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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's camf I Am sixty and you're listening to the
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Crime is Up.
It didn't stop, It didn't slow down. During the holidays,
a lot of people are after the Pokemon cards and
they are stealing them right out of the stores. And
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so if you've got a bunch of them in your store,
you may want to either take them home at night
or sleep in your store because they're coming to get
your cards.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
The value of the cards stolen from this particular theft
from three hundred to five hundred thousand dollars. This is
going to be RWT collective here in Sawtel.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
This is gonna be some video from the shop lap Guy.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
So let me get this straight. A guy has a shop.
Guy's got a store, and he has a half million
dollars worth of cards in his store, and he goes
home at night. After we've been talking for the last
two years about how people break into stores every night
to steal their stuff. How does he lock the store
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up and leave at night and not worry about this.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
It's insane.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
This is gonna be some video from the shop laped
telling us this all happened around ten o'clock last night.
The new details we got saying that employees saw two
people come inside the store, they were acting suspiciously, and
then left. Later around closing time, police say an employee
took a briefcase full of extremely valuable cards down into
the underground parking garage, where they were confronted by a
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man with a gun.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Dah okay, so he was taking the cars home so
they could be safe at home and not in the store,
and bang he gelts hit in the parking lot.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
That person took the briefcase, got in a car. Somebody
who was a friend of the victim, according to police,
tried to bust in through the back windshield of that
car and ultimately got pepper sprayed, and the suspects took
off with again three hundred to five hundred thousand dollars
worth of rare cars.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
No arrests announcement and you only need one of those
every two or three years. If you have five hundred
thousand dollars where the poke Kimon cards, you can sell
them for I don't know, maybe two hundred and fifty
three hundred thousand dollars all cash, no tax is taken out,
and you could survive for a couple of years off
that you just need to do.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
You have to have the big hit, the big one.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
In this situation so far, and it was not the
only theft of very rare cards that happened just yesterday
in southern California. Take a look at this video. This
is from Semi Sports Cards in Semi Valley around three
am yesterday.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
This is unusual. Semi Valley is filled with cops and firemen.
Firefighters and cops. That's where they live. They live in
Semi Valley. Every other house is either law enforcement or
you know, some kind of fire department, either county or city.
A fire department is out there, and the cops are
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either LAPD or LA County Sheriff or Seami Valley cops.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
And they all live out there.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And I always find it amazing that somebody commits crime
in Semi Valley.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
It's filled with cops.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
The owner telling us thieves broken his shop with a
chainsaw and smashed up display cases, making off with at
least fifty thousand dollars invaluable Pokemon Wow and sports cards there.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
They say they are trying.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
To rebuild, looking at new security options in the wake
of this distressing incident and really the latest in a
string of card shop def's across our area over the
last few months. Now, we've been.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Talking, all right, now, let's see there's another crime story here.
Suspect bit by a dog after attacking a nine year
old girl in Van Eyes.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Police are looking for a man who attacked in nine.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Why they're always sirens in the background. The whole valley
is just one big siren. You know, when you drive
around the valley, it's all you hear cops or fire
and ambulance. It's sirens. The capital of sirens is the
San Fernando Valley.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Police are looking for a man who attacked a nine
year old while she was on a walk with her
mother and dog.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
This happened in Van Ey's.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Who's attacking a nine year old girl?
Speaker 4 (03:56):
They say he ran away when the family dog bit him.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
This all happened a little before one this morning. The
girl is okay, she was treated at the scene.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
What has happened to society? What has gone wrong? All right?
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Mickey Rourke is in the news. Not good news for
Mickey Rourke. He's got to go fundme going on here?
Speaker 7 (04:19):
Okay, So eighties movie star Mickey Rourke is asking the
public for help as he faces possible eviction from his
LA home. A GoFundMe launched yesterday with his approval, aimings
to cover nearly sixty thousand dollars back in rent and
prevent him from losing his housing. The one hundred thousand
dollars fundraiser that's raised over fifty five thousand dollars so far,
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states the money would go toward immediate housing costs and
give him stability during a difficult financial period in his life.
