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Reports from some of the nation's biggest airports indicate that lines at security checkpoints are flowing smoothly, despite threats of protests over new security procedures.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says an outbreak of cholera has been contained, but U.S. officials disagree — adding that it's just one of many ongoing problems that the people of Zimbabwe face due to Mugabe's leadership. They're calling on Zimbabwe's neighbors to impose economic sanctions on the nation to bring down Mugabe's government.

The proposal to widen a 27-mile stretch of Interstate 5 from La Jolla to Camp Pendleton has received a big push forward from the San Diego Association of Governments. Last Friday, SanDag members overwhelmingly approved the Regional Transportation Plan which includes the proposal to widen I-5 by 6 lanes from Del Mar to Carlsbad.

On the heels of the recent Innovadora, the big conference in Tijuana designed to boost investment in the border city, drug-related violence flared in the city. We discuss these events and their meaning, as well as whether the passage of Proposition 19 will help or hurt the drug cartels.

We talk to Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray about what California can learn from Arizona's immigration law and discuss the economic impact of illegal immigration with leading San Diego economists. And we talk to the San Diego Police Department about its arrest policies and efforts to ensure that community members feel safe going to the police department to report a crime.

One of the most famous lines from the United States Declaration of Independence states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Today we will focus on the "pursuit of Happiness" portion of the Declaration of Independence as we speak to the author of "The Politics of Happiness." Should governments focus as much on "gross national happiness" as they do on the gross domestic product? How can governments assess happiness? And, what can be gained from having a happier populace?

Hundreds of communities far from congested highways and belching smokestacks could soon join America's big cities and industrial corridors in violation of stricter limits on lung-damaging smog proposed Thursday by the Obama administration.

The San Diego City Council gave approval on Monday to a plan to build a new Central Library in the East Village. How will the new facility be an upgrade over the current Central Library? And, where will the additional $32.5 million come from to complete the project? We speak to Mayor Jerry Sanders, the director of the San Diego Public Library, and the vice chair of the San Diego Public Library Foundation.

Thursday, March 13: The International Monetary Fund announces that governments

What city departments are facing the most severe cuts for next year? As the council starts to consider where cuts need to be made, we discuss how public safety could be impacted. Can the council find significant savings in its budget without making major cuts to the police and fire departments?