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The legendary composer and singer showed up at NPR's Culver City studios just before the dead of night to talk about her "helium voice," overcoming polio and painting songs with Bob Dylan.

Using federal stimulus finds, San Diego County has partnered with SANDAG and UCSD in the Healthy Works project, providing access to fresh and local food and places to walk and exercise safely.

Afghan election results have given Shiite Muslims a strong voice in the new Afghan parliament. But tensions are accompanying the rise of the long-suffering Hazara minority: Pashtuns are fearful of Hazaras seeking revenge, while Hazaras worry their newfound security isn't guaranteed.

Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb. 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.

It may have been awhile since you've seen one of California's voter registration cards. But they've grown more cluttered, and the Secretary of State wants to change that. From Sacramento, Marianne R

An industrial hub is rising out of the desert in southern New Mexico that promises to boost the state's business relationship with neighboring Mexico.

Congress is pushing ahead with a bill to mandate U.S. employers use E-Verify. But California leads an opposition effort to make E-Verify optional.

Retailers have been rolling out aggressive TV and online advertisements in an early effort to woo consumers. But economists expect consumers to spend about the same amount as they did last year, during one of the worst holiday retail seasons on record.

Recent scandals have apparently cost Bo Xilai his job as Communist Party chief in the southwestern city of Chongqing. Bo had once seemed headed straight for China's top leadership body, but corruption allegations and an imbroglio involving his former right-hand man helped drive him from power.

A San Diego track star is one of several thousand undocumented immigrants to benefit from a new government policy that let’s them avoid deportation. But the reprieve leaves them in a kind of legal no man's land.