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Earth Day Puts Spotlight On San Diego's Environment

How dirty is the air we breath and the water we drink?

Grape breeder Andy Walker of the University of California, Davis inspects grapes on the campus vineyard. Walker says some Spanish or Italian grapes would do better in warmer temperatures, but growing and marketing new varieties is a big investment.

Climate Change Has Calif. Vintners Rethinking Grapes

Familiar French varieties aren't well-suited to high temperatures, so some researchers suggest cross-breeding to make the grapes more heat tolerant or drought-resistant. But once you breed pinot noir with something else, you can't call it pinot noir anymore. And marketing new wines is a challenge.

This map shows the size of the Pfeiffer FIre In Los Padres National Forest as of Dec. 18, 2013.

Weather To Help Crews Battling Big Sur Blaze

Firefighters expected to get some help Wednesday from the weather as they battle an unusual late fall wildfire that has destroyed more than a dozen homes and forced about 100 people to flee the scenic Big Sur region overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Somalis In America Strive To Help Those Back Home

As drought engulfs the Horn of Africa, Somalia is among the hardest-hit because of its ongoing civil war. In America, refugees from Somalia are doing what they can to help — from organizing aid groups to holding charity events, such as car washes.

Fatuma, 25, arrived in Dadaab, Kenya by car with her mother and her five children. The young widow gave birth to her baby girl, Shire, on her way to the refugee camp. Fatuma told aid workers from the International Rescue Committee that their luggage was stolen from the car in the middle of the night while they were sleeping.

A Local Perspective On Famine In Somalia

Drought and famine has left children in Somali dying and displaced millions. San Diego is home to the second largest population of Somali refugees in the U.S., we'll hear about how they're working to get aid to the county.

San Diego State men's basketball beats Boise State, 69-66

No. 13-ranked SDSU's Winston Shepard and Xavier Thames score 16 points each for the Aztecs (13-1, 2-0), who win their 12th straight game.

A region flooded with weapons and beleaguered by porous borders, endemic poverty and government corruption, the Horn of Africa poses a persistent terrorist threat.

Drought Threatens Millions in Horn of Africa

In the Horn of Africa, a drought is killing livestock across a wide swath of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. The United Nations estimates that more than 6 million people in the region are at risk of running out of food and water as a result of the drought if aid doesn't arrive soon.

Emergency crews drop a fire retardant slurry on a running wildfire to save a house on April in Strawn, Texas, on Tuesday.

Texans Pray For Rain As Fires Consume Homes

Reinforcements are flowing into drought-ravaged Texas as it battles two dozen wildfires burning across the state. The fires have razed 1.8 million acres so far and destroyed hundreds of homes. On Thursday, Gov. Rick Perry even officially declared Easter weekend to be three "Days of Prayer for Rain."

Many flowers at Hillwood gardens in Washington, D.C., are still doing well, despite the ever-changing local climate.

One Garden's Climate Struggle (And How To Save Yours)

At the Hillwood Estate gardens in Washington, D.C., the new norm is: "Expect the unexpected." So says volunteer coordinator Bill Johnson, who has worked on property belonging to the heiress of the Post cereal fortune for 30 years.

Homeowner Meg Kaufman replaced her lawn with new, water-conserving landscape.

San Diego Water Misers Offered Rebates

San Diegans have adjusted to mandatory water conservation during recent drought years. Now there is a way to save money and conserve water.

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