Year: 2015
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Archaeology Program Trains City Heights Students to Think Creatively
By Dwane Brown A pilot program from the San Diego Archaeological Center aims to teach kids to ask questions, carry out an investigation and analyze data. “Archaeology for Kids” is focused on underserved elementary school students and trains them to think and act like archaeologists. During a session in City Heights on Monday, a student…
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Release of San Diego Police Racial Profiling Analysis Delayed
By Megan Burks San Diegans concerned about police racial profiling will have to wait eight more months for the results of an independent study on the San Diego Police Department. Councilwoman Marti Emerald announced Wednesday she’s postponing a report promised this month until all three stages of the study are complete. The decision was made…
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City Heights Is Still Waiting on That Art it Was Promised
The transit Plaza on University Avenue in City Heights was never supposed to be so barren. | Photo Credit: Kinsee Morlan By Kinsee Morlan When Interstate 15 was extended through City Heights in the mid-1990s, it leveled homes and businesses and cut the community in half. Irate residents demanded concessions from the city and transportation…
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Mid-City School Scores Highest Among Low-Income Schools On State Test
America’s Finest Charter School students eat pizza at a 2013 party celebrating their reading achievements. | Photo Courtesy of America’s Finest Charter School By Megan Burks Nearly 80 percent of third graders at America’s Finest Charter School in Chollas View scored at or above standards on the language arts portion of the California Assessment of…
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City Heights Is Still Waiting on That Art it Was Promised
When Interstate 15 was extended through City Heights in the mid-1990s, it leveled homes and businesses and cut the community in half. Irate residents demanded concessions from the city and transportation officials, asking for additional infrastructure that might help weave the community back together. Over the years, City Heights has gotten most of its freeway…