June 10, 2025 • 37 mins
Los Angeles Anti- ICE protest coverage // Burbank's Bethany Fire is put out completely // Tim Conway Cruise // Karen Bass Conference on LA curfew
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's KFI AM six forty and you're listening to The
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The one oh one Freeway is open again, but it
has been damaged and it's not going to recover today.
It's just not you know, Mark, if you had any
of these freeways, they close for ten minutes and they
never recover.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Now that's brutal. I mean, it really is true.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
I mean, we just know even a slowing of a
freeway can lead to a ripple of chair that can
delay you for forty minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
You know, in the city of Los Angeles, like I
think many communities around the United States, maybe the world,
the fire department has to get to you in six
minutes if your oxygen is cut off to your brain,
and if they don't, you have tremendous brain damage or
you're dead. Well, same with the freeways. These are arteries,
(00:50):
and you cut one of these arteries off for ten minutes,
twenty minutes, the other one's back up and it never recovers.
It's not going to recover until after midnight tonight.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Maybe. Wow, that's extraordinary. I didn't think of it that way.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, Oh, it's gonna be for it's gonna you know,
you're gonna see traffic on the one oh one now
until midnight because it just won't recover.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It just won't.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
All right, let's get an update on the fire here.
I know a lot of people are looking at it
in Burbank. We'll get back to the protests, but this
is a it looks like let's think they get a
little bit of a handle on it. We can see
it where we're sitting right here, and not there's a
dump right there by a helicopter.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Because there was a lot of smoke on the skyline.
Now that that smoke seems to have been reduced, hasn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah. La City is fighting this the red and white helicopters,
and I wonder if Burbank's gonna have to pay for that,
you know, because they don't have their own helicopters. I
wonder if they have to pay l A City to
come in.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Oh, that's a really interesting question.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Jump that water.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Hey, I asked a friend of mine who's a police officer.
He's retired, so he can you know it? Let it
be out of school. Yeah, but I said, these guys
that are being arrested and they've got a bike or
a scooter with them, you know, a bicycle or one
of those electric scooters. I said, what happens to the
(02:15):
scooter or the bike when they get arrested? And he
looks down, he puts the sane goas, what do you mean?
I said, what happens to the bike and scooter? He goes,
I don't know what you're asking. I said, where does
it go? He goes, but whoever, it's there? We just
leave it there and some guy comes up, it's theirs. No,
I said, you don't take it with them. He goes, no,
you don't take your scooter or your bike with you.
(02:37):
You know, you're you're you forfeited that that's now somebody else.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
There are two things I love about that. One is
the information. I never thought of it. I never actually
never thought of what happens to that bike or to
the scooter or whatever.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Right. But the second thing I like, or maybe this
should be the.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
First thing I like, is that as a classic Conway question,
because you asked that question, and it's a great question,
like I don't know that I would think to ask
that question, and you do.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I love that because I'm I think I'm cheap and
if it was if I was on a scooter and
I got arrested, I would like to think that somebody
would come grab my scooter and take it home for me.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
I also, I think I sort of presume, well, the
city has some way that somebody comes by, they impound it,
you know what I mean, something like that.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
It's extraordinary to me that that doesn't happen.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
He said, They don't, he said, especially with the unrest
like this. He said, they'll just leave it there and
then somebody will come by and pick it up, and
now it's their bike or it's their scooter. It's no
longer the guy who was arrested, he's out a scooter,
he's out his bike.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
I got to say this.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
I know that you know, downtown LA's got a bad rep,
and it's deserved bad rep. As I've mentioned to you before,
I wouldn't have people sleeping on the streets. I wouldn't
have people crapping in the streets. I mean, if it
were my city, it would be a lot cleaner. But
I obviously, you know, we all have frustrations with it.
But that said, I still, even as I watched these
protesters live walking down the streets, I love downtown La.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I love LA. I think it's a really great city,
I really do.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
And i'd see the Art Deco buildings and I see
the you know, the history of La played out even
in some of these images, and I just love it here.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Okay, this is the direct result of you not being
born here.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah, I think that's true, because when I go.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
To Portland, you know, Portland's had riots like this or
unrest like this. Well let's call them riots. It's right
downtown riots like this for a year after George Floyd
one year every night, and they and the Portland cops
didn't do jack s about it. And I still love
that town. I love Portland because I wasn't born and
(04:38):
raised there. Sure you know I was born and raised here,
so I'm not. I like downtown. It's beautiful. They've got
that light rail now, you can get around. You can
go to what you know, a King game or Laker game,
and and there's some great restaurants downtown. My favorite thing
to do when I got when I got my license
at sixteen, I just wanted to get my car and
(04:59):
drive and see all the places that my dad never
showed me. And I got in my car and I
drove past Los Angeles International Airport. And when I was
a kid, up until I was sixteen, I thought that
Lax was the end of California because we've never went
south of Lax. My dad never took us Orange Counting.
(05:19):
We went to Disneyland, but we went down the five Freeway.
But I'm talking about going to Lax and y and I.
So I'm out Lax. I drive past Lax, and I
see Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and I get
home the next day, I go, Dad, you're not gonna
believe this. There's homes on the beach and beach communities
(05:42):
after the airport. There's Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Manhattan Beach,
and they're beautiful. He goes, yeah, yeah, I know that.
I go, how come you never took us anywhere? You
never took us anywhere. You would take us, you know,
maybe to work with you occasionally you come down, look
at a ballgame. We were taken, but we never got
(06:03):
our I got out and saw everything. So once I
saw that, I started driving everywhere. I started driving everywhere
man and so I know downtown like the back of
my hand because I drove a limousine and it's spectacular.
It's beautiful, but it's messed up with the people down there,
the people down there who are odd. You know, there's
a lot of strange people in southern California. There's a
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lot more of them in downtown. Well, I would take odd.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I think there is a scary part of downtown for real,
like violent part of downtown. You don't know, I mean,
like that you can be ripped off, et cetera. I
don't know how that manifests itself. When it does, I mean,
certainly after dark you have an increasing chance of running
into problems. But there is so much an even it's
so much better now, like just like my city of Washington, DC,
where I grew up, than when I grew up. Oh yeah, yeah,
(06:50):
Like it's just a downtown LA is just so much
richer in terms of all of the things you can do,
the architecture, everything is is much more magical now than
and so anyway, this is all as I watched these
protesters walking through downtown.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
I love the fact that you said you think it's
still beautiful. I think it is beautiful. When's the last
time you were downtown spending any time.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
It might have been six weeks ago, to be honest,
last month.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
You know, if you go downtown on a Friday or
Saturday night and you walk around downtown, I would say
south of City Hall and maybe I don't know east
of Figueroa, it's there are a ton of young people
down there. It's all like young attractive guys and gals
(07:34):
who moved to downtown LA and having a great time.
It's a party down there.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Great.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I understand why Monks is down there. It's great, but
it's susceptible to this crap, right, it really is. I
was turn on Channel four real quick steph oh no,
they're already they on it on the brush fire. Let's
try channel four and see what they're talking about.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
I was quickly knocked down.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
Fire crews are now monitoring for any hotspots.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Okay, all right, the Burbank fire has been knocked down.
We got a knockdown on the Burbank fire, thank god. Okay,
we're gonna come back. Protesters in downtown LA. They're gearing
up for another night. And I and I I am
seeing all the elements right here. I'm seeing runners, jumpers, burners, climbers.
