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Governor Schwarzenegger has put a stop to construction on a new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison. From Sacramento, Marianne Russ reports.

The uninsured aren't the only ones using California's public hospitals and community clinics. A new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reveals three-quarters of those who use safet

A "Flaming Maniac" over Health Care Reform

On some days swaths of California's flammable national forests are protected by nothing more than luck. On an average day, about 40 out of 271 Forest Service fire engines stay in firehouses rather tha

The final snow survey of the year in Northern California shows much of the early season snow is gone. KPBS Environmental Reporter Ed Joyce has more now on what that means for our water supply.

Surviving the Housing Crunch

Gunmen murdered a high ranking police officer in his Tecate, Mexico home Tuesday. The killing came less than one day after U.S. authorities discovered a tunnel used to smuggle drugs beneath the border

Should the City of San Diego consider municipal bankruptcy as a possible solution to its financial problems? We speak to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith about the impact bankruptcy would have on the city, and discuss Goldsmith's goals for his second year in office.

Immigration overhaul, reauthorizing the Patriot Act and the bankruptcy bill are among the issues awaiting Congress when it returns from spring recess. Reverberations are expected from congressional intervention in the Terri Schiavo case and House Majority Leader Tom Delay's verbal attack on federal judges.

Will we ever know exactly what happened to the Toyota Prius that allegedly sped out of control on a local freeway last week? And, if the findings do show that there was a malfunction in the car, what are the legal ramifications. We speak to experts on car electronics and the law.