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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Strong, gusty winds were expected to buffet San Diego County mountains and deserts tonight, and slightly weaker winds were expected in the coastal areas and valleys on Monday, forecasters said.

San Diego has more cars and residents than ever before, yet the city's air has been clearing up. Air quality officials are showing residents that progress by putting local, hourly pollution updates in the palms of their hands.

The finding could be a milestone in the decades-long search for the universe's missing material. But some scientists urge caution, saying it's possible the particles seen by the sensor on the International Space Station could have come from somewhere else.

President Obama is trying to regain some traction for federal gun control measures by visiting states that are moving forward on their own.

Patricia Volk's new memoir, Shocked, chronicles her complex relationship with her beautiful, exacting mother. She finds a useful contrast to her mother's stifled life in a memoir by avant-garde designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Reviewer Heller McAlpin calls the book a "stylish coming-of-age tale."

When it comes to the controversial unmanned aircraft known as drones, business is booming. That could mean scores of new jobs for San Diego, but privacy defenders say courting the drone industry could cost us our civil liberties.

It's still far too early to know whether Congress will actually be able to achieve a comprehensive overhaul to the nation's immigration laws. All that's certain at this stage is that lawmakers on both sides of the partisan divide, and in both chambers, continue to act as though they think they can.

A final deal on an immigration overhaul is at hand but still incomplete, according to two of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" senators collaborating on it.

Driving in northern New Mexico requires special caution on Good Friday. Tens of thousands of people -- some walking all night -- are converging on the village of Chimayo to pray inside a 200-year-old chapel before a carved wooden image of Jesus.

An annual Good Friday pilgrimage is underway in Northern New Mexico. About 50,000 people are expected to visit El Santuario de Chimayo.