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Mexico's bloody drug war is raging just across the border from San Diego. Tijuana is suffering one of the worst waves of violence in decades. So far this year, more than 400 people have been killed, and Tijuana's mayor has called on Mexico's government for help.

Prosecutors in the federal trial of Hamid Hayat, accused of having ties to al-Qaida, rest their case without offering direct evidence that Hayat attended a Jihadist training camp in Pakistan. Hayat, 23, is on trial in Sacramento, Calif. His father is charged with lying about Hayat's activities.

Attorneys for the City of San Diego repeated claims in court papers today that Blackwater Worldwide's planned Navy training facility needs more review. KPBS Reporter Amita Sharma has details.

California has entered into a historic agreement with the federal government. It will allow counties, not just the state, to spend money earmarked for foster youth. Children are placed in foster car

State Controller John Chiang says it would take his office six months to enforce the Governor's executive order to reduce workers' pay.

This week the Supreme Court will hear a case that tests whether the Constitution's Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. It's the first time in 70 years the Justices have addressed the question.

California officials are upset about new guidelines from the Bush Administration that would make it tougher to extend health insurance to more poor children. Expanding the Healthy Families program is

The Tour de France begins its 95th cycling race tomorrow in Brittany, France. Co-host Ari Shapiro speaks with Joe Lindsey, a contributing editor for Bicycling Magazine, about the race and its efforts to clean up its image after being plagued by doping scandals.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that regulators may have misinterpreted the federal Clean Water Act when they refused to allow two Michigan men to build on wetlands they own. The 5-4 decision came after debate over whether government can extend protection for wetlands miles away from waterways.

Military transports ferried disaster relief supplies into the Samoas on Wednesday, a day after the islands bore the brunt of a devastating earthquake-fueled tsunami that killed at least 149 people and left a wake of destruction across the South Pacific. President Obama has declared American Samoa a major disaster area.