A Mistrusted Budget Plan
By this time next week, we'll know whether Governor Jerry Brown has succeeded, or failed, in his most important test to date: a deal on the state's budget crisis. The governor needs bipartisan support on a budget plan in particular, so voters can decide in a special election whether to extend $11 billion worth of taxes soon to expire.
Climate Watch: Citizen Scientists
Scientists aren't the only ones out there tracking what's happening in the natural world. From serious naturalists to weekend warriors, there are armies of regular people taking note of the environment all the time. Harnessing the power of these "citizen scientists" has been a challenge for researchers, but a new effort aims to make contributing to science as easy as using your cell phone.
Street Medicine in Santa Barbara
Many homeless people cycle between the streets and the emergency room. It doesn't make much sense from a policy perspective, and it results in great human suffering. There's a group of volunteers in Santa Barbara taking health care to the streets. A couple notes before we begin -- we were asked to change the patients' names to protect their privacy, and the story contains some pretty graphic descriptions.
Pop Music Review: Anna Waronker's 'California Fade'
Anna Waronker's granddad Si and dad Lenny were two of the biggest record industry executives in history. Lenny, for instance, produced artists like Randy Newman and James Taylor. In the 1990s, Waronker fronted the L.A. band That Dog. The California Report's pop music critic Steve Hochman tells us family figures strongly in Waronker's new solo album, "California Fade."
Gaining Fans at SDSU
If you're not hip to the basketball phenomenon developing at San Diego State University this season, it's time to catch up. The Aztecs are on fire.