(08:19):
I one of the jumpers, and they're all there, painters, yellers,
they're all there. Oh, you only need five of those seven.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
This is the Conway rule, looters, Right, but go through
the Conway rule is you only need what?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
All right, Well, we come back. I'll tell you.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
The Conway rule is important for all of us.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Right, all Krozer, what was the what was the who
was the You got to remind me the Clippers announcer
forever and ever and never in Lawler?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Lawler?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, l and what was Lawler's law? First team to
reach one hundred wins?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Wins?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, and that was probably ninety five percent, right, yeah,
pretty yeah. Well, I've got Conway's law when it comes
to riots. We'll come back. I'll tell you what it is.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
You're listening to Tim conwaytun you're on demand from KFI
AM six.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Looks like things have calmed down in downtown Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Echo there, oh, there we go.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
All right, Here is my Lawler's law. It's Conway's law
for rioting. And you need seven of the following seven
out of a list of how many nine? Okay, you
got runners? People are running all over the place, jumpers,
(09:33):
you know, jumping over walls, you know, jumping over fires.
I've seen that before. Jumping on cars, yeah, jumping on cars, yeah, okay.
Burners people starting all the fires, of course, Looters self
explanatory climbers on top of poles and buildings, and throwers
throwing rocks, oh yeah, fireworks, breakers, people breaking up crap windows, yeah,
(09:56):
cars of course, Sprayers, painters, looter graffiti. But I don't
know whether they call him painters or sprayers. I think
you got to give me. I think there's taggers, right,
and then kickers. There's also kickers there. What are kickers?
(10:19):
People kicking over signs, you know, kicking cars, kicking cops,
you know, kickers. And and then you said you recommended
one spinners.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
That's the new thing.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
They spit on the cops, which I think is that
they should be I think you could be arrested for that.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
So when we were coming up with the list, Bellio
was in here and Mark said, how about spinners? And
Balio said that's your list to Mark, and I thought, well, no,
people do spit at cops.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Why is she Why is she.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Getting down on on Mark Thompson? And she thought you
said spinners. Yeah, she didn't understand what I said. Yeah,
and I think sure truckouts. The fact that she thought
I said that speaks to what she is thinking about. Yeah, oh,
I don't know. Maybe it's a little of both. You know,
you have a reputation of being a pretty big stud.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
I don't think that's going on. This is a nothing
to do with me, I said, spinners and anything else. Yeah, yeah, anyway, Look,
it's blameless, but it was an odd moment.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
By the way, what is a what is a spinner
belly on? Since you brought it up, I don't know.
You don't know what that is? People that spin and
throw stuff?
Speaker 3 (11:35):
M no, no, right, we'll take that.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Okay, we'll take that, Yes we will. All right, we're
looking at unrest. It's on channel two, it's on channel five.
Channel four is covering it, Channel seven, Channel nine, and
I believe channel eleven. Everyone's covering it. Let's pick a TV.
Let's go channel four. Steps, let's pop up channel four
and see what we does.
Speaker 7 (12:01):
Trying to block the freeway more than anything to prevent
these folks from getting on there. So we'll see if
that is their intent, if they or if they just
want to get on the Los Angeles street overpassed or
if they're going to stay in front of the Federal Building.
Right now, it's kind of a guessing game to see
where they end up. Currently, it looks like they're going
(12:22):
to stop in front of the courthouse. We do see
the group gathering there. This, of course, has been a
focal point here over the last few days, the Royal
Ball Federal Building where likely some of the detainees from
Friday's raids were detained, at least initially, and it looks
like that is going to be the site of a
(12:43):
protest here that is going to be taking place here,
kicking off right now with several hundred people taking to
the front steps.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Up here we go. We'll check back with you shortly, Eleiana,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
As night five of the unrest of the the violence
in downtown Los Angeles, Night five is cranking up to
be a probably a pretty solid one. They'll there's a
prayer vigil outside of the I believe the Federal Building
or near City Hall, oh no, Grand Park where that
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big park is near City Hall, and there's going to
be a candlelight visual there at six o'clock. So we're
only about thirty two minutes away from that one, and
now they're trying to get people off the overpass of
the one oh one because they can't trust these people.
They think they're going to throw crap onto the freeway,
which they have done in the past. That was in
(13:38):
no I don't know, somebody score their football game going Yes,
that was going on in the hallway. So there's going
to be about a thousand people show up at Grand
Park right outside of City Hall. And there's gonna be
another night of this. But the Highway Patrol, l APD,
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the National Guard, if the Marines get here, and the
fourteen other local municipalities who are supplying cops to LA
they've had it. They've had it, and this will be
a short night. This is gonna be a night. This
is gonna be a night called lots of arrests.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
I don't think it's gonna be handled. I think tim'show
right as loosely as it's been handled. Last couple of nights.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
They have had it.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
They've had They've had five nights of no sleep, bad
meals on call for twelve hours a day, little time
with their kids and their wife or their husband at home,
vacations being canceled, and you know, and that's happened. You know,
some cops have had, you know, planned vacations go to
Hawaii with the family, and they can't go.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
I have to say, I just think that this is
less informed by that kind of agitation. Although you're right,
these are I love that you make these points because
these are human beings. These aren't real people with real
stuff planned in their own lives. But I think they
respond on their professionals and they'll respond to policy. And
the policy I believe is going to change. It's going
to get a lot tougher and appropriately a lot tougher
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because it's been to disruption for too long, and so
these guys are pros. I say guys generically men and
women who are out there are going to handle things professionally,
but they're going to handle things.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
I think things a lot more sternly.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
I'd say Conway tonight than as you said, arrived then the.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Last few nights.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I think you're a hundred percent right. So the protests
with the police are going to continue tonight. We might
see a short night, an early night because they're going
to arrest a lot of people tonight. They're going to
be hundreds of people that will be arrested tonight. They've
already arrested I think one hundred and fifty people already today.
All right, to go back to Channel four, stephush, real quick,
(15:44):
and then we got to.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Take a break.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
But there's a big group, big group getting together. Out
of this group has grown in numbers.
Speaker 8 (15:51):
Wow, it's growing, Michael Landa.
Speaker 7 (15:53):
They're on the move. They did head toward the front
steps there of the Federal Building, but then they seem
to every group to now they've decided to go back
north on Los Angeles and westbound on Temple. Where their
final destination may be that is unknown or if they're
just going to circle downtown here for a while. But
the group is large and continues to grow. Most of
(16:15):
the demonstrators are on foot, but we do have some
people that are in a caravan behind them in vehicles,
and in front of them, we noticed we did have
some folks on bicycles, so different forms of transportation here
that are participating as part of this demonstration that is
taking place here in an unplanned demonstration, of course, and
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and the lawful one at that. So at some point
the dispersal order could be repeated for these folks. They
weren't in the area when it was originally dispatched. This
group actually came from Maine and Fourth was where we
first heard about them, and they made their way over
to the Federal Building. But now they continue to march here,
currently headed westbound on Temple Crossing.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Okay, we gotta take a break. When we come back,
we'll continue with this. But when she keeps calling them folks,
it sounds like they're, you know, going to a cracker
barrel for a four o'clock dinner, and they're not. They're criminals,
is what they are. Criminals, and they hate the cops.
They hate capitalism, a lot of hatred. They hate Trump,
(17:21):
and they're gonna hate, really hate the cops tonight because
the cops, I think, are going to really bust their
chops tonight. They've had it and you're gonna see an
early night.
Speaker 5 (17:32):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
Am sixty.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
And from what we understand, Mayor Bass is about to
speak and we get a preview of what she might say,
and it looks like she might resign and move to Ghana. Yeah,
isn't that crazy?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
That'd be an odd She's like screw it.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I'm going back to Ghana message I was the that
was the ass over there.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Things are good back theread to buy the king over there.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Yeah, you know, I come back here and you guys
are harassing me all the time, the press.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Enough.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
So I think she's going to resign, Mark says she,
What do you think curfew? I think curfew looks more likely.
