The owner of Fresh & Easy grocery stores was ordered to pay $833,136 to settle a consumer protection case brought by prosecutors in San Diego and Riverside counties, alleging the grocery chain charged more for meat and seafood than prices posted on store shelves.

San Diego County's top legal official wants to help parents protect their children from online predators.

The San Diego Unified School District board began its annual budget process today with a 4-0 vote to avoid employee layoffs when offsetting a nearly $90 million deficit projected for the 2013-14 academic year, based on figures from Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed state budget.

The most critical members in the California legislature this year could well be moderate Democrats – not moderate Republicans, as in years past, or even Democratic legislative leaders.

A study of four California cities by the nonprofit Council of State Governments Justice Center finds despite popular perception, most people arrested were not on parole or probation.

Immigrant rights activists in San Diego rallied today in support of a federal immigration overhaul.

Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Thousands of activists on both sides of the issue are holding rallies marking the day at state capitals across the country.

The Senate picked up Tuesday exactly where it left off nearly three weeks ago. By a twist of the rules, the Senate chamber remains in its first legislative day of the 113th Congress.

President Obama pulled out a surprise in his inaugural address on Monday. After barely mentioning climate change in his campaign, he put it on his short list of priorities for his second term.

Two weeks after agreeing to review school site safety, the San Diego Unified Board of Education will consider another plan to prevent tragedies like the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Should emergency rooms track the number of people who get hurt or sick after drinking coffee? That's what the maker of Monster energy drinks suggests in response to a recent report that emergency-room visits involving caffeine-laced energy drinks doubled from 2007 to 2011.

Information technology has transformed much of the American economy, but its use in health care still lags, especially when it comes to electronic medical records.

San Diego’s regional planning agency wants the public to weigh in on plans to build a train station at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

President Obama mentioned Him five times in Monday's inaugural address. God, that is.

In honor of Sir David Attenborough's 60th anniversary on television, this three-part miniseries focuses on three fields that David Attenborough feels have been transformed most profoundly: filmmaking, science and the environment. Richly illustrated with the sequences that Attenborough has spent 60 years capturing, new interviews in which he revisits the content, stories and locations that were featured in his landmark series, and packed with the personal anecdotes of the BBC's most accomplished raconteur, "Attenborough's Life Stories" is a singular synopsis of a unique half-century plus.

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner exercised his veto powers for the first time on Friday to block the City Council's two appointees for the Port Commission.

A North County gay rights leader is the recipient of Oceanside's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award, the city announced today.

House Republican leaders intended to put off the debt ceiling fight for three months. But could they accidentally be giving the Obama White House carte blanche to borrow like crazy through mid-May?

Gunner the dog was able to reunite with his family in Japan after being left behind in San Diego when the Navy transfered his family to Japan. Hospital Corpsman First Class John Gromer, Gunner's owner, said he attempted to bring Gunner with the family, but American Airlines initially refused to transport the large dog.

The play "Clybourne Park" was written as a sequel to Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin In The Sun."

A well-known San Diego Marine writes a guidebook for young people to help determine if they have what it takes to join the Corps.

An era marked by war and attempts at nation building is coming to its end.

President Obama made history in his inaugural address when he mentioned Stonewall in the same breath as Selma, the Alabama town considered the birthplace of the black-rights movement, and Seneca Falls, the upstate New York site of the first women's-rights convention.

These unmanned flying robots — some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds — do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it takes to get these robotic airplanes to fly, sense and kill has remained secret. But now, with unprecedented access to drone engineers (including a rare interview with the “Father of the Predator,” Abe Karem) and those who operate drones for the U.S. military, NOVA reveals the amazing technologies that make them so powerful.

While the number of abortion providers has been decreasing, the number of pregnancy centers has been increasing. According to The New York Times, there are now approximately 1,800 abortion providers around the country, compared with 2,500 pregnancy centers. These centers, largely run by Christian groups, discourage women from getting abortions and offer help during their unplanned pregnancies.

Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. But in some states, access to facilities that perform abortions remains limited.

British Army Capt. Harry Wales (a.k.a. Prince Harry) is stirring up controversy once again - this time over remarks he made about killing Taliban during his recent four-month deployment in Afghanistan.

Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake are part of the so-called Gang of Eight, a bipartisan group in the Senate that’s hammering out a proposal.

The coral reef on which the USS Guardian ran aground on January 17 was misplaced by eight nautical miles on a digital chart used by the Guardian crew for navigation.

There’s an ambitious effort underway in San Diego County to map every urban tree. One ecologist says a healthy canopy is essential in fighting climate change.

Ramona wildlife watchers have been enjoying a rare spectacle this winter. Two adult bald eagles have decided to set up house in a sweeping valley just outside of town.

Jan. 22, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.