which obviously puts this after the midterm elections, assuming these talks actually come to pass. But initially, it sounds like these would be lower level, what they call technical talks. So it's not like we're talking about Zelensky, Putin and Trump sitting around a table together. It may come to that, but it's not going to start that way. Jen and Araxia. I mean, speaking of timing on a separate front, Doug. We're learning that Israel and the U.S. may be ramping up attacks on Iran after the midterm elections. Yeah, there's been some reporting on this that there is something in the works here, which is certainly possible. And the president has said a number of times that he thinks there's going to be some resolution with Iran after the midterms. We'll see. You know, Russia, in theory, plays a role in all of this to the extent that all of this may be connected. You know, Russia certainly has the ability to lean on Iran. So does China. But are they really willing to do that? All right. Well, going back to Russia and Ukraine, we'll see if this actually leads to something, if this is a serious negotiation or just more political posturing, because it just seems like we're going in circles here at this point. Yeah, that's right. I mean, you know, we've had these, you know, these kind of lower level talks before. They never really came to much of anything. Putin at times has wanted to exclude Ukraine from even participating in talks. It looks like if these talks do happen they will involve all three countries all right more to come, thank you so much Doug, talk to you later, thank you, take a short break be right back, welcome back, both of our NBA teams had a pretty successful start to the new season, let's start with the Lakers hosting the Warriors, money, it was pretty much like that all night long too Luka finished with 28 points and eight rebounds and watch this behind the back pass, Lakers new center Walker Kessler also had a strong debut, a lot of hopes riding on him too with 26 points and nine rebounds, Lakers won it 127 to 105 all right, the Clippers also opened the regular season at home taking on the Sacramento Kings and they dominated as well, Darius Garland finished with 30 points, Clippers win 121 to 96 and will face the Lakers tomorrow night at Crypto I was telling Sandra yesterday, now we say Crypto So, like, without even thinking about it, it took a while to get there. It was odd to say that at first, right? It was so odd for a while, yes. So we made it. All right, so JetBlue is offering a unique new service, child-free flights. Get these kids out of here. JetBlue Vacations and Virgin Voyages have introduced a package called Do Not Disturb. The travel package starts with a flight from JFK to Fort Lauderdale that's guaranteed to have no children on board. From there, guests board a child-free, four-day cruise in the Caribbean. Wow. Right? Packages just went on sale for March 2027, starting at $2,700 for two people. A 2023 survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, by the way, found 82% of those questions said they liked the idea of kid-free flights. Hey, I used to want that kind of stuff before I had them. yeah i mean even having kids i still would appreciate a child free, i wonder how much it costs, like if it costs more you know yeah it seems like a luxury if you're if you're if you're paying if you're willing to it's like a premium service right yeah yeah so of course you're gonna be paying more all right we'll enjoy a high-flying daredevil took a big chance on this day we're going back to 1797 yeah way back right to the point that we can't show you pictures just because there's this the world's first parachute jump wow happened in france the man leapt from a hydrogen balloon while more than 3,000 feet above paris and André-Jacques Garnerin was the first to design and test parachutes capable of slowing a high altitude fall the first parachute had a canopy 23 feet in diameter and was attached to a basket with suspension lines it swung around wildly during the descent he landed shaken but unhurt half a mile from the balloon's takeoff site and then you know what two years later his wife became the first female parachutist of course whoa can you imagine being the first no to do that i'm not no not interested in how that was gonna go in anything me too no i definitely wasn't the first in one of those driverless cars i'm not to be the first and gotta work out the kings driverless uh flying things yeah definitely right yeah but uh okay good for them good morning good for them 1797. i wish sometimes Tony McQueen was still here because we'd go well how did it look tony when you saw right right did you cover that we would do yeah we would do the uh old old guy joke anywho good morning we've got uh some good Good stuff here. We had some rain. We had nice, for the most part, no major damage when it came to the rain yesterday. But we're still on watch. We are on a flood watch for portions of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Mountains for our recently burned hillside. So you want to stay alert to that because we do have more rain in the forecast. So far, though, Ortega Hill out in Ventura County, the mountains up there, over two inches of rain. Lytle Creek, an inch and a half. Beverly Hills, a little over a half an inch. Oxnard was a record with 0.44, one hundredth of an inch of rain there. Lancaster, a little over a third of an inch, also a record for the date. We're going to take a look at some of the cells that are out there right now. We do have some, it looks like freezing rain and snow up in