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Workplace wellness programs can save money and improve employee health, but not overnight.

Children may be vulnerable to lead poisoning, as a result of lead-based materials used to build homes in older San Diego neighborhoods

California is bracing for massive cuts to federal spending from so-called sequestration, including a $3.2-billion hit to the region's defense industry, unless Congress acts by midnight on Thursday.

Author David Helvarg explores the unique, symbiotic relationship between the Golden State and the ocean that shapes its existence.

If Congress isn’t able to avoid the automatic budget cuts of sequestration on March 1, border protection and legitimate border traffic could suffer.

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could considerably weaken a key part of the Voting Rights Act. Texas civil rights leaders say if that happens, Latino and African-American voters will certainly be discriminated against.

In the Southwest one of the states that could be hardest hit by sequester is New Mexico. The upcoming deadline has government agencies, local businesses and military bases on edge.

Could new "Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences" be the "Oscar" of prizes for scientists?

The city of San Diego said downtown residents who were overcharged on their property taxes would get their money back. But nothing has happened yet.

One student's road to a college degree just got a little easier.

For decades, the Border Patrol has relied on horses as an old-fashioned, low-tech solution to police U.S. borders.

Texas state troopers are no longer permitted to shoot from helicopters at fleeing suspects, the result of a high-speed chase that happening in the Rio Grande Valley four months ago.

It’s well known that across-the-board federal budget cuts would have a huge impact on the defense industry. But social service programs would be affected as well.

San Diego City Council members today expressed strong support for the city's Tourism Marketing District and declined to offer amendments to an operating agreement that is being held up by Mayor Bob Filner.

School districts award contracts funded by school bonds to donors that fund the bond campaigns. The CPUC holds a public hearing on San Onofre costs. Voice of San Diego gives homelessness a public airing. And it's the Marines versus the surfers at a famous San Onofre beach.