TMZ reports that he got a three day eviction notice
on December eighteenth, after falling behind on rent for the property.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
What was this big hit, Krozier, you're a big Mickey
Rourke fan. Was it nine and a half week? Sir Diner?
Speaker 3 (05:01):
What was his big hit?
Speaker 8 (05:02):
You know?
Speaker 9 (05:02):
Yeah, I'd say Dinah was probably his big kickoff. Yeah,
and nine and a half weeks could could be considered
his peak. There might be one or two others that
he was big in. He came back kind of strong,
but he was still it was clear that he was
definitely changed over time when he was in that I
think second Iron Man movie.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Oh yeah, right right, So Diner and nine and a
half weeks have got to be mid eighties, early eighties.
Speaker 10 (05:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (05:28):
Yeah, Diner take place in Baltimore, Maryland.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Oh is that right?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah, you're a old stomping round.
Speaker 11 (05:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (05:33):
It's very much a regional movie from where I'm from.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Everybody knows what.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
So ill Mikey Rourke does need some help. If you
go to go fundme, he's looking for a couple of bucks.
And if you're a big fan of Diner. For nine
and a half weeks or in two thousand and eight
he did the wrestler, Yeah, big fan of that.
Speaker 9 (05:53):
Nominated for Oscar. He could have won that year Golden Globe. Yeah,
could have kicked ass.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Speaking of that, Paul Thomas Anderson kicked ass last night
in the Critic Critics Awards.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
So that was great to see. I noticed that.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
You know, I wasn't involved with this project. Maybe that's
why he won some awards, but he I think he
won three awards last night for one battle after another,
and so.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
That's the buzz in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Included a big one your Best Picture, Best Director, Best Picture,
and I think he got the Writing Award as well.
So he kicked ass last night in the Critics Choice
Awards and he is the front runner after that show
last night for the Oscars and the Golden Globes.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
So that's it's a cool deal.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
It's called one battle after another, so go check it out.
We'd like to say thank you to Jessica from the
crew at Sea Crane Radios. They sent us a box
of chocolates that I put down on the counter and
they were gone in about eight seconds. There were there
were high end chocolates, and this crew does not experience
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high end chocolates, and they flipped out.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Some of the crew still hasn't They were really, there's
no more there.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
They were the size of postage stamps and they flew
out of the box gone.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Were they delicious?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
The one I had was unbelievable. Wait, belly, are you
knocked off the box? Did you eat the whole thing?
Speaker 12 (07:27):
Well?
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Richie helped?
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Oh really? And who else? Nicki?
Speaker 4 (07:32):
NICKI had one.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Wait minute, there's literally three left of that whole box. Yeah,
God almighty, thanks for letting me know, like vultures, Seacrane
vultures in here. But anyway, thank you to why Jessica
from Seacrane Radio, best radios in the world. I got
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Speaker 3 (07:55):
Get you stuff a beautiful, beautiful radio.
Speaker 8 (07:59):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 12 (08:05):
No.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Bellio's hair looks great, and she had a whole story about.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
It, and then now she's too embarrassing tell it on
the air.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
So it does look great, Bellio, Reverend Retory.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
How it got that way, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
She is it is.
Speaker 11 (08:19):
I was in Colorado and I needed my roots touched up,
and so I went to the mall to.
Speaker 4 (08:27):
One of those Phoenix salons.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Wow, that's high end.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Yeah, well yeah, and I left four hundred dollars.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
God, they don't give you the price before.
Speaker 11 (08:39):
No, And part of it is I bought, you know,
he used this Moroccan oil shampoo and he really did
the full pitch and I bought it for eighty dollars
because it comes in a little purse. And my mom, my,
mom goes, I knew you were walking out with that thing.
So and then I had to tip them and stuff.
But he did a cut and he did the It
does look good.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
I don't know if it's four hundred good but not
four hundred.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
He was really good.
Speaker 11 (09:04):
What I appreciate about him because I did the appointment
on Saturday to come in on Sunday and he goes, yes,
I was thinking about your color all night and I
did that.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
He goes, I'm thinking of hershey, chocolate. I did appreciate that.
He's very good at.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
What your hair all night? Four hundred.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
I loved that he said.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Tell you that, and can you give me do you
think he really thought about your hair color all?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
I do believe he did?
