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San Diego has a great deal of experience in the handling of illegal border crossers, the arrests, detention and legal proceedings of deportation. But that all takes on a different perspective when the illegal border crossers are children.

Officials here adopted the Common Core standards early and could be the second state to repeal them. The battle has pitted two allies against each other: Conservative Republicans and business leaders.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and senior staff at the U.S. Department of Education are scheduled Friday to conduct a town hall forum on education in Chula Vista.

It's that time of year again -- tax time. But this year, your federal and California income tax returns aren't due until April 17th.

About 1,300 volunteers got up very early Friday morning to help out with San Diego County's annual homeless count.

An attorney for the family of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin said that after meeting with federal authorities, he doubts the killing will be charged as a hate crime. But the lawyer said he's encouraged that the state's investigation of the shooting will lead to criminal charges filed against George Zimmerman.

Starting today, young undocumented immigrants in San Diego County are eligible for legal status under a new federal program that allows immigrants who arrived in the United States as children to stay in the country legally for two years. We hear from a local student who is applying and an immigration attorney.

New Year's Day marked the halfway point to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act for coverage this year.

National party conventions have received taxpayer funds for years, but new legislation will end that — just as parties and the media are rethinking the relevance of those quadrennial extravaganzas.

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has killed more than 7 million piglets in the past year. There's no cure, but a vaccine that may protect piglets has been approved even though it's still being tested.