A California company is poised to become one of the world’s few producers of the battery component.

In the 1960s, a group of artists broke out of the frame and created experiential works of art inspired by the light and landscape of southern California.

Local Muslim civil rights group is challenging the decision to assassinate Awlaki.

California's Treasurer gave South County business leaders a pep talk Friday. Bill Lockyer says the state is facing some difficult times, but there's hope.

A fire on Bayside Lane broke out in an apartment building in Mission Beach today.

Some in the local immigrant community continue to have feelings of distrust against the San Diego Police Department.

The battle over city employee pensions in San Diego could be moving to the ballot box. Supporters of a pension reform measure delivered thousands of signatures to the City Clerk today.

In the final episode, support for Prohibition diminishes in the mid-1920s as the playfulness of sneaking around for a drink gives way to disenchantment with its glaring unintended consequences. By criminalizing one of the nation's largest industries, the law has given savvy gangsters a way to make huge profits, and as they grow in power, rival outfits wreak havoc in cities across the country. When the Great Depression sets in, Americans begin to reexamine their priorities. In December of 1933, Americans can legally buy a drink for the first time in 13 years.

All lockdowns at Carlsbad Unified School District campuses have now been lifted, and there is no indication that the anonymous email threat that prompted the security alert was valid, according to city police.

We look at this week's grounding of SDG&E helicopters working on the Sunrise Powerlink project, prison realignment affecting San Diego and a local tribe standoff over a lease.

I've been waiting a VERY long time for this film to arrive on the big screen in San Diego but you'll have to act fast to catch one of the "Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil" (opening September 30 at Landmark's Ken Cinema) midnight screenings this weekend. NOTE: On October 7, "Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil" will open at Reading Gaslamp Stadium Theaters. Yay!

In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to manufacture, transport or sell intoxicating liquor. This episode examines the problems of enforcement, as millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight. While a significant portion of the country is willing to adapt to the new law, others are shocked at how inconsistent the Volstead Act actually is. As weaknesses in the law and its enforcement become clear, millions find ways to exploit it.

Military chaplains will be allowed to perform same-sex weddings on or off military bases, according to an announcement made today by the Pentagon. But they can decide not to perform the ceremony if it violates their personal beliefs.

About 1,800 sailors were expected to return home to Coronado today from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and the Middle East.

MCAS Miramar will open its doors to thousands of spectators today at the kickoff of the annual Miramar Air Show.

Yemen's Defense Ministry said Friday that the U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed, The Associated Press reports.

In economic hard times the arts may not be considered a top funding priority. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando speaks with people in the San Diego arts community about why maintaining such funding is important. Watch KPBS TV's Evening Edition tonight at 6:30 to see the creative ways the San Diego arts community has been dealing with the recession.