Year: 2012

  • Tweet City Heights: Large-Scale Public Market to Open in San Diego

    By Megan Burks Leases Set, Construction Started on San Diego’s Answer to Pike Place At press time, 961 people had signed on to help Catt White and Dale Steele bring a large-scale public market to San Diego. The pair posted the project on Kickstarter, an online platform used for crowdfunding, Aug. 8 and are nearing…

  • Young Undocumented Immigrants in San Diego Seek to Avoid Deportation

    Lilia Velasquez, an immigration and naturalization attorney and adjunct professor at California Western School of Law, and Lupe Sandoval, a student applying for work permit to stay in the U.S., talk to KPBS about the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. By Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Amita Sharma Thousands of young illegal immigrants…

  • Casa Cornelia to Offer Workshops on Deferred Action Policy

    By Staff Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services began accepting Deferred Action applications today. They can be filed online at www.uscis.gov/childhoodarrivals. City News Service reports a coalition of immigrant rights groups is scheduled to hold a celebratory and informational meeting 11 a.m. today at the San Diego Unified…

  • A Surge in Gang Murders

    By Keegan Kyle As police push for more funding, Police Chief Bill Lansdowne and other officials have tried to bolster their case with some alarming statistics about violent crime in San Diego. Violent crime is a category that law enforcement authorities use to track the total number of murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults. Last year, San Diego…

  • Tweet City Heights: Residents Mark One-Year Anniversary of Police Officer’s Death

    By Megan Burks Residents Mark One-Year Anniversary of Police Officer’s Death This week last year City Heights residents came together to mourn the death of Mid-City Police Officer Jeremy Henwood. The officer, who was fatally shot Aug. 6, 2011, by Dejon White, captured the attention of the region and nation with one of his final…