Year: 2011

  • Redistricting Commission To Vote Today on Preliminary Map

    One of the maps being considered this week has City Heights in the new ninth council district with the College Area and parts of southeast San Diego. By Katie Orr The city’s redistricting commission will vote Thursday afternoon on a preliminary map that changes the way San Diego’s council districts are carved out, borrowing from…

  • Coastal Cleanup Starts Six Miles Inland

    By Brian Myers Coastal cleanup often begins six miles inland in the canyons of City Heights. There, San Diego Canyonlands and local residents clear debris that pose problems for the region’s network of waterways and, ultimately, its beaches. “We really want to bring it back to what it was maybe a couple hundred years ago,” said John…

  • Minorities Concerned About City Redistricting Process

    By Katie Orr The city is in the process of carving out a ninth council district, and minority groups want to make sure they’re being heard during the process. Brian Pollard is on the redistricting committee for San Diego’s 4th council district. He said the city charter requires fair representation of racial and ethnic minorities…

  • Tweet City Heights: NFL Honors School Success, State Could Soon

    By Megan Burks Hoover High Teacher Compared to The Blind Side’s Sandra Bullock Former Chargers and Philidelphia Eagles player Burt Grossman was named the NFL Teacher of the Year last month for his work with at-risk teens at Hoover High School. The Union-Tribune has a story on Grossman’s journey from a tough neighborhood, to the…

  • Weingart Library Adds Hours With Price Charities Donation

    Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks The computers at Health Sciences High School and Middle College on University Avenue in City Heights are only open to students until the bell rings each afternoon. That’s when Lorena Amador, 16, often puts down her homework for the evening. Amador doesn’t have a computer at home. She…