February 13, 2025 • 27 mins
Guest: Rick Caruso Developer and longtime civic leader launched a new foundation to expedite the rebuilding from wildfires in Los Angeles and Altadena by convening top engineering and technology companies and pushing for a quick recovery that aims to prevent future calamities. The foundation, Steadfast LA, already has a roster of industry-leading names who have signed on.// Driving conditions are becoming intense for drivers throughout Sun Valley/Sunland area. // Guest: Petros Papadakis talks about the rain pour in his neighborhood in the Palos Verdes Estates area.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's k IF. I am six forty and you're listening
to The Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
It is absolutely pouring outside right now. We're looking at
floods in the Palisades and the burn Zone, also evacuation
orders and Sierra Madre. As the rain increases there canyon
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drive out in that area, and we're going to keep
you updated on all of this stuff all throughout Tribuco
Canyon also flooding there as well a lot of roads closed,
mandatory evacuations in Orange County and Canyon communities. So we're
going to cover it all. But right now, we have
the Mayor of Los Angeles on with us. Rick Caruso,
how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And did that happen?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I miss that, buddy.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I'm going back in rearranging LA.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
You're the mayor, Okay, all right, all right, well listen,
I'll do my best. Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I love the shopping centers you put together. I would
say they give you all of Los Angeles and turn
the whole thing into the grove or turn it all
into uh, you know, the Americana.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Well listen, you know like you, I think LA is
the greatest city in the world.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
We can get. We can get if unleashed, it would
be amazing, right And and hopefully people are at the point,
and I think they are that they just want competency
and they want the city to take care of them,
protect them, keep the city clean, get out of their way,
and allow them to live a healthy, healthy life and safety.
(01:35):
So I feel a lot of good energy changing in
La City. I'm pretty optimistic about it.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Rick.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
How did your buildings and your your business in the
Palisades fair did you? Were you able to save any
of it?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
We saved it all, and our team was yeah, we
were very lucky, but you know, it wasn't just luck.
I mean, we had luck on our side, but you know,
we built it with non combustible materials. We got the
rapid response team. When we knew the winds were coming.
We had our own water tank stationed out there and
fire retarding out there, and our team did an amazing job.
(02:10):
So we got some damage, it's not a lot, but
we're going to reopen as soon as we can and
and be literally a beacon of hope for people out
of that area of the Palisades that it's going to
come back.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
That's great.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I love the work to get done. Yeah, I do too.
There's nothing left of it. It's very sad.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
That's horrible. But Rick, do you think in the future
that that because of how you know, inapt and how
you know crazy the city of la Is. Do you
think in the future we're all going to have to
rely on maybe private uh, you know, the private sector
and hiring our own water tankers, their own fire department.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
You know, if we do what a failure? That is, right,
I mean, we we do it because we don't want
to take resources away from you know, saving homes and
everything else, so we try to be independent and frankly, listen,
the elected officials in our city had made so many
bad decisions and the failure of leadership in this city
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is just so dramatic. It's astounding to think about what happened.
And it happened because they failed us.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah, I mean, I hope you're right. I mean, just
the microcosm of the failure is there are currently thirteen
hundred one three hundred fire hydrants that either have to
be repaired or replaced in the city of la Right.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
And maybe somebody should have asked when fire season comes
along with the reservoirs full. Do we clear the brush,
do the fire hydrants work? I mean I got to
call at ten thirty at night that my daughter's home
burned down because they ran out of water. The fireman
had no water. I mean, people have to hold our
elected officials accountable. And I think January seventh was a
(03:55):
date that's going to be and everybody's head that we
need better leadership, not only across the city but across
the state.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
I think you're right, man. We could have used this
storm on January seventh. That would have wiped this thing
out in about an hour.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Yeah, on the sixth would have been brilliant. Yes, yeah, exactly,
right exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So have you announced yet that you're running for governor
or are you still in the infant stages? What's going on?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I'm in the stages right now of trying to help
get Palisades rebuilt. To be honest, there's time for politics,
and I'm going to think about it down the road,
for sure, but not right now. We got to get
things going out of the palisades and get people back
in their homes. What do you That's my job every
day now.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Right you know, the Palisades is one of those communities
that you know that's really people don't know this, but
it's not just really wealthy people in show business. There's
a lot of people with three, four and five kids
who have been there for generations, who you know, kids
go to public school because the public schools are so
great out there. And the people who live, the people
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that I know that live in that community, would ever
live anywhere else.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
No, I agree with you, And listen, our efforts are
not only in the Palisades, and there are so many
people that are older. They may be house rich and
cash poor, they're not going to be able to afford
to rebuild. And we're leaning in also an Alta Dina.
I mean, that's a beautiful community, very moderate, and they
need a lot of help. And just think about the
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thousands of people that are out of work now, all
the people, the gardeners, the waiters, the cooks, the service people.
They're out of work and they don't have a safety
net and we have to figure out a way to
help them because we've got over one hundred thousand people
now homeless, additional people homeless because of these fires and
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no source of income.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, and then again Rick Caruso's with us, the mayor
of the City of Los Angeles. And also we had
not only are there people who you know, or without
a home and you know, without cars and their businesses,
you know, and their kids' schools have been wiped out,
but also there's been a real slow down in Hollywood
that nobody's really talking about.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You're exactly right. And I was talking to somebody this afternoon,
one of the big producers, the impact on Hollywood slowing
down and all the work going to other regions, other
states and other countries. You've got people leaving and the
whole ecosystem of Hollywood is shifting because you know, the
talent agents aren't making the same amount of money. There's
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not the same amount of content being made. I mean,
we got to sit back and say, what the hell
are we doing? Bring business back in California? Be competitive?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Rick, can I can I just get hold off?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Can you stay with us?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Can you stay with us for another segment?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Okay, great. Rick Cruso's with us. He is the best.
