Death Penalty Moratorium Lifted
A federal judge in San Jose has lifted his moratorium on lethal injections, clearing the way for the first execution in California in more than five years. Albert Greenwood Brown is scheduled to die next week, and today's decision by Judge Jeremy Fogel removes the biggest legal hurdle to that happening.
Campaign Check: Brown and the Budget
With a tentative budget framework finally being discussed in Sacramento, we look at budget fixes in this week's installment of "Campaign Check."
Prison Program Teaches Culinary Skills
Knowing your way around a kitchen seems like an odd way to avoid trouble with the law, but that's exactly what a vocational program in San Mateo is counting on. The County Jail is hoping to keep ex-offenders out of prison by giving them cooking lessons -- and hopefully a good job.
Remembering Buddy Collette
Los Angeles lost a treasured artist this past week with the death of jazz musician Buddy Collette. Jazz and world music critic Andrew Gilbert has a remembrance.
Going for a Ukulele World Record
A group of musicians is hoping to shatter a Guinness Book of World Records mark this weekend in San Francisco. Ukulele players from all over the world will strum their little Hawaiian instruments at the Castro Theatre -- and if more than 851 of them show up, they'll take the title away from current record holder, London.
