Year: 2011

  • Tweet City Heights: KPBS Snags Former Voice of San Diego Reporter

    By Megan Burks KPBS Snags Former Voice of San Diego Reporter Adrian Florido announced yesterday he’s joining the news staff at KPBS. He’ll report for Fronteras: The Changing America Desk, which collects stories from public radio stations about immigration and life in border cities. Florido was laid off last week from voiceofsandiego.org, a Speak City…

  • City Schools Still Face Big Deficit

    Ron Little, chief financial officer of the San Diego Unified School District | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Will Carless When the news came in yesterday that Gov. Jerry Brown would be making far smaller cuts to state education funding than previously expected, there were grins all round at a school board workshop at the San Diego…

  • New Advocacy Group Seeks Free Bus Passes for Students

    By Megan Burks Mid-City CAN added a new advocacy team to its lineup, this one aimed at improving transportation options for City Heights residents. The Improving Transportation in City Heights Momentum Team made its first impression last month when it called on the San Diego Community College District to support an initiative to offer free…

  • Voice of San Diego Announces Layoffs

    By Jessica Plautz Voiceofsandiego.org announced Friday that the nonprofit news organization is laying off four employees. Three of the layoffs are news staffers whose work frequently appeared on www.SpeakCityHeights.org: Emily Alpert, education reporter, Adrian Florido, neighborhood reporter, and Sam Hodgson, photo editor. On Twitter, voiceofsandiego.org’s Editor Andrew Donohue referred to the reporters as family, calling…

  • Tweet City Heights: IRC to Celebrate Refugee Entrepreneurs Saturday

    By Megan Burks Weekend Bazaar and Bus Tour to Celebrate Refugee Entrepreneurs The International Rescue Committee in San Diego is scheduled to host its international holiday bazaar 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the City Heights Farmers Market. The event will feature local refugee entrepreneurs selling handicrafts from all over the world. Free gift-wrapping…