He's got a lot of great ideas, a lot of
great shopping centers. He started, you know, he had the
grove that he did in near Beverly in Fairfax. He
also has the Americana in Glendale, one of the most
beautiful places to go.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Yeah, these are transformational development st you know, really transforming area.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You feel like you're sort of a Disneyland, you know,
And and I like the vibe out there. We go
to the Americana all the time. All right's Conway and
Thompson is pouring out there. Severe thunderstorm warning issued until Thursday.
That's today at seven pm. But if you're in Orange
County you're going to get this later. Heavy rains are
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causing flooding on roads and streets and Orange County. You
got to be prepared for this. This is coming your
way and it's going to be radical. Don't think it's
going to, you know, just blow over your house. It's
coming and it's going to affect you in a big way.
Look at the La River right now. It is probably
I don't know, twelve to fifteen feet deep with rushing water.
(07:45):
It's a big storm and we're covering it all right here.
All the heavy rains causing all these floodings, flooding on
roads and streets here in southern California.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six four.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Rick Caruso is with us and we're going to talk
about his foundation a second. But first, Rick, welcome back
to the show. I got a quick question for you
when it comes to the Americana, which took longer the
construction of the Americana or our last commercial break.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
You guys are making a lot more money than I am.
I can tell you that.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
I said to Tim maybe a lot of commercials.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Rick Caruso is the most patient guy alive of this.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
This commercial thing won't stop.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
You could have made two million dollars during that break somewhere.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Oh my god, I wish I could have. You did obviously,
that's right.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Hey, I know it's more rating out that we're gonna
get back to the rain, but let's talk about this
foundation to help rebuild LA after the wildfires. This is
amazing how many big people you got involved with this.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
And you know what's great is there was one phone
call to all of these people and the answer is
just wow. To donate their time and their talent. I mean,
it's it's a great spirit we have in Los Angeles here,
and they're gonna do great things. We're gonna do some
great things together, and we're gonna bend the curve. We're
gonna make things quicker and safer and get people back
in their homes. And that's the that's the goal. It's
roll up our sleeves, get our hands dirty, help the
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city and help the residents.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
What is the one thing that that you think is
the big roadblock? Is it going to be the cleanup
or is it going to be permits the construction? What's
going to be the one thing that people pull their
hair out?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
You know? Honestly, unfortunately, I think it's going to be
all the above, because you know, government just isn't. This
disaster is so large. Government alone can't do it, and
we just know you've got to have private industry helping
the government do it. So it's really just changing the
thinking where you've got a sense of urgency, some critical thinking,
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solving problems, being able to throw resources at it. It's
going to be a lot of work. But again, with
the people that are going their time on this, I'm
really optimistic we're going to come up with some good
solutions to get people back. I think people should be
back building their homes within a year.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Oh that's great. Rick Ruso's with us. What about the
California Coastal Commission. I know in the past they've always
been a pain in the ass for people building. Have
you had any experience with them? And will they let
people rebuild their homes on the ocean?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Well my experience we built the Rosewood Merrimore Beach up
in Montecito and we got that through. But they, you know,
the governor has suspended their jurisdiction over people building their homes.
So good for Gavin on that. And that's that's a
good move. That's huge.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
I don't remember that ever being done in the past.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Yeah, now he had an executive order. So that's what
we need more of. Just cut the red tape when
people build their homes. Don't make it more complicated or
difficult than it already is.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Oh yeah, that's terrific.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
All right.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
So so the big problem right now, I know Calabasas
is facing this. They're also in the Inland Empire they're
facing this as well. It's these and also will Rogers
State Beach. People don't want those hazardous materials in their
backyard and there's a lot of fighting going on.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Yeah, I get it. You know, nobody wants it, but
the reality is it has to go somewhere. Yeah, and
we've got to have We just got to make sure
that it's handled properly, right, and these landfills are designed
to take toxic waste and it's safe and we're not
gonna have a problem a decade from now. And that's
what we've got to be challenging the government on.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Rick, I don't get a real opportunity to talk to
movers and shakers in Los Angeles, especially guys like you
who have built so many great facilities. But can I
ask you a favor if this ever comes across your desk,
Is it possible to put like a sant Anita racetrack
right in the heart of the San Fernando Valley?
Speaker 2 (11:58):
You know why not? Hey what that's a hell of
an idea. Thank God, you're in radio, are you?
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Do you ever go out there?
Speaker 1 (12:09):
You ever get out to Santanita or Hollywood by you know,
the Hollywood Park which was a huge track for a
long time.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Yeah, back in the day, I used to go to
sant Anita. You know, I'm I'm a little bit too
impatient for horse racing though that the lag time between
the races, right, I started going crazy. Do you like that.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Tim uses that lag time to borrow money from people?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Well, now there's no Now there's no lag time because
you can literally bet nine different tracks.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
You know.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
But in the old days when you used to go,
you can only bet Santa Anita, But now you can
bet nine different tracks. So it's kind of a cool deal.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Well maybe I'd like it more than maybe I'd like
it more. I'm not really a betting guy, so I'm
not good at betting.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
I guess I told you.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Tim, I didn't see as a gambler that we had
that conversation.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
What do you do with all your money? Just what
build shopping centers? I guess all right, I get that.
I get that, Hey, how do people get donate to
your your nonprofit and your your foundation?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
So we don't want any donations. I'm funding it. This
is about just a lot of hard work. I appreciate it.
But if they go to steadfast la dot org sign
up so you're on a list that we can reach
out to you. And when people need donations, like all
the people that have lost their jobs, we can help
direct where people can directly send money to help those
(13:25):
that really need it, that are really devastated by this fire,
and that would be great. So steadfast la dot org
would be terrific.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
All right, Steadfast la dot org. I really appreciate you
coming on, and if you run for a governor, we'd
love to have you on and and support you. I was,
I've always been a huge fan.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
I really appreciate it. Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
You're the best man.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Good luck.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Sat there.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Yes, and you too.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Rick Caruso one of the I don't think you know,
there is another guy in town that is built so
much when it comes to you know, theaters and restaurants
and malls. I mean he's really put together and you
know five or six unbelievable properties.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
Well, it's just so smart too about moving forward here.
