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Mixed-use housing developments are supposed to make denser communities sustainable, convenient and affordable. But that vision is threatened by a trend emerging in some North County communities: new retail storefronts can’t find tenants.

With the override, San Diego's hourly minimum wage will go from $9 to $9.75 on Jan. 1, but opponents say they are ready to spend the next 30 days collecting signatures to force a referendum and put the increase on hold.

Airs Tues., Aug. 25, 2015 at 9 p.m. & repeats Sun., Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV

It's easy to get overwhelmed by the English and their social tea traditions. What time does each of them take place, anyway? But don't fret. The Salt is here to offer guidance.

Food manufacturers are under pressure to replace carrageenan, an ingredient that's widely used in products — from protein drinks to sliced deli meat. The organic industry just moved to ban it.

Spencer Cox, a Republican, spoke at a vigil after the Orlando shooting. He apologized for not always treating everyone with "the kindness, dignity and respect — the love — that they deserved."

California’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown was in San Diego Thursday for a campaign stop at New Leaf Biofuel in Barrio Logan. The company converts used cooking oil into biodiesel. Brown said small, renewable energy businesses are the wave of the future.

Volunteers this weekend will work to turn alleyways in North Park and Logan Heights into friendly public gathering spots.

Good news for parents with little ones: San Diego Unified is opening its preschool program once reserved for low-income families to all income brackets.

The San Diego City Council will decide today whether to spend $250,000 of a $5.5 million budget surplus to keep the 150-bed veterans emergency shelter open until July.