The San Diego transit agency gets some jingles about bus and trolley use from hip local bands.

More motorists are traversing the South Bay Expressway (SR 125) since public ownership brought lower costs to the San Diego County toll road.

The group National Popular Vote wants presidents to be elected by every voter, not just those who live in swing states.

An animal welfare proposition passed in 2008 is two years from taking effect. But California chicken farmers still don't know how to follow it.

Walk San Diego recognizes National City as San Diego County's number one city for encouraging people to walk as a means of transportation.

San Diego farmers explore the possibilities of dragon fruit, a new cash crop that doesn't need a lot of water.

Common Cause sets up a command center to prevent something they see as a big problem: Voter intimidation by organized groups.

Italy is appealing to ethnic Italians in San Diego and around the world to become citizens of the old country, in hopes it will beef up their dwindling native population.

The San Diego City Council will require less parking for affordable housing developments to reduce costs and encourage alternative transportation.

San Diego conservationists say the city might be blowing its chance to preserve thousands of acres of open space.

The San Diego District Attorney, police groups and victims' family members urged voters to defeat Proposition 34, which would repeal the death penalty in California.

Supporters and opponents of the death penalty look to an election showdown over Proposition 34.

The chairman of the board of the Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) demands Michael Shames return hundreds of thousands in "bonuses."

A dozen San Diego religious leaders joined the author of "Dead Man Walking" in a movement to repeal the death penalty.

Demand for student housing and construction of apartment buildings is turning San Diego State into a true campus community.

Chula Vista and port authority officials visit China to drum up financing for a $2 billion bay-front redevelopment.

In San Diego, rich people believe in the American dream because they lived it. Poor people believe because they need to.

Crews made accelerating progress today in defeating a wildfire that claimed one life and leveled at least 20 back-country homes in rural southeastern San Diego County over the last three days.

Legislative committee hosts a hearing in which people debate the merits of the death penalty and of Proposition 34, which would repeal it.

Skateboarders in City Heights skate wherever they can, in hopes that a skatepark will someday be built in their neighborhood.

A citizen's group will watch out for voter fraud at San Diego polling places this November. Whether the group is good influence or not depends on who you ask.

The years-long court battle over 76 acres of Mission Bay Park, and the mobile homes that remain there, could end early next year... unless it's appealed.

The California Legislature passes a bill allowing San Diego to boost the number of acres that are off-limits to developers.

A neighborhood eyes the obstacles to getting skaters off the street and into the skatepark of their dreams.

Annual tests of inmates in San Diego county jails indicate well over half the people brought into custody test positive for illegal drugs.

The San Diego Zoo will get a system of solar panels that will provide energy for five vehicle charging stations. It will also provide shade for up to 50 cars in the parking lot.

Treasurer Dan McAllister tells association of realtors short supply and rising prices are good for county coffers.

Mayor Sanders and other city bigwigs touted the extension of Green Line and $720 million in transit improvements.

Today, the Padres formally introduced the team's new owners in a news conference at Petco Park. Members of the O'Malley group offered guarded answers to questions about investing in players.

California scientists discovered a one-of-a-kind spider in Oregon caves, though it may have relatives in the redwoods.

California Rescue Task Force 8, based in San Diego, is ready to head for the Crescent City if Hurricane Isaac puts people in danger.

The San Diego Zoo wants to create innovative products for the American marketplace by stealing ideas from mother nature.

Court is expected to settle the legal question of relocating mobile home park residents early next year.

Al Qaeda has schooled would-be terrorists in starting wildfires. But Cal Fire says their 'Ember Bomb' is no big deal.

Major League Baseball owners have approved the sale of the San Diego Padres to a group that includes the O'Malley family and pro golfer Phil Mickelson.

The infamous Exxon Valdez was built in San Diego. Now it's being dismantled on the coast of India.

A plan to turn some beat-up industrial land along the San Diego River into the Riverbend housing development has won over the people Grantville... unless they are opposed to it.

The California Coastal Commission approved a plan to develop the Chula Vista waterfront, which means construction can soon begin.

Car-sharing and companies like Zipcar and Car2Go have put a dent in the expectation of car ownership, even in auto-dependent San Diego.

"Parking problems" are standing in the way of installing electric car charging stations in San Diego County.

The proposed high-speed rail system in California may be expensive, but two researchers say it will almost certainly reduce California's greenhouse emissions.

San Diego's new central library is capped with its signature dome as construction crews refocus on the building innards.

A plan to build nearly 1,000 homes along the San Diego River will go before the City Council.

The disappearance of a field of space dust around a distant star has rattled theories of how planets are formed.

San Diego architecture students reimagine Qualcomm Stadium and try to create a new kind of mall.

Thousands of spectators who lined San Diego Bay for July Fourth fireworks saw one big burst then dark skies. Some answers emerged one day later.

Just last week, it was safe to say that almost no one in San Diego had heard of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement. This week, the 13th round of negotiations between member nations is underway here at the Bayfront Hilton, complete with accompanying demonstrations and marches.

California would become the first state to write into law much of the national mortgage settlement negotiated this year with the nation's top five banks, and expand it to all lenders, under wide-ranging legislation state lawmakers approved Monday.

A San Diego State University biologist shows how evolution has changed the rattlesnake and its prey, the ground squirrel, and he does it with a little help from a robot.

Legal briefs were filed today in a suit that accuses SANDAG of promoting dependence on car travel.