Los Angeles, Nov. 30 - 89.3 KPCC will broadcast live the Los Angeles mayoral debate on Thursday, December 2 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. The debate will take place at the Museum of Tolerance. KPCC is broadcasting the debate with permission from KNBC Channel 4.

The mayoral candidates scheduled to participate are Mayor James Hahn, California State Senator Richard Alarcon, Former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg and Los Angeles City Council members Antonio Villaraigosa and Bernard Parks. NBC4's Colleen Williams will moderate.

The live debate will be presented under guidelines established by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles.

This program is supported in part by grants from Southern California Edison and the California Community Foundation. Founded in 1915, the California Community Foundation holds assets totaling more than $550 million and manages more than 900 individual charitable funds. It makes grants to nonprofit organizations serving the communities of Southern California.

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