A small portion of Maricopa County election materials in Spanish indicated the wrong date for Election Day.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is holding meetings across the country with women and Hispanic farmers who believe they were discriminated against when applying for farm loans. The USDA is offering up to $1.3 billion in settlements.

San Diego's average gas price dropped nearly three cents a gallon today, to $4.59.

Home foreclosure activity in California fell to a new five-year low in the third quarter as rising prices eased pressure on homeowners and lenders, a research firm said Wednesday.

A man who tried to steal two goats from Fallbrook High School's agricultural department -- resulting in the death of one of the animals -- was sentenced today to a suspended six-month jail term and placed on three years probation.

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS continues its longstanding tradition of showcasing the best of original American music. In this episode, Grammy-winning Bon Iver performs material from its self-titled second album.

Missing zinc from moon rocks could be evidence that the moon was created by a massive interplanetary collision soon after the formation of the solar system, scientists with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography announced today.

Preparing for "the big one'' will be the goal of a statewide earthquake drill tomorrow, when San Diego-area government offices, businesses, schools and other organizations will stop everything for a minute so participants can "drop, cover and hold on.''

Mexican President Felipe Calderon signs into law a ban on large cash transactions. Will it effectively combat laundering money in Mexico?

The Navy plans to christen its newest amphibious assault ship on October 20. Called the USS America, the ship will eventually be homeported in San Diego.

Orchestra Nova artistic director and conductor Jung-Ho Pak has resigned after six years of leadership. The chamber group has canceled this weekend's season opening concerts. Nova is in the midst of a contentious contract dispute with the local musicians union.

Life in baseball's minor leagues is a universe removed from the multimillionaires in spikes starring in October's postseason.

Tonight, a group of young people will ask the City of San Diego's Human Relations Commission to speak louder for the well being of children, and say their lives are hard hit when decision makers vote to raise bus fares, cut sports programs and close the libraries that are their only access computers.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County fell 2.8 cents today to $4.594, the largest drop in nine consecutive days of declines.

An Army specialist deployed in Afghanistan has started taking male hormones to begin her transition from female to male. The transgender female, who asked to be called "Keith," is hiding her identity but telling her story to give inspiration to others in the military.

Construction continues on the San Vicente dam in Lakeside, but has reached a major milestone.

Two trailblazing women who became the first female participants in the notoriously brutal Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course have dropped out of the program.

Authorities say they've dismantled a drug-and-gun trafficking ring in San Diego County, arresting three dozen people and seizing 60 weapons, including assault rifles.

Anyone who thought the presidential candidates couldn't get aggressive within a town hall-style format underestimated the sharp differences in policy that divide them.

Proposition 37 is attracting national attention because of the message it could send about our food. The measure would make California the first state in the U.S. to require labeling for genetically modified food.

San Diego County and the state are seeing a surge of school bonds on November's ballot. San Diego Unified's is the largest of 106 across the state.

A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the gate of a U.S.-Afghan combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning in an explosion that shook houses nearly two miles away. Ten Afghan troops were injured, mostly by falling debris.