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In Egypt, where antiquities have stood for millennia, climate change is posing new threats to an ancient country and its people.

As New Orleans residents prepare to mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, presidential hopefuls are descending upon the city. Host Debbie Elliott speaks with Stephanie Grace, a political columnist with The New Orleans Times-Picayune, about how the attention is being received.

President Obama announced Tuesday his decision to aggressively increase the presence of U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan to 30,000. He also outlined an equally tight timeline for their withdrawal by July 2011. Some say the plan is the most consequential decision of his presidency to-date. Ashraf Haidari, a political counselor from the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., and Afghan journalist Najib Sharifi are joined by former U.S. Army Captain Benjamin Tupper to discuss the heavy implications of the recent announcement and whether they agree with President Obama's assessment of the situation.

San Diego's city council members have submitted their budget priorities early this year, in anticipation of a year of unprecedented budget cuts. They hope the mayor will take their priorities into ac

Iraq's Interior Ministry has become as feared today as it was under Saddam Hussein. Before the U.S. invasion, the ministry served as the pervasive, terrifying intelligence arm of Saddam's Baath Party, which kept a file on every Iraqi. Now Iraq's political parties are fighting to control the ministry.

If you look outside your front window, chances are you'd see a lot of green lawns -- especially if you live in the suburbs. But in a climate with little rain, and hot dry summers, should we be seeing green? Joanne Faryon has more.

For generations, people from Mexico have crossed into the border city of Calexico to work in the Imperial Valley. But now an increasing number of Mexican students are crossing into Calexico to attend

Home foreclosures jumped nearly 60 percent during the first half of the year, and many of those foreclosed houses are now sitting vacant. But in Chula Vista, Calif., residents passed a law requiring lenders to hire a management company to look after vacant houses when a buyer defaults.

The City of San Diego passed a smoking ban in city parks and on beaches in 2006, are people following the law? A local community group, concerned with the amount of cigarette litter on the ground in city parks organized a clean up and found more than 17,000 butts a month. We discuss the smoking ban, who's smoking and the harms of second-hand smoke.

As San Diegans face water restrictions, we'll look at how homeowners can make water-wise choices for their landscaping.