Hour 1 (10.22) A fire official told Mark McNabb he might have died if he’d stayed to fight the Norte Fire with his new pool pump. He and his wife had 20 minutes to grab what mattered and go.

6:05 Two men and a woman were pulled from the rain-swollen Pacoima Wash in North Hills Thursday morning as one of the season’s first big storms-soaked Southern California. LAFD crews used a helicopter hoist and a ladder truck to reach them.

6:20 How do you keep going when life gets hard? Susan Fries of Ecola Termite & Pest Control shares the mindset that gets her through. Plus: When did your kid get their first phone?

6:35 The Norte Fire tore through San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano last Friday. Mark McNabb had just remodeled, adding a fire-resistant roof and a pool pump to fight flames. OCFA’s Steve Concialdi told him that staying with that pump may have cost him his life.

6:50 Losing a home to a fire, flood or tornado turns every day into a struggle. McNabb, owner of Surf City Printing, talks about getting back on your feet after disaster.

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Hour 2 (10.22) Winds likely topping 58 mph snapped palm trees in San Clemente just days after the Norte Fire, and a “gustnado” spun up in Victorville. Plus: Ralphs’ parent company Kroger is cutting 3,000 jobs.

7:05 First the Norte Fire, now this. A violent storm cell tore through San Clemente, snapping a palm and uprooting trees near the municipal golf course. The National Weather Service says it wasn’t a tornado but straight-line winds, likely over 58 mph. After the heat we just went through, we needed the rain.

7:20 Rapper Foenem’s viral Brewer's anthem became the soundtrack of Milwaukee’s NLCS sweep of the Dodgers. How does it stack up against L.A.’s own theme songs?

7:35 Kroger, which owns Ralphs and Food 4 Less, plans to cut about 3,000 corporate jobs over three years as new CEO Greg Foran expands its use of AI. Plus: the latest on a deadly police investigation in Arcadia and Pasadena.

7:50 A “gustnado” spun up near Highway 395 in Victorville as the storm moved through the High Desert. It’s a short-lived whirl kicked up along a thunderstorm’s gust front, not a true tornado.

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Hour 3 (10.22) Starting Nov. 20, Airbnb hosts can’t make you wash dishes, strip beds or take out the trash. Plus: who gets up to $200 from Amazon, and a woman who cried for three hours over a seat swap.

8:05 Carnival is moving its drink and Wi-Fi packages to dynamic pricing on Dec. 1, with prices that shift by cruise length, itinerary and season. Is that a better deal for cruisers, or just a bigger bill in peak season?

8:20 JetBlue’s first kid-free flight is an adults-only charter out of JFK, sold only as part of a Virgin Voyages cruise package. Plus: a lawnmower theft in Santa Monica, and Mark McNabb on losing his home in the Norte Fire.

8:35 For bookings made on or after Nov. 20, Airbnb hosts can’t require guests to do dishes, strip beds, run laundry or take out the trash, even when you’re paying a hefty cleaning fee. Prime members who signed up between 2019 and 2025 could automatically get up to $200 from Amazon’s $2.5 billion FTC settlement. And Anthropic’s draft IPO filing shows an $80.7 billion first-half loss, mostly on paper. Would you buy stock in a company that’s losing money?

8:50 Travel blogger Tomiko Harvey refused to trade her aisle seat for a middle seat on a 10-hour flight so a woman could sit next to her husband. She says the woman cried for three hours. Would you swap? Dolly Parton celebration from across the entertainment industry on CMA.

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