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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.

The career of a once-revered Olympic athlete is in tatters. Track and field superstar Marion Jones pleaded guilty Friday to lying to federal agents about her use of banned performance-enhancing drugs. Following her appearance in a federal court, she made the tearful announcement that she is retiring from her sport.

Mexican authorities have discovered what's presumed to be a smuggling tunnel under construction just a few hundred feet from the U.S. Mexico border fence.

The Federal Reserve is due to unveil a plan that would give people taking out home mortgages new protections against unscrupulous lending practices. The rules are designed to protect borrowers from the kind of abusive lending that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis.

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 Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, provided more than a dozen mobile homes to fire victims in San Diego County. Thursday, the Center for Disease Control released test results confirming un

A federal judge Wednesday heard arguments over whether President Bush can exempt the Navy from environmental laws. The Navy wants to continue its sonar training off the San Diego coast without restric

References to swine flu in the blogosphere are far surpassing the actual spread of the virus itself. As the government tries to get in front of the rapid spread of information, it's learning some important lessons about how social media is used in crisis situations.

A California-based environmental group says several members of the California Legislature and the state's Congressional delegation voted for the environment 100 percent of the time. Three elected officials from San Diego made the list.

Some high-level policymakers say large financial firms pose too much danger to the financial system and to taxpayers. Others argue that they provide benefits that need to be preserved.