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Nearly 40 percent of San Diegans don’t earn enough money to live here, according to a new report. San Diego is the 11th most expensive city in the United States. The County’s unemployment rate is at

These Days guest host Alison St. John talks with David Coddon about the best bets for the weekend.

The nation's leading organization of hospice physicians has dropped its opposition to doctor-assisted suicide. The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine has decided to take a "neutral" p

After more than a decade of negotiation, Congress is likely to pass legislation that would bar insurers and employers from discrimination based on a person's genetic makeup. Bush has endorsed the concept, but some in the insurance and business community remain wary.

We'll talk about the movies that are opening this Thanksgiving weekend, including the new animated film from Wes Anderson, the much-talked about "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire," and an independent film starring Woody Harreson as a soldier who notifies families who have lost a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan.

The appealing thing about Mike Myers and the comedy he writes is that it's basically good-natured -- dumb but good-natured. Think about Wayne Campbell or Austin Powers. They are goofy likable characters that never display any real mean-spiritedness. Even if they do lash out at someone, it's usually more silly than vicious. Myers' work falls into the pot comedy genre where even bad guys don't come across as that bad, and there's a loopy surreal quality to the comic world created.

The Three Gorges Dam is sometimes used as a symbol of the Chinese economic miracle and the country's move toward modernization. Chang doesn't overtly challenge this but he does want to show the price that many are paying for this so-called advancement. So Chang goes back to China and to "The River" that his grandfather often spoke of. His plan is to take a luxury cruise boat up the Yangtze to the Three Gorges Dam. The cruise is something of a farewell tour - bidding goodbye not only to the river but to a way of life for the two million people being relocated. In taking this cruise, Chang is also able to focus on a pair of young people who have taken up jobs in what in the new tourism industry.

Two documentaries, including one called Everything’s Cool, will deal with global warming this year. They join The Day After Tomorrow and An Inconvenient Truth as movies concerned with climate change.

The San Diego City Council has voted to send construction of a new downtown central library out for bids. We look at why (and whether) a viable, robust central library is necessary, what it would cost, if the city can afford it and if now is the right time to go ahead with it.

As a handheld camera busily moves through the apartment, we notice how little interaction there is. Grandma goes about her chores as if she were invisible - none of the men acknowledge her presence. They just expect to have clean clothes to grab in the morning and food waiting for them on the table. Alice commands little more attention as she gets ready to go to work as a manicurist. This is the world of Alice's House, a new film from Brazil.