Wouldn't that be wild if she did say screw it?
You know, because hey it's Mary Karen Bass. I'm out
of here. You know, I've tried this for a year
and a half, two years, and it sucks.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
It's ungovernable. You people are impossible.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Yeah, you guys take over.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
We can't have nice things. Right, I'm done.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Get Rick Caruso in here or somebody else who cares.
Speaker 4 (18:41):
One of the interesting things is that Caruso, Bass and
the governor all agree.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
You saw that. You saw that statement from Rick Caruso.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Yeah, but who's going to replace her if she resigns?
What's the order in la Is it from the somewhere
from the city council?
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Yeah? I think so?
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, Okay, so she's gonna speak soon, so let's get
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(19:39):
So that's gonna be great. We'll give out that at
some point. So Mayor Path is gonna speak at any minute,
and then after that, Governor Newsom's gonna speak at six thirty,
and we'll see. We'll see what's going on and what
they're gonna announce.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
But we're speculating that we think curfew. Curfew could be
in the office.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Okay, But if there's a curfew, is it city wide?
Is it just downtown.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
That's a great question because if it's not city wide,
then you just bump protest to another part of the city.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
They'll go to.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Westwood, they'll go to the Federal Building in Westwood, which
I think there's cops around there as well.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Oh yeah, there's National Guard there. Oh is that right? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:21):
I think National Guard is both downtown and in Westwood.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
I believe I maybe mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's right.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
You know, let me tell you my history with the Feds, Leslie,
how are you nice to see you? Here's my history
with the federal government. If you screw them over or
you don't pay them enough taxes and they think you
owe them something, they're going to come and get it.
And so you don't want to piss off the Feds.
(20:47):
If you can go your whole life sixty seventy eighty
ninety years whatever, don't ever pick a fight with the Feds,
and don't ever rip them off, because they'll come after
you and they'll f your life up.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
That's my ex Yeah, I always feel like that shoe
pinches first around taxes. I always tell people, you know,
don't mess around with the Feds on taxes, you know,
really don't. I mean, take whatever you can legally take,
you can aggressively legally take, but don't don't try to
skate on taxes. They will come after it. They'll get
their money.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Always they have unlimited resources to come after you too,
so pay your taxes. We're gonna take a quick break here,
we'll come back. Mayor Bass is going to be on
TV speaking and on radio. We're going to carry it live.
If it happens during the commercial break, we will shut
off our commercials, turn them off with our commercial key,
(21:36):
and turn on Mayor Bess. I say, Mark thinks a
curfew is coming. I say, she's resigning and moving to Ghana.
We got some bets going on here, all right. Relyve
on KFI likes a long shot. I do like the
long shot.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty, KFI AF six forty.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
It is the Conway Show, the greatest saleswoman in radio.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
What I love is during the breaks. Uh, the world
descends on the studio. Of course, everyone wants to be
around to Conway Junior and Tim salesperson of choice Wisley
Green Quick in Leslie Quick on the Scene.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
She came in to talk about the cruise that we're.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
Going closes like a linebacker on a running back.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Incredible, And she said she loves you know the Regent line,
And I said, oh, well, the region line might be nice,
but that's not the line we're going. Yes, and then
I Oceana. Then I started and then and then Mark
was like, ah, I went on this one and this
one and they were comparing cruises and taxes and they
got crazy in here. All right, but you can go
if you want to get on this cruise. We're doing
(22:46):
it on July twenty first of next year. You can
go to Conwaycruise dot com.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It's twenty first of it's a year from now.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
It's more than a year from now. It's twenty first
and what is the cruise line? Oceana very nice and
it's going to be fantastic. It's going to be there's
a casino on board, so you can watch me lose
my daughter's college fund.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
You're gonna hear Tim say things he's not said on
the air.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Right, Yeah, that's exactly right. Yeah, a lot of f
words and banging on those slot machines, and you know,
swearing at the at the dealer, at the blackjack dealer.
Getting thrown off the ship. That'd be great. We got
thrown off for too much smoking, drinking and fighting. That
(23:34):
would I'd love to see it cut right, the whole
everyone that's going gets thrown off. We would be we'll
have to charter a school bus to get home.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
I think that is a chic line.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I think it is.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
Yeah, so I think you could. Really I'm really very impressed.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Thank you very much to hear all you should go.
I might all right, Mayor Baths is speaking. Let's turn
on Mayor Baths see what.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
She's doing to stop diluting. Many businesses have now been
a affected by our vandalized last night. There were twenty
three businesses that were looted, and I think that if
you drive through downtown La, the graffiti is everywhere and
has caused significant damages to businesses and a number of properties.
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So my message to you is, if you do not
live or work in downtown La, avoid the area. Law
enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew and you
will be prosecuted.
Speaker 6 (24:31):
Hundreds of officers.
Speaker 9 (24:32):
From police and sheriff departments from across the region and
state are working alongside LAPD through a unified command structure.
The curfew will be an advice tonight from eight pm
until six am. I want to thank the Governor for
his partnership and especially thank our state and local leaders
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and deputies officers and deputies who are working tirelessly, so
curfew guidance again. They will begin at eight pm to
night and go until six am tomorrow. I will consult
with elected leaders in law enforcement officials tomorrow on the
continuation of the curfew, but we certainly expect for it
to last for several days. The curfew will be The
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curfew area will be between the five Freeway and to
the one ten and the ten Freeway, to where the
one ten Freeway and five Freeway merge. You look and
look at the map and you can see that the
city of Los Angeles is a massive area five hundred
and two square miles. The area of downtown where the
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curfew will take place is one square mile. I think
it is important to point this out, not to minimize
the vandalism and violence that has taken place there.
Speaker 6 (25:47):
It has been significant, but.
Speaker 9 (25:49):
It is extremely important to know that what is happening
in this one square mile is not affecting the city.
Some of the imagery of the protests and the violence
gives the appearance as though this is a city wide crisis,
and it is not so. Who everyone must abide by
this curfew limited exceptions will apply for residents, people traveling
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to and from work, and credentialed media representatives. With that,
I would like to turn it over to Chief Jim McDonald.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Thank you, Mary Bass.
Speaker 10 (26:25):
Good afternoon everyone. As the Mayor stated, a curfew for
the impacted areas shown here will go into effect tonight,
and I want to be absolutely clear that if you win,
if you're within that designated curfew zone between the hours
of eight pm and six am and are not exempt
under the order, you're going to be subject to arrest.
The curfew boundaries as follows, from the five Freeway to
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the one ten Freeway and from the ten Freeway to
the point where the one ten and the five merge.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Easier to look at it on that map for description.
Speaker 10 (26:55):
The curfew is necessary, a necessary measure to protect lives
and safeguard property. Following several consecutive days of growing unrest
throughout the city since Saturday, we've seen a concerning escalation
and unlawful and dangerous behavior. On Saturday, LAPD officers made
twenty seven arrests on summer. On Sunday, that number rose
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to forty. By Monday, arrests totaled one hundred and fourteen,
and today alone, we've made one hundred and ninety seven
arrests some the recent days.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
It's been as.
Speaker 10 (27:26):
A part of a unified command with our partner agencies
who've responded through mutual Aid compact and been very very
helpful to us, and we're very thankful for that participation.
Of those I mentioned for today, one hundred and thirty
were arrested near Commercial and Alameda. An additional sixty seven
were taken into custody after unlawfully occupying the one oh
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one freeway near Commercial Street.
