The Bill Handel Show

Biden weighs giving legal status to immigrant spouses of U.S citizens. With public pressure mounting, state legislators get serious about stopping shoplifting surge. It’s not you. Califronia - Get hacked all the time the states top cybersecurity job is vacant. The new high-speed rail from LA to Vegas broke ground yesterday. How many people will actually ride it?

Mayor Bass’ ambitious housing program relies on LA’s wealthy. ABC News Tech reporter joins Bill for ‘Tech Tuesday’ to discuss META’s AI push, Tesla’s runaway Cybertrucks, and a chatty new app. California budget relies on rich taxpayers. We pay the price.

Amy King & Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Trump hush money case: Testimony resumes in historic trial. Suspect in unprovoked deadly attack on woman on Los Angeles Metro identified. 150 arrested at New York University amid pro-Palestinian protests, NYPD says. Senate on track to pass $95BIL foreign aid package this week. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy shot in back in West Covina area, rushed to hospital. Work starts on bullet train rail line from Sin City to the City of Angels.

Opening statements begin today in historic Trump criminal trial. Public pressure is mounting. State legislators are finally getting serious about stopping thew surge of shoplifting. ‘Do They Have a Case’ with Wayne Resnick.

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer joins Bill to discuss Orange County having 7 of the top 10 safest cities in California. Supreme Court to debate whether cities can punish people who are homeless. Why did cars get so expensive? Columbia University faces full-blown crisis as Rabbi calls for Jewish students to “return home.”

Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Trump trial: Opening statements to show the stark personal and political stakes in Trump’s first criminal trial. Intruder arrested after breaking into Getty House, official residence of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Tensions are so high in Columbia ahead of Passover that all classes will be virtual today. McCaul commends Speaker Johnson’s transformation following foreign aid vote. US-Israel: Netanyahu vows to reject any US sanctions on army units.

KFI food enthusiast and Fork Reporter Neil Saavedra comes on the program to talk about _____. The show closes with this week’s ‘World in Review.’

Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran. Now what? A short history of Iran-Israel ties and why it turned bad after 1979 & a look at each of their air forces. The race to keep an Amtrak train from falling into the Pacific. As Avian Flu spreads, a disturbing question: is our food system built on poop?

Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Isfahan explosions: Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN. House GOP’s aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan advance – with democrat’s help. Jet collision narrowly avoided at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. TikTok is in the hot seat once again in Washington. Gas prices on the rise in Southern California ahead. New $24 monthly fee proposed for many Southern California electricity customers. Two more insurance companies announce plans to leave California.

Host of ‘How to Money’ on KFI Joel Larsgaard joins the program to talk about the echo housing boom. Rising equity is great, but there are some downsides. He speaks on the ‘date the rate’ advice some agents were offering not being great as rates are likely to remain high, flat fee compensation structures are on the rise for financial advisers, and too many people say they don’t mind going into debt for fun. NPR suspends editor whose essay criticized the broadcaster. Host of ‘Later with Mo Kelly’ closes the Bill Handel Show talking about A24’s new AI-generated ‘Civil War’ ads generating a lot of controversy.