An L.A. Weather Report in 2100 A.D.: Based on the current climate-change trajectory, Caltech Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering Tapio Schneider and Caltech Ph.D. student Robert Wills provide an all-too-plausible weather report from Los Angeles in 2100 A.D. Beware of scorching heat in Santa Monica.

Squaring Off with Benjamin K. Bergen, author of Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning: Even if you’ve never jumped off a cliff, how can you imagine what it feels like just by reading the words?  “You activate parts of your brain that are responsible for moving your muscles,” explains author Benjamin Bergen. The language workings of the human brain turn out to be even more remarkable than we knew.

Will Sacramento Be a Sucker For the Kings?: “There is no community glue more universal than love of the home team,” writes Mark Paul, former deputy editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee. Therefore there is no ploy for fleecing a community that works as well as threatening to take it away, even if it means bribing billionaires. With the Kings threatening to leave for Seattle, fans find themselves “on the dark side of sports loyalty, where the cheers drown out the voice of civic common sense and economic realism.”

Start By Building a Beach House in Greenland: On Wednesday, New York Times environmental writer Andrew Revkin, UCLA climate scientist Alex Hall, and UCLA environmental historian Jon Christensen visited Zócalo to discuss how we should deal with climate change. The consensus? Combat it, yes—but also learn to live with it.

Biologist and nature writer Bill Streever in the green room: Before talking in Phoenix about why we love hot places, Alaska native Bill Streever, author most recently of Heat: Adventures in the World’s Fiery Places, sat down in the green room to reveal the biggest secret about his home state, the last great book he’s read, and the best gift he’s ever given.

Histories of Sex, Bach, and Tacos: Greek dildos, called olisboi, were made of padded leather (“anointed with good-quality olive oil”), ivory, wood, marble—and, beginning in the fifth century B.C., bread. But enough about classical history. There’s so much more to check out in this week’s The Six-Point Inspection.

How Lethal Weapon and RoboCop Raised Me: In advance of Oscars weekend, writer Randall Rydell Russell reflects on his own relationship with film. Even at a young age, he was watching violent movies, but he doesn’t feel they hurt him. On the contrary, “they were a lifeline and a rescue.”

Next week …

On Tuesday, a panel featuring Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Jonathan Fielding visits Zócalo to discuss what types of health propaganda work best—and when all the nagging becomes counterproductive.

Linda Griego recounts her time running as the first female (and first Latina) candidate for mayor in Los Angeles and reflects on having been on the frontlines of women breaking into politics and business.

Where to park and where not to park in Los Angeles County.