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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime struck back at anti-government forces Friday, launching a strike on an opposition-held city near Tripoli and clamping down on protesters in the capital. In eastern Libya, a massive explosion at a rebel-held military base killed at least 17.

The California Coastal Commission considers a controversial toll road proposal in north San Diego County. Freeway organizers say the 16 mile toll road is necessary to mitigate traffic saturation, but

San Diego County's chief financial officer says IOUs from the state of California won't hurt immediately. CFO Don Steuer says health and human service programs are facing immediate cuts, but he says the county was ready. He says local officials set aside extra money as they realized the state's money problems were getting worse.

Airs Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

If you fly over West Virginia on a clear day, you might see Hacker Valley as just a wisp of smoking rising from the mountains. The 600 people who live there are facing a second winter of icy, treacherous driving just to get to a post office. It can be a 40-mile round trip.

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Airs Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

It is part library, part museum, part art gallery - drawing students and scholars from around the world. It is the repository of the life work of renowned men and women - manuscripts of books they have written, speeches they have given, discoveries they have made.

Those early birds who already know how they want to vote in the June primary election can cast their ballots starting today. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

MCASD mounts an exhibit featuring the work of nine innovative architects and designers living and working in San Diego. We'll talk about architecture in the museum setting, what it means to have an alternative practice, and architecture in San Diego.