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In light of the recently declared drought in California, local and county officials are calling for residents to conserve.

When a terminal illness is diagnosed, people ask their doctors one question: How long do I have to live?

With Election Day here, political operatives and campaign volunteers are fanning out across the city in massive get-out-the-vote operations. But nearly 165,000 people already have voted, and those ballots may well determine San Diego’s mayor-elect.

If Republican San Diego City Councilman Kevin Faulconer becomes mayor, the San Diego City Council could see a shift in power toward the Democrats.

Home prices in January lost no ground in San Diego home but fewer homes are changing hands.

Polls show San Diego's Mayoral election between David Alvarez and Kevin Faulconer may be a squeaker.

To get to know a person — really know a person — just take a trip to the San Diego County Assessor and Recorder’s office in downtown San Diego.

California drought declaration encourages interest in San Diego water-wise landscaping garden.

The San Diego mayor’s race has opened up a debate over inequality, revealing a city that is starkly divided.

It's countdown to the San Diego mayoral race — candidates Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez join us to discuss everything from the city's infrastructure to campaign ads.

San Diego and California are going in different directions when it comes to the release or transfer of toxic materials.

California's citrus industry is being threatened by the same pest that has caused billions of dollars of damage in Florida. Local growers are hoping an imported wasp will help in the effort to keep citrus greening disease from gaining a foothold here.

Latino groups are claiming a conservative group is using racist mailers to target City Councilman David Alvarez, but the group said the mailers aren't racist.

The state's prison realignment effort has drawn up a complicated matrix of detention options for felons in California, and with it a lot of confusion about which ones can vote.

Beginning in September, California law will require drivers to be three feet away from a bicyclist handlebars or shoulders while passing on the road. Will the new law make San Diego cyclists feel safer?