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Schorr, a longtime NPR contributor, broke stories during the Cold War and Watergate that won him numerous awards — as well as the enmity of presidents. He was 93.

How did downtown San Diego become what it is today? In her continuing series "San Diego's Evolving Downtown," KPBS Metro reporter Katie Orr looks at a variety of influences on the city's urban core.

Ghost stories, pumpkin patches, and a lot of music fills our weekend preview.

Sherri Lightner and Phil Thalheimer are vying for Scott Peters' seat on the San Diego City Council. Phil Thalheimer is the president of San Diego Flight Training International and a Republican. Sher

With overall health care legislation heading to Obama's desk, the Senate will take up the House's reconciliation bill as early as Tuesday. Republicans are expected to try any and all strategies to delay and, if possible, derail the legislation. In other words, it's business as usual for the upper chamber.

Author Mark Helprin's latest novel is a sprawling tale of love, honor and danger in the years just after World War II. Returned soldier Harry Copeland spots a mysterious woman in white on the Staten Island Ferry. She turns out to be an heiress with Broadway dreams and a complicated past that threatens their growing love.

Households' net worth rose 2.1 percent last quarter -- the four straight quarterly gain. Yet tumbling stock prices have reduced their wealth since then. Some economists say Americans' net worth may now be down slightly for the year. That helps explain why many say it will at least 2012 or 2013 before Americans' wealth returns to pre-recession levels.

In Haiti, relief organizations are still struggling to get food, water and other aid to earthquake survivors. But some food and other necessities are available on the streets of Port-au-Prince — if survivors can afford it. That has led some aid groups to shift gears and pay people for clean-up work, so they can buy what they need.

The San Diego Opera opens their 2010 season with Giacomo Puccini's classic La Bohème. We'll talk with members of the cast, including San Diego-based soprano Priti Gandhi, who performs the role of the irrepressible flirt Musetta in La Bohème. We'll also talk with San Diego Opera's Dr. Nic Reveles about why La Bohème is such an enduring story.

Legal technicalities have left the city of San Diego temporarily without campaign finance limits. Also on this Legal Update, we'll talk about a new lawsuit aimed at changing the way California funds education.