Category: Featured

  • Tweet City Heights: Construction on New YMCA Slated for Spring

    By Megan Burks Construction on New YMCA Slated for Spring The Copley Family YMCA will move from its Cherokee Point location to bigger digs in the near future. It will also get a name change. A press release from Councilman Todd Gloria’s office says the City Council has approved plans to build a new facility…

  • Speak City Heights Partners With El Latino to Provide Spanish-Language Content

    By Megan Burks Speak City Heights has partnered with El Latino-San Diego to provide its readers with more Spanish-language content and expand the reach of stories coming out of City Heights. El Latino will feature City Heights stories produced by El Latino and Speak City Heights reporters in its pages and on its website. El…

  • Tutoring Refugee Students and Parents

    The International Rescue Committee expands education programs with a grant from the San Diego Women’s Foundation. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Kyla Calvert Click here to listen to the report The school day was over at Marshall Elementary in City Heights and the campus was quiet, except for the clamor coming from about…

  • Artista Explora sus Raíces en City Heights

    By Angela Carone Traducción facilitada por City Heights Life Click here to read it in English Cuando Margaret Noble tenía 9 años, su principal objetivo era pasar la mayor cantidad de tiempo posible jugando Ms. Pac-Man. “Recuerdo ese primer momento determinante en el que limpias la pantalla y te recompensa un estallido de colores y…

  • ‘His Spirit is Right Here on the Block’: Healing 44th Street

    Jasiri Lacey shares a few words about his brother Rickquese McCoy, who was killed in a June 30 shooting. Residents on 44th Street honored McCoy with a tree-planting ceremony earlier this month. | Photo Credit: Dennis Wood By Megan Burks Ricky McCoy Jr. spreads his son’s ashes in the planting bed for the memorial tree.…