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  • How the Next Mayor Plans to Fix Emergency Response Time Disparities

    By Liam Dillon San Diego’s three mayoral candidates agree. Disparities in emergency response times across neighborhoods must end. “It is the city’s moral obligation to provide equitable emergency services to every community,” City Councilman Kevin Faulconer says in his neighborhoods plan. Broadly, Faulconer, City Councilman David Alvarez and former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher agree on the…

  • Community Mourns Closing of Urban Greenspace

    A nursery on 44th Street near University Avenue has closed despite community support because the operation violated city zoning laws. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers A group of volunteers and patrons of Antonio’s Nursery got together one last time to recall the good times of the short lived micro farm on 44th…

  • Second Opinion: Do Student Health Center Fees Satisfy the Individual Mandate?

    Graduate student Laura Rengstorf can get most of her health needs taken care of on campus for a small fee. Does that count as health coverage under the Affordable Care Act?| Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San…

  • Covered California Running Relatively Smoothly Compared To HealthCare.gov

    By Kenny Goldberg California’s online health insurance exchange celebrates its one-month anniversary on Friday. So far, Covered California is faring much better than its federal counterpart. The Covered California website had some glitches in its first few days of operation. But things have been running fairly smoothly since then. Officials say they’ve had more than…

  • Food Stamp Cuts to Hit 270,000 in San Diego County

    By Susan Murphy Nearly 270,000 people across San Diego County who rely on food stamps, called CalFresh in California, to buy groceries and meals will see their benefits cut 5 percent on Friday. The monthly benefits for a family of four will drop $36, from $668 per month down to $632. The federal benefits were…