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Untreated wastewater flows from Tijuana, Mexico, into the Pacific Ocean near the California border. Sasha Khokha of NPR station KQED says the U.S. government is expected to endorse a much-debated treatment plant.

San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders will travel to San Francisco Thursday to personally visit the three major financial credit rating agencies. Joining him will be five members of his financial recovery tea

City of San Diego voters elected Jerry Sanders mayor last night. Sanders beat out opponent Donna Frye with 54 percent of the vote to Frye's 46 percent. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has the story.

The nation's financial markets watched the elections closely, rallying as it appeared the government would be divided between parties. Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal about the election's effect on the economy.

The Senate passes a spending measure totaling $14 billion more than President Bush said he would accept. But the president has eased his veto threat, waiting to see how a conference committee will handle the gap between the Senate plan and the House's $91.9 billion proposal.

Is it legal to be patted-down upon entering an NFL game? "These Days" legal analyst Dan Eaton highlights the complaint filed by a pair of San Francisco 49ers season ticket holders and answers question

A major defense contractor's plan for a 700-acre training camp in Southern California is running into opposition from a local Democratic congressman who claims the company won initial approval by cozy

New SD mayor Jerry Sanders has warned water and sewer rates may need to be raised. This has provoked questions that touch on yet another layer of possible scandal at city hall. KPBS reporter Alison

The first steps San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is taking to try to move the city out of its financial quagmire have only stirred up more mud. He has warned water and sewer rates may need to be raised.

After the U.S. invasion of Iraq, huge contracts were awarded to U.S. companies for numerous rebuilding projects. Four years later, a special inspector general has uncovered billions of dollars in waste, fraud and mismanagement.