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Chris Kimball, host of public television's America's Test Kitchen, shares recipes for his favorite summer desserts and the American culinary traditions that inspired them.

Phoenix, Brad Paisley, The Walkmen. There's a lot of music to see this weekend as well as some arts and family festivals. Our guests will give some sage advice for your weekend plans.

Two local critics compile a must-read list of the latest releases that includes E.L. Doctorow, Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore, and Kazuo Ishiguro.

As we approach another election season, we look at the status of voting in San Diego County and across the state, including the modified open primary, mail-in ballots and the lack of standardized voting procedures.

The U.S. Border Patrol is now checking the citizenship of passengers on domestic ferry routes around Washington state's San Juan Islands. Some passengers say having to identify themselves when traveling inside the U.S. is a violation of privacy.

The steampunks have the best costumes at Comic-Con, so I made sure to attend their very popular (standing room only!) meetup to get a look at all the invention and finery.

San Diego offers up some great art and music events this weekend, including the Timken Museum's Art of Fashion event and 94.9's Independence Jam.

In key races across the nation, candidates won -- and lost -- in part because of the television and Web ads they ran. The Message Machine looks at nine ads that were truly unique and really made a difference in the 2010 campaign.

California spends 11 percent of its budget on its overcrowded prisons. We'll look at why costs continue to rise particularly for the aging prison population.

The War Crimes Act covers combat offenses committed by people who are not active military personnel. NPR has obtained a draft copy of the administration's proposed changes, which would exclude "humiliating and degrading treatment" from the category of war crimes.