Monks & Merrill

Monks & Merrill take a closer look at Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis, examining questions about spending, accountability, and the effectiveness of programs like Inside Safe. The hosts also discuss competing approaches from mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Karen Bass, the role of LAHSA and the DSA, and the broader challenges of addressing homelessness in Los Angeles. See omnystudio.c...

It's Saturday! Oh yeah, that means it's time for MORE Monks & Merrill. In this hour of original content, M&M get into tipping culture, uber & lyft drivers demanding benefits, Pickleball building communities, and the Downtown LA chess world.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Saturday! It's MORE Monks & Merrill! This weekend, the fellas talk about our eventual AI overlords and the older members of government not being equipped to handle the threats. They also cover the chances of a devastating earthquake in California.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 - NOAA’s new outlook favors a warmer-than-normal October through December across California, and a potentially historic El Niño is strengthening, giving Southern California good reason to prepare for a wet season. Anthony Artusa, a Meteorologist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), joins the show. Karen Bass’ allies are openly worrying about Ni...

Hour 2 - An arbitrator ordered Uber to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, who died after a driver ordered her and her friend out near freeway traffic. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara proposes eliminating marital status from auto insurance pricing. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed “Jay Leno’s Law,” creating a phased smog-check exemption for qualifying...

Hour 3 - Activists are demanding Inglewood Mayor James Butts resign after alleging he groped a high school student during a photograph at a City Hall event. San Bernardino Councilmember Treasure Ortiz faces renewed demands to resign after a jury found her guilty of illegally recording the police chief. LAUSD needs to bring recurring expenses into line with its revenue as enrollment falls. Californ...

Hour 1 -  California voters head toward November feeling pessimistic about the economy and the country’s direction. Newport Beach must run its own Nov. 3 special election for three resident initiatives after a judge rejected the city’s request for relief. An industry-funded study projects enormous production gains from a hypothetical federal film tax credit, while a Para...

Hour 2 - UC Riverside researchers have developed a method for identifying locked fault regions that could generate enormous earthquakes. Plus, a weekend of earthquake swarms around Lennox and Westmont has added a local concern to headlines about seismic activity around the Pacific. Professor of Seismology at UC Riverside, Gareth Funning, joins the show. Investigators are examining recorded au...

Hour 3 - District Attorney Hochman has announced in a live press conference today that Bailey Lynn Rios, the woman who drove an SUV causing a deadly Metro bus crash in Chatsworth Tuesday evening, will be charged for second-degree murder, DUI and reckless driving. UCLA researchers project that certain vulnerable Hyundais and Kias will remain unusually attractive theft targets in Los Angeles through...

Hour 1- Monks and Merrill are covering the latest tragedy in SoCal, the NBC4 helicopter crash. We are talking to Will Kohlschreiber and honoring KFI's own Bruce Wayne. PLUS the troubles with AI and data centers. It's all on KFIAM-640. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2- Monks and Merrill are covering the latest with the NBC4 crash. AND the latest in non-profit fraud schemes. All this and MORE on KFIAM-640.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3 - Monks and Merrill are talking to City Council Member Bill Rush about the lawsuit between Montclair and San Bernardino City Transportation authority. PLUS a whistle blown and an executive gone. We explain that and MORE on KFIAM-640.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could Stan Kroenke take a wrecking ball to Angel Stadium? A judge says the deal that brought SoFi Stadium to Inglewood is invalid, while the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers plans to donate $2 million in beachfront property to the public after allegedly taking sand from the beach. Plus, El Niño is coming — and people are already beating it up! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Are we already writing our terms of surrender to AI? Mike Duboski from ABC News joins the show to break down the growing fight over artificial intelligence and who should be setting the rules. California is moving forward with new AI oversight and safety measures, while KFI News’ Mark Rahner joins the conversation. Meanwhile, President Trump is pushing back on warnings about AI, calling fear...

Monks & Merrill break down a report finding that Los Angeles County lacked plans and procedures for key wildfire recovery efforts. The latest developments from the La Habra Heights fire and concerns from Bel Air business owners following a homeless encampment fire. Plus, the political battle between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman heats up as Raman debuts a new campaign ad during the Emmy Awards b...

Monks and Merrill are covering the latest in SoCal including Huntington Beach housing element lawsuit. We talk to Councilmember Eric Weigand and a teen curfew during the holidays, and a scary Cat in the Hat you should be avoiding. We explain all this and MORE on KFIAM-640.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can USC be saved? Well we are talking to Matt Hamilton from LA Material about what can be done. We break it down on Monks and Merrill. PLUS is there another El Nino coming to SoCal? AND we are getting micro-earthquakes in SoCal. We deep dive on KFIAM-640.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monks and Merrill are talking to Todd Spritzer about e-bikes and the latest with LAPD impounding minibikes after some dangerous activity took place. AND Heather Brooker LIVE from the Emmy's and MORE on KFIAM-640. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 - It's MORE Monks & Merrill! Autumn has made its arrival, and it has all our favorite things the season brings with it this time of year, but not without a fight through the end of summer's heat. You're getting voting advice from a newspaper, but take a look at who is telling you to vote. Is A.I. really the human extinction event it's talked about to be? Autumnal sports are coming back!...

Hour 2 - It's MORE Monks & Merrill! A proposed no-camping zone at the new Sixth Street Bridge park sparks a neighborhood debate as resident Tom Traflet joins Michael Monks and Chris Merrill to explain the push behind the petition. A man is arrested after allegedly attacking employees at a Los Angeles animal shelter, raising new concerns about safety for those working to protect animals. Nina J...

Hour 1 - 25 years later... Feds warn terrorist groups continue to encourage attacks against America. Laura Ingle, former KFI Reporter, now with NewsNation, was sent to NYC, and she joins the show to recount what she remembers and her experience flying into New York just 3 days after the attack. KFI's Heather Brooker joins to talk about remembering the heroes and survivors of 9/11. Paul Veneto, "Pa...

Hour 2 - Palisades voters hate Bass AND Raman - so who do they vote for? Raman vs Bass - Raman pushes Bass to take on more televised deabtes. Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren vs Democratic Socialist Joz Sida. Feds allege a Skid Row petition signature scheme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3 - A generation has grown up knowing 9/11 only through other people's accounts. What are our schools teaching them about it? 75% of Torrance Unified Schools have NO air conditioning and parents are angry. What happened to the state program to provide it? Gov. Newsom signed a package of bills to protect kids, the first, regulating chatbots. Also signed by Newsom, social media protection laws...

Hour 1 - Hurricane Marie's waves damaged homes and coastal defenses across Los Angeles and Orange counties, and climate scientist Daniel Swain warns winter could bring worse coastal flooding. After the coastal damage, there's another warning in this summer's temperatures: August tied Earth's hottest month on record, and the contiguous United States recorded its hottest summer. A new working paper...

Hour 2 - Virginia mother Karyann Parkinson received a misdemeanor conviction after allowing her five-year old son, Sam, to walk roughly half a mile through their gated neighborhood to collect goose feathers near a pond. Rancho Pales Verdes wants California to create landslide insurance molded on the California Earthquake Authority or FAIR Plan. Owners at a 499-unit Torrance condo complex face a sp...