San Diego’s mayoral candidates went back to school today. They attended a debate sponsored by La Jolla Country Day and the Pruess School.

There was something notably different about this debate. It was being run by teenagers. And these teenagers knew what they were talking about.

Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill to help prevent violence at sports venues. It was introduced in the wake of the Dodger Stadium beating of San Francisco Giant fan Bryan Stow on opening day, 2011.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a package of bills into law today.

Federal regulators say more local power generation could have prevented last September's blackout.

California voters will be able to register to vote online in time for the November election.

The San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone, designed to get companies to move into the area by providing tax incentives, was given the green light by the state of California to expand into northern parts of San Diego, Mayor Jerry Sanders announced today.

It has been nearly a week since a Tijuana woman's disappearance and social media is helping search for answers. Magaly Salazar, 23, a former psychology student at Cesun University in Tijuana, has not been seen since Saturday afternoon.

The never-ending round of mayoral debates continues -- with some new twists. Hate groups hang on in San Diego County by changing their message. A local company discovers how to use crowdsourcing to find lost hikers 4,000 miles away.

In three gripping new episodes, Kenneth Branagh ("My Week with Marilyn," "Henry V," "Hamlet") returns as Inspector Kurt Wallander, the moody Swedish detective created by mystery writer Henning Mankell, who famously lit the spark for today’s passionate interest in Scandinavian crime fiction. WALLANDER III finds the Swedish cop trying to improve his disposition—in the face of torture killings, dashed romance, homicidal do-gooders, and a resentful grown-up daughter.

A new PBS documentary series charts the journey of 60 young students as they attempt to live their Broadway dreams. And two of the rising stars featured in the series have San Diego connections.

A California judge has ruled that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't break any laws when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son of a political ally just hours before leaving office last year.

Contestants must butcher sheep, make fry bread and speak their native language. It started in 1952 to attract tourists to the Navajo Nation Fair. But more recently the tribe saw it as an incentive to young women to learn the Navajo language, traditions and culture. The Navajo Nation will crown this year’s winner Sept. 8.

President Barack Obama emerged from the euphoria of his party's convention Friday and ran smack into the harsh reality of a bleak new report on the nation's unemployment outlook.

When Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on Thursday, he presented the choice facing voters as one "between two different paths for America." Earlier, Vice President Biden made a vigorous defense of the administration's first term.

A new medical clinic opens in Southeast San Diego, an area that suffers from a shortage of health providers.

San Diego Unified has made strides in reducing the number of students who drop out. Officials believe mentoring for students most in danger of leaving school without a diploma is making a difference.