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The Coast Guard is not giving up in its search for survivors of the aircraft crash that occurred off the coast of San Diego last night.

A Transplanted New Yorker Makes A Film About A Culture On The Verge Of Extinction

Airs Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Most people think of a hacker as someone who breaks into computer networks, but many in the do-it-yourself movement have adopted the term for themselves. They're turning old typewriters into keyboards, slot machines into bartenders and suitcases into boomboxes — and their numbers are growing.

Colleges that are run for profit are rallying against a proposal to limit how much money their students can borrow. With the Senate holding a hearing on the for-profit colleges, several schools bused in students for a rally at the Capitol.

Ford says it will extend contract talks in Detroit beyond the midnight deadline. General Motors and Chrysler may do so as well. Each company says it needs major changes from the United Auto Workers if they are to survive.

This week's stock offering is a beginning of the new GM, as it tries to shed government ownership -- and some of its own legacy. Auto industry analysts say investor interest in the IPO is strong, but feel the true test will be whether the resurrected company can learn new tricks.

Some San Diego scientists say they've discovered a way to tame some of the most aggressive cancer tumors.

Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari was arrested in Tehran in 2009 while covering Iran's election protests. He explains how he endured 118 days in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, where he was repeatedly interrogated and tortured — and how he now views his homeland.

The charges include allegations that the congressman failed to report rental income on vacation property in the Dominican Republic and over the course of nearly a decade failed to report more than $600,000 on his financial disclosure statements.