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Restricting land use is smart growth to some. To others its a sure way to drive up the cost of housing.

San Diego -- on the road to recovery or a long road ahead? With debt ceiling taking the spotlight locally and nationally, we ask, how is San Diego's economy doing.

Two San Diego County supervisors are asking fellow board members to challenge the state's $150 fire fee on rural properties -- saying it unfairly targets rural property owners in order to make up for the state's inability to balance the budget.

Mitt Romney said Monday he opposes the compromise to raise the nation's debt ceiling, becoming the second Republican presidential contender to oppose a deal backed by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders in both parties.

Enchanted Hills, a camp in Northern California, offers blind students an opportunity to study science through smell and touch. The leader of the camp says chemistry is something you do with your brain, not your eyes. "Nobody can see atoms," he says.

White House and congressional leaders may finally have exhausted political maneuvering and moved closer to a place where a deal on raising the debt ceiling can be reached. To get to the endgame, Republicans and Democrats had to go through the formality of killing each other's bills.

The U.S. House voted Friday for a bill pushed by its Republican speaker to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. But the Democrat-controlled Senate quickly voted to kill the measure, leaving uncertainty as Tuesday's deadline to raise the $14.3 trillion ceiling neared.

As members of Congress spar over whether to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, they might consider the efforts of other governments to manage their own debt problems. Some countries gradually and systematically cut spending. Others impose austerity in a hurry. Still others simply punt.

Republicans have muscled legislation to extend the government's borrowing authority and cutting spending through the House over solid Democratic opposition.

Justin Bock and his wife, Ashley, found themselves both unemployed with a mortgage to pay. But Justin had a backup plan: the Navy. Military officials say a bad economy is good for recruiting. As a result, the quality of recruits is the highest it's been in two decades.