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The California State Senate Health Committee passed a single-payer health care bill Wednesday.

It's Thursday which means it's time to begin planning your weekend. We want to help. If you want to know more about Steampunks, there's a stylish convention in town. Or if you want to enjoy some Cajun music by the bay, we have a festival to recommend. Joining us with their suggestions are Nina Garin and Rosey Bystrak.

"Thor" opens in theaters this weekend, launching the summer movie season. KPBS film critic Beth Accomando says to expect lots of sequels.

Perhaps you've wondered what it would be like to travel around the world like Anthony Bourdain, eating exotic and rare foods. One San Diegan is getting a taste of that life. Troy Johnson is currently shooting a 9-part television show for the Food Network. It debuts in June but he's agreed to share some stories from the road.

To some brown pelicans are magical, to some they're pooping pests. But this spring there are a heck of a lot of them flying up and down the San Diego coast.

We've heard about the mayor's budget proposal, and the council's budget recommendations. Now, it's time for San Diego's Independent Budget Analyst to weigh in. How does the city's IBA, Andrea Tevlin, think the mayor and council should eliminate the $57 million deficit?

As President Obama tries to refocus on domestic issues, he confronts yet another enemy that's been difficult to eliminate: the laggard economy.

Many believe that one of the biggest challenges poor people face is hunger, but economist Abhijit Banerjee argues that the economics of poverty are often much more nuanced. Banerjee looks at how poor people make economic decisions in his book, Poor Economics.

A bill banning copper-based boat paint is moving through the California state legislature.

State Senator Chris Kehoe introduced a "transit first" bill to slow the widening of I-5. But it's a different bill now and we're not quite sure what it's become.