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Around the nation today, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was marked with prayers, solemn ceremonies, vows to remember the nearly 3,000 victims and pledges to never let terrorists fundamentally change the American way of life.

Sherri Lightner, who represents San Diego City Council District 1, talks about the past year as a brand-new council member, how she has addressed her campaign goals and what she would like to see happen for the City of San Diego in 2010.

The United Farm Workers is organizing a national campaign aimed at recruiting U.S. citizens and legal residents to fill jobs that frequently go to undocumented farm workers. The "Take Our Jobs" campaign is designed to urge the enactment of immigration reform. We speak to UFW President Arturo Rodriguez about the organization's efforts to build support for immigration reform.

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen visited San Diego earlier this week, and said the nation's unemployment rate will remain "painfully high" for a long time. How will the Jobs Bill that passed the Senate impact the local and national employment picture?

In Switzerland, disabled children can receive quality care even after their parents pass away. In the United States, people with disabilities can face a future that is much more precarious.

Using federal stimulus finds, San Diego County has partnered with SANDAG and UCSD in the Healthy Works project, providing access to fresh and local food and places to walk and exercise safely.

There's a kind of serendipity to the themes in this post, and when this occurs, it always make me happy. Let me see if I can lay out the relationship for you.

What can be learned from a yearly count of the local homeless population? KPBS Reporters Joanne Faryon and Kyla Calvert share their stories from the Regional Task Force on the Homeless' Point In Time Count.

Service men and women return to San Diego, following tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, suffering from both physical and emotional injuries. The Naval Medical Center San Diego has developed an unusual program, a surf clinic, to help injured vets heal. Exercise physiologist Betty Michalewicz, who runs the program, says that surfing has helped program participants with pain management in ways that she can't quite explain.

The Tears of a Clown