Almost 25 percent of San Diego County kindergarten through 12th grade students are English language learners.

One man equated the death to cutting off the head of a dragon.

Government forecasters expect La Niña to cause dry conditions in Southern California this winter.

In a mountainous region in Colombia’s Pacific southwest, two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women are fighting to hold onto the gold-rich land that has sustained their community through small-scale mining for centuries. Clemencia Carabali and Francia Marquez are part of a powerful network of female leaders, who discovered during Colombia’s 40-year civil war that women can organize more freely than men. As they defy paramilitary death threats and steadfastly remain on their land, Carabali and Marquez are standing up for a generation of Colombians who have been terrorized and forcibly displaced as a deliberate strategy of war.

Kaiser Permanente mounted a massive effort today to encourage women to get a mammogram. Research suggests routine mammograms might do more harm than good.

Fred Fay’s life proves that one man can change the world, even though he has to lie flat on his back just to stay alive. “Lives Worth Living” looks at Fay’s struggle to survive after a spinal cord injury and the small group of dedicated activists who formed the disability rights movement to drive the nation toward equal rights.

Witness the transformation of women from model housewives to complex, and sometimes controversial, characters. Interviews include Roseanne Barr (“Roseanne”); Candice Bergen (“Murphy Brown”); Eva Longoria and Felicity Huffman (“Desperate Housewives”), Robert and Michelle King and Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”); James L. Brooks and Mary Tyler Moore (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”); Shonda Rhimes and Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy”); and Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem (“Nurse Jackie”) among others.

Clinical trials are underway here in San Diego that could help lead to better treatment for cognitive problems.

100 years ago this month, California became the sixth and largest state to grant women the right to vote. The Women's History Museum of California celebrates the centennial with a new suffrage exhibit in City Hall.

Spice is causing problems among San Diego-based Sailors again, with 64 of them getting kicked out of the Navy for using the synthetic drug.

A peninsula surrounded on three sides by water, Korea is a haven for fish lovers. Marja visits Sokcho, where most of her Korean family resides, to see the gigantic octopus come ashore in Daepo Port. Later, she enjoys a memorable meal of simply grilled shellfish in a seaside restaurant. In Busan, the world’s fifth-largest port city, Marja and her dear friend, the actress Heather Graham, sit down for a meal in the fish market, an experience only rivaled by Jean-Georges’ three-course seafood breakfast inside of Noryangjin, Seoul’s bustling fish market.

Twice a month, refugee women and their children congregate at the City Heights Wellness Center for a cooking class.

Hundreds of thousands of San Diegans will take part in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill today.

Libyan transitional government officials said Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed when revolutionary forces overwhelmed the ousted leader's hometown, Sirte.

As the federal government begins to crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, the local authorities are coming after them too.

A year-and-a-half since a 7.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed parts of Mexicali on Mexico's northern border, the U.S. and Mexico will join efforts in earthquake research and preparedness.

A high percentage of women in the military are subject to sexual harassment and assault. Survivors are at high risk for developing PTSD.

Check out this award-winning stop-motion music video featuring vintage cameras and their wonderful shutter sounds.