Speaker 6 (09:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Or is that a line?
Speaker 6 (09:29):
No?
Speaker 4 (09:30):
I truly believe he thought he did.
Speaker 11 (09:32):
He did do a great choco and my mom goes,
you could tell you know he was good because it
was good.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
He was cutting my hair and he did it so quick.
He was great.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
But I was four hundreds, Well, there's a color hershey,
there is a chocolate thing going on there.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Yes, yeah, you like it? Yeah, I don't tone.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Down some of the highlights, which I appreciate it. He
did that.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
It's cute, yeah you have, but four hundred dollars.
Speaker 11 (09:57):
Well, I didn't need to buy the purse with Moroccan
oil into the chambros.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
How did you lay it onto John that you just
spent almost five hundred bucks.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Well I'm doing that right now. He would not like.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
And he didn't even notice.
Speaker 11 (10:17):
I didn't got my hair really yeah, he didn't even know.
If he noticed, he didn't say anything.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
You will know.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Yeah, you know what he would notice if you if
you put eight fifty dollars bills over your head, he
would totally say, this is what this caused.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
I think about your hair all night? Yeah right, Yeah,
that's a lot of dough, especially for you know.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
I look, you know, Denver's world class city, but it's
not Beverly Hills.
Speaker 11 (10:43):
Well he could be working in Beverly Hills. This guy,
he was really good with his.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Uh all night thinking about chocolate. That's what they're looking
for in Beverly Hills.
Speaker 11 (10:54):
You you you don't compliment my hair? Maybe I just did, No,
I know, And that's what I'm saying. It took a
lot for you to compliment my hair.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Yeah it looks great. You put a picture of it
up on the internet, okay.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
You will.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Yeah, the perm's gone.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
Yeah no, I well that's part of why I needed
to go to him.
Speaker 11 (11:14):
I needed to fix so your hair damage to the
hair that was so five that was so twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Whichever. All right, all right, that's our belly o hair segment?
Speaker 13 (11:27):
Is that?
Speaker 4 (11:28):
Yeah, we're finished with that.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Yeah, okay, that was it schedule for six fifteen. Yeah, okay,
we're moving on here.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Plastic bags, you can no longer use plastic bags. I
don't even think you can bring your own plastic bags
into a market anymore. I think they're doing a way
of plastic all over the place in California. Now it's
just paper or you have to bring your own cloth bag.
You can't even bring your own plastic bags anymore.
Speaker 14 (11:51):
Now that the law is officially in effect. The key
is to remembering that change before you walk into the
grocery store. Customers now have just two options to bring
a reasonable bag like a tote or pay free paper
bag at checkout. Plastic bags at checkout a thing of
the past. The new year brought a new reality for
grocery shoppers, and it starts right at the register.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
So what do we do with all our You know,
I have like a hundred plastic bags.
Speaker 9 (12:18):
And what happens if you you can't even take them
up to the self checkout. No, they're going to walk
up to you and go, hey, you can't use those
bags you brought in.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
Yeah, they have cops there, now stop me. They have that.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
That's where Trump is putting the National Guard at the
self checkout.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
For some bag patrol.
Speaker 14 (12:33):
For some shoppers, and partify the sea. This change is
a welcome one.
Speaker 15 (12:37):
I'm super excited that you know the no plastics laws
and effect.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
And really really super excited. That's what you're super excited
about in life. That's where you are in your life,
where you're super excited about the h the absence of
plastic bags.
Speaker 15 (12:53):
I'm super excited that you know the no plastics laws
and effect. And now we need to use reusable as
every time we go grocery shopping or any any kind
of shopping.
Speaker 16 (13:02):
I've been doing this for a long time, even before
before we were.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Supposed to what a brag or not.
Speaker 14 (13:10):
Under this law, recycled paper bags are the only option
grocery stores can offer at checkouts. But before this change
kicked in, not every shopper was on board. I don't
necessarily think that those types of bags are as sturdy,
so I think it's just going to be more of
a pain.
