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News that the CIA made and then destroyed videotapes of its agents using harsh interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects has caused ripples on Capitol Hill and around the world. Here, a primer on what is known about the tapes and their destruction.

Public meetings kick in this week on the controversial Sunrise Powerlink project. San Diego Gas and Electric wants to build a 150-mile transmission line that would link energy sources in the Imperial

San Diego gas prices continue to hover near record territory. The Utility Consumer's Action Network says Prices peaked at $3.50 a gallon last week -- and they've only retreated about a nickel a gallon

The bodies of two people believed to have died in the Southern California wildfires were found Thursday in the burned-out ruins of a home near Poway, Calif. That brings the total number of fire-related deaths to eight, officials said.

In New Orleans, seven police officers have been indicted by a state grand jury looking into the fatal shooting of two people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina. The victims were shot on a bridge that connects two predominately black neighborhoods that were flooded.

Countrywide, the nation's largest home lender, used to specialize in the kind of risky loans that have gone sour in huge numbers recently. Countrywide and other lenders say they have cleaned up their act. But one homeowner says she was recently given the hard sell by a Countrywide loan officer who appeared to be breaking rules.

The prosecution and defense give their closing arguments at the sentencing trial of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty and has tried to convince the jury that Moussaoui's lies to the FBI led to at least one death on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating whether an attorney lost her position because of rumors she is a lesbian. The watchdog office learned of the case as part of an inquiry into U.S. attorney firings under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

San Diego's only national monument, Cabrillo National Monument, is celebrating National Parks Founders' Day and San Diego County Public Lands Day with exhibitors from county parks at the lighthouse and visitors center.

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