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Homer Laughlin China Co. has been making the brightly colored Fiesta dishes for decades at its factory on the banks of the Ohio River. And it's still going strong.

San Diego Unified School District Board of Education President Kevin Beiser defeated challenger Amy Redding to retain his seat.

The unemployment rate in San Diego County last month was 6.2 percent, down from 6.6 percent the month before, and below the 7.7 percent recorded in August 2013.

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan tells NPR that he's "cautiously optimistic" that a budget deal can be reached with the White House.

Oscar-winner Robin Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, has died in an apparent suicide.

It's one of the loudest debates in education: whether spending more money adds up to better test scores and graduation rates.

It's one of the loudest debates in education: whether spending more money adds up to better test scores and graduation rates.

Common Core -- the new set of national education standards in math and English language arts -- will take effect in most states next year. This move toward a single set of standards has been embraced by a bipartisan crowd of politicians and educators largely because of what the Common Core standards are replacing: a mess.

Even just the word Ebola is kind of terrifying. Why? Hollywood has a lot to do with it. But Ebola outbreaks also have all the ingredients for what one psychologist calls the "dread factor."

Gov. Jerry Brown announced today the creation of a state military council, which includes several San Diego-area officials and is aimed at protecting the 29 installations around California and expanding defense-related jobs and investment.