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How do you know if your pet is eating a nutritious diet? What should you learn if you are considering a raw food diet for your pet? We speak to a local veterinarian and the owner of a health food store for pets.

Call them what you will - unauthorized , illegal, or undocumented - the three million immigrants in California who either entered the U.S. illegally or overstayed their visas have an impact on the state's economy and a polarizing effect on its politics. We explore the costs of illegal immigration on business, government, and the children of those who are deported, and we look at why illegal immigrants continue to find their way north in spite of formidable obstacles.

Lawmakers refused to vote on the governor's proposal to put a constitutional amendment banning drilling on the November ballot. The House speaker said the move by the former Republican -- and former drilling supporter -- was more about politics than helping Floridians.

Wednesday, President Obama will sign into law a sweeping new package of Wall Street regulations. It's a big win for Democrats, but it comes at a price: The majority party has taken a pummeling from the GOP in that time. Polls show the Democrats have largely fallen out of favor with independent voters.

The 60-40 vote to overcome a procedural hurdle and move the bill toward a final vote came moments after Carte Goodwin, a successor to West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, was sworn in. Goodwin was the crucial 60th senator to defeat a Republican filibuster that has led to a lapse in benefits for 2.5 million people.

The Senate has confirmed only 37 of President Obama's judicial nominees, a little more than half as many as during the same period of time under President Bush. Democrats complain that Republicans are holding up nominees who eventually get confirmed on a unanimous or near-unanimous vote.

A group of civic leaders is calling the San Diego Unified School District a "failing school district." The leaders blame a series of leadership changes within the top ranks.

The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court fell on strict party lines ... except for Sen. Lindsey Graham. The South Carolina Republican voted in her favor.

The City of San Diego will present voters with a choice in November of whether to build a new city hall or renovate the existing building. Very few people opposed the plan to build a new city hall at a public hearing last night.

Democratic and Republican party leaders gathered near the capitol today to throw figurative pies at each other about the late state budget.