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It was inevitable that each side of the gun debate would accuse the other of playing politics -- especially after the failure this week of legislation to expand background checks to gun shows and Internet sales.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California's one-of-a-kind program to seize guns from felons, the mentally unstable and others prohibited from owning them is close to receiving more money after an Assembly vote Thursday.

A group representing nonunion construction firms announced today it will sue the city of San Diego in order to publicly unveil terms of a deal with labor on the convention center expansion project.

Airs Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

San Diegans Allen and Carolyn Fisher have been called the "Ozzie and Harriet of arm wrestling." They’re both world champions and have been married for 28 years. We visit their La Mesa home to learn more about the sport.

Airs Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

While an immigration overhaul has drawn support from church groups, business, labor and even former opponents, there's still deep opposition -- mostly centered in the Republican Party.

A bipartisan compromise that would have expanded federal background checks for firearms purchases has been rejected by the Senate.

Thousands of spectators, with phones and iPads in hand, lined the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Federal officials say they used the photos, videos and surveillance footage from nearby establishments to hunt down the suspects of the bombing.

They are cheap, easy to build and inconspicuous. And as the explosions this week at the Boston Marathon show, pressure cooker bombs can be devastatingly effective weapons.