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Fri, May 9, 2008 -- Afternoon
The California Report Magazine
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Host: Scott Shafer

Military Moms
This Mother's Day weekend, millions of moms will be getting breakfast in bed, bouquets of flowers and maybe hand made cards from their kids. Even moms serving in Iraq will get special treatment -- they're getting a Spa Day. Today there are some 12,000 women deployed in Iraq. We talk with former Air Force Captain Patricia Matthews of Santa Clara, who remembers how hard it was being apart from her young daughter when she was stationed in Iraq.

Recruiting May Get Tougher
Military recruiters have their work cut out for them these days. The Army has lowered standards and increased signing bonuses to meet its recruitment goals. In California, the military has to contend with a strong anti-recruitment movement -- and a new bill by a state Assemblywoman would make recruiters' jobs even harder. Her proposal would limit access to high school students' contact information.
Reporters:
• Adolfo Guzman-Lopez

Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House
Cliff May is hardly a household name, but the homes he designed went a long way toward defining California living in the mid-20th century. May's suburban ranch homes were inspired by his Spanish heritage and his childhood home in San Diego. Now, a hundred years after his birth, "Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House" profiles May's distinctive style in a career that spanned seven decades.
Guests:
• Dan Gregory, author of "Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House"
For more information:
Interactive Map: Cliff May's houses in California
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Details on the book "Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House"

Music Bridge 1
"Why Wait" by Perez Prado from the CD "Space Age Pop -- Melodies And Mischief Vol.1" (RCA)

Writing about Cancer
Cancer is a word no one wants to hear from their doctor. Getting through chemotherapy and radiation is tough enough. There are also plenty of emotional challenges in dealing with a life threatening disease. Some cancer survivors in California say they get a lot of help from writing workshops. We hear the story of one such program in San Diego.
Reporters:
• Kenny Goldberg

Music Bridge 2
"Imi Au Ia Oe" by Keola Beamer from the CD "Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Masters Collection Vol. 2" (Windham Hill Records)

California Songs Series -- The New Amsterdams
We continue our California Songs Series with Matthew Pryor, singer and songwriter of The New Amsterdams. Pryor lives in Lawrence, Kansas, but he's spent much of his adult life on the road. Before forming The New Amsterdams, he toured North America, Europe and Japan with the popular indie rock band The Get Up Kids. We spoke to Pryor about his song "From California" and the challenges of balancing a young family with a musician's life on the road.

End Music
"Chipmunk" by Mr. Scruff from the CD "Keep It Unreal" (Ninja Tune)

Fri, May 9, 2008 -- Morning
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Host: Rachael Myrow

Tejon Ranch
Ecologists are calling it the Southern California equivalent of the Louisiana Purchase. After years of debate over the fate of the vast Tejon Ranch north of Los Angeles, environmental groups and a developer have agreed on a landmark plan to conserve almost all of it.
Reporters:
• Rob Schmitz

Property Taxes
Foreclosures, a credit crunch and consumer reluctance to buy have all taken a toll on the value of California homes. The median price of a home sold in the state has plummeted, down 26 percent from a year ago. That's not good news for local budgets that depend on property taxes.
Reporters:
• Tamara Keith

End Music
"Spontaneous Combustion" by Fishbelly Black from the CD "Fishbelly Black" (Backbeat Records 72107)

Thu, May 8, 2008 -- Morning
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Stem Cell Grants
Four years after Californians voted to fund human embryonic stem cell research, the first specialized laboratories are set to be built. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded $271 million in state grants to 12 California universities and non-profit organizations.
Reporters:
• Rob Schmitz

Low Income Banking
For most, a trip to the bank or ATM machine is a routine event. For 11 percent of California households it's a foreign experience. Governor Schwarzenegger wants to change that. Tomorrow in Fresno the governor's office will meet with banks and community groups to pitch its plan to move more Californians into the financial mainstream. Bank on California, as its known, is the first such effort by a state -- and it's modeled after a successful program in San Francisco.
Reporters:
• Tara Siler

End Music
"Money" by Vitamin String Quartet from the CD "The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon" (Vitamin Records 8469)

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Election '08
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Climate Change
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