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California's Central Valley produces an enormous amount of the food that ends up on kitchen tables around the country. But according to a recent UCLA study, two counties at the heart of the valley have the highest rates of food insecurity in the state. That means that many families have trouble pulling together enough food to meet basic needs. From member station KQED, Tamara Keith reports.

Host Liane Hansen talks with children's book writer Chris Van Allsburg. His jungle adventure Jumanji, published more than 20 years ago, was made into a Hollywood blockbuster. Now, Van Allsburg has created a sequel, Zathura, centered on another game that comes to life. This one takes two boys into space.

Iraqi officials say upcoming U.N. arms inspections will show Saddam Hussein's regime has no weapons of mass destructions. Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix is due in Baghdad Monday. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

Labor leaders say the Bush Administration's new plan to privatize thousands of government jobs amounts to proof of an anti-union attitude in the White House. The administration says it will save money and boost efficiency. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Paul Light of the Brookings Institution.

The Bush Administration proposes opening the government's printing operations to competition. Some insiders at the Government Printing Office are concerned, as are some of the office's clients. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

This past week, Movielink was unveiled. The service allows users to download movies via the Internet to PCs. Technology commentator Rich Dean offers an assessment.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Lou Roepke from Gilroy, California. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KQED in San Francisco.)

Last week's approval by Catholic bishops of a sex-abuse policy that accommodates Vatican concerns about unfair treatment of priests draws criticism from people who say it exempts bishops from responsibility. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter.

From Boston, NPR's Tovia Smith reports on how Cardinal Bernard Law has made a turnaround in his handling of the church sex scandal.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Bishop Thomas Doran of Rockford, Ill.; Susan Archibald, president of Linkup; Senate Chaplain Lloyd Ogilvie; Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and David Obey (D-WI); audiotape, released this week by al Jazeera, which U.S. officials believe is from Osama bin Laden; President George W. Bush; Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

NPR's Liane Hansen reads from listener comments.

A new report finds that 65,000 more men have died in the U.S. of COVID-19 than women.