Speaker 6 (27:50):
Our CHP partners were instrumental in that.
Speaker 10 (27:53):
So again, let me be clear that this behavior blocking freeways,
city streets and on ramps, refusing to comply with lawful
dispersal orders, and interfering with public safety operations is dangerous, unlawful,
and won't be tolerated. If you are in the curfew
zone during the restricted hours without that legal exemption, you
will be arrested. If you an assault an officer in
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any fashion, you will be arrested. We're operating under a
unified command with our partners at the Los Angeles City
Fire Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the California
Highway Patrol. We're fully coordinated and our shared mission is
clear to restore peace and ensure the safety of everyone
in our city. We previously mobilized part of our department
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at LAPD while keeping our ability to be able to
provide the services that our community deserves going. We're going
to be adding to that deployment with additional internal LAPD
resources in the days ahead. The curfew does not apply
to residence within the designated area, individuals experiencing homelessness, credentialed media,
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or public safety and emergency personnel. To be clear, again,
that's not about silencing voices or suppressing lawful protest. When
that expression crosses into unlawful conduct, when lives are put
at risk, and when our city safety is compromised, we
must act and we will act. We ridge all Angelinos
to cooperate with these public safety measures. Our shared goal
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is to protect our communities and return to a state
of calm and safety for everyone.
Speaker 6 (29:26):
Thank you, maab.
Speaker 9 (29:31):
Let me introduce now the councilwoman who represents the majority
of the district.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
Councilwoman Isabelle Hranto.
Speaker 8 (29:39):
Thank you, Thank you, Mayor.
Speaker 11 (29:43):
I'm here today, not just as a council member who
represents Downtown LA, but as it's advocate who deeply loves
and believes in this community. The history of Los Angeles
began right here in downtown, where two hundred years later,
the grouping of historic neighborhoods remains the beating heart of
our city. A place with rich culture and deep community.
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Downtown LA is a place where workers clock in before
sunrise and small business owners know their customers by name,
where neighbors greet each other on the sidewalk, and where
generations of families have built lives, shared stories.
Speaker 8 (30:17):
Made memories together side by side.
Speaker 11 (30:19):
It's one of the most vibrant and resilient and hopeful
parts of our city. But too often Downtown LA is
treated like a backdrop for major events, not the living,
breathing community it is, and right now it's hurting. I
am deeply proud that downtown has always been the place
where Angelino's from all over the city gather.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
To peacefully protests. I support the.
Speaker 11 (30:42):
Right to demonstrate and the mayor and I know that
right is sacred and at times it's necessary, but we
must also face that what's happening right now when these
peaceful rallies end and the protesters head home, another element
moves in, opportunists who come in under the cover of
a peaceful protest to ravage and destroy. They are ruining
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local small businesses, smashing storefronts, and threatening the safety of
the very community that has always welcomed people from across
the city and globe.
Speaker 8 (31:14):
This isn't just broken glass or stolen goods.
Speaker 11 (31:16):
It's someone's livelihood, someone's safe space, someone's home that's been violated.
And it's happening in a neighborhood where working class families
are just trying to live. Our street vendors, our garment workers,
many of whom are immigrants, continue to watch their communities
be torn apart. And that's why I'm thankful the mayor
for leveraging this tool, enacting a curfew to begin tonight.
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This has been something that many of my constituents in
downtown have been calling for for what they're facing. This
curfew is not about silencing protests. It's about protecting people
and ensuring that the local residents, small businesses, our families,
our elders, and our workers are not left vulnerable to
those who come only to destroy. What happens in Downtown
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reverberates all throughout LA. And when we protect Downtown, we
protect our city, and we're investing in its future, and
we invest in our shared future. So to my colleagues
and to our residents and everyone watching, Downtown LA is
not just a center for the First Amendment expression. It's
a community. It's a home, and the people in its
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deserve our protection and care. That path ahead may be uncertain,
but our responsibility to protect and uplift this neighborhood is not.
I want to close this message from my constituents so
that you hear them loud and clear. Downtown LA is home.
Please keep it safe, and let's keep each other safe.
Thank you, Los Angeles.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
Thank you very much. Councilwoman.
Speaker 9 (32:51):
I now like to introduce Nella McCosker, who is the
CEO of the Central City Association. We were having conversations
this morning about a couple of things.
Speaker 6 (33:03):
One the ongoing problem with.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Violence, but also the need when all of this subsides,
is to repair and restore downtown Los Angeles, especially the
businesses and properties that have been hit with graffiti.
Speaker 12 (33:19):
Mela mcgoskar, thank you, mayor, thank you Chief, Thank you,
Council Member. The swift action today to take a look
at and examine how this curf you could be put
in place as a good example of the leadership we see.
Speaker 8 (33:36):
And continue to need for Downtown.
Speaker 12 (33:38):
CCA or Central City Association represents businesses, institutions, nonprofits, the
fabric of downtown Los Angeles that also represents the wider city.
Speaker 8 (33:48):
And it is the case that downtown is a neighborhood.
Speaker 12 (33:50):
It is the case that downtown is where immigrant owned
businesses try to operate and thrive. And so we can
differentiate between downtown being a place to gather, to have
your voice be heard, to peacefully protest and the actions
that we've seen each evening since this occurred in the
last few days. So thank you for applying this tool.
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There are others, certainly that we could look at as well,
but hopefully Angelino's rally together in support of this really
important section of our city because of the symbol and
of the benefits it provides to everyone across Los Angeles.
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (34:31):
I'd like to open up for questions, but before acknowledge,
doctor Earle Southers, who is the president of the Los
Angeles Police Commission, let me just say also that we
did not hear about any raids that took place today.
The problem is is that we don't know how long
these raids.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
Are going to go on.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
If they're going to go on for thirty days, that's what.
Speaker 6 (34:53):
The rumor is.
Speaker 9 (34:54):
And if we want to see our city peaceful again,
I will call upon on the administration one more time
to end the raids.
Speaker 6 (35:04):
With that, let's open it up for questions.
Speaker 9 (35:07):
This is KFI and KOSDHD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 7 (35:11):
The council number HERADO for the mayor.
Speaker 13 (35:13):
What changed today that made me think that the curfew
was now necessary?
Speaker 2 (35:17):
Last night was the heavy breatherer down there.
Speaker 6 (35:20):
Randalism that's hurt.
Speaker 7 (35:24):
Mic.
Speaker 13 (35:25):
Now that it was time to get HERCU for a
council fada after you pulled certain elements opportunists ravaging and
destroying the community. Uh, one of your staffers was arrested
downtown and now there's a curfew in your district. And
I was wondering if you could speak a little bit
to that and how you're feeling about the situation with.
Speaker 3 (35:46):
One of your staffures.
Speaker 9 (35:47):
Let me just say that a curfew has been in
consideration for several days, but clearly after the violence that
took place last night. Twenty three businesses looted, and just
the extensive, widespread nature of the vandalism, we reached a
tipping point and declared a state of emergency and called
for the curfew.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Okay, so that is the big news. Now there's just
gonna be you know, stories about you know, why it
didn't happen sooner? Is how it's going to go on
for a couple of days. There's a curfew. When we
come back, we'll tell you exactly. I have the map,
and the map is very difficult to figure out. I
was born and raised here. I had to look at
it like three or four times to figure out where
and how they're going to do this. But this is
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a big area. She sets a square mile. I think
it's much bigger than that. It goes from north of
Dodgers Stadium all the way to ten Freeway. And that's
a big area. That's not a mile. That's it's not
a mile.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
All right.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
We're live on KFI AM six forty curfew tonight in
this box in downtown Los Angeles from eight pm until
six am, So you have another hour and fifty seven
minutes to get your game on and then you're done.
