1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: It's KFI AM six forty and you're listening to the 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 2: K six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Where 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: is Conway? I am telling you he's taking a personal 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: day for some personal stuff. He has to attend to 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson, I got the bat beam. It went up 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 2: early this afternoon. I respond to it. I don't ask 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: a lot of questions. I see if I can help 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 2: my my radio station, the corporate mothership of iHeart. I respond, 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: And so it is tonight. I had to move big dinner, 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 2: much anticipated dinner. It's been on the books for quite 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 2: some time. 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 3: Famous people. 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: He is real estate agent to the stars, but he 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: won't tell me who the stars are. I think he 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 2: keeps it very close to the vest I know people. Yeah, 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: it's got the high end real estate. You know, Mark, 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: the Munson Ducks isn't working that all the time, Isn't 19 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: It doesn't work a Mark which having the reverse effect. 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: And he might be right. I wouldn't know because the 21 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: mansion tax, as you know, it kicks in at five million, 22 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 2: isn't it. That's what it is? Yeah? 23 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 3: I think so. 24 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, anyway, we move the dinner slightly later so that 25 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 2: I could be here with you all, and we have 26 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: much to talk about. I have the new midday team 27 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 2: coming through, Monks and Meryl. It's alliterative. I like it already. 28 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 2: Monks is very talented, very gregarious, and very knowledgeable. When 29 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,919 Speaker 2: I say talented, I mean as a news guy knows 30 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: his stuff. Merrill is all those things. Also, the two 31 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: of them together, I think it's going to be terrific. 32 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 3: Please don't call it ammen. Please don't call him eminem. 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, thats ita, please please. I think it's just 34 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 3: called Monks and Maryl. I haven't heard anything else. Yeah, 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 3: that eminem would be a really brutal branding. But you know, 36 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: Monks and Merril. But they have to do that too. 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 3: They have to decide, Well, who do you put first? 38 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 3: You put Monks first, you put Meryl first. Let's try 39 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 3: Munks and Meryl. Just say it a bunch of times, 40 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 3: Monks and merroal Monks and Meryl. I think Maryland Monks 41 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 3: flows better. But you know, Monks is the news guy. 42 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: Heer son. So that's a weekday is noon to three. Anyway, 43 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: They're they're gonna step through. We have restroom controversy. And 44 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: I don't mean like the restroom here, these controversies around 45 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 2: this restroom here, they're pretty straightforward to here. At iHeart, 46 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: there's no controversy. You wouldn't discussed anymore. If you come 47 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 2: in late in the day and you're in the men's room, 48 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: you're getting the worst of the men's room. Men. We 49 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 2: are disgusting in a word. Now, no one on this 50 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: show falls into that category, because we have some sense 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 2: of decorum, we have some sense of responsibility, with some 52 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: sense we're not the only people in the world. But 53 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: others clearly on this floor use that restroom clearly, and 54 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: I'm just going to say this, I'll state it bluntly. 55 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: They urinate on the floor. It's clear. This is something 56 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: that you could write up, you could complain about formally, 57 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 2: but I'm not going to. This isn't even a story 58 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 2: about that. It's a story about a public restroom that 59 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 2: has taken on tremendous backlash and controversy from hikers. It's 60 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: right here in southern California, and I'll share that with 61 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 2: you because it's a sign of things like this to come. 62 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: And then there is a major public health emergency with 63 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: clinics closing around La County after funding cuts. We'll get 64 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: to all of that as we continue. The Super Bowl 65 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: ad from Ring has had the exact opposite effect. Ring, 66 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: which is the Amazon Home security division that was purchased 67 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: by Amazon for I want to say, was it a 68 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 2: billion dollars? Crows they got it for. I think they 69 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: got it for. It was a billion. It was a billion? Yes, 70 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: thanks step Yeah. Yeah. This is the crew on Shark 71 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 2: Tank that passed on Ring. Remember he went on Ring 72 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 2: and they passed on it. They ran one of the 73 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: most liked ads during the Super Bowl. It was a 74 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 2: spot promoting Search Party, which is a feature that helps 75 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,119 Speaker 2: people find lost dogs. They use an AI to scan 76 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 2: footage from Ring cameras in a neighborhood. But you know, 77 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 2: you have to opt into this. Many viewers, though, found 78 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 2: this a little off putting. They worried about the surveillance 79 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: implications of a feature like this, and there's a lot 80 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 2: of backlash to it, and others thought, oh, this is heartwarming. 81 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: It's a you know, the story for a lost dog 82 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 2: that was found. It was a true story. 