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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders traveled to Sacramento this week to voice his opposition to Governor Jerry Brown's proposal to eliminate local redevelopment agencies. What has Mayor Sanders proposed as an alternative to the governor's plan? And, how will San Diego be affected if redevelopment agencies like CCDC are eliminated?

A powerful earthquake struck Christchurch, one of New Zealand's biggest cities, Tuesday at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing at least 75 people in one of the country's worst natural disasters.

The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state's water crisis.

A new federal commission will consider raising Americans' retirement age and increasing taxes to attack a record U.S. budget deficit, the co-chairmen of the panel told NPR. Erskine Bowles, former chief of staff to President Clinton, said President Obama made it clear "everything's on the table." Former Sen. Alan Simpson said the panel's work is about the nation's "grandchildren."

We discuss two court rulings in San Diego's city pension cases.

President Zardari's administration is being rocked by the media and judiciary, which are hammering at corruption charges. Meanwhile, the military wants a greater role in government. Washington says keeping a civilian government in control is essential for democracy in Pakistan.

Though the nation's unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in February, employers actually cut payrolls by a net 63,000 jobs. The rate fell because so many people decided to stop looking for work — a new sign of weakness in the economy.

Four U.S. states on the Mexican border will share a troop force of 1,200 for a yearlong deployment to begin Aug. 1. President Obama decided in May to bolster border security. Drug-related violence has escalated in Mexico.

California lawmakers recently approved a 10 percent increase to state taxpayers' witholdings.

More than 10 years after the Agriculture Department promised to compensate black farmers for discrimination, some 70,000 of them have yet to be paid. Many of these farmers plan to be in Washington on Monday to ask the government to pay up.