Category: Featured

  • City Heights Latinos Urged To Register On National Voter Registration Day

    Carmen Lopez, Latino outreach coordinator for the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, urges City Heights residents to sign up to vote on Sept. 22, 2015. | Photo Credit: Roland Lizarondo, KPBS By Megan Burks Volunteers and staff with the Registrar of Votersfanned out across San Diego Tuesday for National Voter Registration Day. It’s also…

  • East African Girl Scouts Learn Heritage, Female Leadership

    Girl Scouts have gotten a lot more diverse since the first troop formed in 1912 Georgia — especially in San Diego. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks It’s a Monday evening in City Heights and Girl Scout Troop 4307 is gathering. But instead of green and brown uniforms,…

  • Teen Producers: The Cover of the Bantu

    Teen Producers Project Teenagers and adults teach the public about the purpose of the Hijab, the head cover worn by the Muslim women. In this video, youth filmmakers in the Media Arts Center’s Teen Producers Project show how they wear it and the valuable meaning of it. Teen Producers: Nadifo Ibrahim, Maryan Mohamed, Gwen Hylton,…

  • A Look at How San Diego Resettles Refugees as Syrian Crisis Continues

    By Patty Lane, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico As European Union ministers hold emergency talks Monday on the migration crisis, the search for a new home remains a big question for millions of Syrians who are fleeing from their war-torn country. President Barack Obama announced Thursday the United States will accept at least 10,000 Syrian…

  • Clearing a Hurdle For Ex-Offenders — Lack of Identification

    By Megan Burks It’s something many may take for granted, but nearly three-quarters of people surveyed in San Diego County jails say they won’t have a valid form of identification when they get out. Now the county is partnering with the California Department of Motor Vehicles to change that. The county is rolling out a…