Monks & Merrill

Hour 3- We are covering the latest with the 1736 Family Crisis Center and their luxurious activities. Seems off. PLUS LA County is looking to replace LAHSA as lead applicant for homeless federal dollars. AND Riverside County is legally destroying 650,000 ballots. Sheriff Biance calls it 'destruction of evidence.' We're breaking it all down on KFIAM-640.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Palisades condo residents say LADWP red tape is slowing their rebuilding efforts, Orange County prosecutors announce a $125 million agreement with GKN Aerospace over a toxic chemical scare, and hundreds of OC workers hit the picket lines. Plus, Disneyland visitors face a vacation headache as loud street agitators disrupt the park’s entrance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Did the World Cup fumble its promise of a hotel boom in Los Angeles? The Super Bowl Host Committee is gearing up with a new campaign, while Pasadena reels after a mail carrier is charged in an alleged peacock attack. Plus, a heartbreaking look at dogs being abandoned to die in the High Desert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cyberattacks take a chilling turn as hackers reportedly overheat French supermarket refrigerators, sparking fires and spoiling food. Internationally renowned cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier joins us to discuss how AI companies are planning for “the day after.” Plus, a Santa Monica library faces deep-cleaning demands following an alleged E. coli and fecal matter discovery, and Mayor...

Hour 1- Monks and Merrill are talking to Jason Nathanson about the SoCal storm. PLUS the workers are striking and we are talking to Treasurer of Teamsters Local 952, Eric Jimenez about the OC worker strike. MORE strikes may be coming from sanitation workers due to expired contracts. AND MORE on KFIAM-640.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2- Monks and Merrill are talking the unhoused problem in LA. Where is the future of LA homelessness? Are the drug sweeps actually saving Skid Row? PLUS Nithya Raman vs Law Enforcement. The Police Protective League wants Nithya Raman to stop with the "defund the police" take. We break it down on KFIAM-640.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3- Law and Order on this episode of Monks and Merrill. We are covering the Mayor's race, the desalination project with Marc Serna, and the High-Speed Rail project. We're breaking it all down on KFIAM-640. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey! You look like you need to hear the best Monks & Merrill segments of the week! Altadena fire survivors are pushing for SB 1090, seeking to limit high-density rebuilding. Guest Shawna Dawson Beer of Beautiful Altadena joins us to discuss the fight over what rebuilding should look like. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 1090, temporarily shielding Altadena from state laws that make it easier t...

It's MORE Monks & Merrill! Yes! It's true! An hour of brand new content just for you! This fine Saturday night, Monks & Merrill discuss the lawsuit filed against Hilton and Hyatt hotels for pumping in smells that may conflict with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Californians have been opening LLCs in Montana to buy "company vehicles" and paying zero sales tax. The US Government is up...

Hour 1 - Californians are facing some of the highest water bills in the country, and one San Fernando Valley man’s shocking $3,000 electricity bill is now under investigation by the L.A. City Controller. Plus, California’s Attorney General warns seven Inland Empire cities and Riverside County about protecting residents from truck pollution. And Pablo Goldstein, creative producer at L.A...

Hour 2 - SoCal’s iconic coastal railroad could be forced to move as rising sea levels threaten its future. Plus, the world’s largest wildlife crossing is on track to open this winter — but could El Niño throw a wrench into the plans? A brush fire shuts down the 5 Freeway on the Grapevine near Gorman, an infamous L.A. neighborhood trash house is buried in garbage again, and...

Hour 3 - New data show police lawsuits have cost Los Angeles nearly half a billion dollars since 2019. Plus, Metro’s new faregates have reduced fare evasion by just 36%, California state workers were teleworking from states including Idaho, Tennessee and Alabama, and a massive strike by California state employees could be on the horizon this month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Hour 1 - Hurricane Rachel moves toward Southern California as powerful waves, rain and strong winds create coastal dangers. Phil Ferrar from AM 600 KOGO in San Diego joins Monks & Merrill to discuss the USS Abraham Lincoln returning home after a record deployment. Plus, President Trump addresses concerns over a potential Iranian strike on Los Angeles and San Diego.  See omnystudio.com/lis...

