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City schools want a parcel tax to help fund classroom instruction. What will it cost, how will it work and will voters support it?

The history of refugee resettlement in San Diego dates back to the fall of Saigon. Some of the County's newest refugees were resettled here after escaping violence in Iraq, but they are not Iraqi. We find out the story of one family who spent decades in refugee camps until now.

Currently starring in Christopher Nolan's hallucinatory sci-fi drama Inception, the actor spoke with NPR's Michele Norris about finding a way through the film's many-layered dream world -- and what happened when that world found its way into his own dreams.

Local advocacy groups voiced their opposition to the state’s plan to close the Department of Fair Housing and Employment office in San Diego in November. The planned closure is part of proposed state budget cuts.

Despite an ever-increasing budget deficit, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders decided not to propose a city sales tax increase. We'll find out why.

We'll explore whether the San Diego Unified School District's plan to put a parcel tax on the ballot in November will gain the support of voters.

BP is monitoring its new cap around the clock to see whether it can keep oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. But even if the cap is deemed a success, the oil effort could take several different directions.

We'll explore why San Diego County didn't apply for millions of dollars in federal stimulus money that would have put low-income people back to work.

The head of San Diego County Health and Human Services says state guidelines on how to use federal stimulus money were so vague that the county could not risk applying for millions in emergency assistance funding.

Filmmakers Spend a Year Embedded with Unit in Afghanistan