Monks & Merrill

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.

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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! Find out what this generation is cheering for.

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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 Jackel, founder of Lady Freethinker, joins Michael Monks and Chris Merrill to expose how online animal cruelty can be disguised as innocent or heartwarming rescue content.

Chino resident Michael Sherman says his front-yard food garden has generated $1,250 in fines and the threat of another $500 penalty. Michael Sherman joins us to explain how his Chino food garden became a prolonged enforcement dispute.

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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, "Paulie's Push", joins the show to honor the hero flight attendants.

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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.

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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 for minors.

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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 links California's later school starts to more sleep, better mental health and higher test scores. We ask study coauthor Osea Giuntella, associate professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh, how convincing the evidence is and whether the benefits account for the disruption to working families.

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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 special assessment exceeding $49,000 a piece, according to ABC7. Residents have sued and are pursuing a board recall.

Irvine tops WalletHub's Southern California housing-market rankings, followed by Ontario and Murrieta, according to the Register's analysis.

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Hour 3 - Los Angeles' new film-industry committee held its first meeting Wednesday, promising to address permitting obstacles and duplicate fees.

The Boyle Heights warehouse cleanup is finished, but the fight over responsibility is escalating.

Two bills awaiting Governor Newsom's action would establish emergency financial protections and increase certain penalties following the Lineage warehouse fire.

Nithya Raman faced questions Wednesday about why she promoted union endorsements with press conferences while acknowledging DSA-LA's support differently.

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Hour 1 - Barrio Athletics held its weekend run after moving from Leimert Park to Elysian Park following objections about marketplace disruption and racially charged backlash. Barrio Athletics founder Henry Gallardo joins us after the club’s relocated weekend run.

Powerful surf and high tides associated with Marie battered Southern California’s coast, prompting evacuations, damaging homes and shutting down a major rail connection. UCLA Climate Scientist Daniel Swain joins the show.

Southern California’s oppressive humidity has people comparing notes about how miserable they feel, and climate scientist Daniel Swain says the moisture levels are exceptionally high even by historical standards.

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