Category: News

  • Diversifying San Diego Unified Staff Gets Renewed Attention

    By Kyla Calvert In 2012, the most recent data show, 68.8 percent of San Diego Unified teachers and administrators were white, 16.4 percent were Hispanic and 5.6 percent were African-American or black. Meanwhile, 23.3 percent of students were white, 46 percent were Hispanic and 10.8 percent were African-American or black. A recent slate of mostly…

  • No Need for Haste in Signing Up for Covered California

    By Kenny Goldberg Some consumers have encountered long wait times and other glitches on Covered California, the state’s new online health insurance exchange. But officials say there’s no need for people to panic. Officials at Covered California admit there were some problems with their website and call centers during the first week of October. But…

  • Second Opinion: Can Domestic Partners Apply For Obamacare Together?

    Jacques Eicher’s out-of-state employer doesn’t cover domestic partners. Can the couple get coverage through California’s health insurance exchange? | Video Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans on the Affordable Care Act. Ask yours here. The Question: How will insurance exchanges calculate household…

  • Second Opinion: Does Obamacare Give Employees More Choice Over Coverage?

    Scripps Ranch health care advocate Sylvia Hampton says the Affordable Care Act won’t help her friend, who doesn’t like his employer’s insurance options. | Video Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans on the Affordable Care Act. Ask yours here. The Question: What…

  • story+LINES: Tracing San Diego’s Collective Journey Through Art

    Photo transfer portraits will be used to construct a satellite-like sculpture. The piece will “project the community’s voices into the world.” By Julia Richardson As The AjA Project team unloaded square panels of wood, acrylic medium, tables and brushes from a parked SUV and began to set-up shop at the City Heights Farmers Market on…