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The failed Dec. 25 airline bombing has spotlighted the fact that the Transportation Security Administration has been without a permanent leader for a year. A GOP senator put a hold on President Obama's nominee because the administration won't rule out collective bargaining for airport screeners.

A bipartisan bill is being considered in the Senate to reestablish habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees suspected to be terrorists. It will take at least 60 votes to break a Republican-led filibuster blocking the measure, which would overturn a law that says detained foreign terror suspects can't challenge their detention in federal court.

Walking on San Diego streets could be hazardous to your health. Over the last two years, pedestrians have accounted for 20 percent of all traffic deaths in the area. That gives San Diego one of highest rates of pedestrian fatalities in the nation.

A man who was fired from his job at the Barona Resort and Casino last month burst into the tribal gaming commission's security office with a gun Tuesday and reportedly fired shots before barricading himself inside, authorities said.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday California should talk about legalizing marijuana. Today the controversy over those comments followed him to San Diego. KPBS reporter Tom Fudge has more.

Cities have taken various approaches to dealing with property left out in public by the homeless. Many seize and destroy it, but some are trying to find ways to store and protect it.

The San Diego Unified School District is facing a projected $141 million budget deficit next year. Superintendent Bill Kowba and school board president, Richard Barrera, join us to discuss the potential cuts the district is considering.

With a stroke of a pen, President Obama issued an executive order to shutter the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year. Now come the details: how the closing will happen, and where the detainees will go next.

The National Labor Relations Board is a federal agency that protects the right of workers to form unions. But many unions say the board, which is dominated by Republican appointees, actually does more harm than good. They recently demanded President Bush shut it down.

The U.S. economy continues to deteriorate, with claims for unemployment benefits jumping to a seasonally adjusted 589,000 in the latest week and Microsoft announcing Thursday that it is cutting 5,000 jobs. The bad news extended to the housing market, as new-home construction plunged to an all-time low in December.