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Hunger Study Shows Continued Need for Assistance
A worker loads food at the Feeding America San Diego distribution center, Sept. 4, 2014. | Photo Credit: Claire Trageser By Claire Trageser Almost a half-million people received donations last year from San Diego-area food pantries, according to a report released Thursday by Feeding America San Diego. The survey found a total of 473,500 people…
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Fast-Food Workers in City Heights Strike For $15 An Hour
Protesters are arrested after refusing to leave a City Heights intersection, Sept. 4, 2013. | Photo Credit: Erik Anderson By Erik Anderson Fast-food workers in San Diego took to the streets of City Heights Thursday as part of a one-day strike in up to 150 cities nationwide to press their demands for pay of $15…
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Encanto Sees Quicker Emergency Responses, Mid-City Still At Risk of Delays
Family members of Rickquese McCoy share memories of him over a memorial in a canyon near their home. McCoy was shot and killed in June 2012. It took fire crews 12 minutes to arrive at his aid. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon Sometimes solutions to problems are as easy as they seem.…
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Cabbies Who Make Airport Pickups Must Pass the Smell Test – Literally
Cabdrivers are facing increasing competition from rideshare services like Uber. One reason consumers say they’re converting: they want to avoid that infamous archetype of the taxi industry – the smelly cabbie. The stereotype for predominantly immigrant drivers falls somewhere between playful and racist. But some in the industry say it’s flat-out wrong when it creeps…
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Report: Immigrants Contribute $650 Billion to California Economy
By Jill Replogle Immigrants contribute about 31 percent to California’s gross domestic product, and 26 percent to the gross domestic product of San Diego and Imperial counties, according to a new report from the University of Southern California and advocacy group California Immigrant Policy Center. In the San Diego area, immigrants without legal status contribute…