The Escondido house where George Jakubec allegedly stockpiled explosives is now a pile of ashes. Jakubec was renting the home, and the home’s owner is unlikely to be compensated.

Jazz great, saxophonist James Moody, has died after a 10-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85. Moody lived in San Diego for the 21 years.

Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole and Pulitzer Prize-winner David McCullough join the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir in a magnificent Christmas celebration featuring some of the season's most beloved songs.

California’s population increased a tiny bit compared to last year according to a new report from the Department of Finance.

The former publisher of the San Diego Gay & Lesbian Times committed suicide Wednesday night, according to an investigator with the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.

"A Christmas Concert From Norway" is a one-hour program of popular classical and traditional holiday music. The concert, to be recorded at the historic Vang Church in Hamar, Norway, features world-renowned musicians in glorious performance. They include the Canadian soprano, Measha Brueggergosman, who delighted millions of international television viewers when she sang at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Olympics.

Celebrate the holiday season with "Christmas At Concordia: Journey To Bethlehem," a new special which combines the pageantry of opera, the grandeur of choral orchestral masterworks, and the intimacy of delicate solos and duets.

Steve Martin was on The Colbert Report and was asked to assess a work of art, with input from contemporary artists Frank Stella, Shepard Fairey, and Andres Serrano.

Construction of the Sunrise Powerlink Project began in September. Three months since, its groundbreaking attracts protesters and local residents opposing it.

It isn't a sellout yet, but the Chargers football game against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday will be televised locally.

This program is a music and dance special highlighting the top performances from the 50th Annual L.A. County holiday celebration on December 24, 2009, at the Music Center of Los Angeles. The program reflects the cultural mosaic of Los Angeles and the broader "melting pot" of the United States as performers of African, Asian, European and Latino backgrounds join to express the joy of the season.

The Obama administration is taking $1.2 billion in high-speed rail money away from Ohio and Wisconsin and awarding it to 12 other states, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.

In between shopping, tree trimming, and baking, why not enjoy a little local art and culture? We've got a list of suggestions that should do the trick.

Celebrating its 87th year, the lighting of the national Christmas tree signals the start of the holiday season across the country. Taped at President's Park in Washington, D.C., the 60-minute special is hosted by hip-hop artist Common and will include appearances and performances by blues legend B.B. King, Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles, new singing sensation Jackie Evancho, Jim James of the alt-rock band My Morning Jacket and others.

"Battle for the Bible" explores the dramatic, violent and world-shaking story of the most famous and widely-read book in history -- the Bible in English. It's the tale of how, in the 15th and 16th centuries, a group of men set out on a new crusade: to bring the Scriptures to people in their own language for the very first time. In so doing, they would help launch a religious revolution that would ultimately change the course of history in England, America and beyond.

The San Diego Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday against a city plan to maintain a year-round rope barrier to protect harbor seals at the Children's Pool in La Jolla.

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which departed San Diego earlier this week, won't be returning, the Navy announced today.

The Pentagon released the name today of a 31-year-old Camp Pendleton-based Marine who was fatally wounded in combat in Afghanistan.

U.S. officials have confirmed an alleged 14-year-old drug gang killer in Mexico is a U.S. citizen.

The San Diego Housing Commission announced Thursday it has created 720 affordable housing units by leveraging the equity on its real estate holdings.

As he prepares his own plan to balance the state’s budget, Governor-elect Jerry Brown is getting feedback from Capitol community. He hosted an unusual discussion with more than 200 lawmakers, staffers and local government leaders Wednesday in Sacramento.

How is it that dinosaurs managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom of the dark and frigid polar regions? This is one of today's most intriguing, little-known enigmas in paleontology. Now, a unique field expedition, covered exclusively by NOVA, will set out for Alaska's North Slope to defrost a jackpot of new fossil clues.

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans — Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim — preparing to become the nation’s next generation of religious leaders, “The Calling” follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals. This four-hour two-part special event explores the forces that are drawing a new generation of young people to serve their communities and their faith.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger accepted an award in San Diego for his work to support veterans returning from active deployment.

Construction officially began today on a 117-mile transmission line that will carry electricity from the Imperial Valley to San Diego, while environmentalists vowed to continue their efforts to stop the project.

The new Commandant of the Marine Corp, General James Amos, says the most effective tool so far discovered to protect Marines from improvised explosive devices was training initiated at Camp Pendleton in San Diego’s North County.

The California Secretary of Education says public schools must stop requiring its students to pay for materials and programs at their campuses. A legal settlement now requires schools to refund the money if the practice continues.

House Democrats defied President Obama on Thursday, shooting down a deal between the White House and Republicans lawmakers to renew the Bush-era tax cuts in exchange for an extension of unemployment benefits.

Highlights in this episode include: an 1863 Temperance lithograph illustrating the evils of imbibing spirits; a letter from Gerald Ford, written when he was House minority leader, to his kindergarten teacher in Michigan who called him “naughty little Gerry Ford”; and a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film "Some Like It Hot" that was so tight she had to be sewn into it, valued at $150, 000 to $250,000.

Carl DeMaio has proposed to cut the city's funding to arts groups by 25% in his plan to balance the budget in 2011. We look at how small and medium arts organizations operate, how they use the city's grants, what would happen if they were cut 25% and what the city as a whole would lose.

It's a very festive weekend preview we have for you - holiday gift making, shopping, cooking, and general merry making.

If the volume of lawsuits filed against the City of San Diego has decreased, why has the cost of fighting them increased substantially over the last seven years? We speak to reporters from the Watchdog Institute about their investigation into the city's increasing legal costs.

The cost of handling claims and lawsuits against the city of San Diego has more than tripled in recent years, and the tab is still running in a few of the most expensive legal battles, including those against developer Roque de la Fuente and the city’s own police officers.

Authorities on Thursday set fire to a suburban San Diego home they said was so packed with homemade explosives that they had no choice but to burn it to the ground.

Learn more about plans to burn down the home of a 54-year-old Escondido man accused of having a bomb factory in his house.

Diana Gonzalez's parents say the DA's office refuses to answer questions they have about the investigation and why charges weren't filed earlier against the estranged husband now accused of murdering their daughter.

A new analysis of veteran suicides in California shows older veterans continue to be more at risk than civilians, even decades after combat.

A deal between the Obama Administration and Republicans to extend unemployment benefits and Bush-era tax cuts is still being debated. But, unemployment checks have already stopped for some San Diegans.

This year, Hoover Dam celebrated its 75th anniversary. The giant dam near Las Vegas stores Colorado River water for much of the Southwestern U.S.