Wrightwood right now. Big Bear, same, up above 8,000 feet or so, a little dusting of snow. We like that. San Bernardino, just a heavy cell just moved through there. Parts of the 15 impacted by that and parts of Pomona. So that's why that flood advisory is still in effect until 8.45. A lot of that ponding and flooding on the roads. This includes San Dimas, Glendora, Laverne, Claremont, Diamond Bar, Walnut. You might want to wait just a little bit until all that water drains out. We do have more showers in the forecast, so that's why we've got the flood watch that's still in effect for portions of L.A. County along the coast, Santa Monica Mountains. We have a flash flood warning right now for Santa Barbara County for some heavier rain. And, of course, we do have a wind advisory for the desert communities. If you're driving east, you're going to encounter some of those wind gusts and that beach hazard statement for those waves still causing a lot of problems for those homeowners along the shores in Long Beach. Some of those beachfront homes really experiencing some of the strongest effects. 66 in San Luis Obispo today if you're headed north. If you're headed south to San Diego, 72. 81 in Indio. If you're headed to the rest of the desert southwest, look at all of the stormy weather across parts of Arizona with some tornadoes out there. The first time they've had a tornado warning in over a decade or so. Thousand Oaks, we do have a chance for some of that, actually, with isolated thunderstorms in the forecast. Some weak tornadoes are not out of the question, but it is in the forecast. Temperatures are going to stay cool in the low 60s later this afternoon, so make sure you grab that jacket. Anaheim, similar conditions with a mixture of some sunshine and some clouds, and then some pop-up thunderstorms possible, a high near 68 at 1 o'clock this afternoon. All right, let's go back to Stu in Skybox, get another update on that drive before you head out. This freeway doesn't look too wet here, Stu, but, you know, showers are in the forecast for you there, too. Showers in the forecast everywhere, apparently, and all the drivers, beware about that for sure. Skybox traffic brought to us by my home sold. This time we're taking a look at the 91. Anaheim is where we are, and I got schooled on that Corona crawl. We actually flew that 91 from the 15, and oh boy, it is a tough drive on that westbound lane from about the 15 over to Green River. Give yourself plenty of extra time there. This portion right here, it is definitely moving along, especially if west is your drive. Take a look at that, but be careful, everybody. Roadways are wet, so keep those speeds down on purpose today. Please, headlights, you can see them right there. Very slow and go on that westbound 91, making your way through the Anaheim area. 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 no obligation as-is cash offer go to myhomesold.com good news time for some good news now and a little baseball magic so when the brewers celebrated their NLCS win at Dodger Stadium yeah Well, one young fan's excitement, though, really stood out. Now two strangers are helping him live out a World Series dream. Ben Hanson has the story. It was poetic. Samson Herman, the kid who was excited more than anyone for the Brewers, his team to win the NLCS. Now, I got a question for you. Would you want to go to game two on Saturday? Yeah, we're going to make it happen for you and your pops. What do you think? Gets to go with them. I was really happy and thankful for them that they had such kind hearts to give me tickets to the World Series. Two Milwaukee area business owners, Joshua Meyer and Santiago Sparenza, bought two World Series tickets, wanting to get them to Samson. Meyer got the idea from his wife, who saw the video on Fox 6 and teared up. When you see a story, when you see the way that he reacted to the win, I mean, it's a no-brainer. You know, essentially what we enjoy to do is to give back to the community the best we can. And when you give so much but don't expect anything in return, the blessings are infinite. Samson has been a Brewers fan his whole life, passed on from his dad, David. This completes the story, this is the last puzzle piece. It's unprecedented that people that we don't know can have this type of kindness and generosity. I don't think it would necessarily happen in any other city. A gift that will bring a father and son closer. Samson and only 13 years old knows how valuable that is. I'm just super happy for the experience that I can experience this because I know lots of people don't get to and go. I didn't even know. That is so sweet. I love that. See the kindness. I know so far. Beautiful story. All right, let's take a break. Messing me up. Good morning. Welcome to Good Day. It's 7.30. one it's thursday correct it is i'm not getting my days mixed up again it sure is we're talking about what's in our queue what we're watching yeah yeah um i've told uh them that you've got people have watched carrie you gotta watch the new carrie mike flanagan's carrie on prime and we love Mike Flanagan because he was he was the one behind White Lotus right no that's Mike White Mike White um never he's behind the Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass ah another good very very good okay you just finished Furious which i did i loved Furious oh my gosh Emmy Rossum is amazing amazing watch Crystal Lake for the season it picks up in the last half Crystal Lake on Peacock you know i why can't i just start why can't i just grab me and not let go that's what i want i don't work for it i