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Hurricane Sandy may be grinding closer to the East Coast with 90 mph winds and torrential rains, but the most devastating aspect is likely to be storm surge.

California's congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to locate one of its two new offices in the state. The San Diego congressional delegation backs the idea.

Qualcomm Inc. donated $450,000 to San Diego State University to support its science and engineering programs, it was announced today.

A federal judge ordered Friday what women's groups have failed to accomplish politically for a dozen years. He ruled that Plan B, the most commonly used morning-after birth control pill, be sold without a prescription or other restrictions to women of all ages.

'Another Earth' Filmmakers Speak with Cinema Junkie

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.

What we'll drop in on this Culture Lust weekend: the Dance on Film fest, a wit-cracking biologist, and The Moving Units at the Casbah.

Yahoo touched off a debate about the effectiveness of telecommuting when it told employees last week that they may no longer work from home. The policy change was made, according to the company's internal email, to enhance workplace collaboration.

It's much better to prevent illness than to treat it: less time, less money, less suffering. But prevention is a surprisingly hard sell with doctors and the public. That's true even though preventable chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease are the most common causes of disability and premature death in the U.S.

In three years, the federal government is expected to open the skies for the civilian use of drones. But before that, the Federal Aviation Administration will set up six drone test sites around the country. Stiff competition to get one of the sites is anticipated -- driven by hopes of attracting thousands of new jobs.