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First Look at The Day the Earth Stood Still and Max Payne

This Culture Lust weekend, we think you should get jazzy in Carlsbad, a little sun-kissed in OB, and a little indulgent in La Jolla.

New restaurants around town and new activities: from daily art assignments to dodgeball. Get ready to have your tastebuds tickled and your interest piqued in today's edition of the weekend preview.

State School Superintendent Tom Torlakson has just started his term in office, and one of his first goals is to sound the alarm. He wants Californians to understand just how badly schools have been affected by three years of deep budget cuts, with possibly more cuts to come. Tom Torlakson will join us in studio and take your calls.

A French documentary recently staged a fake game show to demonstrate that people are willing to punish — and even kill — to be on TV. Psychologists have questioned the value of such research when it jeopardizes subjects' mental health.

Who is responsible for cleaning up the toxic sludge in the San Diego Bay and how is this an environmental justice issue?

NPR reporters offer topic-by-topic analysis of President Obama's $3.7 trillion proposal. One area getting a boost in the budget is homeland security: The president is proposing money for more of the controversial full-body scanners at airports.

What will be the biofuel of the future? If there are too many limits on the large-scale production of corn and sugar-based ethanol, what other kinds of biomass can be used to produce fuel? We speak to

Like wireless and biotech, cleantech is now an emerging hub in San Diego. The city is at the center of research focused on developing algae as a biofuel. We take a look at how the local industry has fared, where the green jobs are and how much progress has been made with algae.

Is the situation in Iraq becoming increasingly unstable as the time for American withdrawal approaches? And, what are U.S. officials doing to reach out to Iraqis here and abroad? We talk to representatives from the Department of State who are visiting San Diego, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, and to the Director of Strategic Effects for United States Forces in Iraq.