And I think it's so great that you know, he's
funding it all. But it's just a question of you know,
bringing some coherence to it. And it's a big lift.
I mean, the rebuild is a huge lift. And he's right,
government can't do it alone.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Yeah, Steadfast is a steadfast la dot org. Steadfast la
dot org. Go check it out and sign up and
they'll contact you if they need your expertise. Maybe you
are a plumber an electrician. Maybe you can do some
weekend work to help somebody out. That'd be cool. Maybe
(14:46):
I don't know. Maybe you're a weather guy and they
need a forecast. Who knows you're a ex weather guy,
they need a forecast. That's possible as well. All right,
the La River, look at that tracking the storm in
the San Fernando Valley. That La River is about eight
seven or eight feet from cresting from cresting. I don't
think it will. I don't remember ever doing that in
the past, but I'm just telling you there's a lot
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more rain coming on Ontario Riverside, Big Bear, Victorville. You're
now getting what we had about an hour ago, and
it is bad. Monrovia, Almonte has some red there, Glendora, Pasadena, Alhambra.
The storm is just leaving Hollywood and leaving Los Angeles.
It's getting into Pomona and the Illan Empire. Crozier. Your
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house is next. And yeah, I'm hoping that it goes
a little bit faster so I'll be behind it, not
in it, on the way home. Yes, all right, we're
going to track this storm all night long.
Speaker 5 (15:41):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on De Mayo from
KFI AM sixty.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
All right, let's say we have a lot to get to,
lots and lots of rain, lots of flooding, lots of
snow gonna eventually happen up in Big Bear. We've got
a lot going on. We're covering all of it for
you right here on KFI. This rain is exactly what
we said it was going to be all week. It
was gonna be flooding. There's gonna be radical rain, and
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it's gonna come down in some areas more than inch
an hour, like sun Valley out there in Sunland. It's
for some reason they can't fix that five freeway. Every
time we have a radical storm, the five Freeway up
in Sunland takes it in the short right, So.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
We're on Wentworth Street near sun Valley right now. We've
been driving around for the last hour and a half.
We were in Sunland a little bit earlier, and the
rain kind of just comes and goes and waves. We
saw when it was coming down really really hard. But
right now I'm going to turn the camera around so
you can see what it looks like. Conditions really not
looking too bad over here again in the sun Valley area.
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But of course looks like this is that little bit
of a break in that rain. I'm sure we're gonna
see it taken right back up again. But these are
the residential and side streets that we are driving through.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
We see this end of the rain on the windshield
and on the roof of that van.
Speaker 6 (17:01):
And side streets that we are driving through. We saw
a lot of small puddles on those residential streets in
sun Valley. Sorry, Sunland a little bit earlier.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Okay, somebody's not from Melle with the I gave her
the first one, but somebody's not male. Somebody hasn't told
her it's it's pronounced s u n l i n Sunland.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
It's not Sunland sun Land, but she's not from here.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
You got to give her a break.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
Sorry, sun Land a little bit early.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Yeah, I love that Sunland. Actually sounds better Sunland. I'm
gonna go with her. I'm gonna go sounds pretty good.
I'm gonna change the pronunciation.
Speaker 7 (17:37):
You know, something just happened on the five between my
last report.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
And now, oh what's going on?
Speaker 7 (17:43):
Well, talking about the flooding and everything. It's the northbound
side of the five at Sheldon and they've shut down
the three right lanes because the water is so deep.
We're getting reports that it's almost up to the window
level cars.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
They can never get it together in that area when
it comes. So that part of the valley and the
five freeway has been a mess since I was a kid. Yeah,
you know, they just cannot. I don't know whether it's
you know, the elevation is too low and it all
congregates there. But they don't have enough pumps. They don't
have enough you know, the architecture of that freeway down there.
It's always been a problem, always, all right, So people
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listening half assed sometimes, Angel, it's not your fault, you know,
I do it too. Where exactly is this flooding?
Speaker 7 (18:25):
This is on the five northbound at Sheldon and Sun Valley.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Okay, right before you get to the fourteen.
Speaker 7 (18:33):
Yeah, a little bit before the fourteen. It's just below
the one eighteen right where the right below where the
four h five merges onto the five.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Right there.
Speaker 7 (18:42):
Okay, there's a north of Burbank south of the one
eighteen and a mess so far. Oh you know, here's
another little landmark for you. The Bourbank Airport close to
the end of the runway.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Excellent, all right, Angel, keep an eye on that for us.
Here lots going on with this rain.
Speaker 6 (19:01):
Sorry, Sunland a little bit earlier, and we actually have
some video too. We saw water coming out from a
storm drainage earlier. We're going to show you what that
video looks like. You can see just all of that
water gushing onto foothills boulevards.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Yeah, it's it's it's it's a complete message boulevard.
Speaker 6 (19:18):
So that's what we saw a little bit earlier in Sunland,
and here we.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Are, yeah, all right. Then Malibu, we have flash flooding
in Malibu as well, So we're going to cover all
of this when we come back. And at six o'clock
we got Petros Papadeka's calling us up. He's always great.
And then we have Dean Shark coming on at six
point twenty. We'll talk to him about flooding and what
you can do. How to keep your house safe man.
(19:45):
You know Mark three weeks ago is how to keep
your your house safe from fire. Now it's how to
keep your house safe from too much water.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
It's so weird and eerie that it does seem to
happen always in that kind of double play combination.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
It's horrible, it really is.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
The you're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
We're keeping an eye on all things flood here in
southern California, and it's uh, we're gonna Petross on right now,
and then later on we're gonna have Dean Sharp on.
And when Dean comes on, I want to talk to
him about this company. I discovered this Abi construction. I've
never run into a company that had five star reviews everywhere,
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and that is unbelievable. So we'll talk to him at
six twenty or so. But that is an unbelievable company.
Five stars in the roofing game. And I also learned
this today. You know, you can get a roof on
your house. Maybe Krozer knows he did it recently. You
can get a fifty year guarantee on a roof. Now
it used to be ten years or fifteen years. Oh,
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now it's fifty years your last roof. Thompson, Yeah, all right,
I probably only need the tenure. Yeah, I probably could
use maybe three months. All right, let's talk to uh.
