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Fri, Nov 9, 2007
The California Report Magazine
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Veteran's Day - Napa Style -- Just in time for Veteran's Day, celebrity chefs wine and dine hundreds of service men and women in a Napa Valley veteran's home. Also, the program reports on the last days of a beloved Bay Area institution -- a racetrack once home to equine stars like Seabiscuit.
Host: Scott Shafer
SF Bay Oil Spill
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It's being called the worst oil spill in San Francisco Bay in two decades. Beaches are closed and thousands of birds and mammals are threatened after a container ship rammed into the Bay Bridge Wednesday morning, spilling 58,000 gallons of thick, gooey oil into the bay. Host Scott Shafer gets an update on the situation from KQED reporter Amy Standen, who was out on the bay with a Coast Guard official this week.
For more information:
•  Photo slideshow of the clean-up efforts
Music Bridge 1
"Pelican Narrows" by Caribou from the CD "The Milk of Human Kindness" (Domino)
Gourmet Lunch for Veterans
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Veterans of foreign wars are typically honored with parades, ceremonies, presidential speeches and the like. But in Napa Valley this week, residents of the Yountville Veterans Home got something even better: a gourmet lunch prepared by some of the best chefs in California.
Reporters:
• Scott Shafer
For more information:
• Photos of the event
Music Bridge 2
"Integrity" by Bang on a Can & Don Byron from the CD "A Ballad For Many" (Cantaloupe)
Diwali
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Throughout California this weekend, Indian-American communities will be celebrating the festival of Diwali. In India, it's one of the biggest Hindu holidays with families gathering to light candles, share gifts and eat sweets. Silicon Valley will have many Diwali celebrations this year as well, mirroring the growing influence of the Indian-American community in this high-tech hub.
Reporters:
• K. Oanh Ha
For more information:
• Photos from Google's Diwali celebration
Music Bridge 3
"The Girl at the Typewriter" by The Beau Hunks Sextette from the CD "Celebration on the Planet Mars: A Tribute to Raymond Scott" (Koch)
Voices From the WGA Picket Line
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Hollywood honchos faced hundreds of striking writers as they went to work this week. Members of the Writer's Guild of America and their supporters sported union t-shirts and plenty of sunscreen as they walked in front of film and television studios. We talked to some of the writers on the picket line.
Reporters:
• Lenora Chu
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel
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Attaining celebrity status in Los Angeles is tough unless you're a film star, an athlete or a business mogul. But the L.A. Philharmonic's conductor in-waiting, Gustavo Dudamel from Venezuela is generating a buzz. Dudamel was in Los Angeles last week for a series of concerts -- his first performance here since the orchestra announced earlier this year that Essa Pekka Salonen will pass the baton to him in about a year and a half.
Reporters:
• Adolfo Guzman
End Music
"(Don't Be Comin' With No) Weak Sauce" by Stanton Moore from the CD "III" (Telarc)
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