Chris Merrill in for the John & Ken Show Hour 1 (11/24)
The John Kobylt Show
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4.3 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | KFI AM 640. You're listening to the John and Ken show on demand on the Iheart Radio app. |
| 0:05.7 | Chris Merrill, KFI, AM 640. More stimulating talk in for John and Ken today in what is one of those weird days. |
| 0:12.2 | If you have to work today, sorry. Also, if you have to work today, chances are you're working in retail or radio as part of the B team. |
| 0:29.2 | Also, there is that outside chance that you are working a real job, but you're not actually putting in any effort today. |
| 0:31.0 | That's what's going on at our house. |
| 0:32.6 | My wife works remotely. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm going to out her right now if her boss is listening. |
| 0:37.9 | She said, I don't think there's anybody in the office at all, |
| 0:42.6 | so I'm just going to kind of be available and check my team's chat every now and again, |
| 0:47.6 | and otherwise I'm going to start decorating for Christmas. So I think that's a lot of what's going on today. Otherwise, people are fighting traffic to try to get their sale on. And that's where |
| 0:53.7 | Blake Troly joins us from a KFI |
| 0:56.2 | news reporter and trepit reporter. And Blake, I know one of the big concerns this year has to do |
| 1:02.9 | with the retail fraud, the theft that we've seen, these organized crime rings and things like |
| 1:08.8 | that. And some sheriffs are stepping up their efforts to deter that from happening. |
| 1:15.1 | That's what you've been talking about today. |
| 1:17.6 | Yeah, specifically in San Bernardino County, the largest county in California, Chris. |
| 1:22.3 | I had a chance to catch up with Sheriff Shannon Dykes, who's really stepping up efforts to curb retail crime this year. |
| 1:28.7 | The sheriff is reassigning at least 70 deputies from an operation that targets gang and gun |
| 1:33.6 | crime to fight retail crime as we get through the holidays. Many of these deputies will be |
| 1:38.8 | working undercover in San Bernardino's hot retail centers, two of these being Rancho Cucamonga in the high desert area. |
| 1:46.9 | In Rancho Cucamonga, you have Victoria Gardens, big outdoor mall. |
| 1:50.3 | And just around that mall, there's a lot of other big box stores, including Abbas Pro shops. |
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