Make-A-Wish That Your Back-to-School Supplies Don’t Cost an Arm and a Leg

Hour 3 (8.5)  The Carolina Panthers and Make-A-Wish just made six-year-old Asher Harvey’s dream come true. The little boy, who lives with congenital heart failure and has already had three open-heart surgeries, gets to be quarterback for a day. You have to wonder if the defensive line got a quiet “take it easy on the kid” talk.   Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot has climbed to $786 million — still a better gamble than a diarrhea-laced public pool.   Timmy drops some practical tips for parents staring down the average $600 back-to-school supply bill and shares smarter ways to keep costs down. McDonald’s claims it’s struggling even while its stock keeps climbing.   On the diamond, the Dodgers landed left-hander Tarik Skubal, one of the best pitchers in baseball, and Bob Costas weighs in on why the Dodgers are not “ruining” the game with their big moves.   And in Boyle Heights the nightmare continues: residents are still suffering from the putrid, rodent-infested fallout of the Lineage Logistics warehouse fire, and today’s public hearing made it clear that neither politicians nor the property owners are doing nearly enough about the stench. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.