Category: News

  • San Diego Kids More Likely to Get Dental Care Than Others in California

    By Megan Burks A report out today says California is among the 10 worst states when it comes to getting kids in to see a dentist. Researchers with the Pew Charitable Trusts say nearly 60 percent of California children with dental coverage through Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid, did not see a dentist in…

  • Despite Overall Budget Increases, Principals Seeing Less Instructional Funding

    Central Elementary School teacher Cindy Robinson, pictured in 2009, works with students in her kindergarten class. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Lisa Halverstadt Cutbacks are now the norm at San Diego Unified School District but unless you’re a parent or teacher at a school, it can be difficult to gauge the true impact of…

  • Sequestration Hits San Diego Refugee Resettlement Agencies

    Habibo, a Somali refugee, writes: “The first day I came to U.S.A. was hard for me. Leave my sister in Kenya. My friends. Airplane. Leaving them forever. Excited We came in San Diego and I was scared. The first day school was scary because I did not see white people before.” | Photo Credit: Habibo,…

  • San Diego Marks World Refugee Day

    A line of Syrian refugee women, some carrying children, cross into Jordan from southern Syria. The outflow this year has been staggering. | Photo Courtesy of the UN Refugee Agency By Susan Murphy People around the world are marking a somber World Refugee Day on Saturday as 45 million people globally are displaced from their…

  • SD Unified Hopes to Feed 600,000 With Summer Meal Program

    By Erik Anderson San Diego officials hope to feed more than 600,000 kids with their free summer lunch program this year. San Diego Unified is a partner in the Summer Fun Café program, which hands out free lunches to students who would otherwise not be able to afford them during the summer. Gary Petill, food…