Hour 2 - LA City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian joins Monks & Merrill to discuss rising crime concerns on LA Metro following the pause of the Tap-to-Exit program and how the measure fits into Metro’s broader safety strategy. Plus, the council’s decision to suspend the CARE+ program during environmental emergencies and the latest developments surrounding an LA neighborhood’s not...

Hour 3 - Southern California renters are feeling the pressure as rents rise across 58% of the region’s cities. Young people are also leaving Los Angeles for unexpected destinations, including Fresno. Plus, Christa Pike’s lawyers speak out after her failed execution, and Governor Gavin Newsom weighs whether to spare the lives of all 563 people currently on California’s death row....

Hour 1 - The earlier LAFD investigation tried to answer a technical question: what physically caused the Lineage Logistics fire? Nithya Raman is taking heavy fire over a since-deleted campaign video that paired the phrase “Only you can stop fascist liars” with images of Mayor Karen Bass and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, including a red X over McDonnell’s face. Councilwoman Traci Park...

Hour 2 - The Los Angeles Police Protective League is escalating its opposition to Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax increase backed by the firefighters union, by preparing to spend millions of dollars against it. Garden Grove will require hotels to give employees working alone in guestrooms personal security devices beginning January 1. Orange County has formally ended its relationship with Mind...

Hour 3 - Voters are increasingly using ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and other AI tools to research candidates, compare positions and sort through down-ballot races that receive little traditional news coverage. California's Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team now rates LAUSD at high risk of insolvency, citing chronic deficit spending, declining enrollment, rising labor costs, soaring spec...

Hour 1 - President Trump was defending the war with Iran and its economic costs Monday night when he suddenly invoked Los Angeles and San Diego as cities Iran could potentially “take out.” The Trump administration has opened a federal enforcement action against LAUSD, arguing that district policies improperly allow schools to keep a student’s gender identity and other sensit...

Hour 2 - Southern California is in the middle of an unusually long and intense October heat wave, with temperatures running roughly 15 to 22 degrees above normal in many areas, and Extreme Heat Warnings continue. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 868, creating a legal pathway for small plug-in solar systems that renters and homeowners can install without going through the full rooftop-solar intercon...

Hour 3 - Councilwoman Traci Park wants Los Angeles to substantially broaden Municipal Code 41.18, the city’s anti-camping law, by adding more protected locations and eliminating a procedural step that currently requires the full City Council to approve many individual no-camping zones. The Los Angeles City Council is considering stepping into LAPD’s rapidly expanding use of automated l...

Hour 1 -  Metrolink raises fares today, October 5, for the first time in 13 years. Does charging paying customers more actually fix a transit system struggling with ridership and finances? Hollywood Burbank Airport cuts the ribbon today on a new 355,000-square-foot terminal that begins handling passengers Tuesday, October 13. Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken now acknowledges she had an unhealthy...

Hour 2 - New Pew research argues that California's housing shortage is itself a major cause of poverty, with unusually high rents swallowing much of the benefit from programs designed to help struggling households. Your argument holds up, with one important refinement: Latino voters could be decisive not because they are moving together, but because they are deeply divided by age, housing status a...

Hour 3 - Measure ULA has undeniably produced substantial money for affordable housing and homelessness programs, but research increasingly suggests it also changes behavior in the very real-estate market the city needs to produce housing. A new 724-page independent investigation commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom lays out a blunt picture of the Eaton and Palisades fires. The report makes 266 recomm...

It's MORE Monks & Merrill! Here's Saturday's fresh content: What college degrees deserve to be subsidized by the government, and which should you avoid at all costs? How to communicate with your Gen Z coworkers. Are there unforeseen consequences to no-fault divorces?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.