83 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 3: One of our daughters called gen last night, my wife 84 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 3: and said, we have you guys have Ring right at 85 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 3: the house and we go ask. 86 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: She goes, you need to get rid of it. You 87 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 2: need to get rid of it. 88 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 3: Because of the AI, because of the commercial. 89 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: It is true. The backlash is real. And Steph, will 90 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: you crank up this audio and I can I can 91 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 2: fire it here this morning. 92 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 4: It's the Super Bowl ad sparking controversy the home security 93 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 4: company Ring promoting a feature that scans footage from Ring 94 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 4: cameras in your neighborhood. The ad said to find lost. 95 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 2: Dog not Enkroser's neighborhood, but everybody else's neighborhood. 96 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 4: Some people online questioning if the feature could also be 97 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,119 Speaker 4: used to search for people, critics vowing to stop using 98 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 4: the company's products all together. 99 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: As of today, I no longer use Ring doorbell. 100 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 4: Rival security camera company Wise even made a parody of 101 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 4: the ad, what. 102 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 5: If we can make finding one lost dog require the 103 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 5: computational power of a small dicta led nation state. 104 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 4: But Ring says the feature was built a quote with 105 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 4: strong privacy protections from the start, saying it can find 106 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 4: only lost dogs and has no capability to find people. 107 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 4: Ring also says users can opt out of the feature. 108 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: This is by the way that seems like it's not insignificant. 109 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 2: But what is left out there is you can opt 110 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: out of the feature, but your data is still getting 111 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 2: fed and could be subpoena, et cetera. 112 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: So I think I think that's one of the things 113 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: that that came out of this Nancy Guthrie thing. Yes, 114 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 3: because she didn't pay the bill or whatever, but they 115 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 3: still had it on their servers. 116 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, when the law enforcement authorities wanted it, they could 117 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 2: get it. 118 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 3: I think that made people kind of think twice about 119 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 3: it themselves. 120 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, this is a privacy first way of doing things, 121 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 5: but it also allows us to, you know, be better neighbors. 122 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 6: My mission has always been to make neighborhoods safer. 123 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 4: Ring users also expressing concerns about the Amazon owned companies 124 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 4: partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company, a company 125 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 4: that has contrast with law enforcement to use its automated 126 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,799 Speaker 4: license plate readers, and Ring yesterday severed its partnership with Flock, 127 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 4: saying quote no videos were shared with the company, end 128 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 4: of quote. Flock saying it has engaged with customers to 129 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 4: again a quote, understand expectations around accountability, transparency, and lawful use. 130 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 4: That's the end of their quote. But this discussion is 131 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,239 Speaker 4: likely to continue for a while. 132 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, I keep a lot of attention on those companies, 133 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 7: which could ultimately be good for the companies, because all 134 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 7: news can be good news when it comes to a 135 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 7: business getting that kind of. 136 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 2: Press one way to put it. But I would say that, 137 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 2: you know, the desired effect of that ad, for example, 138 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: was to get people on board and excited about Ring 139 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: and excited about these additional capabilities around RING. So I 140 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: think in the you know, any publicity's good publicity department, 141 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 2: this might not actually be the case. So I mean, look, 142 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 2: they're already ending their relationationship with Flock. They're having to, 143 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: if you will, dismantle some of the various mechanisms that 144 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 2: were put in place to further their technology. So I 145 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 2: don't know about any tech. Any publicity is good publicity, but. 146 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 3: A lot of public sentiment is in general going to 147 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 3: start turning a little bit more against big tech for 148 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: things like this that you know, it's the whether you 149 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 3: want to conspiracies or realities of the imposition of tech 150 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: into your daily lives. I think it's things like this 151 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 3: that are going to start having people sort of turn 152 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 3: away from. 153 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 2: Them and it's it's totally warranted. I mean, the paranoia 154 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 2: is rich. It's the old line. You know, just because 155 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: you're paranoid doesn't mean there aren't people really following. 