Year: 2014

  • Sex-Trafficking Prosecutions Spike in Region

    By Amita Sharma Sex-trafficking prosecutions in San Diego County have quadrupled in the last four years. The rise is due partly to a spike in the number of young girls forced to sell themselves and turn their earnings over to their gangster pimps. County prosecutors filed nine sex trafficking cases in 2009. Last year, that…

  • City Kicks Off Sidewalk Assessment

    San Diego’s sidewalks may be in for much-needed repairs. Interim Mayor Todd Gloria and Councilman Mark Kersey kicked off a project Friday, Januray 10, 2014, that will assess the city’s 5,000 miles of sidewalks over the next year. | Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Katie Schoolov San Diego’s sidewalks might be getting a much-needed…

  • Doctors Praise Governor’s Move, But Say Medi-Cal Pay Still Too Low

    By Kenny Goldberg California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget eliminates a planned 10 percent Medi-Cal payment cut that was to be retroactive to 2011. But it still preserves a 10 percent cut to Medi-Cal rates going forward. Approximately 8.5 million Californians have Medi-Cal coverage, including more than 350,000 people in San Diego County. And thanks…

  • When Police Can – and Can’t – Pull You Over

    An SDPD officer makes a stop along Euclid Avenue in Valencia Park. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon It makes sense that traffic stops often become the focal point for allegations of racial profiling. The enforcement of some traffic laws can be nebulous and discretionary, and stops tend to be the most frequent…

  • Why Cindy Marten Doesn’t Believe in Hero Superintendents

    Superintendent Cindy Marten delivers the state of the school district address at Kearny High School. | Photo Credit: Jamie Scott Lytle for Voice of San Diego By Mario Koran Spoiler alert, San Diegans: Cindy Marten isn’t a hero who has swooped in to save your children. If that sounds a little bristly, consider this: She…