Year: 2012

  • Opening a Door Into Childhood Memory

    “The Nature of a Door is to Be Opened” will be on display at 4305 University Ave. through Jan. 4. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Angela Carone City Heights Art Installation Contains Kids Memories, Aired on KPBS Dec. 14 [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/KIDART-ac.mp3] We all know memories are fleeting, perhaps none more so than those of a…

  • Photo Essay: ‘Graffiti is a Distraction in School’

    By Jena Olson Speak City Heights partner The AjA Project is helping students at Crawford High School add their voices to the conversation about community health in City Heights. Using photography and narrative, they’re examining health issues — physical, mental and social — at their school and speaking to the issues that most directly affect…

  • San Diego ACLU’s Emphasis on Latino Civil Rights Growing

    By Marissa Cabrera, Peggy Pico and Alison St. John The coming year will be a big one for the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties. It will not only celebrate its 25th year, but given the shifting demographics, it also plans to increase its emphasis on Latino issues. To set the organization’s local priorities,…

  • Murdered Taxi Driver’s Daughter Advocates for Cab Cameras

    Driving a taxi is a notoriously dangerous profession. It’s been a little over a year since two taxi drivers in the San Diego region were killed in robberies. Yet, in that time progress on safety improvements for cabs has stalled. KPBS Metro Reporter Katie Orr looks at why, and what’s happening now. | Video Credit:…

  • Tweet City Heights: Medi-Cal Rate Cut Approved Despite Growing Caseload

    By Megan Burks Medi-Cal Rat Cut Approved Despite Growing Caseload An appeals court ruled California can cut Medi-Cal reimbursement rates 10 percent. The rates are how doctors get paid for treating patients on the state’s public health program. KPBS reports doctors are livid and say the rate cut could impact access to care. Already, less…