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The 150-bed veterans winter shelter on Sports Arena Boulevard is operated by the Veterans Village of San Diego and funded by $440,000 city and federal dollars. The shelter provides beds, meals, mental health counseling, employment assistance, housing services and medical referrals.

San Diego Council To Consider Keeping Veterans Shelter Open

The San Diego City Council will decide today whether to spend $250,000 of a $5.5 million budget surplus to keep the 150-bed veterans emergency shelter open until July.

Ibrahim Habash walks with one of the many Palestinian recreational hiking groups that have sprung up largely in the last decade. The Israeli trails network, with its blue and white markings, extends into the West Bank, and Israeli and Palestinian hikers often cross paths on the same trails.

For Palestinian Hikers In West Bank, A Chance To Enjoy Nature And Escape Tensions

"To walk for three or four hours without checkpoints, without seeing soldiers ... it makes you feel, somehow, you can feel some free," says a hiker. There are scores of Palestinian hiking clubs.

Rosa Montoya at Mama Ines Mexican Bakery in Lafayette, Indiana, with conchas, churros and assorted other goodies.

A Few Great Bakeries

Airs Tues., Aug. 25, 2015 at 9 p.m. & repeats Sun., Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV

Leyla McCalla's <em>The Capitalist Blues </em>comes out Jan. 25.

Leyla McCalla Sings 'The Capitalist Blues' With Feeling and Wisdom

On her bustling third album, the former Carolina Chocolate Drops member maps her vision of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora while gently taking Anglocentricism (and capitalism) down a notch.

Leyla McCalla's The Capitalist Blues comes out Jan. 25.

First Listen: Leyla McCalla, 'The Capitalist Blues'

On her bustling third album, the former Carolina Chocolate Drops member maps her vision of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora while gently taking Anglocentricism (and capitalism) down a notch.

Brown Endorses Filner In San Diego Mayor's Race

California Governor Jerry Brown said he thinks Congressman Bob Filner can handle the job of mayor.

<em>Afternoon Tea</em>, 1886. Chromolithograph after Kate Greenaway. If you're looking for finger sandwiches, dainty desserts and formality, afternoon tea is your cup.

High Tea, Afternoon Tea, Elevenses: English Tea Times For Dummies

It's easy to get overwhelmed by the English and their social tea traditions. What time does each of them take place, anyway? But don't fret. The Salt is here to offer guidance.

Salvador Dalí's dinner parties were legendary for their opulence and bizarre fare. In 1973, Dalí immortalized these freakish feasts in the book <em>Les Diners de Gala.</em>

Decades Later, Salvador Dalí's Decadent Dream Dishes Are Awakened

Food and surrealism make bizarre bedfellows in Les Diners de Gala, first published in 1973. Now, you can get a reprint of those recipes and illustrations — and a peek into his legendary banquets.

In 1973, Salvador Dali immortalized some of the surreal dinners he hosted in a cookbook called Les Diners de Gala, which he also illustrated.

Decades Later, Salvador Dalí's Decadent Dream-Dishes Are Awakened

Food and surrealism make bizarre bedfellows in "Les Diners de Gala," first published in 1973. Now, you can get a reprint of those recipes and illustrations — and a peek into his legendary banquets.

A Google broadband technician installs a fiber-optic network at a home of one of the early Google Fiber customers in Kansas City, Kan., in 2012.

Google Fiber Won't Accept Any New Cities For Its Superfast Internet Network

Google says it will honor its existing commitments to support or deploy gigabit-speed Internet. But it's scaling back the work on fiber optics to focus on "new technology and deployment methods."

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