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Some 100,000 cubic yards of dirt dumped on the edge of Loma Alta Creek to elevate Sprinter light rail tracks could be costly for nearby residents and business owners.

President Bush visits New Orleans on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the city and the Gulf Coast. He toured parts of the city and met with local leaders. "We have got to give assurance to the citizens," Bush said, "that if there is another natural disaster, we will respond in better fashion."

Republican state lawmakers are pushing a major package of bills aimed at fighting what they call domestic terrorism: gang violence. From Sacramento, Marianne Russ reports.

Federal prosecutors Friday recommended that disgraced former Congressman Randy Cunningham spend 10 years in prison for taking bribes from military contractors. KPBS Reporter Amita Sharma has more.

By law, grand jury proceedings are carried out in secret. But lawyers for an indicted defense contractor say government prosecutors leaked that secret to the press. Now defense attorneys want conspira

Full Focus takes a look at the Arellano-Felix drug cartel and what the recent arrest of its leader Xavier Arellano-Felix means for the future of drug trafficking in the Tijuana-San Diego region. We'll

Searchers recovered two bodies Thursday from the wreckage of the collapsed Mississippi River bridge, authorities said, bringing the known death toll from the Aug. 1 disaster to seven. Up to six people are still missing.

Quint Contemporary Art hosts an exhibition of new works by San Diego-based artist Robert Irwin. This will be Irwin's first gallery exhibition on the West Coast since his "One Wall Removed" project at the Malinda Wyatt Gallery in Venice, CA in 1980. The exhibition, "Works in Progress," will change every two weeks during the run of the exhibit.

The Dow surged in early trading on Tuesday, shooting up more than 300 points before losing some of its earlier strength by noon. Wall Street's performance followed a rebound on world markets that saw Japan's Nikkei up. The strong showing comes amid talk of interest rate cuts in the United States and Britain.

Michele Norris talks with three of NPR's correspondents about various aspects of President Bush's federal budget proposal. Jackie Northam covers defense, Julie Rovner covers health care and Christopher Joyce covers energy issues.