Category: Featured
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Turmoil Engulfs Somali Charter School in City Heights
Iftin Charter School has gotten itself into a huge, expensive mess. Earlier this year, multiple employees filed complaints against the City Heights school over discrimination and retaliation. In June, the school received a scathing report after a San Diego Unified investigation, sparked by a raft of parent concerns over the departures of school leaders. The…
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Study Of California’s Medical Interpretation Services Still Mired In Process
By Tarryn Mento Nearly a year after the governor approved studying California’s medical interpretation services, state health workers are still hiring staff to carry out the task. Gov. Jerry Brown in September signed AB 635, which directed the Department of Health Care Services to examine California’s requirements for providing interpretation to patients who speak a foreign…
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New Science Program Brings City Heights Students To Cabrillo National Monument
By Susan Murphy Hundreds of 7th grade students in City Heights will have a unique opportunity this year to become citizen scientists in a national park. The Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma was one of four National Parks across the country selected for the prestigious project. “So they can see the power of conservation, the power…
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How Community Members Can Help Their Neighbors Thwart Chronic Diseases
By Tarryn Mento When you are looking for advice, you likely turn to those closest to you. That’s what a nonprofit in San Diego’s City Heights community wants neighbors to do when it comes to their health. Project Concern International’s community health worker program aims to plant knowledgeable neighbors in ethnic communities where rates…
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Refugee Families Forced To Move; Too Many Living In Their Apartments
By Tarryn Mento Three large refugee families that a local nonprofit helped resettle at an El Cajon apartment complex are being asked to move because they have too many people living in their homes. They came forward after KPBS aired an investigation nearly two weeks ago about other refugee families who said the same resettlement agency —…