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A batch of new schools is under construction this week in the San Diego Unified School District. Officials say the campuses will help to alleviate overcrowding in the inner city. KPBS Reporter Ana Tin

A federal judge in San Diego has ruled it is ok to keep the alleged head of Tijuana's Arellano Felix drug cartel in maximum security. The judge ruled jail conditions for the defendant and witnesses in

opens with a woman frantically gathering her things and her young son and fleeing from some real or imagined terror. We soon find out that the woman, Pilar (Laia Marull), is fleeing from an all-too-real abusive relationship with her husband Antonio (Luis Tosar). She takes refuge with her sister Ana (Candela Pena) who's about to marry a Scotsman. Ana helps her find a job at a museum and offers her emotional support. But Pilar's mother urges her daughter to return to her husband. Antonio also pleads his case, insisting he can change. He leaves her gifts at her work and points out that he's begun therapy.

How will state budget cuts affect schools in San Diego, and throughout California? We speak to the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction about the cuts that schools will face, and about the overall health of the state's education system. We also talk to O'Connell about the free summer lunch program that's being offered at local schools.

A retired Army general who worked closely with Dr. James Peake, President Bush's pick to head the Department of Veteran Affairs, says Peake is a dedicated and hard worker who gets too bogged down in details. That's a problem, given the current state of the VA medical system.

Facilities and infrastructure weren't maintained to acceptable standards at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Pentagon leadership should have known about it, according to an independent review board. Here, a look at some of the group's key findings and recommendations.

The Caped Crusader Gets A Reboot

Three years into their marriage, Judith Fox's husband, Dr. Edmund Ackell, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Over the course of the next ten years, Fox watched as the man who used to perform surgery, fly planes, and run universities, forgot how to turn on the coffee maker or place a phone call. Fox is a photographer and decided to document her husband's daily struggles with Alzheimer's. She's collected those images in a book called "I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's." Fox joins us to talk about the book and her role as wife, care-giver, and photographer.

For Amir, home is Kabul and in the year 2000 it's a bad time to think of returning because the Taliban has taken control of most of his homeland. The Afghan-born Amir now lives in the U.S. where he has just published his first book. The voice from the past belongs to Rahim Kahn, his father's best friend. Actor Shaun Toub (who also starred in

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