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  • Voices: Identifying Barriers to Health Faced by City Heights Immigrants

    Overcoming Barriers to Health is a collaboration between The AjA Project and UCSD’s Center for Community Health. The young women that participated ranged from 12 to 17 years old and were first- and second-generation East African refugees and immigrants. Through photography, participants collectively identified health issues and then used their images to create a dialogue…

  • City to Expand Two-Person Fire Crews, But Could Skip Over City Heights

    Jason Hewitt and Steve Vandewalle are part of the Fire Department’s Fast Response Squad based in Encanto. | Photo By Jamie Scott Lytle By Liam Dillon Another San Diego neighborhood might soon have relief for lengthy emergency response times. Mayor Kevin Faulconer is planning to add a second two-person first-responder crew to the citywide fleet,…

  • San Diego’s Richest Poor Neighborhood, Two Decades Later

    City Heights could be called San Diego’s richest poor neighborhood. Since 2000, two foundations alone have invested more than a quarter billion dollars in the neighborhood. That’s about the same as what the city of Chula Vista spends on all of its residents annually. In this two-part video series, we ask what’s come of all…

  • California DMV Prepares for Rush of New Immigrant Drivers

    By Jill Replogle The California Department of Motor Vehicles is preparing for a flood of new driver applications ahead of a law that allows immigrants without legal residency to apply for licenses. The law goes into effect next year. Starting Jan. 1, immigrants who lack a Social Security number can apply for a special California…

  • Teach for America Schools SD Unified On Recruiting Diverse Teachers

    David Lopez is executive director of Teach for America in San Diego. | Photo by Sam Hodgson By Mario Koran Apparently, it’s just not cool to be a teacher these days. Far fewer young people are setting out to become teachers. In recent years, the number of students in California teacher preparation programs has plummeted.…