Category: Featured

  • Careers for Mid-City Youth Sprout From Unlikely Place

    A nonprofit that helps youth find jobs after being arrested has jumped on the food movement bandwagon. It’s using gardening to teach at-risk youth responsibility and help springboard them into the local food industry. Speak City Heights intern Bianca Bruno speaks to three program graduates whose careers are just beginning to sprout. | Video Credit:…

  • Q&A: What’s Next for CicloSDias

    By Andrew Keatts During his mayoral campaign, Bob Filner often voiced his desire to hold an event that would close roads to cars and allow pedestrians and cyclists to enjoy a section of the city without fear of a collision with a one-ton metal object. The event, CicloSDias, was modeled after Los Angeles’ monthly Ciclavia,…

  • Emerald Joins Chorus Against Filner, Labor Holds Tune

    Emerald, Filner, Cole | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks Councilwomen Marti Emerald and Myrtle Cole issued a joint statement Friday asking Mayor Bob Filner to resign. They were the last two holdouts on the City Council in calling for a resignation. The about-face, they say, stems from new details about the mayor’s alleged…

  • Second Opinion: How Does Obamacare Address End-of-Life Care?

    Sally Johnson is a British expatriate. She says American’s aren’t as open about death, and that translates into poor care and high costs at the end of life. | Video Credit: John Rosman, KPBS By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans on the Affordable Care Act.…

  • Voices: Weighing In On the SR 94 Project

    By Brian Myers The State Route 94 Express Lanes Project was presented to the Fairmount Park community by the City of San Diego, Caltrans and SANDAG Monday. They are proposing to connect the Interstate 805 South Express Lanes to downtown by constructing two express lanes on SR 94 and a new connector between SR 94…