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San Diego’s Watchdog Institute has published the county’s full payroll for 2007, 2008 and 2009. County payroll costs held steady over those years even as the number of people earning salaries above $100,000 grew.

About 25 percent of households with a mortgage owe more than their house is worth. To prevent further foreclosures, some economists want the government to take bolder action and automatically refinance homeowners. Others say it should back away and allow the market to chart its own course.

Egypt uses more Nile River water than any other country, citing colonial-era agreements as proof of entitlement. But upstream, Ethiopia has begun asserting its rights and has visions of harnessing the river to produce more electricity and irrigation.

It didn't take long for commentators -- on the left and the right -- to start tearing apart House Republicans' new "Pledge To America," the campaign-season agenda they released Thursday. Its purpose is to unify the party -- but it's already revealing fissures among House Republicans.

More than one-third of the 738 homeless people surveyed on the streets of downtown San Diego over the past three days have a high risk of mortality, officials said today.

With the November election just five weeks away, people are bombarded with ads telling them how to vote. Figuring out what's accurate and what's not is a difficult task.

The state budget crisis is impacting schools all over California. And now, dire warnings of a $140 million deficit in the San Diego Unified School District has spawned a long list of possible cuts.

There are more 4,500 homeless people living on the streets in the City of San Diego. The battle over where to put San Diego's temporary winter homeless shelter ran into refrain this week.

Some industry insiders question the timing of Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million donation to public schools in Newark, N.J. It was announced just ahead of the opening of an unflattering film about the tech wunderkind's rapid rise.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is asking city departments to identify where budget cuts can be made to close a projected $72 million deficit for next fiscal year. At the same time, the Mayor is urging voters to support Proposition D to prevent against large cuts to public safety.