Year: 2015

  • Hoover Builds On School Discipline Reform With Wellness Center

    By Megan Burks Last year Hoover High School teachers cut suspensions by 80 percent after being trained to recognize and address trauma in their students. Hoover is building on that success by establishing a wellness center. It will offer traditional counseling, substance abuse counseling, legal help and referrals to other services for the students and…

  • City Council Declares Affordable Housing Emergency for 12th Year in a Row

    By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico The San Diego City Council declared an affordable housing emergency for the 12th year in a row on Monday. San Diego is tens of thousands of units short of the goal for affordable homes. According to the San Diego Housing Commission, 60,700 San Diegans are currently on…

  • Hoover High’s Cardinal Camp Helps Jump-Start School For Freshmen

    Every year San Diego Unified’s Hoover High welcomes new freshmen. This year there are more than 600 incoming ninth graders. For the past eight years Hoover has run a special summer day camp, called Cardinal Camp. It helps give some new freshmen the skills they need to excel in high school and beyond. | Video…

  • City Heights Wants Place in San Diego Streetscape Tradition

    City Heights wants to be next on the list of San Diego communities with a neighborhood gateway sign. Residents there are trying to raise more than three hundred thousand dollars to hang a neon sign above University Avenue. | Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Megan Burks San Diegans love their neighborhood signs. Communities from…

  • City Heights Gets $3.1M Grant to Renovate YMCA Building

    Councilwoman Marti Emerald speaks at a press conference announcing a state grant to renovate a building in City Heights, Aug. 3, 2015. | Photo Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler A major step toward providing a new recreation center in economically disadvantaged City Heights was taken Monday when city officials announced a $3.1 million state…