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Should San Diego pass a permanent ban on alcohol at the city's coastal parks and beaches? How has the environment at San Diego beaches changed since the City Council voted to a pass a one-year alcoho

San Diego's representatives split on the landmark financial bailout package. The package was supposed to be bipartisan, but all of the San Diego area Republicans opposed the legislation. Peter Granit

The drama on Capitol Hill Monday reverberated on Wall Street and in financial markets around the world. The House rejected the proposed $700 billion rescue plan for Wall Street despite pleas from President Bush, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and congressional leaders. Lawmakers will be back later this week to try again.

Some lawmakers say the U.S. economy may be in uncharted territory after Congress failed Monday to pass the $700 billion rescue package for the financial sector. The House lacked 23 votes to pass the legislation.

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One fee increase that didn't make it into the record-late California state budget would have helped the state fight wildfires and other disasters. What does that mean for the state's fire-fighting ag

The Sweetwater Union High School District reigns supreme in San Diego's South Bay. It serves 42,000 students from National City to San Ysidro. Its also the largest high school district in the country.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Monday on a $700 billion rescue plan for the nation's financial system. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it isn't a bailout of Wall Street but a "buy-in" to help turn the economy around. It's not clear whether the bipartisan legislation has the needed votes to pass.

John McCain and Barack Obama met in their first debate Friday night and clashed over the financial crisis, taxes, spending and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The theme of the night was supposed to have been foreign policy, but the Wall Street meltdown and continuing negotiations over a federal bailout forced their way onto the agenda.

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