156 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 3: But a lot of them would dismiss it thinking it 157 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 3: doesn't apply to them, doesn't mean anything. You can have 158 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 3: a little bit because what's the difference. But I think 159 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: things like this will get it to term no. I. 160 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 2: You know, you look at Pal and Teer, the Peter 161 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 2: Thiele run firm, You look at some of these other 162 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 2: big tech day to driven companies meeting personal data, surveillance data. 163 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 2: You look at the way that in the early months 164 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 2: of this administration, even we had the doge going through 165 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 2: and a lot of the government websites were scraped for 166 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: personal information. Remember there was a big scandal about IRS 167 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 2: data that was out there and voter data that was 168 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 2: out there. So security data that was out there. They 169 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: don't even know where it is a lot of it now. 170 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 2: So I think people are right to be concerned. You know, 171 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 2: when we come back, how about Monks and Merrill, the 172 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 2: new Midday team. You've met them one on one, but 173 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: when we come back, we meet them together. Thompson here 174 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 2: for Conway batbeam went up. I came in quickly, drop 175 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 2: of the hat, and it's just fortuitous. It is my 176 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: luck that I get to meet the new Midday team, 177 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 2: Monks and Merrill. 178 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 7: Yes, it's nice to meet you, Thompson. 179 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 2: That is Monks and Merrill. Of course, hey there he is. 180 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 2: So how did they put you two guys together? How 181 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 2: did it happen? Give me the origin story. 182 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 7: I think they had one spot and two guys that 183 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 7: they like. 184 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it. 185 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean we did a little bit of stuff 186 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 8: last summer when the protests were going on downtown. 187 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 2: That's when they sent Michael down to He was great. 188 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 2: He was amazing, wasn't he a lot? Michael? 189 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 8: Go downtown? And Michael said, well, you know, there's gonna 190 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 8: be police president. Should I have like a kevlar vest 191 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 8: or gas mask or anything. I said, no, you're fine, 192 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 8: and they got then I got tear gas. Yeah, so 193 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 8: you know there. I was in the comfort of my 194 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 8: home studio at the time while he was doing that. 195 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 8: But I thought I worked with him, and I was like, 196 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 8: this guy knows this stuff. This guy is great. I 197 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 8: had a chance to do some more. 198 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 7: We did the election night together and they liked it, 199 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 7: so you know, we're looking to revamp the schedule a bit, 200 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 7: put people back where I think an audience originally grew 201 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 7: to love. These folks like Tim Conway at nights, John 202 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 7: cole Belt in afternoon Drive, and they're giving us this 203 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 7: amazing opportunity. I mean, we've both been broadcasting for a 204 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 7: long time, and KFI is is sort of the mother ship. 205 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 7: I mean, that's that's where anybody would want to be. 206 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 7: I mean, even if you're on a national network somewhere, 207 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 7: if you had the chance to host a show on KFI, 208 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 7: it's something you're gonna think about because it's just so legendary. 209 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 7: And so for us to have this opportunity really means 210 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 7: a lot. We're gonna take it very seriously while also 211 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 7: having some fun and being informative. 212 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be great. It's gonna work out 213 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 2: really well. I mean, well, think about monks Is. He 214 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 2: lives in downtown, he knows this town and sits through 215 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 2: those supervisor meetings, and I mean there's a granular knowledge 216 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,239 Speaker 2: that Monks has that's so very impressive. 217 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 7: It helps not to have any friends, any interest in 218 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 7: any hobbies. You will friends, no, no, not at all. 219 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 7: I'm a boor at dinner parties, which people learn. 220 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: Wow, have you guys gone to dinner yet? Meryl? 221 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 8: We hung out a little bit this last weekend. Yeah, 222 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 8: you know, I made him pick up the tab. But yeah, 223 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 8: he's got the full time gage, you know. Honestly, now 224 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 8: that you mentioned it, Mark, I haven't seen Chris eat 225 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 8: and it could be a deal breaker if you have 226 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 8: any quirks. Is I don't do noise while people are eating. 227 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 8: I need a very quiet meal. 228 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:03,319 Speaker 3: Good. 229 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 2: I like this. 230 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 7: So if there's like any food that falls out of 231 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 7: your mouth for any of that. 232 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 2: That's bad. Yeah, yeah, that'll be all over my shoe. 233 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 2: Who knew? Yeah? 234 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 7: I mean, yeah, how's this big hunk of a guy Michigan? 235 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 7: I mean, if you were picturing a guy from Michigan, 236 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 7: it's Chris Meryl. 237 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 2: Meryl is an imposing physical figure. Yeah, but we I mean, 238 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 2: I don't think that the eating things should be a 239 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 2: deal buster. If you guys need counseling, I'm available with you. 240 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 2: I should not be a deal buster. Yeah, so what 241 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 2: kind of stuff? But you the beauty of again Monks's 242 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 2: knowledge and living here for so long, I think, is 243 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 2: that the stuff you'll talk about, which is like the 244 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 2: day to day stuff of living in southern California is 245 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 2: stuff that you know, Monks is living day to day, right, MARYL. 246 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 2: I would think, So that's a luxury to have a 247 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 2: guy like that. It's a huge luxury, you know. And 248 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 2: I've been I've been in California. 