Monks & Merrill

Happy Saturday! Monks and Merrill disagree about the usefulness of FLOCK camera surveillance. Is it worth while to record EVRYONE when looking for a handful of suspects? The fellas talk to Professor Robert White about stores using AI pricing. Monks and Merrill talk to Fraidy Reiss, Founder of at Last Pro Bill about overturning legal child marriage. California Senate is voting on a bill to combat child marriages. 

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Hour 1 - Officials say Lineage is set to miss a major warehouse cleanup deadline—but the company insists the city has the date wrong. Plus, two state lawmakers unveil responses to the Boyle Heights fire, pedal boats prepare to return to MacArthur Park despite concerns about the water, and a federal judge blocks the Trump administration’s attempt to take control of Los Angeles’ homelessness programs.

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Hour 2 - Mayor Karen Bass pushes for free public transit as Metro estimates the plan could cost more than $1 billion. We’ll also examine California’s bullet train, which may run out of cash by 2027, and speak with research director Jared Schachner about why L.A. County’s housing shortage persists despite modest progress. Plus, as fire danger intensifies, Malibu declares an emergency to rapidly clear homeless encampments.

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Hour 3 - Flash Shelton—star of A&E’s new docuseries Squatters—joins us to explain how he helps homeowners remove squatters and navigate the legal hassle.

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Hour 1 - The Lakers’ blockbuster ownership change raises questions about a possible criminal investigation, while an obscure financial maneuver is at the center of a probe involving Dodgers ownership. Plus, new Lakers co-owner Joshua Kushner’s political background, California lawmakers push the “Anaheim Angels” bill forward, and L.A. reaches a cost-recovery deal for the 2028 Olympics amid growing concerns over financial risk.

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Hour 2 - Privacy concerns are growing across party lines as communities debate the rise of surveillance technology. Plus, economics professor Roger White breaks down “surveillance pricing” and whether consumers are being legally gouged. And in L.A. politics, low-income tenants face eviction tied to a $133 million affordable housing project as Nithya Raman faces a new political fight over retaliation allegations.

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Hour 3 - Councilmember Monica Rodriguez joins Monks & Merrill to discuss the latest Housing & Homelessness and Budget & Finance Committee reports. Plus, Chris Duff of the Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors breaks down why Californians become homeowners later than residents in other states. We also look at California’s frozen housing market and record-high ADU construction as L.A. County continues to battle its housing shortage.

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Hour 1- Monks and Merrill are covering the latest with LA28, the suspension of LAHSA from federal grant activity, and an accounting glitch that caused LA's increase in the homeless count. PLUS Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez wants to revoke 12 special enforcement zones. We explain why and what all this means on KFIAM-640. 

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Hour 2- Monks and Merrill are getting to the bottom Paramount possibly moving headquarters out of California if the settlement can't proceed. PLUS the Lakers are being sold again, and we talk to the Duke of Sports, Eric Sklar about it. AND an Atlanta family faced child neglect investigation for letting their 6 year old do something most of us did growing up. The times have changed and we get into it on KFIAM-640.

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Hour 3- Monks and Merrill talk to Fraidy Reiss, Founder of at Last Pro Bill about overturning legal child marriage. PLUS PETA will be using the Boyle Heights incident as a promotion for why you shouldn't eat meat. AND Lineage has found no widespread contamination from the Lineage warehouse fire. It's all on KFIAM-640. 

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