Reporter's Notebook: Looking Back on the RNC

They're striking the sets in St. Paul and the McCain-Palin ticket is off and running. John Myers spent the past few days with California's delegation at the RNC. He looks back on a week that was part media spectacle, part political ritual and part sleepover camp for gleeful GOP partygoers from all over the Golden State. Reporter: John Myers

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McCain's Green Screen Mystery

If you saw any close-ups of John McCain on Thursday night, you may have noticed him standing in front of what looked like a green screen. But some Internet detective work has revealed that what we saw on TV was actually part of a larger image projected behind him.

CD Review -- "That Lucky Old Sun"

California's combination of heat, sand and ocean inspired Brian Wilson to write plenty of classic music in the 1960s -- and apparently it still does. Pop music critic Steve Hochman reviews the former Beach Boy's new release, "That Lucky Old Sun."

L.A.'s Push for Green Jobs

Though it's known for crowded freeways and a polluting past, Los Angeles is dreaming of a future with green jobs for its poorest residents. That may sound like a feel-good Coca-Cola commercial from the 1970s, but that's exactly what L.A. is planning with a series of new laws to require more energy efficient buildings. Reporter: Rob Schmitz

Fort Bragg Cleanup

Ever since a huge redwood mill closed in Fort Bragg six years ago, the Mendocino County town has been trying to figure out what do about miles of rocky coastline contaminated with dioxin. Last week, the City Council approved a cleanup plan with an unusual ingredient. Reporter: Lisa Morehouse

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