Monks & Merrill

Hour 1 - With over 2 million travelers hitting LAX and the World Cup testing the city’s logistics, LA faces a high-stakes rehearsal: move massive crowds, secure and sanitize visible corridors, and shift people onto transit — all while critics warn Olympic prep could displace unhoused Angelenos and spark human-rights concerns.

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Hour 2 - From a council pausing Measure ULA housing exemptions to Orange County homes priced 35% above fundamentals, California faces a housing crunch — while remote-work shifts leave grads struggling to find steady jobs and local officials even shut down a beach hotspot where remote workers flocked. Tune in to Monks & Merrill for what it means for residents and policy.

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Hour 3 - A mega-development poised to remake downtown L.A.’s skyline and the World Trade Center’s surprising turn into affordable apartments; how Airbnb’s AI is blocking disruptive holiday parties; and looming hazardous air quality from Fourth of July fireworks — what it all means for housing, tech and public health in L.A.

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Hour 1 - Today on Monks & Merrill: John McKinney, City Attorney candidate, joins to preview a scheduled Skid Row walk with the L.A. Downtown Industrial BID after the neighborhood’s only post office closed over safety concerns. We’ll examine why Skid Row’s murder rate is 17× the city average, and how that contrasts with California’s historic drop in homicides amid increased arrests. Tune in for on-the-ground perspective and policy solutions.

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Hour 2 - The Boys unpack the Boyle Heights blaze that blanketed L.A. in hazardous soot and ask — how many hidden industrial disasters threaten our city? Plus: as America turns 250, is the nation too divided to celebrate together? And a feel‑good segment on an LA doggy daycare launching training to help pups overcome fireworks fear.

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Hour 3 - Dan Slater, Mayor of the City of Orange, joins to discuss new penalties — $2,000 fines up to $6,000 for repeat offenses — for hosts, spectators and property owners tied to illegal fireworks. We’ll dig into L.A. County’s crackdown, enforcement tactics and Downey police using drones to spot offenders.

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Hour 1 - U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli explains why prosecutors are retrying the Palisades fire arson case after a 10–2 jury split; we break down a multi‑agency sex‑trafficking sweep that led to at least five arrests across SoCal; and federal officials accuse 99 Ranch of workplace discrimination against non‑Chinese employees.

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Hour 2 - Animal advocate Jennifer Raymond joins to recount finding a mass dog grave next door to her NorCal Victorian and the sleuthing that followed; plus California lawmakers clash over community colleges offering bachelor’s degrees and whether the state’s transfer system can withstand the change.

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Hour 3 - Noncitizen voting and police‑oversight measures won’t appear on the Nov. 3 L.A. ballot; Sen. Tony Strickland breaks down California’s gas‑tax increase as holiday travel kicks off; and Assemblymember Carl DeMaio joins to spar over a new law letting people lodge complaints with officials remotely — a bill he says is so bad it even wins unlikely critics.

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Hour 1-Monks and Merrill are delving into the conversation about gas tax vs vehicle weight tax with Assembly Member Chris Ward. PLUS we are getting into Watson vs Republican National Committee and what that means for counting votes. It's all on KFIAM-640

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