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Tonight the public has a chance to comment on a $6 billion plan to relieve congestion in Coastal North County throughout the next 40 years.

In a new book, oceanographer John Englander calls sea level rise “the ultimate slow emergency.” “High Tide on Main Street” describes how rising seas will affect coastal communities around the globe. Some of his predictions were eerily realized when Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast.

The town of Bisbee, Ariz., voted Tuesday night to become the first city in the state to allow civil unions for gay couples.

Elected officials come together to give North County a new identity.

Homeless female veterans are a growing population in San Diego, one of the largest military cities in the country.

The Navajo Nation has one of the highest crime rates of any Indian reservation in the country. One of the critical issues it faces right now is lack of funding for much-needed new jails.

Four suspects in the fatal shooting of two teenagers at Libby Lake Park in Oceanside are expected to be arraigned in Vista Superior Court today.

The Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission meets today to consider a request for a license amendment from the operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, which has been shut down for more than a year.

North County Transit District's Capital Improvement budgets show funding for the SPRINTER was set aside in 2012 -- and cut this year.

Scientists still don't fully understand what's going on inside the human brain. But thanks to a robust White House initiative, local researchers could help get us closer to answering that basic question.

Live animals could no longer be sold at flea markets and swap meets in California under a bill making its way through the state legislature. As Marianne Russ reports from Sacramento, the bill cleared its first hurdle Tuesday.

A new state law that took effect Monday is intended to increase the early detection of breast cancer in California. Marianne Russ reports from Sacramento on the measure that will give some women more information about their risk for the disease.

The agency had warned of long border waits and fewer agents on the ground, but those haven't come to pass.

Governor Jerry Brown has set up a Military Advisory Council. That could provide political help to San Diego to save its installations and other military assets.

Father Joe Carroll is well known to San Diegans for his work with the poor and homeless through St. Vincent De Paul Center and then Father Joe's Villages. His work is being recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and Foundation.