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School's back and so is the daily duty of ferrying the kids to class every morning. With traffic only getting more frustrating around San Diego County, we've got an alternative to driving your children to class.

Our North County pundits look at how the proposed Escondido Ballpark is changing the election dynamic there; who's in the running for mayor of Carlsbad; the continuing antics on the Vista City Council; and the lethargic race for the 50th Congressional District.

The five qualified candidates for the District Five seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors are in the KPBS studio to discuss issues before the June primary, including budget shortfalls, growth, immigration, and county services.

Since retiring from professional chess, former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov has turned his powers of strategic thinking to the game of politics, founding an umbrella group to promote free elections in his homeland. Kasparov says that politics in Russia, unlike the game of chess, has no rules.

Much of Haiti is an environmental disaster area, its mountains stripped of trees, its soil easily eroded by heavy rains that produce deadly floods and mudslides. Activists and entrepreneurs are coming up with ideas to reverse that damage.

Earl Thomas Performs In Studio

This weekend, voters rejected constitutional changes that would have given Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez added powers. Chavez said his acceptance of the outcome proves he's no dictator, but that this isn't the end of his effort to reform the constitution.

Environmentally-friendly jobs are taking center-stage as California reacts to global warming and continued growth. We speak with an expert about the green job industry and its outlook for San Diego.

Scott Anderson's piece in the September issue of the magazine challenges the official line on a series of bombings that killed hundreds of people in 1999 in Russia. Although no issues have been raised to date about the article's accuracy, GQ management is trying to prevent Russians from reading it.

A group of World Bank employees charged with fighting corruption turned against Bank President Paul Wolfowitz this week. It's more bad news for Wolfowitz, who is preparing to face the World Bank committee that's investigating him on Monday.