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California's Independent System Operator is considering what steps to take to prepare for the possibility that San Onofre does not come back online before energy demand spikes this summer.

Underground salt beds near Carlsbad are being used to store nuclear waste from atomic weapons, and those federal shipments mean jobs and money. But the federal government still needs a place to store its most radioactive waste -- spent fuel from reactors -- and the Carlsbad salt beds are expected to be on the short list.

The San Diego Unified School District board president says there are legitimate reasons why the district is not competing for federal stimulus dollars tied to the Race To The Top program.

While the country debates using student test scores to evaluate teachers, Poway Unified's teacher peer review program continues to draw attention.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the UC San Diego Health System accusing it of discriminating against non-U.S. citizens.

Mitt Romney says that as governor of Massachusetts, he toed the Republican line and refused to raise taxes. But how was Romney able to govern a cash-strapped state for four years? We take a closer look at his actual record on taxes.

A for-profit college is facing a lawsuit filed on behalf of students who say the school ripped them off. It's the latest in a series of hits the for-profit higher education industry has taken recently.

It's a nervous time for companies that make and sell guns.

Arizona’s newly drawn 1st Congressional District is the size of Pennsylvania. It’s the tenth largest in the nation, taking up almost two-thirds of the state, from the Arizona-Utah border all the way down the eastern half of the state to just north of Tucson. That makes it tricky for candidates to campaign.

The San Diego U.S. Attorney's Office is in the middle of an elaborate hoax. The mayor's race is producing strange bedfellows. Scrutinizing the oversight of SDPD's budget request. And the Padres are playing better, but many can't see them.