Category: Featured

  • City Heights Youth Shed Light on San Diego’s Streetlight Problem

    Monroe Clark Middle School students chose to talk about how dark and unsafe their community feels for an after-school photography project led by The AjA Project. | Photo Credit: Kassandra, 13 By Megan Burks When Rosario Iannacone steps outside her father’s home after dark, she shudders with the memory of her close call with a…

  • Hospitals Latest On the List of Places to Sign Up for Obamacare Coverage

    By Kenny Goldberg California hospitals could play a key role in helping to enroll people in health insurance plans. Beginning in October, hospitals will have a special tool at their disposal: a web portal that’s linked to Covered California, the online exchange where people will be able to shop for health plans and apply for…

  • What You Need to Know About the Health Exchange

    By Marissa Cabrera and Alison St. John President Obama countered criticism of his health reform law from Republicans last week, saying insurance companies are sending half a billion dollars in rebates to some 8.5 million people. In spite of efforts in Washington DC to delay the start date of the reforms, in California, the new…

  • When Emergency Help Comes Late

    Family members of Rickquese McCoy share memories of him over a memorial in a canyon near their home. McCoy was shot and killed in June 2012. It took fire crews 12 minutes to arrive at his aid. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon Rickquese McCoy decided the bonfire could wait. It was after…

  • Second Opinion: Do I Have to Cover My Three Employees Under Obamacare?

    Jean Scally runs Jeanius Marketing out of her Encinitas home. She wants to grow her business from a staff of one to a staff of two or three, but she’s worried Obamacare will put hiring help out of reach. | Photo Credit: John Rosman, KPBS By Megan Burks Love it or hate it, Obamacare is…