Hour 3- Monks and Merrill are covering HOA's beef with American Flags in San Marcos. PLUS the latest with the Boyle Heights fire and MORE on KFIAM-640. 

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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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