Category: Featured

  • Study: Immigrants Assimilating Well

    By Ruxandra Guidi The report, called “Assimilation Tomorrow,” was co-authored by the Center for American Progress and demographers from USC (University of Southern California). Focusing on the last great wave of immigration in the 1990s, authors Dowell Myers and John Pitkin found that those immigrants are integrating well into American society and across all generations. Analyzing demographic trends – including education, home…

  • Charities Brace For Higher Demand, Fewer Donations

    By Susan Murphy ‘Tis the season for giving, but a growing number of San Diego County residents are in need of receiving. Jennifer Gilmore, executive director with Feeding America San Diego, said several regular donors have contacted her to say they’re unable to help this year. “In fact, I had a letter from a gentlemen who’s…

  • Local Food Advocates Urging Congress to Stop ‘Secret’ Farm Bill

    The San Diego Hunger Coalition and other local food groups are urging residents to call on their representatives to stop a “secret farm bill,” referring to a move by the House and Senate agriculture committees to race ahead of the 2012 legislative process. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks and Brian Myers A…

  • New Market Revives Concern About Dangerous Crossing

    A new grocery store in City Heights has revived a sense of urgency among advocates to do something about a dangerous intersection at University Avenue and 54th Street that many pedestrians have to cross to get there. Curving right turns make it hard for drivers and pedestrians to see each other. | Photo Credit: Sam…

  • Childhood Obesity Declines In San Diego; Percentage Remains Alarming

    By Kenny Goldberg San Diego County may be turning the tide on childhood obesity. A new report reveals the percentage of overweight and obese kids fell between 2005 and 2010. Yet still more than one-third of them are seriously overweight. The report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research tracks the change in childhood obesity in all 58…