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What's the Future of MOCA?
MOCA can't spend $8.75 million in matching funds because it didn't raise any matching money on its own last year. Now it’s curator has been fired. Is LA's world-class museum on shaky grounds?
By Warren Olney • • 49m ListenLA's Museum of Contemporary Art apparently can't spend $8.75 million of philanthropist Eli Broad's matching funds because the Museum didn't raise any matching money of its own last year. Last week, curator Paul Schimmel either resigned or was fired. Is LA's world-class modern art museum on shaky financial grounds? What about its international reputation? Also, white Abolone — once a staple of California's fishing and restaurant industry — is on the brink of extinction. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, should women soldiers be assigned to combat?
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3 storiesIs MOCA Still in the Hole?
Financial problems at LA's Museum of Contemporary Art drew the attention of the State Attorney General when trustees paid bills with endowment money earmarked for other purposes. Two years ago, LA billionaire Eli Broad promised to match funds raised by the museum up to $15 million.
Read the story20 minWhite Abalone on Brink of Extinction
The waters off Southern California used to teem with white abalone, a large sea snail that clings to the rocks and has to be pried off with devices like crowbars. In 1990, they were legally protected from over fishing. Since then, matters are so much worse that extinction is a real possibility.
Read the story5 minWomen on the Front Lines
About 16 percent of America's military is now composed of women. In Iraq, more than 130 have been killed, more than 800 wounded. Since World War II, two women have won Silver Stars — one by clearing insurgents from two trenches with hand grenades and killing three more with her M4 rifle.
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