Thomas Perez's aggressive leadership of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division includes a civil lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

University of San Diego researchers say the problem of cross-border arms trafficking is worse than previously thought, but their findings come with caveats.

State transportation officials are denying reports that the San Diego-Coronado Bridge is “structurally deficient,”

Mayor Bob Filner said today that a revised operating agreement he has proposed to San Diego's Tourism Marketing District would get funds released to the travel promotion agency faster.

Fifth-generation New York City butcher Evan Lobel joins Martha for a master class on meat. Together, they teach viewers how to choose and cook the best cuts of meat, from tender to lean. Not only will this episode make you a better cook, but it will save you money as well. Martha and Evan demonstrate some of the most useful butchering techniques, including cutting up a whole chicken, spatchcocking a Cornish game hen, butterflying a leg of lamb, butchering a beef tenderloin and making medallions from a pork loin.

A consultant concluded that one of the two reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station could be safely restarted and put to use at full power, Southern California Edison announced today, but only for a limited period.

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren is Detective Inspector Jane Tennison, a skilled top-class detective battling to prove herself in a male-dominated world. In another enthralling season of the highly acclaimed series, PRIME SUSPECT we find the newly promoted Dectective Superintendent Jane Tennison is assigned to different stations to spearhead a number of major inquiries.

Plans are being made to conduct a citywide assessment of the condition of San Diego's sidewalks in the fiscal year that begins July 1, according to a report delivered today to the City Council's Infrastructure Committee.

Sculptor Greg Marra is paying tribute to slain former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle by making a life-size statue of him, and donating the piece to Kyle's widow Tara.

Springtime is traditionally when the real estate market begins to blossom in San Diego and there are lots of good signs for the market this year.

The Navy's Blue Angels flew their first (and possibly one of their last) shows of the season this past Saturday in El Centro. Sequestration cuts are expected ground the Blue Angels next week.

He was a rebel in the tradition of James Dean who changed the way Hollywood films are made. A new book traces the tumultuous life of actor Dennis Hopper.

Guest blogger Robert Mackey checked out Reading Cinemas' "Forty Foot Film Series" and saw "To Kill A Mockingbird" for the first time.

The 22nd Agricultural Association Board of Directors opted to keep a controversial elephant ride attraction at the Del Mar Fairgrounds despite a public outcry at its March 12 meeting.

For the second time in a week, a helicopter crash in Afghanistan has had fatal consequences for U.S. forces. The crash Saturday of an OH-58 Kiowa killed one U.S. service member and injured another.

The California Public Utilities Commission investigation into problems at San Onofre is continuing, but it is not on the agenda for this week’s PUC meeting in San Diego. However, legal battles are going on behind the scenes over how much ratepayers should be paying for the shuttered nuclear power plant.

The 100th anniversary of Balboa Park is coming up in 2015. Or is it? Turns out the San Diego press corps has been getting it wrong about the pending centennial and the 1915 Exposition.

The brake problems were known to some employees as far back as 2009 -- just one year after the SPRINTER began service.

Newly published research finds fire is a serious threat in earthquake damaged buildings.

More than 100 activists gathered at Santee Lakes on Sunday to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Syrian uprising, including some newly-arrived Syrians who are rallying to help their war-torn homeland.