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Last month's unemployment figures came out this week and the job picture in San Diego County is not encouraging. We discuss the impact joblessness has had on our community and how the current situation is different from other times of high unemployment.

How will the economy impact voter reaction to the proposed bond to build a new city hall?

There are plenty of Comic-Con parties to choose from this weekend, along with some good music and a children's film festival.

When two national GOP campaign leaders recently invoked President Bush and his policies, Democrats pounced -- and many Republicans cringed. But whether the Democrats can get much mileage out of linking current GOP candidates to the unpopular former president remains very much to be seen.

As cities and government agencies in San Diego continue to face shrinking revenues and cutbacks like fire station brownouts, the effort to get a fair share of any kind of tax becomes deadly serious.

It has been five months since UC San Diego was rocked by a series of racially charged incidents stemming from the so-called "Compton Cookout" party. The university has been trying to repair its image since then. They're hoping a few Compton teenagers may help the school.

A federal judge will hear two lawsuits Thursday that seek to block Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect next week. One focuses on the idea that the law will promote racial profiling; the other, brought by the U.S. Justice Department, says that only Congress, not states, can enact immigration laws.

A San Diego City Council committee today sought a change to the city's code, so that police, firefighters and lifeguards won't have to pay for disability retirement benefits.

Muslims in China have developed their own set of practices with Chinese characteristics. The biggest difference is the development of independent women's mosques with female imams leading the prayers. But now, economics — not the state or resistance inside Islam — threaten their survival.

San Diego officials are reacting to the Governor's proposal to keep more low-level felons out of state prisons. The idea may bring a big increase to San Diego County's jail population.