Healthy San Francisco as a Model for Reform?

As Congress works on bills to expand health coverage to more Americans, some analysts are urging lawmakers to look west and learn from San Francisco's experience with health care reform. That may be a tough pill to swallow for Republicans, who see the city as a laboratory of wacky ideas. But three years ago, the city began offering health care access to all residents who aren't covered at work or through Medicaid. Researchers are just now getting some of the early results.Reporter: Sarah Varney

Photo: Reese Erlich

California Anti-War Group Visits Afghanistan

After health care, the other issue on the front burner in Washington is Afghanistan. Last week, a group of anti-war advocates from California visited that nation, where the results of a controversial election are still up in the air. They had unusual access to Afghan officials and ordinary people there -- and the trip took some unexpected turns. Reporter: Reese Erlich

David Mas Masumoto

For more than a decade, California peach farmer David Mas Masumoto has been harvesting more than just fruit on his Central Valley land. He's shared a bounty of lessons and observations about life with his readers, and his listeners on public radio. Masumoto's latest book "Wisdom of the Last Farmer" recounts his father's recovery from a stroke -- an illness that forced him to re-learn farming from the son he taught to farm.

Photo: Lisa Morehouse

San Francisco's Food Carts

When a food truck started driving around Los Angeles last fall serving Korean BBQ -- in tortillas -- it set off a food frenzy. Kogi Korean BBQ announced its locations using Twitter, winning national media attention, more than 40,000 followers and triggering a new culinary craze in the process. In San Francisco, it seems like a new renegade food cart hits the streets every week. We take to the streets to sample some of the latest mobile food offerings. Reporter: Lisa Morehouse

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