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Fire, Fury & Failures
Hour 2 - Day 1 of the Lineage warehouse fire hearing, including Mayor Karen Bass and other officials pressing Lineage to fund long-term aid for affec…
1 month, 1 week ago
Speed, Surveillance & Spotlight
Hour 3 - Santa Ana’s move to test speed cameras in racing hotspots, and the growing debate in Sacramento and Washington over license-plate reader sur…
1 month, 1 week ago
Secrets, Scares, and Street-Level Battles
Hour 1 - This episode unpacks the arrest of an armed man at Trump’s golf club—earpiece in, camera out—probing what it signals about modern security. …
1 month, 1 week ago
Transit, Homelessness and the E‑Bike Crackdown
Hour 2 - Orange County faces a potential legal reckoning as two dozen parents may be criminally charged after children rode e-bikes and e-motorcycles…
1 month, 1 week ago
Newport Chaos, Mansion Tax and Toxic Maps
Hour 3 - Southern California cities grapple with the aftermath of July 4 mayhem—one city issued $240,000 in fines during a fireworks crackdown—and Ne…
1 month, 1 week ago
Wildfires, Utilities & Red Tape
Hour 1 - Monks and Merrill unpack the findings that linked the Eaton Fire to a Southern California Edison transmission tower, examine a proposed util…
1 month, 1 week ago
Priced Out: Housing, Taxes & California
Hour 2 - They break down the region’s housing affordability crisis, from soaring home prices and rising rents to the growing number of young adults w…
1 month, 1 week ago
Faster Counts, Better Elections
Hour 3 - As President Trump visits Los Angeles for a Republican fundraiser, Monks and Merrill discuss the political backdrop before diving into the C…
1 month, 1 week ago
Raids, Rumors & Reality
Hour 1- Monks and Merrill are deep diving into the raid in Lancaster. We're there Chinese influences? It raised more questions that remain unanswered…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
When Good Ideas Go Wrong
Hour 2- Monks and Merrill covering a good intention that attracted undesirables. There is a pedestrian tunnel that has proven to be an attraction for…
1 month, 2 weeks ago