North County Veterans Association is building a new center as a one stop shop for veterans activities.

UCSD and the VA Medical Center in San Diego are researching ways to establish physical proof of invisible injuries in the brain.

Many veterans honor the dead on Memorial Day. Veterans for Peace honored them with an anti-war message.

As part of our Memorial Day program, we talk to Francis T. Parker High School junior Carson Scott and history teacher Cherie Redelings about their upcoming trip to Normandy, France. Scott earned a trip to Washington, D.C. and Normandy after writing an essay for the "Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom" program. We discuss the essay Scott wrote, and the California servicemember he chose to profile for the project.

Veterans' families have a new option for where to bury their loved ones. The new National Cemetery at Miramar is conducting funerals, even before construction on the facility is finished.

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the deadliest time of year for child drownings.

Why are the Padres playing so poorly this season? What impact has outgoing SDSU President Stephen Weber had on the Aztecs' athletic program? And, which team has the best chance of winning the NBA Finals? We speak to North County Times Sports Columnist Jay Paris.

Encinitas acts fast to erase another piece of unsolicited public art.

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died serving our nation. San Diego Veterans for Peace set up an "Arlington West Memorial" in front of the USS Midway Museum to recognize the 67 San Diegans who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We speak to the president of San Diego Veterans for Peace about the message behind the memorial.

We have been asking for stories about how the violence in Mexico related to the drug war has affected citizens north of the border. Here are two of their stories.

San Diegans and military personnel today will pay tribute to Americans killed in U.S. wars during a Memorial Day ceremony that has been held at Fort Rosecrans for more than 100 years.

U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan paused Monday to remember the fallen in Memorial Day services, as a war nearly a decade old trudges on.

A San Diego student and his teacher are about to walk in the footsteps of history. They're traveling to the beaches of Normandy for a special lesson of a lifetime.