Monks & Merrill

Hour 1 - NOAA’s new outlook favors a warmer-than-normal October through December across California, and a potentially historic El Niño is strengthening, giving Southern California good reason to prepare for a wet season. Anthony Artusa, a Meteorologist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), joins the show.Karen Bass’ allies are openly worrying about Nithya Raman.The Los Angeles Times reports a clash over protecting Skid Row dogs, with activists demanding intervention and officials defending their approach.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2 - An arbitrator ordered Uber to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, who died after a driver ordered her and her friend out near freeway traffic. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara proposes eliminating marital status from auto insurance pricing. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed “Jay Leno’s Law,” creating a phased smog-check exemption for qualifying collector cars from model years 1976 through 1985. Veteran racer Boris Said wants to build Elsinore Ring, a private motorsports country club near Lake Elsinore with a professional-quality circuit and homes overlooking the action.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3 - Activists are demanding Inglewood Mayor James Butts resign after alleging he groped a high school student during a photograph at a City Hall event. San Bernardino Councilmember Treasure Ortiz faces renewed demands to resign after a jury found her guilty of illegally recording the police chief. LAUSD needs to bring recurring expenses into line with its revenue as enrollment falls. California’s largest teachers' union alleges the state deliberately withheld constitutionally required school funding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 -  California voters head toward November feeling pessimistic about the economy and the country’s direction. Newport Beach must run its own Nov. 3 special election for three resident initiatives after a judge rejected the city’s request for relief. An industry-funded study projects enormous production gains from a hypothetical federal film tax credit, while a Paramount-commissioned analysis examines the economic consequences of a departure from California. KFI's Heather Brooker joins the show to talk more about Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery's acquisition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2 - UC Riverside researchers have developed a method for identifying locked fault regions that could generate enormous earthquakes. Plus, a weekend of earthquake swarms around Lennox and Westmont has added a local concern to headlines about seismic activity around the Pacific. Professor of Seismology at UC Riverside, Gareth Funning, joins the show. Investigators are examining recorded audio and wreckage from the helicopter crash that killed Eliana Moreno, George Marciniw and Edy Gutierrez Mejia, a bystander. Alex Stone from ABC News joins the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.