Bill Handel

Bill Handel

Listen to Bill Handel Weekdays from 6 to 9AM on KFI AM 640! Full Bio

BHS – 8A – ‘Foodie Friday’ with Neil Saavedra | Handel’s ‘World in Review’

BHS - 7A – Jailed Students & Angry Parents | ‘Pay to Play’ in Local Politics

Jailed students, a cancelled commencement, and angry parents: USC’s Carol Folt takes on critics. The far-right plan to use civil rights law to disrupt the 2024 election. Manufacturing in Mexico is having a moment. The US is buying in and so is China. California passed a law to stop ‘pay to play’ in local politics. After two years, legislators want to gut it.

Handel on the News

Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. US college protests: Over 2,000 arrested during pro-Palestinian demonstrations. UCLA chancellor addresses community following demonstrator arrests. Conception captain Jerry Boylan sentenced to 4 years in dive boat fire that killed 34 people off Ventura County coast. Bombshell audio captures Trump and Cohen discussing supposed hush money ‘catch and kill’ plot. New California law will ban restaurant surcharges on customer bills, other fees. Eight tons of ground beef sold at Walmart locations nationwide recalled for possible E. Coli contamination. UMG and TikTok reach new licensing deal to end dispute.

BHS - 8A – UCLA Encampments Dismantled | Colleges Reaping What They Sowed

Bill talks with KFI News Reporter Blake Troli about police dispersing UCLA pro-Palestinian encampments. Far right to use civil rights law to disrupt the 2024 election. Colleges love protests… when they’re in the past. America’s colleges are reaping what they sowed. 

BHS - 7A – Police Breach pro-Palestinian Encampment | Antisemitism Awareness Act

KFI News Reporter Blake Troli joins Bill to discuss the massive police operation breaching UCLA pro-Palestinian encampments. Blake goes on to speak on the ‘outside agitators’ of the campus protests. The House passes Antisemitism Awareness Act as GOP denounces campus protests.

Handel on the News

Neil Saavedra & Amy King Join Bill for Handel on the News. Massive police operation breaches UCLA pro-Palestinian encampment makes arrests. UC president launches investigation into how UCLA handled violent demonstrations at pro-Palestinian encampment. House passes antisemitism bill with broad bipartisan support amid campus arrests. Arizona Senate votes to repeal Civil War era near-total abortion ban. The Fed keeps interest rates at a 23 year high for the 6th straight meeting. United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy. Trump vows to crush ‘anti-white’ racism, DEI if he wins 2024 election.

BHS – Reclassifying Marijuana | ‘Medical News’ with Dr. Jim Keany

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exercise in vanity has failed. The Biden administration moves to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous. Dr. Jim Keany, Co-Director of the Emergency Room at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about an AI tool that can detect cancer with a drop of blood, whether intermittent fasting is bad for your heart, and the bird flu going from milk to beef and whether we can get sick from it.

BHS - 7A – UCLA Protests | Free Speech

Clashes break out at UCLA amid dueling protests between pro-Palestinian & pro-Israeli. Colleges are failing the free speech test. House GOP investigates funding for universities amid campus protests. 

Handel on the News

Neil Saavedra & Amy King join Bill for Handel on the News. Clashes break out at UCLA amid dueling demonstrations between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters. Columbia said it had ‘no choice’ but to call the police. Six-week abortion ban takes effect in Florida. Blinken holds high-stakes meetings in Israel as he ramps up pressure on Hamas to accept ceasefire deal. Johnson & Johnson will pay $6.5BIL to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S. Officials looking to ban cashless businesses in Los Angeles. Supreme Court declines to block enforcement of age-verification requirements for porn sites.

BHS - 8A – 'Tech Tuesday' with Rich DeMuro | Los Angeles Summer Olympics 2028

KFI's own Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Tech Tuesday'! Rich talks about the FCC fining wireless carriers for sharing real-time location data, Peacock streaming raising its prices ahead of Olympics, Starlink superfast WIFI on Hawaiian Airlines, and social media companies having influence in political viewpoints. LA is hosting the Summer Olympics in 2028.