Hurricane Rita; Is The Getty Collection Filled With Looted Art?; Navigant Overbills The County For Work At King/Drew; Endangered Species Act May Be Curbed; Alan Alda
Hurricane Rita
Larry Mantle discusses the latest news about Hurricane Rita with reporters and others in the Gulf Coast including Paul Pendergraft, KUHF news director, and Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times reporter in Beaumont, Texas.
Is The Getty Collection Filled With Looted Art?
Attorneys for the J. Paul Getty Museum have determined that half the masterpieces in its antiquities collection were purchased from dealers now under investigation for allegedly selling artifacts looted from ruins in Italy. Italian authorities have identified dozens of objects in the Getty collection as looted, including ancient urns, vases and a 5-foot marble statue of Apollo. In response to the Italian investigation, Getty lawyers combed through the museum's files and questioned staff members over several months in 2001, trying to assess the legal exposure of the world's richest art institution. Larry mantle and Jerome Eisenberg, Antiquities dealer and founder and director of Royal Athena Galleries in New York discuss the situation at the museum and the implications for the museums future.
Navigant Overbills The County For Work At King/Drew
A Los Angeles Times review of eight months of Navigant Consulting Inc.'s expense reports and other records found that the firm double-billed for plane tickets and charged the county for first-class travel and trips unrelated to the public hospital south of Watts. Larry Mantle talks with Charlie Ornstein, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and Zev Yaroslavsky, LA County Supervisor.
Endangered Species Act May Be Curbed
A bill which would eliminate key provisions of the landmark 32-year-old Endangered Species Act has passed committee and is headed to the House floor. The bill would eliminate the federal government's ability to protect "critical habitat" for plants and animals and require compensation for landowners if the government blocks their development plans to protect certain species. It has the support of most Republicans, and some Democrats as well. Larry Mantle talks with James Burling, principal attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, and Andrew Wetzler, senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council about how California’s endangered species and landowners may be affected.
Alan Alda
Five-time Emmy award-winning actor, writer and director Alan Alda joins Larry Mantle to talk about his new memoir Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I’ve Learned.