don't like a slow burn i don't like a wait until you get to episode six right before it gets good i'm like it's the lake i'm out seven for Crystal Lake you're like, whoa, I'm not waiting seven episodes for it to be good. Impatient society. OK, we can't we're not going to last that long. That's why I tried to give you The Ex-Wife on HBO. I watched it. I was not impressed. It's not for her, Amanda. You know what? Yeah, but yeah, you know what? I watched it when I start something, I finish it. That's right. Let's talk about the rain. Let's talk about the rain. Time to watch a show right now at home. That's what I did. I watched on your recommendation. Thank you, Maria. so good. I really, really enjoyed it. Yes, it's a good kind of day to catch up, you know, binge, if you will, on some of those shows. And as we look at our live camera here in Malibu, it looks good. Look at some surfers already in the water. You know, we always say don't get in the water for at least 72 hours, but they don't listen. But we do have a mixture of some sunshine and some clouds today and a little bit of instability. In fact, I do think the chance for thunderstorms might be greater today than it was yesterday just because of a little bit of that sunshine will act as a trigger and really cause those big towering clouds to form we've got some heavier cells I'm going to zoom into parts of that speaking of thunderstorms look at Oxnard right now this is just occurring just off the coast so if you are there make sure you maybe stay in until that cell passes and dissipates we've got some showers near Malibu and as we zoom into parts of the inland And areas like Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, looking all the way south into Highland off the 10 even. A line of some heavier showers getting ready to head east towards Big Bear and Arrow Bear Lake. So, yeah, it's a good time to stay in and maybe watch a few shows, if you can. Yesterday, downtown LA, 19 hundredths of an inch of rain. Today, we're going to cool it down some more to 68 as we look at our other highs today. Not very high, 64 in San Bernardino. No, that's it. 62 in Santa Clarita. Make sure the kids bring that jacket. 68 in Santa Monica to 69 in Huntington Beach. I've got your seven-day forecast coming up, plus your pictures in today's TV shout-out. So stay tuned for that. First, we've got Stu. Oh, Stewie. That's a beautiful view. Thank you for that. No drama in your department. No drama. We'll just take a look at some of that beautiful sunrise poking through those clouds and definitely those rays of sun that are coming down. That's going to be in the City of Orange. That's where we're headed. We're going to do the 91 again. Don't know why we love that 91 so much. Well, I'll let you know because we're actually making a U-turn and going back to the 55 and the 22. Apparently, they got some actual flooding there and maybe some lanes closed. We'll have that on your next traffic. But right now, taking a look at that 91 once again, it looks good right now. It seems like the roadway is drying up a little bit, but don't be fooled. Maria's been talking about it. Rain showers are expected throughout the day, so you might get some more rain right now, though. Headlights going to be westbound, moving along pretty well. Eastbound, look at that, you've got a lot of slowing. Anyway you play it, if you're on the roadway today, be careful. We're going to check out some flooding in the city of Orange next. Sending it back to you in the studio. All right, Stu, thanks so much. Breaking news in Tarzana. Federal agents have announced a bust linked to alleged health care fraud. Gigi Graciette is live in Tarzana now with that story. Gigi. That's right, the FBI and the Department of Justice moving in simultaneously across the county to make arrests, including here in this quiet hillside neighborhood above Tarzana. You're looking live at the home where Dr. Hani Malek was taken into custody early this morning, part of a healthcare fraud sweep. Now, take a look at the doctor. He's 61 years old. He's a chiropractor, and he's charged along with his business partner, 78-year-old Dr. Harold Tabai of Anaheim, a cardiothoracic surgeon. Both doctors indicted in a $135 million scheme to bill Medicare for what the Department of Justice says were medically unnecessary surgeries, arterial procedures on innocent patients who were convinced, they say, by the doctors that they needed the surgery. As alleged in the indictment, Tabai and Malek billed for those unnecessary atherectomies. That's an invasive procedure in which a bladed catheter is used to clear plaque from arteries. In a live interview this morning with us, attorney, U.S. Attorney General Bill Issaily explained. This morning we executed an arrest warrant on an indictment. This gentleman along with a co-defendant were indicted on a $135 million fraud scheme where they were ordering surgeries and performing surgeries that were medically unnecessary which actually resulted in people being harmed and this is the worst type of health care fraud because you have doctors who are supposed to be doing no harm they are putting their financial interest again over the interest of their patients to make money so they could live at nice mansions like this now are the patients accused of being in on this or do these patients actually think that they needed surgery they're victims in this they were told by these medical professionals that they needed this operation. It's just to clear plaque in your arteries and your legs. And in fact, they performed it multiple times on the same people. And