Speaker 6 (13:25):
So I pretty much just bring my own bags.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Yeah, and so also, it's been raining for the last
two weeks in LA and if you have paper bags
holding your groceries, that's going to go south on you.
Speaker 14 (13:37):
The change cones from Senate Bill ten fifty three, authored
by California State Senator Catherine Blakespeare. She notes it closes
a loophol in existing single use plastic bag band in
our state, one that allowed thicker plastic bags to stay
in stores. Those bags were meant to be reused, but
she says most weren't. Like Spear notes, this targets a
global plastic waste problem and can make a real differenent.
Speaker 17 (14:00):
R So eliminating plastic bags will will substantially reduce the
amount of single use plastic bag we have circulating.
Speaker 14 (14:08):
And when it comes to the impact on oceans and wildlife.
Speaker 17 (14:12):
It'll make a huge difference for oceans in wildlife because
these plastic bags they choke animals, They poisoned the bodies
of little fish and the bigger fish.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
And then humans that eat them.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
This is something that's that's probably never happened.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
This is something that's really important.
Speaker 14 (14:28):
And Blake Spear's shared that stores how to you fully.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Year, I've never seen a fish choked out by a
plastic bag ever in my life.
Speaker 6 (14:35):
Fully year to prepare.
Speaker 14 (14:37):
The bill pass in twenty twenty four, but implementation was
set for twenty twenty six to give businesses time to
use of existing stock. Now, the goal was for stores
to gradually phase out plastic and shift to ordering paper
bags moving forward. Now, by twenty twenty eight, bags will
need to be at least a fifty percent made from
recycled material.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
All right, fifty percent recycled material in your plastic bag?
So there you are in life. I don't it doesn't
really matter. I mean, the paper bags are probably better,
but ultimately I've got one hundred and fifty plastic bags
now and nowhere.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
To put them? You know, what do I recycle? What
do I do? Take them to Ralph's or.
Speaker 11 (15:20):
Actually a lot of the grocery stores did have a
recycle really can?
Speaker 3 (15:25):
All right? But why am I always working?
Speaker 10 (15:27):
You know?
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I mean? Why am I always.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
The guy that has to decide where the trash goes,
what my bag's.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Like, what it's not like? I mean? Why why are
lives so complicated?
Speaker 4 (15:37):
I don't have an answer for that?
Speaker 3 (15:38):
Thank you? Good night? All right?
Speaker 1 (15:40):
There she goes Bellio with her new hair. Chocolate chocolate hair.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
All right, let's suh. The public domain.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Thousands of copyrighted works have become public domain, and that's
exciting for a lot of people. People are going to
take advantage of this. One of Miss Betty.
Speaker 18 (15:58):
Boot The film All Quiet on the Western Front entered
New Territory in twenty twenty six. The nineteen thirty Best
Picture winner is now in the public domain, meaning it's
no longer protected by copyright. There are other works available too,
from songs like Georgia on My Mind, Judge, to comic
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strips like Blondie, and original versions of some characters. Mickey's
dog Pluto was initially called Rover, and when Betty Boop
first popped on screen, she had dog years.
Speaker 16 (16:34):
Some of these characters change and develop over time, and
so it's only the first iterations you might want to
call them Betty Boop one point zero or Pluto one
that are in the public domain.
Speaker 18 (16:45):
Duke Professor and intellectual property law expert Jennifer Jenkins leads
a team that tracks down copyright records every year.
Speaker 16 (16:52):
Looking at these worses like a time capsule, and you
realize that the memory of the rowing twenties was fresh
but we were in the midst of the Great Depression.
Speaker 18 (17:00):
Classic books include The Little Engine That Could, the first
four Nancy Drew novels, and Agatha Christie's The Murder of
the Vicarage.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
So you could just basically take the songs that are
public domain, make a copy of them, and go out
and sell them and make some money.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
There you go.
Speaker 18 (17:16):
Even the original FIFA World Cup trophy is now fair game.
What can artists and creators do with these works now
that they're in the public domain.
Speaker 16 (17:24):
Artists and creators can use these works in their own
creations without having an army of lawyers, without having to
worry about a lawsuit, without having to track down the
original copyright owners.
