In the January 26 episode, VOA Connect goes to Portland, Oregon, where a fine restaurant offers marijuana-laced dishes, the Sustainable Harvest organization empowers global coffee growers, and a doughnut shop serves treats in a manner befitting Portland’s style. Next, in Baltimore, Maryland, a young female photographer’s project, “Remembering the Stains on the Sidewalk,” memorializes the victims of the city’s drug-related homicides. Last, companionship – between former combat veterans and wolf-dog hybrids at a rescue center in California, and in Silicon Valley, a community designed especially for seniors of Indian descent.