Newport Beach ERUPTS into Riots & Looting — Plus Microsoft AXES 4,800 Jobs in AI Bloodbath

The Tim Conway Jr. Show Hour 4 (7.6)  Lou Penrose fills in for Tim Conway Jr. and the show opens with a powder keg. Newport Beach's Fourth of July detonates into full-blown chaos — riots, looting, and a TikTok takeover where every wannabe "reporter" roams the sand with a microphone in one hand and a White Claw in the other. 403 arrested. NBPD body-cam audio that's straight-up unhinged.  The Newport melee deepens. Where did these kids even come from to trash the city? Word is Nevada and Arizona rolled in. Fake IDs, public intox, fireworks busts, and more jaw-dropping police body-cam. "Disheartening" — that's your SAT word of the day, straight outta USC.  Talkbacks light up the lines. Callers react to the viral flash mob footage: cops on horseback charging the crowd, batons out, illegal fireworks exploding across the beach, fights erupting, people sprinting through the streets, and looting at the local Pavilions. Roman candles and police summon everyone.  Then the mood shifts to the wallet. Microsoft moves to cut 4,800 jobs, joining the wave of AI-driven tech layoffs. Is AI the golden goose or is it killing the egg? Lou digs into the "good jobs" myth, the shift from "Made in USA" to "Assembled in USA," and how decades of trade policy shipped millions of manufacturing jobs overseas. Electronics, textiles, toys — nearly all made abroad now. Can the race to bring jobs back actually be won? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.