Outages at pumping stations led to sewage spills; residents were asked to boil water or use bottled water.

The sudden loss of power throughout San Diego County had a cascading effect of stranding people in elevators, grounding outgoing flights from San Diego International Airport and temporarily closing the region's border crossings.

Power was fully restored in San Diego County on Friday, following a historic blackout that left some 5 million people without electricity from Mexico to southern Orange County.

Self-radicalized attackers are source of concern and harder to detect.

New whooping cough cases in San Diego County have declined for the third straight week, the Health and Human Services Agency announced today.

A federal appeals court panel on Thursday overturned the conviction of Richard Raymond Tuite in the notorious 1998 killing of 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe of Escondido.

A brush fire on West Rancho Bernardo Road burned three acres before firefighters put it out.

The La Niña climate phenomenon has returned and that could be bad news for the drought-ravaged south central states.

"Envision San Diego: How 9/11 Changed San Diego" looks at how life changed for San Diego after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. We'll examine the impact on local military and Islamic communities, and the impact local economy as it relates to security and the military.

A new report by Stanford University Law School has found that a little-known government program has expedited the deportation of almost 160,000 immigrants, many of them from California and Arizona.

Two San Diego County supervisors who were in Washington, D.C., when the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks took place said they feared for their daughters' safety for several hours.

In 2008, a series of attacks by a group of local teenagers against Latino residents of the Long Island, New York town of Patchogue ended with the killing of 37-year-old Marcelo Lucero. Filmed over a two-year period, this documentary follows Mayor Paul Pontieri, the victim’s brother Joselo Lucero, community leaders, residents and students as they openly address the underlying causes of the violence, work to heal divisions and take steps to ensure everyone in their village will be safe and respected.

The past ten years have been rocky for San Diego's Islamic community, we hear first-hand what they dealt with after 9/11

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, firefighters and first responders from San Diego and all across the country joined in solidarity with the forces in New York and Washington. That solidarity continues during 10th anniversary remembrances when the drums and pipes of the San Diego Firefighters Emerald Society will be heard aboard the USS Midway and a memorial to the first responders who died on 9/11 will be unveiled at Fire Station 21 in Pacific Beach.

In a rare interview with Ali Soufan, the FBI agent who was at the center of the 9/11 investigations, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith uncovers an insider’s view of the “war on terror.” One of only eight Arabic-speaking FBI agents, Soufan explains why he believes the attacks on the World Trade Center could have been prevented and how the use of torture failed to produce actionable intelligence.

Texas Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is scheduled to begin a two-day fundraising swing through California today with a breakfast event in La Jolla.

Fear gripped many in San Diego’s Muslim community following the September 11th attacks. They endured taunts and suspicion from neighbors and heightened scrutiny by law enforcement.

An effort to reign in the development of bars and restaurants in Pacific Beach may have stalled out. The councilman for the neighborhood doesn’t support the movement.

President Obama will attempt a Hail Mary pass when he speaks to a joint session of Congress tonight.

Federal Defense and Homeland Security funding has poured into San Diego since 9/11. KPBS Reporter Alison St John looks at how that money has benefited the region.