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Radio promotion car wash canceled

10:00 PM PDT on Monday, April 17, 2006

The weather may be nice enough to get your car washed, but you won't be getting it done at the Riverside Plaza.

A promotion on Thursday by the hosts of the John and Ken Show on radio station KFI-AM 640 called "Replace an Illegal Alien for a Day!" has been canceled.

Radio host John Kobylt said the mall had received threats Monday of rioting and property damage if the car wash went forward.

A mall representative was unavailable Monday to comment.

Armando Navarro, coordinator of the National Alliance for Human Rights, said he wasn't aware of anyone he knew calling the mall for any reason.

"It tells you something about their lack of support," said Navarro, a self-described occasional target of such talk radio hosts as John and Ken.

The radio show's Web site, www.johnandkenshow.com, described the car wash and said that anyone washing cars would be happy to prove they were legal residents.

Kobylt said that he understands why the mall would back out. "We were just going to wash cars," Kobylt said.

--David Raclin

draclin@PE.com