Category: Featured

  • More Cabbies — And New Apps — Enter San Diego Market

    Cabdriver Adane Anjulo thanks San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald on July 14, 2015 for her work reforming the taxi industry. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks It’s been six months since San Diego began issuing new taxi permits and so far, it isn’t the deluge of new drivers critics forewarned. After years of…

  • Human Rights Watch Film Festival Uses Documentaries to Stir Awareness

    BPhoto Credit: Museum of Photographic Arts By Beth Accomando The Human Rights Watch Film Festival kicks off its sixth year and four days of films at the Museum of Photographic Arts on Jan. 21. The festival creates a forum for what it calls “courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with…

  • In Adult Ed Class, Immigrant Parents Pick Up Where They Left Off

    Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks Students at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights rattle through multiplication tables. They’re attentive, eager to participate — not what you might expect from a middle school classroom. That’s because these students are the parents and grandparents of children attending Monroe Clark. They come to the…

  • Rally Shows Support For Muslim Women

    A speaker addresses the crowd at a rally in solidarity with Muslim woman at Balboa Park, Jan. 18. 2016. | Photo Credit: Andrew Bowen By Andrew Bowen About 400 people attended a rally in Balboa Park on Monday to show solidarity with Muslim women. Speakers recounted experiences of bigotry, particularly amid a political backlash after…

  • California Bill Would Restore Mental Health Funding in Elementary Schools

    Cherokee Point Elementary School Principal Godwin Higa talks with a student. | Photo Credit: Jane Stevens By Megan Burks A San Francisco Bay Area lawmaker has introduced a state bill that would restore mental health care funding for young children who experience trauma. San Diego educators have relied on a patchwork of programs since the…