State Workers on Furlough

Today was a day unlike any other in the history of state government. More than 200,000 state employees were on unpaid furlough, an order by Governor Schwarzenegger to save money. Except for critical services like law enforcement or fire fighting, state offices across California were closed. Guest: Jon Ortiz, author of the blog "The State Worker" for the Sacramento Bee .

• More: Furlough analysis on Captial Notes podcast

Tracking Urban Lions

Mountain lions live surprisingly close to people living in urban parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. There's no doubt that they're scary, but they're not as dangerous as you might think. Now, researchers in the mountains north of Santa Cruz are using new technology to learn more about them.Reporter: David Gorn

• More: Reporter's Notes

Border Battle

A war is raging out of control along California's southern border with Mexico. In the past two months, some 350 people have been killed in Tijuana alone. Thousands more have been murdered in other parts of Mexico over the past two years. It's all part of an escalating battle between vicious drug cartels and Mexican law enforcement officials. Veteran reporters Amy Isackson of KPBS in San Diego and Vicente Calderon of Tijuana Press.com have teamed up to cover the violence -- and how it's affecting life on both sides of the border.Reporter: Amy IsacksonReporter: Vicente Calderon

• More: Border Battle: Bringing Home the Drug War (at KPBS.org)

CD Review -- Bobby Pierce

Three decades is a long time for any musician to wait before releasing a new solo album. But that's exactly what Los Angeles-based organ player Bobby Pierce has done. Andrew Gilbert reviews his new CD, appropriately named "The Long Road Back."

25 Random Things about Jerry Brown

If you use the social networking website Facebook, you may have heard about the '25 Random Things About Me' lists racing around the Internet. One of those lists caught our eye today -- because it comes from Attorney General Jerry Brown. We talk with the attorney general about what made his top 25.

• More: Jerry Brown's "25 Random Things About Me" (on Facebook.com)