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Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation all eight Democratic candidates for president debated domestic issues important to African-Americans. All of them denounced the decision restricting the use of race in public school diversity plans. They did little to highlight their differences.

There may be legal and constitutional issues surrounding President Bush’s choice to increase troop levels in Iraq. We’ll speak with legal analyst Dan Eaton about the congressional resistance to the

The battle over the cross on Mount Soledad has ratcheted up a notch , as statewide and national groups aiming to preserve it step into the fray. Rees Lloyd, a veteran and an attorney for the Califor

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is taking a hard stance to make sure Sunroad Enterprises sticks to its promise. The company recently agreed to lower its Kearny Mesa office tower by 20 feet to meet FAA s

The surburban community of Scripps Ranch has learned some tough lessons from the Cedar Fire. After losing 312 homes in 2003, residents have formed the Scripps Ranch Fire Safe Council. By canvassing do

While insurgent violence is down in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi forces continue to face a tough fight in Mosul, the largest city in northern Iraq. The surge of American forces into Baghdad pushed some insurgents northward into the Mosul area.

San Diego City Council returns from a three week recess today. One of their first orders of business is to decide if La Jolla City Councilman Scott Peters should be elected council president for a sec

President Bush began his presidency with a strong focus on education, but the area's priority level has since fallen. The administration's new budget pledges more money for some higher education grants. But Congress is already objecting to the proposed means of financing.

The sheiks of the United Arab Emirates have grand plans to pour their vast oil wealth into making one of their premier cities, Abu Dhabi, a technological and cultural mecca.

A new poll finds a growing number of black Americans think it's no longer appropriate to think of blacks as a single race. Many also say that weak families — not racism — is what's keeping poor blacks down. NPR's Juan Williams reflects on the findings.