249 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 8: Twenty twelve is when I first moved for my job 250 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 8: in San Diego, and then you know, kind of bounced 251 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 8: around a little bit, and I'm really excited to. 252 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 2: Be back here. 253 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 8: As much as everyone else is trying to cal exit, 254 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 8: I've been spending the last few years trying to get 255 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 8: back to southern California because I just I love it. 256 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 8: In fact, you and I did stuff in the Bay 257 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 8: Area and I was I was really excited. I thought, oh, 258 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 8: I'm going to move to the Bay Area. And then 259 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 8: you know, they pulled the plug on you, and they 260 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 8: pulled the plug on the station. Oh yeah, yeah, was 261 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 8: incredibly successful. Are you even yes in any way to 262 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,599 Speaker 8: believe me? They didn't want to pull the plug on 263 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 8: was mar but they did. 264 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 2: The success Marril. There was the rest of the station 265 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 2: that was falling apart. 266 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 7: They had the most fun show, very famously pulled the 267 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 7: plug on you, Mark, I mean you were on the 268 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 7: and that is and that clip is on YouTube. 269 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: I hope. 270 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 7: I don't want to open up the old wounds, but 271 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 7: I have watched the YouTube clip of that audio recording 272 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 7: of you on on KGO up in San Francisco where 273 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 7: you're in the middle of a show and suddenly you've 274 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 7: been informed that that format is gone. You're all out. 275 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:54,839 Speaker 7: We're switching to sports betting. 276 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, sports betting. They went to sports wagering. But here 277 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 2: is a I'll just give you in very short order, 278 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 2: the story behind that. At like seven minutes before we 279 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 2: went on the air, I get a call from the 280 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 2: general manager and program director and they tell me what's 281 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 2: going to happen. And they say, look, you're going to 282 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 2: go on the air here in a couple of minutes. 283 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 2: You'll do your show as per normal. And then a 284 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 2: quarter after ten it was on from ten to one, 285 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: ten to KNEW and I guess it was at a 286 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 2: quarter after ten. You'll just say the ID, the call 287 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 2: letters and where we are, kgo San Francisco and turn 288 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: your mic off and we're done. And I said, and 289 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: then they told me we're changing the format they started 290 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 2: the whole thing, it's a sad day, all that stuff. 291 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: I said, guys, we're a real legacy radio station. You 292 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 2: can't you know, this is a radical change. You're not 293 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 2: just kind of changing format. You're And then they do 294 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 2: that thing what they call washing out the audience where 295 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: they just play music and all this kind they're trying 296 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 2: to turn off everybody who used to listen to KGO 297 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 2: and set it up as a radio station about sports gambling. 298 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 2: So I said, would you just let me say there's 299 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 2: a big change communication you And I said, I'll do 300 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 2: it as a as an exciting thing. I said, how 301 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: about if I say there's an exciting new format coming here. 302 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 2: I said, I just some way to tell the audience 303 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 2: that this is the last of it, because otherwise I 304 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 2: don't think they're going to know what's happening. Don't you 305 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: feel that some They said, nope, we talk about it 306 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 2: and we want you to do it this way. And 307 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 2: I said, you know, I'm a good soldier this way. 308 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 2: I'll do it whatever you want, but you don't have 309 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 2: to worry about me like railing against the man or 310 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: I'm not going to That's not my style, right, And 311 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 2: so I really beg them to let me tell the 312 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: audience what was happening, and they said, nope, do it 313 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 2: this way, and so again I just did it like that. 314 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 2: So the first fifteen minutes I mentioned it because it 315 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 2: wasn't really a normal show. I just was kind of 316 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: killing time and I was still going through shock. We 317 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 2: did something like you know it's National Oreo cookie Day 318 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: or you know those Yeah, I hate that stuff. I 319 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 2: would never do that stuff, but I was doing it 320 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 2: that day because I'm just trying to get to a 321 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 2: quarter after. And then they they didn't tell anybody at 322 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 2: the station. I was the only person I knew seven 323 00:15:58,280 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 2: minutes because they didn't want they had to have a 324 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: staff meeting. They were worried about getting it was. 325 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 8: Really I was in I was on the teams meeting 326 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 8: and I trouble logging in actually, and then I got 327 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 8: messages from your producer that said, yeah. 328 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 2: We're done. Yeah, it's all over. It was incredible, it's wild. Yeah, 329 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 2: so but you're here. You're right, monks though that audio 330 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 2: is on YouTube, yeah, and it is dramatic. In fact, 331 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 2: I went searching for it after. I think you told 332 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 2: this story once before, and I was like, what is 333 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: he talking about. I've got to find it now. When 334 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 2: I pull up YouTube in the browser, it is that search. 