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The California Public Utilities Commission investigation into problems at San Onofre is continuing, but it is not on the agenda for this week’s PUC meeting in San Diego. However, legal battles are going on behind the scenes over how much ratepayers should be paying for the shuttered nuclear power plant.

More than 100 activists gathered at Santee Lakes on Sunday to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Syrian uprising, including some newly-arrived Syrians who are rallying to help their war-torn homeland.

Efforts to reduce childhood obesity in Chula Vista schools appear to be paying off.

The Department of Defense settled a lawsuit calling for Camp Pendleton officials to do a better job of stopping sewage spills on the north county base.

A local judge rules hotels can levy a tax without a vote. The U.S. went into Iraq 10 years ago, at great cost. Some homeless get housing, services downtown. Why no Padres, city council asks broadcasters.

The State Department of Toxic Substance Control says an internal review found no conflict of interest for two of the department's top officials, but Consumer Watchdog is pressing for an outside investigation.

Beating 5,000 to 1 odds, UC San Diego researchers have just gotten a new injectable imaging drug approved by the FDA.

The top official for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said his agency released more than 2,000 immigrants from detention in recent weeks because of budget constraints. The figure was higher than ICE had originally reported at the start of the controversy.

In her new book, "American Umpire," San Diego State University Professor Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman explains how America became the world's umpire. She says with sequestration, we have the opportunity to re-think our expensive and open-ended commitment to maintain military bases around around the world.

A security guard present at Friday night's shooting tells a different story than the one detailed in a Metropolitan Transit System memo to its board.

Public squabbles at San Diego city hall are nothing new. But insiders say bickering between Mayor Bob Filner and City Attorney Jan Goldsmith’s office have degenerated into heated confrontations and outright yelling and screaming behind the scenes. So much so that Goldsmith won’t allow his staff lawyers to go the mayor’s office without a "witness."

New ownership has San Diego fans excited for the upcoming Padres baseball season. But some fans are worked up for another reason, not being able to watch the Pads on TV.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese in San Diego said today he was " delighted'' at the selection of Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina as pope.

A controversial toll road to ease traffic between San Diego and Orange County drew crowds at a hearing today in Costa Mesa.

On Wednesday immigrant advocacy groups announced a slew of lawsuits alleging abuses by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.