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Public pension plans are creating enormous strain on budgets of cities across California. One expert believes San Diego is worse off than elsewhere.

In this episode, we follow the trail pilgrims have trod for centuries, from the French border to Santiago de Compostela in the northwest corner of Spain. Along the way, we stop off in Pamplona to run with the bulls, and dive into the unique Celtic culture of Galicia- where Riverdance meets flamenco.

A law-enforcement training facility planned in Imperial County is awash in controversy. Two environmental groups have filed suit, saying the development doesn't fit the area's rural character.

In this episode, chief inspector Jane Tennison thought she'd finally found the witness needed to build an airtight murder case against George Marlow. But the witness passed over Marlow in a police lineup. Now, Tennison is more determined than ever to catch the killer, and she resolves to follow up every possible lead -- even Marlow's missing car, which he claims was stolen. But she thinks he's locked it away in a garage somewhere. When her men can't find it, she begins to doubt her suspicions.

How would ordinary people eliminate the state’s $28 billion deficit and balance California’s budget? KPBS News reporters took a crack at it using an ingenious web tool created by The Los Angeles Times.

A ceremony at the Air Ground Combat Center Marine base in Twentynine Palms was held this morning to debut a state-of-the-art “mock city” roughly equivalent in size to downtown San Diego that was constructed to practice and refine the complex and dangerous combat tactics Marines use while deployed to urban settings around the world, according to the Marine Corps.

San Diego Congressional Representatives Susan Davis and Brian Bilbray discuss their reactions to the president's State of the Union Speech last night The president told the nation that American ingenuity and enterprise can still lead the world, but only if we invest in the future.

The SDSU Men's Basketball team is currently 20-0, and ranked No. 4 in the nation. This is, by far, the best basketball season the Aztecs men's basketball team has ever had. So, what's the secret behind SDSU's success this season? We speak to U-T sports reporter Mark Zeigler about the Aztecs success this season, and their game tonight against ninth ranked BYU Cougars.

Even though the drug war violence in Mexico has stayed away from the beaches in the Baja Peninsula, the region is losing in tourism.

The Oscar nominations are in and they include some of the films we'll be talking about today, including Biutiful, the animated French film The Illusionist. We'll find out about an indie documentary called Marwencol and the latest from French director Claude Chabrol.

The city once famously labeled “Enron by the Sea” has been getting a lot of positive attention lately for its efforts to reign in pension costs.

Culture Lust contributor Dave Walters totally geeks out on metal music's past and present. What inspired him? Fu Manchu's upcoming show at The Casbah.