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A new mayor took the helm in Tijuana Thursday afternoon. The 65-year-old Carlos Bustamante was born in National City and has made his fortune in Tijuana.

While driving through the California desert, you may come across derelict shacks spotting the landscape. These homesteads, called jackrabbits, were built by people laying claim to plots of desert land in response to the Small Tract Act of 1938. Our guests, both artists, have explored the jackrabbits in their work, through photographs, audio tours, sculpture and installation.

The new US Attorney in town Laura Duffy takes on the job with some powerful and high-flying successes behind her. As a federal prosecutor, she worked relentlessly to cripple the infamous Arellano Felix drug cartel. And Laura Duffy is still taking aim at the remaining members of that drug gang.

What are the most significant changes that have happened in the San Diego Unified School District over the last two decades? What are the biggest challenges currently facing the district? We speak to outgoing trustee John de Beck about his time on the school board, and his defeat in the last election.

The issue of public education benefits for students in this country illegally was the subject of a major ruling by the California Supreme Court earlier this month. We'll be discussing that case, as well as reviewing the legality of airport searches and we'll hear the story of a real-life Grinch who tried to steal Christmas, all in this edition of our Legal Update.

President Obama is urging the newly empowered GOP to work with him on the economy and warning them not to over-read their election wins. But heated campaign rhetoric has sown mistrust between the two sides. Tuesday's White House meeting offers a chance for the two sides to move beyond the discourse.

President Obama's fiscal commission begins its final round of meetings Tuesday, which may or may not produce a plan to cut the nation's growing debt.

President Obama's fiscal commission begins its final round of meetings Tuesday, which may or may not produce a plan to cut the nation's growing debt. Experts say a debt crisis could come in 18 months or 18 years. But either way, it's a frightening prospect.

An ordinance passed by the San Diego City Council to require developers to conduct an economic and community impact study before a "superstore" can be built in San Diego was vetoed today by Mayor Jerry Sanders.