Year: 2011

  • Reduced Achievement Gap on High School Exit Exam

    By Emily Alpert Latino and African-American students in San Diego Unified are gaining ground on the high school exit exam, chipping away at the achievement gap between students of different races and economic classes. Overall, more San Diego Unified sophomores passed the high school exit exam this year, according to new results released by the…

  • He Loves His Country, and His Cars

    [oqeygallery id=6] Photo credit: Sam Hodgson Voiceofsandiego.org’s Sam Hodgson has been surveying El Cajon Boulevard with his camera this year for a photo series called “Tales From the Boulevard.” Today he featured Dave Meyer, who has been “doing surgery on American engines for close to five decades.” His service garage on the border of Corridor…

  • Council Considers Legalizing Backyard Bees, Fowl, Even Pygmy Goats

    By Adrian Florido Two-and-a-half months after the City Council legalized community gardens on most vacant lots, at least two parcels are already being primed to nurture their first seeds. Both gardens are being started by nonprofits that serve low-income or immigrant neighborhoods in Mount Hope and Linda Vista. As it embraces and promotes urban agriculture, San Diego is…

  • IRC Grows Local Roots to National Market

    Noeuth Ith usually harvests mint for spring rolls and soup at home. Thanks to a partnership with San Diego granola company Earnest Eats, her mint will end up in homes nationwide. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks and Brian Myers   On an overcast morning earlier this month, the New Roots Community Farm…

  • Youth Photographers Explore New Roots

    This summer, students in The AjA Project’s photography workshops considered City Heights’ relationship with food–where residents get it, whether it’s healthy and how it compares to the food refugees ate previously. They followed their camera lenses to the New Roots Community Farm, where refugees grow their own food. The farm helps growers reconnect with the…