He's blaming us! He's blaming California! He says WE are responsible for what he says are otherwise preventable fires. Who's he? Yep. President Trump. What's more, he is--again--threatening to cut off federal funding to the very agency that helps people recover from devastating wild fires. So, we will go In Depth.

Also, meeting between the President and Democratic leaders is deemed a total waste of time by Mr Trump who apparently walked out of the room--this as the government shutdown enters week three and misery mounts among federal employees not getting paid.

The DMV--and pretty much anyone who stepped foot in a DMV office--had a pretty miserable 2018. And now the DMV is ringing in the new year with a threat: give us more money or 2019 is going to be even worse.

And with LAUSD teachers now poised to walk off their jobs on Monday, we look back 30 years on the last time teachers went on strike.

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He's blaming us! He's blaming California! He says WE are responsible for what he says are otherwise preventable fires. Who's he? Yep. President Trump. What's more, he is--again--threatening to cut off federal funding to the very agency that helps people recover from devastating wild fires. So, we will go In Depth.

Also, meeting between the President and Democratic leaders is deemed a total waste of time by Mr Trump who apparently walked out of the room--this as the government shutdown enters week three and misery mounts among federal employees not getting paid.

The DMV--and pretty much anyone who stepped foot in a DMV office--had a pretty miserable 2018. And now the DMV is ringing in the new year with a threat: give us more money or 2019 is going to be even worse.

And with LAUSD teachers now poised to walk off their jobs on Monday, we look back 30 years on the last time teachers went on strike.

When it comes to cancer....it all comes down to money. Have money your odds of detecting and beating it are a lot better than if you do not. And that monetary divide --like cancer itself--has grown bigger with time. So, while a new report delivers good news of an impressive drop in cancer deaths over the last quarter century, we go In Depth to find out exactly who is getting the benefit and who is not!

And, when it comes to healthcare, California's new governor--Gavin Newsom--wants the state to be a role model. We'll talk with an expert who helped another state --Massachusetts--do just that and find out if it can work here?

Also on the show...Barbie dolls are about to become so passe, thanks to the Korean super boy band BTS. We'll tell you why your kids may soon been bugging you ---a lot.

And, it's as American as apple pie--but today, it was pulled back from the brink of extinction. Sears. It's still there. But barely.

Later, don't get paranoid---but is that your suitcase following you around??

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When it comes to cancer....it all comes down to money. Have money your odds of detecting and beating it are a lot better than if you do not. And that monetary divide --like cancer itself--has grown bigger with time. So, while a new report delivers good news of an impressive drop in cancer deaths over the last quarter century, we go In Depth to find out exactly who is getting the benefit and who is not!

And, when it comes to healthcare, California's new governor--Gavin Newsom--wants the state to be a role model. We'll talk with an expert who helped another state --Massachusetts--do just that and find out if it can work here?

Also on the show...Barbie dolls are about to become so passe, thanks to the Korean super boy band BTS. We'll tell you why your kids may soon been bugging you ---a lot.

And, it's as American as apple pie--but today, it was pulled back from the brink of extinction. Sears. It's still there. But barely.

Later, don't get paranoid---but is that your suitcase following you around??

We are now down to only a few days for negotiations between LAUSD's administration and reps for the UTLA teachers union to avoid a strike that looms at the end of this week. And these are contract negotiations made much more difficult with LAUSD in a state of transition and issues like student-teacher ratio and the future of charter schools complicating the talks.

Can a damaging strike be averted? We go in depth, talking with the president of LAUSD's School Board and with a teacher who's ready to strike if need be.

And with the partial shutdown of the federal government dragging into its third week, there's evidence that some federal workers who have been forced to work without pay are starting to get fed up--we'll go in depth.

Pizza and beer make up one of the combo deals, arguably in the history of food--so it's a pretty big deal that Pizza Hut, starting later this month, will offer beer deliveries along with pizza in California. We go in depth on at least this one way where 2019 is already better than 2018.

