The Bill Handel Show

(May 13,2025) KFI & KTLA tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.’ Today, Rich talks about Apple’s new accessibility features:, Samsung’s ultra-thin phone, Ticketmaster transparency, & Google icon refresh. Airport detentions have travelers ‘freaked out.

(May 13,2025) DHS investigates L.A. County for giving federal benefits to immigrants. Newson, again, urges cities to ban homeless camps. Faced with a $30 minimum wage, hotel investors look outside L.A.

(May 13,2025) Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Edan Alexander: Israeli-American hostage returns to Israel after Hamas release. Trump signs executive order seeking to lower US drug costs by challenging prices in other countries. Global sea levels are rising faster and faster. It spells catastrophes for coastal towns and cities. Trump starts Gulf visit in Saudi Arabia, focus on mega economic deals.

(May 12,2025) Trump says he will sign order linking U.S. drug prices to other nations. Hamas releases Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza, Edan Alexander. A $70,000 salary, no college debt: High school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers. 3D printed houses? In L.A’s fire zones, new forms of construction take root.

(May 12,2025) China and U.S slash tariffs for 90 days while trade talks continue. Report on faulty alerts during L.A fires calls for more regulations. Who counts as Christian?

(May 12,2025) Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. US and China agree to drastically roll back tariffs in major trade breakthrough. Opening statements are expected in the Sean ‘Diddy Combs trial. Hamas says it will release US-Israeli captive Edan Alexander. Zelenskyy hopes for ceasefire with Russia and challenges Putin to meet him in Turkey ‘personally.’ Trump announces he’ll sign executive order that aims to cut drug prices.

(May 09, 2025) IT’S FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report’ on KFI Neil Saavedra is joined by Armando De La Torre, owner and operator of Guisado’s, to talk about…. BURRITOS & FOOD! 12 pieces of advice from Warren Buffet, from parenting to investments.

(May 09, 2025) WE GT A NEW POPE! Who is Robert Prevost? What does the Papal name Leo mean? Newsom offers to work with Trump on $7.5BIL tax credit plan to boost US films. WD40… One of God’s greatest creations. Here are ways you can use it.

(May 09, 2025) Heather Brooker joins Neil Saavedra who is filling in for Bill for Handel on the News. Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, took a global route to the top post. Russia holds Victory Day parade marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Trump agrees to cut some tariffs on UK in a trade deal. Federal lawsuit alleges UCLA medical school uses a race-based admissions process.

(May 08, 2025) Neil Saavedra fills in for Bill on this Thursday Morning. The host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins the show to talk about Americans claiming social security early out of fear, buying a new car before tariff prices hit is causing another problem, and taking a more minimalist approach in life. Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about what you are doing at your doctor’s visits that is a leading cause of cancer. Neil about a hepatitis A outbreak declared in L.A. County and the next superbug threat is HERE and will be harder to overcome.

(May 08, 2025) The mayor’s budget cuts could make our streets even worse. Air traffic controllers warned of ‘incredibly dangerous’ safety incidents months before the latest Newark system failure. This parenting tradition is dying with Gen Z and it’s harming their kids. After an Arizona man was shot, an AI video of him addresses his killer in court.

(May 08, 2025) Heather Brooker joins Neil Saavedra who is filling in for Bill for Handel on the News. Black Smoke: No election after morning of first full day of Conclave. Police remove Pro-Palestine demonstrators occupying Columbia Library. 3 former Memphis police officers acquitted in death of Tyre Nichols. Russia hosts world leaders for the 80th anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

(May 07, 2025) Implementing Real ID. In a bid to blunt gentrification after Los Angeles wildfires, nonprofits look to buy burned lots. Why are young people so unhappy? They spend hours decorating their fridge shelves… then someone messes with them.

(May 07, 2025) California lawmakers strike deal on solicitation of minors. Businesses have sound strange but legal ways to avoid tariffs. Cardinals from around the world gather today in Vatican City to elect pope. Travelers with no Ral ID can fly for now.

(May 07, 2025) Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Smokey Robinson sued for sexual assault by 4 ex-employees. US, Chinese officials to hold ice-breaker meeting in Geneva on Saturday. Indina and Pakistan are on the brink of wider conflict. Here’s what we know. Trump says ‘we just want to be friends’ as Canada PM torpedoes 51st state idea. International arrivals in California plummet by 11% in March.

(May 06,2025) KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.’ Today, Rich talks about Microsoft making a major push to go passwordless, Roku users starting to see ads when they pause content, Google’s new AI Mode in Search, and Samsung just launched a feature that lets users transfer money. Los Angeles area sees more dengue fever in people bitten by local mosquitoes

(May 06,2025) Trump is offering to pay immigrants who deport themselves. Newark Airport Meltdown: Inside the multiday travel disruption. Venice is sinking. Now there’s a radical plan to lift the entre city above rising waters. Why are people snacking less?? Sales of chips and other munchies are dropping.

(May 06,2025) Heather and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. LAFD union president Freddy Escobar suspended, accused of ‘’financial malpractice.’ Trump administration to pay $1,000 to self-deporting undocumented immigrants. Hepatitis-A outbreak declared in L.A. County. What you need to know. President Trump to meet with Canadian PM Mark Carney over trade dispute. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: First day of jury selection concludes.

(May 05,2025) Florida and other states are moving to eviscerate child labor protections. A man who injected himself with deadly venom helps create snakebite treatment. AI executives promise cancer cures… here’s the reality. Can $1,000 a month get more students into nursing? L.A effort says yes.

(May 05,2025) Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? Trump says 'I don't know' to provisional circumstances. Why there will be another Warren Buffett. Costco’s Kirkland brand is bigger than Nike. Corporate America is leaving more jobs unfilled.