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For Amina Sheik Mohamed, Women’s Health is First
2013 Women’s History Month honoree, Amina Sheik Mohamed | Photo Credit: Jim Spadoni By Monica Medina The following article appeared on the new KPBS blog, Hey Neighbor! Written by KPBS Director of Diversity and Engagement Monica Medina, Hey Neighbor! explores the people and places that make San Diego an extraordinary place to live. San Diego’s…
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Healing 44th Street: Resident Advocates for Stricter Federal Gun Laws
By Alison St. John A group called “People for a Safe Community” held a community event Saturday to call for more stringent gun laws at the federal level. Rick McCoy Jr., whose 18-year-old son was shot dead last year, spoke at the event. “You can’t just sit at home and think, ‘Oh yeah, that happened…
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Tweet City Heights: Feds Question Family Health Centers’ Financials
By Megan Burks Feds Question Family Health Centers’ Financials The federal government may require Family Health Centers of San Diego to repay $4.5 million in grant money because it didn’t properly document how the money was spent, according to U-T San Diego. A spokesman for the network of community clinics told the U-T the organization…
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Car Eases Road to Degree for City Heights Teen
Thousands of people in San Diego County are working and going to school, hoping that pursuing higher education will pay off in the future. KPBS education reporter Kyla Calvert brings us the story of one such student, whose particularly tough road to a degree just got easier. | Video Credit: Katie Euphrat By Kyla Calvert…
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Drive-By Cinema Takes Film to the Streets
The official first event of Pacific Arts Movement’s Drive-By Cinema was on El Cajon Boulevard in City Heights to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a Jackie Chan movie. | Photo Credit: Beth Accomando By Beth Accomando Drive-By Cinema, Aired on KPBS Radio Feb. 28, 2013 [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130228-BA-DRIVEBY1.mp3] The San Diego Asian Film Foundation recently rebranded…