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One of the most dangerous times of day for teenagers is after school. That's especially true in the gang-infested neighborhoods of Chicago, where police and school officials are enlisting military veterans to help protect kids on their way to and from school.

Formed by a longtime Republican consultant in California, it has grabbed national attention with its cross-country bus tour and high-profile association with Sarah Palin and others. But some in the Tea Party movement see the Express as old-fashioned.

We'll speak to a Harvard-educated doctor who grew up in a small farming community in the Coachella Valley. Dr. Raul Ruiz, a son of farm workers, now devotes his life to building a pathway for youth from rural communities to become doctors who will return to practice medicine in their home towns.

If gas prices are increasing, why is the state collecting less in gas-related taxes nowadays? We speak to Business Reporter Erik Anderson about what's driving up gas prices, and how a recent change to the gas tax structure is impacting state revenue.

Law enforcement officials continue to piece together the facts from Saturday's shooting rampage that left a federal judge dead and a congresswoman critically injured in Arizona.

U.S. mining experts say Chilean authorities face two daunting tasks as they try to rescue 33 miners trapped underground since Aug. 5: drilling a wide borehole nearly a half-mile down to reach the miners; keeping the miners safe and sane during four months of expected drilling.

California working women make on average $8,300 less per year than men. This costs California women about $37 billion annually. The Equal Pay Act was signed into law in 1963 to prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers. In passing the bill, Congress denounced sexual discrimination in the workplace. It has been 48 years since the law was enacted. Many women are supporting a new equal pay act called the Paycheck Fairness Act, which passed in the U.S. House but fell short in the Senate. This would close loopholes in the old act to ensure that women aren't underpaid. We are going to discuss the current equal pay rules as well as the struggle women are facing, and the ways that women are trying to gain equality.

Social networking has almost doubled among people older than 50 in the past year, with 42 percent of seniors participating in the hot Internet trend. Using Facebook and other sites, seniors build support networks that help them begin a second career, prepare for retirement or deal with health issues, a Pew report finds.

The Chair of the San Diego Board of Supervisors took a defiant stance against the state government last night. Dianne Jacob delivered the annual State of the County speech at Cuyamaca College in El Ca

In his first budget plan, California Governor Jerry Brown called for more than $12 billion in spending cuts and a restructuring of state government.