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The San Diego Food Bank is reporting a dramatic decrease in donations while demands for assistance skyrocket. KPBS reporter Katie Orr has details.

Iraq's southern marshlands were once as famous as the Florida Everglades; they supported a vibrant culture based on fishing, water-buffalo herding and reed gathering. The Marsh Arabs were on their way to restoring their old lives, but now a drought and government inaction are threatening the marshes.

I liked how this comic book movie also changed the course of history and reality in which Nixon is serving his fifth term. It makes me wonder how today's world would be if history had taken the turns it did in the movie. In the movie President Nixon contracts the help of Dr. Manhattan to win the Vietnam War instead of negotiating a ceasefire as he did in real life.

Tom Karlo can remember one of the first jobs he had as a student assistant with KPBS. Scrubbing toilets. “We had an apartment building on the edge of campus, and two rooms had all the production eq

People who are left standing after a corporate bloodletting often report feeling a wide range of emotions — including survivor's guilt.

The unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in February — the highest since 1983 — as payrolls plummeted by 651,000, the Labor Department said Friday. The rate was up from January's 7.6 percent.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he will not rest until Mexico is free of violence due to organized crime. President Calderon visited a solar panel plant in Tijuana Thursday. KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson has more.

Listen to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

San Diego County and two other organizations have purchased 234 acres of land in the north county. The land purchase keeps the property from being developed and provides a home for endangered wildlife. KPBS Environment Reporter Ed Joyce has the story.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom says he knows the majority of Californians don't agree with him, but he says gay marriage is a fundamental right. It's a politically tricky move for Newsom, who is preparing to run for governor in 2010.