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Good to be with you a week from today, Wednesday the 7th.

At 7 o'clock, KFI will be airing a KFI news special

LA fires one year later, hosted by Michael Monks. The special will include reports from the

KFI news team discussing those devastating fires. It's amazing. It was a year ago. The aftermath,

lasting impacts and how Southern California is doing on the road to recovery.

Joining us now is the aforementioned host, Michael Monks, who will be running the show a week from tonight.

Mike, thanks for spending time with us.

Give us a preview of what listeners will hear.

Well, I can tell you that there is still a lot of sadness, a lot of depression, a lot of anger, and still a lot of

questions surrounding the wildfires that happened here in L.A. County just about 12 months ago,

almost exactly. The January 7th marks one year since all of those flames really took hold of the

Palisades, Altadena, Malibu, the Hollywood Hills.

And there's still so much more to know about how we're going to rebuild, about what caused those

fires, about who deserves to be punished for that. But what we do know is that folks are struggling with their mental health.

Folks in Washington, D.C. are investigating.

We know that there are organizations here on the ground that continue to help folks who are in need because of those year old fires.

And we know that some of our signature industries, namely Hollywood, is also still

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