Category: Featured
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Pedestrians, Bikes to Take Over Streets Sunday for CicloSDias
By Megan Burks A 5.2-mile-long block party will close streets to vehicle traffic in five San Diego neighborhoods Sunday for the city’s very first CicloSDias. “It’s a bicycling-, walking-, strolling-, rolling-, connect-with-your-community event,” said Andy Hanshaw, executive director of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. Hanshaw said San Diego is joining an open streets movement…
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Student Aims to Educate Deaf in East Africa
By Dwane Brown Many of us tend to take speaking and hearing for granted, until we lose the ability to do either. So, imagine the challenge of pitching a business idea in sign language. That’s what the first prize winner of the University of San Diego’s Social Innovation Challenge did. USD is a far cry…
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SANDAG Changing How it Prioritizes Highway, Transit Projects
By Megan Burks It may seem like SANDAG approved its contested regional transportation plan months ago, but the planning agency is already beginning work on a brand new one, and it’s making some changes to address complaints that pegged the last one as too highway-happy. The state sued SANDAG for the last plan because it…
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Second Opinion: Does Obamacare Impact My Military Benefits?
Dan Mathews, a Vietnam veteran wants to know whether the Affordable Care Act will affect his TRICARE health benefits. | 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. Ask yours here. The Question: Will the Affordable Care…
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Health Exchange Promises 12 Percent Drop in Small Business Insurance Rates
By Megan Burks California’s health insurance exchange released its rates for small businesses this week. The exchange, Covered California, says the cost of buying insurance for employees could drop 12 percent in San Diego. Under the Affordable Care Act, companies with fewer than 50 employees do not have to offer health coverage. But the law…