Speaker 3 (17:35):
Oh so this is yours. If you want it.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
You can go out and make a copy of this,
buy it, or sell it to people and make yourself
millions of dollars if you can find an audience for
people who like this.
Speaker 18 (17:52):
Oh good luck, I'm drinking, said operator.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Get me probably two forty five America. How about the.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Presses, a sh We got all the buckers that you
can walk for twin texts.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
That's great, let's make some money off this stuff.
Speaker 8 (18:14):
What the hell you're listening to Tim Conway Junior on
demand from kf I Am sixty.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
We got some other news going on here.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
We talked about Venezuela and we had a really cool
guy on to a guy named Jim Shed.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
I think it is his last name.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
I have to look at that, yeah, Shed, and he's
at the Dea. That was cool to have him on.
And we talked about the snow little crime, some potholes,
macrib We covered a lot Bellio. You know, I know
you don't think we have, but we have. We really
knocked it out here, came back strong. That's right, That's
exactly right.
Speaker 10 (18:54):
All right.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Now, these these non alcoholic bars are the rage. They're
called sober bars, non alcoholic bars. We can go to
a bar and nobody's drinking. I don't get it, but
some people do.
Speaker 19 (19:10):
In New York City, sober bars are on the rise,
offering a new option for those who opt out of drinking.
Heckett was the first of its kind, opening in early
twenty twenty two.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
What was the name of the place, hectic.
Speaker 19 (19:22):
Hackett was the first of it hecke Heckett, opening in
early twenty twenty two as the city's first fully alcohol
free bar. Its intimate, witchy vibe has since made it
a favorite alternative to traditional nightlife in the East Village
in Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
So what are they selling at the non alcoholic bar?
Everyone's just drinking soda and staring at each other.
Speaker 6 (19:42):
I typically just don't enjoy alcohol, So.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Okay, well then don't go to a bar. How about
that as opposed that.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
We all have to change our entire life because of
you stay home.
Speaker 11 (19:54):
I'm going to an art opening where it's probably gonna
be a lot of like wine served, And this was
a nice way to.
Speaker 4 (19:58):
Relax right before.
Speaker 20 (20:00):
I do go to regular bars, But I kind of
like you, what a brag that is this, young man.
I do go to regular bars, but I kind of
like this because I just some days I just don't
feel like drinking.
Speaker 21 (20:13):
For someone like me who can't drink alcohol at our
for health reasons, places like this are very important because
they create a community, but also create spaces where people
like me.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Yeah, that's who you're going to run into at these bars.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Lots of stories on how they can't do this, their
body can't handle this or that, and all of a sudden,
you know you're back into the regular bar that.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Want to enjoy something delicious.
Speaker 21 (20:39):
But I'll have to commit or hurt their health by
drink a health.
Speaker 19 (20:43):
Today, a handful of suber bars have emerged at a
time when US alcohol use is at its lowest levels
in nearly ninety years. According to a.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Gallery pole, I'll get that going again, I'll pick that up.
Speaker 19 (20:55):
At the same time, non alcoholic drains are booming in
the US, with volumes up nearly thirty percent in twenty
twenty three, well ahead of low alcoholic consumption, and non
acoholic beer is leading the way, making up over eighty
percent of servings.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
I'm gonna need some proof on that that non alcoholic
beer has eighty percent of the market.
Speaker 19 (21:18):
Wait a minute, A non acoholic beer is leading the way,
making up over eighty percent of servings.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Oh, okay of servings. Okay.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
At the non alcoholic bar, eighty percent of the drinks
are non alcoholic beer.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
That makes more sense.
Speaker 22 (21:32):
On top of that, younger generations like millennials and ency
are drinking less often to save money and also stay healthier.
But can solvernight life actually be a sustainable market?
Speaker 19 (21:44):
Abby is the owner of Hegit. She also runs a
traditional bar across the street.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Yeah, I wonder which one's making abby more money.
Speaker 19 (21:51):
After growing concerned about how often people were coming in
just to drink, she opened heckit as a different kind
of social space. By day, it's a cafe to supplement
the money. The bar makes some cocktails at night.
Speaker 6 (22:03):
Yeah it isn't a giant money maker.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Did you hear that?
