Michael Monks Reports

 It's been a year since a series of wildfires engulfed parts of Southern California, leveling entire parts of Pacific Palisades and Altadena, and leaving a path of destruction and unanswered questions in their wake.

Now, a year later, residents in both burn areas are working to rebuild their homes and their lives, navigating bureaucratic issues and other challenges.

The KFI News Team revisits the events of last January and the work that has, and hasn't been done since.

LA Wildfires: One Year Later brings you stories from people affected by the fires, the challenges they continue to face, and the path forward.

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 It's been a year since a series of wildfires engulfed parts of Southern California, leveling entire parts of Pacific Palisades and Altadena, and leaving a path of destruction and unanswered questions in their wake.

Now, a year later, residents in both burn areas are working to rebuild their homes and their lives, navigating bureaucratic issues and other challenges.

The KFI News Team revisits the events of last January and the work that has, and hasn't been done since.

LA Wildfires: One Year Later brings you stories from people affected by the fires, the challenges they continue to face, and the path forward.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Palisades Fire victim enters LA Mayor’s race; Nick Reiner’s high-profile defense attorney has left his client, leaving the 32-year old with a public defender on the case in which he’s accused of murdering his father, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his mother; Civil rights activists call for a demonstration in LA after an ICE agent is involved in a deadly shooting in Minneapolis; Warner Brothers Discovery once again rejects Paramount’s bid to buy it.

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The US military captures Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a special operation, taking him and his wife into custody and bringing them to the U.S. to face drug charges. Members of Congress representing Southern California react while KFI listeners respond to the news.

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The City of LA hasn't paved an inch of road since the fiscal year began on July 1. Two activists pushing for safer streets in the region say it's unacceptable. They question the city's priorities in this interview. Plus, the best day to create a dating profile if your New Year resolutions include finding love.

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A tornado hits L.A. and floods drown parts of Wrightwood as a Christmas storm hammers Southern California; One decades-old restaurant is closing its doors for good while a century-old restaurant says it’s not closing, after all, at least not yet.

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Fired employees at a local utility say their bosses used security cameras to spy on homeless people having sex outside the office building; L.A.’s rent control ordinance is signed into law but a supportive council member takes a beating on social media; Meanwhile, a new report from USC shows rents in SoCal are expected to keep going up over the next two years.

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 A wet Christmas is on the way to Southern California and the forecast is only getting worse; LA Mayor Bass and LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath are fighting in public on social media; The LA Fire Department’s after-action report was revised at least seven times so that language could be softer be it was released to the public; and a look at a difficult week in Hollywood as actor/director Rob Reiner and his wife are found murdered in their home in Brentwood leading to their son’s arrest.

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The Academy Awards are ditching broadcast television and heading to YouTube; Plus, how to deal with stress and grief at the holidays, and how to be more accommodating when hosting people with disabilities at your holiday events.

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A family lost their home in the Eaton fire and a lot of their business in the Sunset fire at the same time - now a small grant is helping them recover; LA has been crowned the nation's top "judicial hellhole"; How a big, looming Hollywood merger could affect all of us who stream content.

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