Abalone Diving / Psychological Torture / Junyao Peng


Diving for Abalone  It's abalone season, and divers are flocking to the northern California coast to hunt for the delicacy. But it can be dangerous. Today on Insight, you'll learn why people brave the elements for this special shellfish.

Psychological Torture  "The Trauma of Psychological Torture," a new book by the UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, challenges the idea that psychological torture is undetectable, harmless and unimportant.

Presidential Scholar Junyao Peng  Laguna Creek High School graduate Junyao Peng will go to Washington June 21 to receive the prestigious Presidential Scholar award (in the arts), and she’s invited Sacramento State music professor Richard Cionco to share the spotlight.

 
Wednesday, June 18, 2008