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The California Republican Convention revs up for the election. Convention workshops range from President Obama's foreign policy, to going after big labor, to reversing the health care legislation and San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio will lead a workshop on the pension tsunami. Do these signal what the fall campaigns will be about?

If many types of paper-based books are headed for extinction, what will take their place? "E-readers" are a big part of the present and future — but not the whole story. Video games and multi-narrator online stories will have their places too.

The HPV vaccination rate among girls in the U.S. has been low: Just 11 percent now get all three doses of the vaccine. Some experts suggest that also immunizing boys could enhance the vaccine's effectiveness. But others say there's not much benefit in giving the shot to boys.

All elections are about the economy to a greater or lesser extent. This year, the economy is just about the only issue that matters — and it won't pick up in time to save many Democrats.

The four-term Arizona senator's huge investment and hardened positions on issues like immigration have put him on a path that seems to head toward wins in next Tuesday's GOP primary and the November election.

Residents in Modoc County, in the remote northeastern corner of California, will soon vote on whether to tax themselves to save their local hospital. The county has gone broke trying to keep the hospital open, and a fractious debate has erupted in this proudly conservative frontier community over the best way forward.

People opposed to the Interstate 5 expansion between La Jolla and Oceanside are organizing. Opposition groups will hold a town hall meeting Thursday to talk about the project.

Imagine spring break on a Cuban beach. Or Cuban produce on sale in American shops. As the Obama administration mulls over easing travel restrictions to Cuba, some observers say lifting the half-century-old trade sanctions could have real benefits for both countries. But any substantial changes in U.S policy are far away.

The writer once said about his fellow Americans, "It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak." Baldwin was African-American and openly gay — but he was not afraid to speak, and his writings challenged black and white readers alike.

California could become the first state in the country to ban plastic shopping bags. A bill to do just that is being amended to gain support from legislators.