The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
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The wig-wearing, human-looking robots being used by Camp Pendleton Marines are guided by GPS and move around on two wheels at a speed of 8 mph.
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Seventy years ago, the deadliest plane crash at the time happened in the mountains of eastern San Diego County. The wreck was lost for decades, until a Poway man unearthed it last year.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Wounded Warrior Project, perhaps the best-known U.S. military charity, has raised millions. But it has limped along with fair-to-poor grades from charity watch organizations for years. A local group says they don't make the grade at all.
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San Diego has approved $4 million in initial funding for a program to find homes for 1,000 homeless veterans in the next year.
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Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr., 36, was a member of the team that rescued an American doctor held hostage in Afghanistan.
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A female Marine set off Thursday on a 161-mile run from Los Angeles to San Diego to pay tribute to the 161 women who have died in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Vets' Community Connection will match veterans with volunteers who can give advice on living in San Diego.
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KPBS Midday EditionFebruary 28th marks 25 years since the end of Operation Desert Storm.
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The San Diego-based National Coalition For Men praised a federal appeals court's reversal of a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the male-only Selective Service registration requirement.
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Students at Kearny High School shared proposals to turn San Diego's old Central Library into a comprehensive center for military veterans.
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