335 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 7: To this day, So like every day, I'm thinking about 336 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 7: it because you know, you've already populated the search and 337 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 7: it just kind of goes up, and I always start 338 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 7: there and start my my YouTube quest and I think 339 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 7: of that. But but here's the deal. You're here and 340 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 7: we love having you here. Story ended, Well, I've gotten 341 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,479 Speaker 7: to watch you for the past two years. My anniversary 342 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 7: of being hired is tomorrow. Two years I've been here, 343 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 7: so I've seen you Tim Conway, John Cope, Belt, Bill 344 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 7: Handle and Gary and Shannon and you know, hearing Chris 345 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 7: Merrill on all those weekends. I'm p one listener to KFI. 346 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 7: I'm a dedicated fan. It is full of Hall of 347 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 7: famers and future Hall of famers, and it's just been 348 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 7: a graduate school of radio presentation. And so I'm thrilled. 349 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 7: I'm ready to work with Chris and see what we're 350 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 7: made of. We're gonna be learning with everyone watching us, 351 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 7: I think how this is gonna work, this new dynamic. 352 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 7: But I hope the audience is excited to at least give. 353 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 2: Us a chance. Oh, I think they'll be great. I 354 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 2: mean to you, it feels like you're gonna work on 355 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 2: the dynamic, but you already have the dynamic. You guys 356 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 2: are pros. But Chris I've always spoken very highly of 357 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 2: because he's had to fill in in a lot of 358 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 2: different time periods. I don't think that's easy. You know, 359 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 2: you have to change and I got I'm going to 360 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,959 Speaker 2: take a break. Steph, how dare you? I have a 361 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 2: professional stuff? You don't need to do that. 362 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 7: Don't yell at him. He's got a Shania Twain shirt 363 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 7: on today, is feeling very sensitive. 364 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 2: Gosh, I love him. One thing does all right? I 365 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 2: do have to take a break, guys, Good luck, Noon 366 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 2: to three. Thanks mar Monks and Marylyn up finished the 367 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 2: compliment for Marrow, but forget it. That's fine stuff. Stuff 368 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: is getting tired of the whole thing, all right, Good 369 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 2: luck boys. Thanks? All right, next week it all starts. 370 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: Monks and Merril weekdays noon to three. Here on KFI 371 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 2: we are KFI A six forty. 372 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 9: You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KF 373 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 9: I am six forty. 374 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 2: It's his thing. Monks and Marrow weekday is noon to three. 375 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 2: Then you've got John cole Belt and then the Conway 376 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 2: Show will slip back into the night six to ten, 377 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: so that all happens beginning next week. There is a 378 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 2: controversy emerging. It's around a they still say commode anymore? 379 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 2: Is that a word that is still used when I 380 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: say com mode? 381 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 3: Does it still talk? 382 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 2: Does anybody know what that is? There is a there's 383 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 2: a portable bathroom that has the latrine some terraine there. 384 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 2: You gots a very u service like in the service 385 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 2: they say latrine. Yeah, thank you for your latrine service. 386 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 5: Controversial bathroom is right behind us, and Michael show you 387 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 5: some of the construction equipment out here. 388 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 6: Some people not happy about this at all. 389 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 5: Our first look at the controversial Runyon Canyon restrooms two 390 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 5: stalls and two water fountains for almost one million dollars. 391 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 2: Well, I mean it is two stalls and there are 392 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 2: water fountains. Now, Runyon Canyon, Krozer, it's over there. It's 393 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 2: kind of the hills, Hollywood Hills. I guess you'd call it, right. 394 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 3: Isn't that the popular place where everybody always talks about it? 395 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 2: Go, let's go to the run. Yeah, it's it's frequented 396 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 2: by celebrities and other Hollywood luminaries who kind of want 397 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 2: to get their hike on shot. 398 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 5: Two stalls and two water fountains for almost one million dollars. 399 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 6: Why did it cost the city million dollars? 400 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 5: That's what a lot of people are wondering. 401 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't really like that. 402 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 5: Last summer we were first to expose the city's plan 403 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 5: for the costly commodes, sparking. 404 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 2: Oh he uses the word commode. Thank you. 405 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 5: Last summer we were first to expose the city's plan 406 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 5: for the costly commodes, sparking immediately he was. 407 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 2: Going for the literation. That's absolutely true. 408 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 5: First to expose the city's plan for the costly commodes, 409 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 5: sparking immediate backlash. 410 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 7: Here it is, and this week the bathroom arrived, rolled 411 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 7: in on a trailer. 