Year: 2014

  • Meet Mid-City’s New ‘Diet Trolley’

    By Andrew Keatts By the end of the year, San Diegans will have a new way to get around the city without driving. The Mid-City Rapid will be the first of a new type of public transit line that’ll figure heavily in the future of public transportation in the region. The idea is that it’s…

  • San Diego Police Chief Hears Racial Profiling Complaints Firsthand

    Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman told an audience at Cherokee Point Elementary School in City Heights she’s committed to regaining the trust of the community at a March 26, 2014 town hall meeting. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks The San Diego Police Department has come a long way since January, when then Chief…

  • City Heights Photo Exhibition To Be Unveiled at USC Urban Poverty Conference

    Multi-story apartment buildings are home to many residents in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood. | Photo Credit: Matt Gainer By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to the KPBS Midday Edition interview with photographer Matt Gainer Images of poverty in City Heights will be a focal point of an urban poverty conference taking…

  • What We Know About the Federal Probe of SDPD

    By Liam Dillon Monday morning, three U.S. Department of Justice officials announced the department would be reviewing the San Diego Police Department in response to a rash of officer misconduct allegations. This is what we know so far. The city asked for this, but the feds say the review will be independent. Over the next…

  • Bringing Legitimacy – and Money – to Street Outreach

    The Community Assistance Support Team visits the Casa Sierra condominium complex every couple of months for a walk-and-knock. They check in on residents who witnessed a January 2013 shooting to offer counseling, prayer and intervention for kids getting caught up in the gang lifestyle. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Tasha Williamson said…