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August is a great month to stargaze. We'll find why San Diego County has some of the best places in the country to explore the night sky.

Video Feature on the New Film 'Splice'

The first-ever Neighborhood Innovation Forum, a colloquium of local and national community groups, funders and city officials, met in San Diego last week to discuss ways to make individual neighborhoods the driving force of community improvement.

It's the time of year for holiday stresses, which can often lead to the "holiday blues." We speak with a local therapist about the issue.

I'm Not There

Scientists have new evidence that the moon burped a large cloud of gas within the last few million years, a time period considered to be "recent" in geological terms. The evidence is a dent in the surface that was originally spotted by one of the Apollo moon missions.

The use of the death penalty has a long history in California. We look at whether it is an anachronism in this state due to the many obstacles preventing its use as punishment, and we look at current trends in death penalty cases in San Diego.

As a librarian and a reader, Nancy Pearl scours the shelves in search of hidden treasures — titles you may have missed. Her findings include two chilling thrillers, one exquisite 1960s memoir, a lively biography of George Orwell, an example of historical fiction at its very best, and much more fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

As UCSD celebrates its 50th anniversary, we explore the commitment to modern art and architecture on the campus. We'll talk with campus architect Boone Hellmann and a manager from the Stuart Collection of public art.

The debate over choosing to die near the end of life tends to focus on physician assisted suicide. But Dr. Stanley Terman says there is a legal alternative: voluntary refusal of food and fluids. He tr