It's Conray and Thompson Live on KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The one oh one Freeway is open again, but it
has been damaged and it's not going to recover today.
It's just not you know, Mark, if you had any
of these freeways, they close for ten minutes and they
never recover.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Now that's brutal. I mean, it really is true.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
I mean, we just know even a slowing of a
freeway can lead to a ripple of chair that can
delay you for forty minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
You know, in the city of Los Angeles, like I
think many communities around the United States, maybe the world,
the fire department has to get to you in six
minutes if your oxygen is cut off to your brain,
and if they don't, you have tremendous brain damage or
you're dead. Well, same with the freeways. These are arteries,
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and you cut one of these arteries off for ten minutes,
twenty minutes, the other one's back up and it never recovers.
It's not going to recover until after midnight tonight.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Maybe. Wow, that's extraordinary. I didn't think of it that way.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, Oh, it's gonna be for it's gonna you know,
you're gonna see traffic on the one oh one now
until midnight because it just won't recover.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
It just won't.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
All right, let's get an update on the fire here.
I know a lot of people are looking at it
in Burbank. We'll get back to the protests, but this
is a it looks like let's think they get a
little bit of a handle on it. We can see
it where we're sitting right here, and not there's a
dump right there by a helicopter.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Because there was a lot of smoke on the skyline.
Now that that smoke seems to have been reduced, hasn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah. La City is fighting this the red and white helicopters,
and I wonder if Burbank's gonna have to pay for that,
you know, because they don't have their own helicopters. I
wonder if they have to pay l A City to
come in.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Oh, that's a really interesting question.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Jump that water.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Hey, I asked a friend of mine who's a police officer.
He's retired, so he can you know it? Let it
be out of school. Yeah, but I said, these guys
that are being arrested and they've got a bike or
a scooter with them, you know, a bicycle or one
of those electric scooters. I said, what happens to the
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scooter or the bike when they get arrested? And he
looks down, he puts the sane goas, what do you mean?
I said, what happens to the bike and scooter? He goes,
I don't know what you're asking. I said, where does
it go? He goes, but whoever, it's there? We just
leave it there and some guy comes up, it's theirs. No,
I said, you don't take it with them. He goes, no,
you don't take your scooter or your bike with you.
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You know, you're you're you forfeited that that's now somebody else.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
There are two things I love about that. One is
the information. I never thought of it. I never actually
never thought of what happens to that bike or to
the scooter or whatever.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Right. But the second thing I like, or maybe this
should be the.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
First thing I like, is that as a classic Conway question,
because you asked that question, and it's a great question,
like I don't know that I would think to ask
that question, and you do.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I love that because I'm I think I'm cheap and
if it was if I was on a scooter and
I got arrested, I would like to think that somebody
would come grab my scooter and take it home for me.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
I also, I think I sort of presume, well, the
city has some way that somebody comes by, they impound it,
you know what I mean, something like that.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
It's extraordinary to me that that doesn't happen.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
He said, They don't, he said, especially with the unrest
like this. He said, they'll just leave it there and
then somebody will come by and pick it up, and
now it's their bike or it's their scooter. It's no
longer the guy who was arrested, he's out a scooter,
he's out his bike.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
I got to say this.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
I know that you know, downtown LA's got a bad rep,
and it's deserved bad rep. As I've mentioned to you before,
I wouldn't have people sleeping on the streets. I wouldn't
have people crapping in the streets. I mean, if it
were my city, it would be a lot cleaner. But
I obviously, you know, we all have frustrations with it.
But that said, I still, even as I watched these
protesters live walking down the streets, I love downtown La.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I love LA. I think it's a really great city,
I really do.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
And i'd see the Art Deco buildings and I see
the you know, the history of La played out even
in some of these images, and I just love it here.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Okay, this is the direct result of you not being
born here.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah, I think that's true, because when I go.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
To Portland, you know, Portland's had riots like this or
unrest like this. Well let's call them riots. It's right
downtown riots like this for a year after George Floyd
one year every night, and they and the Portland cops
didn't do jack s about it. And I still love
that town. I love Portland because I wasn't born and
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raised there. Sure you know I was born and raised here,
so I'm not. I like downtown. It's beautiful. They've got
that light rail now, you can get around. You can
go to what you know, a King game or Laker game,
and and there's some great restaurants downtown. My favorite thing
to do when I got when I got my license
at sixteen, I just wanted to get my car and
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drive and see all the places that my dad never
showed me. And I got in my car and I
drove past Los Angeles International Airport. And when I was
a kid, up until I was sixteen, I thought that
Lax was the end of California because we've never went
south of Lax. My dad never took us Orange Counting.
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We went to Disneyland, but we went down the five Freeway.
But I'm talking about going to Lax and y and I.
So I'm out Lax. I drive past Lax, and I
see Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and I get
home the next day, I go, Dad, you're not gonna
believe this. There's homes on the beach and beach communities
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after the airport. There's Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Manhattan Beach,
and they're beautiful. He goes, yeah, yeah, I know that.
I go, how come you never took us anywhere? You
never took us anywhere. You would take us, you know,
maybe to work with you occasionally you come down, look
at a ballgame. We were taken, but we never got
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our I got out and saw everything. So once I
saw that, I started driving everywhere. I started driving everywhere
man and so I know downtown like the back of
my hand because I drove a limousine and it's spectacular.
It's beautiful, but it's messed up with the people down there,
the people down there who are odd. You know, there's
a lot of strange people in southern California. There's a
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lot more of them in downtown. Well, I would take odd.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I think there is a scary part of downtown for real,
like violent part of downtown. You don't know, I mean,
like that you can be ripped off, et cetera. I
don't know how that manifests itself. When it does, I mean,
certainly after dark you have an increasing chance of running
into problems. But there is so much an even it's
so much better now, like just like my city of Washington, DC,
where I grew up, than when I grew up. Oh yeah, yeah,
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Like it's just a downtown LA is just so much
richer in terms of all of the things you can do,
the architecture, everything is is much more magical now than
and so anyway, this is all as I watched these
protesters walking through downtown.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
I love the fact that you said you think it's
still beautiful. I think it is beautiful. When's the last
time you were downtown spending any time.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
It might have been six weeks ago, to be honest,
last month.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
You know, if you go downtown on a Friday or
Saturday night and you walk around downtown, I would say
south of City Hall and maybe I don't know east
of Figueroa, it's there are a ton of young people
down there. It's all like young attractive guys and gals
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who moved to downtown LA and having a great time.
It's a party down there.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Great.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I understand why Monks is down there. It's great, but
it's susceptible to this crap, right, it really is. I
was turn on Channel four real quick steph oh no,
they're already they on it on the brush fire. Let's
try channel four and see what they're talking about.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
I was quickly knocked down.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
Fire crews are now monitoring for any hotspots.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Okay, all right, the Burbank fire has been knocked down.
We got a knockdown on the Burbank fire, thank god. Okay,
we're gonna come back. Protesters in downtown LA. They're gearing
up for another night. And I and I I am
seeing all the elements right here. I'm seeing runners, jumpers, burners, climbers.