412 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 5: I thought it was absurd from the start, and now 413 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 5: seeing it, it's even more absurd. 414 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 6: They wheeled in what looks like an extra large doghouse. 415 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 5: A local group called the Runyon Canyon Guardians sought estimates 416 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 5: for a similar structure, claiming they found a quote for 417 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 5: about half the price. 418 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: Why would we need a bathroom here because we hike 419 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: here all the time and we've never used have you. 420 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 6: Ever used the bathroom here. I've used the porta partly 421 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 6: a couple of times, been in like that's it works. 422 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 5: Do you think this bathroom was needed? Yeah, some hikers 423 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 5: though in favor of the project. With roughly two million 424 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 5: people using the park every year, I don't have. 425 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 2: A problem with them putting a porta potty there. I 426 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,719 Speaker 2: don't have a problem with their being a bathroom there, 427 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 2: and I don't even have a problem with an upgraded bathrooms. 428 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 2: So it's not just a you know, basic bitch porta potty, 429 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 2: But I definitely feel like you could have gotten some 430 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: other bids and just a million dollars it seems like 431 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,959 Speaker 2: a lot. I mean, I get it. It's two of them, 432 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 2: all right, so it's a half million apiece. 433 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 3: It They don't have to do plumbing or anything like that. 434 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 2: It must it must be water, it must be you know, 435 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 2: this is a controversy that has existed, as you know, 436 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 2: in a lot of major cities. San Francisco quite famously 437 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,239 Speaker 2: had their million dollar remember there, and their thing had 438 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 2: like automation, and they also had the trash cans. Remember 439 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,719 Speaker 2: they paid all this money for trash cans in San 440 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 2: Francisco that cleaned themselves and emptied themselves and all this stuff. 441 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 2: I mean, and to be fair, if you're going to 442 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 2: put something in, why not try to integrate as much 443 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 2: technology as you can so at least the thing is 444 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 2: sort of state of the art. 445 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 3: And when it's industrial use, you know it's it's not 446 00:21:58,440 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 3: a regular bathroom. 447 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 2: Thank you. It's getting a lot of and you know, 448 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 2: sadly you have to worry about vandalism, you have to 449 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 2: worry about a homeless setup. 450 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 3: And this isn't replacing anything. This is these are just 451 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 3: brand new. Where they put them in there. 452 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 2: They reference there were porta potties or at least a 453 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 2: porta potty. But I think this is the first sort 454 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 2: of semi permanent to permanent structure associated with a bathroom. 455 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 3: But now that's why I'm wondering about the plumbing aspect 456 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 3: the case. 457 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 2: Sure that you're saying that's what probably was the pricey 458 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 2: item if. 459 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 3: The plumbing, yeah, because I mean, like you're saying, yeah, 460 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 3: that's an outrageous cost. 461 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 2: But is there more to it that we just don't know? Yeah, 462 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 2: I promise you there is. It must be. But I 463 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 2: get that this is a great headline, A million dollars 464 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 2: for a bathroom. To be fair, it still seems like 465 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 2: a lot, even allowing for whatever plumbing they had to 466 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: have done it. Somebody, it feels like there's some grift 467 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 2: built into this somewhere. But again, i'd like to see 468 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 2: the line items. 469 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 5: From some hikers, though, in favor of the project. With 470 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 5: roughly two million people using the park every. 471 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 6: Year, I think it's a fantastic idea. 472 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 10: I'm in favor of it if it's regulated, it's monitored, 473 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 10: and it's kept nice. 474 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 6: There's porta potties up there, there's also forests. 475 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 5: In a statement to Fox eleven, yeah there is, but 476 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 5: you'd like for people to go in the designated bathrooms 477 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 5: as opposed to the and you know there are other 478 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 5: natural reasons for that, you know, to do with wildlife 479 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 5: and all the rest. 480 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 3: So industrial and public use bathrooms typically cost between eighty 481 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 3: and five hundred thousand dollars for permanent site built high 482 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 3: traffic structure. 483 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 2: So on some level, I mean, this is on budget. 484 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 2: They've got two of them, right, so I guess that's 485 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 2: those numbers times too. 486 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 3: Those ones that you were talking about in San Francisco 487 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 3: apparently cost one point seven million. 488 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, and of course what they do is they trash 489 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: the crap out of it, you know, vandals just go 490 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 2: after it because it's become this controversial thing and nobody 491 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 2: wants to see it succeed. But this I love that 492 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 2: you put a specific on this price tag because it 493 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,959 Speaker 2: just seems as though you just know that it's an 494 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 2: attention getter and it's a headline grabber, but being. 