so they're victims in this. Again, this is all just to bill Medicare for millions and millions of dollars. And this is worth repeating what Bill Asseli said, that some of the patients who the Department of Justice says are innocent victims in all of this, had surgery performed on them by the surgeon working together with a chiropractor they say multiple times not once but several times leaving some of those patients in continuous pain and keep in mind the department of justice says they never needed these invasive surgeries to begin with so they are now worse off than they were in the beginning when they consulted with the chiropractor and the surgeon again you're looking live here in Tarzana, a very rude awakening for neighbors. As federal SWAT team members went in, they deployed what is known as flashbangs, very loud noises. So a lot of the neighbors here were calling 911 to report that they thought there was a shooting happening as their neighborhood was swarmed with federal agents. Now, later this morning, there is going to be a briefing for the media where we'll learn more about the other arrests. They were all conducted simultaneously, all of them at the same time, that is to prevent one suspect from calling another and giving them the heads up. Reporting live in Tarzana, I'm Gigi Graciette. Back to you. Yeah, Gigi. I mean, there's an entire team that's involved, if she can come back. There's an entire team that's involved when it comes to putting somebody under for surgeries and prepping them for the surgery. So you wonder how far this is going to go, right? That's right. Any surgery involves multiple nurses, anesthesiologists, medical specialists. We don't know yet if any of those other people on the team were in on this, just like the patients. They are innocent victims. They were enticed, supposedly. That's what the indictment alleges. They were enticed to have this life-saving surgery. They were also given free transportation, gift cards. the Department of Justice has quite a file on what happened. Some of the Medicare patients were encouraged to switch policies to a better paying policy so that the doctors allegedly could get more money. So if you had one type of Medicare insurance, you were urged to switch to another one that had a higher payout for the doctors. All of these, of course, are allegations. Dr. Malek here, he was taken into custody this morning. He was heard saying, why are you doing this why didn't you just call my lawyer he appears to have known that he was under some type of investigation because he repeatedly said why didn't you just call my attorney so uh but he has been taken into custody you know another thing that as you're talking about this and we're going to get more information you think about how important it is to get that second third opinion before you actually go through a surgery or something to do with your health because had Had they done that, perhaps they wouldn't have gone through with this. You know, there are two types of patients and you can't blame them because a lot of them thought, you know, oh my God, I need to clear plaque. Plaque in the arteries is one of the most dangerous things that could lead to a cardiovascular disease, a heart attack, a stroke, even more. There are two types of patients. There's the one who believe wholeheartedly in their doctors, understandably so. And then there's a type of patient like me that gets like five second opinions because she wants to make sure that if I'm going to have surgery, it's absolutely necessary. So yes, getting a second opinion, especially when it comes to surgery, is always important no matter how much you trust your doctor. And you should be able to trust your doctor. Surgery is a big thing. It is a big deal. And this type of surgery to clear plaque, I mean, that is a big, big deal. and this is true i mean at its core these doctors take this hippocratic oath do no harm you are supposed to be this trusted source i know and that is just a massive betrayal yeah it really is um all right more to come obviously we have so many questions about this gg thank you so much um we're going to turn over to amanda now yes hello and good morning hello and good morning i have to say i'm loving this 90s look that you have going love a slip dress of course thank you so much glad they're back yeah me too yeah you look good thank you i also got a haircut yesterday oh i'm sorry i hadn't noticed you look good thank you some more layers how was your day i've been to some entertainment sponsored by yamaba resort and casino oh this one this one really grabbed onto my heart there's gonna be a new documentary about Friends star Matthew Perry it's hitting Netflix next week October 27th and we're learning some behind the scenes bittersweet news straight from the star's sister about one very iconic scene I love you any surprises to come our way it's okay because I will always love you you are the person I was meant to spend the rest of my life with you want to know if I'm sure oh so in one of her first interviews since Matthew Perry's death three years ago his sister Mia Perry Bowick is reflecting on her late brother's life and legacy and his character Chandler and Courtney Cox's character Monica when they got married in season seven of Friends she says that Matthew had just gotten out of rehab and she says that his drinking and drug use had escalated between seasons five and season seven so in those between those two seasons it got really out of hand sharing with People magazine quote we all knew how serious his disorder was so there was this sense of who