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San Diego editors review the top stories that impacted the region in 2009 and how they may play out in 2010.

It's May 5th and in San Diego for both Chicanos and non-Chicanos that can mean two things - sometimes in conflict: party time and cultural awareness. Gil Griffin has our story:

It's the perennial question for many children this time of year: Is there really a Santa Claus? Yes, Virginia, there is. His name is Oliver Deuker. And he's a 42-year-old German television news reporter, who won that country's first Santa Claus championships.

One of the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives, polygamist Warren Steed Jeffs, has been arrested in Nevada. Jeffs, who leads the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was detained outside of Las Vegas on Monday night.

President Bush has nominated Kentucky doctor James Holsinger to be the nation's new surgeon general. If confirmed by the Senate, Holsinger's impact in the office will likely depend on his relationship with the Bush administration.

Woody Allen has a new film back on American soil, Johnny Depp plays legendary gangster John Dillinger, and director Kathryn Bigelow brings us the critically acclaimed film The Hurt Locker. We'll discuss all these films and more on this month's Film Club of the Air.

What are the effects of technology such as Facebook, Twitter, texting and email on social interaction and etiquette? We speak with technology etiquette expert, Elaine Swann and experts on social networks, James Fowler and Noah Arceneaux about the relationship between new technology and social behavior.

D.G. Wills

Pope Benedict meets with Turkish leaders in Ankara, on his first visit to a majority-Muslim country. The pontiff urged all religious leaders to refuse to support any violence in the name of faith, but he also expressed concern that the risks of more conflicts and terrorism are growing in the Middle East.

In the TV era, nearly every State of the Union address has been followed by a presidential road trip meant to emphasize the points the president made. But this trip by President Bush seemed much more subdued than usual.