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Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days And 30 Nights & #151; Hollywood To The Heartland

For some families, the holiday season is a time for compromise. Chrismukkah, a blend of Hanukkah and Christmas customs, is one of them. Ron Gompertz, author of Chrismukkah: Everything You Need to Know to Celebrate the Hybrid Holiday, talks about mixed traditions with Madeleine Brand.

Maureen Cavanaugh speaks with the creators of the one-act opera, "Love Past Cure," featuring the International Sejong Soloists, as part of Summerfest Encounters on KPBS.

Film critics discuss some of the new films in local theatres. Films include "Da Vinci Code," "Down in the Valley," "District B13," and a "Star Wars" fan-films.

More that 20 years ago, California decided to get tough on criminals. Crackdowns included longer prison sentences, the "Three Strikes" law and tougher parole restrictions. Voters decided to keep criminals off the streets and away from society for as long as possible but we seem to have overlooked what affect all that might have on our prisons.

German-born Pope Benedict XVI makes a solemn visit to the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, ending a four-day tour of Poland. Benedict called the Nazi death camp "a place of horror."

In advance of a much-anticipated summit between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Jordan, a leaked White House memo threatens to disrupt the meeting. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley's memo to President Bush is critical of the Iraqi prime minister.

The subject of the Nanking Massacre has been explored before. The continued dispute with Japan over exactly what happened colors relations between China and Japan to this day.

Two local news organizations, VoiceofSanDiego and the Union-Tribune, have had recent run-ins with San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders' office over freedom of information act requests. We talk about delays in getting information, what the law says and what recourse news organizations have when public information is not turned over.

Brazil holds its presidential election Sunday. The incumbent, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, holds the lead, but there have been charges of corruption that may result in a runoff with his main opponent, former state governor Geraldo Alckmin of the centrist Social Democracy Party.