A new study finds that auto exhaust may increase the risk for heart attacks and strokes. The research focused on people living near freeways in Los Angeles, and found that particulates in car exhaust cause thickening of arteries. Also, the Berkeley City Council meets this evening to untangle a web of city rules pitting a marijuana dispensary against a French school and a commercial landlord.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- Michael Jerrett, associate professor of public health at UC Berkeley
- Jennifer Monahan, communications manager for Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley

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Most of Marin County is on its way to declaring independence from PG&E. Last night, the Marin Energy Authority Board approved a contract to buy electricity from Shell Energy North America. Also, the 14th annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival started today.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- Dawn Weisz, interim director for the Marin Energy Authority
More info:
- About the San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival

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Doctors and other disaster relief specialists from the Bay Area are still in Haiti, helping that nation recover from the earthquake last month. We talk with Dr. Steven Younger who has just returned from a trip with the group Operation Rainbow. Also, prominent San Francisco philanthropist Evelyn Haas has died. A promoter of the arts and the outdoors, her grant making shaped the San Francisco landscape.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- Steven Younger, anesthesiologist at California Pacific Medical Center
Reporters:
- Mina Kim

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We listen in on a training session for people who deal with older adults suffering from compulsive hoarding. Also, the State Senate Rules Committee approved Governor Schwarzenegger's nominee for lieutenant governor, State Senator Abel Maldonado. Why did the confirmation process for a job with little executive power include some high stakes politics?
Host: Cy Musiker
Reporters:
- Mina Kim

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Environmentalists gather tonight at a Richmond City Council meeting. They want the city to adopt a settlement agreement that would allow Chevron to move ahead with expansion plans for its Richmond Refinery. And the California National Guard makes history, as the first African American woman takes command.
Host: Cy Musiker

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Tomorrow, the Obama administration is expected to unveil a new policy for gays and lesbians in the military. What's being dubbed the Obama Rule could protect service members from investigations based on third-party allegations and perhaps let homosexuals serve openly in the military. And The San Francisco Symphony wins three Grammy awards for its newest Mahler recording.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- Dr. Nathaniel Frank, senior research fellow at the Palm Center at U.C. Santa Barbara
- Michael Tilson-Thomas, music director for the San Francisco Symphony

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