Year: 2012

  • Bullying Through the Eyes of Monroe Clark Middle School Students

    Students at Monroe Clark Middle School tracked bullying incidents in and around their school this spring. The yellow icons mark where an event occurred. Click on the icons for photos and captions. Click here to enlarge the map. | Credit: Susan Murphy By Susan Murphy Students at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights spent…

  • Governor’s Revised Budget Cuts California’s Safety Net

    By Kenny Goldberg Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget calls for new cuts to California’s safety net. The plan cuts health-care programs for the elderly and the poor. The governor’s proposal takes a $1.2 billion bite out of Medi-Cal. It calls for mandatory reductions in paid hours for people who care for the elderly and disabled…

  • Tweet City Heights: Immigrant Women Would Lose Protections in House Bill

    By Megan Burks Immigrant Women Would Lose Protections in House VAWA Update This week, the House Judiciary Committee approved some controversial amendments in its reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, including some that scale back protections for battered immigrants. Currently, VAWA allows undocumented immigrants who are battered by spouses with U.S. citizenship or legal…

  • City Heights Somalis Lead Fight Against Liquor License

    By Tom Fudge Ahmed Malinomar is leading the opposition to a liquor license for a store that’s right next to a mosque on University Avenue. | Photo Credit: Tom Fudge There’s a corner of University Avenue near 54th Street that’s home to a store called University Market. It’s also home to a Buddhist Temple, a…

  • Teen Producers Look Back at the 19th Annual Latino Film Festival

    By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn Media Arts Center San Diego screened more than 160 films created by and starring Latinos during its 19th Annual Latino Film Festival in March. The event was aimed at bringing attention to the dearth of Latino faces on television and movie screens in…