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KPBS Reporter Joanne Faryon looks back at how the economic crisis has impacted the people of San Diego.

Women veterans are now coming home having experienced the trauma of war in a way that they never have before. We'll hear about a support retreat for women veterans held in Oceanside last weekend by the Coming Home Project.

The Department of Energy has proposed two electricity corridors -- one in our region. The proposals would allow federal power to trump local land use decisions. One of seven public hearings on the pro

Accounts of the escapades of Narayan Dutt Tiwari, a former governor of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, have stunned that nation. He resigned in December, citing health concerns.

President Obama declared victory Friday after congressional negotiators reached a dawn agreement on a sweeping overhaul of rules overseeing Wall Street.

Philadelphia has long been seen as a model city for its successful efforts to get homeless people off the streets. Much of the credit goes to a federally funded pilot project. But now the number of people sleeping on Philadelphia's streets is rising again.

The company's attempt started shortly after Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry consulted with government scientists and gave BP the green light to try to choke the Gulf oil leak by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement. BP said it will be at least a day before it is known whether the procedure is successful.

The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September as employers cut far more jobs than expected, evidence that the longest recession since the 1930s is still inflicting widespread pain.

It's going to be a different summer for students assigned to summer school in the San Diego Unified School District this year. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

A new state law that is designed to reduce California's exploding prison population is under fire for allowing the early release of some low-risk offenders. Hundreds of inmates from county jails have been set free in the past two weeks, but it's not at all clear they are eligible for release under the law signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in late January.