Year: 2012

  • Artist Margaret Noble Explores Growing Up in 1980s City Heights

    An artist who grew up in the east San Diego neighborhood of City Heights has turned her childhood experience into an art installation. It’s called 44th and Landis and it features the sounds and images of an urban community during the 1980s, at the dawn of video games and hip hop. KPBS arts reporter Angela…

  • Teens and Safety Series: Experiencing Violent Crime

    By Brian Myers In the final video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students talk about the kinds of crimes they’ve witnessed. More than a third of the class said they’ve been a victim of or know someone who has been a victim of violent crime.…

  • Ten Years Out, Affordable Housing Still Lacking

    Ten years ago today, the San Diego City Council took action to make it easier to build affordable housing developments. But a decade later, housing advocates worry the city has lost its focus. And they say it’s time to make affordable housing a priority again. The call came as the activists marked the 10-year anniversary…

  • San Diego Program Helps Poor Pregnant Women Get Vital Services

    Access to prenatal care is a challenge for poor, uninsured women who don’t speak English. And once their babies are born, pediatric care can also be hard to get. KPBS Health Reporter Kenny Goldberg says for the last five years, a San Diego program has helped more than 1,000 low-income women and their children get…

  • Leadership Program Encourages Resident Ownership of Community

    By Brian Myers and Tita Aime Cardona Proyecto de Casas Saludables, the healthy homes project, celebrated the conclusion of their annual Leadership Academy with a graduation ceremony for the participants last month. The project was started in City Heights as a response to the neighborhood’s growing population of Latino children affected by asthma. Many of…