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People from across San Diego County go to the polls today to choose new mayors, county supervisors, congressmen and congresswomen and to decide on a wide variety of ballot measures.

Airs Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 8 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV (8 p.m. on KPBS Radio)

The country was just beginning to worry about nuclear fallout, and the Air Force wanted to reassure people that it was OK to use atomic weapons. And so on July 19, 1957, five Air Force officers stood on a patch of ground in the Nevada desert and waited for the bomb to drop.

Water quality along the San Diego coast was pretty good last year. KPBS Reporter Erik Anderson has details.

May 21, 2011, according to some Christians, is Judgment Day, when the true believers will fly up to heaven while destruction befalls the rest. Disciples of this message are spreading the message of God's imminent wrath — and feverishly preparing for the Final Day.

Many wonder if social security will be around when they're ready to retire - we look at whether it may be time to reform the program.

During World War II, several thousand conscientious objectors who refused to go to war were instead assigned to work in state mental hospitals. Many of the institutions were filthy, run-down and staffed with abusive workers. Charlie Lord worked at one in Philadelphia and secretly photographed the horrific conditions.

Forbidden Kingdom

There are lies. And then there are campaign ads. Every election season we take a sample of some of the ads out there. Today, the truth squad helps us separate the truth from the sales pitch.

Another year. Another election (or two).