(April 16, 2026)

Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues. Europe is accelerating a NATO fallback plan in case President Trump pulls out. Immigration crackdown causes massive shortages of unskilled labor. Los Angeles County residents’ satisfaction with quality of life at an all-time-low in year 11 of UCLA survey.

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(April 16, 2026)

Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues. Hopes for deal to end Iran war grow, but nuclear issues unresolved. LA County quality of life hits record low, UCLA survey finds.

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(April 15, 2026)

How Eric Swalwell rose to the top of democratic politics as rumors followed him. Immigration crackdown causes massive shortages of unskilled labor. 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 speaks on whether sleep banking legit, the new peptides hype, whether we should all be taking NAD+, and a diarrhea-causing infection increasing in the US.

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(April 15, 2026)

DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters’ convictions for seditious conspiracy. The price of LAUSD union peace will be $1.2BIL a year… next up it paying for it. United buying American would be unlike anything ever seen before. The other US-Iran standoff: Can FIFA’s President keep Iran in the World Cup.

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(April 15, 2026)

Amy King and Neil Saavedra  join Bill for Handel on the News. New accuser says Eric Swalwell sexually assaulted her in 2018. U.S. and Iran could hold peace talks as soon as this week, sources say. Lebanon and Israel hold direct diplomatic talks brokered by US.

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(April 14, 2026)

KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.’ Today, Rich talks about Amazon acquiring the satellite company behind Apple’s Satellite SOS feature, a Booking.com data breach, the FBI recovering deleted Signal messages from an iPhone in a notable case, Americans losing a record $21 billion to cybercrime last year, and Spectrum finally bringing its app to Fire TV. California’s sustainable aviation fuel could raise gas prices. How an image depicting President Trump as Jesus sparked a backlash on the religious right.

 

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(April 14, 2026)

The economic game of chicken between Iran and the US is about to enter a dangerous new phase. How Waymo and WAZE are pitching in to help solve L.A’s pothole problem. New disclosures reveal how ODGE actually worked. The 30yr crime spree of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos.’

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(April 14, 2026)

Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News.  Push to resume U.S.- Iran talks intensifies as U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports enters day 2. LAUSD walkout averted, schools to remain open Tuesday. Rep. Eric Swalwell to resign from Congress amid sexual assault allegations. Attorneys used AI, cited fake legal decisions, State Bar alleges.

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(April 13, 2026)

Los Angeles’ population is falling; this could haunt us for decades. Tapatio, the iconic California hot sauce has a new owner with big plans. The ‘annoyance economy’ is more than just annoying. The small private colleges dying in winner-take-all university marketplace.

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