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President Barack Obama will leave the Southland for Colorado this morning after a visit that allowed him to tap into some of Hollywood's pockets to pad his reelection campaign war chest.

All five defendants in the alleged bribery case involving San Diego SPAWAR defense contracts pleaded not guilty in court today.

Michael Zucchet, general manager of the MEA, says shifting San Diego city workers to a 401K pension will only sabotage the city's hiring efforts.

State legislative Democrats say California needs to take the lead in attracting clean energy businesses to the state.

Though order was restored to the financial markets, tough times continue for millions who are unemployed and struggling to hang on to homes and retirement savings. It sure feels like a recession, but it's not.

The end-of-year holidays have traditionally allowed presidents to bypass Congress and push through contested nominees with recess appointments. But with threats that House Republicans will stay in session over the holidays to block nominations, President Obama has tough political decisions to make.

The agency that governs domain categories like .org and .com is forging ahead with plans to sell new names despite some vocal opposition from regulators. For a registration fee of $185,000, applicants could register a suffix like .music or .Nabisco. But that could lead to problems, opponents say.

There's a small, bipartisan group of senators who insist they're ready to make the "difficult choices" President Obama has said are needed to tackle the deficit. Republican Saxby Chambliss says he and Democrat Mark Warner are "starting with a group that's in the middle, and we're growing out."

The bill, which calls for a balanced budget constitutional amendment, now heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it is unlikely to pass.

The U.S. Navy is nearing a first-time agreement to curb electricity use at its sprawling San Diego-area bases if power runs short in Southern California this summer, a deal intended to diminish the threat of blackouts while the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant remains offline.