Year: 2016

  • President’s Budget Could Close Summer Meal Gap

    By Megan Burks President Barack Obama’s budget proposal this week is expected to include the launch of a $12 billion effort to keep low-income children fed when school is out. San Diego hunger relief advocates are lauding the plan. It would give the parents of children who qualify for free school meals about $45 in…

  • Neighbors in Colina Park Clean Up Alleys

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers The alley south of El Cajon Boulevard between 48th Street and Estrella Avenue received some much needed attention recently. Armed with brooms and dustpans, residents from the surrounding neighborhood converged at the alley for a cleanup. The event was part of an ongoing…

  • Family Tradition Survives In Mural Project

    The “Community Faces” mural at Market Creek Plaza in southeastern San Diego has come down and will be replaced with a new one showing faces of younger community members. But in one family, the tradition will carry on. | Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Claire Trageser The “Community Faces” mural at Market Creek Plaza…

  • Why Don’t More Californians Vote?

    Editor’s Note: KPBS will follow residents in City Heights and nearby Kensington during this election cycle as part of a statewide look at voter turnout called “California Counts.” This article was written by Steven Cuevas of KQED. Ben Bradford of Capital Public Radio reported from Sacramento, Megan Burks of KPBS reported from City Heights, Mary…

  • More Cabbies — And New Apps — Enter San Diego Market

    Cabdriver Adane Anjulo thanks San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald on July 14, 2015 for her work reforming the taxi industry. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks It’s been six months since San Diego began issuing new taxi permits and so far, it isn’t the deluge of new drivers critics forewarned. After years of…