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Additionally, since the end of 2022, 38% of the stolen cars in Berkeley have been Kias and Hyundais.

In the letter, the attorneys general tell the NHTSA that it needs to issue a recall for these reasons, according to the release:

• The vehicles violate federal requirements that vehicles have a starting system that prevents the activation of the engine or motor and steering system when the key is removed;

• The Hyundai and Kia vehicles’ vulnerability to hotwiring and theft has created an unreasonable and well-documented risk to safety on U.S. roads;

• Surging thefts of unsafe Hyundai and Kia vehicles have consumed law enforcement and emergency responder resources; and cracking down on investor fraud.

• The companies’ response through a phased and voluntary service campaign is insufficient to protect drivers and the general public.

Other attorneys general that signed onto the letter with Bonta are from: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.

It has named the following companies that are suspect and have been warned by the state to cease and desist:

• Maxpread Technologies and Jan Gregory Cerato.

• Harvest Keeper.

• Visque Capital.

• Coinbot.

• QuantFund.

These companies purport to use A.I. as one of their lures to potential investors. States DFPI: “These schemes may seem as if they are operating as promised — for a certain amount of time. For weeks, months or even years, investors see their account balances steadily increase. In the early stages, they will process investors’ withdrawal requests to gain investors’ trust and encourage them to recruit others.

“However, a time will come when the scheme stops processing withdrawals and then the website goes dark, leaving investors without a way to access their funds. By then it’s too late, and the scammers have disappeared with investors’ money.”

If you’ve invested with any of these companies, get your money out now.

If anyone suggests you invest in any one of them, run.

“WHY DO I KEEP WAKING UP AT 3 A.M.?” Maybe because you invested with one of the companies named above?

Actually, the 3 a.m. syndrome is when you awaken at precisely 3 a.m. and cannot get back to sleep. It is a global human phenomenon among all races and faiths.

Three a.m. is known as “The Devil’s Hour,” so called for two reasons, one religious, the other physiological.

Religious: Jesus of Nazareth was crucified at 3 p.m. so the devil must naturally reside at the opposite time. Add this: Pope John Paul II decreed that 3-5:30 a.m. is a “demonic period.”

Secular: The human body is weakest between 3 and 5 in the morning when its immune system is at its most vulnerable. Most people with terminal illnesses or car crash injuries die during that period.

In addition, mental health practitioners consider awakening at 3 a.m. a potential prelude to clinical depression.

“It is always darkest,” said the Rev. Thomas Fuller in 1650, “just before the day dawneth.”

But the simplest answer to this vexing question is that the human liver begins to regenerate at 3 a.m. If your liver does not have enough sugar, you wake up.

The simplest solution for not waking up is to drink a small amount of fruit juice before bed. Even better, choose cherry juice because cherries contain melatonin, a natural sleep aid.

Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail. com.

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