Pet Papenaka is from k L A c. The Dodger station.
How you bub.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Hey, what's cracker? How about that roof deal, buddy?
Speaker 1 (21:08):
I you got to call that company and get a
roof even if you don't need it, Just get a
new roof one.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
We're just right on my head.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Yeah. Saw you do the video of the of the
water rushing?
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Are we going to have a problem about it? No?
Speaker 1 (21:20):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
I feel like you're the first guy ever to stand
in front of the La River and do a stand up?
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Are you really? Are we going to do that? Right
off the bat?
Speaker 1 (21:27):
I think I did it better than you, but I
hate to say that.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
All right, you know I did.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
What can you say? What can you say?
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (21:33):
How's the weather out there? In sam Pedro?
Speaker 3 (21:38):
I don't live all right?
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Or pa or peninsula? Where do you live?
Speaker 4 (21:44):
No, as we we go through this all the time,
you know, Mark, there's a it's called the Palace Verdes Peninsula.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
Oh yes, it is the whole hill.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
But there is no town called Palace Verdi's and there
is no town with peninsula in the name. There is
Palas Verdi's Estates, there is Rolling Hills Estates. There's the
private city of Rolling Hills.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Wow, fancy and then there is Rancho. It is how's
the weather out?
Speaker 3 (22:14):
There is a moving the wait wait.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
I'm not done, okay, And then there's Rancho palas Verdes.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I live in palas Verdi's estates.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Wow, somebody's made it. Somebody's made some money.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
You can't imagine.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Hey, we're talking. We were talking the other day about
guys marrying up, and Bellio said, I've not had enough experience.
You know, I've only met your wife once. But she said,
you married way over your head.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Oh for real? Yeah, well, I'm very grateful for somebody
to say.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
You stuck her in that hot Greek Greek church and
made her sweat for that wedding, though.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
Not as much as I was sweating, I'll tell you that.
Did you hear about the earthquakes in Santorini? No, oh,
for real, No, Santorini, which is like Maui of Greece, right,
they do the most visitors. There have been terrible earthquakes. Now,
of course, the island itself is on two dormant volcanoes.
(23:09):
But that being said, these are earthquakes that happen like
every five or six minutes. Like the island. They might
have quelled in the last week or so. Not even you, Mark,
You didn't hear about this.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
I did.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
They declared a state of emergency down here, Yeah, emergency.
And the thing is is there's no one in Santorini.
I saw the story and I was like, well, who
was there?
Speaker 3 (23:32):
You know?
Speaker 4 (23:32):
I mean it's not like MAUI. I mean in the
month of February, there'd be nobody there. It's a very
seasonal place. In fact, literally there'll be more churches or
wineries than people.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Okay, so still some tourists, but they laugh.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
But don't they mention it in a song like go
to Santorina.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
I don't know. Interesting that you bring it up to Tim
and I can't.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Just really want to know that they mentioned that melody.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
I really want to know.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
That they mentioned that Santrina that all right, let's.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Talk Lloyds call the island.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
Feta, Okay, seven thousand name is seven thousand miles west
of Santa Rita. Is all this rain?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
How is really raining out there?
Speaker 1 (24:18):
How is the rolling hills, rolling estates and the people
in the in the area which all shifting?
Speaker 4 (24:24):
I would like to say this, I don't think that
my stand up in front of the river being my
very first venture into that kind of thing. It's not
like they sent Conan Nolan out there and for you
to say like that I did it better. Ding duh,
you know, like real nonchalant and in a very flippant way.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
I just want to put on record mark that I did.
You find that to be a little flippant, you know.
I mean, for a guest on the show, if.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
You noticed that my videos focused on the river, your
video focused on you.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Well, that's not true at all. Turned the cam to
the river and I warned people of the swift water,
all right. I also turned their attention to the higher ground.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (25:07):
I pointed out my Toyota Tacomas truck back. Where were
Where were Southern California Toyota neither we make it easy?
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Where was that? What part of the river.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
The only part that I ever do a stand up
in front of, which is about the dead end on
Bob Hope there.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Oh, I see, I see.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Yeah, right off the what is that riverside?
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Not in Olive Yeah location, I give you four on that.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
What are you talking about? It was right across from
the boneyard. You got the freaking boneyard.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
You got forest lawn in the front ground, in the
in the in the foreground, in the background you have
the Jewish cemetery. It's beautiful. Hey, the river's flowing. I mean,
what else do you want? It's the most beautiful vista
and all Burbank.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Rick Caruso was on with us, and during the commercial
break I convinced him to buy a horse together. Rick
krus and I are buying a horse together for the racetrack.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
Oh really, what's the percent? You guys going ninety nine
one on that?
Speaker 1 (26:04):
What do we That's close? That's real close, buddy?
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Really?
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Did Caruso come on? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Cruso was Ama. You ever met him?
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (26:12):
I think I've talked with him on the phone.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Did he come to the restaurant? You always have the
rest connection to him?
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Yeah, you got restaurant connections everybody.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
I like Rick Caruso.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Did he have someone like his wrinkly face? Did he
have some of that egg drop by?
Speaker 4 (26:25):
The galamano soup is what you always liked to mention.
It's made with u chicken, broth rice.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
And lemon. No tuna.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Now from the packer the canner down in Sampete.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
Robbie bod.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Hair to the Darkest Tunifore, Rodney Dangerfield. Every time I
come on here, we do the same thing.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
He likes to touch all the bases. Yeah, we really,
really we.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Get Rodney Dangerfield. He he had a great line. He
said his wife's credit card was stolen, but he didn't
report it because the guys stole it was spending less.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
My favorite was what I was watching him and he's
clearly on drugs, and he's sweating and and he's just
wearing doing the same jokes, and Johnny's just wearing him out.
