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Multiple themes are covered and discussed in "Into the Beautiful North."

Riverside County Supervisors today rejected a proposed quarry near the northern border of San Diego County that would have provided tons of rock and sand for construction projects.

Lee's upcoming novel is a dystopian tale, set in a future America where corporations have replaced a long-crumbled government, and Chinese immigrant workers have become a new laboring class, repopulating deserted cities.

You can’t walk along 4th and C Streets in downtown San Diego and not wonder about the dilapidated building across from City Hall. It was once the California Theatre.

In the forgotten reaches of the shortwave band, strange voices read out endless strings of numbers. The voices are coming from mysterious "numbers stations," long thought to be used in international espionage, including the recent Russian spy case.

When we listen to a new musical phrase, it is the parts of the brain that control muscle movement, not areas involved in hearing, that help us remember what we've heard. Keeping the notes in order is a little like getting your muscles to move at the right time.

This week, the five-piece, indie-classical band Build performed in our studios for a These Days show. They went on to play The Loft on Wednesday night. If you missed them, we have some performance footage you may want to check out.

Culture Lust contributor and music lover David Walters reminds us why John Sebastian holds a place in rock history (The Lovin' Spoonful) and why you should check out his solo act this Sunday in Normal Heights.

Airs Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Sat., August 8, 2015 at 3 p.m. & Mon., August 10 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV