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New restaurants around town and new activities: from daily art assignments to dodgeball. Get ready to have your tastebuds tickled and your interest piqued in today's edition of the weekend preview.

The San Diego Unified School District board is facing some difficult choices as it discusses how to cut potentially $141 million from the budget for next school year. Superintendent Bill Kowba, Board President Richard Barrera and new Trustee Scott Barnett join us to discuss the district's financial challenges.

As we approach another election season, we look at the status of voting in San Diego County and across the state, including the modified open primary, mail-in ballots and the lack of standardized voting procedures.

How should a parent respond when their toddler throws a temper tantrum? We speak to the chair of the Child and Family Development Department at SDSU about behavioral problems that are common in toddlers and preschoolers, and what parents can do to better prepare their child for preschool.

What will new Superintendent Bill Kowba bring to the San Diego Unified School District? We speak to Kowba about his background, and his goals for the district.

In central Nigeria, a health worker has started a support group for people with a disfiguring and painful condition, lymphatic filariasis. Often shunned by their families and communities, members of the group learn how to treat the condition and reclaim their lives.

Envision San Diego & KPBS Special Report

As the location of a new winter shelter is debated, we discuss the people who make up San Diego's homeless. Each year at this time, the San Diego City Council debates where this year's temporary winter homeless shelter should be located. We'll hear what's being proposed and get a glimpse at the diverse backgrounds and needs of San Diego's homeless.

San Diego scientists are close to figuring out why our bodies age and why old age is the leading cause of disease. KPBS reporter Joanne Faryon has the story.

Parasitic diseases such as schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis have come to be called neglected diseases, even though they infect about 1 billion people worldwide and are easily preventable. But some international donors are trying to change that in Nigeria.