Hour 1: The field for LA mayor is now set with a shocking twist as City Councilwoman Nithya Raman jumps in to challenge her longtime friend and political ally Mayor Karen Bass; Raman recently called for raising taxes to turn on LA’s darkened streetlights which have been hit hard by vandals and thieves; Following a deadly car crash at a grocery store in Westwood, a city councilwoman says City Hall bureaucracy has held up an already funded street safety program in that neighborhood.

Hour 1: The field for LA mayor is now set with a shocking twist as City Councilwoman Nithya Raman jumps in to challenge her longtime friend and political ally Mayor Karen Bass; Raman recently called for raising taxes to turn on LA&rsquo;s darkened streetlights which have been hit hard by vandals and thieves; Following a deadly car crash at a grocery store in Westwood, a city councilwoman says City Hall bureaucracy has held up an already funded street safety program in that neighborhood.

Michael Monks joined KFI in 2024 after fulfilling a longtime dream of moving to L.A. He is a native of Covington, Kentucky where in 2011 he founded a multimedia local news operation called The River City News, which was acquired in 2021 and rebranded as LINK nky. At the same time, he was also the host of the award-winning daily radio program “Cincinnati Edition” on WVXU, an NPR member station.
He holds a master’s degree in communication from Southern New Hampshire University and a bachelor’s degree in radio/TV from Northern Kentucky University. 

Michael and his spouse, Osmar, live in DTLA with their cat, Milo.

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Michael Monks joined KFI in 2024 after fulfilling a longtime dream of moving to L.A. He is a native of Covington, Kentucky where in 2011 he founded a multimedia local news operation called The River City News, which was acquired in 2021 and rebranded...

Michael Monks Reports

LA Mayor Race Shock & Streetlight Showdown

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