In hour 1 Chris Merrill dives into the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown and its very real impact on Southern California — from LAX staffing shortages to Joshua Tree closures and delayed SNAP benefits. Then we shift to a developing corruption case tied to Governor Newsom’s former chief of staff, a decade-long romance-scam identity theft involving a Palm Springs trainer, and the county-wide emergency alert misfire that had half of L.A. wondering what went wrong. A full hour where national politics crash directly into SoCal life.

<p>In hour 1 Chris Merrill dives into the nation&rsquo;s longest-ever government shutdown and its very real impact on Southern California &mdash; from LAX staffing shortages to Joshua Tree closures and delayed SNAP benefits. Then we shift to a developing corruption case tied to Governor Newsom&rsquo;s former chief of staff, a decade-long romance-scam identity theft involving a Palm Springs trainer, and the county-wide emergency alert misfire that had half of L.A. wondering what went wrong. A full hour where national politics crash directly into SoCal life.</p>

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@Chrisontheair: SoCal on Shutdown: Politics Meets Real Life

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