Category: News

  • Public Weighs in on Bus Passes, Bike Lanes at Budget Hearing

    City Council President Todd Gloria looks out at the people filling the San Diego City Council chambers for the public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2014 budget. | Photo Credit: Todd Gloria, Twitter By Claire Trageser More than 300 people turned out Wednesday night to share their thoughts on Mayor Bob Filner’s proposed budget for…

  • Mayor’s Revised Budget Calls for Spending on Streetlights

    By Liam Dillon San Diego Mayor Bob Filner answered the most persistent criticisms of his first budget with a $6.2 million boost in proposed spending for fixing streets, storm drains, facilities and other crumbling city infrastructure as part of his May budget revision released Tuesday. The planned funding increase will not stop streets, storm drains…

  • Video: New Roots Farm Featured on ‘Savor San Diego’

    KPBS (channel 11) began running a new series by Saffron owner and chef Su-Mei Yu this month. Each Thursday at 9:30 p.m., “Savor San Diego” explores San Diego’s food scene and shares recipes inspired by it. Last week Yu featured the New Roots Community Farm operated by the International Rescue Committee in City Heights. Watch…

  • Latinos Hardest Hit by Community College Class Shortages

    By Kyla Calvert Limited community college capacity could keep 2.5 million Californians out of the system over the next 10 years. The seat shortage is expected to fall hardest on Latino students, squeezing 840,000 out of the schools. Since 2007, San Diego Community Colleges have cut more than 2,600 class sections, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Colleges lost 1,600…

  • A Year Later, Dalai Lama Visit Still Inspires

    Groups representing several different cultures performed at Saturday’s celebration of compassion at Cherokee Point Elementary School. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks A Year Later, Dalai Lama Visit Still Inspires, Aired on KPBS News May 20, 2013 [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DALAI-meb-1.mp3] A consortium of faith and community groups hosted a daylong celebration of compassion Saturday. They…