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Seven more Tijuana policemen have been detained for their alleged ties to organized crime. Authorities say the arrests stem from the interrogation of an ex-policeman who was picked up last week.

A federal policeman injured in yesterday's shootout in Tijuana has died. He's the fourth policeman to be killed in the city since Monday. Observers says this week has opened a new chapter in Mexico's war on drug cartels. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has the story.

Stem cell researchers in San Diego are cheered by the approval of new cell lines for research. But the Obama administration has actually created some new regulatory headaches.

The California legislature finally approved an $87.5 billion spending plan this morning, ending a record-long 100-day budget stalemate. What are the key elements of the budget agreement? And, how does the plan address the state's long-term financial problems?

The federal government has agreed to award damages from a special vaccine compensation fund to the family of a girl with symptoms of autism. Officials deny they are admitting a link between vaccines and autism, but activists are using the case to back up their claims.

A marine research facility on the UC-San Diego campus is in danger of falling into the ocean. The federal agency that operates the lab wants money to build a new one. KPBS reporter Ed Joyce has more.

The San Diego Unified School District has avoided federal sanctions under the No Child Left Behind Act. District officials say they took a closer look at last year's test scores and found a big discre

An underground nuclear submarine base on China's Hainan Island is drawing scrutiny from the United States and India. According to satellite imagery on the Web sites of Jane's Intelligence Review and the Federation of American Scientists, the base has a sea entrance wide enough to allow submarines to enter the underground facilities. The photograph reveals what appears to be a ballistic missile submarine moored to one of the piers outside.

A federal judge sentenced Jose Padilla to more than 17 years in prison Tuesday in Miami. Padilla was convicted, along with two co-defendants, of supporting terrorism and conspiring to commit murder abroad. They were facing life sentences.

Only one in three people in San Diego County who qualify for food stamps actually receives them. The county has the lowest participation rate in the country, according to a report by a non-profit group in Washington, D.C. The Food Research and Action Center looked at food stamp participation in 24 urban centers in the country. Joanne Faryon has more.