And finally he looks at Johnny goes, I don't know
what I'm doing at here. Johnny, bring out the next
guy that probably got the biggest left. Johnny fell off
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the chair.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
I was great, It was so great.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
All right, hold on one sec. Patch So the pat
Chosen Money Show. It's Conway, it's Thompson. We're live covering
all this rain right here on KF I am six
forty
It's k IF. I am six forty and you're listening
to The Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
It is absolutely pouring outside right now. We're looking at
floods in the Palisades and the burn Zone, also evacuation
orders and Sierra Madre. As the rain increases there canyon
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drive out in that area, and we're going to keep
you updated on all of this stuff all throughout Tribuco
Canyon also flooding there as well a lot of roads closed,
mandatory evacuations in Orange County and Canyon communities. So we're
going to cover it all. But right now, we have
the Mayor of Los Angeles on with us. Rick Caruso,
how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And did that happen?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I miss that, buddy.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I'm going back in rearranging LA.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
You're the mayor, Okay, all right, all right, well listen,
I'll do my best. Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I love the shopping centers you put together. I would
say they give you all of Los Angeles and turn
the whole thing into the grove or turn it all
into uh, you know, the Americana.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Well listen, you know like you, I think LA is
the greatest city in the world.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
We can get. We can get if unleashed, it would
be amazing, right And and hopefully people are at the point,
and I think they are that they just want competency
and they want the city to take care of them,
protect them, keep the city clean, get out of their way,
and allow them to live a healthy, healthy life and safety.
(01:35):
So I feel a lot of good energy changing in
La City. I'm pretty optimistic about it.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Rick.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
How did your buildings and your your business in the
Palisades fair did you? Were you able to save any
of it?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
We saved it all, and our team was yeah, we
were very lucky, but you know, it wasn't just luck.
I mean, we had luck on our side, but you know,
we built it with non combustible materials. We got the
rapid response team. When we knew the winds were coming.
We had our own water tank stationed out there and
fire retarding out there, and our team did an amazing job.
(02:10):
So we got some damage, it's not a lot, but
we're going to reopen as soon as we can and
and be literally a beacon of hope for people out
of that area of the Palisades that it's going to
come back.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
That's great.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I love the work to get done. Yeah, I do too.
There's nothing left of it. It's very sad.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
That's horrible. But Rick, do you think in the future
that that because of how you know, inapt and how
you know crazy the city of la Is. Do you
think in the future we're all going to have to
rely on maybe private uh, you know, the private sector
and hiring our own water tankers, their own fire department.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
You know, if we do what a failure? That is, right,
I mean, we we do it because we don't want
to take resources away from you know, saving homes and
everything else, so we try to be independent and frankly, listen,
the elected officials in our city had made so many
bad decisions and the failure of leadership in this city
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is just so dramatic. It's astounding to think about what happened.
And it happened because they failed us.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah, I mean, I hope you're right. I mean, just
the microcosm of the failure is there are currently thirteen
hundred one three hundred fire hydrants that either have to
be repaired or replaced in the city of la Right.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
And maybe somebody should have asked when fire season comes
along with the reservoirs full. Do we clear the brush,
do the fire hydrants work? I mean I got to
call at ten thirty at night that my daughter's home
burned down because they ran out of water. The fireman
had no water. I mean, people have to hold our
elected officials accountable. And I think January seventh was a
(03:55):
date that's going to be and everybody's head that we
need better leadership, not only across the city but across
the state.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
I think you're right, man. We could have used this
storm on January seventh. That would have wiped this thing
out in about an hour.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Yeah, on the sixth would have been brilliant. Yes, yeah, exactly,
right exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So have you announced yet that you're running for governor
or are you still in the infant stages? What's going on?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I'm in the stages right now of trying to help
get Palisades rebuilt. To be honest, there's time for politics,
and I'm going to think about it down the road,
for sure, but not right now. We got to get
things going out of the palisades and get people back
in their homes. What do you That's my job every
day now.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Right you know, the Palisades is one of those communities
that you know that's really people don't know this, but
it's not just really wealthy people in show business. There's
a lot of people with three, four and five kids
who have been there for generations, who you know, kids
go to public school because the public schools are so
great out there. And the people who live, the people
(04:57):
that I know that live in that community, would ever
live anywhere else.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
No, I agree with you, And listen, our efforts are
not only in the Palisades, and there are so many
people that are older. They may be house rich and
cash poor, they're not going to be able to afford
to rebuild. And we're leaning in also an Alta Dina.
I mean, that's a beautiful community, very moderate, and they
need a lot of help. And just think about the
(05:22):
thousands of people that are out of work now, all
the people, the gardeners, the waiters, the cooks, the service people.
They're out of work and they don't have a safety
net and we have to figure out a way to
help them because we've got over one hundred thousand people
now homeless, additional people homeless because of these fires and
(05:43):
no source of income.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Yeah, and then again Rick Caruso's with us, the mayor
of the City of Los Angeles. And also we had
not only are there people who you know, or without
a home and you know, without cars and their businesses,
you know, and their kids' schools have been wiped out,
but also there's been a real slow down in Hollywood
that nobody's really talking about.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You're exactly right. And I was talking to somebody this afternoon,
one of the big producers, the impact on Hollywood slowing
down and all the work going to other regions, other
states and other countries. You've got people leaving and the
whole ecosystem of Hollywood is shifting because you know, the
talent agents aren't making the same amount of money. There's
(06:26):
not the same amount of content being made. I mean,
we got to sit back and say, what the hell
are we doing? Bring business back in California? Be competitive?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Rick, can I can I just get hold off?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Can you stay with us?
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Can you stay with us for another segment?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Okay, great. Rick Cruso's with us. He is the best.
He's got a lot of great ideas, a lot of
great shopping centers. He started, you know, he had the
grove that he did in near Beverly in Fairfax. He
also has the Americana in Glendale, one of the most
beautiful places to go.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Yeah, these are transformational development st you know, really transforming area.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You feel like you're sort of a Disneyland, you know,
And and I like the vibe out there. We go
to the Americana all the time. All right's Conway and
Thompson is pouring out there. Severe thunderstorm warning issued until Thursday.
