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California Assemblymember Juan Vargas is raising his profile in preparation for a run for Bob Filner's congressional seat. But Vargas' recent no vote on a bill to help families struggling to avoid foreclosure, has people scratching their heads.

The City of San Diego is at the cutting edge of budget deficits because its pension problems have forced it to deal with deficits since well before the economic downturn began.

Syrian troops and heavy armor encircled a restive northern town on Thursday and hundreds of people fled through a single escape route across the lush Turkish border, sharply escalating the upheaval that threatens Syria's authoritarian regime.

Opponents of the practice say parents shouldn't impose the procedure on an infant, but let him decide for himself when he's older.

With Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin testing the presidential-campaign waters, the question arises: Does the presence of women in a field of candidates affect the body politic?

The economies of Aleppo, Syria's northern business center, and Gaziantep, in southern Turkey, have been stalled by Syria's protest movement and the government's violent response. The events in Syria could lead Turkey to get tough against its ally.

Anthony Weiner may be only the latest in a growing string of politicians to suffer an official investigation following a sex scandal. Penance is no longer enough in the face of partisan and public demands that transgressors pay a legal price.

New York City could soon lay off 4,100 public school teachers, and the first to go would be those with less than four years' experience. A school in Chinatown could lose four of its 55 full-time teachers, including Juhyung Harold Lee, who is wrapping up his third year.

San Diego's Metropolitan Transit Service is partnering with Google Maps to tell bus riders when their late bus is actually going to arrive.

Just before the clashes of the Arab Spring erupted in Yemen, Patrick Symmes of Outside Magazine arrived to report on tourism in the desert country. Symmes experienced Yemen's culture, food, and sand dunes — along with police barricades, pat downs and a growing revolutionary buzz in the air.