Category: Featured

  • Immigrant Doctors Find Path Back to Practicing Medicine

    Students at the Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College. | Photo Courtesy of Welcome Back Center/Grossmont Community College By Susan Murphy The Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College is working with 1,400 foreign-trained physicians, including 54 refugees, to get a U.S. medical license and resume the career they gave up when they immigrated…

  • Clinic Partners With Housing Provider to Bring Health Care to Front Door

    Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Health care assistants went door to door last week inviting residents of the 94-unit Hollywood Palms on Home Avenue to their on-site health screening. The residents were provided free dental screenings and bone density scans by professionals from the La Maestra Community Health Centers. It was part of…

  • La Maestra Celebrates National Health Center Week With Dance, Free Checkups

    Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Students of Bayside Community Center‘s ballet folklorico youth group performed Thursday during a health fair at the La Maestra Community Health Centers medical clinic in City Heights. La Maestra organized the health fair as part of National Health Center Week, a nationwide effort by health centers to promote…

  • SD Police Chief Endorses TRUST Act

    By Adrian Florido San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne has endorsed the so-called TRUST Act, a state bill that would limit the ability of local police and sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration agents. The TRUST Act addresses the federal Secure Communities Program. Under that program, immigration agents receive information about people arrested in nearly…

  • Second Opinion: What’s a Grandfathered Plan Under Obamacare?

    Ramona artist Regina Wilson weighs whether to stick with her current health plan, which is grandfathered into the Affordable Care Act, or seek a new plan with more protections. | Video Credit: John Rosman By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans on the Affordable Care Act.…