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    Which Way, L.A.?

    The Price of Oil is Going Up…Why Not the Price of Gasoline?

    It’s the peak of the summer driving season, and crude oil prices have hit an all-time high - but gasoline prices in California are going down. Also tonight, the budget impasse in Sacramento could be a threat to the aged, blind and disabled.  On Reporter’s Notebook, the Getty sends 40 prized antiquities back to Italy.

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 2, 2007 • 30m Listen

    It’s the peak of the summer driving season, and crude oil prices have hit an all-time high - but gasoline prices in California are going down. Also tonight, the budget impasse in Sacramento could be a threat to the aged, blind and disabled. On Reporter’s Notebook, the Getty sends 40 prized antiquities back to Italy.


    Photo Credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:22

      Getty To Return Prized Antiquities To Italy

      In the next few months, the Getty Villa in Malibu will no longer be the showcase it was when it re-opened to much fanfare last year. In a deal designed to end ten years of controversy, the Getty has agreed to return forty prized objects to Italy.

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      8 min
    2. 9:10

      Oil Prices Hit An All-Time High, But This Time, Gas Prices Fall

      Summer driving is at its peak and so is the price of crude oil, which closed this week at almost 80 dollars a barrel. However, gasoline prices in California are declining.

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      12 min
    3. 20:46

      Budget Impasse Threatens Health Care Service To The Poor

      The state has run out of money for the aged, blind, and disabled. We'll hear about the human cost of the budget deadlock in Sacramento.

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      4 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:228 min

      Getty To Return Prized Antiquities To Italy

    2. 9:1012 min

      Oil Prices Hit An All-Time High, But This Time, Gas Prices Fall

    3. 20:464 min

      Budget Impasse Threatens Health Care Service To The Poor

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