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We continue our election coverage on KPBS with a discussion about San Diego's Congressional races. Incumbents seem to have a big lead in all five local races for Congress. We'll focus on the candidates in San Diego's 50-th and 51-st districts.

As hard times have fallen on America's Rust Belt, a new region is hoping to give Detroit a run for its money. Clean-tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are investing in the emerging electric car industry. And Google is among the investors.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has witnessed seminal events in U.S. history, from growing up in segregated Alabama to helping plan the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Her new memoir describes how her parents helped her reach the White House.

Journalist Christopher Hitchens is an atheist who says the world would be better off without religion. His brother, Peter, a conservative Anglican, says goodness is impossible without religious faith. The brothers have publicly argued over faith for years. But now that Christopher has been diagnosed with cancer, the theoretical argument is real.

Krystal Ball is a Democrat running for Congress from Virginia, but she has landed on the national stage for reasons even she says she wished had remained private. Whoever put risque pictures of her on the Internet is playing a classic game, she charges: making a woman look bad for doing things that a man most likely wouldn't be criticized for.

Proposition 19, the California ballot measure that would legalize marijuana, has provoked debate on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border about how it would affect Mexico's drug cartels. A new study says it would do little to reduce cartel violence; supporters say it would slash cartel profits.

Virtual Wall Honors Vietnam Vets With Photos, Bios, Letters and More

What are you telling your children about the school shooting in Carlsbad? How are you handling your concern about your kids at school?

John Lennon's Enduring Legacy

The recent suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi and other similar incidents in California have sparked concern over the harrassment and bullying of gay, lesbian and transgender students. We talk with an advisor from Cal State San Marcos, a legal expert and a student activist from SDSU about resources available when students feel threatened or degraded.