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Learn about the JOLT Program, which rehabilitates incarcerated youth, and prepares them for release back into the community.

Zandra Rhodes, the iconic British fashion designer who calls San Diego home, talks about her insatiable thirst for work, her pink hair, and the inspirations behind her dramatic, outlandish designs. A retrospective of Rhodes' work recently opened at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park.

Historically black neighborhoods were known for bringing people of different economic classes together — but that all changed during the civil rights movement. Eugene Robinson writes about how post-civil rights social mobility tore black communities apart in Disintegration.

Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, is a front line in the global war against radical Islam. A group known as al-Shabab that claims links to al-Qaida wants to create a strict Muslim state. About 7,000 African Union peacekeeping troops are trying to stop them.

Our North County pundits look at how the proposed Escondido Ballpark is changing the election dynamic there; who's in the running for mayor of Carlsbad; the continuing antics on the Vista City Council; and the lethargic race for the 50th Congressional District.

Tight budgets and a vegetable garden are the perfect motivations to learn about canning and preserving food. And even if all you want to do is learn the proper way to freeze extra food, you'll get tips during this Food Hour edition of These Days.

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For the first time in 35 years, Justice John Paul Stevens is not on the Supreme Court bench as a new term opens. The 90-year-old justice, who retired this summer, talks to NPR about baseball, taking cases one at a time, and the one vote he would change.

Last year, the H1N1 flu pandemic forced many Americans to scramble -- sometimes in vain -- to get vaccinated against it. This year, more places are offering flu shots than ever before, and more than a third of U.S. adults are getting their shots in locations other than a doctor's office -- places like grocery stores or even car dealerships.

Democrat Peter DeFazio is considered a shoo-in for re-election in his Oregon congressional district. So why is a mystery organization running attack ads against him? And who's behind the ads?