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A federal judge today ordered San Diego to let Blackwater Worldwide open a Navy training facility in Otay Mesa. The private contractor plans to start training sailors at the site as soon as tomorrow.

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Government Shutdown Averted, Business as Usual for Military? (Video)

Helping low income families to apply for federal tax credits could bring an extra $78 million a year into the region, according to a new study by National University’s Institute for Policy Research.

Low-income workers in San Diego County get $314.8 million annually in refunds through the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, according to a report released today.

It's been nine years since a federal court first declared the crowding in California's prisons an emergency. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2002 lower court ruling that gave California two years to move tens of thousands of prisoners our of the state's overcrowded prisons.

A San Diego County lawmaker whose daughter is battling melanoma is the co-author of a bill to provide a public source of funding for skin cancer research.

The officer was convicted on 13 of 15 counts and faces the possibility of decades in prison when he sentenced, currently scheduled for January.

Orchestra Nova and the musicians union met yesterday to resolve contract negotiations that stalled last month. No agreement was reached and both sides left frustrated.

Some policy experts say Californians are already getting some benefits from the federal health care reform package signed into law this year. More features will kick in this fall.