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Of the Senate's 100 members, none was more devoted to its history nor more steeped in it than Robert Byrd. He was also a man who fought the Civil Rights Act — to his later regret — but who took pride in his fight against authorizing the use of force in Iraq. The West Virginia senator who joined the chamber in 1959 died Monday at age 92.

Nineteen years ago, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaskan waters, resulting in the most notorious oil spill in modern times. The Supreme Court weighs Exxon Mobil Corp.'s claim that it shouldn't pay billions in punitive damages.

There’s some renewed support among San Diego leaders for an idea that would consolidate a number of governmental agencies in a new Downtown City Hall. KPBS reporter Katie Orr has details.

The U.S. Attorney General is being asked to reconsider the firing of San Diego's federal prosecutor. A democratic leader wants Carol Lam to continue her corruption investigation that sent Congressman

They Killed Sister Dorothy airs tonight on HBO (HBO)

In Santa Rosa, Calif., a judge is holding police in contempt of court for not returning the medicinal marijuana they confiscated from a man during a raid. The case highlights the conflict between state and federal drug laws.

Questions are continuing to be raised about who truly benefits from the development of Liberty Station.

Unless Judge Sonia Sotomayor commits a monstrous gaffe during her final hours of grilling as President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, she will replace retiring Justice David Souter when the next court session begins.

A key committee of the University of California on Wednesday approved a budget plan that would force most of the system's 180,000 employees to take unpaid leave and pay cuts to offset a steep drop in state funding.

More than 2,500 veterans flocked to the USS Intrepid, a decommissioned aircraft docked along the Hudson River in Manhattan, for a job fair Monday. While the unemployment rate in New York is 9 percent, it's nearly double that for combat-age veterans. One challenge is that their skills aren't easily understood by employers.