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Lined up for this Culture Lust Weekend: the MFA students at UCSD will (finally!) open their studios, fashionistas will flock downtown for THREAD, and just about anyone will head to Seaport Village for the 2010 Busker Festival. Plus: live music galore!

It's the time of year for holiday stresses, which can often lead to the "holiday blues." We speak with a local therapist about the issue.

The allure of fame is in the air. Auditions for the seventh season of "American Idol" are underway in San Diego. KPBS reporter Andrew Phelps was at Qualcomm Stadium early this morning, where thousands

A House vote is expected Friday on a wide-ranging farm bill. The $290 billion measure sets policy for the next five years on programs ranging from crop subsidies to food stamps.

El Cajon Boulevard has been San Diego's hub of prostitution for decades. Reporter Keegan Kyle, from voiceofsandiego.org, found out why and also looked into how the business of prostitution is changing.

ArtWalk and the Adams Avenue Roots Festival are just two of the events happening in San Diego this weekend. Our culture scouts Keli Dailey and Chris Cantore have some recommendations for our listeners.

What can be done to raise awareness about how people become homeless, and the challenges they face living on the streets? We discuss the latest statistics on the local homeless population, and the goals of this weekend's "Sleepless in San Diego" event.

One of the largest wildfires in Southern California's history is still claiming huge areas of forest land north of Los Angeles. The Day Fire, which started by accident on Labor Day, already has consumed nearly 200,000 acres. More than 4,200 firefighters are on the front lines of the blaze.

Dith Pran documented — and experienced himself — the terror of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Correspondent Sydney Schanberg reflects on a relationship with Pran chronicled in the 1984 Academy-award-winning film, The Killing Fields.

As California struggles with closing a $26 billion budget shortfall, the state began issuing IOUs on July 2, for only the second time since the Great Depression. We'll get the latest news from Sacramento on the budget crisis.