knows what's gonna happen watching that wedding we all knew he wanted that in life he wanted a partner he wanted kids and as you know you know he never did get married and he never did end up having children so reflecting on that scene Mia shares it was really hard for their family yeah to see that but also recognizing I mean he was showing up to work every day despite battling what he was going through it was a very private struggle that later on you know much later on in his life became public of course And I also want to highlight that a lot of his friends, friends and co-stars knew about his struggle. And it was the hottest show on TV at the time. And they were very, very discreet. And no one really knew about it at the time. And so loyal, too. Yeah. Heartbreaking all around. We have some happy question mark news. I guess it's always happy when someone is about to get married. Oh, Billy. Oh, Billy. This is some news about Melrose alum Andrew Shue. He is engaged and normally we would be like, yeah, yeah, but let's go back to the beginning. His fiance, she looks familiar. She's immigration attorney Marilee Fiebig. It's been an unusual love story to say the least, okay, because they each used to be married to someone else very, very famous, very popular Amy Robach, TJ Holmes. You might remember this- Yes, who just got engaged, right? They just got married. No, they just got married. They just got married. They just got married. Yeah, they actually went public with their romance years ago after there was rumors that they were having an affair with each other. Shu was married to Amy Robach for many years, they had children together, and now it's basically like wife swap. It is. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. TJ Holmes, former partner, is engaged to Amy Robach, former partner. And we knew they started dating pretty much right after the whole thing blew up, right? It was a year after. A year after Amy and TJ went public, Andrew and Marilee started dating. Right. So Amy and TJ are ahead of them being married, but now Andrew and Marilee are engaged. I have so many questions. What are the holidays going to be like? What do their children think about this? That's really interesting for the kids. Imagine like going between the two homes and like you're gonna have both your parents essentially in each of those. So you know I stay on TikTok. Okay, I basically have a timeshare on TikTok. This is alleged and the people on TikTok have posted video after video sharing that they have have a theory behind this god bless you thank you that maybe they were allegedly people on tiktok saying maybe they were all in it from the start all in it like swing swing oh the pineapple express come and knock on our door come and knock on our door oh that is what i mean because it's certainly possible it's certainly possible imagine no no no i'm just gonna do this so people can really wrap their head around it okay they have i want to remind people they were co-workers they had went on double dates when they were married to their ex-spouses okay imagine you and jen going on double dates i have to put you two in it because i have to marry okay okay go you and jen going on double dates with your husband and then she's making googly eyes and i'm making googly eyes and then you start dating dr j and she starts dating mr roxia and then you guys switch i mean wild i just they've had to have talked about this right do they have they all gotten into a room together they had with a therapist right for the children because there are children involved there are children involved and they're oblique and here's the thing like if i were in that situation i would want to talk about it as much as possible to make it less awkward because you know everyone's going to have to get together because again the holidays are coming the holidays okay let me ask you a very hard question real quick before we get to our poll if this is a very hypothetical if you were to have your husband leave you for someone else would you rather it be a stranger or someone you know I would rather the call come within the house you want someone you know yes why yes because I know them it's like the it's like for the children it's like the enemy that you know or there's just something I don't want to know there's something comfortable with that because I know you because I know you accept this rose right right but that would wouldn't that drive you crazier no it actually wouldn't she trust you with her child yeah well that like i know you're a cool person wow i'm not gonna be as i wouldn't have taken your husband say thank you roxia there you go that's a big compliment from jen over there right right yeah i'm not saying i would let you take my husband is what I'm saying but if you did, she's like I throw some hands I would be less hurt than if some like Jane Schmoe on the street or to take my man well that's what our poll is Jen so thank you for Jane Schmoe-ing it over here. Could you set your ex up with someone you know? Now, we know someone who's done this. Our producer says that her boyfriend was a best man in two of his ex's weddings. