Category: News

  • Centerline Project Lurches Forward

    City Heights resident Maria Cortez discusses her nearly three-decade wait for a bus route called Centerline at a 2011 press conference. Residents have fought for the long-delayed transit project since the 1980’s, when it was promised to them in exchange for allowing CalTrans to extend Interstate-15 through their neighborhood. | Photo Credit: Randy Van Vleck…

  • U.S. Offering $5M Reward for Former San Diegan on FBI’s Terrorist List

    By Amita Sharma The State Department is offering a $5 million reward for former San Diegan Jehad Mostafa. U.S. officials say Mostafa has led Al Shabab’s foreign fighters and served as a media expert for the Al Qaeda-affiliated group. A federal grand jury in San Diego indicted Mostafa in 2009. He was accused of conspiring…

  • ‘Everywhere There’s Violence, There’s Kids’: Healing 44th Street

    Residents on 44th Street continue to meet following the shooting deaths of Rickquese McCoy and Stephen McClendon on June 30. They’ve moved from Rickquese’s grandfather’s courtyard to a space at the nearby elementary school. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks After a double homicide took his grandson’s life last summer, Ricky McCoy Sr.…

  • Latino Youth Council Working to Stop Minors From Getting Alcohol

    By Dwane Brown Haga clic aquí para leerlo en Español Underage drinking is a problem in San Diego and across the country. Studies show kids who took their first drink before the age of 18 are 65 percent more likely to become alcoholics as adults. Research also shows parents play a significant role influencing their…

  • How Budget Cuts Have Forced SD’s Hand on Gang Policing

    Gang suppression officers arrest documented gang members during a March 2010 curfew sweep. San Diego police haven’t choked off the flow of new gang recruits, documenting more than 400 new gang members since 2007. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne’s comments to City Council Monday painted a…