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Football is often called controlled mayhem, and we have the officials to thank for the controlled part. But any self-respecting football referee would prefer to be invisible during play. "The best game is one where the officials are totally incognito," say high school football ref Rick Gilbert. But take a close look. There's more than black and white stripes.

The San Diego City Council appointed an 11-member task force to develop regulations for local medical marijuana dispensaries. What kind of regulations need to be implemented to ensure that local medical marijuana laws are enforces properly?

The City of San Diego is facing a $179 million budget deficit, and Mayor Jerry Sanders says "everything is on the table" when it comes to cuts to reduce the debt. What programs or services are likely to be cut?

What needs to be done to fix California's prison crisis? The state's prisons are overcrowded, and the recidivism rate is the highest in the nation. We discuss the major challenges California faces in trying to reduce the overcrowding, and improve rehabilitation in the state correctional system.

President Obama's stunning Nobel Peace Prize win may help solidify his international reputation and cement the prize committee's clear desire to repudiate former President George W. Bush.

President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the prize committee said. It's not unheard of for a sitting American president to win the prize: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson won while in office — but not in their first year.

Some gay rights activists say the march planned for this weekend in Washington, D.C., is bad timing and may drain resources from critical fights raging elsewhere, and that old-fashioned lobbying is much more effective. Organizers counter that it's not an either/or situation.

A lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over protection for bighorn sheep could pose a new challenge to the proposed Sunrise Powerlink transmission line project in San Diego County.

Senate leaders announce the climactic Finance Committee vote on a 10-year, $829 billion proposal, even as Democrats and Republicans feud over its cost and breadth of coverage. The move comes a day after a cost analysis found that the measure would reduce federal deficits.

USD graduate Heather Raffo has written a critically acclaimed play about the lives of Iraqi women. It's called "9 Parts of Desire" and Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company is staging the production through the end of October. We'll talk to members of the creative team behind this production.