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I one of the jumpers, and they're all there, painters, yellers,
they're all there. Oh, you only need five of those seven.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
This is the Conway rule, looters, Right, but go through
the Conway rule is you only need what?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
All right, Well, we come back. I'll tell you.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
The Conway rule is important for all of us.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Right, all Krozer, what was the what was the who
was the You got to remind me the Clippers announcer
forever and ever and never in Lawler?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Lawler?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, l and what was Lawler's law? First team to
reach one hundred wins?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Wins?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, and that was probably ninety five percent, right, yeah,
pretty yeah. Well, I've got Conway's law when it comes
to riots. We'll come back. I'll tell you what it is.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
You're listening to Tim conwaytun you're on demand from KFI
AM six.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Looks like things have calmed down in downtown Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Echo there, oh, there we go.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
All right, Here is my Lawler's law. It's Conway's law
for rioting. And you need seven of the following seven
out of a list of how many nine? Okay, you
got runners? People are running all over the place, jumpers,
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you know, jumping over walls, you know, jumping over fires.
I've seen that before. Jumping on cars, yeah, jumping on cars, yeah, okay.
Burners people starting all the fires, of course, Looters self
explanatory climbers on top of poles and buildings, and throwers
throwing rocks, oh yeah, fireworks, breakers, people breaking up crap windows, yeah,
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cars of course, Sprayers, painters, looter graffiti. But I don't
know whether they call him painters or sprayers. I think
you got to give me. I think there's taggers, right,
and then kickers. There's also kickers there. What are kickers?
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People kicking over signs, you know, kicking cars, kicking cops,
you know, kickers. And and then you said you recommended
one spinners.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
That's the new thing.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
They spit on the cops, which I think is that
they should be I think you could be arrested for that.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
So when we were coming up with the list, Bellio
was in here and Mark said, how about spinners? And
Balio said that's your list to Mark, and I thought, well, no,
people do spit at cops.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Why is she Why is she.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Getting down on on Mark Thompson? And she thought you
said spinners. Yeah, she didn't understand what I said. Yeah,
and I think sure truckouts. The fact that she thought
I said that speaks to what she is thinking about. Yeah, oh,
I don't know. Maybe it's a little of both. You know,
you have a reputation of being a pretty big stud.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
I don't think that's going on. This is a nothing
to do with me, I said, spinners and anything else. Yeah, yeah, anyway, Look,
it's blameless, but it was an odd moment.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
By the way, what is a what is a spinner
belly on? Since you brought it up, I don't know.
You don't know what that is? People that spin and
throw stuff?
Speaker 3 (11:35):
M no, no, right, we'll take that.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Okay, we'll take that, Yes we will. All right, we're
looking at unrest. It's on channel two, it's on channel five.
Channel four is covering it, Channel seven, Channel nine, and
I believe channel eleven. Everyone's covering it. Let's pick a TV.
Let's go channel four. Steps, let's pop up channel four
and see what we does.
Speaker 7 (12:01):
Trying to block the freeway more than anything to prevent
these folks from getting on there. So we'll see if
that is their intent, if they or if they just
want to get on the Los Angeles street overpassed or
if they're going to stay in front of the Federal Building.
Right now, it's kind of a guessing game to see
where they end up. Currently, it looks like they're going
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to stop in front of the courthouse. We do see
the group gathering there. This, of course, has been a
focal point here over the last few days, the Royal
Ball Federal Building where likely some of the detainees from
Friday's raids were detained, at least initially, and it looks
like that is going to be the site of a
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protest here that is going to be taking place here,
kicking off right now with several hundred people taking to
the front steps.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Up here we go. We'll check back with you shortly, Eleiana,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
As night five of the unrest of the the violence
in downtown Los Angeles, Night five is cranking up to
be a probably a pretty solid one. They'll there's a
prayer vigil outside of the I believe the Federal Building
or near City Hall, oh no, Grand Park where that
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big park is near City Hall, and there's going to
be a candlelight visual there at six o'clock. So we're
only about thirty two minutes away from that one, and
now they're trying to get people off the overpass of
the one oh one because they can't trust these people.
They think they're going to throw crap onto the freeway,
which they have done in the past. That was in
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no I don't know, somebody score their football game going Yes,
that was going on in the hallway. So there's going
to be about a thousand people show up at Grand
Park right outside of City Hall. And there's gonna be
another night of this. But the Highway Patrol, l APD,
(14:01):
the National Guard, if the Marines get here, and the
fourteen other local municipalities who are supplying cops to LA
they've had it. They've had it, and this will be
a short night. This is gonna be a night. This
is gonna be a night called lots of arrests.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
I don't think it's gonna be handled. I think tim'show
right as loosely as it's been handled. Last couple of nights.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
They have had it.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
They've had They've had five nights of no sleep, bad
meals on call for twelve hours a day, little time
with their kids and their wife or their husband at home,
vacations being canceled, and you know, and that's happened. You know,
some cops have had, you know, planned vacations go to
Hawaii with the family, and they can't go.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
I have to say, I just think that this is
less informed by that kind of agitation. Although you're right,
these are I love that you make these points because
these are human beings. These aren't real people with real
stuff planned in their own lives. But I think they
respond on their professionals and they'll respond to policy. And
the policy I believe is going to change. It's going
to get a lot tougher and appropriately a lot tougher
(15:08):
because it's been to disruption for too long, and so
these guys are pros. I say guys generically men and
women who are out there are going to handle things professionally,
but they're going to handle things.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
I think things a lot more sternly.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
I'd say Conway tonight than as you said, arrived then the.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Last few nights.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I think you're a hundred percent right. So the protests
with the police are going to continue tonight. We might
see a short night, an early night because they're going
to arrest a lot of people tonight. They're going to
be hundreds of people that will be arrested tonight. They've
already arrested I think one hundred and fifty people already today.
All right, to go back to Channel four, stephush, real quick,
(15:44):
and then we got to.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Take a break.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
But there's a big group, big group getting together. Out
of this group has grown in numbers.
Speaker 8 (15:51):
Wow, it's growing, Michael Landa.
Speaker 7 (15:53):
They're on the move. They did head toward the front
steps there of the Federal Building, but then they seem
to every group to now they've decided to go back
north on Los Angeles and westbound on Temple. Where their
final destination may be that is unknown or if they're
just going to circle downtown here for a while. But
the group is large and continues to grow. Most of
(16:15):
the demonstrators are on foot, but we do have some
people that are in a caravan behind them in vehicles,
and in front of them, we noticed we did have
some folks on bicycles, so different forms of transportation here
that are participating as part of this demonstration that is
taking place here in an unplanned demonstration, of course, and
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and the lawful one at that. So at some point
the dispersal order could be repeated for these folks. They
weren't in the area when it was originally dispatched. This
group actually came from Maine and Fourth was where we
first heard about them, and they made their way over
to the Federal Building. But now they continue to march here,
currently headed westbound on Temple Crossing.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Okay, we gotta take a break. When we come back,
we'll continue with this. But when she keeps calling them folks,
it sounds like they're, you know, going to a cracker
barrel for a four o'clock dinner, and they're not. They're criminals,
is what they are. Criminals, and they hate the cops.
They hate capitalism, a lot of hatred. They hate Trump,
(17:21):
and they're gonna hate, really hate the cops tonight because
the cops, I think, are going to really bust their
chops tonight. They've had it and you're gonna see an
early night.
Speaker 5 (17:32):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
Am sixty.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
And from what we understand, Mayor Bass is about to
speak and we get a preview of what she might say,
and it looks like she might resign and move to Ghana. Yeah,
isn't that crazy?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
That'd be an odd She's like screw it.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I'm going back to Ghana message I was the that
was the ass over there.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Things are good back theread to buy the king over there.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Yeah, you know, I come back here and you guys
are harassing me all the time, the press.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Enough.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
So I think she's going to resign, Mark says she,
What do you think curfew? I think curfew looks more likely.
