Rising from the Ashes

Election Day is finally here but don't count on waking up tomorrow with everything resolved. Far from it. Results both here in southern California and elsewhere could take a while to tally. And then there are the lawsuits. Dozens have been filed across the country related to the elections. We go In Depth into what happens next.  We're also posing this question--do we have too many elections? If we...

Just one more day then it's all over--until next time. The midterm elections are coming to a close as Election Day is tomorrow. President Biden and former president Trump are out doing some last-minute campaigning. But can either of them really impact the elections at this point? Or are they out there simply to test their own popularity? There are reports that Mr. Trump could announce another pres...

If you haven't voted yet, many of you have a good idea of which candidates you're going to choose. But there are some people out there planning to vote who truly don't know yet. But why? What more do they need to know? We go In Depth to try to solve the mystery of the undecided voter.  Voters in 2024 could see a familiar name on the presidential ballot--Donald Trump. The former president could be...

President Biden delivers another passionate address, warning Americans again about threats to democracy. The president urged people less than a week away from Election Day to reject who he calls "ultra MAGA" Republicans. But is the president's messaging to voters all wrong right now? Are people really voting because of an existential threat to democracy? We go In Depth.  Republicans are hinting th...

Election Day is just six days away. Many voters here in LA still figuring out who they want for mayor. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso have been campaigning nonstop lately as they approach the finish line. One stop for Rick Caruso is right here at KNX. Caruso is with us today in-studio and we talk to him about why undecided voters should pick him.  Governor Newsom slams his own party ahead of election...

The kids are far from all right. They're all getting sick. RSV is the main driver now of infections that are sending kids to the hospital, threatening to overwhelm them. Orange County even declared a health emergency. On top of all this, there's a shortage now of a key antibiotic than can help kids fight off common infections. We go In Depth into these growing health problems.  The Supreme Court h...

The race for LA Mayor is fast approaching the finish line. It all ends next Tuesday. Voting has already started. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso are making their last-minute pitches to those who have yet to cast their ballots. But is there anyone left who hasn't made up their mind at this point? We go In Depth into what might be a very close contest.  Those managing that contest and other elections acr...

More questions than answers now when it comes to the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Police say he was attacked by a man with a hammer after officers arrived to the scene early this morning and found both men holding that hammer. We go In Depth into how the suspected attacker could've slipped past security safeguards. Media reports say the suspect asked "Where's N...

Times change when it comes to voting. You used to have to either vote in-person or send in an absentee ballot if you were away. Now, you can just mail-in your ballot from home. But since this change, finding out the results from elections have taken a lot longer. We may not know the results of some elections, like the LA Mayor's race, for a week or so after the elections coming up. We go In Depth...

The LA City Council votes to censure Kevin DeLeon, Gil Cedillo and Nury Martinez over those racist remarks. The LAPD opens an investigation into who leaked that conversation that led to the LA City Hall racism scandal. But will anything actually come of it?  The fallout continues over the anti-Semitic remarks made by Kanye West who's now known as Ye. Adidas dropped him, ending their partnership. N...

The #MeToo movement was supposed to completely transform Hollywood. It was going to usher in a new age of inclusion and diversity. But there's concern now that Hollywood is going backwards as studios focus on what they feel are bigger issues. But can't they do both? We go In Depth into Hollywood, #MeToo and diversity.  It took a bit of time but Adidas finally ended its partnership with Kanye West...

More evidence that the COVID pandemic has hurt kids. Math and reading scores across the country declined, seeing the largest drop in math scores ever while reading scores fell to 1992 levels. This raises the question about whether we handled school closures all wrong. We go In Depth with the benefit of hindsight.  The CDC director has COVID. We look into why this could stop some people from gettin...

What LA city councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon are doing .... by refusing to resign in the face of intense pressure, over their use of racist language on a secret recording ... is becoming a common tactic in American politics: elected officials who hope they can ride out the storm of controversy, and that voters aren't really paying much attention. So we'll go In Depth. And the man who...

The population of Los Angeles is made up of at least 50-percent Latino residents ... and yet, up until last week, there were just four Latino members of LA's 15-seat city council. And now, after the resignation of Nury Martinez and Gil Cedillo being termed out, there will be just two: one of them being a scandal-plagued Kevin de Leon. How will the ongoing racism and corruption scandal hanging over...

If polls show us anything it's that campaigns are marathons not sprints. Just a couple of months ago, Karen Bass had a sizeable lead over Rick Caruso in the LA mayor's race. But the most recent poll to come out--this from the Southern California News Group--has Rick Caruso three points ahead with the election just under three weeks away. We go In Depth into why the race is so close now.  We also l...

Those racist remarks caught on tape have already led to the resignation of Nury Martinez from the LA City Council. Protesters and colleagues have been asking Kevin DeLeon and Gil Cedillo to do the same. Even the two mayor candidates, Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, have condemned the remarks. But they both seem to be disconnected right now with what's going on in city council. We go In Depth into why....

What happens next with the LA City Council is anyone's guess. Nury Martinez resigned following those racist remarks caught on tape. Gil Cedillo and Kevin DeLeon are hanging on for now. What was said on the recording raises questions again about Black and Latino relations in the city. They haven't always been strong. We go In Depth into what happens now. A new analysis finds at least a few hundred...

Your choices for food shopping are shrinking now. Kroger, which owns Ralphs, is merging with Albertsons. It's a massive deal that would now create a mega-chain of about 5-thousand stores across the country. This merger isn't without its criticisms. Union workers are saying it could create a monopoly that hurts workers and consumers. We go In Depth.  Still no resignations from Kevin DeLeon and Gil...

More fallout from that recording of racist remarks made by former LA City Councilwoman Nury Martinez. Acting council president Mitch O'Farrell says tomorrow's council meeting has been canceled as Kevin DeLeon and Gil Cedillo refuse to resign. We go In Depth into whether the city can function if those two refuse to leave.   The January 6th Committee has taken the extraordinary step to subpoena form...

Those racist remarks caught on tape from former LA City Council president Nury Martinez have now led to her resignation. She resigned from the city council today. Her remarks centered around redistricting. Now the state attorney general is getting involved. Rob Bonta says he'll investigate the city's redistricting process which could lead to potential charges. This comes as other organizations hav...

One of the wildest and loudest LA City Council meetings ever. Activists packed the council chambers today as outrage is growing by the minute over those racial remarks made by former council president Nury Martinez in a secret recording. She's now taking a leave of absence but her two council colleagues who were there when Martinez made those comments were at the meeting--Kevin DeLeon and Gil Cedi...

Three elected members of LA's city council, all Latinos, talking in remarkably candid ... and often racist ... terms about council redistricting during a secret recording that was held for well over a year. And now with less than a month to go before a pivotal election where Los Angeles residents will be electing a new mayor, that secret recording has been released ... unleashing a political earth...

President Biden had some sobering words about the prospect of nuclear war. The president told people at a fundraiser the risk of nuclear Armageddon is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The president said Vladimir Putin is "not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons." We go In Depth into how big of a threat this reall...

President Biden makes good on another campaign promise. The president will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. It's a move that senior administration officials say would affect thousands of Americans. We go In Depth into this big step toward possible federal decriminalization of marijuana.  Governor Newsom signed a new bill to fight COVID misinformation but some docto...

If you think gas prices are high now just wait. OPEC and other oil-producing countries have decided to sharply cut production. This comes as southern California, in particular, has been seeing a surge in gas price hikes. It also comes after President Biden visited Saudi Arabia this Summer to ask for some help with oil. We go In Depth into what this all means for you.  The movie Rust was never supp...