You can read my review of Terminator Salvation (opening May 21 throughout San Diego) and then listen to Scott Marks and I discuss some of the recent Hollywood blockbusters opening in theaters on the May edition of the KPBS Film Club of the Air. Terminator Salvation adds another origin tale to theaters and Angels and Demons builds on the success of The Da Vinci Code. But are they worth your time?

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell says severe state budget cuts will threaten the academic progress of students across California. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more says he made that statement as he released performance targets for next school year.

During Memorial Day weekend, PBS will unite the nation with an evening that has become an American tradition. The multi-award-winning NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT honors the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country. The 2009 event commemorates 20 years on air as the nation’s memorial service, offering viewers a time to remember, heal and bring our country together.

NOTE: All tickets are gone. If you have not received a confirmation email than you will not be receiving passes. Thanks for the great response. Sorry we didn't have more tickets to give out....The KPBS Film Club is happy to offer free passes to this year's FilmOut San Diego, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film festival. A dozen people will receive passes for two to Eugene, Fashion Victims and Best of LGBT Shorts. Read on for more details.

Gloria Penner hosts "San Diego Week", a look at this weeks' top news stories and how they impact San Diegans like you. Count on thoughtful interviews and news analysis from the KPBS News team as well as reporters and editors from other San Diego news outlets.

The US Navy is searching for the wreckage of its downed Seahawk helicopter off the San Diego Coast. And KPBS reporter Katie Orr explains the Coast Guard has called off its search for the remaining two crew members.

Terminator Salvation (opening May 21 throughout San Diego) serves up the fourth film in the Terminator franchise. Like Star Trek and Wolverine, it is something of an origin tale as it goes back to Judgment Day to see what Skynet and the human resistance are up to. Read what our teen critic has to say.

State lawmakers and other elected officials are looking at a big pay cut in the future.

GOOD BOYS is the story of two men, one black and one white, who meet eight years after a school shooting in which both their sons died, one a victim, the other the shooter. As the fathers search for understanding and viciously cast blame, they confront difficult questions about vengeance and responsibility. We'll talk with Mo'olelo's Artistic Director, an actor from the play, and psychologist Dr. Ken Druck.

Several environmental groups say California's budget crisis has crippled efforts to solve ocean pollution at beaches near the Mexican border. In its 2009 Beach Report Card, Heal the Bay says state cutbacks in beach water monitoring endangers public health.

Is it easy being green? We'll explore how companies are adopting environmentally-friendly business practices, making green products and offering green services, and how consumers are responding to the greening trend.

The partisan divide over how to secure the nation's safety — and what was done in America's name after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — intensified Thursday with dramatic, back-to-back televised speeches by President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Forty percent of the U.S. Pacific Fleet is home ported in San Diego Bay, and San Diego is only going to become more important to the Navy in the future. Tomorrow, three ships from Ingleside Texas will sail into the San Diego, part of what will be a major expansion of the Navy’s presence here.