Accessing City Services; Widening of FERC Probe of Energy Crisis; New Novel Southland about L.A.'S Crenshaw District; The World Center for Spiritualists: Lily Dale
Accessing City Services
What does it take to get a pothole filled in LA? Larry speaks with Michelle Fleenor, Field Deputy in the office of City Councilman Tom LaBonge, who represents the 4th council district, Roberto Negrete, Field Deputy in the office City Councilman, Alex Padilla, who represents the 7th council district, and Cory Jackson Fossett, Public Information Director for the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, about how city residents gain access to services.
Widening of FERC Probe of Energy Crisis
On June 25th, FERC decided to uphold California's long-term energy contracts signed during the crisis. But on that day, FERC also decided to widen its probe of the energy crisis to include a five-month period, from May 1-Oct. 2, 2000. The expanded focus is on short-term energy bids. Experts estimate that this expanded probe could make available to California up to and additional billion dollars in refunds. Joining host Larry Mantle for an update and discussion of the latest news in the FERC probe is Peter Navarro, Professor of Public Policy at UC Irvine, Jan Smutny-Jones, Executive Director of the Independent Energy Producers' Association, and Severin Borenstein, Director of the UC Energy Institute and Professor at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
New Novel Southland about L.A.'S Crenshaw District
Larry Mantle talks with Nina Revoyr about her new novel Southland (Akashic Books) that provides a historical perspective on L.A.'s Crenshaw District in the 1960's. In Southland, Revoyr also discusses other topics, such as the Japanese internment camps of World War II and the Watts Riots.
The World Center for Spiritualists: Lily Dale
Imagine a Victorian town full of mediums whose job it is to channel the dead. There is such a place in New York state. It's the town of Lily Dale, the historic home of the Spiritualist community for over 125 years. Christine Wicker, reporter and author of Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead (Harper), joins host Larry Mantle to discuss this unusual town.