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The Federal Emergency Management Agency gets generally good marks from residents of southern California in the aftermath of recent wildfires. Even before the flames were out in San Diego County, FEMA public information officers were everywhere — handing out cards with the agency's 800 telephone number and encouraging victims to call.

San Diego is the only city in California that doesn't use secondary treatment before sending its sewage into the ocean. Federal law requires the treatment. Historic dry conditions in the region may pl

Scripps Green gets the highest marks from San Diego patients in new hospital ratings issued by Consumer Reports. The grades are based on eight different measures of patient satisfaction.

Powerful, often-abrasive Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), 83, is enmeshed in a federal corruption probe that has implicated his son Ben. The Justice Department is investigating ties between a fishing co-op that paid Ben Stevens $500,000 and a federal bailout passed by the senator.

The federal bribery trial of Poway defense contractor Brent Wilkes resumes today in San Diego. Wilkes is accused of multiple counts of fraud, conspiracy and bribery of "Duke" Cunningham, the former Re

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens rejected an appeal by former Illinois Gov. George Ryan. Once hailed for clearing his state's death row, Ryan, 73, must report to a federal correctional center by Wednesday to serve time for a corruption conviction.

Law enforcement officers raided an undisclosed number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the San Diego region today.

Federal health advisers have recommended that cold and cough medicines should not be used in children younger than 6. The recommendation is likely to lead to a change in how these medicines are labeled, marketed and used. What does this mean for consumers?

Immigration agents arrested 280 people in California in their biggest push yet to round up suspected illegal immigrants with criminal records, authorities said Friday.

KPBS examines what the historic health care reform bill may mean for local San Diegans.