And Gavin Newsom is officially California's 40th governor, after he was sworn into office today. With a huge budget surplus and Democratic super-majorities in the legislature to play with, will Newsom carry on Jerry Brown's legacy of fiscal caution?

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Welcome to the KNX In Depth year-end special podcast—I’m Mike Simpson.  We are looking ahead to the trends, the people, places and predictions to watch in 2019.

Investors are ending 2018 with queasy feelings, and the new year might not be any better for them—the real question is, will that uneasy feeling spread to the entire economy as a whole? Autonomous cars continue their march toward everyday use, and your smartphone will recognize, track and even predict more of your everyday behavior.

Then there’s social media in 2019:  Facebook has become a lightning rod for debate over privacy, and that fight isn’t likely to ease up in the new year, especially as Congress wrestles with regulating social media platforms.

So look into the In Depth crystal ball with us!  We start with David Houle, he’s a futurist and author of the book “The Shift Age.”​

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Welcome to the KNX In Depth year-end special podcast—with Mike Simpson, I’m Charles Feldman.  We are looking back on the year that was in national politics, and it was definitely a memorable year that saw an upheaval in the political climate of the country.  Republican control of the federal government came to an end in November, but not after a failed attempt to repeal Obamacare and a successful attempt to pass massive new corporate tax breaks.

The man in the middle of all of this was President Donald Trump. Whether it was through his Twitter megaphone or his convention-shaking actions at home and abroad, President Trump was the center of the American political universe—for better or worse.

Joining us for this special podcast is A.B. Stoddard, she’s a columnist and editor at Real Clear Politics; and Robert Shrum, director of the Unruh Institute of Politics at USC.

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Welcome to the KNX In Depth year-end special podcast—with Mike Simpson, I’m Charles Feldman.  We are looking back on the year that was in local politics for Southern California, and what a year it was when decades-long conventions were turned upside down.  As red Orange County turned blue, Democrats solidified their grip on just about every level of California’s government.

The era of Jerry Brown in California, which spanned four decades, came to an end and a young,  ambitious governor will take the helm.  There was an upset of historic proportions in the race for Sheriff of LA County.  And Latino voters in California seemed to finally realize their full power in 2018.

Joining us for this special podcast is Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a senior fellow at USC’s Price School of Public Policy; and Rafe Sonenshein is executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA.

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'Twas the weekend before Christmas and all through the land, a feeling was stirring that things are not so grand. The government might halt many now fear, but Trump says not his fault if disaster is near. The man running defense is set to depart, after penning a letter taking the president's world view apart. Down markets, down allies, down middle east plans, we go now In Depth for all you political fans.

One big factor behind the Defense Secretary's resignation was President Trump's decision for a sudden, rapid and total withdrawal of American troops from Syria. When the American military leaves, it will open up a powerful vacuum in the region..........so who will fill it? There are plenty of bad options ready to jump into the void.

And all eyes are on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today after she has an operation to remove malignant polyps from her lungs. Could President Trump be lining up for a third pick to the highest court in the land?

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He said he wanted it, he said he'd welcome it and he said he'd gladly take the blame for it: and now President Trump seems like he's determined to make it happen.

The "it" is a partial government shutdown, and if Congress and the President don't reach an agreement to fund government operations by midnight tomorrow, it's happening. Today President Trump changed directions, yet again, by insisting that any funding bill include money for his border wall, which is a non-starter for Democrats.

So we will go In Depth on both sides of the aisle of a Christmas-timed shutdown in the making.

Just what every holiday traveler wants to hear: your flight has been delayed, for hours, thanks to a swarm of drones buzzing the airport. That's what happened at Gatwick Airport, outside of London, and what could be coming to an American airport soon.

Is 2019 finally the year when Southern California's overheated real estate market cools off enough to find an affordable home? Some signs point to "yes," but it's complicated.....

And actress, activist Mira Sorvino is with us live to talk about a host of Me Too-themed reforms coming to California in the new year.

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