Category: Featured

  • Latino Youth Council Working to Stop Minors From Getting Alcohol

    By Dwane Brown Haga clic aquí para leerlo en Español Underage drinking is a problem in San Diego and across the country. Studies show kids who took their first drink before the age of 18 are 65 percent more likely to become alcoholics as adults. Research also shows parents play a significant role influencing their…

  • How Budget Cuts Have Forced SD’s Hand on Gang Policing

    Gang suppression officers arrest documented gang members during a March 2010 curfew sweep. San Diego police haven’t choked off the flow of new gang recruits, documenting more than 400 new gang members since 2007. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne’s comments to City Council Monday painted a…

  • Tweet City Heights: To Afford Rent, San Diego Families Need to Make $55K

    By Megan Burks To Afford Rent, San Diego Families Need to Make $55K A study from the National Low Income Housing Coalition says that to afford rent for a two bedroom home, San Diegans would need to make $55,280 a year, or earn a wage of $26.58. Heads of households making the minimum wage of…

  • Filner Gearing Up for More Bikes with CicloSDias Event

    Los Angeles hosts community bike rides modeled after Bogoto, Colombia’s ciclovia events. Now San Diego is following their lead. | Photo Courtesy of Flickr By Lisa Halverstadt Mayor Bob Filner wants to make San Diego the bicycling capital of the nation but he admits he’ll need to sell the idea to most residents first. That’s…

  • ‘The Most Beautiful Pearl in the Ugliest Shell’: Photo Essay

    By Jena Olson Students in The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program are constantly reflecting on how City Heights affects their lives as the youth of the community. They recently took a field trip around City Heights to photograph what they like and don’t like about their neighborhood and discuss how they would make things better if…