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Just a quick warning for everybody wants to jump in
on the non alcoholic bar game. This woman has a
bucket of ice water to pour on you.
Speaker 6 (22:18):
Yeah, it isn't a giant money maker.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
You hear that.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Yeah, it isn't a giant money maker. It's more a
labor of love. We're fortunate to have fairly an expensive lanth,
so that helps.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
We just charge what.
Speaker 5 (22:31):
We think the market will bear, and people come in
and pay the prices, and that we are able to
pay our bills at the end of the month.
Speaker 6 (22:38):
But you know, there's a lot of interest in it.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
You know why is everybody associated with the non alcoholic
bar seem suicidal? Everybody that they've interviewed, the owner, the patrons,
everybody seems like they're on their last leg.
Speaker 6 (22:56):
You know, there's a lot of interest in it.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
You know, when you Google sober bars were the first
one that comes up because we've been doing it the
long guest.
Speaker 19 (23:04):
For the city's former nightlife mayor. Profitability comes down to
be entrepreneurs on creativity.
Speaker 23 (23:10):
From what I understand, it's certainly a challenge.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
It is a challenge.
Speaker 23 (23:15):
A lot of creative thinking needs to take place, whether
it be door charges or ticket sales.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Wait a minute, you're gonna have a door charge for
a bar that doesn't serve alcohol, good luck, or or
closing the place up for good.
Speaker 23 (23:38):
Or higher priced non alcoholic beverages that can match that.
Speaker 19 (23:45):
But even if a mocktail comes at a high price,
people at this bar are willing to pay for a
well curated experience.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
I'm gonna stay on high alert that these sober bars
are not going to be around for a long time.
I I wildly high alert.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
I just don't see where the money is.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
You know, you're not gonna pay nine or ten or
twelve dollars for a coke and you're not gonna drink
nine of them. You're gonna have one all night and
nurse it all night. You're gonna spend maybe four dollars
for a coke.
Speaker 9 (24:17):
They've done a tremendous job a lot of these companies
with making these non alcoholic alcohols taste.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Oh is that right?
Speaker 9 (24:25):
Just you know, like the alcohols they're supposed to you know, imitate, right.
But in my head, it's always been the argument of
people there's such a small percentage of people that drink
specifically because of that taste, not enough to sustain a
place like this that you're.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
Talking right like zero?
Speaker 9 (24:44):
Yeah, I mean are there are some people that you know,
do or you know they put on airs trying to
act like they're you know, I'm living a sober healthy
life now and all right, fine, you're gonna go to
your sober healthy bar where nobody else is.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Yeah, but a shot of whiskey, you know, the only
reason you deal what the fact that it tastes like
gasoline and it burns your throat is because you get buzzed. Yeah,
So if it burns your throat, it costs you as
much and you don't get buzzed.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
Where are you? What's going on?
Speaker 1 (25:12):
But one of the reasons why bars are successful is
because a guy will come in and we'll order and
drink nineteen beers or nineteen drinks to get bombed. But
if you're at a sober bar, you're gonna have one, yeah, right, exactly,
you're not gonna have nineteen. The other aspect, Yeah, it's
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really a tough putt, really a tough sell.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
So we'll keep a we'll keep an eye on air.
Growing more and more. I gotta say, the sober bars. Yeah,
sober liquor stores, sober bars.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
I think it's a fad, I really do. I just
don't see where the money is in it. Just not there.
And even this woman at the beginning of here, she said,
you know, she goes, well, there's not really a lot
of money in it, and she owns the place.
Speaker 6 (25:55):
Yeah, it isn't a giant money maker.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Yeah, that's not where you want to go in starting
a business. Yeah, this is really nice. No cash to
be made.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
Yeah, it isn't a giant money maker.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 8 (26:06):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
We have a lot of brand new laws for twenty
twenty six.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
We went over some of them earlier, but.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Now these are the laws of the road, the freeways,
the highways. There are new laws for all of you
people listening to KFI, right now, and who are driving.
You have got to be aware of these new laws
or you could get ticketed and your insurance can go
through the roof.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
So please listen carefully.
