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Like many Americans, a small but growing number of Chinese are worried about what's in their food and how it's grown. The farm of a stockbroker-turned-organic-farmer is an example of how some people are taking the problem into their own hands.

David Oliver Relin, author of Three Cups of Tea, tells the story of Greg Mortenson's dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

As the value of the dollar plunges against the euro, some merchants in New York City are accepting the foreign currency instead — especially in areas rich with tourists and European visitors.

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen visited San Diego earlier this week, and said the nation's unemployment rate will remain "painfully high" for a long time. How will the Jobs Bill that passed the Senate impact the local and national employment picture?

Technically speaking, the Obama campaign had two crown jewels: a database with the e-mail addresses of 10 million supporters and an online network that mobilized voters. What will become of this machine as the president-elect moves to the White House?

It's tough to get medical care when you're homeless. That's why many homeless people go to emergency rooms, where by law they can't be turned away. A unique program run by Scripps Mercy Hospital and C

The California Public Utilities Commission held a hearing on the proposed Sunrise Powerlink project in San Diego Monday afternoon. San Diego Gas and Electric wants to build a new 150-mile electric tra

California's attorney general filed charges Wednesday against the former chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard and four others. The five are accused of illegally obtaining telephone records of HP board members and reporters in an attempt to discover the source of leaks to the news media.

Global warming has been a popular topic of conversation recently. But researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been talking about it for more than 50 years. The UC San Diego marine

A forecast from Shell Oil outlines two very different possibilities for oil prices, which recently hit $117 per barrel. In weighing the future of the world's energy supply from now to 2050, Shell strategist Jeremy Bentham says demand will go up, while oil supplies will be harder to find.