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Most people try to save money for a rainy day, and a healthy savings account is a blessing in a time like this. Local governments, like people, vary in how well prepared they are for this economic downturn. KPBS reporter Alison St John surveyed all 18 cities in San Diego County to find out how much money in the bank they have to tide them over.

Hear the new, soulful San Diego band “Old Tiger” perform live in studio.

Yahoo Inc. has rebuffed an unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp., an offer Yahoo said "substantially undervalues" the company. Microsoft is now expected to sweeten its bid, which valued Yahoo stock at $31 a share.

In October, Grant Barrett asked readers of VoiceofSanDiego to suggest books he could read to quickly get acquainted with San Diego, his new home. He received dozens of suggestions and he shares some of them with us.

Criterion just released a special edition of Bottle Rocket for all of you Wes Anderson fans who say things like "I've liked Wes Anderson since way back in…

We discuss "Toy Story 3."

Three Beijing University students were among the leaders of the 1989 pro-democracy movement that shook China to its core. Two decades since gunfire snuffed out their dreams, the exiled leaders have taken different paths — through disillusionment, religion and renewed activism.

The author of a new book about the process of explaining science to the public says the notion that scientists are unattractive and geeky is a corrosive myth.

Two map-making companies — one based in Belgium, the other in Chicago — produce the digital maps used by Internet sites like Mapquest.com. The same maps also are used in GPS navigation systems. The companies are the focus of billion-dollar buyout offers.

Teen Critic Says Nothing Beats the Original