Hour 1 (10.09) Newport Beach declared a local emergency as Tropical Storm Rachel swells flooded the Balboa Peninsula, and the night’s high tide hadn’t even hit yet. Plus, a 7.7 in Panama and Hurricane Isaias. 6:05 — Southern California’s rough week: flooding on the Balboa Peninsula, a 3.2 earthquake near Long Beach, a Porter Ranch water main break and several fires. Layoffs may be coming at Paramount Skydance, and Netflix is reportedly about to cut 5% of its staff. On the bright side, the Dodgers are headed to the NLCS. Also: a cubic yard of water weighs about 1,700 pounds. 6:20 — Coastal flood warnings and high tides around 9 p.m. from Oceanside to Oxnard, with Dana Point near 6.5 feet. Swells from Tropical Storm Rachel combine with an El Niño Kelvin wave, a slow bulge of ocean water that can raise sea level by up to about a foot. Also, Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka has died at 86. 6:35 — Longtime listener Steve Early, a former Northridge resident, calls in from Perdido Key near Pensacola as Hurricane Isaias makes landfall near Destin as a Category 2. Tornadoes and widespread power outages are possible as the storm moves inland. 6:50 — A 7.7 earthquake hits Panama, then a 6.6 about two and a half hours later. 7.7 releases roughly 32 times the energy of the 1994 Northridge quake, which was a 6.7. What it means for California, and why Southern California could be in for a long night. Thanks for listening to Tim Conway Jr. on KFI! 🎙️ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10
40 min
Hour 2 (10.09) Skunks are tearing up Conway’s lawn hunting for grubs. Plus, the real sign one is about to spray, the time Conway got thrown out of a casino, and Fork Reporter Neil Saavedra is back. 7:05 — Fork Reporter Neil Saavedra is back after stacking sandbags with his wife, and he has what might be the best promo KFI has ever made. Bill Handel is on safari in Africa. Then the question of the night: is TDS real? 7:20 — The Conway Show passes 100K followers on Instagram at @conwayshow. Thanks to everyone who sent flooding videos. Conway is invited to a listener’s wedding tomorrow, but first he wants to know who’s catering. 7:35 — Conway’s lawn has a skunk problem. Skunks dig small, shallow holes, about 1 to 3 inches across, while hunting for white grubs, earthworms and beetle larvae. If one stomps its front feet and raises its tail, back away. Plus, the Byrna less-lethal launcher Conway took to Vegas, the cameras watching you on the Strip, getting thrown out of a casino, and Lucha VaVoom. 7:50 — Big families and sister wars. Kelly Conway has a master bedroom with a fireplace and windows on three sides. How old were you when you got a room like that? And tune into The Fork Report tomorrow, Saturday 2 to 5 p.m. on KFI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10
35 min
Hour 3 (10.09) Malibu’s new PCH speed cameras caught about 100,000 speeding violations in nine days, and they haven’t written a single ticket yet. Plus, Mike Ditka, NFL picks and a midnight sonic boom. If your EV sat in saltwater, park it at least 50 feet from your house. Flooded lithium-ion batteries can catch fire hours or even weeks later, with no warning. 8:05 — Matt “Money” Smith on the death of legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka. Then a check-in from Seal Beach, where low-lying neighborhoods are holding up so far, and a preview of Broncos at Chargers. 8:20 — Malibu’s PCH speed cameras logged about 100,000 violations at four test sites in nine days. The 21-mile stretch has claimed more than 60 lives since 2010. Tickets haven’t started yet. A 60-day warning period is expected in November, and after that fines range from $50 to $500 depending on how fast you were going. Plus, the Panama earthquakes, more coastal flooding at high tide, and sweater weather on the way. 8:35 — Handicapper Sammy Long (@TheSammyLong on X) gives his Week 5 NFL picks: the under in Eagles–Jaguars, the Chargers getting points at home against Denver, the 49ers getting points in Seattle, the Ravens getting points in Atlanta, and the over in Bills–Rams. 8:50 — A midnight SpaceX launch from Vandenberg could set off sonic booms across Southern California. And Starbucks has reportedly explored buying Chipotle, which would reunite CEO Brian Niccol with the chain he used to run. Warning about electric vehicles and saltwater! Submerging an electric vehicle (EV) in saltwater creates a severe, delayed fire hazard due to the high electrical conductivity of salt water and lithium-ion battery chemistry Thanks for listening to Tim Conway Jr. on KFI! 🎙️ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10
