Year: 2011

  • Google Maps Tell You When The Bus Is Coming

    By Tom Fudge San Diego’s transit agency, the MTS, is giving out real-time information via web and cell phone so you know when the bus is coming, even when it’s late. MTS has partnered with Google Maps to make the data available online. Buses often run late because they get stuck in traffic or stuck…

  • Community Gardens Can Now Be Planted Citywide

    Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido The San Diego City Council has made it much easier to start community gardens — once banned or too expensive to permit — on most vacant land citywide. The council voted unanimously Tuesday to support removing costly permitting requirements and zoning restrictions on gardens. Now, San Diegans will…

  • Local Group Provides Microloans To Impoverished Women

    By Maureen Cavanaugh and Pauline Lucas Local San Diego women are providing little loans that add up to big change in impoverished countries.  WomensTrust and Women’s Empowerment International have provided microloans ranging from $55 to $5000 to help women in poorer countries start their own businesses. They have helped women in Ghana, Honduras, Mexico and…

  • City Heights Youth to Contribute Art to World Refugee Day Event

    Join Speak City Heights partner The AjA Project for World Refugee Day June 19 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego. The event will celebrate San Diego’s diversity with Pulitzer Prize winner Don Bartletti and local photographers Sam Hodgson and Roberto “Bear” Guerra. AjA will presentent a multimedia…

  • City Heights Teens: Let MACSD Help You Get on KPBS

    Speak City Heights partner Media Arts Center San Diego is looking for City Heights teens to join its Teen Producers Project. The program introduces area youth to filmmaking as a means of self-expression, covering everything from storyboarding to final credits. The program has produced more than 300 short films since 2001. This time around, participants…