Speaker 24 (26:38):
This the goal of California's many new traffic laws hitting
the roads January first. What Doug Johnson with TRIPLEA of
Northern California is referring to expands the existing slow down
move overlaw, which.
Speaker 13 (26:50):
Far as drivers to change lanes or slow down significantly
for stationary emergency vehicles, tow trucks, and road maintenance of
vehicles when their lights are lashing.
Speaker 25 (27:00):
To all drivers in that situation where you're broken down
and you're up on the shoulder, you might think, oh,
I'm safe. I'm not in the lane of traffic right,
but especially one of the most dangerous places you can be.
Speaker 24 (27:09):
Johnson says drivers can be fined up to one thousand dollars,
especially repeat offenders.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Okay, and the law is, if you see a cop
on the right pulling somebody over, you can't use that lane.
You've got to hop out of that lane and go
to the left at least one or two lanes. You
can't stay in that lane or else you could get
a ticket. That could cost you one thousand bucks.
Speaker 24 (27:29):
According to Triple A, California ranks second in the nation
for debts outside disabled vehicles.
Speaker 25 (27:34):
Get over as far as you can to the shoulder
of the road and stay in your vehicle until tow
truck can come help you.
Speaker 24 (27:40):
The CHP says enforcement is typically like.
Speaker 13 (27:42):
But if we see any vehicles that come through the
construction zone at an say speed, or they weave in
through the cone pattern and go through some of these closures,
then we're able to make these stops on these vehicles
and take appropriate action.
Speaker 24 (27:53):
Another traffic topic often of concern driving under the influence.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
This is a big driving to the influence and see
who's going to get the ticket for a dui.
Speaker 24 (28:02):
Starting January first, offenders who take someone's life will receive
up to three to five years of probation as part
of their sentencing instead of two.
Speaker 25 (28:11):
Most people of fifty one percent of Americans do support
a lowering the drinking limit from point oh a two
point oh five.
Speaker 24 (28:18):
Off the highway's Electric bicycle safety is priority. The new
law states all types of e bikes pedal or motor
run must have a red reflector or flashing light in
the back at all times, not just at night.
Speaker 13 (28:30):
The ettic and crashes associated with not only bicycles, but
e bikes now and also scooters. And this is in
hopes that there will be more visibility.
Speaker 6 (28:40):
And there's one convenient new law.
Speaker 24 (28:42):
You will be able to request a duplicate driver's license
to change your address, as long as you immediately destroy
the old license with the with the old one as well.
Speaker 3 (28:51):
God who cares?
Speaker 1 (28:52):
All right, if you have an electric car, you have
got to listen to this next story. This guy had
a bottle of water that was spilled in his car,
and you're not going to believe what it cost him.
Speaker 26 (29:03):
Imagine your car nearly total just because a two dollars
water bottle spilled in your back seat. We talked to
a car owner who was afraid he'd have to cover
the twelve thousand dollars repair bill.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Twelve thousand dollars to repair an electric car because he
spilled a bottle of water in the back seat.
Speaker 27 (29:21):
On an SUV that was just a few years old.
Sleek and quick. It's instant torque, instant tork. It surprises
a lot of people how fast it goes.
Speaker 26 (29:31):
Michael McCormick loved almost everything about his twenty twenty three
Hyundai Ionic five until traffic suddenly slowed on the I
four outside near Orlando and he had to hit the brakes.
He says, a twenty ounce water bottle in his back
seat flew forward and spilled.
Speaker 27 (29:46):
I felt it hit the driver's seats, probably dropped out
at that point, and I fell to my ankles a
little bit.
Speaker 28 (29:51):
Of the water.
Speaker 26 (29:52):
Within minutes, he said, warning lights on his display started
flashing all the time he got home, the turn signals
didn't work, and the car wouldn't shut off.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Okay, this is a huge, huge deal. If you have
an electric car, you've got to listen to this. A
bottle of water or keeping the windows open when it
rains could wipe you out.
Speaker 26 (30:11):
His local Hondaid dealership determined someone sitting in the seat
with white clothes or a water spill was likely to
blame for frying wiring harnesses, and said sand on the
floorboards could have also played a role. The floor and
the driver's seat wiring harnesses have to be replaced. The
total cost eleven eight hundred eighty two dollars and change.