32 min
Hour 4 (10.09) Waves broke through the Long Beach Peninsula boardwalk; Newport says the tide ran higher than predicted, and the coast from Long Beach to Ventura braces Sunday. 9:05 — Another high tide rolls in. Long Beach Peninsula homes are red tagged after waves broke through the bulkhead, and Orange County officials go over the damage and the areas they’re watching. Plus, a warning for EV owners: after Hurricane Helene, Florida counted 48 lithium-ion battery fires from salty floodwater, 11 of them in electric cars. If your EV is in saltwater, park it at least 50 feet from your house. 9:20 — Newport Beach officials hold a press conference after assessing the damage. The Balboa Peninsula and Long Beach are the biggest concerns, and Newport has declared a local emergency. 9:35 — Good news for tonight: this high tide is coming in lower than the mornings. But the risk lasts through the weekend, and Malibu’s Sea Level Drive is a big concern for Sunday. More from Newport’s press conference, where officials said the tide came in about 20 inches higher than predicted. Plus, what a tide valve is: Newport keeps 86 of them at street ends along the bay to stop rising water from pushing up through storm drains. 9:50 — High tides, wind, heavy rain and an El Niño Kelvin wave all hit at once. South-facing beaches from Long Beach to Ventura face the worst flooding and erosion. Long Beach’s boardwalk is already damaged. Newport and Malibu have seen water in the streets and sinkholes near homes. Dana Point homes are still recovering from last month’s surf damage. A Stark Reminder of the Risks Faced by Electric Vehicle Owners. Newport Beach Mayor Lauren Kleiman texted us and said the berms seem to be holding now. So some good news Thanks for listening to Tim Conway Jr. on KFI! 🎙️ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10
38 min
Hour 1 (10.08) Timmy’s still floating after the Dodgers punched their NLCS ticket. His first game was 1969, and he still remembers the bloodbath when he smashed a McDonald’s ashtray in defeat and wound up in the ER. A fast-moving fire is burning near the I-5 in the Grapevine, Porter Ranch has a busted water main, and sweater weather finally shows up early next week. City of LA folks are choking on summer water and power bills. Not Timmy — he lives in the Valley. A Change.org petition, “Cap the Heat Tax,” wants an independent audit of LADWP. Soup Plantation, the buffet he loved, died in 2020 and is creeping back into California. Petros from “Petros & Money” called to test the gear and stayed to be naughty, which is how these two still get in trouble with management. The Padres went down in flames. Owner Jose E. Feliciano’s wife, Kwanza Jones, once won the Apollo and released “We Gonna Win.” Spoiler: They did not. Conway has almost perfected the UCLA clap. Slow learner, but a learner. This weekend is all Dodgers, plus a discussion of sticking a cold beer in a warm butt crack. Let’s find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9
34 min
Hour 2 (10.08) Rough week for LAFD: An emergency truck flipped in South Los Angeles racing to a homeless encampment fire, both firefighters OK, and four more were hurt in a fridge explosion at a Silver Lake house. California and Texas remain two different planets. Death row here almost never ends in an execution. Texas uses a firing squad, and those are set to be televised. Costco’s Kirkland is somehow a fashion brand now. Some guy on the 5 was yelling at CHP and Caltrans to open the freeway — or he wasn’t. Clap, then snap. Timmy put $40 on the Padres to win the Series so they’d get wiped out, and now he’s off to Vegas to curse Milwaukee the same way. He’s still shocked his name isn’t on the Stanley Cup after betting against the LA Kings every game so they’d win two out of three. Hollywood filming money is back: Gavin Newsom says more than $1 billion in tax credits and 35 new films are coming to Greater LA, including the last “Friday,” with 30,000-plus cast, crew, and background. Air Supply finally gets a Hollywood Walk of Fame star this weekend. Timmy’s a fan. Atta boys. Then a quieter close: ten years ago today, Palm Springs Officer Lesley Zerebny — daughter of Timmy’s buddy, CHP Officer David Kling, a new mom who followed her dad into the job — was killed in the line of duty with her partner, veteran Officer Jose Gilbert Vega, two months from retirement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9
31 min
