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The New Year always brings some new laws with it. We'll examine a sampling of the most interesting new laws in California with These Days legal analyst Dan Eaton.

An African author is giving voice to the children of Africa who face hardships. Uwem Akpan discusses his new book of short stories, Say You're One of Them, and explains why he feels their stories must be told.

Proposition B, the plan to build a Stadium or Convention Center expansion on top of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal, is meeting heavy opposition.KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

A special U.S. military team met with Afghan tribal elders in Khost province in an attempt to repair relations after a March raid that killed six people. The military believes such meetings help keep the Taliban from regaining ground in Afghanistan.

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New evidence indicates that the connective tissue disorder, which can be deadly, may be treatable with a common blood pressure drug.

After months of debate, the controversial government-sponsored public plan may be dropped from health care overhaul bills. Instead, some are pressing for health co-ops — where the insurance buyers own and run the insurance company — as an alternative way to provide affordable insurance.

The Obama administration appears to be backing away from the idea that a health care overhaul has to include the option of a government-run insurance program. If this public plan is removed from the bills currently under construction in Congress, it could be replaced by nonprofit health insurance plans run on the co-op model.

Senator Dianne Feinstein says it's time to radically re-think how we fight wildfires. The California Democrats called a hearing in San Diego yesterday. This county learned a lot of lessons from the Ce

Searchers say they have found no sign of Steve Fossett after his single-engine plane disappeared in the rugged mountains and sagebrush-filled desert of western Nevada.