Speaker 21 (30:32):
I was shocked.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
I was like what am I.
Speaker 27 (30:34):
That's a huge amount of money and not covered. I'm like,
that's not right because I didn't do anything wrong.
Speaker 26 (30:39):
Hyundai wouldn't cover it under warranty, claiming it was caused
by outside influence, not a defect. He then filed an
insurance claim, which State Farm denied, determining it was due
to corrosion building over time, not sudden accidental damage.
Speaker 10 (30:54):
And one of the hardest things is that cars are
so complicated now fixing them as a result is so
much more expensive.
Speaker 26 (31:02):
Consumer advisor Clark Howard said cars these days are basically
computers on wheels and much more complicated to work on
than cars from fifteen to twenty years ago.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Yeah, that's true, but mostly electric cars.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
This isn't electric car, Hondaia Iconic Ionic and hey, it
literally just build water in it and it's over over.
Speaker 26 (31:23):
Other consumers have noted problems with constantly wiring under the
seats of the Ionic five, with forum posts discussing similar
repairs and not covered by warranty.
Speaker 10 (31:32):
And if other people are having the same problem with
the wiring systems in an Ionic five, then you want
to follow the same path as they are to try
to get the issue resolved with Hynday.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Yeah, you got to try to yourself. There was a
lot of people. I bet Steph Fush is a big fan.
Do you like that place, Sprinkles the cupcake place. Oh yeah,
it's so good. It's over.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
I know it's a bummer.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
It's the worst. They're the best cupcakes in the world.
Had the ATM Cumpany's right, it was one over in Glendale.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
Yeah, it was. It was great. I went to the
one in Beverly Hills. It was awesome.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
And now people are stuck with Sprinkle's gift cards too
that are worth nothing.
Speaker 28 (32:11):
Just across the street from the store on pch are
pretty popular location here in Orange County, and yet customers
showed up. They had no idea the company closed. Employees too,
including a woman who spoke with us from Texas today.
She says she showed up to work on Tuesday only
to find out it was her last day on the job.
Speaker 12 (32:29):
When I walked out that day, that was it.
Speaker 28 (32:32):
Chelsea Dominguez's new year is starting off not the way
she wanted nor expected.
Speaker 12 (32:37):
I didn't expect to go into the new year with
no job, no insurance.
Speaker 28 (32:42):
The Sprinkles baker turned shift lead at a Sprinkle store
in Dallas is one of at least hundreds of employees
who lost their jobs this week after the popular cupcakes
chain shut down all of its company owned bakeries New
Year's Eve. The windows are blacked out and the doors
locked at this location in Newport Beach, an end of
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an era for customers.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
What's your favorite?
Speaker 10 (33:07):
My life?
Speaker 6 (33:07):
The black and white chat with Vanilla.
Speaker 28 (33:10):
A start to a new job search for Domingus.
Speaker 12 (33:13):
We're loved with no financial conversation or sufferings going forward.
We have no health insurance.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
Oh it just I know she wanted.
Speaker 12 (33:24):
To talk about like the legacy that was left, but
like this is the legacy in my eyes.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Ah, that's the worst, the absolute worst. Don't forget Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Wednesday, a year after the big fires in Altadena and
in Pacific Palisades and in Malibu. One year later, residents
in both burn areas are working to rebuild their homes
and their lives, navigating bureaucratic issues and other challenges. The
KFI News team revisits the events of last January. And
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you're going to hear that at seven o'clock on Wednesday.
So it's January seventh, that's Wednesday at seven pm. LA
Wildfires one year later. It brings stories from people who
are affected by the fires, the challenges they continue to face,
and the path forward. So listen on Wednesday, the day
after tomorrow at seven pm, and it'll run on seven
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to nine pm, and then I think Monks is coming
on nine to ten or nine to eleven. So that's
going to be on Wednesday at seven pm.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
Mark Thompson is coming up. That guy's great.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
He filled in and did an excellent job while we
were out of town and he's coming back. So Mark
Thompson next right here on KFI AM six forty Conway
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