Year: 2011

  • Video: A Refugee Hub in City Heights

    By Adrian Florido [Editor’s Note: San Diego Explained is a video series produced by voiceofsandiego.org and NBC7 San Diego. You can see more of the series here.] In the last four decades, San Diego has become a hub for the resettlement of refugees fleeing wars and conflict around the world, from Vietnam to Somalia to…

  • Video: Mama’s Kitchen Has New Home

    By Dwane Brown and Nicholas McVicker Last week Mama’s Kitchen opened its new facility in Fairmont Park on Home Avenue. The non-profit has been delivering free meals to AIDS and cancer patients in San Diego County for 20 years. On it’s first day of operation at the new site, volunteers were putting food into grocery…

  • Field Guide: The Rise of Urban Farming

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX Food Security n. \ˈfüd\ \si-ˈkyu̇r-ə-tē\: When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and…

  • Councilwoman Emerald to Run in District 9

    By Katie Orr City Heights is now in City Council District 9 and must elect a new representative next year. A day after the new city council district map was approved, Councilwoman Marti Emerald announced she’ll run for the new ninth district. That leaves her current seventh-district seat up for grabs. Political Scientist Carl Luna…

  • Tweet City Heights: Redistricting Ride Over, State Dream Act Back on the Table

    By Megan Burks With Redistricting Ride Over, Emerald Hops on Campaign Trail It’s official (barring any lawsuits, of course). Redistricting is over and City Heights is poised to take the helm of a new, ninth council district. The Redistricting Commission voted last night to approve its preliminary map with some minor tweaks to the districts…