That's today at seven pm. But if you're in Orange
County you're going to get this later. Heavy rains are
(07:24):
causing flooding on roads and streets and Orange County. You
got to be prepared for this. This is coming your
way and it's going to be radical. Don't think it's
going to, you know, just blow over your house. It's
coming and it's going to affect you in a big way.
Look at the La River right now. It is probably
I don't know, twelve to fifteen feet deep with rushing water.
(07:45):
It's a big storm and we're covering it all right here.
All the heavy rains causing all these floodings, flooding on
roads and streets here in southern California.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six four.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Rick Caruso is with us and we're going to talk
about his foundation a second. But first, Rick, welcome back
to the show. I got a quick question for you
when it comes to the Americana, which took longer the
construction of the Americana or our last commercial break.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
You guys are making a lot more money than I am.
I can tell you that.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
I said to Tim maybe a lot of commercials.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Rick Caruso is the most patient guy alive of this.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
This commercial thing won't stop.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
You could have made two million dollars during that break somewhere.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Oh my god, I wish I could have. You did obviously,
that's right.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Hey, I know it's more rating out that we're gonna
get back to the rain, but let's talk about this
foundation to help rebuild LA after the wildfires. This is
amazing how many big people you got involved with this.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
And you know what's great is there was one phone
call to all of these people and the answer is
just wow. To donate their time and their talent. I mean,
it's it's a great spirit we have in Los Angeles here,
and they're gonna do great things. We're gonna do some
great things together, and we're gonna bend the curve. We're
gonna make things quicker and safer and get people back
in their homes. And that's the that's the goal. It's
roll up our sleeves, get our hands dirty, help the
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city and help the residents.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
What is the one thing that that you think is
the big roadblock? Is it going to be the cleanup
or is it going to be permits the construction? What's
going to be the one thing that people pull their
hair out?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
You know? Honestly, unfortunately, I think it's going to be
all the above, because you know, government just isn't. This
disaster is so large. Government alone can't do it, and
we just know you've got to have private industry helping
the government do it. So it's really just changing the
thinking where you've got a sense of urgency, some critical thinking,
(09:50):
solving problems, being able to throw resources at it. It's
going to be a lot of work. But again, with
the people that are going their time on this, I'm
really optimistic we're going to come up with some good
solutions to get people back. I think people should be
back building their homes within a year.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Oh that's great. Rick Ruso's with us. What about the
California Coastal Commission. I know in the past they've always
been a pain in the ass for people building. Have
you had any experience with them? And will they let
people rebuild their homes on the ocean?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Well my experience we built the Rosewood Merrimore Beach up
in Montecito and we got that through. But they, you know,
the governor has suspended their jurisdiction over people building their homes.
So good for Gavin on that. And that's that's a
good move. That's huge.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
I don't remember that ever being done in the past.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Yeah, now he had an executive order. So that's what
we need more of. Just cut the red tape when
people build their homes. Don't make it more complicated or
difficult than it already is.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Oh yeah, that's terrific.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
All right.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
So so the big problem right now, I know Calabasas
is facing this. They're also in the Inland Empire they're
facing this as well. It's these and also will Rogers
State Beach. People don't want those hazardous materials in their
backyard and there's a lot of fighting going on.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Yeah, I get it. You know, nobody wants it, but
the reality is it has to go somewhere. Yeah, and
we've got to have We just got to make sure
that it's handled properly, right, and these landfills are designed
to take toxic waste and it's safe and we're not
gonna have a problem a decade from now. And that's
what we've got to be challenging the government on.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Rick, I don't get a real opportunity to talk to
movers and shakers in Los Angeles, especially guys like you
who have built so many great facilities. But can I
ask you a favor if this ever comes across your desk,
Is it possible to put like a sant Anita racetrack
right in the heart of the San Fernando Valley?
Speaker 2 (11:58):
You know why not? Hey what that's a hell of
an idea. Thank God, you're in radio, are you?
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Do you ever go out there?
Speaker 1 (12:09):
You ever get out to Santanita or Hollywood by you know,
the Hollywood Park which was a huge track for a
long time.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Yeah, back in the day, I used to go to
sant Anita. You know, I'm I'm a little bit too
impatient for horse racing though that the lag time between
the races, right, I started going crazy. Do you like that.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Tim uses that lag time to borrow money from people?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Well, now there's no Now there's no lag time because
you can literally bet nine different tracks.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
You know.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
But in the old days when you used to go,
you can only bet Santa Anita, But now you can
bet nine different tracks. So it's kind of a cool deal.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Well maybe I'd like it more than maybe I'd like
it more. I'm not really a betting guy, so I'm
not good at betting.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
I guess I told you.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Tim, I didn't see as a gambler that we had
that conversation.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
What do you do with all your money? Just what
build shopping centers? I guess all right, I get that.
I get that, Hey, how do people get donate to
your your nonprofit and your your foundation?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
So we don't want any donations. I'm funding it. This
is about just a lot of hard work. I appreciate it.
But if they go to steadfast la dot org sign
up so you're on a list that we can reach
out to you. And when people need donations, like all
the people that have lost their jobs, we can help
direct where people can directly send money to help those
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that really need it, that are really devastated by this fire,
and that would be great. So steadfast la dot org
would be terrific.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
All right, Steadfast la dot org. I really appreciate you
coming on, and if you run for a governor, we'd
love to have you on and and support you. I was,
I've always been a huge fan.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
I really appreciate it. Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
You're the best man.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Good luck.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Sat there.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Yes, and you too.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Rick Caruso one of the I don't think you know,
there is another guy in town that is built so
much when it comes to you know, theaters and restaurants
and malls. I mean he's really put together and you
know five or six unbelievable properties.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
Well, it's just so smart too about moving forward here.
And I think it's so great that you know, he's
funding it all. But it's just a question of you know,
bringing some coherence to it. And it's a big lift.
