Tonya Lewis Lee, wife of film director Spike Lee, was in San Diego today promoting "A Healthy Baby Begins With You," a U.S. Health and Human Services Agency campaign.

San Diego County’s budget for next year is smaller than this year’s, but it includes more than 270 new employees.

The city of San Diego wasted about $130 million last year that could have been put to good use, mayoral candidate and City Councilman Carl DeMaio said today, while the mayor's office dismissed his claims as an election-year stunt.

An environmental advocacy group released a report today finding a common pesticide is contributing to the collapse of honeybee colonies. Bee losses have averaged 30 percent annually for the last four years, double what's normal.

Two democrats in the state senate say they’ve found a way to keep up to 50 of the 70 California parks slated to close off the chopping black.

A two-block street in Hillcrest will be renamed in honor of slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk, following a unanimous vote today by the San Diego City Council.

A new Border Patrol stategy shifts from prevention through deterrence to deploying resources based on intelligence to respond to specific threats. A Congressman noted the plan lacks specifics of how it will be implemented and how success will be measured.

The World War II veteran believed to be the United States' oldest living Marine has died at the age of 105.

California's cash picture looks bleak in the latest report from the State Controller's office. April revenues came in nearly $2.5 billion below projections.

California officials want a federal judge to end oversight of prison medical care in 30 days. That's the thrust of documents filed with the federal judge who seized control of state prison health care nearly a decade ago.

San Marcos High School was ranked third in the state and 11th in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's annual academic survey.

The two wives of a California soldier killed in Afghanistan crossed paths for the first time at his funeral.

A bill aimed at increasing access to abortion in California has been shelved for the year.

Proponents of Proposition B, the comprehensive pension reform ballot measure, say the initiative will save the city of San Diego close to $1 billion. But some disagree.

Melanoma detection month begins, but staying out of the sun is not a guarantee against this dangerous skin cancer.

Authorities have identified a body found off Baja California as the missing skipper of an American yacht destroyed during a race last month.

As the high school semester comes to an end in San Diego, lots of students and parents are preparing for college and it's more competitive than ever. We'll have some tips to give you the edge.

The Navy announced this week that the San Diego-based Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Pendleton, are headed home after a six-month deployment.

NCIS is investigating the death of a Marine at Camp Pendleton on Monday morning as a possible suicide.

The U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday unveiled its first national strategy in eight years, a period in which the number of agents more than doubled and apprehensions of people entering illegally from Mexico dropped to a 40-year low.

A proposed $4.77 billion spending plan for the 2012-13 fiscal year is scheduled to be presented today to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

As the nation's roughly 78 million baby boomers move into old age, the need for long-term care will soar. But when it comes to long-term-care insurance, relatively few sign up.

The death of a cyclist near San Diego State leads to demands the city do something to make streets safe for bikes.