Wouldn't that be wild if she did say screw it?
You know, because hey it's Mary Karen Bass. I'm out
of here. You know, I've tried this for a year
and a half, two years, and it sucks.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
It's ungovernable. You people are impossible.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Yeah, you guys take over.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
We can't have nice things. Right, I'm done.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Get Rick Caruso in here or somebody else who cares.
Speaker 4 (18:41):
One of the interesting things is that Caruso, Bass and
the governor all agree.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
You saw that. You saw that statement from Rick Caruso.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Yeah, but who's going to replace her if she resigns?
What's the order in la Is it from the somewhere
from the city council?
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Yeah? I think so?
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, Okay, so she's gonna speak soon, so let's get
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(19:39):
So that's gonna be great. We'll give out that at
some point. So Mayor Path is gonna speak at any minute,
and then after that, Governor Newsom's gonna speak at six thirty,
and we'll see. We'll see what's going on and what
they're gonna announce.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
But we're speculating that we think curfew. Curfew could be
in the office.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Okay, But if there's a curfew, is it city wide?
Is it just downtown.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
That's a great question because if it's not city wide,
then you just bump protest to another part of the city.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
They'll go to.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Westwood, they'll go to the Federal Building in Westwood, which
I think there's cops around there as well.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Oh yeah, there's National Guard there. Oh is that right? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:21):
I think National Guard is both downtown and in Westwood.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
I believe I maybe mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's right.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
You know, let me tell you my history with the Feds, Leslie,
how are you nice to see you? Here's my history
with the federal government. If you screw them over or
you don't pay them enough taxes and they think you
owe them something, they're going to come and get it.
And so you don't want to piss off the Feds.
(20:47):
If you can go your whole life sixty seventy eighty
ninety years whatever, don't ever pick a fight with the Feds,
and don't ever rip them off, because they'll come after
you and they'll f your life up.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
That's my ex Yeah, I always feel like that shoe
pinches first around taxes. I always tell people, you know,
don't mess around with the Feds on taxes, you know,
really don't. I mean, take whatever you can legally take,
you can aggressively legally take, but don't don't try to
skate on taxes. They will come after it. They'll get
their money.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Always they have unlimited resources to come after you too,
so pay your taxes. We're gonna take a quick break here,
we'll come back. Mayor Bass is going to be on
TV speaking and on radio. We're going to carry it live.
If it happens during the commercial break, we will shut
off our commercials, turn them off with our commercial key,
(21:36):
and turn on Mayor Bess. I say, Mark thinks a
curfew is coming. I say, she's resigning and moving to Ghana.
We got some bets going on here, all right. Relyve
on KFI likes a long shot. I do like the
long shot.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty, KFI AF six forty.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
It is the Conway Show, the greatest saleswoman in radio.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
What I love is during the breaks. Uh, the world
descends on the studio. Of course, everyone wants to be
around to Conway Junior and Tim salesperson of choice Wisley
Green Quick in Leslie Quick on the Scene.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
She came in to talk about the cruise that we're.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
Going closes like a linebacker on a running back.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Incredible, And she said she loves you know the Regent line,
And I said, oh, well, the region line might be nice,
but that's not the line we're going. Yes, and then
I Oceana. Then I started and then and then Mark
was like, ah, I went on this one and this
one and they were comparing cruises and taxes and they
got crazy in here. All right, but you can go
if you want to get on this cruise. We're doing
(22:46):
it on July twenty first of next year. You can
go to Conwaycruise dot com.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It's twenty first of it's a year from now.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
It's more than a year from now. It's twenty first
and what is the cruise line? Oceana very nice and
it's going to be fantastic. It's going to be there's
a casino on board, so you can watch me lose
my daughter's college fund.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
You're gonna hear Tim say things he's not said on
the air.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Right, Yeah, that's exactly right. Yeah, a lot of f
words and banging on those slot machines, and you know,
swearing at the at the dealer, at the blackjack dealer.
Getting thrown off the ship. That'd be great. We got
thrown off for too much smoking, drinking and fighting. That
(23:34):
would I'd love to see it cut right, the whole
everyone that's going gets thrown off. We would be we'll
have to charter a school bus to get home.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
I think that is a chic line.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I think it is.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
Yeah, so I think you could. Really I'm really very impressed.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Thank you very much to hear all you should go.
I might all right, Mayor Baths is speaking. Let's turn
on Mayor Baths see what.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
She's doing to stop diluting. Many businesses have now been
a affected by our vandalized last night. There were twenty
three businesses that were looted, and I think that if
you drive through downtown La, the graffiti is everywhere and
has caused significant damages to businesses and a number of properties.
(24:18):
So my message to you is, if you do not
live or work in downtown La, avoid the area. Law
enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew and you
will be prosecuted.
Speaker 6 (24:31):
Hundreds of officers.
Speaker 9 (24:32):
From police and sheriff departments from across the region and
state are working alongside LAPD through a unified command structure.
The curfew will be an advice tonight from eight pm
until six am. I want to thank the Governor for
his partnership and especially thank our state and local leaders
(24:53):
and deputies officers and deputies who are working tirelessly, so
curfew guidance again. They will begin at eight pm to
night and go until six am tomorrow. I will consult
with elected leaders in law enforcement officials tomorrow on the
continuation of the curfew, but we certainly expect for it
to last for several days. The curfew will be The
(25:16):
curfew area will be between the five Freeway and to
the one ten and the ten Freeway, to where the
one ten Freeway and five Freeway merge. You look and
look at the map and you can see that the
city of Los Angeles is a massive area five hundred
and two square miles. The area of downtown where the
(25:37):
curfew will take place is one square mile. I think
it is important to point this out, not to minimize
the vandalism and violence that has taken place there.
Speaker 6 (25:47):
It has been significant, but.
Speaker 9 (25:49):
It is extremely important to know that what is happening
in this one square mile is not affecting the city.
Some of the imagery of the protests and the violence
gives the appearance as though this is a city wide crisis,
and it is not so. Who everyone must abide by
this curfew limited exceptions will apply for residents, people traveling
(26:14):
to and from work, and credentialed media representatives. With that,
I would like to turn it over to Chief Jim McDonald.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Thank you, Mary Bass.
Speaker 10 (26:25):
Good afternoon everyone. As the Mayor stated, a curfew for
the impacted areas shown here will go into effect tonight,
and I want to be absolutely clear that if you win,
if you're within that designated curfew zone between the hours
of eight pm and six am and are not exempt
under the order, you're going to be subject to arrest.
The curfew boundaries as follows, from the five Freeway to
(26:47):
the one ten Freeway and from the ten Freeway to
the point where the one ten and the five merge.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Easier to look at it on that map for description.
Speaker 10 (26:55):
The curfew is necessary, a necessary measure to protect lives
and safeguard property. Following several consecutive days of growing unrest
throughout the city since Saturday, we've seen a concerning escalation
and unlawful and dangerous behavior. On Saturday, LAPD officers made
twenty seven arrests on summer. On Sunday, that number rose
(27:17):
to forty. By Monday, arrests totaled one hundred and fourteen,
and today alone, we've made one hundred and ninety seven
arrests some the recent days.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
It's been as.
Speaker 10 (27:26):
A part of a unified command with our partner agencies
who've responded through mutual Aid compact and been very very
helpful to us, and we're very thankful for that participation.
Of those I mentioned for today, one hundred and thirty
were arrested near Commercial and Alameda. An additional sixty seven
were taken into custody after unlawfully occupying the one oh
(27:48):
one freeway near Commercial Street.
Speaker 6 (27:50):
Our CHP partners were instrumental in that.
