The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health has posted warning signs to keep people out of the water at Ocean Beach after an estimated 1.2 million gallon sewage spill occurred Wednesday in Santee flowed into the San Diego River.

Southern California residents who endured flooding, mudslides and evacuations during a weeklong onslaught of rain now have another problem: contaminated water and fouled beaches.

From all the writers at Culture Lust, including me, your host, have a healthy, happy, and culturally rich holiday season. Here's a video treat for you.

If the rain has kept you from food shopping and planning for the holidays, don't worry. We've got Chef Bernard Guillas in studio to talk about last minute recipes, stress-free holiday dinners, and New Year's cocktails.

One of the hallmarks of our vibrant, lively English language is that it is constantly growing. Not everyone is thrilled with all the directions of that growth, but it certainly is interesting to watch, and to listen to. Each year, lexicographer Grant Barrett, co-host of A Way With Words, heard here on KPBS, gathers up a group of the most intriguing words.

What are the key matchups to watch in tonight's Poinsettia Bowl game featuring SDSU versus Navy? How good is the Aztecs Men's Basketball team? And, what needs to happen for the Chargers to make the playoffs? We speak to Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton about the top local sports stories.

President Obama signs historic legislation that overturns the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. How will the new law affect San Diego's military community? Will openly-gay servicemembers face backlash? How will the military implement the legislation?

Bombs hidden in packages exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday, wounding two people.

The United States this week expanded its sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, but Tehran says the sanctions are having no effect.

It's hard to say who had the better December, the University of Connecticut women's basketball team or President Obama and the lame-duck Democratic-controlled Congress.

This week’s rain has flooded local riverbeds and freeway underpasses. The foul weather has forced thousands of San Diego's homeless to try and squeeze into the city's two shelters.

The holidays are a time of religiosity, and the San Diego atheist community would like to change that now, and in the new year.

The weather outside might have been frightful, but families lined up for photos with Santa and shoppers were weighed down with bags filled at Plaza Bonita Mall this week.

A new study reveals the number of babies who die from sudden infant death syndrome surges on New Year's Day. UCSD researchers suggest there's a link between SIDS deaths and drinking alcohol.