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The Mexican military discovered ten tons of marijuana hidden inside a tractor trailer headed to Tijuana. Mexican soldiers discovered the marijuana during a routine revision at a checkpoint on the highway from Mexicali to Tijuana.

As the battle over financial industry rules nears its final phase, lawmakers will be focusing on how much risk banks should be allowed to take. The measure is heading to a House-Senate conference, where banks are trying to kill a rule that would prohibit them from trading for their own profit.

A federal judge in San Diego says he'll decide in a few weeks whether a lawsuit that alleges severe overcrowding at an immigration detention center in Otay Mesa can proceed. The ACLU filed the suit la

A bloody riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino left dormitories in shambles, and sent 175 inmates to the hospital. The race-fueled riot was the latest example of the problems that currently exist in the state's overcrowded prison system. We speak to an SDSU professor, and the founder of the Second Chance program about what can be done to fix California's correctional system.

Four dolphins were found shot to death between Carlsbad State Beach and Oceanside over the Memorial Day weekend. Now federal officials are offering a reward to help find those responsible. KPBS report

Another Chinese product in the U.S. is under scrutiny. Federal officials ordered a recall of 450,000 Chinese-made tires. New York Times reporter David Barboza was held in a toy factory last week while covering the Thomas the Tank Engine recall.

Sewage runoff from Tijuana has been polluting San Diego beaches for decades. And federal officials continue to argue over proposed solutions. The battle erupted again Tuesday in Washington. Eric Niile

The American Medical Association, which last week backed the House Democrats' version of a bill to overhaul health care, endorsed the measure not for what it is now, but for what it may yet become, Dr. James Rohack says. He says the status quo is unacceptable.

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans five years ago, more than 5,000 families lived in the city's public housing developments. Now, only a third of them are back in public housing. While some who are in the new developments are struggling with the different community, others are over the moon with the shiny new units.

An environmental group says investment in clean energy could create several hundred-thousand jobs in California while also reducing global warming pollution.