Public Schools Brace for Budget Cuts
Public schools are preparing for the worst after an education summit in L.A. this week, where Jerry Brown warned attendees that cuts would be coming. As Los Angeles Bureau Chief Krissy Clark tells us, the issue is heating up on a number of fronts.
High School Harvest
Students at Sacred Heart Prep, a Catholic school in Atherton, are learning to make extra virgin olive oil. Until last year, the olives growing on the school's property hadn't been harvested since the 1950s. Now students, parents and teachers are selling the olive oil they press and bottle to help raise money for school programs.
How Jet Lag Affects Your Brain
Scientists say jet lag often hits women harder than men -- and it's worse traveling from west to east than east to west. But jet lag can do a lot more harm than just wear you out.
Turning Points: Stone Soup
Our series "Turning Points" focuses on people and their life-changing moments: a lucky break, a tragedy, or some kind of personal revelation that redirected their lives. For the director of one nonprofit, a simple folk tale provided the inspiration for turning around a crowded refugee neighborhood in Fresno.
San Diego Folk Music Goes Digital
In an age of iPods and music downloads, Lou Curtiss is an anomaly. For the past 40 years, he's run an independent record store in San Diego, selling vinyl recordings of folk, blues and jazz music. But with the help of UCLA, Curtiss's musical archive is finally entering the digital age.