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Ready-made food at the Mexican convenience store Oxxo in Tijuana, July 3, 2015.

Tijuana Consumers Start Paying Tax On Ready-Made Food

Tijuana residents say they're upset about a new sales tax on ready-made food like hotdogs and pizza at convenience stores.

Attendees participate in an ethical hacking contest at a Swiss security conference in Geneva in March. Bug bounty programs are becoming very popular in Silicon Valley's high tech sector.

Banks Reluctant To Use 'White Hat' Hackers To Spot Security Flaws

High tech firms have been offering bounties to security researchers to find holes and bugs in their software, but these reward programs haven't drawn much interest from major banks.

Will Dot-Health Make It More Likely That You'll Get Scammed?

New websites ending in "health," "doctor" and "clinic" will soon start appearing online. But anyone can buy those names. Some public health researchers worry that they'll purvey bogus medical advice.

In this photo released by Solar Impulse, "Solar Impulse 2", a solar-powered airplane flies after taking off from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 9, 2015.

San Diego Company Helps Solar-Powered Aircraft

XCom Global Inc. is providing wireless Internet access to the group traveling with the aircraft, which is dubbed Solar Impulse.

California Joins Climate Agreement With West Coast States, British Columbia

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed an agreement with Washington, Oregon and British Columbia to align climate change policies and promote clean energy.

A Malaysian flag sits on a table among other flags during a news conference at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement talks in July 2012 in San Diego. Nearly two and a half years later, the deal remains incomplete.

Politics And A Food Fight Are Stalling A Major U.S.-Asia Trade Deal

Supporters of expanded trade with Asian nations hoped this week would bring completion of a major deal, but U.S. and Japanese negotiators — and Obama and congressional Republicans — still don't agree.

A screen shot from San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer's appearance on Bloomber's "Bottom Line," Feb. 10, 2015.

What Mayor Faulconer's Telling National News Media About San Diego

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Journal Live and Bloomberg during a trip to New York City.

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke at Indiana University on Thursday. "If Russia is [in Syria] to uphold Assad, and fake it with respect to the extremists and terrorists, that's a serious problem," he told NPR's Steve Inskeep.

John Kerry: Russia Has No 'Easy Track' In Syria

Russia's intervention in Syria's civil war could end up helping Islamic militants, the secretary of state told NPR's Steve Inskeep. "That would be absurd, it would be a farce," Kerry said.

Sheikh Hassan Lachheb conducts the Portrait of a Prophet course in Lanham, Md. The course is based on the stories of the Hadith, personal recollections of the Prophet Muhammad put down in writing about two centuries after his death.

Fighting Extremism With Knowledge: Learning The Lessons Of Muhammad

Many Muslims say radicals who cite the Prophet Muhammad to justify violence misrepresent his teachings. To combat ISIS, they say, means strengthening the faithful's understanding of Islam's founder.

What Hashtagged In 2015? Periods, Refugees And Nigerians At Hogwarts

If it didn't hashtag, did it really happen? We look back on the trendiest hashtags in global development in 2015.

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