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Family and friends of a teenage North County girl who went missing a year ago today plan to put on a fundraiser this morning to help them pay for their ongoing search for her.

Organizers of the Vancouver Games have made a big deal of including Canada's native people in preparations for the Olympics. Some natives see themselves as full partners in the games, but others say the events are being held without their permission on what amounts to stolen land.

The U.N.'s Goldstone Report accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during last winter's conflict in the Gaza Strip. Now, some say Israel needs to launch an offensive of a different kind: a public relations drive to disassociate itself from words like "occupation" or "conflict."

Walking the walk? Culture Lust production assistant Meredith Hattam may blog about galleries and theater, but she'd never had an opera experience - until now.

For several years, Toyota dismissed charges that many of its models are subject to sudden, unexplained acceleration. With the fatal accident last August of the Lexus driven by veteran California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, Toyota's attitude changed. We look at whether Toyota's proposed fixes are enough and what the corporation can do to regain its reputation for quality.

Toyota's gas pedal woes are turning into a full-blown crisis for the carmaker that could end up doing long-term damage to the sterling reputation it has painstakingly built up for several decades.

Toyota executives have been virtually silent amid a recall of millions of their cars because gas pedals can become dangerously stuck. For their customers, oh, what a feeling - fear, frustration, confusion and anger.

What were the highlights from President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address? We speak to a White House correspondent, a pair of local congressmen, and a political science professor about the speech.

This Culture Lust Weekend: Plastic Fantastic at the OMA, movie night with Josephine Baker, and the S.D. Opera goes to Paris.

The Treasury secretary defended the insurance giant's $182 billion rescue, but told a House panel that he had "no role" in withholding details of deals in which billions of dollars meant to bail out AIG instead went to its business partners.