495 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 3: Legitimate to be, you know, on its face to be 496 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 3: pretty ticked off about it. 497 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, you cou're right, it should whip your head around. 498 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 2: Of course. I mean, the city's bleeding out money and 499 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 2: then there's all this going for that. But apparently it's 500 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 2: somewhat it's in the higher end of that range. 501 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 5: But in a statement to Fox eleven, councilwoman and manorial 502 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 5: candidate Nthia Ramin's office says, we're excited about this grant 503 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 5: funded restroom facility. Providing restrooms is basic park infrastructure that 504 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 5: benefits everyone who visits. 505 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 6: I think that they're released. 506 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 2: I've never been as excited about a bathroom in my life, 507 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 2: said mayoral candidate. All Right, Uh, that's the situation. It's 508 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 2: controversial but probably needed, and it sounds as though the 509 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 2: budget wasn't blown out quite the way people are saying. 510 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 2: Now you're up to speed on the Runyon Canyon, Broom, 511 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 2: use it, hold it in until you get there, road 512 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 2: test it. Tell us how it is when we come back. 513 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 2: The cheating olympian's girlfriend speaks up about his confession of infidelity. 514 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 2: It's getting saucy. 515 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 9: You're listening to Tim conwaytun you're on demand from KFI 516 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 9: AM six forty. 517 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson sitting in for Conway today, who he himself 518 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 2: will be moving. He'll be the evening guy back to 519 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: the evening where he's having all that fun. Six to 520 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 2: ten starts Tuesday. So the Olympics has been terrific. I 521 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 2: don't know, maybe I have a low bar. I'll tell 522 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 2: you what I watched. This is absolutely true. Last night 523 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: I watched women's curling and I was way into it, 524 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 2: and I didn't even really understand, like exactly how it worked. 525 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 2: But it on another level is super easy to understand. 526 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 2: It's a little like soccer, you know, I get it. 527 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 2: The ball has to go into the goal. I mean, 528 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 2: that's pretty much all you need to know. And then 529 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 2: there's a bunch of stuff like off sides and tripping 530 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 2: and you kind of begin to understand the intricacies of 531 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 2: soccer as you watch. The one thing that you know, 532 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 2: which is whether or not the ball goes into the goal. 533 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 2: So here it's a bull's eye and went into the ice. 534 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 2: And you know that those stones as they call them, 535 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 2: they need to get toward the center. And one teams 536 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 2: stones are one color and on another color for the 537 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 2: other team. And man, they are way good. And they've 538 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 2: got that sweeping thing that they do to kind of 539 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 2: create heat right in front of the of the disc. 540 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 2: I was way into it. I only wish I knew 541 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 2: how to bet on it. That was the only thing. 542 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 2: But this olympian, the Norwegian by athlete who went viral 543 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 2: for winning a bronze medal, then admitted in interviews to 544 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 2: cheating on his girlfriend and then pleaded with this girl 545 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: to give him another chance take him back. Well, this 546 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 2: whole thing is now beginning to button out, and she 547 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 2: his ex, has spoken. 548 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 10: Up following his bronze medal finish and biathlon sterla Holm Lagrid. 549 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 6: Made a tearful plea for forgiveness on live TV six 550 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 6: months ago. I met the love of my life, he said, 551 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 6: but then admitted that three. 552 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 10: Months into the relationship, he cheated on Tonight, the Norwegian 553 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 10: by athlete got a response from his I mean. 554 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 2: No offense, but three months in is like, I'm just saying, 555 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 2: that's real fast. You know, It's one thing. I was 556 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 2: with her for three years and I'm, you know, trainer. 557 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 2: In one night I stepped out. It was three months 558 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 2: together and he stepped out. 559 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 6: Three months into the relationship, he cheated on her. Tonight. 560 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 10: The Norwegian biathlete got a response from his girlfriend in 561 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 10: a statement to a Norwegian paper. She wrote, it's hard 562 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 10: to forgive even after a declaration of love in front 563 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 10: of the whole world. 564 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 2: I'd like that on a drop. Can I get that drop? 565 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 10: It's hard to forgive even after a declaration of love 566 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 10: in front of the whole world. 567 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 2: I'd like that on a drop. If I get it, 568 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 2: stupp please, I'll run that on my show. Okay, Yeah, 569 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 2: it's hard to. 570 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 10: Forgive even after a declaration of love in front of 571 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 10: the world. Leggert said his girlfriend ended their relationship before 572 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 10: the Games, but he hoped she would realize how much 573 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 10: he loves her today. 574 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 6: The unnamed woman. 