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.

Like a lot of cities, San Diego is surrounded by numerous fairly new housing developments. But closer to the center of the city are neighborhoods filled with historic homes built near the turn of the last century. Now there’s an effort underway to make sure more of those homes are preserved and not sacrificed for more modern developments.

The San Diego City Council is scheduled to take up the issue of outsourcing city services at its meeting Tuesday. Voters approved a proposition calling for managed competition in 2006 but negotiations over how the city should go about it have stalled since then.

City and fire department leaders are saying San Diego is better prepared than ever to fight large fires. Leaders reflected on changes to the fire department on the two year anniversary of the Witch Creek fire.

New data out Tuesday from a San Diego-based real estate tracking firm shows the number of home foreclosures in California has likely peaked. But the high rate of foreclosures is expected to linger for a few more years.

More than 350 people in San Diego County committed suicide last year. Now a local group is stepping up efforts to prevent more people from taking their own lives.

The emergency room at Rady Children's Hospital has been busy in the last few days with parents scared their children might have swine flu. But doctors report many people are coming in needlessly.

All San Diego city departments are being asked to identify how they can cut 27 percent out of their discretionary budgets.

San Diego can continue to dredge debris in the Tijuana River Valley. Thursday a judge rejected a temporary restraining order that would have stopped the project.

Plans for a new main library in downtown San Diego are still moving forward. A city council committee took action on the project Wednesday. The council’s Rules Committee authorized $500,000 in redevelopment funds for the library project. The money will be spent putting the project out to bid.

The San Diego City Council has decided to keep the temporary winter homeless shelter downtown again this year. But the decision came after several hours of discussion and protest from people living in the East Village neighborhood.

The new Chief of the San Diego Fire Department is bracing for budget cuts but says public safety will still be the priority. The department’s second in command was officially announced as the new Fire Chief on Tuesday.

San Diego’s water cops haven’t been writing too many tickets. No one in the city has yet had to pay for wasting water.

San Diego is moving forward with its attempts to figure out some regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries even as other cities crack down on the industry. San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Task Force met for the first time Friday.

The Incredible Hulk is now available to help fight wildfires in San Diego County. The county will be able to use a firefighting helicopter with that nickname this wildfire season.

The San Diego city council held its first public meeting Wednesday to discuss the city’s record-breaking budget deficit.

San Diego is asking a group of people to hammer out rules for medical marijuana dispensaries. The city council today appointed a task force to look into the issue.

The people of San Diego will likely see fewer city services in the coming months. City leaders are just beginning to grapple with a record breaking $180 million deficit.

Water in San Diego is becoming more scarce and more expensive. The city council will begin to look at ways to deal with San Diego’s limited water supply at its meeting Monday.

California wants to create the first high speed train system in the country and it wants the federal government to help pay for it.

A judge has ruled the city of San Diego is not responsible for a landslide on Mount Soledad two years ago.

San Diego leaders say the city is facing a record breaking $180 million budget deficit next year. Officials are warning there won’t be an easy fix.

Hundreds of thousands of people will watch the Blue Angels perform at the Miramar Air Show this weekend. But three people got the chance to actually go for a ride in one of the F/A-18 jets.

The number of San Diegans living in poverty is at a 50 year high. New census data released Tuesday shows San Diego County’s poverty rate is rising faster than anywhere else in the state.

Vendors, bands and people filled Adams Avenue in Normal Heights this weekend for the annual Adams Avenue Street Fair.

The only cruise ship to call San Diego home year round is pulling up anchor. The ship is moving to the south and taking millions of dollars with it.

San Diego won’t lose too many local jobs when SAIC moves its headquarters to Virginia. But one local business analyst says the city will feel the impact in other ways.

San Diego is working to smooth over a rough commute for some of the city’s residents. The city is repaving 150 miles of road, nearly half in the city’s urban core.

Three cities in San Diego’s east county are working together to make their fire departments more efficient.

The city of San Diego is already feeling the impact of the record breaking $225 million pension payment it will have to make next year. The city is implementing a hiring freeze to help cut costs.

The San Diego City Council must decide what to do about the contaminated sand at Children’s Pool in La Jolla. On Tuesday the council will consider a $1 million dredging plan that’s meant to restore the beach for swimmers.

The city of San Diego will have to pay $225 million to its pension fund next year. That’s the largest single pension payment the city’s ever had to make. The pension board decided on Friday not to reduce the size of the payment.

The board that controls the city of San Diego’s pension fund could make a change Friday that would save the city millions of dollars on next year’s payment. San Diego is facing its largest pension payment ever.

San Diego’s Ethics Commission lost a bid to get more power Wednesday at a city council committee verb. The committee heard the arguments but did not act on the issue.

A bigger convention center, a new city hall and a new downtown library were the focus Tuesday in a speech San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders gave to the San Diego Taxpayers Association. The speech laid out Sanders’ vision for the city during tough economic times.

San Diego’s older neighborhoods are filled with unique and historic homes. But a local community planning group says too many of these houses are being demolished without any public notice.

Many people living in San Diego’s backcounty are relieved by the recent denial of San Diego Gas and Electric’s emergency shut off plan. KPBS reporter Katie Orr spoke with a Ramona man who opposed the plan.

County Supervisor Diane Jacob is commending state regulators for denying San Diego Gas and Electric’s emergency power shut-off plan.

People living in the backcountry won’t have to worry about San Diego Gas and Electric turning off power on high fire risk days. State regulators said SDG&E cannot pull the plug on the power.

People living in San Diego’s backcountry could find out tomorrow whether San Diego Gas and Electric will be able to turn off their power on high-risk fire days. State regulators will discuss the plan Thursday.

San Diego is asking private companies to bid on a $45 million city contract for the first time in 30 years. The city is soliciting competition for its technology service.