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Which Way, L.A.?

Gustavo Dudamel to Lead LA Philharmonic

Hosted by Warren Olney Apr. 09, 2007
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced today that a 26-year old Venezuelan will be its next music director.  We hear about him, about his education in Venezuela and about a movement to restore music teaching in California.   On Reporter's Notebook, making energy out of the sludge from treated wastewater.  Will Los Angeles lead the way?

The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced today that a 26-year old Venezuelan will be its next music director.  We hear about him, about his education in Venezuela and about a movement to restore music teaching in California.   On Reporter's Notebook, making energy out of the sludge from treated wastewater.  Will Los Angeles lead the way?

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Listen to the Music

For the first time in years, state money is flowing to public schools for the teaching of music, just as the Los Angeles Philharmonic hires a new conductor who is a poster...

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Sludge-to-Power in San Pedro

It takes 38 trucks to move 750 tons of treated solid waste every day from the Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant up the road to a city-owned farm in Kern County. A...

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Host:

Warren Olney

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Frances Anderton, Andrea Brody

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