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During more than 100 days in an Iranian prison, Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari spent the time in virtual isolation writing a book in her head about her grandmother. She says that she is "disappointed in Iran, [but] I'm not angry at it."

Since June, there has been a rash of accidental overdoses at Army hospitals, including at least six that have resulted in deaths. The hospitals have implemented new policies, including a ban on drinking in barracks.

Charlotte Rampling came to international attention in the 1960s as sexually liberated women in film such as

14th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival

Timothy Kelly, a psychologist from Pasadena, Calif., has for the past few years spent time training mental health professionals in China. His last trip coincided with the aftermath of the Chengdu earthquake. He's back there now and offers his insight.

Retired USS Midway Naval Commander Lawrence Chambers and Air Boss Vern Jumper recall the chaotic days aboard the aircraft carrier as they carried out Operation Frequent Wind at the end of the Vietnam War, in which more than 3,000 Vietnamese were evacuated from Saigon 35 years ago this month.

The federal government has agreed to award damages from a special vaccine compensation fund to the family of a girl with symptoms of autism. Officials deny they are admitting a link between vaccines and autism, but activists are using the case to back up their claims.

A "Flaming Maniac" over Health Care Reform

What kind of relief have San Diego residents provided to the earthquake victims in Haiti? We speak to two locals about the work their relief organizations are doing in Haiti.

On April 22, 1970 the people of Logan Heights and other Chicano communities in San Diego protested against the construction of a Highway Patrol station under the Coronado bridge and won the right to build a park. Today, 40 years later, Chicano Park is a vibrant symbol of the Chicano movement. We talk with Victor Ochoa, a muralist and founding member of the Chicano Park Steering Committee about the history of the park and Chicano activism.