Most L.A. County Clinics May Close; What's Great About Orange County's Great Park; Inland Empire News Update; Who You Gonna Run With?; George Benson
Most L.A. County Clinics May Close
LA County healthcare officials have drafted a cost-cutting plan that calls for closing all but one of the county's dozen clinics. Services at the county's six comprehensive outpatient health centers would also be reduced in an effort to cut a $195 million deficit. Together the county health centers get about 400,000 primary care visits a year - nearly two-thirds of them from uninsured patients. Larry and discusses the proposal with the County's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bruce Chernoff, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and community healthcare advocates Lark Galloway Gilliam and Yolanda Vera.
What's Great About Orange County's Great Park
Orange County Great Park chairman Larry Agran joins Larry Mantle to respond to criticisms leveled by OC News journalists regarding the Great Park and its management.
Inland Empire News Update
Larry Mantle talks with Steven Cuevas, KPCC's Inland Empire Reporter, and Michelle DeArmond, columnist with The Press Enterprise, about the latest news, events, and developments in the Inland Empire.
Who You Gonna Run With?
Larry Mantle takes calls from listeners and talks with political insiders Dan Schnur and Darry Sragow about possible vice-presidential running mates for John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
George Benson
Jazz guitarist and performer George Benson talks with Larry Mantle about his career and upcoming concert at Disney Concert Hall. The concert, a tribute to Nat King Cole, promises to be a one-of-a-kind evening with the acoustic guitar master as he performs some of Nat's timeless classics and his own favorite hits.