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  • San Diego Leaders Announce New Campaign to Combat Sex Trafficking

    Under a California SB 1193, a broad range of San Diego businesses, including massage parlors, bars, farms, bus stops and emergency rooms, will be required to display a poster, similar to this one, that includes a telephone hotline for human trafficking victims seeking help, or to report unlawful activity. | Photo Credit: Roland Lizarondo, KPBS…

  • Where the Mayoral Candidates Diverge on Racial Profiling

    By Liam Dillon Both San Diego mayoral candidates believe the police department needs more resources to combat racial profiling and plan to push for more cops and better pay if they’re elected. This is nothing different than Democratic City Councilman David Alvarez and Republican Councilman Kevin Faulconer have said throughout the campaign. Alvarez and Faulconer…

  • Emerald Plans Community Meetings to Discuss Albertson’s Replacement

    By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico “Midday Edition,” Aired Jan. 28, 2014 Part 1: [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AlbertsonsPt1.mp3] Part 2: [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AlbertsonsPt2.mp3] When the Albertson’s in City Heights closes its doors next month, it will likely put another obstacle between residents and healthy food options. City Heights has been described as a food desert: those are mostly…

  • Latino Enrollment in Covered California Health Plans Picks Up

    Photo Credit: Tarryn Mento, KPBS By Kenny Goldberg The latest enrollment numbers from Covered California show more than 625,000 people have signed up for new health insurance plans. Between Oct. 1 and mid-December, Latinos represented only 5 percent of total enrollment. Things changed in the last two weeks of the year. By the end of…

  • Police to Overhaul Racial Profiling Data Effort

    By Liam Dillon San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne said Tuesday that the department will overhaul its racial data collection policies on traffic stops. “We’ve got to build that system almost from scratch,” Lansdowne told KPBS’s “Midday Edition.” Listen to it here. Lansdowne said he’s meeting with local civil rights and neighborhood advocacy organizations to…