More Monks and Merrill Hour 2 (05/23) - Is Monks a wanted criminal from fleeing the scene after allegedly bumping into a car?! Plus, a lack of public defenders. Author of "Torched" joins the show. Plus, more!

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Hour 1- Monks and Merrill are covering everything you need to know for this Memorial Day weekend. They are talking gas prices, the best way to travel in SoCal, and a high-speed bus. All that and more on KFIAM-640!

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Hour 2- Monks and Merrill are covering a PATH employee who was arrested for Fentanyl and a LA being a magnet for the unhoused. PLUS it's graduation season and Monks and Merrill are giving the best grad advice they got and we're playing your advice on the Talkbacks. It's all on KFIAM-640.

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Hour 3- Monks and Merrill cover the chemical spill in Garden Grove and the massive evacuation. 

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Hour 1 - State lawmakers are raising concerns over federal funding and financial accountability for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, while the sports world debates whether drug-enhanced competition is the future or a complete “clown show.” Plus, Monks running away from the scene of a crime. 

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Hour 2 - Orange County reports a decline in homelessness, while debate intensifies in Los Angeles after Mayor Karen Bass criticized Spencer Pratt for referring to homeless people as “zombies.” Meanwhile, Pratt’s growing political spotlight — including praise from Donald Trump and rumored backing from Hollywood insiders — is fueling conversation as IATSE officially endorses Karen Bass for reelection.

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Hour 3 - Assemblymember Nick Schultz joins the show to discuss California’s growing public defender crisis and a new bill aimed at forcing the state to address it. Plus, resistance builds over the future of Oceanwide Plaza, Heal the Bay releases its rankings of Southern California’s cleanest and dirtiest beaches — including troubling news for the Santa Monica Pier — and San Clemente voters weigh a sales tax proposal to fund more sand replenishment.

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Hour 1 - A major backroom deal delays the $30 minimum wage for L.A. hotel and airport workers while protecting the city’s tax revenue — and possibly reshaping local politics. Plus, KFI’s Heather Brooker joins the show to discuss how drones disrupted firefighting efforts at the Bain Fire in Riverside County, and why L.A. County is finally ending its rent gouging ban 16 months after wildfire-driven housing turmoil.

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Hour 2 - Insurance commissioner candidate Stacy Korsgaden joins the show as California faces mounting concerns over coverage and costs. Plus, heightened security at local mosques follows the deadly San Diego Islamic Center shooting now being investigated as a possible hate crime. ABC News Correspondent Alex Stone breaks down the latest developments, and the LA City Council expands anti-camping zones across the San Fernando Valley amid the growing homelessness debate.

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Hour 3 - CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti discusses his explosive new book Torched, a gripping firsthand look at the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the failures that intensified the disaster, and the fierce fight over rebuilding Southern California. Plus, the latest on the wildfires currently burning across the region, the threat to critically endangered trees on Santa Rosa Island, and how rogue drones are once again disrupting aerial firefighting efforts at the Bain Fire in Riverside County.

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