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Our county's safety net for the poor sinks to the bottom of some charts. Is there resistance to helping the needy?

A rush to build electric cars could also mean a rush to get minerals that are produced in unstable parts of the world. Lithium-ion batteries require large amounts of cobalt, which comes primarily from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Tibet and Siberia. Easing dependence on foreign oil could mean increasing dependence on foreign minerals — from even less reliable trading partners than the Persian Gulf states.

Most Republicans are rallying around Sen. Ted Stevens. His Alaska seat, once an easy GOP win, is now on less certain ground. Stevens will be arraigned Thursday on charges of allegedly lying about gifts from an Alaska contractor.

James Nicholson, the top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, says he will leave his post by Oct. 1. Under Nicholson, the agency was criticized for being unprepared to care for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The wildfires that recently devastated San Diego County destroyed close to 1,600 homes. Now, families are dealing with rebuilding their homes and their lives. And working through the insurance claims

President Bush named top White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday to succeed the near-legendary Alan Greenspan.

The San Diego County Water Authority Board is now planning to buy more water to increase local supplies. It's what the agency calls Stage 2 of its Drought Management Plan. KPBS reporter Ed Joyce tells

Hillary Clinton notched big wins Tuesday, but left-leaning blogger Bill Scher of LiberalOasis.org says she'll still have a tough time beating Barack Obama. Meanwhile, Scher says, Republican John McCain can just watch the show.

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis says drug agents have disrupted a major distribution network of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroine. 59 suspected drug traffickers were arrested in San Dieg

Just over nine months after his wife, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated in a suicide attack, Asif Ali Zardari has been chosen as the new president of Pakistan. His election Saturday has been received warily by the Pakistani public. It came on a day marred by death and mayhem after a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar killed at least 30 people.