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What's the motivation behind Councilmember Carl DeMaio's "Competition and Transparency in City Contracting" initiative? How would the initiative, if passed, affect San Diego's living wage law? We discuss the arguments for and against what could be the most talked about local proposition on the November ballot.

The Department of Homeland Security's recent waiver of laws along hundreds of miles of the U.S. Mexico border puts endangered plant and animal species in Southern California at further risk. KPBS Repo

All four members of the U.S. Table Tennis team are Chinese. One of the players spends 11 months of the year practicing in China because she says pingpong in the U.S. "is really no good."

The U.S. economy shrank by 0.3 percent during the third quarter, as consumers reined in their spending, the Commerce Department said Thursday. It was the latest evidence of the toll the credit crunch and housing downturn have taken on growth.

A San Diego legislator has introduced a bill that would require state approval for any proposed development on tidelands operated by the Port of San Diego. KPBS Environment Reporter Ed Joyce has deta

Defense attorneys representing a former top CIA official will only have limited access to classified evidence and will be subject to stringent disclosure rules under an order issued by the federal jud

North San Diego County beaches are losing sand. A federal study exploring ways to save eroding beaches is long overdue. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce tells us that Solana Beach plans to get tough with the Ar

Richard Heene was ordered to serve 90 days in jail, and his wife, Mayumi, got 20 days in an alternative sentencing program. The judge, who accused the couple of exploiting their children in a bid for a reality TV show, also gave them four years of probation.

Bajagua, a local developer, is pushing ahead with plans to build a sewage treatment plant in Tijuana -- even though the federal government has suspended the contract. Some environmentalists say the Ba

The health care debate came to San Diego last night. Congresswoman Susan Davis was in town to speak at a Hillcrest Town Council Meeting. When word of her appearance leaked, people on both sides of the debate showed up to make their voices heard.