Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry today became only the second living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions taken in the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.

San Diego’s trash will soon become a source of power for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Students at California State universities will pay even more in tuition this coming fall. Trustees approved the hike after also approving a controversial compensation package for San Diego State’s new president.

The housing market in Southern California saw an uptick in June. But while sales and prices improved over the previous month, they were well below the previous year.

The housing crisis may present a good opportunity to reform Prop 13. Also, LA braces for Carmageddon.

Caffeine-laced alcoholic beverages may soon be history in California. The state Assembly has joined the state Senate in banning the sale of the drinks.

Southern California homes sales rose more than expected last month. However, that is not an indication that the housing slump is over.

A national fish farming initiative announced in Carlsbad yesterday aims to increase seafood production and create jobs -- but environmentalists are concerned it could affect the ocean's health.

A disturbing trend in San Diego -- four separate families have been involved in murder-suicides. We'll look beyond the tragedy and bring you resources to help potential victims and survivors.

The avocado harvest in Southern California is about half what it was last year. And that may be just as well for farmers, who are finding it increasingly difficult to find enough labor to pick the fruit from the trees.

Officials in Washington and Paris say Syrian authorities loyal to President Assad instigated the attacks.

Federal investigators say dangerous speeds are to blame for a Coast Guard vessel striking a pleasure boat at a holiday parade on San Diego Bay and killing an 8-year-old boy and seriously injuring four others.

The violence in Helmand province, Afghanistan has taken the life of yet another Camp Pendleton Marine. The Department of Defense reports 22-year-old Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez Hernandez of Logan, Utah died on July 10th in combat.

An elected official wants 13 mostly conservative California counties to break away to create a 51st state under a proposal that would have to clear major hurdles to succeed. Republican Jeff Stone suggests calling it the state of South California, short for SOS.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's powerful half brother, who critics claimed had ties to the drug world as well as U.S. intelligence, was assassinated Tuesday by one of his own bodyguards in the southern Afghanistan.

In the United States the recession officially ended two years ago, but in much of the country housing prices are still falling, jobs are hard to come by and growth remains weak.