Year: 2016
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San Diego Immigrants’ Cookbook Makes Traditional Meals Healthier
From left to right Nadia Atef, Fatima Ahmed, Thitina Shita and Amina Sheik Mohamed are pictured in this undated photo. They are some of the contributors to a new cookbook, “Around the World at the Farmer’s Market.” | Photo Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications By Megan Burke and Tom Fudge Passing down family recipes…
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San Diego Leaders, Nonprofits And Schools Meeting This Week On Restorative Justice
By Megan Burke and Tom Fudge San Diego County government agencies, non-profits and schools are coming together on Feb. 26 for a summit on restorative justice, an alternative to traditional law enforcement practices. “Everyone who gets handcuffed does not necessarily belong in prison,” said Rev. Rickey Laster, executive director of the City of San Diego…
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Law Gives Tenants New Recourse For Moldy Apartments
By Megan Burks It’s one of the most frequent complaints among California tenants, but until this year there was little they could do about potentially hazardous mold in their units. Now, state law considers mold a condition of substandard housing. That means for the first time, renters can report mold problems to the city, which…
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Bike Lane Coming to Mid-City Street Where Teen Died
A cyclist walks his bike along an informal sidewalk on 54th Street, Feb. 12, 2016. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Cars whiz past the intersection of Lea and 54th streets, where Jonathan Cortez was struck skateboarding in October. There’s little more than a drainage gutter separating pedestrians from cars driving in excess…
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Kensington and Teralta: Close in Distance, Miles Apart in Voter Turnout
El Cajon Boulevard divides the Kensington and Teralta neighborhoods in San Diego, Feb. 9, 2016. | Photo Credit: Claire Trageser By Claire Trageser and Megan Burks San Diego’s El Cajon Boulevard and its four lanes of traffic doesn’t look like much of a border, but it divides two starkly different neighborhoods. Head north of it…