Hour 3 (10.08) Timmy took his daughter to Vegas for her 21st, which looked nothing like his own. Back then he and the boys chartered a bus for a pittance, hit Caesars to gamble legally for the first time, and his roommate blew $2,000 in minutes and fled Sin City. The replacement roommate was a little too naked. Laughing gas is on the way out in LA, with nitrous oxide headed for a recreational ban, and Starlink Wi-Fi is coming to American Airlines. Long Beach is in for a rough weekend: high tide, 30-foot waves, El Niño, Tropical Storm Rachel dumping rain, Kelvin waves Sunday, so get the sandbags. Tropical Storm Simon has strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific, Big Bear is dropping toward snow, and there’s a fire in Chinatown with locals told to shelter in place. Gen Z is leaving LA, but not for Texas the way everybody assumed. U-Haul’s top five: Dallas, Houston, Bakersfield, Fresno, and — number one — San Francisco and the Bay Area. Chargers and Rams both play SoFi this weekend, so LA sports is stacked. And the new Burbank Airport finally opens for real on Tuesday after a renovation that felt endless, complete with mock flights to make sure the whole thing actually works. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9
35 min
Hour 4 (10.08) LA city folks are opening summer utility bills and losing their minds — water, electricity, the whole sticker-shock package. Not Timmy. He lives in the Valley. A Change.org petition, “Cap the Heat Tax,” wants an independent audit of those LADWP heat-wave bills. Soup Plantation, the buffet he loved, died in 2020 and is clawing back into California. The salad bar lives. Bellio wants to know why Koo Koo Roo ever closed. Petros from “Petros & Money” called to test the gear and stayed. The Padres went down in flames. Owner Jose E. Feliciano’s wife Kwanza Jones won amateur night at the Apollo and released “We Gonna Win.” Spoiler: They did not in fact win. UCLA’s eight-clap is a mess — better than USC? Why did San Diego lose? Timmy put $40 on them. Never bet his predictions. He and Petros then get into a Dodgers three-peat and why players keep grabbing sports journalist David Vassegh’s nipples in the locker room. Some guy on the 5 was screaming at CHP and Caltrans to open the freeway. Or he wasn’t. Clap, then snap. Next curse: $40 on Milwaukee in Vegas. And Timmy’s still shocked his name isn’t on the Stanley Cup after he bet against the LA Kings every game so they’d win two out of three. You’re welcome, Los Angeles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9
29 min
Hour 1 (10.07) The Dodgers bounced Atlanta and are headed to the NLCS — yes, yes, yes — with Milwaukee or the Padres waiting, and eight wins from a Natty. Do they still say Natty, or is it Wussy? Timmy doesn’t care. He grew up a Dodgers fan and hasn’t been this wired since 1981, already talking parade if they match the last team to string three titles together. Then his old friend, Emmy-nominated author Brad Meltzer, stops by with the latest in the 40-book “I Am” series, “We Are the Wright Brothers,” to talk about putting good into the world, teaching kids history, and working with icons like Jane Goodall and Dolly Parton. Timmy’s editorial notes: add Caitlin Clark, Spielberg and Simone Biles are already on the list, and somebody needs to launch an “I Was” series starting with Bruce Jenner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 8
30 min
Hour 2 (10.07) Rick Monday called it before it happened, saying Andy Pages was “gonna put a charge into one of these soon,” and Pages did it with the go-ahead single in the seventh. Timmy nearly missed the win because he was stuck in an hour of workplace sexual harassment training, which goes pretty deep. His question: Do men whose equipment has retired still have to sit through it? “SNL” already did the sketch, so we play it. Then the KFI snack room, stocked like a high school vending machine, all spicy and Flaming Hot. Tim’s traffic idea: A brown spinning turd on the roof so everybody gets out of the way. Paramount Skydance swallowing Warner Bros. has Hollywood asking who’s next for layoffs. Corona was a parking lot this morning — a Caltrans slab job on the 91 ran long, and some Riverside commutes hit three hours. The heat wave has the mosquitoes out, including West Nile. One kid landed in the hospital with a rash and a fainting spell. Bring on the cooler air. Mario Solis of NBC Sports was in the Dodgers clubhouse after they closed out Atlanta, bottles popping. Three-peat talk is official. Go team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 8
34 min
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