Category: Land Use

  • Car Eases Road to Degree for City Heights Teen

    Thousands of people in San Diego County are working and going to school, hoping that pursuing higher education will pay off in the future. KPBS education reporter Kyla Calvert brings us the story of one such student, whose particularly tough road to a degree just got easier. | Video Credit: Katie Euphrat By Kyla Calvert…

  • Engineer: Blame Mudstones for Shoddy Sidewalks

    By Liam Dillon The sidewalks in parts of mid-city never had a chance. That’s according to Leslie Reed, the founder of local engineering firm Geotechnical Exploration. More than two decades ago, he wrote a paper deeming the land in and around Normal Heights the worst surface to build on in San Diego. He called the…

  • Emerald Calls for a ‘Frank Discussion’ on Park Shortage

    By Megan Burks Council President Todd Gloria has convened a new committee on infrastructure. It held its first meeting Monday. Committee Chairman and District 5 Councilman Mark Kersey laid out his plans for the committee last week; they center on assessing the weight of our infrastructure problem first. In a memo, District 9 Councilwoman Marti…

  • Skate Plaza a ‘Good Start’ for Skaters

    By Tom Fudge Plans for a new park in City Heights include a skate plaza. That’s good news to neighborhood skateboarders, though it’s not everything they had in mind. Plans for a mini-park on Central Avenue in City Heights show a skate plaza for local skateboarders. Neighborhood activists and skateboarders have been lobbying for a…

  • The Stumblr: New Photo Blog of City’s Worst Sidewalks

    Dan Shelley’s dog, Avery, stands on a cracked sidewalk at the 3500 block of Polk Avenue in City Heights in January 2013. | Photo Credit: Dan Shelley By Liam Dillon Dan Shelley takes Avery, his half-Pomeranian half-spaniel, on 20-minute walks around his City Heights neighborhood. Last week, he brought a camera with him, too. Shelley…