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SDG&E broke ground on the controversial Sunrise Powerlink project Thursday. For years, local residents, community leaders, organizations and elected officials fought the project, concerned in part that the route will traverse some of the most fire prone areas of San Diego County. KPBS Fronteras Reporter Ruxandra Guidi explains why tribal leaders oppose the powerlink and what is being done now to stop the project from progressing.

Former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano is the first recipient of the Mo Ibrahim Prize, a $5 million award for promoting good governance on the continent of Africa. Chissano speaks about receiving the award and his continuing efforts to promote peace and democracy in Africa.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The little orange boxes carried by kids over the decades have helped raise more than $160 million for the global children's charity.

A leading GOP lawmaker says Job 1 will be extending all of the Bush tax cuts. But a budget expert says if that's the starting point, getting the budget under control will be almost impossible.

The San Diego Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah starting tonight at sunset. The holiday marks the Jewish New Year. As leaders in Israel and Palestine renew efforts to end conflict in the Middle East, one local group is calling for a year of peace in San Diego.

San Diego school board members voted to close a loophole in program that allowed failing eighth grade students to move on to high school. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is overturning a city policy that says undocumented youth accused of felonies must be handed over to federal authorities. The new law requires an actual felony conviction before someone is handed over to federal immigration authorities.

San Diego is one of the solar power, electric car capitals, but our utility company falls short in greenhouse-gas reduction. San Diego Gas and Electric has failed to meet the state-mandated goal of producing 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by the end of 2010. We'll tell you what SDG&E says about missing the goal and why other utilities across the state got much closer to the target.

In the war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya, Moscow-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov has ordered the return of Sufi Islam and Chechen traditions as a way to establish control and undercut Muslim extremists. Some in the Kremlin are now beginning to ask what they have unleashed in the unstable region.

Culture Lust contributor and music lover David Walters reminds us why John Sebastian holds a place in rock history (The Lovin' Spoonful) and why you should check out his solo act this Sunday in Normal Heights.