Year: 2012

  • Tweet City Heights: Nearly 1 in 6 Families Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year

    By Megan Burks Nearly 1 in 6 U.S. Households Had Trouble Getting Food Last Year A report out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found 14.9 percent, or 17.9 million, households had difficulty putting food on the table at least once last year because of limited resources. The figure is a slight increase over 2010,…

  • San Diego’s Low-Income Communities Want Clean Energy

    By Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Claire Trageser Listen to the Midday Edition interview with Councilman David Alvarez and Nicole Capretz, associate director of the Green Energy, Green Jobs campaign at the Environmental Health Coalition. Amid the flurry of bills sent to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk at the close of the state Assembly session last week, a solar energy bill was left out.…

  • Meet Crawford’s New (and Only) Principal

    Crawford High School student and Media Arts Center San Diego teen producer Jose Uribe interviews his school’s new principal, Ana Maria Alvarez. Alvarez was brought on board to oversee Crawford’s transition from four small schools to a single, comprehensive high school. By Megan Burks Crawford High School students went back to their same campus yesterday,…

  • School District Opens Office to Process Requests From Undocumented Students

    It’s been a few weeks since the federal government issued application guidelines for its Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which grants work permits and reprieve from deportation for young undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. The rush has begun among young people looking to apply, and on Tuesday the San Diego Unified School District…

  • Tweet City Heights: Assembly Passes Bill Requiring 3-Foot Buffer for Cyclists

    By Megan Burks Assembly Passes Bill Requiring 3-Foot Buffer for Cyclists The Associated Press reported the California Assembly passed a bill Monday that would require drivers to stay 3 feet from cyclists. Drivers would pay a $35 fine if they encroach on that buffer zone. The bill still must make it past the Senate and…