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Uncoventional School Focuses on Students' 'Inner Being' (News)

A group of enlightened San Diego youngsters are practicing ancient disciplines that most people don’t discover until later in life. They’re doing yoga and meditation at a private school in La Jolla. They study traditional subjects but they also focus on their "inner being."

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Pressure is mounting on Anthem Blue Cross to explain why it's raising premiums up to 39 percent on individual policy holders. California's insurance commissioner says he's looking into the situation. And now U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wants some answers.

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An independent New York-based theater company visited Camp Pendleton Marine Base recently. Their performance was part of a $3.7 million contract with the Department of Defense to take Greek drama to military bases around the country.

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A study out of UC Davis says autism rates in California have gone up, in part, because the average age of child bearing has gone up. But the effect has not been dramatic.

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If you live in the city of San Diego and have an emergency, it may take longer for a fire truck to reach you. The city has begun rolling brownouts of some fire stations.

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A member of the World Anti-Doping Agency says gene therapy is the new frontier in the fight against performance-enhancing substances.

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Walking on San Diego streets could be hazardous to your health. Over the last two years, pedestrians have accounted for 20 percent of all traffic deaths in the area. That gives San Diego one of highest rates of pedestrian fatalities in the nation.

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Education advocates in California are moving forward with efforts to lower the threshold to pass a parcel tax for schools.

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As if Mardi Gras isn't enough, New Orleans now gets to celebrate its first NFL title. Joining us on Morning Edition LIVE FROM MIAMI is North County Times sports columnist Jay Paris.

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Blue whales are changing their tune. That's what new recordings of these huge mammals indicate. This changing behavior is described in an article in the journal Endangered Species Research. Why it's happening is unknown. But one theory says they're singing in lower tones today because the species is coming back.

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San Diego's teachers union says its members will not accept an 8 percent pay cut to balance San Diego Unified School District's budget.

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A non-profit group that monitors money and politics says California lawmakers often vote with their campaign checkbook in mind. MAPLight.org says a perfect example is a recent vote on a single payer health care system in the state senate.

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A 10-person team from San Diego is back home after a medical trip to Haiti. The president and C-E-O of Scripps Health tells us how the crew prepared for conditions in Port-au-Prince.

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A few companies in Tijuana hope that a series of slogans printed on billboards and banners around the city will help empower residents.

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The San Diego Community College District has completed a makeover of a gym on its downtown campus. The new facility is notable for its use of the latest energy efficient technology.

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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders says the funding process for a new transportation center at the San Ysidro border crossing is moving forward. He has been in Washington, D-C to lobby for the project.

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San Diego researchers say they've discovered some new compounds that bind to HIV, and that could lead to a new class of AIDS drugs.

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There is a recall effort underway at Southewestern College to remove three of the school's governing board members.

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San Diego County officials say the state controller is wrong in his claim that the county may have paid out more than half a million dollars to dead people.

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A bid to delay a public vote on San Diego city’s strong mayor form of government has failed. Residents of the city of San Diego will vote this June on a measure asking if they want to make the strong mayor form of government permanent or let it die at the end of the year.

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