According to statistics released Tuesday, around 2,700 undocumented immigrants no longer face deportation under a policy established last year by the Obama administration.

Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs.

A USCD study reveals that San Diego college students who are overly confident in their multitasking skills are the most likely to drive distracted.

San Diego Unified trustees will consider sending almost 1,000 more layoff notices.

It's been said that nothing is more important in keeping a family strong than eating dinner together every night. But what if dad is in the military, thousands of miles away on deployment? One Navy mom has come up with an extraordinary way to make sure her kids have a special family dinner each week of her husband's year-long deployment.

A Camp Pendleton-based Marine previously considered a "person of interest'' in the slaying of a 22-year-old North County military wife was arrested today on suspicion of murdering her.

Our modern electric power grid has been called the biggest and most complex machine in the world — delivering electricity over 200,000 miles of high-tension transmission lines. Travel around the country with host Yul Kwon to understand its intricacies, its vulnerabilities and the remarkable ingenuity required to keep the electricity on, every day of the year.

It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core is a staggering 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. It convulses, it blazes, it sings. You know it as the sun. Scientists know it as one of the most amazing physics laboratories in the universe. This program reveals a bright new dawn in our understanding of our nearest star — one that might help keep our planet from going dark.

A teenage boy was arrested today after allegedly making an emergency call to falsely report seeing a student with a gun at Vista High School, a claim that prompted a nearly 90-minute campus lockdown while authorities conducted an intensive search.

Hotel taxes in San Diego could be going up to more than 15 percent in some parts of the city. The increased revenue would go toward a Convention Center expansion.

A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.

A legally questionable plan to fund the expansion of the San Diego Convention Center with a self-imposed room tax hike was overwhelmingly approved by hoteliers, the city clerk's office announced today.

The city of San Diego fails to collect thousands of dollars each year in permit fees for sidewalk newsracks, according to San Diego County grand jury report released today.

A Pew Hispanic Center Study found that during a five-year period, just as many Mexican immigrants returned to Mexico as arrived in the U.S.

San Diego state Senator Christine Kehoe escorts a bill through committees that would allow nurse practitioners, midwives and physicians assistants to perform abortions.

Almost 80 percent of college students in San Diego County admit to using a cell phone while driving, and about half send or receive text messages, according to a UC San Diego study released today.

Attorney General Kamala Harris has asked that the Sara Kruzan case be returned to Riverside County Superior Court.

Investigators are looking into last week's Black Hawk crash in Afghanistan that killed four soldiers, including one from San Diego. They suspect Taliban insurgents were involved in shooting down the helicopter.

Sometimes classical music gets a bad rap as being stuffy or elitist. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando says classical music may permeate our pop culture a lot more than you think and looks specifically to Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville."

Fiber optic and copper cables that carry information to the Defense Department as well as to the Alpine and Pine Valley sheriff's substations were stolen in the East County early today, authorities said.

Marine Col. Bill Tosick gave the low-down on how projected cuts will affect the future of the Marine Corps, to a crowd of 500 troops at MCRD San Diego on Monday.

Rain, gusty winds and possibly thunderstorms are in store for San Diego County late Wednesday into early Thursday, forecaster said today.

A bill that would prevent most state employees from earning more than the governor has stalled in the California legislature.

A bill that would shelter medical marijuana stores from federal prosecution is moving forward in the California legislature.

A growing number of health experts are warning of potential collateral damage if the Supreme Court strikes down the entire 2010 Affordable Care Act: potential chaos in the Medicare program.

California Governor Jerry Brown isn’t tipping his hand on how he’ll vote on the newly-qualified November ballot measure that would overturn the death penalty.

Two assembly bills requiring the state to do additional analysis of Delta water plans have moved forward today. One requires a cost-benefit analysis of the complex Bay Delta Conservation Plan

The Alpha Project's "Take Back the Streets" program has been transforming lives for more than 20 years.

Proposition E on the June ballot would phase out rent control for the residents of Oceanside’s 17 mobile home parks. Oceanside is one of a shrinking number of cities where rent controlled parks are a source of affordable housing for seniors and veterans.