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If you’ve got a balance on your Amazon gift card you’d better start spending it now. Starting Saturday, Amazon and other out–of-state retailers will begin collecting sales taxes on California purchases.

The new school year began Tuesday for children who attend class in the San Diego Unified School District.

California Rescue Task Force 8, based in San Diego, is ready to head for the Crescent City if Hurricane Isaac puts people in danger.

Conducting airstrikes and artillery assaults, U.S. forces clash with Iraqi troops in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. U.S. military planners had expected remnants of the Iraqi army and Baath party may mount a last stand there, but reports suggest that many soldiers have fled and that defenses in the city are seriously weakened. Hear Michael Ware of Time magazine.

The border between the United States and Mexico is not a containment line that neatly isolates individual issues on one side or the other.

With violence down to the lowest levels since 2005, Iraqis are enjoying the holiday season out in the open. Popular marketplaces, like the Karada neighborhood, are jammed with shoppers, although there are some signs the city remains on edge.

Many analysts suspect that President Bashar al-Assad is losing his grip on power in Syria, and that his fall is now inevitable. But that leaves many difficult questions about what happens the day after. NPR commentator Ted Koppel talks about the tipping point in Syria and what comes next.

A rare sports car reported stolen in San Diego County earlier this month has turned up in pieces.

The new US Attorney in town Laura Duffy takes on the job with some powerful and high-flying successes behind her. As a federal prosecutor, she worked relentlessly to cripple the infamous Arellano Felix drug cartel. And Laura Duffy is still taking aim at the remaining members of that drug gang.

Airs Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV