For 30 years high school music teacher Robert Moore directed one of the greatest high school choral groups in the country, the Ponca City Chorale, of Ponca City, Okla. Now retired, Moore would love nothing more than a repeat performance. Unknown to Moore, that is precisely what his former students arranged to surprise their mentor. Steve Hartman reports.
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Students sing praises of music teacher
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A California agency could vote to move forward Wednesday with the process of dissolving the troubled Sativa Water District in Compton . The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is holding a public hearing Wednesday morning at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, where it could vote to begin dissolution proceedings for the Sativa Water District, which serves about 1,600 customers in Compton and Willowbrook. LAFCO, which reviews and sets boundaries for special districts and municipal service providers like water agencies, has been aiming to disband Sativa for years, based on its lack of financial wherewithal and other problems. In April, Sativa customers began complaining that brown water was running through their taps. Water district officials alleged that the discolored water was safe to drink, stating that it was simply the result of a process of flushing the district’s 80-year-old pipes as part of a new program to remove mineral and sediment buildup. The flushing process is done four times a year. At a town hall meeting in May, L.A. County Department of Public Health officials said the water had been tested and no bacteria was found in the samples, but did contain high levels of manganese. However, LACDPH reiterated Sativa’s claim that there was no health or safety threat. In June, the Sativa Water District board of directors suspended general manager Maria Rachelle Garza over allegations that she had hired fake supporters for that town hall meeting. That same month, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn voted to begin proceedings to dissolve Sativa. Hahn is also a voting member of LAFCO. Sativa officials have argued that they have an aging infrastructure which requires an upgrade. LAFCO Executive Officer Paul Novak estimates that it needs $10 to $15 million in repairs “right away.” If LAFCO is successful in dissolving Sativa, the problem remains as to what agency will serve customers who pay rates that are “the lowest of any water retailer in the area,” according to Novak. Sativa customers pay a flat $65 per month fee for unmetered service. Compton has indicated a willingness to pick up the 30-to-50 homes in that city that are served by Sativa, but has not been willing to take on customers in Willowbrook who make up roughly 95 percent of the customer base. In a news release Tuesday, Hahn and fellow Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas proposed that Los Angeles County be appointed to take over managing Sativa and transitioning its customers over to a high-quality water service provider. “The county is prepared to step in to take control of this long-mismanaged water district,” Hahn said in a statement. “The leadership of Sativa has proven itself to be incapable and untrustworthy and as LAFCO moves forward to dissolve this district, I am hopeful that the county can provide some needed supervision and stability.” Meanwhile, four Compton residents filed a lawsuit against Sativa and its five board members on Monday, accusing them of failing to provide quality drinking water, misappropriating tax dollars and placing a financial burden on its low- income customers, the Los Angeles Times reports. (©2018 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services contributed to this report.)
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Calif. Agency Considers Dissolving Troubled Compton Water District
WASHINGTON, DC (CBSNewYork) – The Trump administration has been threatening for months to impose trade tariffs on China, and this morning it became a reality – with an immediate response on American goods in return. “The era of global freeloading and taking advantage of the United States is over, it’s just over,” said President Donald Trump when promoting his commerce policy with the Asian economic giant. Trump spoke with journalists last week, saying U.S. tariffs on an additional $16 billion worth of Chinese goods are also set to take effect in two weeks, reports CBS2’s Reena Roy. He argues this is necessary to pressure china into stopping its pattern of unfair trade practices and theft of American intellectual property. “We are going to make trade fair and reciprocal,” he said. “Reciprocal, you know what that is. They do it to us, we do it to them. We are placing very big tariffs on some of these countries because they have tariffs on us.” In a statement, China’s commerce ministry announced plans to impose their own measures. “The Chinese side promised not to fight the first shot, but in order to defend the core interests of the country and the interests of the people, they had to be forced to make the necessary counterattacks,” it read, but no details were provided. Previously officials in Beijing released a target list of American goods including soybeans electric cars and whiskey. Meanwhile the U.S. tariffs hit more than 800 Chinese items, including industrial machinery, medical devices and auto parts. American manufacturing companies that supply carmakers like Ford and General Motors now face a 25 percent increase on imported parts from China.
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Trade Tariffs On China Begin, Response On U.S. Goods Announced
“The mermaid, got the water for you and the waves so wet that he wanted it too,” she raps. “The pleasuries are on treasure island / How do I get there?” …
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New Music: Azealia Banks – 'Treasure Island'
Recording both as Parliament & Funkadelic, funk forefather George Clinton revolutionized R&B music during the '70s, twisting soul music into funk.
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George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic & Robert Randolph and the Family Band
The music channel tweeted that it was ceasing broadcast after 15 years on air, and will be replaced by Massive R&B on Sky channel 373.
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Channel AKA, the pioneering grime TV station, is shutting down
