Category: Featured
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Fun Run Supports After School Running Club
“When you look at the women in our program, a lot of times they have to go back home to either start cooking for the family or take care of the little ones.” City Heights Runners after school program keeps youth active for health and social support. Proceeds from the annual 5K Fun Run at…
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‘We Need Some People Who See the Other Side’: Voices of the Voters in City Heights and Southeastern San Diego
For voters in City Heights and southeastern San Diego, this primary election is a chance to elevate their voices. With a governor’s race, a county supervisor seat, a City Council seat, a district attorney race and a sheriff’s election, voters who see themselves as long underserved said they see opportunities in this election to make…
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Aero Club Owner Finds Home For Second Bar In City Heights
The owner of a popular uptown whiskey bar has launched a new place alongside longtime businesses in the immigrant community.
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Boutique in City Heights an Incubator for Women Run Small Businesses
Taking it’s name from the initiative designed to support social and economic empowerment for underserved women, Women Empowered (WE) Boutique is a collectively run shop of ten local independent women owned micro-enterprises. The storefront on 43rd Street south of University Avenue opened last October, growing out of Project Concern International’s (PCI) financial savings group. The…
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Viet Vote Engages Vietnamese Community Ahead of Primary Election
Low voter turnout in the Vietnamese community initiated the formation of a new group to encourage participation in San Diego politics. Viet Vote volunteer Nancy Phung says the group exists to “build a voice in the Vietnamese community here in San Diego through civic duty, civic engagement, and building leaders.” The May 22 event in…