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Marketplace Money's Tess Vigeland examines the tradeoffs and choices San Diego's poor have to make when it comes to spending.

Mayor Sanders announces he is backing Carl DeMaio as his successor, as a new independent poll finds a widening lead for candidate Bob Filner.

Six million people in California are eligible to vote but are not registered. Gov. Brown signed a batch of bills aimed at promoting voter access in California which will affect San Diego County voters.

A new report introduced to a U.S. Senate committee contends the steam generators at San Onofre are in much worse shape than publicly acknowledged. This comes just weeks before Southern California Edison, which runs the plant, is expected to submit a letter to federal regulators outlining the root causes of the tube failure.

Qualcomm is one of the largest employers in the city. The high-tech communications firm holds its sixth annual QWISE initiative today to reach out to women and girls here and around the world to encourage them to enter science fields.

San Diego Unified School District has led the way when it comes to serving up healthy school lunches. With this year's new guidelines from the federal Hunger-Free Kids Act, SDUSD is stepping up to the plate.