I mean, the rebuild is a huge lift. And he's right,
government can't do it alone.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Yeah, Steadfast is a steadfast la dot org. Steadfast la
dot org. Go check it out and sign up and
they'll contact you if they need your expertise. Maybe you
are a plumber an electrician. Maybe you can do some
weekend work to help somebody out. That'd be cool. Maybe
(14:46):
I don't know. Maybe you're a weather guy and they
need a forecast. Who knows you're a ex weather guy,
they need a forecast. That's possible as well. All right,
the La River, look at that tracking the storm in
the San Fernando Valley. That La River is about eight
seven or eight feet from cresting from cresting. I don't
think it will. I don't remember ever doing that in
the past, but I'm just telling you there's a lot
(15:08):
more rain coming on Ontario Riverside, Big Bear, Victorville. You're
now getting what we had about an hour ago, and
it is bad. Monrovia, Almonte has some red there, Glendora, Pasadena, Alhambra.
The storm is just leaving Hollywood and leaving Los Angeles.
It's getting into Pomona and the Illan Empire. Crozier. Your
(15:31):
house is next. And yeah, I'm hoping that it goes
a little bit faster so I'll be behind it, not
in it, on the way home. Yes, all right, we're
going to track this storm all night long.
Speaker 5 (15:41):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on De Mayo from
KFI AM sixty.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
All right, let's say we have a lot to get to,
lots and lots of rain, lots of flooding, lots of
snow gonna eventually happen up in Big Bear. We've got
a lot going on. We're covering all of it for
you right here on KFI. This rain is exactly what
we said it was going to be all week. It
was gonna be flooding. There's gonna be radical rain, and
(16:10):
it's gonna come down in some areas more than inch
an hour, like sun Valley out there in Sunland. It's
for some reason they can't fix that five freeway. Every
time we have a radical storm, the five Freeway up
in Sunland takes it in the short right, So.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
We're on Wentworth Street near sun Valley right now. We've
been driving around for the last hour and a half.
We were in Sunland a little bit earlier, and the
rain kind of just comes and goes and waves. We
saw when it was coming down really really hard. But
right now I'm going to turn the camera around so
you can see what it looks like. Conditions really not
looking too bad over here again in the sun Valley area.
(16:48):
But of course looks like this is that little bit
of a break in that rain. I'm sure we're gonna
see it taken right back up again. But these are
the residential and side streets that we are driving through.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
We see this end of the rain on the windshield
and on the roof of that van.
Speaker 6 (17:01):
And side streets that we are driving through. We saw
a lot of small puddles on those residential streets in
sun Valley. Sorry, Sunland a little bit earlier.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Okay, somebody's not from Melle with the I gave her
the first one, but somebody's not male. Somebody hasn't told
her it's it's pronounced s u n l i n Sunland.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
It's not Sunland sun Land, but she's not from here.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
You got to give her a break.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
Sorry, sun Land a little bit early.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Yeah, I love that Sunland. Actually sounds better Sunland. I'm
gonna go with her. I'm gonna go sounds pretty good.
I'm gonna change the pronunciation.
Speaker 7 (17:37):
You know, something just happened on the five between my
last report.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
And now, oh what's going on?
Speaker 7 (17:43):
Well, talking about the flooding and everything. It's the northbound
side of the five at Sheldon and they've shut down
the three right lanes because the water is so deep.
We're getting reports that it's almost up to the window
level cars.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
They can never get it together in that area when
it comes. So that part of the valley and the
five freeway has been a mess since I was a kid. Yeah,
you know, they just cannot. I don't know whether it's
you know, the elevation is too low and it all
congregates there. But they don't have enough pumps. They don't
have enough you know, the architecture of that freeway down there.
It's always been a problem, always, all right, So people
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listening half assed sometimes, Angel, it's not your fault, you know,
I do it too. Where exactly is this flooding?
Speaker 7 (18:25):
This is on the five northbound at Sheldon and Sun Valley.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Okay, right before you get to the fourteen.
Speaker 7 (18:33):
Yeah, a little bit before the fourteen. It's just below
the one eighteen right where the right below where the
four h five merges onto the five.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Right there.
Speaker 7 (18:42):
Okay, there's a north of Burbank south of the one
eighteen and a mess so far. Oh you know, here's
another little landmark for you. The Bourbank Airport close to
the end of the runway.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Excellent, all right, Angel, keep an eye on that for us.
Here lots going on with this rain.
Speaker 6 (19:01):
Sorry, Sunland a little bit earlier, and we actually have
some video too. We saw water coming out from a
storm drainage earlier. We're going to show you what that
video looks like. You can see just all of that
water gushing onto foothills boulevards.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Yeah, it's it's it's it's a complete message boulevard.
Speaker 6 (19:18):
So that's what we saw a little bit earlier in Sunland,
and here we.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Are, yeah, all right. Then Malibu, we have flash flooding
in Malibu as well, So we're going to cover all
of this when we come back. And at six o'clock
we got Petros Papadeka's calling us up. He's always great.
And then we have Dean Shark coming on at six
point twenty. We'll talk to him about flooding and what
you can do. How to keep your house safe man.
(19:45):
You know Mark three weeks ago is how to keep
your your house safe from fire. Now it's how to
keep your house safe from too much water.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
It's so weird and eerie that it does seem to
happen always in that kind of double play combination.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
It's horrible, it really is.
Speaker 5 (19:59):
The you're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
We're keeping an eye on all things flood here in
southern California, and it's uh, we're gonna Petross on right now,
and then later on we're gonna have Dean Sharp on.
And when Dean comes on, I want to talk to
him about this company. I discovered this Abi construction. I've
never run into a company that had five star reviews everywhere,
(20:28):
and that is unbelievable. So we'll talk to him at
six twenty or so. But that is an unbelievable company.
Five stars in the roofing game. And I also learned
this today. You know, you can get a roof on
your house. Maybe Krozer knows he did it recently. You
can get a fifty year guarantee on a roof. Now
it used to be ten years or fifteen years. Oh,
(20:49):
now it's fifty years your last roof. Thompson, Yeah, all right,
I probably only need the tenure. Yeah, I probably could
use maybe three months. All right, let's talk to uh.
Pet Papenaka is from k L A c. The Dodger station.
