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By some estimates, private-sector employers added nearly 300,000 jobs last month, but it still feels like a bad job market for millions of Americans. Some job seekers are turning to temporary work to fill in the gap. Others are finding positions in the retail, health care and aerospace industries.

The buzz over William Daley, President Obama's choice to be his next chief of staff, has been all about his business connections. But long before he worked for JPMorgan Chase or the Chamber of Commerce, the son of late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley was part of a Democratic machine.

A new law requires California middle-schoolers to get a whooping-cough vaccine this year.

We'll talk about a new exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Man called Strange Bones. It's an opportunity to present some intriguing skeletal curiosities to the public and to find out what's true and what's not when it comes to bones in forensic science.

A plan to solve some of the problems with traffic in Balboa Park was announced last summer, with the support of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders. It called for a privately funded renovation to remove parking spaces in the Plaza de Panama and make the plaza a pedestrian-only space. At the time, the idea, spearheaded by Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs, received wide support. Now, the proposed method of diverting traffic from the Plaza by means of a bypass bridge is being criticized by a number of local organizations.

What are the greatest threats currently facing libraries? We speak to the president of the American Library Association about the budget cuts that libraries throughout the nation are facing, and look ahead to how libraries will continue to evolve in the future.

San Diego State is doing a far better job of graduating minority students than the national average for colleges and universities.

As Republicans assume control of the U.S. House, newly minted House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow leaders face the challenge of keeping happy the Tea Party activists who helped propel them to power last November -- and who warn that leaders must "walk the walk."

Though the Obama administration recently deleted a reference in regulations to end-of-life planning during annual physicals for Medicare patients, it's still legal for physicians to talk with patients about care when faced with a terminal illness.

Nearly half of the arrested male juveniles surveyed in San Diego County in 2009 were current gang members, according to a study released today by the San Diego Association of Governments.