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We'll speak to a Harvard-educated doctor who grew up in a small farming community in the Coachella Valley. Dr. Raul Ruiz, a son of farm workers, now devotes his life to building a pathway for youth from rural communities to become doctors who will return to practice medicine in their home towns.

In today's Legal Update, we'll give you a rundown of cases involving an ongoing dispute over who founded Facebook, whether an employee with bipolar disorder can be fired for making threats in the workplace, and a federal lawsuit against Trump University. Joining us to break down the cases is These Days Legal Analyst Dan Eaton.

One of the most famous lines from the United States Declaration of Independence states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Today we will focus on the "pursuit of Happiness" portion of the Declaration of Independence as we speak to the author of "The Politics of Happiness." Should governments focus as much on "gross national happiness" as they do on the gross domestic product? How can governments assess happiness? And, what can be gained from having a happier populace?

There have been initiatives to get students to eat healthier for years. Although some programs have had success, those implemented in low-income areas have had more resistance not only from teachers, students but parents as well. We will discuss the attempted programs encouraging healthy eating, and the resistance from low income families.

Hundreds of secret documents show that military and counterterrorism analysts sometimes found it difficult to determine whether those held in the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay were truly dangerous.

A San Diego Superior Court judge ruled in favor of a youth boxing club in an eminent domain case against National City.

Extreme Film Fest Creates Controversy

Between Chicano Park Day, hip hop dance performances, an experimental vocalist, and Easter egg hunts, you have no excuse to stay home this weekend.

Earth Day reminds us to be aware of how our actions, even the food we eat, affect the world around us. We'll speak to organic farmer and author, Myra Goodman about how making small changes in the kitchen can have a big impact on the environment.

This week's fraud conviction of Lee Farkas, CEO of one of the country's largest private mortgage lending companies, has been trumpeted by federal prosecutors. But opportunities for the Justice Department to crow about victories in financial cases are few and far between.