575 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 10: Thrown into an Olympic whirlwind wrote, I did not choose 576 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 10: to be put in this position and it hurts to 577 00:28:59,440 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 10: have to be. 578 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I wish I could break up with you all 579 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 2: over again. I thought we broke up. What is going 580 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 2: on here? Why is there media at my house? 581 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 6: The love life drama has gone viral with mixed reaction. 582 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 6: That was our breakfast conversation this morning. I mean, at 583 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 6: least he's put him himself out there. 584 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 5: I respect it. 585 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 2: It is a high wire move to go for that 586 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 2: on the Olympic. It's not literally the metal stand, but 587 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 2: you know it's metal stand adjacent. It's a high wire 588 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 2: act and ask for us to get back together again. 589 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 2: I do give him some credit for that, you know. 590 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 2: I mean he could have just like quietly said, hey, 591 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 2: I just want to medal at the Olympics, and I 592 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 2: want you to know. I mean, I can't tell everybody 593 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 2: what I want to tell him, which is that this 594 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 2: it almost doesn't mean anything to me because we were 595 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 2: not together. Like that would have been like one move 596 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 2: you could make. But the idea somehow that you would 597 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 2: say that to the world. Wow, I mean, the guy 598 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 2: really rolled the dice, but he got selem. 599 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 5: I mean, at least he's. 600 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 3: Putting himself out there. 601 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 6: I respect it some siding with her. 602 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 5: I think it wouldn't work for me, but I wish 603 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 5: him and her the best. 604 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 6: Logrid was asked if he regretted getting so personal. Maybe 605 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 6: there's a chance that she will see, well, she merely 606 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 6: means to me, and maybe not. The emotional moment captivated 607 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 6: the world. 608 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 10: There are some things that even a mea culpa and 609 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 10: a bronze medal might not be able to fix. 610 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 6: Stephanie GOSKYBC News, Right, I. 611 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,239 Speaker 2: Feel like, you know, all the king's horses and all 612 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 2: the king's men couldn't put their love back together again. 613 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 7: You were six months, called her the love of his 614 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 7: life three months and he cheats on her. 615 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, well he was just road testing a little bit, 616 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 2: road testing the relationship. You gotta do, vak Bridge, establishing 617 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 2: some perspective on the relationship, making sure, yeah, you know, 618 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 2: love of my life. I'm pretty sure you love in 619 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 2: my life. I'm just rolling around one night. I was 620 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 2: in love baby. I'll tell you, I'll tell you what is. 621 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 2: What is funny is we've become so accustomed to that 622 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 2: kind of thing, cinematically paying off, you know, in a movie. 623 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 2: This is exactly what he does in every Hallmark movie. 624 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 2: It works. But even in just regular rom coms, this 625 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 2: guy would do this, and by the way, it would 626 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 2: follow the same narrative we just heard, which is she 627 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 2: says forget it, no, I'm hurt, and he is despondent, 628 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 2: you know he is. He falls into a depression whatever 629 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 2: it might be, and then it pays off in Act three, right, 630 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 2: I mean, this that's happening now is the end of 631 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 2: this relationship. But if this were a rom com, it 632 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 2: would be everything that would happen, like probably at the 633 00:31:58,840 --> 00:31:59,479 Speaker 2: end of act of one. 634 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 3: You know, it's like till Eddy Murphy bit where he says, yes, yes, 635 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 3: I had sex with her, Yes, I had sex with 636 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 3: that woman. I mean love to you. 637 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 2: Wow. That's good. I've never heard that. Really, that's your 638 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 2: high ground here. If you're the cheating olympian, yeah, you're 639 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 2: the one I love. She's the one I slept with. Yeah. Wow. 640 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 2: But man, having broken up again, as Sharon Bellio says, 641 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 2: they were together for six months three months in he 642 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 2: stepped out. The relationship was only six months long, and 643 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 2: I understand there can be a great intensity during that 644 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 2: six months. But the idea somehow that she should still 645 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 2: have to be dealing with it. Hey, dude, I broke 646 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 2: up with you. I'm onto the next guy. You know. 647 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 2: I'm dating the grocery bagger now or whatever. 648 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 7: The non olympian, right. 649 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 2: I'm done with Olympians, all you athletes. Yeah, get this 650 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 2: media off of my front. Stoop crazy. Well, he is 651 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 2: an Olympian and he's a metallist, so I know that 652 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 2: they'll be am confident there'll be a future for him 653 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 2: in the world of romance. Riverside. If you're headed out 654 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 2: that way or if you live in and around the 655 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 2: Riverside area, cops are cracking down on something and this 656 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 2: will affect everybody on the freeways. We'll get to that 657 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 2: in the next hour. 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