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A federal judge in San Diego has prohibited the City of Escondido from enforcing a controversial measure that bans landlords from renting to undocumented immigrants. Judge John Houston says the measur

Hollywood writers for film and television are picketing at studios in a bid to get a more lucrative deal on royalties from DVDs and Internet programming. Last-minute talks with producers and a federal mediator fell apart late Sunday. It's the first strike since 1988.

A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia expands the rights of gun owners in the nation's capital, seeking to clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment. The court has overturned a Washington, D.C., law that severely restricted ownership of handguns.

California is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for denying its first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs. KPBS Environmental Reporter Ed Joyce has details.

Last spring, experts thought it was possible swine flu would kill 1 out of every 100 people who got the virus. But the death rate so far is around 1 out of every 2,000. The CDC says the number of children who've died is troublesome, however, and worries if people think the threat is over, they'll be less likely to get vaccinated.

Carol Lam leaves her position as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, effective February 15th. The federal government says her reputation of prosecuting white collar crime collid

The Democratic-led Senate takes up legislation that would expand federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, defying a White House veto threat. The bipartisan bill is nearly identical to one that the president vetoed last year.

Lawrence Summers, the director of President Obama's National Economic Council, defends the president's financial reform plan, saying it will result in a "very different financial industry." Summers adds that having a new agency, separate from bank regulators, is the best way to protect consumers.

With a Dec. 31 deadline looming, many states have yet to comply with the Real ID Act, which sets tighter — some say impossible — standards for issuing drivers' licenses. If a resolution is not reached, travelers may face long lines at airports if they can't use their licenses as identification.

What's fueling the political uprisings that are happening across the Arab world? How is the unrest in Libya different from the events that recently took place in Egypt? We speak to a pair of local experts about what these changes could mean for Northern Africa and the Middle East.