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The bipartisan vote to extend the state's climate change law through 2030 was a major victory for Gov. Jerry Brown.

CHRISTOPHER JOYCE. He has just written a book, "Earthly Goods" (Little, Brown and Company)" about searching for medicinal plants in rainforests. CHRISTOPHER JOYCE will talk about the history of seeking drugs in the rainforests, and the recent attempt of pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, and anthropoligists, to preserve the rainforests and comb them for AIDS, alzheimers and diabetes cures. JOYCE is also the founder and editor of the U.S. bureau of "New Scientist" magazine, and is currently a reporter and editor for National Public Radio

SPORTS: HOST ALEX CHADWICK DISCUSSES WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT THE LOCK-OUT OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYERS, THAT WENT INTO EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING. 4:00 2. CHADWICK/HOCKENBERRY: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH ABC AND FORMER NPR CORRESPONDENT JOHN HOCKENBERRY ABOUT HIS MEMOIR "MOVING VIOLATIONS: WAR ZONES, WHEELCHAIRS & DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE" PUBLISHED BY HYPERION PRESS/LITTLE, BROWN.

Over the weekend, people in Lewisburg, Pa., gathered for a weather forecast from caterpillars. Woolly bear caterpillars are black, with a brown stripe down the middle. Folklore says the larger the stripe, the milder the winter.

A coalition of Asian American groups filed a federal complaint asking for an investigation into Yale, Brown and Dartmouth for alleged racially discriminatory practices in college admissions processes.

1: Essayist, poet and playwright DAVID MAMET. His new book, "Make-Believe Town" (Little, Brown and Co), is a selection of essays about everything from theater to politics to Judaism. His work has been called opinionated, forceful, original and always surprising. MAMET won a Pulitzer Prize for his play "Glengarry Glen Ross" and has written and directed several motion pictures.

Jury deliberations resumed today in federal court in Louisiana in an insurance fraud trial involving former Governor Edwin Edwards. Edwards, the State Insurance Commission, Jim Brown, and a lawyer are accused of corruption and witness tampering. The three are alleged to have created a favorable settlement in 1996 for the owner of a failed insurance company. Earlier this year, Edwards was convicted in an unrelated racketeering case involving the licensing of riverboat casinos. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

He's a longtime correspondent on health and science policy for The New York Times. In his new book, Protecting America's Health: the FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation, he chronicles the history of the Food and Drug Administration from its start during the administration of Teddy Roosevelt. Hilts also broke the now-famous story of the Brown and Williamson tobacco industry papers, and is the author of Smoke Screen: The Truth Behind the Tobacco Industry Cover-Up.

Rapper and actor Mos Def is co-starring in the new film 16 Blocks. Recently he played a cop in the indie film The Woodsman, also starring Kevin Bacon. Mos Def's most recent rap album is The New Danger. Def has appeared in the films Bamboozled, Monster's Ball, and Brown Sugar.

Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. But how diverse are the rest of America’s courtrooms – and why does it matter?