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A growing number of school districts across America are trying to weave tablet computers, like the iPad, into the classroom fabric, especially as a tool to help implement the new Common Core state standards for math and reading.

Husband and wife cartoonists Robert and Aline Crumb have worked jointly on autobiographical comics for nearly four decades. The panels of their new graphic novel overflow with voluminous speech bubbles filled with the Crumbs' honest observations about anything and everything.

Writer Jody Arlington picks three hot summer graphic-novel reads. The twist? They all star anthropomorphic animals: Doughty badger detective LeBrock, hard-boiled cat detective John Blacksad and resistance rabbit Hardin dodge assassins, steal secrets and track down the missing just like their human counterparts.

Wedding Crasher

A judge ordered a mysterious Arizona nonprofit to turn over records about its donors after the group gave $11 million to two California ballot initiatives.

Inspired by toast's ascendance as a trendy snack du jour, we push "artisanal" toast in new directions. Using a blowtorch, coffee maker and dryer, we prove you can toast it yourself without a toaster.

Airs Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

A promising-but-troubled San Diego biotech company has forced out four executives, including its CEO. This follows news that employees of Sequenom mishandled trial results for its Down syndrome test.

Airs Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

A smaller, alternative comics/arts convention will be held across the street from Comic-Con International. It's called Tr!ckster and it has some big names behind it.