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Airs Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

The manufacturing shutdowns following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami were felt acutely in Toyota City, where the Japanese auto giant is based. Many small manufacturers there survive by selling parts to Toyota, and the shutdowns are already hurting the local economy.

As CEO of Connect, Duane Roth served as a facilitator and spokesman for San Diego's innovation industry. Roth died Saturday from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident. Over the weekend, local tech and life science leaders paid their respects.

Pfc. Jose Oscar Belmontes, 28, of La Verne, California was killed on July 28 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire, according to the Department of Defense.

Medicaid and controversy seem inseparable in many states lately. For the most part, the wrangling is about a new wrinkle in Medicaid -- the expansion of the health program for the poor and disabled under Obamacare.

During the March Madness of 1963, playing was infused with politics. The NCAA matchup between Loyola University of Chicago and Mississippi State helped put an end to segregated basketball. Loyola's win 50 years ago became known as the "game of change."

Ahmadou Kourouma's Allah Is Not Obliged recounts the story of a child soldier in Liberia. Author A. Igoni Barrett says in this book, horror and humor become bedfellows, making for a heartbreaking yet laughter-filled read.

The 17 European countries that use the euro have such widely varying debt burdens that they cannot survive as a single eurozone unless the strongest rescue the weakest. Germany's economic strength means it is better positioned than any other country in Europe to stabilize the euro. But the question is: Does it want to?

We have been reporting for several weeks now on small businesses in America. Today, we explore a business system where entrepreneurs and corporations come together: franchising. Franchising is a bit like marriage. It takes a good long-term relationship to succeed.

In the immediate aftermath of the storm, people in Joplin were just starting to get over their shock and still nervously discussing the latest increases in the death toll. For those who survived, that's all that matters right now.