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What compels a person to leave their comfy job on Wall Street so they can risk their life climbing seven of the tallest mountains on earth? We speak to Bo Parfet, author of Die Trying: One Man's Quest to Conquer Seven Summits, about why he climbed the tallest mountains on seven continents, and what he's learned from the experience.

People with drug and alcohol problems often times have unhealthy sex lives. Many engage in unsafe sex while under the influence. Kenny Goldberg talks about a local recovery program that teaches hea

Camp Pendleton’s Sgt Darhonda Rodela: One Courageous Marine

The fate of a move to allow hearsay evidence in court is being decided in Chicago, Ill. The namesake of the so-called "Drew's law," Drew Peterson, stands accused of murdering his third wife and is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife.

Brain specialists and sports doctors are worrying more about the long-term effects of concussions, especially because millions of kids engage in sports that put them at risk of repeated head injury. Researchers are trying to devise simple ways to determine whether a person has a concussion. One test involves a hockey puck on the end of stick.

This is a subject that, right off the bat, suggests a public act of physical effort. Note the words "public" and "physical" in the same sentence. It also implies that it be done with another person, a gesture of shared affection, executed with some semblance of coordination. Swell.

As if air travel over the Thanksgiving holiday isn't tough enough, it could be even worse this year: Airports could see even more disruptions because of a loosely organized Internet boycott of full-body scans.

The Department of Veterans' Affairs has just eased the rules by which veterans can document stressors contributing to PTSD. The new regulations will lead to more disability claims and are applicable to all veterans. We explore the ramifications of the new regulations and what treatment is available for veterans in San Diego.

9/11: A local retired Marine colonel remembers and continues helping San Diego military families.

The Obama administration may be trying to mount a case against digital finger-imaging of federal food assistance applicants, a practice four states are implementing in order to combat fraud. Anti-hunger workers say it discriminates against the country's poor.