San Diego County is considering whether to adopt Laura's Law, a state law that allows court-ordered treatment for mentally ill patients who refuse to take medication.

An invitation-only meeting with California’s Public Utility Commissioners today in La Jolla is generating protests.

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.

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.

North County leaders gathered at rapidly expanding Palomar Airport to hear an optimistic “State of North County” address from County Supervisor Bill Horn.

A court hearing is scheduled in San Diego today for a lawsuit filed against California’s five Public Utility Commissioners. The suit claims many stakeholders are being excluded from a private meeting with Public Utilities Commissioners.

A controversial toll road to ease traffic between San Diego and Orange County drew crowds at a hearing today in Costa Mesa.

The last U.S. troops left Iraq in December 2011. Much of the American public was relieved to see American forces pulled out. But since then we have heard remarkably little about what is going on in the country we invaded back in 2003. As we approach the 10-year anniversary of the launch of the U.S. war in Iraq, experts begin to examine the consequences.

More than 12,000 people descended on Del Mar for the gun show over the weekend. It was the biggest turn out ever. A staggering amount of ammunition was snapped up and hauled away.

The Sprinter light rail from Oceanside to Escondido in North County celebrates its fifth anniversary this week.

Two new homeless shelters are opening in North County. Both of them have been years in the making.

North County water agencies are in Washington today to apply for millions of dollars to recycle treated water for irrigation.

Future plans to keep traffic moving up San Diego’s congested coastline into North County include major incentives to ride your bike. The modified North Coast Corridor project, which would spend a billion dollars by 2020, is ready for public comment.

A group formed after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary will meet in Hillcrest Saturday to call for changes in federal gun laws.

Opening ceremonies for Marine Corp Trials will be held today at Camp Pendleton.

Republicans are headed to the state convention in Sacramento this weekend. Among them, Ruben Barrales who's leading a Republican political action committee focused on recruiting and electing Latinos.

Author David Helvarg explores the unique, symbiotic relationship between the Golden State and the ocean that shapes its existence.

Could new "Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences" be the "Oscar" of prizes for scientists?

School districts award contracts funded by school bonds to donors that fund the bond campaigns. The CPUC holds a public hearing on San Onofre costs. Voice of San Diego gives homelessness a public airing. And it's the Marines versus the surfers at a famous San Onofre beach.

The agency that is holding a public hearing this afternoon on the San Onofre nuclear power plant is itself coming under scrutiny from the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst .

Thursday is the first opportunity for ratepayers to weigh in on the San Onofre nuclear power plant before the California Public Utilities Commission. The plant has been shut down for more than a year. The focus of the public hearing is not safety, but cost.

The proposed Quarry Creek housing development in Carlsbad is a project that highlights the tension between preserving open space and building for the future. Tonight, the Carlsbad Planning Commission considers whether to give the project its approval.

A complaint filed with the California Public Utilities Commission accuses the operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant of inflating the cost to ratepayers of the defective steam generators.

More than a thousand people attended the NRC meeting to bring the public up to date on its investigation of Edison’s plan to restart Unit 2 at San Onofre. Many of those in attendance were from San Diego.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds a public meeting this week to go over a proposal to restart the San Onofre nuclear power plant. A report suggesting the operator knew about problems with faulty steam generators before they were installed will not be on the agenda.

A lawsuit underway in Los Angeles reveals Johnson & Johnson apparently knew years before they recalled a faulty artificial hip that it had a critical design flaw, but they went ahead and had doctors install them in tens of thousand of patients.

Congressman Markey adds details about the Mitsubishi Report revealing what Edison knew about problems, even before faulty steam generators were installed at San Onofre nuclear power plant

California Sen. Barbara Boxer is pressing federal regulators to open a probe into equipment problems at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant.

The trial against four Somali men accused of funneling money to terrorists began last week in San Diego. How strong is the government's case and how has is affected the San Diego Somali community?

The debate over what to do to prevent gun violence in the U.S. is splitting the nation, and women are weighing in as strongly as men.

Whenever you see a festival branded with the names "Spike and Mike," you can be assured that there will be something to dazzle the senses. Spike and Mike’s 30th Anniversary Festival of Animation Extravaganza kicks off this Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla.

A decades-long debate over a new landfill in North County pitted trash against water at an Army Corps of Engineers’ hearing.

California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris will play a role in a CPUC investigation into whether ratepayers should continue paying for the San Onofre nuclear power plant, which has been offline for a year.

The long debated Gregory Canyon Landfill needs a federal permit from the Army Corps of Engineers to move forward. The public has a chance to weigh in at an Army Corps hearing Thursday night.

Today marks one year since the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was shut down. KPBS News takes a look back at the investigations and hearings and a look forward at what's next for the troubled power plant.

This week marks a milestone in the decades-long debate over whether to develop a new landfill in San Diego’s North County. The Army Corps of Engineers will hear public comment on its draft EIR for Gregory Canyon, one of very few new landfills in the pipeline for a permit in California.

San Diego County Water Authority is suing its counterpart in Riverside. It’s the latest splash in water wars that involve millions of ratepayer dollars.

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

Both the Democratic and Republican parties in San Diego have new blood in the ranks of leadership.

The non-partisan Equinox Center released its fourth annual “Dashboard” report that highlights important trends affecting our quality of life in the San Diego region.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering a petition from groups who say Southern California Edison failed to get proper approval before replacing San Onofre’s steam generators. The faulty generators led to the shut down of the nuclear plant a year ago.

A petition to stop gun shows at the Del Mar Fairgrounds is gaining momentum.

California State Controller John Chiang told San Diego business and political leaders Thursday that creating new jobs is key to maintaining a state budget surplus.

The city of Escondido has made two announcements recently that suggest the city is on its way to firmer fiscal footing.

Getting some work done while you commute is a big incentive to ride public transit. But the wifi on the Coaster can’t keep up with demand.

The first new member elected to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors since 1995 was sworn in today, along with two longtime members who were re-elected to the panel.

Construction on the Carlsbad desalination plant will generate jobs locally, but it also continues to generate lawsuits.

A judge today set a trial date to consider whether the city of Escondido should change how councilmembers are elected to better represent the Latino community.

The director of a new shelter for homeless women and children in North County died unexpectedly on New Year’s Day, two weeks before the project is due to open.

The biggest desalination plant in the western hemisphere is due to begin construction soon in San Diego County. Within the next four years it could be providing up to 10 percent of this region’s drinking water.