Category: News
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Mid-City Rapid Explained
By Ana Ceballos There’s a new transit option coming to mid-city neighborhoods at the end of the summer. It’s expected to be cheaper than the trolley and a touch faster than the bus. It’s called “bus rapid transit,” but the final product rolling out is much less ambitious than the initial idea, and maybe not…
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Cops to Change Tactics That Upset Minority Communities
An SDPD officer makes a stop along Euclid Avenue in Valencia Park. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon The San Diego Police Department is attempting to deal with two major community complaints: People don’t like to be made to sit on the curb while officers question them, nor do they like to be…
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New Bus Line Distinction Under ‘Rapid’ Fire
Construction on the Mid-City Rapid bus line begins at El Cajon Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Andrew Keatts San Diego’s mid-city neighborhoods are getting a new, faster bus service this year. The idea was to create a bus line that mimicked the trolley, but cost a fraction…
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Three Takeaways on the Future of SDPD
By Liam Dillon Tuesday night in City Heights we had a great panel discussion on the future of the San Diego Police Department. Here are three things we learned: SDPD is at the bottom of the transparency pack. Jim Hererra, vice chairman of the Citizens’ Review Board on Police Practices, said he wished SDPD would…
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Mid-City Schools Adopt Curriculum to Encourage Street Art, Discourage Tagging
Graffiti Artist Ryan Hoppe, who goes by Hasler One, works on a collaborative mural during the Underground Art in the Underground event in the parking structure of Westfield Mission Valley Mall on March 22, 2014. The event was an initiative by the San Diego Cultural Arts Alliance, whose primary focus is to teach youth how…