Category: Featured

  • New Law Helps Families Stretch Food Dollars

    By Patty Lane, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition interview here. A new California law will help low-income families stretch their food dollars with healthy food choices and support farmers by expanding their markets. The California Nutrition Incentives Act will leverage federal grants to provide a dollar-for-dollar match to…

  • Study Shows Scope of Sex Trafficking in San Diego

    Ami Carpenter, assistant professor at USD’s School of Peace Studies, and Chief Deputy District Attorney Summer Stephan, discuss new research on sex trafficking with Even Edition Host Peggy Pico. By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition interview here. San Diego law enforcement has long known that sex…

  • Archaeology Program Trains City Heights Students to Think Creatively

    By Dwane Brown A pilot program from the San Diego Archaeological Center aims to teach kids to ask questions, carry out an investigation and analyze data. “Archaeology for Kids” is focused on underserved elementary school students and trains them to think and act like archaeologists. During a session in City Heights on Monday, a student…

  • Release of San Diego Police Racial Profiling Analysis Delayed

    By Megan Burks San Diegans concerned about police racial profiling will have to wait eight more months for the results of an independent study on the San Diego Police Department. Councilwoman Marti Emerald announced Wednesday she’s postponing a report promised this month until all three stages of the study are complete. The decision was made…

  • City Heights Is Still Waiting on That Art it Was Promised

    The transit Plaza on University Avenue in City Heights was never supposed to be so barren. | Photo Credit: Kinsee Morlan By Kinsee Morlan When Interstate 15 was extended through City Heights in the mid-1990s, it leveled homes and businesses and cut the community in half. Irate residents demanded concessions from the city and transportation…