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There been a long-running debate about the future of America's one-cent coin, and at least one store owner in Berkeley, Calif., has decided to take a personal stand. Alko Office Supply refuses to take any pennies.

Is the off-campus party an indication of the attitudes of UCSD students? We discuss how state and local officials are responding to the so-called "Compton Cookout."

Changes to California's parole laws will save the state millions and a new prison release law is angering victims rights groups. Is the state of California risking public safety for fiscal gain? How likely is this to become a campaign issue this year?

President Obama was never considered a front-runner for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. But the names of the nominees are kept secret, which fuels a vigorous guessing game each year before the announcement.

As this column appears on KPBS' web site I am just days home from my traditional family Christmas that literally takes place at Grandmother's House. If you were to come to my office today you might still be able to see the shell-shocked look that follows more than a week of round-the-clock family, sugar, food, sugar, presents, sugar, late nights, sugar, fun, sugar, hair-raising temper tantrums, sugar.

The Oscar nominations are in and they include some of the films we'll be talking about today, including Biutiful, the animated French film The Illusionist. We'll find out about an indie documentary called Marwencol and the latest from French director Claude Chabrol.

Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who advocated an unfettered free market and had the ear of three U.S. presidents, died today at age 94.

Coachella may be officially sold out, but there's still plenty of stuff to do here in town. This Culture Lust Weekend, the S.D. Fine Art Society announces the nominees for its art awards, an infamous surf legend visits D.G. Wills, and Dum Dum Girls debut at The Casbah.

With the atmospheric conditions as schizophrenic as ever, it's probably best to have something lined up this Culture Lust Weekend. In case of rain, check out our picks: surfettes at the CA Surf Museum's Women on Waves, the 10th anniversary of Museum of Making Music, and fromage savvy at Venissimo.

We'll talk about the art of baking and buying great bread as part of our monthly segment on food.