How you bub.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Hey, what's cracker? How about that roof deal, buddy?
Speaker 1 (21:08):
I you got to call that company and get a
roof even if you don't need it, Just get a
new roof one.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
We're just right on my head.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Yeah. Saw you do the video of the of the
water rushing?
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Are we going to have a problem about it? No?
Speaker 1 (21:20):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
I feel like you're the first guy ever to stand
in front of the La River and do a stand up?
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Are you really? Are we going to do that? Right
off the bat?
Speaker 1 (21:27):
I think I did it better than you, but I
hate to say that.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
All right, you know I did.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
What can you say? What can you say?
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (21:33):
How's the weather out there? In sam Pedro?
Speaker 3 (21:38):
I don't live all right?
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Or pa or peninsula? Where do you live?
Speaker 4 (21:44):
No, as we we go through this all the time,
you know, Mark, there's a it's called the Palace Verdes Peninsula.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
Oh yes, it is the whole hill.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
But there is no town called Palace Verdi's and there
is no town with peninsula in the name. There is
Palas Verdi's Estates, there is Rolling Hills Estates. There's the
private city of Rolling Hills.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Wow, fancy and then there is Rancho. It is how's
the weather out?
Speaker 3 (22:14):
There is a moving the wait wait.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
I'm not done, okay, And then there's Rancho palas Verdes.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I live in palas Verdi's estates.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Wow, somebody's made it. Somebody's made some money.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
You can't imagine.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Hey, we're talking. We were talking the other day about
guys marrying up, and Bellio said, I've not had enough experience.
You know, I've only met your wife once. But she said,
you married way over your head.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Oh for real? Yeah, well, I'm very grateful for somebody
to say.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
You stuck her in that hot Greek Greek church and
made her sweat for that wedding, though.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
Not as much as I was sweating, I'll tell you that.
Did you hear about the earthquakes in Santorini? No, oh,
for real, No, Santorini, which is like Maui of Greece, right,
they do the most visitors. There have been terrible earthquakes. Now,
of course, the island itself is on two dormant volcanoes.
(23:09):
But that being said, these are earthquakes that happen like
every five or six minutes. Like the island. They might
have quelled in the last week or so. Not even you, Mark,
You didn't hear about this.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
I did.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
They declared a state of emergency down here, Yeah, emergency.
And the thing is is there's no one in Santorini.
I saw the story and I was like, well, who
was there?
Speaker 3 (23:32):
You know?
Speaker 4 (23:32):
I mean it's not like MAUI. I mean in the
month of February, there'd be nobody there. It's a very
seasonal place. In fact, literally there'll be more churches or
wineries than people.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Okay, so still some tourists, but they laugh.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
But don't they mention it in a song like go
to Santorina.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
I don't know. Interesting that you bring it up to Tim
and I can't.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Just really want to know that they mentioned that melody.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
I really want to know.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
That they mentioned that Santrina that all right, let's.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Talk Lloyds call the island.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
Feta, Okay, seven thousand name is seven thousand miles west
of Santa Rita. Is all this rain?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
How is really raining out there?
Speaker 1 (24:18):
How is the rolling hills, rolling estates and the people
in the in the area which all shifting?
Speaker 4 (24:24):
I would like to say this, I don't think that
my stand up in front of the river being my
very first venture into that kind of thing. It's not
like they sent Conan Nolan out there and for you
to say like that I did it better. Ding duh,
you know, like real nonchalant and in a very flippant way.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
I just want to put on record mark that I did.
You find that to be a little flippant, you know.
I mean, for a guest on the show, if.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
You noticed that my videos focused on the river, your
video focused on you.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Well, that's not true at all. Turned the cam to
the river and I warned people of the swift water,
all right. I also turned their attention to the higher ground.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (25:07):
I pointed out my Toyota Tacomas truck back. Where were
Where were Southern California Toyota neither we make it easy?
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Where was that? What part of the river.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
The only part that I ever do a stand up
in front of, which is about the dead end on
Bob Hope there.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Oh, I see, I see.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Yeah, right off the what is that riverside?
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Not in Olive Yeah location, I give you four on that.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
What are you talking about? It was right across from
the boneyard. You got the freaking boneyard.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
You got forest lawn in the front ground, in the
in the in the foreground, in the background you have
the Jewish cemetery. It's beautiful. Hey, the river's flowing. I mean,
what else do you want? It's the most beautiful vista
and all Burbank.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Rick Caruso was on with us, and during the commercial
break I convinced him to buy a horse together. Rick
krus and I are buying a horse together for the racetrack.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
Oh really, what's the percent? You guys going ninety nine
one on that?
Speaker 1 (26:04):
What do we That's close? That's real close, buddy?
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Really?
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Did Caruso come on? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Cruso was Ama. You ever met him?
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (26:12):
I think I've talked with him on the phone.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Did he come to the restaurant? You always have the
rest connection to him?
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Yeah, you got restaurant connections everybody.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
I like Rick Caruso.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Did he have someone like his wrinkly face? Did he
have some of that egg drop by?
Speaker 4 (26:25):
The galamano soup is what you always liked to mention.
It's made with u chicken, broth rice.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
And lemon. No tuna.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Now from the packer the canner down in Sampete.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
Robbie bod.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Hair to the Darkest Tunifore, Rodney Dangerfield. Every time I
come on here, we do the same thing.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
He likes to touch all the bases. Yeah, we really,
really we.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Get Rodney Dangerfield. He he had a great line. He
said his wife's credit card was stolen, but he didn't
report it because the guys stole it was spending less.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
My favorite was what I was watching him and he's
clearly on drugs, and he's sweating and and he's just
wearing doing the same jokes, and Johnny's just wearing him out.
And finally he looks at Johnny goes, I don't know
what I'm doing at here. Johnny, bring out the next
guy that probably got the biggest left. Johnny fell off
(27:24):
the chair.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
I was great, It was so great.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
All right, hold on one sec. Patch So the pat
Chosen Money Show. It's Conway, it's Thompson. We're live covering
all this rain right here on KF I am six
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