October 30, 2012

In Southern California and across the country, the old axiom that all politics are local may be true, but the dollars are definitely long distance. Correspondent Vince Gonzales checks out one race that exemplifies this new reality - one in which Super PACs and some new rules approved by the voters have dramatically changed the choices on Election Day.

Plus, do California's popular initiatives really serve the people? Madeleine Brand talks to outspoken Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez about Prop 30, money, and politics.

And as Space Shuttle Endeavour settles into her new home at the California Science Center, she's becoming a symbol of hope for a new era in private-sector spaceflight.