Speaker 10 (27:53):
So again, let me be clear that this behavior blocking freeways,
city streets and on ramps, refusing to comply with lawful
dispersal orders, and interfering with public safety operations is dangerous, unlawful,
and won't be tolerated. If you are in the curfew
zone during the restricted hours without that legal exemption, you
will be arrested. If you an assault an officer in
(28:15):
any fashion, you will be arrested. We're operating under a
unified command with our partners at the Los Angeles City
Fire Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the California
Highway Patrol. We're fully coordinated and our shared mission is
clear to restore peace and ensure the safety of everyone
in our city. We previously mobilized part of our department
(28:37):
at LAPD while keeping our ability to be able to
provide the services that our community deserves going. We're going
to be adding to that deployment with additional internal LAPD
resources in the days ahead. The curfew does not apply
to residence within the designated area, individuals experiencing homelessness, credentialed media,
(28:59):
or public safety and emergency personnel. To be clear, again,
that's not about silencing voices or suppressing lawful protest. When
that expression crosses into unlawful conduct, when lives are put
at risk, and when our city safety is compromised, we
must act and we will act. We ridge all Angelinos
to cooperate with these public safety measures. Our shared goal
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is to protect our communities and return to a state
of calm and safety for everyone.
Speaker 6 (29:26):
Thank you, maab.
Speaker 9 (29:31):
Let me introduce now the councilwoman who represents the majority
of the district.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
Councilwoman Isabelle Hranto.
Speaker 8 (29:39):
Thank you, Thank you, Mayor.
Speaker 11 (29:43):
I'm here today, not just as a council member who
represents Downtown LA, but as it's advocate who deeply loves
and believes in this community. The history of Los Angeles
began right here in downtown, where two hundred years later,
the grouping of historic neighborhoods remains the beating heart of
our city. A place with rich culture and deep community.
(30:04):
Downtown LA is a place where workers clock in before
sunrise and small business owners know their customers by name,
where neighbors greet each other on the sidewalk, and where
generations of families have built lives, shared stories.
Speaker 8 (30:17):
Made memories together side by side.
Speaker 11 (30:19):
It's one of the most vibrant and resilient and hopeful
parts of our city. But too often Downtown LA is
treated like a backdrop for major events, not the living,
breathing community it is, and right now it's hurting. I
am deeply proud that downtown has always been the place
where Angelino's from all over the city gather.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
To peacefully protests. I support the.
Speaker 11 (30:42):
Right to demonstrate and the mayor and I know that
right is sacred and at times it's necessary, but we
must also face that what's happening right now when these
peaceful rallies end and the protesters head home, another element
moves in, opportunists who come in under the cover of
a peaceful protest to ravage and destroy. They are ruining
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local small businesses, smashing storefronts, and threatening the safety of
the very community that has always welcomed people from across
the city and globe.
Speaker 8 (31:14):
This isn't just broken glass or stolen goods.
Speaker 11 (31:16):
It's someone's livelihood, someone's safe space, someone's home that's been violated.
And it's happening in a neighborhood where working class families
are just trying to live. Our street vendors, our garment workers,
many of whom are immigrants, continue to watch their communities
be torn apart. And that's why I'm thankful the mayor
for leveraging this tool, enacting a curfew to begin tonight.
(31:40):
This has been something that many of my constituents in
downtown have been calling for for what they're facing. This
curfew is not about silencing protests. It's about protecting people
and ensuring that the local residents, small businesses, our families,
our elders, and our workers are not left vulnerable to
those who come only to destroy. What happens in Downtown
(32:04):
reverberates all throughout LA. And when we protect Downtown, we
protect our city, and we're investing in its future, and
we invest in our shared future. So to my colleagues
and to our residents and everyone watching, Downtown LA is
not just a center for the First Amendment expression. It's
a community. It's a home, and the people in its
(32:26):
deserve our protection and care. That path ahead may be uncertain,
but our responsibility to protect and uplift this neighborhood is not.
I want to close this message from my constituents so
that you hear them loud and clear. Downtown LA is home.
Please keep it safe, and let's keep each other safe.
Thank you, Los Angeles.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
Thank you very much. Councilwoman.
Speaker 9 (32:51):
I now like to introduce Nella McCosker, who is the
CEO of the Central City Association. We were having conversations
this morning about a couple of things.
Speaker 6 (33:03):
One the ongoing problem with.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Violence, but also the need when all of this subsides,
is to repair and restore downtown Los Angeles, especially the
businesses and properties that have been hit with graffiti.
Speaker 12 (33:19):
Mela mcgoskar, thank you, mayor, thank you Chief, Thank you,
Council Member. The swift action today to take a look
at and examine how this curf you could be put
in place as a good example of the leadership we see.
Speaker 8 (33:36):
And continue to need for Downtown.
Speaker 12 (33:38):
CCA or Central City Association represents businesses, institutions, nonprofits, the
fabric of downtown Los Angeles that also represents the wider city.
Speaker 8 (33:48):
And it is the case that downtown is a neighborhood.
Speaker 12 (33:50):
It is the case that downtown is where immigrant owned
businesses try to operate and thrive. And so we can
differentiate between downtown being a place to gather, to have
your voice be heard, to peacefully protest and the actions
that we've seen each evening since this occurred in the
last few days. So thank you for applying this tool.
(34:14):
There are others, certainly that we could look at as well,
but hopefully Angelino's rally together in support of this really
important section of our city because of the symbol and
of the benefits it provides to everyone across Los Angeles.
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (34:31):
I'd like to open up for questions, but before acknowledge,
doctor Earle Southers, who is the president of the Los
Angeles Police Commission, let me just say also that we
did not hear about any raids that took place today.
The problem is is that we don't know how long
these raids.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
Are going to go on.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
If they're going to go on for thirty days, that's what.
Speaker 6 (34:53):
The rumor is.
Speaker 9 (34:54):
And if we want to see our city peaceful again,
I will call upon on the administration one more time
to end the raids.
Speaker 6 (35:04):
With that, let's open it up for questions.
Speaker 9 (35:07):
This is KFI and KOSDHD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 7 (35:11):
The council number HERADO for the mayor.
Speaker 13 (35:13):
What changed today that made me think that the curfew
was now necessary?
Speaker 2 (35:17):
Last night was the heavy breatherer down there.
Speaker 6 (35:20):
Randalism that's hurt.
Speaker 7 (35:24):
Mic.
Speaker 13 (35:25):
Now that it was time to get HERCU for a
council fada after you pulled certain elements opportunists ravaging and
destroying the community. Uh, one of your staffers was arrested
downtown and now there's a curfew in your district. And
I was wondering if you could speak a little bit
to that and how you're feeling about the situation with.
Speaker 3 (35:46):
One of your staffures.
Speaker 9 (35:47):
Let me just say that a curfew has been in
consideration for several days, but clearly after the violence that
took place last night. Twenty three businesses looted, and just
the extensive, widespread nature of the vandalism, we reached a
tipping point and declared a state of emergency and called
for the curfew.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Okay, so that is the big news. Now there's just
gonna be you know, stories about you know, why it
didn't happen sooner? Is how it's going to go on
for a couple of days. There's a curfew. When we
come back, we'll tell you exactly. I have the map,
and the map is very difficult to figure out. I
was born and raised here. I had to look at
it like three or four times to figure out where
and how they're going to do this. But this is
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a big area. She sets a square mile. I think
it's much bigger than that. It goes from north of
Dodgers Stadium all the way to ten Freeway. And that's
a big area. That's not a mile. That's it's not
a mile.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
All right.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
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