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  • Governor Vetoes TRUST Act, Grants Licenses to Some Undocumented Youth

    By Adrian Florido California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the TRUST Act — or so-called Anti-Arizona bill — over the weekend, while signing into law a bill to grant driver’s licenses to young undocumented immigrants who qualify for a stay from deportation under the President Barack Obama’s deferred action program. The TRUST Act was passed by…

  • San Diego Residents Most Likely to Bike Have Fewer Bike Lanes

    Randy Van Vleck, the active transportation manager for for the City Heights Community Development Corporation, talks with Media Arts Center Teen Producers about the need for safe streets in City Heights. By Manny Jimenez, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines, Beckett Browning, Eliana Weinthal, John Fields, Alex Angleman and Tia Hill The City Heights Community Development Corporation…

  • Tweet City Heights: City Responds to Fatal Accident With Improved Bike Lane

    By Megan Burks City Responds to Fatal Accident With Improved Bike Lane A neon-green bike lane went in on Montezuma Road this month in response to a fatal bike accident in April, KPBS reported. Charles Raymond Gilbreth died after being struck by a car on the fast-moving thoroughfare near San Diego State University. The new…

  • Tough Choices: Rich and Poor San Diegans Take Stock of the American Dream

    By Tom Fudge How do you decide what to do with your money when you have very little? In collaboration with KPBS and Speak City Heights, Marketplace Money’s Wealth and Poverty Desk looks at the tough choices faced by families living in poverty. Listen to the report here. There’s more than one house on the gated property of…

  • Parking Lot Turns Into Park for a Day

    City Heights joined communities throughout the world for the annual Park(ing) Day. Participants transform parking lots into community parks for the day to demonstrate the benefits of having more open space in urban neighborhoods. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Haga clic aquí para leer en español City…