San Diegans will find out Tuesday if their water rates will go up next year. But a local consumer advocacy group thinks the city’s water department made it difficult for customers to protest the increase.

The fate of the seals at the La Jolla Children's Pool is now is the hands of the San Diego City Council. A Superior Court judged has thrown out a 2005 state ruling that ordered the city to remove the seals from the Children's Pool and restore the beach to its 1941 condition.

It’s not yet clear how budget cuts in San Diego are going to affect people living in the city. The Mayor is meeting with department heads this week to determine where the cuts should be made.

If you want a say in where a high speed rail line would come through San Diego, you’d better speak up now. Planners are already beginning to look at routes.

The state of California wants you to think twice before flushing your unwanted or expired pharmaceuticals.

A local man killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage just reenlisted in the Army last month. Army reservist John Gaffaney worked for San Diego County for 20 years. His most recent position was with the Adult Protection Services department.

California’s poverty rate would be one of the worst in the country if housing prices were taken into consideration. A report out this month presents a new way of calculating poverty rates in the United States.

There’s a new park in the works for downtown San Diego and the Port wants some planning help from the public. A meeting will be held tonight to discuss the latest design.

A San Diego non-profit is working to make sure some of the homeless population gets vaccinated against the swine flu.

San Diego needs to bring in more revenue and the city council wants to create a commission that will suggest how to do that. But a disagreement Tuesday between city council members has put the commission on hold for now.