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wee-woo-woo-woo-woo. Go to foxlayer.com. Please leave us a comment. We've got to keep talking about it. We'll go to Stu and let me try to understand what you just said. Tell us your stories. All right, Stu, over to you. Hey, good morning. Sky Fox traffic brought to us by Morgan and, I'm sorry, Jacoby and Myers. And I did the breaking news thing as well. Yeah, this is definitely some storm damage happening out here, City of Orange. Hillside came down, and it's creating some traffic issues. You can see Caltrans out there trying to clean this up, put that hillside back up on the hill. Where is all this happening? Well, this is a transition road. This is going to be southbound 55 to the westbound 22. Now, the southbound 55 side closed, but the northbound side still open. That's going to be the northbound 55 to the westbound 22. Those guys, they're going to get their cars a little dirty. Thank goodness they didn't wash it because of the rain. But take a look at this. This has been going on for a minute. Probably going to be here for at least a couple more hours. So keep that in mind if it's part of your drive. And also still showing you some of that storm damage. Let's take a look at some traffic hotspots. If you've been injured 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. And welcome back to you. I'm meteorologist Maria Quoban. Good day LA weather is sponsored by My Home Sold. What a beautiful view. Lots of clouds out there. Kind of dry at this moment here in Santa Monica. But that chance for showers will continue. Additional rain for us as we move through the day today and even a portion of tomorrow. If you are traveling today, perhaps going to New York City, a high of just 67 there. Same for Washington, D.C., 62 in Boston. We do have that nor'easter that was officially named by the National Hurricane Center as now. Subtropical storm Josephine winds did increase up to 65 miles an hour. So up and down the eastern seaboard still experiencing a lot of that swell, those swells that are being generated by Josephine. Josephine going to eventually move to the northeast, but the effects will still be felt here in the east and northeast through at least tomorrow. and the first part of the weekend. So if you're traveling to that part of the country, you can expect those effects. Otherwise, for here in the West, we've got an area of low pressure that is in control of our weather. This is a colder storm. So we've got a cold upper level low pressure system pulling up some of that warmer or at least subtropical air, combining the two with a little bit of sunshine. We're going to look for a chance for some thunderstorms today. Here is one of our computer models. You can see how we do get some scattered showers throughout the day today into this evening. So some areas may see some dry conditions and then all of a sudden a pop-up shower or a thunderstorm. That's going to be the kind of day we have today. Most of the rain will end by tomorrow. However, that being said, some remnant moisture could still be around, especially out towards the inland areas in the mountains and the foothills. And then eventually the rest of the weekend looking good. I think by Saturday, Sunday, whatever you have planned outdoors, high pressure will be in control. And we'll get a slight offshore flow, which will actually help to warm us up a little bit starting Saturday, Sunday into the early part of next week. How much more rain can we expect? All right, so the additional rainfall, not a whole lot, maybe a third of an inch in Burbank, four-tenths of an inch in Pasadena, perhaps an inch or so over San Bernardino, a little bit more if we get some of those thunderstorms and those heavier downpours, which, by the way, it's raining pretty good right now in Santa Barbara County. We did have that flash flood warning that's still in effect until about 9.15. Portions of Ventura County with that flood advisory, some heavier cells moving in to Ventura County and we do have flood watches still for portions of the off of the 15 and out towards the Inland Empire there's that flash flood warning picking up some of that lightning as well off near the coast of Ventura County beach hazard statement still in place we've kind of had that now for the last several weeks so if you are in and around the coast you're going to see some of the damage there especially in Long Beach we have a wind advisory that is in effect until this evening. If you're driving out towards the Coachella Valley off the 10, some of those wind gusts getting up to 50 plus miles per hour. Here's our seven-day forecast. As you can see, we do improve significantly as we get to Saturday. Maybe 20% chance for some showers along the coast tomorrow. Same for downtown LA, inland Orange County, 68 below average. Then we'll get to the average highs as we get to the weekend with plenty of sunshine. Valleys, Inland Empire, 71 degrees. Up in the mountains, maybe a little bit of snow up above 8,000 feet, but those isolated thunderstorms is expected as well in the mountain location. So if you're headed up to Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Wrightwood, Big Bear, you could get some of those heavier downpours. 78 degrees in Palm Springs today, and look at the weekend. Gorgeous in the upper 80s with plenty of sunshine. But today, some scattered showers. All right, let's do some TV shout-outs before you walk out the door. What a gorgeous picture. Happy belated birthday to Hans. Every day together is a gift. Aw, your lovely wife, Erica, sent us this photo. And what a beautiful wedding you two had. Handsome couple. And then this beautiful family. And happy 47th birthday to Carla. I guess this is a picture from your trip to Wrightwood. Aw, your boys there. Your loving husband, Chris, sent us that photo. All right, keep those pictures coming. All you have to do is email them to us. Make sure you attach the photo. Email tvshoutouts at fox.com. All right, stay with us because we'll be right back after this quick break.